i looked up and saw the white van knocking people over. >> it was a frightening series of seconds that gave way to hours of white knuckle tension. tonight spain is still on edge as police work to help those victims of a terrorist attack. i'm brian taff. the big story on "action news" is breaking now. today's attack appears to be part of a larger terrorist plot. troopers shot and killed five terrorist suspects during a second incident in came rynn.

>> a white van mowed down pedestrians at random. there was a ghastly and horrific scene. 13 people killed, 100 injured in what authorities quickly labeled a terrorist attack. a short time later isis took responsibility. mike pence addressed that group directly today. >> whoever is responsible should know that the united states of america should find and punish those responsible and drive islamic terror from the face of the earth. >> two people were arrested in the attack today. but neither were the driver police say, that person still at

large. >> dann cuellar joins us at philadelphia international airport. i imagine they are expecting concern. >> that's right, brian. this horrific attack has left a number of travelers chilled going to and coming from barcelona. there is a particular concern by those traveling with kids. >> our strategy was to stay out of the touristy areas. >> this is one of the travelers returning today. he like others went there mindful of a potential terrorist attack. now in barcelona they are taking shots at tourists. bunch of cow articleds. >> some of the people we were with last night for dinner were going sightseeing today. it happened 15 minutes from our

hotel, so who knows what happened. >> despite the tragedy and uncertainty of what may come next, we saw a number of travelers on the way to barcelona, some traveling with kids. >> our hotel is where it happened at. they are not telling us if we can check in there. they have moved people tonight. tomorrow, we don't know yet. >> are you apprehensive about tralling? >traveling? >> a little bit because we are traveling with kids. we are keeping our fingers crossed. >> in this day and age where acts of terrorist have become more common, what is one to do, cancel trips abroad? >> absolutely not. rose boyd concluded with these thoughts, very upsetting. we are glad to be home. god bless america. >> finally, one traveler made

this keen observation. there will be more security on alert across barcelona in the wake of the terrorist attack. i'm dann cuellar, channel6 news. brian? >> all right, dank, than dan. the question now is what can be done to stop attacks like this and what is being done in philadelphia. there is homeland security planning here and the department revamped its intelligence bureau. >> constantly looking at the landscape, monitoring social media. we have direct connections overseas to receive intelligence quickly and deploy properly. >> in tourist hot spots like independence mall, there are ballards to stop a vehicle cold in its tracks. that was on display in new york

city earlier this year when the car came to a stop in time square when it ran into one of those ballards. >> the annual event in center city has thousands of guests and a tour bus is being used as a security perimeter. christie ileto is live at franklin square. something of a different atmosphere hours after the attack in barcelona. >> that's right, brian. it was a light hearted event but 5300 people came to one vicinity, police were not taking any chances when it came to security. >> welcome to dinner in franklin square. >> i had no idea if it was be center city. >> it was franklin square, 5300 guests dressed in white scored

tickets. >> we brought shrimp cocktail, minichocolate cake and champagne. >> it's nice to have an elegant dinner and dance with friends. >> we wanted it to be subtle. >> this is subtle? >> i guess so. >> 42,000 people left on the wait list, this is the largest of its kind in south america. police and event organizers were not taking chances with security. >> we feel safe that we have secured the area. >> inside, dinner, games and dancing. a couple even got engaged. p >> you have to bring your inner child. it's a playground for everyone.

>> it's nice to have something that's spontaneous. often we don't do that. >> no serious incidents were reported at the event. 5300 people in attendance. many wondering where next year's event will be and if it will top this year. christie ileto, "action news" at wphl-17. brian? >> you can get the latest on the barcelona attack on our website. we have posted video of first responders on the scene and a photo gallery of images from the scene. >> stay tuned at 12:35 after "jimmy kimmel live" live for updates. >> the 42 freeway, a woman was seriously injured when she fell or jumped out of the car she was in. the car was driving 60 miles per

hour at the time in the northbound lane at 8:00 this evening. the woman was not hit by any other vehicle on the highway. the drivers license car coaxed to a stop in the median without causing a crash. the woman was taken to cooper hospital and we are told she will survive her injuries. >> we are headed into a steamy and potentially warm day tomorrow. it may be one of the most muggy of the year. let's get a first check of what accuweather says is going to be app stormy day tomorrow. >> hi, brian. it will be humid and unsettled. even now, you can feel the moisture in the air. water vapor, the dewpoint, 71. dewpoints higher to the south with winds out of the south, dewpoints in thee mid 70s heading our way. what this means, it's

oppressive. dewpoints above 70-degrees make it feel tropical right through the day tomorrow and when you get that much moisture in the air, showers and thunderstorms pull down heavy downpours. the cold front i'm tracking is near chicago. there are prefrontal storms across the ohio valley pushing east. the morning rush hour, we see scattered downpours, thunderstorms, and a lull in the action, peeks of sun midday. this is when the strongest storm comes through. >> cecily, thank you. a 10-year-old boy took a bite out of crime. he bit a shooting suspect in the arm after the man broke into his home. shots fired near kensington

street. the suspect entered the boy's home but took off after the encounter. >> the male bus bleeding from the arm, possibly from being bit by the ten-year-old bow protecting his mother and home. a handgun was found near the lot. the victim from the shooting scene is in the hospital and in stable condition. >> eagle fans are unsure how to people about the bird's first preseason game. we have mixed results. a good ending. >> brian, success in the preseason is not flashed in wins and losses, you have to pass the i test.

we'll give them an incomplete for now. alshon jeffery with 23-yards. first team offense failed to score a touchdown. this is a good sign, new comer ronald darby comes up with an interception, returns it deep in the buffalo territory. second quarter, corey clemons, guy from glas glass glassboro, . >> i see it in practice everyday. i know what they are capable of doing. we don't game plan. we keep it vanilla. we are evaluating our players. tonight we are able to get everyone in the football game. the minute we begin a game plan

and give our starters the whole week of practice, things become different at that point. >> he's not concerned. the eagles take on the dolphins next thursday at the link. >> we are learning more and more. thank you, my friend. >> still ahead, it has nothing to do with the eclipse, but eight in ten teens do this, putting their eyes at risk. and collision details from a deadly navy crash. who will take the blame? >> the bizarre case of a stray dog or several of them turning blue. what happened here? and meteorologist cecily tynan with the weekend out look from accuweather. ducis r

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citizens bank student loans, >> the commander and two other leaders that lost seven sailors in a collision with a container ship back in june will be relieved of command. the heroic efforts onboard the crew of the ff fitzgerald off of the coast of japan. two sailors stayed at the bottom to help shipmates. five sailors used a hammer to help the commander after his cabin took a direct hit. >> presiden two top republicanse openly questioned the president's fitness for office. bob corker saying mr. trump needs to move beyond himself. >> the president has not been

able to demonstrate the developing confidence that he needs to demonstrate in order to be successful. >> earlier today the president fired back at senator gram calling him a publicity seeker. this criticism comes as the president wades into racially charged waters. the president beknowns removal of monuments. sad to see the culture of our great country ripped apart with the removal of our beautiful statues. >> peace in pottstown as the community rallied for the victims of virginia. some carried signs saying there is no room for hate. love takes courage, choose love. >> philadelphia police are on the hunt for ann armed robber wo

held up a convenience center over a few cans of red bull. surveillance shows him with several cans earlier this month and using a razor blade to threaten those that tried to confront him. >> stocks suffered the worst day on wall street today. analysts didn't pin it on any particular thing. still retailors and banks were noticeable losers. the dow dropping to 21,050. the nasdaq fell 230 points. >> the vast majority of teens a that wear contact lens may be doing it wrong putting their

eyes at risk. the research says 85% of them have habits that eye doctors say could lead to infection. the most comont mistakes, sleeping with contact lens, swimming with them and not getting a yearly check up at the eye doctor. >> these dogs are blue around india's largest city in mumbai. apparently they are changing color because of waste. factories dump dye in the river where the dogs wade to cool off. this may lead to stomach problems when the canines try to lick it off. depressing story, speaking of depressing, the rain is giving way tomorrow. >> on one day and then better.

looking at the come dare dairy bridge, you can see we are getting rid of all of this in time for monday, the solar eclipse. it's 38 years since we had a total solar eclipse in the u.s. i want to bring part of the solar system into the "action news" studio to explain it. a solar eclipse is when the sun, moon and earth is in total alignment. the moon casts two shadows on earth. one of the shadows comes to a point as it heads to earth. that's the point of totality. it's narrow, 70-miles wide from the west coast to east coast on monday. the second shadow gets wider as it heads to earth. this is where we get the partial solar eclipse from canada to

mexico. this is what we see, we have close to 80%. we need the glasses if you are looking up nasa approved, looking at the sun will burn your retina permanently. if you don't have the glasses, we have a live report monday afternoon. back at home now, temperatures in the 70s. warm, humid, 77 in philadelphia, allentown, 79, cape may 76. wilmington 77. low pressure across the great lakes, a trail and cold front across chicago and moisture streaming ahead of it. that's what we deal with tomorrow. future tracker showing waves, 7:00 in the morning, lots of clouds, maybe a rumble of thunder. noon is over cast. the afternoon, ahead of the cold front, we could get a line of

heavy downpours and gusting thunderstorms, some severe continuing into friday evening. any storm has the possibility of wind damage and chance of hail. tomorrow night, storms rolling in, high of 80. rest of the weekend, saturday, 86. sunday, mostly sunny with a high of 83-degrees. the accuweather seven-day forecast, oh pressively muggy tomorrow. steam bath with scattered showers in the morning. tomorrow, 88-degrees. saturday, lower humidity with a high of 90. sunday, 89-degrees and looking nice for the eclipse, partial monday, mostly sunny skies, 89. 92 tuesday, thunderstorms possible, a good chance of thunderstorms wednesday with a cold front behind the system, a

breath of fresh air, the high, 83-degrees. i have a lot of people asking me questions about the solar eclipse. your pets will be fine. they won't notice. it won't be dark. you don't need headlights on. it's a bright and sunny day. >> we have something the crews in the field happened to notice. this is a live picture of the frank rizzo statue the focus of activity last night as some protesters want the statue taken down amid allegations that frank rizzo was homophobic and racist. black power is written in black paint on the statue. police have become aware of this. i believe that is police tape behind the statue. this is the second time it's been vandalized in two days.

the monument in

>> ducis, start with the good news, eagles won today. you go with the bad news. >> they have things to clean up. there is good, there's bad. there is a lot to be optimistic about with the birds. first team offense has a struggle third and goal. carson wentz looks for alshon jeffery. wentz and jeffrey hook up later, a 14-yard completion. later in the opening quarter, this is good to see the bills with the ball. not for long. new comer ronald darby. 48-yards deep into buffalo territory. second quarter, corey clemons,

gets into the six. eight play 67-yard drive. first round draft pick derek barnett. eagles win 20-16. jeff skversky is live with the post game report. jeff? >> eagle coach doug pederson was not happy with the starting offense. can't blame him. he left carson wentz and company out there for series. they had alshon jefferys, but clearly not good enough for the team. no one is worried one bit. >> definitely not where we want to be but no doubts. we have the right guys. we have the right team. we have to put it together. >> i want today get carson and the offence going and feel the feel of the game before taking them out.

it's tough sometimes. these guys are professionals. they have to go execute and play. you know, something to look at and evaluate it. >> every eagle players tells me they are not concerned about the offence. they have special player and the guys to do it. they'll do a little more game planning for next week's game against the dolphins and carson wentz and the starting offense should see the entire half of football to work out tweaks and try to figure this out before the regular season kicks off in a month. ducis? >> next we talk baseball

>> to the phillies, let's try our luck off the coast. after being swept by the padres, they start a four game series in san francisco. former philly pence comes up with the single. cameron rough with a home run. right now, phillies trail 2-1, phillies trying to snap a four game skid. >> "jimmy kimmel live" live followed by "nightline." come on in, cecily. "action news" at 4:30 with pamela edwards, matt o'donnell.

now for cecily tynan, ducis rogers, jim gardner and the entire "action news" team, i'm brian taff. have a great night tonight, great day tomorrow. see you right here tomorrow. ♪ ♪