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live taking a look at center city at this hour. accuweather is track success strong storms that could turn severe later today. right now rain clouds are moving in and flooding is a concern. with a flood watch taking effect in parts of our area. good afternoon sara bloomquist is off. the big story on "action news" is an accuweather alert. let get over to melissa magee in the weather center for a first check of the friday forecast. >> yes, we are tracking the showers and storms moving through later today. no picture outside. sky 6 hd as we give you another look at the center city skyline. pretty dreary and we have a lot of humidity in the atmosphere as well. we are look agent stormtracker 6 live double scan radar, we'll pop it out and get a closer look. going in a little tighter, dry in most locations but there in south jersey we are tracking a little bit of activity in areas of southern ocean county, you see the moisture moving out to

the east in surf city and also to the north and south of lacey. these are heading out along the atlantic as we go through the rest of today. and more storms will fire up through the day this afternoon. philadelphia 81. 81 in allentown and the coast in cape may 85 and beach haven 80 degrees but the humidity today is stifling and dew point numbers in the middle to upper 70s. nip time you have this much moisture it won't take much time to ring out storms. satellite 6 along with action radar showing you this is tracking eastward through today. and because of that the storm prediction center is putting us in the slight risk of severe showers and storms. downpours and damaging winds and the flood watch until 2:00 today. we have more coming up in the full accuweather forecast. >> this reminder, with rain in the forecast get weather updates

any time on your phone or tablet. including real time views from stormtracker 6 live double scan. the 6 abc is a free download. and following the deadly terror attacks in barcelona, spain. rex tillerson confirmed the death of one american citizen in the attacks and one confirmed injury and investigators are still working to determine if there are any other american casualties. abc news correspondent, molly hunter is in barcelona with more on the investigation and at rest made in connection with the attacks. >> reporter: the bloody aftermath of yet another terror attack in the heart of a european city. here in barcelona, on a warm summer eve when tragedy struck. >> there was just a wall of hundreds of people running at us and we looked at each other and me and jeremy said run and we

ran. >> it was absolute chaos a white van swerved into the boulevard mowing down people. the van speeds down this path in red here at 50 miles per hour traveling 1,000 feet before coming to a halt. the driver fled on foot. >> people crying everywhere and terror on people's faces, that is what i won't forget. the look on people's faces. >> more than a dozen kills and over 100 hurts. the second attack just down the coast, and another car ramming and a shootout. >> you never think you'll be a part of this. >> the deadliest terror attack in years and in europe vehicular attacks becoming frequent. and linking terrorist to the explosion in a home.

the explosions were initially to be reported to start with gas canisters. the attack was just up there as you see 24 hours later there are so many tourists back on the street and back in the city center, this city is bounce can back to life. channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. and this reminder you can stay with 6 abc and 6abc.com for the latest on the terrorist attack in barcelona. we'll have more on the victims and the suspects. and developing this noon out of finland, a man was shot by police after reportedly stabbing people in the western city. the unidentified suspect was shot in the leg and detained and now authorities are looking for more potential suspects and police urge people to avoid that part of the area and abc news learn that one victim did, in

facts, die. a motive for the stabbings is not clear. president trump is under mounting fire this noon for his leadership in the wake of charlottesville, virginia, he has been criticized for waiting 48 hours to condemn the white supremacists groups by name and defending people marching with torches, the rally turned deadly when a car plow nood a group of counter protesters killing 32 heather heyer and her mother thanked president trump's remarks and now says she is not interested in hearing from president trump. >> i am not talking to the president now i'm sorry. after what he said about my child. and not that i saw someone else's tweets about him i saw a clip of him at a press conference, equating the protesters like many heyer with

the kkk and white supremacists and president trump is taking heat for taking to twitter about the loss of confederate statues. and one was the statue of roger tawney, that stood outside of the annapolis state house. and a statue of frank rizzo is vandalized twice in one week and black power was spray painted on to the statue. jeanette reyes has more. >> at one time a dozen officers and barricades surrounded the statue outside of city hall and now it's vandalized again. after the paint ball stain was removed and the egg residue was removed. another act of vandalism harder

to wipe off. just past 11 wednesday night a man drove up and spray painted black power across the front of the rizzo statue. the suspect was there. and he ran off and was arrested later by philadelphia police. not long after this woman came over and covered up the spray paint with a cloth. they did not want to be identified. >> i am living in the city of philadelphia my whole life. i am upset that someone would take the time out to do damage to a statue, of a man that did a lot for people. >> mayor kenney says he is not a fan of the statue that does not excuse the actses. >> there is no excuse for vandalism or any kind of action like that and people that do that should be arrested. >> and believe that law enforcement resources need to be redirected elsewhere to more important business. >> obviously it doesn't work.

i would like to get details where everybody was when that was spray painted but we have more problems in our neighborhoods than frank rizzo statue. >> and what will happen moving forward but authority dozen not comment on issues of officer deployment. jeanette reyes channel 6 "action news." from the delaware newsroom. a wilmington police officer was injured and a man arrested following a suspicious activity investigation. officers responded to the 300 block of east 23rd street last night. there they found rye del mills, officials said he tried to run away after a brief struggle and was placed under arrest. and officers found what appears to be crack cocaine and heroin at the scene. he and a responding officer were treated for minor injuries at a local hospital. >> the ninth annual back to school event was held in the

park side section, people lined up before 8:00 to see more than 100 vendors set up at the school and games for kids and vouchers and school supplies and thousands of of backpacks to give away and free screenings including dental and eye exams whether or not you have insurance and coming up katherine scott will have more on this event. and mayor jim kenney was in center city to celebrate youth programs. 14 to 18-year-olds had a chance to take on work and financial responsibilities and get a taste of life after high school. and after the event the students showed off what they learned to program and city officials. and still to come on "action news" at noon, how an airport employee prompted the rescreening of a jetblue flight to boston. and the end of an era, a special group of nasa satellites

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a jetblue flight from portland to boston was delayed last night for a rescreening. all the passengers had to deplane after an employee of the airport tried to get unauthorized access to the plane

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tried in the united states. after u.s. authorities indicted him and three others. they are accused of computer hacking and espionage and other crimes. his lawyer says waiving the extradition hearing does not mean admitting guilt. nasa released the last of the long-term satellites. it rode to orbit along an unmanned at las 5 rocket. the satellites links ground controllers with the space station and other crafts including the hubble. today's satellite cost more than $500 million. nasa's next generation tracking network relies on lasers. and coming up a new study on

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a soggy friday melissa magee has the latest. >> we are watching this closely, lets see stormtracker 6 live double scan it's dry in philadelphia. we are tracking moisture off to the north and west that is getting closer but i want to focus in on areas in south jersey and going in tighter on street level with stormtracker 6 live double scan you see the moisture pressing out of ocean county but to the south of seaside heights and if you are in barnegat light we track it north of harvey cedars, it's pushing out along the atlantic but more wet weather is expected later on today. there is a lot of moisture in the atmosphere it doesn't take a lot to spark off severe showers and storms. outside sky 6 hd looking at the commodore barry bridge you see

it's mostly cloudy and a dreary start to our friday but improvement does come as we get into the weekend. right now we are tracking the flash flood watch. lasting through midnight for a good portion of the delaware and lehigh valley. roads creeks and streams a high chance of finding flooding in areas today. warm outside and in philadelphia we are coming in at 81 and same thing in allentown and reading. wilmington in at 80. the poconos 71 and dew points are in the middle up toer 70s so as high as you typically see them many it's not going to take a lot to bring out moisture. satellite 6 along with action radar showing you this frontal boundary working its way eastward and making progress eastward through the rest of the afternoon and evening hours. future tracker 6 showing you 2:00 today you have the moisture approaching from the poconos down south and westward in

lancaster, gusty showers and storms a big concern. that is why the storm prediction center placed us a slight risk of finding severe showers and storms through the region. it's right along the i-95 corridor and locally heavy rain say big concern as we go throughout the afternoon and evening hours. 7:30 later on tonight you see the showers approaching south jersey from lakehurst to millville and down into dover, it's not until after midnight during the overnight hours that we tap into some clearing and by saturday afternoon the humidity will gradually lower. if you are down the shore it's mostly cloudy for the majority of the day and showers and storms move in during the afternoon and evening hours. that looks to be the most active time period at the shore, a high temperature of 80. partly sunny and dry by saturday. a high temperature coming in at 86 degrees and moderate risk for rip currents, keep that many mind if you do swimming, mostly sunny and a high of 83.

up north of philadelphia up in the poconos humid and showers and storms, 77 and improvement as we get into saturday and sunday with temperatures in the upper 70s. we still have an accuweather alert day today. on our friday it's steamy with the downpours especially later on this afternoon. high of 88 and humid to start the day tomorrow and then nicer as we get into saturday afternoon. the high temperature is coming in at 90 and sunday it's beautiful, sunny and less humid and high of 88 and all eyes are up in the sky on monday with a high of 89 as we watch the eclipse underneath a partly sunny skies. >> we are counting down to the celestial experience. coming up an aspiring rapper from new jersey is hitting the big screen, hear from the man that came up with patty cakes, and the push he needs to bring this character to life. and the great american eclipse just daze away and millions of us are expected to

watch it from coast-to-coast. we'll show you how cities across the country are dealing with all the crowds. that and much more when we come right back.

"action news" at 12:30 continues with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >> hello again, sara is off and here is the stories we are followinger you now on "action news" at 12:30. an american is among 14 people killed in the terrorist attack

in barcelona and expected islamic extremists drove a van down a crowded promenade and hundreds were injured and we have the latest. and developing story out of finland where one person is dead and several others injured. police shot the suspect and that person is in custody. and republicans are now openly criticizing president trump and questioning his ability to lead after defending confederate monuments and lashing out at his critics this week. first, we begin with an accuweather alert. we see rain this afternoon and evening, and a flash flood watch goes into effect 90 minutes from now. here is a live look outside showing you the center city skyline and the clouds are moving in and lets get the latest on this soggy friday. melissa magee in the weather center. >> we have issued the accuweather alert because of the flooding concern and the potential of strong but severe showers that fire up later