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>> mning t 0 y,we're following o"a news." >> news,l target a frank rizzo memorial. this time paint is italian mark. ahead half pice officers are shot in two states. this morning one officer is dead. a wide path of destruction is left behind after a fatal crash in bucks county overnight. those stories in a moment, but first outside we go meteorologist karen rogers in for chris sowers, what we got? >> rely humidtellite and rng the cloudseated to the storms from yesterday breaking a part.eeeunshin new overnighe bann the presidenou he's noing quie brs picking tt work
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region it's going to be a nice day revealing his plans this morning today. back at breitbart with fighting words. let's look at the numbers in the area. the dewpoint 72. within the next hour we'll seetg almost all of the president's original men now gone. better than it did than just an we do have breaking news. hour ago. deadly police shooting. 76 dewpoint in millville. two officers shot responding to a call in kissimmee, florida. the question this morning, was very humid through the region. through the day, drier air mixes it an ambush? >> we are here to protect and in. by the afternoon it will feel slightly humid not too serve. this is -- this is getting oppressive. tough. >> the suspects in custody and 68 in quakertown and pottstown. the manhunt going on right now. 72 in coatsville. waking up in media, 73 degrees the latest on the terror partly sunny, skies, 76 rather attack investigation. warm already in center city. in the suburbs in new jersey, the new video capturing the and delaware you're looking at horror as a truck plows through a crowd in barcelona. 72 in browns mills. how it could have been even 74 in surf city and brigantine. 72 in vineland, new jersey. 73 in dover, delaware.re a looks going to go. partly sunny overall today. a bit more cloud cover to start, more sunshine to end with. 7:00 a.m., 74. lunchtime, 84. you're in the upper 80s by the high, 889.
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89. by the afternoon hours feeling less humid, things change tomorrow, details in the seven-day forecast coming in just a couple of minutes, gray. >> look forward to the update, karen. thank you so much. 7:02 a.m., breaking news, more vandalism in the wake of violence that southwest the nation. a mural depicting former philadelphia mayor frank rizzo has been defaced in the italian market in south philadelphia. police were patrolling in the area at the time it happened, they quickly apprehended one susp ght now they are searching for search others in connection with folloe be ofthtuhatnds near city hal late thursday night. vandals spray painted the message black power on the statue. the paint has been removed. the suspe vandalism is dioff who
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ran for mayor himself, he is o became . n excuse for vandalism, there's never any excuse forny kind of action like that and people who d arrested. >> it was the second time this week the statue was vandalized. on wednesday, jeb jen captured the -- jeanette reyes captured the moment someone pelted the bronze figure with eggs. police a charg a north jersey man in the in virginia, governorry mccall live rejected a request by charlottesville mayor to convene an emergency meeting of state lawmakers to allow the city toe of robert e. lee. governor said will not call special ssion while the issue is decided in court.he signe exr
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temporarily banning any public demonstrations at a monument i richmond, virginia where thert . officials have filed additional charges james field junior accused of plowing into a crowd ofher heyer. fiel is charged with scond heatr nt boston is deplog -- deploying hundreds of officers. organizers of the counter protest expect 20 to 30,000 people to join them on a two mile march. 7:04 a.m., we turn now to the turmoil happening at the white house. president donald trump's top
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strategy gist is out, but he is back at his old job. he left after seven turbulent months as the president's aid. >> reporter: speculation was growing recently over weather steve bannon's time in the white house was limited. it's the 4th major shakeup of the trump administration in as many weeks, days after president trump wouldn't commit to saying he had confidence in bannon. >> he is a good man, a good person, he is not a racist. i think the press treats him, frankly unfairly. >> reporter: many were urging president to fire bannon who fought with people inside the white house including his son-in-law jared kushner. with the exception of mike pence all the on men are out.
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sean spicer resign, reens --reiy resign, and now steve bannon. >> new information to tell you about this morning, a driver is dead after his car slammed into a pickup struck on a bucks county road and burst into flames. the action cam at the scene bristol oxford valley road and red rose way in middletown. 2:15, the car without headlights plowed into the pickup truck. the car burst into flames. the collision tore off the back of the pickup sending the rear axle flying 200 feet. the truck's tailgate ended up in the backyard swimming pool. the driver of the truck had minor injuries. we've learned that one police officer in florida is dead and three others injured after two separate shootinh f case, twontn area of kissimmee.
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a fourth person fired shots at the officers. officer mass that you baxter was shot and killed. sam howard was critically injured. three people are in custody, a 4th is on the run. in the city of jacksonville, florida two police mndorning.re injured responding two pennsylvania state troopers are in theos after they were shot on the jobe during a cn stopped for aning wshe h psibly while under cover. police say the suspect pulled a gun from a fired shots. the troopers were injured, but one of them got off at least one shot killing the suspect. cted to survive. are told are a noorches on -- news conference
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is scheduled for this morning we'll keep you postehow would y? >> reporter: yes. >> yes, karen rogers, me too. the chances are very slim, but it could happen. thed $55 million. no one won the wedneay jackpot. the him we'll bring you t lucrs 11:00 p.m. good luck if you play. sll ahead on "action news," one stitch at a time. a group of women are using their craft to help others. forced from their homes by wildfires, people in the primary
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an oregon wildfire is threatening 400 homes and the view of next week's eclipse. the fire is burning in anationaf sisters. it sits on the southern edge of the 70-mile swath of oregon where the moon will blot out the sun. the totalill for 3 rapidgrowingo close prime viewing sites at the camp sight recreation areas the area. getti view of the eclipse.
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that's not good news. [laughter].: in our area we'vei. storm tracker 6 live double scan, we'll go outside and see what's going on, because we're looking live right now atarea ao ds thecep.ve the ofye scl ood ount o ns the d at storm tracker 6 live double scan. we're dry through therea. we had a sprinkle along the coastline. that has moved on out. tg with us, the dewpoints high humidity, how yesterday it felt so oppressive. 73 in in wilmington. 76 in millville and dover. oppressively humid. th driir will filter in
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we'll we're seeing that in allentown. the numbers wil howro look at the dewpoints, 57-degree dewpoint in philadelphia, tomorrow, it's going to refreshing. you see on monday, inching up there, tuesday a day, it comes back down on wedndaou're like me and you can't stand the humidity this will show you when the worst of it will be. the rest of the w is not too bad, we look toward tuesday for the numbers to go up there. currently therature 76. west/northwest at les per hour. you cant at a little bez ocean temperature, 74 degrees. @e pressure holding sadadar sha region earlier are starting tob. the storms fromere. yes we see t clearing to the immediate west. what about this piece of energy that's rotating through? al in pittsburgh right now. you see the storms heading thatt
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itself. we'r dry i tn city. 8ees..m., 76. lunchtime a bit less 8a higthhen region. at the shore, 86 for the high, low risk of rip currents along the coast. 85 in cape may. you're dry at the shore. in the l val 87, 88 degrees that's wre you have thatnce for a storm. looks like on fut tracker advant you seehenergy rotating through the region. it doesn't hit everybody, but in the lehigh valley and thes u han evening thunderstorm. it moves out here and the rest of the area is dry. something we're watching for the far northwest suburbs. the solar eclipse. we're talking about the partial solar eclipse for us, 80% coverage. we're not in the path of totality. it's exciting. we have great viewing
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conditions, the peak 2:44 p.m. and ends 401. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, today partly sunny skies, it will be less humid this afternoon, 89. tomorrow much less humid, sunshine and 88 degrees, we're dry for the weekend, except for the lehigh valley and the poconos later this evening. monday mostly sunny skies and 89. solar eclipse monday, tuesday, hot and humid, 91. chance for are a thunderstorm. a better chance on wednesday when you're looking at 86 degrees for high. thursday, less humid and sunshine, 82. friday it's going to feel like fall, cool for august, gray, how about 79? >> how about it, i'll take it. a local knitting circle is helping a community center thrive. tamala edwards introduce us to a special group of ladies in the art of aging report. >> reporter: a community center
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in philadelphia offers medical and social services all comers, but the budget is issue. >> when you're involved in a nonprofit you have to be creative. >> reporter: a board member at coine life took advance a of orharities. that in knitters.th five original in it- they have italian leather designs, the knitters are paid for their work and the profi supports k life programs. >> money is wonderful, you can. the bags are gorgeous, and i think we're really proud wear part of this. >> the handbags are rolling out this year coast to coast and
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there partly sunny skies. it's sticky this afternoon, it's oppressive. by afternoon it will feel sticky, not horrible. 89 degrees, one place where you in t l vle farest suburs poconos. 78 for the high. sunday, sunny and pleasant, 77. low humidity in the poconos and the city and the shore and low risk of rip currents, too. at the shore, 86 clouds and sun, tomorrow, mostly sunny skies, 83 gray. >> thanks for the update. e.day marks one full wee sthe pg ndee of their four gameld a
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low 500, here's ducisworst. rogers with the rest of the r: hello again, theorts. eagles first offense left alot e againspositives tway from the game. most of it on the defveal newcomer, ronald darby was on point annt returned the he picked up his third sack the eagle were in two games. >> tste up -- with let him
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rollee jersey, jae apody cfter tr:ou st was going through >> there was a lot going through my head, as i was breaking through the line o scrimmage, i saw agular he blocking hard, way into enone. iy head, it's right here. >> did it it did in your dreams? >> way more than that, ten times better. >> reporter: james franklin less than a year ago he was on the hot seat. look at him, he gets a 6 year extension worth are
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than $34 million. that makesnef him o the highest paid football coaches in the penn state is coming off 11-3lis continues on 6abc. e is in the3:00 p.m. that's a look at s i'm ducis rogers you have yourself a terrific weekend. >> folks, time 7:26 a.m.peoplee see eclipse.pats sayt ll ahow the 0 sole lar system operates. adam joseph traveling to missouri to bring you bettse. tune to channel 6 as abc news will be airing live special coverage as the eclipse makesy .
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search for half dozen other vandals who take aim at a mural in south philadelphia overnight. details on the breaking news ahead. a large memorial stands with a van plowed into a crowd in barcelona. we'll have the investigation and the fatal attack or not tourist spot. great american solar eclipse is twowa we'l you the illusive glasses that you need to take in all the beauty. outside we go to ge for chris sowers this morning. it's humid this morning, karen. >> reporter: it's humid this morning, you were talking about eclipse glass, wish i had high sunglasses on because it's getting bright out here. in the last hour we've seen the clouds break a part. we'll see sunny skies the rest of the day. we have a good looking day ahead. you see the clouds building in west. we have a chance of a thunderstorm hitting th valley and the poconos tonight.
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look at the numbers, 71-degree dewpoint isfu millville.74 in at dover. i've been tweeting all this someone replied i'm about to go the dewpoint. keep talking about 's sticky here. 68 in quakertown and pottstown. 77 in sunshine in center city. 73 in miatoday.72 in browns mil. 75 waking up in hammonton on this saturday morning, 73 degrees in dover, delaware. here's how the day will go, partly sunny skies, it went for you very quickly. i was about to show you, partly sunny skies, high of 89 degrees. yoatch the humidity start dhe i'll show you what it looks like in the seven day in just a minute, gray. >> thank update. a depicketing depicting
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former philadelphia mayor frank rizzo has been defaced at montrose avenue in the italian market in south philadelphia. police were patrolling the aat y apprehended one suspect. they areearching for others in connection with the this i live look at the ric it's been the target of vandals in the las week. late thursday night, one used white spray paint to write the words b on th city crews scrubbed the stamp early yes mni. police hav ten a person custody for defacing the statue. on wednesday one pelted the figure with eggs, a 7:32 a.m., take a lis in ba memorial is growing by the hour as people remember the victims of thursday's attack.
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candles and flowers and handwrtege for the 13 people who were killed when the van rammed into a crowded street there. meanwhile, an urgent manhunt is underway for molly hunter is in barcelona with the latest. >> reporter: paying tribute as we've see tn many times across candles lit and flowers laid in barcelona. terror swept across the country in a white vanurb and mode down pedestr travel -- mowed down pedestrians traveling a dod including this >> e received wordeath of one american >> reporter: the 42-year-old away without my husband.ther his struggling making
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sense of it all. >> reporter: down the coast in anotherk. shot after shot hen onl lunging at f others ed inowds shaken,y is coming tot on edge all day long, because ttkers may be on the loose. mommy hunter abc news. >> a 7-year-old boy has been missing since thursday. he was reported missing after the attack. he was at t where the vanowed id unconscious during the attack.
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when she came to in the hospitay son. the mother f itg relatives in spa back here at o telut surgery after shootout with a suspected robber. "action conta3100 block ofstree. the armed suspect demande mothe victim resisted and that's when thepect opened fire. he suspect ranway, hs on in cria condition. police added the victim had a pe car. speh theakingecautions to avoie supremacis rally in virginia. and weapons banned in place for the rally and terunterrotesters to
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fro protests are planned at ten other u.s. cities. state election officials have provided commission with most of the information requested about voters in new jersey. that includes, names, addresses, phone numbers, party affiliation and the elections that people voted in. new jersey complied with the request saying this is all public information. it actually howferred refused to under -- however, refused to turnover the last four digits of social security numbers. we're closing in on the great american eclipse happening monday afternoon. although it will be 80% visible in our area. interest in the event is out of this world. glasses needed to see it are a hot commodity. jeff chirico went in search of the glasses. >> yes ma'am we have the
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eclipse glasses. >> reporter: it was unusually busy friday afternoon after word got out that the philadelphia zoo gift shop had solar eclipse glasses in stock. marcia flowers squeezed through the door minutes before closing. >> i've been searching all day occurred to me to put a post on facebook. someone responded and directed me to the museums and they directed me here. >> my wife has been looking for a week, 2 1/2 weeks. >> reporter: after sharing the reply on social media, the zoo got a response like never before. >> they know it happens on monday, it's one time, it's crazy, but it's ricking off the hook. >> ror- ringing off the rook. stores sold out of the coveted eyewear. >> my oldest son is a scientise
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impressed, i'm a little freaked out by it, but we'll watch. >> reporter: even though this 7-eleven never carried them. >> 300 calls. >> reporter: the demandline, we found glassess to4,000. steve thought he got a deal, he mine, what? >> no way. >> reporter: do you fl on natioe you odrpor solar glasses, i feel like a dunce. >> reporter: these will run $5, the zoo has a lited supply, the gift shop opens tomorrow first come first serve. a team of e the event. temple university
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they put the final tumbles on a high at toad balloon they plan to release into the atmosphere. they will travel to kentucky for the release, because i fity. it will live stream theey eclipe o o website6abc.com/eclipse a . on we'll havive to coast at 2:00 p.m. join us for a speci edition of "action news" only at 6abc.com as the delawe and lehigh valleys watch the 2017 solar eclipse. we would like to remind youhatos travelg to m views of monday's great ame cross the country fromv, 6abce
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national weather service trying to determine if this crch -- cell phone video taken in florida was a tornado. wind ripped through a town southeast of orlando. no reports of injuries or damage. stormy weather expected to continue across florida. back here at home, meteorologist karen rogers in for chris sowers, she is tracking the forecast helping you plan your weekend. >> reporter: i'm such a helper, here's what you should do, have a barbecue and call me. your weekend is planned, there you go. cape may looking live in cape may. please if you're at the shore, do that, give me a call. okay i see a couple of people
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walking you see that near the bulkhead over there. it's a nice enough morning good amount of clouds along the coast. we'll see sunshine fill in through the day. a nice one down the shore, a low risk of rip currents. storm tracker 6 live double scan we're dry, we had a couple of sprinkles near the shore that has moved off the coast. how about the numbers, 77. it's warm already, the dewpoint almost the same as the temperature. humidity is awful to start off. it will improve through the day. the winds out of the north/northwest. a little bit of a drier air mass trying to come in. pressure is holding steady. ocean temperature, 74. satellite and radar showing the storms from yesterday, they were significant, 06-mile an hour wind gusts in some areas. that's gone. in the wake, though, we're left with cloud cover, but we can see over the last hour or so, how the clouds are starting to break a part. we can see clear skies to the immediate west and another piece of energy comes rolling through.
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overall, partly sunny, most of the area is dry. 89 degrees in the city. 8:00 a.m., 76. a good amount of clouds, we'll see sunshine through the afternoon, 10:00 a.m., 80 degrees, partly sunny skies. oppressively humid in the morning, by lunchtime the humidity lowers. more and more sunshine throughout the evening hours. future tracker 6, you see this upper level trough this piece of energy comes rotating through, it doesn't hit the whole region, far northern bushes, reading, mountain pocono, this model shows it through 9:00 p.m. breaking a part. that's one area you might expect late-day shower or thunderstorm. total eclipse we're excited about it, from coast to coast, you'll get a total eclipse.
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the path is 70 miles wide. it happens 90 minutes. we're 80% mark. this is monday, august 21. the peak will be at 2:44 p.m. that's when well see 80% that's not too bad. let's check the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, in the poconos, the one spot we'll have a chance of an evening thunderstorm, 78 the high. sunday, sunny and pleasant, 77. at the shore, low risk of rip currents, 74 ocean temperature. sunday, mostly sunny skies, and 83. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast exclusive accuweather forecast, partly sunny, 89 it's a warm one. tomorrow, sunny and 88. eclipse monday, lots of sunshine, just a few clouds, warm, 89 not too humid. tuesday the humidity comes back, humid, 91, chance for a thunderstorm. better chance for a thunderstorm, it's sticky on wednesday, 8 of.
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thursday, less humid and sunny. 82 degrees for the eagles preseason game. how about, friday, feeling like fall. it's cool for august, only 79 degrees for your high temperature, low humidity, sunshine, it's going to be a nice day, not so typical for august this time of the year. >> overall not a bad weekend. if they are barbecuing call you. >> reporter: hello. >> thank you so much, an all new "fyi philly" takes you to the skies, plus, a unique way for you to get in shape. here's melissa magee and karen rogers. >> reporter: hi everyone tonight on "fyi philly" we're heading down the shore getting ready for thunder over the boardwalk, the 15th ann city air show. we'll tell you what's on tap. and learn some tricks from a pilot. >> make a week of it. we'll show you things you can do while you're down the shore.
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ffng andf sneezing, don't blame ragweed our unusually wet summer has pushed molds from trees upward. if you medication f now, to ke se it's in your system when the ragweed pollen sets in. researchers in london found that children who did not enough sleep have higher risk factors for developing type 2
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diabetes, high blood sugar in the morning. experts recommend 9 to tenours of sleep for school-age children. you've likely heat low fat dairy products are the healthier choice. foods with whole milk yogart may be bette you. >> reporter: hudson loves the yargt -- dishes his mother makes. keep mind flavored io gasser have add -- i yogurts have highr
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sugar. >> reporter: brown cow whole milkedded sugar. take a plane and stir in honeyak yogurts are the best priced for the items tested. alicia vitarelli chael "action news." >> coming up meteorologist, karen rogers tykes a final look at the exclusive accuwerecast as we gia beautiful view overlooking center city. karen in for chris says it will shape up to be a nice weekend. we're coming back after the
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>> fall may be weeks away, but it looks like it will be a gorgeous one in new england. experts leavings have been spared by the gypsy mot gre season for colors may last week ofteer rather tha their w october. all right, people already preparing for fall. >> reporter: i know it's going to feel like fall by the end of the seven-day forecast by one day. 79 degrees, i remember. >> reporter: you peeked. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, partly sunny, 89 degrees, it's sticky and humid now, by afternoon still sticky.
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so many, less humid, 88. eclipse monday, 89. less humid. tuesday, 91. wednesday, showers and thunderstorms, 86. thursday, less sticky are to the eagles, 83, and friday, 79 degrees. >> folks it is 7:56 a.m., we're just a few minutes away from saying good morning to "good morning america." >> reporter: gray, good morning, coming up on "g.m.a.," steve bannon said he is ready to go to war. he has been ousted, who is he going to war with? >> reporter: information on the deadly terror attacks over in spain. officials revealing this could have been much worse. the suspects had aore ambitious plot in mind and what stopped them. we're hearing from the family of an american killed in the
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attack. we're days away from the solar eclipse, towns flooded with traffic and visitors, the safety tips and myths u on "g.m.a." >> "action news" continues at 9:00. before your child hea help theires children become financi a responsible. plus, septa introduces a hitech way to keep rider itse with the use o their cell phones. now for karen rog sowers, and the entire "action news" team, g hall. make it a great day. good mornin.
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