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good afternoon saris off an news the philadelphia eagles launch an initiate to help raise awareness about chi hood autism. and the last tie to shareopinioo the frank rizzo statuend theomi millions of people in florida. >> but the big story on "action news" at noon is the terror attack in london. a bomb exploded on a packed train during the morning rush hour. at least 22 people were hurt but none of the injuries are serious according to london authorities. this was the sne foveras londonn wors train along the elevated subway tracks and shared on social media a witness that captured the explosive device as it was still on fire on the train. >> abc has the latest now on the fifth terrori
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britain this year including reaction from president trump. >> reporter: her on a london bw. >> i can't believe it. >> cat confusion and chaos as people ran for cover. >> confusing. >> some people even trampled trying to gets way from an a explosio >> like a fire blast that went up quickly and then as soon as it went up people left. >> the train was stationary and the door was it was just after in london at the parsons green tube station. this with wires coming out burst into flames. they reveal that t impose advised explosive device did not explo fully. and abc news learning the dedivision is hooked up to a timing device and they are calling this a terror attack.
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but at this time they do not believe it was the work of a suicide bomber and with the search for the suspect or suspects intensifying prime minister, teresa may is urging the public to remain vigilant. >> the threat of terrorism we face is severe, but together, by working together we will defeat them. >> president trump had this reaction. >> we have to be smart and very, ver >> earlier in the series of tweets, president trump called the tacker a loser and that they were known to london officials to which the british prime minister tot's not helpful for someone to speculate on an ongoing investigation. channel 6 "action news." >> back here two women are expected to survive after they were shot inside of their home by a gunman early this morning. it happened around 2:00 a.m. in southwest philadelphia. police say there was also a
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young child inside of the home at the time. katherine scott is live at scen hatfield street with more. >> rick, and both of those women were taken te hospital in stable condition. there was a 3-year-old girl inside of this home at the time of the shooting. remarkably she was not injured. that is lucky considering how many bullets were blindly fired into the front of this home. bullets pierce the southwest philadelphia door. fired from across the street. two women inside were hit. police counted 14 bullet holes concentrated in and around the door on the 5400 block of hatfield. it happened shortly before 20 a.m. >> was next door and i w really close. after the first one woke me up after the third one i was on th >> two women aear-old and 37-year-old friend were inside
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when they heard loud banging on the door. one woman looked out the peep hole and at least 14 shots were fired. >> debris was flying around the living room. it's a violent scene with that many bullets. the 40-year-old resident shot in the stomach and the friend shot in the thigh and the friend's daughter was in the house and unscathed. >> she was not injured or struck by gun fire. she was lucky because inside of the property you see the , the by gun fire and the walls ceilings were struck by gun fire multiple times. >> the motive in this case remains under investigation and police are looking for surveillance footage to see if they can find any that will help in this case. katherine scott, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. a bucks county woman is behind bars accused of a violent confrontation with family
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members. elizabeth -- is charged with firing rounds in the direction of a relative. it happened in newtown township on wednesday. she was later arrested at her home in upper southhampton township. a montgomery county judge set a knew date for bill cosby's is accused of molesting andrea constand in 2004. and a mistrial was declared when the jurors were unable to reach the unanimous verdict. jurors will be selected from montgomery county. more than 80% of the state of florida is back online after hurricane irma. as far as electricity is concerned. that number is great state emergency managers are report that 1.9 million homes and
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biggss still do not have electricity. florida power and light officials earlier this week said that most customers on florida's east coast would have it restored by sunday evening and as for the death toll from irma. at least 33 people have died in the u.s. most of those in florida. the death toll across the caribbean stands at 38. turning to our forecast for your friday -- >> another warm and humid day outside feeling like summer. and keeping an eye on tropical storm jose that could impact the jersey shore this weekend with dangerous rip currents. melissa magee is here with the first check of the accuweather forecast. >> reporter: hi there rick, we are monitoring tropical storm jose with the latest advisory from the hurricane center, still a tropical storm with winds sustained at 70 miles per ho it's out in the atlantic 485 miles south and west of bermuda. this is something we are tracking as we get into the rest of our weekend even into early next week, we look at the path
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withjoseit's movement northwest miles per hour. churning up the sea as long the atlantic and rough surf and rip currents are a big concern but as we get into late monday and tuesday morning we see a gradual shift with the track farther west and notice the cone of uncertainty goes out into the atlantic and approaches areas of south jersey and clips portions of delaware. something to keep in mind as we look at the wave heights into early tuesday morning. it's the closest and stronger to our shore line and look to be the highest as well. but as we go throughout the rest of the weekend something to note is that there is a potential of era four or five days out as you track systems. this is something we'll track closely. 78 back here in philadelphia and 80 in allentown and 69 in the poconos and down in cape may 79. satellite 6 along with action radar showing you we have got a dry and another summer feel to
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our day. plenty of sunshine overhead and a few high puffy cumulous clouds working their way into the m mid-atlantic region. on sunday a high temperature of 83. more details coming up in the full accuweather forecast. >> all right melissa, thank you. you can find weather updates any time on your phone or tablet including the latest on jose. and real time views from stormtracker 6 live double scan, the 6 abc is a free download. in other news, a 7-eleven employee in center city was threatened with a knife after approaching a robbery suspect. police released these surveillance pictures of the suspect at the store. on the 900 block of marcus street at 6:30 p.m. on august 27th. officials say that the suspect put items into his backpack and asked to pay for the items the
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suspect pulled a small knife from the pack and attempted to stab the employee before running away. anyone that recognizes the man is asked to contact police. and today is the date to submit ideas on the frank rizzo statue. they can offer them until today at 5:00 p.m. critics say the statue represents racist police tactics in philadelphia. a final decision will following a public hearing. get ready to lace up your shoes, the philadelphia eagles announced a new fundraising event for the newly established eagles autism incorporated. cheerleaders and players and even swoop are expected to go to the linc walk on september 19th. it goes to autism research and
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programs at recognized institutionsples childrens hospitals and thomas jefferson university and jefferson health. >> we called this event a challenge quite purposefully, it's a physical challenge and one that is fun and family friendly and also a fundraising challenge and offers us all a chance to pull together for a cause that effects so many people. >> eagles experiences will be offered to participants that hit milestone fundraising markers. and if you can't make it to the event. the organization is offering virtual participation and you can register to run or cycle on your own and still support the cause. more ahead on "action news" at noon. greek life is suspended on campus at louisiana state university. after a paternity pledge dies earlier this week. also a water main break causes quite a mess on one highway in california. meteorologi
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word leaders are considering stern measures against north korea after their latest act of aggress. they fired their latest missile over japan and reads were just starting their day at the time and loud sirens alerted them to take shelter? >> the third time they fired a missile over the same region. no damage was caused by the missile. the fate of 800,000 young immigrants hangs in the balance as top lawmakers and trump argue about what happened during the dinner with democratic leaders, they insist they struck a deal to protect the so-called dreers that were brought here as child and the president himself said he was close to an agreement and the republicans insist there was no deal. louisiana state university is investigating a freshman student's death a possible hazing incident. all lsu greekity are
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suspended the coroner says he was taken to fraternity house. the phi delta >> alcohol is part of the allegations but that is part of the investigation. >> it's not like at least to my knowledge that is something that is happening all the time. >> at this point no one is charged with the death but detectives are questioning everyone associated with groover. a busy highway in san diego turned into a pond shutting down traffic for hours therement a water main break created a geyser that shot water high into the air and caused a sinkhole that led to the closure of all four lanes, there were four water main breaks across san diego at the same time yesterday. eligible for medicare?
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a new lawsuit is filed against google accusing the company of gender based pay discrimination. a lawyer representing three women that worked for google is seeking a class action status for the lawsuit. it found among the 20,000 employees at mountain view, california headquarters women made less than men in nearly every job classification. as acme celebrates the grand reopening in cooper, the company is giving back to the community.
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a celebration was held at the store at the 2700 block. acme presented $1,000 to the lower providence police and fire departments and to the school district. and a bench made of recycled materials was gifted to shannon dale retirement community. and in the news people that hate needles and shots. a team has designed a new type of micro particle that could combine everything in a single jab or a super injection, it works using tiny capsules programmed to break down at different times weeks after being injected. right now it's only tested on mice. they expect the superjections could be used globally in 12 years and could help with children and kids that hate shots and parents would be able to space out the delivery of vaccines even when injected at
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all right the "action news" team is out news stories tonight beginning as 4:00. from concerts to indian food and dessert things you can get for nothing s freebie friday. >> and a delaware county high schoolers gets ready to see himself in the limelight. the marching band member who as barriers b >> and looking for happily ever after you should date the frog not the prince. why experts say that women with hot husbands are unhappier than those with less attractive mates. my wife is very happy actually.
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bird. the injured animal took sheltner a houston taxi cab hiding from hurricane harvey. the cab driver named the hawk in honor of the hurricane even though she is a female. she tried to get her out but the bird would not budge. that is when the wildlife coalition stepped in and determined that the hawk has head trauma, most likely from flying into an object. now harvey was released earlier this week into a park. nice story there. melissa magee is back now with a closer look at the weekend forecast. if you are at the jersey shore you may need to be care. >> it's a beautiful picture but if you get in the water a high risk for rip concerns. here is stormtracker 6 live double scan it's dry across our region and no issues with precipitation, this is the last weekend of summer. as we head into tomorrow we show you the picture outside. sky 6 hd we are down the shore in cape may, and again it's a
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beautiful picture and you see folks parked there on the sand but if you venture out into the water there is a risk for rip currents. temperatures outside if philadelphia. looks like the computer is locked up just a little bit. temperatures now are in the 70s across the region not a bad start to our friday. but something you'll keep in mind is that we have the dew point numbers, the dew point numbers are in the middle and lower 60s, because of ta it will feel a touch more humid outside. highs today in the lower 80s, 83 in philadelphia. and 83 as we head into our weekend. so temperatures for the most
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part will be if the 80s. we'll check in our weather computer and get back to you in a bit. >> nice, pretty shot from cape may. we have breaking news to pass along now from newark, delaware, this is the aftermath of a serious accident here. chopper 6 hd is over the scene, police and firefighters arrived here at 11:30 this morning, reports of this accident involve multiple vehicles, we pull out and see what looks like a bread truck and another vehicle that crashed. arriving units did confirm that a young child was trapped in this vehicle at the time and that child has been extricated and rushed to dupont hospital. no details on the child's condition and the child was transported via helicopter and authorities are trying to determine what happened. it happened on an off ramp to i-95 south to route 896 south college avenue in newark delaware, we'll continue to
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the man hundred is underway in london for the person that detonated the bomb in a train station during the morning rush. the fifth terror attack in the uk this year, it took place at the parsons green tube station. a smoldering bucket inside of a grocery bag. witnesses described smoke coming from the blue bag next to it. >> i turned and ran into the flash and smoke about five seconds it was not a safe place to be. >> there are reports of many injuries but all of them are said to be none life threatens
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including cuts and burns and es. lets go live now with more on the situation. >> >> reporter: we are in parsons green up the road from the subwayst attack took place this morning. the area is full of police and sniffer dogs and ambulance services were called and as you see here the fire service is also called on to the scene as this large scale investigation takes place and just who was responsible for placing this bomb. it was an improvised explosive device and did not go off as planned. luckily for the people on the traetonated while the train was on the platform. allowing people get off the train quickly. a number of people suffered burns but nobody s life-threatening injuries. people are looking at ctt foage and there are a lot of cameras down there of course
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