>> yes, jennette, you heard it here. >> stuffed animals saved a toddler who fell from a second-storyw. >>> a police chase ends at the philadelphia airport economy parking lot. those stories and more when "action news" comes right back. >> now on "action news," medical mystery, ambulances rush several students to the hospital from an afterschool -- after-school event. >>> moving on from the mistrial. bill cosby is making a return to the public eye. >>> a slam dunk, he is earning special attention from something he said on jimmy kimmel live. the man has taste. >>> matt o'donnell is off, jeanette reyes joins us, time to find out about the showers and thunderstorms. >> reporter: we have showers on the other side of the gettysburg, they have moved east. it is possible before the end of the morning commute we will get hit with heavy rain and it could feature downpours. we'll have clouds and sunny breaks. after the first batch of rain there's more spotty stuff later in the day and this evening. 77 in philadelphia. 72 in allentown and reading. low 70s down the shore at this early hour. we ha

tam and jennette. >> breaking overnight, philadelphia police officers on bicycles were processing a scene when a driver came speeding right at them. the officers jumped out of the way as the vehicle drove over their bikes and kept going, katherine scott is live at the scene in juniata park with the very latest, good morning, katherine. >> reporter: good morning, tam, police are looking for a black nissan ultima with tinted windows. it narrowly missed officers. it actually was gunning for the officers thankful think there was no serious injuries. the road opened back up, this is where it happened erie by "i "in juniata park. the bikes were bent and damaged at 2:00 a.m. police were on the scene for a carjacking. they stopped the chrysler made an arrest and recovered a gun. the officers had the car involved in the carjacking surrounded when a black nissan sped toward them going 60 miles per hour. the officer also jumped off -- officers jumped out of the way, and it drove over the bikes and between the police vehicle that had their lights on. police are looking for surveillance footage. >>> d

it's early on a friday morning, tam and jennette. >> thank you karen. >>> now it's time to talk about sports in a city that's starving for sports relevance, markell fultz is only 19, but stepping on to center stage. >> he is the top pick for the sixers. he was all business surrounded by cameras in brooklyn. he is billed as a building block in what they call the process. >> markell fultz. >> thousands of sixers fans packed into a draft night rally in northern liberties and cheered him for being the top pick. >> i'm hoping he and ben simmons, power twins activate. katherine scott is live in south philadelphia, his new place to play. the sixers are the buzz of the sports world now. >> reporter: they are, and fans are excited to see what markell can do at the wells fargo center. he is happy to be in philly and philly is happy to have him. markell fultz is now a sixer. he was selected number one in the nba draft. he led the packed 12 in scoring. finished 6th among all division one players and the top freshman scorer in the country. >> has it sunk in that you're a philadelphia 76er? >> no,

matt and jennette. >> today is the last day for the tax amnesty program in pennsylvania. individuals and businesses have until midnight to pay delinquent taxes and have all penalties and half the interest waived. a 5% penalty will be applied after today. >>> a group of people are fighting a law that prevent people from selling home state goods. it is the only state after the state of wisconsin concerns over public health issues has lawmakers considering the issues. home bakers want to sell their goods to earn extra money or have to open store fronts or pay to work out of commercial kitchens. >>> futures are pointing to more gains this morning. >>> coast to coast career fairs hosting a fair in philadelphia. hundreds of jobs are available law enforcement to insurance and more, at the four points by sheraton at grant and the boulevard. >>> new video on "action news," a we get a firsthand view of a police officer's encounter with a bear, that's an interesting ending coming up at 5:00 p.m. >> a.m. >>> the navy releases the pictures of the sailors killed in a collision between

. >> reporter: that's right, matt and jennette, jury selection begins in this case, the prospective jurors come from nine southeastern counties that will take a month. >> reporter: 50-year-old williams faces 29 charges a max yum of 20 years behind -- maximum of 20 years behind bars for taking $100,000 of gifts and vacations from two local business owners and charged with spending $20,000 for his mother's nursing care. he remains district attorney and accepting his salary, but he is not seeking a third term. in an geament agreement with the state in an agreement with state supreme court his law lons was suspended -- license was suspended. the judge felt confident they could pick a jury of 12 and four alternates in one day. the judge said be ready to start presenting witnesses starting tomorrow him live in federal court, katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> the former husband of a popular radio host who was murdered in 2012 will be back inside a mays landing courtroom. last week james coughman was arrested on -- kauffman was arrested on weapons charges after he pulled o

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the problem as jennette said is the humidity. the rain is off to the north and west.de, it looks nice sun coming up, if this was an autumn day or spring day we would be saying great. 79 degrees in philadelphia. not so great. we don't see it this warm this early in the day this often. the dewpoint is up over 70. anytime we get a dewpoint over he 70 which is the best measure of the moisture in the atmosphere we start talking about oppressive humidity. you feel that as you get out there walking or jogging or doing physical activity. winds out of the west/southwest at 10 miles per hour. in terms of rain we're pretty much okay until noon. there could be a spotty shower around nothing to get too excited about up through the morning hours. as we head into the afternoon, by 3:00 p.m. there's a line of showers and gusty thunderstorms beginning to push toward the northern and western suburbs. we may see a line of this trying to pop up through the southern areas. as we push up through 5:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m., 7:00 p.m., we can see how all the convergence on the i-95 corridor we're

jeanette reyes is outside the montgomery county courthouse, good morning, jennette. >> reporter: i was here during the frenzy when we got word that the jury was coming back to the courtroom. the judge send them back, this is taking just about as long as it took to go from opening statements to closing arguments. the jury is simply exhausted, but the judge wants to make sure they have tried their absolute best. >> reporter: day four is dragging on after the jury said they were dead locked not reaching an unanimous decision on the assault charges. the judge said it was their duty to try their best to reach a verdict and try again. the defense's request for a judge to declare a mistrial was denied. as deliberations approach 40 hours, the judge told the jury of seven men and five women you are exhausted, deliberations should be done with a fresh minds and body. around 9:00 p.m., a fatigued jury was sent back to their hotel and wary cosby was seen walking to a black suv. the spokesperson pushed for a mistrial. >> if they don't have a verdict he would release them and say this is a deadlock.

." >> indeed, jennette, the action "action news" team will stay on top of any developments we'll bring you the verdict on air and 6abc.com. >>> surveillance video captures an attack in the city's mayfair section at earlier this month. the suspect followed the 82-year-old woman and throws her to the ground abbey takes her purse and runs away. >> happening today, president trump will be in miami to announce changes to america's policy with cuba. the president is expected to reinstate travel restrictions and block business with the country's military changes to the to the previous obama policy. flights and crews ships will not be restricted. >>> deputy attorney general rod rosen stein is warning americans about leaks around russian officials and trump campaign. on wednesday there was reports that special counsel robert mueller is investigating the president himself for obstruction of justice. he released a statement saying, americans should be skeptical about anonymous allegations. the department of justice has a long established policy to neither confirm or deny allegations. >>> troublin

jennette?> reporter: matt, thousands of kids will be home from school today as the central bucks school district announced they will be closed as the search for the i know mate intensifies. take a live look behind me, i want to show you why. there's a heavy police preference as they search for the inmate along edison road. we're told this happened, the escape happened last night as the inmate was being transported in the area of bristol and lower state road. the inmate was being held at the bucks county correctional center less than a mile away. residents were told to shelter in place, they first learned of the police activities through a reverse 911 call and asked to stay in their homes and lock their doors, but not much information was given and that caused some alarm. since then, the state police have descend upon neighboring streets including this one here. police, sheriff and k-9 have been enlisted in the on going search. we saw activity pick up 30 minutes ago, we're not sure if there was

i'm not sure about jennette, i've got to know a little about her humidity interests. we have spotty showers leftover in south jersey and southwest near baltimore after the terrible storms that hit some of our area. let's go outside we have a beautiful shot as we look live in chester at the talen energy stadium. the skies are trying to brighten a little bit. we'll have a fair amount of clouds to start you off. dewpoint, 67, feeling muggy. the pressure is steady. the wind are light, the westerly wind allows us to get pretty hot this afternoon, the ocean temperature, 61. take a dip. satellite and radar showing clouds and sprinkles kind of leftover, but today is a mostly dry day with sunshine and clouds. it's a good one even though we are heating things up. the humidity level is not too bad with the high pressure above. 90 degrees for the high, heating up, but slightly humid today. as we look at tropical storm cindy which is impacting the gulph as you can see, the remnants of cindy will be impacting us later on in the forecast him we'll get captured in the tropical moistu

." >> thank you for that jennette. >>> a woman jumped out of the way just in time when a u haul truck barreled into a brewpub that was going the wrong way on second street and swerved into the building. "action news" viewer captured video of the driver jumping out of the of the vehicle and taking off after the crash. the restaurant got it all cleaned up and back open for business. >>> 529 a water downed version of trump's travel ban goes into effect today. the supreme court is allowing executive order but placed limitations on it. those who request entry must approve they have a credible bona fide relationship with a school, job or person in the u.s. the trump administration set new criteria since the ruling. it should not include grandparents, grandchildren, nephews cousins, brothers in law or sisters in law or fiances. >>> president trump and the first lady have announced their next trip they will travel to paris on bastille day. >>> the pennsylvania legislature is about to vote on the state budget. in pennsylvania the budget deadline looms but no clear details on the 3 billion budg

." >> thanks, jennette. we're awaiting the update on the condition of louisiana congressman steve scalise, the hospital where he is being treated said he is in critical condition along with lobbiest matt mika. a man shot republicans as they practiced for baseball game yesterday morning. two capitol police officers shot and killed the gunman. the officers were there with congressman steve scalise. james hodgkinson was critical of president trump on social media. the president and the first lady visited steve scalise last night. lawmakers plan to play the game as scheduled as a show of solidarity between republicans and democrats. >>> special counsel is investigating president trump for possible obstruction of justice. the report indicates robert muller is looking into the president's action with fired fbi director james comey. muller will speak with three top intelligence officials, rich aider ledgeit and mike rogers and dan coats. >> we know that president trump called mike rogers and dan coats to come out a

jeanette reyes has more outside doylestown and jennette he is still on the rub. >> reporter: that's right, alicia, going on 14 hours, less than 30 minutes ago we got the update that the search was called off for daniel selby junior. this is what residents went to sleep with and woke up to a heavy police preference the loud sound of helicopters hovering overhead and k-9 units and heavily armed police looking for the inmate. authorities spent 12 hours looking for him in heavily wooded areas with rough terrain and nearby quarries. that complicated matters. it was not until 8:00 p.m. when police released details to media and residents. this started after the 25-year-old was picked up in landsdown for failure to app on a drug charge him while being transported he told officers he was sick, he was allowed out of the van and pushed the sheriff ran off into the night still handcuffed. police believe around 5:30 he was picked up at a 7-eleven at route 611 and he had -- edison road a mile away from the jail. >> detectives will interview family members and try to convince him to turn himself in. it

. >> reporter: jennette we have a downed tree on strahle street. not fine in franklin township, gloucester county. we have a couple of issues in montgomery county to talk about when "action news" continues on this thursday morning. it's time that we bring addiction out of the darkness and into the light. to everyone struggling in silence - addicts, family, friends - you are not alone. it's time we lift each other up, reach out, say something. addiction is a disease. don't suffer. don't wait. help is within reach. call 844 reach nj or go to reachnj.gov the road to recovery starts now. here out across the ben franklin bridge, what a beautiful start to your thursday. 5:45 a.m., 70 degrees out there. >> now we're going from this beauty to traffic, matt i argue it's not as beautiful as that, what do you think. >> reporter: i think that's a fair argument. i thought you were talking about my beauty. >> you are a beauty. >> reporter: if we're talking about traffic not a beautiful situation in a lot of spots already this morning. arguably the big of which i

reyes is live at police headquarters with the latest on the search for the gunman, good morning, jennette. >> reporter: good morning, tam, this is the second teen to die of gunshots this week alone. this solely teen of the three of the two that died in the shooting died hours ago the other died overnight, as well. ment shots broke out at 11:00 p.m. along the 1300 block of west rush street. philadelphia police say two shooters approached their victims on bikes and fired over two dozen times at close range. police say they arrived on scene and saw two men on the ground with gunshot wounds to the torso and surrounded by shell casings. one victim was in his 20s. the other 17 years old. authorities would later find another gunshot victim. >> while investigatin scene, a third victim, a 20-year-old male showed up at temple hospital by private auto. the 20-year-old male was shot one time in the arm. he is in stable condition. >> reporter: and police don't have a motive or suspect just yet, but they are about her viewing witnesses at the -- they are interviewing witnesses at this hour. they are re

tacony-palmyra will open at 6:15 put that in the back of your mind, jennette and tam. >> we knew the sixers were planning to draft markell f are up -- fultz. that did not take away from the excitement when he was drafted in brooklyn. moments after the announcement, he tweeted, the process led me here and we won't rest until we number one. that gives me goose bumps, katherine scott makes me excited about the future. >> markell fultz is getting a warm welcome. markell is a philadelphia 76er. the 6'4" guard was selected number one in the nba draft. he led the packed 12 in scoring, finished 6th among all division one players and top freshman scorer in the country. >> reporter: has it sunk in that you're a 76er? >> not yet, i'm happy, i know the fans are great, the players are great, the coaching staff is great. >> reporter: the 19-year-old had a big night and making an appearance on kimy kimmel live live -- jimmy kimmel live. you're going to philadelphia, pats or genos. >> i've been going to larrys. >> reporter: the team at larry couldn't be happier for the shoutout. if he thinks about i

good morning, jennette. >> reporter: good morning, tam, i was here when we got news that the jury was deadlocked and that the judge was sending them back to resume deliberations and everyone here was stunned. just to give you an idea how long this is taking this is day five of deliberations over 40 hours, now, just about as long as the trial itself from opening statements to closing arguments, as long as that took you cannot overestimate how exhausted this jury is. day four of deliberations seemed to drag on after the jury told the judge they were deadlocked couldn't reach a unanimous decision on any of the charges. the judge said it was their duty to try their best to reach a verdict and try again. as deliberations approached 40 hours, the judge told the jury of seven men and five women you are exhausted, deliberations should be done with a fresh minds and body, around 9:00 p.m., a fatigued jury was sent back to their hotel. the famed comedian spokesperson pushed for a mistrial. >> if they don't have a verdict by now, he would release them and say this is a deadlock. >> reporter: gal

good morning, jennette. >> reporter: good morning, tam, the only teen victim in the shooting died from his injuries hours ago after being shot in a hail of gunfire. he is one of two victims to die overnight. the shots broke out along the 1300 block of west rush street. two shooters approached their victims on bicycles and fired over two dozen times at close range. police arrived on the scene to find two men on the ground with shots to their torso and surrounded by shell casings. one victim was in his 20s and the other 17 years old. they found a third victim. >> reporter: while investigating the scene a 20-year-old man showed up at temple hospital. he was shot in the arm, he is in stable condition. >> reporter: now, police have no motive or suspect at this hour, but they have a little to go off of, they have witnesses and they are looking at surveillance videos police cameras and residential cameras that they are reviewing hopefully that will lead them to their killers. jeanette reyes which i -- chann6 "action news." >> a chemistry teacher in burlington county is expected to be in court

we had an accident on 422 eastbound approaching oaks that just cleared, jennette. >> a space x rocket successfully lifted off from vanneddenberg air force base yesterday. they are going to eliminate black zones where commercial airplanes can't be tracking by providing global surveillance of all flights. >>> japanese air bag maker takata has filed for bankrupt in u.s. and tokyo. most of the assets will be sold to key safety systems for $1.6 billion. takata could not stand the hefty penalties related to the air bag inflates. they can explode with too much force and hurl shrapnel killing people. >>> futures are pointing to a higher open across the board this morning. >>> transformers the last night made $45 million. it's the 5th insult in -- installment in the franchise. i gave my money to transformers my little guy loves to roll out. he was very happy. i was happy that he was happy. >>> 4:53 a.m., a hit-and-run driver narrowly missing several philadelphia police officers and investigators believe it was intentional. >>> a live report ahead at 5:00. >>> first a young girl dangling from a

good morning, jennette. >> reporter: good morning, tam, this was a brazen home invasion that ended in execution-style murder. take a live look behind me, investigators are on the scene. it doesn't appear anything was taken from inside the home. all happened hours ago around 1:00 a.m. along the 6500 block of north 16th street in the west oak lane section of the city. the suspects kicked in the back door according to police and rushed into the home. the victim was sitting in the living room watching television when the suspects fired at him 11 dimes at pointblank range in the chest and the neck. take a listen to what police had to say. >> we found multiple spent shell casings, large caliber, many shell casings were inches from the victim's body, so appears the shooter was standing in close proximity to the victim when he fired multiple shots. clearly appears to be an execution-type homicide. >> reporter: the victim's grandmother was in the second floor of the home in the bedroom. she was unharmed. police are questioning her and reviewing surveillance video from nearby hoping that will p

tam and jennette. >> thank you so much. >>> police in massachusetts are crediting a huge stuffed cow for saving a 2-year-old who fell out of his second-story window. his great uncle said the toddler was bouncing on the bed with his sister when he bounced out the window and fell 16 feet on the concrete alone. firefighters say the boy was holding the stuffed cow which broke his fall. >>> johnny depp is in the middle of a controversy with many saying he crossed a line with a comment directed at president trump. he was in england when he asked the crowd when was the last time an actor assassinated a president? i want to clarify i'm not an actor i lie for a living. [laughter]. however, it's been a while and maybe it's time. >> depp appeared to refer to the assassination of abraham lincoln. secret service is aware of the comments. he is the latest celebrity to be center of an outcry after kathy griffin appeared with a bloody head that looked like trump. >> all right time for a preview of "good morning america." >> robin robots is joining us, the -- robin roberts is joining us, the senate h

reporter: we have a car that doesn't want to run, but penndot arrived on the scene to save the day jennette. northbound i-95 at girard avenue. a highway is closed in south jersey, i have a lot to tell you about when "action news" continues on this thursday morning. >> back on this thursday morning, chopper 6 hd just pulled up on the scene of our overnight accident franklin township, gloucester county. what a mess it is. you can see the dump truck that overturned. both trucks were on fire. that's the pickup truck right there going the wrong way southbound on the northbound side of 535 in gloucester county. it truck. both of them caught fire, there was a fuel spill and debris spill, as well. doesn't look like 55 will be open anytime soon. good pictures from chopper 6 hd, but not a good situation. if you're heading northbound on 55 bail at atlantic -- landis avenue in vineland. 55 northbound is blocked approaching 40 hargtd highway because of the -- harding highway because of the accident. wilmington, 295 southbound two left lanes blocked. 95 and 13 are alternates. i-95 northbound wroan -- bro

good morning, jennette. >> reporter: good morning, tam, speculation is growing about what this means, that is a mystery. what we know this jury is exhausted they are going on 24 hours of deliberations. remember bill cosby a couple of days ago he was smiling and giving a thumbs up to the crowd. it seems now he is growing tired, as well. day three of deliberations, the jury in the bill cosby sexual assault trial had more questions and in the end no verdict. >> sometimes jurors have a point of view and they want testimony read back to approve to the juror on the other side of the argument you see what i am saying is true. >> reporter: bill cosby who was all smiles and even playing to the crowd a couple of days ago looked warn out. >> we're all exhausted and we'll get rest -- worn out. we're all exhausted. >> reporter: they heard the court reporter, reread the testimony of cosby about what happened in 2004. they heard part of the 300 page deposition from constan. >> seems like we have the jurors who want to get the facts right that's what's important right now they missed a parade for the

good morning, jennette. >> reporter: good morning, tam, this is the second teen this week to be shotd. the solely teen of this shooting died a -- the sole teen of the shooting was one of the two to die. the shooting broke out on the 1300 block of west rush street. the shooters approached their victims on bikes and fired two dozen times at close range. police arrived and found two men on the ground with gunshot wounds and surrounded by shell casings. one in his 20s, the other 17 years old. authorities operate found a third person. >> while investigating the scene, a third victim, a 20-year-old male showed up at temple hospital by private auto he was shot in the arm, he is in stable condition. >> reporter: now, police don't have a motive or suspect, but they have something to go off of, we understand they have interviewed witnesses and have surveillance cameras and videos to go off police cameras and residential carpets. of course anyone with information is asked to contact police. jeanette reyes channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> we have new details on a story we first broke o

jeanette reyes is live at southwest detectives good morning, jennette. >> reporter: good morning, tamch for two women is intensifying police believe there may be one or two additional people are part of the string of robberies. we have new surveillance video to show you this morning, the concern is that they might be getting more aggressive with each incident. authorities are growing increasingly concerned about a trio of robbers suspected of being behind five incidents some of them violent. three in upper darby and two in philadelphia. this is brand new surveillance camera footage of one of the robberies. >> we're asking for the public's help in identifying the individuals obviously they have gotten more aggressive the last few days they are out here. >> reporter: the police say the suspects believed to be two women and man held up a domino's driver along race street and stole his hyundai on june 21. they used the stolen vehicle during a robbery on the unit block of 10th street. the victim an 86-year-old grandmother visiting from ecuador. >> they didn't want the woman to take the bag

. >> jennette runs kids and cars, an organization that track front over accident, where child is hit by a driver, pulling forward. >> both don't know they're not educated about that huge blind zone in front of their vehicle. >> from 1996 to the year 2,000, there were 24 recorded front-over fatalities. that number, jumped to 358, between 206 and 2010. one reason, the popularity of bigger vehicles. 80% of front-over accident involve suv's, vans, and pick-up trucks. >> do you think that you would be able to spot a small child in the blind zone in front of your car? >> take a look at this. look out the windshield. you don't see anything, right? but take a look at this. we have ten small children sitting in front of our bumper. >> julie, a mom of four, we asked her to help us test the blind zone in front of her large suv. we put her five year olson, jake, on a scooter, by the bumper. >> can you see him at all? >> not at all. >> we moved jake back, and back, and back. >> back it up, back it up. >> and finally at 8 feet. >> 8 feet i can see his head. and i can safely spot my car. >> most fr

scooter jennette, who did that last night, is named after a muppet charger. >> are we sure he's name after a muppet charger? >> his parents said in a article we named our kid. now, of all things that you would name your son after, scooter seems like it would be way down the list. >> scoot is her kind of cute. >> well, that's true. by the way, mike schmidt hit four homeruns in a game, that was april 17th, 1976 at wrigley field in chicago, sue. >> and whatever you did, to cause our winning streak right now, please keep doing it. >> i'll keep it up. >> remember the days of phillies where the baby blue? >> yes. >> back in the 70s. look at all of that cloud cover out there. the jersey shore this morning, cool and cloudy today, few breaks of sunshine. but back and in full force, that sunshine tomorrow, and so much so that we'll have a heatwave by next week. kind of crazy, but that's the deal. we have system to the south. that's just close enough, that clouds are spreading northward. and we get a little bit of drizzle every once in a while down there in delaware. and that's the way it will