live in quakertown, gray hall channel6 "action news." rick. >> gray, thank you. >>> now to the delaware valley's first heat wave of the year. it is official. we've topped 90 degrees for a third day in a row. action cam was in university city william people took advantage of another taste of summer. as we look outside tonight at the center city skyline, we're in store for a cooldown this weekend. but not without the potential of an unsettled evening. meteorologist cecily tynan is at the big board watching double scan radar. hey, cecily. >> hi, rick and double scan live already firing up. the cold front approaching our northwest suburbs and we are getting kind of a broken line of some showers and thunderstorms to the south. one cell working offer of lbi and there's another line that's moving through delaware right now. it's moving across the delaware bay towards salem county. we've had 77 lightning strikes in the past 15 minutes and it's all moving eastbound at about 20 miles per hour so townsend delaware, peck's corner all in the path of t

tonight on action news at 11:00. >> for cecily tynan, ducis rodgers, the entire action news team, i'm jim gardner, we hope you'll join us at 11:00. ♪ ♪ tires have a new home. midas now sells great brands at great prices. get $100 off instantly on select goodyear and cooper tires through may 31st. find your tires online. trust the midas touch. . >>> tonight, breaking developments, president trump in the holy land. making history at the western wall. with the president also making news after what he said today about his meeting in the oval office with the russians. also breaking tonight, retired general michael flynn, this evening we learn he will plea the fifth in the russia investigation and did he mislead the pentagon when he applied for top-secret clearance, what our team has learned. >>> new video coming in of the police chief killed outside the nursing home. several workers targeted as residents were rushed to safety. what the video shows. >>> the murder on campus, police say this second lieutenant in the army was stabbed in front of his friends. what the suspect allegedly said ri

she is looking forward to celebrating her 110th birthday next year. >> "action news" is next at 6:00 > have a nice weekend. ♪ ♪ tires have a new home. midas now sells great brands at great prices. get $100 off instantly on select goodyear and cooper tires through may 31st. find your tires online. trust the midas touch. >> friday night, new developments in a new jersey murder investigation and tour bus passengers spend the day in the hospital after an early morning crash on the turnpike. but the big story on "action news" tonight is the start of the summer season, welcome to the memorial day holiday weekend! it looked like they are already in mid season form in ocean city today. beach goers boardwalkers and merchants are ecstatic that memorial day has finally arrived at the jersey shore. who can blame them. one of the great ocean city traditions, people dressed in business attire, men and women walked into the ocean to officially welcome the new season. "action news" reporter trish hartman will be live in sea isle city. john rawlins is covering road travel on the pennsylvania turnpike

much more on "action news" sunday. >> carson wentz has a signing. mike missanelli is always blunt on any subject. he joins me next at 11:45. >> after a halftime lead on boston, what will lebron and the cavs do tonight. >> cleveland, 21 points and they blow it to boston game three. irving ties it up with 10 seconds to go. avery bradley for three. boston steals game three in cleveland, 111-108. it's the first loss of the playoffs. >> eastern conference finals, the teams the flyer fans love to hate. penguins score four time in the first. penns win 7-0. that's not a misprint, 3-2 series lead. claude giroux, wayne simmons and flyers coming up in the world hockey championship against sweden. lundquist, the ranger goalie tackled right there. claude giroux skating off, disappointed like he did last month for the flyer in the playoffs. >> my goodness. >> all right. something. >> we'll work on that, jeff. thank you. still to come on "action news." >> we head to los angeles where we get a preview of the "dancing with the stars" finale. >> a man from wayne is c

those stories and more when "action news" comes right back. more exhilarating than playing $100,000 club with top prizes of 100 thousand dollars? winning...on the spot. yeah! (laughter) play $100,000 club, the new scratch-off from the pennsylvania lottery. and you could win...on the spot! keep on scratchin'! >> president trump is back in the twhiet house after a whirlwind trip. he's returning to his son-in-law jared kushner facing allegations. the latest from chuck seavorson. >> president trump home sweet home after nine days abroad during his first foreign trip in office. the president giving himself top marks. from saudi arabia, islam, the wall, the meeting at the vatican with pope francis, at the g submit the united states was the only hold out not signing the paris climate agreement. the president says he will make his final decision next week. on the home front, jared kushner did try to establish a back channel with russian officials during the transition. sources say it was focused on syria and policy matters. a meeting took place at tru

it's tonight on action news at 11:00. >> new jersey got a report card today on its children living at or below the poverty line. it's courtesy of the annual kids count report that was announced in trenton. as of 2015 the most rees enfigures available, new jersey appears to be better than the federal poverty average. the stats do not consider that new jersey is the high cost of living state. >>> members of the philadelphia fire department were honored today for their outstanding work. now medical technician natasha gonzalez and charles moore are the emt of the year. they work as a team to revive a person and bring them back to life. they also went on a call and delivered a baby. they work out of medic 25 in strawberry mansion. congratulations to these two. >> much more ahead in the next 30 minutes, including new mfrks about a man arrested in bucks county accused of possessing child pornography . >> it's 4:30 and action news continues with video with a thief turning a south philadelphia into his own drive-through. >> he only hires one-time inmates to help whip fitness enthusiasts into s

i don't have words. >> dann cuellar, "action news." jim? >> dan, thank you. re urging you to stay with channel6 and abc news for the manchester terrorist attack, late breaking news on "nightline" following with "action news" at 4:30 a.m. call it a flash mob, riot or social media inspired melee, it was an all out brawl. this is the park section of philadelphia. today it was the scene of a rumble. live at east detective headquarters is annie mccormick. annie, you have the full story. >> jim, one officer was taken to hospital. three tyne teens were arrested d more could come. >> this video captures the moment philadelphia police tried to gain control of a flash mob of students. you can see cellphone video where police get one teen on the ground. it started with a massive brawl that spill frd the sidewalk to the roadway of the elle. this played out with three high schools. a message on social media urged kids to go to the septa frankford line. >> there were two juveniles arrested. there was a fight around the corner. another was arrested for that. >> one employee

bob brooks channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> meanwhile the fate of a new jersey man accused of killing his 3-year-old son because the boy hindered his relationship with his girlfriend is in the hands of a jury. deliberations in david creato's case continued today after they began to consider the evidence yesterday. creato maintained his son wandered away from his home in delaware of 2015. >>> and a stabbing is said to be the result of a domestic dispute. it ends on the bridge. and police tell "action news" they believe that a woman stabbed herself in the neck and a man showed up later at the elsmere fire station suffering from several stab wounds. >>> philadelphia and the fbi is asking for your help in identifying a bank robber, look at these surveillance pictures, officials say that this man entered the republican bank on the 100 block of frankford avenue just afternoon time. he approached a teller and demanded money and left in a red ford explorer. authorities believe that the suspect is responsible for robbing the same branch back in january. if you recognize this man you

from attacking. >>> the man music center summer schedule is just ahead with karen rogers when "action news" returns. oo, yeah. are you ready for a rush? yes, yes i am. you're in for a treat. fast play is the new way to play fast and win instantly from the pennsylvania lottery. pick a game, get your ticket and see if you've won. i won! pretty fast, huh? fast play. play fast. win instantly. finale is here tonight the battle in the ballroom wraps up with the "dancing with the stars." >> it's been a season of shocking eliminations. only three celebrities remain, singer, running back and former mlb catcher. each star performs two dances one style they already performed and the free style. alicia vitarelli is there for it all in los angeles. ♪ >> reporter: it was one of the most shocking eliminations ever on "dancing with the stars." the judges were left speechless after the olympic gold medalist was sent home last week. three celebrities remain in the fight for the mirror ball trophy. ♪ >> reporter: the 5th harmony singer found herself on top of the leaderboard all season long, the odds-on favo

coming up at 6:30 right here after "action news". >>> from our new jersey news room tragedy in new jerseyvy seal died while parachuting during fleet week event. this video shows seal's parachute come down between several buildings. it happened just afternoon time when navy parachute team leap frogs were conducting a jump. one of the shoots failed to open properly and zealanded in the water near liberty state park. he was rushed to the hospital but doctors were not able to save him. investigators are now trying to figure out why the shoot malfunctioned. >>> new jersey shore is getting lots of visitors this weekend but there is one, make that two visitors that you should not get too close too. mary lee the great white shark has return to the waters off of cape may. she was trapped there yesterday. mary lee has made visits to the waters off new jersey shore and in years past, this year she brought a friend. a male great white named sysco was also detected, nearby. >> oh, boy. >> she likes the new jersey shore. >> yes. >> it is nice. >> of course. >> sports is next on "action news". >> a mass

a.m. >> as for pseg customers service was not disrupted. >> thank you. >>> coming up tonight on "action news" at 11:00 an investigation looks into philadelphia's new controversial sugar tax dollars and where the money is going. investigative reporter, chad pradelli, is digging in state records and found some alarming subsidies and missing background checks and outstanding tax bills and allegations of physical violence. >> some of the findings do you think they did a thorough investigation? >> that is something we'll look into. don't miss this investigation tonight on "action news" at 11:00. >>> quest love from the roots will d.j. at the pennsbury program after all. the high school announced that quest love canceled for saturday's big dance and received a letter from his representative saying there was technology concerns but quest love who is from philadelphia told "action news" it was due to a scheduling conflict but the situation is work out and quest love tweeted i will stick to my word and dj your prom saturday night. and told "action news," i'm not even going to charge them doing prom.

"action news" at 6:00 is coming up next. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> "action news." rogram. with ducis rodgers, meteorologist cecily tynan and jim gardner. >> ♪ >> monday night, memorial day, jim is off. i'm rick williams. in the news philadelphia police are piecing together a double murder that claimed the life of a woman known as a pillar of her community. >>> and new trouble for golfing legend tiger woods. he was arrested this morning for drunk driving. >>> but the big story on "action news" tonight is a rainy memorial day throughout our area. but the weather didn't put a damper on today's festivities. folks took the gloomy skies in stride as they spent the day with family and friends and made time to commemorate what the holiday is all about honoring the energy the men and women who fought and died for our nation. >>> john rawlins is live at the korean what are memorial. let's check in with bob brooks live in wildwood where folks were enjoying this unofficial kickoff to the summer season. hey, bob. >> reporter: hey, rick, that's right, they are -- i tell you what

" theme song on "action news."o we let him on this memorial day. obviously by his account and so many others, despite this inclement weather this has been a memorial day weekend to remember. reese says he wants to thank our service men and women for that. >> can't express enough gratitude to the men and women hoop serve us. i mean, it goes beyond words. >> reporter: today in wildwood the rides were packed, boardwalk games were being played. we saw a smile just about on everyone's face. it looked like and sounded like good old fashioned fun. >> what have we done. >> we have rided some rides and i beat my daddy at a game. >> yeah, yeah, you don't need to tell the world. >> reporter: in ocean city you can't blame them for not going into the water too cold for that so they ate funnel cake monkey bread you name it. norma owner of curly fries says they've had plenty of sales. >> lineups all day long, fries, funnel cake, lemonade, hot dogs an good time. >> reporter: as of 2 o'clock this was the scene of wildwood going str

we'll be broadcasting from here while we build a new home for "action news" across the hall in the newtudio. the new set will be ready in about a month. >>> in "healthcheck," if you think good looks makes you attractive, think again. a new study found that your voice and body odor are important in determining attractiveness. researchers found vocal cues make judgment about sex age and emotional state and possible fertility, odor may give us clues on how healthy a person is. >>> skipping breakfast having a salad or beverage at lunch, but you crave pizza or snacks or ice cream at night. that can lead to weight gain. experts say it's about when you eat not what you eat. reachers recommend front loading your calories or eating more earlier in the day to avoid late-night cravings. >>> form are vice president joe biden give words of wisdom to college graduates and details on legendary singer chris cornell will be laid to rest. >> a fast-moving wildfire forced several hundred campers to evacuate a campground south of san diego. the fire started yesterday in hot dry conditions. it's burned a t

we hope you'll join us for "action news" at 11:00. >> ♪ >>> tonight, we have breaking news as we comereports of a man, a foreign national, trying to break into a cockpit on a flight that left from los angeles. reports he had a suspicious item. >>> also breaking, as president trump departs, investigations looking at a staffer inside the white house. >>> also, what we've learned about the president's conversation with the russians after firing james comey. >>> also, a car plowing into a crowd in times

the choice -- insider wall street politics or main street, new jersey, values. >> ♪ >> "action news."apody, meteorologist cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >> ♪ >> gray skies and a bit of rain put a damper on memorial day 2017. but people still made the best of the long holiday weekend. the boardwalks were packed today at the jersey shore and residents across the region paid tribute to america's fallen heroes. it is monday night. monica is off. sharrie williams is joining us and the big story on "action news" is memorial day monday. >> sky6 hd giving us now the live look over penn's landing. a lot of clouds remain in place but the afternoon has been mostly dry after those morning showers. meteorologist cecily tynan is here with the latest from accuweather. hi, cecily. >> hi, sharrie. had to grab my tote when i stepped outside because it's definitely on the cool side. it's not raining but we do have plenty of clouds. our high so far only 64 degrees. the last time a memorial day we were stuck in the 60's was back in 2004 and this is 14 degrees below our normal high and mem

i'm sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> "action news" reporter walter perez is live at citizens bank park where there is a phillies game tonight. walter so much is made of soft targets and how they are vulnerable to terrorist attacks. >> he want to emphasize there is no specific threat directed at tonight's game for the phillies and rockies and the message is to live your lie but remain vigilant. >> police officials here in philadelphia say that what happened in manchester england is another sign of the times in which we live. >> what happened over in manchester, in the short run at the phillies game but we'll increase our efforts and demoment and tragedy strategies in that record and chief william grass from boston is in town for the police crime commission awards ceremony rekindled memories of the boston bombing three years ago. >> innocent people enjoying an event and cowards step in and commit cowardly acts and take lives, every law enforcement official we spoke with says be vigilant and if you see something unusual or suspicious call 911 right away. >> neve

"action news" at 6:00 is next. >>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program.cis rogers, meteorologist, cecily tynan, and jim gardner. wednesday night and two addiction counselors die of an overdose in chester county and a toddler shot four times is now out of the hospital and recovering. but the big story on "action news" tonight is a sigh of relief for folks in south jersey and they want to know why a message warning them about a problem at the salem hope creek power plant was flashed on their television screens last night. in reality there was no problem at the plant and they were conducting a drill and no message was suppose to appear on anyone's screen. "action news" reporter gray hall is live in salem tonight. gray have tens of thousands of new jerseyans received an adequate explanation? >> reporter: the hope is this won't happen again. a lot of people were rattled by this and the problem is identified and corrected. >> it was scary that is all i can say. >> should we pack up and go? do we need a ready bag by the door. >> i thought something went wrong an

for the entire "action news" team i'm jim gardner, we hope you'll join us for "action news" at 11:00. donald tmeet phil murphy,by former goldman sachs bankers. another wall street banker running for governor, whose firm helped trigger the financial meltdown that put millions out of work and out of their homes. murphy's trying to buy the election, paying off new jersey bosses. my name's john wisniewski, and i'm running for governor of new jersey. john wisniewski, the son of a millwright, who uncovered the bridgegate scandal and exposed chris christie's corruption. the choice -- insider wall street politics or main street, new jersey, values. oo, yeah. are you ready for a rush? yes, yes i am. you're in for a treat. fast play is the new way to play fast and win instantly from the pennsylvania lottery. pick a game, get your ticket and see if you've won. i won! pretty fast, huh? fast play. play fast. win instantly. >>> tonight -- breaking news. as we come on the air. fired fbi director james comey about to go public. abc news learns when the former fbi director could now testify, and what

i'm vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you vernon. >>> and this just into "action news" the mother of a murdered philadelphia teenager spoke to "action news" as police search for the gunman that pulled the trigger. the shooting happened last night in the 2100 block of port richmond. 14-year-old frazer was shot multiple times at 9:30 and pronounced dead a short time later at the hospital and a 16-year-old was hit by gun fire and survived and is now out of the hospital. in the past 30 minutes "action news" spoke with the heart broken mother. >> am living a mom's worst nightmare. no mom should have to live this nightmare. >> the motive for the shooting is unclear and we are told that dozens of people were outside when the shooting happened. they hope that someone will come forward with more information. >> philadelphia city leaders banded together to deliver a message of safety. philadelphia's top fire check asked residents to prepare themselvesed and their loved ones if they find themselves in a similar situation. bob brooks is live now where the most recent fire broke out. >>

i'm vernon odem channel 6 "action news" in camden, new jersey. >>> a large water main break has left more than 20 customers without water service in barrington camden county. clemens bridge road is shut down. >>> we're hearing details about the murder investigation of slain radio host april kauffman, the revelations came over arguments whether april's husband jim kauffman should be forced to provide dna. it was revealed that a blood sample discovered in the guest room has the victim's blood and somebody else's, the investigators don't know who that blood long as to. investigators said it's just another step in an on going investigation. dr. kauffman has never been named a suspect but both sides spoke outside the court today. >> seeking of the dna of dr. kauffman is another tool to allow us to it with the evidence we collected. >> reporter: five years is enough it is time in our view for the prosecutors to turn their attention to other directions. >> the judge will make a ruling by tuesday, that decision will be sealed. >>> pennsylvania governor tom wolf has signed legislation that he

levels of transmission but urged the country to step up the mosquito fighting efforts. >>> the "action news" team sought working on news stores for tonight at 4:00. here is alicia vitarelli with a preview. >> reporter: hey guys, from europe to disney world if you are planning a family vacation any time soon you will want to watch what's the deal no matter where you are going. and coming up a question that most parents have faced, should i make my child hug a relative or another child if they don't want to. we'll hear your thoughts and what the experts have to say about it. and take us with you on the go. watch our newscast streaming live on your smart phone or tablet. >> it's a big question in my house. we have a big italian family and we have to hug and kiss everyone. >> whether you want to or not. >>> the owners of this backyard pool are lucky they took a second look before jumping in, the family found an eight foot alligator jumping in at their home in florida. they called a trapper and they were able to relocate the the gator to an appropriate watering hole. >> oh my goodness. thank goo

channel 6 "action news." >> thank you, also at the scene is "action news" reporter vernon odom. you talked to witnesses what are they saying tonight? >> reporter: jim, good evening. they are saying it was a sudden horrifying experience. the park is just a mile from the newcastle hair port. >> it sounded like a missile coming. and all i did was stop. i didn't know where it was coming from. >> john hughes witnessed the entire tragedy as it unfolded late morning, he just pulled up to to i.t. work at the office of a business client. >> i saw the copter nose dive. the noise was that close maybe 150 feet above my head. it was a surprise. i heard it the propellers, it was kind of scary. the big explosion and flames, felt the heat from it. kind of the shock jay and marion williams own compressed air of delaware their office just a few hundred yards from the crash scene. >> we heard and felt the crash across the street and we went around immediately to see if we could render assistance and the flames were just aatrocious at that time. >> trying to avoid buildings out here. he saved lives

head to our website at 6abc.com. >>> the "action news" team is out work on news stories tonight beginning4:00. a nuclear warning scare has people on edge in south jersey last night and the message send over cable tv had a major error. the warning was just a test and "action news" is working to get answers from the agencies in charge. >>> and long wood gardens on the verge of debuting their 90 million renovation project and adam joseph is live at the main fountain garden starting at 4:00 for this week's spring adventure. >>> quick break and accuweather is coming up next. as we take a nice picture from cape may, new jersey. david murphy has your seven-day forecast. at ikea, we believe that everything you need should be within reach. that anything that matches your taste can match your budget. that green living doesn't have to cost much green. we believe that you should always have room for the little things. and that your dream kitchen should work as hard as you do. save up to 15% at the ikea kitchen event. >>> meteorologist, david murphy is back now with a pretty picture of cape may down a

reporting in ocean city, trish hartman channel 6 "action news." >> 9:34 a.m., new jersey governor christie is getting in on the memorial day weekend celebration, he was decked out in a princeton sweatshirt as he stopped for selfies with visitors on the boardwalk in seaside heights yesterday. in a symbolic sign of change, the governor took part in the ribbon cutting ceremony for the new rollercoaster. it was built to replace the old jet star that was destroyed during super-storm sandy. >>> if you plan to hit the road this holiday weekend you're not alone. aaa predicts the five county philadelphia area will see the largest impact of travel. 450,000 people are expected to travel. that's partially due to consumers feeling good about the economy. >> the economy has slow and steadily rebounded from that, people have more disposable income, they are willing to make the investment, if you will in travel. >> our area, 90% will go by car and 29,000 local travelers plan to fly to their destination. a 4.7% increase from last year. be sure to check out our free 6abc app this holiday weekend. there y

and action news an anchor nydia hahn was at a festival. festival is complete with drummers, traditional dances and, of course, some wonderfuled food. ♪. ♪ . >> breaking news. at least one person is injured following a fire at a laundry mat in south philly. they were called to the 1300 block of point breeze just after 3:00 this afternoon. the person injured was treated at the scene. no word how the fire started. >>> this was no leashly bike race, through the streets of wilmington. approximately 300 professional cyclists competed in the wilmington grand prix, a separate race was amateur cyclists. the grand prix is considered one of the top in the country. >>> time to check on sports and the phillies playing today. >> wins are few and far between for this ball club. phillies are looking to steel two straights from the pirates, that might not sound like a big deal against a last place team, the way the phillies have been playing, it's not going to be so easy. the last that time they won two in a row, nearly a month ago. these pirates don't look

those stories and more when "action news" comes right back >>> sad news here, greg almond has passedway. he was founding members of the almond brothers band known for hits such as sweet melissa and midnight rider but also for jam sessions during almond brothers concerts. almond, once married to cher, struggled with his health issues over the past few years but continues to tour. no cause of death has been announced just yet. greg almond was only 69 years old. >>> world news saturday will have much more on the death of greg almond along with the rest of the day's headlines coming up at 6:30 right here after "action news". >>> police are hoping that security camera video will help them track down driver involved in the deadly hit and run in bristol township. it happened just before midnight at route 13 abe beaver street. investigators say the victim 50 year-old donna anderson, was crossing the intersection when a car with a missing headlight hit her and kept going. that vehicle is describe as a dark colored nissan quest, a minivan last seeing turning on bath road. >>> buena vista is ce

that and much more when "action news" continues tonight. what's more exhilarating than playing $100,000 club with top prizes of 100 thousand dollars? winning...on the spot. yeah! (laughter) play $100,000 club, the new scratch-off from the pennsylvania lottery. and you could win...on the spot! keep on scratchin'! >>> new jersey governor chris christie announce aid series of measures designed to make the city of trenton a better place to live and work and nora muchanic was there for at announcement and has the full story. >> governor christie says that the state will spend $11.5 million on an urban blight program to tear down 500 vacant or abandoned building. >> people will see buildings like the oned around us taken down and clear the way for new development to occur in the city. >> instead of one house here and one house there we can focus on whole blocks at this point. >> and they will provide safety and technical seventiance to provide cameras around the city. >> it's the eye in the sky and unfortunately that is what we need when you lack

"action news" reporter gray hall is live in salem tonight. gray have tens of thousands of new jerseyans received an adequate explanation? >> reporter: the hope is this won't happen again. a lot of people were rattled by this and the problem is identified and corrected. >> it was scary that is all i can say. >> should we pack up and go? do we need a ready bag by the door. >> i thought something went wrong and waiting for the rest of the message. >> tuesday night at 9:00 p.m. fear grips tens of thousands of people living in south jersey they were alarmed to see this message on their tv a nuclear power plant warning. they feared the worst. >> panic with everything especially with what is happening in the world today. >> this was not a test but a big mistake. we learn from new jersey state police that the accident happened during a scheduled safety training exercise. the state police was intended for a small group of emergency management personnel participating in the exercise and as a result of a coding error the message was publically broadcast.

>> ♪ >> "action news."elaware valley's leading news program. >> with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> good morning. it's 6:00 a.m. on this wednesday may 31st. >> and we are following two new breaking stories. the first is a strange incident at a home in the olney olney section. a woman calls to report a stolen car but then finds her young child unresponsive. >> flight diverted. the inaugural flight from philadelphia to iceland doesn't go as planned. where it went off course with mayor kenney on board. details next. >> fog, mist, clouds we're used to this soggy weather by now while accuweather plans to reintroduce us to the sun briefly later today. >> karen rogers is in for dave murphy. we don't want a brief introduction we want a long acquaintance. matt pelman has your commute. good morning. >> well, we should just be grateful for any sun we can get at this point it's been such a gloomy month and the mist is continuing out here right now kind of constantl

reporting live walter perez, channel 6 "action news." >> that is good news. thank you. >>> upper darby police want the public to be on the lookout for this man. 32-year-old gerald devore escaped from the crozer medical center after being arrested for apartment burglaries, the suspect is considered dangerous. >>> a 7-year-old remains in critical condition at this hour. brain dead according to her family after a horrifying and strange night in the olney section of the story started with the girled mother calling police saying that her car was stolen by her 18-year-old son. when the police responded she went inside and down to the basement to get her identification. >> and made a horrifying discovery. >> she ran out with her 7-year-old daughter in her arms. she was frantic and stated that the child had a plastic bag over its head. >> that little girl remains hospitalized at this hour. again in critical condition from what her father told us she is brain dead. the family car is recovered but the girl's teenage brother remains on the loose at this hour. and still

have a nice weekend. >> thank you. >>> here is a look at stories coming up on "action news" at beginninganding philadelphia's holocaust memorial. the new set of plans showing the project transforming part of the ben franklin parkway. he is a world war ii veteran and purple heart recipient and today he adds an honorary villanova degree to his resume. he is only 93 years young. that will do it for "action news" at noon. and don't forget to join us for "action news" at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. for melissa magee, alicia vitarelli, david murphy, and sara bloomquist i'm rick williams have a nice afternoon. stay cool we'll see you later here today. ♪ >> announcer: today, get ready to rise, shine and dine because we're throwing an all-star brunch bash and you're invited. carla's in the kitchen with the fabulous amy brenneman and they're whipping up a dish so good, there won't be any leftovers. then kareem abdul-jabbar stops by for some hang time with michael, and to cook up a meal that's a real slam dunk. plus "the chew comes to you" week continues as clinton's revealing his secrets to making three

david murphy. >>> hello again sara is off and here are stories we are following for you now on "action news at 12:30. a tour bus full of people collided with a tractor trailer goes off the road and rolls over. we have the latest on the crash on the new jersey turnpike and hear from people that were on board. >> more raids in england lead to more arrests in the search for suspects connected to the deadly concert arena bombing. and most kids either have or want a fidget spinner but safety experts are warning parents the popular toy may not be safe for every child. >> we are helping you kick owe owe the summer start to the season. and the boardwalks and beaches are ready for the crowds and the weather may cooperate. melissa magee has the complete accuweather forecast for the weekend, first we head out to gray hall live if ocean city where the beach front

"action news" continues at 4:30.ily tynan, jeff skversky, ducis rogers and the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner. goodnight. >>> who wants to play the telephone game? >> i do. >> me! >> let's do it. >> jimmy: this is what i'm going to whisper into guillermo's ear. okay? got it? all right. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> jimmy: little yachty? what did we say? >> please smack me in a sand dish with tomato sauce

trust the midas touch. >> ♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program.cily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >> ♪ >> an apparent road rage incident ended with a shooting in a bucks county parking lot. those shots last night pierced a car with a woman and her son inside. and now we're learning new details about what led up to the confrontation from people nearly hit by the gunfire, too. >>> friday night the big story on "action news" is that shooting that landed one man behind bars. >> "action news" reporter gray hall is live in quakertown tonight where he spoke to the victims earlier today. gray. >> reporter: rick and monica, it was a violent scene that played out in this parking lot behind me. the victims tell me they are still traumatized by all of this but they are relieved that police made an arrest. >> i called 911 right away. turned around and i was like oh, he shot you. dialed 911 and i said i've just been shot. >> reporter: they both could have been killed. police say this man brandon grosso had a shotgun and fired shots at the family's ca

you on "action news" at 12:30. tragedy in england as young concert goers are killed by a suicide bomber. we have the latest on the death toll. >>> and more jurors are picked in bill cosby's sex assault case and hollywood is mourning the loss of a james bond star, roger moore has died. >>> and investigators are looking for possible accomplices of the suicide bomber who attack aid ariana grande concert in manchester. the bomber has been identify and the explosion killed 22 and injured more than 60 others last night. >> reporter: it was suppose to be a night of fun. but it turned into a night of terror after an explosion outside of a concert in the uk by american pop singer, ariana grande. it happened in front of the doors of at arena where grande performed last night. they were teen or preteen girls that fled the scene. many parents had no idea if their children your killed or injured. >> it was 10:00 she was enjoying herself and have not heard anything since. >> so many young, beautiful innocent people living and en

"action news" is next. ♪ ♪ "action news," delaware valley's leading news program with melissa magee,f scaversky, and walter perez. ♪ ♪ >> saturday night. i'm walter perez. the big story is developing news from the andorra section when 11 people were injured when a deck collapsed at an apartment building. police say there were 16 people on the deck along the 8800 block of ridge avenue when it happened. one of those injured was an off duty police officer. specters are trying to determine why the deck gave way. >> the search has been called off for a teen who never recovered from the delaware river. annie mccormick has details. >> a number of teenagers have been out here tonight, friends of the missing teenager, some of them in the water with him. the search has been suspended around 5:00 tonight. philadelphia police marine unit is expected to resume tomorrow depending on the weather. >> he's like a little brother. friends of 16-year-old antoine fox clung to each other at the delaware river where he went missing friday night. >> the teens jumped in by the boat ramp friday night but the

shine on. >> ♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program.nell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> good morning, it's 5:00 a.m. on this wednesday may 31st. >> we are following two breaking news stories. the first is truly a strange incident at a home in the olney section. a woman calls to report a stolen car and then says she found her young child unresponsive while police were there. a live report is coming up. >> also flight diverted. the inaugural flight to iceland doesn't go as planned. it had to be diverted with mayor kenney on board of the we have details about what happened. >> fog, mist, clouds, we're used to this soggy weather by now. while accuweather plans to reintroduce us to the sun briefly later today. >> i'm not sure we'll recognize it.

. >>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon we begin with breaking news in the trial of david creato jr. the south jersey father accused of killing his own son. the judge dismissed the jury after failing to reach a verdict. for more on what this means for the case we go live to katherine scott live at the courthouse in camden. >> reporter: that is right rick and sara, the jury said they could not reach a verdict so this morning the judge declared a mistrial in this case and dismissed the jurors, there was an indication this could happen. yesterday the day wrapped up the jury saying they were having trouble reachling a verdict and the judge encouraging them to go back. and today they influenced they could not do it >> in light of the -- that the jury is not in a position to be able to reach consent in this matter. accordingly at this point in time i'm going to dismiss you and thank you for your services. so the judge thanked the jurors for t

more on the eagles tonight on "action news" sports sunday.son wentz now have a complete, offense with the signing of the lagarrette blount, mike missanelli will be blunt tonight when he joins me at 11:45. >>> claude giroux, wayne simmonds and flyers come up short with team canada in the world hockey championship against sweden. sweden, wins in a shoot-out, and check out henrik, the rangers goalie getting tackled during the celebration, and another look of disappointment on claude giroux and company. he had that face about a month ago when flyers, were eliminated. he has it again today. >> never end. >> no. >> not with him. >> okay. >> thanks, jeff. >>> "action news" health reporter ali gorman joins hundred dollar of others on the 5k at ground of the virtua hospital in voorhees benefiting the alycia rose victoria foundation supporting teens and young adults fighting cancer and other life threatening diseases. it sponsors heart problems, teenage lounges and social events that help those young people stay connected to their regular lives. >>> up

reporting in sea isle city, trish hartman channel 6 "action news." >> new this morning, we are awaiting to hear whether police have caught a suspected hit-and-run driver in willing -- willingboro, burlington county. the victim was dragged by the car for sometime. he was pronounced at the hospital. police recovered the vehicle about a mile away from the where the man was hit. police have not said whether the driver was in custody. >> 7:07 a.m. british airways is working to get back to are a normal schedule after a computer issue grounded flights around the world. it was a big inconvenience for many travelers during the holiday rush. some people spent the night at heathrow airport waiting to for their flight. among those stranded at heathrow were musicians from curtis institute of music. they document the the chaos and tweeted pictures in the long lines yesterday. >> lines are backed up, we heard the system was down and it goes worse and worse. >> the musicians spent 12 hours before returning back to their hotel. the symphony orchestra is in london on a tour that includes 9 cities? 18 day

that's next on "action news." ♪ ♪ >> "action news," delaware valley's leading news program, with jimdner. >> monday night, jim's off. i'm sharrie williams. the big story is breaking news tonight. two teenagers have been shot in the port richmond section of the city. a 14-year-old boy is dead after being shot multiple times. frankfurt avenue and oor and ors street. the second victim, a 16-year-old was shot once in the shoulder. police tell us he's in stable condition. no word on the shooter or shooters or if the teens were targeted. the investigation is well under way. >>> today is the end of the memorial day weekend, 2017. it was a cloudy, cool day. that didn't stop the festivities. tonight, people are home after a long three days with family and friends. christie ileto is in center city. we begin with cecily tynan to see if the cloudy weather will clear up soon. hi, cecily. >> hi, sharrie. today the holiday chill, the high 64. 14-degrees below normal. we can have big swings, four of the past 12. temperatureswere in the 90s. satellite and radar showing, we had an easterly flow all da

i'm dann cuellar, channel6 "action news." >> we have breaking news from bucks county where police say an armed and dangerous gunman is loose after a shooting spree. police want to find 32-year-old brandon grosso driving a gray or blue mercedes benz sedan. the vehicle has a shotgun blast in it. grosso may have been involved in several similar confrontations today. amtrak engineer brendan bostian emerged from headquarters in philadelphia. he was charged in the crash that killed eight people in philadelphia in may two years ago. christie ileto is live at central detectives with the full story.christie? >> jim, he was arraigned late this evening and d on an $81,000 sign on bond meaning he didn't have to anything as long as he appears for court next month. his attorney says he's a scapegoat.passengers say i time. >> leaving with his attorney, our cameras caught bostian leaving after facing a judge thursday night. he turned himself on charges related to the 2015 deaths of eight passengers. >> i believe he's a scapegoat. his attorney suggests the real culprit is amtrak who made the decision

america's longest lasting roll. >> ♪ >> "action news." leading news program. >> with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> good morning. it's 6:00 a.m. on this wednesday may 31st. >> and we are following two new breaking stories. the first is a strange incident at a home in the olney olney section. a woman calls to report a stolen car but then finds her young child unresponsive. >> flight diverted. the inaugural flight from philadelphia to iceland doesn't go as planned. where it went off course with mayor kenney on board. details next. >> fog, mist, clouds we're used to this soggy weather by now while accuweather plans to reintroduce us to the sun briefly later today. >> karen rogers is in for dave murphy. we don't want a brief introduction we want a long acquaintance. tt

today we'll talk about the "action news" produce tip of the week. today we'll feature beets. . beets are locally grown from new jersey and they go from spring all the way down through september. now, one of the benefits of beets is that they're very highly in antioxidants and they boost your immune system which is outstanding especially if you're exercising. you cut them from the top about an inch and then you take the bulbs and then you put them in a plastic bag. they last almost a month so beets is a very healthy way to start your day. >> okay. >> i love -- my god you're going to correct him. >> i'm going say i don't usually like cooked beets but if you put them in a smoothie they make it sweeter and that's tasty. that's one way to get them in. >> i had. >> that was good one. >> that's good. >> yeah yeah tam. >> this is i-95 southbound. we spotted a disabled vehicle on the shoulder. southbound approaching broad street. not creating too much of a problem but watch for this guy off to the side right now. we had an accident 295 just cleared northbound approaching 38. traffic mo

night. >>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program.ith ducis rogers, meteorologist, cecily tynan, and jim gardner. >>> tuesday night the reward in the shooting of a 1-year-old boy. and the seating of jurors in the bill cosby trial. >>> but the big sorry is the city of manchester, england trying to hold themselves together after a terrorist attack. and britain has raised their terror alert to the highest level, critical. today thousands gathered to remember the 22 victims and the 59 people injured some with life-threatening injuries. this was it's scene after a suicide bomber detonated himself outside of the main part of the manchester arena where ariana grande just finished her concert. several seconds of silence was followed by panic and screams and many were children, the youngest 8 years old 12 of the wounded are under 16 and today they scoured red brick houses in the manchester suburbs, one is the suspect's house identified as salman abedi. isis claimed responsibility but the american

a special place, the fountain looks great. >> it's beautiful. >>> time now for a check of the "action news" traffic report. matt pellman is standing by. >> in less than shocking news we start the wednesday morning commute with issues, like a crash on the roosevelt boulevard extension to the westbound lanes of the schuylkill involves this dump truck and it's mostly off to the side on the ramp so you can squeeze by but normal westbound afternoon delays on the schuylkill are starting to form and you can see we are in the red in both directions already on the travel times and 33 minutes on the other side, on the eastbound side. it's even slower as you head into center city. and slow along 95 southbound, we have an earlier crash approaching broad street that is now cleared out of the way, coming south of penn's landing speeds in the 30s and 9 miles per hour on 676 southbound and merge with the 42 freeway southbound and as you head to king of prussia and towards the mall and the schuylkill expressway the northbound lanes taking out the left lane. coming north of chester brook just 15 miles per h

. >> that's next on "action news." "action news" with meteorologist melissa magee, sarah bloomquist, jeff skversky and walter perez. >> sunday night and we begin with breaking news from the huntington park section. one crash left one person dead and others injured. >> christie ileto is at the scene. >> officers and tow truck drivers are trying to clean up what's left of the scene on i street. earlier this evening was a larger scene, four cars involved in the accident, five people taken to local hospitals and one man is dead. that man was driving this white honda accord. witnesses say around 8:15 he was barreling down huntington park avenue when he crashed. he hit a utility pole. that driver veered into oncoming traffic and crashed. his exact speed and whether he was under the influence is unclear. his body us with taken to the local autopsy. >> christie ileto "action news." >> now to two fires that took a tragic toll. >> we begin in philadelphia where a woman five months preg was found dead. annie mccormick is live at

john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> developing news on that trial. john, thank you. >>> a jersey shore selection got started today for a bucks county man for child abuse charges. lee kaplan is accused of abuse of children that were allegedly gifted to him. they were found living in his feasterville home last summer. >>> 30 years after one of worst nuclear power accidents. the owners of 3 mile island says they will shut down the plant in 2019 until the state of pennsylvania comes to their rescue. the plant as suffered five years of losses and tried and failed to sell 3 mile island power into the grid at auction. unless it gets help from the state. between the partial shut down in the 70s to increasing competition from renewable energy sources, 3 mile island cannot sustain as is >> roughly 700 people work at the plant and this is the latest in what appears to be an industry shift. at least five have shut down across the nation in the past five years. >> thank you. >>> of course the federal holiday was yesterday but delaware marked memorial day with a m

in hamilton, i'm nora muchanic channel 6 "action news." >> that event is open to the public, and there'so cost it happens today from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at rutgers university new brunswick 126 college avenue. >>> the 96th annual stotesbury cup regatta continues with the final heat. the world's largest high school regatta every year on the schuylkill river. thousands of athletes around the country and canada compete in the regatta. the semifinals kicked off at 8:00 a.m. >>> this morning there's a traffic alert for drivers who normally use kelly drive, the road will be closed between strawberry mansion and fountain green drive until 8:00 p.m. because of the regatta. drivers will be detoured via reservoir drive expect delays if you drive in that area. >> much more to come on "action news" at 9 including "shelter me rescue of the week." >>> i'm matt o'donnell we have a couple of content cats, this is maurice and curtis. you can hang out with the cats coming up on "action news." >>> faa threatened jail time for those they don't don't register their drone you'll hear what an appeals court s