reporting live in washington township, channel 6 "action news." >> all right thank you. >>> we are also following developing news out of montgomery county today. and day two of the bill cosby sexual assault trial. this afternoon the woman whose allegations are at the center of the allegations against cosby took the stand to tell her story in her own words. vernon odom is live now at the courthouse. what did andrea constand have to say today. >> quite a bit and gave a timeline of her relationship and how it developed with bill cosby a moment of high drama in the courtroom when the d.a. showed up and said the prosecution called andrea constand and her testimony is steady and confident so far. >> at 2:00 this afternoon andrea constand was called to the witnessstant for the first time in a public courtroom she told her story of her and become and described melt pel visits to her home for dinner and the first time he put his hand on her high and on the third time he tried to undo her pants. on the next visit to discuss a career change. he plied her with food and wine. i saw two of him and th

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we hope you'll join us for "action news" at 11:00. >> ♪ >>> tonight, breaking news. this just in.umbers of the senate health care bill. how many americans could be left uninsured? and president trump declaring victory for his travel ban. the supreme court reinstating part of his executive order. >>> raging wildfires in the west. nearly two dozen fires burning. homes in flames. hundreds of families evacuating. our reporter on the fire line. >>> collision course. the new report. the captain of that massive cargo ship claiming the "uss fitzgerald" did not respond to warning signals moments before the deadly crash. >>> and panic in the sky. the passenger plane violently shaking in midair. the possible engine damage caught on camera. the pilot telling passengers

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win instantly. >> ♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program.logist cecily tynan, and jim gardner. >> ♪ >> we are tracking unstable stormy weather complete earlier this afternoon with a tornado warning in parts of the area. sky6 has been finding ominous looking clouds throughout the afternoon followed by periods of downpours. >>> it is monday night and the big story on "action news" tonight is a line of severe storms raging through the delaware and lehigh valleys. along with heavy rain and localized flooding, the storms are packing damaging wind gusts of up to 60 miles an hour. meteorologist adam joseph and melissa magee are monitoring storm tracker6 live radar and everything else. first let's go to adam. >> it's the initial line where it comes through where we have the severe storms and then a steady to moderate and at times heavy rain sets in even after that initial line comes through with an additional thunderstorm still even west of philadelphia through chester, delaware and parts of montgomery county. severe thunderstorm warnings, there wer

" at 10:00 on phl17. >> "action news" continues next at 5:00. the fight to implement president trump's travel ban. the ruling from the supreme court today that has the white house declaring victory. >> the estimate of damage from the jersey shore today after a devastating and fast moving fire ripped through several homes over the weekend and how nintendo is turning back the clock to create the toy of the future and a gift that might be topping plenty of holiday >> ♪ "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >> ♪ >> it is a new twist in the legal fight over president trump's travel ban but tonight, a decision that the white house is hailing as a victory rather than setback. the u.s. supreme court now says it will allow a modified version of the president's immigration plan to take effect. >>> monday night rick is off, brian taff joins us and the big story on "action news" is that decision handed down on the high court's final day of its term. >> now, this

jeff skversky has sports, when "action news" comes right back rock a. markell. >>> we have breaking news in syria where u.s. military has for the first time shot down and syrian war plane in syrian air space. incident occurred just after the syrian jet dropped bombs on syrian democratic forces over the city of raqqa. the city was an assod aircraft backed by russia. u.s. forces then contact russian forces before shooting down the jet. much more on this story coming up on world news sunday. >>> one of the president donald trump's attorneys send the president is not under investigation in the russia probe. jay sekulow says friday's tweet by the president was merely in response to news reports that he was now a subject of an expanding russia investigation. >> that response in social media was in response to the washington post piece, it that is simple. the president is not under investigation. >> he says the president has not been notified of any investigation, the washington post reported last week that the special counsel robert muhler is looking into whet

channel 6 "action news." >>> in delaware fishermen are ready to cast their lines at a brand new million dollar peer had the at newcastle's battery park but no fishing or crabbing allowed on the new pier a huge let down that drove to the park thinking the city and state provided them a new stave place to make their catch. >> people paid to build the pier and hunting and fishing licenses may have been used to do that, they have aright to use the pier. >> they say the lease lays out possible uses for the pier but does not dictate how it has to be used. >>> anything special going on with the sixers tomorrow? >> they may add a player or two. >> anybody special. >> yes, a guy good named markelfolks. the sixers are front and center again they pick draft. folks is a player that the entire world expects the sixers to take. he was the first freshman to average 29 points and shooting from three point land. and he can do it all. he thought he was going to boston and the nba is a fluid business and once the trade was completed folk starts to study the sixers. >> i am looking at all of it, the chance

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"action news" is coming up. ♪ >> "action news," delaware valley's leading news program, with meteorologistelissa magee, jeff scaversky, and walter perez. ♪ ♪ >> bill cosby is a free man. a judge today declared a mistrial in the comedian's sexual assault trial after the jury was not able to reach a verdict. prosecutors plan to try cosby again soon. saturday night, i'm walter perez. the big story on "action news" is a mistrial in the case against bill cosby. this morning after more than 50 hours of deliberations, the jurors told the judge they were deadlocked. cosby's wife issued a scathing statement to the judge and prosecutors. >> jurors did not speak to reporters and were warned by the judge not to since a new trial is pending. annie mccormick is outside cosby's home but we begin with dann cuellar at the montgomery county house. >> in the end it turned out to be a case of he said/she said with no agreement on who was telling the truth. >> legendary comedian bill cosby walked out of court raising a triumphant hand for now, his team declaring victory regardless how temporary. >> sometimes y

learn more at your john deere dealer. >> ♪ >> "action news." jaime apody, meteorologist cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >> ♪ >> monday night, the big story on "action news" is breaking news. a 16-inch cement water man break sent water gushing into backyards and onto streets in montgomery county. take a look at that. "action news" reporter walter perez is on the scene for us. he had an update and he'll be live with that in just a few minutes. >> in the meantime, it's been nearly 18 months since comedian bill cosby was charged with multiple counts of sexual assault. today his trial got under way in montgomery county. >> it's just unfortunate. i'm showing up if it was reverse i would want someone to show up for me. >> america's dad had high profile support on hand as he walked into that courtroom this as testimony begins in a long awaited trial. "action news" reporter dann cuellar live in norristown with us with details on day one of the cosby trial. dann. >> reporter: monica, the sensational sex trial of comedian bill cosby got und

action news sports sunday is next on channel 6.ction news continues at 4:30 tomorrow morning with david murphy, pamela edwards, matt o'donnell. >> and now for melissa mcgee, jeff skversky, walter perez, i'm sarah bloomquist. happy father's day, everyone. have a good night. >>> tonight on sports sunday. sixers pull off a magic trick. look whose laughing now. so is the process now complete? >> showing the love for the city. i'm out here. >> markell fultz is showing sixers fans love. the right movers. plus talking eagles with sal palantonio. we start now. >> this is action news sports sunday sponsored by audi. >> hello, we tip off sports sunday talking sixers who are taking a shot. i am jeff skversky with mike missanelli from the phanatic. the sixers agr

reporting live in norristown janet reyes, channel 6 "action news." >> stay with "action news" for theatest development in the bill cosby sexual assault trial. when we learn of anything happening in the courtroom we'll bring it to you on "action news" at 6abc.com as well. >>> more into the investigation into the shooting at a d.c. area ballpark that left a high ranking congressman seriously injured. mike pence visited the the steve scalise who was injured in the shooting. the charity baseball game will go ahead as plans in washington. abc has more. >> reporter: this is the ballpark police swarmed when a gunman started to shoot at republican lawmaker as they prepared for a charity baseball game. despite the grim practice the game is still on tonight at national park. gunshots blaring non-stop at this alexandria ballpark wednesday morning just 8 miles from capitol hill. 26 republican members of congress practicing for a charity baseball game tush turning into the intended targets. >> i was just a sitting duck out there. >> i hit the first ground ball to steve and we heard this pow. the l

details in the accuweather 7-day forecast. >> those stories and more when "action news" continues next>> groundbreaking has happened. now the work begins to renovate stenton park in the logan section of philadelphia. the $2.8 million project includes a larger playground with new equipment, improving the recreation center and new restrooms. community leaders say they hope the overhaul will be the source of pride for everybody in the neighborhood. >> ♪ >>> they are holding the super car show sunday morning at the wells fargo center and when you talk about super cars, exotic cars, "action news" anchor matt o'donnell will be somewhere in the neighborhood. matt was actually a lot more intimate with the cars than even that. take a look. >> any questions? >> no. >> think you can handle it. >> i can handle this. let's not crash the ferrari today all right. if someone told me a white knuckle drive in a twin turbo ferrari would be the third most exciting thing i'd do at the sports complex i would have been skeptical. it is one of the 400 plus exotic vehicles to be featured at the super car show

6 "action news" tonight. the results are in, tests reveal whether diesel contaminated gas pump at a gas station in bucks coins. and nba summer play gets underway next week. >>> and we are in the comforts zone and we have two days in a row of below normal temperatures, but temperatures start to trend up and i am tracking what could be the next heat wave on the way. details in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. those stories and more when "action news" continues tonight. 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 an "action news" update to a report last friday when we told you about problems at the pump. >> it happened at the shell gas station on new falls road and hood boulevard in levittown, was diesel being mixed with regular gasoline here is walter perez. >

live in the sat center, christie ileto channel 6 "action news." walter? much more to come on the story, for sure. >> reporter: "world news" sunday continues to track developments including the latest from london after "action news" at 6:30. >>> as the investigation into the terror attack continues thousands attended a concert today to honor the victims of the terror attack in manchester. ♪ somewhere over the rainbow grand grand who had just left the -- ariana grande who had just left the stage when the attack took place. >>> you can watch highlights from the one love manchester concert right here on 6abc tonight. the one hour special airs at midnight after "action news" at 11:00 p.m. and sports sunday. "fyi philly" follows at 1:00 a.m. >>> it was a scene in bucks county today a bear was spotted running through neighborhoods in feasterville. crews cornered the annual when it climbed up a tree. it turned out tranquilizers were not enough to bring him down. annie mccormick is live at the scene with the latest. annie. >> reporter: walter this one officials do

action news delaware valleys leading news program with jim gardner. ♪ it is tuesday night and the bigtory on action news tonight is breaking news from london where an inferno has fully engulfed a 24 story apartment story the bbc is reporting 40 fire engines and 200 firefighters are battling this blaze, there are fears at this point that the building might collapse. we now have a live picture from london, there are terrifying reports from witnesses who claim that they saw people shining flashlights from the top floor. unable to escape the flames. while them si is unfolding there are no official details yet on casualties but this is an image that we don't see very often, flames coming from windows, from the lower floors, the middle floors and the upper floors of the 24 story apartment building in london england. four hours yesterday another 12 hours today the jury is working hard but has been unable to arrive at a verdict and so bill cost bee went home again tonight with no indication if he will be found guilty of sexually assaulting andrea constand, they will try again tomorrow. yes it

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"action news" anchor monica malpass live in the news room with the details on this one. hi, brian, that's right. the focus is on low income neighborhoods in the city. coming up tonight in health check ali gorman takes us inside just one of the classes aimed at making healthy cooking easy and fun and all while staying on a budget. plus, new at 5:00 the push to wipe out blight in camden continues. the big step today taking in the city's plan to renew and redevelop. we'll have those stories and more coming your way on "action news" in a little bit at 5:00 sharrie, see you then. >> sounds good, monica. thank you. >>> today marks the kickoff of a clothing campaign aimed to help young people who are homeless. teenagers in charge a local nonprofit announced its socks and sneakers drive for homeless teenagers in philadelphia. the press conference was held at city hall with the support of several city leaders. gap is working with the nonprofit by setting up bins in 16 stores to help collect new socks and sneakers. teenagers who live in seven selected homeless shelters will receiv

. >>> the big story on action news is developing news out of delaware county where a toddler is dead after shooting himself before 3:30 this afternoon at a home in chester township. action news report bob brooks is live at the scene with the details. bob? >> reporter: walter, such a tragedy, our thoughts's prayers go out to this little boy's family and friends. behind me here, the home where it happened, it's on the corner of green and beth, we just spoke with a chester township councilman who spoke with police. he's been told that the gun that the toddler found was just laying under a bed. let's take a look and listen. >> facts of evidence just been friday the home, family said it's where a young boy have passed away. just a few hours ago, his body removed by the medical examiner's office. at tragic scene. according to family, the one that could have been avoided. we're told by the boy's great uncle he somehow found a gun in the home. the young boy would accidently fatal the wound himself. >> you can't confirm that a 2-year-old found a gun in the home and fatal the wounded himself >

"action news" continues at 10:0. please join us for "action news" at 11:00 on channel 6. for cecily tynan, ducis rodgers, the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner. we hope you'll join us for "action news" at 11:00. >>> tonight, several breaking developments atsz we come on the air. president trump's attorney general jeff sessions will testify in public. just days after the fired fbi director told the country that the president asked the ag and everyone else to leave the room. >>> also tonight, after the president told our jon karl he wants the testify, what the white house is now saying tonight. >>> also, the defense rests in the bill cosby sexual assault trial, after just six minutes and a single witness. >>> the penn state fraternity members waiting nearly 12 hours before calling for help. tonight the stunning moment in court as video of the dying student is played before everyone. >>> the urgent manhunt at the hour for inmates.

join me tonight and every night for a full hour of "action news" at 10:00 on >>> "action news" delawarealley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >>> tuesday night and the big story and "action news" is breaking news. two people are arrested in connection with a dea bus in south jersey. officials tell "action news" that the dea recovered fentanyl. we are working to get word on charges the suspects are facing as soon as we get them on "action news" and 6abc.com. brian taff is joining us tonight. we are following developments from washington the latest as the senate showdown over health care continues. >> in just the last 30 minutes dozens of republican senators met with president trump at the white house about the gop plan. this just hours after the republican leaders decided to postpone a vote on the bill until after the july 4th total holiday. >> reporter: a major reversal. >> we are delaying the process to close the issues. >> mitch mcconnell says there is not going be a vote on health care before july 4th. >> we are

an action news viewer sent the video of the first responders in action this morning. the police along with the fire department pried the grate off the storm drain. climbed inside and plucked each duckling out one by one. the ducklings quickly scurried off to enjoy their new found freedom. good work. >> love our first responders. >> that's right. >> action news sports sunday is next here on channel 6. action news continueses at 4:30 with david murphy. >> now for melissa mcgee, jeff skversky, walter perez and the entire action news team, i'm sarah bloomquist. have a great night. >> good night. ♪ ♪ ♪ action news is sponsored by the heart and lung center. ♪ >> tonight on sports sunday. will markelle fultz help the sixers score their first playoff spot in years. are you saying this team is in the playoffs this time next year? >> yeah, in the playoffs. >> while the sixers are talking playoffs, are the fliers talking rebuild? >> rebuild, absolutely not. >> plus the phillies are trying to beat the heat and the diamondbacks in arizona. >> the throw. it is not in time. >> lets g

nydia han, channel 6 "action news." >> that will do it for "action news" at 4:00 today. williams, alicia vitarelli and adam joseph i'm brian taff. >> coming up next at 5:00, cecily tynan is live at the philadelphia zoo. >> reporter: hi sharrie. we are talking about warm weather animals that is probe with today's weather. danny is holding the african millepied. they tend to bite because they have pinchers they are interesting they live on the forest floor in africa and eat the plant materials and have thousands of legs, 256 pairs but it changes when they hold they can lose legs and add legs, when they feel threatened they curl up in a tight ball or excrete an irritating liquid. we are starting small and getting large i'll be up close and personal with ronny the white rhino at the philadelphia zoo and talk about comfortable weather tomorrow. coming up. back to you guys. >> all right busy day there. >> i saw a caterpillar in my base many and picked it up and thought i was brave. >>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecil

have a nice evening. >>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program.s rogers, meteorologist cecily tynan, and jim gardner. >>> seven men and five women from western pennsylvania have declared they are deadlocked over bill cosby and his alleged sexual assault of andrea constand and in fact they told the judge that today as if to say judge it's time for us to go home and that is when they were told to go back and try some more. it's thursday night and the big story on "action news" tonight is bill cosby's jury. is it deadlocked or hopelessly deadlocked? how many longer will judge steven o'neil tell them to keep trying to reach a unanimous verdict. anchor monica malpass is outside of the montgomery county courthouse. what is the situation there right now? >> reporter: well, good evening jim the question can 12 jurors come together and make a unanimous decision on at least one of the three charges against bill cosby. it's a complex case and points of view of what happened at his cheltenham home. that is where the rub comes in, celebrity actor bill cosby's

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and of course we'll have the latest on "action news" at 11:00. i'm jim gardner. >> thank you, jim. >>> and we have other news for you this evening. a 66-year-old man was attacked and robbed in his own mayfair home. police are asking you to help catch the person responsible. it happened wednesday night in the 4100 block of decatur street. authorities say the victim told police someone followed him into his garage and pummeled him. four of the victims ribs were broken and he was punched several times. that thief got away with the man's wallet and cell phone. >>> 55-year-old shane holder of plumstead township bucks county is going to prison for cyber stalking a teen. we told you this case. he was can visibilityd of are stalking a friend of his daughter starting when she was 13 years old. despite being told to stay away from her. he continued to pursue her through social media. he'll spend the next 18 months to seven years behind bars. >>> a philadelphia police cruiser an car collided in port richmond this morning. this the scene at the intersection o

the all-new audi q5 is here. >> ♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program.dy, meteorologist cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >> ♪ >> developing news. police in chester county are looking for this man in connection with the deadly road rage shooting. officials say he shot an 18-year-old girl in the head before her vehicle crashed into a tree earlier this week. >>> friday night, rick is off, brian taff joins us. the big story on "action news" is that new clue from police as they continue their manhunt for a killer. "action news" reporter john rawlins live at west goshen police with details. john. >> reporter: hi, guys. well, we got an update a short time ago from officials here. they say literally hundreds of tips have come into the police station here not just from just this region but from the entire nation. 20 investigators are now assigned to various aspects of this case. up until now the best identifier had been some blurry pictures of a red pickup truck involved in all of this, a faded red pickup truck. now that sketch which after working

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and they hope to add more students in the coming years. >>> still to come on "action news" at 5:00 a eck of the forecast for you. taking you live now sky 6 hd showing you a beautiful scene from cape may, new jersey, don't you wish you were there. cecily tynan with the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast when we come back. >>> time for a check of the accuweather forecast. >> meteorologist cecily tynan, at the zoo tonight making friends as always. a nice day to be at the zoo. >> much better. >> that is right. it's warm and not hot, and ricky think you are looking for a new pet. this is a skink. i actually think these are really really interesting animals they live on the solomon islands and they are strictly abhoral that means they spend their entire life on the top of the free canopy. and if you look at this tail they use it like a monkey uses a tail. like a fifth leg that they use to wrap around the tree branches so they don't fall. and they are interesting they live in communal groups not typical for reptiles and the pregnancy is wild too. the gestation is 6 to 8 months that is

that and much more on "action news." >>> "action news" continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, jaime apody, rick williams and monica malpass. >> hello again here is what is happening on "action news" tonight. a former homeland security chief says he has no doubt that russia tried to hack the presidential election and explains why it almost happened. the fbi says that the stabbing of an airport police officer may be a lone wolf terrorist act and nurses and other hospital workers make the call after an attack in side the hospital walls. >>> and now this is what rush hour drivers along the schuylkill expressway saw a while ago. torrential downpours and lightning made for a slow drive but the storms fortunately are moving fast. lets check in with adam joseph. >> they are releasing a tremendous am of rain and wind and stormtracker 6 live double scan showing it's past philadelphia and trenton but all the lightning strikes are white lines you see here close to 100 or more in the last 15 minutes, within the last 10 minutes it weakened a little bit but still powerful as it is pushing through

for cecily tynan adam joseph ducis rodgers, the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner. join us at 11:00. >>> tonight, breaking news. the american son just brought home from north korea, held prisoner for more than a year, otto warmbier, has now died. returned to the u.s. with extensive brain damage. his parents now reacting just moments ago. >>> the new horror in paris. the armed driver who filled his car with gas cisters and plowed into police. we're on the scene tonight. >>> and hours earlier, a truck right into a crowd in london. the moment the suspect is dragged out. >>> severe storms as we come on the air tonight. moving up the east coast from d.c. to philly to new york. right during rush hour. and major delays at airports tonight. >>> the deadly collision at sea. what we've learned tonight, after seven u.s. sailors were lost. how did that container vessel plow right into a u.s. destroyer. >>> and there is news coming in tonight about carrie

reporting live from washington, lana zak channel6 "action news." back to you, monica. >> thank you lana. >>> new at 5:00 philadelphia officials are working to make ethe city to operate and grow. city council president darrell clarke announced today a special of special committee has been created to overhalt city's regulatory environment. the idea is to give a helping hand to businesses looking to start up grow or relocate to the city. and ceo of the chamber of commerce for greater philadelphia rob wonder ling is on that committee. >> any effort whether it takes a couple days or a couple years is worth the effort to unburden theseeneurs, these enterprises without dated outmoded regulations. >> the committee says today it wi changes but that they are coming. >> time now for a check of our "action news" traffic report on a friday night. >> let's take you live to matt pelman in the "action news" traffic center. hi, matt how is it rolling. >> hey, guys, not so well. we would like to change a few things on the traffic front. unfortunately we can't change

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live in ocean city tonight is "action news" new jersey correspondent nora muchanic.ora, happy holiday. this is such an important weekend for everybody at the jersey shore. >> reporter: it is indeed, jim, and happy holiday to you. we're outside curly fries right now across the music pier on the boardwalk. they say this is a gigantic weekend for them. the owner tells me brings in -- trucks in a thousand pounds of potatoes and has extra supplies on hand for hungry visitors over the next several days. jim, tons of people are arriving at the shore tonight and others are saying goodbye. >> it's been great. we did parasailing, we did some fishing, the boardwalk, a lot of swimming, a lot of beach. >> reporter: it's been a great week at the beach for the gruber family of warrington setting up on the beach in ocean city for the last day of their vacation. the sun has been out all day but some folks are bundling up on the beach. >> it's so that windy so cold. i can't believe my daughter is in the ocean. every time she come out it's like it's freezing. i said you're nuts. >> i j

annie mccormick channel6 "action news."to you. >> opening statements are scheduled for tomorrow morning in the hearing of former da seth williams. ten women jurors, two african-american and two men. williams stands accused of bribes, luxury vacations and other goods in exchange for legal favor. williams did not seek a third team this fall. >> tonight, protesters call for justice for david jones outside the police district in northeast philadelphia. jones was shot and killed by police june 8th. investigators say jones ignored a police warning not to pull a gun. surveillance video shows jones being shot in the back running from the scene. he was originally stopped for driving erratically. >> voting took place at the leah center in temple. there now is dann cuellar. you have the full story. >> it's called a breakthrough. the teacher union has approved a new detail, three year deal with the school district, one not everyone's happy with but can live with. >> members flock to the center to cast their votes, it was clear teachers

dann cuellar, "action news." jim?new jersey man has been arrested in connection to a shootout 2016 on the atlantic city expressway. he faces multiple charges including four counts of attempted murder. six others were arrested last year. >> in washington the guessing game is over. president trump says he has no tapes of conversations between him and james comey. this began when trump disputed comey's account of what was said at their dinner at the white house. trump tweeted, comey better hope there are no tapes of the conversation. that led to the appointment of a special council. today another trump tweet. he has no idea if there are tapes because of the surveillance around but he didn't make any such recordings. >>> new details in the wildwood police officer punch video going viral. we have learned who is involved and who is investigating. >>> new jersey could be the second state in the country to raise the smoking age to the drinking age. >> dewpoints are above the oppressive level. it's only going to get more uncom

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live at chester police headquarters i'm dann cuellar channel6 "action news." >> all right dann, thank in other news tonight president trump's announcement that the united states was leaving the paris climate accord received swift and mostly negative reaction from that leaders all across the world. despite the blow back, the president maintains his decision was based solely on the interests of the american people. abc's janai norman is live in washington tonight with more on that. >> reporter: well, rick, leaders across the country and around the world are continuing to speak out against the president's decision and reaffirming they'll continue to support the paris climate agreement regardless. climate change real or hoax? >> global warming and -- a lot of it's a hoax its a hoax. i mean at money making industry okay. >> reporter: president trump with a firm stance on the campaign trail and although the white house says his stance has evolved epa director scott pruitt not saying today whether the president believes the science. >> yes or no does the president believe that climate change

. ♪ ♪ "action news" delaware valley's leading news program with jim gardner. ♪ >> the storm is finallynot before pelting the jersey shore with rain and causing flooding in the streets and not before causing considerable damage elsewhere. >> the big story tonight is a powerful storm just before spring turns to summer. we have evidence of the force of the weather system in a number of locations. this was the ominous sight in best of youbest of yourberks co. there are no reports of the tornado touching down. there is much to clean up in autobahn camden county where a tree toppled on to the house. nobody inside was hurt. the car parked out front did not escape without damage. a large limb smashed the roof and trunk. >> watch across the street as a tree splits in half. a viewer sent us security video as the storm hit whiteship. in allentown, a tree snapped landed into the pool. >> utilitymen have a busy night. "action news" found these crews working o after the storm swept through. adam joseph has the latest but first to chester county where lightning strike ignited a house fire. christie i

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i'm nydia han, channel 6 "action news." >> that will do it for "action news" at 4:00.illiams, alicia vitarelli and adam joseph i'm brian taff. join me and sharrie tonight and every night for a full hour of "action news" at 10:00 on phl 17. >> but first "action news" continues next at 5:00. new details after a repo mishap. what we learn about a mother who left her 7-year-old alone in a van that was later repossessed. >> and it's draft day for the sixers? >> philadelphia will make the number one pick tonight. >>> and a milestone for katy perry the mark she hit that put her in the record book. and how the tropical storm will impact our weather the next few days. >>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >>> right now police are trying to sort out a repo mishap it all started with a routine repossession of this van in philadelphia. but block as way police made an unexpected discovery inside a little girl in the backseat and thousand that girls mother could be facing charges. >>

channel 6 "action news" back to you. >> thank you. >>> back here time now for a check of the "action news" traffic report tuesday night. lets take it live to matt pellman in the traffic center. >> drivers are moving slowly but hopefully okay as well. here at 95 the normal northbound choke point slow going from penn's landing to the work zone at girard avenue. and slow from the schuylkill up to broad street and don't forget we have the milling and paving work going on in east falls along henry avenue. it's a mess, rough road suffer as, a game of frogger along there. stay on ridge avenue as alternates this week. on ridge pike in eagleville a crash by the shopping center at park avenue but the crash on the northeast extension near quakertown has cleared and an accident in clementon this one along the white horse pike by the dunkin' donuts. we'll check it again in the next half hour. >> thank you. >>> more ahead on "action news" at 5:00 tonight. how a carpet cleaner in arizona put his tools to good use, that has local officials hailing him as a hero this season. it's primarily election da

crlt, "action news." jim? >> thank you, christie. >> the political world is trying to digest the testimony o by former fbi james comey. did it cause trump harm or vindicate him? this we know, millions of americans tuned in this morning to watch one of the most congressional hearings in history. sarah bloomquist has the story from washington. >> former fbi director james comey got to business before the senate intelligence committee this morning. he started by saying the president lied when he told the american people the fbi was in disarray. >> those are lies. >> he detailed uncomfortable one-on-one conversations with the president, including one in february where he says president trump cleared the oval office and told him he hoped he would back o off the investigation of michael flynn. >> i took it as a direction. it was the president of the united states saying, i hope this. i took it as what he wanted me to do. >> he believed he would one day be called upon to defend himself so he do you meane do you docum

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he was only 63 years old. >> there's much more to come on "action news," the nba draft days away, big news for the sixers. that's coming up next in sports. >> so glad you stayed with us, sports now, the nba draft kicks off on thursday, the sixers are in good position for their first pick. here's jeff skeverski. >> reporter: it is sixers are taking a shot, a source confirms to 6abc the sixers have agreed to trade up with the celtics hours after meeting markell fultz. joel embiid on hand for the workout. fultz was the highest scoring fresh mannor in college basketball. when he arrived on short notice from his home in maryland he was wearing his own personal sixers hat showing love for philadelphia. yes, he wants to play here. >> [inaudible], like i said i'm close to home, so a lot of my friends come out and show love, this city has great fans. impede when i was in college, he was a cool guy, he would give me tips and pointers. he is pretty funny, when i seen that, it's pretty cool. i'm happy that the players here want me to come in. i got to get a cheese steak i'm big on that. >> report

action news sports sunday is next. action news continues at 4:30 tomorrow morning with david murphy, tamala edwards. now from melissa mcgee, jeff skversky, sarah bloomquist and the entire action news, i'm walter perez. have a great week ahead. ♪ gigabit connection. it delivers amazing new download speeds up to 940 megs. that's 20x faster and more powerful than most people have. yes, 20 times. and the really incredible part, is that it's $79.99 a month. and what's even more incredible, is we included tv, hbo and multi-room dvr service, still for $79.99 a month online for one year and only $5 more per month for the second year. get fios gigabit connection for $79.99 with tv, hbo for 1 year and multi-room dvr service for 2 years. all with a 2-year agreement. switch now at fiosgigabit.com. ♪ >>> tonight on sports sunday: the phillies have been a giant mess until the little bulls big weekend. >> that is the third extra base hit of the day for odubel herrera, fifth in two games. >> should the eagles catch a familiar face on

nora muchanic, channel 6 "action news." 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. >>> it will be almost six weeks before we see the eagles on the field again. >> mini camp wrapped up again three days in the heat in the books and the players are now off for six weeks when training camp will begin before they went their separate ways they spoke to jeff skversky. >> i know we can be better, sharper and i can be more accurate and i can be more precise. >> carson wentz is trying to perfect his game and the offense in mini camp. wentz likes where they are headed especially when his ball is headed to alshon jeffrey. >> having a guy like that if he is covered and you are confident and on the same page you can give him a chance and we are continuously working toward that. whatever it takes as long as we try and make it to the playoff. and make the super b