bensalem's pub look safety director says the officer was saved by his bullet proof vest. the officer escaped serious injuries here but had an on duty scare before as a philadelphia officer. >> he went through a traumatic experience a couple years ago. he was in very bad car accident, um, where the car burst into flames and he was lucky to be alive then. >> reporter: very scary situation there and police here in bensalem stress the officer is okay. they say the knife did not actually reach his skin because of the bull left proof vest. in the moan too many we're hearing the suspect will be arraigned around 8:00 o'clock tonight on attempted murder of a police officer and related charges. dawn? >> all right. thank you, dave. >>> new video shows the man police are looking for in connection with a soda machine that exploded in northeast philadelphia. take look. investigators released this surveillance video this afternoon and they believe that is the man who put an explosive inside the machine. this was on the 4200 block of magee avenue on thursday night. fortunately no one was

"action news" reporter dann cuellar is live, at bensalem police headquarters, tonight, dann? >> reporter: jim, bensalem police acting on a tip work quickly to capture an alleged hit and run driver an an alleged cohort whom they say was working in concert with her to hide evidence. both were arraigned just over an hour ago. rachel, do you have anything to say for yourself? three three-year old melissa rachel and three three-year old steven pagano had nothing to say as they were escorted to and from their arraignment from bensalem. rachel was driving with the suspend license when she struck and killed six three-year old vincent perry, junior walking on the shoulder of the roadway at 4100 bristol pike. >> we received a credit credible tip today, to one of our officers which we were able to follow-up, and, then make an arrest. >> reporter: why did you try to hide the car. >> i didn't do bleep, i don't know what you are talking about. >> reporter: police say pagano helped the plan to hide gmc pick up truck that rachel was driving and to take it to a location in, northeast philadel

one was 38 year-old bensalem police officer michael jam minute ski. he stopped him at bristol pike and woodhaven. miller complied. but right before the cuffs are about to be put on a fight breaks out, miller pulls a knife and stabs the officer in the abdomen. >> he went for misdemeanors to attempted homicide on a police officer. >> reporter: ballistic vest that is standard issue somehow prevents injury. miller then hops in the police cruiser, drives into northeast philadelphia where he is later spotted and captured on foot near benjamin rush school. police called the officer very lucky and thankful to be alive and tell us this isn't the first time he has had a brush with death on duty. >> he went through a traumatic experience a couple years ago in a very bad car accident where a car burst into flames. he was lucky to be alive there. >> reporter: while on duty? >> while on duty. >> reporter: while on duty that first incident was back in 2011. the the officer was going to assist another officer, making an arrest, he came away from that one with two bro

approximately, 30 people are in the care of the red cross, contained to boiler room at the bensalem court and the in bucks county. fortunately, there were no injuries. >> we're coming up on 63:03, time for traffic and weather together. we start things off with kate. >> good morning, everyone, happy friday. we made it to the end of this stormy week, unfortunately, we still had to get through today before we get some nice weather back, but i think you will actually have couple of hours of sunshine this afternoon, keep eye to the sky if you're out and about. anything going on today, you got some like me pre-k graduation maybe this afternoon, or if you are out at a tee ballgame this evening, watch the skies. they could open fast, and pretty much at any time, seeing it this morning, as showers drift from the lehigh valley, right down through the philadelphia area, at the moment, and even down the shore, some heavy showers, so getting rain in the sit it right now. getting rain in the northeast up toward montgomery, bucks county, even into the lehigh valley, rain has been falling for much of the

flames hit the building along cedar avenue in bensalem last night. crews managed to contain the blaze to a boiler room but there is smoke damage to several of the apartments. nobody was hurt. the american red cross is helping the victims. >> 4:34. to the latest on the i-495 bridge closure. today the u.s. transportation secretary will be in wilmington to take a tour of the site. secretary fox will join governor markell to check on the work being done on the bridge. you remember it was closed last week after a massive amount of dirt was suspected of causing the support pillars to tilt. officials secured federal funding for a fix. deldot has a $20 million plan in place for the project. >> today philadelphia will be the latest stop on hillary clinton's book tour. the former secretary of state will sign copies of her new book at the free library in center city. observers see the tour as a trial run for a 2016 presidential campaign. clinton will be at the library today from 11:15 to 1:30. >> today a court hearing for the student accused of waving a loaded

low 80s for bensalem. closer to the shore we're a bit cooler, 77. and atlantic city and 74 degrees in stone harbor. so it is a very nice way toed your weekend here. we are going to see the mild temperatures and how this weekend or sunday shape up? our average for this type of year is 86 degrees. our official high today at the airport, 86. a closer look at tm, we're going to warm up just a little bit tomorrow. but every day we'll continue with the warming trend until we head into the low 90s by wednesday. your satellite radar shows just a few clouds lingering throughout philadelphia and parts of redding and allentown. if you look off to the west of us, we are seeing a line of storms coming right out of cleveland, tracking to the east. we are also seeing a few showers here near central pennsylvania. the big question is will those showers reach. you can see by the future weather model. we do not have a chance of rain tonight. even as we head into tomorrow, clouds increasing tonight and tomorrow. as we head into tuesday morning we should be fine. we'll

sky fox over the scene in bensalem. moments after police say a suspect stabbed an officer and then tried to steal a police cruiser. tonight though seiss of relief within the police depth. the suspect is in custody and the officer were you not actually injured. the officer's vest probably saved his life. good evening and thanks for joining us. i'm iain age. >> i'm dawn timmeney. dave kinchen is live in bensalem tonight with the very latest information. dave? >> reporter: dawn, police just wrapped up a press conference and indeed they did say that the officer's vest did save his life. in fact, we also heard from the officer's father. he said that he was upset. he was nervous. he saw police cars racing down the road and sensed something was wrong. meanwhile the suspect is in custody tonight. >> crime scene investigators work the spot in northeast philadelphia park where suspect was picked up after allegedly stabbing a bensalem police officer then stealing his cruiser leading cops and pursuit. bensalem authorities say the s

if you have information, call bristol -- call bensalem township police immediately. live from bensalem bucks county i'm walt hunter, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> walt, thanks very much. >>> a day after philadelphia city council voted to downgrade penalty for marijuana possession, pope francis condemned any legal says of recreational drugs. the pontiff told the audience at a drug enforcement conference in meeting in rome quote the problem of drug use is not solved with drugs, he said that the people need to say yes, to life, love, education and opportunities so there will be no room for addiction. >>> well, we will turn to social media today to find out what you think about the pope's thoughts. mrs. wolf wrote in and posted, this is not a religious matter so why does the pope have anything to say. he should be, way more concerned she says with corrupt priests. >>> and, sandra thinks regulation is a terrible idea. give them an inch, they will take a mile. 1 ounce leads to more and more ounces. it is like potato chips, can't eat just one. how do you feel? connect with us

melissa rachel and stephen pagano had nothing to say as they were going to their arraignment in bensalem. rachel struck and killed vincent perry junior. >> we received a credible tip one of our officers was able to follow up. >> reporter: pagano why did you try to hide the car. bensalem police say he helped concoct a plan to hide the pick up truck and take it to a location in northeast philadelphia. >> they hid the vehicle and took to the a location in philadelphia. >> reporter: at this point, police have no idea how rachel managed to strike the victim without seeing him and whether she was driving under the influence. >> at this time we have no evidence to approve there was narcotics or alcohol related to the investigation. >> reporter: judge brown noting the severitity of the charges ordered rachel held on $750,000 cash bail. pagano was charged with tampering with evidence he removed the license tag and washed the truck he has been ordered held on 75,000 cash bail. at bensalem police headquarters, dann cuellar channel 6 "action news." >> osha is investigating a demolition site in south

elizabeth ann seton in bensalem. they tell me they will have a finally mass at 2:00 where they're expecting a lot of people. upwards of 500 people that will pack this church and this church is one of five that is currently appealing the decision to merge with the archdiocese in the hopes they will change their mind. another parish on that list. delaware county. we were there yesterday as they celebrated their final saturday mass as their own individual parish. now, july 1st, tuesday, they will merge with our lady of peace in millmont park. these 16 parishes that are worshipping with others will become worship sites after july 1st. now, notre dame says their church building will still be used for weekend masses throughout the end of the summer. it's part of a transition period but some of the reasoning given by the archdiocese for the parish mergers is proximity, location to other parishes. some apparently are too close together. some parishioners tell me they built their church and they don't want to see it go like t

flames hit the building along cedar avenue in bensalem last night. crews managed to contain the blaze to a boiler room but there is smoke damage to several of the apartments. nobody was hurt. investigators are now looking for a cause. >> this morning philadelphia police are looking for a man and woman who they say shot someone outside after gun shop and took seven guns from their victims. this happened at the delaware valley sports center. this is last night. police tell us that the suspects rob add man and woman who were leaving the complex. they took their wallets, cell phones and guns. the man was shot during the holdup. he survived the attack but the now heavily armed suspects got away. >> not only were they both armed they stole additional seven handguns so they are considered extremely armed and dangerous. we know that they committed a shooting and a robbery, now they have additional seven weapons for a total of nine guns. >> the victim of the shooting is believed to be in critical condition this morning. >>> today there will abcourt hearing fo

he has worked here in bensalem for six years.s served as a police officer in philadelphia before that. iain? >> dave, thank you. >>> to your fox 29 weather authority now. and some dangerous flash flooding. heavy pop-up showers forcing some commuters to take it slow this evening. check out that car and left others stranded. we've got team coverage of the severe weather that caught lot of drivers off guard tonight. fox 29's thalia perez is live in camden county a hard hit area but let's begin with chief meteorologist scott williams. >> yeah, it's really a result of the warm and muggy pattern that we continue to see throughout this week, iain, across our are a. ultimate doppler much improved from early this afternoon and evening when we saw that very heavy rain in south philadelphia, sections of camden as well as gloucester county. take look at some of the rainfall totals with that system this afternoon. over 2.5-inches officially at the philadelphia international airport over an inch and a half in wilmington in sections of gloucest

suspect is in custody after stabbing a bensalem police officer and then stealing his cruiser. this started at bristol pike and woodhaven road. it ended at nights night and fair dale road where the suspect was arrested. "eyewitness news" reporter steve paterson is live with how this all unfolded, steve. >> reporter: jessica, just moments ago police released the name of the man of the man accused of not only escaping from work release but stabbing a police officer, stealing a police cruiser, giving way to a police chase before being rhea rested. police say at 1:00 this afternoon, 23 year-old matthew miller, went missing from work release patrols were sent out, one of them was 38 year-old bensalem police officer michael jack minute ski, he stopped miller at 1:30 at bristol pike and woodhaven. miller originally complies but right before the cuffs are about to be put on a fight breaks out, miller pulls a knife and stabs jam minute jack minute ski with an accident. miller then jumps in the police cruiser, drives in north philadelphia where he is spotted and captured on foot near ben

flames broke out at the bensalem court apartments in bensalem. the fire was located down in a boiler room area. the red cross was called to assist 30 residents displaced by the fire. no injuries were reported. >>> and this breaking overnight. sergeant bowe bergdahl arrived in texas he comes back a mid a political firestorm over the trade that freed him and how he left his army post in 2009. >> reporter: army sergeant beg beg was on a -- bowe bergdahl was on a flight from europe thursday. according to a senior official he sulphurs from psychologic trauma. the focus is when bergdahl will be well enough to answer questions about his controversial disappearance in 2009. the army says he left his post deliberately but not labeled as a deserter. officials have no way of know why his left. thursday the daily beast published two letters he reportedly wrote to his family from 2012 and 2013. he writes about his life in captivity and criticizes u.s. army leadership in afghanistan. in one letter bergdahl refers the investigation perhaps the one into his own

eastbound side of the pennsylvania turnpike approaching bensalem you can see delays. we have an accident blocking left lane this morning. south white hall southbound side of the northeast extension, exit number 56, left lane block for an accident there, karen and chris. >>> happening right now, american solder sergeant bow bergdahl who has been recovering in germany after five years in taliban captivity is new back in the united states. 's arrived this morning in his new home in san antonio, texas where he will continue his treatment at the brook army medical center. doctors say he will in the be rush back in the public spotlight. bergdahl is expect to be reunitedded with his family in texas. >>> breaking news overnight a philadelphia police officer has been involve in the multi vehicle accident happened late last night in hunting park. three cars were involve in the accident at sixth and erie, officials tell us that the officer was off-duty at the time. there is no word what led to the crash or if anybody was badly injured. >>> there was a fire in the bucks county ap

you're looking good between route 1 between morrisville and bensalem. they found struck structural problems with the greater ford road bridge, so it is closed. pot shot -- pot shop road will be closed between township line and berks road. expect heavy delays in dover because of the firefly music festival. they were encouraging you to use exit 935 not 104 or 98. use 95. time for a check. waze app. watch out for a pole down and wireless down in chester county. we'll check that out. >> a cadaver dog targeted the scent in the ruins of a colorado home destroyed by an explosion but did not find a body. neighbors say the boom could be heard for miles. debris rained down on nearby vehicles and homes. it's not known what caused the explosion. >> things are getting ugly between the clippers other than donald sterling and his wife. listener. >> that's a voice mail sterlig left for two doctors who ruled him incompetent tent. shelly said the nba boss made death threats against one of her lawyers. shelly wants to sell the team to former ceo steve ballmer, donald does

. >>> dramatic moments in bensalem, buck county, this afternoon when a police officer was stabbed in the stomach but an escaped inmate and then he stole the officer's cruiser. they chased the 23-year-old into philadelphia and they apprehended them and retrieved the stolen suv, the police officer suffered minor injuries, police say that his bulletproof vest saved the veteran officer's death. >>> a husband and wife involved in an apparent suicide this morning. they say he shot his wife carol ann multiple times in the head and then turned the gun on himself. it happened just after 7:30 and carol ann was rushed to the hospital in critical condition. >>> new developments tonight in the i-495 bridge closing in delaware, drivers shouldn't expect the span to open to traffic any time soon. it could be september at the earliest. david henry is live in wilmington tonight with more. >> reporter: it looks like this bridge will remain the bridge to nowhere all summer long. we have learned that the repair work here will not be easy and it will not be quick. the bridge is built on unstable soil and

nbc 10's matt delucia is live in bensalem where one of the par h parishes is closing and parishioners are saying good-bye. i imagine it's emotional. >> reporter: yeah. they're just about to begin this second mass of the day. their final mass will be held today at 2:00. they're expecting a full house. and it's all because on tuesday this parish will merge with st. thomas thomas aquinas. these folks are not going away quietly. neither are the other parishes who are taking their fight to the archbishop. for five decades the music has filled the halls and pews of notre dame dahlde lourdes. five decades of prayers and masses will end. >> it's a very hard time. i'm having a hard time keeping my emotions under control. it's home and it's like losing your home. >> reporter: notre dame is one of 16 parishes that will close and merge with others. the diocese says the mergers will save resources and boost sustainability in the church. >> i think the process is really flawed. >> reporter: parishioner says he supports the diocese. >> how hopeful are you that this is going to be overturned? >> we'r

northeast philadelphia, and bensalem and southern bucks county looking at some of this.nother little hit coming up from south jersey, those of you in parts of burlington county near the river will get a quick hit of heavier rain. norristown picking up some of this. in the northern suburbs we have additional rain in doylestown, new hope, quakertown and green lane. you're not that far from from the end of it, but bethlehem easton and allentown seeing some of this. we have a little bit down in atlantic city, that is also pushing to the north very quickly. as we look outside we have cloudy skies and pretty foggy conditions as we try to take a look at cape may, new jersey on sky6 live hd. isn't that a nice high definition picture of fog. that's all you're seeing there. 73 degrees and muggy in philadelphia. winds out of the seeflt at 5 miles per hour -- southeast at 5 miles per hour. future tracker 6 showing with this rain we'll get into a lull in the midday. later in the afternoon, especially after 3:00, 4:00 we'll be looking at another round of thunderstorms because of cold

this is fred haren, the public safety director of bensalem. >> is there another nbc guy here? >> we are in good shape. >> fred haren from bensalem police department, we got an email from buck county prison to look for an individual wlanted for escape. matthew miller out of ben salem, 23 years of able, he walked away from work release from the prison. he was spotted near route 13, and another officer went to make a pedestrian stop on the suspect, at the time, the individual seemed to be complying and the officer when to put handcuffs be the individual lunged up with a knife and stabbed the officer in his stomach, the bruntd of stab was taken to the vest. the subject then gave chase and ran from the officer and jumped into his police car and took off. the car was located from the philadelphia police department and bensalem officers and pennsylvania state police on fair hill road in philadelphia. then the police saw the individual running through rush elementary school in philadelphia and he was apprehended by philadelphia pd, and the suspect has been retaken into custody and wil

bensalem, just shy of 890. 79 currently. 81 for philadelphia. mount home holley, 79. millville, down the shore in the 70s for stone harbor and sea isle city. cape may as well. atlantic city, 82 degrees and dover at 79. this hour already warm by midday. we'll warm up nicely back to the upper 80s for the day today. temperature trend here. we'll go up next couple of days. upper 80s, 90s for tomorrow, 95 on wednesday with the humidity going up. heat indices can feel warmer than that as it gets hotter. then we'll see the temperatures drop. these days we'll see some thunderstorms move in. that will give us that additional humid conditions that we're going to see later on this week. right now it is clear. it is dry all the way up towards boston, all the way down to d.c. we've got storms way up in canada and there's the tail end of this moving through the area. really don't think it will bring us much. it will give us a slight chance of some thunderstorms later on in the evening. not quite during your afternoon commute. our pms here, shows mainly dry conditions for the aftern

westchester currently at 79. 80 for trenton, bensalem at 83 degrees. we're currently at 79 for philadelphia, atlantic city 78 and 77 for stone harbor. the numbers are going to go up even more the next couple hours here. heat advisory starts at noon to 7:00 p.m. as you can see, it's only for the areas shaded in orange from trenton to the i-95 corridor to new castle county. temperatures will feel near 100 degrees today with that humidity. so please, please limit your time-out do outdoors. for today, we'll be 95 degrees by this afternoon with mainly clear skies and we'll see some thunderstorms also later on this evening. we'll talk about more on that coming up in just a few minutes. first, a lot of people will be seek something relief from that heat today for sure. and that's why we're going to katy zachry live in collingswood this morning. >> you just told us about the heat advisory put forth by the national weather service. here in camden county, leaders have put out a heat alert effective from noon to 8:00 p.m. today. that means basically there are coo

information areas around trenton, new jersey and back through langhorne and bensalem you probably got several rounds of this coming through before it done. the morning commute on the wet side and then we get into a lull later on. sky6 live hd showing you center city and clouds at it is on the damp side in philadelphia. 67 degrees is the current temperature, so that's not too bad. dewpoint continues to rise. it's going to be a rather humid one today. winds are light at 5 miles per hour. salt light and radar showing you once we get rid of this morning rain over the next couple of hours we'll get into a period of the day where we're mixing clouds and sun. but it's humid out there and unstable and later in the afternoon anytime after 2:00 p.m. or so we have the chance of more showers developing. because the air mass will be so humid some of this could produce a heavy downpour, okay. that's going to be the pattern for the rest of the workweek. anything that forms could produce a downpour. tonight's rain is tapering off at 11:00 a.m. or midnight. as we roll through the day, 71 degrees by 8:

. >>> over news, bensalem police same the accident last night along bristol pike a deadly case of hitnd run around 6:45 in the 4100 block. the body of a man found along the shoulder of the southbound lanes. the victim has been identified as vincent perry from philadelphia. the vehicle that struck him fled the scene. police say it should have significant front-end and windshield damage. anyone with information is asked to call the bensalem police. >>> investigators looking for the cause of a fire that represented through a warehouse in a manufacturing company on ferry avenue. part of the roof collapsed and reports of explosions as crews battled the flames. fortunately, no one hurt. >>> fire investigators in trenton trying to determine what sparked this 3-alarm blaze. flames engulfed this twin home on colonial an avenue. and it took the crews over a half-hour to get it under control, no one injured. >>> in philadelphia cleaning up after a water main break at oregon. and it ruptured before 5:30 this morning. few homes impacted but neither seriously damaged. no word on what caused the bre

this accident cleared, pennsylvania turnpike eastbound approaching bensalem. we still have an accident northeast extension southbound as you approach the exit for lehigh valley. the left lane is blocked. and for drivers in lower moreland an accident there. hunting don pike. the roads are wet. you need to slow down and take time. this is a look at 95 at cottman avenue. no problems on 95. >> a possible strike by workers at septa's regional rail service is hours away. with one negotiation session left. the deadline for a deal is after midnight. jesse gary is live in jenkintown montgomery county. everybody is getting their plans ready in case of a work stoppage. >> reporter: rosemary, that includes the transit authority, septa, they are -- officials are quick to stress that potential work stoppage would only affect the regional rail you see at the jenkintown station. all other would be running. the last time the trains along the 280 miles between center city and the suburbs stopped was 1983. the current contract expired months ago and top brass describe what's lef

that fire was contained to a boiler room in a building at the bensalem court apartments. there were no reported injuries. >>> well, septa commuters are worrying about potential strike on the regional rails. >> a federal mediator will meet with labor and manage. >> this morning to try to avoid. >> this two unions representing electrical workers and engineers have been working without a contract for the last four years. union leaders say, that they're ready to walk off the job saturday morning, at 12:01, unless there is a deal on pension benefits and retroactive wage hikes. >> it would be an inconvenience to say the least. >> it is unexpected. i wasn't aware. so probably get to the city without a train. >> hopefully work it out without a strike, or president obama can go in and do some sort of injunction. >> president obama could intervene, forcing workers back on the job, as governor corbett asks the feds for assistance. septa regional rails handles about 120,000 ride areas day. >> stay with "eyewitness news" for coverage of the possible septa regional rail strikement foll

this was the scene in bensalem, bucks county tonight as the rain there came down hard. >> and take a look at this eyewitness cam video. a woman in glassboro, gloucester county, had to be helped to dry ground after knee deep water surrounded her car. roads also underwater for second consecutive day. "eyewitness news" in south philadelphia where rising waters came right on to the underpass. >> and thing got off to a soggy start at the ballpark tonight. eyewitness cam video shows the torrential downpour at citizens bank park earlier tonight. good evening, i'm jessica dean. >> i'm charisma. another messy day. another round of rain, and we're not done with it yet. meteorologist kathy orr is tracking the storms, the flooding and kathy now the fog, too. >>> a little bit of everything, chris and jessica. right now on storm scan3 we're seeing drying conditions but earlier today, we saw that heavy rain torrential downpours falling in this warm humid air mass and more is to come. right now we're just seeing some cloudy skies out there but the rain amounts were really incredible. take look at th

this happened may 20th at lou's farm market in bensalem. you see the suspect there yanked out the register and he then casually just walk right out of the store. >>> it is official, the city of philadelphia is campaigning to host 2016 democratic national convention, mayor michael nutter made this announcement just a short time ago. >> we have submitted a very competitive, sealed bid in accordance with the dnc rfp process. philadelphia, of course, is a great city in, which to host the huge event. >> reporter: cleveland, columbus and new york air machining the city of philadelphia will be competing with. >>> well to day marks the 70th anniversary of d-day, of the 16 million americans who returned home from world war two, barely a million are still with us. today, veterans gathered for d-day event at independent see sees port museum. artifacts are on exhibit there. among them american, flag, carried troops and equipment and june 6th, 1944. >>> "eyewitness news", walt hunt er spent his day with the d-day vet who like so many helped change the c

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. >>> all right, new morning, bensalem fire investigators have ruled an apartment complex fire is arson. approximately 30 people were forced from their homes around 9:30 last night at the bensalem court apartments. firefighters contained the flames, to a boiler room and thankfully no one was hurt. >>> new jersey governor, chris christie, is headed to california today. it is part of a fundraising and self promotion tour. the governor will also visit facebook headquarters in palto alto where he'll hold live chat at 6:30 this evening our time. so if you have a question for the governor, just hop on facebook, go to facebook. com/gov. chris christie to chat with them. >>> philadelphia's 30th street station, could get a new name. congressman, chaka fattah, has introduced legislation rename it in memory of congressman william gray. the philadelphia politician, was elect in the 1978, and served until 1991. while in congress, gray was a key sponsor for fun g that paid for the rail station's renovations. gray died last july. >>> and, boom goes bus for the fourth every july celebrations, in anothe

bensalem's teens are calls the the owls and tonight it was time for these owls to head off for a new in their life. >>> jimmy kimmel live coming up at 11:35 tonight, here's jim which a preview of tonight's show. >> thanks, jim. hello philadelphia. here's a sampling of the monday sense we have in store tonight, mike tyson makes aim. >> can you help me. >> yes what do you want me to do. >> nothing. >> okay. >>> dance their way through auditionness south philadelphia, for sixers dream team, whoever lands the job will be a main part of the sixers fame night entertainment this year, they will perform on the court during home games, and be off the court, ambassadors force sixers giving back to the community. >>> sixers will be, the big story, in seven or eight days from now, the draft but today the phillies and sweep. >> they are making things very interesting and yes, they do a good job there in atlanta put away white flag there is still fight in these phillies. they head to atlanta and leave with a three game sweep. phillies fall behind four-two but they put up five spot in the second in

frequent lightening through moorestown, new jersey and head ago cross the river in bensalem.s was a severe cell through philadelphia and camden and burlington county moving northeast now at 20 miles an hour, no longer severe but still frequent lightening and strong winds in lumberton, new jersey by 5:36. southampton by 6:13. jackson, new jersey by 6:21. if you hear thunder come inside and wait, jessica. >> thank you. >>> new at 5:30 army sergeant bow bergdahl's first day back on u.s. soil after five years as a taliban prisoner. he has not spoken to his parents but sergeant bergdahl looks good and soluted his officers at a military hospital today. omar villa franca has very latest from san antonio texas. >> reporter: hours after bowe bergdahl's early morning arrival in san antonio military doctors talk about the next step. >> during his stay here sergeant bergdahl will participate in reintegration process aim to equip sergeant bergdahl with the necessary tools to regain, appropriate levels of physical and emotional stability. >> bergdahl was freed in a controversial exchange f

. >> bensalem police arrest a boyfriend and girlfriend in connection with a deadly hit-and-run. it happened on one of the township's busiest roads. police say the woman behind the wheel was driving with a suspe suspended license. fox 29's drew dickman is live at the bensalem police department tonight with how police tracked down the two. drew? >> reporter: iain, police say they received an non muss tip that officers followed into philadelphia. it turns out that tip was pretty credible and now this couple is facing serious charges tonight. >> where did you take the car? >> melissa and steven pagano -- you don't know why you're being arrested. >> nothing you think. >> reporter: had mixed reactions to our questions as they made the walk from the bensalem police department into court to face a judge. >> i don't even know what you're talking about. >> reporter: rachel is charged with accidents resulting in death and operating a vehicle without a valid license and her boyfriend pagano faces one count of tampering with evidence. >> at this point it appears they hid the vehicle from our

. >>> we will go out to the pennsylvania turnpike heading eastbound approaching bensalem, we have an accident blocking left lane. a slow down right at the scene. turnpike doesn't look too bad this morning. just expect normal delays from your majors. >> thanks, kacie. >>> lets get to this developing story where police are looking for a man and woman responsible for a shooting and robbery outside a northeast philadelphia gun club. fox 29's sabina kuriakose is live there with the the latest. good morning. >> reporter: police say robbers are considered very armed, very dangerous. their victim is in critical condition. it happen last night, just around 9:00 o'clock at the delaware valley sports center. that is a gun shop and gun range here in northeast philadelphia two men, a 67 year-old and 68 year-old had finish up at the gun range spending some leisure time firing off their weapons and as they were leaving they were approached by a man and woman with guns. suspects demanded cash and cell phones and all of the victim weapons. that was seven guns in all. police say one of the suspects th

it happened friday night at the bensalem court apartments on cedar avenue.nvestigators say the teen intentionally started the fire in the boiler room as a result 29 families were left homeless. fortunately no one was hurt. >>> and happening right now, crews are cleaning up the apartment of a man accused of sending ricin laced letters. officials have been working at the hatboro residents all day long. nicholas hellman was arrested back in march for allegedly se sending a race si laced card to the boyfriend of his girlfriend. he's facing attempted murder. public safety officials are coordinating the decontaminati decontamination. it includes testifying all items in that apartment. the effort and the key there is knowing just what to look for. >> this treatment basically decomposes the ricin which is a protein made by plants and is toxic. it decomposes it to harmless chemicals that eventua eventuall evaporate. >> authorities say they were tipped off about the alleged crime by hellman's co work can he. the company helping in the clean up effort has been used in

the action cam was there as the volunteers helped the victims at bensalem court on cedar avenue. police say someone started the fire in the boiler room. the flames damaged the entire buildings in the complex. no injuries were reported. >>> septa's regionals rail system could come to a halt in 24 hours if the mediators cannot come to an agreement. the strike would shut down the regional rail system affecting 126,000 riders each weekday. >> i come from delaware. i would have to drive in town and park which would mean more money. >> if the rail strike does happen, city and suburban services including buses trolleys and subways would still operate. >>> from our delaware newsroom the u.s. transportation secretary plans to visit the i495 bridge. it received federal funding to fix the support towers. the bridge is not depicted to open until labor day at the earliest. >>> hail fell in the state of texas where there was a report of a tornado. chunks of ice fell fast and furious in abilene yesterday. people reported busted car windows and police cars took a beating. new nearby conrow light

let's go to bensalem route 1 at the pennsylvania turnpike. no issues here, no overnight construction between route 1 and northeast philadelphia and morrisville. look out for constructioning blocking two eastbound lanes in near willow grove. >> good morning, everybody, time to take a look at the travel forecast at the big board. surface summary discoloration. let's put up the national picture all the flights across the sky 1,889 over the lower 48. here are the airports with weather-related delays. not until later on today you could see unstable weather not only in philadelphia, boston, new york city, washington, d.c., atlanta. miami could see thundershowers as well. the east coast should be good in the morning, but could see problems later on. out in the midwest a chance of thundershowers, detroit and chicago could see delays over there. a lot of western part of the country in the south looking clear today, including texas, denver looking good, as well. all the airports in california. seattle getting showers today could see a delay or two, but

he was confronted by a police officer in bensalem at woodhaven road. he tried to stab the police officer, got away in his patrol car. his name is matthewmiller. he was hauled off to prison after his arraignment. officer michael jachimski was protected by his bulletproof vest. he was not hurt. >>> in a surprising move, lewis katz's son is withdrawing his late father's plans to buy "the inquirer" and "the philadelphia daily news." it comes after katz and six others died in a plane crash. jesse gary has more on what it means for the future of the papers. >> reporter: the pullout leaves gerry lenfest as the sole owner possibly looking for another investment partner. on a day when the sale was supposed to be finalized, more questions and an uncertain future. drew katz standing screen right was among the people attending a may 27th presser announcing the $88 million purchase. lewis katz and h.f. gerry lenfest announced the deal to buy out their business partners and take the reins of philadelphia's two major dailies. >> i look forward to working with gerry i

it will go up by later on today, too. 74 degrees for allentown, bensalem at 81.'re at 79 degrees at this hour. mount holly at 76. atlantic city in the 70s along with stone harbor, sea isle city for you as well along with cape may. 76 for dover, 75 for you in millville this morning. a warm start to our morning and temperatures climbing to the 90s again later on today. dry for the most part. at least the early to midpart of the day, later on, late in the afternoon, the future cast shows a slight chance of isolated thunderstorms but mainly in the evening hours coming in from the west as you can see there, mo hng into lancaster county, tomorrow. your forecast for the90 m.ea hod humid, 94 degrees by 6:00 p.m. our high will be 95. with the additional humidity it will feel like the upper 90s by the afternoon. for the next seven days, there is a little relief. that will be on friday as we start to see the humidity drop and we'll be drying out. by the weekend, the chance of thunderstorms back in the forecast. >> 6:21 right now. drivers who take the pennsylvania turnpike,

. >>> police in bensalem are hoping that someone witnessed a fatal hit and run. over the scene of the accident as police continue the investigation in the 4100 block of bristol pike. it happened around 6:45 last night. the victim died at the hospital and they are asking anything with information to call. >>> and a shoot-out in a model, vincent jackson and adonis fountain arrested for the incident on march 31. the shoot-out happened in the hallway. no one was hit by the gunfire. detectives say the investigation revealed that jackson and fountain had an ongoing dispute. >>> a clear view of the man the police say walked into ocean county college stealing $300 in cash and credit cards from an employee. happening on may 12. the 60 year old educator left her purse unattended in the offers and hours later received a call from the credit card company about potentially unauthorized transaction. anyone who recognizes this man is asked to call the toms river police. >>> and meteorologist adam joseph and the accuweather forecast. fair to call it a perfect 10 kind of day? >>

is s.ve t set crg tic wk release program in doylestown, he was then confronted by an officer in bensalem at wood haven road. he tried to stab the officer, got away in his patrol car, was arrested down the street at a play ground. matthew miller was hauled off to bucks county precipitation after his arraignment last night. officer michael jachimski was n. >> he is extremely lucky. i think the vest play add part in that and we're thankful that he goes home to his family. >> miller faces charges including the attempted murder of a police officer. >> in the last 20 minutes we have an update we leahat the mother of a firr a oy h bh beearerchooo kedrugt n ol s removeral fronbcad f tas h eas dizzy't feelwe rvarf ollowingstearge that t and e nex de-upidgeope it edpaday. aday ten bhe b mntilnbo nootct a e mayor. he defeated paul perez. jackson getting 56% of the vote. jackson . ilth and take the rhe acting mayor. the need for a new mayor of course was prompted by the conviction of the old one, tony mack found guilty in february on federal corruption charges and sentenced to nearly five years in p

. >>> an alleged hit hit and run killer is under arrest in bensalem, bucks county. investigators say 32-year-old ma ma -- melissa rachel was drive winning a suspended license when she hit and killed a man walking along bristol pike. 33-year-old friend helped concoct the plan to hide the pick up truck. >> they hid the vehicle and took it to philadelphia. >> you tried to hide the car. >> i don't know what you're talking about. >> reporter: police say he removed the license tag from the truck and warned it, telling investigators he watches a lot of crime shows and knows how it works. >> police are investigating an accident that seriously hurt a boy in the strawberry mansion section of philadelphia. the 8-year-old was hit at 26th and ridge avenue at 8:30. police say a car went around a stopped septa bus and hit the boy. he was taken to children's hospital philadelphia where's in stable condition. >>> four people had to be rescued after their boat hit a dock on the delaware river burlington county. while the rescued were carried away by stretcher, they are expected to be

had an earlier wreck on the eastbound turnpike near bensalem that's gone. no overnight construction on the turnpike because of the rain. in lower moreland watch out for a crash on huntington pike. so far being wet along the schuylkill expressway ascertain i-95 and the boulevard no delays to speak of. in pleasantville watch out for an overnight house fire on doughty road. you may be better on new road. >> we have breaking news from pleasantville atlantic county. a house fire that claimed the life of one person and left a firefighter injured. the action cam is live on the scene. this is the 400 block of doughty road. flames broke out at 3:15. the crews got control, but found the victim inside the house stay with us with "action news," of course you're looking at the ambulance that took the firefighter to the hospital. we've got an eye on this and we'll bring you any updates. >>> the search is on for the theives who pulled off a brazen robbery outside a northeast philadelphia gun range one person was shot and it turns out this duo may have struck before. kathe

." >>> an inmate that escaped buck county prison and then stabbed a bensalem police officer is back in custody. 23-year-old matthew miller is accused of stealing the officer's police cruiser and taking off to philadelphia. the officer suffered minor injuries, walter perez has the latest in a live report coming up tonight at 6:00. >>> turning now to a developing story at a high school near portland, oregon. a gunman armed with a rifle shot and kill aid student and injured a teacher here. tomorrow would mark the last day of class for the school year, the gunman was found dead insides of the school, and there is more coming up on this at 5:30. >>> the weather front tonight is the possibility of more soggy weather, looking at sky 6 hd, the gray skies tell the story, just like yesterday, an unstable weather pattern brings pop-up storms to the area and the good news is we should definitely dry out tomorrow. lets go to the big board and check in with adam joseph. >> some of us need to catch a break and this afternoon again, south and east of philadelphia, double scan live shows most of the re

the lehigh valley, in the upper 70s. 81 in bensalem, 79 in trenton.emperatures around 80 for much of south jersey and delaware. 80 in dover. locally, we are dry. just off to our west we have a lot of cloud cover and a lot of rain here. some of this will try to move in tomorrow. a majority of the moisture will slide to our south. future weather takes all this, tries to bring it in. really weakens it and breaks it up. starting off for saturday, a mix of clouds with some sun. there's a chance a few of us could see fast-moving light showers. mostly south of philadelphia. through the afternoon saturday, really doesn't look too bad. as we go into sunday, we clear out even more and will see more sunshine to end the week. with the sunshine we still have a high uv index. it's nine. it will be like this for the next three days. skin damage within only $15 minute. wear the sun block this weekend. in the poconos saturday, partly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies. sunday, more sunshine. if you are heading to the new jersey or the delaware beaches, temperatures saturda

police were out on the 700 block of bridge water road in bensalem today.ources say the police activity was tied to a crash last night on the 4100 block of bristol pike. philadelphia resident vincent erie died in the accident. so far there have been no arrests. >> really unbelievable video. a motorcyclist slamming into a car at a florida intersection. the impact flipping him into the air and miraculously he gets right back on to his feet. we first showed you the clip last night and now fox's evan axle ban talks to the man who says he's lucky to be alive. >> without the video you'd never believe michael smith's story. >> yeah, yeah, he said he flipped. wahoo. but now that you can actually see the footage, d a.m. n was he was saying was the truth. i could honestly be dead. >> may 24th he was headed up belcher at on a motorcycle like this. he says the light was yellow. but alex hall thought it was red and made a left. >> i had to brace for impact i knew there was no way i was dodging it. there's no laying down the bike. none of them. >> reporter: impact and li

the bensalem school district is having a summer meal program for kids 18 years and younger.o application is necessary. we have all of the locations on our website, nbc10.com. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> temperatures are down but the sun is up. and the readings are going to climb into the 80s this afternoon. live viewç of cape may which i looking nice and sunny. sunshine and few thin clouds in the area and the temperature is 67 degrees right now in philadelphia. winds out of the south, southwest at 5 miles an hour. the visibility is excellent at 10 miles. look at the clouds, scattered thin clouds, no sign of any showers. the view from the comcast center in center city. the temperatures will be climbing from the 60s and some spots the 50s into the 80s this afternoon. cherry hill, 60 degrees, 59 for wrightstown, washington township. north and west, there are some spots that are cooler than others, 61 degrees in quakertown. saw a clearing there. clouds in the reading and allentown area. the temperatures are running warmer this morn