christie ileto, "action news" wphl-17. jim? >> we want to show you in mount laurel, fire broke through the township. live at the scene, "action news" reporter annie mccormick. the impact on families, what is that tonight? >> jim, four families are out of their home. two units are a total loss. one of the units is an elderly couple that could have lost their lives were it not for a neighbor. >> chopper 6 over mount laurel and the laurel creek apartment complex showing flames out of a second floor unit on yarmouth lane just after 4:30. the owner was trying to smoke out a bees nest when the home caught fire. >> rachel quick began alerting neighbors and frank jumped in to help realizing an elderly couple lived in the unit. the couple didn't realize how much the fire had spread. >> she was trying to put it out with a pitcher of water. i was like, we have to go. her husband, he has parkinson's. he can't move so i carried him out and that was it. >> they thanked him with a hug. firefighters responded to the two alarm blaze. it tends t

christie ileto, channel6 "action news." rick? >> christie, thank you.le, they are rapping up the holiday weekend at the shore. many procrastinators tried to pack in every last minute before heading home, there was plenty of traffic coming back from the jersey shore point. chopper 6 over the split in the past hour where the headlights were headed westbound to philadelphia and plenty of them. >> now to adam joseph in for cecily tonight. a lot of folks heading back to work tonight. what can we expect? >> dry conditions as humidity lowers. we hit 90-degrees briefly this afternoon in philadelphia. three consecutive days 90 and above. this marks heatwave number three, three days above 90-degrees. the boundary sinks to the south. that's going to move a northeasterly wind in here tomorrow, pushing the front away from us, temporarily drying us out. as we wake up for the forecast tomorrow morning, rush hour, not too humid. 8:00, 73-degrees. as we go through the day planner, wednesday, temperatures climb to near 80 lunchtime, afternoon, middle 80s. nowhere near 90

"action news" reporter christie ileto was there. >> residents came for answers on how, when and what will be done to rid the toxic soil their homes sit on. the homes were built on an old recycling site last year. babambino and wilma martin were the first to discover crushed car batteries, leaking toxins into the ground. >> while the contaminated soil took ten weeks to remove, the epa is taking steps to do the same for 25 or 30 other homes. the feds say it will take two years and ensure residents won't be displaced that long, but there is no timeline on when it will start. >> we believe the contamination is in the top four layers of soil. there are incidents it may be deeper. >> some worry damage has been done. >> five deaths in eight homes. >> you think it's because of the car batteries? >> that's what i think caused it along. i'll put it that way. >> while there is no proof that the toxins caused the death of those living there, it's not healthy. >> there are little kids. it's dangerous. >> there is no clear timeline. the epa is hopeful for some time late this year. funding is conti

christie ileto channel6, "action news." >> healthcare is up for debate in washington d.c.ht, literally. republican senators cleared the procedural hurdle to overthrow obama care. there are many more roadblocks ahead, president trump is taking a victory lap this morning. megan hughes has more. >> president trump going back to his roots with a make america great generally in ohio. his attempt to repeal care got a step closer to reality. >> we are a step closer to liberating our citizens from this obama care nightmare. >> mike pence breaking the tie on capitol hill. >> lending his support, john mccain. he was welcomed back with a standing ovation. >> senator mccain speaking his mind, expressing reservations on what comes next. >> it's a shell of a bill right now. we all know that. i have changes urged by my state's governor that have to be included to earn my support for any bill. >> protesters around the capitol even the senate floor. republicans trying to hash out a bill that they can pass without democratic support. >> there are a lot of things we have done and will contin

christie ileto is live in the satellite center with local reaction after speaking with people in the transgender community here. >> rick, we don't know what this means for active duty members. a national guard person here is more than unsettled. coming up on 19 years of military service mia mason worries about what happens next. >> i may lose my home. >> in a tweet president trump banned all transgender people from the military. she transitioned from michael to mia in 2017. i was not using military benefits when i transitioned. it's mind boggling. the thing is, they have not known what the costs are yet. >> she was in afghanistan. >> dr. sherman lease helps up to 1400 patients transition a year including mia. >> if they need hormones she should have them. women get hormones if they have problems. men do too so why not transgenders. it could cost $8.5 million. transgenders have received medical coverage through the military. >> a lot of my patients are uncomfortable with him in office and worry insurance coverage may be taken away. >> you don't just say everyone's banned. that's ridic

christie ileto is live with the details about the details and the video. >> reporter: it has several people divided with the protests across the city of philadelphia for and against president trump president trump showing how polarized people really are. 20 seconds in low resurrection resurrection -- low resolution president trump pummeled this man yesterday. it's the latest in a twitter tirade against the media and his critics. last week the press team said this about his passionate post. >> the president has no promoted or encouraged violence, quite the contrary. >> reporter: this is a man who at all times of the night tweets ridiculous messages. >> reporter: for some this went too far. anti-trump marchers parked market street against the president. >> when he threatens healthcare what do we do? >> reporter: their rally cry covered issues including healthcare, travel bans and his tweets. >> we need to speaking out and making noise. >> why do you disagree with him? >> i can't take any more. arnlg. >> reporter: a smaller group held a counter protest in old city. >> we're not a hatefu

live in northeast philadelphia christie ileto channel six action news jim. >> thank you christie. new jersey state police are looking for the culprits who have been throwing rocks at cars on the atlantic city expressway and this is the result, the windshields of at least two cars were hit just before 9:30 last night near exit 41 and sicklerville and one suffered minor cuts from slivers and glass but fortunately the rocks didn't breakthrough a construction worker is out of the hospital tonight after a dramatic high angle rescue he was trapped 80 feet up at the croda chemical company on 300 cherry lane in new castle delaware after suffering a back injury firefighters climbed up the tower and hooked up a stretcher to one of the big cranes already on site and hoisted the victim to the ground. well they rocked the beach tonight in atlantic city, the first of several atlantic city beach tests concerts this summer and tonight it was obvious why so many people were wearing pink. action news reporter annie mccormick was there. ♪ eager fans rejoiced as pink took the stage on the atlantic ci

know he is listed in good condition at temple university hospital live at police headquarters christie iletonnel six action news jim. >> thank you. and a third day of testimony in the deadly penn state hazing case was still not enough to decide whether 16 fraternity members should stand trial so the judge ordered two additional hearings next month one by one lawyers for the 16 accused cross-examined state college police detective dave trying to establish their clients were not involved in his death and all of the actions are being unfairly lumped together. it is a case of murder on the streets of atlantic city tonight an unidentified man was shot several times just after 9:00 at indiana and lincoln avenues. he died a short time later at atlantic care regional medical center no motives or suspects. the murder rate in philadelphia is sharply up this year even though crime over all is actually down. the latest statistics from the police department show murders are up by 22% with 163 so far this year compared to 134 at this time last year. however it is not because more people are being shot, sh

reporting live from margate, christie ileto for channel six "action news", sarah. >> christie, thank you. >>> after a rainy, glummy start to the weekend to day was absolutely gorgeous. sky 6hd, taking a live look at ben franklin bridge, not a cloud in the sky. it has been that way all day. lets go live to meteorologist adam joseph with the accu weather forecast, adam. >> a little to complain about especially for end of july to have full sunshine, low humidity and below normal temperatures. right now in philadelphia we're sitting at 82 degrees, 79, that is tonight new york city. and you can see a lot of that heat and humidity and storms, everything has been squash, in the mid-atlantic. so really nice second half of the weekend. so, satellite and radar high pressure coming from the west, you can see just a few cloud near pittsburgh, eastern part of the great lakes and canada overall that sunshine is in control all along, the east coast. as we head out for our sunday evening, if you can salvage a few more hours before you have to think about work for tomorrow, upper 70's early in this e

christie ileto has more. christie? >> those in attendance describe thomas easy going and a friend to many. those we spoke with are struggling, trying to make sense of what happened. >> we are so broken. can't believe this >> could happen. >> family and friends filed into the burns funeral home. a line so long it extended on to the sidewalk. >> i think he was a great kid. >> big loss. >> was it hard being inside? >> yeah, it was. such a tragedy. an unexpected one. investigators unearthed the body with three other young men buried on cosmo dinardo's family farm. dinardo lured the men on to the property to sell them drugs and buried them with the help of his cousin sean kratz. >> he was a good kid. i seen him recently. he had a lot of friends. he was a good kid. worked hard. >> i feel story for my son joan. you shouldn't lose your children. >> meo's girlfriend posted a tribute on her facebook remembering the young man as loyal. >> it doesn't seem real. >> meo's funeral is set for tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m. dinardo and

parks and dmv were shut down after governor christie ileto and others couldn't come to an agreement. christie blamed the speaker. the speaker pointed the finger right back. >> this is the order governor christie shut down at 11:00 last night. >> an executive order was put into action keeping open essential government functions like the state police and state run hospitals. at the root of disagreement, governor christie insists the budget include blue shield help combat opioid addicts. >> horizon is a $12 billion industry behemoth and must appropriately and transparently fulfill. but it's not full fulling the mission. >> the speaker is the one who refused to post the bill that passed the senate. it's incumbent upon him to come back with an alternative. >> the speaker said -- >> it came over and it must be vetted. >> you hear the speaker saying he will deal with horizon middle of the month. governor christie wants it in the budget now. it's a waiting game to see how this plays out. bob brooks, "action news." >> the shutdown is affecting many facets of life in new jersey. the state depa

christie ileto to explain. >> homeowners were concerned this would cause severe drainage problems.ears became reality. >> the snapshots are proof of the anger brewing. >> weekend floods left standing water where the army core of engineers are digging the dunes project. >> the water is dirty, brown, bacteria in it. >> life guards sunday put no swimming signs up to alert the public of the water's depth in some areas high as your knees. they said the water would percolate through the sand and not be a problem. it clearly is a problem. >> plaintiffs failed to prove it would cause a public nuisance and at worst would cause drainage problems factually unfounded. elaine says their concerns fell on deaf ears. wuryou were part of the suit to stop this. >> everyone was. we voted for it twice. >> does this prove what you were saying all along? >> of course. it's changed the coast of new jersey for ever. >> something that to be done and quick. >> for now, residents wonder how long part of their beach will be what they are now calling, lake margate. >> the dunes project won't be finished until

." >> christie ileto has been gathering reaction locally about the simpson news. good evening, christie. >> good evening, monica. it has a lot of people talking. some say it's time he was released. others are stunned his parole was granted. >> the juice is free. >> not quite but the news spread fast. >> social media is going crazy. >> it didn't take long for the social board to take off. >> he's been a model prisoner according to all reports. >> defense attorney george perry. >> they look at other factors such as prior criminal history. he has none. he was not convicted of murder in california. >> found guilty in the murder trial of his wife and ron goldman, simpson has struggled with his public image. >> i don't know. i don't think he served enough time, really. >> i will honor what the jury said. >> you could see in his eyes he's ready to come home. he said he was sorry. oo >> you think he meant what he said? >> he's an actor. >> what do you say to people that say this was his second chance and be he messed up and he's in jail. >> i dare them to count the mistake

. >> that is governor christie ileto. the budget stalemate is over. highlighting what he likes about the deal struck from lawmakers. the government shutdown is now listed. we have more on our website, "6abc".com. back to the fourth of july festivities and forecast. cecily tynan is here to get ready tomorrow. hi, cecily. >> hi, sharrie. it's been a hot weekend. the high friday 93. 80s saturday. yesterday and today, 91. three of the past four days, temperatures are in the 90s. three days in a row to be a heatwave. we fall short of that tomorrow. future tracker showing 9:00 in the morning, warm. temperatures across the board, 70s. upper 70s in philadelphia as we head into the afternoon. we climb to the upper 80s. it will be on the humid side and into the evening hours, temperatures scaled back to the 70s by 9:00. the fourth of july forecast, partly sunny, schieghtly humid, temperatures in the upper 80s. i'm tracking the possibility of spotty showers. we talk about that in the seven-day forecast. >> sharrie? >> cecily, thank you. our free abc app gives yo

christie ileto, "action news." >> a 17-year-old is facing charges after an altercation near a delawarey high school that spiraled out of control. police say there was a fight between ridley high school students and a rival school. a teenager ran over a 15-year-old who suffered scrapes and bruises. the driver turned himself in and is charged as a juvenile. >> kelly hodge will spend five and a half months as interim d. a. hodge was elected by a board of common core police judges. she becames the first african-american female district attorney. voters choose the next permanent d.a. in september. the so sons of robert democracy want the man charged who killed their mother. he says he shot 42-year-old democracy and her boyfriend in the head along the 47 block of james street and fran frankfordn they climb his fence in an argument. police are staked outside of his home over fear of retaliation against him. >> healthcare vote tomorrow, and we hear about a texas tragedy as a dozen illegals died. >> and an effort to save a tiger at the zoo. >> storms are bringing us cooler air dropping into the