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the time, christie ileto joins us. chris sowers tracking harvey and our forecast. hurrican harvey is the first major hurricane to hit this part of texas in 47 years. you have to go back to 1970, hurricane cecila i can't -- keel i keel -- which battered the coast. as we've mentioned all morning long the problem with the storm it's not moving drifting off to

live, christie ileto for channel six "action news", walter. >> christie, thanks for that report. >>> we will continue to follow this historic flooding in texas, and efforts from our area to help many, many people victimized. see very latest on air and, of course, on line including at red cross donation information right there at six abc.com. >>> much more to come on "action news" tonight, one after one, block after block road of cars are sideswiped as a result of the car driver facing long list of charges including dui. >>> accu weather tracking conditions here and in texas. >> that is right we are tracking flooding rain in texas down across southeastern sections of the lone star state with beautiful weather at home. currently in philadelphia we are coming in at 76 degrees. it looks like this pleasant stretch will continue for start of the workweek we have details with the full, exclusive forecast. >> all right, thanks, melissa. >>> jeff skversky has phillies , cubs, eagles and much more coming up when "action news" comes right back one laugh, and hello sensitive bladder. so i tried

christie ileto is live at franklin square. something of a different atmosphere hours after the attack in barcelona. >> that's right, brian. it was a light hearted event but 5300 people came to one vicinity, police were not taking any chances when it came to security. >> welcome to dinner in franklin square. >> i had no idea if it was be center city. >> it was franklin square, 5300 guests dressed in white scored tickets. >> we brought shrimp cocktail, minichocolate cake and champagne. >> it's nice to have an elegant dinner and dance with friends. >> we wanted it to be subtle. >> this is subtle? >> i guess so. >> 42,000 people left on the wait list, this is the largest of its kind in south america. police and event organizers were not taking chances with security. >> we feel safe that we have secured the area. >> inside, dinner, games and dancing. a couple even got engaged. p >> you have to bring your inner child. it's a playground for everyone. >> it's nice to have something that's spontaneous. often we don't do that. >> no ser

christie ileto has the latest. >> that's right, jim. wanted for a probation violation, it was clear that jeremy jones wasn't going without a fight. not only did he throw one molotov cocktail at the officer, when authorities entered the home, there were others waiting to be used. >> accused of setting an officer on fire, he surrendered after a three hour standoff. officers found more molotov cocktails inside. >> irene watched the officer be burned alive. >> they had to put the police officer out. he was on fire. they were rolling him around and stomping him in the street. with second degree burns on his left leg he was rushed to the burn unit. the rest of the afternoon was spent diffusing the homemade explosives. >> there was a piece of rope or whatever coming from the top. >> delaware county working with drug dealers. >> "action news" was there as he was hauled away to the police station. >> he's my friend. >> le von says despite his checkered past, he doesn't know what got into him. >> thank god he surrendered. >> the deputy was identi

christie ileto is in the satellite center. what did you learn? >> his friends say he was a kind and generous person without a bad bone in his body. they are struggling to come to terms with the fact that he's gone. >> it's hard when you get the news that he's missing. two days later, you find out there is no coming back. >> it was the grim outcome friends and family of kenneth smith were hoping wasn't true. his ship collided with an oil tanker overseas, his body recovered days later. >> i'm sure he was terrified. samantha says this was the last time the group of friends saw smith. >> we watched t.v. and caught up on life. then he was back on the ship. >> did you ever think that would be the last time you would see him? >> no. that was -- a complete shock. >> gary miller says they became fast friends when smith moved here from virginia in 11th grade. he talked of joining the navy like his father. >> last thing i said, i'll see you when you get back. i miss you buddy. >> smith's father said i'm incredibly proud of his service. i'm glad we had 22 ye

"action news" christie ileto and dann cuellar hear about the response to harvey's devastation.e know it's lost its intensity as far as hurricane winds go. now the storm is nowhere close to finishing dumping rain on the houston area and it's moving in other places tonight. >> it's not going to make landfall until wednesday morning. couple of more days in the city of houston and surrounding locations. the center of tropical storm harvey is open over the waters. you see it's wrapping in the water off of the ocean, off of the gulf of mexico as far as louisiana and parts of new orleans. as we close into houston, you see the bulls eye of red pinwheeling off of the ocean here. it is nonstop torrential rain. take a look at this. stats in the city of houston alone, on average the city is seeing 30-inches of rain over the area. 339 billion-gallons of water that has fallen from the sky in the city limits. to bring it to that wow factor here, that's five days worth of water that flows over the niagara fall in a four day period. they are not done. you take a look at these additional rainfal

. >> good morning, 5:30 a.m., the time, christie ileto joins us. chris sowers tracking harvey and our forecast. hurrican harvey is the first major hurricane to hit this part of texas in 47 years. you have to go back to 1970, hurricane cecila i can't -- keel i keel -- which battered the coast. as we've mentioned all morning long, the problem with the storm it's not moving drifting off to the northwest at 5 miles per hour. hurricane warnings remain in effect 0 for the corpus christi and port o'connell and getting into the houston area. we have tropical storm warnings. winds are not the concern with the storm. we have hurricane-force wind up to 100 miles per hour, they extend outward from the center about 35 miles per hour. the winds are not the biggest concern with this, the storm surge as the storm moved inland and the tremendous amount of rain. what you're looking at here, this is the inif infared cloud p images, where you're seeing the wind, that's where the clouds top 40,000 feet. from houston to victoria, corpus christi we're seeing a tremendous

live in spring garden christie ileto 6abc walter. >> thank you christie we have an update to a storyt brought you last night a passenger on board american airlines jet that experienced severe turbulence is speaking out about the terrifying experience and action news reporter annie mccormick spoke with the man and joins us in the satellite center with details. >> reporter: three doctors were on the flight and able to help people who were injured and we spoke to one of the doctors tonight in the end three passengers and seven crew members were taken to the hospital. >> we sin certainly apologize and do not anticipate any more of that. >> reporter: moments later the captain of american airlines flight 759 tried to reassure passengers and medical professionals like dr. fang sought out the injured. >> i just jump to action and try to assistant take care of things. >> reporter: we spoke to the los angeles based ophthalmologist via face time and two attendants were the first to be treated by doctors on board. >> two flight attendants one with a dislocated shoulder and one fell and hit her h

christie ileto joins us. we have the latest on hurricane harvey lashing the gulf coast with damaging winds and torrential rainfall. >> the monster storm made landfall as a powerful category 4, but weakening as it crawls across the land. the slammed into rock port north of corpus christi. it's dark in texas, but we've begun to receive pictures, there's possible tornadoes spawned from the storm, trees are down and appears to be a wall down from the wind. >> reporter: good morning you can tell the wind and rain and lightning and thunder have picked up in the heart of houston. hurricane harvey is a category one storm 90-mile an hour winds it's picking up right here. it came on land as a category 4, it's been downgraded as you can tell by the conditions out here, it doesn't mean anything to the people around here. millions in the path of the storm waiting to see what happens next. no audio. in more than a decade. this is not anything that's going to be a quick one and done. we're not measuring in inches of rain, b

christie ileto channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. much more to come on "action news" tonight. community in montgomery county stems up today lending a hand to firefighters who are raising money for a wonderful cause. >>> from patrol the streets to dancing on the streets. a local police officer brings a smile to the face of people attending a music event. >> reporter: we have lower sunshine and lower humidity, the humidity stays away tomorrow, but eventually brings back the threat of showers and thunderstorms. we'll have details on the traffic coming up in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> eagles have a brand new cornerback, he hits the field. ducis rogers has details in sports when "action news" comes right back. today, we're out here with some big news about type 2 diabetes. you have type 2 diabetes, right? yes. so let me ask you this... how does diabetes affect your heart? it doesn't, does it? actually, it does. type 2 diabetes can make you twice as likely to die from a cardiovascular event, like a heart attack or stroke. and with heart disease, your risk is ev

she was confronted by a gun toting man who may have been wear agree mask action news reporter christie iletoive at the scene tonight christie what did police learn tonight if anything that will help them catch this guy. >> reporter: jim sources say the suspect grabbed the teen from behind attacked and disappeared and it happened fast and authorities say they only have a vague description of who this person could possibly be. park rankers shuttered entrances and turned away joggers from the norristown farm park residents we befuddled by the extra security until we explained and authorities were combing through an area where a 19-year-old was allegedly sexually assaulted in broad daylight. >> i heard somebody say were calling the police, call the police. >> reporter: visiting from texas valicity saunders had no idea the assault happened so close. >> i'm still in shock right now, it's really crazy. >> the person who did it where did they come from. >> reporter: in a dark hoodie sources say the man approached the teen behind on the trails armed with a gun and not clear on the trail where the all

live, christie ileto, channel 6, action news. walter. >> thank you, christie.olice are looking for the suspect and the person who slashed 52 tires on police and fire vehicles in summerdale over in camden county. this is surveillance video of the suspect. the damage was discovered at about 1:30 this morning. suspect entered the lot at the police and municipal building on kennedy boulevard where he went on to do thousands of dollars worth of damage. anyone who recognizes that man is asked to call police. >>> a father and son walking along the trail spotted a suspicious device tonight and called 911 in the graysbury section of philadelphia. near wharton street. police and the bomb squad examined the item and blew it up. we're told there is a nearby training facility for bomb detection, and this device may have been left behind from a previous training exercise. >>> much more to come, one by one, cars in two neighborhoods in philadelphia were seriously damaged after a driver suspected of dui lost control. tonight he's facing a whole bunch of charges. >>> also, a gr

paul ryan white supremacy is repickr repickr repickup -- repulsive and no moral ambiguity and christie iletos in the garden of reflection where people held a vigil for charlottesville and what was the reaction there to what president trump had to say today? >> well jim it was one of sadness but also anger many residents who attended here today saying this is 2017 and no one should be turning a blind eye or acsensing to that type of behavior including the president. ♪ gathered in song dozens of bucks county residents rallied at the 9/11 garden of reflection for a common cause. ♪ this gathering today is to give voice to people who are all feeling very angry right now and very afraid of what we are seeing and we are really here to say we stand up for community, for love. >> reporter: the attacks in charlottesville led by white supremacists have tugged at the nation's conscience. >> i was in disbelief, i was totally disgusted. >> reporter: president donald trump opening the conversation that both sides are to blame for the weekend violence. what do you think of the fact that he called counter pr

christie ileto is here. chris sowers has the forecast.e like to start the morning off with a smile, we're not smiling because it's raining. >> reporter: saturday morning, rain. >> that's the norm. >> reporter: the norm brings about a nice sunday. that's what we have in store for you. beautiful shot of cape may, the rain pulling away, the lots of clouds, the humidity is high, feels uncomfortable. you may get a little bit of sunshine down the jersey shore. really it's tomorrow, tomorrow is your beach day. satellite and radar we take a look here, a quick look at the headlines. most of the activity again is in the process of pushing through now, we'll see a couple of rounds first round is pushing through now. pushing out to sea, that's with the warm front the second round arrives later that were with the approaching cold front. we're not expecting widespread thunderstorm activity with that, but a couple of pop ups develop between 4 and 7:00 p.m. leftover showers, clouds and sun, not a bad day overall. late-day thunderstorm possible, any one o

"action news" reporter christie ileto joins lives from the scene with the details, christie. >> reporter walter, we just learn moments ago that authorities have identified this man as 24 year-old mar kwan hicks and just before he crashed here in south philadelphia's spent 12 hours, committing crimes, first carjacking, and off-duty septa employee and then secondly, an armed robbery along the atlantic city expressway. >> 2,000 south eighth, on the southbound. >> reporter: police closed in on the suspected arm robber and carjacker just before 2:00 . eighth and snider, quickly became a crime scene. >> boom. >> reporter: crowded street suspect crashed the stolen 2016 dodge challenger into another vehicle. >> he hit the car. >> reporter: what went through your mind when you saw that. >> i was nervous, it was scary >> reporter: septa police confirmed that the man behind the wheel carjack the employee in spring garden around 4:00 this morning. hours later he committed an armed robbery in south jersey, followed by on and off again pursuits of the vehicle for over an hour in both new jersey and pe

live more is "action reporter christie ileto. >> jim, calls are growing but nothing will happen to thetue anytime soon. the public must have their say before anything can happen. >> this is a snapshot of how devicive the frank rizzo statue has become. >> it's a statue. >> symbols such as frank rizzo statue is a symbol of racism and needs to come down. rizzo is associated with a strained relationship with the gay and african-american communities. >> i think for many it stands for stop and frisk and racial profiling. >> frank rizzo, and i know him personally, was not a racist. >> he says the statue should stay. >> frank rizzo was a law andorder officer, had nothing to do with racism. >> mayor kenney says the statue won't be yanked without approval approval. >> they want to keep the statue, put it away where peo choose to visit it. >> we know that nothing can happen until there is a public forum. no word on when that will take place. >> chris christie channel6 "action news." >> bill cosby will have two new lawyers at his side tomorrow. attorney tom mez ro who won an acquittal for michael

speaking in the way of christie ileto it's going to be a ponytail day. >> reporter: the humidity, theur weekends in a row, saturday starts out iffy and sunday is beautiful. this is the same kind of weekend. let's go live on sky6 live hd. here's another view, this is the commodore barry bridge, this time around we're showing low-level clouds, it's not raining in the city. down the jersey shore they are picking up rain drops and it is extremely humid. storm tracker 6 live most of the moisture confined to cape may county and points south and east. we'll assume into cape may, route 9 right about here, heavy, drenching downpours north of the cape may-lewis ferry docks. as we turn it over to the rainfall rates it's impressive. this is about 1.6 inches of rain per you are hour. you will not pick up one point 6 inches of rain because this is moving. this is a downpour that's pressing west to east over the cape here, wildwood you will see downpours soon and as far north as stone harbor and avalon. once this passes through, most of the time today we're looking at combination of sun, or clouds a

christie ileto joins us this morning. >> happy to be here, here's some of the stories we're following on "action news," we're following developing news, a woman is shot through her bedroom window inside her northeast philadelphia home. >> a man is shot and killed by philadelphia police, details on what led up to the fatal shooting. >> we have a winner, there was just one winning ticket in the huge mega millions jack pot. we'll tell you where it was sold. >> the big story on "action news" another soggy saturday we're keeping our eye on the possibility of more rain as you begin your weekend. >> sky6 live hd is looking live at this hour at cape may, where it is raining at the moment. if you have plans to head out today, you may want to keep the umbrella and raincoat handy. >> outside we go meteorologist chris sowers joins us with the accuweather forecast, chris, i love you, man but do something about the rain. >> reporter: i've got good news for both of you, we'll bring sunshine later on back into the area and ton of sun on sunday. storm tracker 6 live most of the heavy weather is south,

christie ileto joins us.have the latest on hurricane harvey lashing the gulf coast with damaging winds and torrential rainfall. >> the monster storm made landfall as a powerful category 4, but weakening as it crawls across the land. the slammed into rock port north of corpus christi. it's dark in texas, but we've begun to receive

christie ileto joins us this morning. >>> here's a look at what's happening. shots fired in philadelphia county overnight. three people shot, two are dead, now the search is on for the killer. >>> a video goes viral during an arrest, now a philadelphia police officer is losing his job. >>> mega millions lottery jackpot grows bigger. >>> we got to have a stormy start while thunder and lighten and rain moves across the region while many were sleeping. >>> live look from temple university, sky6 live hd, cloudy outside, the rain is dissipating at least. a beautiful center city skyline. the clouds continue to linger. >> stormy night, of course, not fun for many people that left an incredible mark on parts of the delaware valley. this large tree that stood 50 to 60 feet high fell in ardmore this morning. it struck the side of the saint george apartment building. the tree damaged an ac unit on the way down. >>> meteorologist chris sowers joins us live outside with a look at the accuweather forecast. >> reporter: chris? >> reporter: good morning, guys, i'm sure if you

christie ileto looks at the alarming trend and hears from one teen girl who has had several brushes with death. >> teased for being muslim, she spent years allowing the bullies feed her depression. >> what did that do for you? >> it made me think i could take the pressure head on. >> the 17-year-old's battle with suicide highlighted the statistic that suicide girls 15-19 is at an all time high in the last 40 years. >> what are the warning signs, talking about death, dying, anxiety? >> shelly is with the american suicide prevention saying adults should shot turn a blind eye to a cry for help. >> ask your child, are you struggling? do you have thoughts of suicide? >> at what point did you realize, this isn't normal. this isn't okay. >> i tried to kill myself three times. i realized this isn't okay. this isn't normal. >> the west philadelphia teen speaks helping young girms overcome suicidal thoughts. >> i felt alone. i overcame it with my mom's help. if you can't get it from a parent, find somebody who will help you. there are people that will listen to you. i will listen to you. >> powerf

christie ileto joins us this morning. >>> here's a look at what's happening.n philadelphia county overnight. three people shot, two are dead, now the search is on for the killer. >>> a video goes viral during an arrest, now a philadelphia police officer is losing his job. >>> mega millions lottery jackpot grows bigger. >>> we got to have a stormy start while thunder and lighten and rain moves across the region

christie ileto channel 6 "action news." >> 7:13 a.m., a young mother said thank you to the police officerswere able to get her to a life saving transplant. she had 90 minutes to get from long island to manhattan to receive a new liver and kidney back on june 26. she knew traffic would be bumper to bumper, she ran to her local police department, officers sprang into action and put her in a helicopter and and they escorted her to the hospital. >> they saved me and gave me a chance to be okay for my kids. i can never repay that. >> the medic, the pilot and the officer were all named this month's nasau county's top cop. >> that's a great story. >> reporter: it's nice to see a great story like that for a change. we have a great forecast before i interrupted you, i apologize. [laughter]. we start out with the beautiful sky6 live hd this is the philadelphia airport, i'm being scalded here. the sun is glistening down. the runways are not damp like they were yesterday at this time. today promises to be a nice day overall. we talked about 50/50 weekend. yesterday being the bad one, today the good on

"action news" reporter christie ileto joins us from fairmont park with me. christie?nocle, she was running up the path when a group of guys began heckling her and out of nowhere, she found herself jumped. >> i was out running. i can't remember much. >> she says the assault happened fast. >> one hit my>> she called me c. her mother didn't want to give their last name because stt know her >> they gave her a lip. her eye is black. "action news" washere as theycan squad cars. >> i like to run in a safe place and it's. it's an unfortunate thing that happened. >> her mother is grateful it's not worse. >> i don't want her out here by herself. i want everyone to know what's going on around here. >> police say there is no immediate motivate for the attack, but it's a popular trail in some areas secluded, so police are beefing up the trailple they are asking those ito alert, smart d if you can, buddy up. monica? >> thank you, christie. new tonight coatsville police made an arrest in connection with several incidents of vand. ris wil spread racist graffiti at five locations. he

"action news" reporter christie ileto is live with all the details new at 11:00. christie?s being interviewed, but we have learned he was released from prison august 21, and within that week, he's back in cuffs. edward holmes iii was arrested on a tip. >> repair costs estimated in the thousands, police say a day after his spout of vandalism, surveillance cameras caught the 51-year-old entering the camden county police department to report his bike was stolen while he was staying in the shelter. wearing the same clothes as the night before, officials were able to identify the man responsible for the brazen act of violence. >> when he identified himself to them, it was a no brainer at that point. >> he's still speaking with detectives. he will be taken to the camden county jail. to clear reason for his actions. rick? >> christie, thank you. police in montgomery county need the public's help finding a man and woman that stole $2,100 worth of clothing from dick's sporting good store. they had their children with them. >> not a good example. >> the adults could face child endang

"action news" reporter christie ileto is live at the scene.e the details. >> that's right, jim. police are calling it an elaborate operation. it's not clear how long the man living there had been doing this. he had so much marijuana inside the odor was undeniable to those on the block. >> authorities removed over a hundred marijuana plants discovered inside this west philadelphia home. an elaborate growing operation hidden in plain sight, busted. >> some packaged, some not. we know it's a fully run operation. >> that included amaze of electrical cords with four floors of illegal drugs, all to be packaged and distributed onsite. >> exactly. i'm still shocked. >> denise didn't want to give her last name but lived on the block 20 years. >> do you know those neighbors? >> no, i don't. i'm nothing to the fact that they found marijuana plants here. a lot of people in this neighborhood smoke marijuana, are pro legalization. >> it's not clear how long the person was living there and if police are aware of his activities. they say this is a one man ope

>> pleasant good morning to you, 5:00 a.m., saturday, august 12 we're joined by christie ileto this morning. >> here's some of the stories we're following on "action news." >>> showers and storms are impacting parts of the area, we're in for an unsettled saturday. >>> a deadly officer-involved shooting what police say led up to the gunfire after a man's mother called for help. >> i believe they will be very safe. if anything happens to guam, there will be big, big trouble in north korea. >> president donald trump trying to offer peace of minds to the people of guam the u.s. tote threatened by north korea. >> good morning, chris sowers is talking rain, rain on saturday, that's not very good. >> reporter: for the past month every saturday morning it rains. here's the shot looking at the center city skyline. low level clouds, we have a few showers and downpours closer to the jersey shore. we set it in motion for you, all the activity moving southwest to northeast with the heaviest over southern cape may county and sussex county, delaware. light, scattered stuff off to the west pushing off the

. >> christie ileto, "action news." >> we are used to seeing tempers flair at congressional meetings.n lawmaker ryan costello held a meeting at the high school. there were questions and answers about healthcare, taxes and rules governing people's access to the internet. costello wants to stabilize markets now that the repeal and replace bills have been defeated. >> in north korea, state television said the council voted to respond 10 fold to the united states. north korea said the sanctions are a violent infringement of its sovereignty and a heinous u.s. plot to isolate the country. >> the workplace manifesto went viral over the weekend drawing condemnation from many corners. silicon valley has been struggling with diversity in gender and race. >> a british model is speaking out after she was kidnapped, drugged and stuffed in a bag. 20-year-old chloe told a reporter she is grateful to be alive but still in shock. >> i was in a terrifying experience. i feared for my life second by second minute by minute hour by hour. >> she travel today millan for what she thought was a photo shoot. m

christie ileto, "action news" wphl-17. jim?a ten-year-old with special needs is in protective custody tonight after being abandoned by his mother. deborah whistler didn't want to speak to us when we dropped by her house today. she is accused of leaving the boy 70 years away. it's believed she left him after she found he was not eligible for the base. someone driving bacalle buy by d police. >> temperatures are running two degrees below normal. people are asking where is typical august weather? not this week. yesterday in the 70s, today, 80 but six degrees below normal, low humidity and satellite and radar showing a gloomy start. aspected the clouds clearing out nicely into the afternoon hours. tonight, clear skies allowing a great shot of the moon. joe from hamilton tweeted to me showing the moon is 90% visible off of a full moon in the morning. clear skies show that temperatures are dropping quickly. it's on the cool side. philadelphia 63, six degrees below normal, many suburbs dropping to the 50s, poconos, upper 40s. i'm trac

. >> i'm gray hall alongside christie ileto. coming up next, saturday morning at 9:00 a.m.g up to hurricane harvey and the damage it caused. >>> if you have travel plans this weekend, how hurricane harvey may create problems for you. >> those stories and the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast all next on "action news" saturday morning. >> [wind howling]? hurricane harvey continues to pummel the texas coast. good morning to you, i'm gray hall, alongside christie ileto. >> hurricane harvey is a category one storm after making landfall last night as a category four the strongest hurricane to hit in more than a decade and the strongest storm to hit texas in more than 50 years. >> we're going to texas where strong wind and rain remains a concern despite the hurricane losing strength. >> we're getting a look at the damage overnight, trees toppled over and businesses and homes damaged according to the electric reliability council of texas, hurricane harvey caused 200,000 power outages. no deaths reported, thankfully, but damage and flooding is expected. you can see the video

. >> i'm gray hall, alongside christie ileto.he war of words between the u.s. and north korea continue to heat up. >> developing right now, northeast philadelphia, the search for a shooter after a woman was almost hit by a bullet through her bedroom window. >>> those stories and more on "action news" next saturday morning. ♪ strummed guitar you can't experience the canadian rockies through a screen. you have to be here, with us. ♪ strummed guitar travel through this natural wonder and get a glimpse of amazing. with a glass of wine in one hand, and a camera in the other, aboard rocky mountaineer. canada's rocky mountains await. call your travel agent or rocky mountaineer for special offers now. you, saturday, august 12, i'm gray hall alongside, christie ileto. here's some of the stories we're following on "action news." developing news, a woman was shot through her own bedroom window in northeast philadelphia. this morning the search is on for a shooter. >>> plus, a brand new warning from north korea after president donald trump r

christie ileto is here now with the latest. ristie. >> reporter: and walter, residents are not backing down. saying the cleanup, as the project continues, is just a temporary fix to a problem that could have easily been avoided. it's become their rally cry >> this is your beach. these people were not invited here. >> reporter: margate residents pressing on in the fight to stop a controversial government-ordered dune project intended to stop flooding, but only created headaches and potential health hazards. >> there's no beach. we have no beach. we have a giant cess pool swamp. >> zika, air borne illnesses, bacteria. >> reporter: a judge ordered the army corp. of engineers to clean up, but getting rid of the storm water ponding from the excavation. adding sand to raise the elevation and building an elevated walkway for access to the ocean while work continues. >> i was hoping for either a fix, but i'm really hoping they put it back the way it was. >> our damage from storms comes from the bay, not from the beach. because on averag

christie ileto joins us, we get a start off to saturday stormy lightning and thunder, rain moving across the region. >> but things are quickly improving. let's take a live look sky6 live hd temple university looks very gray out here. you can see the clouds are covering the tops of the

christie ileto joins us this morning. >> happy to be here, here's the stories we're tracking on "actionws." we're following developing news, a woman is shot through her bedroom living room while inside her northeast philadelphia home. >> a man is shot and killed by philadelphia police. details on what led up to the fatal shooting. >> we have a winner there was one winning ticket in the huge mega million jackpot. we'll tell you where it was sold. >>> plus, the big story on "action news," yet another soggy saturday we're in store for more rain as we begin the weekend. sky6 live hd is taking a live look outside at 6:00, this is the center city skyline from our temple university camera. you will want to keep the umbrella and raincoat with you as you head out today.

you, saturday, august 5 i'm gray hall alongside christie ileto.an shoots three people in delaware county. two are dead, the search is on for the police officer. >>> a police officer is suspended after a video of an arrest in the kensington section goes viral. >>> 2017 musikfest is off to a great start. we'll take a look the what to expect at this year's event. >> first we have to talk about the powerful storms that moved through early this morning. the downpour caused scattered flooding in areas. "action news" viewer sent us this video of i-76 early this morning. you can see the highway looked like a pond as vehicles tried to move through, at one point flooding was so bad, police shut down a lane causing a backup that was several miles long. all those lanes are back open. this is an early morning look from our chopper 6 hd taking a look at the commodore barry bridge. there's still clouds in the sky, but looks like we'll be drying out. let's head over to meteorologist chris sowers who joins us live outside with a look at the exclusive accuweather s

s" coverage of the hurricane harvey, for christie ileto, chris sowers and the entire "action news" teamay hall. make it a great day. >>> good morning, america. breaking news as we come on the air. hurricane harvey making landfall as a massive category four storm, tearing into the state of texas, packing 130 mile an hour winds and torrential rain. this monster storm ripping apart buildings. the search is on this morning for anyone who may be trapped. harvey, now the most powerful storm to hit the continental u.s. in more than a decade. >>> overnight the white house issuing a disaster deck collar a clarification. thousands evacuated from harv harvey's path. >> this is going to be a very major disaster. >> the force of the storm lighting up utility lines, hundreds of thousands without power right now. the

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