live in ocean city, john rawlins channel6 "action news." rick. >> the place to be, john. thank you. >>> and of course you can take "action news" with you wherever you go this holiday t our free 6abc app gives you access to realtime traffic views, storm tracker6 live radar and the very latest news right from your phone or tablet. >> in other news a fire at a house in the mayfair section of philadelphia turned into a drug investigation. firefighters put out the blaze on the 2900 block of long shore of a late this morning and then called in police. "action news" reporter vernon odom is live at the scene and vern, what did the investigators find at the house? >> reporter: they found a lot of drugs and drug paraphernalia rick but it's been a very strange day in this neighborhood. police have just locked up a young female who was trying to gain entrance into the house in question right behind me to a rear entrance. why she was locked up and what the charges are we can't say. police did not tell us what they were. for many here its been a stunning day in this quiet, quiet sectio

lie live in olde city, john rawlins channel6 "action news." ca. >> thank you john. >>> this is 69-year-old kenneth hoyle of philadelphia's frankford section. tonight he's charged with murdering his neighbors. hoyle is accused of shooting and killing robert depaul and his girlfriend august dempsey on july 16th. investigators questioned hle they say he admitted shooting the couple in the head outside of his home on james street but he claimed he was acting in self-defense and originally released. >>> in new jersey, people are getting paid to help cut down on crime. law enforcement worked with rk today to buy unwanted guns no questions asked. >> it's good to get the guns off the street. i had it for awhile so i said let me turn it in 'cause i wanted out of the house. my wife was scared. >> shot guns handguns even bb guns were accepted. you can bring up to three weapons and turn them in on the spot for cash. officials say the guns will be destroyed so there's no chance they'll ever fall into the wrong hands. >>> dreams do come true at least for 180

john rawlins is live in center city where there is a news conference set to begin at 1:30. >> sara, a lot of indictments one is vaughn spencer the mayor of reading involved in a pay to play scheme in that city and similar charges against the mayor of allentown ed pawlowski. it's alleged he was at the center of a scheme that demanded cash from vendors and would be vendors. if you wanted something done you needed to pay up to city hall and much was used by pawlowski in a run for governor back in 2013. mayor ed pawlowski an engaging politician who will tell you how he turned around allentown. >> crime is down and taxes are down. >> and the fed is about to allege another side, corruption. taking kickbacks for official favors. since the fbi raid of allentown city hall two years ago a string of confidants have pleaded guilty. and a solicitor admitting to fraud for a contract. and last year his political consultant mike fleck plead guilty to extortion. and they are not about to abandon the 50-year-old mayor running for a fourth term. >> are you presumed innocent until proven guilty. >> well,

john rawlins is live outside in haverford township with the latest on the investigation. >> reporter:e are asking for the public's help in this looking for a name or other information leading to the gunman who killed john le of narberth on saturday. he just landed a new job as an accountant. >>

john rawlins live at the patriotic party happening at independence mall and john there is no better placeo be than philadelphia for sure. >> reporter: right, you sure don't have to go to the shore to have fun. this is the 4th of july and the parade here. the philadelphia parade it is the 4th of july parade in full cry at this point in time. they have at least 10 floats and 10 big musical groups and a lot of fun and noise it's quite a mix but it's 4th of july and always quite a day here. the 18th century with 21 century tourists near a spot where a declaration was written that would make history. >> cool to see the authenticity of it and being in the birth place of our nation it's a cool place to be. >> the formal 4th of july ceremony this morning. we hold the truths to be self-evident that all men, all men are created equal. that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienated rights among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. >> and mayor kenney announced the winner of the award. a pow who spent five-mon months the famous hanoi prison. >> it's amazing that in t

john rawlins will have the latest coming up on "action news" at 12:30. >>> developing this noon one of the most highly anticipated shand shakes in the world. video from the german government shows president trump and russian president, vladimir putin meeting for the first time. they met briefly before the launch of the g-20 summit in germany. >> reporter: rick, the world's most powerful leaders are at the g-20 summit but this morning all eyes are on president trump as he sits down for what arguably is the most highly anticipated meeting of his presidency so far. >> we look forward to a lot of positive things happening for russia and the united states. >> it's the high stakes handshake at this year's g-20 summit that the entire world is watching. sitting down face-to-face for the first time before start that highly anticipated closed door meeti meeting. >> this the dichotomy of donald trump does he take the hard line, does he bring up russian hacking? >> it's unlikely that the president will bring up the meddling but he may press putin on other points. >> we urge russia to decease their

live john rawlins with an update tonight. hn. >> reporter: well, jim, investigators are waiting on the results of a ballistic test to see if the shooter who was involved here in haverford township was also involved in an earlier nonfatal shooting in philadelphia. in the meantime posters like this one going up in haverford township a part of a full court effort here to try to identify and locate the man who was wearing a red hoodie on saturday evening. >> we need the public's help on this. >> reporter: authorities released an enhanced image of the suspect plus a new image that shows the man they are seeking without a hood over his head. there is also now a reward. >> the delaware county district attorney's officers in conjunction with the haverford township police are offering a $5,000 reward for the arrest and conviction of the shooter of john le. >> reporter: john le was at this pizza shop picking up an order his plan to walk a short distance to a friend's haverford apartment but along the way he crossed paths with that man i

john rawlins is live outside in haverford township with the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: police are asking for the public's help in this looking for a name or other information leading to the gunman who killed john le of narberth on saturday. he just landed a new job as an accountant. >> 6:10 we got multiple 911 calls shots fired ascertain someone -- and someone down. >> reporter: saturday, john le was playing tennis and stops in a pizza and heading to a friend's apartment. >> we don't know what transpired, it was there a confrontation, was it a robbery. we don't know that. >> his phone is missing. >> when we look at the video appears that the cell phone is in the shooter's hand when he is running away. >>> later comes news 45 minutes before his killing there was an altercation in the overbrook section of philadelphia. neighbors confronted a man case ago house. >> my question was why were you looking at my house, the shooter shoots multiple times at them. >> reporter: later this morning, authorities announce they are offering a reward for the haverford shooter. >>> delawa

live in manayunk, john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >>> thank you john, we have learned tonight that bill cosby will go back on trial this fall the montgomery county district attorneys office set november 6th as the date for the start of his retrial. last month the jury deadlocked on all counts of aggravate the indecent assault resulting in a mistrial. >> a fire at a townhouse in bear, delaware caused a half million in damage, this was the scene as firefighters knocked down the flames on paisley street and investigators said a fire was an accident caused by discarded smoking materials on a deck. and one firefighter was taken to the hospital to be treated for burns. >> tonight an update for the discovery of a tiny casket in north philadelphia containing what appeared to be human organs but no skeletal remains. needless to say the situation prompted a lot of questions and tonight there are some answers and wendy saltzman has the latest. >> we don't know if someone is alive in there? chris james was on the scene when this child size casket was found across the street from this ceme

john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. now to developing fuse from allentown where mayor ed polanski is served notice of federal indictment. according to his attorney, jack mcmahon but he does not know the details but the indictment will be unsealed tomorrow. the fbi is investigating a pay to play scheme involving allentown city hall. since last july. the assistant finance director and former city controller plead guilty to federal crimes. >>> a crucial move on the health care in the u.s. senate this afternoon as senators voted to start debating republican legislation to start repealing barack obama's affordable care act. mike pence voted to break the tie. and senator john mccain, returned to washington to cast his vote. the first time since being diagnosed with brain cancer last week. david muir will have more on the vote and senator mccain. coming up at 6:30 after "action news." >>> dramatic moments on the ben franklin bridge overnight when it was temporarily closed due to police activity. two people climbed up the tall

they are waiting here to see if he shows up and is expected around 60s we shall see, john rawlins, channel news." >> thank you. >>> state utility officials are moving forward with plans to install a micro grid in trenton, today officials toured a proposed site for the grid in the downtown area. currently operated by viola energy. the grid is meant to protect the power supply during severe weather, 12 other micro grids are considered across the state. the city of philadelphia is preparing to honor one of its favorite and funniest sons. tomorrow is kevin hart day in philadelphia. officials will unveil this mural of hart in honor of his birthday. the portrait of the comedian and entertainer went up on max's cheese stakes in philadelphia. a block from hart's childhood home. the councilmen are hosting a celebration at max's beginning at 10:30. ♪ this summer in a place where flavor runs deep, any dish and every glass might be the best you've ever tasted as long as you don't forget your appetite. new york state. it's all here. it's only here. plan your trip to the finger lakes at iloveny.com >>>

john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> all right thank you. now, to developing news in washington. >>> in the past hour, the senate rejected a gop proposal to repeal the affordable care act and give congress two years to figure out a replacement. failed after the so-called repail and replace bill was also shut down, now senate republicans are expected to launch into a voting frenzy dismantling parts of president obama's health care law. >>> and now the fallout to major change to military policy. trump says that transgender people will no longer be allowed to serve in the military and lawmaker are responding to the sudden notice. we are tracking reaction and are joined with more from washington. >> reporter: this is a major reversal from president obama's policy that caught capitol hill and the pentagon off guard. the president' twitter feed overshadowing senate republicans efforts to overhaul obama care. announcing 140 characters at a time that the u.s. government will not allow transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the u.s. mili

john rawlins is live now. >> reporter: hi guys, i don't know many snakes but this one seemed charming when we met it. the folks at the sheller gave him a temporary name. petunia, the flower connection. any way the mystery remains as to where he came from. >> i got a phone call someone thought i got a snake. i don't got no snake and don't play with snake. >> norman was in for a surprise because outside in the begonias was a snake. the snake was paving but still. after 911 was called a sergeant put on gloves and went in action. a snake went into a bag and then a second bag. and went to the shelter and then a hesitant reporter meets said snake we met the shelter's director of operations, her take on this guy -- >> he is pretty calm, very handleable. to me, he has to be someone's pet. >> if not well cared for a snake can become aggressive or scared. very laid back and well fed. 12 pounds and a relative baby the species could reach 22 pounds in length, where his home is despite our best efforts he remains silent. we'll let norman have the last word. >> nothing surprises me in south philly

john rawlins continues our team coverage from the ben franklin parkway tonight. >> reporter: hi rick, well if tradition holds they will have hundreds of thousands of people packed on the parkway for the concert and fireworks they don't need the shore here they can come to the parkway. behind me the warm-up. this is the party on the parkway food and games and pop-up beer garden somewhere out there. and earlier today the city's efforts focused on the historic district. this morning some words that started it all in 1776 read by the group boys to men. >> we hole the truths to be self-evident that all men are created evening. >> and recognition by the mayor raffle galotty. he was shot down over vietnam and 14 months a pow in the hanoi hilton. and now works with vets at st. joes and spoke in part those that risked all. >> some walked these very streets, ben franklin, george washington, thomas jefferson lived nearby on market street. what it must have been like to be if that neighborhood. >> next came the parade. scores of groups, some of those groups with scores of participants taking to t

"action news" reporter john rawlins live in olde city tonight with those details. john. >> reporter: hi, rick. well, a rutgers camden professor overseeing the project says she has checked their records from their fieldwork from earlier this year here in olde city and now believe that some of the remains, 12 of them, are missing. it was last winter when archaeologists and other specialists were called to this building site. construction workers had discovered first bones and then what's believed to be 18 century coffins with skeletal remains in some cases six to 14 feet beneath the current ground level. >> we're going to be doing various analyses of hair and teeth. there's just so much. there's month and months ahead of us. >> reporter: initially developer stored the remains at two locations of the. last spring they were transferred to rutgers. photos and a site map staffers included 12 sets of bones are currently unaccounted for. today the developer pmc property group indicated it delivered everything it had to rutgers. this site had once been an 18. >>> century bap

"action news" reporter john rawlins is live along the busy boardwalk in ocean city with more on that. hey, john. >> reporter: wall to wall people here, rick, i'll tell you. schoolscads of people. some here for their weeks of vacation but just lots of people everywhere. well, to be honest, getting here was not half the fun. traffic was stop and go for miles but once here, perfect weather for a mid sumpe. there was plenty of company. the boardwalk happy chaotic and packed. at the shore line it was eye could see. and as for to do lists, well, just being being here. >> we're going hit the arcade.g. we'll get some candy. >> i love this. it's better than being in pennsylvania. we don't have the beaches, you know. we had to come all the way out here to travel but i lovetate be having some impact, the surprise closing of state parks with some shore campers in a bind. the operators of the owed avalon cape may courthouse handed last minute calls and provided some relief. >> people were scrambling to find a place and we happen to have a few spots open and we were able to help out people.inw rese

mayor pawlowski is holding a press conference at 4:30 and john rawlins will have the latest coming up on "action news" at 5:00. >> reducing the number of shootings in philadelphia is the goal of a new task force. today at the 17th police district officials introduced the members of the gun violence prevention committee, the group includes government and law enforcement officials, they will come up with a plan to reduce gun violence in the city and the city has seen an increase in the number of homicide victims this year. >> it was a terrifying moment for a couple in west philadelphia when their home suddenly collapsed. half of the building crumbled to the ground and that couple had to watch as this happened. as crews demolished the rest of that building. sara bloomquist is live at the scene on the unit block of south ruby street and incredibly this couple was not injured today. >> brian that is right, they were not hurt and their home is now entirely leveled brought down in its entirety for fear the rest would collapse and lni is investigating and the couple that lived here lost absol

live in haverford township, john rawlins channel6 "action news." rick. >> all right, john, thank you. >>> bensalem police are looking for a mother who left her baby in a hotel room. employees found the seven month old in the knight's inn hotel yesterday afternoon. a cleaning crew found the baby after the mom, 34-year-old erica avila lopez did not check out of the room. investigators say she left around 4 o'clock saturday afternoon and never came back. they found narcotics and drug paraphernalia inside the hotel room. philadelphia dhs is now caring for the child. >>> a judge has just found a man guilty of a cold case murder in bucks county. 56-year-old george shaw has been convicted of third degree murder and other charges. he now faces a maximum of 27 years behind bars for killing 14-year-old barbara rowan back in 1984. a sentencing date has not yet been set. >> philadelphia officials and conrail have started the massive project of cleaning up a notorious open air heroin market. drone6 flew over the area in kensington as work got under way. "action

live in west chester, john rawlins channel6 "action news." sharrie. >> yeah, a lot of heavy hearts there. john, thank you. >>> a nasty crash in wilmington sent three people to the hospital with injuries. investigators say a tractor-trailer rear end a car causing a chain reaction collision in the westbound lanes of i-295. in the end there were four cars and a second tractor-trailer involved. one of the vehicles flipped over and caught on fire. this all happened shortly before 9:00 a.m. near the 495 split. the driver that caused the crash was cited for following too closely. >> it is time now for a first check on the "action news" traffic report today. >> all right its friday. matt pelman in the "action news" traffic center today. hey, matt. >> welcome to a summertime friday afternoon commute which is never, ever, ever a whole lot of fun. good afternoon to you, brian and sharrie. let's start with the unpleasantness that is the schuylkill expressway, i-76. very slow going from gulph mills into this point approaching the conshohocken curve. remnan

in west chester, john rawlins channel6 "action news." >> authorities in camden county have just releasedof a person who may have information about a deadly shooting in camden this morning. officers want to talk to the man in this video they say he may know what happened along the 2500 block of south eighth street in camden just after midnight. that's where authorities found 22-year-old ahmed murray sitting in a car with several gunshot wounds. murray was rushed to the hospital but did not survive. not clear why he was targeted. >>> a serious crash in wilmington sent three people to the hospital with injuries. investigators say a tractor-trailer rear end a car causing a chain reaction collision in the westbound lanes of i-295. in the end there were four cars an second tractor-trailer involved. one of the vehicles flipped over and caught fire. it all happened just before 9 o'clock this morning near the 495 split. the driver that caused the crash was cited for following too closely. >> astra zeneca sold its u.s. headquarters in wilmington to a local real estate development firm in a deal re

"action news" reporter john rawlins live near the scene in schwenksville. hn you have the latest details on this. >> reporter: that's right. well, the police left here about an hour ago but they had been here for more than 12 hours. the victim's thought to have lived in the house here behind me at least six or seven years. she apparently lived here with her grown daughter. >> we have a person of interest and i just want to stress to the community that they are safe. like i said we do have a person of interest. once the autopsy is complete, we will be able to tell the cause of death. >> reporter: police were called to this house shortly after 3 a.m. inside found dead, 54-year-old annette house. she had been stabbed. andrea martin came to place a flower outside the dead woman's home this afternoon. she told us house went out of her way to be a good neighbor. >> she was a very lovely person. i had been injured last january and she was the first person to offer to come and help me. she ran errands for us and my little dog eats homemade food and she went to the s

live in perkiomen township, john rawlins channel6 "action news." monica. >> thank you john. >>> a man in a wheelchair is dead gunned down overnight. police are still searching for two gunmen. police say the 36-year-old victim and his caregiver had just entered his home here in the 3300 block of north gratz street. that's when two men forced their way inside. the man in the wheelchair was shot and killed. his caregiver was shot in the leg and wounded. police are not sure of the motive but think it may have been a deadly end to a home invasion. >>> philadelphia police identified 65-year-old betty thomas as the woman arrested for stealing a taxicab early yesterday. surveillance video shows the incident playing out. police say thomas asked a cab driver to stop at a gas station in the hunting park section so she could get a drink. well, the driver also got out to help her get inside. but she had other plans and went back outside jumped in his cab and drove off. police later found the woman who had actually picked up a customer during her cab get away. th

john rawlins is live in center city where there is a news conference set to begin at 1:30. >> sara, aot of indictments one is vaughn spencer the mayor

and john rawlins live in westchester where her funeral is happening now. >> the funeral began at 11:00. it's estimated there are 800 people inside of the search 600 in sanctuary and another 200 in a spill over room watching close circuit tv for the service. this is the order of service, on the outside it has the photograph graduation photograph of miss roberson and the title here is a rose in god's garden and inside various photographs of her throughout her childhood. >> people streamed into st. paul's baptist church. even though that did not know the victim but were sadden by the act that took the life of bianca roberson. >> she was beautiful. >> this morning's rain was mixed with tears. so many arrived here, satellite parking lots and buses were used. >> a recent high school graduate, she was looking forward to attending jacksonville university in florida. where she won a scholarship. her goal to work for the fbi. >> i didn't know her well but as a member of our class. >> she was one of our classmates or whether we were close friends with her or not we wanted to come and support her

john rawlins with details on this investigation. new at 5:00 tonight. >>> plus, coming up in health check a study that shows it is never too early to start reading to your children and the best books that you can read with toddlers. we'll have those stories and more coming your way on "action news" at 5:00. sharrie, we'll see you then. >> sounds good. monica, thanks. >> area teens are taking part in a summer camp designed give their brains a scientific workout. students are getting a crash course in college biology and biochemistry. these 13 to 15-year-olds have been selected for the fox chase stem immersion summer camp. they'll gather all week at the montgomery county community college for a special interactive research project on fruit flies. the camp hopes to inspire the next generation of scientific researchers. >>> children spent the day crafting with nature in cherry hill. they were on the hunt for fresh animal tracks at the camden county environmental center. after they walked around the property, they had the chance to paint

live if allentown, john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> new at 6:00 tonight wilmington firefighters recovered a body in the brand write wine creek. searchers were looking for 20-year-old miguel del val who when missing after jumping in the creek on monday they have not confirmed that it is the body of del valle. >>> and an ac double in becomer ton county -- the man tried to lure a 14-year-old girl last evening, fortunately the teenager ran away and the suspect ran off and remains at large. "action news" reporter gray hall is live outside of the pemberton township police department in browns mills with the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: we can tell that you police tell us that the 14-year-old girl did exactly the right thing by running and not getting inside of that truck. they are urging people to walk in pairs and be on the lookout for the truck. >> it was no typical stroll for 14-year-old girl in browns mills, police say a criminal was lurking in the area. he spotted the teenager and thought he had an easy target and tried to abduct her. >> we don't know wh

"action news" john rawlins is at at event and will have a live report at 12:30. >>> this half noon president trump's legal team are denying reports, about using presidential pardons into russian interference in the election. his son, donald trump jr. and former campaign manager, paul manafort must respond by this evening to attend the invitation to publicly testified nemt next week. and if not they will both be subpoenaed. >>> and o.j. simpson was granted release after asking for parole yesterday. and a 65-year-old woman accused of stealing a taxi cab in philadelphia. see the video of her alleged crime coming up. >>> and meteorologist, david murphy, is back with a closer look at the accuweather forecast. fios is not cable. we're a 100% fiber optic network. and with the new fios gigabit connection... you get our fastest... internet ever. with download speeds up to 940 megs - 20 times faster than most people have. switch to fios gigabit connection with tv and phone for $79.99 a month online for the first year. plus hbo for one year and multi-room dvr service for two years, all with a two-year

john rawlins is live now where his speech wrapped up about an hour ago with protests? >> reporter: that is correct. the invited audience to the speech was u.s. attorney staffers and local police leaders we saw the commissioner of philadelphia, richard ross was here and representatives from allentown police and bensalem. the sanctuary city issue came up and was a low key portion of the speech. no fire and brim stone, no change your leglations or else you'll lose the federal grants. rather, lets sit down and talk about this and maybe the city of philadelphia will change its thinking. >> the a.g. told the crowd that the feds stood ready to help philadelphia and other cities to deal with issues of violent crime and cited the example of an illegal immigrant child molester was released back into the community in philadelphia rather than being detained and turned over for deportation and urged philadelphia to rethink the policy. >> i urge the city of philadelphia and every sanctuary city reconsider the harm they are doing to their residents by refusing to cooperate with feder

live in center city, john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >> in washington the showdown over health care continues in the senate. now up for debate is the so-called skinny repeal of the affordable care act. the new plan will roll back parts of president trump's health care plan. it specifically targets the mandate that all americans have health insurance, the republicans are calling the plan a jumping off point and democrats say that it would leave millions of americans uninsured over the next decade. >> and the department of defense is waiting to hear from the white house because of the ban on transgender troops, the department of defense said that they will provide guide an on the policy change when they get it. in the meantime they will focus on the nation and assure that all members are treated with respect. and president trump honored five of the first stoppeders on scene at the shooting of the congressional baseball game and presented them with the medal of valor. two u.s. capital officers received standing ovations, those two capital police were shot by the gunman

john rawlins is live with the investigation. >> reporter: hi rick, these are the steps that lead up toct was on the steps coming up here as the sergeant stopping her car here was getting out and saying stop, and pulls into her and goes down hard and one witness said she hit her head and was dazed for sometime. tonight septa officers showing people this picture, the suspect in the assault of one of their own. 7:13 last night angora station the reports of someone trespassing on or near the tracks. sergeant lynn perone goes up the steps and is assaulted. >> immediately. >> immediately -- >> sergeant michael

live in ridley township, john rawlins channel6 "action news." >> thank you john. >>> president trump's son-in-law jared kushner appeared on capitol hill today as part of that ongoing russia investigation. kushner spent more than two and a half hours meeting with the senate intelligence committee about the trump campaign's contacts with russian nationals. and tomorrow kushner will have a similar conversation with house lawmakers. we'll have more on what kushner had to say and its impact on the russia investigation coming up at 5:30. >>> in texas, 10 people are dead in a case of human smuggling busted yesterday. officials say people were found in a tractor-trailer in a wal-mart parking lot in san antonio. the driver of the truck, 60-year-old james bradley, appeared in court today. he said he did not know what was in the trailer. officials said the conditions in that trailer were disturbing to say the least. >> these people were in that trailer without any signs of any type of water so you're looking at a a lot of heat stroke, a lot of dehydration. >> reporter: one person on board told in

investigator says she overdosed on drugs and had to be revived with narcan, and john rawlins joins us live with reaction from neighbors there. >> reporter: charges with aggravated assault and the endangering the welfare of a child is 35-year-old steven welsh he lives in the house behind me here on the 200 block of green lane. >> gosh. >> a neighbor's initial reaction a 9-month-old inside of this house was found unresponsive last night in bed a syringe needle stuck in her leg and narcan was used to revive her and sent to the hospital and treated for an accident overdose. 35-year-old steven welsh said to be the child's father now faces endangerment charges, welsh was arrested last year for dui and drug paraphernalia. if welsh is addicted they hope they will give him treatment and not jail. >> they are lived in this green lane home for decaded in warm weather they are seen relaxing on this side porch where baby toys were visible today. there was no response today. the passengerer in this passing car says she was shocked by the allegations against welsh. >> he is a great father and good m

and john rawlins is joining us live outside of the home. >> reporter: the police remain on the scene that the point in time. we don't know exactly what they are looking for as the search want is sealed. this is a disturbing story for many people in this area of the philadelphia suburbs. when a 43-year-old professional woman an average wary was reported missing, it's not sure if we walk add way from her life her child and her job if she did herself harm in some way or if someone tried to harm her. >> detectives and forensics arriveded today with a search warrant. police were initially allowed in the house when anna was reported missing in april and since then anna's husband who hired an attorney has not allowed entry. he has not spoken about his wife or the effort of anna's friends that handed out missing posters. they asked for information about the woman as well as her blue audi discovered in may park aid few blocks from the home. those alarmed by her absence that say she would have voluntarily left her home and cut off with her family in poland is unthinkable. they said anna was pr

john rawlins is live now. >> reporter: hi guys, i don't know many snakes but this one seemed charmingn we met it. the folks at the sheller gave him a temporary name. petunia, the flower connection. any way the mystery remains as to where he came from. >> i got a phone call someone thought i got a snake. i don't got no snake and don't play with snake. >> norman was in for a surprise because outside in the b

john rawlins is live now with the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: well, this is the angora regional rail stop it ended with the assault of the police sergeant and they have a clear picture that was captured from that video. >> immediately -- >> flat out attacked. >> immediately -- >> sergeant wright looking at the salts cam toured by her body camera last night. it put the officer on the ground with her camera pointed to the sky and the bad guy's image fills the screen. police hope that someone will be able to give them his identity. i'm sure someone out here knows him. i'm not asking you to endanger your safety but if you know him contact philadelphia police at 911 or contact the transit police. >> sergeant lynn perone is released from the hospital. and she was one of several officers called to angora station for vehicles in the restricted track area and they faced a summary charge of trespass and now charges related to assaulting a police officer. why did he react that way. >> this person that exhibits this behavior for such a minor offense. means something else. >> well,

live on the parkway, john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> a lot to do down there thank you. >> thecam was all around the area today as communities celebrated independence day. in media, delaware county, there was a big festival at field. children played games and did art projects and got their faces painted and a big water slide to help everyone cool off after a few hours in the hot sun. >>> getting ready for a big night of fire works in newark. the action cam got a look at the athletic complex. worker were loading the fireworks in the canisters and making sure the fuses were ready to go. they will light up the skies at dusk. >>> time for the all important accuweather forecast. >> lets go outside to meteorologist, adam joseph, it's been nice and sunny mother nature cooperating this 4th of july. >> that it is for almost 95% of us, some areas are getting downpours and thunderstorms but not here in the city of philadelphia. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing some areas getting hit by heavy rain in fact there is a flash flood warning in effect until 7:15 p.m. for parts of cumberla

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