reporter: the giraffes were delivered from the kansas city zoo after $3.8 million investment by the lehigh valley zoots african exhibit. the hope to to bring in another giraffe to join murphy but at this point that idea remains on hold. reporting from the lehigh valley zoo, walter perez channel6 "action news". >> ducis here with sports. maybe a change of scenery were help the phillies. >> the phillies stand at 17 wins and 31 losses, that is the worst record in all of baseball. tonight they'll look for better fortunes in miami against the marlins. manager pete mackanin shaking things up with his lineup. odubel herrera benched and he won't start tomorrow either. he's been a mess at the plate. since may 9th he's batting .132. he looks absolutely lost out there. >> obviously he's not swinging the bat well and, you know it's tough mentally when you go through something like this and you have to fight your way out but it's also a good idea, in my opinion, to occasionally take the guy out of the pressure and let him relax a little bit and continue to work so, he'll be getting a few days off here and there.

the investigation and bring you any new details as we get them. >> and we return now to the lehigh valley where zoohow a young giraffe died. >> lehigh valley correspondent walter perez fills us in on this investigation. >> reporter: only "action news" was allowed inside the barn housing murphy, the 15-year-old masai giraffe one day after the mysterious death of his six-year-old son ernie. the animals arrived at lehigh valley zoo last week and zoo ceo melissa borlin says at first everything seemed okay. >> when he came into the barn, murphy actually took the side of his face and just rubbed it against ernie's neck. >> reporter: but zoo officials say murphy and ernie turned aggressive toward each other over the weekend. while it's not unusual behavior for giraffes their handlers decided to separate them overnight into sunday as a precaution. when zoo officials returned sunday morning, ernie was standing with his head bowed unusually low and they knew something was wrong. the zoo's medical staff converged onto the scene. >> as they searched before, taking his vitals and whatnot, ernie fell over and he

. >> at the lehigh valley zoo, people are mourning the death a young giraffe. officials found the makeshift memorial when they got to work yesterday morning. they say the giraffe named ernie injured his neck last night after becoming overly aggressive. ernie had just arrived from the kansas city zoo. >>> the lehigh valley zoo said, "words cannot convey the depth of our sadness over the loss of ernie. however, we realize it is not just our loss but our community's loss, as well." >>> at the jersey shore, margate's police department is warning local businesses about swup ca someone calling and claiming to be from atlantic city electric. they tell business owners they are behind in payments and have to pay immediately over the phone. police say the electric company would never call and threaten to cut off service. >>> plenty of cheers as the university of delaware's baseball team got word that they are heading to lubbock, texas, for round one of the ncaa tournament. they haven't callfied for the tournament since -- qualified for the tournament since 2001. players

. >> at the lehigh valley zoo, six-year-old giraffe ernie died of a neck injury.rived from kansas city last week. >>> and the world's most prescribed medication may be the most overprescribed. the drug is designed to increase low thyroid hormone levels. experts at the mayo clinic say most patients don't need it. symptoms of underactive thyroid are vague and similar to other conditions. patients on thyroid medication should be checked three months after starting it. >>> one country is cracking down on those that don't vaccinate their children. parents refusing fined up to $2. a decline inn diseases like chin joins us now clouds and rai wee. >> people wantea wther. there is som not clouds, we dont have rain out cloud cover and sky 6, the center city skyline, you can see reflecting off of the clouds. the clouds ar the easterly flow, we never clienled ouclimbed out of the 6n the 50s. with this persistent easterly flow, we have minor coastal flooding in advisory until 4:00 tomorrow morning with more coastal flooding as the winds pileup the water. satellite and radar sh

. >> at the lehigh valley zoo, six-year-old giraffe ernie died of a neck injury.from kansas city last week. >>> and the world's most prescribed medication may be the most overprescribed. the drug is designed to increase low thyroid hormone levels. experts at the mayo clinic say most patients don't need it. symptoms of underactive thyroid are vague and similar to other conditions. patients on thyroid medication should be checked three months after starting it. >>> one country is cracking down on those that don't vaccinate their children. parents refusing vaccinations could be fined up to $2,800. a decline in immunizations have caused spikes in diseases like measles and chicken pox in europe. >> meteorologist cecily tynan joins us now. the clouds and rain lingering through the weekend. >> people want warm weather. there is some on the way, not tomorrow. despite the clouds, we don't have rain out there. we have plenty of cloud cover and sky 6, looking at the center city skyline, you can see lights reflecting off of the clouds. the clouds are dense and with the easter

. >> lehigh valley's zoo officials are trying to figure out what led to the death of a giraffe.rnie died from a neck injury on sunday. zoo staff separated ernie from his father after ernie began exhibiting aggressive behavior towards the older giraffe. they both recently arrived from the kansas city zoo. a necropsy is scheduled for ernie. animal lovers have been mourning the loss by dropping off animals and balloons. >> let's turn to accuweather and talk more about how we're transitioning into a rainforest around here. [laughter] >> it is a little depressing, is it not? >> yeah. >> we've got at least one nice day this week so i think hopefully you can plan around it and try to enjoy it. let's take a look at storm tracker6 live double scan and we're mostly dry. it's just that it's cloudy and cool not terribly wet today. let's go outside. we want to see what it looks like right now. we have lots of clouds up above as sky6 looks live over the ben franklin bridge this morning and after the cool left memorial day in 14 years, it's only 57 degrees right now so we're starting off on th

. >> people leave sympathy notes that the lehigh valley zoo as investigators try to figure out what ledraffe's death. >> ♪ donald tmeet phil murphy,by former goldman sachs bankers. another wall street banker running for governor, whose firm helped trigger the financial meltdown that put millions out of work and out of their homes. murphy's trying to buy the election, paying off new jersey bosses. my name's john wisniewski, and i'm running for governor of new jersey. john wisniewski, the son of a millwright, who uncovered the bridgegate scandal and exposed chris christie's corruption. the choice -- insider wall street politics or main street, new jersey, values. >> ♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> good morning. it's 5:00 a.m. on this tuesday may 30. >> good morning everyone. developing overnight gunfire erupts killing a 14-year-old boy and injuring another teen. we are live as police conduct their investigation. >> taking a live look now from sky6. there could be yet anot

lehigh county zoo. people mourning a giraffe. >> the giraffe named ernie injured his neck saturday after becoming overly aggressive. he died sunday. ernie arrived just last week from the kansas city zoo. the lehigh valley zoo said, "words cannot convey the depths of our sadness over the loss of ernie. however, we realize it is not just our loss but our community's loss, as well." >>> in montgomery county, former gymnastics instructor daniel herb of hatboro will spend six to ten years in school for sexually assaulting a girl. he admitted to molesting a girl inside the gym and elsewhere from 2012 to 2015 when the girl was between 8 and 11-years-old. >>> a local college baseball team punches their ticket to the post season and a shot at the national title. >> next, the blue hens are riding high and ready to represent delaware in the ncaa tournament for the first time in 16 years. >>> and patriotic proposal. a memorial day parade in bucks county takes an unexpected turn. try these. finding good-looking well-made shoes with a great fit isn't easy. oh, finally, a perfect fit! that's funny. that's how tom refers to our life insurance through the colonial penn program. -what? -life insurance through the coloni

. >>> new this morning, an expansion plan at the lehigh valley zoo has encounter the tragedy.young giraffe that was brought there from kansas city to be reunited with his father has died. ernie arrived on friday but turned aggressive against his father and hurt his neck. he died yesterday. his father is okay. both giraffes were part of a new african exhibit that is scheduled to open there next month. >>> a water park in the bay area near san francisco is looking into the situation. a 10-year-old boy being launched right off a water slide. take another look at this child. he was flying off the end of the three-story slide. the boy only suffered scrapes and bruises. the park shut down the slide. officials are investigating what went wrong. >>> today is the last chance to grab a bite to eat at a diner famous for late-night meals. little pete's diner will serve up the last meal tonight at 11:59 p.m. it's been a fixture at south 17th and chancellor in center city, serving meals 24 hours a day for nearly four decades. according to city zoning notices, the diner will be torn down to

. >> lehigh valley zoo is officials are trying to figure out exactly what led to the death of a youngiraffe. zoo officials say six-year-old ernie the giraffe died from a neck injury on sunday. officials say zoo staff separated ernie from his father after ernie began exhibiting aggressive behavior towards the older giraffe. they had both recently arrived from the kansas city zoo. a necropsy is that scheduled for earn 93. animal lovers have been by dropping off flowers and balloons. >> that computer problem with british airway cost a lot of people their time and when it comes to the company, a lot of money. erin aide is in for maribel aber and joins us from the nasdaq in times square. >> reporter: that computer melt down may end up costing the airline more than $100 million. the cost of compensating passengers issuing refunds adding staff and the lost revenue could add up to more than $138 million. that is one pretty penny. that's the estimate from the aviation analyst firm at the wall street firm canter fitzgerald. british airways had to cancel flights from london's two biggest airport

. >> plus a mysterious death at the lehigh valley zoo.a tussle with its father. >> also a philadelphia neighborhood is in mourning after one of its most beloved residents is found gunned down inside her home. we're live with the latest on the investigation. >> now for monica malpass, adam joseph, melissa magee, cecily tynan, ducis rodgers, rick williams, i'm sharrie williams. "action news" at 6:00 is coming up next. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rodgers, meteorologist cecily tynan and jim gardner. >> ♪ >> monday night, memorial day, jim is off. i'm rick williams. in the news philadelphia police are piecing together a double murder that claimed the life of a woman known as a pillar of her community. >>> and new trouble for golfing legend tiger woods. he was arrested this morning for drunk driving. >>> but the big story on "action news" tonight is a rainy memorial day throughout our area. but the weather didn't put a damper on today's festivities. folks took the gloomy skies in stride as they