all kids knew him as captain noah. >> here comes mrs. noah i watched captain noah every saturday morning with my sister. >> you would watch it you would be stuck to it as a young person stuck to it watching it. >> reporter: it wasn't just philadelphia superstars like charles barclay, elvis presley, stevie wonder and john lennon and many, many more. captain noah attracted a larger audience in the philadelphia area than those of captain kangaroo and as he sesame street combined. the song sing rainbow was a song about diversity long before it was a buzz word across the country. >> the animals are all different colors and the birds and the flowers that are all different colors are all brothers and sisters. >> they had different colors, i missed it now. >> it went across racial lines. there were black guys in north philadelphia who were singing captain noah songs that's special, when you can reach children like that. >> reporter: upon hearing of his death for some it was like a little part of them died, too. >> hearing that captain noah is gone, c

green ♪ ♪ and orange and blue mayor kenny was among those who grew up watching captain noah and mrs. noahld captain noah >> reporter: his real name was carter merbreier from 1967 to 1994 all the kids now adults knew him as captain noah. >> well, here comes mrs. noah. >> i watched captain noah every saturday morning with my sister. >> you would watch it you would be stuck to it as a young person. >> there's our free phone line. >> reporter: it was not only superstars like charles barclay, elvis presley, stevie wonder ascertain john lennon. he attracted more viewers than those of captain kangaroo and sesame street combined. the show's song was a simple and campy song about diversity long before it was a buzz word across the country. >> don't you see that we can say the animals that are all different colors and the birds that are all different colors and the flowers are all different colors are really all brothers and sisters. >> they had different colors on the show, i missed it now, it's social history for me. >> it wasn't across racial lines, there were black guys in north philadelphia si

his wife pat mrs. noah passed away in 2011. as we say a final farewell to captain noah look at the 6abc news app. you will find clips and memories from our viewers and long time weatherman, dave roberts. >>> a driver was pulled from a burning car 30 seconds before it exploded. larry from the good samaritan next. >>> michael phelps visitors usain bolt. both are gold medal winners, which has more gold in the bank. >>> there's a live look at the beaches in atlantic city. we'll have a live update on the weather from karen rogers when we come right back. i'm only in my 60's. i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i got a medicare supplement insurance plan. [ male announcer ] if you're eligible for medicare, you may know it only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. call now and find out about an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement insura

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wife pat, mr. noah to her tv audience, passed away in 2011, the captain credited her with keeping the show going after all of those years, they decided in 1994 it was time to dock the ark and the show ended. the show goes on at the please touch museum for the captain's audience to enjoy. our beloved captain noah gone tonight and never forgotten by the many thousands he touched over the years. ♪ ♪ sing a rainbow ♪ >> and we are paying tribute to the life and career of captain noah on our website at 6abc.com. we posted photos and video from the show and carter's career, and we invite you to share your memories with us on social media. go to 6abc.com/"action news" and at channel 6 "action news" on twitter. >>> three members of a burlington county family is dead and the tragedy is the result of a murder-suicide. janet reyes is live now. investigators are still searching for a motive in this crime? >> reporter: yes rick at this point that is still unknown. probably the biggest question they are working to an

show aired from 1967 to 1984, it featured him on a nautical theme set with his wife, who played mrs. noahand served as a puppeteer, they hosed children and many celebrities over the years. will bring back a lot of memories. >> impressive last night again for team usa. find out how many more gold they added to their already impressive count in rio. staying just a little bit ahead of decline a we're number one, right, mike small. >> plus, mean sweep philadelphia style. hear some of the hilarious tweets mayor jim kenney red to celebrate his birthday. it's a pretty simple question: is pat toomey's agenda your agenda? toomey voted seven times to defund planned parenthood. he even tried to shut down the federal government in order to eliminate funding for planned parenthood. and toomey's against a woman's right to choose and supports overturning roe v. wade which would allow states to criminalize abortion. pat toomey: he's focused on his own agenda, not us. majority forward is responsible for the content of this advertising. >>> 6:43. paying your heater with your smart phone? >> making it easie

mr. bratcher had a strong desire for education. he wanted to be a positive influence on the youth in his community and beyond. he was a principal for several sf usd schools including noah maxwell middle school and galileo high school. he also worked in leadership positions at thurgood marshall high school and mission high school. the strip dr. went on to work for pittsburgh unified school district did mr. bratcher was a mentor for many youth and assisted many with obtaining college scholarship he a pulley truly put his heart so and time into his community fulfilled his dreams by leading others to their dreams. he is proceeded by in his death by his father mitchell blackshear, mother, deborah felker, grandmothers, dorothy berry and uncle victor felder. he served by survived by his four children marcus junior [inaudible]. he leaves to sisters, tiffany etruria and tamika williams and elyse felder sheila dixon, and one uncle cornelius felder. the board of education and superintendent of school extend sincere condolences to the fong jones reynolds more moore the boettcher families. the board will now go into closed session is a recessed the regular meeting.you. >> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

mr. roker, good morning to you. >> you talk about politicians flip-flopping, our models have been flip-flopping as well. so here we have this system that is yet to develop, they've got a noah plane in there right now, invest 99-lment the chances of development have been dropping over the last 24 hours, now a 30% chance of development 48 hours, 60% in the next five days. watch this. so now on saturday both the u.s. model and european pretty straightforward, heavy rain, gusty winds in the bahamas, rain in southern florida. now watch what happens as we get into monday. the european model starts to come across florida, the american model starts going out into the gulf with that warmer water, 90 degrees, and now by the time we get to tuesday the european model is off the southeastern atlantic coast, 24 hours ago it was just the opposite, the american model is out in the gulf. this very, very closely, but we do know that we're going to be looking at heavy rain in central and southern florida, at least 5 inches throughout southern florida, guys, but, again, this flip-flop is something we haven't seen in a long time and it's still out there and so we're going to really have to pla

mr. bratcher had a strong desire for education. he wanted to be a positive influence on the youth in his community and beyond. he was a principal for several sf usd schools including noah maxwell middle school and galileo high school. he also worked in leadership positions at thurgood marshall high school and mission high school. the strip dr. went on to work for pittsburgh unified school district did mr. bratcher was a mentor for many youth and assisted many with obtaining college scholarship he a pulley truly put his heart so and time into his community fulfilled his dreams by leading others to their dreams. he is proceeded by in his death by his father mitchell blackshear, mother, deborah felker, grandmothers, dorothy berry and uncle victor felder. he served by survived by his four children marcus junior [inaudible]. he leaves to sisters, tiffany etruria and tamika williams and elyse felder sheila dixon, and one uncle cornelius felder. the board of education and superintendent of school extend sincere condolences to the fong jones reynolds more moore the boettcher families. the board will now go into closed session is a recessed the regular meeting. >> well, good mo

mr. bratcher had a strong desire for education. he wanted to be a positive influence on the youth in his community and beyond. he was a principal for several sf usd schools including noahaxwell middle school and galileo high school. he also worked in leadership positions at thurgood marshall high school and mission high school. the strip dr. went on to work for pittsburgh unified school district did mr. bratcher was a mentor for many youth and assisted many with obtaining college scholarship he a pulley truly put his heart so and time into his community fulfilled his dreams by leading others to their dreams. he is proceeded by in his death by his father mitchell blackshear, mother, deborah felker, grandmothers, dorothy berry and uncle victor felder. he served by survived by his four children marcus junior [inaudible]. he leaves to sisters, tiffany etruria and tamika williams and elyse felder sheila dixon, and one uncle cornelius felder. the board of education and superintendent of school extend sincere condolences to the fong jones reynolds more moore the boettcher families. the board will now go into closed session is a recessed the regular meeting. good afternoon, ev