there was a lot of shouting and pushing outside north philadelphia. protesters clashed, trump met privately with members of the african-american community. trump met with african-american community leaders at greater exodus baptist church on prod street. trump told nbc 10 he can fix the problems discussed in the meeting. problems like crime. we caught up with philadelphia congressional candidate james jones who was inside that meeting. >> i'm involved with mr. trump in a meeting. we talked about how to bring more jobs back into america. and i believe he can be able to do that. >> some in the african-american community have called the meeting a media stunt. so what did donald trump have to say about his visit to philly? nbc 10's lauren mayk spoke to him one on one. she joins us live from north philadelphia. lauren, i know you addressed a lot of topics with him. what did he have to say? >> reporter: we talked about crime, immigration, and also plans the republican nominee has that could affect funding for the city of philadelphia. donald trump in north

donald trump came to north philadelphia.e arrived at about 2 o'clock outside protestors gathered inside a social that was he rented the gop candidate met with invited black leaders and heard from a woman who told him that her daughter was killed by illegal immigrants. >> i'm very honored to meet you and i think it's a horrible story but it's a story that a lot of people are going through. same story. >> reporter: the protestors never saw donald trump arrive. his motorcade whisked him up a side street away from the main entrance. insides he settled in with a dozen african-american leaders including calvin tucker the head of the germantown republican club a trump delegate. outside anger directed at those who were on the inside. >> in my opinion, meeting with this racist bigot is master back in the slave house. they should be embarrassed. >> reporter: there were other views. this man lives nearby. he didn't seat harm. >> i hope you coming here to do something for the community doing something right for the community. >> reporte

american flags still fly outside the north philadelphia home of an cued terrorist. 32-year-old kiannahomas pleading guilty in federal court to a iteming to provide material support for isis. the woman who wept by the online name of young lineness was arrested just days before traveling to syria back in 2014. prosecutors say she communicated with known isis fighters even marrying one of them in online wedding ceremony. among the pages of evidence, one message from 2014. thomas wrote, i need a permanent vacation that could only mean one thing. where someone else responded, martyrdom. terrorism experts say this is the kind of home grown terrorism that's become the most concerning. >> this has been the one thing that keeps us awake at night. we were concerned about the individual who self radicalizes is not a member of any group, al-qaida, an isis group, doesn't tell anybody what he's doing, doesn't post anything on social media, and decides to go operational. >> reporter: now tomarchio tells me he thinks it's matter of time before another lone wolf terrorist strikes again. as for thomas,

>>> right now on "nbc 10 news today," a triple shooting in north philadelphia and two of the victims are teenagers. >>> school's out for summer temperatures. thousands of students in our area will only have a half day because of the heat wave hitting the region. >> no question about it. the answer enters basketball immortality today. we'll tell you all about allen iverson's big day. >>> nbc 10 news starts now. >> good morning and almost to "nbc 10 news today." i'm vai sikahema. >> i'm tracy davidson. it's already 82 degrees outside. we'll be talking about the schools that are closing early because of the heat. let's get you updated on what will happen today and when we'll get a break from the heat. meteorologist bill henley has been tracking that. he has your nbc 10 first alert neighborhood weather. suffice it to say, it will be a warm one. >> it's steamy this morning. the temperatures are warmerç tn yesterday. 82 degrees in philadelphia. 80 for the suburbs and new jersey and steaminess, you can feel it in the lehigh valley where it's 79 degrees and delaware, too. we'll see bright s

. >>> new this morning, a double shooting in north philadelphia left a woman dead and man in critical condition. police were called to the 2200 block of north chadwick street where a 26-year-old woman was shot and killed overnight. a 25-year-old man was shot and wounded. police have no suspects or mierves in the shooting. -- motives in the shootings. >> there's a warning by police this morning, they say there might be someone posing as a policeman. >> a man posing as an officer hit him in the head and took off. the robber got away with a hundred dollars. upper merion police are looking for a man who robbed two female escorts at gun point. he claimed to be a police officer and part of a sting operation when he confronted them at a motel in king of prussia. the man is described as 6 feet tall and long goatee and tattoo on his hands and blue stone and diamond flower ring. >> crews worked overtime after the made in america festival to get the parkway beautiful. >> hermine is still off the coast, but most of us will wind up with a good deal of sunshine and showers clipping coastal areas. a

. >>> in north philadelphia, family is getting a brand new home for free. that's all thanks to volunteers from the habitat for humanity. they teamed up with bank much america to build a home at 16th and fountain streets. the bank also presented a $50,000 check for future proje projects. habitat for humaniti' executive director says this is one of 21 homes they'll build in north philadelphia. he says this is their biggest project in the city yet. >> what we are doing is bringing an affordable housing to this neighborhood which is great. there's all sorts of student housing going up. this is keeping the fabric of the neighborhood going. >> bank of america partnering with habitat for humanity. more than 60 other u.s. cities to build new homes. >>> one philadelphia homeowner is pleading for someone to take action as his backyard just washes away. he says the poe kess sin creek causing more problems to his backyard than he can ever imagine. in fox 29's karen hepp has the man's story from somerton and tells us how the city is respo responding. >> reporter: mark t

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ment car first collided with a pup in north philadelphia. the driver told jeff chirico about the terrifying seconds after hitting the truck. >> i flipped and then i came here. >> reporter: your car flipped over. >> yeah. >> reporter: you flew over this way, over the pool? >> yeah. >> reporter: she and the truck driver are okay, and neither is being cited. if the crash happened 15 minutes later, four children would be in the pool. >>> this morning funeral services are being held for a little girl who was caught in the crossfire in camden. a public viewing for 8-year-old gabriel carter begins at 9:00 a.m. the funeral will follow at 11:00 a.m. gabriel was paying on her neighbor's porch when a gun battle erupted nearby. 76,000-dollar reward offered for information leading to an arrest and conviction. >>> turning to the race for the white house, donald trump heads to detroit today as he tries to expand support among minorities. >> donald trump was in north philadelphia where he held a round table event. outside of the event, protesters blasted th

dann cuellar is live in north philadelphia with more. dann? >> reporter: monica, it is a growing crime problem. two officers of the law, looking to build partnerships with the residents they serve. >> speak with, not to the community. >> reporter: state police commissioner, among those here tonight to address the crime taking root across the city. >> we are number one at everything bad. >> reporter: the state representative painted the grim reality of what's going on in her district. so far this year, homicides up 17%. shootings up 44%. assault up 9% and gun crimes up 34%. >> we have seen a spike and i call a public crisis. we have to do something about it. >> reporter: police will tell you, as they have time and time again, they can't do it alone. >> from my experience, neighbors have not stood up together, not separate, together. they have taken the neighborhoods back. >> reporter: at some point, the relations between police and communities they serve have been strained and pushed aside by a host of issues. >> we have bad police officers jus

. >>> police in north philadelphia say someone fire bombed a car with a person inside. it happened around 5:30 at dauphin street and north cleveland street. the person inside the car was taken to the hospital with second degree burns. we have a crew head to get scene right now and we'll bring you more information when we have it. >>> decision 2016, presidential candidates weighed in on police shootings in tulsa and charlotte. >> during a campaign stop in orlando last night, hillary clinton urged. >> we have two more names to add to the list of african-americans killed by police officers. it's unbearable and needs to become intolerable. >> they can't doing what they're doing? >> trump will be pushing for the area. the first presidential debate between trump and clinton is coming up monday night. before the debate join nbc10's decision 2016 team at xfinity live. you can be part of the live audience as we talk about what you want to hear during this debate from the candidates. that's monday night at 7:00. >>> today, the septa board is expected to vote to pay back money to a

. >>> philadelphia police are investigating a suspicious car fire that happened in north philadelphia. one person inside of the car was burned and remains hospitalized at this hour. "action news" reporter, chad pradelli, is live where the car burst into flames at dolphin street and north cleveland avenue. >> reporter: rick, investigators remain on the scene out here, behind me you can see the burned out car, a lot of questions surrounding this case. chief among them is who started the fire and how? >> police spent the morn with k-9s inspecting the car. they say the car exploded several times blowing out nearby windows and startling away nearby residents. >> i heard it and fell to the floor, it's a natural reaction, you know go for cover and the next reaction was get out of this house. >> it was not like a gunshot but like an explosion, and i was not going to do anything until i heard a man saying help me i'm burning. >> the man says he was targeted and someone threw an explosive device at the car, but they say it's not an explosives incident but rather a fire incidence. how it started

other is a female sergeant from the between the second district up in north philadelphia, on montgomery street up there, so at this point, the male officer from penn was shot the in the leg from what we understand. female officer a vest may have deflect the shot there but was brought here to the hospital, don't know her condition or his condition. we do know one suspect was shot and killed by police, guys, back to you. >> dave, that is the scene. i know you were all too familiar with, the fellow officers rushing to the scene of a hospital, and fellow officers, were shot, dave, thank you. just to update two officers, shot we can tell you it is a very large scene in west philadelphia right now, several blocks were shut down. the whole septa grid in west philadelphia was shot dunn but that has since reopened as we see emergency room at penn presbyterian hospital where two officers are recovering, of course, our thoughts and prayers go out to them. suspect shooter is dead in tonight's shooting. >> we will continue to follow this situation, throughout the evening, and we will have very lates

. >>> three people, including two teenagers are in the hospital after they were shot in north philadelphia >> nbc 10's deanna durante is live outside temple university hospital. walk us through what happened. >> that's what investigators are still trying to figure outp this they know the three people were riding bikes near 5th and erie about 1:30 this morning. they know a 44-year-old man was shot in the back. he was found on the roadway and then a little while later they got a second phone call, this bringing them to a house three blocks away. they say that's where they discovered two other shooting victims. youngest 17 years old. >> the 17 and 18-year-old were able to ride their bikes about three blocks to the 17-year-old's home in the 3,500 block of north 7th. that's where they notified police. we don't have a motive. we don't have a description of the shooter or shooters. we can't even find ballistic evidence at this point. hopefully the numerous cameras we found in the area recorded something that can help us with this triple shooting investigation. >> now, investigators know the 17-ye

. >> reporter: north philadelphia in all its rich diversity. this is clinton country. at least it should be. do you trust hillary clinton? >> trust? define trust. >> reporter: it's not that she has to worry about lots of voters here supporting her rival. how about donald trump? >> that bad boy. >> reporter: with the candidate latino voters, it takes guts to wear this. >> our country is getting lost, in so many ways. >> reporter: daphne is a proud republican, and trump's message resonates. >> immigration policy definitely affects us in the job area. they act like black people don't want to work, so let anybody and everybody including terrorists or whoever is coming. we don't know who's coming through. >> reporter: but she's the exception. if donald trump reached out and said to the african american american community -- >> we're not buying it. we're not buying it. >> i don't know. i guess i'm voting for her because i'm not going to vote for trump. i don't really like her. >> reporter: it's that lack of enthusiasm for clinton that keeps her strategists up at night. why?

fox 29's jeff cole is live in north philadelphia tonight with more. jeff? >> reporter: dawn, it is an open question whether donald trump can actually ever really build significant support in urban centers in cities. he gave eight shot today here in north philly and his protesters certainly pushed back. >> we're out here to let donald trump know he's not welcome here. >> reporter: demonstrators were loud and relentless with their attack on the republican nominee. >> we want the world to know trump is not welcomed here in our community. >> reporter: they seemed defended trump had come to north philly and was using space affiliated with a local baptist church and when a trump supporter raised his pro mexican wall sign, there was some push and shoving. >> this woman claiming to be the daughter of political gab fly milton street said she was dumping trump because they would let her in. >> this visit to philadelphia today, it is a sham and renee' street is here to it's a sham. clinton is not the answer but trump is definitely not the answer and we need answers. >>

then north on 95, up in northeast philadelphia, they got the ramps to the betsy ross bridge blocked withstruction, market frankford, broad street subway, they are shuttle bussing until 5:00 then the trains kick in. and if you are getting out of town today for business or pleasure, just be ready for some possible fog delays down at philadelphia international airport. back to you. >> thank you so much. federal judge wants prison officials to meet a stay in solitary confinement after 36 years. argument claim 64 year old convicted murderer arthur johnson should be back with the general population. say johnson attempt topped escape several times after being convicted of murdering a man in philadelphia back in 1970. they say he has been a model prisoner for the past 25 years. >> teenager charged with assault after a fight with a teacher at north philadelphia high school. >> this video of the fight monday morning from inside lincoln high school was sent to fox 29, and it has been viewed almost 100,000 times on facebook. it appears to show a student fighting with a teacher. philadelphia police s

philadelphia. 78 in allentown. 76 in cape may. most of the rain to the south, we can't rule out rain coming through even as farther north of the immediate philadelphia suburbs. 73 by 6:00 p.m. probably drying out in through here although we'll allow for a sprinkle or shower. between 8:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. we're in the low 70s. future tracker 6 shows you tomorrow morning into midday there's a chance of a couple of more showers maybe pockets of steadier rain but nothing like today. tomorrow afternoon we'll start seeing clouds mixing with sun especially in the northern and western suburbs, might stay grayer down south. tropical storm carl which formed last week is in the central atlantic. looks like it will make a push to the north an probably go up into the vicinity of bermuda, perhaps forming into a hurricane. right now a category one is what's on the model. a few hours ago a category two was possible. if there's any change it's been a shift farther to the east with the storme. that would be about good. nont nonetheless this weekend in burr -- burr -- bermuda doesn't look good. today, showers, # 9. tomorrow, sun and clouds, 84. wednesd

now, you will recall last april cents the fbi raiding her home in north philadelphia just days before set to travel to syria. and in a surprise move, thomas pleaded guilty to attempting to provide material support for isis went by the name young lioness on line, a plot to abandon her own children here in the u.s., and to marry an isis fighter he met on line. >> even old al quaida specially isis, are using social media using the internet, as a recruitment tool, we're getting more of these individuals who are kind of listening to that siren song. >> back in 2014, the indictment says, thomas wrote on line, quote, i need a permanent vacation, that could only mean one thing, where someone else responded martyrdom. now, thomas remains in the federal detention center. she will be sentenced in july, i'm sorry, mid january and could face 15 years in prison, back to you. >> 6:38. >> federal prosecute verse now charged matted mad with several crimes including use of a weapon of mass destruction, complaint accuses the 28 year old and three incidents, first seaside park saturday, when a bomb explo

anchor matt o'donnell talks with the republican candidate following trump's round table in north philadelphia wild scene in northeast philadelphia after a car nearly ends up in a backyard swimming pool after crashing through this fence. we are live at the scene. >> that and much more coming up next. now for monica malpass meteorologist adam joseph melissa magee cecily tynan ducis rodgers jaime apody the entire "action news" team i'm rick williams. "action news" it's a 6:00 is up next. big oil polluters. they have a friend in pennsylvania. millionaire pat toomey. toomey voted to protect their special tax breaks. saving oil companies twenty-four billion dollars. and big oil polluters have given toomey seven hundred thousand dollars in campaign contributions. tax breaks for them. campaign contributions for him. pat toomey. he's helping big oil polluters and millionaires. not the rest of us. lcv victory fund is responsible for the content of this advertising. >> ♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rodgers, meteorologist cecily tynan and jim gardner. >> ♪ >> frid

the search is on for whoever shot three people overnight in north philadelphia. >> three menç were ridingbicycles when they were hit by bullets. nbc 10's deanna durante is live outside temple hospital where they are being treated. what can you tell us? >> it appears that all three victims were shot from behind. one man, a 44-year-old was shot in the back. police say they found him laying near 5th and erie. the other two shooting victims apparently were able to get away and go to a northbound home and call for police. all of this happened around 1:30 this morning, near 5th and erie. police say now they are looking to see if there is surveillance video in the area. all three vicks were alert and talking to investigate ares and they reported hearing shots from behind. each victim was shot once. again, they appear that that shooting happened from behind them. at this point, there are no suspects and no motives for the shooting. >> we know all three victims were on bicycles, riding their bikes south on 5th street when the shots rang out and all three victims were struck one time. we know that

. >>> people in north philadelphia, are looking for ways to end, gun violence. "eyewitness news" was at a public hearing at emmanuel institutional baptist church, community groups came together to look for solution, to end the continued violence in local neighborhoods. curtis thomas invited groups to take part in the hearing. >>> well in, other news donald trump unveils a plan for child care while bringing his campaign to delaware county. republican presidential nominee aston and at one point was holding a baby. affordable child care proposal includes, guarantying six weeks paid maternity leave, and suggests new incentives for employers to provide their workers with child care. he is calling for child care expense deductions from income taxes and trump wants to create a savings account for those parents. >> that means we need working mothers to be fairly compensated for their work and have access to child care for their kid. >> trump's democratic opponent hillly clinton is calling for 12 weeks leave for both parents paid for by taxes on the wealthy. trump's runn

. >>> we have special recognition for police officers in north philadelphia. a local mosque served up breakfast for the force >> leaders say they hope the simple act of kindness can build a bridge. our sabina kuriakose was at the event. . >> reporter: a hot breakfast served to a sea of blue. officers getting french toast, hash browns and fruit with a side of turkey bacon. >> we mentioned it last week and everybody is here to help out. this is one we say thank you to these officers here that protect us. >> reporter: ozzy organized the special treat getting mosque members and 800 police officers from the neighboring 25th district together under one roof to see them and thank them before the cops hit the streets for one of their larger events working philly's annual puerto rican day parade. it's not just about extending a branch of friendship. it's about making roots between these officers and those who rely on them. >> this is the second annual and we're going to continue to do this. >> reporter: district captain points out breakfast can be the most important me

tomorrow north of philadelphia and clouds north of the city.t's cooler, low humidity 77 in allentown and 77 in millville. a beautiful day overall compared to the records that fell today. as we look at the five-day at 5:00 forecast, 80 degrees tomorrow brighter to the north and cloudier to the south. sunny and spectacular on friday, low humidity and 81 and warmer on saturday and 85 degrees and muggy on sunday, and 86 with scattered isolated downpours and thunderstorms throughout the day but not a washout and lingering showers through monday morning at 84 degrees, meteorologist, cecily tynan is at the philadelphia zoo, can the chicken do the polka, i heard it's polish. >> not because they are from poland but because of a dutch word for head, which is pole, they have a tuft of feathers on their head and they think they were originally from holland. they are not for eating but the fancy chickens you see at fancy chicken shows. she is just beautiful. they like meal worms apparently. >> thank you cecily. we'll be right back with more. playing the new

let's take to you video from the scene in north philadelphia. this all went down on the 2200 block of north wadwick street. man and woman in their mid 20's, gunned down, left lying in the street. eight shell casings were also found, but gunman and motive remain unknown at this hour. many woman was shot in her back, the man in his head. report of the shooting came until about 12:30 this morning. now, once police arrived, we are told they had to work very fast. >> twenty-second district officers responded to the report of a shooting with two victims. officers arrived on location, and found a female victim, 26 years old, and male victim, 25 years old. male was shot in the head. female was shot in the back. officers transported both victims to temple hospital in extremely critical condition. >> now, of course, that woman would die here about a half hour or so later. that man is still here fighting for his life. we are toll he again was shot in his head. police have not disclosed their relationship at this time. but they are again urging the public i

reporting live in north philadelphia, deanna durante, nbc 10 news. >>> from our delaware bureau, thezip line course where a woman fell to her death last month re-opens today. the delaware department of natural resources and environmental control approve ready the opening of go ape tree tops adventure zip line. officials say the course meets industry safety standards. >>> happening now, teams in the french alps have rescued the remaining 33 people trapped overnight in a cable car in the cold. more than 100 people got stuck yesterday when a car stalled. helicopters managed to rescue most of them before they had to suspend operations because of rough flight conditions. rescuers gave the trapped passengers blankets, food and water to help them make it through the night. >>> back here at home in bucks county, tyler state park will re-open to the public this morning. visitors are warned that crews will continue to search for a missing woman. 21-year-old lency pacone from bensalem was last seen sunday. the state wilderness search and rescue team has been using canine units to search for her

sunday afternoon, inland locations philadelphia north and west look to be dry. you may salvage a good part of the weekend the farther you are from the shore from being rain free while it pours at the shore late sunday, sunday night into labor day and showers backing into philadelphia going into labor day. the closer approach of the sensor will get to the region during the day on monday. that's where we will see a good two to four inches of rain along the shore. notice how quickly the rain cut off to the north and west for saturday, sunday and monday. then, as we look at the wave heights, as hermine goes over the atlantic and explodes to the east, you are going to see the waves, 30 feet offshore sunday morning. the winds wrapping around is going to pile up the water along the shore tide after tide after tide. sunday at 11:00, 25 foot swells still. that will continue into the day on monday. we are looking at moderate to major flooding along the shore and the back. the first one will be sunday morning of concern. 10:07 a.m. sunday, 10:17 p.m. the worst during the d

north on the freeway, heading in towards philadelphia, this problems or delays at all. we had a big push for folks back from the the shore not the just saturday morning but also yesterday, folks that came back, saying good bye, to the summertime and the rides down there on the boardwalk. in problems this morning at philly international. off to a good start. both market frankford and broad street subway using shuttle buses until 5:00 o'clock and once 5:00 o'clock ripping we will roll those trains out and be ready to go. chris and lauren, back over to you. >>> let's talk about the weather, shall we, happening right now, remnant of hurricane her mine still churning off the coast right now,. >> hundreds of miles in the atlantic. so still impacting new jersey from southern new england. pounding waves, flooding and beach erosion. high surf and dangerous rip currents also being seen on the jersey shore, the threat of the storm hitting over the holiday hurt businesses hoping for business profits, before the end of the busy summer season. for those out in the ocean, it was anyth

looks like most of that is north of philadelphia. if you have plans to be out on the town, check in with 6abc and "action news" later today before you head out and see what the models are showing. 79 in millville. 79 in allentown. 77 in cape may down the shore. dewpoints are up in the 70s across the region. that's oppressive humidity this morning and staying with us this afternoon. plan on it being muggy and increasingly uncomfortable. 80 degrees by 7:00 a.m. for the early workout. noon, 89 degrees. 3:00 p.m., 94. we'll get a high of 95 late in the day around 4:00 p.m. things get better half way through the weekend, tam, i'll have the details coming up. >> looking forward to that thank you. >>> excessive heat has prompted philadelphia public and archdiocesan schools to close classes early today. students will be dismissed at noon. all after-school activities and athletic programs have been canceled. >>> three people were shot while riding bikes and police want to know where the bullets came from. scwot -- scott is live at temple univ

fox 29's shawnette wilson is live in north philadelphia outside shriner's hospital where that little boy has been recovering and shawnette, he is absolutely adorable, and it is so good to see how well he is doing. >> reporter: yes, you said it, perfectly, adorable is the right word for him. you know his family has chosen to focus on his recovery for now instead of the fact that the person who shot him is still out there he has a long road to recovery but he has come a long way and dawn, he is nothing short of a miracle. >> hey mahaj. >> reporter: this is six year-old mahaj brown also known to hospital staff and friend as a super hero. forty-three days after he was shot, ten times, he is happier then expected. mahaj tiny body has endured 14 surgeries, 13 blood transfusions, multiple skin grafts and reconstructive procedures. >> i wanted to go home. >> reporter: he tells me he has had some good days. the first at st. christopher's and now, here at shrine era's hospital for children. >> making new friends. >> one of the patients have a dog here. >> reporter: while this bride eyed affect

right now in investigators are trying to figure out what exactly caused a car in north philadelphia to explode. the driver was in the car when it caught fire this morning. first responders took him to the hospital to be treated for bur burns. >> he was well enough to talk to cops but police are now questioning whether his story is actually true. fox 29's brad sattin joins us live from the scene in north philly. brad? >> reporter: lots of questions, lucy, for sure. initiately report came in a car may have been fire bombed. police are now telling us they're not so sure about the bomb part of it. clearly there was a big fire. what we do know for sure a 43-year-old man was injured. he was burned. the car was actually there on the side of the road. it was -- left here, they moved it out of here about that's right minute ago. but as i mentioned there are still a lot of questions around what really happened here tonight. >> something i never heard before. i mean it was loud. report. >> shook the whole house. >> reporter: actually the shook the whole neighborhood near cleveland and dauphin str

philadelphia. the numbers in the city, 91. 93 in wilmington, 87 in trenton. to the north and west in oursubh valley, 86. 91 in ac. beach haven in the upper 80s with the southwesterly winds. you factor in the heat and humidity, dewpoints are in the 70s feels like 96 in philadelphia at this hour, 104, the current value in dover and 91 for reading and allentown at this hour. here's satellite and radar, there's a cold front har believe draped to the north and west, it has yet to make progress to the south. that's why we're still dealing with the heat and the building humidity across the the rest of the day. the heat advisory stays up along i-95 rea and the suburbs to the north and west, as well as down in dover, this stays up until 6:00 p.m. heat indices anywhere from 103ed narrator: terrorism here at home. fourteen americans killed in a san bernardino mass shooting... but after this tragedy - when pat toomey had the chance to ban suspected terrorists from buying guns - he voted against closing this loophole for terrorists - and with the gun lobby. katie: we have to do everyt

cover across the philadelphia area will likely stay dry for much of the day tomorrow but watch the clock as that rainfall starts to move in from the south. a lull for parts of the area north and west of philadelphia. but look at what happens. sunday into monday, we start to see some of those rain bands move a little farther inland toward the i-95 corridor. and the system is going to linger with the rainfall showers down the shore. so we're talking anywhere from three to 6-inches along the immediate coast. lesser amounts an i or less around philadelphia. lighter amounts once you move toward the pocono mountains. so as we take a look at the forecast down the shore, clouds tomorrow. evening rain, rain and wind through monday at least. and once again we're looking at the high tide to watch. 10am to noon and 10:00 p.m. to midnight for several days. back over to you. >> all right. thank you scott. sean bell here now with look at what he'll be talking about in sports. sean? >> dawn nfl season week away. fans are excited but the eagles faithful to probably control that are enthusiasm. we'll tell you why they should sort of expect something different this season than what ♪ >>> nf

philadelphia. storm tracker 6 live double scan is showing that to you. there are lightning strikes northelphia. the heavy stuff is coming down heavy enough where it could produce isolated street flooding here and there. you want to avoid any flooded areas. that's the situation, the heaviest stuffer in the middle of region currently. that's the issue today. the entire region could see periods of rain every now and then. street flooding could result. we want you to avoid flooded areas behind the wheel and on foot. 70 in cape may. it's muggy even in places where it's not raining. we'll stay in the 70s. noon, 77. high of 79 degrees probably early this afternoon before we see the temperatures fall back to the low 70s by dinnertime. there's the chance of on and off heavy downpours through the morning and into the afternoon. later this afternoon, the better chance will be east of i-95. this morning we have the heavy stuff over the center of the region. when i step inside, the weather improves as we head forward in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. we'll have that coming up. karen ro

the republican nominee sat down with a dozen african-american supporters in north philadelphia.sed him for coming to quote, the hood. some protesters went to the round table as a self-serving photo-op. in an interview, trump said african-americans have nothing to lose by voting for change. >> it's the same old thing. it's been run by democrats 50 years. over 100 years, these areas. somebody like hillary clinton will do nothing for african-americans. she will take the vote and say see you in four years. >> reporter: trump says police need to continue stop and frisk. the philadelphia policy only benefits criminals. he also says planning a tour of the city and suburbs over the next two weeks. >>> meanwhile, hillary clinton is under scrutiny once again tonight for the private e-mail server she used while secretary of state. the fbi released detailed notes from the investigation when agents interviewed clinton in july. they reveal she never sought permission to use private e-mail or the server. she told the fbi she relied on the staff not to send e-mails containing classified informa

north and west of philadelphia, 85 is your high really in a lot of spots.utztown and reading and allentown and pottstown as well. the i-95 corridor not much different. middle 80s is where you wind out and the shore upper 70s. pleasant and not all that humid and an occasional breeze and mostly sunny skies. >> thank you david. >>> a 9-year-old boy battling brain cancer had the time of his life when he was made a member of his home town police force. colin was thrown in as a member of thein can a police department. he has always dreamed about being a police officer, the boy has a positive attitude and an honor to have him on the force. >>> a look at stories coming up on "action news" at 4:00. one of the most iconic buildings in the city, workers struggled to get it ready for what is a halloween tradition. >>> and that will do it for "action news" at noon, don't forget to join us for "action news" at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. for rick williams and david murphy i'm sara bloomquist have a nice afternoon. ♪ >> announcer: today, we've got an hour of quick and easy darin

he would be traveling across the vast second district which runs from north philadelphia to southwest philadelphia and suburban pieces like lower merion in montgomery county. >> this is something that i started meeting with all the various elected officials in the district. >> reporter: jones was one of the local african americans who met with gop nominee donald trump. he is willing to do what i am willing to do, bring in jobs and address crime and the corruption in our community. >> reporter: in a presidential election year, voter turnout in the second congressional district is always enormous. all signs it will be the same this november. registered democrats outnumber the republicans here, 7 to 1. in west philadelphia, i'm vernon odem channel 6 "action news." >> your time, 6:08. the philadelphia area will be the epicenter of the presidential rails next week. -- race next week. donald trump will lead a 7:30 p.m. rally in philadelphia tuesday. he trying to become the first presidential nominee since 1988 to win pennsylvania. >>> president obama travels to philadelphia tuesday to campa

, where other black women could be trained, where they could go out into the communities of north philadelphia, and provide health care, mainly obstetric and gynecological care, but also to provide for them a whole range of services that would create a larger level of humanity that african-americans were not experiencing in some of the other segregated forms of health care, namely forced sterilization. so one of those first position that came to philadelphia to work with virginia alexander was none other than dr. helen dickens. now dr. helen dickens becomes , interested in working at the aspiranto health home because of the personal letter that virginia alexander writes to helen dickens. in this letter, she argues that they could be a great team in terms of increasing health outcomes for fell african-americans in philadelphia, and particularly, african-american women. dr. helen dickens finished her education at the university of illinois college of medicine. -- of medicine in she was the 1933. third black female graduate. she, for the next two years, sought to gain additional clinical and inte

economically, of course, this as word that the storm is heading north and could potentially pick up steam and head into places like philadelphiand new york city. dawn and chris. >> joel waldman joining us live now from the outerbanks of north carolina. thanks, joel. >>> we'll have more on tropical storm hermine coming up but if you don't have it yet download the fox 29 app it's the perfect tool to have as the storm approaches. you can get live radar and breaking news alerts right on your phone. >>> in other news tonight, scary moms for some bar customers in east germantown after two men with guns walk into a bar and tell them to get on the floor. police say one of the robbers told employees at the charlie d bar to open the catch registers while the other demanded customers to get on the ground and take out their cash. both men got away with unknown amount of money. no one was injured it happened last night around 11:30 on the 100 block of east chelten avenue. if you recognize the men, please call police. >> police released new surveillance video tonight in hopes of catching a violent criminal take a good look. police say this

philadelphia. comfortable, as i mentioned. 57 in wilmington. 58 in trenton. how about 52 in allentown dipping into the upper 60s in cape may. dewpoints are starting to creep up from south to north not humid in the area where you see the 40s and 50s, philadelphia on the cusp. temperatures will rise, too, 63 degrees by 7:00 a.m. 73 by 10:00 a.m. 81 by noon, 88 by 3:00 p.m., high of 89 degrees probably clocking in about 4:00 p.m. this afternoon, by 6:00 we'll be in the mid 80s. it will be on the warm side. we have an air quality alert kind of rare for late september, but the the atmosphere is set up in such a way the ozone ground level will be dangerous for sensitive groups. karen, things get better over the weekend, air quality wise and temperature-wise. >> reporter: it's been a horrible morning for accident. we have a terrible accident scene, woodhaven road eastbound past thornton road. we'll are out there and trying to turn around and drive in the other direction. all lanes blocked at woodhaven eastbound past thornton road. one vehicle crashed and rolled and flipped over and the driver eject rejected into the roadway. we have emergency workers facing this way, the emergency wor

some african americans leaders are in north philadelphia. trump having a round table discussion with people on race and immigration. support among african americans digits. trump met with a family who lost a loved one to an illegal immigrant. >>> hillary clinton has no clue what's going on with illegal immigration and doesn't care. >> he will continue his african american outreach tomorrow in michigan when he meets with >>> thank you john, the battle over ohio's golden week continues today. the state democrats asked the u.s. supreme court to step in and delay the ruling that eliminated that week when people could register and vote at the same time. last month a lower court upheld the law. the ruling found there were vote. >>> this is the satellite imagery of the storm's formation in the gulf. it was a category 1 hurricane with 80 miles per hour winds. the storm battling north leaving half a million people without power in florida and georgia after becoming the first hurricane in 11 years to make land fall in the sunshine state sending people

live in north philadelphia, katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> thank you for the update. >>> philadelphia police say they were force to do fire their weapons when a woman tried to run them down. chopper 6chopper was over in thn port richmond. it started when the officer tried to stop a stolen jeep on clear field street. the driver took off leading them on a chase and ended when she crashed into a police van at richmond and anne street. >> i saw 16 cop cars flying down the street. >> quite the scene. police arrested the suspect, she was taken to the hospital and is expected to be okay. no officers were hurt. >> north korea confirmed it conducted its 5th test on the nuclear warheads. it prompted condemnation from leaders across the globe including china. it is the second such test in 8 months. u.s. geologic survey detected 5.3 earthquake after the test. president obama has been briefed that was done while he was heading back from his trip to asia. france has called on the international community to unite gains this new provocation. >>> a delaware teenager is being investigated

a good way for them to show that, hey, people do care about you out there. >> reporter: in north philadelphiaabina kuriakose, fox 29 news. >>> philadelphia police say they have the car that hit and killed a pedestrian on castor avenue this morning. >> they don't have yet the person driving it. fox 29 joanne pileggi joins us from the spot where it happened. where are police in this investigation now? >> reporter: at everywhere active investigation. detectives from the accident elevation investigation district working haverford. this is the scene of the crime. at the intersection of castor avenue and bly avenue. police say a 51-year-old man was crossing castor around 1:30 this morning when a white chevy impala struck him and that driver left the scene. we talked to man who came out of his home nearby just a few minutes after the accident. he described what he saw and heard. >> there was a bunch of people screaming. one woman was screaming a whole lot who had to be contained. apparently somebody was boyfriend or whoever, awful. avenue. . >> that's crazy, it was a hit-and-run and he didn't stop o

name and where you are from. >> north philadelphia. >> philadelphia. >> who are you. >> i'm sherry. >danny romero from bensalem. >> bensalem in the group. >> unaudible. >> rounding it out. >> shay thomas from bensalem. >> thank you so much. >> congratulations to all of you. >> we thank you. >> who is going to fly, who wants to fly. in of you, okay, fine. congratulations, off to the air force now. we are off to sue serio. >> that ceremony gave me chills just listening to it here. i'm at the other even of market street the block we block off. i'm closer to fourth street. if you signed a release and brave enough you can climb this rock wall. we have beautiful weather for that this morning. the lets take a look at the nine out of zero in the weather by the numbers abe it was going to be a ten but it will be kind of hot today. it is september 23rd, after all so bus stop buddy is definitely needing the shade because it is sobriety out here this morning. temperatures are still in the 50's and 60's and we're heading to a high of 88 degrees today, back town in the 60's tonight, and the weather

gunfire erupts in a north philadelphia street leaving two people shot, police were called to the 2200 block of north chadwick street after 12:30 this morning a 26 year-old woman and 25 year-old man were both shot. woman died at temple hospital. male victim was shot in the head and is at temple right now. police do not have a motive for shooting at this time. >>> lets go to west philadelphia where police are investigating a a deadly stabbing overnight this happened just after 1:00 on belmont and west minister avenues. police say victim is a 30 year-old man, they believe this may have been a robbery due to an atm being close by. police are working to get surveillance video from that atm. >>> now to a brutal murder out of olney, philadelphia police say a woman is dead after being hit by a car and then beat when a shovel this happened at 8:30 on west lockland street investigators say a driver hit her and then got out of the car and beat her with that shovel. victim was taken to the local hospital where she later died. the driver has been arrested, and no word as to a motive behind this. >

updating an apparent firebombing in north philadelphia.300 block of cleveland street this north philadelphia just before 6:00 this morning. victim is being treated at temple hospital. eyewitnesses say blast blew out windows across the street. >>> lets get a check of the the forecast now with meteorologist katie fehlinger. >> good morning, brooke. we are looking to a nice warm sunny day but it is first day of fall and will feel more like summer then anything. lets look at what is going on live neighborhood network shot beautiful beginning of the morning at middletown ship high school with the handful of clouds as we see if you are planning left over clouds from remnant moisture from was had been julia far south really only going to find digsal clouds. temperatures hit 86. solid ten above average. then fall-like air swoops in and this weekend it will be below average come sunday. back over to you. >>> looking at, outside our morning commute we are working with an accident schuylkill westbound past montgomery, two left lanes are block right n