with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon in the news this noon, escalating violence, israel steps up its air strikes against gaza as the death toll mounts. >>> and a rare tornado, a new england town is cleaning up from its first ever twister on record. >>> but the big story is the final report on the 2012 train derailment in gloucester county. they say that conrail is to blame for the accident and first responders did not do their job after if happened. they are faulting conrail for the accident that leaks toxic fumes into the community. they say they did not keep the swinging bridge stationary. and that officials made bad decisions after the derailment. several workers and people that live near the accident site have reported health issues and have filed lawsuits. they say that the money response to the derailment was quote, abyssmal. >> the citizens of communities expect and count on that when there is a disaster in their commune, the emergency response system will protect them and that didn't happen in this case. >> since the acciden

with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >>> we are startinghis hour with breaking news from the city's strawberry mansion section of the city, chopper 6 hd is over the scene of police activity, where there was a shooting between a police officer and a civilian, the police officer shot a man being rushed to temple hospital. an army of police officers are on the scene trying to determine what happened. sometime after 4:30, shots rang out on the 3200 block of paige street. the man was shot in the midsection and he is at the hospital, and police are there trying to determine what happened. there was another police shooting on the 2300 block of paige street, now a man is on his way to temple hospital after being shot by a police officer here in the strawberry mansion section. we'll bring you much more information as it becomes available. >>> now a buck county and non-profit is targeted by thieves for a third time in 18 months. the salvation army is hit by thieves. and now police hope they can track down the suspects responsible. >> we have a group

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon rick will be along a little lit later. the search is on for two armed bandits that terrorized a family inside a local auto repair shop. >>> and a train derails in the height of rush hour in moscow. >>> and the big story is the cleanup after storms left cleanup in two counties in south jersey. the weather service confirmed the damage was not done by a tornado. in fact, straight line winds blew through, chopper 6 hd was over head, an hour ago, power crews were out working on downed power lines damaged by storms. a woman's suv was crushed, and gloria gay and her cousin got stuck outside in the storm, they thought about seeking shelter in the nissan and gloria could not see the car in the pouring rain, that is because it was gone, gloria's was given that car by her husband. this picture sent in this morning sure looks like a tornado, it was taken in tabernacle, last night. and this picture sure looks like a tryster and this is medford lakes road in tabernacle. look how ominous this sky looks in columb

i am rick williams. the exclusive video of a hot car rescue as a mother cools her heels in police custody. dann has all the details. >>reporter:hey, rick. they are mulling over what they will charge the woman with. they are consulting with the district attorney's office today. they received footage outside of the walmart. >>reporter:they noticed a commotion and clicked the record button on her cell phone. >> we have the walmart employees mulling around. >>reporter:it was around 6:30 last night and warm. as they waited for help to arrive, she and others were anxious for the toddlers well-being. >> i am ready to bust the window. >> it's hot yesterday. it's not inside of a vehicle. i was annoyed andin and and agg. she was promptly handcuffed and taken into custody. >> from there they were trying to say where the keys were so they could get the baby out of a car. >> the firefighters and paramedics arrived at the scene. they took the baby out of the car. >> that is all you see, people doing this. why are peopl

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon sara is off and we begin with breaking flus at this hour. an air algeria plane carry, 116 passengers and crew has disappeared from radar. the crew's last message asked air control to change the plane's route because of heavy rain in the area. the flight lost contact after 15 minutes after takeoff. there are reports that the niece of former dictator fidel castro was on the flight. mariela is an outspoken activist for rights in her country. she also received the international ally for lgbt award. and is the daughter of current daughter of dictator, raul castro. >>> now to the latest on the ban on flights to the gaza trip. the faa has lifted bans on travel into tel aviv. this shows israel's iron dome missile system intercepting missiles there today. this is the first carrier to resume service to tel aviv with a flight out of newark airport in new jersey this afternoon. for the very latest, lets go live to amy buck plan at philadelphia international airport. >> reporter: well, good afternoon rick, u.

and even rick williams is in on the action.ut getting health year doesn't have to include a grueling workout. we found plenty of people moving at their own pace at cooper river park in camden county, new jersey. lisa walker power walks with friends. >> it relaxes me and takes the stress off of me and makes me lose weight. the average person can burn 50 calories walking just 10 minutes, lisa says last time she stuck to a daily walking routine she lost 30 pounds. and walter walks the path to preserve his health. >> my job involves going up and downstairs, have to keep the wheels and the heart in shape. >> and at family affair for the sisters, they keep up and tell me that friendsly competition keeps them motivated to stay fit. >> i feel like it makes me stronger. >> it keeps you healthy and makes you want to do more. >> the next challenge is to eat more fruits and vegetables, a link to help you calculate how many servings you should be eating, you can find that as well as the challenge on my facebook page. we want to see more of

rick williams has tonight's crime sightser's report. ♪ >> in the two years since his death diane foxays she's trying to do positive things to keep her son's memory alive. >> we set ape scholarship for michael. we've had trees planneded. i had a buddy bench dedicated at his grade school. >> june 22, 2012 police were called to a home on 900 block of eight ooj street in philadelphia. they found the bobby beaten to death. police say he was bat for two days. >> he may have nope it was silence since no -- the citizen crime commission is ministering a 1,000 reward and city of philadelphia asking for 12,000 for information that leads to arrest and conviction of pass i believe. >>al had you to do was call 2 15-546-tips all wawldz remain anoms muss time for son's killer to be brought to justice. >> we need to have closure and what happened and why. >> for i'm christers i'm rick williams "channel 6 action news." >> please in oklahoma city are own hoping that a thief they call fumbling fellon will slip up once again. surveillance caught him in the act after he snatched the cash register while th

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon, rick is off and in the news this noon, police in buck county search for the gunman in a triple shoot that left one dead. >>> and eating healthy, seniors get help getting fresh fruits and vegetables. >>> but the big story is the big fire that killed four children in southwest philadelphia. demonstrators were outside of the firehouse around the corner from the deadly blaze, they believe that firefighters took too long to respond. john rawlins, joins us live from the firehouse in southwest philadelphia with more on what is happening today. >> reporter: hi sara, all is quiet right now, ladder 4 was dispatched six or seven minutes ago. quite a commotion and confrontation, police can only confirm that one arrest was made and someone charged with disorderly conduct, a man, they are waiting for further numbers. the protest by as many as 200 people was angry and at times chaotic, police at one point dragged protesters trying it leave on an emergency call. the demonstrators claim they were slow to respond

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon rick and sara are off today. in the news speed limits take affect on the turnpike. but the big story this after floon, more airlnes are canceling flights in israel as the country's battle with hamas has turned to war. fighting continues today in the southern gaza strip. secretary of state, john kerry, landed in tel aviv despite concerns about rocket attacks. the faa has banned american airlines from landing there. it has left thousands of passengers standards around the world. john rawlins is live with more on the impact there. >> reporter: we are waiting for word from the faa, but in the meantime. u.s. airlines announced though will cancel the flight from here to tel aviv, a non-stop flight. they said in a statement, that the safety of our passengers and crew are our top priority. we have canceled 796 to tel aviv on july 23rd and we are reaching out to customers to reaccommodate those affected. >> it was a delta jet after a hamas launched rock the fell about a mile from the airport. it issued 24 h

delaware valley's leading news program with rick williams, sarah bloomquist, and meteorologist david rphy. >>> good afternoon. rick and sarah are off, i'm matt o'donnell. in the news a small explosion sends employees rushing out of a chemical plant in south jersey. >>> detectives speaking to a man suspected in a reported sex assault in the spring garden neighborhood. >>> the big story, escalating in the middle east. hamas firing rockets and some of them aimed at the airport in tel aviv. israel responding. and it is the fourth day of air strikes, neither side backing down. people are gathering in center city to show support for israel. a live look at the action cam at a solidarity rally on j.f.k. boulevard infront of the israeli consulate. let's get the latest on the conflict. abc news correspondent karen travers is live in washington. >> moments ago israel prime minister said no amount of international pressure will prevent them from responding with force. a significant escalation of violence in the middle east. the israeli defense forces says hamas fired more than 44 rockets at israe

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon, in the news, a gas station clerk stops an amber alert, hour a woman's instincts saves a baby girl. >>> but the big story on "action news" is the chance of more downpours as we head into a long holiday weekend. >> right now a flash flood watch is in affect for much of area. as we look live here at the scene from cape may from sky 6 hd, today accuweather is tracking more heavy rain heading our way in the aftermath of strong storms last night. and we are keeping an eye on hurricane arthur this noon, this is the picture from the international space station as it churns off the coast of north carolina. there is a mandatory evacuation order for people in the outer banks. and people are told to leave to avoid getting stuck on the islands. >> while not making a direct hit on the jersey shore, it could bring dangerous rip currents to the atlantic. lets go to david murphy for more. >> lets start with radar, stormtracker 6 live double scan we are seeing development of new cells be probably some thunderstorm

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon, we begin with noon with breaking news out of north philadelphia, where a pharmaceutical delivery person was shot at a pharmacy, chopper 6 was over the active scene on ridge at 11:00 a.m. we go live now to david henry. >> reporter: this all happened at 10:37 this morning on the 2700 block of ridge, it remains closed here on the corner. the man driving the van was making a drug delivery when he was approached by a gunman and one shot was fired during the course of the robbery and the deliveryman was hit in the han in his index finger. this is a day care center next door and the surveillance camera captured a picture of the van going by and then a green sedan, coming down the street and parking in front of pharmacy in a black car there. a number of p.m. in the street are stopped and stunned and looking down the street, and they must have heard the gunshot, and then a guy came down the could have beener and jumped into the parked sedan and drove away. the police are looking at the video, but the scarey

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon in the news this noon, several car owners are facing repairs after a police crash ends with a crash. >> and philadelphia celebrates the second annual wawa hoagie day and we'll take you live to the 4th of july tradition. >> but the big story is the heat advisory that just took affect. we have a chance of strong storms, lets go outside to sky 6 hd, a scene in center city, it doesn't look too bad, a few clouds in the sky, temperatures are reaching the mid-90s for the second day in a row. people are going to the beach where it is hazy and muggy this afternoon. lets head to the big board and meteorologist, david murphy. >> there are a couple of issues happening in the weather and the most obvious one is the heat. it starts at noon and goes until 8:00 at night. we are concerned with the urban center, and all the areas in boxes of orange, more importantly, the combination of heat and humidity making it feel like 100 and 105 through the afternoon and the potential for strong storms and the weather servic

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon, in the news this noon, police identify a body found two years ago in delaware. the technology that finally cracked the case. >> and from the plane to the hospital, the severe turbulence that threw passengers out of their seats. >>> but we begin with a developing story. a man has confessed to killing a young woman found dead in a duffle bag. david henry joins us live from police headquarters with details. >> reporter: they are meeting with representatives of the charging unit of the district attorneys office right now, putting the pieces together before formerly charging the suspect, he is identified as a 22-year-old man who lived in the same building as the victim. 23-year-old laura araujo was looking for a more permanent place to stay after moving to this apartment building. her body was found and she had been beaten and strangled and her feet were and hands were bound. police have arrest aid 22-year-old man that lived on the same floor as araujo. police sources say he has confessed. a neighbor

delaware valley's leading news program with rick williams, sarah bloomquist, and meteorologist davidurphy. >> good afternoon. sarah bloomquist is off today. in the news, a delivery man finds a body on the side of the road. the investigation into the woman's death. >>> and rumors about a pope francis visit to philadelphia. we tell you what the vatican is saying officially. >>> the big story on "action news" this noon, a suspicious fire that sent three people scrambling for safety. two adults and a child were saved from the burning home in the 1700 block of sigel street this morning. police are looking into whether someone intentionally started the blaze. annie mccormick live at the scene with more on the man who rescued the victims. >> three people do remain in the hospital. like you said, police believe this could be a case of arson. saying thanks to two officers who happened to be nearby they saved the lives of the three people inside. one of the police officers no stranger to the headlines. after 6:00 a.m. the intense flames took over the south philadelphia row home in the 1700 blo

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with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon, in the news this noon, a new jersey mother shot outside of her apartment while her children slept inside. >>> and a plane crashes in a costco parking lot, hear from the man that tried to save the pilot. >> but the big story this afternoon is the concern over the spread of the deadly ebola virus. the peace corps is pulling volunteers from the area because of outbreak. for the latest we go live to marcy gonzales in new york. >> reporter: sara, leaders in the impacted countries are declaring this a public health emergency and experts say that medical professionals need to be alert. >> it's the worst ebola outbreak in history. outbreaks in new guinea and sierra leone more than 6- 600 people have died. people have to be checked before boarding flights. one emergency room in charlotte closed before they would clear a patient that returned from west africa. some doctors fear it could happen. i would not be surprised that isolated cases arrived here. you could have no symptoms for three weeks before you

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon, sara is off and rick will be along later think i'm alicia vitarelli, in the news a local casino breaks gr oollexpansion progress. and a car crash makes a mess of the morning rush. >>> but the big story is a man is arrested after a home invasion kidnapping. chopper 6 is overhead as they continue the investigation over trinity road this morning. chad pradelli joins us live from the scene in upper merion, montgomery county, with all the details. chad what can you tell us? >> reporter: police justs wrapped up the crime scene, that is the home where the husband was allegedly kidnapped and the wife tied up and this crime has this neighborhood on edge. upper merion police say the intruder broke into the home stole a shotgun from the intruder, tied up the wife and took the husband, he took the husband to the wawa to get cash and the woman broke free on called the police and they spotted the victim's car here, and the vehicle pursuit ensued and the suspect ditched the car at this commercial business on so

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> the big story on "action news" this noon is breaking news, police are investigating a report of five children left alone inside a vehicle. chopper 6 hx d was over the scene of the the 8700 block of aramingo avenue in the port richmond section. the children have just arrived at the local hospital to get checked out. david henry joins us with the details. >> reporter: it was 11:00 this morning and other shoppers were walking through the parking lot and came across this vehicle, a lincoln suv, inside they noticed five children unattended by any adults. we have video of the police arriving here. lots of police officers arrived at the scene along with philadelphia medics, they found out indeed the kids were locked in there and pried open the driver's side of the vehicle and got the children out. the children arrived at the hospital, all five are apparently okay. it turns out that the car was running and the air conditioning was on and the children were not suffering from hyperthermia or anything like that. they were ju

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tonight rick williams, cesily tynan, adam joseph and karen rogers brings you it is 4th of july jam told me off by fireworks at the museum of alter. >> is it going to rain on matt and tam's parade? >> reporter: a little iffy, but it won't happen all the time. we have rain off to the north and west, there's a little bit creeping up to cape may. as we come in tighter you can see this is moving from the southwest to the north/northeast it's basically moving in a line through places like berks county and lancaster and areas close to allentown, earlier, allentown, bethlehem and easton are getting this. there's steady rain in there highlighted in yellow, but it's not a steady downpour. i want to drop down to the south, there's lighter stuff along the shore. i talked about heavier bands coming up this is rain attached to arthur. this is an outer rain band as this pushes up cruel -- you'll get steadier rain down the shore. there also the shore, it's not great beach weather right now, it's warm and muggy. 73 degrees in philadelphia. along the beach, 72. 72 in wilmington, 67 in allentown, feeling

now we send it to rick williams. coming up n on "action news" at 5:00 tonight. we are following new developments in the murder of a recent college graduate, "action news" is live with the latest on the killing of laura araujo coming up. >>> and now a child left on the school bus a school bus driver can now lose her job. those stories and m >>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >>> we begin tonight with new d developments in the murder of a recent college graduate. police have charged the neighbor of laura araujo of strangling her dumping her body in kensington. woe begin with the murder of a recent art graduate of the institute of philadelphia. sara bloomquist is live outside of the suspect's home with the latest. >> reporter: well, in a late afternoon news conference, police announced charges against 22-year-old jeremiah jackson. they both live in the boarding house with six other teneantten they are reeling over the news that jackson is the man that allegedly b

now rick williams and monica malpass with a look ahead at 5:00. >>> five children are expected to bekay after they are left alone in a running suv. and the woman caring for them could be facing charges. >>> plus, trenton, new jersey, officially has a new mayor, we'll hear from him straight ahead. those stories >>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >>> infrared radar shows ms and tropical storm arthur, the system is weak and slowly moving north and creating the possibility of rain and rip currents for the 4 and of july holiday. the big story is the path of tropical storm arthur, and tonight we get a better idea how it will impact your holiday weekend. john rawlins live in atlantic city, following the impact of the system at the shore and cecily tynan is monterroring the storm's path. lets begin with cecily with the latest from stormtracker 6 live double scan. >> hi, we did just get new information from the national hurricane center, tropical storm arthur has now strengthened. maximum s

. >>> wednesday night, jim, is off, i'm rick williams. big story tonight is a line of strong, noisy storms that is still working its way through the area right at this moment. the rumble of thunder could be heard across our area tonight, and the rain caused diners to dash indoors like here on wayne avenue in wayne, in wilmington, ominous skies opened up unleashing a drenching downpour on unfortunate souls at fourth and market. and, drivers on mall boulevard in king of prussia had to keep the wipers on high, tonight. >>> meanwhile, thousands of people have lost power this evening, peco is making progress restoring customers we're told but nearly 3,000 are still in the dark, mostly in delaware county. meanwhile nearly 5,000 customers served by del marva power in kent and new castle counties are out, tonight. >>> meteorologist cecily tynan is tracking end of the system with live double scan radar as she's the at the "action news" big board, hi cecily. >> we had 15,000 lightening strikes from this system and it has moved out of philadelphia,

. >>> rick williams is live in the newsroom with this. >>> the sport may look harmless. a lot of young baseball players, especially pitchers are suffering from serious injuries. many of the injuries are caused by throwing too many pitches on the mound. the injuries are so bad, the little league players are having surgery on their eligible. eelbow.what you can do to proter child athlete. >>> see you then. thank you. adam is back with the latest on the storms heading your way right now. >>> plus, good news for tracey morgan. he takes major steps towards recovery after an accident on the turnpike. >>> they are free at the apple >>> well, this is a pretty rough way to start the week. someone in wynnefield heights found a tree branch laying across their car. you see it smashed in the windshield. downed streedowned trees are a . >>> you saiyou said it. we are not out of the woods. >>> adam is at the big board. >> we are not out the woods until wednesday morning. it's an active 72 hours ahead. most of the areas are dry. we have the areas of red dotting the area through southeas

stick around anot >>> "action news" continues with meteorologist adam joseph, jaime apody, rick williams and monica malpass. >> hello again, rick is off tonight and sharrie williams joins us here is what is happening on "action news" tonight. we are getting new details from a texas gunman, and the person he allegedly killed outside of houston. >> how a boy scout troop stepped in to save the day and a historic cemetery is plagued by deep holes and sinking head stones. >>> now the details, texas officials say that 33-year-old ronald lee haskell knew exactly what he was doing when he targeted a young family inside of their houston home. it belonged to his estranged wife and her sister and husband. and children. haskell hoped fire and we are live with more on what happened next. >> reporter: that is right, good afternoon. the authorities say that the slain family was related to haskell's wife and they were going through a divorce. in the houston suburb of spring texas, neighbors are struggling to cope in the aftermath of murderous mayhem, a shooting that left six people dead all in one famil

delaware valley's leading news program with jamie apody, meteorologist cecily tynan, rick williams andonica malpass. >> philadelphia police say they caught the men responsible for murdering a strawberry mansion couple. learning how witnesses helped the police make these arrests. it is monday night, and the big story on "action news" is a break in the double murder that devastating a strawberry mansion community. >> tonight, the police have two men in custody for the killing, investigators say robbery the motive. and vernon odom with more on the killings tonight. >> good evening. tonight will is less tension, much less tension here in strawberry mention. police locked up two murder suspects in what started out as a who-dun-it and now they have signed confessions. these cold-blooded murders, justen smith and terry ballard killing an elderly strawberry mansion couple last week. rufus and gladys perry hired them to do jobs and they decided to rob them instead. >> when confronted by the perry the suspects attacked and strangled them both to death and took $120 from the residence and also mr

and rick williams is at the parkway right now. >> hi, monica, happy independence day. it's beautiful down here. usually we are here and sweating like pigs rick is anyhow. now that are arthur is out. the sun is back. "channel 6" hey, all right. people are out here. it's breezy. it's a little on the cool side. >>> you can tell it's warm out here. cecily has her wilma dress on yabada,ba, doo. >> there could be more people down here. >>> that is for sure. what a lineup. just to be it rate. it's going kick off in a couple of hours from now. but, martinez and nicki minaj and the roots. >>> that is great. they keep it going the whole time. there is not a lag between the acts. join us and tweet us what you are doing with the fourth of july with #6abc. >>> tell us what you think of cecily's dress. we are going to be here all night. >>> we end with the fireworks that is going to be fantastic. >>> yeah, we'll be watching. i have to do the news later. it's all right. have fun guys. the party at the parkway beginless at 7:00 an 6abc. and rick, and adam and karen will be there to bri

. >> people across the country are teaming up for a special wish of a 14-year-old boy, rick williams is in the newsroom with this story. >> his name is danny nickerson of foxboro, massachusetts, he suffers from a rare form of brain cancer but children got busy to make him a special birthday. he only wants birthday cards, new jersey correspondent, nora muchanic, will have the story tonight at 5:00 and also does your morning workout involve hugs. health reporter, ali gorman shows the fitness group that supplies a fast, fun and fit workout in philadelphia, details coming up next at 5:00. we'll send it back to you monica and shirleen. >> still ahead. adam is back and a look at the storms heading our way now. >> plus, if you are sleeping eight hours a night, you might be doing something wrong, how much sleep we should aim for each night. and take the new 6abc.com, wherever you go, the new smart design fits any device including your smart phone and tablet. >>> there is normal reason to enjoy the beauty of belmont plateau today. it's already one of the best places to view the city skyline a

with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass.egin developing newsith the deadly d conflict in israel an hamas. a plane was forced to land and now the faa is prohibited flights from landing in the tel aviv airport for the next 24 hours. the big story is the halt to air travel because of the unrest in the middle east. the u.s. airlines are banned from flying into israel and so are some of the european countries as well. no one was hurt on this flight but out of an abundance of caution, no american airlines are flying into israel. walter perez is live now with more. >> reporter: well, just moments ago, we heard that israeli prime minister asked the faa to lift the ban to flights to tel aviv. but that decision was specifically to flights to tel aviv and th came from the faa out of an abundance of caution, we spoke to a man from israel. >> the hostilities in the middle east gav emily another reason toworry, her son noah is in israel on a six week excursion and is set to come home. >> we are coming to the lst

also on the parkway tonight rick williams and cecily, hi guys how is it going? >> hi, monica. the weather is great. thank you, cecily. >> yes i had one person posted on my facebook page. disappointed that rick is not wearing shorts today though. >>> it was too cool. >>> we are hanging out with half a million of our closest friends on the parkway. >>> we have the best seats in the house. this is our booth. it might be tight to do dancing. >>> i have seen him dance. we have a run down. martinez and jennifer hudson. >>> nicki minaj and ed sheeran. and the roots are on stage the whole time. we we arwe are asking people tot with us. use the #at6abc@fourth. >>> it's not not to be toit's nt on the fourth. >>> it continues on the 6abc app. we have zones of photos all around the area. we have an updated list of fireworks shows including those that are cancelled or postponed. check out stormtracker 6 throughout the night. >>> the communities large and small hosted their patriotic celebrations. young and old lined parts of king highway for the impressive show. there are cars and marching

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon, rick is off and in the news this noon, a man fires on police during a standoff in atlantic city. how the suspect was finally caught. >>> and police say they busted a fake travel agency at a home in new jersey. but the big story is the aftermath of powerful storms that left 260,000 people without power. chopper 6 hd was over some of the damage this morning. large trees were knocked on to homes this morning across the area. and crews are still trying to restore electricity to tens of thousands of customers. we have live team coverage of the cleanup, david murphy has more and "action news" reporters katherine scott and john rawlins are checking out the damage. lets begin with john in radnor township. >> reporter: it was an intense quick-hitting storm that came through the western suburbs last night. it didn't have much rain in it, but it had considerable wind but it doomed some mature trees like the one behind me. from meeting house lane in lower merion, the blitz krig storm took down trees and clos

here are rick williams and monica malpass with a look at what is ahead at 5:00. >> hi there.g up next at 5:00, how septa passengers helped police arrest a man that was allegedly carrying these weapons. >> also, we'll tell but the latest local hospital that will not hire smokers. >> the national weather service says it wasn't a tornado but it still did a lot of damage, i'm nora muchanic in burlington county with a look at the cleanup. those stories and >>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >>> here we go again, another d round of severe weather sweeping the delaware and lehigh valleys, lets look at stormtracker 6 live double scan. we have rain and storms and the threat of flooding. we know we'll be dealing with the storm well into the morning. sky 6 hd looking over philadelphia international airport and travelers should expect arrival delays up to 1:32. "action news" has team coverage, lets begin with meteorologist, cecily tynan. >> stormtracker 6 live double scan really lighti

with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >>> rick williams isff and sharrie williams joins us, the big story is developing at this hour. we are learning new details about the house fire in philadelphia that took the lives of four children. officials at the fire department released new details about the exact times firefighters were called to the scene early saturday morning. many residents said it took 30 minutes before fire officials showed up but fire commissioner derek sawyer says that is not true. >> that incident went from three houses to eight houses in ten minutes. if that fire had been burning for 10 minutes like they said the whole block would have burned down. >> sara bloomquist is live now where community leaders are urging people to be calm a day of several protests -- >> outside the neighborhood firehouse, there is a small group gathered at the church and otherwise very strong. a protest broke out in front of this fire station. they are overwhelmed with sadness. who died in the fire that burned down the 6500 block of guestner early

and rick williams and karen rogers andcecily tynan will brig you th-- bringyou the festiviti. >>> and we get more from john rawlins. >> the landmark event that we celebrity today make it clear that the narrow-minded and reactionary forces of the past and present will never prevail in america. because in the end there is no way to overcome the basic core decency and honor of the american people. >> and the ceremonies began from the music from the old guard fife & drum corp. it was found in 1776 the place for many to be on this fourth of july. among those are a recently returned air pilot. >> what better place to be than right here? >> the organizers of today's event focused on how in 200 plus years from blacks to gays had to battle the system to gain the rights of the founding fathers. mayor spoke of the board of education decision of 60 years ago. >> chief justice warren wrote in these days it's doubtful that any child would reasonably be expected to succeed in life if tees denied an opportunity of an education, where the state is undertaken to provide it, it is a right that must be a

. >>> "action news" continues with adam joseph rick williams and monica malpass. >>> hello again, here is what is happening on "action news" tuesday night. israel is vowing retaliation against terrorist leaders after three teens were found murdered. we have the latest on the situation. eric jackson takes the oath of office as trenton swears in a new mayor. i'll have the story coming up. hugs and kisses and tears of relief in delaware as national guard troops return home after returning from overseas. >>> now thousands gather to mourn teenagers murdered in the west bank, the boys were grabbed while hitchhiking home in cool three weeks ago and their bodies were found yesterday. they blame the terror group dies hamas for the killings and promise retaliation. here is more from jerusalem. >> reporter: as the news broke there was anger and sadness, israel is a small country grieving as a big family. >> they are 16 years old two of them, everyone would feel that. yeah. >> israel vowing revenge against

. >>> "action news" continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, jaime apody, rick williams and h monica malpass. >> hello again, here is what is happening on "action news" nice wednesday night. the homeowner versus the developer, the battle over this atlantic city property is now ending. >> now a man that beat an elderly man for his lottery tickets is going to prison. >>> and the water main break at ucla, we are live with the latest. >> and now vera coking has been fighting donald trump for the past 40 years, along south columbia place that sits in the shadow of the kags even. after years of going back and forth the battle is coming to annd. nora muchanic has the story ton. >> it was a classic david versus goliath story. pitting the homeowner against doneal trump. he wants to buy the building to expand his casino but vera coking wouldn't sell. >> i am trying to get a piece of it. >> because she fought so hard to keep it an

delaware valley's leading news program with rick williams, sarah bloomquist, and meteorologist david rphy. >>> good afternoon. sarah is off, rick will be along later. i'm alicia vitarelli. in the news, more deadly violence in gaza as secretary of state john kerry heads cairo. >>> and a driver of an s.u.v. loses control and slams into a pole in chester county. >>> the big story is still developing, the search for a boater missing in the atlantic ocean. members of the coast guard returned to keep this morning to look for 45 year old andrew bittle. a search began last night after a friend swam to shore after an accident with their boat in the water. and we have the latest on the search efforts. >> the search continues and the coast guard is here as well as the state police. out behind me here is a small 23-foot state police vessel, one of two involved in the search at this point. it has been 12 hours now, so the presufferings -- presuming that it is a recovery effort. as the sun came up they continued to find the operator of a pontoon boat, both were thrown about 11:30 last night. it str

. >>> "action news" continues with meteorologi meteorologist, adam joseph, rick williams and monica malpass. >>> here is what is happening on "action news" tonight. six hours of peace. the u.n. is asking israel and hamas, to put down their weapons after a deadly day on both sides. we'll have the latest. >>> and an experienced pilot flips his plane at a local airport. and important news for parents whose teens are getting ready to drive. >>> the deadly conflict continues continues to escalate and they are agreeing to a cease fire. for tens of thousands of people caught in the battle zone. israel has accepted the plan and hamas leaders have yet to answer. sharrie williams has more. >> the conflict between israel and hamas is fine days and we hear there are four children killed in gaza today. hamas has launched more than 1100 rockets aimed at israel. one israeli dead and more than 200 palestinians have died in gaza. hamas kept up the barrage of rocket

cecily tynan, adam joseph and ducis rogers, jeff skversky, and the entire "action news" team i'm rick williams have a nice evening. >>> welcome to "world news." tonight, surviving the crash, as another passenger plane goes down. this one during a dangerous storm. tonight, you will hear amazing stories from people who escaped the wreckage. >>> a somber procession, as some victims of malaysia flight 17 return home. >>> and, also tonight on "world news," finding your dream house. >> never shy away from the house that looks terrible. >> the secret to finding a hidden treasure for your family in a neighborhood you thought you couldn't afford. >>> good evening to you on this wednesday night. we begin with a developing story in this week of jarring news. yet another passenger plane has gone down, this time, in taiwan,

at 7:00, rick williams and cecily tynan and karen rogers bring us the fourth of july jam capped by fireworks over the museum of or the. here is jimmy with a preview of the show. >> this is what we have in store for you tonight. >> i can't tell if you have great form or >>> eagles have an off the field problem. it might cause them four games on the field. >>> multiple reports lane johnson faces an nfl suspension. the reports say that johnson tested positive for performance-enhancing drug. he will be suspended for the first four games. the legal has not announced anything as of yet. johnson started every game last season as a rookie. >>> the top pick in the nba draft says he can't get to get to philadelphia. part of the reason he loves food. joelle emby shared that. he thought that he might slip in the second round due to an injury that keeps him out in five to eight months. >> i like the fact that they took a chance with me and they believe in me. i am not going to disappoint them. >>> the cut guard anderson, scored 10 points in the season. he was waved by the magic. he spent his career in or

back cliff lee tonight >>> "action news" continues with meteorologist adam joseph, jamie apody, rick williamsnd monica malpass. >> hello again, here's what is happening on "action news" tonight. >> we have to make sure that the truth is out and that accountability exists. >> as frustration grows in the handling of the downing of the malaysia airline flight 17. >>> and residents in a philadelphia neighborhood forced out in the street by a fast-moving fire. >>> and a massive sinkhole is plaguing one florida community, getting even bigger. >> and following two major develop manies out of ukraine concerning the downed malaysian flight 17. and the rebels have agreed to hand over the black boxes. and the bodies in train cars will be handed over to dutch authorities. and karen travers is live with the details. good evening. >> good evening, rick. there is still a lot of uncertainty about the timing of those developments today. first, it is unclear when the remains of those victims will actually make it back to the netherlands.

for cecily tynan, rick williams and jaime apody, i'm m >>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers, meteorologist, cecily tynan, and jim gardner. it is wednesday night, and the big story on wednesday tonight is breaking news in the west oak lanes section of philadelphia, 11 shots were fired in the playground at the simons rec reaction center. two teens were hit and one is in critical condition. dann cuellar is live at the scene. what is the latest there? >> reporter: philadelphia police are gathering evidence here on the scene and what parents describe as a crazy scene at the simons rec center. around 4:45 this afternoon, the 14th district police received reports of gunshots at the rec center playground and they found two men had been shot, an 18 shot in the groin and he is in critical at einstein and a 19-year-old was also shot in the thigh, is he in stable condition at einstein. two gunme

show off i'll feed tony >>> "action news" continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, jaime apody, rick williams and h monica malpass. >> hello again, here is what is happening on "action news" for you tonight. the remains of some of the passengers on board of malaysia flight 17 are closer to being review nighted with their families tonight. as investigators return to the scene of the downed plane. and the man accused of kidnapping a montgomery man from his home appears before a judge. >>> and this is a sign of hope for the struggling atlantic city casino economy. >>> and now the remains of some 40 people are in the netherlands, it was a somber scene as members of the royal family joined the military, hundreds of people crowded over overpasses to pay their respects. marcy gonzales is live in new york with more. >> reporter: hi rick, such an emotional day there and this is just the start. still there are the remains of so many other victims that have yet to be returned home. prayers and finally some respect for the victims of malaysia airlines flight 17. after the remains of the nearly 300 people

. >>> tuesday night and jim is off and i'm rick williams, in the news armed gunman steal nearly $200,000 from caesars casino and police arrest an s&p in the main line home invasion and chase. >>> but the big story is the ban of all u.s. flights heading to israel. some u.s. airlines in europe and canada have suspended flights after a rocket landed intel severe today. this after fighting with militants and hamas at gaza. they determined it was too dangerous to fly into tel aviv right now. walter perez is live at the airport. >> reporter: rick, a short time ago, the prime minister appealed directly to secretary of state, kerry, to do what he can to resume flights to israel specifically tel aviv. we spoke to a family who are already on edge. >>

and join, rick williams, cecily tynan and adam joseph and karen rogers for the fireworks over the museum of art. we have advisories and we could get tumultuous weather. >> philadelphia is storm free and it's steamy and we have strong storms developing in the north and west suburbs, one cell is sitting over north central buck county, moving at 6 miles per hour over bedminster and dublin. and it's tapping into high humidity and dropping a lot of rain, a flash flood warning is posted for north sensual buck county and already 2.5 inches has fall and in this region. this likely will cause flash flooding and that warning is in affect until 10:15 tonight. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing a strong line of storms working in lancaster county into berks county and birdsboro and lauer and hill, all in the path of this storm system. again, this is moving slowly at 15 miles per hour. berks county is under a flash flood warning until 9:30, all right 2.5 inches of rain and could get 2 more inches and we'll see these flash floods popping up as we get heavier downpours in the night and morning. 93

to 12 and rick williams, cesily tynan, adam joseph and karen rogers will bring you the wawa welcome america jam followed by fireworks. >> reporter: storm tracker 6 live double scan shows you most of the rain is in the northern and western suburbs, as we go into that two-dimensional view there's a little bit of showers pushing up the i-95 corridor. that's pushing through chester county and new castle county, the steadiest rain in berks county and lancaster county and allentown you're getting caught with a little bit of this same thing in bethlehem and easton. no lightning, but this is an early rain band we're expecting from arthur. looks like one is forming off the coast, but right now it's scattered stuff down there. we have cloudy skies the sun trying to break through some of the early cloud cover, that hams even when you have the deck of clouds over philadelphia. warm and muggy out there, dewpoint, 67. it's on the humid side. winds north/northwest at 10 miles per hour. overall it will be a breezy day. between 9 colorado -- 9:00, matt was asking about the parade route, past 9:00 a.m., look

i'm rick williams >>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers, meteorologist, cecily tynan and jim gardner. >> wednesday night and jim is off and a suspected war criminal from philadelphia dies and an assault suspect is now out of jail. but the big story on "action news" tonight is the big developments in the middle east as fitding continues between israel and the militants in gaza. plumes of smoke filmed the sky and meanwhile, secretary of state, john kerry, arrived in tel aviv after the faa banned planes from flying there for the next 24 hours and it continues to impact families from here in the delaware and lehigh valley. john roll . >> reporter: >> reporter: hi rick we should start by saying the normal service from philadelphia to tel aviv here was canceled for the second time and all u.s. carriers and most european carriers are staying out of tel aviv at this time than is impacting local folks here. >> mike richmond shared this voice mail with his 16-year-old daughter elana, who is with

and tamala edwards hosted the freedom ceremony, you can see the independence day parade and then rick williams and cecily tynan and adam joseph and karen rothers will bring you the party on the parkway capped off by fireworks over the museum of >>> usa is in a hole that might be too deep to climb out of. >> it's running out for the u.s. things have turned in the last few minutes. look at the highlights from brazil. dicey moments early in this match. opening minute, belgium checking to see if tim howard is ready? howard is standing on his head in this match. dempsey and bradley with stop and go action, no dice. fast forward, we are injury time. the net is wide open for him, that is actual another howard save there -- now the one i was talking about. he has an open net and goes over the net. we go to extra time, 93rd minute. after a u.s. turnover, belgium star kevin debruhny. the americans have just now scored, it's 2-1, and we are at the 107th minute and we play to 120th minutes maybe more. so it's not over just yet. the winner of this match faces argentina. scoreless after 90 minutes of play a