live at police headquarters, i'm sarah bloomquist, channel6 "action news. jim. >> sarah, thank you. >>> the federal department of transportation is making plans to redesign parts of the vine street expressway in philadelphia. city leaders were joined by u.s. secretary of transportation anthony fox for the announcement today. the highway was initially built to connect i-95 to the schuylkill expressway but since the city has grown, it now divides surrounding neighborhoods including chinatown and callowhill. officials want to reconnect those communities and so they will take public input before determining exactly what this redesign is going to look like. >>> the new jersey senate has passed a $34.8 billion budget. it happened today. the democrat led plan is just $300 million more than governor chris christie's proposal. the democrats called for $7.5 million for family planning services and $45 million in tax credits for seniors. the constitution requires a balanced budget by thursday. the assembly is expected to vote later tonight. >>> coming up on "action new

live in king of prussia, i'm sarah bloomquist channel6 "action news. jim. >> thank you sarah. >>> delaware state police say a traffic stop led to a big heroine bust in new castle. police stopped 31-year-old alexis valentin on route 13 near hess her boulevard last thursday. when they searched his car, they say that they found almost 3,000 bags of heroin. valentin is facing a list of charges tonight and he is in jail in lieu of $120,000 bail. >>> authorities are still trying to determine -- tonight philadelphia police are searching for the man who stole a city vehicle from a municipal lot in juniata park. surveillance video from last thursday shows that the suspect was walking around the lot on whitaker avenue and checking several vehicles. he finally found a locked car, stole it while the employee responsible for it was inside the building. now authorities are trying to determine an official cause of the house explosion saturday night in phillipsburg, new jersey. "action news" reporter walter perez was back at the blast scene today. >> i ran up there as

. >>> sarah bloomquist is live at city hall where they're getting ready for a vigil tonight at 6:30. sarah, representatives of many of the city's faith based communities and the lgbt community came together today to condemn what happened in orlando. >> reporter: jim, that's right. they condemned what happened. they called for an end to such hatred and homophobia. they vowed to stand united. they intend to show their solidarity at a candlelight vigil here at city hall coming up this evening. >> all reeling in pain from the tragic events that happened in orlando. >> reporter: they assembled this afternoon a pastor an iman rabbi lgbt leaders to show they're united in the wake of the mass shooting in orlando and to call for change. >> we need gun control clearly but we also need people to start opening up their hearts and opening up their minds and coming together in peace and understanding and togetherness. >> reporter: outside the arch street united methodist church in center city, 50 empty chairs sit at a long table representing the lives lost including the shooter, the church says was

delaware valley's leading news program with meteorologist, melissa magee, jeff skversky and sarah bloomquist and walter perez. >>> please, let's just all get along. we're on this earth for such a short time. >> is there anguish and grief in florida avenue the worst mass shooting in the history of our country. at least 50 people were killed and 53 were injured after a crazed gunman who pledged allegiance to isis open fire inside a gay nightclub in orlando. i'm walter perez. unspeakable massacre that occurred in orlando. tonight president obama ordered flags to be flown at half staff all across the country as investigators, poured through omar mateen's background to get a better understanding of the motive behind this despicable act. we have team coverage tonight. "action news" reporter jeff chirico and trish hartman has reaction from the lb gt community and security measures taken across our region. christie ileto spoke with the former official from home land security, and chad pradelli is in orlando with what we know about the suspect. we will begin with abc's marci gonzales on how horror un

with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky, sarah bloomquist and walter perez. >> ♪ >> sunday flightuspicious package shuts down train service at the norristown transportation center. >> investigation under way after ryan howard says a fan threw a beer bottle at him. >> but the big story on "action news" is the arrival of strong storms across the region. in fact, the city of philadelphia is under a severe thunderstorm warning right now. >> taking a live look right here from over center city, you can see the dam ominous clouds hanging over the skyline. rain is beginning to fall. meteorologist melissa magee joins us tracking the storms with the first check of the accuweather forecast. >> walter and sarah things are getting quite active across much of the delaware and lehigh valleys. on storm scan six live double scan radar 3-d we have a line of convective activity through new england across the midatlantic region with these showers and storms that continue to move eastward pressing into philadelphia. in fact a severe thunderstorm warning has been posted for the city, really that i-95 m

and for sarah bloomquist, melissa magee, jeff skversky, ducis rodgers, i'm walter perez. have a great night and a good weekend. ♪ >> does it blow your mind that it is that much? >> you know dealing with that much money. >> and lebron james and the cleveland cavaliers trying to keep their hopes alive for this city. ♪ >> i don't get paid by the sixers, so i've not going to answer that. >> this is "action news" sports sunday sponsored by audi. ♪ >> welcome in and thanks for joining us. along side mike, i'm ducis rodgers. if you haven't heard by now, the cavs are the nba champions and cleveland the first champion since 1964. and what does this do for lebron's legacy that he came home and brought the championship? >> it chips the statute of michael jordan a little bit of the second best player of all time, in my opinion. in the performance he put together over the last three games of the series is phenomenal. you lead all teams in points, steals, blocks -- it is saying something. >> a triple-double. a poor shooting night, and draymond green on point. and the game tied iguodala

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now for sarah bloomquist, melissa magee, jeff skversky and the entire "action news" team, i'm walter perez. have a great night, and great week ahead. >>> the throw is late and the nationals will win and have swept the phillies. >> maybe it is okay. maybe we will be okay and maybe we will be all right. >> this is "action news" sports sunday, sponsored by audi. >>> and welcome into "action news" sports sunday, i'm jeff skversky alongside mike missanelli from 97.5 the fanatic. well mike, the free fall, continues for the phillies. they have gone from tied for first place to ten games back in the division and in a matter of three and a half weeks. they are worst team in baseball as we sit here

. >> for sarah bloomquist, melissa magee, jeff skversky and the up tire "action news" team, i'm waltererez. have a great night. >> ♪ >>> that is dangerous, whoever threw that. we cannot have that happen. >> it is unacceptable for anything to be thrown at a player, from the stands. >> he is taking this thing and running. it is unbelievable what he has done, that is sam. i'm so excited in the direction he is going. >>> this is "action news" sports sunday, sponsored by audi. >>> with that, welcome to "action news" sports sunday. i'm jeff skversky alongside mike miss until friday 97.5 the fanatic. once again mike, i'm embarrassed and disgusted by actions a classless action by a philadelphia sports fan. ryan howard says he had a beer bottle thrown at him after yesterday's game. fans in the city wonder why they get a

live in center city, i'm sarah bloomquist channel6 "action news." >> thank you, sarah. >>> with yesterday's attack on ton of the mind one of the big questions is how do we stop it from happening again? "action news" spoke with a former homeland security security official today about omar mateen and any signs that he was capable of committing such heinous crimes. both his ex-wife and coworkers described mateen as toxic and conflicted. according to experts that made him a perfect target for radicalization. >> these are people that are -- that are highly recruitable by organizations like isis, by even the organizations historically like the nazi party. looking for those true believers, looking for those people that if you join us, we will recognize your genius. >> experts stress the importance of reporting any suspicious activities to authorities. they say their initial role is not to make arrests but rather to try to help a person with social services first. >>> the massacre in orlando has left many of us of course feeling fearful or hopeless. that can includes your children. psychologist eli

news", delaware valley's leading news program, with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky, sarah bloomquist and walter perez. >>> sunday night, walter's off, a man shot six times tries to drive himself to the hospital and then end up in a crash. cities a cross the country boost security, during lgbt pride parades. >>> but the big story on "action news" is an apology from one of country music's biggest stars to a local police officer wounded in the line of duty. kenney chesney mistakenly told the crowd at his concert last night that folcroft police officer christopher dorman had died. today, he made things right. "action news" reporter trish hartman has the full story. >> it was a mistake. he made good on it. >> reporter: that mistake was made in front of the thousands of country music fans at lincoln financial field last night. at the request of officer christopher dorman and many supporters of social media,. >> don't forget me. >> reporter: kenney chesney gave a shout out to the police officer shot seven times on friday but he mistakenly said that the officer died. >> but before he passed

>> afternoon, sarah bloomquist is off. in the news, the fbi revealed what the gunman said to police during the deadly rampage in orlando. we have the transcripts from the chilling phone call. >>> lawmakers set to vote on gun legislation today, we're following the developments on capitol hill. the big story on "action news" the destructive vandalism spree that damaged several businesses in bucks county. someone slashed the tires on vehicles at 6 different parking lots on west street road in warminster. weannie mccormick has more and new surveillance video of the suspect. >> rick take a look behind you can see the damage that was the left behind. whoever did it, did it up and down street road. lafferty chevrolet, there's a motion detecter that was triggered by the person responsible, it set off a loud speaker that scared them away. this is surveillance video from lafferty chevrolet early saturday morning. if you look closely you can see a person going between the fleet of truck and that person runs off. this is what is left

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news," delaware valley's leading news program with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky sarah bloomquist collision between a police cruiser and s.u.v. caught on camera, two injured. questions about who had the right-of-way. sarah is off, the big story is a crash with a squad car. and an officer a speeding to a call of another officer needing help. and in olney with much more. jeff? >> hey walter. as you said, the officer was responding to a car when she slammed into another car just behind me. the police cleared the scene, but you can see some of the wreckage left behind by that crash that was all caught on camera. the surveillance camera captured the moment when it went spinning through the intersection. >> the crash louder than the siren. >> happening just after 7:00. the crash to forceful it left the front end mangled. and running to help. >> i approach right away the officer. she seems shooken up, like she was dizzy. >> the officer and a man and woman in the black vehicle were taken to the hospital. the captain says that the cop was stopping to another officer's call for help and had

with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky, sarah bloomquist and walter perez. >>> sunday night, sarah's off to day marks one week since dozens were killed inside a nightclub in orlando and tonight the nation pauses to remember. >>> thousands of people, spend a day taking part in the annual gary poppa run. >>> but the big story on "action news" is evacuation of a police station in philadelphia, after the discovery of a ak-47, and a pipe bomb and officials say weapons were actually brought in by authorities. "action news" reporter jeff chirico is live at 35th district headquarters with the details, jeff? >> reporter: well, walter, very unusual situation here. then tire building had to be evacuated just after ten last night, 14 prisoners and 20 staff members had to leave after police found what they believed to be a pipe bomb in a bag. "action news" obtained a photo of the device that officials say wasn't more than about 6 inches or so. it ended up here after authorities with the attorney general's gun violence task force pick up a a man wanted for making a a straw purchase and the

"action news" reporter sarah bloomquist lab reviewing the video. for us tonight. sarah. >> reporter: rick and monica, this surveillance video does give us a good idea of what happened here inside the king of prussia mall back on march 31st. it was first shown in court back in early may at a preliminary hearing. we were there as the detective narrated the video you're about to see frame by frame. a judge decided last week that it was in the public's interest to release it. in the surveillance video from march 31st, you can see a woman police identified as 32-year-old sherri amoore approach malekah hunter shopping with her seven week old son and her toddler. the two women did not know each other before this encounter. amoore strung a conversation with hunter and the two can be seen on the video walking through the mall together. they sat town in the food court and shared a meal. after awhile amoore picked up the infant and hunter handed her a blanket to cover the child. she had held the baby boy for quite some time while hunter attended to her toddle

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news," delaware valley's leading news program with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky, sarah bloomquistnd walter perez. >>> sunday night, we begin with breaking news from northeast philadelphia. a woman has been shot and killed with a cross bow. police say her boyfriend is in custody. this happened just about a half-hour ago, an hour and a half go on willis road. the woman was shot in the upper torso again with a cross bow. she was taken to aria torresdale hospital. >>> and new details about the morning that the folcroft police officer christopher dorman was shot. we now know that his desperate calls to dispatchers at first went unanswered. the reason at that key moment the system was down. there is concerning news emer emerging from delaware county about the day that folcroft officer christopher dorman was shot seven times. they say the system failed momentarily as officer dorman's colleagues were trying to get him help. "action news" reporter jeff chirico has been looking into what happened and life with the details. jeff? >> sarah, the time could go n not -- the timing could not have

, delaware valley's leading news program, with meteorologist melissa a magee, jeff skversky, sarah bloomquistnd walter perez. >>> the storms came and went quickly but the clean up could take a while, from down trees to flooding and a fire, that may have been caused by lightening. the fast moving system, left behind quite a bit of damage. sunday night and the big story on "action news" is aftermath of the this evening's severe weather. >> we have team coverage tonight. "action news" reporter nora muchanic is live with a look at damage there but we will get with meteorologist medical wrist a magee with the rain totals ape whether we are in the clear, melissa. >> walter and sarah the good news is strong cold front that produced those showers and storms is already pushing off shore. you can see that on storm tracker six double scan radar. you can see that moving to the east of philadelphia. same one that did produce severe thunderstorm warnings across the a area and that severe thunderstorm watch that expired for bulk of the delaware and lehigh valleys. storm tracker six live street level shows y

live at police headquarters, i'm sarah bloomquist, channel6 "action news. >> all right, sarah, thank you. >>> meantime the fallout continues tonight after british voters chose to leave the european union. concerns over the so-called brexit spurred another slump on wall street today. stocks opened the trading day sharply down as markets worldwide continue to slip. dow jones finished down one and a half percent, nasdaq fell 113, the s & p 500 down 37. >> meantime in europe a show down is shaping up between british leaders and officials in germany, france and italy. at the center of the fight is article 50, the rules that allow a member state to leave the european union. >> britain's prime minister says the u can k will not immediately act on an exit plan and now u.s. secretary of state john kerry is getting involved. abc's elizabeth hur live in new york for us with all the details on this today. hi, elizabeth. >> reporter: well, monica and sharrie, now that the voters have spoken the discussions today involved how and when this breakup will actually happen. well, as you mentioned accor

live in king of prussia, i'm sarah bloomquist, channel6 "action news. >> thank you sarah. >>> here at the big board now nearly a year after a delaware county delivery driver was killed police now know who killed him. just hours ago they announced that they are searching for this man rodney shelton. police say shelton killed thomas childs last june 9th. childs was shot on a loading dock at ridgeway industries in yeadon. police think the motive was robbery. the district attorney thinks shelton is hiding out somewhere in either north carolina or georgia but he does have family in this area. meantime investigators have also identified the suspect wanted for the killing of a 78-year-old man in southwest philadelphia. investigators in that case are looking for quintis clark. they say the 18-year-old killed joseph daly last week. daly was found tuesday murdered in his home in the 6300 block of theodore street. police say when they arrived at the home the back window was broken and daly's van was missing. police found that van days later at griscom and oxford avenue. if you know where clark s

and she blamed america's partners in the middle east like sarah bloomquist, kuwait and cater for notnding coming from their countries. and she called for outlying assault-style weapons in this country. >>> and still to come on "action news" tonight, the terror attack victims are not the only ones being remembered tonight in the tri-state area. we will take you to a vigil for slain up-and-coming singer christina grimmie. >>> plus traffic tragedy late tonight in new jersey. >>> cecily? >> we cooled off from the weekend. i'll let you know how long the comfortable air mass sticks around in the accuweather forecast. >>> plus fletcher cox will be with the eagles for many years to come after agreeing to a record-setting deal. ducis rodgers with that story. and we have much more when "action news" continues. >>> a bicyclist has been struck and killed in south jersey. chopper 6 was over the scene in pennsauken late tonight along northbound route 130 at north park drive. police say the victim was hit by an s.u.v. shortly after 10:00 and pronounced dead at the scene. investigators have not yet

"action news" reporter sarah bloomquist is standing by in center city with the local show of supportshooting. but let's begin with chad pradelli live in orlando florida this evening with the latest on the investigation there. chad. >> reporter: hey, rick, you see behind me like you said we're across the street from city hall. there is the stage that is part of this mass vigil that will take place at 7 o'clock this evening. down belowou

"action news" anchor and reporter sarah bloomquist working the story will have more for us as 5:00 and 6:00. >> alicia thank you. time for a check of the accuweather forecast this monday. >> meteorologist adam joseph has the story for us. how are things looking adam. >> looking pretty nice. there are clouds and showers entering from the western suburbs but after a beautiful weekend with low humidity, you can feel that that humidity is moving back in. right now in philadelphia a temperature at 85 degrees. the 70's for the north and western suburbs, lancaster and reading, 74 to 79 because of some showers and a sea breeze at the shore where temperatures there are only in the mid 70's. the dewpoint 63 so slightly humid but notice the 70's increasing from the south with that southerly wind so we'll continue to see that humidity really jump up here tonight and tomorrow. on storm tracker6 live in addition to that we have a cold front working in from the northwest suburbs that is going to call throughout the night and throughout the day tomorrow. so right now we have no thunderstorms but downp

with walter perez and sarah bloomquist.hris sowers and the entire "action news" team, i'm nydia han, have a wonderful sunday! >> announcer: starting right now on "this week with george stephanopoulos" -- clinton lets loose. >> do we want his finger anywhere near the button? >> her week of explosive attacks straight out of donald trump's own playbook. >> look at my african-american over here. >> he's a mexican. >> he's a sleaze in my book. >> announcer: refusing to change the way he handles the press, his opponents and his policies. how will that play with the voters and his party? >>> plus, the jobs bombshell that could upend the election. grover norquist and paul krugman square off on the economy and the 2016 race. >>> and remembering the greatest of all time. >> i'm fast, i'm pretty and