live at police headquarters, i'm sarah bloomquist channel6 "action news." jim. >> sarah, thank you. >>> a new jersey man has been accused of killing his girlfriend in hamilton mercer county. 38-year-old daniel torres jr. was arrested yesterday after 31-year-old jennifer beer was shot to death in the couple's apartment on south olden avenue. police also found a dead dog inside the home. torres is facing charges of murder and animal cruelty. philadelphia police are still looking for the person who shot four men near a large block party in mantua. it happened near 39th and mellon streets just after 11 o'clock last night. a 24-year-old remains in critical condition. the three other victims an 18-year-old and two 21-year-olds are expected to survive. >>> police are using very clear surveillance images in hopes of finding this man. he committed the unspeakable act of urinating on the exterior walls of the synagogue congregation beth solomon at 198 tomlinson road in the somerton section of philadelphia. "action news" reporter bob brooks is live at northeast detecti

live at the franklin institute, i'm sarah bloomquist channel6 "action news." jim. >> thank you sarah. there was a line down the block at wills eye hospital in philadelphia this morning as more than 2,000 people got their hands on a free pair of those approved glasses. the entire batch was gone in an hour. >> i feel like i just won a million dollars. i finally got the glasses. >> if you're wondering if you can keep your pair for the next solar eclipse in april 2024, check the label. some of the glasses do have an expiration date. the ones we saw today expire in 2021. >>> well, they had their eyes glued on the eclipse at various libraries throughout new castle county including the garfield park location on carolyn drive. some residents had the chance to look through a special telescope that allowed that em to see the sun and to see the eclipse with the color of the sun. much a similar scene at the folcroft public library in delaware county. their eclipse event included messages from a member of the delaware county astronomer's association. you can relive the ecli

action news delaware valleys leading news program with metrologist melissa magee, jeff skversky, sarah bloomquistnd walter perez. ♪ it has been nearly 38 years since we've seen it with our own eyes here in north america a solar eclipse when the moon passes directly from the sun and the earth tomorrow it will happen again and people all across the country including here this our region will be watching. >>> sunday night i'm sarah bloomquist along with walter perez and the big story on action news is the eve of the great american eclipse. >> the last time the moon cast the shadow was february of 1979 and 14 hours the big celestial show continues. >> and trish hartman is in center city with the excitement and prep ra preparations and melissa magee tracking the forecast during the critical hours. >> and adam joseph is live from st. joseph missouri a prime spot watching the eclipse on the so called path of totality. hi adam. >> people here are pumped including myself and we made that 1400 mile trek here to missouri to see totality here tomorrow and we are at rose kranz airport a place where 20,000 peo

news", delaware valley's leading news program, with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky, sarah bloomquist and walter perez. >>> sunday night, sarah's off, the big story object "action news" is breaking news, director of feel ace referring to hurricane harvey as a devastating disaster one that could go down as war in texas history. he already record breaking rain totals we have seen so far could double by the time this storm is over. texas governor greg abbott has activated 3,000 national and state guard members to help with the countless rescues. abc's lana zach joins us live from houston with the details. >> reporter: good evening, the situation here in houston, continues to be very serious. by abc's latest confirmation, three people are dead and there are still thousands more waiting to be rescued. white house confirms that the president will be here, to visit the affected region on tuesday, and by all estimates it will still be raining then. houston is trying to stay afloat, amid nearly 500 billion gallons of water. sinkholes opening up, tornadoes touching down, this lake was once a ru

news", delaware valley's leading news program, with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky, sarah bloomquist and walter perez. >>> sunday night, detectives busted a meth lab in the residential neighborhood in delaware. >> hollywood i had remembering life and leg is/of comedian, legend and philanthropist jerry lewis but the big story on "action news" is final could down to the eclipse, first total solar eclipse visible in north america in 38 years. >> that is right, celestial event has a whole lot of people very excited, all across the country. so, folks every where are getting what they need while they can before the heavenly show begins. lets look at the video posted on twitter. traffic mess in organ but first lets go to adam joseph along pass of totality and very interesting, in missouri. >> adam, good evening. >> good evening, to you guys. hey, atmosphere above is sunny way we want it. as more fear on the ground is electrified here, we're in the festival called total eclipse of the arts and we have traveled 1400 miles to what he they called saint joe's here for locals because it is a very

now for melissa mcgee, ducis rodgers, sarah bloomquist and the entire team, i'm walter perez.e a great night. ♪ what a ♪ >>> tonight on sports sunday, we'll break down the eagles trade with buffalo. are the birds a better team today? >> there's no insurance on any of these things. when you pull the trigger on anything like this, you think about the player you're giving up and the draft pick. but we felt this was the right decision. >> feel good to get out there with the first team right away? >> yeah. a little bit of pressure. >> deep to right field. >>> plus the mets continue their power surge in philadelphia. and reese hoskins makes his debut at first base. we promise to not make you wait too long. sports sunday starts right now. >> oh, my!

, delaware valley's leading news program, with meteorologist melissa man gee, jeff skversky, sarah bloomquistand walter perez. >>> sunday night i'm walter perez, sarah has the night off in the news police chase end in the crash in south philadelphia. >>> also a street in olde city is a wash in water melon after produce delivery truck took a corner too fast. >>> but big story on "action news" is accu weather alert, nice mild day to day but conditions will soon turn heavy rain is moving in and could result in severe flooding. lets move on to meteorologist melissa magee with the first check of the accu weather forecast, melissa. >> we have changes for the start of our workweek and we will talk about that in a moment, that is why we have issued that accu weather alert but weekend is one to remember , today was another gorgeous afternoon, with low humidity. yesterday's high 79, today we maxed out at 78 in philadelphia. well below average of 87 degrees this time of the year and dew points were at 60 . really comfortable this afternoon. right now in the city we're coming in at 77. seventy-three alle

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margaret and news sunday is next and action news continues tomorrow and from melissa magee, sarah bloomquistaction news team i'm walter perez have a great night and week ahead. sponsored by the heart and lung center and we listen to your heart demand debora.org. ♪ it's go time at dunkin' with two egg and cheese wake-up wraps for $2. enjoy two freshly made oven-toasted wraps and keep on running all day long. america runs on dunkin'. this is action news sports sunday sponsored by audi. ♪ welcome to sports sunday i'm jeff skversky with mike missanelli from 97.5 the fanatic and we start with heavy hearts the passing of the one and only darren dalton the former phillies star lost his four year battle with stage four brain cancer when you think of darren dalton passing away at 55 years old it's just a tragedy, what do you remember most about darren dalton? >> much too young and my love and condolence go out to his wife amanda who i know very well and i remember him in the 93 season being in the locker room and i was in there a lot and the guys were not very friendly a

"action news" reporter sarah bloomquist live at philadelphia police headquarters with the latest on this investigation. sarah. >> reporter: we're still waiting to hear the cause of death, how the 50-year-old south philadelphia man and his 23-year-old girlfriend, this afternoon after all family members were notified, police did release their identities. >> at this point we know just as much as the rest of the media. we just got phone calls this morning saying that there was a double murder down here. >> reporter: family members of 50-year-old candido gonzalez described him as full of life. late last night he and his girlfriend 23-year-old caitlyn jaje were found dead in their apartment in the 1300 block of federal street in south philadelphia. >> she was a wonderful person. like came into his life about a year ago and she became a stepmother to his son. like she had great energy, too. and they just tried. they tried but on this day god wanted them and he had a better plan for them. >> reporter: around 11:45, police were called out after a family member discovered the couple unconscious. t

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can't see anything, i'm sarah bloomquist.ave a nice afternoon. >> reporter: it's a good look. ♪ >>> let the natural wonder begin live off the coast of oregon where in moments we will experience the beginning of this total solar eclipse. you're looking at the sun and e continue to do this creating a sight described by most as breath taking. so rare, it hasn't been seen across the u.s., the entire u.s. in 99 years. not since 1918 did a total solar eclipse cross the entire country like it's about to do in just a few minutes. the last time it was seen from anywhere in the u.s. was 38 years ago. the date, february 26th, 1979. >> announcer: this is an abc news special.

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reporting live in center city, i'm sarah bloomquist channel6 "action news." back to you. >> all right sarah thank you so much. >>> science is cool. what a great sentence. >>> they set up a viewing area on wilmington. nasa space ambassador and wilmington university carry blanche the professor there was on hand to lead a question-and-answer session. >>> in south jersey, people gathered on the campus of rowan university to watch the eclipse. chopper6 hd was over the campus in glassboro where they handed out glasses to everyone who gathered there outside the university science building and planetarium. >> in our area we had about 80 percent of viewing of this total solar eclipse but we really needed the weather to cooperate to make that happen. >> it did for the most part. meteorologist cecily tynan live outside this afternoon. cecily i would say we did pretty well. >> for the most part. we did have intermittent clouds and the marine influence did bring at more clouds on shore than inland. in philadelphia we would have a cloud that would cover it and then it would

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"action news"'s sarah bloomquist will have more on the investigation tonight at 5:00ly. >> a teenageris in critical condition right now after being shot at a block party in the mantua section of philadelphia. the shooting sent three other people to the hospital and left dozens of bullets littering that neighborhood. "action news"'s walter perez live this afternoon at the scene with the very latest on the search for the gunman. walter. >> reporter: hey, brian, you know, officers from the 16th district were actually nearby when the shooting occurred because they were working security detail at that block party last night. despite that, dozens of shots rang out injuring four and rattling an entire neighborhood. the shooting unfolded a bit past midnight near the intersection of 39 and mellon streets. a block party was winding down nearby. we spoke with a young mother who doesn't want to be identified who says she was returning home with her 12-year-old daughter when the gunfire erupted. >> i had just came in the house me and my baby. as soon as i get in the kitchen all i hear is all these

with rick williams, sarah bloomquist and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> good afternoon. h is off. in the news dramatic video from a police-involved shooting that sent bullets flying into a local home. >>> we have new images of the man allegedly behind a jewel heist in cherry hill. police have converged on a neighborhood here in plymouth meeting. a s.w.a.t. team arrived on the 300 block of cambridge road this morning at about 8:30 within the last 30 minutes, two men emerged from a home walking backwards with their hands up. police took both men into custody at the scene. we are working to find out why they are arrested. other residents have been told to stay indoors as a precaution. no injuries have been reported throughout this hours long incident. >>> more developing news out of chester county where a man is under arrest accused of killing his neighbor. police were combing the scene for evidence this morning after a man was shot to death outside his home. the gunfire rang out in west goshen along the 300 block of box elder drive. "action news" reporter john rawlins is fo

. >>> for sarah bloomquist, melissa magee, i'm walter perez. we'll see you back here at 11:00 p.m.ear south jersey sends more and more tax money to trenton, but gets less and less back thanks to steve sweeney and chris christie. here's the sweeney-christie record eight years of underfunded schools. huge tax breaks for themselves and their rich friends while we pay more. and homestead rebate funding for seniors cut in half next year. don't believe the fake news from his wealthy donors. steve sweeney stands with chris christie, not with south jersey. >>> tonight, breaking news. deadly chaos. the hate rally in charlottesville ignited by white nationalists. one of them ramming his car into a crowd of counterdemonstrators. what those who know him say about his fascination with nazis. plus late today, the rally's organizer forced to run from his onus conference. >>> caught in the chaos. the young paralegal run down. and two state troopers killed when their chopper went down. >>> choosing sides? >> many sides. many sides. >> the president facing major backlash for not specifically condemn

sarah bloomquist and walter perez. >>> a day after deadly violence in virginia, calls are growing tonightor unity and peace. communities all across the country are gathering to speak out and reject the hatred that culminated with a woman's death and dozens of injuries when a white nationalist and counterprotestorses clashed. sunday night, i'm walter p res, sarah is off. a massive show of solidarity across the country after deadly violence in virginia. hundreds of vigils today, including several in our area to honor the victims and condemn the hatred that fueled the rampage. we begin in charlottesville with elizabeth herr of abc. >> reporter: at the scene of terror and chaos in the streets of charlottesville that ended in death and devastation. the city is now sharing messages of unity and condolences for the victims. >> i want the country to know that the city of charlottesville is a place of extreme compassion. >> reporter: including heather heyer, a 32-year-old paralegal from virginia killed when a car plowed through a crowd protesterring against the white nationalist rally. >> heather

sarah bloomquist. and walter perez. >>> they knew that a powerful hurricane was coming.ut no one expected a torrent of water still falling on south texas. in fact, no longer measuring the rainfall in inches. now by foot. it's far from over. sunday. >> reporter: rescues continue in the dark of night here in houston. >> we got you. >> reporter: bisected by rhodes roads that are now rivers, america's fourth largest city is in crisis. >> we need help in fifth ward. we need people here to evacuate people. get people here now before they die. >> reporter: the 911 system overrun. 56,000 calls in just 15 hours. many people say they can't even get through. houston's mayor is asking for patience. >> this is pretty much like day two. okay? there will be day three. and there will be day four. and there may be day five. >> reporter: first responders and good samaritans are working around the clock, desperately trying to keep up with the cries for epihad. those rescued are often left with nothing. >> memories that get taken away. something that you don't expect. but, i mean, it's all

action news delaware valleys leading news program with metrologist melissa magee, jeff skversky, sarah bloomquist walter perez. ♪ sunday night i'm walter perez sarah has the night off and big story is breaking news former philly darren dalton has died after a long battle with brain cancer and learned the sad news in a few minutes and jeff skversky is live with a look back at his life and career no doubt a fan favorite. >> he was one of the toughest players and a fan favorite and fought through all of these knee injuries and led the 93 phillies to the series against the blue jays and is one of a kind and missed in the city and sad to hear about the loss of the one and only darren dalton and he was one of the most beloved athletes to ever play in the city tonight dutch lost his four year battle with stage four brain cancer and passed away in the last few hours and he was only 55 years old, here is a look back at his life and legacy as a philadelphia philly. >> to left center field, way back, this ball is a grand slam home run darren dallas on the. >> reporter: he was a big hit on the field as he wa