live from the satellite center, sharrie williams channel six "action news". >> thanks, sharrie. >>> these faces of grief stricken family members in amsterdam, waiting for word about their loved ones, the shock of learning the fate of the plane, the the agony of waiting for a final confirmation. in ukraine's capitol of kiev an outpouring of support for those families and those victims as people placed flowers, and, lit candles at a makeshift memorial outside the up embassy. on the other end of the doomed flight the heart break at the airport in kuala lumpur, among relatives who have been waiting for the plane's arrival. >>> philadelphia has strong russian and ukraine community, and "action news" reporter dann cuellar has been in touch with both tonight, and dann is now live on the ben franklin parkway, dann? >> reporter: jim, both russian and ukraine americans see the downing of the jet liner as a terrible tragedy. that much both sides agree on but incident has quickly become, a conflict between russia and ukraine with some on each side, blaming the other for what happened. >> ♪ >> reporte

we're live from cobbs creek, sharrie williams for channel six "action news". >> thanks, sharrie. >>> the work continues tonight, to clean up from last night's storms. crew is still to have remove a large tree branch that fell last night and is still blocking the 7300 block of the west oak lane section of philadelphia utility crews are still hard at work restoring power to those without electricity. "action news" caught up with this peco crew on county line road in saybrook in radnor township. >>> 16,000 peco customers are still in the dark. the that majority of those without power are in chester county. the at the height of the storm last night, more than 200,000 peco customers were without electricity. >>> sky six is live, in center city philadelphia tonight as the delaware valley largely escaped a second night of stormy weather. lets get the latest from double scan radar and meteorologist cecily tynan. >> jim, fortunately we did not get any repeat performance of last night with the gusty squall line of thunderstorms moving through. storm tracker six double scan showing we are storm

sharrie and monica we are staying warm in north wildwood. we'll have what is going on down the shore this weekend in the next half hour. >> you guys are good huggers. 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 has

williams, channel six "action news". >>> thanks, sharrie. this is video of an explosion, the food truck explosion, yesterday, that critically injured five people, and shook up a whole philadelphia neighborhood both literally and emotionally. tonight we have received cell phone video of the moments following the blast. at this hour investigators think they know what caused the truck to blow up. here's more from "action news" reporter chad pradelli. >> reporter: investigators are still conducting interviews but they have two key pieces of evidence the. they have that video of the explosion itself, and some new viewer video, that shows the immediate aftermath and those tending to the victims. the explosive flames engulfed wyoming avenue when propane vapor had finally burned off this was the scene. one woman olga gomez was on the roadway unable to move with severe burns. she had been blown from the truck. the septa police officers were among the first on the scene and can be seen in the viewer video carrying another severely burned woman in the

. >> sharrie you can see they cleaned up the most part of this crash scene, all that is left is greenery that is pushed over after a stolen you've crashed into a dart bus, the driver's quick thinking minimized the damage and probably saved lives this morning. this is what residents at 56th and washington woke toup this morning. >> a crash and bank and a looked out the wide wi don't and was surprised to see a dart bus in my front yard. >> investigator says that the crash happened after the driver of the suv ran a stop sign and t bones the bus. they say that the suv came out of nowhere. i know i felt the bus turn and i ended up over here. police had been looking for this suv after it was taken during a reported carjacking early this morning. they saw it, operating a little eratcly, trying to catch up to it. by that time it had collided with a dart bus. the driver of the suv was trapped inside and rescue crew his to cut the 21-year-old man out. he was taken to an area hospital. both driver and passenger were taken to the hospital with minor injuries. the before us driver came back to the sc

and now new video inside of the mariners cove in in point pleasant beach, new jersey, sharrie williams joins us with details. >>> this video is compelling and shows what happened. they have confirmed the fire was started accidently but that the person responsible for the blaze was under the influence of heroin, look at the video from march 21st, can you see john alberty, a long time resident of the hotel enter the lobby, and then talks to himself and lights a cigarette. investigators say he may have fall and asleep when he was slumped over his behavior unusual, he places the seat cushion but no longer has the lit cigarette in his hand. later the chair starts smoldering as the cigarette continues to burn and minutes later the flames begin to fly. >> ocean county leaders reminding the public that drugs are dangerous and being under the influence can lead to tragedy. >> we need to address the problem, it not only affects you the person that has the problem, but family members, strangers that lost their lives. >> four people died in the blaze including john alberty, the man that investigat

sharrie williams was on the parkway for the jam and the fireworks. >> reporter: a spectacular display as fireworks light up the sky capping off a night of wonder and amazement. it is independence day, america's birthday and there's no party like the jam on the parkway. >> it's been great, the weather is great, she is waiting to see niki minaj. >> she sings real good. >> reporter: haley and makalia leonard came wearing their red white and blue. >> reporter: wawa welcome america is a huge celebration full of power house performances and family fun. >> it's really nice that they do this for basically free, it represents america. >> reporter: representing the u.s.a. is what the 4th of july is all about. the freedoms enjoyed in this country are due in part because of military members including elizabeth who is home from afghanistan. >> i've been home for three years since i became from afghanistan. it's a lot to enjoy with the family and enjoying with the family, it means a a lot. sharrie williams channel 6 "action news." >> a vacationers at the jersey shore hoping for a nicer weekend afte

. >> hi sharrie we are going from steamy to stormy, look at the temperatures, right now in philadelphia, 94 degrees, yesterday 93 and millville 91 and allentown 91, and wilmington 93, you add the humidity, it's more humidity than yesterday, the heat index 96 in philadelphia, feels like 97 in millville and wilmington feels like 99 in dover, yet again though the place to be at the shore with the winds off the ocean it's a lot cooler on the beaches, temperatures in the mid-70s, so enjoy it. stormtracker 6 live double scan, showing although right now we are storm free. we have thunderstorm warnings in affect. storm warnings in affect until 11:00. can you see why. that line east of pittsburgh, more than 300 lightning strikes, associated with that. that whole line is moving east at 40 miles per hour. it's really rushing so again that severe thunderstorm watch is in affect until 11:00 and we'll be looking at lightning and heavy rain and the main threat with this line of storms the possibility of damaging winds and could have wind gusts of 60 miles per hour, and could even have isolated hail wi

sharrie williams has the story. >>reporter:these two are survivors of the crazy and dangerous storms that passed through. a 12-year-old girl held her breath after swept through an underground storm drain for half a mile. other is a story of a 14-year-old boy struck by lightning. he may still be alive by a pair of tennis shoes that his friend game h.i.v. a fe him a few days. david was struck by lightning during the storm. he came out into the storm to get inside of his friend's car. >> i was like running. i heard it. i was shocked and shaken. i was bleeding everywhere. gushing blood. >> amazingly he has a small wound on his arm. everything else checked out fine. they say that his tennis shoes likely saved him from further injury. >> the shoes he was wearing have thick rubber soles. that helped to ground everything. >>reporter:from lightning strike os tstrikes to water. >> i tried to yell. i couldn't. i didn't want to open my mouth. >>reporter:taylor russell from frackville was slipped in and swept away. thinking that

. >> sharrie williams is live at the big board, they are calling this the largest in history and there is no vaccine? >> no vaccine or any known cure, more than 1200 people have contracted the virus and has claimed nearly 700 lives in west africa, now several americans in africa are battling the disease and one has died. fears are increasing tonight that ebola may spread. two american aide workers are battlinging the disease, and the two missionary workers are showing slight improvement but the missionary group will evacuate all non-essential personnel from liberia. >> he willingly and voluntarily decided to do that. >> now the first american has died from the virus. patrick sawyer of minnesota works for the liberian government and was set to fly back next week. his widow spoke out today. >> we lost patrick and we are losing tons of people there. we don't need that killer to come mere as well. >> the disease season spread through the air like the flu, it requires direct contact with bodily fluid, they say that americans should not panic. >> we are confident that normal isolation protoc

for cecily tynan, sharrie williams, rick williams and the >>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers, meteorologist, cecily tynan, and jim gardner. thursday night, the big story on "action news" tonight, is concern about the potential for flash flooding at the jersey shore, this is what it looked like in ocean city late this morning after downpours dropped 3 to 6 inches of rain in some places, right now there is a flash flood watch in atlantic cape may counins >> i'm jacob and i'm from texas and i have never seen this much rain. texas it doesn't usually rain this much. >> while not unheard of it's not exactly routine here too. the drains were full of bay water from high tide. so the rain water was in the streets. >> better a boogie board than a bicycle to get around. the morning was met with no sunshine for tourists. >> it has flooded but never this bad. it has definitely taken a day out of the week. >> much of but not all of the water receded. as for injuries -- >> we had a few stranded motorists that called the police department for assistance and i

well, it business to get a far greater audience as told by "action news" reporter sharrie williams. >> i was like totally shocked. >> reporter: mary is a bride to be after two and a half years of dating her fiance, chris, popped the question. >> i pick out the ring, and i was ready to go with everything. >> reporter: proposal happened here at logan square, when it seemed like a moment just between the two of them has become quite the talker on the internet. >> i had no idea. >> reporter: six abc photographer dann sheridan was taking a walk around the fountain at logan square when he spotted a man hiding in the bush west a camera. it turns out it was chris's brother, mike, recording the proposal for family keep sake. sheridan then grabbed his camera to help out, in hopes of giving the couple a professionally shot video of the special moment. >> i knew at that moment, i knew something cool was going on, something special was happening. >> reporter: quick clip of the couple's big moment then ran on "action news" friday night during the closing credits, capturing the couple's excitement a

"action news" reporter sharrie williams has the story. >> reporter: wearing a protective plastic cone this pit bull terrier is recovering from a terrible incident. >> it hurts your heart. it just hurts your heart. >> reporter: the young dog was stabbed repeatedly with the very sharp on, possibly a knife. these pictures helped tell the story. >> there are very deep lacerations all over her body from her stomach, to her paws to her upper body. >> reporter: she was found hiding in the grassy area of the water treatment plant in chester delaware county. investigators with the humane society said the stabbing may have happened, close to where she was found. >> i'm hoping that somebody would have seen it, may have some information, that they can share that might help us, build the case better. >> reporter: delco spca workers have named her lovey and for good reason. >> we named her lovey because she's so affectionate with everyone she meets. >> reporter: lovey didn't have a color or micro chip so who had her last is unknown, the goal, it is now to find out who hurt her. >> that is all we're

sharrie williams joins us with a big story the independence day celebration.ter:annie mccormick is down at the shore. >> the conditions are improving. we are showing you the clouds that are still over areas in south jersey all because of what was hurricane arthur as it moved close tour shoreline here. we are tracking the latest with the hurricane. it has diminished somewhat. the winds at 90 miles-an-hour. it's a category 1 hurricane. winds sustained at 80 miles-an-hour. it's heading northeast at 28 miles-an-hour. it stays away from our shoreline heading into the weekend. even though arthur is at the atlantic there is scare of high surf down to bethany beach and rip

sharrie williams was on the parkway for the jam and the fireworks. >> reporter: a spectacular display as fireworks light up the sky capping off a night of wonder and amazement. ♪ >> happy 4th of jump! july. it's independence day, america's birthday, there's no party like the jam on the parkway. >> the weather is great, she is waiting to see niki minaj. >> reporter: these two came wearing their red, white and blue where everybody everyone can see it. >> it's the 4th of july and i like the american flag. >> reporter: the wawa welcome america is a huge outdoor celebration full of power house music performances and family fun. >> it's really nice that they do this for basically free, and we just represent the united states of america. >> reporter: representing the u.s.a. is what the 4th of july is all about. the freedoms enjoyed in this country are due in part from military members including soldier like elizabeth torres who is home from afghanistan. she also glad to celebrate the 4th of july in america's birth place. >> i've been heme for three years -- i've been home for three years, it

sharrie williams has the story. >> reporter: one by one the kids are meeting wallace the robot.not at the philadelphia zoo. >> our hands are like wallace's whiskers. >> reporter: it's parts of a therapeutic program designed to address behavioral and mental health issues. >> having them exposed to animals at an early age is something that we think will be helpful for them. >> reporter: they are members of the parents and children together program which is run through nhs human services a nonprofit that offers mental health services. him. >> i seen the snake. >> were scared at that. william has been in the program two years, his mother said before he enrolled he had problems focusing and could not adjust to social setting. >> it's very helpful. he learned a lot in the program and he learned how to control himself. >> reporter: what's unique about the program it is only for kids ages 3 to 5, it works to address the child's needs by involving the parents. >> the parent come in like doing a special with the kids and the therapist. once a month, and we do, like, activities for parents

in northeast philadelphia, sharrie williams, channel 6 "action news." >> well the search is on for augh man that slipped out of a home after a standoff with police, the action cam was along the 400 block of del mar street last night. the man was involved in a fight with a woman, he fled to a home and barricaded himself inside. when police gained access to the home the man was gone and a gun was found. >>> prosecutors are now seeking a life sentence for a convicted child killer and rapist. yesterday a jury found rivera guilty on all 11 counts ranging from first degree murder to burglary. >> i'm relieved that this man is finally going to pay for what he did to my son and my daughter. >> police say that rivera broke into the victim's house and raped amber at knife point, she was just 12 years old at the time, that is when her 6-year-old brother dominic ran in screaming trying to defend her and rivera slashed both their throats killing little dominic. normally channel 6 "action news" does not identify victims of sexual assault but amber and her mother want to show the world they stand ta

sharrie williams has the details. >> it sounds like a bomb went off. >> joe donahue lives in the building where the car crashed into one of the living rooms and heard and felt the impact crashing through. >> ran out and there was a lot of smoke and i told my wife to get out of the house. >> the 75-year-old woman that lives in one of the upstairs units was behind the wheel when it happened. that according to philadelphia police. donahue rushed in to help his neighbor. i knocked on the window and the door was locked and she was daysed from the airbag hitting her and i went in the backseat and crawled across and unlocked the door. >> the downstairs unit is heavily damaged and the woman that lived there was not home at the time of the crash. >> thank god my grandmom was not here because her couch literally sat in front of that window. >> family members tell me that that unit was undergoing renovations and that this crash is setting that back. neighbors tell me before the crash the elderly woman was in the vehicle in the street. they say looking disoriented before she crashed into the home, po

sharrie williams channel 6 "action news." >> a celebration of patriotism in delaware county the marplenship parade starts at newtown square and ends at the firehouse. happening today another celebration in delco of america's 238th birthday. springfield's parade steps off at 9:00 a.m. on the 100 block of leaming avenue and ends at springfield park. >>> the super scooper all you can eat ice cream festival with a 7-dollar donation you can enjoy all the ice cream your heart dies from noon to 5 and 6 to 5 tomorrow. the money goes to fight pediatric cancer. >>> vacationers at the jersey shore are hoping for a nicer weekend after rain put a damper on the july 4th festivities. a few fireworks let up the atlantic city skyline, but the fireworks show was postponed until tomorrow night. hurricane arthur forced to famis to find indoor fun. >> the size of the surf is hard to deal with it, once it breaks and comes in, it all wants to run back out. >> but with the rough sea came a beautiful end to the holiday, many say the weather didn't take away why they traveled to the shore for the holiday weeken

. >>> now here is monica malpass and sharrie williams. >> coming up n at 5:00, a new york mom is arrestedfter allegedly abandoning her baby at a subway station. >> and one type of pain reliever may be doing certain women more harm than good. ali gorman will explain in health >>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >>> rick williams is off 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 lea

the sharrie williams has more. >>reporter:there are new developments to this story. in the last hour they propose a temporary ceasefire. they would be open to such a plan to end the violence. meanwhile, earlier today the israeli president says there is no purpose of the exchange ever gunfire that continues to happen there. 17 0 people have been killed in gaza as israel keeps up its air assault. they launch 150 rockets a day. egypt's foreign ministry starts with a 12 hour cease-fire that takes effect on tuesday morning. an islamic militant group says it's one of its drones and used a patriot missile to shoot it down. no israelis were killed thank it is to the iron dome. a larger ground attack a would be inevitable. the white house does not support that type of escalation. >> no body wants to see a ground invasion. it puts more civilians at risk. >> they are engaging the situation to try i to stop the e fighting. >>> malala yousafzai said that the 200 schoolgirls will be home soon. she is campaigning for the girl's rights and pleading for the release of the schoolgirls

sharrie williams join us. america celebrates her birthday with fun and fireworks a.i, af frustration after arthur damps the party. we'll show you how the past and present merge to mark the city's richest traditions. it happened to meet the sweet 16 for the first daughter. the prospect of her getting a driver's license.ghter. >>> it started with gray skies and rain. at shore patience did pay off. what is a few hours of watching the weather when there is a whole holiday weekend ad. wendy has the story. >> it's a great adventure. it's rainy we are making the best of it. >>reporter:it damp endidn'en thy weekend? no nothing gets in my way. >> we are seeing the fireworks. >> yeah. we are having nice fireworks. >> it's so much fun. >> it was a slow start on pearson and wildwood. the family spent the rainy morning indoors. >> i spent a lot of activities in the house cooking breakfast kids running around crazy. having fun and arguing. >> it could be better. i make the most of it i guess. >>reporter:they are wiping the rides and squeegeeing the seats. >> it's a little bit of w

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 attacks firing dozens into israel today and the navy ships launched their own attacks after a pledge from the prime minister for making hamas pay for not agreeing to a cease fire. they dropped leaflets over the gaza strip warning residents of attacks. many are heading the warning and trying to flee however they comfortable can you see this family here. israeli air strikes killed four palestinian boys while they played along a gaza beach. they are investigating the incident and blames hamas for the deaths because the militant group will not agree to the cease fire. and speaking at the white house, secretary of state, john kerry, renewed the question for peace. >> we need the cease fire and to stein a way to stop the conflict of killing so we can get to the real issues. >>> gaza is a very sma

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

sharrie williams was there and joins us with more. >> reporter: these service members were away frome for more than a year and you can imagine it's a big deal and a lot happens, kids getting bigger and missed graduations and birthdays. all this sacrifice makes the homecoming so well deserved. >> marching in four by four, these soldiers are greeted with fanfare and tears and welcome signs, they are finally home. >> i am happy to be back, it's good to be home. >> these men and women are members of the national guard's 150th engineering company, they were deployed last august and are on active duty in afghanistan. i am happy to see my brother, we are close siblings. the tight hugs and kisses says it all. it's a year since they were last seen in person. >> highs and lows, and this is the ultimate high, in delaware and able to go home. >> he was only -- the soldier missed his first birthday. >> he'll have to get used to me again. >> for ryan ratlidge is was hard to be away from his son, james. >> he is the main thing i missed and i have been wanting to get back to him. but it was hard on

sharrie. >>reporter:six years ago the national average was $4.10. this year is the worst as we approach the fourth of july. it's $3.67. in philadelphia $3.79. 12¢ above the average. south jersey and delaware are below. let's look at last year. that is where we can see the difference. everyone was paying 20¢ less this time. triple-a says the unrest overseas is the driving force over this years higher fuel prices. >>reporter:the fourth of july holiday is around the corner. families are busy making their travel plan s. >> i am going to boston to celebrate the fourth. >> no one is celebrating what it costs to fill up the tank. they pay the highest prices in six years during independence day. >> the prices go up around the holidays which it's not very good. >>reporter:believe it or not triple-a expected fuel costs to decline in june and hold steady. the violence in iraq which is opec's second largest oil producer sending prices in the u.s. 15 to 20¢ higher than expected. >> every time i fill up my tank i go wide-eyed when i see the screen. it was this mu

with more on that is sharrie williams, with the latest. del/dot got to the point before this thoroughfare was closed down and they were alerted several times there was a problem with the bridge. they announced there is protocol changes going forward, the bridge spans the christina river in wilmington and was shut down on june 2nd. the support columns were shifting and causing to tilt. a concerned driver called in a 911 call in april, a geotechnical firm emailed del/dot saying something was wrong and an engineer called in late may. >> bottom line we should have acted sooner and we put policy changes in place to do that going forward. >> take a look at this unique point of view, this view here, the repairs being done on the bridge. del/dot posted this, it's a camera placed on a reinforcement bar to fix the bridge, the temporary repairs will cost $35 million and the federal government will pick up most of that tab. as for policy changes, del/dot has implemented a high priority condition, when calls come in maintenance crews and an engineer wi

sharrie williams is live now with the latest. >> reporter: lets recap today, israel stepped in to broker a truth that was suppose to start this morning, israel halted its fire but hamas did no. the now israelays it will now exert more force to protect itself. >> israel said that hamas would pay the price for rejecting a cease fire. >>. >> translator: we have no choice but to expand our operation against hamas but it was a vague threat. they provided no details on what that means and did not -- a ground offensive in gaza. it comes hours after israel said it accepted an egyptian cease fire proposal but hamas never got on board, while israeli held their fire this morning hamas launched more than 100 rockets into israel and the israeli said that left them no choice and they continued their strikes into gaza. a man was killed by a mortar shell when he tried to deliver food to soldiers and the death toll in gaza is nearly 200, the obama administration urged hamas to accept the cease fire agreement. >> that would be a quick way to exert some calm to the area. >> they reiterated u.s. support for

. >> my mother works here, sharry. >> hi, sharry.'m marcus. >> i'm so happy to meet you. >> nice to meet you. how much money has she borrowed from you? >> oh, i took a-- >> she took a second out on her house, and the total was about 100,000. >> well, i don't know. i owed 125,000 on my home, and now i owe 250-something. >> so that's more than 100. >> and then she owes me 10,000 from my personal account. >> the most alarming thing that's happened to me early on in this discovery is learning that the debt that's on sharla's books is actually from her mother. her mother went out and took a mortgage on her house to keep this business open. they make banks for that. don't borrow money from your mother, 'cause if your business fails, your mother loses her house. how do you sleep with that? so let's say that we check the box, sharla--people, process, product. your product's fantastic. but you got to have at least two of the three to survive. >> okay. >> so tell me about your people and your process. >> my people are amazing. they work very h

. >>> it is thursday night and nd rick is off and sharrie williams joins us and the big story on "action tonight is the flooding concern for part of our region. >> people down at the jersey shore spent the day dealing with flooded streets in ocean city several vehicles got stuck in the flash floods, and several inches of rain fell in parts of atlanticic and cape may coins this morning. >> lets check in with cecily tynan and the latest from accuweather on the flash flood watch. >> i want to show you what the radar looked like at 7:30 this morning, this was very localized. it was over northeastern cape may and southeastern atlanticic county, at 7:30, we had one intense cell and downpours, what happened is known as the training effect, you get storms over the same area over and over again. at 9:00 one and 10:30 and finally around noon it began to taper off but by then we are looking at a tremendous amount of rain in a short amount of time. bear in mine, atlantic city, the entire month of july, they get a little more than 3 inches of rain but west of the garden state parkway, 7 inches of rai

at the delaware county, spca, sharrie williams channel 6 "action news." >> still much more to come onon news" saturday morning. fighting the bedbug with a pest pest -- pesticide that kills termites. >>> we take a look at what's new at the box office. >>> meteorologist chris sowers will have the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, "action news" saturday morning continues in just a moment. >> let's get a check of the weather now, a beautiful weekend shaping up for us. >> reporter: yeah, not too bad, comfortable temperatures and low humidity levels, a beautiful combination for july. let's go live on sky 6 looking at the penns landing and the moshulu. live on sky 6 looking very tranquil. winds are calm. humidity levels are nice and low. it's a nice, pleasant morning around the region. 71 degrees, dewpoint is in the low 50s, nice and refreshing. winds are calm, pressure reading 30.22 inches. this number will be climbing over the next 72 hours, once we get into monday and tuesday it skyrockets and the muggies come back, it will feel awful. enjoy it, because it won't last long. on the

. >>> wednesday night and rick is off and sharrie williams joins us, we start with breaking news fromre county, firefighters are on the scene at this main line estate. this is the 200 block of windham lane, a huge fire there and one person is injured. >> we know this all began at 4:15, looking now from chopper 6, fire crews are there on the scene doing what they can to get this fire under control as the smoke continues to billow, we know at this point that one person is reported injured from this fire. no word of the extent of the injuries or whether they were a firefighter or a resident or someone working there. details are coming into us from the delaware county police and firefighters on the scene, it started out smaller and has spread to other wings of the home. we know the following details, it happened 45 minutes ago, the 200 block of windham lane in wayne. they are doing what they can but it's still not under control. >>> we are covering the aftermath of last night's powerful summer storms. several vehicles and folk's properties were damaged by last night's strong storm and pow

. >> in northeast philadelphia, sharrie williams, channel 6 "action news." >>> the search is on for a roxborough man that slipped out of a home after a standoff with police, it's action cam was along the 1400 block of delmar street. the man was in a fight with a woman and then police responded and he ran to a home and barricaded himself insides. they found a gun in the house but the man was gun. police only have a vague description, a 45-year-old white clean shaven man wearing khakis. >>> now yesterday a jury found rivera guilty of all 11 counts from first degree murder to burglary. >> i'm relieved that this man is finally going to pay for what he did to my son and my daughter. >> police say that rivera broke into the victim's house on ware street and raped amber at knife point, she was just 12 years old at the time. when her 6-year-old brother, dominic ran in and tried to save her, and the killer slashed both their throats killing him. they are standing tall in the face of evil and she is a survivor. >>> rapper meek mill was suppose to be on stage in washington, d.c., instead he is l

sharris is ok. no certainty of a closer. >> necessity is the mother of invention.ly beane and the a's validate that. they have met able to go deep into the playoffs past few years. this may be the year. >> they made a big trade for pitchers. >> every ballpark in america has number 42 insignia. to commemorate jackie robinson did. only 8% of the roster is african-american. what should baseball do, what can they do to attract more young african-americans? >> it is a cultural issue that goes beyond baseball. i don't think you can isolated just to baseball. in baseball, it is influenced by latin players. at the time that the african-americans were a larger percentage, there were few latin americans. now there are more asian and non-american players. i think baseball is trying, but has to intensify its efforts to get young people engaged at an early level. soccer, for one. tennis, golf, other sports. baseball has to work harder and better. i think more inventively to try to maintain the interest of african-american athletes. >> we are lucky in boston. we have the south e