live in west philadelphia, vernon odom, channel6 "action news." >> okay, vernon, thank you. >>> meantime in northampton county a former juvenile probation officer is accused of having an inappropriate conduct toward a teenager under his supervision. 31-year-old ryan what iser is is charged with official suppression and obstruction of the administration of law. district attorney john morgue nellie said what iser is sent inappropriate text messages phone calls and also photographs to the teen after she turned 18. what iser is then allegedly threatened to hold her in violation of her probation if she did not comply. >> a 28-year-old man was shot in the stomach while leaving a port richmond bar along the 3000 block of frankford avenue. authorities say the victim was hit as he walked out on the street. witnesses gave officers a description of a vehicle fleeing the scene that was stopped nearby on tulip street. two people were arrested, several weapons recovered. the victim remains in critical condition right now. the motive is unclear.

vernon and was a farmer again. even if you read biographies of washington, even great ones even the multivolume ones, when they get to this period, they say he went home to mt. vernon. they talk about him as a farmer. there's something to say about him as a farmer. ... nine years without pay or leave leading the american army during the revolution the person who sent soldiers to their death, if he was very close to his officers many of them died, a person who does all this is sacrificed everything for the cause of independence of america, and also was motivated more than by power, more than by money, motivated by a desire tovated bydesi leavere a legacy. and his legacy was as he always called it, a government of thea people where there was no republicanf government. rld. they were all monarchies or some sort of dictatorship and he h wanted to create a government of the people. he saw it all collapsing. he wouldn't care. you just sit out in mount vernon and do nothing. so i went back fortunate to get a fellowship fr

"action news" reporter vernon odom is live at the scene on the 800 block of edison avenue vernon? >> reporter: well, sarah tonight this section of the somerton is once again peaceful and tranquil and erie sound here tonight after an army of cops descended on this neighborhood today and marched up this driveway with assault rifles and body arm or in toe. this is a neighbor surveillance video of the philadelphia police department swat team raiding a home this afternoon in the 800 block of edison avenue in the far northeast. they were assisting the new jersey attorney general's office, who is serving a warrant, on the occupant of this rental house in the very quiet neighborhood. eventually, they broke the front door down to gain entrance and make at least one arrest this passerby whose identity we will in the reveal witnessed it all. >> all of a sudden we seen a couple vans, maybe 20 or 15 swat team came out and they ran up the driveway, and i parked to the side and all of a sudden they said open the door. there was nothing. then i heard boom, and they hit it with the battering ram a

odom, channel 6 "action news." >> vernon thank you. >>> today prosecutors are calling the first witness in a stiber stalking trial the defendantses are matusiewicz and amy gonzales they are accused of stalking and harassing his ex-wife amy belford, she and a friend were killed by matusiewicz in 2013 and he then turned the gun on himself. >>> police are looking for who broke into an elementary school in west philadelphia and stole $1800 worth of of electronics they say that the burglar cut a lock to break into the building and the thief took 30 ipads and several laptops and computers. >>> and a turn around from the original story police commissioner now says that there is no evidence that a north philadelphia man was reaching for a gun when he was shot and killed by police the department's rush to provide the public details was to blame for a false narrative of last november's shooting of brandon tate brown. there was a gun in the car and then a struggle ensues tate brown's mother has filed a lawsuit, a civil rights lawsuit against the city. >> it's a victory in terms of bringing the tru

vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you vernon. >>> well, the state fire marshall is investigating this house fire in southhampton township new jersey to see if it was fire related. it broke out shortly after power was restored on the 100 block of friendship road, the homeowner was with a neighbor but the house is a total loss only part of the garage is left standing. check often at 6abc.com/weather, you'll find the latest forecast and you can follow at 6 abc on twitter. >>> the parents of a girl nearly killed by gun fire are now begging for folks to come forward with information a stray bullet hit diamond santiago while standing on her front porch on may 29th diamond was hit in the stomach and romaines in the hospital tonight and had has several surgeries. her mother is pleading for a tip that would lead to the shooter. >> i'm angry because it happened to her and it happens to other kids and no one is doing anything about it because they don't want to speak up. >> the fraternal order of police are hope that a 5,000$5,000 reward will help get information for an arrest. >>> chris ch

"action news" vernon odem is following the investigation and he joins us live at olney high school where the victim was a student. vernon. >> reporter: good afternoon, a lot of grief and shock at olney high a well-liked long time student was killed last night in the hunting park section killed last night by an apparent drunk driver. 17-year-old adelso matos was killed after 7:00 p.m. as he rode home through the heart of philadelphia's hunting park section. police say he was the victim of an apparent drunk driver. witnesses say he ran a stop sign and struck adelso matos who was finishing up his 1 grade year. >> the guy was going fast ran a stop sign he hit him and the guy in between the cars when he said he was already dead. >> reporter: "action news" spoke with a student who knew adelso matos when the school opened this morning. >> he was fun sometimes quiet he didn't talk much. >> reporter: at this hour, philadelphia police are not releasing the name of the driver whole face charges of dui and vehicular homicide by vehicle. that's the latest from here in olney. vernon odem channel 6 "ac

vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> okay vernon thank you. >>> the cleanup continues in delaware county as well. the entire county remains under a disaster declaration a number of shelters have opened including this one here at ppl park, people can get a shower food and water there and a chance to cool off. county officials are bringing in dry ice for people trying to save their food. >> more than 190,000 are still without electricity at this hour. atlantic city electric reports 130,000 outages and pseg down to 12,500 and 52000 peco customers are still in the dark mostly in delaware county. >>> well, crews and residents will not have to worry too much about the heat and mother nature has called off the area and we look outside at sky 6 hd at the ben franklin bridge. sun turns to clouds before we get another taste of rain to end the work week, meteorologist, david murphy outside now with the latest from accuweather. >> reporter: a tough call rick, boats and water. here we go looking at changes in store, a lot of sun through the morning and talking about how the clouds would get th

and that spill in felton and a fire to avoid in gloucester and that area where vernon was reporting from, tons of downs trees be wires over in winslow township, traffic lights are out on 73 and monroe trees are

. >> vernon odom is live now. the carnage in charleston obviously strikes very close to home, strikes at the soul of the members of mother bethel. >> reporter: very much so jim, mother bethel inspired the creation of ema in charleston, many people here new reverend pinckney but first we hear from the cousin of reverend pinckney who lives here in the metro area. >> he was always trying to fine a common ground among people. he is the cousin of the slain reverend pinckney and just visited with him two weeks ago on a trip to south carolina. he was the paster of the historic black church and was a senator. he talked about his cousin's humanity. >> i would imagine that when this guy walked in he was the first person to it welcome him into the church and then if there was a sense of concern he would be the first one to try to defuse the situation. >> mother bethel ame church was spawned in the 1930s, he knew reverend pinckney well sfwh i have known him as least the last nine or ten years just a great person state senator

vernon odom is at milewicky's hearing hearing. >>> a man is wanted after robbing a pharmacy he showed a gun and stole adderall from rite aid he drove the stolen car before he jumped out and ran, they believe he is the same suspect that robbed a pharmacy in logan township. he was wearing the same hard hat in both incidents. >>> we are finally getting relief from the humidity sky 6 hd is locking live at the jersey shore and that beach in atlantic city, boy does it look nice, sunny and comfortable outside, a nice change after the string of steamy days. karen rogers is outside enjoy the sunshine in for david murphy with the latest. >> it's shining brightly we see clouds overall fill in and mix with the sun lets look at satellite 6 along with action radar you can see that in motion, we have clear sunny skies and some high clouds are starting to stream in a little bit and the rain near washington and pittsburgh and that is on the way for tonight and into tomorrow. lets look at the temperatures now, we are warming up 82 degrees in philadelphia, went up 2 degrees the last hour, only 70 in pit

vernon? >> reporter: this job fair considered successful today by most people has less than an hour to go now. a big day here for folks south in new jersey as they wait for a major job generator to open up this summer. construction continues at this site from a new outlet mall from new jersey in two months the new outlet mall opens in gloucester citizenship. employing 8,000 people if retail jobs, job seekers braved long lines in the sweltering sun to apply for the hundreds of retail jobs that are generated here. >> i am in school and decided to earn money on the side, well, i have been worked anywhere before so i'm trying to get job experience too. >> maybe like calvin klein or any other shoe store basic retail store that i can get money from. >> the mayor is of course pleased as punch to see this development in his town is there this is tremendous for our community and the future is bright here. this is just the first parts of tremendous economic development here in gloucester township. >> b

vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> south jersey continues to have the most power outages in our region atlantic city electric is reporting more than 18,000 outages and gloucester xoint has the most outages. >> the area hardest hit was tell wear county brookhaven is still under a state of emergency, peco crews are working around the clock but some people will not get power back until the weekend and some were able to go to emergency shelters like this one at ppl park, as always you can stay ahead of the storms and the ever changing weather by checking checking often at 6abc.com/weather, and get updates from the "action news" weather team by following at 6 abc on twitter. >>> at least two people were seriously injured by a crash in the feltonville section this afternoon, five vehicles were involved along the 4800 block of north front street, medics transported a man and woman to the hospital and no word on their conditions. >>> newcastle county police were involved in a chase that ended in a crash this afternoon officers were called to a report of a suspicious vehic

vernon odom is live at the scene of the hit and run. >>. >> reporter: police say they have no firm leads yet michael toner is a well known actor here in philadelphia and new york especially for his portrayals of irish and irish american characters, he remains in critical condition unable so far to tell police what happened on market east. this is veteran stage actor michael toner well known and there is great concern about him. on the 1100 block in a driving rain storm he is the victim of a hit and run driver that remains at large they say he was crossing market when he was hit by a vehicle and his injuries so severe doctors had to amputate his right leg. where we found him was halfway -- toner say vietnam veteran, this is video of him performing in a play in 1991. the subject was war veterans. toner was slated to begin rehearsals at the walnut street theater of a eugene o'neil play. for now police are looking for the motorist that left him in the street failing to give assist an to a severely injured person. >> and it was raining at 1:00 in the morning probably did not have time to stop

this time from vernon hills, illinois. we are watching footage from a camera mounted on a bicycle.nd according to the poster of this video, the guy on the bicycle, he is having to ride more in the center of this ba far right lane because the road is so torn up. but then watch what happens. >> whoa! >> this big blue truck comes zooming by awfully close to our cyclist, but then he does this. slams on the brakes in the middle of that lane. [ screeching ] >> [ bleep ]. >> you're supposed to be -- >> i'm not road. >> then go around me. go around me. >> you're in my way, i'm gonna [ bleep ]. [ bleep ] >> you hear that he says i'm gonna run you over. >> kind of bike, sounds like he is riding the cute adorable ones maybe a basket on the front. >> that is not over. the trucker pulls up yet again and starts yelling yet again. >> [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. stupid. >> surprised that guy could even -- can't even see in his rearview mirror. >> everybody on the road. >> our cyclist did get this guy's license plate number. he actually pressed charges. police caught up with this fella, the truck driver

live in hunting park, vernon odom, channel6 "action news." >> vernon at least detectives know who they're looking for. >>> meantime in northern new york items recovered from a remote hunting cabin have been linked to the convicted killers who escaped from prison. search crews had been focused on an area hundreds of miles across the state but now they're looking just miles from the maximum security prison where richard matt and david sweat escaped. investigators found dna matches from both men at a cabin that was broken into. authorities say the samples came from food that was left behind by the fugitives. >>> the man who lashed a gyro copter on the lawn of the u.s. capitol will go to trial. today douglas hughes rejected a plea deal that included jail advertisement hughes said he thought the punishment was too severe for an act of civil disobedience. hughes said his april 15th flight intended to call attention to the influence of big money in politics, he is due back in court next month. >> some of new castle county's finest officers were honored this afternoon. seven officers are recogniz

vernon odom is here with more. >> reporter: the two exphiladelphia police officers are told to stay in the state. the two cops, sean mcknight and kevin robinson were released after police brutality charges, this was captured on surveillance video the two officers can be seen knocking the man from his moped and beating him. he was charged with resisting arrest and attacking one of the cops and his girlfriend eventually found the video and the two cops were arrested but charged with police brutality and filing false reports. rivera said he fled on his moped when the cops approached and came at him with night sticks and said he was scared. >> this morning it came out that rivera settled with the city for $200,000 for his suffering and pain. vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> philadelphia police want to find the driver would hit a man in the city's frankford section last night leaving him in critical condition it happened at 10:30 on the 600 block of east airy, 55-year-old julio torres in north philadelphia was riding his bike when he was hit, the driver stopped for a

vernon odom is live in washington square with more on that. >> mother bethel ame church in washington square inspired the creation of ame and other churches across the south, they are in shock and disbelief, but first of all reverend pinckney had relatives in the philadelphia area and i spoke with one of them earlier today. i spoke with anthony stevenson, the cousin of reverend pinckney he just visited with him to weeks ago and is griefs and shocked today. >> i imagine that when this guy walked in he was the first person to probable address this guy and welcome him in this church if he was wandering around and he would be the first person to try to defuse the situation and i am confident he was at the frontline of trying to protect his parishioners. >> mother bethal church in washington square is putting telling a service tonight to commemorate the lives of those lost last night in the church in south carolina. that is at 7:30 tonight at mother bethel on sixth street. vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> our coverage of the deadly church shooting continues on 6abc.c

vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >>> a piece of the world trade center will reside in gloucester county, the 4,000 steel beam arrived in arrived in arrived in arrived in warwitch township. a caravan of township officials and police and firefighter escort the the beam from new york down the new jersey turnpike today. >>> coming up camden high school celebrates its seniors that overcame obstacles to make it to graduation day today and ducis rogers has more on why zach erst has other goals today. >> and the first heat wave of the season has record highs and storms all the details in the accuweather forecast. those stories and much more when "action news" continues tonight. woman: i was tired of my chronic constipation and the way it made me feel the discomfort the bloating the straining. i'd just felt this way for too long. so i finally talked to my doctor about my symptoms. i'd tried laxatives before. he prescribed amitiza (lubiprostone) for my chronic constipation. it works differently than laxatives. man: amitiza is clinically shown to help relieve common symptoms like bloating a

vernon? >> good evening the auction of those 40 condo units in fact penthouse units is hyped as one of the biggest bargain basement sales in the history of the jersey shore, the bella condos a block from the atlantic on pacific avenue where swank condo condos once sold for a half million dollars a piece. with the nearby revel and showboat closed down prices have sunk despite the great ocean view. >> we have them from the 24th floor down and most are on the top floors. the ocean and downtown view is gorgeous. >> they will he sell 40 of the 200 units and some may go for below $200,000, and a 60% discount the owner credit swiss bank wants out of atlantic city fast. >> it's a beautiful building and once the investors are out of here prices will start to go up. >> a heavy weight local realtor is going to gobble up many of the units he is certain that it will make a come back. >> the cost of construction is several times where you can pick tup for you can't get this type of condos available for thi

. >>> vernon odom has reaction from bethal ema church a church with ties to the congregation in south carolina. >> those ties go back hundreds of years, i'll have more on that in a moment. but first slain south carolina pasterrend pinckney has close ties here. >> he was a man of peace and it's tragic that he died in such a way. >> he is the cousin of reverend pinckney, he just shared a meal with his cousin when they shared a meal a few weeks ago. >> it was a bill we talked about to push through with the body cameras, for police to have body cameras and was proud about pushing that through. >> his cousin was a towering figure to his family and church and south carolina where he was a state lawmaker for nearly 20 years now. >> was not just a pastor but a state legislator and a symbol of peace and love and that is in a true sense. >> the church here in washington square was found in 1930, and we spoke with mother bethel's pastor this morning. this is not the first time a church has been attacked. my mind flashed to the four little girls killed in the church in birmingham, one of those yo

live in center city, i'm vernon odom, channel6 "action news. >> all right, vernon, thank you. >>> thee fly musikfest value continues today in dover, delaware. it's day two of the four day concert at the woodlands near dover international speed way. organizers expect about 90,000 people to attend overall. the legendary paul mccartney is tonight's headliner. the music will go on all weekend rain or shine. >> oh, my gosh, i would had you ever to be there. >> me, too. >> didn't get a ticket. oh well. >>> time for the "action news" traffic report. >> let's go to matt pelman in the traffic center where people are no doubt trying to get to that weekend. >> they're trying. for sir poil and everybody else heading down to dover on highway one and route 13 it's an obstacle course on 95 in the city. first there's a crash in the northbound lanes just north of the vine street expressway involving a motorcycle. police are on the scene blocking the right lane as you can see. then just further north there's another crash by the betsy ross bridge taking out the two left lanes. you're kind of swerving a

>> yes. >> thank you vernon we have streamed the governor's announcement live this morning on 6abc.com and our coverage continues there now with more details on the much anticipated decision and his plans as the campaign moves forward. one of christie's biggest republican competitors florida governor jeb bush is expected to release 33 years of tax returns today. a spokesperson says that no other candidate in u.s. history released tax documents going back that many years bob dole released 30 years of tax returns in 1996. >>> hillary clinton will have some of her information released today as well. the state department will release the next set of clinton emails today. after she came under fire for using a private email provider while in office. >>> vice president, joe biden is rumored to be considering running for president. the wall street journal reports that before his untimely death his son beau biden encouraged him to launch a bid and his other son, hunter is also said to be supportive. >>> and now to the latest on pope francis's historic visit to the united states. this morning th

vernon odom is live outside of the westchester courthouse with the full story. >> reporter: hello rick, she was his office manager here in chester county the former employee of steve mccurry is in hot water after a lengthy investigation. the art theft charged against her could land her behind bars for decades. >> this is the famed picture taken by my curry years ago. she is arrested for stealing some of his most expensive locks, and selling them on the gray market for her own personal profit. >> the defendant worked within the studios and she would steal these photographs, internationally known photographs essentially on the black market. >> and distefano is accused of signing them herself and selling them to the product. >> he takes enormous personal risks when he goes to places like afghanistan to take these photographs, he goes to very difficult places and the defendant saw these great photographs and saw these wondergful photographs that mr.ccrory spent his life making and decided to make a buck. >> we'll see where it goes from there. >> reporter: most of those items stolen from mc

vernon odom is live now with the aftermath. >> reporter: hi there the story here in medford, lots ofnocked down or bent over or leaning sideways and lots of limbs down as well. some power out and lots of damage to resident property. let me go down theoad to sham shamong where it's just as bad, it wiped out the once beautiful backyard belonging to brenda she and friend laura smith just finished dinner. >> we watched the wind take the trees down total devastation here in the yard. >> like a train coming towards the house, the windows were shaking and it was this awful noise and we ran from the back bedrooms out to the back of the house and saw nothing but utter destruction everything landed in the pool and trees are twisted. >> the tornado like winds cut a straight line from the backyard into the woods and badly damaging the pool and amazingly nobody was injured and the home was not damaged. >> we feared for our lives and i yelled to every to get in the hallway because we don't have a basement. >> and she and her husband were wrapping up dinner and watching weather reports. >> my husba

i'm vernon odom for channel six "action news". >>> governor markell has ordered flags in the first state to be flown at half staff, honoring life of ohio biden. the outside a fire company in elsmere both u.s. flag and delaware state flag had been lowered as well and similar scene at offices of the new castle county. new castle county armed forces services center and special tribute to the iraq war veteran, military flag remains at half staff there as well. >>> you can read more about the life of beau biden on six abc.com where you can find reaction from his those who knew him best as well as photos of his life and career all right there right now on six abc.com. >>> in other news, now philadelphia police are investigating the the stabbing death of a man in hunting park. investigators say it was all over a cell phone. the it happened just after 7:00 o'clock in the 3100 block of berta drive. police say a 36 year-old man was stab in the chest and the arm. he was rushed to temple university hospital and pronounced dead. no arrests have been made and no word yet. we said at this point it look

vernon odom joins us live now from center city with the details. >> reporter: good afternoon he is more than accused, he is convicted and has been for a while it's an emotional hearing at the scene and it featured emotional impact statements from officer walker's family and they talked a cop killer rafael jones in his mid-50s, with a criminal record since he was 12 years old. >> the sentence has been passed down by judge jeffrey minehart who convicted jones. he shot and killed jeffrey moses jr. in 2012 at what was beginning as a robbery attempt. he was walking home from a bus stop after finishing his shift at the 21st police district. this carries a mandatory life sentence without parole. >> one other note, rafael jones showed no remorse whatsoever as the sentence was passed and is on his way to be behind bars for the rest of his life with no opportunity for parole. live at the justice center in center city, vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> delaware county authorities are investigating three fires that broke out along the same chester block in less than a week. it

i'm vernon odom channel6 "action news" in trenton. >> and coming up on "action news" tonight roadside farm stands, they are a summer staple of course in south jersey. see where all the fresh produce comes from. >>> plus, jaime apody live in south philadelphia where as we told you ryne sandberg just stepped down as phillies manager, jamie. >> just goes to show you you never know how your day is going to go. ryne sandberg showed up at the ballpark and then quit. he'll tell us why he decided to make this sudden move coming up. >>> adam i'm sweating and it's not just because of that hot phillies news. >> be glad you're sweating. >>> if you were there tomorrow you would be soaked. there's no stopping torrential rain and thunderstorms moving our way for part of the weekend. flood watches are up. i'll have all the details in accuweather. >> those stories and more when "action news" continues tonight. >> ♪♪ >> bumper crop of fruits and vegetables ripening on new jersey farms. fresh corn blueberries coming to a farm stand near you this weekend. thanks to a good growing season that harvest will

vernon square. it's affecting trains there.metro ridetories add 15 minutes to your commute. buses running on schedule. still on the scene of that three-alarm fire in upper marlboro. again marlboro pike between dower house road and old marlboro road closed as a result of the fire. fire crews had been working it for an hour or so. we do have marlboro pike closed near the scene as a result of the fire. so we're asking drivers to stay away both eastbound and westbound lanes are closed. we'll have an update on that and a look at traffic around the metro coming up in about ten minutes. over to you. >>> russia's president vladimir putin says his country is beefing up its nuclear arsenal. putin says russia will add 40 new intercontinental ballistic missiles to its arsenal this year. this is amid tensions in the west over ukraine. >>> a measure that would authorize u.s. intelligence programs while boosting spending by 7% will soon be up for a vote in the senate. the house passed the bill largely along party lines. it includes a ban on t

live in west philadelphia, i'm vernon odom, channel6 "action news." >> all right vernon thank you veryeather now. a sunny start to the work week but more unsettled weather coming our way. >> we knew it couldn't last forever. >> we had two days of dry weather and then we're talking about more rain coming in. today is probably the nicest day of the week hopefully you can get out to enjoy it. live on sky6 in cape may a lot of folks on the shore there but if you can look far in the distance there is a red flag blowing. we have some red flag warnings because of dangerous rip currents yesterday dangerous rip currents today. there have been a lot water rescues over the last couple of days. tomorrow 79 degrees. the air temperature the dewpoint 59. water temperature at 72. and we are tracking a system in the ohio and the tennessee valley. it does have some severe weather with it but for us looks like it will just be heavy scattered downpours with a couple thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon just adding to these very impressive rainfall totals we've seen this month. in fact wilmington it's been the

he sent george washington a key that sits in the hallway in mount vernon.her point in the revolution, he bottomed out. he wasn't quite sure where he was. he lost the king and queen their lives. he could have protected them. they had protected him. he did not come out so well in the revolution. he went to prison. he was captured by the austrians, terrible conditions. he had an amazing life. adrienne went and joined him with their two daughters. she got ill and eventually died. they went back to france. napoleon shoved them off into the countryside. did not want anything to do with them, wanted to keep them quiet. he had no love for the restored monarchy, but when louis philippe came to power, the lafayette had a second period of greatness. he was instrumental as a liberal. he came back to the states in 1824. had a heroic visit here. i'm in the advertising business, and this is one of the great marketing events. the branding of lafayette on his return to the states. you could buy everything from a shoe brush to a comb with his name on it. i think there were o

he sent washington a key that sits in the hallway in mount vernon.r point in the revolution, he bottomed out. he wasn't quite sure wher hee he was. he lost the king and queen their lives. he did not protect them. he did not come out so well in the revolution. he went to prison. he was captured by the austrian, terrible conditions. an amazing life. adrienne went and joined him with their two daughters. she got ill and eventually died. they went back to france. napoleon shoved them off into the countryside. wanted to keep them quiet. he had no love thefor the restored monarchy, but when louis philippe came to power the marquis de lafayette had a second -- he was instrumental as a liberal. he came back to the states in 1824,1824. a heroic visit. this is one of the great marketing thinevents. you could buy everything from a shoe brush to a comb with his name on it. streets were named after lafayette. so he became at that point in american icon. and america recognized his amazing role he had played. >> [singing] ♪ >> in relation to the sailors -- so there

i'm vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >>> we are less than three months from pope francis's visit to philadelphia and today the vatican gave us an idea of his agenda, four events will be open to the public out of six it fins with a mass at basilica of saints peter and paul and then visits the seminary and then independenceance mall and the parkway and then he will visit the prison before holding a massive mass on the parkway expected to draw 2 million people. >>> on the "action news" big board, the king of prussia mall is not gigantic enough, the shopping center has plans to expand and today we were given a tour, they broke ground a year ago and officials say they are half yea there. >> we are at the newly created third level. >> with hard hats on the tour kicked off for a brand new space at the mall and it had been slit into two building but as of today, the final pieces of steel were laid to connect the two, so customers will no the have to walk outside anymore when construction is complete the mall will be 170,000 feet bigger bringing 50 new stores and restaurants and market pl

vernon odem got a look inside. >> reporter: the bella penalty house building a -- penthouse building on atlantic avenue where swank condos sold for half a million dollars. with the nearby revel and showboat closing down, prices have sunk. >> most of the units are on the upper floors. >> you have views of the ocean the inlet. >> reporter: the savvy auction near will be selling 40 of the 200 units. some units may go for below $200,000. a 60% discount. the other than credit swiss bank wants out of atlantic city fast properties there have been in free fall. >> it's a beautiful buildings oncement investor are out of here prices will go up. >> reporter: a heavyweight local realtor will gobble up a lot of units he is certain atlantic city will make a comeback. >> the cost of construction will be several times of what you can pick it up. i don't think you'll get this kind of condominiums for this price. to be able to buy in for fantastic number with such a luxury condominium is not often had. vernon odem channel 6 "action news." >> today is flag day and what better day to honor the american

the disturbing case against the accused sexual predator, vernon odom was in court for the hearing you have the full story tonight. good evening. >> reporter: good evening monica, hours of lurid testimony today against an alleged sexual predator begins his journey through chester county's justice system. daniel daniel milowicki remains free on bail today. during his three hour hearing today, a woman testified that he was forced to perform sex acts again her will after being lured to milowicki's home looking for a small woman to model clothes. he threatened to put her photos online, if she did not perform sex acts. >> involuntarily deaf yet sexual intercourse and intent to sell marijuana, and child pornography. >> daniel milowicki worked at parties. they raided his home and found 300 child porn pictures some children as young as 5, add to that they say marijuana plans with knowing intent to manufacturer or deliver for sale. as they left court milowicki and his lawyer had little to say to "action news." >> he is not guilty. >> that is all you'll say? >> that is all i'll say right now. >>

vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. our coverage of the deadly church shooting continues at 6abc.com you'll find the latest information as it becomes available and the collection of photos as the community continues to cope. it's all there for you right now on 6abc.com. >> now to a first check of the accuweather forecast on this gray and drizzly thursday afternoon. >> just a kind of miserable one out there rain kind of spitting at you. lets go live to adam joseph at the big board. to talk about the drying up. >> we are slowly drying up and the marine air off the water and only 71 in philadelphia but a warm front lurks to the south and west. you go to washington 89 and pittsburgh 84 and just to the south and west, thunderstorms are popping up and they are working to the south and east and could clip southern parts of dover, delaware and sussex county, delaware later and a few near state college and as the cold front drifts to the north and east we could see a downpour or thunderstorms during the evening hours. we are tra

vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> it was nine years ago when andres cammacho jrs killed walking out of a grocery store in camden this is surveillance video of the the suspected shooter running from the scene authorities don't know who this man is or why he targeted him but today members of camden county's cold case squad renewed their plea to the public for information about the murder. >> we have the act to go back and perhaps submit new evidence and talk to other witnesses and maybe some witnesses nine years later feel more comfortable coming forward than they did during the time of the incident and that is what we were relying on. >> authorities were posting a $1,000 reward for information. we have the video at 6abc.com so that you can take a closer look. >>> from the delaware newsroom police say that this man, 19-year-old johnson is accuse of having 200 bags of heroin. police approached him by a nearby hardees and he took off running, and they caught up with johnson at dover downs and is held on $31,000 bond tonight. >> investigators are trying to get to the

live in medford, vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> meantime crews in delaware alsoup to and tend with, and the stormed brought down power lines near the patnell school and had is near joe biden's home. they are diverting traffic until the mess is cleared up. >>> and crews were back out in belmont and park side avenues, this section of roadway was closed to traffic last night due to debris heavy branches snapped power lines here and it was a similar situation at 72nd and city avenue where a tree snapped a power line there as well. >> lots of street blocking on cars. >> bad all over the town. >> all over the city we'll be cleaning up for a couple of weeks. >> and in winfield tree removal crews were out in force row removing the splintered wood from the area. >>> viewers submitted videos to us jiment this to #6abcaction. luckily nobody was hurt in this crash. >> and viewer lee set up his camera to capture the storm rolling through his backyard in brookhaven brookhaven, delaware you can see the sky getting dark and the clouds coming in and rain drenching the area. >> an

we turn to vernon odom live now with the former sales manager was arrested today. >> reporter: brian the d.a. says that the crime was pure greed. that led an employee to rip off her employer to comment from brie distefano, she was an employee of renowned photographer, steve mccurry selling signed presents and books on the black market to line her pockets. mccurry a delaware native is known for the photo, afghan girl, first appearing on the cover of national geographic. >> he takes enormous risks when going to places like afghanistan to take these photos he goes to difficult places and the defendant saw these great photographs, the wonderful photographs that mr. mccurry spent his life making and saw a way to make a quick buck. >> many were stolen and formed signatures many by distefano including afghan girl, vertical dust storm and bengaly woman and child and 250 books. >> these are often limited edition prints, and the value is not only in the image depicted in the photograph but in the fact that there are a limited number of them available in the world. >> the d.a. says that most of

is life behind bars for trigger man in the death of philadelphia police officer, moses walker jr., vernon odom was in the court today for the sentencing. >> reporter: this morning the mother of slain philadelphia police officer, moses walker jr., and said i hope you rot in hell. right now rafael jones will never walk the streets again. this is 25-year-old rafael jones of north philadelphia going to life behind bars without the chance of parole. the death of officer moses walker jr. mandates that sentence. >> this is walker walking home in the predawn hours of august 2012 after finishing his shift at the 25th district seconds later, jones and another man tried to rob him. jones the da says is finally off the streets forever. >> he started his criminal history at the able of 12 committing a burglary and his life is one long unabated crime spree. >> officer walker's mother delivered an impact statement in court this morning. >> he is going to do life in prison, i am happy about that he won't be on the streets harming anybody else. i believe justice was done. >> jones's lawyer believes that h

crav jerky, he'll be promoting something else. >> i'm vernon davis. >> he's a warriors fan. >> i fellth the team. >> he happens to have 2 million twitter followers. in this ad campaign for samsung, he and nic swisher tweeted some serious smack about the nba finals. >> people are loving . my teammates, they enjoy it. >> he and swisher aren't being jerky about it. it's all ingood fun. it's helping samng get a huge piece of the enzy around the finals. >> it's the day and age we live in. you've got a smartpho and your tv on. >> digital director jared lowe says the post popular posts might not have much to do with the game. >> what kind of gear are the other fans weari the colors and the sneakers. especially when it's really cute. >> youtube stars have be sporting the colors and no fan isoo young. >> he's a big fan of steph curry's daughter, the 2-year-old. he likes the older women. >> she's become a viral sensation. >> wen she tells her dad to be quiet, it's really ce. >> let's not forget, the most retweeted mom in basketll. yahoo did an interview about r. >> tell everybody about your mom

. >> we called up the 49ers tight end, vernon davis, celebrating national jerky day.promoting jerky, you will find he's promoting something else. >> i'm vernon davis. >> davis is a warriors fan. and he has 2 million twitter followers. and he had nick swisher sweet -- t. with eet some serious smack about the nba finals. >> people are loving it. my teammates, they enjoy it. >> he isn't being jerky but it it's all in good fun. >> it's the day and age we live in. you have a smartphone in your hand, you have your tv on. >> abc digital director says the digital director, jared, said the most popular posts might not have much to do with the game. >> what kind of gear are the other fans wearing, the color and the sneakers, especially when it's really cute. >> no fan is too young. >> he's a big fan of reilly curry, his daughter. he likes older woman. when reilly comes up, he says be quiet. >> and let's not forget. draymond green. >> the most retweeted mom in basketball. >> your mom, how do you feel about that? >> my mom, she can dish it out. >> she can dish and out and she can

vernon and look at the lightning with this one. just flared up here. veronica veronica see if you can take it off of here for me and zoom in and show you exactly where it is. we're watching it move off towards the north and east at a fairly good clip. this is a small storm, severe storm warning and does include fairfax county over towards national harbor. included in that. downtownalexandria. i'll zoom in. this is the gw parkway out of alexandria. here's the woodrow wilson bridge. you might just want to wait a little bit. that is strong storm continuing to make its way off to the north and east at 30 miles per hour. back to the east. more storminess and heavy rainy and front royal hammered with this rain. this rain is moving up and then really just hitting along the blue ridge here and expect to see the potential for flooding here and then the lees area. big-time storms there. there's the storminess to talk about there firing up around d.c. and then the south and even more so down towards southern maryland. portions of waldorf around the charles county

last night, she received the vernon jarrett medal for journalistic excellence for her reporting on theican-american experience in america. lacey schwartz is the producer, writer and director of the documentary film, little white lie, which tells her story of growing up in a white jewish household in woodstock, ny only to discover at 18 that her biological father was african-american. also with us is linda martin alcoff, professor of philosophy at the city university of new york. she's the author of several books including "visible identities: race, gender and the self." her forthcoming book is titled, "the future of whiteness" which will be out in september. and with us from hartford, connecticut, jelani cobb is associate professor of history and director of the africana studies institute at the university of connecticut. he is also a contributor to the new yorker. his latest piece is headlined "black like her." i want to start today with stacey. despite the fact that you are getting this big award last night, you spent the day interviewing professors about their feelings. you talk to

vernon odom is live now.. >> reporter: hi there the long lines that were out here but there are plenty of job seekers outside of civic hall at camden county college and they are still applying for jobs and continuing to apply for jobs that are starting in mid-august. the construction continues at this site of a new outlet mall coming to south jersey, in two months the mall will open in gloucester township 90 top outlets to open that day, they brave long lines in the sweltering sun to apply for the jobs that will be generated here. >> i am looking for a job for two months now i hope this is it. >> you are willing to stand in line to apply for it. >> you have to do what you have to do to get the job. >> applying for a job. >> are you out of work now? >> yes i am since 2009. >> really? are you hoping for a retail job? >> something like that anything to help pay the bills. >> the mayor is pleased as punch to see this boom in his town. >> this is the biggest thing in the history of gloucester township bringing in

vernon odom channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> one person went to the hospital today after a crash that shut down part of i-95. chopper 6 hd was over the scene between academy and woodhaven roads, police say that an suv flipped over in the northbound lanes, they have not told us the driver's name but the person is expected to survive and all lanes in the area are back open this afternoon and we'll have a full check of this situation coming up in traffic in two minutes. >> this is the destructive blaze that damaged 20 homes in hamilton township new jersey a dozen people are forced out of their homes after a massive fire destroyed the entire 1700 block of east state street today mercer county investigators encountered the source of the blaze saying it was a blow torch by roofers doing work on a home there and deemed this an accident. many residents escaped with just the clothes on their back. one man upset to leave behind his wedding ring it was in one of the hardest homes hit. >> i want my wedding ring back. >> two pieces of good news there, jose got his ring back and you may

this was the scene at 37th and mount vernon in mantua. here a man was shot around 9:40 night. he died a short time later. no arrests in this shooting either. >>> police in detroit are looking into a block party shooting similar to the one here in philadelphia. one person is dead, nine others hurt, and a gunman still on the loose after police say the shooter opened fire. investigators say no children were shot through the grace of god, quoting there. authorities think the victim who was killed had been targeted by the shooter. >>> happening today, church services will resume this morning at the south carolina church were nine people were killed during this week's shooting rampage. last night hundreds of people marched through the streets to emmanuel ame church where authorities say dylann roof opened fire on the church. this morning the fbi is investigating a website that was found registered under roof's name, it features a manifesto-type posting where he lashes out at asians, african americans and goos. there's also photos of roof holding a gun, burning an american flag and s

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