i'm vernon odom, channel6 "action news" in bucks county. >> thank you vernon. >>> "action news" reporter nora muchanic is back in solebury township which was really ground zero for all of this. nora, drug deals, murder, burying people in a 12-foot hole, this is not what folks there are used to thinking about. >> reporter: it certainly is not, jim, and that is why this horrifying multiple murder has gripped this area. now, we talked to a number of people today about the latest developments and it includes the uncle of one of the victims. >> i have an 18-year-old son. so, i am upset, deeply inside for everybody that's involved. >> reporter: there is compassion for the victim's families and horror at the details of how these four young men met their deaths on the solebury farm that has been the focus of investigators for days. >> thank god they got them but poor people and poor family. >> you're speechless on these things. you just don't know what to say. you know, but it happens all the time and you just shake your head and say -- have no reason behind it. >> reporter: murder charges lodge

in 2007, i hosted dinner on the piazza at mount vernon. many american patriots were there. peggy noonan. michael novak. richard melonskaf. rush limbaugh. the new regent to be. who are here today. david and rosalie were there and david stood up and said ladies and gentlemen, this is hallowed ground. just think of where we're sitting. and that we see a view across the potomac to maryland. and there are no high rises and no buildings and no lights. and that's thanks to the mount vernon ladies association who have protected the view shed. it looks almost exactly as it looked in the 18th century. and then he said this is where george washington and martha entertained hamilton, lafayette, adams, jay, madison. he said, we're sitting in the same place. and everybody stood up to toast. all of us were misty-eyed and had goose bumped. i once asked david is it true you do all your typing on a typewriter? he said, absolutely. i write on a royal standard, a 1940 model that i bought secondhand in 1965. i asked him why he never changed to a computer. gay, i understand my typewriter and i d

and everything with history got a mount vernon label as well. so many of these objects you can see still has a label on them. and it's a very important part of the history as well. the thing to remember about a historic place like tudor place are changes over time. what we're going to step in over time is the dining room, but this was originally a bed chamber. this was thomas and martha peter's bed chamber. and a fascinating story related to this place is that on the evening the british burned washington martha peter and the doctor william thornton stood at this window and stood out and watched and they could see the smoke and fire from the white house burn, from the naval yard burning across the city. and thornton wrote about this in her didiary. so thanks to ms. thornton's diary we know the two women stood here and watched washington burn. now as we we can look at the dining table, presently the dining table is focused with a number of those objects that thomas and martha purchased at that 1802 mount vernon sale. you see a number of those plat

yellow line because of late clearing traffic work between pentagon city and mount vernon square. can always take metrobus. we have volume building in we'll keep you updated on that inner loop issue. more traffic in a few. any questions at erin fox5 d.c. on twitter. thumbs up for teamwork. holly and maureen. >> thank you. check this out. the denver international airport unveiling a new coffee machine worth over a million dollars. >> the airport already has about 13 spots to get a cup of joe but this one stands out because of its sleek design and state of the art technology. it's called java bot and it cost over 1 million to design and hundreds of thousands to actually then build. coffee lovers can choose from nine different types of beans and it creates more than 6,000 combinations to drink. >> it tastes very rich. >> it should be its a million dollar cup of coffee. >> i think i only paid two bucks for it so it was a good deal. >> the shop is located on the bottom floor at the westin hotel at denver international airport. >> i like coffee but really. >> how much does a cup cough?

people from 45 different countries, taking the oath at mount vernon: the event at mount vernon was one of about 65 similar ceremonies all across the country yesterday, welcoming about 15-thousand new citizens. two capitol police officers, credited with stopping the gunman who opened fire on a congressional baseball practice last month. special agents david bailey and crystal griner were honored by the "d-c sons of the american revolution" yesterday. both were hurt in that ambush: griner was not able to attend the ceremony -- so her supervisor accepted the award on her behalf. congressman steve scalise is the last of the five shooting victims still hospitalized -- but continues to improve. happening today -- montgomery county -- taking a big step, toward going green. the correctional facility is flipping the switch on its new solar energy system. it's the biggest system of its kind on any facility run by the county, and it'll supply more than sixty percent of the building's energy for the entire year. also today -- parking prices are going up in bethesda. street will increase from two d

live in lawndale, northeast philadelphia, i'm vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> all right vernon, thank you. >> the next news conference from the bucks county da, will air live on 6 abc and also be streamed online to 6abc.com at 2:00 this aafternoon. you can continue to follow the story on our 6 abc app. you can find a complete timeline of the massive investigation on the action cam and chopper 6 hd. >> turning now to accuweather and after a wet friday morning, we are watching for the possibility of afternoon storms and some of them could be severe. as we look live outside. sky 6 hd showing you the ben franklin bridge there in the fog and clouds, meteorologist, melissa magee, is at the "action news" big board with a first check of your friday forecast. >> hi there rick, we are tracking showers moving through and they are north and west of philadelphia. stormtracker 6 live double scan radar showing you we have showers just to the north of the city and we picked up rain earlier today and north and west we find the showers from the the poconos to allentown and into reading, we go in

reporting at mount vernon, i'm tom roussey, abc7 news. jonathan: congratulations to them all as well. the takoma park fire than america's birthday today. this is the first day of the e.m.t. bicycle unit. they carry bandages, ice packs, oxygen tank and defibrillator. the first assignment was today's fourth of july parade. good way to get around town. crazy video out of houston, texas. watch this. ready? roll it. a naked guy caught on camera slapping a police officer. that is him holding a pesticide hose trying to spray the officer with a pesticide. watch this. then he slaps the officer. that is always a bad move. he got not one but two tasers. then dropped to the ground. apparently he stole the bug spray from a metro grounds crew. they knew something was off when the nigh because naked. they use -- when the guy was naked. they used stun gun and got him to ground and the problem came to an end. >> whoever was inside the tank, who knows what it could have been? it could have been poison. it's a chemical. jonathan: never a good move. the man

i'm vernon odom channel6 "action news." reporting live from mayfair. >> all right, vernon, thank you. >>> the man accused of shooting 18-year-old bianca roberson in a road raid incident will face a judge on july 13. 28-year-old david desper turned himself in early sunday morning. police are asking anyone who knows anything about desper to contact them. they want to know about his habits and where he worked. desper lives in treanor but his red pickup truck was found in glen mills. >>> philadelphia police are looking for three armed suspects who robbed a mcdonald's. they walked into the restaurant at 56th and vine in west philadelphia at 4:30 this morning and demanded money. two workers suffered minor injuries. still unclear how much cash the suspects made off with. >>> authorities have offered a $10,000 reward in hopes of nabbing those responsible for anti-semitic vandalism in ocean county. a banner containing an ethnic slur was left on a holocaust memorial in lakewood yesterday. and these fliers were left on dozens of cars.

340 runs, former england captain alastair cook the only batsman to offer any prolonged resistance, vernonnder and keshav maharaj doing most of the damage for the proteas. we know they are a very strong team,

ben stokes was more unlucky, vernon philander at his best all day with another piece of brilliance.. all out by 3pm for 133. we weren't good enough. we prepared well for this game, to good practice days, i think we didn't assess the situation quickly enough and it something we will have to learn. this is an embarrassing first loss orjoe root, whose colleagues will quickly have to get practising ahead of the next test. britain's tom daley and daniel goodfellow missed out on a medal in the ten metre synchro platform final at the world diving championships in budapest. they qualified from the preliminaries in second place, but could only finish fourth in the final. the competition was won by china, with russia second and germany completing the podium. although we did finish fourth, this morning's performance was solid and to have only missed one dive of the 12th was solid and we were consistent, and to finish twice, there is lots to take from it especially with the preparation we had, we hadn't done any syncrude training since the world series due to injuries and niggles, so we can't b

vernon estate in virginia.is now a tour guide there where he offers a unique perspective on the contributions of african americans to our country's history. this story was filmed, edited and produced by middle and high school students who are part of the newshour's student reporting labs program. >> the past always has an impact on the future. those who do not know their past are kind of destined to repeat it. >> we have that program every year. >> i've been coming here all my life, i remember when i was like about 12 years old. but i didn't fully understand or appreciate the family's longstanding connection. >> we're going to go up to the exhibit "lives bound together: slavery at george washington's mt. vernon." >> i am a licensed tour guide in the district of columbia and i come and i bring groups all over the metropolitan washington, d.c., including to george washington's mt. vernon, which the quander family has a long standing historical connection with. >> nancy carter was a young girl, really, who was 11

vernon and saw the young washington. it wasn't the first time i went to mt. vernon but the first time i saw it. we know about the guy who has no teeth. and -- can you imagine? he had one tooth when he became president. one and he lost that in his second term. i think it was john adams who left the white house with just one tooth. first of all, the trial that that was. but secondly, the paintings, you know, you see washington as this aged person whose mouth is sunken in and swollen. so you don't -- you know them -- we know washington too well as an old man. and the portraits don't often show him enough in his prime. >> sure. and he was oftentimes in pain because those tdentures were so ill fitting and he complained about them chronically. there are paintings of washington where he is bigger than horses and cannons and battlefields. washington was a big fellow. but if you were to extrapolate he would be about 14 feet tall. >> my favorite painting is the apathiosis of george washington. it was important that we be worshipful of our great men in the early days of

live in wilmington, delaware, i'm vernon odom channel6 "action news". >> all right, vernon thank you.or-trailer driver is hurt following this fiery accident in newport, delaware. the big rig veered out of control about 2:00 this morning. the cab hit the jersey barrier in the northbound lanes of 95 right near 295 and basin road. the truck we're told was carrying laundry. >>> investigators trying to figure out what caused the derailment of a new jersey transit train at penn station last night. it comes just days before major construction project there which is expected to cause a big headache for commuters. >>> no injuries were reported when the train carrying 180 passengers derailed but it did cause delays well into the morning. the derailment is the third since late march at new york's penn station. on monday work is set to begin to repair and replace the tracks there. the work will require new jersey transit and amtrak to divert dozens of trains throughout the summer. >> the philadelphia father arrested for endangering his child with a hypodermic needle is still behind bars. police r

vernon bogdanor, is pete wishart right? is it a zombie parliament?w, it is a zombie parliament in that it is deadlocked. there is really no majority for any controversial legislation at all. and both of the major parties are internally deeply divided on the major piece of legislation, which is, of course, the european union withdrawal bill. but from another point of view, you might call it the backbencher‘s parliament, because any backbenchers with proposals which achieve consensus can get their measures through. we have already seen an example of that in the proposal by stella creasey that women who come from northern ireland to secure abortions on this side of the irish sea can have them paid for by the taxpayer. and that was accepted by the government for fear of losing the vote. there may be other similar measures. the great danger with that, of course, is that both of these proposals are for increases in expenditure, which is difficult for the government to resist. so the chancellor of the exchequer in this backbencher‘s parliament may be even m

the district attorney's officer suspect as 69-year-old kenneth h oyle. >> vernon thank you.want just david jones. this morning his family and a gr center city and marched to city hall and the district attorney's office andnveiled a list of demands and want officers to carry contact cards listing their names and badge numbers. and jones was killed on june 8th. motor bike.nally stopped for >>> from our delaware newsroom. authorities are collecting evidence from the scene of a police involved shooting in wilmington. at the intersection of green mcdonald road where an officer exchanged gun fire with a robbery suspect last e chasing the man on foot after he fled the original. no one was injured in shootout. the gunman was and two others were taken into police custody. >>> a serious blow to the president's agenda. the senate rejected the so-called skinny repeal of the nation's health care law. 49-51 with three republicans joining all democrats in voting no. here is the latest >> reporter: for seven years republicans promised they would undo president obama's signature health care

line will, the yellow operate with mount vernon square. a list of have alternatives stops besides the smithsonian to get you down to the mall. all of these lines will be open. th that sony and does get hacked, avoid delays. an unusual backup on eastbound 50, headed for the bay bridge. heavy out of the annapolis area. phone calls to find out what is going on at the bay bridge. this story this morning is the deadly crash with the train and utility vehicle. route one shut down in each direction north of powder mill road. that is the traffic watch. back in 10 minutes. is on your side now with advice about your pet for the fourth of july. eileen and julie, listen up. frightened,s are which can cause them to run away. each year there is a 30% increase in lost pets. experts to just turning on a radio or tv to mask the sound of fireworks. you could distract your pets with something they enjoy . adrianna: forget the traffic and clouds, some people are hopping on a vote to relax. autria: john gonzalez is one of them. he is live on the potomac. good

live at police headquarters in center city, i'm vernon odom channel6 "action news." >> vernon thank you. >>> protesters marched through the streets of center city today demanding justice for a man shot and killed by philadelphia police. justice for david. >> this morning david jones' family along with a group of activists of police headquarters in center city and then marched to city hall. jones was killed in hunting park on june 8th after he was pulled over for recklessly driving a motor bike. surveillance video shows him being shot in the back while running from the scene. >> a group gathered outside of the delaware county courthouse today protesting president trump's energy agenda. members of what was speak for the trees is a asking representative pat meehan to call on the president to protect our children's future by implementing climate protection measures. the trump administration has said it wants america to be energy dominant. >> time right now for a check of that "action news" traffic report friday night. >> it is friday finally and matt pelman in the "action news" traffic cent

live in the brandywine section of wilmington, delaware, channel 6 "action news." >> all right vernon, thank you. >>> officials are working to fine out what killed a person found lying along elkton road in newark this morning. a person spotted the body and called police. the decease person is identified only as a male. >>> today an 18-year-old girl shot and killed in the suspected case of road rage is laid to rest. services for bianca roberson are being held. she is a graduate of ruxton high school and set to attend jacksonville university in the fall and she died on june 28th after she and david desper got into a confrontation, police say that desper shot her and she went off the road into a tree. her family is in the process of establishing a scholarship in her memory. john rawlins will have the latest coming up on "action news" at 12:30. >>> developing this noon one of the most highly anticipated shand shakes in the world. video from the german government shows president trump and russian president, vladimir putin meeting for the first time. they met briefly before the launch of the

vernon odom is live now at police headquarters tonight. what is the latest on this? >> reporter: police tell me they have the name of the suspect and tracking him down at this hour and his name not released so far. and that he may have gone nuts from a drug known as wet. >> a.j. wright tried in vein to rescue a murder victim this morning. the crime went down in crescentville at 7:00 a.m. the home of rosalind wick was n invaded by a man that beat her with a hammer and stabbed her four times in the neck. wick's daughter escaped from the house and appealed to wright to help. >> he came face-to-face with the mad man. >> i go to the door the guy slams the door in my face, boom i'm trying to get in the house. >> she was stabbed multiple times and other things found at the crime scene but definitely the wounds to the neck were the cause of death. >> wright heard the violence attack behind closed door and then silence and saw him flee out the window. >> he ran across the grass to his family's house and locked both the doors and jumped out another window again. >> police have

vernon. >> reporter: good evening, rick. wilmington's new police chief has been implementing tactics he learned in stops in new york city and in chicago. he says there has been progress made since he's been here since april, this wild weekend however of gunfire is not going to knock his department off its course. the makeshift memorial for homicide victim david bailey aged 23. he was gunned down friday afternoon in the 700 block of south van buren. his grieving cousin held a vigil at the murder scene today. >> that's how this city is, man. you can't really bring somebody back from that. but i love you bro'. it's only us. >> reporter: the bailey murder touched off a staggering string of shootings all across wilmington over the weekend. by 11:59 last night, a total of nine shootings spread out here in a total of six separate incidents. craft men were replacing the bullet riddled glass on the door after it was hit with bullets last night at the landmark community center. the center was not the target. a motorist sitting the the

this is going to be heavy between mount vernon and old town, and we're looking at storm reports now, all reports of tree damage, and these are reports of high wind, and we talked about some of the trees down in faulkner county. we'll come back and give you a detailed report on some of the damage around fairfax county. we'll talk about the weekend and let you know if it's worth getting through the severe weather. maybe there's something waiting for us on the other side. >> hope so. thank you topper. >>> before you hit the roads this weekend, our special assignment unit has an important story about something called truck underride collision. that's what happens when a passenger vehicle slides underneath the tractor-trailer in a crash, crushing the passenger come apartment of the car -- compartment of a cart. >>> we begin with the memory of three young women and how it's their mother fighting for change. why big rigs can mean big an independent thinker, colorful, imaginative person. mary was the youngest, the baby of the family, and she was like a ham. always kind of the life of the par

vernon odom is live with the latest. >> reporter: police are looking for the child and at this hour their intensifying the search for the missing teen mother and her infant child and asking the public's help now to determine their whereabouts. this is the missing teenage mother and her 2-month-old daughter. she is 16 and her daughter is 2 months old and they are missing since the 4th of july when she walk add way from her youth services home in roxborough. she lived there by court order and are missing for three weeks and police and all involved are increasingly concerned. >> a small baby and 16-year-old mother young herself, a bran new mother and in my opinion does not have the skills necessary to be on the run, so to speak way with a 2-month-old child. she needs to come and talk to someone. and work things out. >> it should be shown she has a history as a run away. police are talking to her relative that claim they have no idea where she and the 2-month-old child are. >> she is not facing criminal child here but a clients of the city's court system therefore she and her daughter must be

i'm vernon odom channel6 "action news" in bridesburg. >> all right, vernon thank you. >>> a delawaresed of driving under the influence with her toddler in the car. crystal zimmerman was arrested yesterday after a collision police say they caused in rehoboth beach. now officers found her two-year-old son in the back seat after the 37-year-old crashed her nissan into the back of another car on coastal highway. upon failing a field sobriety test. fortunately her son was not injured. >>> a man is now charged in yesterday's deadly shooting in norristown. investigator its say santiago villian andre said he chased the alleged thief and tripped him causing him to drop his gun. he then picked up that weapon and used it to shoot and kill the other man identified as 26-year-old christian green. fill lane andre surrender and was charged with voluntary manslaughter. >> philadelphia police are asking for the public's help to track down a destructive burglar. this is surveillance video from outside the dunkin donuts on the 5400 block in olney last thursday. you can see the burglar use a large stone

vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> well. the search is on for suspects after a man was shot several times and left to die on a german town street. police were called to the 1500 block of german town avenue this morning and found a 35-year-old man suffering from gunshot wounds and rushed him to the hospital in critical condition, and are looking at surveillance cameras in hopes of identifying the suspect. philadelphia need your help identifying several men that attacked two other men walking down the city street. part of that assault is captured on surveillance video on the 1100 block of filbert street. the suspects punched and kicked the victim. one had a cut and swollen left eye. they believe it's the same juveniles seen on the video inside of the crown chicken. >>> fans of the trump taj mahal resort can take a part of the casino before it's gutted. they need to get rid of the furniture, poker tables chandeliers and artwork and more. jeff is live in atlantic city with the latest on the liquidation sale happening now. jeff,

vernon square this morning. that's not the only issue. between navy yard and mt. vernon square. all of this they're calling late -- this is the picture from justin finch out there on the scene. this is the right side of the roadway. this pepsi truck has been there for a couple of hours. we are getting by on the left. no doubt if this sticks around. we expect it to stick around for a bit longer. this is causing problems through district heights. no other major problems on any roads there. right now, justin finch out there live at the scene. justin, tell me what you're seeing and what will happen in the next few hours. >> reporter: seeing a few things out there. traffic is moving on the beltway here. inner loop to our left. we're in the right lane where traffic is not moving at all due to here. take a look down. that's the tractor portion of the tractor-trailer separated from this buckled and burnt-out pepsi trailer to my right here. take a look. there's damage to the back. i'm going to show you the wheels underneath here. it's missing a few wheels due to the fire. it's reported t

trains operating between huntington and mount vernon. metro bus operating on saturday schedule and free parking at all metro facilities. best stops national mall, smithsonian. fogy bottom, l'enfant. keep in mind parade today hopefully tucker that rain hold off 11:45 starting constitution avenue at 7th street and running down through 17th street. fireworks starting after 9:00 tonight around 9:15. get in place well before that point. keep if mind 11:00 today, 11:05 first pitch t down there as well. pedestrian access, mel bridge, constitution avenue. several road closed anklely has been giving team coverage. question f any questions erin fox d.c. on twitter. and 7 tonight and until 2:00 in the morning uber take lift up to 15 off. code sober july 4. contact silver ride.com. vr sext not operating today. back to you guys. >> thank you, erin. president back on twitter is overnight reacting to proactive move by morm korea, his message to the country's leader. >> president trump is in d.c. for july 4 holiday and gearing up with trip overseas one

according to the mount vernon library, the story goes that george washington's friend, the marquise de key during the french revolution and lafayette sent it on a circuitous route to washington, brought it to him to philadelphia when the capitol moved there and finally put it in a place of great prominence in his home is mount vernon. ashes the smithsonian said, for washington, the bastille key came to represent a global surge of liberty. the president thanked him for the gift and a letter he wrote to the marquise sent him back a pair of shoe buckles in return. you can still see the key today in its place of prominence at washington's home in mount vernon and for just $29.95, you can take home a bastille key paperweight. perhaps president trump would like to have one for his desk? >>> the correct answer to the ""gps" challenge question se se a, c., the refugees admitted to the u.s. between january 21st and june 30th, 2017 were from the democratic republic of the congo followed by myanmar. 179 refugees, 9% of that total, were from syria. violence across the democratic republic of congo

leftover delays between la front and mount vernon. a lot of foykz omenting to get around the green one. watch tore that. crash east capital southbound. 50 backs up as well and as we look at 95 westbound it's about 15 minute delay stafford area and as we look at drive times dale city to beltway 33 minute drive. 66 from 29 gainsville to 28 centerville. 18 minute delay. 267 looking good and then in har mar, 270, urbana to beltway 36 minutes and outer loop 20 minute delay. nothing crazy con guested yet. i'll let you know if that changes. >> only green is toll road go figure. >> make us feel better tucker. >> all right. time for morning meme and morning meme medieval edition. >> with going back in time. >> yes. >> game of tucker. >> it's a version of that. let's get to it. all right. let's see what we got. >> you were not kidding. >> penny when you act cool for crew and horse seize rights through you. >> that's hilarious. >> side eye from the house you. >> geted idea here. >> we understand. >> i like. it >> that's happened to me. >> horse

"action news" reporter vernon odom has the latest on this. >> it was devastating.er seen such a thing ever in my life. >> reporter: jamaal called police after midnight when he saw this ford 150 truck barreling along west 14th street ramming parked vehicles like nobody's business. it woke kelvin edwards up and he ran to the window just in time to see the truck blasting his yukon. >> it wasn't a sideswipe type issue. it was full blown ramming backing up, ramming, accelerating, pushing the cars from the street onto the sidewalk. >> really quickly. it was like three minutes. at that moment the guy was actually right here ramming the last car it was a maserati car. >> reporter: the maserati is a $100,000 sports car. its owner believes it was totaled. when police arrived witnesses say the truck was still slamming into vehicles along the 200 and 300 blocks of west 14th. >> the guy was still, you know, hitting the gas. i don't know, he was saying somebody's following me. >> reporter: the suspect is this man identified by police as 30-year-old nicholas massi. police cuffed

vernon square only., bicycles and large coolers are not permitted huntington and mt. vernon square only. due to large crowds lecoolers are not permitted parking is free at all metro-operated facilities and metrobus is operating on a saturday schedule. service closes at midnight. also -- in observance of independence day, vre will not operate today. service will resume tomorrow. this next story is somewhat fitting for the holiday. d-c wildlife officials are caring for a special guest this independence day. take a look-- it's a sick bald eagle. "city wildlife" has been caring for the bird since it was found lethargic and unable to fly in southeast d-c on saturday. it says the bird is now eating and is acting more normally. more tests are planned before he can be released back into the wild. a new push - to find an age-old symbol of freedom on this independence day. a 2-thousand pound replica of the liberty bell - missing! in 1950 - the bell was given to d-c by the federal government. it used to be housed o

vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> okay vernon thank you.t heat wave with the 6 abc app. in addition to the updates on the temperature find stormtracker 6 live double scan radar and the 6 abc app is a free download. >>> we have now learned the names of the two women shot and killed as they sat in a car in north philadelphia. police say that 35-year-old illy mendoza and 19-year-old marie torres were inside of the red pickup truck at lawrence street when each were shot in the head. police have not made arrests or suggested what the motive may have been here. >> a man's failed burglary attempt was caught on camera in sommer beton it shows him trying to get inside of the philly gas station on bustleton avenue. he first tries to pry open the door using a tool and then broke out a blow torch and after several minutes of blasting the door with heat he was not getting inside and left in a ford escape. police are hoping someone will recognize this man and turn him in. firefighters learn how to protect their own lives during a safety lesson and a larg

at city hall i'm vernon odom channel6 "action news." >> still to come on "action news" tonight a new jersey family reveals their harrowing story after coming feet from a water spout while out canoeing yesterday. >>> and ducis rodgers live in south philadelphia tonight for the start of eagles training camp. hey, ducis. >> reporter: hey there rick. day one is in the books. coming up in sports we'll hear from head coach doug pederson for his comparison of this roster to that of a super bowl champion. please tell me it will get cooler out here. >> actually ducis it l the reason why, we have a cold front moving in but that's also bringing the threat of strong storms. in fact we have a severe thunderstorm warning for parts of lehigh and berks county tonight. i'll track the storms, talk about the big cooldown on the way in the accuweather 7-day forecast. >> all right, cecily. those stories and much more when "action news" at 6:00 comes right back. >> ♪ >> it was something you don't see every day off the coast of new jersey but some boaters captured amazing images of a water spout that forme

pm severe thunderstorms were located along the line extending from your honey brook to near mount vernon to near delta moving southeast at twenty five miles per hour hazard sixty miles per hour wind gusts source radar indicated impact expects damage to trees and power lines. severe thunderstorms will be near marcus and going around two thirty pm. mt vernon glenroy at home till around two thirty five pm oxford and richards me around two forty pm down town rising sunshine and west nottingham around two forty five pm calvert woodlawn marshall ten farmington. around two fifty pm west chester kennett square west bleak and zion around two fifty five pm. campbellsville bayview and pleasant hill around three pm west down the charles town appleton and glen west over cherry hill and ladenburg around three zero five pm other locations impacted by the severe thunderstorms include chesapeake city modena engineer village green green ridge west. cross and port deposit for your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a built in addition to a large hail and damaging winds frequent clou

i'm vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you vernon. >>> a man is behind bars today accused montgomery county hospital patient who overdosed and died inside of the hospital room. 29-year-old travis suita was arraigned for a drug delivery resulting in death. on five different oceans surveillance video shows him arriving at einstein medical center where he sold pills and fentanyl to patient, sierra frederick. >> instead of coming home she was found dead of an overdose in a bathroom floor of her hospital room by a nurse that heard water running in her room. >> investigators say that einstein medical center has cooperated through the entire investigation that they arranged the drug sales through text messages. >>> part of route 22 was shut down through the morning because of a mess of metal. the tractor trailer overturned at the route 30 bypass before 11:00 a.m. crew his to bring in a backhoe to right the truck and clean up the scrap metal. it was opened at 1:30 this afternoon and nobody was hurt and the accident is under investigation. >>> it's on the cloudy side earlier today

problem outside of mount vernon square.we official aside from that gw parkway just got a tweet about how nasty this traffic is. previously all northbound lanes were blocked by the over looks now just the right lane is blocked but traffic is backed up all the way to 395. significant delays at least 35 minute slow down. outer loop -- outer loop inner loop outside the beltway backed up. southbound jams backed up from the beltway down the overlook as women. back to you guys. >> erin, thank you. >>> 8:08 right now. >>> to anyone watching this morning with heavy foot be ready to tap the brake. if you hit the beltway a new speed camera is watching for y you. >> so the camera is on 495 in prince george's county near the suitland road bridge. this comes as -- >> what mile marker? i want to know exactly. >> bob so s out there. he can let us know exactly. how much money some of those speed cameras are bringing in. bob barnard is live this morning along the beltway with the brand new details. bob, this thing is on wheels, right? >> oh,

sixteen miles from the city he founded on the opposite bank of the potomac than mount vernon where theather of his country lived and died and wrote his body lies and whom the nation now holds his home and trust. a modest george washington wanted to call a top of the federal study but the young ones lovingly acknowledged him and gave it his great name whenever and wherever from now on name they pay homage to the undying. like a man in the city every man and the first and last but in the hearts of his countrymen. ♪ quick something that this congresswoman talks about her attempt to protect social programs. security --al reached its lowest point, we had ronald reagan and tip o'neill. they came together and acted -- and congress acted -- to make social security -- into the future. -- about social -- havingand being missed solved immediately. >> watch afterwards sunday night at 9:00 eastern on c-span2's book tv. >> professors is for hello was used -- using examples from the war, and, civil questioning whether laws can restrain war. stories of american relations host of the one hour 45 minute

at police headquarters in wilmington, i'm vernon odom, channel6 "action news." >> dozens of kids fromladelphia, delaware and montgomery counties are learning all about law enforcement. this is the camper's first full day at troop k camp cadet. the kids range in age from 11 to 14. they spent the morning learning about crime scenes. pennsylvania state police showed them how to dust for fingerprints and when the young people graduate friday, they'll be certified in cpr and they will have gained new tools that will carry them throughout life. >> ♪ [ indistinct chatter ] [ intense music playing ] it's here, but it's going by fast. the opportunity of the year is back: the mercedes-benz summer event. get to your dealer today for incredible once-a-season offers, and start firing up those grilles. lease the e300 for $569 a month at your local mercedes-benz dealer. mercedes-benz. the best or nothing. >> good day at the ballpark. how about mixing a little baseball and basketball. >> markelle fultz says his ankle feels great. remember that was tannish summer league. markelle fultz has been throwi

vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> all right vernon thank you. >>> a 27-year-old kensington man seriously hurt when he accidentally grabbed an electrical wire while working on a house today. chopper 6 hd was over the scene of emerald street this morning. the man was on a three story scaffolding when he grabbed a live wire and the shock sent him tumbling to the ground and was conscious when taken to temple university hospital but is still in critical condition. >>> he was considered the mastermind of new jersey's so-called bridge gate scandal. david wildstein was sentenced to three years probation, he plead guilty in the role for the politically motivated lane closures on the george washington bridge but prosecutors asked to show him leniency as a reward for cooperating and helped to convict two former allies of governor chris christie. >>> i hate to say this but from time to time there is a cool and refreshing breeze i have to say. >> i did feel that as well. adam joseph is here. you think i'm crazy but i did. >> i ran into the woods away from the sun and when it came i was stil

vernon, sitting on the steps of your home, watching the people across the street swim in the pool. >> but the feeling he gave me, it made me feel bad, you know. i told my mother i want a pool, too, you know, and that was my whole entire life drive, i'm not going to complain about anything, whatever i want for my family, i'm going to go out and work hard for. >> as a college student at howard university in washington, combs knew he wanted to make music for a living. he drove four hours to new york every weekend to intern at uptown records run by andres hurel. >> i gave him a tape to run an errand, ten blocks away. before i could hang up the phone, puff came through the door. >> you were promoted to executive quickly. how old were you? >> 19. >> combs star rose in the early '90s as he developed future stars like mary j. blige. eventually his mentor fired him. >> you become 19, you go crazy, act a little obnoxious. it was such a disappointment to me because i got fired by the first person that believed in me. >> he then formed his own label. bad boy entertainment. going head to head with

vernon, george washington's home. she pour trace the granddaughter, martha peter.want to start by asking you about your grandfather, george washington. what would he say about the state of the republic at a >> he would hope we would come together especially this day we celebrate our founding, and find a future >> what is the greatest misconception about george washington >> i think he's forgotten as a grandpa put a. last year when he returned from the presidency i was there waiting for them with their first great grandchild. a month later he taught that baby girl to talk. >> it is so great to have you. i want to show our viewers some things that are happening at mt. vernon be george washington's inspection of the troops, naturalliation, red white and blue concert and daytime fireworkses and i know that last night's fireworks were sold out. people were excited and eager to learn about history >> they are, it's so important that everyone come to mt. vernon to learn the sacrifices that were made by our soldiers and citizens as well as to honor those joining us as new

single tracking on the yellow line between pentagon city and mount vernon square.en line at navy yard to l'enfant expect delays in both directions. single tracking across three of our six rail lines. as we move over for a look at our roads southbound 295 eastern avenue to east capitol street about a five minute delay. want to hop outside and show you a live look on the inner loop. earlier vehicle fire, it was a tractor-trailer fire, a pepsi truck caught on fire, right lane is still blocked right now. left lane is getting by just fine. as make your way from ritchie marlboro road down to slowdowns because people are just slowing down to take a look at that and volume is picking up. be prepared. looks like the right lane will be closed for some time. as we switch back over to our maps other areas of slowdown this morning 66 eastbound between prince william parkway and centreville. seeing about a 15 minute slowdown. once you pass 28 things do open up on your way to the beltway. and then as i get out of the way in falls church we have a tab of the brakes into arlington

vernon, what have you learned about this?> reporter: brian, all along police and investigators suspected that there was a suspected accomplice for mr. dinardo and this morning that came out to be true apparently but that person of interest did not surface until this morning when he was already in custody. at daylight there was no answer at the door in the 800 block of mcgee in the city's lawndale section where sean kratz was arrested with jot incident. he occasionally stayed there with his mother according to sources. the main source of evidence in ambler montgomery county along susquehanna road. detectives could be seen gathering evidence. the father's neighbors said they've known sean kratz aged 20 to be a good kid. >> nice kid to talk to. >> reporter: nice kid to talk to. >> yeah, sure. >> reporter: anything unusual about him that you ever noticed. >> no, not that i noticed. >> reporter: police could be seen searching were i was metal detector. the bucks county d.a. says they've uncovered both murder weapons used in this m

more bad news for south africa because their fast bowler vernon philander is spending the night in hospitalip after missing large spells of the match so far with a stomach bug. it's unlikely that he will be able to bat on saturday. great britain have added a fourth swimming gold to the their tally at the world aquatics championships in budapest. the men's 200 metres relay team, the defending champions, were led home byjames guy. his final leg taking gb from third to first. great that in 12 years ago in russia. the world champions again in the men's 400 metres relay. a happy quartet of stephen milne, nick grainger, duncan scott and guy make britain the world champions again. what a great swim by all of us. for me, getting back on having a good time with the boys and world champions, that's as back again. northern ireland's former world featherweight champion carl frampton has had his fight tomorrow called off, after his opponent, mexico's andres gutierrez, fell in the shower this evening and injured his face. earlier, frampton had apologised to fans after failing to make the weight, meaning

vernon odom is live now where the s&ps are being questioned tonight. >>evening. police are continuing to interrogate a pair of teenagers, in a pair of overnight carjackings in two different counties. two miles apart if they travel add long 95 south. it all started when this silver hyundai was carjacked at gun point and one suspect bran dished a silver handgun and then a second carjacking on the 9800 block of bustleton. and two men took a toyota from an overnight bank security guard. two hijackers on the lam in two different cars. police spotted them and one sprang from the toyota. >> the male exits the camry and points a gun at the police officer and the police officer discharged one round. nobody was struck. and so far as we know no uninvolved person was struck by the round. >> the suspect fled into the pennypack woods only to be apprehended without incident by the growing number of responding officers. the other suspect was found and both are 18 years old and are being questioned here in the special units that handle all incidents city wide where an officer fir

for south africa, bowler vernon philander ended the day on figures of ‘3 for a6' in his 16 overs. of course went to england captain root you always pride yourself on runs as a player and you want to set the example as captain and it's important that you score runs but it's just the start, only the first game. if i want to push things on in the future then i'm going to have to do more consistently. there's been a couple of big football transfer stories today. news of a manchester city player going to barcelona in a moment, but first to old trafford because the bbc understands that manchester united are set to sign everton‘s romelu lukaku for £75 million. our sports news correspondent richard conway has more. will romelu lukaku be playing his football here at old trafford? in this coming season? senior club officials at manchester united have said that a £75 million fee has been agreed between themselves and everton but everton say not so, sources that goodison park indicating no fee has been agreed. yet that may be because there was interest still from chelsea, lu ka ku's old club.