reporting live from south philadelphia, walter perez, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. our coverage of the convert bombing in manchester continues on the 6 abc app. we'll alert you to updates as developments unfold and you'll find photographs and videos from the scene of the attack along with reaction from england and around the world. david muir is in manchester tonight he'll have the lake-effect on the investigation tonight on world news, next at 6:30, right after "action news." >>> there is a twist, into the investigation into a deadly fire in north philadelphia. police say that the man that owned the building took his own life overnight. sources say that 34-year-old anthony eubanks took his own life after the death of love. her body was found on west susquehanna avenue. the two had an on again off again relationship. and new surveillance video shows two men wanted for a shooting that injured a man and his 1-year-old son. it happened friday night on the 3300 block ofmal ta street in the kensington section of philadelphia. the father and son were sitting on the porch

i'm walter perez, here's what's happening on "action news" at 11:30.sident trump begins his first foreign trip as president. >>> the wife of superstar quarterback tom brady sparked comments about concussions. >> and the sister of the future queen of england tied the knot. it was the tiniest royals that stole the show. >> president trump began his foreign trip meeting with the king of saudi arabia. with the latest on both topic, here's aerial rah chef. >> president trump getting a royal welcome from the saudi arabia royal leader. me lania not wearing the head scarf. the president having no trouble with this tradition, a dance of peace after war. then to business, a deal for the saudi kingdom to buy $350 billion in military equipment and services. >> hundreds of billion of dollars and jobs, jobs jobs. >> james comey will testify after the memorial day. he told top diplomats, i fired the head of the fbi, he was crazy, a real nut job. >> i face great pressure because of russia, that's taken off. >> in an interview with george stephanopolis, h. r. mcmaster

. >>> saturday night i'm walter perez. rock icon greg almond pass's way. local teen is hailed a hero after running into a burning home to rescue his one year-old nephew. >>> but the big story on "action news" is kick off to the unofficial start of the summer season. memorial day weekend is here and witt a chance to get away and enjoy time with family and friend. "action news" reporter trish hartman joins us live from ocean city now with all of the festivities underway, hi there , trish. report report hi there walter. yes, drizzling here in ocean city, starting to let up, we found shelter under this awning not the best afternoon for the beach but as most people we have spoke with said even if the weather isn't perfect, you are still down the shore. as the rain drops started to fall, in ocean city, many people pack up their blankets and towels, thinking of a plan b for the rest of their afternoon. >> i literally got here, just showed up, and only five minutes. >> reporter: others snuggled up and stayed enjoying every last se

i'm walter perez. here's what's happening on "action news" at 11:30. the latest on the manchester bombing coming up. >> communities across the area and country honor the men and women who defend our country. and joe biden has his own ice cream flavor. more arrests have been made in the u.k. as investigators continue to piece together the details about the bombing in manchester. >> molly hunter has details from london. >>> new raids and fresh arrests in manchester. >> everyone is told to evacuate the streets. >> british police searching a number of properties in contention with monday's suicide bombing that killed 22 people. seen here in new images from the night of the attack. >> we get a greater understanding of the preparation of the bomb. there will be more arrests and more searches. >> with that upsiding, u.k. officials lowered the threat level. >> at sporting events across the country, security is out in force. police greeted 90,000 soccer fans. >> you have togo on with your life. police are doing all they did to keep you safe. >> in manchester, m

delaware valley's leading news program, with meteorologist, melissa magee, jeff scaversky and walter perez>> from the city to the shore, it was a cloudy way to begin the unofficial start of the summer season. a lot of us spent the day with family and friends while others took time to remember the real reason for the holiday, those that lost their lives in defense of protecting our country. >> i'm walter perez, many of us made the best of it though we had cloudy skies. melissa magee has more on the weekend but we begin with trish. >> after a bit of rain earlier today, folks are enjoying the night down the shore. for one group in particular, it was a chance to remember the true reason for the holiday weekend. there was plenty to do. >> we are going to hit preps pizza and go to the boards. >> veteran's groups, local law enforcement and others winded up in wildwood for the parade. >> hi fought the war in a monsoon season so this rain doesn't bother me. >> the sky is clear, the annual parade is organized by the local chapter of vietnam vets of america ending on ocean avenue where a group of vet

i'm walter perez. story is developing news from the andorra section when 11 people were injured when a deck collapsed at an apartment building. police say there were 16 people on the deck along the 8800 block of ridge avenue when it happened. one of those injured was an off duty police officer. specters are trying to determine why the deck gave way. >> the search has been called off for a teen who never recovered from the delaware river. annie mccormick has details. >> a number of teenagers have been out here tonight, friends of the missing teenager, some of them in the water with him. the search has been suspended around 5:00 tonight. philadelphia police marine unit is expected to resume tomorrow depending on the weather. >> he's like a little brother. friends of 16-year-old antoine fox clung to each other at the delaware river where he went missing friday night. >> the teens jumped in by the boat ramp friday night but the current proved too much and the three got separated. >> once you were under, it

walter perez is live with more. >> reporter: well jim, it started as yet another overdose death in the delaware valley and as you know law form officers are trained to use extreme caution when processing a scene like this one because of the po entsy of the drugs being told by dealers today. and this serves as a stark reminder of that. police arrived on the 200 block of heritage road and responding to reported of a drug overdose. authorities entered the home and found the victim. pronounced dead at the scene and two other responding offices, a detective and another dfg from the camden county prosecutors office came into direct can't with the suspicious substance. both officers quickly submitted to a decontamination protocol. and chopper 6 hd was over the scene. and both officers were transferred to cooper medical center for further observation and meanwhile neighbors were heart broken about the young person that od's made worse because two officers may have been exposed as well. >> that is scary to have that happen. and they are trying to help and something affected them too. that is th

. >> now for melissa magee, jeff scaversky and walter perez and the entire "action news" team, i'm sarah bloomquist. have a good night and a great week ahead. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> tonight on sports sunday, with the third pick in the nba draft, should the sixers make a trade? >> we'll leave our options open. >> plus, what should the phillies do with their cliewls pitcher and do the eagles find the piece to the puzzle? >> you have the feeling that they have something special. i want to be part of that. >> sports sunday starts now. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> this is "action news" sports sunday sponsored by audi. ♪ >> what's up? we tip off sports sunday talking sixers and the n

"action news" reporter walter perez has the story tonight from schnecksville. >> murphy. >> reporter:n news" was allowed access to murphy the giraffe one day after the mysterious death of his six-year-old son ernie. the animals arrived in the lehigh valley from the zoo in kansas city last week. the zoo ceo says everything went well at first. >> when he came into the barn murphy took the side of his face and rubbed it against ernie's neck. >> reporter: but scene officials say it was over this past weekend when murphy and ernie turned aggressive toward each other. while it's not unusual behavior forever rasers their handlers decided to keep them in separate enclosures overnight into sunday as a precaution. when scene officials returned sunday morning, they found ernie was that standing with his head bowed unusually low and they knew something was wrong. the medical staff quickly converged onto the scene. >> as they started taking his vitals ernie fell over and he passed away on his own. that was probably the -- that was probably the most -- i never want to see or experience anything lik

valley's leading news program, with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky, sarah bloomquist and walter perez. >>> two warnings fired in philadelphia with deadly, results and the first of a beloved couple and their sonnies killed inside of their home in wynfield. just a few hours later a fire claims the life of a pregnant woman inside of her north philadelphia home. >>> sunday night and the big story on "action news" is investigation into two separate fatal fires that took a tragic toll. >> in fact fire marshall tells "action news" one of the fires deemed suspicious claimed life of a pregnant woman. "action news" reporter annie mccormack is live at the scene in north philadelphia with the details, annie. >> reporter: walter and sarah an hour ago the fire marshall did return to the scene, along with the crime scene unit, and detectives from central detectives. at this point the fire marshall, according to police, is calling this fire suspicious. at this point it has not been ruled an arson. a 911 call came in around 7:30 this morning here in the 2100 block of west susquehanna avenue, the call

valley's leading news program, with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky, sarah bloomquist and walter perez. >>> sunday night, eight people are killed in a shooting spree in mississippi. >>> communities across the air use and across the country pay tribute to the men and women who gave their lives in defense of our country. >>> but the big story on "action news" is a fire in north philadelphia, that claimed the life of a grandmother and her two small grandchildren in fact, fire broke out just after 6:30 this morning and quickly spread trapping several people inside "action news" reporter bob brooks has more from the scene >> reporter: you can see flames engulfed whole building this morning, two row homes on fire, in the 1700 block of north sixth street. there were people, trapped inside. >> i run outside by the time i run outside mom and step dad out and mom screaming that her kid are in the house. >> reporter: but, the flames could be tamed and end result three people are now dead. two children, and one woman. >> i'm going to miss her report report paul guillory is children's great grandfa

action news's walter perez is live with more on the accused and also his job. walter? >> reporter: that's right, sharrie. this is a case involving local, state and federal authorities who executed a search warrant and made the arrest after a months' long investigation. when the fbi, along with several local police departments, raided the home of 57-year-old douglas maddox, they say enthuse knew right away their information was good. >> we actually went to the computer, when we entered the house and he was actually downloading child porn as we were entering the house. >> reporter: the new britain police department which was part of the investigation. the chief says the arrest was made three days ago and they're still processing the evidence. >> so far all the forensics aren't done yesterday but he had hundreds of files of child porn. >> reporter: he has since been released on $75,000 bail. so we went to his home to see if he would be willing to speak with us on camera about this case. but no one answered the door. action news has also learned that the suspect is employe

"action news" with meteorologist melissa magee, sarah bloomquist, jeff skversky and walter perez. >> sunday night and we begin with breaking news from the huntington park section. one crash left one person dead and others injured. >> christie ileto is at the scene. >> officers and tow truck drivers are trying to clean up what's left of the scene on i street. earlier this evening was a larger scene, four cars involved in the accident, five people taken to local hospitals and one man is dead. that man was driving this white honda accord. witnesses say around 8:15 he was barreling down huntington park avenue when he crashed. he hit a utility pole. that driver veered into oncoming traffic and crashed. his exact speed and whether he was under the influence is unclear. his body us with taken to the local autopsy. >> christie ileto "action news." >> now to two fires that took a tragic toll. >> we begin in philadelphia where a woman five months preg was found dead. annie mccormick is live at the scene with details. the fire marshall is calling this suspicious. >> firefighters responded to a

walter perez is live outside of citizens bank park where baseball fans will likely notice the added officers. >> we want to emphasize ta there is no specific threat against tonight's game with the phillies and the rockies, but the message is to once again live your life but remain vigilant. what happened yesterday in manchester england, presumably in the hands of the islamic state is a sign of the times in which we live. so law enforcement officials here is an it's part of their duty to make people feel as safe as possible living in an open and free society. >> we have no information that will lead us to believe that what happened in manchester is related to anything that may be going on here. but anything in the short run like the phillies game we are increasing our deployment in that record. >> we spoke with someone that knows a lot of terror hitting home. superintendant of the boston police department is in town for today' citizen crime awards ceremony. he shares his memory of the marathon bombing in 2013. >> innocent people visiting and enjoying an event and cowards step in and do coward

reporting live walter perez, channel 6 "action news." >> that is good news. thank you. >>> upper darby police want the public to be on the lookout for this man. 32-year-old gerald devore escaped from the crozer medical center after being arrested for apartment burglaries, the suspect is considered dangerous. >>> a 7-year-old remains in critical condition at this hour. brain dead according to her family after a horrifying and strange night in the olney section of the story started with the girled mother calling police saying that her car was stolen by her 18-year-old son. when the police responded she went inside and down to the basement to get her identification. >> and made a horrifying discovery. >> she ran out with her 7-year-old daughter in her arms. she was frantic and stated that the child had a plastic bag over its head. >> that little girl remains hospitalized at this hour. again in critical condition from what her father told us she is brain dead. the family car is recovered but the girl's teenage brother remains on the loose at this hour. and still

valley's leading news program with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff scaversky, sarah bloomquist and walter perez>> a rainy night. can't stop the holiday weekend festivities, fireworks at penn's landing to an evening on the boardwalk, memorial day weekend 2017 is under way. the big story is a weather rollercoaster on the memorial day weekend. >> peak peeks of sunshine, thenn dampened the festivities, but the long weekend is not over yet. mesmelissa? >> if walter and sarah, we are tracking the weather tonight and first half of the day tomorrow. here's storm tracker 6 radar 3d. we have a frontal boundary draped across pennsylvania northward through the overnight hours. you see the pockets of heavy rain across the delaware valley. tighter on storm tracker 6 with showers in philadelphia and wilmington, moving south and east to atlantic city and cape may, pockets of heavy moisture. dover getting in on the pockets of wet weather. something else to keep in mind, we have a coastal flood advisory until 3:00 in the morning. minor flood sg a concern from seaside heights to cape may. the next high tide time

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reporting from the lehigh valley zoo, walter perez channel6 "action news." >> and still ahead on "actionday deal regrets, stay tuned. we can help you determine if you paid too much for something and how you can get some of that money back. >> plus, does she have a hobby or a hoarding problem? regardless of the wording, we know one thing for sure. this florida senior citizen is about to be evicted all thanks to her well organized collection of characters. >> and before we go to break let's check out one more memorial day parade. this one from radnor, delaware county. we'll have more of the sights and sounds from ceremonies all around the area when "action news" at 4:00 continues. >> ♪ >> ♪s. >> president trump is condemning the deadly stabbing of two good samaritans on a portland oregon train. he called it an unacceptable violent on attack to two men and standing up to hate and intolerance. the attacks happened friday night on the first dave ramadhan. the victims were killed while trying to come to the dade aid of two young muslim women. the suspect was allegedly screaming anti-muslim slu

now for melissa magee, jeff skversky and the entire action news team, i'm walter perez.ee you back at 11:00. flu ♪ >>> tonight, the president's historic trip overseas. the saudi sit-down and the deal just cut. plus, president trump and members of his cabinet like you've never seen them before. >>> ready to talk. the former fbi director james comey preparing to tell his side of the story, when he will testify in front of congress. >>> cabin scare. new images and details on the passenger detained on a flight to hawaii. what happened with tsa before he boarded the flight. >>> trapped. students stuck on a roller coaster in a thunderstorm for more than three hours. the terrifying rescue caught on camera. >>> and pippa's big day. saying i do in style. the family drama and the high-profile guest not at the ceremony.

reporting live walter perez, channel 6 "action news." >> tragedy all the way around. thank you. >>> signs of drug abuse can be hard especially if the use involves a loved one with the growing opioid epidemic police are using a new tool setting up a mock bedroom to show signs of addiction from containers that could contain narcotics and these seemingly innocent looking roses. a tour of the bedroom shows how hard it can be to spot trouble. >> it's hard to see but if you know to look for it it's easy to fine. don't miss the eye opening report tonight at 11:00. it could help save a life. >>> a woman accused of stabbing an 8-year-old in collingdale is formerly arraigned. that he stabbed dorothy deegan in the head way butcher knife back in february. that beshir said she did it because she was unhappy with the girl's baby sitting skills but the girl's mother told "action news" she was too young to be baby sitting anyone. and beshir is facing multiple charges including attempted homicide and simple assault and aggravated assault and reckless endangerment. >>> the search is on

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walter. >> northeast arkansas, an entire house caught on camera floating down a bridge. abc's alex perez has more on the crisis blamed for a dozen deaths. >> reporter: new evacuations and flash flood emergency in northeast arkansas. the black river more than 10 feet above flood stage breaching the levee. nearby, the current river carrying this cabin on a collision course. striking a highway bridge. the national guard deployed across the region as a slow motion disaster now unfolds. major highways underwater. st. louis now virtually cut off from the southwest. >> i can't stress enough that if there is water on that roadway, do not go into it. >> hopefully this wall of sandbags will hold. >> in missouri, the river at record levels. >> that means sleepless nights for business owners like kathy gilman. >> we have five pumps running frying to keep the water pumped out. >> reporter: downstream hard to tell where the river ends and street begins. it is not over the river rising. alex perez, abc news, arnold, missouri. >> house law makers poised to vote on a revised health care bill and at disma