a gunshot that was heard at walter reed. local and federal personnel continue to surround that area and investigate to find out what happened. jummy: thanks for those updates. very important for our viewers as we now approach almost 12:30 on this monday afternoon. walter reed medical center remains locked down and a shelter in place as police investigate. a report of a shot fired came in around 10:48 this morning. we talked to captain paul starks . we know someone called 911 after hearing some sort of noise. we know that dozens of police officers are on the scene. from the local all the way to the federal level. stephen tschida and rebecca cooper were both live on the scene talking with folks who said they had been told to stay where they are, but they were not allowed to go in. news chopper seven has been able to get great live pictures over the scene with dozens of police cars. you might be able to see that officer on the left side of your screen. he is kind of giving that car the two arm wave, we are not letting anybody i

walter: cautious. president carter: we've got a lot to work on, but one of the things putin said, almost to change the subject, he said, i have had two different sessions in russia this year, in january and april, with representatives from syria to try to resolve the syria issue. he said it has not been very fruitful. but what i think we should do is have the united states and russia sponsor a meeting with the top leaders in the region. saudi arabia, iran, and turkey. if you get those five leaders together or the representatives, and we can decide together what to do about syria, and whatever we decide, aside and his syrian opposition will have to agree to it. i said, that's a wonderful idea. have you made that proposal to president obama? he said, no, i haven't. i said, do you mind if i make that proposal to him on your behalf? he said please do. so the next day i sent obama an e-mail and told him that is what putin had asked in about a week later, you may remember that john kerry went to see putin to

this out of walter reid. montgomery county police reporting a single shot report on the walter reid campus. now, we are hearing from some of the folks who worked in that area. they're telling us that they're being told to sheltder in place. this coming from from the of the workers putting out on social media they're being told to stay in place. we have several crews headed to the area. we'll be working this to bring you the latest. >> and sun shine now breaking out around the metro area.it is humid, and warm. beginning to climb now into the low 80s. our radar not showing showers around the metro area but a few popping up in frederick county, maryland. parts of the central shenandoah valley and in the mountains. this is just beginning a rund of some showers and thundershowers that will begin to move in but not until later afternoon. between now and then, sun shine in and out. temperatures are mild and muggy. reagan national now is at 82 degrees. >> tom, thank you. right now the search on for a man who murdered

gunfire heard at walter reed medical center. a strong law enforcement presence as we saw all morning there. then this is a driver. eddie, we saw this saying that walter reed medical center helicopters press, police, everywhere, no confirmation. for a long time so many questions about what was going on. later the situation was wrapping up. another tweet from inside the facility. thanks everyone i'm okay at walter reed. secure and safe. many people feeling that way. a few hours after the incident began. it was wrapped up. the authorities finding no threat whatsoever to the great relief of anybody who was inside or near walter reed. live in the newsroom jeff goldberg, abc7 news. jonathan: thanks for that. stay with abc7 and wjla.com throughout the evening as we follow the reaction to the scare at walter reed. again, this is the second one in four days. kimberly: a reminder that social media is a snapshot not necessarily the truth. jonathan: absolutely. sometimes it's not accurate. people overreact. kimberly: keep that in mind. jona

walter: move back to education. if you could list the seven or eight, or five or six things we could do to improve 0-18 education, what would they be? mike: oh my goodness. one of the things in 0-5, that we are trying to do is to reach the parents. we have done a lot, we have funded a lot of brain research on babies, nonintrusive, high-quality brain research using an e.g. machines -- meg machines, that registers depending on how the babies are reacting, what parts of the brain are being engaged. as an example, they have this baby, eight months old or nine months old in this huge thing. it looks like a hairdryer from mars. the babysitting there. the parent is right in front of the baby interacting so the baby is not threatened in any way. from the baby looking at a screen where there is someone doing puppets or talking on a tv screen. on a monitor and the baby is just fascinated, looking at that monitor, glued to the monitor. they are registering what is happening in the visual and auditory, and how those connections

he said they just had somebody shooting at the walter reed. we have to remember this is not confirmed. this is just a tweet we're seeing. got us locked in. so we'll continue to monitor social media. we're seeing hundreds of tweets coming in. walter reed is the top trend and i'll keep track of those. >> we appreciate t. the first picture painted that picture right now of a scene right now with employees on edge as we just heard from one employee there. >> she works in building 17. she says she's not close to building one where they were hearing that there was a report of an active shooter. again, we cannot confirm a shooting. we cannot confirm any injuries are anything of that nature but they have been sheltering in place since about 10:40 when the white -- the code white came to all of them. she had been work since 6:30. she didn't hear anything. they got the information about the potential issue through a text message and then a phone call. she and 15 others in her office. they work in credentialing. they credential all the doctors, check to

walter: move back to education. if you could list the seven or eight, or five or six things we could do to improve 0-18 education, what would they be? mike: oh my goodness. one of the things in 0-5, that we are trying to do is to reach the parents. we have done a lot, we have funded a lot of brain research on babies, nonintrusive, high-quality brain research using an e.g. machines -- meg machines, that registers depending on how the babies are reacting, what parts of the brain are being engaged. as an example, they have this baby, eight months old or nine months old in this huge thing. it looks like a hairdryer from mars. the babysitting there. the parent is right in front of the baby interacting so the baby is not threatened in any way. from the baby looking at a screen where there is someone doing puppets or talking on a tv screen. the baby is just fascinated, looking at that monitor glued to the monitor. they are registering what is happening in the visual and auditory, and how those connections are being made. t

not so with walter steele. he has this nice lunch with his dad and begins to map out a legal defense, hiring the best lawyers in chicago and defends the captain, but not erickson. erickson is left to fend for himself. he knew that erickson had told the authorities that steele had postponed the work. he is like, fine. you go deal with yours were -- you go deal with yours. we will deal with mine. he left them no legal representation. when things went wrong, he let him go. erickson does not make much money. he is newly married. what does he do? desperate and underdog, he does an amazing thing. he has the thought to go to clarence darrow, the legal legend, a chicago attorney. darrow loves underdogs and hates corporations. he says, why don't i try clarence darrow? clarence darrow is on a street in washington at a remarkable low point of his career. just beat charges of bribing jurors. his reputation was in tatters. all of chicago's legal society shunned him. he was taking ridiculous cases. petty theft, forgery, murd

walter. >> thank you andy. the fire marshall is working to determine the cause of suspicious fire in south philadelphia and the fire since forced more than a dozen people to find a new place to stay. "action news" reporter trish hartman reports. >> firefighters spent the day spraying down the smoldering building so the fire marshall can go inside and start the investigation into the suspicious fire. 17 people displaced early this morning. many grateful more damage was not done to the home and some nervous about the investigation. >> the call came in 3 a.m. at a building under trux on 2000 block of juniper street in south philadelphia when firefighters arrived flames were shooting from the roof. 17 people were forced out of their homes. >> when we came out it was so hot. and the flames you could see the flames shooting over. it was bad. >> officials say no power was connectsed to the building that was being durnd into eight condos. several properties next to the burndz building two homes and a business were deem

. >> a lock down at alter reed brought on -- walter reed brought in by reports of a gunshot. first we have a closer look at exactly what happened today, that's tonight's top story, andrea is live outside the medical center. >> reporter: after three and a half tense hours, employees were finally given the all career, thankfully there was no shooter, and there were no injuries. 10:40 a.m., employees across the sprawling walter reed campus received a code white alert, and are told to remain inside. 10:48, montgomery county police receive a call from building one for the report of a single shot fired. that call for help from one of the most intensely protected locations in washington prompted a widespread immediate response from federal, state, and local law enforcement. >> i've never seen anything like this, especially here. >> reporter: the roads are closed, every building on the campus is in lock down. floor by floor building searches are under way. >> great people that work in there i really care about, so i hope everything is fine. >> reporter: sky 9 captures video of worker

walter, back to you. >> sounds good. thank you, jeff. >> hundreds of scuba differs and snork letters came to the ocean to check out four our hour radio broadcast performed underwater. cool it happened at the florida keys national marine sanctuary there were underwater speakers suspended under beats and musicians performed with waterproof instruments including yellow submarine and jimmy buffet fins and it race as wareness to protect the coral reef system across the earth. >>> celebrity family feud is next on channel 6. "action news" continues 6:00 tomorrow morning with nydia han eva pilgrim and chris sowers. for melissa magee, jeff skversky and the entire "action news" team i'm walter perez have a good night and we'll see you it's time for "celebrity family feud!" [ cheers and applause ] it's the star of the hit comedy "black-ish," anthony anderson and his family playing for the watts/willowbrook boys & girls club. and it's the stars of "braxton family values," grammy award-winning toni braxton and her family, playing for

walter happy fourth of july. >> yes walter. >> meteorologist rick williams and cecily tynan. >> thatright. >> looking forward to it, guys, have a good time. >>> our live coverage of the wawa welcome america fourth of july jam kicks off at 7:00 and runs until 11:00 o'clock right here on channel six. >>> ♪♪ >> other areas neighborhoods came together to celebrate american independence. right here in springfield delaware county people lined the streets near sachsford avenue and powell red for their parade including the local fire department, along with dozens of youngsters on bicycles. >>> hundreds of people also came out for one of bucks county's biggest fourth of july parade. dozens of marching units band fire trucks, antique cars, made their way down second street pike, right here in southampton. baby parade is a favorite here parents marching with the wagons and pushing youngsters along strollers local members of the american military were also there riding in impressive fashion inside several armored vehicles. >>> meanwhile folks in norristown came out for festivities which kick off

>>> saturday night i'm walter perez. in the news police release new pictures from the shooting of the gas station attendant in delaware. >>> fast moving fire forced evacuation from his a lavish motel in las vegas. >>> but the big story on "action news" tonight is rescue of four swimmers caught up in dangerous rip currents at the new jersey shore. it had happened in wildwood on the beach near schillinger after new right around 10:00 o'clock this morning and with the local beach patrol that saved the day. "action news" reporter jeff chirico is live near the scene with more on what happened, hey, jeff. >> reporter: hey walter, that is right it happened just before 9:00 o'clock, 9:50 this morning. family of four was out swimming, and before life guard went on duty. they were out there when they got into distress. it is believed they got caught up in a rip current. if you look at it right now life guard are returning to duty, beach is starting to empty but earlier today this family was swimming when no one was on the beach. f

walter: phenomenally well. surprisingly well when you go by to the constitution and read things and see how they apply. also balance -- we have to realize there is a balance between conflicting moral principles at times. the most obvious being between a quality and individual liberty the notion of community and the common good, or general welfare or economic pure freedom. one thing that the aspen institute was founded on was this principle of a compass, in which you found the balances of values -- community versus individualism, equality versus economic growth, whatever may be . what you try to do is understand it even though you are on a certain tilt one way or the other, understand what the other side is about. in theory, find some common ground where that moral principle can hold. arthur talked about the need to put it in moral terms. there is a reason that we are here. it is partly because we want to lead a moral life and understand how to create a moral society. one of your precursors, if i may call him th

it was a tough tense few hours for everyone at walter reed. last week, same sort of put the washington navy yard on lockdown police didn't find any evidence of a shooting there either. >> all right, thank you chris. >>> a lady home inraising is in prince george's county involved two former romantic partners according to police. it happened early this morning in upper marlboro a homeowner reportedly shot his ex, who is accused of breaking into the house much as news4's strays wilkins reports, neighbors in that community are on edge tonight. >> nothing random. i have been here for over 13 years. there's no incidents like this ever happened. >> reporter: people who live in upper marlboro's exclusive meadow gates estates knew right away today's deadly home invasion was somehow personal and they were right. >> i have been here 15 years. the first time anything happened like this. >> reporter: according to prince george's county police, the man who tried to enter this home inside this gated community knew the homeowner. police say the two had been i

walter reed also provides around the clock support for wounded warriors. the campus is 234 acres and includes outpatient facilities as well as apartments for wounded warriors and their families. there's also navy lodging, training operations and a large navy exchange commissary. >>> the lockdown at walter reed comes four days after a scare at another military facility in our area. the scene today, eerily similar to what happened at the navy yard building last thursday. officers in camouflage, police lights as far as the eye could see, and employees forced to shelter in place. our team coverage continues now with tom sherwood. he has more on the fallout from both these false alarms. >> reporter: as yet another massive public safety scene unfolded in bethesda today at walter reed, public safety officials were briefing reporters as best they could amid breaking news. >> all non-emergency patient care has been suspended until the remainder of the day. >> reporter: whether walter reed today or last week's gunshot scare at the navy yard in southeast washington,

. >>> some tense hours here at walter reed after a report of an active shooter. i'm andrea mccarren, and i'll tell you what happened before employees were given the all clear. >>> a child beaten for eating a piece of birthday cake dies from his injuries. we look at what's next in the investigation. >>> and some new details on the man killed after setting off fireworks on his head. his brother says it was all a big accident. >>> first tonight at 7:00, patches of thunderstorms popping up and moving across the dc area. good evening i'm lesli foster. >> and i'm derek mcginty, and some of the storms had a lot of rain. let's get straight to topper shutt for the latest. >> yes, heavy downpours the main threat. almost a tropical air mass. moving south to new mexico due north, and -- to almost due north, we'll zoom in. this is a big storm now. no lightning or hail, but big time rains headed eventually to waldorf up 301. i think this will hold together. the good news, no lightning of no hail or anything like that. this storm around college park then spread to the east, alm

another great detail is, when walter steele was called remember, he is the villain. when he was called before chicago prosecutors, he was asked about if he had had a conversation with ericsson about it. he denies it. he denies having been on the ship, though there are pictures of him on it. and, steele makes plants, after the ship sank, to raise it and take it to a different port. he decides to take it elsewhere. questioner: considering the magnitude of this, i have never heard of it. why do you think a disaster of this magnitude was such a scope of humanitarian failure? why is this so trumped by the titanic? mr. mccarthy: that is a great question. i have a couple of thoughts. none of the passengers were well-to-do. them a royalty -- none of them are royalty. these are poor working people. for a long time, we did not have anybody to blame. it seemed to just have tipped over. that didn't work for me. i didn't believe it. someone did something wrong. never ever found it. that was part of the problem. finally, and importantly, the country moved on. right after the eastl

>>> saturday night i am will's walterer pest. a woman is sexually assaulted on a golf course in philadelphia. >>> an unexplained explosion on a beach in rhode island end with a woman injury. officials say they are certain it was not a bomb but tonight they admit they don't know what it was. >>> but the big story on "action news" is a boating crash that ended were four people injured at the jersey shore. it happened in little egg harbor bay near long beach island. thirteen people were on board when that boat went out of control and went a ground. "action news" reporter jeff cherokee is live in little egg harbor township with the full story, hi jeff. >> reporter: hi, walter this is where that 54-foot yacht went a ground, authorities telling us, that it hit a sandbar out here, in little egg harbor bay. we are told 13 people, were on board, as you can imagine they were likely tossed around. four of them were hurt. the the most serious a 61 year-old woman who had head and neck injuries. she was taken to atlantic care regional medical

the weather is quiet walter, and the humidity is in check especially for july standards. we'll talk about what is going on. stormtracker 6 double scan radar showing you dry and quiet. we had moisture early this morning across extreme southern sections of delaware and things clearing out and looking good for the receipt of saturday night. and in fact a lot of people out and about. sky6 live in hd looking at spruce street harbor park and we have a mostly clear sky and people are enjoying a nice night. it's relatively low humidity levels. high today in philadelphia 89 degrees. right now we're down into the 70s. 76 in city at this hour and 70 allentown and lehigh valley and along the coast 74 sea isle city and poconos 61 and satellite 6 and action radar there's moisture we had across the region early this morning skiringt by southern sections of delaware moving off south and east and really high pressure took over for remainder of day across much of new england and mid-atlantic region and you notice the clouds are starting to build and thickening out across the ohio valley an

. >>> saturday night i'm walter perez. the big story on "action news" is a dangerously hot day on tap for tomorrow. a heat warning in effect for philadelphia and surrounding areas. lets get to meteorologist melissa magee live with the "action news" big board with what we can expect, medical list. >>> walter, it was warm across the delaware and lehigh valleys. tomorrow will get hotter with building heat and humidity. so we have a heat advisory for orange shaded counties and we have a excessive heat warning and, and the immediate suburbs, to the north and west, and also to the south and east. by noon time tomorrow we are calling for heat index values ranging from 100 to 105 and and, it will not be changing anytime soon. current heat index values, 86 in the city. eighty-four in wilmington. the current heat index in reading is at 80. sixty-nine in the poconos. here storm tracker six live double scan radar dry quiet but we're tapping in the southeasterly wind flow w that southerly moisture coming through we cannot rule out thre

. >>> right now, operations are as back to normal as possible as walter reed medical center aft more than three hours of fear, adrenaline and frantic searches i'm chris lawrence at the live deck, you saw it unfold live out. someone reported hearing gunshots inside building one. that's the iconic building for this facility with the tower. now, everyone on the ground of the sprawling campus was ordered to shelter in place and teams from the military began a systemic search of building one, assisted by some montgomery county police teams as well. now, all 20 stories had to be searched. as you might imagine that did not happen quickly. it took almost four hours for shermgt in place to be the all-clear being given. it turned out to be nothing, but no one is criticizing the person who made the call, as we hear from montgomery county police captain paul starks. >> given the times we live in and this facility we wanted to ensure that while we didn't have any indication at the time, except for the call, we want to be able to set up a perimeter and make things safe for the thousands of people

. >> walter t. was brutal today. unfortunately that heat and humidity is stk ago way for the start of the workweek on monday we have heat advisory for most of jer jury and delaware and suburbs in pennsylvania and excessive heat warnings posted for philadelphia that 95 corridor metro areas west and also south and east. so the advisory and warning will stay up until 8 p.m. monday as we're calling for heat index values how hot it will feel tomorrow anywhere from 100 to 10 5 across the area here's the big story an problem today it's been unbearable any time you have dew point numbers in 70s or higher it's down right oppressive and that's stek around on monday. current air temperatures in the lower 80s. upper 7 0s. when you factor in the commutety at this 11:00 hour feels like 93 in philadelphia. feeling like 91 wilmington and 85 allentown and some relief up the coast in sea sea isle city. >> stormtracker 6. dry and quiet across the region an showers popping up across upstate new york and portions of ohio valley len some

is there the view. >> never give up. >> exactly, walter.ew, looking live from temple university camera. very comfortable evening. nice and clear. in the too much going on. just the way we like it on a saturday night. storm tracker six live double scan no worries this evening. things might light up a little bit tomorrow at this same time as we are watching a frontal system that will dive from the north and plant itself right over the delaware valley. that can trigger a couple of showers and thunderstorms but again that wouldn't be until late tomorrow, highs today, it wasn't a bad day. mid to upper 80's fill at lone exception the only area topping out at 90. everybody else between 86 and 88. most of the numbers have come down. millville 72. allentown 73. trenton 75. philadelphia is 78. poconos 69. dew points have come up a little bit as well, it is still comfortable still manageable but these numbers will really climb over the next 24 to 48 hours. we will get right back into the soup by tomorrow evening. and here's satellite six along with ac

. >> the cause of the response an emergency phone call from walter reed at 10:48 this morning. >> there was a report of sound of gunshot. >> teams of officers scoured every room in building one. as each floor got an all-clear, those inside were escorted out. finally at the conclusion of the exhaustive search an announcement. >> there is no evidence or any indication of a firearm being discharged. there are no injuries. stephen: spokesperson for walter reed stressed while people were inconvenienced those most in need of medical attention did not suffer. >> no critical care or central in-patient care lapsed during this time. stephen: investigators located and talked to the person who made the call about the possible gunshot. still no word about what may have made the sound which was interpreted as gunfire. reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. kimberly: very curious too after the navy yard last week. while police did not find evidence of a shooting this time either, thousands were left in a lockdown for two hours. rebecca cooper spoke with workers about the moments they had to take

walter: phenomenonly well. it's always surprising how well when you go back, especially to the constitution and read things, you see how it applies but i do think arthur used the word balance, which i think greg used before. and we have to realize that there's a balance between conflicting moral principles at times. the most obvious being between equality and individual liberty or sort of a notion of community and the common good and the general welfare or economic freedom. one of the things the aspen institute was founded upon was this principle of a compass, in which you find the balances of values you need, community versus individualism, equality versus economic growth, whatever it may be, and what you try to do is understand that even though ire on a certain tilt one way or the other on any of these things, to understand what the other side is about and in theory to try to find some common ground where that moral principle can hold. i mean, arthur talked about the need to put it in moral terms. there's a r

>>> saturday night i'm walter perez. an explosion inside a bank basement force ed evacuationness montgomery county. >>> local girls get a soccer lesson from the best, carli lloyd, came back to south jersey to hold a soccer camp. >>> but the the big story on "action news" is dangerously hot day on tap for tomorrow. excessive heat warning is in effect for philadelphia and so, tomorrow is shaping up to be a day to take it easy and take it slow. we will go over to "action news" meteorologist melissa magee who joins us live from the big board with the latest on the the accu weather forecast melissa. >> if you thought today was warm it gets hotter and more humid in the second half of our weekend. we have a heat advisory that have have been posted for orange shaded counties for south jersey, delaware, western suburbs in pennsylvania but an excessive heat warning for philadelphia, that 95 corridor and immediate metro areas 25 miles to the west and 25 miles to the south east. so by tomorrow at noon time we are calling for heat in

we've been outside walter reed all day long. >> reporter: a gentleman that worked inside just walked by, he said i was inside, it was so scary, but there was no shooter, there were no injury, and in the end this proved to be an ex-record their multi- allege silent sam emergency drill. -- extraordinary multi-agency emergency drill. >> attention, attention. >> reporter: 10:40 a.m. employees across the sprawling walter reed campus received a code white alert, and are told to remain inside. 10:48. montgomery county police receive a -- county police receive a call from building one for the report after a single shot fired. it's one of the most intensely protected places in washington, and prompted a widespread immediate response from local, state, and federal enforcement. >> it's unusual. it's crazy. never seen anything like this. >> reporter: the pike is closed, every building on the campus is on lock down. me theythey search the -- they search the floors level by level. >> hope they found out what's going on. >> reporter: 12:56, sources tell me they've been told to stand down, there's n

watching out for that heat tomorrow walter.hasn't been this hot but be careful. >> well done thank you. >>> she is woman who broke so many barriers during her long wonderful life and tonight her country is anchor her. emma midlake is the oldest veteran and it comes from the spoon full this110 years old later spoke. >> reporter: she is 110 years the oldest living american veteran. on a trip of honor but applauding everyone else. she even met with the president of the united states. >> you served with distinction and honor. >> reporter: decorated trailblazer backed by women warriors that she inspire. >> we would not have been able to do what we do right now if she had not gone there first. >> reporter: she joined women's army auxiliary core in 1943 as a driver, a pioneer as both a woman and african-american in the military. >> i just do what i knew what i had to do, and i enjoyed doug it. >> reporter: after the ward she marched for civil rights in 1963 joining doctor martin luther king junior on the streets of detroit. >> did you

they say the abductor is 21-year-old walter lewis. he has a handgun and should be considered armed and dangerous. we're trying to gather more information. if you happen to see them, you're asked to call 911. >>> in ocean city, a sewage problem has closed part of the beach. >> a small amount of sewage has been found in a storm drain. it's expected to reopen beaches after getting the all clear. officials atlantic city closed the north carolina and pennsylvania area swimming levels because -- swimming areas because of levels there. authorities think the earlier levels in tests were the result of heavy rain sunday. a storm drain outfall pipe is between the two beaches. >>> today the accused south carolina church shooter is scheduled to be arraigned in the charleston courtroom. dylann roof faces federal charges including 12 count of committing a hate crime and obstructing the practice of religion. roof allegedly shot and killed nine church-goers during a bible story at an historic african-american church last month. [ screams ] >>> a woman

announcer: next, a conversation with gary hart and walter mondale. they talk about the work on the church committee which was established by congress in 1975 to oversee intelligence operations. from the brennan center for justice, this is one hour and 20 minutes. >> good morning, everyone. thank you so much for coming. my name is mike german, i'm a fellow with the brennan center for justice at new york university law school. i welcome you to today's symposium on strengthening intelligence oversight. this year marks the 40th anniversary of the creation of the senate select committee to start -- to study governmental operations with respect to intelligence activities, more simply known as the church committee after its chairman senator frank church. it was the first and only comprehensive investigation of secret intelligence activities within the united states. this is one of a series of activities the brennan center has undertaken to recognize this anniversary. we published a report called "what's wrong with the fisa court," written by our co-director

i do, walter. i just don't like humidity. a action cam was earlier this evening, the fountain at eakins oval very comfortable evening out there around the the delaware valley. we have low humidity levels. but boy will this change over the next 12 to 24 hours. we are seeing wind shifting and increase ago this humidity. waking up tomorrow morning maybe go out for that early morning jog, you will immediately notice change. the crystal clear double scan live. no issues. we will keep it dry for most of the day tomorrow. after five or 6:00 is there a threat of a couple showers and thunderstorms north and west of philadelphia but it will be very late in the day. temperatures nice and comfortable, 70's for everybody. wilmington 76. philadelphia 78. millville 72. cooler 66 foresee aisle city. trenton 75. mountains poconos showing 69. dew point way we measure amount of moisture in the air. bench mark is 6o you stay under that level and comfortable out there see how these numbers are increasing. we were in the low to mid 50's today. the

reporting live, walter perez, channel six "action news", rick? >>> thanks walter. now to a developing story tonight, a devastating fire in the heart of the popular shopping district in upper darby. flames, and billowing smoke kept fire fighters busy all evening on 69th street, in fact they remained on the scene at this hour. "action news" reporter sharrie williams is live there as well and she has very latest on residents who had to evacuate, sharrie. >> reporter: rick, 25 homes, were evacuated earlier the officials now telling me about five homes that are still in what they are calling the danger zone. so some families back in their homes, others are not. a live look here on the scene they have just reactivated that ladder in the last five minutes. they say they are still dealing with hot spots along the back wall of where this fire started inside the pay less store. they are also fighting it by lower ground level with the scene they call the squirt. they say they will be here, throughout the night to keep an eye on these hot spots. it was a chaotic busy scene alo

walter? >> reporter: well, rick, when you consider all of the things that could have gone wrong the child could have landed on his head or something jagged, he could have been killed, but with a little good fortune and fast moving first responders like the old saying goes, all is well that end well. the fire chief david james says, that it was one of those calls, that sends chills down your spine. >> a five-year old child fell 50 feet down in a well with 2-foot of water in it. >> reporter: emergency crew as arrived to learn that the five-year old had been standing on top of the sealed well in the backyard of his home on swamp road in buckingham. the cover buckled and the little boy fell in. as you can see, from the photos taken from the rescue first responders wasted no time. >> at that time my deputy chief made his way down the well via rope, and checked the patient out real quick. we lowered down a ladder and he assisted the child on carrying him up the the ladder and passing him up to the

. >> reporter: walter, what a show it was.everybody to blend and have a good time and be here and celebrate the fourth and independence day. >> the concert is the thrill. the people around here it's just so much fun period. i love it down here. >> philadelphia pa. >> crowds were entertained by a star studded list as musical acts head lined by philadelphia's own, the roots . >> bigger than anything and i've never been here and lived here my whole sgliv after years of watching philly jam on tv scott and judy bower say it's more than impressive in person. >> he normty of it and crowds coming together. it's amazing. >> celebrating the fourth and freedoms we share in the birth place of our nation particularly meaningful for u.s. army sergeant stefan cosma who immigrated from romania when he was 16. >> as immigrants you need america to have opportunities and you get the chance to really take your future into your own hands and make whatever you want out of yourself. >> reporter: and officials stimentd maybe a couple hundred thousand

walter palmer is staying out of sight. who guided the american on that hunt in zimbabwe tells "the telegraph," he's devastated. out on bail after pleading not guilty to poaching charges stemming from the hunt tells the paper, it went wrong from the beginning. he says palmer first shot cecil the lion with an arrow, but it was too late to track him. so they went home for the night. . 11 hours later he says they spotted the wounded lion and the client then shot it with his bow and arrow and killed it. that's when he tells "the telegraph" they found the famous lion's tracking collar whichtected eded animal. he panicked and hid the collar in a tree. still the guide says palmer later asked if they could hunt for an elephant the next day. palmer has not been charged with any crime and has said he will cooperate with authorities. but the furor oversee sill's death has led to an online petition with more tan 800,000 signatures calling for zimbabwe to end trophy hunting. advocates of hunting say that would be a mistake. >> the faste

we're following breaking news, police are checking into reports of gunfire at walter reid medical center in maryland. someone called 911 reported hearing one shot inside a building on the campus in bethesda. workers are currently sheltering in place. >>> we're following breaking news out of new jersey. state police have issued an amber alert for a missing baby. they say 9-month-old william marino junior was taken at knifepoint by his father. it happened in new brunswick middlesex county. the childhood on the right side of the screen was last seen wearing a yellow shirt khaki pants and black sneakers. anyone with information is asked to call 911. we'll keep you updated throughout the day and 6abc.com. >>> turning to the accuweather forecast on a warm and very humid monday let's get the latest conditions from david murphy at the "action news" big board this monday. >> reporter: let's cover the precipitation first nothing happening locally alicia. we have small cells by gettysburg, if you look at storm tracker 6 live double scan, so far all the precipitation is in the line moving north. i t

of course it was cell phone video by a bystander in the case of walter scott. for many who have been skeptical. joining me, wesley lowery, i have to say, it is remarkable to have some actual tangible data that has been an sent. this is not an official statistic. you guys have been doing this. what do we know so far about the cases where prosecutions have happened and the role video has played? >> of course. video has played a major role. the two that will stick out are sam dubose here and walter scott in charleston. those are two of four. there have been four cases of the 558 where an officer in 2015 has been charged with a crime of shooting someone. in all four cases, there is video of the shooting. walter scott, samuel dubosa, eric harris in tulsa, oklahoma, and then a fourth shooting of david, a 59-year-old white man stopped at a traffic stop for an expired emissions ticket. ran. got out of his car, was tackled into the snow by an officer, tase asked then shot in the back twice. so that video has not been released, although there is still a decision being ma

. >> barbara walters sits down with the factor for her last interview. i have many questions for her. >> is there a war on women in america? >> are you an intraspeckive woman? how much talent do you have? >>> killing jesus the movie based on my book by the same name was a huge success. kelsey grammy has a lot to say about his role king herod. >> people are going to be surprised so-to-see how evil you are in this movie you are an evil guy. i wrote you evil and you played it evil. >> gary sinise on why he is so passionate about helping american wounded vets. >> really the vietnam era veterans that really educated me as a young man about what they had had been through and how terrible it was for them to come home. >> caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. ♪ ♪ >>> hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. the primary anchor on univision jorge ramos asked me for an interview. i immediately said okaymo because mr. ramos is a stand-up guy he comes in here when we ask him. the interview is interesting because

good evening i'm del walters this is al jazeera america. we're learning more tonight about the gunman who shot and killed four please be the chattanooga, tennessee. the fbi saying mohammed yousef abdulazeez, recently traveled to jordan, bisi onile-ere, new details about the gunman but no motive just yet. >> reporter: no not yet del. i want you to take a look behind me. it's just after 11:00 here in tennessee and you can see that the crowds are still pouring in. very emotional all day. as you mentioned we do have some new details about the gunman. we know that he was not on the u.s. threat list so authorities right now are trying to dig really deep and try determine a motive. they're going through phone records talking to family members and checking computers and looking for clues. >> after a rampage that left four marines dead, details about how the suspected shooter 24-year-old mohammed yousef abdulazeez conducted the attack. >> chattanooga police officers located the suspect down the highway. and chased it to the second location. eventual

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a massive response at walter reed medical center. look at this. a 911 call, reports of a shooter sending the medical center into lockdown. families bolting themselves in their rooms. swat teams rushing in and workers rushing out of the building, their hands in the air. this is the second major scare at an american military facility in just a week. abc's david kerley on what was behind it. >> reporter: police, military and sieve yans flooding the walter reed military medical center. heavily armed tactical officers entering the building from the ground and the roof. the campus on lockdown, patients and workers trapped after a 911 call reported the sound of gunfire. it came at 10:48. >> all personnel are directed to shelter in place at this time. >> reporter: the report, active shooter. just about an hour after that initial call, swat teams started arriving here at the main entrance of the naval facility and donning their gear. law enforcement going floor by floor in the 20-story building. clearing out workers, some leaving the building with their ha

in the personal story segment tonight, barbara walters.s retiring from television giving up moderating "the view" and abc specials. i have known ms. walters many years and have had many interesting conversations with her. i believe the one tonight will fit into that category as well. is there a war on women in america? you are one of the top women. >> i don't think so. >> okay. no war on women, right? >> i don't think so. somebody asked me recently was i a feminist? and i thought that's an old fashioned word now, feminist. because with rare exceptions women can do and do do whatever the men do. >> good. i'm glad you said that because i think that's the biggest phony issue i have heard. do you have any resentment against men? and i say that because harry reasoner gave you a hard time. some of the other boys the old journalist people were derissive toward you. when i worked at abc i heard bad things about you. i never saw it myself. do you have any resentment against male colleagues? >> no. >> did they hurt you? >> no. i didn't like some of

walter perez channel 6 "action news." >> thank you walter.back. >>> coming up tonight on 6 abc the middle at 8:00 and the goldbergs at 9:00 and black irk at 9:30 and an all new celebrity wife swap at 10:00. and "action news" at 11:00. >>> rosy perez is leaving the view, she made the news official on this morning's show, she wants to focus on acting and has been juggling her hosting duties while in a broadway play in new york. no word yet on who could replace her. >> there you go. >> i have not been outside since 3:03 this morning. >> you may just want to nap over here or something? >> stay? >> stormtracker 6 live double scan is showing you we are dry as we look at the rest of the afternoon temperature-wise, mid-80s in the northern and western suburbs a drenching thunderstorm cannot be ruled out and it's oppressively humid again and a few urban centers pushing 90 and down the shore you can get relief if a thunderstorm pops up and 80s today and very humid. a little girl was thrilled to see spider-man and captain america in des moines iowa the l