gunfire claimed life in west philadelphia. chopper 6 is over the 6800 block of christian street. ch goes on tonight for the bandit that entered a home in queens village philadelphia and proceeded to tie up an 84-year-old woman. annie, do police have leads on the suspect? >> at this point, jim, they have a vague description of the suspect. detectives are looking for leads they can get from the public. in the meantime, police have increased patrols in the neighborhood. the 84-year-old victim is in good spirits after breaking free and calling for help. >> tied up in her home, the 84-year-old was walking and talking a few hours later. >> he had her tied up in the basement and she got loose and yelled fire. >> a robber broke into her home this afternoon and demanded money. >> somebody came up behind her, a tiny little 84-year-old precious like a kitty cat. did that to her. >> police say the assailant restrained the victim's arms and legs with a belt and dog leash. the call came in at 2:00 p.m. residents sharing concern for the victim well known in their neighborhood shocked that someth

in west philadelphia issues with walnut street near 52nd.investigation going on. stick to chestnut street to get around that matt. >> breaking news, a raging fire that forced firefighters to retreat has killed an elderly couple in bucks county. "action news" reporter katherine scott is live on the 700 block of king's lane in bensalem. katherine. >> reporter: matt, this couple was in their 80's. they were pronounced dead on the scene. their names have not been released. the fire trucks had briefly pulled away earlier but then they returned shortly before 6 o'clock for a flareup inside the home. it looked like they were putting out the hot spots. they're now winding back down again. but let's start with viewer video of the flames shooting from the home on the 700 block of king's lane overnight. the fire broke out shortly before 12:30 this morning here in bensalem. police and fire crews soon arrived. units from bensalem and bristol responded. firefighters were met with heavy flames and initially had to attack the flames from the exterior of the

it reach structures tstructures >>> summer camp of a different kind for west philadelphia. the community college of philadelphia hopes its first stechl o s.t.e.m. camp to learn about the inner workings of the automobile. >>> philadelphia fire department is hosting a different camp to teach girls about fire safety. it's the first annual girls fire safety summer camp. throughout the week the students will get first and i had and cpr training and also visit the museum and academy. >> so they can see firsthand the experience and know that you can do this, you can do whatever you want. >> the camp is named for firefighter joyce craig who died in the line of duty back in 201437. >>> let's take a live look over a hazy philadelphia. we're tracking rain in parts of our area. not a very pretty picture. >> no, a rainy monday for sure. let's go over to glenn "hurricane" schwartz for the latest. >> yeah, but it sure was nice yesterday. cloudy now across the area. the clouds have kept the temperature down. it's cooler than average for this time of the year. the ocean though is warmer than

. >> a shooting victim crashes into an off duty police officer in west philadelphia. >> let's turn nowve murphy and karen rogers, see if that rain has moved off the coast. >> it was completely miserable yesterday and i blame you. >> thank you. it will be better today. come on. we'll see if i'm going to get the credit. let's take a look at the weather center. we got sat life. a lot of that rain pushing off the coast right now and as we take a look at storm tracker6 live double scan it does look like the bulk of this is away from us. you might have a sprinkle down the shore. things are getting better. 62 degrees in philadelphia, 57 up in allentown. 64 in beach haven. most of the day yesterday you got stuck in the 60's but today things are going to get better. we'll wind up at 74 at noon, 78 degrees is your high at 3 o'clock. clouds will be generally breaking through the day. 77 degrees by 5 o'clock and then by 7 o'clock, 76 degrees. even if we wind up with a mix of sun and clouds later on today, it's still going to be a fairly good one overall. down the shore however, even though irma is

philadelphia. low 70s north and west. mid 70s for sections of central delaware and also down the shore. mperatures right around 76 degrees. so overnight low temperatures upper 60s to low 70s in philadelphia. we'll call it partly cloudy. hour by hour, for tomorrow, those temperatures will heat up into the upper 80s near 90 degrees. spotty shower showers can be exd around lunch time especially north and west and into the afternoon we're looking at the typical summer type pattern pop-up showers and thunderstor thunderstorms. so 90 degrees for wednesday and thursday. upper 80s on friday. and then cooler as we move toward saturday with that frontal boundary not a washout for the up coming weekend. it likes the best chance for rainfall will be the first part of the day on saturday. lucy, over to you. >> all right, thank you, scott. >>> developing right now improvement in the dune debacle in the jersey shore town of margate. this weekend's heavy rain left a lake behind part of $63 million project aimed to protecting property against super storms. the army corps of engineers had to bring in heav

bloomquist is off and in the news police have arrested a shooting suspect after a standoff in west philadelphia. and a high speed chase involving the u.s. border patrol leads to a deadly crash. but the big story on "action news" at noon is president trump's latest warning to north korea. it came in the form of a tweet at 7:59 this morning. trump says that military solutions are in place locked and loaded should north korea act unwisely. emily is live in washington now more on the war of words that has the world on edge. >> reporter: rick so many nations on edge as president trump continues to ratchet up the top talk but his national security team is advising that war with north korea would be catastrophic. >> a fresh warning via president trump's twitter feed. military solutions are now fully in place, locked and loaded should north korea act unwisely. following thursday's fiery rhetoric. >> lets see what he does with guam if he does something in guam it will be an event the likes of which nobody has seen before. what will happen in north korea. >> the president doubling down after north korea

the unlikely urban oasis right in the middle of west philadelphia. for millions of baby boomers there's a serious virus out there that's been almost forgotten. it's hepatitis c. one in 30 boomers has hep c, yet most don't even know it. because it can hide in your body for years without symptoms, and it's not tested for in routine blood work. the cdc recommends all baby boomers get tested. if you have hep c, it can be cured. for us it's time to get tested. ask your healthcare provider for the simple blood test. it's the only way to know for sure. >>> week away from a major event here u.s. >> first time had in the state almost 40 year, first since the birth of our nation >> fox news correspondent alicia akunia has more. >> reporter: people who have seen it before say it's beautiful and emotional. lights and colors like never you experience bradford. but where is the best place to be on august 21 it's? your options quite literally run from sea to shining sea. solar eclipse is really breath taking >> perhaps 100 million will see it. that's great thing. >

city, trish hartman channel 6 "action news." >> it was a close call for an ambulance crew in west philadelphias they were transporting a patient to the hospital they got caught in crossfire and bullet struck their vehicle. "action news" reporter, annie mccormick has the details. >> reporter: emergency responders in the city of philadelphia say situations like this don't happen all the time, but they are not rare. in this case the first responders and the patient were not hurt, the first responders went back to work the very same night. >> if the attendant was sitting in there, they would have been missed by mere inches. ray is talking about the bullet hole you can see in this picture. the stray bullet pierced medic 40 before 10:00 p.m. friday night with a paramedic and emt in the back tending to a patient. >> they took the appropriate action and got on the floor in the medic units and protected the patient that they had in the back of the medic unit until the gunfire ceased. >> reporter: deputy fire commissioner is commending the emt and paramedic's action. a man pulled a gun during an argumen

"action news" was at the automotive technology center in west philadelphia today. are taking part in the community college of philadelphia's first stem summer camp. over the next five days, the boys and girls will explore the technology, science and math behind car mechanics alternative fuels and more. it's all about cars. >>> abc's "world news tonight" with david muir is next on channel6. "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl17 with brian taff sharrie williams adam joseph and ducis rodgers. then please join us for "action news" at 11:00 here on channel6. for cecily tynan, ducis rodgers, and the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner. we hope you'll join us for "action news" at 11:00. >> ♪ >>> tonight, amid growing pressure, president trump calls out racism. 48 hours after the deadly attack, the president now says racism is evil. and then calls out the groups by name. the kkk, neo-nazis, and white supremacists. then, what the president later says when asked, why didn't he say it sooner? >>> also, the accused killer who drove into the crowd. the video just bef

honestly who doesn't want that. >> i see one on me i smack it or freak out. >> reporter: in west philadelphia, greg argos for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> i'm telling you, that is war feeling. >> yes. >> it is really just sets it off. >> i know. >> terrible. >> get rid of the standing water. >> rain moves out and we don't have anymore. >> we have nice, dry stretch in store as we head into tomorrow but still dealing with lingering showers, with us, oh, for tonight, and so un motivate to go see that rain coming down on a monday morning. just kept going and going. checking our doppler radar estimated rainfall totals across the delaware valley through the day significant across interior, southern new jersey, shore and parts of the delaware as well. you can see that bright reflectivity indicating two, three, four, 5 inches fall locally in cumberland county, in and around millville area you already pick up close to 9 e last month making for your second, wetest july on record, dating back to the 1800. may get more rain, and we are seeing these issues with some localized flooding and flash flooding.

and he is armed and dangerous and if you encounter him you can also call 911 reporting live in west philadelphia mccormick with action news back to you. >> thank you a daredevils dangerous climb to the top of philadelphia city hall is drawing a lot of attention tonight including from authorities. he recorded his as sent sometime before july 21 when scaffolding surrounded the statute of william penn and did it without safety gear and without permission. >> i'm on top of the clock tower city hall in philadelphia. >> reporter: the mystery climber identifies himself as carson king from washington. police are figuring out trying to figure out whether they are going to pursue him fortre trespassi trespassing. the white house acknowledged that president trump did take part in crafting a statement about his son's meeting with the russian lawyer. the washington post has reported that trump dictated don junior's first statement that said the meeting only concerned the adoption of russian children by american families. don junior's e-mails later revealed that don junior was endiced by the russian lawyer of

we've just learned overnight a money was that gunned down in front of his two young children in west philadelphia. chopper6 was over the 5800 block of christian street last night. police say two men were playing dice when an argument broke out and the men drew guns. the father was shot and killed. the other man fled the scene. >> a brave 84-year-old woman refused to back down when an intruder tied her up in her philadelphia home. police are searching for the attacker this morning. "action news" reporter katherine scott is live in queen village where police have increased patrols there. katherine. >> reporter: that's right, matt. the search continues for this suspect. this happened at 2 o'clock in the afternoon to an 84-year-old woman. investigators are calling for tips. they're hoping that someone knows something about the person behind this. in the meantime, we're told the victim is in good spirits. >> i can't imagine. i think i would be traumatized. >> reporter: an 84-year-old woman tied up and robbed yesterday afternoon in her queen village home. she was up walking and talking to police soon a

so they proceeded through west philadelphia and then hit upper darby township. again, this time the driver stopping at a sunoco gas station on west chester pike. he told the 21-year-old sister of brittany that he needed water for his diabetic medication. essentially separating the two sisters and when that 21-year-old returned to the car, the car was now gone and the story goes that brittany was taken to northwest philadelphia. the details in between 20 minute drive very murky because police again say that brittany was under the influence but they say that she surfaced in northwest philadelphia where things quickly escalated into a robbe robbery. here's superintendent michael chitwood with upper darby police with more. >> he then asked her for her money, her phone and whatever other valuables she had on her. she refused to gift up. he then grabbed her phone and grabbed her credit card debit card. he then through her out of the car. drug her out of the car and through her out of the car. he took off. >> reporter: upper darby township police quickly got the detail

police recovered rollins car in west philadelphia.horities say they are hot on his trail. >>> the search is on this morning for the man who sexually assaulted a woman along a popular montgomery county trail. police say a 19-year-old woman was assaulted at gunpoint at norristown farm park while she was running around 11 o'clock yesterday morning. the woman was able to call 911. the incident though has some calling for more police patrols. >> it's like little pockets where the corn covers everything so like nobody can really see you or anything could recently happen. >> investigators believe the the suspect was wearing a black mask or hooded sweatshirt at the time. anyone with information is asked to call police. >> bogus money could end up in your hands. take a good look at this tape. police in amity township berks county release the these surveillance pictures. they will show men passing counterfeit 100-dollar bills at several businesses. this has happened in montgomery bucks and delaware counties. if you look at these pictures and sa

. >> police harvest a pot farm in west philadelphia.t what tipped off neighbors that something wasn't quite right. >> ♪ for years, fios has been promising fast internet to small businesses. but for many businesses, it's out of reach. why promise something you can't deliver? comcast business is different. ♪ ♪ we deliver super-fast internet with speeds of 250 megabits per second across our entire network, to more companies, in more locations, than fios. we do business where you do business. ♪ ♪ >> ♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> good morning. it's 5:00 a.m. on this tuesday, august 15th. >> we are following breaking news here. flames at an apartment building in northeast philadelphia sends three people to the hospital, dozens of others have been displaced. >> and police uncover a marijuana grow house in west philadelphia. how neighbors helped alert investigators. >> today is an umbrella grabber. accuweather is tracking the

in west philadelphia, this accident investigation we've been talking about, it was an accident involving police car on walnut street at 52nd street. crews are still here. stick to chestnut street as your alternate with that overnight crash and the crews still checking that out. we're here in trenton mercer county, we still have 129 northbound shut down at hamilton avenue. stick to 29 after an accident investigation still going on right there. live on the ben franklin bridge all your area bridges looking pretty good so far. this is your westbound traffic. just light volume coming up into the city. no big delay just yet and we're trying to dry things out, matt. >> thanks, karen. >>> let's begin here with breaking news. a raging fire that forced firefighters to retreat has killed an elderly couple in bucks county. "action news" reporter katherine scott is live at the scene. the 700 block of king's lane in bensalem where firefighters remain. katherine. >> reporter: that's right, matt, this couple was in their 80's. they were found dead on the scene here. fire crews are still here but they're

residents, members of the community organizations and officials rallied on holly street in west philadelphia. they spoke out on the drug activity taking place on their block. participantshope to discourage crime by showing a united front. >> can you help find the norristown attacker. a $10,000 reward is being offered. chopper 6 was keeping an eye on the tree line trails where a 19-year-old runner said she was sexual assaulted at gunpoint yesterday morning. these are new images released today showing possible witnesses to the murder of a man in ard more township on saturday. they could have crucial evidence in the search for the suspect derek rolllands. we believe there are people that may have information to the case. 45 minutes before the shooting in philadelphia, a man that looked like rolands opened fire on two men in a car. u.s. marshals are offering a $2,500 reward to testimony that brings a conviction bringing the reward money to $27,000. >> president trump signed the bill that puts sanctions against russia and prevents him from lifting sanctions without senate permission. trump today

. >> and police uncover a marijuana grow house in west philadelphia. neighbors helped alert investigators. >> today is an umbrella grabber. accuweather is tracking the chance of storms throughout the day. >> let's find out more about that. dave murphy has your accuweather. karen rogers has your traffic. good morning. >> good morning. so far pretty light stuff. >> light sprinkles here or there. take a look at storm tracker6, satellite6 and all that of good stuff and you can see that there is some cloud cover around and there has been a little bit of shower activity that's beginning to work its way in across the region. it was steadier earlier. if you take a look at storm tracker six live double scan you can see the steadier stuff is over long island and pushing away from us. there is another batch of steadier stuff coming up through baltimore and in between it's just a little spotty precip, some of it by reading, i-95 corridor has got a little bit of that. south jersey looks mainly dry. where you don't see green there could be a little bit of drizzle an

. >>> happening right now, gunshots broke the calm of a sunday evening in west philadelphia. good evening, i'm and will. the street was full of children and the ones doing the shooting may have been kids themselves. fox 5 brad sattin is live at police headquarters, a tense situation tonight. >> reporter: lucy, this happening after 6:00, around 6:20. the house where this happened, filled with children at the time. police get to the scene and they're told that a 14-year-old boy who may have been the shooter went into the house and refused to come out. it was around 6:20 sunday when neighbors called 911 after hearing at least eight shots fired at a home in the 4300 block of wyalusing avenue in west philadelphia. the street bustling with kids playing. when police arrived, a woman told them a 14-year-old boy run into the home and would not come out. police report being able to see him through a window. they barricaded the property, the swat team arrived in an armored vehicle with guns drawn as neighbors looked on. police say a woman and young children in the home were able to get

. >>> "action news" has new information about a dice game that turned deadly in west philadelphia. police say that 23-year-old was shot in the head during an argument with another man. chopper 6 hd was overhead at 9:30 as officers responded to the 5800 block of christian street. the victim's young children ages 2 and 5 were there to witness the violence. no arrest ares have been made but detectives found a gun at the scene. >>> 50 people were forced ott of their homes overnight as a massive fire swept through. this was the scene at the canterbury court apartments. the brick building bellies the e accident of the damage inside. look at the flames when firefighters got there. it took 80 firefighters about han hour to get this under control. >> out of a dead sleep, fire alarms and looked out and the building was on fire. we went back and in grabbed the animals. >> one firefighter was treated for injuries and two residents were hurt but it's not clear how badly and the fire marshall is still investigating is the cause. >>> to allentown where police are searching for multiple suspects a

they don't roll into areas west of philadelphia until the eclipse is over. later at 6:00 p.m. stly north and west and then it dries out overnight. a little bit of tips here, you can't look directly at the sun, find a watch party because they have the glasses they will pass around and hope for clear skies, i think most of you will see some of that. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast sun and clouds, 88. warm and humid, enjoy the eclipse. tomorrow, hot and humid, high of 93. in the afternoon and evening there's a chance of showers and thunderstorms a couple of strong storms would not be out of the question here and there, tomorrow afternoon and evening. any rain on wednesday morning ends quickly. the sun comes back humidity drops warm high of 86. i hope things improve quickly so we can get the ac air show underway in comfortable conditions. speaking of comfortable, thursday, friday, saturday, sunday, this is a great stretch of weather programs better than any -- perhaps any stretch we've had this summer great for phillies, eagles and union game coming up for the next sev

throughout the day in west philadelphia chestnut street, new project, here's the deal they typicallyave two travel lanes right now and then one lane of parked cars, they are taking away one of the travel lanes, putting in a bike lane, between 34th, and forty-fifth street on chestnut street all of that, shuffling around repainting, putting in the bike lanes will take place over next couple weeks so be ready for delays along chestnut and 95 later on today right after the rush hour, if you are coming in maybe late, getting a late start in the city, southbound they will work between woodhaven and academy roads, starting at around 9:00 up until one. mass transit both market frankford and broad street subway they are using shuttle buses until 5:00 but otherwise mass transit looking good with no delays, karen, back over to you. >>> 4:33. lets get to this developing story, where fire officials are investigating the cause of the deadly row home fire, we know that it happened, right around 10:30 there is the scene, 1800 block of east college tine street, we are told one person was killed and a

show host killed in 2012. >>> we have new information about a deadly shooting last night in west philadelphia know the man killed on the 5800 block of christian street was gunned down in front of his two young children and he was identified. shot to death at 9:30, the gunman took off and so far no arrests have been made. >>> after a fiery overnight crash, all lanes are back open on the atlantic city expressway, that a vehicle traveling westbound hit a guardrail and crashed into trees on the side of the highway in washington township. a viewer captured the flames shooting from the car at 6:00 a.m. and police reopened all lanes by 6:45, no word on the driver's condition and what caused him to lose control. >> still to comproduction ons te set of the latest dead pool movie as police investigating the death of a stunt woman. >>> and an emotional reunion, a world war ii vet returned a flag to the family of a fallen japanese soldier. and david murphy is back with the seven-day forecast. >>> secretary of state, rex tillerson says that the white house is interested in a dialog with north korea. after

. >> and police uncover a marijuana grow house in west philadelphia. neighbors helped alert investigators. >> today is an umbrella getter. accuweather is tracking the chance of storms throughout the day. >> see if dave murphy has it already popped open out there on the deck and karen rogers has your traffic. good morning. >> no umbrella. it's feeling kind of comfortable what with cloudy skies a little bit of light movement of the air out here. as you take a look at storm tracker6 live double scan there's the threat of rain around. a couple sprinkles and showers to the southeast of allentown beginning to push over into south jersey. burlington county appears to be the focus of light sprinkles right now in south jersey itself and then there's more shower activity coming up the i-95 corridor getting ready to pop into southern chester county and i can see delaware also catching some of that before too much longer. the wide view on satellite shows you lots of clouds. we might get a couple sunny breaks today but generally speaking mostly cloudy skies and mor

west. and 65 philadelphia and 65 dover and 67 in cape may. tomorrow just a few high clouds and sunshine and low humidity for the most part. 69 at 8:00 in the morning, right around 80 at 2:00, should top off at 82 for a high tomorrow. 4:00, 5:00 in the afternoon and going back into the 70s during the evening showers. it's all compliments of a strong high pressure coming in from canada bringing a taste of fall for the next five days, lots of sunshine in the area, pleasant days and cool nights and low humidity. down the shore 79 surf city tomorrow and 80 beach haven and 80 in ocean city with the fine, light northeasterly wind and a warm ocean. and as we head to cape may county upper 70s and bethany beach 82 degrees perfect day to park yourself on the sand. as you look at the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, kind of repeating myself here thursday through next tuesday. sunshine and cumulous clouds each day, and kind of a preview of what fall feels like here in the upper 70s. really no humidity whatsoever. and then the only change that com

anything away this time yesterday, from our police sources, we new that they believed he was in west philadelphiaeven though we're back here, and this was his last known address, he has known to live in north philadelphia, as well, in the kensington area. so don't just think you don't live in southwest philly, so you don't have to worry about coming across this guy. he is still at large, still with a very powerful 40 caliber gun, and still with no regard for life police here tell us. he is 24 year old derek rollins, id publicly by police yesterday around lunchtime after they had swat hit his last two known homes, they didn't find him. they did finds as we reported first on good day yesterday his charcoal gray volvo, witnesses told police, he was driving in the saturday shootings. they found it where we said, 51 and locust where he was living likely until he like everybody else in philadelphia saw his surveillance pictures on tv from the haverford murder saturday. they also searched a house on north eighth street in kensington, now, police got a tip call on monday night from someone in haverford,

>> people in west philadelphia enjoyed the fight last night. major league consults barber -- major league cuts barber shop gave back to the community renting a projector at 5st and market street. more than 100 people attended the event. >>> philadelphia soul are back-to-back arena football league champions. >> reporter: i'm bleary eyed because i watched the end, soul on home turf in philadelphia, a game you saw live on 6abc. >> what an awesome moment, the players celebrating, confetti raining down from the rafters of the wells fargo center. >> they beat tampa, 44-40, a close game, they are back-to-back champions, we'll hear from ron jaworski. >>> a shooting wounds a man and leaves a bullet hole in a ambulance in philadelphia. and has the latest on the frantic moments of the first responders. >> on a lighter note reese could hoskins continues his record breakfasting start. >> reporter: temperatures in the viewing area are chilly this morning, lehigh valley 53 degrees in allentown, only 62 in philadelphia. they are in the 40s right now in the poco

the organization >> she was a stand-out basketball player an graduate of west catholic prep in west philadelphia >> life guards and firefighters in cape may form a human chain trying to rescue a struggling swimmer. that swimmer originally jumped in to try to save three others who eventually did make the back to shore. luckily firefighters were just a few blocks away and arrived within a matter of seconds. two firefighters and several life guards linked hands, brought the victim back to shore. all four swimmers were taken to the hospital for evacuation. >>> cbs3 your eclipse station and we are counting down the hours until the total solar eclipse tomorrow. people all over the country scramble to find the special protective glasses, some stories in wisconsin all out of welding masks. according to nasa, total eclipse website, a shade 14 welding lens is the only lens adequate enough for viewing the clips because of its extra dark qualities. a shade 14 lens is so rarely used in welding that most hardware stores don't even carry them. >>> there are thousands of folks traveling to locations all over th

during the day tomorrow, a good deal of sunshine especially to the north and west of philadelphia. moving south. the high temperature 85 degrees. down the shore tomorrow looking good. highs around 80 degrees. delaware beaches look great. 77 in lewes the water off of lewes at 76. your seven day forecast from the weather authority, shows lots of sun great start to the weekend friday, saturday 78. sunday and monday in the 70s. tuesday the high only 77. a taste of fall moves in after friday. enjoy it. >> wonderful stuff. thank you very much. >> speaking of summer and all things swimming and such look at these little guys right there. they're doing their water safety classes today at the boys and girls club in trenton, n. they're finishing up a summer program funded by the sack foundation it's just a great thing. it's a safety and prepareness class started by a mom whose little boy drowned in the family pool. well you know what, eight-year-old maddison owens started out quite a afraid but not any more. >> i didn't know how to swim when i first came here but today miss parker she taught

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no word yet on any possible arrests but the investigation continues here in west philadelphia. >> philadelphiag to piece together a shooting that happened late last night. it happened during a block party in the city's mantua section. the gunman opened fire spraying more than 30 bullets throughout an area where families were enjoying the night. when it was over, four young people were injured. "action news" reporter walter perez covering the story. he's live now for us at the scene with the very latest today. walter. >> reporter: hi, sharrie. there are surveillance cameras all across this neighborhood but so far investigators have not found any video that can help them with this case. so, at search continues for the gunman, four people are injured and this neighborhood is shaken. the shooting occurred just after midnight as a block party was breaking up a short distance away: cynthia young lives a few feet from the scene of the crime. she says what was a quiet night in this part of mantua ended under a hail of bullets. >> pop pop pop pop pop. that's all i heard. i wouldn't get up. uh-uh, no, s

all the numbers west of philadelphia beginning to drop. 65 in philadelphia. at 74 just 24 hours ago. reading, 64. millville on the other side of the front, 72. cape may, 72. it's south jersey and southern delaware that's feeling the humidity this morning. but, again all the numbers will be dropping in time. storm tracker 6 live a couple of spritzes and sprinkles or a brief shower for the delaware beaches. it will not last long maybe a half-hour or 45 minutes sore. the rest of the way today we're looking at a combination of sun and clouds, that's the call from accuweather, turning less humid and comfortable. the normal for this time of the year is 86. that's where we should top things out later on. jersey shore, the beaches looks nice, as well. high temperatures in the mid 80s >> reporter: same thing combination of sun and clouds. as nydia mentioned before, it's a comfortable start to the weekend, how long do the changes last? i'll have the changes in the seven-day forecast with the details. >> the mayor of charlottesville blamed the bloodshed in the city on p

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mothers and this program they announced today will be taking place at the kara bot center in west philadelphianks, stephanie. >> philadelphia high school grads are getting head start on college right here at home. philadelphia futures hosted its annual college kick off event at the wells fargo center. nearly 200 incoming freshman had the chance to meet and connect with upper classmen who attend their colleges. this year's theme is build your future. good luck to the college class of 2021. >>> the philadelphia marathon kicks off in little more than three months and this year's race has new title respond its sponsored eyewitness neuter in center city earlier today as city and marathon officials announced three year partnership with american association for cancer research. aacr was founded a century bag and become the world largest professional organizations dedicated to preventing and curing cancer. >> runners from all over the world will be able to join the aacr runners for research team to make this run matter so that every step through philadelphia is a step toward as cure. >> the philly mar

we are tracking showers and storms north and west of philadelphia and north and west of the 95 corridor, 84 in trent trenton and 86 in philadelphia and 85 for reading and lancaster, at the coast in beach haven 79 degrees, as we go throughout the rest of the day. we have you covered with the friday evening planner, 2:00 partly sunny and dry and 4:00 it's going to be humid with a spotty thunderstorm likely and same thing holds through at 6:00 this evening. we'll dry out later on tonight underneath a partly cloudy to mostly clear skies and temperatures in the lower 80s and upper 70s, here is future tracker 6 and we are timing out the precipitation. to the north and west you have the best chance of finding instability in allentown and reading, as we go through the overnight hours we are tracking the moisture moving on through from a west east direction and showers into saturday morning. as we look at the weather headlines, hot and humid today and temperatures in the 90s and we run the risk of showers and thunderstorms but mainly north and west of philadelphia today. so the majority of the d

. >>> also tonight new video from a marijuana house in west philadelphia. nbc 10 was there as police brought out bags and bags of the drug. nbc 10 was first to report on the bust which forced some to evacuate their homes. keith joan is following the latest from outside the home, keith. >> a neighbor said it smelled like a dead body inside this home. instead authorities found marijuana on all four floors. more than 3,000 square feet, more than 100 marijuana plants one by one in bags removed by police who scoured every room, one for seedlings and another for shipping. it surprised neighbors. >> little kids didn't want to come look because they were afraid it was something terrible. i knew wasn't fire. i wasn't sure what was going on. >> when neighbors found it it was pot. >> you know, unless people are doing harm to other people -- and i know there's a drug problem but in the scale of drugs marijuana i wouldn't see as a terribly dangerous drug. >> police disagree. they say extension cords are all over the house. >> one spark could take the whole block down. t

. >>> when you think farms you're probably not thinking philadelphia. well, in west oasis >> sabina kuriakose takes us inside. >> reporter: welcome to the organic farm, three quarters of an acre sitting down an ally way on north 53rd in west philadelphia >> potato eat. >> reporter: sign, the neighborhood food farm now feeds an entire community.l way. >> the wlauland was so full of here. >> reporter: he to till the lane site of this abandoned auto garage. sunlight rain and a chae to take root by the nonprofit t. >> we produce over 10,000 pounds of food is a lot and grown sustais bl food deser >> there weroser but closed. >> reporter: they've created an oasis >> waiting to bed >> families come here to get their food plant, kale and tomatoes, children learn to plant and grow >> a farmer that looks like you. >> reporter: will place a seed in their own imagination >> the farmer's market is open every saturday 10:00 in the morning to 2:00 in the afternoon. so the next time you're thinking about picking up fresh produce, lambert said instead of thinking the countryside or t

skyfox over the scene at the intersection of stenton and east gore gus lane in philadelphia's west mtairy. the drivers of both vehicles and three passengers on the bus all ended up at hospitals. but with non-life threatening injuries. we're hearing they're not serious. that's the good news there. investigators are looking in what happened there. one neighbor called it christmas in august. the present the demolition of a dangerous row house on d street in philadelphia's kensington area. >> our bruce gordon first brought us this story several weeks ago. joins us now studio with a happy ending much bruce. >> happier at least. the home at 2823d street was an eye sore from the outside no doubt about it but what was going on inside, well, that's what had neighbors asking for our help. >> of what much whatting the figurative definition of subtraction by dee track. >> 2823d street will make this trouble drug playing block a better place to live. >> i'm really glad they took that down. too many bad things happening in that house. >> reporter: late july a tip call led to us this row home it's f

finally, a photographic mural traces the history of gardening in west philadelphia. it looks at what the future might hold. it's located at the university high school well known for the greenhouse and community garden. "jimmy kimmel live" live next followed by "nightline" music from midland. "action news" continues at 4:30 with pamela edwards. now for cecily tynan, ducis rogers and the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner. have a good night tonight.

. >> the west philadelphia teen speaks helping young girms overcome suicidal thoughts. >> i felt alone. i overcame it with my mom's help. if you can't get it from a parent, find somebody who will help you. there are people that will listen to you. i will listen to you. >> powerful words from the young girls. she says the scars on her arms will serve as a reminder to never allow herself to go to that dark place. >> chris christie, channel6, "action news." >> the state of pennsylvania shut down the sprouts daycare center in philadelphia. at the same time, the owner 53-year-old duncan round has been released on $200,000 bail. he was arrested yesterday and charged with raping two five-year-olds, a boy and girl inside the daycare its owns. they shut down the daycare for a number of reasons, including serious danger to the life of the ching. >> victim has been identified as 37-year-old keith miles of hamilton township. the update to the story last night at 11:00 involving an off duty police officer. nicholas harper has been arrested for suspicion of dui. the cars were hit along the 1,600 blo

they recovered the vehicle in west philadelphia.pect was captured on surveillance video after the crime saturday night. 29-year-old john lee was shot and killed at an apartment complex on the 2300 block of haverford road. there is a $5,000 reward being offered in the case and we'll continue to follow the story throughout the day. >>> heavy machinery

philadelphia. future tracker 6 showing a couple of showers out to the west in places like delaware.talking about reading and lancaster getting this and the model showing this nowment a couple of light sprinkles in the city and the bulk of to the north and west and evening we are dry northern and south and east and west. humid side today and 86 is your warm high and down the shore here is the issue, nice on the beach and nice temperature-wise on the water. like yesterday we have an issue with rip currents, a moderate risk versus yesterday's risk are and there could be water rescues today and swim near the lifeguards, in rehoboth warmer in bethany beach and philadelphia 88 is the high and sun and clouds and somewhat humid and from the -- the winds are 8 miles per hour. and a spotty thunderstorm and 73 is the overnight low and most of tonight's thunderstorm acts is overnight into the morning. that brings us to tomorrow morning and future tracker 6. at 6:30 on the air here we may have showers and maybe on odd thunderstorm to show you, by the time we get to 9:00, 10:00, 11:00, 12:00, it

and then in west philadelphia, watch for construction project , chestnut street between 34th and forty-fifthtypically right now they have two travel lanes and one lane a parked cars. they are taking away one of the travel lanes and then putting a bike lane in the mixture there so there will be a lot of reline painting, shuffling that around over next couple of weeks they were set to start this project yesterday but got off to a late start because of the weather, they will be out there today, in west philadelphia. watch out for delays up and down 495 as you roll through wilmington with construction. mass transit looking g karen, back to you. >>> 50:00 . we have new information coming in, developing story. we know that one person has died and another is in the hospital after a fire, there was a row house that went up in flames. lets get out to temple hospital where lauren johnson is with the new information that we're learning, lauren. >> reporter: good morning to you. two people were transported to temple university hospital, one of them a fire fighter evaluated for injuries that he sustained

but swat went into the both homes in philadelphia one north philadelphia, one in west philadelphia, where he had last lived, and just missed him by hours, because his car was still there, so he took off knowing that police new who he was, and new what was driving so here he is, 24 years old, derek rollins, no relation to the philly great jimmy rollin, but, same last night, same home state, he says, as carson wentz, north dakota. so who knows where he is. because he's got contact way outside of pennsylvania, but police think maybe he didn't get too far out of the city, that's why they're showing this mugshot. the sad bit is when you show surveillance pictures of somebody, the public helps identify somebody, but you're also telling that somebody that you know who he is, and you're coming for him. >> at 77th and sherwood, two see a gentleman who fit description standing outside after gray volvo. the owner of the home, he period in to ask him why you why looking in my house. verbal confrontation ensues. at which point the driver of the infinity sees the kid pull a gun from his waistband, they

nbc10 on a busy 40th and chestnut here in west philadelphia. the t-shirts and shorts were out and about tonight. we could have more of the same tomorrow. meteorologist erica mar teen has your most accurate forecast. >> a good one, too. i'm excited about tomorrow's forecast. tonight a very nice comfortable night. mostly clear. clear skies. take a look outside if you're into sky gadsing, you get to see the waxing gibbon moon. winds westerly at 10 miles per in center city. area of high pressure keeping everything high and dry. tomorrow's high temperatures seeing lots of low 80s. that's going to be the average across the entire delaware valley. plenty of sunshine. tomorrow brings a lot of sunshine. hour-by-hour forecast shows something different by monday. i'll quickly show you. notice clouds developing from west to east on sunday and on monday morning for that monday morning commute, extra time for an am commute. we already have the rain showers moving in and do have the threat of strong storms and a lot of heavy downpours by the time monday is do

officer is recovering this morning from minor injuries after his cruiser hit a parked car in west philadelphia. the accident happened just after midnight along the 5,100 block of baltimore avenue. >> demonstrations against hate and violence continue days after the charlottesville attack. hundreds of protesters took to the streets in center city philadelphia yesterday. >> i've been marching in marches like this for 50 years. i'm old but i'm not tired. >> racism has no place in our society, in our nation. and we will fight to uphold the laws of freedom. >> attended a prayer service at the arch street united methodist church. >>> meanwhile as some fight to tear it down, more than 16,000 people have signed a petition to save a statue honoring the late frank rizzo. police also arrested a 25-year-old man for reportedly throwing eggs at the statue yesterday morning. >> the city of charlottesville is remembering the victims of saturday's clashes between white nationalists and counter-protesters. ♪ let it shine there was a candle light vigil last night in the university of virginia campus. marchers ass