i take over to william o'donnell. you said the employment picture looks good. jobs picture looks good. guess what, william? if you have lots of service jobs, plenty of bartenders and waitresses but they're not making much money. >> that's a key point. if you look at the breakdown of consumer sentiment. wealthy are feeling great. they have wealth effects from higher home prices and stock prices. it is middle and lower class. there is no traction, still for them feels very like a recession. until we have all the cylinders firing in consumer spending we think growth will be relatively limited. >> aren't we seeing some of those cylinders start to fire, mike harris, in consumer spending? you don't want people taking on excess debt. the debt with the recent report was non-resolve which wouldn't necessarily be a negative, would it? >> well i think the market will continue to focus on economic data. certainly we get a ton of it next week with inflation data and retail sales number, i think that will be a big one to watch. at the end of the day, i think what is driving

williams, sarah bloomquist, and meteorologist david murphy. >>> good afternoon. rick and sarah are off, i'm matt o'donnell.n the news a small explosion sends employees rushing out of a chemical plant in south jersey. >>> detectives speaking to a man suspected in a reported sex assault in the spring garden neighborhood. >>> the big story, escalating in the middle east. hamas firing rockets and some of them aimed at the airport in tel aviv. israel responding. and it is the fourth day of air strikes, neither side backing down. people are gathering in center city to show support for israel. a live look at the action cam at a solidarity rally on j.f.k. boulevard infront of the israeli consulate. let's get the latest on the conflict. abc news correspondent karen travers is live in washington. >> moments ago israel prime minister said no amount of international pressure will prevent them from responding with force. a significant escalation of violence in the middle east. the israeli defense forces says hamas fired more than 44 rockets at israel overnight, 11 intercepted by the iron dome, israel's defense system a

o'donnell. coming up, serena williams' secret talent is finally revealed. >>> 49ers can't seem to catch a break.ot days for our plays of the weekend. >> that is a catch. >> peyton manning catches country fever. catch it all, coming up. nothing. . >>> well, young adults have often shared apartments to cut costs, of course. burr in a growling trend, baby boom -- growing trend, baby boomers are doing it, too. makes sense. it is not just to share expenses. it is for companionship after a divorce or a spouse dies, whatever. new york, for example. applications for senior roommates has tripled in just the last six years. >>> those popular fitness trackers can do more than record your work out. now they can also track your sleep. cbs reporter with what they are really telling us about our bodies and rest. >> it not only counts our steps and calories burned. many provide sleep steps. can you trust that data? we asked an expert. >> fitness trackers use accelerators. >> they are measuring rain indirect approximate police station of sleep through movement. in order to make these estimationsover deep or ligh

williams testified he loaned the mcdonald's $15,000 to cover catering at their daughter's wedding as well as buying dresses for mrs. o'donnell. well, her lawyers argued she accepted them because she had a crush on williams. >>> a suspect is in custody accused of killing a police officer in the twin cities. officer scott patrick was fatally shot during a routine traffic stop. a man believed to be the shooter got into a gun the bale with police last night. he and a woman he was with were both wounded. nationwide more than 70 police officers have died this year. >>> we're learning new details about that massive water main break on the campus of ucla. the city now says 20 million gallons of water shot out of that three-story geyser double what they first thought and it's still leaking at this hour, about a thousand gallons a minute. hundreds of cars and school garages are still under water and the school's newly renovated basketball arena pauley pavilion was submerged under nearly a foot of water. >>> meantime, still under feet of water this morning, parts of colorado. two days of heavy rains are starting to let up there in area

that former star scientific ceo jonnie williams denied having a romantic relationship with mrs. o'donnell and said he felt sorry for her when she had to return dresses. defense attorneys say the mcdonnells were in a broken marriage and maureen had a crush on williams and williams testified that maureen asked him to get cars for her twin boys. that didn't pan out because it would be too visible. the jury also saw the $4,000 rolex watch williams bought for the former governor. on the stand today williams k5 testified that was a mistake. prosecutors say that watch represents just a small portion of the $165,000 worth of gifts williams gave the family. around 6:10 we'll talk with peggy fox about other developments in court today and

matt o'donnell and tamala edwarded hosts the celebration and parade. and join, rick williams, cecily tynan and adam joseph and karen rogers for the fireworks over the museum of art. we have advisories and we could get tumultuous weather. >> philadelphia is storm free and it's steamy and we have strong storms developing in the north and west suburbs, one cell is sitting over north central buck county, moving at 6 miles per hour over bedminster and dublin. and it's tapping into high humidity and dropping a lot of rain, a flash flood warning is posted for north sensual buck county and already 2.5 inches has fall and in this region. this likely will cause flash flooding and that warning is in affect until 10:15 tonight. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing a strong line of storms working in lancaster county into berks county and birdsboro and lauer and hill, all in the path of this storm system. again, this is moving slowly at 15 miles per hour. berks county is under a flash flood warning until 9:30, all right 2.5 inches of rain and could get 2 more inches and we'll see these

matt o'donnell and tamala edwards hosted the freedom ceremony, you can see the independence day parade and then rick williams and cecily tynan and adam joseph and karen rothers will bring you the party on the parkway capped off by fireworks over the museum of >>> usa is in a hole that might be too deep to climb out of. >> it's running out for the u.s. things have turned in the last few minutes. look at the highlights from brazil. dicey moments early in this match. opening minute, belgium checking to see if tim howard is ready? howard is standing on his head in this match. dempsey and bradley with stop and go action, no dice. fast forward, we are injury time. the net is wide open for him, that is actual another howard save there -- now the one i was talking about. he has an open net and goes over the net. we go to extra time, 93rd minute. after a u.s. turnover, belgium star kevin debruhny. the americans have just now scored, it's 2-1, and we are at the 107th minute and we play to 120th minutes maybe more. so it's not over just yet. the winner of this match faces argentina. scoreless after 90 minutes of play a

and matt o'donnell and tamala edwards bring you the parade, and rick williams, cesily tynan and kareners and karen rogers bring you the concert capped off by fireworks. >> crews continue are there search for a missing boater on the delaware river . >> developing now on "action news," the east coast bracing for arthur which has just reached hurricane strength. we're monitoring storm preps in the south while accuweather watches the local impact for the holiday weekend. >> cleanup continues this morning for residents rocked by lightning strikes from the thunderstorms in the delaware and lehigh valleys. >> a bill passes a major hurdle in harrisburg. good morning, 6:30 on this thursday, tam is off, nydia han had here, and david is here and matt pellman in for karen rogers. >> reporter: good morning, everybody, a flood watch is in place good for today and tonight and through the morning tomorrow as we are expecting heavy downpours later today and tonight with more rain tomorrow morning. >> reporter: but even this morning we've broken out in thunderstorms in parts of the region, the northern

watch the celebration of freedom ceremony and matt o'donnell and tamala edwards host the independence day parade at 11:00 p.m. at 7:00 p.m., rick williams and cesily tynan write you the 4th of july jam count off by fireworks over the philadelphia museum of art. >> 4th of july is tomorrow, we have arthur becoming a hurricane ten minutes ago. david murphy the forecast, throw it all in there, possible storms today. >> reporter: there's a lot going on this week, man. storm tracker 6 live double scan shows you there's rain that came through overnight, most of it is off to the north an east of philadelphia. we'll get that scan going for you. there's just a little bit of a blip showing up in dover and western chester county you might see precip popping through. there might be a heavy downpour in western chester county. that's basically it for this morning. as we look outside we have cloudy skies out there, maybe a couple of breaks and it is warm and muggy, with temperatures across the region, alarmly in the 70s. 75 degrees in philadelphia currently. 74 in wilmington. 73 up in allentown. and in trenton. 72 in sea isle city, once again it's on t

matt o'donnell and i will host the freedom ceremony at 10:00 a.m. followed by the parade at 11:00 p.m. tonight rick williams, cesily tynan, adam joseph and karen rogers brings you it is 4th of july jam told me off by fireworks at the museum of alter. >> is it going to rain on matt and tam's parade? >> reporter: a little iffy, but it won't happen all the time. we have rain off to the north and west, there's a little bit creeping up to cape may. as we come in tighter you can see this is moving from the southwest to the north/northeast it's basically moving in a line through places like berks county and lancaster and areas close to allentown, earlier, allentown, bethlehem and easton are getting this. there's steady rain in there highlighted in yellow, but it's not a steady downpour. i want to drop down to the south, there's lighter stuff along the shore. i talked about heavier bands coming up this is rain attached to arthur. this is an outer rain band as this pushes up cruel -- you'll get steadier rain down the shore. there also the shore, it's not great beach weather right now, it's warm and muggy. 73 degrees

festivities on channel 6, at 10:00 matt o'donnell and tamala edwards hosts the freedom ceremony and then the independenceance day parade and at 7:00 p.m., rick williams and cecily tynan and karen rogers and adam joseph bring you the 4 and of july jam capped off by fireworks off the mousse automatic of art. >>> philadelphia police have charged the man whose mother was founded in his freezer. he turned himself into police this afternoon and is charged with abuse of a corpse, he has not been seen his his mother andrea was founded in her home. they are waiting for the body to thaw out to determine when and how she died. >>> the cigarette sales tax, the $2 per pack tax would be funneled in the cash strapped school district. and jerry jordan issued a statement saying theedcaters and parents of philadelphia should be proud of how our legislators have advocated for our city's children. >>> meanwhile, school reform commission board member, pritchard, resigned today and he was immediately replaced with long time philadelphia educator and advocate margie nef. >>> and a flag thief coming up someone is scraping old glory in a community. >>> flyers captain claude

o'donnell and i will host the freedom ceremony at 10:00 a.m. followed by the parade at 11:00 a.m. and tonight, rick williams, cesily tynan and adam joseph, and karen rogers will bring you the 4th of july jam. >> the fireworks look good, 10:00 a.m., and the parade, what are we looking? >> reporter: we'll have showers around, but not a washout. we have rain in the northern suburbs, as we go in tighter you can see the next batch coming through reading that will be steady rain that will not last much longer. in bucks, chester, light stuff, nuisance stuff. there's another batch that might form off the coast, for now it's the light sprinkle down by atlantic city. as we look outside we have sky 6 at the airport, it's a little bit gray out there for now, and probably will be for a good portion of the morning, but the afternoon in particular does look better. 74 degrees in philadelphia, it feels a bit muggy out there. 69 in allentown, 73 in wilmington, 72 in sea isle city. in terms of this morning activities around the region, all right, between now and 9:00 a.m. there could be an occasional shower or maybe a thunde

join us for the festivities, matt o'donnell and i are proud to kick off things with the freedom ceremony followed by the independence parade at 11:00 p.m. and rick williams and cesily tynan and adam joseph and religion karen rogers will be bring you the -- bring you the 4th of july jam. >> we're learning about the gm recall of 34.3 million vehicles. it was issued after finding a 9-year-old e-mail in the files warning of trouble. >>> the dow crossed the 17,000 plateau for the first time to end the week. wall street is closed for the holiday. >>> nation's unemployment rate fell 6.1% that's the lowest level since the financial crisis struck five 1/2 years ago. this is the best hiring streak since the 1990s, however, the caveat here, wages are relatively stagnant. back to you. >> our thowrlts today are with -- our thoughts today are with our servicemen and women, family friend and strangers welcome home joseph jones iii. he just finished an 11 month employment in afghanistan. welcome home, pfc jones, thank you to all of you for stepping up. >> and they painted the town red, white and blue in haddonfield, new jersey the artist row on tanner street was lined w

. >>> matt o'donnell and i will kick off things with the freedom ceremony attended by vice president joe biden and followed by the parade from 11:00 p.m. to 12 and rick williams, cesily tynan, adam joseph and karen rogers will bring you the wawa welcome america jam followed by fireworks. >> reporter: storm tracker 6 live double scan shows you most of the rain is in the northern and western suburbs, as we go into that two-dimensional view there's a little bit of showers pushing up the i-95 corridor. that's pushing through chester county and new castle county, the steadiest rain in berks county and lancaster county and allentown you're getting caught with a little bit of this same thing in bethlehem and easton. no lightning, but this is an early rain band we're expecting from arthur. looks like one is forming off the coast, but right now it's scattered stuff down there. we have cloudy skies the sun trying to break through some of the early cloud cover, that hams even when you have the deck of clouds over philadelphia. warm and muggy out there, dewpoint, 67. it's on the humid side. winds north/northwest at 10 miles per hour. overall it will be a breezy day. betw

for all the festivities on the 4th of july, matt o'donnell hosts the celebration and see the independence day parade and then at 7:00 p.m., rick williams, cecily tynan, adam joseph and karen rogers bring you the party on the parkway, cast off by fireworks on the art museum. >>> now the latest on a death of a teen that went swimming in a philadelphia creek and didn't come out alive. he just graduated from middle school, and tragedy struck. >> vernon odom has the story. >> a cres enville family grieves for a youngster that died trying to stay cool. he died trying to swim in the murky waters. he and a friend went to the creek. >> he was at the river and he gets so tired and he couldn't do no more and the other kids jumped in and tried to help him. >> i am very sad, because i can't do anything for him. he was my young brother. >> the circumstances surrounding the death are an all too freak when occurrence, just like today, the creeks, streams and rivers look so calm, cool and inviting, but danger so often lurks below. >> they go under water without thinking what is in there, there could be debris or rapid moving water and they don't know a

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william, kate. and novak djokovic beat roger federer in a five set thriller, his second wimbledon crown and seventh grand slam title. that is sports at this hour. dennis o'donnellbring you the rest of the way later on today. giants, a's, which way you going? the game is at 6:30 today. >>> i felt that crunch right into my chest. >> after the break, a california swimmer describes his terrifying encounter with a shark. >> tsa has a new rule. i'm mark kelly live at sfo. coming up, i'll explain how it affects your phone. ,,,, it's kfc night. [cheering] last week we hosted. this week the kids invited us to their place. we got this delicious kfc meal and 2 extra sides for free. for free! sorry i was late. i had a little trouble with the rope ladder. he fell twice. ♪ [cheering]ight. last week we hosted. this week the kids invited us to their place. we got this delicious kfc meal and 2 extra sides for free. for free! sorry i was late. i had a little trouble with the rope ladder. he fell twice. ♪ it gives you options based on your budget -- it's a piece of cake. i was told there would be cake. get a free quote at progressive.com. flying to the u-s from acro >>> power it

william, kate middleton wimbledon's men's final and novak djokovic beat roger federer in a five set thriller, his second wimbledon crown and seventh grand slam title. that is sports at this hour. dennis o'donnelling you the rest of the way later on today. giants, a's, which way you going? the game is at 6:30 today. >>> i'm not saying which way -- >> no. probably a good idea. >>> our play of the day comes from the greenbrier classic in west virginia. here's bud collins' final shot of the day. his tee shot on number 18 and what a way to finish a tournament. >> no. >> look at that. >> no! he -- >> unbelievable. >> heed it. u.s -- aced it. tom watson was the first to congratulate collie. it twiggered a $100 prize for paying customers and of course earned the play of the day honor. pretty cool. >>> not bad. 25 minutes after 6:00. firefighters are getting a handle on the wildfire burning near lake berryessa this morning. coming up the accident that sent one cal fire employee to the hospital. >> and i'm mark kelly live at sfo. we're used to taking our shoes off but now we're going to have to turn our phones on when going through security. coming up why the tsa says we need this new rule. ,,,, heat sh

that former star scientific ceo jonnie williams denied having a romantic relationship with mrs. o'donnell and said he felt sorry for her when she had to return dresses. defense attorneys say the mcdonnells were in a broken marriage and maureen had a crush on williams and williams testified that maureen asked him to get cars for her twin boys. that didn't pan out because it would be too visible. the jury also saw the $4,000 rolex watch williams bought for the former governor. on the stand today williams 6k5 testified that was a mistake. prosecutors say that watch represents just a small portion of the $165,000 worth of gifts williams gave the family. around 6:10 we'll talk with peggy fox about other developments in court today and what's expected tomorrow. >>> meantime breaking right now the son of d.c. council member and former mayor marion barry in jail. court documents show the 34- year-old christopher barry was caught driving on a revoked license. chris barry has had several brushes with the law including an arrest in may for driving under the influence of drugs near the white house.