President obama is considering. There are shortterm immediate things needing to be done military and i dont rule out anything. But it does not include u. S. Grown troops, president obama would prefer a mults eye lateral response from the International Commune and that the u. S. Will continue to provide intelligence assistance and military equipment to the iraqis. The worsening crisis in iraq dominated discussion on capitol hill, the painful loss of american lives in the war there are still fresh along with fear of terrorist attacks here at home. The radical fighters are coming from from iraq and syr syria, they arrived from mosul, and tikrit. This could force iraqi leaders in fac, i hope to come together and look at this serious mortal threat to the country. Reporter now, about a half million iraqis are believed to have fled their homes for fear of attacks from militants and that the Iraqi Government may responsibility with air strikes on its own. Thank you. After a nearly 6 month break u. S. Drones are again hitting terrorist hideouts in northwestern pakistan, today they killed mittants in separate drone strikes after days of coordinated attacks at pakistans largest airport in karachi. Coming up what it may mean for u. S. Forces on world news with diane sawyer after action news at 6 00. A car slammed into the side of an olive garden in Delaware County, this is the 1,000 block of baltimore pike, an elderly driver lost control and slammed into the rest ran, a mother and her child were sitting on the other side, they were take and to the hop to be checked out authorities are looking for two men that several sexually assault aid millville woman. The victim says they pulled her into a car on may 20th. The woman was assaulted and the suspects are believed to be driving an older model white, four door honda, Crime Stoppers is offering a reward for information leading to arrest and conviction. The cover of darkness targets a local convenience store. This video was just released this afternoon. Authorities say that a man walked in at 3 30 a. M. , and told the clerk to quote give me the money old man, and the thief cleared out the Cash Register and casually walked out. If you recognize than contact police. New video shows a man robbing a Grocery Store in be cobbs creek, he got behind the counter and stuffed his pockets with cash, detectives say that the suspect cased the store before making tis move, if you recognize him you are asked to contact police. Mayor Michael Nutter was asked to create a task force to see how the city deals with sick leave. With paid sick leave policies and their impact on employees. Earlier nutter vetoed a bill to pay workers while they were sick. Well, a family of puppies and their mom are in good health tonight after being rescued in toms river, new jersey, it was yesterday when a passer by spotted two small puppies and their mom walking along the roadway close to traffic, the woman retrefed the pups and then the mother ran into the woods, they searched the area and found the mother and six additional puppies huddled under pine trees. They will be put up for adoption if the own senior not loektsed. Right now we are taking a live look at the boardwalk in wildwood tonight. If looks dreary out there. We see folks strolling the boardwalk though despite the gray skies, that will change in time to celebrate fathers day on sunday and looking forward to the weekend coming up. For all of you looking for excitement and friendly competition this weekend look no further. Melissa magee has all the happenings down the shore. Reporter its a different kind of block party within the mummers come to town and the fancy foot brigade is in north wildwood, the mummers brigade weekend kicks off with a pub crawl and then a block party followed by a parade. The event is free. The miss new jersey competition is back in ocean city this weekend. The pageantry fun kicks off wtd boardwalk parade on wednesday and the crowd cheered for their favorite. 44 contest ans kpeetd in the preliminary round, and well find out which lucky lady walks away with the sash and the crown. Bop to the boardwalk beat for the 3d sound and light show, its a show for the entire family, and boardwalk hall is transformed into a colorful display to art and music. There are three different light shows this summer, one the sunsets, you can check out the cool attractions every half hour. Hope to see you this weekend down the shore. Melissa magee, channel 6 action news. A nice weekend that is for sure. Time now for the traffic report. Matt pellman is in the Traffic Center with an update. You may say wild on the roadways this afternoon as well. Definitely backed up as people head home from the phils game that ended a little while ago, you can see from broad street and the girard point bridge, the south side is backing up substantially, and slow speeds both ways on 95 as well as the schuylkill, eastbound is a solid line from montgomery on into the walt whitman bridge and the admiral wilson boulevard look for a downed pole from an earlier crash. And a crash in brook haven, delco between grand view and maple afternoon. And in newcastle coin, a wreck to avoid at newport pike, near clayton avenues and the salty dog dive center. And slow speeds through delaware because of the 495 closure. Rick and shirleen, back to you. Thank you matt. Still to come on action news tonight, a man is pumping his gas one minute and the next minute he is pulling a man from his burning car. Well have the heart stopping video. Hey rick we are tracking the showers and its occasional popup thunderstorms in the lehigh and delaware valleys. Those details are coming up with the accuweather forecast. And Jeff Skversky has sports with the phillies and something they only managed to do once this season so far. Mara its easy to lose your way in a place like this. Ms. Winnie earle kids in paterson face lots of obstacles but nothing can stop their determination. Mara my dream is to be a pediatric nurse. Ms. Earle taught me if i work hard i can do anything. Ms. Winnie earle mara had so much potential, it was my job to help her reach her goals. Mara now, im headed to college to study nursing ms. Winnie earle there are so many talented kids like mara and they all deserve to live their dreams. And now to a story from our new jersey newsroom. Trenton School District students involved in after School Programs will now be provided with free dinner. Arrow mark that supplies breakfast and lunch will expand the program this fall, it will include all 22 campuses, Officials Say its an important step to make sure students get the nutrition they need to perform at school. More than two dozen men and women are ready to protect and serve communities in new jersey. They graduated from the basic course from the institute in mays landing, they will go on to careers with eight different Law Enforcement agencies, a proud moment for them and their families and the entire community. All right, time for sports and Jeff Skversky is at the action news big board wtd latest on the phillies that are on a roll tonight. Finally right. Wins have been few and far between and winning streaks forget about it. The phillies have struggled all season but they are showing signs of life and they try to finish off san diego for their second sweep of the year, they are slipping and sliding in the standings last month and now the fans are falling over too, can he get the ball, the friend is helping him up by the shoe there, the phillies on the ball in this series, the padres down 20 and back they come, jimmy rollins, rbi single and j. Roll one hit away from tying Mike Schmidts record and last nights 0 does is it again, its two run pinchhit double. He has driven in five runs in this series that is as many as san diegos entire team. Next John Mayberry jr. His fifth home, what is more than don brown. They have swept san diego, the second sweep in the season. A game of momentum, the way we played the last few games could carry over, we pitched well and had timely hitting and played pretty good defense and hopefully we can continue. They will continue with the cubs starting tomorrow. Chicago has the worst records in the league. Moving on to golf now, it was just one year ago since justin rose won the u. S. Open here at merion, at pine hurst, north carolina, not good for the reign champ, he finishes 2 over par. He is paired with phil mickelson. He misses the puck for par on 8, and kevin nay, tied for the league and he finished the day 2 under and now is he tied for the lead. Talk about deja vu, nba finals, miami trails san antonio, heading into game four, will history repeat itself and the heat won game four and won the title in seven and the spurs will try to repeat what they did in game three when they shot a record 76 in the first. This last game, we finally put a game together not the full 48 but as long as we could, we did exactly what we planned to do and executed in that respect. And that is what well need again, you can see the game here on 6 abc, tonight coverage tips off at 8 30, and watch the game on your mobile device by downloading the 6 abc watch app. And they could not close out their stanley cup last night. The rangers held on by the skin of their teeth. But look how close that it to going in on henrik lundqvist. But the rangers stay alive and the kings lead the series 31 and game five is tomorrow. And world cup underway, brazil and croatia, its United States kicks off monagainst ghana. And croatia, its united a man risks his life to save a stranger from a burning car. The officer was nearly hit by a vehicle when it hit the gas pump and burst into flames, he went back to the car and pulled a 69yearold man from the drivers seat moments before the cars were fully engulfed. Amazingly is he out of hop and were fully engulfed. Amazingly is he out of hop and [ male announcer ] tvs come a long way. From color. To the remote. To flat screens. 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Stormtracker 6 live double scan showing its quiet in philadelphia but we have light rain to the south and west down in south jersey over into our western suburbs as well. Well go in tighter, around the 95 corridor and to the west in chadds ford and malvern and coatesville and route 30, that is indication of moderate rainfall, rainfall rates close to an inch per hour, look at the lightning strikes in the past 10 to 15 minutes, we see none, that gives the kind of atmosphere we are dealing with, we dont have thunderstorms popping up as the atmosphere is still fairly stable despite the moisture. Talk about the Flash Flood Watch that stays up forever the rest of tonight and the overnight hours for philadelphia and the surrounding suburbs, we find heavy downpours for the green shaded counties here and its Flash Flood Watch is staying up through the overnight hours, temperatures this evening, 75 in philadelphia, trenton 74, the poconos 63 and Sea Isle City 63, and 70 in lancaster, here is satellite 6 along with action radar this is what i mean with a fairly stable atmosphere. This time yesterday we had tornado warnings and watches in areas to the south, yes the moisture is coming on through but as it works its way into our air mass, we start to lose the thunderstorm threat across the region. You look to the west, we have a cold front moving through the ohio valley and the cold front swings on through an east direction and for that matter into friday we are dodging the unsettled weather, you are covered at 11 00 p. M. Tonight and showers across the area and not everyone will find the activity and where you do it will be a heavier downpour, for the commute tomorrow morning, pockets of light showers in the area, give yourselves extra time in the morning, well track the line with the actual cold front, at 5 30 in the evening, from an easterly direction, approaching the poconos to lancaster county, if you are traveling down the shore, it may not be a good looking beach day come tomorrow and showers and storms are around and 75 and a nice start for the weekend and clouds breaking for sunshine and High Temperature is 79 and mostly sunny on sunday with a High Temperature of 77, if your destination takes you north of the city tomorrow, gusty storms will be around and the High Temperature of 74, saturday, sunny and less humid and in at 70 and pleasant for fathers day and a High Temperature of 76, here is the call from accuweather, the showers and downpours will be around and you have an easterly wind and moisture moving in as well. Areas of fog the low in the city drops down to 66 and 64 in the serbs, here is the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast, its humid tomorrow and a High Temperature of 83 and when the cold front swings on through we could find convection with the thunderstorms, a High Temperature of 80 degrees and sunday nice for dad, with a High Temperature of 82 degrees, and monday partly sunny and 86 and well stay in the upper 80s into next week and look going for the gary papa run also on sunday, something to look forward to. Thank you very much. All right. Can you keep track of the weather, while you are on the go, you can download the free 6 abc Storm Tracker app you can get the hourly forecast as well as watches and wantings post Drexel University celebrate aid new place where students can live and learn. The lindhy house, buildings at 35th and Spring Garden were renovated for outreach activities developed by drexel. An outreach clinic, arts collaborations and more. Right now jim gardner and the Action News Team is standing by with these stories and more next at 6 00. Breaking news from chester county, where a music teacher is under arrest for allegedly molesting children and police want to know if there are more victims out there. And students and staff ask for money for schools. The torch is making its way through south jersey and the gardidnt state is getting ready to host the 2014 special olympics, athletes are heading this way to compete. Im Nora Muchanic with a look at preparations going on. That and much more coming up at 6 00. Now for adam joseph, melissa [cell phone chime] yeah [giggling excitedly] [splashing water] cmon announcer ready for a little fun . You could scratch your way to instant winning. Play the pennsylvania lotterys new instant game, 1,000 frenzy, with 8 top prizes of 300,000. Its kinda fun to make a splash. Keep on scratchin. Action News Delaware valleys leading news program. With ducis rogers, meteorologist, cecily tynan, and jim gardner. Thursday night, a Million Dollar power ball ticket is sold in Montgomery County and a historic tavern in Delaware County goes up in flames. And the big story is a Flash Flood Watch for 2 00 in the morning, we are expecting pockets of heavy rain that could drop an inch or two per hour. Just like earlier in the week, it depends on your location. So what we need to do is check in with local radar and cecily tynan. What is the latest from accuweather. Stormtracker 6 live double scan show that in philadelphia its not raining right now but we have heavy downpours in parts of cheffer and lancaster county. As we zoom in, we see this one band of heavy downpours moving through honey brook and crossing route 41 and route 30 as well. We zoom in a little bit more and another band out of kirkwood and oxford, if you put the rainfall rates on, some of these pocketed falling at the rate of 1 inch per hour than is real
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