we have new video of an arson suspect that targeted vehicles owned by the city of philadelphia. and protesters bring down a confederate statue in response to a white supremacist rally in virginia. and the big story on "action news" at noon is an apartment fire that sent dozens of people scrambling for safety and residents were sleeping when the flames broke out. we are live at the scene with the very latest. >> reporter: one firefighter was injured and two residents were seriously injured and rushed to the hop here at the scene. it's unusually quiet and many residents have gone to stay with relatives or friends, most of them are at least temporarily without a home. >> heard screeching noise, i guess that was the alarm. and came out side and saw flames coming out of my neighbor's apartment. >> it was 12:30 in the morning when the fire alarms when off at the canterbury apartments on more elavenue. this video shows what firefighters were met with upon arrival. >> dead sleep and fire alarm and woke up building was on fire. can't believe it was on fire, we went back in and grabbed the animals. >> firefighters fought the blaze that took an hour to get under control. residents waited to get on the septa bus as the red cross arranged accommodations. >> we are waiting for the office of emergency management and red cross and building management. and all of those together will work together to find housing for all the displaced occupants. >> meanwhile, one firefighter was taken to the hospital along with two residents that were seriously injured. most of the damage is mostly due to water and smoke damage, so a lot of damage and some residents could salvage some things. channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. a water main break is causing traffic troubles in boothland, delaware county. this is video near bethel avenue minutes near the cast iron main burst this morning. a section of bethel avenue is now closed and crews from the chester water authority is making repairs. and a local day care owner was back in court today following his arrest on child sex abuse charges, duncan couldn't's hearing was postponed earlier this month. he maintains his innocence after being accused of abusing two 5-year-old children at the sprouts day care, now closed. we'll have more coming up in the next half hour. we are dealing today with wet weather along with muggy conditions outside. as we look live from sky 6 hd a lot of clouds and passing showers, this is the commodore barry bridge and meteorologist, david murphy, is in the weather center with the first check of the forecast. >> obviously looking at the picture it's cloudy and a wet start as well. i want to bring in stormtracker 6 live double scan and show you what is going on in south jersey and delaware definitely seeing rain this morning and in some cases heavy rain and areas west of philadelphia you see how this is moving toward the east a little bit toward the northeast and we do have a couple of thunderstorms that have started to pop up in areas close to chester county and starting to get closer to delaware county as well. closer view here shows you they are fairly isolated and producing downpours and a fair amount of lightning, and an overabundance of it. you have optional plans in norristown and malvern. you may want to give it a half hour to hour, maybe additional thunderstorms to the west toward wilmington. and if we pop out wider to the south and areas closer to atlantic city. and picking up a shower shortly not be is surprised to see lightning, out o too. and at least a heavy downpour, that is basically west to east with a slide to the north. as we look at temperatures across the region we are look agent a warm one. 76 in philadelphia having trouble getting the numbers to bounce up because of the clouds and rain we have stuck in place. 70 ifal tonight un77 in millville and 5-in cape may and 77 in cape may -- and 79 degrees by 2:00 and we go for the off and on showers and thunderstorms right up into early evening. philadelphia, 78 by 6:00 and we start to clear in the nighttime period and down to 75 degrees. also it's on the muggy side out there. when i come back with full weather we'll talk more in detail about the showers and thunderstorms the receipt of the way and then a sunny hot one tomorrow for those of you that like summer. >> thank you. >> with pop-up storms in the forecast you can get updates any time on your phone or tablet including real time views from stormtracker 6 live double scan it's a free down down for your mobile devices in other news there is now a $15,000 reward for the man that tried to set city vehicles on fire. you can see him entering a southwest parking garage last wednesday, he doused them and failed to start the fire to destroy the vehicles. also, houses a slew of vehicles belonging to the 12th police district and a local fire company. and the suspect left and returned with a baby stroller and white sheet covering his body. if you recognize him you are asked to contact police. thousands of protesters greeted the president as he returned to new york. after a rally in charlottesville, virginia, over the weekend. >> reporter: a very unwelcome first homecoming in new york city for president trump. as protests and out rain over his initial response to this weekend's hate fueled violence in charlottesville. followed him to trump tower. 48 hours after a woman lost her life protesting after a white nationalist rally, president trump denounced the hate groups involved. >> hate is evil and those that commit violence in its name including kkk, neo nazis and white supremacists. >> i think it's too little too late and i don't think it's genuine. >> white nationalist spencer seems to dismiss the comments. >> does anyone believe that, he says vague statements that don't have a lot of meaning. >> spencer and other white nationalists credit trump's america first policies with their rise into the mainstream. >> we are determined to take our country back and fulfill the promises of of donald trump. >> after what some call the president's slow response to charlottesville. three prominent ceo quit the president's council in a single day including the president of merck. blasting him on twitter almost immediately. and those protests are set to continue with thousands of people expecting outside of trump tower in new york city later today. channel 6 "action news." >> investigators are working to identify and charge the protesters that brought down a confederate statue in north carolina. they tied a rope around the monument in durham last night and pulled the bronze monument from its pedestal. it's in response to the rally in virginia. and now they are using the video of the incident to try to identify the suspects. the case against a south jersey doctor accused of pulling a gun on authorities could go to a grand jury next month. dr. james kauffman was back in atlantic county court for a hearing and no plea deal was made and kauffman remains in jail as they authorities execute search warrants at his home in june. the husband of april kauffman, a popular radio show host killed in 2012. we have new information about a deadly shooting last night in west philadelphia. we 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 a week long war of words. they are waiting for a sign of interest from north korean leader, kim jong un, it appears that north korea is backing off and a threat to attack guam. according to state runnemede yeah, kim jong un has reviewed a plan of attack but is waiting to see what the u.s. does next. a 23-year-old man could spend the next two decades in prison if found guilty of a bomb plot. he threatened to detonate explosives outside of an oklahoma bank. similar to the bombing of the oklahoma federal building. they arrested him on saturday and just announced the case yesterday. he claims he was part a movement against the federal government. production on the set of the latest dead pool movie is on hold as police investigate the death of a stunt woman. killed on a motorcycle crash at at set of a dead pool movie. the motorcycle picked up the speed and crossed the street to avoid pedestrians, ryan reynolds says he is heart broken and the incident is the onset accident in recent weeks, a stun performer died last no on the georgia set of the walking dead. a wisconsin man has an incredible story to tell after he accidentally fire aid nail into his heart. doug ferguson is back home and healthy, several weeks after the on job injury. he was doing construction work and dropped a nail gun and a 3 1/2 inch framing nail shot into his chest. >> it stung me and i looked down and didn't see anything and put my hand there and thought that is not good. >> he drove himself to the hospital and doctors performed open heart surgery to remove the nail. he has a scar but no permanent damage. a world war ii veteran completed his mission of returning something to its rightful owners. he took a flag from the body of a fallen japanese soldier and brought it back home as a souvenir. now at 93 years old he traveled roughly 10,000 miles from portland, oregon to a tiny mountain side village in japan where he gave the flag back to the soldier's family. they are happy to have a piece of their sibling home with them after all of these years. a federal judge ordered a judge to pay a fine for selling fake tiffany wings. at costco falsely labeled with the tiffany name. they must pay tiffany a $19 million penalty for lost profit and damaged. and costco ordered it was a generic term. and now banned with the tiffany label unless it's a real tiffany product. turning to health check, researchers are rejecting the idea that you may be overweight but healthy. the fat but fit notion. the pounds are okay if you have low blood pressure and cholesterol. but excess weight alone is enough to increase the risk of heart disease by 28%. the childrens hospital of philadelphia is working to reduce teen pregnancy. the hospital received a nearly $30,000 grant. that it will support a program from preventing teen moms from getting pregnant again. the "action news" team is working on news stories for tonight beginning at 4:00. >> a texas man survived a rattlesnake bite. this time he was bit again by an ambulance bill. have you to see it to believe it. you may have heard that low fat dairy products are healthier but full fat yogurt may be healthier. we have the reports. and david murphy has your seven-day forecast when "action news" continues. we demand a lot from our eyes every day. i should know. i have chronic dry eye caused by reduced tear production due to inflammation. so i use restasis multidose. it helps me make more of my own tears, with continued use, twice a day, every day. restasis multidose helps increase your eyes' natural ability to produce tears, which may be reduced by inflammation due to chronic dry eye. restasis multidose did not increase tear production in patients using anti-inflammatory eye drops or tear duct plugs. to help avoid eye injury and contamination, do not touch the bottle tip to your eye or other surfaces. wait 15 minutes after use before inserting contact lenses. the most common side effect is a temporary burning sensation. your eyes. your tears. ask your eye doctor about restasis multidose. meteorologist, david murphy, is back now way closer look at the soggy forecast. tonight things should be better. >> i expect drying and clearing. but not now. stormtracker 6 live double scan shows the southern half of the region is still being hit with rain and if i go into areas close to philadelphia. you can see that some of these showers, some of them heavy and this one producing a recent lightning strike is starting to push north of philadelphia into areas of norristown and landsdale. i'll start this up and most of it is nuisance rain and you get a brief, heavier downpour and a recent lightning strike around that little guy in coatesville. this is in the last 45 minutes, not aboverabundance of lightning, you may want to put off your travel plans for a half hour and let this pass. and if we go out wider i'll dive down the shore we have additional heavy shower activity there. this one is possibly producing lightning and so far it's not and getting close to the coast. good idea to stay indoors in ocean city and a.c. and the finally thing i will point out is the additional thunderstorms to the northern and west in maryland and that one is probably on its way too. we have sky 6 hd and despite the rain drops there are people on the beach a light rain there, and from you around atlantic city you may want to get off the beach in case the heavier downpour hits and related lightning. 76 is the current temperature in philadelphia. we are stalling because of the rain and thick cloud cover, dew points 72, so it's humid out there. winds light at 76 degrees. 77 in cape may and these numbers hold in place with the rain. and then bounce up a little bit as the rain starts to thin out later in the day. lets go ahead and see what stormtracker 6 live double scan has for us, or future tracker 6 by 3:00 you see that the heavy rain may still be hugging the southern coastline and there are cells around that may in some spots give you a downpour or rumble of thunder. but generally speaking in the afternoon to 6:00 it's less and less rain with swatted shower activity and 9:00 or so it's pretty much done and wet out there for now in areas and getting better. 77 in the lehigh valley and in philadelphia a high of 80 and mostly cloudy and showers and a thunderstorm at times and the number bouncing up in the afternoon. we have a hurricane ehrt a catego category one hurricane. look for a moderate risk of rip currents and heavy surf. your high temperatures on the beach today right around 78 to 80. again that moderate risk of rip concerns, if you get caught in one swim parallel to the beach and get on out of it. earlier tonight clearing and your exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast a high of 80 today and humid and fairly cloudy the rest of the way and a chance of showers off and on into early evening. sunny and hot and high of 90 and not quite as humid and the humidity comes back for thursday and a high of 86 and the chance of of a spotty shower or thunderstorm especially afternoon and evening. hopefully it avoids lincoln financial field. and downpours are possible here and there and a spotty storm but not a washout. but nice conditions for sunday. >> thank you david. you have a chance to win free tickets to the liberty medal ceremony. senator john mccain will receive the award presented by former vice president, joe biden. and people can enter an online raffle for two complimentary tickets. and 6 abc of course is the broadcast partner of the ceremony. much more ahead on "action news" now. coming up at 12:30, for the second time this summer a holocaust memorial falls victim to an attack. and long associated with purple and now the late super star prince has a shade named just for him. "action news" at 12:30 continues with rick williams, sara bloomquist and meteorologist, david murphy. hello again sara is off, here are the stories we are following for you now at 12:30. north korea appears to back down at least for now on the missile threat against guam. and a day care prepare the accused of abusing two young children appears in court. and the battle goes on, on what to do with confederate statues. and fiery rhetoric it appears that north korea has backed down from firing missiles at guam. the state news agency says that kim jong un reviewed the missile plan but quote wait until see what the yankees do next before making a move. we are joined now in washington with an update. >> reporter: well rick, it appears that kim jong un's survival tactics may have kicked in with the u.s. military ready to respond to the slightest provocation, the dictator delaying any action. amid high tensions and a

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