Weve had a very rainy summer and then i heard the wind and i thought oh wow and when the building started the Ceiling Tiles started flying at me this is when i knew this was more than strong wind. Reporter teacher Linda Johnson was nearby. She ran here fearing the worst for the principal of the Seventh Day Adventist school. Her angels were working overtime last night. They were watching. They were watching over her, yes cause she is fine. Reporter today johnson and others moved quickly to save items that can be reused. The plan for now to hold classes at a nearby sister school. Johnsons husband an army vet who volunteers at the school spearheaded this effort to attach an American Flag to the schools storm bent flag pole. The message. To me it felt like my way of saying everything is going to be okay. We are going to were going come back and were going to rebuild. Reporter well, the cleanup continues at this hour. Debris is scattered everywhere through soy bean fields next to the school, up in the trees, as far away as a hundred yards from the school you can find heavy pieces of metal up in the trees. Its been quite a sight to see. Live in tilden township, john rawlins, channel6 action news. Back to you all. All right, john, thank you. Lets switch live now to meteorologist cecily tynan at the action news big board for more details on the tornado. Cecily. Rick, that tornado was part of that squall line that really roared across the region last night. An action news Viewer Center this video of what looked like that tornado. When you get that wall cloud and it starts rotating it becomes a if you think cloud. If it touches down it causes the damage as a tornado and in fact thats what the National Weather service said happened. That tornado in tilden township, it hit at 6 40 yesterday evening. Thats when berks county was under a severe thunderstorm warning. Ef1 rating on the enhanced scale which goes up to an ef5. We dont get tornadoes like that in our region fortunately. Maximum sustained winds 105 Miles Per Hour. The width of the path 75 yards wide and it stayed on the ground for threequarters of a mile and thats what really demolished that school in tilden township, pennsylvania. Now, the good news. The front that caused those severe storms has moved off the coast. Satellite6 along with action radar showing whats going on, we have High Pressure right over us. That High Pressure will deflect any of this moisture you see across West Virginia down to the south tomorrow, so at most were looking at a few clouds early in the morning south of philadelphia and that High Pressure also bringing us a refreshing change. Its warm seasonably warm, 85 degrees in philadelphia currently. Wilmington, millville, trenton, allentown all 83. Sea isle city also 83 degrees but feels so great because the dewpoints have dropped tremendously. All week long we had dewpoints around 70 degrees. That tropical air mass now you can see dewpoints around philadelphia really in areas up to the north only in the 50s. Low 60s to the south. That dry weather sticks around for the weekend but then some big changes next week and more storms. Ill talk more about that in the full accuweather forecast. Monica. Thanks cecily. Stay ahead of the changes in the weather this weekends by visiting 6abc. Com. There youll find live satellite images street level radar and the hourly forecast from accuweather plus get a personal look at our Accuweather Team by following our meteorologists on facebook and twitter. From our delaware news room a Freight Train derailed this afternoon in wilmington. It has Lancaster Pike closed at dupont road right now. The tractor next to the shopping center. Officials say four cars from the east penn rail way derailed about 2 00 p. M. No reports of any injuries. Well, thousands of people crowded around the South Carolina statehouse grounds this morning as the Confederate Flag was removed once and for all. People cheered and chanted as a Highway Patrol honor guard removed the flag which will now be housed in a nearby museum. The historic move comes weeks after nine black parishioners were gunned down inside avenue charleston church. Much more on this story in the next half hour. The lowering of the Confederate Flag was front and center at the opening events of the Naacp National convention in philadelphia. President obama will take long in the week long convention. Chris hartman is following this story live in center city tonight with more on todays event. That focus on young people. Trish. Reporter sharrie over next five days naacp leaders say they plan to tackle social and Economic Issues like the right to vote in the upcoming president ial election, access to healthcare and the excessive use of force by police but for today, it was the lowering of the Confederate Flag in South Carolina that had people talking. Teams from across the nation are here in philadelphia competing as part of the naacps youth achievement program. Among them students from South Carolina who watched as the confederate battle flag was lowered from the statehouse in columbia. It symbolizes that the world is taking a different turn and that its not all about like hating one another but we all can come together as like a community. It feels like we are coming as black people more united and seeing that if we all fit together its going to be a new change thats made and its actually been a change thats made. We made history and the flag is down. Reporter on june 17th 9 black Church Members were gunned down during bible study in charleston, South Carolina. Photos of dylann roof the man charged with the killings surfaced in the days after the rampage posing with the Confederate Flag. Public outcry led state leaders to call for the battle flags removal from the statehouse. Naacp leaders say their fight to bring the flag down began with an economic boycott in South Carolina 15 years ago. What proud moment it is. Not for the state of South Carolina only but for this republic, the United States of america when a symbol of hatred and of division and exclusion was brought down. Reporter naacp leaders gathered at the Pennsylvania Convention center to highlight the five day National Convention featuring appearances before i president S Barack Obama and bill clinton and u. S. Attorney general lynch. The gathering will bring 10. 5 million to the city. The Naacp Convention is needless to say one of the most prestigious conventions we ever book. Reporter and as for that 15 year long economic boycott and whether it will be lifted now that the Confederate Flag has been lowered, thats something that Board Members will address over the course of the convention which lasts until wednesday. Live in center city, trish hartman, channel6 action news. Rick. All right, trish, thank you. There is a Major Development tonight in the fight to save a 130yearold catholic church. Saint laurentius in philadelphias fishtown section is in need of nearly 5 million in repairs. The archdiocese shut it down and residents fighting to save the church packed a committee today. The Committee Heard from experts trying to have the building named an Historic Site as well as a lawyer for the opposition who says the church is structurally unsafe and needs to come down. Late today confirmation came from the Historical Commission that it has approved an historic designation for saint laurentius so for now the church will be saved. The u. S. Womens soccer team got a celebration fit for heroes today as world cup fever took over the streets of manhattan. Go u. S. A. , u. S. A. , u. S. A. Chanting u. S. A. , delrans own carli lloyd was front and center during todays ticker tape parade down the canyon of heroes. It was the first celebration of its kind for a womens sports team. Thousands turned out to congratulate the team on their third World Championship including some fans who drove up from pennsylvania. Its a one in a lifetime opportunity to be here in new york, show this to my kids that the u. S. Team took it all and its just a great celebration. Well, after the parade, the team held a celebratory rally at new yorks city hall. There they got special congratulations from new york mayor bill deblasio and abcs robin roberts. Very nice. They deserve it. Time for a check of the action news traffic report. Nice day for a parade. Parts of the schuylkill looked like a parade, a parade of cars. We usually have our own parade on friday afternoons whip people cheering as they head down the shore for a summer time weekend rick and monica. This afternoon some of them headed south on the blue route towards the Commodore Barry bridge. Its not as bad as some summer time friday afternoons but definitely heavy on the southbound side approaching broomall upper darby. 42 of course its heavy from the walt whitman bridge through this point down towards the a. C. Expressway. Watching a couple accidents in Burlington County this afternoon. One along 206 at monmouth road. Also one in mount holly along high street at garden street and if youre headed for the delaware beaches well, some unpleasantness in store for you. Speeds like 10 and 16 Miles Per Hour on the southbound side of highway one because of a crash by odessa taking out the left lane. Been there for a little while. Stay on 13 as your alternate or you could use 301 down to maybe 15, down toward dover as another alternate. And in wilmington, because of that Train Derailment we talked about a few minutes ago Lancaster Pike, 48, still closed for awhile longer. Use dupont road by the silver become cemetery maybe use Falkland Road or 52, route two kirkwood highway as some alternates for the next little while. Well check it again in the next half hour. Thank you sir. Folks in West Philadelphia started their weekend off with a block party. The fun kicked off at 56th and pine this morning with food, music, Face Painting and a great opportunity to enjoy todays beautiful weather. Much more still to come on action news at 5 00 tonight. Teenagers in south jersey are getting fit with a specific workout plan tailored just for them. Ali gorman with details on this fitness friday in health check. President obama and the first lady host several young chefs at the white house. Find out how the kids got an invitation to this special events. Those stories and much more also cecily back with that full accuweather forecast for the weekend when we come right back. Okay. A super typhoon wreaking havoc in china. The typhoon is packing wind gusts of up to 125 Miles Per Hour as it heads towards the southeastern coast. Coastal areas have issued the highest level alert. Authorities have evacuated tens of thousands of people. Canceled a number of trains and flights and closed seaside resorts. The typhoon is expected to make landfall by early tomorrow. A Southwest Airlines plane heading to philadelphia had to cancel takeoff today because of engine problems. The plane was moving down the runway at slicks Midway International airport when the crew reported problems with one of the engines. 136 passengers were on board. They then boarded another flight for philadelphia. They made it seem not as scary as it might have been. Im glad we were not up in the air. That would have been terrifying. Southwest says an initial review found nothing wrong with the plane but it is still in maintenance. This is the second time this week that a southwest plane had to abort a takeoff at midway. Health check tonight. There is a new alert about common pain relievers that millions of americans take like motrin advil or aleve. The fda is beefing up the warning labels because of a link to an increased risk for heart attack and stroke. Health reporter and registered nurse ali gorman at the big board with what you need to know. The drugs are known as n saids, nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs. This is the current label showing that it may increase the risk for heart attack and stroke. The new label will drop the word may. Its a subtle change but it is a stronger warning. And it includes overthecounter n saids like motrin advil and aleve also prescription drugs like celebrex. The fda says the drugs can increase the risk for heart attack and stroke by up to 50 percent and that risk can begin with the first dose. Now, as with all medications you have to weigh the risks versus the benefits. For some these drugs will do more good than harm but for others it could be the on that single digit so it is best to talk to your Healthcare Provider about your risk. Now, also today, it is fitness friday and today we look at how some teenagers are staying in shape over the summer. Work hard. Reporter these teenagers are boosting their cardio endurance and strength during the teen trx class at elite cycle and fitness in mount laurel new jersey. For 16yearold tyler who runs track he says the Circuit Program will help with his speed and agility. I think ill be in better shape than i was like coming into like my the school year that like just ended. Reporter with more kids focusing on just one sport trainer denise says the class helps mix things up which can help prevent injury. We vary the workout every single time. Theyre not going get the same workout so that will preventer too much stress on one particular body part. Reporter she also says the class incorporates body weight for Strength Training which is preferred over weights for kids. Three two one. Here we go, guys. Reporter coowner Melissa Martinez who was a Police Officer for 20 years says its also just a way to get kids moving more during the summer which janet foyer admits doesnt always happen. You have the freedom to do whatever you want and usually its just to lay around. Reporter theres no laying around here. Teen trx runs 30 minutes two times a week. Its really intense but then like after the workout you feel really good about yourself. Reporter and the teen trx class is held during july and august. They also offer adult classes. We have information on 6abc. Com. 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Plan you next trip at iloveny. Com summer. Theres something for everyone. President obama and the first lady hosted a room full of young chefs at the white house today. It was the Fourth Annual healthy lunchtime challenge also known as the kids state dinner. Youngests ages eight to 12 each won a contest in their state to create an original recipe that is healthy affordable and delicious. The luncheon was followed by a visit to the white house kitchen garden. Future doctors lawyers and ceos got a helping hand today in southWest Philadelphia. Able bodied christian mens club or abc clubs hosted its fifth annual career day at thing a gappy international church. Professionals talked to the kids about how they too can achieve success in business. Great effort. Hundreds of dancers from around the country are in new jersey hoping to take home a big prize. The dance explosion National Dance finals have been running at the wildwoods Convention Center all week long. Today marked the second to last day of competition. The finals wrap up tomorrow with group performances. If you want to head down and watch, admission is free. Time for accuweather. At the action news big board, nice weekend to be at the shore. To be anywhere outside. Were spying on people live on sky6, cape may looking really closely, if you look closely here right here, jim gardner and look right here, brian taff. Oh, boy. [laughter] great day to be on vacation. Perfect weather down the shore or inland or in the poconos currently. 85 degrees in philadelphia, so its seasonably warm but dewpoints are generally in the 50s so the humidity is so low, it feels so great out there. Allentown 83. Wilmington also 83. Trenton 83 and sea isle city, the winds out of the northwest, thats a land breeze not a sea breeze, the current temperature 84 degrees. Dewpoints will remain on the low side all weekend long. Today dewpoints in the 50s and theyll just be slightly warmer about 59 degrees tomorrow and sunday. What that means is that the humidity will be low. Even though temperatures will be warming up near 90 on sunday. But look at what happens monday and tuesday. This is when the humidity will really begin to spike. On tuesday were looking at oppressive humidity with dewpoints in the 70s and unfortunately looks like some storms will be moving back in early next week. So enjoy the quiet weather while you can. Tonight lots of stars. Really a beautiful friday night. Comfortable. Overnight lows 70 in philadelphia with that low humidity. 60 in allentown. 67 in millville. 66 in trenton and cape may dropping down to 71 degrees. Satellite6 along with action radar showing that cold front that helped trigger the severe storms last night that ef1 tornado if berks county. That has now moved on. High pressure sitting right over us and what that High Pressure does, its like a brick wall. It will deflect any storms trying to move in from the west. So, some of this activity you see across West Virginia that will really slide well down to the south. Well get a little bit of cloud cover late tonight early tomorrow morning. Generally south of philadelphia but future tracker showing 7 oclock in the morning we have those clouds south of philadelphia. Look at what happens as we head through the day. The clouds move out lots of sunshine. Temperatures in the upper 80s. But again, low humidity. So, all in all a great weekend. Weekend kickoff tomorrow philadelphia 89 degrees. Down the shore morning clouds afternoon sunshine, 81 and in the poconos nothing but sunshine all day long with a high of 80 degrees. So, the five day at 5 00 showing tomorrow 89 degrees. We warm things up to 90 on sunday but it wont feel that bad because the humidity is low. Things change though next week. Monday, tuesday and wednesday were looking at oppressive humidity, temperatures in the upper 80s some showers and thunderstorms especially on tuesday. Well talk more about that coming up in the full accuweather 7day forecast but the weekend is looking beautiful. Uhhuh. Thanks cecily. Much more to come in our next half hour of action news at 5 00 young and old have a new place to cool off and have some fun during this hot weather. Well show you. Incredible video straight out of a hollywood action movie. Firefighters narrowly escape a back draft while on call. Whats being touted as the largest food drive in the region is going on right now at the camden waterfront well take you there. Those stories and much more when action news at 5 00 continues in just a moment. I dont want to live with the uncertainties of hep c. Or wonder. Whether i should seek treatment. I am ready. Because today theres harvoni. A revolutionary treatment for the most common type of chronic hepatitis c. 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As the confederate battle flag is removed from the South Carolina capitol, new details are emerging about dylann roof the alleged killer responsible for setting offer the debate. Weve got the story coming up. Also, pope francis visit to philadelphia is drawing closer and protecting him while in the u. S. Is a top priority. Sharrie williams has more from the head of the secret service on the challenges they will be facing. And theyre lighting up at love park tonight to call for changes to Marijuana Laws in our region. Now the details. An historic day in South Carolina as the confederate battle flag was lowered and never to be hoisted again on the statehouse grounds. The debate over the Confederate Flag on whether its a symbol pride or hate was reignited at the site of nine people slain in a South Carolina church. Reporter a stunning heartbreaking admission from the fbi director about last months mass der in a South Carolina church. The accused killer, dylann roof should not have been able to buy a gun. The National Background check system failed. Roof who is charged with killing nine people at a bible study at a historically black church had previously admitted to drug possession during an arrest. A revelation that should have prevented him from buying a weapon. But that information failed to surface during the fbi background check. The fbi is continuing to investigate exactly what happened when it came to the purchase of the firearm by the suspect in the charleston shooting. Reporter the fbi admitting the painful lapse just hours after the confederate battle flag came down from the grounds of the South Carolina statehouse. [cheers and applause] reporter an historic moment set in motion by the killings which have been labeled a hate crime. The rampage sparking fierce debate about the symbolism of the battle flag. A symbol of hate. The flag represents history of the civil war and the people of the south. Reporter many of the victims families were at the statehouse today and so were thousands of others who came to witness a day many thought would never come. For the first time in my life the state has said that were all one and all lives matter and if it offends us we will take it down. Reporter the debate continues here in washington where democrats trying to seize the moment are now pushing to remove from the u. S. Capitol any emblem that has a portion of the flag. Mary bruce abc news, washington. World news tonight with david muir will have much more on the South CarolinaConfederate Flag removal as well as new information surfacing about suspected Church Gunman dunlap roof. In other news tonight federal agents searched Reading City Hall officers today including that of the citys mayor and solicitor. Mayor vaughn spencers residence was also reportedly searched. The fbi isnt saying what sparked the raid but it comes a week after a separate search at allentowns government officers. According to reports the investigation may be related to political consultant Michael Fleck and one of his employees. Fleck worked for allentown mayor ed pawlowskis Senate Campaign when he suspended last week. Fleck was also the Campaign Manager for mayor spencer. From our delaware news room tonight, state Police Arrested a new york woman they say was working as a prostitute at a massage par there are no claim mon. 47yearold zhang is from flushing new york. Police got a tip from someone who says he was solicited for sex at the moon spa. An undercover officer arrested spa after she philadelphias northeast detectives are asking for your help finding a missing man. He is 53yearold mark graph. Hes five10 260 pounds, blue eyes brown hair. He is paralyzed from the chest down and was last seen outside his home in the 8800 block of holme drive yesterday afternoon. He was driving a 2007 burgundy chevy express conversion van. It has pennsylvania license plate number hhf6626. If youve seen mark graph or that vehicle, please call police immediately. At the action news big board now with more on pope francis south american trip. The pontiff is now on his way to paraguay, the third stop on his journey to some of the continents poorest countries. The pope has spent the past day and a half in bolivia. Today he went to one of the worlds worst maximum prisons. The pope listened to a few prisoners tell their stories of how they ended up incarcerated. They also spoke about their poverty and their view of the abuse of power. The pope also spoke with the inmates families, many of which live at the facility. Francis urged the inmates not to despair and to not let their suffering lead to violence. We are just 77 days away from the popes First Official visit to the United States which of course includes philadelphia for the world meeting of families. That presents a momentous challenge for security teams trying to protect him and millions of visitors our city as well as in new york and washington d. C. Secret Service DirectorJoseph Clancy says the agency has gotten guidance from Security Officials in rome but he says pope francis surprise interactions with the crowds makes guarding him a challenge. Each is different whether its different president s or certainly the pope and we have to adapt to some of the things that they want to accomplish and we have to do it in a very did us crete manner in some cases and in other cases be very prevalent and out front. Director clancy says the secret service is coordinating with local police, the fbi and other agencies and theyve been working with them since january on that effort. Remember, the pope will be in philadelphia in september for the world meeting of families. We have complete details about his upcoming visit on our web site 6abc. Com and you can stay up top date with our special twitter account just follow 6abc pope for the very latest. Over to rick. All right sharrie thank you. They are gathering right now at love park in center city to push for the decriminalization of marijuana. Dozens of people joined the east Coast Cannabis coalition that calls for Marijuana Law reform. They showed their support for change by lighting up in the middle of the park. The group wants lawmakers to legalize weed and to remove it as a schedule one drug. They also want to lift federal restrictions on state medical cannabis programs. Supporters are also plan aguilar to senator toomey and senator caseys offices in washington to urge them to support the cause. An action news viewer says is a shark scare forced folks out of the water in ocean city today. Tiffany hair len says she was watching her family play in the ocean this morning when she and another woman saw a strange sight. Saw this black we didnt see a fin but just this kind of black wave in the water. Pulled the kids out. Told the lifeguards and then about twenty minutes later they called everybody out of the water for sharks. She says her family has been at the shore since saturday and this is the first shark sighting they have heard of since their vacation began. Well, a popular spot along the jersey shore has just made the list of the top 10 beaches in the u. S. According to better homes and gardens. The wildwoods impressed the judges with its water sports games and fun as well as fishing and nice beaches. The magazine also singled out the towns out for being affordable for couples and families. Congratulations to wildwood. Absolutely. Lets check the forecast the traffic if youre head for the shore. Im predicting no day at the beachly. Good. The delaware beaches, its been a rough go rick and monica in the southbound lanes of highway one because of a crash by odessa. The good news is that crash is now gone but youre still looking at a lot of speeds in the 20s as you come down from the Biddles Corner toll plaza. In wilmington we had that Train Derailment earlier this afternoon still blocking Lancaster Pike by the jackson inn and the silver brook cemetery. Use Falkland Road or route two kirkwood highway as some alternates. That has dart bus route four running with detours. Delays on njts river line southbound this afternoon because of the vans warped tore in camden. That has mlk boulevard closed and dont forget that septas west trenton Regional Rail line operating with shuttle buses for some of the stops this weekend. Meanwhile this is the schuylkill expressway. No shortage of traffic here this afternoon close to the conshohocken curvely curve. Tomorrow if youre out and about during the morning or early afternoon hours on the eastbound side of the schuylkill construction blocking one of the two lanes. Big delays at that point. Also saturday night, tomorrow night into sunday morning the northeast extension is going to close. The whole way between lansdale and the lehigh valley. At that point use 309. This afternoon 31 Miles Per Hour headed towards the poconos so busy afternoon busy weekend but have a good one, rick and monica. That time of year. Thank you matt. Have a nice weekend. Still on action news a frightening moment for firefighters in arkansas. They try put out a house fire. It was captured on cell phone video what happened. What a perfect day to try out a new cool spot. Well take you to West Philadelphia for a long awaited ribbon cutting. Adam. No humidity out there lots of sunshine. On double scan were watching another system that will slide to the south. Well let you know what it means for the beginning of the weekend in that accuweather forecast. Jaime apody has sports tonight including the u. S. Womens soccer team enjoying a big celebration in the big apple when action news at 5 00 continues in just a moment. Sfx music throughout sfx crowd cheering sfx crowd booing sfx crowd chanting sfx crowd cheering music stops sc johnson a family company. Hows it progressing with the prisoner . Hell tell us everything he knows very shortly, sir. As you were. Where were we . 13 serving 14 service if your boss stops by, you act like youre working. Its what you do. If you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. Its what you do. Thousands of tourists stranded in end darby niche because of this volcano. It has been rumbling for several weeks. Officials shut down five airports and International Airlines canceled their flights to the tourist hot spot bali. Two of the airports have since reopened. We have some incredible video to show you out of arkansas that captured the exact moment a house exploded. You can see firefighters going in to fight a blaze a few moments before this explosion wednesday night. Two were already inside but look what happens. Fortunately they were not hurt but a mother and child who escaped were treated for smoke inhalation after a backdraft. The fire marshal says that is what is to blame for that big blast. Wow. For the first time were hearing from the trio of hikers who were rescued from the wyoming wilderness. The three assist sisters were supposed to meet up with their mother on tuesday. When they didnt show dozens of rescue crews searched the back country. They were picked up yesterday after police got a tip. Today the likers said theyre thankful to be home safe and sound. Truly overwhelmed. When i saw the sight as we landed in the helicopter i realized that there was no way people were going give up on the search. Well, Officials Say the girls had all the supplies they needed to survive in the wild. Rescuers also say the sisters reported being cold and lung agree when they were found but are otherwise okay. Lucky ladies. Uhhuh. Turning to sports now, it was a celebration fit for world champions in new york city and for good reason. Thats right. Jaime apody live in the action news Sports Center with more. Hey, jamie. Hey guys. It was a day to celebrate our country, a day to celebrate sports an day to celebrate women. After all todays ticker tape parade in new york city was the first exclusively to honor a womens sports too. And what a celebration it was. Thousands lined the streets of Lower Manhattan decked out in red, white and blue waving the flag to cheer on delran new jerseys carli lloyd and her teammates world cup win. She spoke at a rally in front of city hall. Well, im a jersey girl, philly fan but new york city you guys are awesome. Thank you. I want the thank my teammates back here because theyve been awesome throughout this tournament. The Coaching Staff support staff, its been unbelievable. I cant discount how important you guys were, the fans of bringing home this world cup for us. [cheers and applause] what do you get if you multiply zero by two. Yeah, zero. Thats the number runs the phillies have put out the last two games. Tonight could be another low scoring affair. Cole hamels against madison baumgarner. Phils travel to san francisco. Its the first matchup of world series m. V. P. Pitchers in 11 years. Last night one to forget for the phils in l. A. Shut out for the second straight night sixnothing. Phillies managed a grand total of two hits and they struck out nine times. Phillies have now lost 12 of their last 15 games and are 30 yes, 30 games under. 500. Ton name hamels looking for his first win since before memorial day. Phillies have given him a grand total of six runs in his past seven starts. The flyers still continue that Development Camp in voorhees this week. Theyre working on skills and one guy who is feeling the heat is stole lee the goalie. Anthony stolarz was called up last year. The flyers drafted three more goalies which is why he knows he needs to prove himself. You go into camp and you want to give yourself the best possible chance to make the team and i think i want the make the decision hard for the organization and i want to you know, just make a statement for myself and prove to them that i can handle playing at that level. So, you know, if i can do, that i think id be happy with that but if i get sent down im not going to sulk about it. The sixers are done with the Utah Summer League they move on to the vegas summer league. Theyll play the lakers tomorrow. They wont have second round pick rashean holmes who is reportedly fractured his elbow. Thats not good. It will be a familiar final at wimbledon. Today Novak Djokovic had easy work of gasquet. That sets up a rematch of last years finals between djokovic and roger federer. Federer dispatched andy murray in the other semi. Hell advance to his tenth wimbledon finale. Last year djokovic won in five sets. Hes going for his ninth grand slam. Federer will try for number 18. Golf next week well be in the thick of the british open. This week weve got great golf owing on in our own backyard right here. The l pgas u. S. Open continues at lancaster country club. Its a crowded pack atop the leader bard. Julie sal has for eagle. Right in the hole. Thats impressive. Yang has the lead at six under par. Thats one sport i cant play. I cant hit that ball straight. Rick back to you. Dont look at me. Thank you, jamie. Its been called one of the largest food driver in the region and it was happening at the camden waterfront today. Volunteers were collecting various bags of food here outside of susquehannay hasnt bank center in camden. Lana poser a acts 50 in the area organized the drive asking businesses and residents to bring in as much food as possible and thats just what happened here. Various nonperishable food items were collector and will be distributed to local food pan treespantrys to help feed needy families. Children in West Philadelphia have this new place to splash on hot days. Councilman curtis jones cut the ribbon on a new spray ground and tot lot on lansdowne avenue. Renovations cost 250,000. Now a wonderful place for Young Children to enjoy their summer. Good for them. All right. Meteorologist adam joseph is here. We have been talking about that tornado confirmation in berks county. Now theres another location. Yeah, just in the commercial break got confirmation from the National Weather service that a tornado touched down in New Castle County delaware yesterday. It was an ef0. It literally just came in cecily has the graphic and shell have the information on the specifics of that tornado at 6 oclock. Double scan live radar right now around the region, all is quiet here. Weve got a decent amount of sunshine across the area and that low humidity. Temperature today we hit 86 degrees for a high, the low was very warm at 72. The normal is 69. But that high pretty average for this time of year and the record high 104 degrees set back in 1936 and the sun setting just after 8 30. North and west of town temperatures in the upper 70s to low 80s. Coatesville 81, a beautiful 80 in kennett square. Martins creek 84 degrees and same number for levittown and bucks county. To the south and east 81 for sea isle city. Smyrna 79. Bay temperature 86 with the ocean which was 69 degrees a couple of hours ago has now bumped back up to 72. As we look at satellite and radar theres some high clouds trying to push in from the west but theyre really breaking apart and evaporating as they move into the dry air but notice over charleston, West Virginia, some severe storms moving toward the east but washington, richmond, theyll take the brunt of this system late tonight first thing tomorrow morning. So tonight its very comfortable out there. It remains that way overnight 62 to 70. Clouds will start to build south of philadelphia very late tonight and future tracker will show first thing on saturday morning again south of the city dover if youre at the beaches in delaware or the shore communities especially south of Long Beach Island youll wake up tomorrow morning to a lot of cloud cover maybe even a few showers along the delaware beaches tomorrow morning. But by late morning afternoon that system pushes offer the coast and we grab a lot of sunshine here for saturday afternoon and that will continue into sunday. The pocono forecast 80, lots of sun low humidity tomorrow. On sunday, 83, mostly sunny and your shore forecast, temperatures in the ocean very balmy in the lower 70s. The air temperature tomorrow 81 degrees and again dont get discouraged in the morning. If the clouds linger for a period of time or we get a spinning shower, much better in the afternoon and brighter and then we keep that sunshine on sunday at 82. The exclusive accuweather 7day forecast, 89, warm, very pleasant tomorrow. Its hot here on sunday of 90s degrees but the humidity stays on the low side. But that humidity will start to crank back up first thing next week. 88 degrees, very isolated shot of a storm late monday. The best chance will be with a cold front on tuesday with more oppressive humidity. Then behind that after a leftover early storm on wednesday, well try to dry it out and thursday, friday right now looks like sunshine, just a few clouds. Average temperatures for this time of year into the upper 80s so for the weekend looking pretty good from start to finish and we need a little break around here, were going get it. Thank goodness. Thank you, adam. Of course stay ahead of changes in the weather this weekend by visiting 6abc. Com. There youll find live satellite images street level radar and the hourly forecasts from accuweather. Also get a personal look at the Accuweather Team by following our meteorologists on facebook and twitter. New help tonight for hungry families in northeast philadelphia. Philadelphia eagles free safety Malcolm Jenkins and Pepsi Company partnered to kick off this food drive today. Its called get ready fest feeding philadelphia. It was held on horrocks street. Volunteers handled out 25pound boxes of food and another box of essentials enough to feed a family of four for a week. Terrific. Right now the Action News Team stand by with these stories and much more coming up next at 6 oclock. Tornado touchdown. Weather officials confirm it was a twister that destroyed a berks county school. New details in a live report an second location as well. And unprecedented verdict. A federal jury conviction a delaware family on cyber stalking charges in connection way deadly courthouse shooting and those stories coming up. For adam gentlemans so much cecily tynan sharrie williams, Rick Williams the entire Action News Team, im monica malpass. Have a great night and join me next for action news at 6 00. Good night. Action news. Delaware valleys leading news programs. With Ducis Rodgers meteorologist cecily tynan and jim gardner. Friday night jim is off im monica malpass. In the news a Chester County teacher is under arrest for having an alleged relationship with a student and delran native carli lloyd and her u. S. Teammates are honored with this ticker tape parade in new york city. But the big story on action news tonight is confirmation we had two tornadoes in our area last night. The most recent was here in berks county, a wicked storm that tour right through an Elementary School in hamburg the other in minquedale delaware. Lets go to john rawlins covering that story and Annie Mccormick will join us from delaware and meteorologist cecily tynan with information on these storms that blew through. John well start with you at the school. Reporter hi, monica. Well, this is tilden township. Were about twenty miles north of reading. Heres the oddity here. If you talk to township officials they didnt have a whole lot of damage a few trees down, some power lines down a few roofing shingles and then there is this. This that school. It has been literally torn apart. It looks like a bomb went off. Using machines and people power, the School Community cleaning up the mess. Just under 24 hours ago an angry storm and tornado seen in this video slammed into the school. Its flat roof ripped from its walls leaving classrooms opened to the sky. The schools principal was inside finishing last minute chores before a planned vacation. She says there was little warning a tornado was about to hit. I heard hard rain. I mean, it happens much weve had a very rainy summer and then i heard the wind and i thought oh wow. Then when the building started the ceiling tile started flying at me is when i knew this was more than strong wind. Reporter principal wardecke escaped with just bumps and bruises prompting something in this school to talk an angel at work. Her gua