coming up on "action news," fire strikes a nine-story apartment building in the spring garden section of philadelphia. and nasa celebrates remarkable pictures from pluto next. ♪ "action news," delaware valley's leading news program with jim gardner. wednesday night, and the big story on "action news" tonight is developing news from the spring garden section of philadelphia. police and firefighters responded tonight to an apartment fire at broad and mount vernon. and live at the scene is dann cuellar. what is the story there? >> the residents have now been allowed to return to their apartments, after a little scare at 640 broad street a nine-story apartment building. an "action news" viewer sent us this footage showing flames and ambers coming from the roof. around 9:00 the smoke alarm and strobes went off after someone reported smoke from the air conditioning vents. and the firefighters responded to check out what was going on from the roof. more from residents. >> i was in my part and the alarm went off. >> we were sitting in the apartment and the alarm went off. it is usually a false alarm but i looked outside and the fire trucks were here. >> you grabbed your cats? >> yes, there are two cats in there. we have to kind of put them all in there. >> they are ok thank goodness huh? >> they are not happy, but hopefully we can go back in soon. >> they are back in and there was a mal function in the air conditioning equipment. and fortunately the good news no injuries. live in spring garden dann cuellar for channel 6 "action news." >> thank you, dann. the way it looked earlier today in margate at winchest efr and grand view avenues. and serious rain caused flash flooding in many shore communities. and "action news" also on long beach island where it looked more like the river. and fortunately it receded by late afternoon. a man with long blond hair with a black flyers hat held up this center city t.d. bank. they gave the teller a demand note and fled with cash. the f.b.i. called in to investigate. a home security camera showing this armed home invasion. first one man and then three more tried to push it inside. and the homeowner watched it on his security system and chad pradelli, you have the latest here. >> investigators continue to look for the suspects and are getting some tips because of the video. the surveillance systems exploded in recent years and helped investigators. many do not register it with the philadelphia police department which is urging people to do so under the safe cam program. the surveillance of an attempted home invasion in west mount airy. and it is in color and clear, and they try to track down the individuals. recorded on the homeowner's system. >> i would say within an hour i already received tips with names location. it gives us something to run on. >> the surveillance system was not registered with the safe cam program that was launched in 2011. and they say 1,000 systems were registered by businesses and homes, and 3300 exterior and 2800 interior cameras. >> i have helped to identify everyone from armed robbers to graffiti artists and in between. >> last year put out 650 videos or so. out of those probably 150 arrests and close to 300 investigations were cleared. >> today in the 500 block of burnham where this video was recorded, the representative of the security company adt was going door to door. they charge $30 to $60 a month to monitor the cameras. >> and they can get a free security review it don't cost anything. >> and nowadays you can even go to lowes for the do it yourself system for a couple of hundred dollars. >> the police say that the city commerce department will help to subsidize some systems for businesses. they need to be registered with safe call. if you would like to register your system go through our website at 6abc.com. chad pradelli for channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. we learned late tonight that former president george h.w. bush is in the hospital after taking a fall and breaking a bone in his neck. in the last half-hour a spokesman for the elder mr. bush said it happened in at their home in maine. his condition is stable and will need a neck brace. and the final night of the naacp convention in center city philadelphia. attorney general lynch gave the last speech ecoing the president's call. and ending with discrimination wherever it might occur. >> you know what that means frp. we have to look in the classrooms or the voting booths. look in the boardrooms and board areas. >> and president clinton talked about his regret for a law affecting. >> every day you get up for the future you have to keep buryings your seemdemons. >> and it will wrap up tomorrow morning with a prayer brack fafrt. and fares are going up for the riders of new jersey transit. the board approved the hikes and cut many bus routes such as service from freemold in philadelphia to great adventure. and the train and bus shares will jump starting in october. they need it to cover the budget hole. it already slashed $40 million in speeding. these are the first times since 2010. the commuters frequently driving across the ford bridges getting a discount. an $18 credit after 18 trips a month over the ben franklin betsy ross and commodore barry bridges. if you watched the espy awards you may have seen one of the most moving awards of the evening. devon still accepted the jimmy v. award. his daughter has been fighting cancer. he brought many to tears as he talked about his struggle to stay strong to his little girl. and he spoke directly to his little girl. >> from the moment you were born you molded me into the man i am today. i always dreamed how i would show you so much about life and in the five years i have been with you taught me more about life than anything i can do. >> and she made a surprise appearance by video thanking everyone by support. it was watched with interest throughout this area. and this gym is where devon works out when he is in this area. and members stopped what they were doing to watch. you don't have to be an astronomer to be impressed with the work of the horizon spacecraft. within 7700 miles of pluto yesterday becoming pluto's first visit from earth in in its existence. and sharrie williams is live at the big board and scientists are pouring over the close-up photos. it is time for celebration at nasa. >> they probably are still partying tonight, jim. the excitement around the stunning photos are coming back have millions of miles away. the closest encounter we ever had with a pluto. and nasa launched a spacecraft with cameras, but it took nine years for it to finally reach pluto. and it appears it is worth the wait. >> and see around the world from words away. >> a tremendous moment in history. >> and so rare that the galactic images caused quite a celebration throughout the scientific community. nasa says its new error rye son space cast with a flyby of pluto. it is the first up-close glimpse and its surface has mountain, too. and the discovery part of a space odyssey saying a deck made and billions of miles. the photos prove that pluto is bigger than scientists thought. almost 1500 miles across. and providing data for those who studied the far-away planets. and also impressive is pluto's moon sharon. >> i thought sharon would be an ancient terrain covered by craters. and it blew hour socks off. if we can pull it up so you can take a look at it. >> blew their socks off. the mountain on pollute your are icy and rising as my as 11,000 feet and likely formed years ago. and we know there is so much more to this plant called pluto pollutepluto. still to come donald trump reveals his net worth as a requirement for running for president. and the greatest scape. new video from in the cell and down in the tunnel as the most wanted drug kingpin in the world slipped out ofrieson. and ground-breaking research done in the fight against alzheimer's. and the temperatures are dropping across the mid atlantic city and northeast. and philadelphia 15 degrees cooler in burlington. and a wear customer day on tap in accuweather. and advice for parents on which school years are most important for children to stay in shape. and ducis rodgers with local athletes and the spotlight when the espy's continue. the president did make clear what to call the behavior. >> if you give a woman, or a man for that matter without his or her knowledge a drug and then have sex with that person without consent, that's rape. >> court documents now reveal that cosby has admitted under oath that he obtained quaaludes to give to women with whom he wanted to have sex. in athens greece 12,000 protesters gathered outside of the parliament building last night and if dissolved into a problem with police. and this after they voted on a bill to include measures including tax hikes and spending cuts. the legislation overwhelming approved so greece can start negotiating its third bail-out in five years. president obama launched an aggressive offense for the nuclear agreement with iran. and obama rejected the idea that it leaves iran on the bridge of developing a bomb. and ultimately he said the agreement is far better than the alternative. >> there are really only two alternatives here. either the issue of iran obtaining a nuclear weapon is resolved diplomatically through negotiations, or it's resolved through force. through war. those are the options. >> meanwhile, the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu told his parliament that he is not bound by the agreement and could still take military action against iran. ♪♪ >> politics. donald trump says he is work more than does r $10 billion. and the financial disclosures come from documents that the republican presidential candidate filed today with the federal campaign regulators. if accurate it would make him, trump the wealthiest person ever to run for president. the university of pennsylvania, researchers there made exciting strides in the fight against alzheimer's disease. they hope the discoveries will lead to a delay in the onset of alzheimer's. monica malpass joins us live with more in the special fill lye leading the way. >> almost half will develop alzheimer's disease, a debilitating condition. philadelphia scientists are among those working harder than ever to stop it. >> this is a dream of all scientists. >> each day scientists test alzheimer's-damaged brains looking for key issues in the lab at the university of pennsylvania. researchers, dr. virginia lee and dr. john led the way as part of a group of experts. they discovered that proteins get misfolded causes information get spread from cell to cell. and knowing that it may be possible to stop the cell-to-cell spread. >> we target it and figure out a way to either unfold it or snag it with antibodies and throw it in the trash can. >> if they succeed with theories on mice it may lead to a human application. even if they swap it for five years it could effectively be a cure for alzheimer's. and a retired scientists who now has alzheimer's would love to see that happen. >> it's a very, very sad kind of a life when you have it. >> some kind of a break through would be wonderful because watching him suffer is real hard. >> it certainly is. the penn researchers hope to get more funding to continue it research on dementia and cognitive impairment. >> and anyone who lived with a loved one with alzheimer's will be glad with that information. thank you. "healthcheck," summer break really the perfect time to get the kids outdoors and active. a new study funded by the national football league was released today. it looked at 200,000 students from first graders through high school seniors. and it found that barely 1 in 8 students achieve a healthy store in all six areas such as aerobic capacity and body strength. and fifth to eight grade is a critical time when physical fitness often begins to slide downhill. getting the latest from accuweather and meteorologist adam joseph. >> and a perfect day to do anything outdoors tomorrow it will be a rare feeling 2015 summer day. as we look at double scan live radar all quiet after a pretty active day in many locations. with intense lightning and downpours we still have residual flooding in cumberland county south of deerfield near bridgeton. it is slowly receding at this point. a couple of the rivers that are slow to rise and slow to recede. but that will happen overthe next couple of hours. looking at the numbers to the north and west of town 64 in lancaster reading to allentown. already 57 degrees in poconos. and it is eventually reaching the shore communities. satellite and radar, the low is pulling away south of cape cod. the drier air is filtering in from the north and west. and sunshine tomorrow and lower humidity. after all of that rain the lawns are yea deep in location. and getting more rain over the weekend, 75 in the morning and 5:00, you have have to wait until after work nice at 82 degrees. that's the high tomorrow. high pressure in control, and again breaking the high in from canada. that will bring low humidity. the high slips to the south and east on friday. it is a sunny start. still low humidity and decent day 85 degrees. late in the day, clouds will be increasing from the afternoon. some high thin whispy cirrus clouds. and the shore, moderate risk for rip currents. similar where life guards are on duty. and during the only time they are on duty the west from the east keeping temperatures at 77. and a lot of sun and your feet will feel good on the sand. the refreshing breeze back for thursday and even into friday. friday 85 and the high clouds in the afternoon. a round of rain friday into saturday morning. and more thunderstorms saturday afternoon as we re-introduce the heat and humidity again. and catching a break from storms sunday, hot and humidity for the most part. and another wave of energy monday. 92 degrees with some afternoon pop-up storms. staying hot tuesday before we break back into the 80s on wednesday. if we have four days of 90 degrees or above it will make heat wave number two of the year. coming up on "action news," locals at the espy. ♪♪ the sports world converging on los angeles tonight. >> for a good cause, raising money for cancer research. for the sports world, the espies took place. philadelphia well represented. okafor was there and the u.s. women's soccer team won for best team. and mo'ne davis won the award for best break-through athlete. the moment of the tonight when devon still accept said the award on behalf of his daughter battling stage four cancer and she is now cancer-free. >> thank you for supporting me while i had cancer. >> my beautiful daughter. i know you wish you could be here, but i know you're watching. and i just want to thank you. from the moment you was born you molded me into the man i am today. and you know i always used to dream about how i was going to be able to show you so much about life but in the five years i have been with you taught me more about life than i could ever do. >> powerful stuff there. and mike trout, as proud of delaware valley is we can't help but wonder what if he were a philly? dominating the all-star game last night much like other games hedom -- he dominates. and the team won 6-3 and he took home his second all-star m.v.p. award. in typical humble superstar fashion he made it about the team and not himself. >> it's just an incredible honor to be part of the all-star game and to win the m.v.p. twice, that's something special for sure. ahead, the sixers add a point guard. and jordan spieth's thoughts on trying to win his third straight major. ♪ ♪ (vo) you can pass down a subaru forester. (dad) she's all yours. (vo) but you get to keep the memories. love. it's what makes a subaru a subaru. >> the sixer drafted pierre jackson back in 2013 but he never played for them. his rights were traded to new orleans in the drew holiday deal. well jackson will be back. today the sixers signed the guard to a four-year contract. the summer league schedule ended last night. and the sixers and nets j.p. tokoto on the break. the sixers still lose 75-68. in a matter of hours the best golfers in the world tee it off at st. andrews. a 21-year-old the one to watch. if jordan spieth never plays another round of golf he would still have an amazing career. winning the masters in april, and the u.s. open last month. half way to completing the grand slam. playing excellent golf now and coming off a victory last week at the john deere classic. >> i feel really good about last week heading into here. and over the past couple of months heading into here. so all in all i am extremely he can -- excited. it would mean the world to me to win it and to do it here would be even that much more special. and "jimmy kimmel live" next. and actions at 4:30 with traffic. for the entire "action

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