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WPVI Action News 5PM June 15, 2016

City. Was opening the door to get my groceries out and pulling the bag out and then boom, the bag drops and the milk breaks and its a cloud of red smoke, it looks like 1,000 bricks blew up. A lot of dust and debris at one point. That was neighbor harvey, he was outside during the explosion. And there was concerns about the Structural Integrity of the one of the stacks there, that brought experts from lni here and that is deemed safe and stable. And folks ordered to shelter in place, if not told so yet they will be able to come outside. Stable after a rather wild afternoon. Live in grays ferry, john rawlins, channel 6 action news. We are following developing news out of the orlando, just 30 minutes ago police announced that they found the body of the little 2yearold attacked by an alligator at disney world last night. Is he identified as lane graves of elk horn, nebraska. He was within the immediate area of where he was last seen. It took some time to go through and make sure in the waters and its kind of murky, there is likely no question in my mind that the child was drowned by the alligator. The alligator snatched lane while he was in ankle deep water at the Floridian Hotel and spa. They caught and euthanized alligators in their search for the boy. Police in orlando are undergoing stress counseling outside of the pulse nightclub therk are working to reconstruct the killers movements. 39 people died when omar mateen opened fire in the club as it was closing. Well have more coming up at 5 30 and well be live at the vigil for the philadelphia teenager that lost her life in that attack. And egypt says the main wreckage of flight 804 has been located. A french vessel found several large sections of the airbus today. 66 people died when the plane went down in the mediterranean last month in route from paris to cairo, no group has come forward to claim an attack. Four people are recovering after an accident that sent a Police Vehicle into a search this afternoon. Two hurt were Philadelphia Police officers. It happen at 12 30 this afternoon at the corner of 3rd and tabor road. Sara bloomquist is live with the details. Reporter both vehicles have since been towed from the scene and there is debris left behind. Six people including two officers were taken to the hospital for observation and treatment. Fortunately everybody is going to be okay. This is the scene at 3rd and tabor in olney, following a collision a police suv came to rest in front of a church and the black car came to a stop on the steps of the church. The two female officers were responding lights and sirens to assist another officer, when they came to the intersection they collided with the black sedan, carrying two adult women and two children in the backseat. I heard the siren and my daughter ran out first and said oh my god its a bad accident. George was doing work nearby and came to look. The lady in the other car was driving the car with her mother and started screaming at the cops. Somebody had to calm her down because she had kids. Everybody was taken to Einstein Medical Center for observation. None of the injuries are considered lifethreatening, this woman is a member of the church and she too rushed to the scene. I want to see if my car is already. Its okay. You are all right. Zbll the two adult women in the black is a den were treated for back and neck pain, one officer suffers leg injuries and the children were taken to einstein as well they were not hurt just taken for observation. We should note that driver of the black sedan was driving with a suspended license and could be cited. Im sara bloomquist, channel 6 action news. Thank you from our delaware newsroom, the search is on for a gunman that fired shots that hit three teenagers and a 12yearold in wilmington. A Police Officer heard the shots and found victims at elm and South Van Buren streets. A 12yearold was shot in the thigh and essence told action news she and her friend chris were innocent victims, they were playing tag when they got shot. We started running and chris dodged behind the car and i looked back and he was on the ground. Pow pow pow. I got up from my bed and said oh christian. Christian is recovering, a 15 shot remains in Critical Condition and a 16yearold victim also remains hospitalized. Police in the Lehigh Valley are looking for this man who robbed a bank wearing this mask. It happened at 10 00 a. M. At the first niagara bank. According to officials, the suspect entered through the back door and pulled out a silver handgun, he is described as 58 with dark scruff on his skin, a dye pack exploded during the robbery. Anybody with information is asked to call the Upper Macungie police department. The corruption trial of congressman, chaka fattah, is official any in the hands of the jury. Vernon odom is live with the details. Reporter good evening monica, its jury has just been sent home for the night and they are resume deliberations tomorrow morning. This could take a long time and there are many counts here and so much at stake. Its another long day for congressman fattah and all others involved in this case that took five weeks to try. Judge Harvey Bartle took five hours charging the jury and reading them 100 pages of what they are doing here and vote not guilty if there is a reasonable doubt. One juror was dismissed. The reason is not disclosed. There was a paper trail but no signatures by the 11 term congressman. The prosecutors want the jurors to believe the word of two admitted felons and two former fattah consultants that testified for the government. Saying they helped to hide money pilfered from an array of nonprofits. The defense says that the once powerful congressman had no idea what they were doing they say fattah is a crook that stole money from his own campaigns to pay off debts and reenforce his lifestyle. There are many, many counts to consider here and many against four codefendants of fattahs. Many believe there will not be a verdict until next week. Im vernon odom, channel 6 action news. Thanks. Time to get a check of the action news traffic report for you. Its midweek and matt pellman in the Traffic Center with the low down on the slow down. Verdict is in on 95, not a great ride, jammed up in the northbound lanes but its better than it was this morning rick and monica when we had the huge truck fire at girard that blocked all lanes for several hours, everything is open this afternoon but just congested and they are coming out at 10 00 tonight to fix the guardrail damaged in the fire and then at 11 00 the vine street expressway will close. A mess later on and busy now and extra busy on the schuylkill because of the phils game and the dolly parton concert at Fairmount Park but if you are headed to firefly over the weekend, things are better, the crash at christiana and 1 has cleared. Will not get better until the weekend for the admiral wilson boulevard, emergency construction continues through through at least this weekend. Well check it again in the next half hour. Thank you matt. More ahead on action news at 5 00 tonight. Atlantic city, bouncing back why officials in the cash strapped town says the future is bright even with another misstep from the owners of the revel casino. And governor Chris Christie looked to the future today how he celebrated educators in the making. The clouds are rolling in ill time out the rain and a sneak peek at fathers day weekend. Grover cleveland here. Yes, the handsome gent on the thousanddollar bill. With cash4life, the great game from the pennsylvania lottery, you could win a thousand dollars a day for life you could invest it, or save it for a rainy day. Or you could buy a new car and with drawings every monday and thursday, that means 2 chances to win every week. Cash4life from the pennsylvania lottery. You could win a thousand dollars a day for life. Chopper 6 hd was over the scene. The driver of the truck sustained an arm injury but is expected to be okay. The truck stopped traffic in the car lanes for about 90 minutes. The Hotel Portion of the revel casino has not reopened just yet but some members of the chamber of commerce says the city is bouncing back. Joe kelly says there is a billion dollars worth of investments happening there. The showboat is expected to reopen as a none gambling hotel. The bleak forecast is for the city of Atlantic City but the forecast for Atlantic City is coming up. Officials say that permits still need to be obtained. New jersey governor, Chris Christie is celebrating future teachers, announced the new class of Woodrow Wilson new jersey teaching fellows in new jersey. They will educate the highest Needs Children in science, technology and math this is the third year the program is in place. Wawa welcome america begins in two weeks, the festival runs through june 27th to july 4th. Jim kenney spoke about the events, seven free movie nights and wawa free hoagie day and events at local libraries. Welcome america will give 10,000 free books to our libraries for children. Reads in every neighborhood can just show up. New this year an award will be handed out for our every day heroes, two people will be honored for the extraordinary things they do for the community. That happens at the celebration of freedom ceremony on july 4th. Two local schools are joining forces this fall. They announced an agreement this afternoon for the new technician program. Operating out of two locations, pcps north regional location on godfrey avenue. A trip to a playground, was all business for philadelphia mayor, jim kenney, on calahill street in philadelphia. The mayor is on a blitz of sorts seeking support for his city wide prek plan. Visitors brought their expertise to the city of philadelphia. The Wharton School held a forum with ceos to talk about what it takes to run a successful business and one topic was keeping employees loyal to their company. The gary papa run is just days away. And the local celebrity using star power for the fight against cancer. And action news is about interaction with you, follow us on social media for headlines and accuweather and breaking news on facebook, facebook. Com 6abcactionnews. Health check tonight. Its been 10 years since we lost our friend and colleague gary papa to Prostate Cancer. Ali gorman is joining us at the big board with more. Reporter garys Prostate Cancer was rare it started young in his 40s and it was aggressive. And he shared his story to help save other men from the same battle. The run is named after him, and another celebrity is helping to spread the word. His voice has been heard on local radio for decades. Steve morrison from the preston and steve show on wmmr makes listenings laugh with his jokes and quick witt. He is hoping to spark listeners and men to be proactive with their health. Steve is a speaker at this years gary papa annual run. He was diagnosed with the disease two years ago at age 54 and he was seeing his doctor regularly and the cancer was caught early. The whole message was that being out ahead of it saved my life. Steve had surgery and is now cancer free. He urges other men talk to your health care provider, and get the appropriate screening and followup. He tells me he feels honored to be associated with gary papa and his message and although gary lost his life, he likely saved many. The lives he has saved through his journey and what he encountered is almost incomprehensible. That sentiment was recently echoed by another philadelphia favorite. He lived a great life and is now making a difference when he is gone. And philadelphia was better for having gary papa here. As for screening for Prostate Cancer, all men should talk to their doctor at least starting at age 50, if you have a higher risk start in your 40s. That goes with anyone with a Family History or africanamerican. As for the run this sunday all of us from action news will be out there. There is time to sign up. A 5k run and a 10 k walk and a fun walk. We have all the details at 6abc. Com. Ill do the fun walk and 5k and 10k. Sure you are. Its a great effort. Still to come tonight a check of the forecast for you. Going live outside now and check it out the ben franklin bridge looking beautiful. Well see how the weather is stacking up. Meteorologist, cecily tynan, with the exclusive accuweather forecast. Meteorologist cecily tynan, is here with the forecast. Hi monica and rick. We have wet weather on the way. Right now most of our region is rain free, we have a few light sprinkles across south jersey and most of it is dying down and one batch heading towards mays landing and another one to sea isle city. And most of the city rain will be falling when most of us are asleep. Timing now temperatures are cooling off thanks to the clouds, philadelphia 77 degrees and we hit 80 earlier today. You see the area seeing the most sunshine, allentown 83 and wilmington 73 with clouds, a shower moved through an hour ago and Cape May Point relatively cool at 69 degrees. Satellite 6 along with action radar showing after yesterdays bright blue skies and sunshine the clouds rolled in and this is in advance of a warm front and what will happen is low pressure will develop off the coast of this warm front and that will bring us an easterly flow tomorrow. That keeps us socked in with clouds and helps to bring in showers tonight. The call from accuweather tonight, late night rain with a rumble of thunder and with the cloud cover temperatures not dropping all that much generally in the 60s but the good news is if you have evening plans, the dolly parton concert at the mann or the phillies game its looking dry. The steady rain should be holding off until midnight. We say dry evening and early tomorrow morning this is when we see the bulk of the steady rain early at 5 00 in the morning steady rain is rolling through and affecting the first half of the commute. Rain around 10 00 and its brightening and peeks of sunshine and a secondary low early friday morn that will clip areas to the south, so the best chance of seeing rain on friday, actually down in dover where the firefly is taking place that is early in the morning. Its looking pretty good and showers and perhaps a thunderstorm 75 and friday Early Morning showers and sunshine and the weekend in dover plenty of sunshine and temperatures climbing up into the low 80s. The fiveday at 5 00 showing tomorrow its unsettled with early rain and mostly cloudy skies and 74 degrees friday early rain south and afternoon sunshine and 80. Look at this, fathers day weekend 85 on saturday and 85 on sunday and monday first day summer heats up to 90 and could get hotter on tuesday. Melissa will talk about that in the accuweather forecast. vo we went to hollywood to ask if americas favorites burgers, tacos and chili could taste just as great made with turkey. Thousands stepped into the jennieo tasting booth to find out. With just one bite, they knew. Now its your turn to make the switch. Action News Delaware valleys leading news program. Just what did she know and when did she know it. In the wife of the orlando shooting is under the microscope as the investigation into her husbands horrific attack continues. Its four years and nothing has been done. A lawmaker declares he has had enough and demands Congress Acts on sweeping gun legislation. And the case of the mother found murdered in Fairmount Park. Now the details of the hours past. We are learning more about the orlando nightclub shooter, omar mateen. He passed a psychological test as parts of being a security guard. Nobody saw signs of mental or Emotional Distress and more questions are surfacing about mateens wife, they have seen her at several locations including pulse. She has taken a lie detector test. What involvement did she have with this attack. And now 25 people remain in the care of doctors and six are in Critical Condition and doctors warn the death toll could go up. Tonight the families of the 49 People Killed instantly are making funeral arrangements for their loved one. Gloria rivera is live in washington with more. Reporter good afternoon. You mentioned it. Officials are looking closely at omar mateens wife asking her probing questions, what did she know and when did she know it. And processing evidence of the crime scene, going back weeks months and years focusing on the horrific attacks for what did anyone else know about what he planned. Did his wife, noor salman know he was planning mass murder. Officials say she allegedly went to purchase ammo with mateen and visited pulse nightclub with him at least once. And now the fbi is asking for help. No matter how small the information can be, i want to hear about it. The threatening facebook message that mateen wrote the morning of the attacks and signs that he struggled with a personal conflict but a former classmate with this. He said if you were gay, you would definitely be my type of guy. Victims speaking out about coming facetoface with the killer. He looked deranged like something was wrong with him. Tiara spend moments in the bathroom with her cousin who would not make it. Lawmakers demanding Congress Take action once again. Am prepared to stand on this floor and talk about the need for this body to come together on keeping terrorists away from getting guns. I know we can come together on this issue. Moving moment on the floor there up at the hill in washington, on the republican side. The presumptive nominee donald trump, he says today he will meet with the nra to talk about whether or not people on the no fly list should be able to buy guns. Trump is not for that, the Republican Party and the nra, that is a restriction that they have long opposed. Channel 6 action news back to you. Gloria thank you. Back here lets take a live look at west Catholic High School in west philadelphia. Where people are expected to gather for the vigil f

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