To show you what its been like outside the courthouse, this was easily the most notable event here today. Free bill cosby, free bill cosby, free bill reporter a group of cosby supporters here just a strikes me as noteworthy that there has been relatively littlestratr either side of this case, a case with societal implications. Not much public demonstration here in front of the courthouse this week. Joining me tonight is action News Reporter dann cuellar. Good evening,ann. Reporter . Reporter good evening, jim. For the sixth time today or for the sixth time now bill cosbys defense team has asked the judge to declare a mistrial and for the sixth time the judge says no. The jury has now paused deliberations 10 times to revisit testimony or ask for clarity on one thing or another. Late today, cosbys Spokesman Says they remain hopeful. I have a a lot of faith in this jury. I think this jury is looking at theyre retrying the case. Ents,more are they going ask the opening arguments . I think they have all the evidence now that they could ever want. Reporter the 79yearold courthouse looking tired from the wear of the prolonged trial an old man ostensibly lookin his nightmare appears to be coming to an end and perhaps there was a hopeful note to that end when the jury asked for the definition of reasonable doubt but those hopes may have been dashed when the jury also asked for about a dozen excerpts from cosbys deposition in which he talks about obtaining quaaludes to give to women he wanted to have sex with. They also asked for the portion of constands testimony where she talks about telephone calls to cosby as well as phone records introduced as evidence. In addition they asked to hear a portion of her mothers testimony where she talks about her two and a half hour phone conversation with cosby about a year after the sexual encounter a call in which gianna apologized and described himself as a quote unquote sick man. The defense dam argued that the jury essentially wants to hear the whole trial all over again. Deliberating now for more than 40 hours, that a mistrial should be declared but the judge ascan deliberate as long y want. The jury still actively deliberating. There is no reason, well, more importantly, there is no case be court in support of a trial whia jury is actively deliberating. Reporter now, as far as the jury working this weekend if need be, the judge has given no indication that he will make that happen. But his staff s possible and that he could rule as late as tonight if there is no verdict. Jim. Thank you dann. I think the operative thing thing is possible. And we stand here waiting for any possibility. We will be here in the event of a verdict or any Major Development, we will tell you, we can break in other programming and of course we will post any new development on the 6abc news app. That is the situation here at the courthouse. Rick and monica. All right, jim, thank you. We will talk to you later. In other news tonight the search is resumed for two missing teens who were swept away in a rip current last night. 16yearold kaelia hand a sophomore at Atlantic City high school was swimming with friends when she was suddenly pulled under water. 15yearold ramon quinn of pleasantville tried to jump in and help. He was also dragged under. Tonight both teenagers are presumed dead. The poor girl had trouble when she hit the riptide and then the very brave young man that tried to save her. The search morning when rough surf and foggy conditions forced crews out of the water. And looking live outside our center city skyline tonight, plenty of cloud cover up above. The skies across the region were unsettled all day as we prepare for a humid stormy weekend. Meteorologist Melissa Magee is in for cecily tynan tonight. She has more on the call from accuweather especially fathers day. Rick and monica well be tr maybe a rumble of thunder as we head throughout the weekend. Well show you whats going on with storm tracker6 radar 3d. Were dry across the region but you look off to the west you can see a lot of moisture moving across western pennsylvania and down through the as well. A lot of this will start to fall apart but we could sneak some moisture in later tonight closer to that midnight hour. As far as today, well, its probably noticeably more humid. Right now weve got dewpoint numbers anywhere from 65 to me 70 degrees, so definitely a change in the air mass from what we had just yesterdayll be sticking around even as we head into tonight and into the weekend so if youre stepping out its going to be muggy and even the risk of an isolated shower. 7 00. M 76 at 8 oclock tonight. Were mostly cloudy tonight at 74. We will hold there at 10 00 and 11 oclock tonight underneath a mostly csky. Fast forward into the weekend and big changes on the way. Over the weekend, the heat index will be in the lower to mid 90s when you factor in the humidity and we will also have the threat of a popup shower or thunderstorm every day, both saturday and on suay well take a closer look coming up in the full and exclusive accuweather forecast, rick. Melissa, thank you. President trump is once again going on the defense on twitter. This time the topic is the russia investigation. Today confirm some of the details swirling in reports around his campaign probe. Abcs lana zak is live in washington tonight with more on that. Orter hi there, rick. The top democrat in the House Intelligence Committee says that republicans and democrats now need to come together with a plan of act president decide to terminate the Deputy Attorney general or the special counsel. Dent trump is railing against the independent investigation amid reports that his actions are being reviewed for possible obstruction of justice. The president tweeting i am forg the fbi director by the man who told me to fire the fbi director. Witch hunt. Those tweets seem to confirm that the president is among the people under investigation by special mueller appointed by the Deputy Attorney general rod rosenstein. In a memo to the president rosenstein raised concerns over james comeys performance but its mueller not rosenstein heading the investigation. Rosenstein is starting to discuss recusing himself from the investigation which would make him the third person to recuse himself from the probe. Commenting ob twitter he was mum when asked for clarification as he traveled to miami today. Are you under investigation by the fbi. Reporter the white house appears to be pedaling back from thesaying it does not confm that he is under investigation butse his tweets speak for themselves. Vice president mike penrea lawyd it off as routine. There is no indication at alls investigation. Abc news has also confirmed one more person obtaining real president s personal russia attorney michael cone. Jared kushner the president s soninlaw and specialadviser. Kushners lawyers say he is committed to cooperating and will provide any information he has about interactions with russia. Reporting live from washington, lana zak channel6 action news. Back to you, monica. Thank you lana. New at 5 00 philadelphia officials are working to make ethe city to operate and grow. City Council PresidentDarrell Clarke announced today a special of special committee has been created to overhalt citys regulatory environment. The idea is to give a helping hand to businesses looking to start up grow or relocate to the city. And ceo of the chamber of commerce for greater philadelphia rob wonder ling is on that committee. Any effort whether it takes a couple days or a couple years is worth the effort to unburden theseeneurs, these enterprises without dated outmoded regulations. The Committee Says today it wi changes but that they are coming. Time now for a check of our action news traffic report on a friday night. Lets take you live to matt pelman in the action news traffic center. Hi, matt how is it rolling. Hey, guys, not so well. We would like to change a few things on the traffic front. Unfortunately we cant change them and we have big delays at this point. On 95 an accident and northbound lanes north of cottmaious one. Another ambulance and fire truck just pulled up on the scene. Only the two right lanes are getting by heading up toward academy. So you start to jam by Bridge Street through this point north of cottman on 95 northbound. Also still have the crash on e by route one the media bypass. Stacked solid there approaching villanova on down to lima springfield and that theyre still cleaning up an overturned truck in bordentown township burlington county. New jersey turnpike blocked up from the turnpike connector seven where there are restrictions and single digit speeds. 295 the better bet there. 295 southbound in lawnside our crash is gone but its still slow c the turnpike southbound in mount laurel a crash by exit four on the shoulder but speeds in the 20s there. Were watching a lot of issues. Well keep doing that, rick and monica, in the next half hour. All right. Well see you then. Thanks matt. Much more still ahead Action Action action news at 5 00 multibillion dollar deal struck between two major stores thats putting other Major Companies on alert. First new information from that washington after the that baseball practice ambush. The update from his doctors on his condition when action news comes right back. Pro tip giant has great prices on produce. So, when its your turn to do the shopping raspberries for john. Strawberries for amy. Bananas for mom. Wait, whats a jicama . Iall h. Take a fresh look at giants produce prices. Breaking news. Thfo stalemate between the School District of philadelphia and its teachers appears to be over tonight. The dphiladelphia federation of teachers announced they have a tentative deal. The new contract will that cover teaye 2020. We dont yet know details of the new contract but Union Members of course must first approve that deal. Doctors say congressman Steve Scalise remains in Critical Condition aft baseballd wednesday morning. Five people were hospitalized after a gunman attacked a gop congressional baseball practice. A bullet tour through scalises hip and pelvis breaking bones and tearing organs in the process. Today doctors said scalise will remain in the hospital time and will face additional operations. Leaders around the world are mourning the loss of a prominent european politician helmut kohl. He has been battling Health Issues since 2008 when he suffered a stroke during a fall. This morning he died at his home near frankfurt germany. He was 87 years old. Turning to health check. A new study is raising more questions about a chemical used to control populations. It has been linked to delayed motor skills in babies. Researchers in michigan found that children with the highest exposure to th before birth had lower scores on their fine motor skills tests. It has been banned in europe and its also the subject of controversy in south florida where officials are using it a North Carolina passka pastor got an early fathers day gift that he never thought he would live to see. Tim cox was diagnosed with Pulmonary Fibrosis back in 2014. That means his lungs had filled with scar tissue. Well, months later cox underwent a double Lung Transplant but soon after that he suffered a stroke. Until his daughter got engaged. 10 months later after vigorous therapy cox was able to be by his daughters side here on her wedding day. I was able experience a dance, one of your highlights and my highlight of walking your daughter down the aisle and it was not a dry eye basically. Nothing short of a miracle. Coxs family lit a candl stage during the wedding as a sign of appreciation and honor to his lung donorhe hospital and planning a summer with his grandchildren. Nice sto the dow jones cle trading week by hitting another Record Number today. Investors than expected Economic Data today and Consumer Sectors also finished flat but that didnt stop the dow from ticking higher. It gained 24 points by the opening bell p the nasdaq lost 14 and change. The s p 500 gained less than a point for your friday. Philadelphia is getting an olympic rowing training team. They made the announcement today at the vesper club on aft. The schuylkill nav performance collaborative team. Also today toyota was announced as boathouse row sponsors through the year 2020. There may be fireworks for katy perry shes broken twitter record. She is the first person ever0iln followers on the social media platform. Perry often uses twitter to engage with her fans incduring e stream promoting her latest album. Justin bieber sits in second place with around 97 million followers. Former president Barack Obama Taylor swift and rihanna round out the top five. Monica malpass in the top 10. I think its a tie. Ill take that. A new kind of opened in philadelphia aimed at encouraging students to study science and mouth. R aimedt giving much needed help to veterans when action news comes right back. Introducing fios gigabit connection. Superfast internet at an incredible price. With speeds up to 940 megs. Thats 20x faster than most people have. And, its just 79. 99 a month online for 1 year. And only 5 more per month for the second year. Get fios gigabit connection for 79. 99 with tv, hbo for 1 year and multiroom dvr service for 2 years. All with a 2year agreement. Switch now at fiosgigabit. Com. A new hope under way in camden tonight thanks to habitat for humanity. Volunteers raised the walls today at 566 royden street. This is the 58th home this group has built in camden. Needy families help build it itself along with the work crews. The Martinez Family is going live in this one. Subaru is the main sponsors of this location. Local veterans have more programs tonight thanks to an annual radio on that. Wmgks john debella and the who among others raised money today at the National Constitution center in olde city. The 12 hour radio on that asked for donations but donors could also buy concert tickets Autographed Items and experiences with roger waters, joe walsh Peter Frampton joan jet and many more. Wow. Well, a different kind of classroom was unveiled in the citys point breeze section today. Its a state of the art interactive Outdoor Learning center and this was the grand opening here at Chester Arthur elementary school. Its called the arthur schoolyard and various city officials as well as kids were on hand to check out the live classes including mayor jim kenney and superintendent hite. Its part of stem curriculum Science Technology engineering and math and a lot of fun as well. Many students in the area wrapped up their High School Careers today. Overbrook high school held its Graduation Ceremony outside this morning. The action cam was at the Dell Music Center in Fairmount Park as the class of 2017 made their way across the stage. Friends and family members looking on proudly. Congratulations to all of them. What a feeling. All right, still to come on action news at 5 00 a check of that weekend forecast. As we look live outside friday night sky6 hd showing you the ben franklin bridge and not a bad evening. Nice way to start the weekend but keep that umbrella handy. Meteorologist Melissa Magee has your exclusive accuweather five day when we come back. Time for a check of the accuweather forecast to your your weekend. Meteorologist Melissa Magee in for cecily tynan. How does it look. It looks to stay a bit on the unsettled side. Sky6 live down the shore in cape may kind of hard to make out the shot there. Theres the beach and you can see the rip currents. Were dealing with a lot of low level moisture and a lot of fog as well so weve got a constant flow of moisture coming in from the atlantic so if youre at the shore tonight right into tomorrow rip currents are a big concern. Moderate to high risk of rip currents. Weve got a strong on shore wind so piling up of water. If you are at the shore over the weekend it is a good idea to swim where you have lifeguards on duty and where the guarded beaches are there as well. Right now as we look at the heat index across the region 85 degrees in philadelphia when you factor in the heat and the humidity. 75 in reading, 72 in allentown at the coast in cape may, 73. Atlantic city 83, dover coming in in the lower 80s as well. Here is satellite6 along with action radar. Weve got a mostly cloudy sky across the region but if you look off to the west were tracking a little bit of precipitation moving across western pennsylvania. And also the virginias as well. Some of this moisture will start to fall apart as we lose the heating of the day but a few showers could move on in here later tonight. So, future tracker six showing you that 10 oclock later tonight weve got showers for the city, areas to the south and west. It will continue during the overnight hours and first thing as you wake up tomorrow morning, 8 30 in the morning some spotty showers for the poconos and allentown and also up the 95 corridor there in trenton. Well repeat the pattern as we get into tomorrow afternoon. You have the warmth and the building humidity as this warm front and this frontal boundary wants to lift northward. 4 30 tomorrow afternoon scattered showers, even a rumble of thunder overhead. Its not a washout but with the building heat and the humidity, you do have the threat of a popup shower or a rumble of thunder. Future tracker6 also showing you 4 oclock tomorrow afternoon when you factor in the humidity, its going to feel like in philadelphia were close to 93 degrees, same thing in dover, close to 90. In wilmington the upper 70s, in allentown, however, and as we get into sunday afternoon i should say, its going to feel even worse