Contaminated or compromised. The real key here is to get to the site and to look at the forensic evidence on the skin of the aircraft. President obama called for an immediate ceasefire in eastern ukraine. So a credible International Investigation can get underway. Reporting from washington, karen travers, channel 6 news. Thank you. The local Ukrainian Community is set to gather tonight on the ben franklin parkway to remember the victims in the Malaysia Airlines crash. Chad pradelli is live there now with more. Chad . Shirleen, roughly 100 people are expected to gather here for tonights vigil. It begins at 7 00. There will be flowers, candles, and then a march. The march will begin under the ukrainian flag and ends at the flag of netherlands. We are expressing the range of feelings from shock, sadness, to anger, to terror, to determination that this be stopped. These ukrainian americans have been dealing with turmoil back home for months. Worry has been mounting about loved ones and friends. Theyre saddened by yesterdays tragedy but hope it will move americans and the rest of the world to pay more attention to the conflict and intervene. I am asking my fellow americans,ism asking other communities, please join us not only today, but please send us, talk to your representatives. People are starting to realize that this is a turning point. That this is something that could possibly, you know, be something of a gamechanger. A Political Science professor specializing in russian studies, the conflict he stays has gone from regional to international. And Many Americans wonder what it means for the united states. He says little in the terms of military intervention, but a bestcase scenario it could lead to an amicable resolution overseas. The worse case you have them empowered on the western side of the united states, and the European Union and kiev and met with equally hawkish behaviors out of russia, and the next thing you have a ground war. Tonights vigil begins at 7 00 and they want people from all walks of life to come. Chad pradelli channel 6 news. Thank you. Also overseas today the Israeli Military pushed deeper into the gaza strip on the first full day of fighting since beginning a Ground Invasion yesterday. 25 palestinians have been killed now in just the last 24 hours, a number of civilians among them. Israel says the assault aimed at trying to stop rocket attacks by hamas and stopping the underground tunnel into israel. And there will be much more on both the conflict in the middle east and the Malaysia Airlines crash coming up tonight on world news with diane sawyer after action news at 6 00. And dozens of tombstones toppled over at a cemetery and search on for the vandals who did it. And david has more. Good afternoon, shirleen. It is ultimate act of disrespect for both the dead and living. Dozens of monuments and tombstones in this Historic Cemetery toppled by vandals. Why do they do this stuff . Maria almost collapsed when she got word her mothers tombstone was knocked over, she was laid to rest in 1982. Always a peaceful resting place until now. I dont know sh, cant even e a peace in the ground in america. And the caretakers believe the vandalism happened tuesday night. 72 stones. Estimating it will take upwards of 25,000 to have them uprighted and repaired. Tough have a crane to upright them, but also somebody skilled in stonework to make the repairs needed. The cemetery 42 acres on both side of Market Street in wilmington, here almost 150 years. Six years ago a group of volunteers got together to bring it back to its former glory after it fell on hard times. They put a lot of time and effort into the project. Vandalism like this is beyond heartbreaking. Ceete. It is offensive t me that would damage property of the dead. So far the police dont have any suspects, but they figured it had to be more than one person. It took a lot of effort to topple these heavy monuments and tombstones in here. The caretakers and friends of the cemetery are asking neighbors to be vigilant and support any suspicious activity. David henry, channel 6 action news. Shirleen . David, thank you. The driver of a dump truck has been charged in a fatal crash in lawrence township. The scene yesterday afternoon near the intersection of brunswick avenue and lake drive. They say Daniel Everett hit a car and pushed the vehicle into the water. The car was submergeled and the driver, 59 year old james mclean of trenton was killed. Witnesses say everett was driving erratically and at a high rate of speed when the crash happened. Never almost every single arrest will be caught on camera. The officers purchased body cameras and they will wear them to record interactions with the public. Studies have shown that documenting police and suspect behavior can dramatically reduce the number of complaints filed against officers. We thought it was an extremely aspect of this product. When people know that they are being videotaped they are on their best behaviors. May not take it to the next level because they may have to see it later. And along with our officers it results in better accountability. And the police got permission to buy the cameras even outside of the budget. Saying it was worth the benefit in transparency in that department. And a check of the accuweather forecast and a beautiful day. Sunny outside and adam joseph lucky enough to extend time outside. Low humidity, feeling like fall this morning when we woke up. This afternoon with sun and clouds, no one complaining. The numbers across the region, sitting at 83 degrees in philadelphia, 82 in wilmington, 82 in dover. Upper 70s in the lehigh valley. Low 70s in the poconos, and also low 70s at the shore with the sea breeze. And below 60 in the summer it is pleasant outside. And everybody in the 60s, the exception of the poconos as low as 47 degrees. And stormtracker live double scan, a change the first part of the weekend. The cloud cover in the tennessee and ohio valley. It is falling apart as it works into the drier air but some spilling our way late tonight and during the day on saturday. Until then the evening planner, a decent amount of sunshine from 7 00 to 8 00 with temperatures falling back into the upper 70s. By 10 00, 74 degrees with some of the high cloud cover mixing with some of the stars. When i come back, we talk about a pretty decent weekend and then the heat and humidity crank back up. And the numbers in the full accuweather forecast. If i were you, i would hang out there a little longer. Fine with me. Philadelphia with a new way to protect the citys drinking water. The system will help prevent contaminated waters from getting into the waterways. The technology unveiled this morning. And the city of philadelphia and the Water Department worked to make that stormwater project possible. Still ahead at 4 00, one online retailer offering a new deal for booklovers. Find out about the e book service that may make some reading list easiers to tackle. And a new Jersey Police officer killed in the line of duty. Those stories and more when action news come you want to save money on Car Insurance . No problem. You want to save money on rv insurance . No problem. You want to save money on motorcycle insurance . No problem. You want to find a place to park all these things . Fuggedaboud it. This is new york. Hey little guy, wake up aw, come off it mate geico. Saving people money on more than just Car Insurance. Hundreds of people gathered in jersey city today for the burial of Police Officer melvin santiago. Fellow officers lined the streets and marched between the funeral home and the church for the farewell to the 23yearold rookie shot and killed on sunday as he responded to an Armed Robbery at a 24hour drugstore. The suspect also died in the shootout. The state of oklahoma must allow samesex couples to get married under a new ruling from a federal appeals court. Upholding the previous ruling striking down oklahomas samesex marriage ban. In june the same panel struck down utahs ban on the practice. However, gay marriages on both states are on hold pending appeals. To business on a friday and the market closing the week on a pretty good note. The dow jones up more than 100 points, 120 closing 17,097. And the nasdaq up 68 and the s p up 20 points. Amazon about to roll out a new Subscription Service allowing unlimited access to thousands offebooks. Charging 9. 99 a month in exchange for reading as much as they want from 600,000 kindle titles. Not disclosing the deal withplin using a free trial enticing with. People to give it a try. A survey found that parents will spend big on back to school. The National Retail federal ration estimates more than 26 billion will be spent and the average family shelling out close to 700 on things like school supplies, clothing and electronics. A lot of notebooks. 700. Present pricey. Time for the action news traffic report. And matt pellman live in the Traffic Center it is friday. Yes, the poor children are covering their ears right now. No, not yet were not ready. If you are a driver and headed out this afternoon, you, too, may want to cover your ears or you may not if you may not want to know where not to go. It is not pretty. By girard avenue, if this struck gets out of the way you see the broken down truck in the southbound lane blocking the lane. It looks maybe this truck is coming to assist the other one. The broken down truck and the left side squeezing by on 95 getting down towards center city. Sizable delays south of cottman avenue the whole way in towards girard. In the mix at allegeny a crash taking out the right lane. Also a demonstration regarding what is going on in the middle east blocking off portions of 19th and 20th streets this afternoon. And of this looks fun, headed towards the ben franklin bridge we are jammed solid because of construction blocking the right lane westbound headed towards center city. A sea of cars trying to get to our good buddy, ben. The blue route the southbound side slow going away from Plymouth Meeting approaching villanova because of a crash again taking out the left lane. Grabbing the ipad and the computer report on this friday afternoon. One of our friends is talking about a crash in winslow and heavy shore traffic as well. More coming up in the next halfhour. Thank you. And at the big board talking gas prices. And drivers getting a little bit of a break at the pump. Good news. Gas prices at the lowest in the last three months and it is in part because of a dip in oil prices. Aaa reporting the National Average 3. 59. In philadelphia to fuel up a gallon of regular costs you 3. 73. In south jersey 3. 48 a gallon and in delaware, 3. 53. Compare that to last week and you see it is roughly somewhere between 4 to 6 cents down from what we were paying last week. We hope this downward trend continues, especially during these busy Summer Travel months. We sure hope so, thank you. And the Pennsylvania Convention center trying to get a new message to the world. Conventions are obviously big business for philadelphia and thats why the organization responsible foreclosing the deals is inventing the Convention Center brand. It provides an opportunity for millions of dollars in revenue for philadelphia retailers, hotel and restaurants. Many organizations are turned often by the citys ongoing labor disputes. At 5 00, explaining the push to change that perception. Also, in the wake of the Malaysia Airlines crash, action news spoke with a child psychologist to explain how to talk about the tragedy with your child. Health reporter, ali gorman, with that more and more tonight on action news at 5 00. Just some of the things we are covering for you until we see up in just a little bit. Back to you. Thank you, rick. We will see you soon. Coming up next, we check the forecast for the weekend ahead. And looking at sky 6 hd, a beautiful shot in cape may. A perfect beach day out there. Adam back with the details from accuweather next. Love that shot. And dont forget, you can always get accuweather and action news even when on the beach with our 6abc app, free at the apple and former temple basketball player, Hollis Jefferson back in his city. The native hosting the second basketball camp series, and ages 6 to 18 could come and learn the fundamentals of basketball while enjoying summer fun. By the way, jefferson says if not for the support of his community he wouldnt be where he is today. He says he wants to do the same thing for the youth in chester. He just finished playing on the sixers summer league. One of the days we can talk about the weather all day. It is perfect. Pretty much. To adam joseph, thank you. Dont thank me, i am just the messenger, but i will take it. This morning chilly, 55 in allentown, 54 in lancaster, 58 in wilmington, 56 in millville. 50 in the poconos. Almost on the brink of upper 40s this morning. And this is usually statistically when we peak talking about heat and humidity around here during the year, but not this summer. The temperature in altitude just 79. 78 in lancaster. 82 in dover. 72 in the poconos. And also low 70s right along the story because of a sea breeze that is beginning to kick in off of the ocean temperature of 67. However, if you like the heat and the humidity, maybe you remember one year ago today during this particular week. It was 98 degrees a year ago today. Today only the low 80s. And we were in the middle of the longest heat wave last summer, which stretched eight days. This was day five, we have three more days of it. Speaking of a heat wave we can have number three on the way next week. Looking at satellite and radar, we notice a lot of cloud cover in the ohio, Tennessee Valley pushing up from the south and west. And between the two we see clouds spilling in and especially during the day tomorrow. Futuretracker 9 00 you wake up and see the veil of clouds in the sky. And it is limited sun tomorrow, trying to break through the high cloud cover. But any showers do stay far to the north and west. So not a wet day tomorrow, just a rather cloudy day. Overnight, high clouds move in, still very comfortable with lows in the low 60s in the suburbs, 66 in wilmington, 67 for philadelphia. As we kick off your weekend for saturday, again filtered sun in the city, 83 degrees. At the shore, a lot of high clouds. And tomorrow evening at the shore and tomorrow morning couwy ilowon ,en ghially innoondeeeptle bit f tnhoty. Thdo we andeyonce, eitareng next time for the buzz. If you like horror, the purge anarchy opens in theaters. And previously visiting us in studios, he says the sequel, the story where no law enforced and all crimes allowed. What i enjoy most about this role is getting to be like the antihero, getting to be this guy who doesnt say very much, gets the job done. At the end you see there is a transformation he makes because of the people that he meets. Again, the purge out today and rated r. Beyonce not into the rock n roll hall of fame but debuting in the museum that previously had only hall of famers. Outfits like the black leotard is there. And she will not be eligible as a solo artist until 2027. And the museum says she will not be an inducteeyet, adyer e n alicia sallicot, and t brif. Its 4 30 and action news continues with an out of this world edition of frbie friday. How you can send your name to space for free. Plus, from tears of joy to fist pumping and why these priceless picks has someone saying show me your groom face. Incoming. Imagine looking out the window seeing a hot air balloon dropping on your neighbors law. That happened and the details coming up. Beginning with the latest on the disaster in the skies over eastern ukraine. The second time in four months Malaysia Airlines tryg counsel grieving relativ aanhes souls lost in march, it is gravely clear what happened yesterday killing 298. Someone deliberately blew flight 17 out of the sky. The investigation into who is responsible continues, we are learning more about those onboard. Of the nearly 300 on the plane, more than 80 children, three of them. 2ronethe ma. La boarderican wan we know american cizen, Quinn Lucas Schansman was killed. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family for this terrible loss. For more on the victims, including a number of aids researchers who died, we turn to action news reporter, eva pilgrim live at the action news big board. Several memorials now set up mourning the victims of the Malaysia Airlines plane. More than 100 of the people on the flight were heading to australia to an aids conference. And as the memorials grow, as we learn more about those that were on the flight. The burning wreckage is all that is left of the Malaysia Airlines flight 17. 298 people upon board. President obama confirmed at least one american. Quinn lucas schansman, a dual sit continue and many aids workers heading to australia for a conference. Among them glen thomas from the World Health Organization and a dutch researcher, one of the leading authorities on the virus. It is going to be a huge impact. Some people that worked closely with him, people in his lab and on the society as a whole. Its an incredible loss. Were all just bracing ourselves to arrive and find out who else may have been on that flight. Its unbelievable. Its not really real yet. Right before takeoff one of the pilots sent his wife a text message taking he would be home shortly to her and hi two children. Ijze a student studying in the u. S. Going on vacation with her boyfriend. It is disbelieve i am expecting her to pop up on facebook saying she is ok. And the chilling picture, with this caption. If it disappears, this is what it looks like. And he and his girlfriend now among the dead. And a queensland woman lost her brother when the previous flight disappeared, and another relative on the flight 17 shot down. And many were dutch nationals. We are learning slowly who was on the flight the