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WPVI Action News At 4PM July 25, 2017

We all know it. Those who support obama care and those that oppose it. Something has to be done. We have looked for something to replace it with something else. And have not found it yet. He calls this advancements a great victory. So what happens next. This vote sets up days of debates and then more votes on possibly repealing and replacing obama care. Whatever the senate agrees to do still requires a vote in the house. A long road but the white house declaring a victory this afternoon. As you mentioned, President Trump took a handful of questions in the rose garden a moments ago and began by applauding republican senators for their vote today. We will all sit together and come up with something spectacular. We have a lot of options and a lot of great options. The senators went out there and you have a block of 48 votes against you, no matter how good it sounds its hard to get the kind of numbers we got. President trump was also asked about his recent and point the criticismive attorney general, jeff sessions, in no Uncertain Terms he is disappointed in sessions from recusing himself. When asked if he would plan to fire the attorney general he said time will tell. You can count on action news and abc news for the continuing coverage of the Health Care Plan and much more. On world news after action news at 6 00 tonight. Septa police have release said body camera footage shows the moment the suspect attacked a sergeant. The officer is okay but the man that plowed her down is still on the run. John rawlins is live now with the latest on the investigation. Reporter well, this is the angora Regional Rail stop it ended with the assault of the Police Sergeant and they have a clear picture that was captured from that video. Immediately flat out attacked. Immediately Sergeant Wright looking at the salts cam toured by her body camera last night. It put the officer on the ground with her camera pointed to the sky and the bad guys image fills the screen. Police hope that someone will be able to give them his identity. Im sure someone out here knows him. Im not asking you to endanger your safety but if you know him Contact Philadelphia Police at 911 or contact the transit police. Sergeant lynn perone is released from the hospital. And she was one of several officers called to angora station for vehicles in the restricted track area and they faced a summary charge of trespass and now charges related to assaulting a police officer. Why did he react that way. This person that exhibits this behavior for such a minor offense. Means something else. Well, again there say telephone number you can call if you know the man. 2155804131. Its quite possible the individual they are looking for so far unidentified is wanted for other crimes, this is a trespassing call a call to get people off the track and his reaction and violence reaction and the assault of the Police Sergeant is very disconcerting. Back to you all. Scary stuff john thank you. Meanwhile, search teams are looking for a missing swimmer in wilmington today. The young man reportedly jumped into the Brandywine Creek and never resurfaced. Chopper 6 hd was overhead as Emergency Responders gathered at rockford and Brandywine Falls road. A missing teenager and her baby are found safe after they were reported missing in philadelphia. This Morning Police alerted us to the search for 16yearold green and her infant daughter. And they were last seen at a group home where she was staying by court order. Police say that todays Media Coverage appears to have led to their discovery. They did not disclose where the two were found. A judge has halted work on a controversial natural gas pipeline that stretches across pennsylvania. The 350 mile Sunoco Mariner cuts through goshen and west township. They say they violated an agreement and ordered the work stop until the Public Utility Commission can make a decision. They are looking for a thief stealing batteries from jeep wranglers, the same person is suspected of targeting jeeps in the center city, north philadelphia and also south philadelphia areas. Hoods on these specific jeeps can be open from the outside, the thefts have been occurring since may. What a difference a day makes its cooler and cloudier. As we get a check of the accuweather forecast. Let head outside where meteorologist, cecily tynan, is. She is in for adam joseph. Reporter what a change of pace to step outside and not to get hit by the wall of heat. Its pretty cool out there but also on the cloudy side. Satellite 6 along with action radar showing more clouds than sunshine and every now and then you get a brief peek of sunshine and upper level disturbance up over new york state that is providing all the cloud cover and helping to bring us some refreshing temperatures. Average high for this time of year is 87, we are 10 degrees cooler than that. 77 in philadelphia, we keep that cool air through tomorrow so if you head to Citizens Bank park for the phillies game last night. Last night a two hour rain delay and tonight no rain delays just a spotty sprinkle, first pitch 74 degrees, by the ninth inning maybe a light jacket or sweatshirt and down to 70 degrees, it stays cool tomorrow and another day with more clouds and sunshine and then im tracking the return of the threat of Severe Weather, late thursday night into the day on friday. Well talk more about that. And what it means for the weekend coming up in the full accuweather forecast. Thank you. Storms and heavy downpours brought flooding to the area overnight leaving behind damage, part of main street in front of the Mays Landing Branch of the library had do be closed for repairs and this is what crews found in hockessin delaware, a massive tree across the 1200 block of old wilmington road bringing down a utility pole and wires. A water main break that flooded basements in fishtown is affecting area businesses, police had to close the streets and two houses suffered water damage and the Water Department found a second leak and had to cut service to several other properties including restaurants and bars. Its not known how long the repairs will take. Read residents in West Oak Lane had similar problems, a water make broke leaving 24 homes without power. And one car stuck on the street became stuck in the hole. Leading to a frustrating wakeup call for the owner. My door bell rang and it was the Water Department. And i said it was my car and he said come and move it its sinking. Woods had to call a tow truck to pull her vehicle out. Water Department Crews are working to fix the broken water main. Its time for the action news traffic report. Matt pellman is standing by on a tuesday afternoon. Water water water. Well that was our theme this morning with wet roads and flooding and sinkholes resulting from wet conditions and this afternoon some more at least damp conditions. We are looking live in northeast philadelphia i95 close to wood haven road you see puddles on the side and showers did go through and heavy on the southbound side. Also backed up on the northbound side from cotman to woodhaven with those wet conditions. Farther north in bucks county still construction wrapping up in the northbound lanes, in newtown and yardley. One of the two lanes in blocked there, at this moment we see big delays. On the southbound side of 95. A broken down vehicle at the betsy ross bridge and the water main break by the fishtown tavern and would stay on front street instead of frankford this afternoon. They are cleaning up many mays landing because of the issue in front of the public library. So 40 main street remains blocked in the heart of mays landing and you see delays as you head toward the closure point and locally river road is an alternate or stay on 322 the black horse pike to get around the 40 closure. Lets grab the ipad and do the commuter report. In delaware big problems on 95 and this afternoon issue along highway 1 along the christiana mall. And reports affecting traffic both ways and all the people are reporting congestion along route 1. Well check it again if the next half hour. Thank you matt. Still ahead on action news at 4 00, two photographers spotted climbing the ben franklin bridge and the sky high trek landed them under arrest and cause aid major problem for drivers, we have details about their rescue. And action news sports director, ducis rogers with carson wentz outlook. Two day into the eagles Training Camp and wentz says he has a good impression of his football team. Well talk about that when action news continues. Fios is not cable. Were a 100 fiber optic network. And with the new fios gigabit connection. You get our fastest. Internet ever. With download speeds up to 940 megs 20 times faster than most people have. Switch to fios gigabit connection with tv and phone for 79. 99 a month online for the first year. Plus hbo for one year and multiroom dvr service for two years, all with a twoyear agreement. And switching has never been easier. Get out of your contract with up to a 500 credit to help cover your early termination fee. Go to fiosgigabit. Com its the second day of Training Camp for the eagles and today we got a chance to hear from the franchise quarterback. Carson wentz. Ducis rogers is live now at the nova care facility in south philadelphia with what happened today. Hi ducis reporter hey sharrie. Its been two days of Training Camp and Everyone Wants to know how do the eagles look. I have to be honest with you, they are running out there with shorts and helmets on. But the players seem business like and enthusiastic. Once again they are on the field at 8 50 this morning no complaints from the team and none from carson went he says he was itching to get going. And more comfortable entering his Second Season in the nfl. Wentz has come away with a good impression. Guys are competing and pushing themselves kind of before brush off the cob webs as the coach would say and get into the swing of things so the guys are looking good. Reporter well have much more from out here in south philadelphia coming up in the next half hour at 5 00. Reporting live with the birds brian over to you. Ducis thank you. In Center City Philadelphia a woman was punched and robbed trying to use the atm, the woman is one of the two suspects involved. The victim tried to use the axe tm at the td bank at broad and sansum streets. And she tried to go back when the suspect ran off and then a second suspect bunched her and took her bank card. This is a sketch of a man wanted for robbing a bank in west Berlin Township at 4 15 on july 6th, investigators say he passed a note demanding cash and the worker handed over the money and the suspect ran from the scene. There are workers that you hope you never need and when they are called in they come in to serve a crucial role. Montgomery countys Hazardous Materials team, county leaders go the a firsthand look at how their job works and how each call puts them in the path of dangerous chemicals. Philadelphia is partnering with Barbara Bushs foundation to promote Adult Literacy in the city. Part of a global competition put on by expride. Mayor kenney announced that philadelphia is joining dallas with aiming to help adults learn. The goal is to make education appealing and accessible to all. After that announcement, there was a festival outside of city hall. Well, perhaps you have heard that microsoft got rid of the drying program called paint but after online outrage, guess what it is back. Microsoft released a video saying paint is here to stay and will be offered for free at the windows store. It was originally released in 1985 and installed on every windows computer since. Microsoft was surprised by the outpouring of support for paint. The public has spoken and it worked. Time for the accuweather forecast. People have an opinion about this. People are complaining about the heat and humidity. Today what a change but came at at cost. Sky 6 hd taking a look right now at the center city skyline. The view from Temple University shades of gray and with the gray skies we have pretty cool temperature, the average high for this time of year is 87 degrees and you see temperatures running a good 10 degrees below that. Allentown 75 and reading 74 and cape may currently 76 degrees, planning your evening, a good night to go for a jog and take the dog out for a walk, it will be very comfortable. Lots of clouds to start and then clouds begin to thin out a bit. Temperatures start at 74 degrees by 7 00 down to 70 by 11 00. And it wont be a stormy night like last night. Nothing more than a spotty shower. Double scan live radar is showing now a few spotty showers here and there. A disturbance to the north is throwing clouds our way and moisture and we dont need anymore rain, if you look at the july rainfall stats anywhere from an inch and a half to 3 1 2 inks above normal. Philadelphia close to 5 inches of rain and allentown is closing in on a top 10 rainiest julys. And wilmington more than 6 and trenton 5. 5 and Atlantic City more than 4 inches of rain and we are water logged and getting a break now it doesnt last all that long now. Satellite and radar showing cloud cover and peeks of sunshine east of philadelphia a few scattered sprinkles. And 66 in philadelphia and cape may 68 and wilmington 65 degrees. Planning your day tomorrow. Temperatures really struggling to hit 80 degrees, again like today more clouds than sunshine and we see brightening of the skies especially in the afternoon. By 11 00, 74 and 77 degrees by 3 00 and 7 00 p. M. , 76. Future tracker 6 showing tomorrow afternoon lots of clouds and a few spotty showers are possible and heading into thursday we wake up with a good amount of cloud cover and spotty showers in the afternoon and late thursday night into friday morning. Is our next chance of Severe Weather could have some gusty winds and some very heavy downpours. The four day at 4 00, showing you like today . Youll like tomorrow. Clouds and sunshine and a spotty shower is possible. A high of 80 degrees and thursday more humid with showers in the afternoon and storms rolling in thursday night a high of 86 degrees, and putting the accuweather alert day on friday. Could be dealing with heavy downpours and severe thunderstorms especially the first half of the day. 83 degrees. And saturday improving less humid and 85, let you know if that weather sticks around for sunday. Back to you brian. Thank you. A roadside signin New Hampshire is generating controversy but the local police chief says he is less concerned about reaction and more concerns about saving lives, this is the newly posted signin manchester, New Hampshire, your generosity could lead to a fatality, please donate to a local charity. They posted this to diswade people from giving money to panhandl panhandlers. The large majority of this population is feeding an addiction or fighting some Mental Illness so just to give them 5 that could lead to an overdose is not what the person giving who really want. Six of them have overdosed four fatally in the small town this year. And it could best be used by an organization that could use the help. Action news at 4 00 will be right back. The worlds greatest recipe. Meat and fire. A simple combination that has now been mastered. You cant fake steak. Longhorn steakhouse. Tonights special, fire crafted flavors. Try our new pepper crusted new york strip, our outlaw ribeye, or a full rack of baby back ribs. And for lunch, try our steakhouse burger, or any steakhouse lunch combo. Only at longhorn. Giant has unbelievable pro tip produce prices. so youll never have to choose between your favorites. I thought i was your favorite. Take a fresh look at giants produce prices. All right kids schools reopen in a month or so and today the backpack challenge kicked off at dillworth park. They collect backpacks for children in foster care and the skate park is one of the sites set up. Donations are accepted through august 18th. Radio silence is coming to Independence Hall on july 29th, radio silence is a free stage production produced by the mural arts program. Telling the story of iraq through experiences of iraqi refugees and americans that served in the iraq wars, it was inspired by an iraqi broadcaster who died in philadelphia in 2016. A bird at the event symbolized the bird heard on the first broadcast in 1936. A broadway blockbuster is setting up shop in philadelphia. Wicked opens at the Kimmel Center tomorrow night and there is a lot that has to happen before the curtain call, 100 crew members are unloading and setting up this elaborate production and takes two and a half days to prepare the set and sounds and lights. Wicked runs through august 27th. There is more ahead including the ben franklin bridge breach that landed tw twro two paragrapher behind bars. And just because you can afford your dream home doesnt mean its the best financial decision for your family. Today, we spend a whole lot of time like this. So at Citizens Bank, weve created banking tools that fit how youre living today. From advanced atms. To online banking. To our Award Winning mobile app. And if you prefer facetoface, we have that too. Ask me, terry goggans, how our balance of technology and people can help you. Action news continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, alicia vitarelli, Sharrie Williams and brian taff. Its 4 30 and action news continues with the reason a bucks county man gave when asked why he let his wife

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