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WPVI Action News At 4PM August 1, 2017

Captured in this photo. In the murder of john lee in haverford township. This guy is a dangerous individual and we are not sure what he is capable. We need him off the street. Police say that he fired multiple shots at neighbors that followed him to 73rd and sherwood after spotting him peeking into a window. When they asked rollins what he was up to he pulled a guchb. He fired shots into the passenger door. Rollins driving his gray volvo followed the victim into haverford. And then he showed up at a pizza shop and john lee was shot at a nearby apartment complex. Police believe that the deadly shooting was random possibly a robbery attempt gone wrong and a tip call led police to rollins volvo in the 5100 block of locust. We will not stop until we have this individual. We have Law Enforcement looking for him and we think he is a danger, we dont know what he will do. As well as the 40 hundred block of north a street. The s. W. A. T. Team did go into an address on locust and he was not there. Ballistic testing show that the bullets were the same guns used in haverford township. Police believe that rollins still armed with that weapon. Im sara bloomquist, channel 6 action news. Sara, thank you. The former mayor of reading appeared before a federal judge this afternoon to face corruption charges. Vaughn spencer pleaded not guilty to allegations he sold the power of his office in exchange for campaign contributions, his lawyer says they are ready to fight the charges and spencer remains free until his charges. The mayor of allentown pled not guilty to similar charges last week. And the owner of a day care admitted her role in a babys death. Sharon ballic plead guilty. Makayla died at her first day of the day care. And her business violated regulations by placing her facedown at her nap time. She was left unsupervised and was found unresponsive. The state shut down the day care and shut down the license. And developments in a jersey shore town. The army corps brought in pumps to start drainage but homeowners cannot access their beaches. Its dubbed lake margate. John rawlins live with the latest. Reporter a number of moving parts. The pumping situation hit a snag and at this point they will work into the night to try to get the water out of these basins, and there is a question the mayor here in nature gait. He is questioning about the quality of the water pumped out of these basins and into the ocean, he has preliminary notices there is contamination, and we are waiting for final results on the Water Quality reports but it looks like at one point that water will end up in the atlanticic ocean. It was not suppose to look like this. They were suppose to work as short time buffers and rain runoff was to drain away in 24 to 36 hours into the sand but days after the storms stagnant ponds persist and frustrated longterm residents know dig deep enough at the beach you hit water. Any Elementary School kid would have known that the area was saturated sand it could not absorb anymore. It was impossible. As a remedial fix pumps were brought in to move the water to newly constructed dunes but plan b is to pump the basin water directly into the ocean. Some beach walkways were closed people made it to margate shore but only a fraction of a normal summer crowd. Ten times more. A lot of people. The beach dune project is controversial. It has angered residents and now talk of going to court to stop the current work. Says the mayor. We are having a special meeting tomorrow at that point whether to hire an attorney to apply for a temporary restraining order. At this point, i am positive that will pass. Reporter margate and its residents have twice before tried to stop this overall dune replenishment project before it began and now they are looking to stop it mid stream. Live in margate, john rawlins, channel 6 action news. Thank you. Time now for a check of the accuweather forecast. For your tuesday afternoon. Let take a look outside where meteorologist, adam joseph, is with the forecast for us. Its hot and humid, more than yesterday. You can feel the difference outside and the numbers hit 90 in a couple of locations. In philadelphia so far 90 for a high. Its 89 in reading and 89 in allentown and trenton 89 and cape may hit 90 within the last hour. And now a sea breeze trying to kick in back to 85 degrees and if you are down at the beach the sunshine and warm temperature in the water of 79 degrees. Warm here and cumulous clouds and downpours popping in the mountainous range, that was expected to be confined to the poconos and parts of the Lehigh Valley getting hit by a shower or two. Mot inch lightning but heavy downpours in carbon and monroe counties. It stays dry, 85 at 7 00. And 83 at 8 00 and finally dropping into the upper 70s by 10 00 and 11 00. And stays warm and 73 and on the humid side well talk about heat wave number six and the changes coming in for the weekend. Coming up in the full accuweather forecast. We are hoping for good. See you adam in a bit. Protecting the air we breathe is a new lawsuit by pennsylvania, delaware and 13 other states. Josh shapiro and Governor Tom Wolf stood along the Schuylkill River to announce the details, suing the epa because they delayed the tougher air quality standards. They say they should reduce the levels because of harmful smog. 7800 pennsylvanians suffer an early death because of high levels of smog. That is the second highest number in the entire country after only the state of california. The epa has no response to the lawsuit. Its called philadelphias most notorious stretch of squalor and finally being cleaned up. Work got underway to clean up a drug den in kensington. Its frequented drug addicts that left behind trash and close to a half million used syringes. Conrail and the city teamed up to move the debris and fences will be installed to keep the intruders from returning. Time now for the action news traffic report. Matt pellman has the the low down on the slow down. On the westbound lanes rick, first afternoon commute of august and tonight is National Night out and youll see that in many communities that could lead to street closures, at this point nothing closed or blocked along 76 just a lot of westbound traffic coming out of town past montgomery drive from this point past the boulevard and gladwyne. It doesnt help us out they are doing the milling work from city avenue no belmont. Its a bumpy ride. Slowing us down. And 95 delays are cropping up and walt whitman bridge is slowing into new jersey and a crash on 42 by 676 where that comes in and that is now cleared out of the way. We are watching emergency road work in the pottstown area, 422 westbound near 724, single digit speeds there just 5 miles per hour. And you may want to use 724, stay local through pottstown and high street. Over in hammonton we have a downed tree blocking northbound 54, 12th street by first road and if you keep going on the a. C. Expressway up to 42 its nice and clear this afternoon unlike this morning. Lets grab the ipad and do the commuter report. If you are headed to the king of prussia mall reports of a major crash along north golf road. Well check it again in the next half hour. Still ahead on action news at 4 00, amazon is ready to hire 50,000 new employees and hundreds of those jobs are offered tomorrow right here in our area. We have the details coming up. Jeff skversky is live in south philadelphia as the eagles wrap up full contact practice. Hey guys the eagles tackling the ground for the very first time and the offense missing some key stars that story is coming up in sports. 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. With pantene 3 minute miracle daily conditioner. S. A super concentrated prov formula makes hair stronger in just 3 minutes. So its smoother every day. Because strong is beautiful. Nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea heres pepto bismol ah. Nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea can you believe preseason around the corner. Time to check in on the eagles for training camp, todays practice is the first that allows contact drills, and that real game type feeling. Jeff skversky is live at the nova care facility down in south philadelphia. Jeff, how did the birds look today . Reporter they looked good sharrie, they were getting physical live tackling for the grown the first time. The eagles were without some of their biggest stars on offense, both severs, Alshon Jeffrey and smith out with injuries. And here is the eagles today some live tackling to the ground for the first time doing a few drills they didnt go that hard but Brandon Graham says its good to do this. It feels like football again. And coach Doug Peterson says camps will help prepare this team for the coming season. I think its great it fuels some emotion. You know, positively. It fuelled the competition and good to see. Guys are struggling to make the team or trying to get evaluated, tackling is a huge part of our game and the only way to get those opportunities is in periods like this. You want to compete and push the guys and show the coaches with pads on or live or whatever if might be im ready for it. Peterson just reminded the players though before practice be careful. Hit the guys high do not hit them low, we want to make sure nobody gets hurt. Coming up well introduce you to a long shot trying to catch a roster spot on the team. Well hear from a guy undrafted trying to get a shot to make the 53 man roster. Jeff skversky, channel 6 action news. All right busy day down there thank you. To a bit of basketball news, we got a first look at the 76ers new uniforms the picture of the home and away jerseys. Philadelphia is on the front and back and marketultz putting on his jersey. And stubhub the sponsor. And brotherly love near the bottom. Well play as hard as we can and the potential is high. That is Markelle Fultz and his thoughts of getting brotherly love on the jersey. They are made by nike and be worn at the start of the season. News out of washington this afternoon. Mitch mcconnell is responding to president trumps calls for a change in senate rules. Mcconnell says the reason that it chances was not because of democrats, he went on to say they didnt have 50 republicans on board. The president has said the republicans should change the rules to change the 50 vote threshold to change the votes needed. And mike pence made the comments in a trip in the country of georgia. He confirms that the president will sign the sanctions into law soon adding that the United States condemns the occupation as part of russia. The president and our congress are unified in our message to russia. A better relationship the lifting of sanctions will require russia to reverse the actions that caused the sanctions to be imposed in the first place. Congress overwhelmingly approved the legislation last week while in georgia pence took time out to meet with u. S. Troops stationed there. If you are looking for a job. Here is a heads up. Amazon is getting ready for a major hiring event tomorrow. Looking to fill 50,000 positions. The jobs are at 10 Fulfillment Centers including the one in robbinsville. And it goes from 8 00 in the morning until noon and they are ready to hire hundreds of candidates on the spot and many are fulltime Offering Health insurance and retirement and savings plans and other benefits. If you are interested and want more information go to our website at 6abc. Com. Lisa blunt rochester was in wilmington to celebrate Small Businesses she stopped by next fab, ideas to launch entrepreneurs. And tools and 3d printers. And today ez visit is to generate support for startup communes across the country. Adam is here with more on the forecast. Im looking at the temperature we are sitting at 90 i see already. Back to the 90 degree threshold and expect that the rest of the week and the changes come in for the weekend. If you like the heat and humidity you like this picture, Spring Mountain live on sky 6 hd. And typically we show this picture and the slopes are snow covers and today a glorious day there and you can go there and still hit their zip line canopy tours and its a lot of fun and place to check out in the winter season. In philadelphia on the brink of that for reading and allentown and trenton, 88 in wilmington and cooler but still very nice at the shore today. Temperatures there in the low to mid80s with the ocean temperature nearing 80 degrees. As we look at the next eight hours as we go through this evening, upper 80s through 6 00 and then it slides a bit and we dont get into the upper 70s through 8 00 tonight through the midnight hour and temperatures slowly drop into the mid to low 70s for the rest of the overnight. Dew points that measure how it feels outside. 60 degrees is technically not all that humid in philadelphia and slightly humid for trenton and allentown and 67 for lancaster and dover and close to that in wilmington and more humid in delaware and southwest of the city in philadelphia. Satellite and radar a few thunderstorms popping up in the poconos and downpours but the biggest concentration continues to be along the appalachians in West Virginia and into kentucky. Its a good thing because we need a break from some of that rain coming off the month of july. And the first day of august we look back at last month, Atlantic City came in with 10 inks of rain in july alone. 8. 5 inches for reading and 8 inches for allentown and philadelphia over 5 inches of rain during the month of july. Quiet here for tonight. Warm and muggy. And 68 in the Lehigh Valley. And 74 philadelphia and 70 degrees for cape may. Tomorrow its pretty easy. More of the same the hazy sunshine a tad bit humid and temperatures climbing into the 80s as we get into the late Morning Hours and touching 90 degrees by the middle part of the afternoon and like today a popup up toward the poconos and the Lehigh Valley. I want to show you Tropical Depression Emily not getting its act together. The National Weather center expected this to turn back into a Tropical Storm but that doesnt look the case and heading out to sea and may not even bring the rip current threats to the shores. That is good news there. Forecast wednesday, thursday and friday, hot and humid and more popups coming into thursday and friday especially and now saturday not looking bad and sunshine returning and temperatures dropping down to 84 degrees. The rest of the seven day in the next half hour. Well, flying can be stressful but one little boy is showing sometimes its the Little Things that could puts a smile on your face. That is what the toddler did on a recent flight as he boarded the plane he fist bumped anyone and everyone willing to do t it continued aisle to aisle and spreading joy along the way. Philadelphia children are better protected in an emergency thanks to a generous donation. All of the policeage let ecleagues received automated defibrillators today. It hits close to home for an organizer they told us. My 2monthold son passed away and we wanted to make sure that other families did not lose their child to a treatable heart condition, these tools that are really easy to use are not in places where they learn and play. The aeds provide Emergency Care for the 18,000 students that use pal centers and more than 200 staff. Swoop was on hand for the event at the nova care complex and the donation came from simons fund and phl sports. People were on their feet as they enjoyed a free African Dance performance in fairmount park. Can you do that rick . Would i need one of those defibrillators if i did that. They enguised the crowd at the man center, its one of the top ten africanamerican Dance Companies in the country. They took the stage as part of the young peoples concert series. We have to check your pulse. Would be passed out now. More ahead on action news at 4 30, Philadelphia Police are looking for a socalled urban emplorer who recorded himself scaling city hall. We are live with the latest. We are saving you money on back to School Shopping and find out which retailers offer the best deals on back to school supplied. Coming up in whats is the deal. From Fertility Services to prenatal education, weve helped the two of you get this far. And were proud to now join all three of you, as you continue the greatest journey youll ever embark on. Aetna. You dont join us, we join you. 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 you contract with up to a 500 credit to help cover your early termination fee. Go to fiosgigabit. Com action news continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, Alicia Vitarelli, Sharrie Williams and brian taff. Its 4 30 and brian is off and Rick Williams joins us and action news continues with the reason that the nfl may start allowing some of its players to use drugs. And a North Carolina woman says that this powder is part of a fake can she used to conceal valuables while trav

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