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WPVI Action News At Noon June 25, 2017

Philadelphia. Get ready for delays, serious repaving work on the schuylkill expressway starts tonight. Well have more on those stories, but first the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast with meteorologist david murphy occupant in this nice, sunny sunday weather. Reporter what a gorgeous day building across the region. The humidity is down, the storms are long gone. Take a look at satellite, youll need sunglasses as you head out on the highways or byways. If youre on the beach, the same story, temperatures are treating us pretty well, its a nice summer afternoon building. 8 the in philadelphia. 80 in trenton. 78 in allentown. 84 currently in cape may. If we take a look at dewpoints in most cases those are on the low side, 50s in trenton, allentown and philadelphia indicate comfortable air. Low 60s in lancaster, and millville and ac all those areas just a little bit humid a little bit stickier toward the coast in cape may and dover, delaware. As we look toward the forward forecast, this afternoon will feature warm air, i think well get up to 85 and dip into the 60s overnight if you look 24 hours ahead tomorrow by noon were at 76 degrees, that doesnt give you a little preview that tomorrow will be less intense with the warmth than today. If youre down the shore, low risk for rip currents, but you want to swim near the life guards. We have temperatures in the low 80s northern half of the jersey shore and same thing in Rehoboth Beach and Bethany Beach in delaware low 80s as the sea breeze kicks in. We have showers here and there and low humidity toward the end of the week. Ill have more on that in the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast. We start with developing story a woman in south jersey was shot and killed in her own home. The gunman is on the loose. The action cam was on the 700 block of baird more avenue in winslow township. The victim was shot several times before 4 00 a. M. And died at the scene. Police have brought in k9 units to search for clues, investigators have not given a motive for the shooting. Philadelphia Police Continue their search for whoever stabbed a woman to death on the grounds of dobbins high school. The 34yearold partially clothed body was found by a passer byebye 3 00 a. M. Yesterday morning, detectives believe she was a resident of the neighborhood. They hope nearby surveillance cameras provide clues. A mentally disabled man victimized by a group of teens on a video that went viral was given kindness by people who never met. Wouldbob brooks has the detailsf this very special meeting. Reporter hi, alicia, unfortunately most of us know mark smith as the man who was sucker punched in the face by a group of kids. Today it was about celebrating his ability to move on. Mark schmidt was awarded the medal of courage. It was not long ago he was a bullying victim. He was waiting for a bus and sucker punched in the face. Today its about celebrating his ability to move on and the fight against bullying to continue to teach antibullying founders. We want to bring a smile back to his face, he is deserving of it. On top of it, he got a tshirt and picture of his favorite athlete steph curry. Were so happy that everybody is reaching out. Reporter her message to bullies is simple. Stop. I pray kids get there selfs together. We think mark is a champion with the rocky type behavior. Reporter did we mention it was his birthday yesterday . Very nice to see that, smith no doubt is a true champion, he turned 40 years old. As for the juveniles that arrested that punched him, they need arrested. Alicia. The eastbound lanes of the vine street expressway are open after a deadly crash. A person was trapped inside a car was later pronounced dead at hanheman hospital. Eastbound traffic was shut down for 3 hours while police investigated. It will not be a leash leisurely sunday for many in new jersey and delaware. Several trees toppled power lines and a couple of trees slammed into houses. National Weather Authority is determining whether this was a tornadoes near fort dix. Storms knocked out trees snapped power lines and damaged homes and cars, the winds was so strong it blew the airconditioning unit off the roof of the rite aid. This is a tornado guys were going inside. Unbelievable, the National Weather service said yes, indeed, tornadoes did touchdown in howell, monmouth county, new jersey, 35 minutes east of trenton. A man captured this twister rumbling toward a home depot, fortunately it was the weakest possible form of a tornado. Nobody was hurt and no widespread severe damage. The National Weather service said the tornadoes was on the ground for less than two minutes. Browns mills got hit hard there is damage across the town there. The winds swept power lines dropping like dominoes, somehow, nobody was hurt in the midst of all that damage. We have information this afternoon on the overnight American Airlines flight heading to germany that had to turn back to philadelphia. A passenger on the flight told action news that the pilot said the plane was returning to philadelphia balls the main Navigation System was not working. It was over labrador canada when the plane turned back. It landed at 1 00 a. M. The passenger said American Airlines was unabled to get another flight organized this morning for the 241 passengers still working to get them to germany. Repaving work on the schuylkill expressway begins in earnest tonight. Drivers can expect lane closures from 9 00 a. M. To 5 00 p. M. , weekdays sunday through thursday night and weekend work 9 00 p. M. To mid Morning Saturday and sunday. Penndot expects the resurfacing of the blue route 476 to city avenue will wrap in late october. Despite opposition from gop moderates and conservatives, the healthcare measure could face a vote as early as this week. It will cut 800 billion to medicaid which funds insurance for 74 million americans. Kellyanne conway denied that the bill called for medicaid cuts. There are not cuts to medicaid, it slows the rate for future and allows govenors more flexibility with the medicaid dollars because they are closer to people in need. Reporter on the same program, senator collins said it looks like cuts. Based on on what i have soon given the inflation rate that would be applied to the outer years to the Medicaid Program, the senate bill will have more impact on the Medicaid Program than the house bill. Collins said she is waiting to see the congressional budget analysis of the bill before deciding on how shell vote on it. Bernie sanders continues his push against the Senate Republican proposal with rallies in ohio and west virginia. He calls the bill the most harmful legislation weve seen. Everyone knows that the Affordable Care act is far from perfect. Our job now is to improve it not destroy it. The Nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office is expected to release its report card on the bill with projections how much it will cost and how Many Americans would lose coverage. A 14yearold girl from Sussex County delaware has been hospitalized after falling from a gondola right in upstate new york. Police say the girl was on the sky ride at 6 flags when she fell 25 feet from the air. A crowd of parked guests and employees tried to catch her before she hit the ground. The ride was inspected and working properly. In a statement, the park said it does not appear to be a malfunction of the ride. They were off and running this morning, the 8th triathlon took off. The heavy rain forced the cabs layings of the swim waters are too high and too swift. Kelly drive is closed for most of the day for the event. Theres much more to come on action news this sunday afternoon. A scramble to collect spilled oil turns into a disaster in pakistan. Candy flavor of ecigarettes will be banned in a city to stop teen smoking. David murphy will be back with the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast when action news continues this sunny sunday. Repaving on the schuylkill expressway begins tonight, but its 9 00 p. M. To 5 00 a. M. Not during your work day an your rush hour. Reporter when you would like it, right . But heads up it will cause some problems. Not during the other 9 to 5. Reporter Storm Tracker 6 live double scan right now we are precipitation free a little bit of a blip north of the poconos and west of pottsville, thats it. Looking live on sky 6 we have everybody playing at dilworth park. Thats a nice sight today, folks enjoying themselves, folks enjoying themselves with the lower humidity. 82 degrees in philadelphia. The dewpoint in the city is down in the 50s, some of the outlying suburbs particularly to the south by cape may and dover are a little bit stickier. You will notice that as you head south. Winds out of the west at 10 Miles Per Hour. 82 degrees in philadelphia, upper 70s in allentown. Pleasant there. 80 in reading, 80 in trenton. Its in through here the humidity is low. Stickier in wilmington and millville. Not bad with low 80s and more humid in dover and cape may. Temperatures there are in the low 80s at this noon hour. Satellite shows you theres a little bit of cloud cover popping up, but generally speaking theres sunshine and few scattered clouds and sunshine breaking through to require the sunglasses. As we go into the afternoon, future tracker 6 shows us 3 00 p. M. , 4 00 p. M. Theres a chance of a spotty popup shower developing. Storm tracker 6 live showing a little bit of that north and west of the region, but it my slide in as we go into the afternoon. As we get into the evening looks like were calming down and settling down. Overall, the call sunny and pleasant, high of 85 degrees. Cant rule out a late day spring of or shower popping through a couple of neighborhoods. Most of you are in good shape. If you see a shower it will be quick and kind of nuisance stuff, a little bit on the breezy side. Up in the poconos, a nice way 0 to wrap up the weekend, a spotty shower and some sun mixing in, high of 73 decreases, humidity on the low side. Down the the beach, 82 degrees, sunny and nice low humidity, the shower chance appears to be farther to the north. If you want to spend Late Afternoon and evening hours on the beach youre in good shape for that. Monday, sunshine to start out, clouds later on. Late in the day and evening theres a chance of spotty showers coming through. Doesnt look like much and it will be over by 9 00 p. M. , 10 00 p. M. Tomorrow night. The exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast, mostly sunny and nice today, high of 85. To start out the workweek, mostly sunny, a spotty shower possibly late, high of 80. Tuesday, sun and spotty shower around, how about the high of 77 degrees, though, that will be comfortable. Despite the fact were announcing showers in through here, were looking at relatively low humidity, wednesday a beauty, lots of sun, pleasant, high of 82. Hotter on thursday, 90 with the high, but the humidity wont be that bad. Friday the humidity starts to build back in, saturday, hot and humid thunderstorm 92 there. The muggies come back, but not for several days, today and the majority workweek in good shape. Nice day to be at the beach. Maybe after the show. An Oil Tanker Crash turned into a a catastrophe in pack tan, 10 people died after rushing 120 people died after rushing to the scene of an overturned fuel tanker. A loud speaker announced the leaking fuel sparking the mad rush to collect it, it exploded. Ancient artifacts shows insights into the pursuit of prosthetic limbs even in ancient egypt, when we come right back. It is 12 20 a. M. , sunday afternoon, Beautiful Day to be at the beach. Folks taking advantage of that in cape may. Meteorologist david murphy has the full accuweather forecast coming up. Enjoy the stunning surf. San francisco has become the first city in the United States to ban flavored Tobacco Products for cigarettes. The vaping industry said the ban is nonsense, Community Leaders applaud it saying kids are targeted by tobacco companies. Temple researchers say extra Virgin Olive Oil to ward off alzheimers. It clears out debris and toxins in brain cells that includes the plaque and tangles associated with alzheimers. Human trials to see whether olive oil can stop or reverse dementia begin soon. Yoga is good for back pain. Its the first test of yoga of low income patients. The results were said to be quite impressive. That of course, according to the doctor studies, leaders want yoga classes to be more available and affordable in minority and lower income neighborhoods. Experts are studying what could be one of the oldest prosthetic devices in human history. Take a look at this, it is an artificial wooden big toe from an egyptian tomb. The toe is almost 3,000 years old. It was found in a womans burial site in the city of luxur. It was refitted for a priests daughter. You can see the big toe there. It was said to be carefully crafted as real statistic as possible, Pretty Amazing stuff when you consider how can ago it was created. Phillies pitcher notches a personal milestone with his bat, but doesnt do as swell with his as well with the pitches. Well have more when action news continues. A Human Rights Group has started a petition to get Dennis Rodman tossed from the hall of fame for his ties to north korea. He is accused of coddling kim jongun who he said was a friend for life. Phillies suffered a crushing from the arizona diamond backs. Ben lively had his First Major League homer, his pitching was not as good as his bat. Jeff chirico has jeff skeverski has more. Reporter the nhl draft is over, the next priority . Finding another goalie. Hextall said pending free agent steve mason is still in the mix. Hextall makes another trade to move up in the second round of the nhl draft trading three picks to arizona for the 35th overall where they take a 66 left winger. The fliers focus on in the draft, 7 of the 9 picks are forward. After trading Brayden Schenn in the first round, after all these draft picks are are the flyers rebuilding . No, are we getting younger, yeah were getting younger. Rebuild, absolutely not. We have Young Players where we have to open up opportunities for them to play. Reporter the union season has provided anything but fireworks, its been a dud. Winless in the first two months, once again back in last place trying to ignite a winning streaks on fireworks night. Correspondless, 35th minute. Union on the board, goalie andre blake unreal last night protects the lead, late second half, how about this on the penalty kick, how does he know where its going . Wow, dc you nighted for the tie again. Coming up in stoppage time, blake in the nick of time, union hang on winning 1nill their first win in five weeks. This calls for a celebration, clap for the union how about some fireworks, too to celebrate. Arena football the soul is the greatest show on turf these days. Fans on the road in cleveland. 6 touchdowns, soul win 5928 they are a perfect 100. They have won 17 straight games dating back to last years championship season. How about the soul this is sports, im jeff skeverski. Have a great day. Another halfhour of action news is just ahead, here some of the stories were working on for you. Weve been telling you this would be a bad year for ticks. Well tell you how bad it is for one area. Its drama in the air during a very shaky flight. Well have those stories and action news and more happening now on action news, the victim of an unprovoked attack that went viral is shown love and support. A standoff with police in the Lehigh Valley ends with a murder suicide. U. S. Stops kim jonguns Nuclear Ambitions by drying up his means to pay for it. Those stories in a moment, but first david murphy is outside with this nice sunny sunday weather. Reporter we had clouds over the terrace a halfhour ago, if you look at satellite its scattered cloud cover coming through. We expect youll see sun later this afternoon and theres a chance of a spotty popup shower in the northern half of the region. The temperatures are 82 degrees in philadelphia. 83 in washington 80 saturday in new york city. Relatively low humidity in philadelphia and up to the west and northwest, but down in washington its humid and down in cape may and dover, delaware, were looking at increased humidity. The wind this afternoon will not be that bad, 10 Miles Per Hour calm in central park. 9mile an hour in washington. Might go a little stronger than that, but generally speaking a light comfortable breeze at times. The high today will be 85 degrees, thats on the average high for this date. Low tonight 64 a little bit below average tomorrow we expect to drop a few degrees off the high. When i step inside well talk about low humid toward the end of the workweek. Cool drinks as we are in the 80s, a generally speaking a good day to get outside and get active. Antibullying activists showed their kindness and support after an unprovoked attack went viral around the world. Bob brooks has the latest on mark smith on this special day. Reporter were talking about mark smith most of us know him as the victim of the horrible video where he was punched in the face by a group of kids. Today is celebrating his courage and ability to move on. Lets bring up the video. That is mark smith arriving at the art museum and rocky statue. He had no idea this ceremony was for him, he was given a medal of courage by the Nonprofit Organization teach antibullying i think. He was given an autographed picture of steph curry, his favorite basketball player. He was sucker punched by a group of kids who have been arrested and mark is staying strong just like rocky thats why they did the ceremony here. Mark is a champion. We love the support how everybody is reaching out, showing him mark its okay to move on with your life. Back out live, many of us have suffered from bullying it is definitely okay to move on. Repo

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