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WPVI Action News Weekend June 22, 2024

Across portions of south jersey and the mouth of delaware bay. What were watching is this guy right here, the remnants. Bill thats been over land for three days, we continue to see a welldefined center of circulation. Its Holding Together nicely and should move into our neck of the woods overnight tonight. There could be a renegade shower or thunderstorm ahead of the activity. For the most part its a cloudy day. This thunderstorm will not ruin your saturday. Its going to be very hit or miss, pop up varietytype of storms. Flood watch goes into effect overnight tonight for the entire area. This is for the remnant of bill and the downpours ill have more on the forecast when i see you in ten minutes. Eva. Thanks, chris. Breaking news, partly of the pennsylvania turnpike remains closed at this hour after this massive truck fire. The truck was carrying 27,000 gallons of oil. It burst into flames at 7 15 in the eastbound lanes. Turnpike in bensalem. Police say this was not an accident, the driver noticed a problem and pulled over before the truck burst into flames, fortunately that driver was not hurt. Crews were able to put the fire out after 8 00. They are assessing the condition of the road. All eastbound lanes are closed in the area and they remain that way for several hours stay with action news an 6abc. Com for the very latest. Not long before that crash fire crews battled another tractortrailer driver in bensalem. The driver was getting off the turnpike when the big rig flipped and caught fire on the exit ramp for street road. You can see the debris from the truck scattered along the embankment here. The driver was not hurt, but did take crews a while to put out the fire. Thousands of people of all faiths came together to remember the victims of the cherls Charleston Church shooting. They attended a prayer vigil at the college of charles basketball arena. Church leaders told those in attendance they must wrestle of the unspeakable violence that took nine lives but the Community Must spread the word of god and fellowship. Meantime, the alleged gunman, dylann roof is charged with nine counts of murder. He appeared in court for the bond hearing, some of the relatives had a chance to address him when they did, the remarkable happened. They forgave him. It hurts me, you hurt a lot of people, but god for gives you and i for give you. Reporter roofs family released a statement saying words cannot express our shock grief and disbelief is to what happened. Their thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of those killed. One of the victims of the massacre had ties to philadelphia. The wrenched Clementa Pinkney was due to visit the city in a few weeks. Dann cuellar sat down with his aunt. Reporter it turns out the slain pastor of the Historic Church was to come her to visit his aunts church mount enon. She spoke with us about her nephew the reverend Clementa Pinkney. We cant give up, we still love, no hate we dont want to hate nobody. Reporter through her grief she spoke about the devastating evil that took the life of her nephew along with 8 others in charleston. Ive known him when he was a small small kid. Since i came to philadelphia we stay in touch. We come from a strong family, very strong family. We raise up to god. Reporter she said she never would imagine that her nephew would lose his life in such a hate felt way in the house of god and the gunman would sit with the victims for an hour in bible study before pulling the trig e trick trigger. The reverend was to visit the mount enon baptist church. The pastor shid there should be no doubt in anybodys mind that racism exists in the country. In the wake of the tragedy, the reverend and 8 others will be remember during services here at mount enon. Dann cuellar channel 6 action news. We have continuing coverage of the Church Massacre on our website. There you can get the latest information on the victims shooter and the investigation at any time at 6abc. Com. New this morning to two Police Officers in alabama are off the job over their ties to a neo confederate group. They announced the dismissal and requirement of the two officers. The move comes days after a law Center Published an article saying both members are members of the league of the south. Some view it as a hate group. New Philadelphia Police are searching for a gunman in a deadly shooting in the citys frankford section. Investigators say a 50yearold man was shot in the alley along 5700 block of leonard street where he stumbled home and collapsed. Family members called police. He was taken to the hospital, but later died. Big changes are coming to the boy scouts of america, for the first time the group will allow openly gay men to be scouts and leaders in some chapters. Wendy saltzman spoke to the president of the cradle of liberty chapter. Our society is expanding and approving of everyone thats a great idea. Reporter the response was overwhelmingly positive as area residents learned more than 500 scouting troops in Montgomery County and Delaware County will welcome gay men into their membership. The decision was a long time coming. In 2010, the boy scouts were embattled in the city with philadelphia. A lease was ended claiming the scouts scrim discriminated. The boy scouts are friend to all and kind to all people. So inclusion of all people, regardless of Sexual Orientation seems a natural extension of the meaning of words and phrases. Reporter they had are a long time policy of none discrimination, but it prevented them from allowing openly gay leaders among their ranks. They allowed the boy scouts to be gay scouts, but not among the leaders. They thought the policy was not sustainable and needed to be changed. Inclusion by definition helps every organization. Theres no way you can be hurt by that. Wendy saltzman channel 6 action news. Were learning new information about the search for the escaped inmates in upstate new york. The two may have been spotted heading toward the pennsylvania border. Two men matching the description of david sweat and richard matt were seen a week ago in stuben county new york. They were seen the next day heading toward the pennsylvania border. Sweat and matt broke out of prison two weeks ago. A correction officer has been placed on administrative leave as part of the investigation. New at 9 00 an up coming government audit said safety regulators repeatedly failed to hold automakers accountable for safety lapses. The national highway traffic and safety displrgs bears some of the administration bears some of the responsibility 42 page report is set to be released next week. Theres much more to come on action news saturday morning. The u. S. Open is making history this weekend and it has to do with fans and their cell phones. Plus a growing trend for bridestobe well tell you about the new fitness fan that can help you stay in shape and manage stress. Reporter humidity coming this weekend will have you wishing we could fast forward to october. Ill have the latest on the flood watch when we come right back i right back. Discover brookside and discover an exciting combination of tastes. Rich, dark chocolate covering soft centers. Flavored with exotic fruit juices. Its chocolate and fruit flavors like youve never experienced before. Discover brookside. We snap it. We stack it. We smoosh it. We love it. Hersheys makes it a smore. You make it special. Hersheys is mine, yours our chocolate. Theres a first a National Award for dogs is going to a cat. Yeah the los angeles spca named tara the winner of the hero dog award. She pounced on a dog that attacked her 4yearold owner in bakersfield. She got the award because she was acting like a dog. That cat was no joke. Lets go live on sky 6. This is going to be a gray weekend well see clouds especially today. Tomorrow well start out with clouds and downpours hopefully we get sunshine here during the afternoon. Storm tracker 6 live double scan showing a few showers still remain across the Lehigh Valley. We had a few showers crossing the entire area early this morning, but as you can see here for the most part things are starting to dry out. 63 degrees comfortable degrees in allentown. Theres no humidity in the Lehigh Valley at all. Poconos 61. Philadelphia humid 74. Millville, 75. Dover, 77 dewpoint of 74. Sticky stuff to the south. Everybody including the Lehigh Valley will see dew points in the 70s so feeling very tropical unfortunately. Heres satellite and radar again, we continue to money topper the progress of what was once Tropical Storm bill came onshore around houston produced five to ten inches of rain. Its been over land for three days, you can see the welldefined circulation with the system. The bands wrapping in the thunderstorm activity on the north an south sides of this. As the works over land it loses identity, this one is staying together, its impressive, as we look at the surface maps, all this moisture, the bulk of it stays to the west, all of it slides east over the next 24 hours, this will hit us overnight tonight after midnight. It will set up a dreary fathers day morning but gives way to sunshine in the afternoon. One or two areas could see popup shower or thunderstorm today, otherwise lots of clouds out there. After midnight tonight the remnants move in, heavy drenching downpours, the possibility is there of one to three inches of rain. Isolated amounts could see 4 inches of rain. 7 00 a. M. , the gary pappa run you can see according to the model most of the downpours are gone, well be dealing with drizzle or brief passing shower. By afternoon skies opening up a little bit we turn brighter, sunshine only to see the cold front slide in the in the afternoon hours and produce quickhitting thunderstorms and drenching downpours and the possibility of gusty winds. The key timing is between 2 00 a. M. And 9 00 a. M. One to three inches possible. Isolated could see four. Theres the threat of Severe Weather in south jersey and delaware. We could see minor flooding road flooding, creek and stream flooding. Poconos, clouds and shower, i think youre done with that already. Increasing humidity levels. Right now its comfortable it will feel more uncomfortable as the day wears on. Sunday morning thunderstorms 78 degrees extremely humid sunday afternoon. Jersey shore, 71 thats the ocean temperature, which is nice and inviting, the problem is there is no sun. Passing shower, 75 degrees, humidity fathers day will feel awful down there. Soaking start drenching downpours, as is the case in philadelphia. Clouds give way to sunshine, 82 degrees by afternoon. Philadelphia, 84 cloudy, hit or miss shower or thunderstorm. Otherwise its extremely humid. Downpours are possible overnight tonight especially after midnight muggy 70 degrees outlying suburbs 73 for center city. Gary pappa run, the downpours are gone by then, 7 00 a. M. 74, 88 degrees today, it will feel like the 90s. Monday 90 degrees, less humid tuesday, 92, wednesday 6 more showers and thunderstorms thursday. Reporter its not a wash, we could see showers and thunderstorms throughout the weekend. People are much happier with you now. Thanks chris, as you head out the door, check your 6abc app on your mobile device and for insights follow your team of meteorologists or facebook and twitter. Whats happened to snacking . How did it become absentmindedly eating one after the next . We are a creamy cheese that Still Believes in savoring our food. The laughing cow. Reinvent snacking. 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Reporter sara tied the knot a few weeks ago, she had a slew of prewedding priorities including fitting into her dress. She turned to palates in washington, d. C. I tried to focus on the body parts to mattered for how my dress would look. I was looking at shoulder and arms. Reporter sarah is among many brides adding fitness to their prewedding checklist. We get a lot of people who come in right after they have gotten engaged and they want to change their body and spice up their exercise routine. Reporter her business offers viedle packages tailored for bridestobe. Sculpting your eyes for all the wedding pictures around the corner. Reporter bending and squeezing helps manage the wedding stress. Most brides find coming to class spending an hour out of their day without thinking about the wedding preparation manages stress. Reporter the right fitness routine paired with a nutrition diet is a way to avoid an unreal statistic weight loss goal. 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We start with the ailing cole hamels. 2 run homer 20 saint louis. Two run homer. Phils fall behind 11zip. Its retronight at the park. Ryan howard and jimi hendrix he put voodoo child on that one. He gives up 6 runs in two innings of relief. The phillies lose 124. The eagles ravine in 6 weeks in Training Camp in early august. Mark sanchez is move comfortable with chip kellys offense. Sam bradford is the new starter but he said hell keep preparing as if he is, too. Who knows what will happen. Theres no substitute for experience, i didnt have it last year, you go with what you know and make the best of it with what youve got. Reporter nhl draft starts in south florida. Flyers have ten picks including two first round picks hextall is putting pressure on himself and the scouting department. This is a critical draft for us, we have to hit here, we do have a a lot of picks and we have holes to fill and we need to keep Young Players coming this is a critical point for us, for sure. Reporter tiger woods can fire up the jet theres no need for him to stick around for the weekend at the u. S. Open. The only thing tiger struck was the ground after shooting 10 over 80 in round one he shot 6 over 76. He missiles the cut. Scary moment jason clamses on collapses on the final hole. He was diagnosed with vertigo. He will will be back to play today. Thats a look at sports this morning im ducis rogers you have yourself a terrific weekend. This weekend marks the first for u. S. Open fans, u. S. Golf association is allowing cell phones for the first time ever, theres a catch. There will be no posting of video and make sure ringing phones dont disturb the golfers, fans who break the rules will be banned from the tournament. Dont go away another halfhour of action news is coming up after this. Lets mobile. Same plan. New phone. Or a new plan. And a just in case. Add a new line. Or three. And unlimited talk and text for unlimited tweens. Take a carrier store detour at target and upgrade to a shiny new everything. Now when you purchase one of these affordable plans get a 100 gift card. All things mobile. All in one place. Happening now on action news saturday at 9 00 a. M. An earlymorning fire drives a family from their home in Delaware County. A friends of the accused Charleston Church shooter is speaking out why he said dylann roof is not a racist. Hawaii is the first state in the nation to raise the legal smoking age to 21. Outside we go to chris sowers with the accuweather forecast. Reporter good morning, eva not too bad on city avenue. The humidity is starting to increase as we await the remnants of what was once Tropical Storm bill. Not too bad in the north, in the south jersey and delaware thats a different story. Youre loving life in the Lehigh Valley. 64 in quakertown. Fleetwood, 66, Martins Creek 62 and tanersville 61. South jester and delaware south jersey and delaware closing in on the mid 80s. Gandys beach 75. Buena, 75. Hammonton, 72 at this 9 00 a. M. Hour. Heres satellite and radar showing a lot of clouds across the mid Atlantic States this morning, were watching the remnants of bill pushing on to the screen if you look toward the lefthand side of the screen. The outer bands will work into the Delaware Valley very late this evening around 10, 11 00 p. M. If youre heading to dover for the firefly Music Festival youll be dodging rain drops from time to time. Mostly cloudy skies sticky, 80 degrees by lunchtime, 82 by 5 00 p. M. 10 77. There could be a thunderstorm in there, as well. A slight risk has been issued for south jersey and delaware. Any thunderstorm that develops there could strong gusty winds. Same thing tomorrow, its a larger area, it include the metro area and the far western suburbs. Today and tomorrow well see isolated

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