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WPVI Action News At 1230 PM June 22, 2024

Not only people that are parked for the bus parking in camden, have to walk four or five miles but they have to climb 135 feet for the rise of the ben franklin bridge. Everyone else is advised to stay off public transit, new jersey trinsity officials are expected to give normal update today at 1 00 and well have that on our website at 6abc. Com. We are learning more about the traffic issues that are expected to grip center city when the pontiff comes to town and david henry is live with that part of the story. Reporter with only six weeks left, a lot of folks have questions about how the street closures and traffic restrictions will affect them especially those that have businesses to run. Its going to be hard to have merchandise come in, it will be hard to have deliveries come in. Frank fabios Clothing Store on Chestnut Street is one of five stores he owns in the delaware valley, he says they will all be effected by changing traffic patterns and closures. And how his employees will get to and from work with all of the area closed to traffic. We have to figure out some type of plan to keep them close to the city. This way they dont have to walk along distance to get to work. Shop keepers say that secret Service Agents are coming around advising them to come now and deal with the street closures and restrictions, much of it has not been announced yet. They dont know how big the no Traffic Zones will be in open air venues near the pope. Shop vendors are trying to look at the bright side, visitors are add to the city and hopefully to the bottom line. 2 Million People in the city. That could be good for your business . Definitely that will bring business to everybody in the city. Visitors are checking into hotels a week or two before the visit and the shop keepers hope that means more customers and mayor nutter will hold a press briefing to update the plans and is hoping that they will address a lot of their concerns. Live at city hall, david henry, channel 6 action news. We expect to carry the mayors briefing this afternoon as well. Meanwhile action news is heading to argentina to gather stories from pope francis home town, jim gardner will be there talking to people and see what shaped the popes views and his faith. We have the live reports at 6 00 and 11 00 next week here on abc. Philadelphia police are investigating an Early Morning shooting in the Strawberry Mansion section, it happened near 33rd and cumberland, two people were found shot in the leg and several parked cars were hit by bullets and shell casings were found at the scene, no word on the victims conditions or information on a suspect. Police are trying to track down the young man that shot a 19yearold while he was waiting in line at a water ice stand, shots rang out at w 30 along the 7400 block of woodbine avenue. The suspect was wearing black muslim style clothing and ran from the scene. Police are investigating a hit and run, the victim was hit in holcroft, police have not releases information on a suspect. Now to accuweather and the near perfect day outside as we look live at sky 6 hd, at is the center city skyline, perfect day with low humidity and average temperatures and lots of sun, it could be arguably one of the nicest days we have had all summer. I have the option of being inside for this report and we have a mix of sun with some fair weather cumulous clouds and the sun is going in and out here on the terrace, you wont see a whole lot here, the fair weather cumulous stuff is too small and scattered and doesnt show up on the satellite imagery. You see the pronounced cloud cover and it fall as part as it heads into High Pressure in our neck of the woods, if you plan a trip to the pool and beach, or if you have to be out and about, its great and remember the sunscreen as the uv index is running on the high side, temperatures looking good, and 78 in philadelphia and 80 in new york city and 81 in washington and dew points are low, and good the rest of the way, by 3 00 a high of 83 degrees today and 4 00 back to 82 and 80 by 6 00 and the evening looks gorgeous, we have the billy joel concert at Citizens Bank park great weather for that, 77 degrees and 10 00, 73 and cooler up in bethlehem where musikfest is outdoors this afternoon, three doors down performing tonight, just fantastic weather for that. If you can make it outside please do, if you are like me have you to come in doors for a while. But ill take a stroll after that. David try to come back inside if at all possible. Thank you. One of the largest port cities in the world is brought to a stand still after an explosion. 50 people are dead after a blast at a warehouse storing Hazardous Materials 100 miles outside of beijing, reads living within miles are evacuated with fears of toxic fumes jimmy carter made the announcement he had cancer after an operation on his liver. Stephanie ramos is live with more on this story. Reporter jimmy carter made the announcement he has cancer and well wishes have poured in for him and his family. Our 39th president jimmy carter reveals in his own words he has cancer, in a statement he said, recent surgery revealed that i have cancer in other parts of my body, the 90yearold carter saying he is rearranging his schedule to undergo treatment in atlanta. Cancer from other parts of the body can show up in the liver. Little is known about the type of cancer that carter has only that he has a long history of the disease, his mother succumbed to the disease dying of Breast Cancer and carter recently sat down with George Stephanopoulos and talked about how his fast paced life has to slow down. Ill be 91 in october but my physical capability will die down and ill have more time with rose at home. Make a full life more full. Its the best part of my life. Carter one of four living former president s, second oldest to george bush. The former governor received the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize and has spent the last 30 years traveling to some of the worlds poorest countries to fight disease, build hope and pursue peace. The white house says that president obama spoke with president carter and wished him well. In washington, stephanie ramos, channel 6 action news. Thank you. Back here a road in white marsh Montgomery County is still closed at this hour after a water main break, chopper 6 hd was over the scene yesterday afternoon when the flooding started. A 6 inch cast iron water main broke at 5 30 last night and the road was suppose to be reopen before midnight. There is no reopening estimate. And now some got to pick the perfect bike, the action cam was in southwest philadelphia where the vets got a bike fitting, tomorrow they leave on a three day cycling retreat focused on healing and comradery and healing, they say that the ride is meant to help the vets deal with lost limbs or chronic pain, it started at the nova care complex and continues into knowledge over the weekend. The philadelphia zoo had a big Birthday Celebration for some of their biggest residents. Euna the hippo turns 26. They got zucchini and lettuce treats today. Both are on exhibit through the weekend as the Birthday Celebration continues. More ahead on action news at 12 30, caught on camera, a group of teens were mowed down by a driver in new mexico, police say why the driver may have been trying to get revenge. The sudden collapse of a performance that sent people running for the exit. 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. And now when you buy a phone, get 20 off your target run. All things mobile. All in one place. Three people were hurt during a ceiling collapse in minneapolis, a venue popular for launching princes career, a piece of the ceiling gave way and the cause of the collapse is unknown and everyone that was hurt is expected to be okay. A robbery victim larnded himself in jail in new mexico after he tried to take matters into his own hands, this Surveillance Video shows him hitting the man that robbed him of his car. He was robbed minutes before and spotted the Group Walking down the street and took aim with his own vehicle. Everyone involved is now face can charges. The epa is on top of the Chemical Spill in colorado. Now the epa could be facing a lawsuit over the massive mistake. Here is more from durango, colorado. The attorney general of utah and new mexico, speaking out about the epas accidental reece lease of 3 million gallons of toxic chemicals into the river. They are taking legal action. Damage sometimes doesnt show up for months or even years. Epa takes responsibility for this incidents. This after epa is on site and early tests show vast improvement. And the Colorado Department of Health Clearing Water Treatment facilities to collect from the river again, the mustard yellow color starting to disappear. I am three miles from the gold spring mine, and look at this, it doesnt take much to kick up the toxic metals like led and dangerously high levels of arsenic. Some businesses that make their living on the river are hurting. We are losing 25 of our season right now. While the overall effects are unknown, the epa is saying that the water is flowing to lake powell, they are testing it and keeping people out. Lake powell holds 15 trillion gallons of water and that doesnt make anyone rest easier. People in havana took to the streets to celebrate carnival, along with renewed relations with the u. S. This years parade passed the u. S. Embassy that is open tomorrow, Cubas Embassy in the u. S. Reopened last month after the two countries reestablished diplomatic ties. From cheese stakes to owingies to roast pork, philadelphia is definite an a sandwich town, jaime apody has the fyi for philly on a roll. They named the zamboni as the top pick. Its a new model of cheesesteak built to eat with one hand, we stuff it inside of the bread, we only do one kind of secret whiz sauce, the tavern in collingdale serves the roasted pour can sandwich. We pick tropical disturbance out of the blue and why not im packed on thursdays and it seems to work they use rolls stuffed with seasoned pork and sharp provolone. The diablo turkey takes top honors. It brings the heat with peppers and cheese and added blends of spices. That is a perfect hoagie. Man am i hungry. Am i drooling a little bit. Thank you sara. Still ahead on action news at 12 30, another check of the forecast, sky 6 hd, showing you the beautiful ben franklin bridge, david murphy calling it the best day of the summer. I know and thank you so much for that. I think we should get a Medicare Supplement insurance plan. Right now . Whether youre new to medicare or not, you may know it only covers about 80 of your part b medical expenses. Its up to you to pay the difference. So think about an aarp Medicare Supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare Insurance Company. 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Remember, all Medicare Supplement plans help cover some of what medicare doesnt pay. And could really save you in outofpocket medical costs. Youll be able to choose your own doctor or hospital as long as they accept medicare patients. And with these plans, there could be low or no copays. You do your pushups today . Prepare to be amazed. Dont wait. Call today to request your free [decision guide], and find the aarp Medicare Supplement plan to go the distance with you. Go long. David is back with another check of the accuweather forecast, enjoy today because the heat wave is on the way. That is kicking in this weekend as we look at stormtracker 6 live double scan we are really looking good today, with a fair amount of sunshine and we are looking good overnight too, let take a look at the meteor shower, this comes to us, courtesy of professional paragrapher, david, from willow tree films, this is three hours of meteors up in quakertown, people reported back to me it was cool last night either late at night and earlier this morning, i couldnt see anything from the terrace here tlrk was too much city light for me to see much. Today is great, tomorrow is not going to be bad just a little bit warmer and then over the weekend we feel the humidity come on back. 78 is the current temperature, dew point 54 and wind running calm right now, at Philadelphia International airport, there is little pronounced cloud cover, a patch over philadelphia, and the next big band of clouds still far out to the west, kind of eroding as it encountered the dry air in place. High in allentown 79, and 81 in reading and 2in trenton and 83 in wilmington and 80 to 82 depending on where you are down at the shore. 82 in Atlantic City and ocean city and 73 in the water, be careful for rip currents, we have a slightly higher chance of that today. 75 in the water at the mouth of the delaware bay. Rip currents are a possible problem in delaware, 83 is your high today at 3 00 and by 5 00 its still warm in the 80s, and upper 70s by 9 00 and overnight low is 66, and if you are headed out to musikfest, you are picking a great day and the main stage concert three doors down is at 7 30, and down to 72 when they take the stage, man did you pick a nice night for a concert. Billy joel at Citizens Bank park, great conditions for that. High pressure is still in control and we continue with low humidity and the temperature will rise a little bit on the westerly wind and then it gets hotter and more humid for the weekend, beautiful today 83 degrees no complaints, 88 tomorrow on the warm side but still low humidity and a nice day. Hot and more humid during the day on saturday, a high of 90, a late day thunderstorm in the poconos and well see if anything like that wants to sneak down into the Lehigh Valley and hot and humid on sunday and if are you headed to the eagles, first preseason game of the season at lincoln financial field or the union game, you want to make sure you hydrate and plan on drinking some nice, cool none alcoholic beverages. 92 on tuesday and late day thunderstorm and then wednesday clouds and sun and 90 degrees. You had a whole lot of people change the channel, appreciate it. On the people scene, billy joel will get a chance to sing more lullabies, now that he has a new addition, he welcomed Dela Rose Joel into the family, joel had his other child, alexa with then wife Christie Brinkley in 1985. He has a special concert tonight at Citizens Bank park. Vx. Tonight on abc we begin with the mistresses and rookie blue followed by action news at 11 00. One last check of the accuweather forecast. A lot of sunshine out there, this afternoon with some of that fair weather cumulous cloud cover, and low humidity and high temperatures in the low 80s, we may push up to the middle 80s and winds 5 to 10 miles per hour, and low humidity down the shore with temperatures 80 to 82, moderate change of rip currents and go out and have some fun today. Finally this noon, its a chance to celebrate everyone that is left handed in your life, its interests national lefthanders club, famous lefties include bill gates and Oprah Winfrey and president obama. Coming up on action news beginning at 4 00, including the surprising guest that more and more women are inviting to their bachelorette parties and finding a needle in a haystack is easier and less disgusting than what two new mexico men had to find. Why they had to dig through a mountain of garbage for one particular trash bag. And can you get back on the exercise wagon after getting sleepy, how hypno therapy can help to get new shape at 4 00. Now for david murphy, Rick Williams and the entire action news team, im sara bloomquist have a great afternoon. Announcer today on the chew you dont have to wait til the weekend to take it to the grill because its the chews Throwback Thursday outdoor eats. And give it up for the d, o, double g snoop dogg is in the house. Hes working on a spicy brick chicken, but of course we cant have him here and not make a little gin and juice, right clinton . And if that wasnt enough, famed chef josh capon joins us all hour long as he skewers this shrimp masterpiece. And it all starts right now on the chew. [ cheers and applause ] good afternoon and welcome to the chew. You know if i could turn back time, i mean if i could turn back time

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