The last 15 minutes a very slow moving storm at 20 or so miles an hour so flooding rains as well around buena egg harbor just to the north of mays landing, along the Atlantic City expressway where a lot of folks are traveling to the shore from the city. Also as we head to the south there is that severe storm in maryland near chestertown. Well watch to see if it survivors as it heads east into kent county and also a little bit of showers over the bay trying to head towards cape may. So as we take a look at this flood warning, Flash Flood Warning until 8 45 for Cumberland County around millville and vineland we have now reports of a 911 center in vineland of many water rescues with over three to 4inches of rain in that part of Cumberland County. In addition to that its now between now and 10 00 that well watch these popups. Theyre spotty but theyre severe creating torrential rain wind and hail and even the possibility of some rotation in some of the storms. Jim well continue to man the radar and of course well give you that full weekend forecast for the fourth of july if youre in the city the poconos or the snore just a little bit. Adam thank you. Lets switch live to action News Reporter Trish Hartman in zeal aisle city. Trish this could be the busiest weekend of the year for the jersey shore. Hopefully the weather will cooperate. Reporter thats what everyone is hoping, jim. Tonight most people have wrapped up their beach time especially now that these winds have really picked up. A family fun night is about to get under way here at 6 30 in the center of town which will include Country Music and line dancing lessons. Its just the start of a fun filled fourth of july weekend here in Sea Isle City. Its really hot at home. The weather is always nice here. Much rather be here than at home. Reporter this is home for the next few days for thousands of families ready to celebrate Independence Day at the beach. Its pretty cold. And a little rough. Yeah. But its so much fun u in Sea Isle City plenty of folks kicked off their holiday weekends early and jumped right in. How cold was the water really . Leave it to a kid to tell it to you straight. It feels like at first that youre going to get frost bite. Then you get a little numb, then you get used to it. Reporter when the clouds rolled through this afternoon, we found lots of folks on the promenade walking or biking home. Some were led to the shops in the center of town like this beach baby dressed perfectly for the occasion. This is her first time just like on the boardwalk. Okay. Nice. Yes, its soft. Reporter this family from collegeville wanted to avoid the crowds so theyre wrapping up two weeks at the shore and savoring their last night here. Were going to go cash in our arcades things and get the kids some prizes and pack. Reporter and even with the strong winds and the clouds, a couple of die hards are still out here on the beach enjoying themselves. For many folks this is the beginning of a long weekend or a full week. Trish hartman channel6 action news. Officials say there will be a visible Police Presence at all fourth of july events. There will be plenty of undercover officers keeping an eye on things in light of the recent attacks in orlando and turkey and now bangladesh. Police say there is no specific threat to philadelphia. Action news has you covered online and on social media this holiday weekends. And youll get live traffic and weather updates any time at 6abc. Com. And please be sure to follow us on facebook and twitter for any updates this Independence Day weekend. Casino workers at the trump taj mahal hit the picket lines this morning. Cooks, housekeepers, bell man and servers are now offer the job. Lets get the latest on the job action from action News Reporter john rawlins live at the scene. John. Reporter jim, from the unions point of view after years of losing ground it wants to recoup some of those losses so here at the taj mahal that meant restoring a healthcare package the casino owners today said it made a good faith effort but claims this is a casino that has a negative cash flow. Talks broke off last night. A constant drum beat for strikeers outside the boardwalk entrance in a statement that taj owner Icahn Enterprises as in billionaire carl icahn blasted this walkout saying the Union Bargaining committee seemed left lane bent on closing the cass flow and killing jobs but the union the taj mahal is a line in the sand. Were out here today fighting for what they took away 20 months ago. Most important is healthcare. Reporter two years ago a Bankruptcy Court terminated these Workers Health benefit payments pushing them their president says down the socioeconomic ladder. People who are working class and middle class and pushing them down to working poor and thats a travesty. Reporter the union says the taj offered last flight a high copay Large Deductible Program that was too costly for most worker. They offered us a healthcare package but it was not nothing we can live with. It doesnt sustain your familys needs. The taj remains open. Reporter the a and pierce busy but regulars believe the numbers are down for a major shore weekend. Its a ghost town in there now. Theres no restaurants opened hardly anybody walking around. Slots are empty. Reporter checking inside many restaurants indeed were closed today. But also this afternoon a lot of people were checking in. The company says it expects the strike will have a minimal impact on its operations this weekend and from there on out as far as thats concerned. At this point no talks have been scheduled between the two sides. Live in Atlantic City, john rawlins channel6 action news. Jim. All right, john, thank you. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is shutting down road projects across the garden state. That after the gas tax failed to pass yesterday. The states current Transportation Trust fund lost authority to borrow money today. Christie backed the plan to hike the gas tax by 23 cents per gallon to fund road projects. That plan patched the assembly but remains stalled in the senate. Road work not considered essential will cease tomorrow night. We began to tell you this story last flight at 11 00 a problem with Philadelphia Police breathalyzer machines could be tainting hundreds of drunk driving cases in the city and tonight we know much more about the situation. Here is action News Reporter gray hall. Reporter Philadelphia Police are responding after they were alerted that hundreds of dui cases could be flawed because of an error with breathalyzer machines. Make no mistake about it it was an oversight on the part of the individual that was testing so i dont want to skate over that. It was human error. Reporter police say its not that the machines were not reading properly but say that someone used an expired solution when testing the devices that liquid solution is whats used to determine the accuracy of blood alcohol readings. If its outdated it could produce inaccurate results. That can virtually zero cases affected because the machine was still calibrating properly. The only thing that it gives attorneys in court a technicality to argue. Reporter the mistake will impact cases from january 17th to june 29th. Attorney joe kelly discovered the error and believes it could impact 500 to about 1,000 cases. He says the breath test results in question should be tossed out. Im not a physicist but i think that would affect if you use an expired solution the machine would be invalid because that violates regulations. Regulations say you have to have a valued solution. Reporter kelly says despite the mistake a person could still be convicted but it could mean a downgraded penalty or less jail time. Police say they corrected the problem the same day they found out about it and will take measures to make sure this does not happen again. By no means is this going to automatically say that every case that was generated during that time frame is not is bad because again, the machine itself is still accurately reading, calculating. Reporter the district attorneys officers did release a statement and said right now its reviewing hundreds of cases and will take appropriate action if needed once those cases are reviewed. Reporting in center city, gray hall, channel6 action news. Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf has said a special election to fill the congressional seat vacated by convicted felon chaka fattah. It will take place juice november 8 the same day as the general election. That saves voters an extra trip to the polls and the state wont have to spend extra money. Because its a special election its winner will take officers immediately instead of waiting to be torn many sworn in with the new congress in january. It could be tough getting around broad street when the Democratic National Convention Comes to town later this month. The city now says it will consider permit applications for demonstrations during the rush hour. Previously city officials said they would not allow protests between the hours of 3 00 and 6 00 p. M. Coming up on action news tonight, it is the first day of free agency and the sixers get to work spending some of the 60 Million Dollars they have up for grabs. As restorations continue on the largest organ in the world, concert goers hear from a part of it that hasnt worked in 40 years. Im Nora Muchanic at boardwalk law in Atlantic City. Ill have the sights and the sounds coming up next on action news. We continue to track severe storms at the present time but as we go into the weekend, saturday, sunday look amazing but ranking number three the fourth. Those stories and much more when action news continues tonight. One American Park is larger than yellowstone, yosemite, grand canyon and Glacier National parks combined. And thats not the only thing you can only find in new york state. You can find it all only in new york. New york. Its all here. Its only here. Plan your Summer Vacation at iloveny. Com letters written by more than 600 new jersey children are on their way to the troops overseas. This morning trenton mayor eric jackson and other organizers displayed the cards at city hall just before mailing them out. It is part of the third annual salute to our troops event in honor of Independence Day. Each letter thanks the men and women who have put their lives on the line to protect americas freedom. New at 6 oclock tonight these are tough times for Atlantic City. But for one historic Musical Instrument it is a time of rebirth. New jersey correspondent Nora Muchanic has that story. Reporter organist steven ball is at the keys of the legendary pipe organ in Atlantic Citys boardwalk hall. After years of neglect the organ is being lovingly restored by a small army of volunteers who have now repaired the left side of the massive instrument the second of eight chambers. For us its tremendously exciting. Its the first fruits of this 10 year, 16 Million Campaign to restore this thing. It hasnt really played fully since 1944. This organ is a national and even an International Treasure its the largest pipe organ in the world. Reporter starting in 1929 it took three years to build the great organ which was designed to accompany silent motion pictures. It is able to make sound effects and create all the sounds of an orchestra and playing it is a workout. Its one of the wonders of the world. Its the greatest engineering achievement in the history of organ building. Reporter the organ has more than 33,000 pipes some six and a half stories tall. You cant see them because theyre built in the walls but you can feel it when the organ is playing. Its amazing. I dont know what else to say. Its amazing the sound is incredible. Reporter members of the National Organ Historical Society are in awe. A miracle. [laughter] because i never thought id be alive and hear it. But to hear it is just a revelation. Normally deal with something on a small local level. Now i get to come to Atlantic City and work on the absolute largest Musical Instrument in the whole world. Reporter if you would like to hear the organ there are regular tours and concerts available monday through friday at boardwalk hall. In Atlantic City, im Nora Muchanic channel6 action news. Sixers make move number one. Perhaps there will be more. Lets hope so. They have to get rid of one of these big men find another guard so they can Start Playing some basketball here. The sixers have 60 million to play with in free agency and they have already started spending on day one. The sixers will sign guard jerryd bayless. Sixers have a verbal deal in place with the former milwaukee guard. Its a reported three year deal worth 27 million only four players in the nba had a better threepoint shooting percentage last season than bayless. Sixers coach brett brown told 6abc this week they will slowly turn things around. We dont have to fix everything now. But we recognize at some point like we just need to have a more positionally balanced team and we hope to do that without making foolish, you know, quick decisions. Brown should have some extra help on the bench next season. Nba source confirms to action news former head coach jim obrien the philly native is expected to rejoin the team as an assistant. While the sixers had this much money to play with in free agency, the flyers have this much. The flyers have to nickel and dime their spending. The flyers are still able to score two forwards today in free agency dale wies gets a four year deal worth nearly nine and a half Million Dollars. He scored some big playoff goals is coming to town he spent last season in chicago and montreal. Flyers also pick up boyd gordon who spent last year in arizona. Both are expected to be third or fourth line players. Just about everyone on the phillies is hitting right now except tommy joseph in a one for 15 slump at the plate. Ryan howard gets the rare start tonight as the phils open a series against the defending world series champion kansas royals. Live to jaime apody at the ballpark for more. Jamie. Reporter jeff, the phillies have eight more wins at this point than they did last year even though theyre 10 games under. 500. They can change that if they hit like they did on their most recent road trip. Phils coming off a very successful trip their first week in arizona in a decade they won five of nine games but they scored 57 runs. The last home stand they scored a whopping nine runs in six games. Theyve lost every single one of them. Hopefully those bats made the trip back from out west. The last home stand kind of left a bitter taste in all of our mouths. I think its important for us to come back here, use the momentum we built on the road and just play the same kind of baseball we played. Its extremely important. You know, were playing to win games and even though we swung the bats well on the road we still have to do it here and weve had issues offensively here. Reporter Jeremy Hellickson on the hill tonight against the world series champs. The tarp just came off the field. This is what i like to call a bad hair day game. Live at Citizens Bank park jaime apody. Bad hair day, please. Hopefully the phillies can get it going. Buddy ryan the former eagles head coach laid to rest today in kentucky. Thank you ducis. Adam joseph with the accuweather forecast when we continue in just a moment. Fios is not cable. Were wired differently. So we wired the wagners house with 100 meg internet. Which means that in the time it takes mrs. Wagners car to arrive for the airport, she can use fios to download the movie up in the air to watch while shes. Up in the air. Thats the power of fiber optics. And right now you can get 100 meg internet with equal upload and downloads speeds, tv and phone for just 69. 99 per month online. Cable cant offer internet speeds this fast at a price this good. Only fios can. There are few accuweather forecasts over the course of the year that are more important than the one youre about to give. At least the majority of the weekend is looking great. A little rocky now. It could get wet at times on the fourth itself. Were getting a sunshine sandwich on saturday and monday. As we take a look at storm tracker6 live double scan it is pretty active right now. Weve been dealing with Severe Weather in spots all day. You can see one area in southern new jersey inundating a lot of rain lightning and thunder and a seconds area in parts of maryland near baltimore thats going to be working up the pipeline moving over areas that have already seen a lot of rain in fact you can take a look at storm tracker6 live double scan. This area is just kind of sitting over parts of Atlantic County, Burlington County, Cumberland County, near buena as well as egg harbor mays landing. This was a severe storm. No longer severe but it is pouring buckets i mean weve been seeing up to three to 4inches of rain in parts of this area, 40 lightning strikes in the last 15 minutes and this is on area roadways where a lot of people are traveling to the shore right now so if you encounter any roads that are covered by water, please turn around and find an alternate route. Some of the other storm reports weve been getting with these severe storms eastampton half to size hail, hainesport quarter size hell. Delanco, bridgeport and cumberland pea size hail reports as well. A huge area under a Flash Flood Warning right now. Up to 4inches of rain has fallen so far. If he encounter any roads under water from Burlington County ocean county Atlantic County down to Cumberland County find an alternate route. This Flash Flood Warning until 10 15 p. M. Tonight. Getting many pictures on facebook and twitter. Candace sent me this in from millville. This is the 55 ramp going to the cumberland mall. This guy right here, this is a big truck which thought probably could get through the water. Now it is stung many water rescues in Cumberland County through the 911 center so again, you do not want to venture even if you have a big suv into any flooded roadways. And its because of that tropical train of moisture with the dewpoints at 70 right now in philadelphia. It drops off into the 60s to the west eventually 50s as we drive the atmosphere dry the atmosphere out but we got to wait for a cold front to pass through. Severe thunderstorm watch up until 10 oclock tonight for the entire area so storms still need to be watched when they pop up with very heavy rainfall. 8 oclock tonight still a couple kind of popping through the region here. Even at midnight tonight awaiting for the front. Anything could five at any time but then that front swings offer the coast as we get into tomorrow morning. In fact tomorrow is beautiful. If youre heading to the shore lots of sunshine both saturday, sunday, 80 degrees tomorrow, sea breeze both days, 78 on sunday. Clouds come in quick monday, 77 with rain possibly developing by the middle or Late Afternoon at the shore. And in the poconos the rain will hold off as it looks on the fourth but beautiful saturday, sunday, sunny and pleasant with temps in the 70s all three days. The exclusive accuweather 7day forecast, 84 tomorrow in the city. Beautiful. Low humidity both days, 86 on sunday. That snapshot of future tracker 2 oclock on monday afternoon for the fourth there you can see the rain already trying to head into southern areas of new jersey and delaware so again, it could get wet here at times late on monday and especially for any fireworks on monday night. Then on and off thunderstorms tuesday, 85 degrees and then we crank up the heat and the humidity with temps in the 90s for the middle and the end of next week. Ill have the complete update at 11 tonight and of course on facebook and twitter. Wilmington delaware woman celebrated a special birthday today. Laura middleton is turning 104 years old on the fourth of july. She celebrated a few days early this afternoon surrounded by friends and family at the Regency Center on broom street. She told action news the key to a long life is to be happy and keep smiling. Ill try that. Abcs world news tonight with david muir is next on channel6. Action news continues at 10 00 on phl17 with brian taff, sharrie williams, adam joseph and Ducis Rodgers. Then please join us for action news at 11 00 here on channel6. For cecily tynan, adam joseph, jeff skversky, Ducis Rodgers and the entire action news team, im jim gardner. We hope youll join us at 11 00. Breaking news tonight. The tornado for major American Cities at this hour. 50 million americans in the path. Airports at a standstill, flash fro flooding in the southwest nks. The attorney general and bill clinton. Donald trump unloading tonight. A new attack overseas. Isis claiming responsibility. Police on high alert at home, as we go inside a secret fight to keep america safe. The crash of a car with self driving technology. And watch
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