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City philadelphia. Where a group of worker his a terrifying fall. Two people were injured when the scaffolding collapsed underneath their feet on the 400 block of walnut street. Gray hall is there near the scene with more. Reporter well sara, this area is still roped off and the good news here is that the scaffolding did not fall to the ground. If you look behind me over my shoulder the scaffolding is still resting there on top of the roof there and right now investigators are bus write trying to figure out why this happened. Terrifying moments in center city when scaffolding collapses. The call came in at 9 30 this morning. What went wrong is still under investigation and action news viewer captured scary moments on video when scaffolding appears to have buckled in the center and a line snapped from the scaffolding. We are waiting for the official report detailing what brought the scaffolding down. One man is a 23yearold man cuts to his left arm and right hand and a 41yearold man with cuts to his face and right arm. All right so back out live you see the scaffolding still laying there on top of the roof. Investigators will eventually remove that. The good news no fatalities reported. The two men were still in the hospital recovering from the injuries and osha and lni are now investigating. Thank you. Authorities have recovered the body of a 17yearold boy swept away in Hamilton Township mercer county. The teenager was swimming in rowan lake when a burst of storm and friends say he was carried away by a strong current. John rawlins will have a report from the scene in our next half hour. A deadly wrong way crash in new jersey. Traffic is getting by on the shoulder only in Franklin Township approaching route 40 here. A pickup truck was driving south in the northbound lanes when it collided with the dump truck and at least one person was killed. Police are Still Deciding whether any charges will be filed after a minivan was repossessioned and towed away with a child sleeping in the back. It happened at a West Philadelphia intersection. You spoke to the tow truck driver involved in the incident. Reporter that is right. The tow truck driver says that the police told them he would not be charged in this case. Its unclear if his mother faces any charges for leaving her child alone in the car. This remains under investigation but police barked her car outside of this dominoes where she worked when the tow truck driver who was tracking her minivan hooked up the vehicle with her daughter many a 27yearold mother and her daughter reunited in south philadelphia. The child was is a sleep in the backseat under this cover when the minivan was repossessed and towed. This started at 2 30 a. M. At 45 and and chestnut. The Mother Told Police she ran inside of the dominoes where she works for five to seven minutes that time gino showed up to repossess the minivan. Not knowing the child was in the back. I didnt think anything of it. He had the paperwork to repossess the vehicle and switched on his body cam and scanned through the windows with his floodlight as he drove by and then hitched the minivan to his truck and left. He saw the mother running outside. As i started to turn the block or make the turn i realized there was a kid in the car. You see that all the time where people, as a deterrent for me to stop and check the car obviously im getting out of the danger zone before that. He rounded the corner and checked the car and saw nothing and continued. Meanwhile the mother called police and the alert for the tow truck went out. He says that bike patrol or probably a Security Guard that heard the alert pulled him over and checked the car and let him go. It was until an officer spotted the girls leg. After speaking to the special victims unit he was clear to take the truck and minivan and lea leave. Rid in the wake up until she was removed from the vehicle. She was not hurt and reunited with her mother. The repo company says no they will conduct an internal investigation as is their Company Protocol but believe that the driver acted appropriately. Police and expecting an update shortly. Well let you know if we hear anything new and if charges will be filed. Katherine scott, channel 6 action news. Thank you. In the nations capital. Republican leaders have just revealed the Health Care Plan they were drafting in secret. The 142 proposal has cuts in medicaid and ends penalties for people not buying insurance and repeals the tax increases on high income people in medical industries. Mitch mcconnell is hoping to push the measure through the senate next week. Starting tomorrow our region could be affected by the remnants of Tropical Storm cindy. The storm made landfall in louisiana. Before it was downgraded to a depression. This is video of the flooding after cindy slammed the gulf coast dropping almost a foot of rain in some places, the storm is blamed for a childs death in alabama. Meteorologist, karen rogers has the latest from stormtracker 6 live double scan radar. Our first tropical system to make landfall. Tropical storm cindy made landfall east of houston, texas can on the border it continues as a depression as this point bringing 6 to 8 inches in eastern texas and louisiana and arkansas. You see the plume of moisture, of stormtracker 6 live double scan you see the rain still spreading through nashville and atlanta and charlotte. Well be getting some tropical moisture from this. It will be humid friday and saturday and draw in some of this moisture as a cold front presses through be squeezes it into our region. Here is what to expect on friday on future tracker 6 cells comes through friday night and overnight friday into saturday. We expect the heaviest rain to be coming, youll have to remember its feeling tropical out here. You can quickly get some good downpours, this is a look at 10 30 in the morning, this model showing it moving through and the rest of that will be a nice weekend. Here is what to expect friday humid with scattered storms related to what was Tropical Storm cindy and now a depression. And humid with downpours and saturday afternoon turning less humid and before that we are looking outside live with the Temple University camera we are looking good and its a hot one, 90 degrees for your high today youll see through the area, temperatures a good five degrees below average. And the low is 5. Well talk about the weather and how cindy could impact us in the accuweather forecast in a few mich minutes. Thank you. A fire left a gaping hole in this home in abington. The flames broke out at 6 00 on the 1,000 block of huntington road and firefighters battled the braise before getting an upper hand. There is no reports of injuries. More testimony in the federal corruption trial of philadelphia d. A. Seth williams, the citys top prosecutor returned to court this morning. At this hour the jury is hearing from a businessman many bucks county and gave williams gifts in exchange for williams help if avoiding screening at Philadelphia International airport. It is a big night for philadelphia basketball fans. The 76ers have the first pick in the nba draft. They are widely expected to take markelle foltz and ben simmons has yet to play because of an injury. Fans have high hope for the season and the sixers set a season record for ticket sales. A female Police Officer wounded in last years shooting at a congressional baseball practice has returned to the field to throw out a first pitch. And if you got the flu vaccine and still got sick, a new study will emplain why. We have the details in health check. And karen rogers has your sevenday forecast from accuweather. When action news continues in a moment. Today family and friends of 22yearold otto warmbier. The university of virginia student died after being detained for more than a year in north korea. He was can an accused of trying to steal a propaganda banner. Warmbiers family rejected to an autopsy so the cornor only conducted an external exam of his body. One of the officers injured in the congressional baseball shooting received an honor. Crystal grinder threw out the first pitch. Hodgkinson was shot and killed by officers at the scene. Representative Steve Scalise of louisiana was also one of the wounded and he continues to recover in the hospital. Police are investigating after a man was caught with weapons at a train station in california. A loaded rile a handgun and ammunition was among the items carried by 20yearold christopher goodin. He is held on 50,000 bond. The military says that the u. S. Air force drone that crashed into the Mountain Side igniting a small wild fire. The Unmanned Aircraft was flying between air bases in california when it crashed near Mount Whitney and fortunately crews were able to stop the flames from spreading. Americans are expected to hit the roads in record numbers for independence day. Aaa believe that 44 Million People will travel at least 50 miles from home during the 4th of july holiday weekend. And that represents a 3 increase from last year. Most travelers go by car with the cheapest gas at the start of the summer in 12 years. Reach out, say something. Addiction is a disease. Dont suffer. Dont wait. Help is within reach. Call 844 reach nj or go to reachnj. Gov the road to recovery starts now. Health check this noon. If you have the threw vaccine last winter but still got sick, it was ineffective in protecting orlando americans even though it was a good match to the bug going around. It was 22 affective overall but did a poor job with americans 65 and older that is troubling because they suffer the most flu deaths. Britains Prince Phillip is released from the hospital. The 96yearold husband of Queen Elizabeth was released after being treated for an infection. He was in good spirits when he was sent home today. Movie star George Clooney reached a blockbuster deal, he sold his tequila brand for up to a billion dollars. Clooney cofounded it with his partners a few years ago. They are planning to buy the brand for 700 million up front with another 300 million in performance incentives into the crack of the bat and the roar of the crowd those are the sounds of baseball and summer and whether its Little League or senior softball its all very american and familiar. Tamala ed wad wards here with the articulate of aging. Reporter for athletes of a certain age softball is a sport to be played well after retirement. You run around for 10 seconds and take a break. Many seniors got the baseball bug early on. Robin roberts was my familys best friend and we played hours with him. Ricky ash burn was my hero as a kid. I was an avid donor fan. These boys of summer dont age much in baseball years. Its like eighth graders like little boys, they argue balls and strikes. Some guys play golf but these guys retire and play softball every day of the week. You get out and meet more people. The guys that play softball are a new set of friends i develop. We are extending each others lives by playing and having the kind of relationship we have between each other. Everyone hits come on. If you want to get in on the swing of things there are dozens of softball leagues in our area for men and women. Find the link on our website at 6abc. Com. Tamala edwards channel 6 action news. They look like they are in good shape. Alicia vitarelli is live in the preview of today at 4 00. Reporter it is thursday than means time to head down to the shore and what a Beautiful Day for it, meteorologist, melissa magee, joins us with live updates from tuckerton starting today at 4 00. And in todays show we know that mom shaming is real. Anymore can tell you that. But new research is shedding light on how bad the problem it, how many women have been criticized for their parenting skills, well break down who is shaming them and why. And if you buy a bike helmet you are safe but that is not the case, what to know to make sure that helmet protects you and your family. Ill see i in the next half hour to see how abc is helping to craft the next boy band rick. I used to be in a boy band a long time ago. Well talk about that. Stay studented toer that video. Video . Accuweather is coming up. Shes nationally recognized for her compassion and care. He spent decades fighting to give families a second chance. But to help others, they first had to protect themselves. I have afib. Even for a nurse, its complicated. And it puts me at higher risk of stroke. That would be devastating. I had to learn all i could to help protect myself. Once i got the facts, my doctor and i chose xarelto®. Xarelto®. To help keep me protected. Oncedaily xarelto®, a latestgeneration blood thinner. Significantly lowers the risk of stroke in people with afib not caused by a heart valve problem. It has similar effectiveness to warfarin. Xarelto® works differently. Warfarin interferes with at least 6 bloodclotting factors. Xarelto® is selective, targeting just one critical factor interacting with less of your bodys natural bloodclotting function. For afib patients wellmanaged on warfarin, there is limited information on how xarelto® compares in reducing the risk of stroke. Dont stop taking xarelto® without talking to your doctor, as this may increase risk of stroke. While taking, you may bruise more easily, or take longer for bleeding to stop. It may increase your risk of bleeding if you take certain medicines. Xarelto® can cause serious, and in rare cases, fatal bleeding. Get help right away for unexpected bleeding, unusual bruising, or tingling. If youve had spinal anesthesia, watch for back pain or any nerve or musclerelated signs or symptoms. Do not take xarelto® if you have an artificial heart valve or abnormal bleeding. Tell your doctor before all planned medical or dental procedures. And before starting xarelto®about any conditions, such as kidney, liver, or bleeding problems. Its important to learn all you can. To help protect yourself from a stroke. Talk to your doctor about xarelto®. Theres more to know™. Children will be making a splash in philadelphia today several of the citys public pools open today at 4 00. Nine locations are slated to open today and 70 locations in all and the rest set to open gradually over the next week. Families should check with their neighborhood pool with dates and times. Karen is here for david and not a bad afternoon for the pool. Hop in the pool why not. Hotter than we are used to this time of year. Lets look at stormtracker 6 live double scan we are dry and looking good and staying dry through the day today. Just a chance for a shower late tonight in one or two spots west of the city. Lets go outside its a pretty day and we talked about the pool and people want to splash around in the fountain and you see people doing jut that, what they can to try to stay cool out there. Today temperatures are a good five degrees above average. The current temperature is 85 and the dew point 61. Not too bad. Maybe a little humid and winds southerly at 5 miles per hour. We have a warning for minor tidal flooding be careful during the times of high tide at 7 00 and 8 00 tonight. Satellite and radar showing now a fair amount of clouds, we have a mix of mostly to partly sunny skies in the region and a good amount of sunshine mixing with clouds out there today. Its a nice afternoon the high in the city is 90 sweating it out a bit. Even in the lehigh valley. 88 in toms river and millville and 89 for your high in dover. Down the shore temperatures there are just in the low 80s. Right along the coast. Here is how it unfolds hour by hour, hit a high of 90 at 4 00 this afternoon with clouds mixing with the sunshine and 6 00 still in the upper 80s. And even at 8 00, 84 degrees and the sun doesnt set until 8 33, you have a good afternoon and evening to really enjoy that long day. At 10 00, 82 and sometime in the late evening and nighttime hours a chance for a shower moving through especially north and west of the city. We are talking about what was Tropical Storm cindy that made landfall this morning and well draw in some of the tropical moisture from this system. It will feel pretty oppressive around this area friday and saturday. Future tracker 6 showing tomorrow morning about 9 30 we have a change in the dew point sparking some showers and thunderstorms, and you see that firing up here or there. Its not that it will rain all day, but at any point a thunderstorm firing up and 5 30 and scattered through the area and the best chance to get welt is overnight friday into saturday. You get your last plume of moisture coming through and at 9 30 in the morning and crossing the city through the late morning and afternoon hours, the dew points respond to this not bad friday into saturday. Its very humid and then it drops off. And the remaining days get comfortable and hang in with the humidity. Today shot and sunshine and clouds and 90 late tonight and tomorrow humid and showers and thunderstorms at times scattered especially in the morning and later afternoon 88. And saturday we start with downpours earlier in the day and its humid and sunshine and less humid by days end and 86. Sunday is beautiful and less humid and 83 and monday clouds and sun and 82 and only a chance for a shower monday and tuesday, tuesday cooler just 78 and wednesday mostly sunny skies and 81. After we get rid of todays heat and tomorrows humidity it looks better after that. That sounds good thanks. More than a dozen charities in new jersey received grants to give children safe and afford abexperiences. Ocean foundation of toms river awarded 85,000 in grants to 21 charities this morning. It includes the Egg Harbor Township Police Athletic league and the boys and girls club of atlantic city. And the Ocean City Arts Center allowing them to give camp art scholarships. Fios is not cable. Were a 100 fiber optic network. Now with our new fios gigabit connection, you get amazing download speeds up to 940 megs, 20 times faster than most people have. And the price is amazing too for 79. 99 a month online for the first year youll get our fastest triple play with hbo included for 2 years. Leave cables slower internet speeds behind. So hurry up and switch to fios gigabit connection for 79. 99 with tv, hbo and multiroom dvr service for two years all with a two year agreement. Action news continues with rick williams, sara bloomquist and meteorologist ever being david murphy. We begin are the 12 30 with a developing story. Two men were hurt when the scaffolding they were working on collapsed in old city. It happened on walnut street before 9 30 a. M. It fell on to the rooftop and an action news viewer captured some of it on video. Lni officials are on the scene and osha is notified of the incident. The prosecution in Seth Williams corruption trial called a bucks county businessman to the stand. Muhammad ali was his name. He talked about giving gifts to the District Attorney in order to help him avoid screening at the Philadelphia International airport he is accused of taking bribes in exchange for legal favors and says he has done nothing wrong. A 7yearold girl is back safe with her mom after she fell asleep in a minivan that was repossessed and Philadelphia Police are reviewing video to confirm the stories they were given, it happen the at 45th and chestnut in north philadelphia. A 26yearold mother

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