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Feet of their boat in new jersey. Ten immigrants die in a hot truck after crossing a border illegally. Federal charges have been filed against the truck driver. The big story on action news this noon President Trump soninlaw facing confess in the russian investigation. Jared kushner is meeting with the Senate Intelligence committee on capitol hill. He is the first person to discuss russian meddling in the 2016 election with government officials. Meghan hughes is live in washington with the latest. Meghan. Reporter sarah good afternoon kushner releasing this 11 page statement. In it he goes into details about the four meetings he had with russians during and shortly after the campaign. He also states he has nothing to hide. The first member of President Trumps inner circle on the hot seat appearing before investigators for the Senate Intelligence committee. Jared kushner releasing a statement in advance of the meeting. I did not collude or know anyone else who colluded with any foreign contactors. Hopefully this puts they say matters to rest. Kushner said he didnt know who would be in the meeting trump tower that don junior set up with the russian lawyer linked with the kremlin who said to have dirt on hillary clinton. He said he he mailed an assistant ten minutes into it when it turned out to be about russian adoption. Congressman adam shift a leader in the house investigation telling cbs, we have a lot of ground to cover, we expect this will be the first interview. President trump on a tweet storm this morning lashing out as schiff as leezy sleazy and bias. The new White House Communications trying to downplay the meeting telling cnn, i predict that will be the last time Jared Kushner talks about the russians. Kushner will appear tomorrow before the house Intelligence Committee he wont be the last member of trumps inner circle to appear. Donald trump junior and Paul Manafort are negotiating their meeting. President trump is expected to deliver a statement on healthcare this afternoon as Senate Republicans make their push to appeal the Affordable Care act. Senate postponed its summer break as they work to break through the stalemate. After powerful overnight storms were watching for the chance of more wet weather later today. Its another muggy afternoon as we look live at center city, sky6 live hd pretty picture, meteorologist david murphy in the Weather Center with a check on the forecast. Reporter looks better than last night. This is 8 00. Look at the rain pounding through the region. Overnight 2 30 a. M. We were getting woken up in some neighborhoods. After that the rain was out of here. In some case you got over 4 inches of rain. There are some areas that have a Flood Warning northern Cumberland County in bridgeton, the cohancy river is the issue there. Be careful if you encounter flooded areas not only there, but anywhere around the region, turn around dont drown, of course. Satellite showing things coming in the overnight hours, things clear out now. It is a day where we are unstable and there could be a shower or thunderstorm popping up. So far so good that last lingering rain from last night push be over longed island. For now we look okay. Well keep our eyes out in the skies for the scattered showers an thunderstorms. 73 in trenton. 82 in philadelphia. 83 in wilmington. Down the shore, 77 degrees in cape may. Same story up in allentown. 77 degrees, heres where numbers are going today. 86 degrees by 2. The high 87 between 3 and 4 00 p. M. Upper 70s by 8 00. Low 70s by 10 00 p. M. Notice how im posting the possibility of showers and thunderstorms today, they will not be happening at once, but where they hit they could be an issue. Storm Prediction Center across the entire area the green means there could be an isolated storm or wind gust gusts up until 8 00 p. M. Tonight. Well have more coming up from accuweather, in the seven days, no 90ss ahead. Thats a relief. Overnight rain left behind flooding in places, including the jersey shore. In delaware, commuters ran into this road block a large tree came down across 1100 block of dupont road. This is the view of the flooding we were speaking of. Katherine scott is live in Fairmont Park with a look at the storm aftermath across the region. Katherine. Reporter sarah and what a dinners from earlier, earlier there was flooding along mlk drive, now the birds are chirping and the sun is shining and the roads dried out after fierce storms struck the area overnight. Heavy downpours wet roads, lightning streaking across the sky. Strong storms ripped through the region overnight. Even after the rain stopped problems lingered across the area. Take it easy and be thowft to other people be thoughtful to other people. Reporter in ship bottom, route 72 near barnegot avenue flooded and the leaves were high this morning making local roads difficult to navigate. Some drivers plowed ahead, others turned around. I have a mustang, i got here at 6 00 a. M. , i had to drive back to Little Egg Harbor and come back with my dads truck. Its taken two hours to get to work. Reporter this car was stranded in the floodwaters at tulip and master, a Police Vehicle was posted to stop drivers from coming through the deep water. In blackwood firefighters were on the scene bloars black horse pike near 42. Pse g were called to shut off the power so the firefighters could attack the flames. Flooding subsided along mlk drive and streets began to dry out. There were a number of Power Outages reported across the area, crews worked overnight to get customers back online. Katherine Scott Channel 6 action news. Thank you. Three people had to be rescued when this water spout came within ten feet of their can canoe. The water spout formed over the delaware bay in down township. An Apartment Fire forced dozens into the treat overnight in the parkside section of philadelphia. The residents had to evacuate the building on the 1600 block of north 52nd street. Firefighters contained the blaze to a mechanical room on the 4th floor, nobody was hurt. The city of philadelphia officially has a new district attorney. Kelly hodge will be sworn in as the interim d. A. The 45yearold was elected by a board of Common Pleas Court judges. She will complete the term of Seth Williams who resign last month and awaiting sentencing in a federal corruption case. Voters choose the next permanent d. A. In november. Football is back in south philadelphia. Today carson wentz and the newest eagles hit the field for the first time this season. Head coach Doug Peterson said the ingredients are there for a playoff team. Im excited about the new draft picks, the free agents, they helped our roster, it was important for us this spring they were able to do that, and mixing that altogether. The reelings play their first preseason game against the packers in green bay on august 10. Still to come on action news at noon, a man is facing charges in the case of deadly human smuggling. We have the latest after ten immigrants die in the back of a hot truck in texas. Dietary supplements are causing medical emergencies involving children. The message doctors have today. Meteorologist david murphy will have the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast when action news comes right back. Having a baby. Caring for your parents. Learning you have a condition. These are moments when people realize that where you get your medicine matters. And they look to us. Cvs pharmacy. For advice. And ways to save money. Plus, get up to fifty extrabucks each year just for filling prescriptions. Switching is easy. Were here for you. 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The couples attorney said recent tests showed the 11monthold has irreverseible muscular damage. Homeowners in california were told to flee after the flames started spreading. So far the evacuations are voluntary, the blaze is 50 contained. 17 people were rescued after being stranded by flash flooding in arizona. The group called for help after they were surrounded by rushing water. A helicopter lifted the last of the 17 people including a 44yearold boy to safety. They are given food water and blankets they were not injured. Wells fargo has been ordered to reinstate an employee who tried to blow the whistle on the sales practices. The bank manager was fired in 2011 after racing concerns that the bank was opening accounts without Customer Knowledge or consent. In addition to rehiring the employee, the department of labor ordered them to pay out half a Million Dollars in back wages. Healthcheck this noon, more children are having medical emergencies after getting into dietary supplements. Poison control centers received double the amount of calls between 2005 and 2012. Most of the incidents involved children younger than 6 years old. Vomiting rapid heart rate were the common symptoms. Parents need to treat the pills just like medicine and keep them out of a childs reach. A South African girl born with aids has kept her diseases suppressed after stop taking the medicine. The news came today during an aids conference in paris where doctors reported progress toward monthly shots rather than daily pills to treat hiv. The Action News Team is out working on news stories for tonight at 4 00 p. M. Lets check in with Alicia Vitarelli live in the newsroom. Reporter hey, sarah if youre dining with at a new york restaurant they will wont serve you more than one drink. Thats in big talkers. Good news for ladies a European Company has invented a beer just for you. 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And provided by Unitedhealthcare Insurance Company, which has over 30 years of experience behind it. Apply for a Medicare Supplement Insurance Plan any time you want. So dont wait. Call unitedhealthcare now to request your free decision guide. The exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast. I was here late last night when the Tornado Warning came in it was such a strange thing. The one they are investigating is in maryland today. Might have a couple of strong storms coming in later tonight. Storm tracker 6 live double scan shows you we are dry. Kind of on the look out for something to pop. Storm tracker 6 live double scan this is not active rain this is double scan Technology Elements that we can bring into the fray. What the radar is doing showing you what happened overnight. Look at the purple that was an area around the museum where they got 7. 6 inches of rain based on on Storm Trackers estimate. 4. 6 inches in southern Chester County and in the area highlighted in yellow and orange there was a lot of rain that fell in a fairly quick pattern. This is where the Flood Warnings earlier, the only Flood Warning at this point is along the cohancy river. While we might have backed up drains every now and then across the region. The temperature currently 82 degrees, as we take a look at the current profile. Your winds out of the north northwest at 10 miles per hour, your ocean temperature is 74 degrees. Kind of warm in the ocean, although even there, later today and tonight youll have to be careful about showers and thunderstorms. 82 degrees in philadelphia. 83 in wilmington, 77 in allentown, 75 in trenton, 79 currently in cape may. It is humid, the dewpoint is back to 6 degrees in philadelphia 68 degrees in philadelphia, a little below the category where we consider it oppressive humidity. 84 in dover, 75 in cape may. Very humid in here, with the unsettled humid air mass theres a chance of pop up showers and thunderstorms. Up until 3 00 p. M. , scattered showers activity. Later in the afternoon or evening theres a chance of stronger heavy downpour producing showers and gusty thunderstorms. We have a chance of isolated strong damaging wind gusts producing storms. By 9 00 some of that may be making it down to philadelphia. After that it wont be out of the question something makes it to the shore. Indoors lower floors with any thunder that happens in case its an isolated strong guy. Warm and humid in the lehigh valley, 795 chance of an afternoon or evening storm. Down the shore, spotty storm later in the evening, if you see it at all thats when it would be. Mid to upper 80s south along the jersey coast and delaware, low rip current risk today. Thats always good. Todays high in philadelphia, 87. It will be humid with sun and clouds. A spotty storm possible later today and this evening. Houston in town having a good year, mostly cloudy, i would bring rain gear in case theres a spotty shower or thunderstorm during the the game. 82 in the first pitch, 72 in the 9th inning. Humid when its not raining. Evening storm giving way to drying conditions overnight tonight. 71 is the overnight low. Tomorrow morning there could showers and sprinkles showers around. In the afternoon, mainly dry, but an isolated shower possible. The exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast, 87 humid, at times a stray popup shower or thunderstorm, a couple of which could strong later today and tonight. Clouds and sun tomorrow. Spotty drizzle in the morning and fog maybe a brief shower later in the day, a better high of 81. And then wednesday looks beautiful, the humidity tomorrow will start to drop during the day, but on wednesday a gorgeous gay with low humidity and highs in the low 80s. Humidity creeps up thursday and friday with thunderstorms around. Sarah a shower here or there, mainly dry, 85. Sunday looks delightful 86. As i mentioned a while ago, look at those numbers you will not see a 90. Its about time. Upstairs ups facility in south philadelphia turned into a diaper facility this morning. Cradle to crayons handed out 300,000 diapers to Human Services organizations in the region. Cradle to crayons provide essentialses for essentials for homeless or low income children. 70 to 80 a month for a child which is not covered by food stamps is an excessive item. You can find out how to support cradle to crayons on our website at 6abc. Com. A new miss america will be crowned once again in atlantic city. Find out who the host for the competition will be. Every summer hundreds ever students from around the region take part in the stage theater program. Karen rogers has a preview of the performance that features classics the whole family can enjoy. Those stories and more still ahead. Guided you through recovery. Joe tastes just as sweet to us, as it does to you. We join you. Hitting the midmorning wall . With up to 24 grams of hearty protein jimmy dean bowls help you avoid it. Shine on. The stories were following on action news at 1 30. Flooded streets caused problems across the Delaware Valley this morning. As the workweek got underway we have more on the storms that moved out and what to expect later on today. President trumps soninlaw is on capitol hill being questioned by Senate Investigators about possible russian interference in the 2016 election. Birds are back in action, eagles Training Camp officially underway. The heavy rain brought down trees and flooded many streets and buildings across the region. Take a look at this scene from this morning where a student apartment complex at Rowan University flooded. Chopper 6 hd was over the triad buildings in only 8 people were living in the apartments because it is the summer. Not known how much damage was done in the buildings. Sky6 live hd showing the center city skyline, the sun is shieng shining but theres a possibility of more storms keep an eye to the sky. David murphy has more from the Weather Center. Reporter Storm Tracker 6 live showing us theres not a whole lot of rain out there right now. In fact were dry across the