Good afternoon breaking news from Gloucester County. Police arrested and charged a man in the murder of his wife. He is accused of killing his wife, michelle long and dumping her body in the pool in norwich championship. They thought she died of drowning but found it was blunt force trauma. My mom was the best mom you could ever ask for. She did not survive this at all. We are broken without her. Just trying to keep it together. Investigators are not sure of the motive for longs murder and vernon odom is gathering Additional Details and well have a live report in the next half hour. We are following developing news, the near drowning of a child on temple universitys ambler campus this morning. Chopper 6 hd was over the campus in Montgomery County as ambulances transferred the young girl to a waiting helicopter. The spokesperson for temple says the child was attending a summer camp. And her condition is unknown at this time. Police are looking for the man that abducted a woman and robbed her. The victim got into the mans car after she ordered a vehicle from a popular ride sharing service. Reporter it started last night when two sisters were in a bar in philadelphia. That the two had been drinking in the bar and reportedly called the Driver Service lyft and was picked up and that is when the story turned strange. What started as a night of partying for sisters had an unusual turn in upper darby. One sister got out to buy a bottle of water for the driver who said he needed to take medication and when she came out side the driver and her sister were gone. An hour later britney called police saying the driver robbed her of her cell phone and debit cards and kicked her out of the car. Michael chitwood wants to speak with the person behind the wheel. We are looking for a lyft driver operating a black four door we believe a black nissan. Black male with some type of accent. 25 to 30 years of age. That is the only description we have at this moment. And so once again the 31yearold woman involved in the case was not injured. Possible charges in this case include robbery, criminal restraint and possible abduction and question marks with this case anyone with information about the driver is asked to call upper darby police. Walter perez, channel 6 action news. All right thank you. More developing news out of the nations capital. President trump has sign aid bill to impose new sanctions on russ russia. The bill limits his ability to lift and replace sanctions on russia. The legislation passed congress with overwhelming support and moscow responded by ordering a reduction of u. S. Diplomats in russia. A man in Critical Condition after being shot multiple times after pumping gas. The gun fire erupted at the sunoco station in chester. A man in his 20s was struck in the chest and his vehicle riddled with bullets. Action News Reporter Jeanette Reyes has the latest in the last half hour. Margates board of commissioners decided to seek an injunction on a controversial dunes project. It was made 30 minutes ago and the u. S. Army corps of engineers is building the dunes causing big ponds of water on the beach. The heat and humidity continues with the possibility of an afternoon thunderstorm for some of us. Sky 6 hd looking live at the ben franklin bridge, partly sunny skies and temperatures once again climbing into the 90s and could stay that way for the next few days. Also, keep that umbrella close by just in case. Lets get the latest on the forecast with david murphy standing by in the weather center. The one difference we see today and yesterday is that there is more cloud cover around the region and the hint of some moisture beginning to develop in spots and most of us are dry and on the lookout this afternoon and this evening for the possibility of showers and thunderstorms in the northern half of the region. Trenton is popping up to 84 and 85 in wilmington, 85 at the airport in a. C. And 82 in cape may. Its going to be a hot one this afternoon. 88 by 2 00 and the high of 90 hits at 4 00 and 84 by 6 00 and down quickly into the 70s this evening and still muggy, i am allowing for the chance of a popup thunderstorm after 3 00. That could go all the way up to 9 00 or so tonight. Where the storms hit. They will be spotty and few and far between and they will have a pretty decent chance of this high humid air mass of producing downpours and moderate chance of lightning and strong gusty wind from these. One other issue, air quality. Code orange ozone action alert day right now. That means that those of you insensitive groups like kids and senior citizens, those that suffer from lung conditions like asthma limit your exposure from now until 6 00. And ill be back with Better Weather as we head toward the weekend coming up in the seven day. Thank you. Local fire investigators are looking into two suspicious incidents be the first happened at 2 00 a. M. When someone threw an incendiary device through the home of cedar avenue in west philadelphia. 30 minutes later and less than a mile away someone torched absuv and tampered with the gas tank of a second vehicle. They were on south 56th street xg its unclear if they are connected. A man had to be rescued from a construction site in center city it happened at the 200 block of south broad street. The man was working on the 16th floor and fell through to the 15th floor, he was taken to the hospital with a possible neck injury. People are lining up at amazon warehouses across the country the online retailer was planning on hiring 50,000 nationwide. Gray hall is live now in robbinsville where some candidates were hired today right on the spot. Reporter absolutely right sara, people started to line up at 5 00 in the morning, the process started at 8 00 and look behind me the line is really, really long, people are showing up dressed to impress and resumes in hand and they hope to leave with a job. If you are looking for a job this could have been your big day. Amazon held a major job fair from 8 00 until noon, the company is looking for full and parttime workers including fulfillment and warehouse associates. The line is wrapping around the Fulfillment Center right now and in great response to the opportunities that we are offering for our candidates. People are excited and responding to the fulltime we offer and also parttime. They are looking tore fill 50,000 roles across the country. Including this one in robbinsville, new jersey, the first ever amazon jobs day. If they land a job it this could be an early Christmas Gift zbrz i am here for the benefits, im an independent contractor and work for myself. So i dont have benefits. Job seekers go through information centers, tours and application process and amazon is ready to make thousands of on the spot offers to qualified candidates, but before leaving they hear you are hired. Im looking for warehouse position. What Better Company than amazon to come work for, a Great Company and hopefully getting hired. All right back out live, everyone is wanting to hear the words you are hired. Here is good news, Health Benefits start on day one and this again is a one day event and if you are concerned that you didnt get to make it out today you can still apply online amaz amazon. Job. Anyone wishing to get hired we wish them luck. Channel 6 action news. Thank you. Much more ahead on action news at noon, chaos inside of a convenience store, find out how a Walgreens Customer fought back when a man with a gun announced a robbery. And two boaters save a bald eagle. How they rescued the bird in the water. And david murphy has your accuweather forecast. Its time to rethink whats possible. Rethink the experience. Rethink your allergy pills. Flonase sensimist allergy relief uses unique Mistpro Technology and helps block 6 key inflammatory substances with a gentle mist. Most allergy pills only block one. And 6 is greater than one. Rethink your allergy relief. Flonase sensimist. The u. S. Air force successfully launched a successful Ballistic Missile on a test off the california coast. The unarmed minute man 3 missile was launched this morning and the test was not a response to recent actions in north korea but it does show the United States Nuclear Enterprise is able to deter, detect and defend against attacks against the United States and their allies, the most recent test was back in may. A resource officer is extremely lucky to be alive after being run over by a drunk driver. We want to emphasize the officer will be okay. Matts dashcam shows him walking to a car he pulled over for a Traffic Offense and then another car rammed into the patrol car and the police officer. He was able to get up and call for backup. He is now recovering from a fractured vertebrae. And a Walgreens Customers fought back after a man with a gun, he tried to rob the pharmacy last night in phoenix, arizona, about a dozen people were inside when they came in with a gun and demanded oxycodone, the man was carrying his own licensed gun and shot the suspect. He said i have a gun and everybody get on the floor and as i was trying to get out i heard a shot. A teenage boy is injured after jumping from an airplane after landing in san francisco. The 17yearold was travel ago loan on a cope aairline flight from panama city, after the plane landed the boy opened the emergency door and slid down the wing and down on to the tarmac before they could stop him and an air passenger crew caught up to him. Today Prince Phillip made his final solo engagement. Prince phillip met with Royal Marines who made a journey to raise money for charity. He announced his retirement in may and has given 4,000 speeches and gone on 336 solo visits overseas. Two boaters were able to rescue a bald eagle on the verge of drowning and came upon the bird in distress off the coast of maine. Wildlife experts believe it likely ended up in the water after trying to catch a fish and two lobster men spotted the eagle and fashioned a raft using a life preserver and they reeled it on to the boat. After drying off the eagle flew away on his own. He looks angry though. He sure does. Coming up a new study says lower your cancer risk by following common advice from your dentist. And shiny iphone cases may come with a hidden danger, the reasons hundreds of thousands of them are being recalled today. There is a consumer alert for people with glittery iphone cases, 275,000 of them are being recalled that contain a liquid that could hurt your skin if the case breaks open. Its unclear what the liquid is but the Consumer Safety Administration has gotten reports of skin irritations. One person reported permanent scarring and another reports burns and swelling to her face, leg and other body parts. The cases made by mixed bin electronics were sold online and in stores around the world and customers should stop using them and request a refund. Nasa is offering to pay someone six figures to protect the planet. Hire a planetary Protection Officer to make sure that humans dont hurt the earth. From the outerspace treaty in 1967 and a salary up up to 187,000. There is an easy way to ward off cancer, just follow your din test advice of brushing and flossing every single day. A new study found that those with gum disease had a 14 higher risk of cancer, the risk doubles for gallbladder cancer and tripled for esophagus. They believe its related to chronic inflammation. And the story all parents of Young Children should see what one woman wants people to know about indoor heat streak. And was it rape . A controversial case raises questions about alcohol and consent. If you are looking to redo your floors and the look of hardwood well break down options that look like wood but cost much less than the real thing. As we look live at a pretty picture from cape may. David murphy has your forecast in just a moment. Meteorologist, david murphy is back and in the last half hour there was thunder and lightning. And they are probably with us in some ports of the area this afternoon and this evening. Stormtracker 6 live double scan showing you most of the area is dry, in a moment youll see sky 6 hd and as you take a closer look, you can see there is sunshine right now on the parkway. I actually want to go back to stormtracker 6 live double scan thank you. We have a line of showers and thunderstorms that have just popped up over the last 20 minutes or so. If you go ahead and lapse this they form out of nowhere and begin to blossom and bloom. There are some of these outside of philadelphia. Again these are kind of coming up out of nowhere in the last 10 to 20 minutes. And notice too, as they form they dont really move very fast. This is an issue across the Delaware River in parts of south jersey. Sunshine and center city as you just saw seeing sunshine as well. You get under these things its cloudy and the rain keeps falling over and over again. And there is a concern that in some of these areas that see the slow moving storms you get isolated flash flooding on streets, be careful of driving through floodwaters, this is one area from media from areas of the Newcastle County board getting this stuff. You go out wide and that is it. In allentown in the last 5 minutes a small cell has developed and pushing lightning into allentown, ill show that you too. I looked at this before we went on the air and producing lightning and very quickly it does, around macungie and red lion, where it hits it produces lightning and the downpours, as we move ahead into our temperature profile we are getting warm 87 in philadelphia and we are look agent high humidity out there and 76 in the ocean. Your temperatures across the region, 86 in allentown un84 in reading and 85 in wilmington and 82 in cape may. And the dew points popping the thunderstorms but its humid out there with dew points well into the 70s oppressive humidity and 66 is humid in philadelphia as well. And plenty of moisture for these storms to chew on. Future tracker 6 between how and 3 00 developing across the region and 6 00 additional stuff and the new model run has some of it going closer to the shore and 9 30 tonight there is some of this evolving through the region that we expect it to settle down quickly after that. 88 is your high and humid and storms are possible. Down the shore mid80s and low risk of rip currents and off the beach immediately. The seven day from accuweather a high of 90 today and humid and thunderstorm activity for the next several hours and thursday a repeat sun and clouds and humid and up close to 90 and another chance of a stray afternoon spotty shower or thunderstorm. A little more of that for friday, and it looks like saturday cloudy with a brief shower or two. And improvement in the afternoon looks great. These storms are slow movers but where they hit they could drop a lot of rain. This week in hidden philadelphia, we have a story on the street, it looks like any other center city side street but what is below the pavement make its unique to this and other cities. Watch the episode and the entire seri series. Go to 6abc. Com. And more in the next half hour off action news at 12 30, one Wisconsin Company is injecting microchip to their employees to use for opening the doors and even paying for snacks. And people stuck on the runway for six hours decided to call 911 for help. Those stories and more. Action news at 12 30 continues with rick williams, sara bloomquist and meteorologist, david murphy. Hello again here are the story s we are following at 12 30. A man was arrested for the death of his wife in south jersey. She was found dead in the pool. We have the details. And a Freight Train derailed and caught fire in western pennsylvania and forced the evacuation of nearby homes and people line up for jobs at amazon warehouses across the u. S. And a developing story the arrest in the murder of a new jersey woman. Michelle long was found dead in her home back in june and late this morning Officials Say her husband is to blame. Vernon odom is live in woodbury where the Gloucester County prosecutor announced the charges. Reporter good afternoon sara, it was a very remotional News Conference in woodbury this morning, many victims relatives were there and they are deeply grieving and michelle longs killing is a gruesome case. She did not deserve this at all. We are broken without her. Just trying to keep it together. Britney mcguire is the daughter of slain woman michell l
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