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Gloucester county and this cured in Burlington City and arrested in camden county. And we ask that the bail remain on the upper end at this time. He has a rap sheet of 18 arrests in all and many involving violence and some in states outside of new jersey including iowa. The judge concluded this is no time to allow samuel james back out on the streets. The charges are serious. As serious as our criminal code has. Dealing with an alleged homicide monica and sharrie, samuel james if convicted here could be looked upwards of 30years to life in a new jersey state penitentiary. Im vernon odom, channel 6 action news in mount holly, new jersey. Okay thank you. President barack obama visited louisiana this afternoon to see firsthand some of the hardest hit areas by last weeks devastating flooding. At last count 60 house homes were damaged or destroyed and that number could get even larger. Reporter hi monica and sharrie, this is pretty much what the president saw, home after home with every piece of furniture and every belonging tossed to the curb. These families now have to start over and many of them dont have flood insurance. From the receding flood water to everything it destroyed. President obama getting a glimpse touring the devastation in southern louisiana. I hope they see that so many people have just lost everything. Every piece of furniture in my house is on the curb my walls are on the curb and carpet everything. The president talking with owners of some of the 60,000 homes damaged a week ago in the worst Natural Disaster since superstorm sandy. The rising water blamed for 13 deaths and 60,000 homes. And people still living in shelter. Are you not alone on this, even after the tv cameras leave, the whole country is going to continue to support you and help you until we get folks back in their homes and lives are rebuilt. While praise for the federal aid already coming in a sharp contrast to femas response to katrina. And president obama also facing criticism. Donald trump visiting louisiana last week. Some say he should have the cut his vacation short to visit sooner. But the governor says that an early visit would have taken away resources that were much needed here and the Recovery Efforts that are still clearly far from over. Live in baton rouge, channel 6 action news. Thank you marcy. Turning now to politics and we go live to pipersville, buck county, about 15 minutes ago republican Vice President ial nominee, mike pence kicked off a Campaign Rally there and is still speaking on the stage. Its one of several stops he is making today in pennsylvania. Earlier today he visited king of prussia to tour a tech company that makes medical devices and jet engines and he spoke to an invitation only crowd saying that businesses like this would do better under a trump pence white house. He made an unscheduled stop in norristown. He stopped to gets a haircut at jones barbershop on east airy street. Both pence and Vice President ial nominee, tim kaine, found themselves so low on the campaign trail today. Well have more on the race for white house coming up at 5 30. The man accused of beating a little 2yearold boy to death faced a judge for the first time today. Police say that Zachary Tricoche murdered his girlfriends son, because of a fight over groceries. Prosecutors say that the little boy bled to death internally. Action news spoke to his grandfather today. My grandson was 2 years old and innocent, now he doesnt get to live his life and he gets to live his life in prison. It should be Death Penalty. Tricoche is held on 1 million bail. Students head back to college in our region. And a focus on safety. Bob casey met with top officials today in center city philadelphia. Last year caseys Campus Sexual Assault bill went into law. It in part requires that incidents of domestic violence, dating violence or Sexual Assault and stalking be disclosed in annual campus crime statistic reports. Casey spoke about the bill today. Prevention and awareness meaning that the entire Campus Community had an obligation to be part of the solution and to work on preventative steps to make everyone aware that its everyones responsibility. Representatives from temple, the university of penn and drexel were among the schools that took part in the discussion. From our new jersey newsroom, governor Chris Christie is proposing a solution to the states most pressing issues, urban education and property taxes. The fairness formula in bordentown, its an equal per people funding plan. Giving better Public Education for every new jersey student. Widener university welcomed the class of 2020 to campus today and action News Reporter Annie Mccormick was there as the new students moved in. Reporter Widener University has a freshman class of 700 and about 600 are moving in today. Lots of precious cargo filtered through dormitory with the help of student athletes and members of greek life and Student Leadership and some administration. The idea is to make the movein easy for parents and new byes but the toughest part may not be the heavy lifting. What are your feelings right now . This is my last one. Some relief . No. We are sensitive to the an item as well as the excitement of the first few days, we do everything we can to help them be successful. Im feeling nervous for her. Not for me, but nervous for her. Probably a little bit of every emotion possible. Reporter butterflies aside the president has a message. Make the most of your opportunity in college, widener is a fantastic university and we offer such a range of opportunities, take advantage of all of them, take advantage of everything you can here and youll have a fantastic career and a fantastic life when you graduate. And even the president is lending a hand helping the freshman move in and they should wrap up in a couple of hours and upper classmen move in in a couple of days. It was five years ago today that an earthquake hit virginia, realitying the entire east coast. Nothing was seriously damaged here in the Delaware Valley but the quake did damage both the Washington Monument and the National Cathedral in washington, d. C. Both landmarks have since reopened. Its time now for the action news traffic report. Lets go live to matt pellman and see how things are rolling out there. At least today the ground is standing still and so too is the traffic. Leer on the vine street expressway like it is many afternoon in both directions by the schuylkill. Overnight tonight the vine closes at 11 00 but before that at 8 00 p. M. , the ramp from the westbound vine and the eastbound schuylkill to 30 and street will close for overnight construction. If that normally your ramp during the late night hours, you wont be able to use it tonight. And this is 422, normal afternoon westbound slowing from 23 to this point to just past the oaks interchange and westbound near pottstown we had debris in the roadway but that is in the process of being cleared away. And downed wires in greenville delaware is blocking kennett pike. And one more in upper pits grove, a crash and fuel spill is blocking 77 and commissioners pike is your alternate there. Thank you sir. Still to come on action news a rare disease strikes a College Volleyball team landing six teammates in the hospital. What a local expert says is behind the mysterious condition. And an attempt to impress a girl turned into a four hour rescue mission in western pennsylvania. What a student was trying to do when he found himself trapped inbetween two buildings. Cecily is outside. Second day in a row in the comfort zone but im tracking the return of heat and humidity and ill let you know when when action news returns. If you have medicare parts a and b and want more coverage, guess what . You could apply for a Medicare Supplement Insurance Plan whenever you want. No enrollment window. No waiting to apply. That means now may be a great time to shop for an aarp Medicare Supplement Insurance Plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. Medicare doesnt cover everything. And like all standardized Medicare Supplement Insurance Plans, these help cover some of what medicare doesnt pay. So dont wait. Call now to request your free decision guide. It could help you find the aarp Medicare Supplement plan that works for you. These types of plans have no networks, so you get to choose any doctor who accepts medicare patients. Rates are competitive, and theyre the only plans of their kind endorsed by aarp. Remember these plans let you apply all year round. So call today. Because nows the perfect time to learn more. Go long. A western pennsylvania student is expected to be okay after he tried to jump between to buildings and instead he got stuck between them. He was trying to impress a date and fell down a crevice four and a half feet wide. Its not clear if he will face charges. In tonights health check, a new increase in zika cases in south florida has a new area of concern in the state. Health reporter and registered nurse, ali gorman has the update. Reporter five more people have gotten zika from mosquitos and one is 250 miles away from miami on floridas west coast and it includesait. Petersburg. They have stepped up mosquito pray spraying. They think the only areas are winwood and miami beach. As of today they are cleared half of winwood. In other news, Health Officials in texas are trying to figure out how eight student athletes were sent to the hospital all facing symptoms of a rare and serious illness, the students were from Texas Womens University and six were on the volleyball team. Its a break down of muscle tissue and can cause kidney damage, a local physical therapist not involved in the case, but says eight at one School Points to common causes. Two conclusions would be they are taking supplements that predispose them to it. And all training in excess without opportunity forest and hydration and cooling and those types of things. The university is looking into the cases and the students are now listed in Good Condition at the hospital. Mcdonalds has now officially recalled 29 million activity trackers offered with happy meals. We told you last week the company stopped giving them out after complaints of skin irritation, they got seven reports that the wrist bands caused blisters. If you have one at home are you asked to take them away from kids and return it to mcdonalds. The American Heart Association issued new recommendations about kids and added suggest, kids 2 to 18 should eat less than 2 tea spoons of sugar and right now they eat an average of 19 teaspoons of sugar. Eating more than 6 throughout childhood could raise the risk for Heart Disease and lead to weight gain and that puts kids at a greater risk for buy dietz. And the way it to focus on eating whole Natural Foods and proteins and kids and teenagers to drink no more than 8 ounces of sugar sweetened drinks. And look at the labels, you can see the sugars, add it up throughout the day, six teaspoons of sugar is equal to about 25 grams of added sugar. Back over to you. Thank you. Stanford university has banned under graduates from drinking hard liquor on campus, beer and wine are still allowed. The move comes months after brock turner, a swimmer from stanford is convicted of sexually abusing a woman after a party. Still to come on action news at 5 00, how a fast food chain is lending a hand to animals in need. And the quick thinks of a 1yearold girl that helps her family escape a house fire. Im Hillary Clinton, and i approve this message. Michael hayden if he governs consistent with some of the things he said as a candidate, i would be very frightened. Gillian turner hes been talking about the option of using a Nuclear Weapon against our western european allies. Max boot this is not somebody who should be handed the Nuclear Codes. Charles krauthammer you have to ask yourself, do i want a person of that temperament controlling the Nuclear Codes . And as of now, id have to say no. [bill oreilly sighs] local chipotle restaurants are lending a helping hand to the spca tonight. The restaurant is donating 50 of the proceeds of a meal to the pc spca. Just mention the deal. People trapped inside of a burning home in new jersey had to jump to their safety. It started in sayerville, and 12yearold jaylin hollaway lives in the home and was there with her aunt and cousin and she quickly led everyone to an upstairs bathroom and jaylins mom was at work when this all happened. I called the cops right away, if not we would probably all be dead. They risked all of their lives and families to come save my kids and my house. The house is badly damages and they are happy they all survived. Today marks 25 years since the worldwide weapon went public, that is what www stands for. And it was built on top of the internet to allow for widespread access to information. They granted it back on august 23rd, 1991 and they credit that day of the new information age. Something we use every day. Yes. Still to come on action news at 5 00, a check of the forecast. Taking it live outside, showing you live in Atlantic City, cecily tynan has the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast for the week ahead. Dont let dust and allergens get between you and lifes beautiful moments. Flonase gives you more complete allergy relief. Most allergy pills only control one inflammatory substance. Flonase controls 6. And six is greater than one. Flonase changes everything. Its time for the action news forecast. Cecily tynan is here with the story of another gorgeous day. Everybody seems to be in a great mood because of the weather. Its fantastic out there. Sky 6 hd taking a look at the center city skyline. Blue skies and sunshine. But this morning there was a little bit a chill in the air especially in the suburbs. Philadelphia 62 degrees, the coolest morning since june 18 and, that is 5 degrees below normal. Lancaster, the low was 49 degrees you needed a jacket and Atlantic City airport 55 and wilmington 56 degrees and now temperatures have warmed up generally in the 80s and inland areas and philadelphia 82, the normal high is 85 for this time of year. And allentown and reading 80 and 82. You get the sea breeze down at the shore cape may 75 and beach haven 77. Satellite 6 along with action radar showing we have a broad area of High Pressure sitting right over us. Really squeezing out all the moisture in the atmosphere. That means tonight is clear and very comfortable yet again. Another great night for sleeping. Not quite as cool as last night. Wilmington 61 and trenton 60 and reading 57 and cape may dropping down to 63 degrees. Tomorrow as we head through the day well be warming up. The hourly forecast showing at 8 00, 70, and as we head into the afternoon, 86 degrees and dew points in the upper 50s so more humid and 8 00 down to 79 degrees and that is the beginning of a warming trend. Tropical satellite shows things are getting active. Tropical storm gaston will likely become a hurricane but no concern there. But the concern is the tropical wave right now, its not very organized just east of the lesser antilles, it looks like this continues to the north and west and the spaghetti plots over the next five days, show it heading through the bahamas heading towarded florida. It doesnt show the intensity. Will this stay disorganized or become Tropical Storm hermine. Ill let you know when it gets closer to the event. The fiveday at 5 00, sunny and warmer and on thursday it gets muggy and 89 an isolated shower in the poconos, and friday hazy, hot and humid ain few thunderstorms, the weekend will be hot but not oppressively humid temperatures in the low 90s will the heat and humidity return next week, details on that in the exclusive accuweather forecast. Well take a break and be right back. At longhorn, steak is all you need. Its not all you get. 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The republican and democratic president ial nominees are keeping a low key schedule today and allowing their running mates to take over the reins. Drive home the candidates message and steer the voters hopefully in their direction. Tim kaine chose a denver machine shop and mike pence toured king of prussia,