Shes doing really, really g like i said said theres no broken bones or anything. Fracture. A fracture in the back of her skull so theyre watching that and everything. Reporter well, live now back at the house. Unknown elements here thats for sure, things we just dont quite understand yet including what triggered the actual incident. Mr. Rivera says he was told someone ode owed someone a hundred dollars. The Police Investigation continues. So far no one has been charged. Live in newport, john rawlins channel6 action rawlins channel6 action news. Police on the scene of a Homicide Investigation in darby borough. They were called to a home on the 100 block of Spring Valley road after someone heard gunshots this morning. A woman in her 20s was found shot to death inside. Right now police are questioning a person of interest. They still do not know what led up to the shooting. Police are holding a News Conference at 5 oclock tonight. Well have more details as they are released. A man remains in custody for allegedly shooting at a womans car last night in bucks county. Police say 32yearold Brandon Grosso reached out the window of his car and fired a shot into the other vehicle in the richland crossings shopping center. The driver and passenger, a mother and son, were not hurt h but they spoke to action newss gray hall about the scary encounter. Gray will have their story coming up at 5 oclock. Talking temperatures this afternoon. We hit 90 degrees again today. Making this our first heat wave of the season. Uhhuh. The action cam was in roxborough section of philadelphia as anyone outside dont looking for the shade and with the hot weather comes a chance for thunderstorms. Meteorologist adam joseph is at the big board with the latest from accuweather. I was going for a run today adam but its just too hot. No way that man ever is going to run. [laughter] as we take a look, yes, there was a heat wave. The last three days 91 on wednesday, 93 yesterday, today matching yesterdays temperature of 93 degrees. 50 to 20 degrees above average for this time of year and many of us saying let me just get hit by a quick little downpour as we get some cooling effect from it and also the gardens and the lawns need some water and you can see a cluster here just to the west of philadelphia and to the south and east as well, so parts of the region especially south of the city getting walked right now by some heavy rainfall. In fact, this area that is mainly through maryland and now just skirting on the border of southern Chester County as well as Lancaster County a lot of lightning with this moving to the southeast at 40 miles an hour, wind gusts near 50 miles an hour skirting past oxford and well watch this especially for the date of delaware over the next hour or so and also parts of camden and Gloucester County also getting quick little downpours and thunderstorms popping up. But the severe storms theyre going to be very isolated across the region this evening but any of the storms could could and taken very strong winds and a little bit of hail with it but after we get through these storms here this evening, a 20degree drop in temperature is ahead for highs this weekend. Lower humidity. But the only fly in the ointment here is not a lot of sun both saturday and sunday. Well talk about the cooler temperatures and well also take a closer look at storm tracker6 live double scan and those storms in new jersey rick in accuweather. As we head into the weekend remember you can get the hourly forecasts detailed sevenday forecast and check out storm tracker6 any time right on your phone or tablet. The 6abc app is a Free Download for your mobile device. The man accused of running over pedestrians in times square allegedly told police he wanted to kill them all. The comments were brought to light by prosecutors today during Richard Rojas court appearance. Abcs emmy rowe is live in times square with the latest on the investigation. Reporter sharrie the crowds are back in times square. Theres a small memorial on the concrete barricade where that car came to rest yesterday and people are writing on it rest in peace alyssa. Richard rojas appeared in court on friday just about 24 hours after police say he deliberately pulled a uturn in times square and started plowing down pedestrians. He waited for those cars to pass. And he accelerated striking down these pedestrians. That goes to a state of mind and his motivation. Reporter Surveillance Video now piecing together a time line. Investigators say rojas left his house at 10 30 and drove straight to times square. We got a car running people over. Reporter 18yearold alyssa elman and her sister. Alyssa did not survive her sister in the hospital with a collapsed lung. The screaming and hearing the the engine revving and it was just all so quick because before the screams, the revving and then the impact. Reporter witnesses describing him as crazed. He told police he smoked marijuana laced with pcp. Extra concrete barricades are now in place on several blocks where police say rojas kept accelerating until he crashed. He actually goes underneath the scaffold, parts of his car, the side view mirror, license plate are falling off as hes striking these pedestrians. People are being dragged. Theyre on top of the car. Reporter seven victims are still in the hospital. The next step now for police, theyre going to search the home of Richard Rojas try to find any information as to why he might have done this. In new yorks times square, emily rau channel6 action news. Emily thank you. Were getting a look at the cage that police say they found a toddler locked in home alone in north Manheim Township schuylkill county. He was one of three children left unattended their mother in the hospital, their father on watch is now behind bars. But the family is defending this contraption saying it is not a cage. We did not have the intentions of locking our children inside of a cage. Reporter but thats exactly what officials call it yesterday when they found tiffany georges three Children Home a on. There was a two month old child who was locked in a homemade cage. It was kind of fashioned out of plywood and wooden lattice, had a door on it with a barrel bolt so you could lock the door from the outside. But still george insists this is not a cage. Its a play pen. Its a crib. Its not a cage. Reporter meant to keep their toddler from climbing out. The whole purpose of it so that he couldnt get out and hurt himself. Reporter police found a oneyearold in a play pen and a one day mold a baby seat unstrapped. Officials say they were there alone and unattended for at least 40 minutes. Its not easy to look at. You have to feel for these kids. Reporter george admits she has a criminal past does not have custody of her sons and has had some run ins with children and Youth Services but she claims they have seen the pen. Theyre the ones that asked us to modify it so then we built this. This lid was not on it. This lid comes off. Reporter when the police made the discovery george was hospitalized from complications from childbirth. She said she believed her boyfriend cecil kutz and her children were following her in the ambulance to the hospital. I think thats what people should be more focused on and not so much this cage thing because i am very upset that he left my children at home alone while i was in the hospital. Reporter so, george says her children are now in foster care. Its not yet clear whether she will face any charges. In the meantime kutz is being held on 250,000 cash bail. Sharrie. Okay, alicia. President trump is headed overseas without naming a new fbi director. He had said he was very close to replacing james comey but trump left today without any comment on that matter. The president and first lady boarded air force one and departed for the middle east and europe. This is the First International trip of his presidency. Hes on an eight day five country trip with his first stop scheduled in saudia arabia. Hes hoping to reset americas relationship with friend and foe alike setting the stage for middle east peace and ending islamic terrorism. Wikileaks founder Julian Assange said he would be happy to talk with the u. S. Department of justice despite its threats against him. He made that statement after swedens top prosecutor dropped his rape investigation. But he is still hiding at ecuadors London Embassy to prevent authorities from turning him over to the u. S. American officials may want to extradite him on possible espionage charges for preleasing sensitive documents. British police also plan to arrest him if he leaves the ecuadorian embassy. Tonight at 11 00 an action news investigation looks into philadelphias new controversial sugar tax and where the money is going. Investigative reporter chad pradelli has been diging into state and city record and found some alarming problems with facilities now getting city subsidies. His investigation reveals missing background checks, outstanding tax bills and even allegations of physical violence. Some of the findings we have do you think they did a thoreau investigation. Thats something that well look into. Dont miss this exclusive action news investigation tonight on action news at 11 00. All right. Time now for a check of our action news traffic report. It is friday. Yes, it is. Lets go live to matt pelman in the action News Traffic Center today. Hey, matt. T. G. I. F. Thank goodness its friday. The bad news is this is one of the worst commutes weve seen in awhile and weve seen some bad commutes. Already this afternoon some colossal jams rick and sharrie special here on i95 right here on the right side. I know we need some windex on this camera lens but theres a motorcycle accident off to the side here by columbus boulevard washington avenue and as a result, a southbound parking lot the whole way from cottman on down to this point at columbus boulevard. You are barely moving in that multi mile stretch. Northbound also all locked up from broad street through this point on up toward allegheny avenue. Its been a mess of an afternoon already here on 95 in this area. Of course that means things are going to be extra jammed on the vine street expressway eastbound side off the schuylkill out 295 on the westbound side theres a broken down vehicle here at the end of the ben franklin bridge. Ben franklin parkway onramp. Elsewhere on 95 here in Delaware County remnants of a crash in the northbound lanes approaching highland avenue. It takes out the center lanes so coming north of the state line traffic is all messed up at this hour and of course on the schuylkill expressway there had to be a crash as well. It was westbound near 30th street station now cleared out of the way. Eastbound speeds also extra slow because of course the kelly drive remains loads for the stotesbury regatta and a solid jam on the northeast extension northbound from midcounty up to lansdale. There was a vehicle fire there. That travel time northbound 114 minutes. Should be about 25. Mess of an afternoon rick and sharrie. Well check it again in the next half hour. Looks like im taking a chopper home tonight. Can i get a ride. Sure. Still to come on action news friday night. Dj drama involving a bucks county prom. Students go from disappointed to overly excited fall one day and action news is live to explain what happened. Plus, hes a world war ii veteran a great grandfather and a purple heart recipient and today hes adding an Honorary Degree from villanova to his list of accomplishments. We have the remarkable story of this inspirational student who is 93 years young. Ostriches dont really stick their heads in the sand. A peanut is not a nut. And a real john deere. Is actually real affordable. You learn something new every day. The surprisingly affordable john deere e series tractors. Now you can own americas tractor for just 99 dollars a month. Learn more at your john deere dealer. In new orleans crews spent the day taking down a statue of confederate general robert e. Lee. Its the fourth and final confederate related statue in the city to be taken down t the others were removed in the middle of the night but the city decided to take down lee during the day. It was extra security on hand because the city anticipated several protests. A Bucks County School is trying to decide what to do with a very big donation. Burlington stores presented Truman High School in levittown with a 10,000 check this morning. Principal davis accepted the check during a School Assembly s the principal is considering using the some and to buy furniture to make it easier for students to work on projects together. Well, hundreds of doctors and researchers are one step closer to having their dreams come true. 578 students proudly walked across the stage to receive their diplomas from drexel universitys college of medicine this morning. After years of hard work, the group earned medical degrees masters and ph. D. s. Friends and family were also at the Kimmel Center to help celebrate the big moment. Well, at this very hour, this man is officially becoming dr. Irwin medway. The philadelphia veteran is one of Villanova Universitys longest running students and today he is being realizing his dream of becoming a College Graduate as you can see the Commencement Ceremony is under way at this very moment and medway will be receiving a doctor of humanities degree. The joy of getting old is you live history and you made history. And thats what i did. And for 24 years, irwin medway lovingly called irv has been working towards this degree. If youre wonder wag drivers him. I guess the answer is because i can. There literally will be a time when i will not be able to do what im doing. Reporter at 93 years old irv is living history. I survived world war ii. I have a purple heart. Its sitting right here. I have a bronze star. Reporter and hes happy to tell you his story, his way. Something i learned by getting older is that i have become very bold so im not afraid of opening my mouth. Reporter and hed share his unedited wisdom with any student willing to learn. So, im not a philosopher. Im teaching and im saying things that maybe i shouldnt say. Reporter to irvs teachers hes a priceless resource. Its such a great value for me as a teacher to have someone of the greatest generation in a classroom with young people 18, 19, were twenty, 21 years old. Reporter in fact irv sat in classes with other students the same age as his own grandchildren. He has seven and one great grandchild and theres one rule. So, all we believe in is education. You must go to college. Reporter and dr. Medway started his Journey Towards getting this degree at Villanova University back in 1993, 24 years later he is an inspiration not just to his grandchildren and his great grandchild but to everyone and my alma mater i couldnt be more proud. You get them irv. Yeah. He looks great. Absolutely. Beautiful story. Alicia thank you. Thousands of High School Athletes in philadelphia for the prestigious stotesbury cup regatta. Sky6 above the boats. The rowers will be competing for the next hour and a half were told. Theyll take to the water again tomorrow morning. Remember, kelly drive is closed until 8 oclock saturday night. Police are detouring traffic between Strawberry Mansion and Fountain Green drives. Well, visitors are dining on greek cuisine. The Greek Orthodox church is hosting its 42nd anniversary with authentic food and flea market shopping. The festival kicks off yesterday and continues through sunday. Back lava. Did you see any back lava. Plenty. Can we roll that back. [laughter] now fthose festivals were outside today its definitely warmer than weve had it in past. Yeah, but not too hot for backlava though. Meteorologist adam joseph has the forecast. Never too hot. I would be out there all day long if i had to wait for back lava. It is very hot dan its the most humid day of the heat wave as well and with that heat and humidity combining here and a front arriving we are seeing some storms pop in scattered form especially to the southwest and the southeast of center city. In fact as we take a closer look at storm tracker6 live double scan there was one thunderstorm that rolled through parts of gloucester camden county, a second one behind it although that is starting to weaken but following its heels moving to the east at 20 miles an hour there you can see as it moves to the east near 206. With the initial storm moving to the east in parts of Burlington County, washington at 4 33, speed well 4 49. Jenkins 4 42. Youll get a quick little soaking and even a rumble or two of thunder. Theres another nasty thunderstorm with a lot of lightning, 52 lightning strikes in 15 minutes that went right over old barney in the northern tip of Long Beach Island and a little bit of hail with that as well where you see the purples on the radar but now that storm is exiting the coastline. There will be more that will be popping up as we go through the evening hours here. 89 allentown, 90 reading, near 90 in wilmington, 91 in millville. A sea breeze at the shore so temperatures there only in the 70s this afternoon. Were were just over the Halfway Point here and at the beginning of the week we were running two and a half degrees below normal with in long stretch of really cool weather. But this has been such an exceptionally warm middle part of the week but now we are close to average for the month so far but those numbers are going to start to back off as we go into the weekend and next week. Satellite and radar, theres the front and you can seal the storms kind of popping. Theyll be isolated here this evening so not everyone getting hit. The best areas would be philadelphia to the south here through that 6 30 hour, through 6 30 and then through around 9 oclock, theyll still be around but quickly fading offer the radar scope as we get into 10, 11 oclock tonight and thats when temperatures are really going to drop off into the 60s by tomorrow morning, seven, a. M. 9 00 a. M. With that northerly wind drying us out. Highs tomorrow only 70 philadelphia a lot of clouds and very limited sunshine. As we look at the four day at 4 00 forecast a lot of clouds limited sun 70 but much cooler tomorrow. 69 sunday, lots of clouds with a few pops of sun and a round of rain monday morning drying out late and guys on tuesday bright pleasant, thats the pick of the four day right now at 78 degrees. Well have that seven day in the next half hour. Adam thank you very much. Quick break p more news when we come right back. Stay with us. 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In center city it was quite the surprise for a Dunkin Donuts customer this morning. He walked into the Dunkin Donuts at 36th and market right there and walked out with a check for a thousand dollars an three month supply of frozen duncan coffee. Talk about being in the right place at the right time. The lucky customer strolled in at about 10 30 this morning. He was chosen as part of did you know donts new promotion to celebrate its frozen coffee. Its expected to be a big seller especially during the sizzling temperatures. Wild few days for one students at one bucks county high school. They went from having questlove, nobody then pack to questlove plus another possible act thanks to social media. Well tell you all about it when we come back. To our awardwinning mobile app. And if you prefer facetoface, we have that too. Ask me, terry goggans, how our balance of technology and people can help you. Ask me, terry goggans, action news continues with meteorologist adam joseph, alicia vitarelli, Sharrie Williams and brian taff. Hello again. It is 4 30 and action news continues with freebies that can help you get in shape for summer. And first came jeans with windows for 90 bucks. Then it was fake dirty denim for 425. I have both of those. Rick has these but do you have this . Its nothing compared to these convertible jorts. How much the design will set youing. A florida couple says their Sheriffs Office humiliated them on social media by mocking their private struggle to have a baby when they called for help. We begin with a change of heart for one of philadelphia its best known musicians. On wednesday the popular drummer for the roots canceled his performance at Pennsbury High Schools prom just days before the big dance. But that all changed this morning thanks in part tour a big social media push from the students. Action News Reporter bob brooks live outside the school in Fairless Hills to explain. Bob. Reporter sharrie first i want to set the record straight. Questlove is 100 percent performing here for the Pennsbury High School senior prom. He might even have a coperformer with him. Im going to talk more about that in just a second but first i want to step off here and show everyone how theyve amazingly been able to reshape their school. The theme for this years prom is yo philly so its all philadelphia themed right now. Youre looking at a section thats close to what should be the philadelphia flower show. These kids and community should be so proud of the work theyve been able to do. They do something thats considered the best in the country t thats prom. In fact they proudly titled their prom here the best prom in america. Its always held here at the school and this years theme is yo philly. We have the magic gardens, we have philly sports, we have food entertainment. Weve actually been working on this since last spring when we were juniors. We met every week. Reporter part of the reason the students here earned that title their knack for booking big time entertainment. This years act philadelphia native Amir Thompson also known as questlove hes also the drummer for the roots. Well, it almost didnt happen. We thought we had everything nailed down and we received an email yesterday that they were pulling out. It was tough to know that the prom we worked so hard at was kind of falling apart a little bit. Reporter today around 10 oclock the School District sent us a letter citing technology concerns from the questlove team as the reason why so this morning i reached out to questlove via twitter with this message at questlove heard you werent going to be at Pennsbury High School prom. What happened. Shortly after he sent out a series of tweets saying he had some things of a unavoidable matter but then recommitted. He said it came down to a scheduling conflict then reaffirmed his position writing imim not even going o charge them. Im going prom, case closed. I feel like hes going to be greeted extremely warmly. Well send him the pennsbury love. I think hes going to send us the philly love and well and then well party from there. Reporter and we think they will. What youre looking at right there is a beautiful chandelier set to mimic the chandelier at the philadelphia flower show. Questlove might have a coperformer with him. When all of this cancellation happened the school reached out to dj pauly d, the famous dj who is also on the reality show the jersey shore. He still might come plane alongside questlove so those are still details reporting live at Pennsbury High School bob brooks channel6 action news. Sharrie. From 1dj to maybe two and questlove in the building. Sounds like a great prom. Bob, thank you. Students at Martin Luther King High School in the citys germantown section got out of school early today. All because of a smoke bomb. The device was set off in the auditorium sometime this morning forcing officials to dismiss school around noon. The smoke bomb dismissal was unrelated to a small construction fire that happened on the roof earlier in the day. No one was hurt. Police in New Castle County investigating a two car accident that left one person dead t the crash happened along the 2700 block of frazier road in newark around 11 30 last night. Investigators say a saturn driven by a 24yearold man and a hyundai driven by an 18yearold girl collided. A 69yearold woman in the saturn was killed. The four teens in the other car and the driver of that saturn were hurt but all are expected to be okay. Meantime the crash is still under investigation. An employee at a day care and preschool in radnor township arrested for a bomb threat that happened back in february. Police say alexis steed works at the new gulf childrens center. The building was evacuated on february 15. Radnor k through nine radnor k9 patrol did a search but found nothing. Months later police say their investigation led them to steed. Theres also a warrant for a second female employee who detectives say was also involved. A multimillion dollar project at the jersey shore is finished ahead of schedule. Avalon just completed one of its largest beach replenishment projects ever. Crews placed nearly 1 million cubic yards of sand in the towns north end. They got the work done early before memorial day and hurricane season. Avalon used federal, state and local funding to pay for the 7. 7 million project. All right. Meantime meteorologist adam joseph is here now as we look at the weekend. Next weekend down at the shore. Memorial day, yes, next thursday well start our live reports down there. Theyre waiting for you down there. Can you not. Some funnel cake. Im not bringing anything back. You got to be nice to me. Nice tie you. Look very nice today by the way. Thanks, rick. Bring me down and pull me back up. Penns landing is overlooking the Delaware Valley here on the delaware river. Not bad. Its a hazy hot humid afternoon if you like the heat and humidity, temperature 93, the dewpoint 92, pulling that heat index up to 94 degrees. And weve had some downpours and thunderstorms kind of pulse up and now theyre fading offer the radar scope so these are not lasting long but quick hitting downpours, a few rumbles of thunder in parts of Atlantic County Burlington County near washington and also a very potent cluster in maryland. That is severe right now. Well watch as that slides towards middletown and parts of delaware but near glasgow and Bear Delaware youre hearing the rumbles of thunder and the rain is moving away from your reach son. Salem heads up because that storm moving over the bay and the river is heading towards you and route 49. Well take a closer look at storm tracker6 live and talk about that cooler weekend ahead with that sevenday in just a little bit. Okay. You look okay, too. I try. I thank you but you look exceptionally nice today. He wants something later but you know that. Adam, thank you. A group of survivors were honored for their courage reason tenacity. The Cancer Treatment centers of america hosted its annual celebrate life event in philadelphias logan section. All of these people have been cancer free for the last five years. Now during the ceremony, doves were released. Action news anchor Monica Malpass is live in the news room with more on that. Hi, monica. Happy friday. Hi to you as well rick. If youre not a runner or youre new to running you may know getting out the door can be a daunting task if you want to run but tonight experts are helping us bust the myths that may be holding many folks back from pounding the pavement. Ali gorman separate fact from fiction when it comes to running and a lot more coming your way at 5 00. See you run into the studio in a bit. Im head there had now. You got a few two minutes. Todays temperatures did not stop some south jersey students from kicking off a Cool Community project today. Around 30 teenagers from Maple Shade High School took place in a volunteer cleanup effort at this neighborhood park. They set out to improve the eco system by cleaning the pond. In a special effort to save the frogs. The kids met with a local Environmental Firm to develop a strategy before starting their restoration project. Well, students in philadelphia spent time with a professional Football Player today but this was more about academics, not sports. The former penn state Football Player and offensive lineman for the Baltimore Ravens encouraged the students to take math and science seriously. Hes studying for his ph. D. In applied mathematics at mit its all part of stem behind sports day the goal is to show students the connection between academics and athletics. All right. Good for him. Uhhuh. In the meantime lets get an update on the commute home on a friday afternoon. Lets see if theres anything good here. Matt standing by with the update for us. Not a whole lot. But its nice of to ask. Yeah, weve got some big delays resulting stemming you might say from a crash here along the roosevelt boulevard extension northbound side approaching wissahickon was blocking the left lane but the crash just cleared out of the way so still delayed coming off of 76 but at least that accident there is now gone. 76 itself, the schuylkill extra crowded in both directions this afternoon. Just 11 Miles Per Hour there on the eastbound side. Doesnt help us out that a chunk of the kelly drive remains closed for the stotesbury regatta this weekend. If you want to stay on the other side of the river on the mlk drive, that, too, is going to be very busy but is an option or think outside the box a little bit maybe ridge avenue or lancaster avenue as some other alternates. Its been a mess of an afternoon along 95. We had a southbound motorcycle accident close to penns landing columbus boulevard. Its cleared out since last we spoke but the delays certainly have not. This is the scene by allegheny avenue. An hour and five minutes on the southbound travel time. Thats more than four times what that travel time should be. Still a parking lot from cottman on down to penns landing. Also had a crash in delco on the northbound side of 95 approaching highland avenue. Thats gone but still locked up from the state line. A mess on the northeast extension northbound single digit speeds, 118 Minute Travel time up to lansdale because of a vehicle fire. Stay over on 309 but there youre going to have to deal with the traffic lights. Kind of whichever way you turn its going to be a slow go on this friday afternoon. Well check it again though rick and sharrie in the 5 oclock hour. As long as you get home safely. Thank you, matt. Much more still ahead. From hair removal to yoga and boot camp. Todays freebie friday is perfect to help you get ready for summer. Plus they called police worried about a possible explosion. But instead, a florida couple says the people who were supposed to help them not only mocked them on social media but revealed their secret struggle with infertility. From jeans with windows to denim that looks dirty just when you thought youve seen it all when it comes to creative clothing one designer gives us the gift of convertible jorts. Disgraced former congressman Anthony Weiner made an emotional appearance in federal court today. Through tears, weiner admitted to a judge he exchange sexually explicit texts with a 15yearold girl last year. The new york city democrat went on to apologize saying he has a sickness and his behavior has destroyed his lifes dream and public service. Weaner then agreed to serve 21 to 27 months in prison when hes sentenced in september. The guilty plea means he must also give up his phone and register as a sex officer fender. Weaner was released on 150,000 bail. A Kansas Police officer trusted his gut and wound up saving a young boys life. He was struggling and i saw his face in the water and i could see that he was just gasping for air. The officer Aaron Boehmer is talking about the moment he spotted a toddler face down in a pond. Boehmer had been responding to a robbery call but noticed a child walking alone in a park. Well, following his instincts boehmer got out of his Police Cruiser and raced to the water. By the time he got there threeyearold elijah was nearly drowning. Without hesitation the officer jumped in and pulled the boys head above water. I got a kid that fell into the pond. He would have drowned. I mean, i would have said, you know, 30 seconds to a minute but if i wasnt there he would have drowned. Well, elijah is thankfully okay. His parents say he snuck out of their home after he figured out how to unlock the back door. Big talkers now and we start with a couple in florida. They say they were humiliated and publically shamed on social media for something very personal. The couple says theyve been struggling to start a family and have turned to artificial insemination. The 26yearold woman who doesnt want to be identified says she miss handled a thermos containing dry ice and sperm creating the potential for an explosion in her freezer. She called the Sheriffs Office. They responded and then shared the story on facebook using this stock photo of a horrified woman to accompany the post. Hurt, disgusted, shocked. I just feel like the post lacks professionalism. I feel like im being mocked for it now. Well, she goes on to say they hadnt even told their family they were keeping their fertility issues private. The Sheriffs Office says they attempt to show every day what their officers see and they have yet to release and social media policies and guidelines. The woman by the way was not identified in that post. Time now for a little what what are these kids wearing today fashion update here in big talkers. First, there were jeans with clear knee window panels for 90 bucks. Never figured out the point that of one. But then you might remember these the fake dirty denim for 425 bucks caked in fake mud. Why . No clue. Today we present jorts and this is a twofer folks, jeans, shorts a convertible detachable denim design that does it all. Theyre at the work of Opening Ceremony and theyll set you back from about 425 to a little over 500 bucks depending on which style and color you choose. Theyre pants, theyre shorts, theyre pants and shorts. Remove the lower half and youre left with a pair of high cut, you know, little shorts there or you could just wear them as one whole piece. Easy piece see. Thats what it looks like when you detach. Niece are not your mommas jeans. Back to you. [laughter] whos jeans are they. I dont know but daddy might like them. Thank you alicia. What. Nothing. Meteorologist adam joseph has your exclusive accuweather 7day forecast when we come right back. How about a view outside drone6 giving us the live view here at the stotesbury regatta on the schuylkill river. They are in between raises were told right now but as you can see, they are ready to go out there but it is a muggy hot friday. Yeah, not a bad day to be on the water if you have to. No. But yeah, the stotesbury regatta is under way. High schoolers out there. Nice day to be outside if you take the necessary precaution. Right. You just got to take some breaks if youre outdoors for an extended period of time but a big change comes in tomorrow to cool us off naturally. As we take a look at the action cam which was down the shore is that your yacht . Looking pretty good. Back bays here of atlantic city. The boats, the yachts, whatever you want to call them they are ready for memorial day weekend. Storm tracks six life double scan were dealing with a few thunderstorms south of wilmington also Long Beach Island getting clipped by some thunderstorms as well. As we take a look at this loved its a pretty nasty line developing from salem down to middletown into maryland here. You can see those towns and times port penn 4 55, odessa 4 56. Townsend five 05. Moving to the south and east at 4 Miles Per Hour. Some wind gusts up to 50 miles an hour but not on the severe side at this point for delaware. This nasty storm surf city to Brighton Beach along bong leach boulevard eight lightning strikes with this but i wouldnt be surprised if theres a little bit of hail coming out of this storm as well where you see the bright pinks on the radar but that will soon be off aLong Beach Island as well. These storms are kind of hit or miss especially south of philadelphia here this evening. Thats where the indices are in the high to upper 90s. Cooler up towards the lehigh valley, 89 right now is the heat index. Satellite and radar, theres a cold front coming from the north and west and thats whats kind of popping some of these scattered storms here and that will continue over the next several hours as the front sinks to the south and High Pressure comes in from behind it from the north but temperatures right now 93 philadelphia its the hottest spot in the midatlantic, just shy of 90 in new york city, same for washington but you can see the 50s in syracuse, binghamton right now so that cooler air is nearby. So for tonight though scattered thunderstorms early otherwise it turns breezy and cooler quiet for the rest of the overnight 55 to 61. Future tracker showing at 8 oclock tonight there you can see those hit or miss downpours and storms again mainly south of philadelphia and they all but stayed off the raid fade off the radar scope quickly between 8 oclock and 11 oclock as we lose a lot of dynamics and the front sinks to the south. As you wake up tomorrow morning, a lot of clouds, very limited sun this weekend as the boundary to the south doesnt move far enough south to clear us out so we are littered with a sea of great upstairs tomorrow but temperatures are going to be a lot cool kerr only in the upper 60s to around 70 degrees as we go into the first part of the weekend. The exclusive accuweather 7day forecast o70 for a high tomorrow, low humidity, lots of clouds and the same thing for sunday. Were kind of locked in the cloud cover with a few hints of sun here and there, 69 degrees. And then a decent round of rain maybe over an inch of rain here monday morning, drier late in the day of 74 degrees and then its bright pleasant beautiful tuesday, 78 and then more unsettled weather with rounds of rain wednesday into thursday before that system does kick out in time to kick off the Holiday Weekend on friday at 75 degrees. So watch for the hit or miss storms this evening. Thank you adam. Yeah. Freebie friday is coming up next. All right, its a fun get ready for Summer Edition of freebie friday. Lets start with this one. As you prepare to hit the beach, dream spa and waxing is offering this exclusive deal to our 6abc viewers. A free 20 waxing Gift Certificate to be used for any treatment of your choice. Good until may 27th. Thats a great freebie fore you today t now every day there are free yoga classes at race street pier and dillworth park in city hall tons of free fitness classes. We have the schedule on 6abc. Com. Get a free game of bowling where you live. Go to go bowling. Com. Well show you how you can get a free game. Tons of bowling alleys included on that one. Tomorrow theres a fun party and jamboree happening for kids at can park thats at 11 00 and pine streets in center city from noon until 3 00 theres live music juggling balloon animals childrens yoga. They provide the mats. Face painting and so much more and the weather looks like its going to be great for that too. Tonight at Jefferson Square park a free screening of lala land. That starts at 8 30. Byo blankets chairs and snacks. Tonight at 8 40 on the nose, chuck e. Cheese is celebrating its 40th birthday with a free slice of cake for everyone at every location. I knew i would get your attention there rick 8 40. Toys are us is hosting a free hatchimals event. And from one to 3 00 on sunday a free radio flyer collectible mini wagon as well. You had me at free cake. So much for rick to do this. Im into which you can action news continues next at 5 00 and heres what were covering. Were learning new details about an apparent road rage incident that ended in gunfire in bucks county. What a woman and her son say led up to those harrowing moments that left them caught in the crossfire. Plus accuweather is tracking the potential for scattered storms ahead of a cooldown for the weekend. Meteorologist cecily tynan has that and more in the forecast next at 5 00. Okay. Tires have a new home. Midas now sells great brands at great prices. Get 100 off instantly on select goodyear and cooper tires through may 31st. Find your tires online. Trust the midas touch. Action news. Delaware valleys leading news program. With jaime apody, meteorologist cecily tynan, Rick Williams and Monica Malpass. An apparent road rage incident ended with a shooting in a bucks county parking lot. Those shots last night pierced a car with a woman and her son inside. And now were learning new details about what led up to the confrontation from people nearly hit by the gunfire, too. Friday night the big story on action news is that shooting that landed one man behind bars. Action News Reporter gray hall is live in quakertown tonight where he spoke to the victims earlier today. Gray. Reporter rick and monica, it was a violent scene that played out in this parking lot behind me. The victims tell me they are still traumatized by all of this but they are relieved that police made an arrest. I called 911 right away. Turned around and i was like oh, he shot you. Dialed 911 and i said ive just been shot. Reporter they both could have been killed. Police say this man Brandon Grosso had a shotgun and fired shots at the familys car. Police did tell me that 1 inch lower or me moving a little bit differently in the angle of my car that i wouldnt be here. Reporter police say grosso was first involved in an incident at the yum yum bake shop along broad street in quakertown. Investigators would not go into detail but the lavin family said grosso was spotted in the area with a gun and people called 911. They encounter
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