closer. it is thursday night and the big story on "action news" tonight is a possible break in this philadelphia murder mystery. lawmen say they have found the victims' laptop computer. "action news" reporter sharee williams is live at police headquarters, sharee what are the details here. >> reporter: jim it's day four in this investigation and detectives are hot on the trail with this one. not only did they recover her stolen laptop built right now as we speak we're being told here at headquarters three people are being questioned. >> it's an on investigation and we're still continuing to work it very, very hard. >> philadelphia police are pushing hard to find out who killed 85-year-old regina prunner holmes. "action news" learned three people are being questioned by the homicide unit. holmes was found monday inside east mt. airy home beaten stabbed and with her throat slit. police believe robbery was the motive. philadelphia police commissioner charles ramsey says the investigation is moving strongly in the right direction. >> homicide is making progress. and hopefully we'll be able to bring it to a conclusion by finding the person or persons responsible for such a horrific crime. >> and today new developments. investigators executed search warrants at two locations. on the 6600 block of north bovier police entererd a home and sources tell "action news" detectives retrieved a laptop that belongs to the 8 a5-year-old murder victim. police also searched this north philadelphia home on the 31 0 0 block of stillman the same block they found holmes' stolen car abandoned. police say they are closer and won't let up. >> we have leads and the homicide investigators have been working this around the clock. >> reporter: so no charges filed yet. but the work around the clock it continues tonight and at this point again we want to let you know detectives are at this point questioning three people right here at headquarters as we speak. i also spoke with the captain of homicide and as far as today's developments he called them "significant progress. live at headquarters sharee williams "channel 6 action news." jim. >> thank you sharee a man was killed tonight when he lost control of his car and crashed into a tree in northeast philadelphia. chopper6hd flew over the scene roosevelt boulevard near conwell avenue laes than township hours going the man was alone in the vehicle at the time of the crash. >> firefighters remain on the scene of two alarm blazes in fullcovt delaware county and flames broke out inside an industrial building that house as i beauty supply office and pr finishing. part of the roof collapsed and there was concern about possibly hazardous materials inside. fortunately nobody has been hurt. we're waiting to find out what sparked the blaze. >> well, today was wet and gloomy and the long holiday weekend kicks off tomorrow with a bright start. the question is will it last? meteorologist cecily tynan joins us at the big board with the accuweather forecast, cecily. >> jim it won't last. you been fortunately the whole weekend will not be dry and i'm tracking showers on saturday. but it will be warmer than today. today's high in philadelphia a measly 77 degrees that's 9 degrees below normal and over the past five years this is only the 6th day in july when temperatures have not climbed out of the 70s. so this was unusually cool and on the damp side. satellite 6 and action radar showing we had the clouds and 11:00 you see heavy rain across the jersey and delaware shore. parts of cape may county inch and a half of rain caused localized flooding and good news you can see how that low pressure is pulling away from us. clouds backing up. the problem, though is that this boundary continues to just stall to the south. another wave will be developing and moving in on saturday. but until then high pressure will nudge down from the north. that will bring us return of sunshine and with that tomorrow temperatures will respond accordingly. we'll get out of the 70s. 82 degrees we 3bg in philadelphia. so a fairly nice day with more sunshine to the north. and more cloud cover south. so ranking three days this weekend i'm going with a tie between tomorrow and sunday. sunday will be warmer. tomorrow a pretty nice day. the problem day will be the fourth on saturday with clouds and showers. i really don't think it is a washout. i'll talk about timing and also have the shore and poconos in the full accuweather forecast, jim. >> thank you cecily. >> a philadelphia police officer accused of assaulting his girlfriend has turned himself in. michael alice has been charmed with simple assault, false imprisonment and contempt. alice's girlfriend said the two had a fight may 24 and turned physical. alice is twelve year veteran of the department and was dus send suspended for 30 days with intent to dismiss. >> the philadelphia police department will announce officers involved in shootings. it reverses a decision of departmental policy. until now the department refused to release the names of officers involved in shootings. citing safety concerns. under the new poll sit officer's name will be released in 72 hours unless there's a threat against officer or family members. >> a volunteer firefighters from stratford, new jersey is behind bars tonight. police say 39-year-old express jury kapala arranged to have sex with under age girl he met on line and her mother. when kapala showed up tuesday he was arrested. he had in fact, been communicating with an undercover over. kopala is held at burlington county jail and sbail set at $75,000. a 91-year-old north philadelphia woman has for too long been afraid of the home next to hers. it's collapsing. and she's afraid that she is at ground zero. "action news" tried to help and it looks like the city is stepping up. "action news" reporter annie mccormick has the story. >> reporter: this home in 2400 block north 18 street more than a eye sore potentially dangerous situation waiting to happen. >> we had police out here, peco, l & i, and they have not been back. >> that was 91-year-old fannie monk's reaction several days ago when she called "action news." she lives next door ato abandoned home on verge of collapse. >> i'm 91 years old and easy to get upset and right now i'm upset. >> she should be monk raised children and grandchildren in the home she kept impeccable for decades and the homeowner of abandoned property died 1996 and building started to fall apart on morning's home. row you dents and raccoons moved n monk began calling the city. last july they posted notice stating repairs were needed and l & i returned over a month ago and stated this saying the home would be torn down. >> she wants to come and hang clothes she cannot she's afraid. she should not have to live like this. >> monk's daughter katherine green says recent storms and rainfall post new concern she feared collapse was imminent and city was not going to follow up. today, l & i inspectors did after "action news" called and an inspector took pictures and assured her demlation could start as soon as monday when asked about the delay the l & i commissioner stated there are 300 properties along the sitd thinky that need to be dem ol irkd. tomorrow, contractors will be out here to begin the bidding process to decide who will tear down the eye sore. once that bid is awarded to a contractor then that house will be torn down. north philadelphia, annie mccormick, "channel 6 action news." >> a death investigation is underway in mullica township, new jersey, police are at this home in the 00 block of waymoth road reading avenue. they were called there late this afternoon. prosecutor's office is not releasing more details at this time. we're waiting to find out if charges will be filed in a deadly bucks county crash. police say the driver of a semi-was attempting to make a u-turn but hit a motorcyclist in milford township. the person on the bike was killed. the crash happened at 5:00 along route 663 at the quakertown interchange of northeast extension of the pennsylvania turnpike. the owner of a popular new jersey jersey shore pizza chain, has admitted to taxi vacation. hanco & manco owner pled guilty to he vaiting taxes. his wife mreld getty to lying to internal revenue service. there's one in summers point and two atlantic city boardwalk. >> the republican plan to proyvt size state controlled liquor stores state stores. wolf says selling liquor system is a bad business decision that would lead to higher prices. the move comes two days after they vetoed the entire republican budget bill. >> popular vacation web site air b & sbxt now legal in philadelphia and taxable like a hotel. air bnb allows tou rent out a room in the home to the entire home. a lot of people already listed their places for the pope's visit in september. drivers who travel over bridges between philadelphia and new jersey could soon get a break on tolls. delaware river port authority recommended credit for frequent users. here's how it would work. drivers that use e-zpass would get $18 credit after they crossed bridge 18 or more times during a single month and applies to those who use the walt whitman and ben franklin taken goes to the commissioners for vote. philadelphians can find confined wheelchairs will have taxis designed for them. parking authority today rolled off first of 61 taxis that will be wheelchair accessible. activists clark has been fighting for accessible cabs for years and he had honor of affixing the first medallion tonight. tony brooks checked out the taxi and we wanted to know his reaction. >> it feels like i'm sitting in a chair in the vehicle you. >> don't feel vulnerable. >> no. >> i feel safe. >> the new taxis cost $29,000 each. and they went through crash tests before getting a approval for service on the streets of philadelphia. >> still to come on "action news" tonight a toxic cloud forced thousands out of their homes tonight a result of a train crash. we'll have the latest situation in tennessee. and plus a local woman hoping facebook can help her track down her birth mother. she wants to find the woman that abandoned her outside a hospital 8 years ago. cecily. >> skies are clearing out tonight. i'm tracking return of clouds and showers for part of your holiday weekend. i'll have details including shore and poconos in the accuweather forecast. >> and extra inning drama tonight at citizens bank park. phillies and brewers. those stories and more when "action news" continues >> more than 5,000 people in marryville, tennessee are out of homes tonight because a toxic cloud is hovering above the townch the cloud was released by a train that he derailed and caught fire late last night. hazardous chemicals on board that train are used to make plastics and highly flammable and can cause headaches and rapid heart beat. it could be two days before people are given the all clear to go back to their homes. >> ford is recalling more than 00,000 vehicles in the united states because of a software glitch. it could cause the engine to run even if ignition is turned off key removed or engine stop button is pressed. ford says it does not know of any injured causedbly the dmrich. it affects 2015 focus c max and escape vehicles. june jobs report is out and shows employers added 223,000 jobs to the economy last month. the unemployment rate fell from 5 1/2 to 5.3% and bad news is that wages did not budge at all. former virginia senator jim web is running for president and he joins a field of democrats challenging hillary rodham clinton in a message posted to his web site today, web says. the nation "needs a fresh approach to solving the problem that confront us. and web is a vietnam veteran and former navy secretary under president reagan and was elected to senate in 200 and served one term. on "healthcheck" tonight measles being blamed for a washington state woman's death. she is first person in 12 years to die from this disease in the united states. the woman was most likely exposed to measles at a medical facility during that recent outbreak. she had several other health conditions an a suppressed immune systemch the woman did not have a rash which, of course is one of the measles most common symptoms. a crowd gathered in atlantic city tonight for the second annual "make the best of it bash" make the best of it. those were electric amiller's five favorite words. she lost bat toll melanoma in 2015 and she started the tara miller melanoma foundation to raise money for research. we're told tonight's event raised half a million dollars for this cause. a crowd gathered in atlantic city no sorry let's go on to this story. a local woman abandoned by her biological mother 8 years ago is using social media in hopes of tracking her down. heather kahne posted this picture on the 6abc news facebook page. in 1986 the staff at grand view hospital in sellersville received an anonymous call in 1986 that a baby was outside wrapped in red sweatshirt. newborn was hypothermic and quickly nursed back to help. kahne is emotionally ready and wants to meet the woman who gave her up. >> i don't have ill-will towards this person as all. nobody knows her circumstance is substances. it was not like she left me there hoping somebody would find me she made sure someone found me i think that's awesome. >> one woman already reached out to heather claiming to be her birth mother. we'll keep you updated on this story. let's go to cecily tynan and the holiday weekend forecast from accuweather. >> all in all the holiday weekend is looking nice. two out of three days should be spectacular. >> saturday, clouds and showers. saturday is not the nicest of three days. but stormtracker 6 live double scan showing the good news is showers we had earlier today from heavy rain along the coast moved out. so it's a great night to ride rides. steel pier of atlantic city is lit up tonight and it definitely is on the cool side and at least it's dry at the jersey shore. temperatures show along the shower want a sweatshirt. 67 cape may. avalon ocean city, margate and surech city all 68 degrees and inland temperatures not warmer. millville actually a little cooler. 66. trenton 67. philadelphia is highest number at this point 72 degrees. reading and wilmington currently 67. satellite 6 and action radar showing that low pressure that brought us clouds and showers is moving on out. you can see how clouds are clearing out nicely. the problem though is that the boundary a stalled front that really helped track this low pressure is not going anywhere and another wave of low pressure developed along that on saturday. but, tomorrow, high pressure is winning out. building down from the great lakes and that means a sunshine is back and mixture of sun and clouds and more sunshine to the north and more clouds south and temperatures back to 80s. 83 degrees. low humidity. it will feel comfortable tomorrow. on saturday, that high pressure moves away from us and this low pressure tracks south and ibt acts with a little piece of upper level energy. it brings us clouds and scattered showers especially first half of the day. temperatures drp a little with high of 8. good news for fireworks is that it looks like we will be drying out on saturday night. so if you head down the parkway i'll see you there the fireworks forecast, lots of clouds but it should be dry by then. 7:00 77 by 11:00, 72. all in all a pretty mild night. and if you head to the poconos tomorrow the sunshine is back. mostly sunny 7. for the fourth it clouds up with showers. 73. and sunday the nicest day of mountains, sun and clouds, high of 78. if headed to the shore is i want to point out that again there's a moderate risk of of rip current you want to listen to the lifeguard. don't go swimming when lifeguards are not on duty and put on suncreen. surprise and clouds, 75. nice day tomorrow. for the forge you may want to go shopping or do something other than happening on the beach with clouds and showers. 75. but sunday the sunshine is back and we warm up to 78. the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast comfortable tomorrow, sun and clouds 83. saturday we cloud up with showers especially first half of the day. and 81 degrees and sunday partly sunny and temperatures up to 86. we warm up a little more monday. 88 degrees. on tuesday the high, 88 slightly more humid and wednesday and thursday is when we get that oppressive humidity and with that a possibility of late day showers and thunderstorms. and 87 on wednesday and thursday 86 degrees. certainly not a perfect weekend. but it will not be a washout and again at this point looks like showers on saturday will be the first half of the day. >> all right. cecily. raindrops didn't keep people away from penns landing tonight tonight ♪ visitors were treated to a concert by the philadelphia orchestra. they performed on the river stage. a showing of the sixth sense wrapped up at rittenhouse square. the movie, of course, by local director m. knight shavalon part of the wawa welcome machine festival. >> 6abc is proud to be a partner of the wawa welcome america celebration. 10 a.m. toll noon with the freedom ceremony and parade. >> join us for philadelphia 4th of july jam on the parkway that night. rick williams and cecily tynan host a program along with karen rogers and adam joseph. the concert begins at 7 followed by the fireworks display over the philadelphia museum of art. >> it has been 16 years since united states well's soccer team brought home the world cup. but, this year with a talented delran new jersey native as the team's leader anything is possible. carli lloyd scored two goals in the last two victories on the road to this sunday's final. "action news" sarah bloomquist spoke with lloyd by skype today. fan surprise property here helped drive her success and she says she is staying focused on what could be a very tough match against japan the team that beat the united states in 2011. >> great overall team but i think we have so much momentum and we had this prior to china game and i think we're peaking at the right moment and i feel confident in our team to go win this thing. >> you can watch the entire interview with carli lloyd on our web site at 6abc.com >> phillies going into extra innings trying to avoid a sweep bit brewers at home. >> all they did was delay inevitable. they went ahead and lost this game. we won't be seeing phillies for a while. brewers game against milwaukee twlooingt home games. harang placed on dl because of foot injury. chad billingsly a shoulder strain kept him out 7 weeks. rough for him. five innings ten hits seven runs six earned and at one point fullys trail and then score three nrunz 7th inning and then pulling the phils win 1. two batters later a single brings him in and great slide by ben to avoid the tag. game tide at 7. lind with 7 rbis this series and phillies 8-7 and losz all four games in the series they'll number atlanta tomorrow. miguel franco has been named national league rookie of the month. fill liz third baseman batted 352 in june 8 home runs and 24 runs batted in and last philly to win rookie of the month honors ryan howard ten years going back in 2005. >> last night six areas greed to complex trade with sacramento they met nick staskix. he was eighth overall pick a year ago and nba trades not official until next week and sixers brass not talking but soon to be new teammates mrawd the move. >> i think we're turn around the organization right now. i think with these new picks we have everybody coming together i think we'll start winning too. >> this should help. jalil okafor is gearing up for summerlike which begins monday since draft aid week ago okafor has been at the team's practice facility nearly every day. >> feels good to be part of another team. i love being part of a team. and i have not played five on five since national championship game. felt good to do that here and have teammates. >> to come triple crown winner american pharoah will race again and which big name this equal fire upset at wimbledon >> american pharoah will run again. second round at wimbledon. dustin brown of germ next brown near court fourth set action nadal. cool shade. match point later in the fourth set how about ace brown says afterwards "i thought was going to freak out a little bit. he does. he can be for given forever that. that's sports. >> medford township got a jump on 4th of july celebrations tonight. this is medford's fourth annual independence day celebration and fireworks display in freedom park. before the fireworks there was plenty to do for the whole family including live music and fun activities for all the youngsters. "jimmy kimmel live" next on channel 6 followed by "nightline". jim "action news" continues at 4:30. now, for the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner, good >> dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live!" tonight, andy samberg. from the seattle seahawks, russell wilson. "this week in unnecessary censorship." and music from butch walker. with cleto and the cletones. and now, if that's not enough, here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] ♪

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