tracy morgan takes action against wal-mart, the retailer who left him seriously hurt and a friend dead. and now another casino in atlantic city will roll up the red carpet. lets go to david murphy first and look at your accuweather forecast. >> it's a nice morning across the region with sun trying to break through clouds and there is one issue, an air quality alert, air is unhealthy for sensitive groups including young kids and people with asthma, you'll want to limit your activity from 12:00 to 6:00, that is when the ground level ozone is at its worst.

as we look at pictures, elaine sends this one from sea isle city. and i ask twitter followers to tweet in sunrise and vacation pictures this summer. this is a nice one from yesterday, but what about today? there looks like cloud cover down the shore and it's in the process of breaking apart and a fair amount of sunshine at the shore, 71 right now in philadelphia, 71 in wilmington and everybody else in the upper 60s and as we roll through the day it looks like a warm one for your saturday. 9:0075 and noon 82 and your high today is 89 degrees, that is about 4:00 this afternoon. it gets more humid tomorrow eva and then we have thunderstorms moving into the forecast especially as we get into next week's work week. i'll have details coming up. we begin with breaking news, the search continues this hour for to missing children in northeast philadelphia. police are searching for the children for several hours now.

a 7-year-old autistic boy, and his 12-year-old sister is missing since last night. the children were left in the care of their elderly grandfather but within the mother returned home from work the children were not at home. police say that the children told their grandfather they were going to a playground at the decatur school at 9:00 last night. but he fell asleep and didn't realize they didn't return home. police and k-9 officers are searching for the children seen here in this picture, if you know of their whereabouts, are you urged to call police right away. new this morning, two people were rescued from a burning home from philadelphia's mantua section, a police sergeant says two district officers ran into the home and saved two people and others were edge to get out on their on. the fire broke out on the 3900 block of aston street, the debris in the home slowed firefighters making it hard

toward put out the flames, the firefighter suffered a minor hand injury during the call and everyone else is okay. atlantic city's losing streak appears to continue, we are awaiting for official word from trump plaza officials, we are told that the casino will shut its doors by the end of summer. annie mccormick has the details. >> back and form from being depressed and upset all day. >>le they say that the trump plaza will send out notices next week to announce the casino will close. long time employees like frank have not heard word. >> it's the fourth announcement of an atlantic city casino closure, the atlantic club closed in january and revel

filed bankruptcy for the second time and caesar's show boat announced they were closing. sharp entertainment owns trump plaza and the trump taj mahal. if true his life would change dramatically, senator wailin is not optimistic about a seventh hour save. >> i would like to tell the employees don't worry we'll save your jobs, i'd be lying. >> a local union president says he has no comment because he has no confirmation that this rumor is true. a tentative date is set to auction off atlantic city's revel hotel, subject approving from bankruptcy court. they filed for the second time

last month. the hotel and casino has only been open two years, they have $477 million in secure debt but only $9 million in cash. from our delaware newsroom, city council has voted to reduce the staff by 8, council says the 8 positions are currently vacant and will not affect fire response times the fire chief has publically denounced the cuts saying it would lead to house closures. delaware state has fired its chief medical examiner amid a scandal with tampering with evidence and criminal misconduct. authorities accuse him of using state resources for personal gain and miss managing the office.

actor comedian, tracy morgan is suing wal-mart, in connection with last month's crash on the new jersey turn pook, that seriously injured morgan and killed his friend. morgan's suit accuses wal-mart of negligence for not realizing the driver was awake for more than 24 hours, that say violation of new jersey law. the suit calls the suit unreasonable and the driver survived and is facing charges. an autopsy has failed to show what killed matt bendick his body was found in a room, he was the boyfriend of glee cast member becka tobin. >> he was here on some type of business. >> they are checking his credit card receipts to retrace his

steps, so far there are no signs of foul play, drug use or that he committed suicide. the medical examiner is doing more tests on his body. he owned nights clubs around the country. last year glee lost its star corey monteith. they are looking to cap the amount of money that public workers make when they retire without using sick days. steve sweeney is introducing a bill capping the amount to $15,000. in 2010, governor chris christie vetoed a bill saying he did not want to allow any payouts at all. the democratic candidate for pennsylvania governor toured factory and smoke to workers about his made in pennsylvania plan. he unveiled turns of models of baseball bats for professional players along with minor league,

college and high school. he caused a stir, governor corbett by vetoing tens of millions from their budget. he got a warmer reception at the graduation of 89 new troopers from the pennsylvania state academy. ridley park in delaware county is not as easy as hanging up a sign. the borough is meeting next tuesday to consider permits for yard sales and how many sales with happen in one year and a specific timetable. after concerns from some residents having yard sales almost every other weekend. the meeting is tuesday night at 7:00. next on "action news" saturday morning, a man accused of opening fire in a florida movie theater is out of jail. why a judge allowed curtis

reevess to go home. and a small plane gets into trouble mid-flight. warm day today and only slightly humid, but more humid tomorrow, as we move late into tomorrow afternoon and monday and tuesday, storms come back into play, it's summer after all. we'll be back with the accuweather seven day.

the man accused of killing six members of his ex-wife's family collapsed in court yesterday. as the judge read some of the charges against ron haskell. he shot his wife's inlaws and four of their children. one survived the attack. >> they say he suffers from medical issues and is not taking

his medication. the man responsible for a deadly movie theater shooting, curtis reeves is charged with the murder of chad olson, he shot him in front of his wife because he didn't like olson texting in the movie theater, is he on house arrest until his trial. and is on gps monitoring. american airlines says a technical issue caused their plane to be money landed. the plane was in route from hawaii to guam. all passengers and crew members were briefly sheltered in a gym and later put on another flight and taken to honolulu. in massachusetts, a small plane landed on a high school athletic field. only the pilot was on the cessna and the mechanical problem cause the the plane to land not long

after takeoff. 7:12 and lots to get in this weekend. >> stormtracker 6 live double scan shows us we are dry. we have plenty of sunshine on sky 6 and hazy in center city and clouds are trying to break up in parts of region and especially south jersey and parts of delaware, they break up well, a fairly decent afternoon ahead, karen in westchester, my twitter follower says 72 in that region. 71 in wilmington and 71 if philadelphia think a lot of suburbs in the upper 60s but you'll get into the 70s and 80s in most cases today. if are you driving on i-95 or the pennsylvania turnpike you'll want to keep your sunglasses handy and a sweep of clouds from the west and low lying cloud cover closer to the shore, than will allow most of the sun in for the day. we'll call it partly sunny

overall and warm and a high of 87 degrees, in philadelphia, we go for a high of 89 this afternoon, we hit that at 4:00, partly sunny and warm and winds are not all that strong and not much of a source of relief today as they are only 6 to 12 miles per hour, sunny for 8:00 and 79 degrees by 11:00 and 72. heading down to ppl park, it's 6 abc night at the soccer pitch. partly cloudy and seasonable, and 82 for the start of the match with the colorado rapids. 79 degrees for the 90th minute. if you head farther up 95 citizens bank park, a decent night for baseball, 83 for the first pitch and the phillies are on a six game winning streak. woo hoo. and in the afternoon we'll be on

the lookout for showers south and west of philadelphia that could at times mix in with a strong thunderstorm, most of this looks north and west of philadelphia, that will change monday and tuesday. for the weekend in the poconos, looking good today, partly sunny and 79 and more humid and a chance of a shower or thunderstorm in the mountains, down the shore we are drying and nicer today given that the humidity is only moderate and partly sunny and 83 and it feels more humid particularly as you get off the beach, ocean temperatures are in the 60s tomorrow, you can get a cool dip in case it gets warmer on the beach, 89 today in philadelphia, partly sunny and not bad and slightly humid. tomorrow more humid and 88 and the afternoon thunderstorm in the northern and western suburbs, a warm front draws nearer with a high of 90 and the afternoon be on the look out for

drenching and these could be damaging on monday and on tuesday, tuesday's drenchers are strong and 84, we hope that gets out here fast enough so on wednesday we dry out but we'll allow for a linger rg thunderstorm or shower just in case but overall a think that wednesday say transition day back to nicer weather and thursday and friday are look going right now with highs in the low to mid-80s. >> hopefully that means another good weekend next week. >> i hope so. can you get "action news" any time free with the apple and google app stores. >> security is an earned benefit for anybody that works, when to take it can be puzzling, lisa thomas-laury sort its all out. >> financial advisers say save early and observe but don't rely on social security alone. >> no matter what you do or

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here is what is happening in and around the lehigh valleys this weekend. the fiesta is all weekend long, one of the premiere latino events, bringing 15,000 people a day. it unites the commune with the celebration of dance, entertaining and food and crafts. it happened from 2:00 until 8:00 today and tomorrow and is free to attend. the spca will hold the peace and love part kbri. adoption fees are waived for kittens, cats, and adult dogs puppies and purebreds have an adoption fee of $100. it's 350 east airy avenue in hunting park. summer is all about blueberries and peddler village is having their blue grass

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my twitter follower, neil was on r up on the track getting ready for the philadelphia marathon, he showed you how he was getting ready in garnet valley. we have a fair amount of clear skies opening up even in south jersey, where the cloud were thicker earlier. this sweep of clouds allows sunshine through as it rolls on in, in a little while.

79 by 3:00 and by noon 83 and the high is 88, we'll call it partly sunny and the high is 89d and that will slot in at 4:00 before we dip back down to 86 by 6:00, no rain and a tad humid similar to yesterday and not too bad overall. as we head to the playground, 1:00, 84 and keep the sunscreen handy if you head outside. the sun is prevalent enough to give you a quick burn. >> thanked david. the phillies are hot with five straight wins. cole hamels takes on steven strasburg of the nationals. they are in eight games out of first but are moving up.

jimmy rollins belted to home runs and a.j. burnett wins it 6-2. even with this winning streak are they contenders. >> i can speak for everybody and say yes, if not come see me, yes, i believe so, if not we wouldn't have this kind of baseball right now, guys would be down on themselves worrying about what they are doing, but guys are coming in preparing to win a baseball game and that is all can you do. >> the all-star break begins sunday night and so much for the reports of jeremy lin being traded to the sixers, he is shipped off to the lakers and big news out of the nba king james going home. remember the cleveland cavalier fans burning his jerseys after going to miami. that is all forgot and, he left miami and signed with the cavs his home town club.

charles barkley says this situation is a win-win. >> how often can you be a hero in your home state? this is great. >> the influence he and his entourage had in his miami is practically nothing to cleveland and his desire for his wife and friends and confidants and everybody to come home. >> "good morning america" digs into the potential economic impact could have in cleveland. >> and who would have thought this, the sixers are the champion of the summer league in orlando. noel did not play in this game, the sixers are giving him an occasional day to rest after that knee injury. eagles running back lesean mccoy kicks off a charity event

at chicky's and petes, proceeds benefit als, the disease that claimed the player's grandmother. allen iverson is among the stars lending support to the fundraiser. and now they can serve themselves beer, at the minnesota continues stadium has a self serve beer stake, here is how it works, a customer goes and shows i.d. and they can withdraw 48 ounces every 15 minutes, the employee watches the station and steps in if a person appears intoxicated.

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horizon and clouds are breaking up fairly well, we have an issue with air quality, it's powers that be decided it's an unhealthy day for groups air quality wise, an ozone action day, and sensitive groups and young kids should limit your outdoor activity from the hours of 12:00 until 6:00. the rest of us can help by eliminating driving and filling unthe car and mowing the lawn with gas powered mowers. there is a sweep of cloud cover from the west and i don't think we'll get worse than partly sunny skies the rest of day. a warm start, 71 in philadelphia and 67 in allentown, some suburbs in the 60s. as we go through the day, a warm finish too. by 9:0075 and by noon 82 and a high of 89d degrees, 86 at 6:00.

the 89 degrees probably strikes at 4:00. as we look at the barbecue cast, 84 by 1:00 and 88 by 5:00 and partly sunny and 81, there is enough sun to make a difference. as we check out the rest of the weekend, it looks more humid tomorrow and stormy especially on monday and tuesday, details are coming up. >> thanks david. >> new this morning, a motorcyclist is dead after the driver clips the back of a car in burlington township. the biker was thrown on to the road on the 2000 block of 541, the wreck happened at 1:15 this morning. that car was turning into a wawa, no charges are filed and police are still investigating. >> heavy rains and winds swept through virginia and left thousands without power and in the pacific northwest people are keeping an eye on dangerous wild fires that are burning out of

control. >> reporter: thousands of people in the mid-atlantic states are struggling to recover from severe weather that pounded the region with rain and major flooding. >> people are running and taking shelter and stuff. >> the winds howling at 70 miles per hour. >> the wind literally came this way and pushed them across the street. >> it's inundation was severe at pennsylvania's hershey park enough water for people to float around and north harbor park was submerged as 3 inches of rain fell in 2 hours. at virginia beach 11 people were vured as the wind shredded homes and businesses, tossing this man's car like a toy. >> everything was just flying around and out west more of nature's fury, a wild fire in northwest washington state is burning out of control. fueled by strong winds and warm conditions. >> this is too close to home, it's been scary. >> the fire has burned an estimated 18,000 acres already

as more than 450 firefighters scramble to contain it and neighborhood evacuations are mandated. ray connected a hose to his roof. >> if we see embers we turn it on. >> there is no sign of relief. >> next week still wet in the east and little to no rain from the pacific northwest into california. >> reporter: and forecasters say that the eastern storms are expected to bring unseasonably cool temperatures to the middle of the country, some 20 to 30 degrees below normal. "good morning america" weekend has more on the wild weather, across the nation, it's next following our broadcast at 8:00. philadelphia police are still investigating a bizarre accident in the northeast, a woman drove her car right into the living room of a home.

sharrie williams has the details. >> it sounds like a bomb went off. >> joe donahue lives in the building where the car crashed into one of the living rooms and heard and felt the impact crashing through. >> ran out and there was a lot of smoke and i told my wife to get out of the house. >> the 75-year-old woman that lives in one of the upstairs units was behind the wheel when it happened. that according to philadelphia police. donahue rushed in to help his neighbor. i knocked on the window and the door was locked and she was daysed from the airbag hitting her and i went in the backseat and crawled across and unlocked the door. >> the downstairs unit is heavily damaged and the woman that lived there was not home at the time of the crash. >> thank god my grandmom was not here because her couch literally sat in front of that window. >> family members tell me that that unit was undergoing

renovations and that this crash is setting that back. neighbors tell me before the crash the elderly woman was in the vehicle in the street. they say looking disoriented before she crashed into the home, police tell me the cause of crash is still under investigation. in northeast philadelphia, sharrie williams, channel 6 "action news." >> the search is on for a roxborough man that slipped out of a home after a standoff with police. the action cam is along the 400 block of del mar street, the man was involved with a fight with a woman and he fled to a home and barricaded himself inside. when police were able to get into the home they found a gun but the man was gone. is he described as a 45-year-old white man, 5'11" whering khaki pants. a man is sentenced after

brutalizing a girl and kills her brother. from first degree to burglary. he was arraigned on all accounts. >> i am relieved this man will finally pay for what he did to my son and daughter. >> police say that rivera broke into the victim's house and raped amber at knife point, she was just 12 years old at the time, that is when her 6-year-old brother dominic ran in screaming trying to defend her, rivera slashed both throats killing little dominic. usually "action news" does not idea if i victims of sexual assault but amber and her mother want to show the world they stand tall and she is a survivor. flds rapper meek mill was suppose to be on stage in washington, d.c., instead he is locked up in philadelphia. a judge sent the 27-year-old to jail for 3 to 6 months on a parole violation.

that stems from a drug and gun case of 2009. his lawyer says he was sentenced on technical violations like social media posts, and officers were not always able to reach him by cell phone, the attorney added that mills not taking the sentence well. >> he is distrautd and confuses and upset and worried because it will give the wrong opinion to his fans. >> meek mill is schedule food perform on the center on july 19th but that show is in question. as israeli air strikes continue to pelt gaza, for the first time rockets hit mosques, israel accuses militants of stockpiling weapons beneath mosques and homes and businesses. hundreds are dead and more are

injured. a strong oinl rattled japan last night striking off the coast of the crippled nuclear plant at fukushima, the 6.2 magnitude quake cause aid tsunami but no damage was report. back in 1011, a powerful quake and tsunami led to the damage to the nuclear reactors, yesterday the workers were orderered to retreat to higher ground. homeland security secretary jay johnson visited a detention centsner new mexico. he plans to send back immigrants that illegally try to enter the u.s. the center is housing 400 illegal immigrants and president obama and leaders are at odds at how to limit the immigration crisis. eagles safety malcolm jenkins his foundation and

fraternity, along with feed the children hosted the get ready fest in north philadelphia. some 800 families received supplies of nutrition foods and winter coats. so kids only have to focus on their school work. >> it's important. people are unemployed and people need the extra food. and can't afford to pay for the extra personal care and needs. >> it doesn't take much resources, it's something we can do quickly wtd help of a few partners really knock it out and they came together really fast and people jumped on board fast to help us. >> each family received enough food to feed four family members for a week plus a box of household goods. next on "action news" saturday morning, a young boy is taking action to fine a cure for answer. we'll hear from him and his father and how they will peddle for a cure this weekend.

>> and meteorologist david murphy has the exclusive accuweather forecast.

check out this odd site in denver, colorado, a tree grew through an old bike, nobody moved it for a long time. it looks like you couldn't move

it, nature took over the entire situation. >> that is crazy, jeff goldblum from jurassic park, nature find a way. we have a fair amount of sunshine at the shore and clouds earlier and folks are heading to the beach and why not sun is up and a nice day building out there. as we look at the highlights of forecast, nice today, that is part of it and then tomorrow we start to get the humidity riding back in and as we head into the work week, it's more humid and perhaps a bit stormy. tranquil out there and humid but not oppressive. winds out of the south southwest at 3 miles per hour. a sweep of clouds eventually ride in from the west but even then it's thin enough cloud cover to allow sun through,

overall partly sunny today and 73 by 8:00 and we hit the high of 89 at 4:00 this afternoon and we are still in the upper 80s by 5:00. lots of 80s on the board, and allentown getting toasty at 87 this afternoon. if are you down the shore you'll catch a break. tonight is 6 abc night, at ppl park, the union hosting the colorado rapids, it's here on 6 abc, a bunch of us are saying hello, if you see me at the ballpark, 82 degrees is the start time, 76 and a seasonable partly cloudy night, at the phillies, up the i-95 corridor a little ways, 75 for the ninth inning and phillies against the nationals they will win five straight games people. as we look at the northern and western suburbs we are on the

lookout for showers out to the north and west and a couple of thunderstorms, we'll be dry most of the day and a bit of clouds and sun mixed. it will feel a bit more humid tomorrow and getting more so as we get into early next week. most of rain is off to the north and west. in the poconos, not bad and partly sunny and 78, and a chance of a thunderstorm in the poconos tomorrow. and down the shore i'm tainging out the chance of thunderstorms for sunday and 83 and tomorrow humid and 84, and sunscreen the next couple of days but i think it stays dry tomorrow at the shore. 89 in philadelphia today and on and humid side and 88 is the high tomorrow and a thunderstorm up to the north and west of philadelphia. and on monday and tuesday keep your eyes on stormtracker 6 live double scan on your 6 abc storm tracker app on your smart phone or on 6abc.com or right here on

"action news" because both of these days, right in here, could feature some strong, gusty drenching storms on monday and tuesday because of a cold front pushing in. the front may pull out of here and if it does it's dry, a thunderstorm mainly early in the day, the afternoon looks good with the high of 82 and the humidity is lowering for the rest of the week, thursday and friday good for now. >> stop it. >> thanks david. well, this is a fun event, the first night of blob fest in chester county ended in a scream. [ screaming ] i love this, dozens of screamers there, the night of classic movie watching culminated with screaming individuals running out of the street in phoenixville, hundreds lined the streets for the timed exit, it

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urgent action is taken for disease control because of incidents involving deadly germs. one event in atlanta could have exposed workers to anthrax last month and another incident this month involves bird flu, they will review safety procedures for handling dangerous germs. >> a new jersey hospital is using ground breaking treatment to fight brain cancer, capital health in dependle ton is testing procedures including lewis rodriguez of vineland. they are giving avastin to his breath with a catheter in his leg, it throws straight through the blood to the tumor sparing healthy tissue, his wife says

that it has made a dramatic difference. >> it was able to give him his life back, since then he is preparing his own meals and helping us with the kids and things like that. he has actually been functioning very well. >> feel better now, the last three months than i did four months ago. four months ago i was -- >> doctors say this is the best progress they have seen in an opinion fighting this type of terminal brain cancer. 3,000 cyclists will hit the road for the society's bikeathon, it raises millions for cancer research and support programs, register nurse ali gorman spoke to a biker about why he rides. >> wind on his face and his father by his son this makes cameron humphreys happy.

and his hobby is helping others. when his great grandfather pop pop bill was fighting cancer, cameron wanted to help, so he asked his dad if they would ride in the american cancer society's bikeathon. how do you say no to an 8-year-old that wants to do a good cause for the community. >> that year they rode 21 miles and cameron raised $21,000 for the cancer society. last year they roetd again and this year they will ride the bikeathon's longest zns, 101 miles, as for fundraising. >> this year i raise the $2,331, it feels good it's doing it for a good cause and helping people and with enough money we can find a cure. >> plus, this year he is supporting his great grandmother and his friend, alec, a fellow

fourth grader battling leukemia. >> have you to be the mom first. >> she is worried about cameron riding such a long zns but he will be with his dad and his team. >> i am proud of him, he is generally a possive kid and wants to do good for other people. >> cameron's father tells me if it gets too hot or too difficult they will scale back their distance. if you would like to take part can you sign up for the bikeathon. there are different starting times and places, all the information is at 6abc.com. ali gorman, channel 6 "action news.." up next meteorologist, david murphy taking a final look at the accuweather forecast.

this is what it looks like inside of the domchampagne suite in new york. it has a marble staircase and a 90 foot dining room and offers a view of the st. patrick's cathedral and is considered the most luxurious accommodationses in manhattan. just $35,000 a night. at least we can see the video, it's a warm day out there. as we take a look there is one issue, the air quality. the ozone action is declared for

elderly, young people and people with respiratory ailments, watch it between noon and 6:00 p.m. otherwise sun and clouds today and nice and 82 by noon and 88 at 3:00 and your high is 89 degrees and keep your pool drinks flowing today. just a tad humid but not bad. >> we can expect that in summer time. it is now 7:56 we are just a few minutes away from saying good morning to "good morning america." >> good morning to you, coming up on gma, breaking overnight plane emergency, a plane going to hawaii is forced to make an emergency landing in the middle of the pacific ocean. what passengers are saying about the scare in the sky. and caught on camera, a gang disguised as ninjas are accused of going on a crime spree across two states. the tool they used to pick their

targets. and the basketball star coming home. lebron james says he is returning to cleveland. why the super star says he is leaving miami and heading back hom. >> "action news" continues at 9:00, here are the stories we are working on for you. two children are missing from philadelphia we have the latest on the search. now for chris sowers, david murphy i'm eva pilgram, have a great saturday.

good morning, america. breaking overnight, emergency landing. a flight from hawaii sets down on a remote island in the middle of the pacific ocean. terrified passengers hear alarms going off on board. the power goes out. the radar goes down, and the plane makes a sharp drop. >> i looked at my wife, and i said "i love you," and i kissed her, and we told each other good-bye because we thought we were going to die. >> what caused this scare in the air? struck by lightning. this guy was hit while standing in his own garage. two boys also struck inside their homes. almost a dozen hit in just days. we'll tell you what you need to know to protect yourself. caught on camera. a violent gang dressed as ninjas tying up and robbing wealthy homeowners.