for closures on the boulevard. communities here and across the country hold vigils to condemn the violence in virginia. next on action news. ♪ action news. delaware valley's leading news program. with meteorologist melissa mcgee. jeff skversky. sarah bloomquist and walter perez. a day after deadly violence in virginia, calls are growing tonight for unity and peace.

communities all across the country are gathering to speak out and reject the hatred that culminated with a woman's death and dozens of injuries when a white nationalist and counterprotestorses clashed. sunday night, i'm walter p res, sarah is off. a massive show of solidarity across the country after deadly violence in virginia. hundreds of vigils today, including several in our area to honor the victims and condemn the hatred that fueled the rampage. we begin in charlottesville with elizabeth herr of abc. >> reporter: at the scene of terror and chaos in the streets of charlottesville that ended in death and devastation. the city is now sharing messages of unity and condolences for the victims. >> i want the country to know that the city of charlottesville is a place of extreme compassion. >> reporter: including heather heyer, a 32-year-old paralegal

from virginia killed when a car plowed through a crowd protesterring against the white nationalist rally. >> heather was a strong person who always defended what she believed in. and heather's life was not about hate. >> reporter: the suspected driver, 20 year-old james alex fields jr. from ohio sits in jail, charged with murder. meanwhile, the man who organized the unite the right demonstration. >> i was the organizer of the unite the right rally. >> reporter: tried to hold a press conference today, instead, heckled and confronted by counterprotestors and ultimately escorted away by police in riot gear. this, as the virginia governor continues to denounce and condemn the supporters of white supremacy. >> to the white supremacists and the neo-nazis who came to our beautiful state yesterday, there is no place for you here. >> reporter: and antiviolence

vigils and rallies are held across the country, honoring the victims. and tonight this clarification from the white house. a statement which read in part, the president said yesterday he condemns all forms of violence and hatred, of course, that includes white supremacists, kkk, neo-nazis and all extremist groups. charlottesville, virginia. back in our area, hundreds gathered in parks and public spaces to condemn the violence and call for peace. action news reporter annie mccormack stopped by several events and has this story. >> reporter: hundreds came out to the vigil. the eventually began with words from a rabbi who was in the center of it all in charlottesville. rabbi klein leading the vigil in roxborough in song. went as a part of the group, answering a call for human rights. they got word the white national

ist rally was forming a month ago. >> marching down the perpendicular streets to face the white supremacists. >> reporter: her experience resonated with the crowd. >> as a person black and jewish and dedicated to liberation for the people, this means my life, you know? this type of -- not just the vigil, but like the actions that we take. >> reporter: organizing the event. >> i don't think that it's right to stay silent. so coming together, standing up. >> reporter: tonight there was the same show of support in west chester. elkins park in south jersey, and in south philadelphia and center city. local leaders in philadelphia quickly spoke out sunday, including the president of the philadelphia naacp. >> this wasn't a ballpark game where a fight broke out. this was organized. and one person even described the way some of the white

nationalists were dressed, that they came for combat. they came for battle. >> reporter: mayor jim kenny released a lengthy statement, saying in part, all of us have the responsibility to create the future we want. just saying we oppose something is no longer enough. we have to remind people what we stand for. archbishop sharing these words tonight. if we want a different kind of country in the future, we need to start today with the conversion in our own hearts and the insistence on the same in others. the response came from the football field, from philadelphia eagle chris long, a charlottesville native and university of virginia graduate. >> you grapple with how you react when you see that imagery and know it's your home down. >> reporter: the mayor encouraging philadelphiaens tonight to remain peaceful, but engaged. annie mccor mack. and similar vigils across the country. san francisco to austin, texas, most of these vigils were somber, but peaceful. things took a violent turn in

seattle where hundreds of people took part in another counterprotest and clashed with police. coming up a little later in the newscast, a closer look at the victims from yesterday's attack in virginia and hear from those who witnessed the violence. moving on to the accuweather forecast. today was a great day to get outside and enjoy the beautiful conditions with another nice day on deck for tomorrow. melissa mcgee is here tomorrow for the first check of the accuweather forecast. >> hi there, walter. the humidity stays low for the start of the workweek on monday. and not a bad finish to the weekend. high in the city of 84 degrees. right now, 74 in philadelphia. cooler off to the north and west. syracuse, buffalo and pittsburgh have numbers currently in the upper 60s or the lower 60s across the region. that's all because of high pressure. satellite 6 with action radar showing high pressure out of the eastern great lakes. we're tapping into a northwesterly wind tonight. mostly clear, quiet, and stays pretty comfortable. as we fast forward into the

start of the workweek on monday. 8:00 in the morning, sun to start the day. temperature of 72. by 11 a.m., 81 degrees. the clouds start to build into the area as we get into the afternoon hours. so 84 by 2:00 tomorrow, and it's mostly cloudy by 5:00 and 11:00 in the evening. as we look at the weather headlines, the humidity remains low on monday. but the showers creep back into the forecast by tuesday. details coming up. >> thank you, melissa. it was a violent saturday night in chester. three people injured in a police-involved shooting. today members of a local church gathered outside the chester police department and four locations to pray for peace. >> the things going on in the streets, the church cannot be silent about it. >> we trust god to give us guidance to know what to do, how to pray. praying for our mayor and the officers. >> as for the shootings, police say gunfire erupted outside of

the gold room bar on edgemont avenue. one shot, two fled the scene in an suv. and at one point reportedly shooting at responding officers. the suspects crashed six blocks later. they had been shot as well. all of the wounded were taken to local hospitals. the incident remains under investigation. the new jersey turnpike was at a standstill today after an oil tanker overturned in burlington county. viewer video of the scene. you can see in chesterfield township. happened this afternoon and forced officials to shut down all northbound lanes of the turnpike. that stretch has been reopened. no word on possible injuries in this case. over in atlantic city, a woman was taken to the hospital after crashing a jet ski. police say she was skiing in the back bay near rhode island avenue this afternoon when she crashed. no further information has been released. fire fighters had to rescue a man who fell into a sink hole last night in the strawberriy mansion section of the city.

eugene clark said he was trying to put back cones around the hole knocked down by people driving by. but the pavement buckled and he tumbled at least eight feet into the sink hole on the 3100 block of norris street. >> i was terrified. it was quick and fast. because i stood over there trying to put the piece and straddle my feet over the hole. when i opened it up, the ground just went in. >> clearly rescue workers were able to pull clark to safety less than an hour later. injured his ankle, wrist and lower back, but expected to recover. the water department was notified of a potential leak on thursday, but no word when those repairs will be made. we have an update now to the controversial dune project in margate. and the army corp. of engineers say it's makes progress. they now plan to resume drilling this week. that's making a lot of residents and vacationer ins angry.

christie ileto is here now with the latest. christie. >> reporter: and walter, residents are not backing down. saying the cleanup, as the project continues, is just a temporary fix to a problem that could have easily been avoided. it's become their rally cry >> this is your beach. these people were not invited here. >> reporter: margate residents pressing on in the fight to stop a controversial government-ordered dune project intended to stop flooding, but only created headaches and potential health hazards. >> there's no beach. we have no beach. we have a giant cess pool swamp. >> zika, air borne illnesses, bacteria. >> reporter: a judge ordered the army corp. of engineers to clean up, but getting rid of the storm water ponding from the excavation. adding sand to raise the elevation and building an elevated walkway for access to the ocean while work continues. >> i was hoping for either a fix, but i'm really hoping they

put it back the way it was. >> our damage from storms comes from the bay, not from the beach. because on average, our bulkheads are six foot tall. and the wave is not going over it. >> this city voted against this thing. >> reporter: residents say their fears are now a living nightmare. >> we knew this was going to happen. it's happened. it's worse than we thought was going to happen. >> they had an idea. it was a bad idea. they could have done better. they didn't. but now the fact that you have judges still backing them up against all the evidence. it's a little suspect. >> reporter: and as the fight continues, the feds say the ponding water is fenced off, and dredging operations continue on tuesday. >> thank you, christie. happening tomorrow, lane closures will once again be in effect along roosevelt boulevard from the bucks county line to red lion road and to ninth street. running monday through friday, 9

a.m. to 3 p.m. lanes close from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m., except on friday, close 7 p.m. and won't reopen until 9 a.m. the next day. that section of the boulevard is being repaved. much more to come on action news tonight. the bad news is nobody won that massive powerball jackpot last night. good news, that jackpot is bigger. anthony scaramucci speaks out for the first time since his 11-day tenure. and he's opening up about one of the top advisers to the president. and the eagles hit the practice field with their brand new cornerback. ducis rodgers has sports when action news comes right back.

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town to be in the neighborhood of $300,000 a day. that could change, though, depending on how many people he brings with him and where he decides to go in town. meanwhile, a top official in south korea says the president's aggressive comments against north korea are confusing and, quote, very worrisome. coming at american military leaders arrive in south korea today. it was planned for a while, but comes amid the escalating relate rick between the president and north korea. it's part of the joint military exercises in that part of asia. he worked in the white house for 11 days, but former communications director anthony scaramucci has no shortage of opinions of what's happening in the trump white house. in his first interview since leaving the white house, he told george stephanopoulos what he thought about the president's response to the violence in charlottesville. >> he needed to be much harsher. when the moral authority of the

presidency, you have to call that out. >> he admits that steve bannon never told him he was a white supremacist, but he never asked. but scaramucci thinks the extent to which bannon tolerates is, quote, uninexcusable and a drag on the agenda of the president. 17 undocumented immigrants found in a tractor-trailer this afternoon in texas. a family member reportedly tipped off police to the smuggling operation. police found the trailer in the town of edinburgh across the mexican border. first responders knocked on trailers parked at the rest stop until they located the immigrants from mexico, honduras and romania. the suspected ringleaders have been detained. that massive powerball jackpot is even bigger because nobody won the drawing. so the new prides stands -- get this -- at $430 million. that jackpot has been growing since june 10th. meanwhile, this past friday,

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in the distance as well. and look at storm tracker 6 live double scan radar, not a whole lot to track on this sunday. dry conditions across much of the delaware and lehigh valleys and stay that way tomorrow. but the clouds build into the region into the afternoon. the high in philadelphia, 84 right now. 10 degrees cooler. and 68 for reading. upper 60s for allentown and lancaster at the coast in cape may, 73. and action radar, showing you it's clear and quiet across our region right now. we have high pressure that's dominating this ridge of high pressure coming out of the great lakes. tapping into a northwesterly wind for the rest of this evening. and looks like the clouds off to the west will start to drift northward throughout the day tomorrow. over the next 12 hours, lots of stars. it's cooler. drop down to 56 in the suburbs and 68 degrees in philadelphia for the overnight low. into the day tomorrow, for the start of our workweek. some sun to start, but then sun gives way to high, thin clouds

and continue to bubble up into tomorrow afternoon. high temperature in philadelphia, 84. 83 in allentown. down in cape may, pleasant 77. dover maxing out at 80. so future tracker 6 showing you 6:00 in the morning. mostly clear start to the day. tracking a frontal boundary that wants to lift northwards. 2:30 tomorrow afternoon, clouds build and slowly thicken across the region. stay dry tomorrow, overnight monday into tuesday. a couple of showers want to creep northward. and the poconos, north and west of the city as we get into tuesday morning. then a front from the north and west wants to dip down to the south and east into tuesday afternoon. so some spotty activity is likely by then. an isolated shower or a rumble of thunder. down to the tropics. keeping a close eye on the tropical storm that formed today. 500 miles to the south and west of bermuda. and later on tonight, lifts off to the north and then jog to the north and east as we get into

monday night, staying well away from the u.s. mainland. accuweather forecast. 84 tomorrow. morning showers on tuesday, then sun. 88 for a high. wednesday, hot and humid. high temperature in at 90. on thursday, cloudy with thunderstorms possible. high in at 86. the humidity stays around on friday. and a high of 86 with some thunderstorms back into the forecast. and unsettled into a next weekend with highs in the lower 80s and those pop-up showers and storms, walter. >> thank you, melissa. be sure to keep an eye on the forecast with the 6abc app. check the seven day and hourly forecast any time. and radar images across the region. the 6abc app is a free download for your mobile device. a stage play shines a spotlight on the happiness that can be found when families stick together. a play called "it could be worse" was performed in center

city. it's a production of the black gold projects. a nonprofit that creates programs and events that support unity and calm. and the new cornerback suits up and hits the practice field. ducis rodgers hazels.

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to help cover your early termination fee. go to fiosgigabit.com okay. time for a check on sports. ducis in for jeff. the eagles needed a cornerback. >> hopefully that has been solved. we have to wait to see on the field. the cornerback position has been a big problem for years. they hope the latest trade addressed it. darby hit the field for the first time since being acquired friday afternoon. he worked out with the first team defense this morning. the eagles won't say it publicly, but they want this guy to be a starter. >> you know, a little bit of pressure. but, you know, like because they kind of got everything down. so me coming in and figuring it out. continue to study and get better. >> how it all works out is, you

know, going to be our job over the next three weeks. just like today. it's not a -- it's not a finished product. obviously it's his first day. but he's got catching up to do in our scheme. but it's exciting to have him. >> player darby for them. and matthews first appearance in buffalo today. suffered a chest injury today. matthews was able to return to practice. he's wearing number 87 for them. he was not made available for the media today. we have yet to hear from him on the trade. eagles players spoke out about the unrest in charlottesville, virginia. chris long attended the university of virginia. seeing white supremacists spew hatred got under long's skin. >> this is not a political issue. this the right and wrong. one side and the other. for me, being from charlottesville, no one wants to

sit idly by and not say anything. i wish there was more denial from important people that had an opportunity to strike it down, but didn't. >> stay with us. in about 15 minutes, sports sunday night. the phanatic's mike missanelli will join us to talk about the eagle's trade with the bills. are they better today than before they made the deal? we'll discuss it all at 11:45 on 6abc. to baseball, the phillies beaten by the met this is afternoon. check that, the phillies beaten by themselves. before the game, phillys alumni on hand. wearing darren dalton's number 10. and fifth inning, oh, boy, hangs one to granderson. right in his wheel house. 3 for 5 with three rbis. phillies down, 4-1. and hoskins. and that's his first major league hit. his family is happy.