the fbi said he wanted to commit a mass shooting after pledging allegiance to the islamic state group. his attorney is requesting a meningitis health valuation. he is being held without bail. >>> a plane was seriously damaged after a mechanic forgot to set the breaks. the plane rolled down the embankment. it was undergoing maintenance work. >>> passengers on a seaplane had to be rescued from the new york city river. firefighters say they helped ten people off the plane. they were all okay. bill lawrence who created the sitcom scrubs and cougar town tweeted he was one of the passengers on the plane. that would be scary. 5:16 a.m., we're glad you're waking up with us so early. 5:00 a.m., meteorologist chris sowers is tracking this oppressive heat. you have to do something about this heat, chris, i'm sorry. >> reporter: we have to get there, but we have a couple of more to go there, here's good news we're not above 100 with the heat index. 98, 99. same thing at this point. looking live at the commodore barry bridge, waking up to sticky conditions. we see a mixture, sun getting ready to r

. >>> a former fbi agent said the confession will aid investigators for the clues in the case. >> it will allow them to process the scene faster. he will tell them is there more than one spot where the bodies are burieded how did he kill them. these are things they would have to put together like a jigsaw puzzle from the forensic evidence they have to recover. but with him providing information, obviously, presumably, they are trusting the information he is providing a >> anyone with information go to tips fbi.gov. right now we have the latest on the confession along with the timeline of this massive investigation. >> it's 5:36 a.m., new this morning, president trump is taking part in bastille day celebrations in paris. this is president macron and trump celebrating with a parade, over the champ elysees. . >> nothing came of the meeting, and i think it is a meeting that most people in politics probably would have taken. >> a moment of sticking out for some, president trump was captured on video commenting on the french first lady's figure, telling her you're in good shape beautiful,

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. >> police and fbi are asking are for your help to identify this man that held up a bank in port richmond today. he only used a demand note, he's considered armed and dangerous. >>> last night a police chase and shooting in delaware. 23-year-old jonathan dry burg faces charges of murder after shooting at a police officer. it started with an alleged purse robbery. when police tried to stop him, he exchanged fire with an officer and took off running. no one was hurt. police arrested a 16-year-old accused of taking part in the robbery. >>> historic bone in old city have gone missing before researchers could study them. 70 skeletons were excavated when crews building an apartmentment building stumbled upon them. it was from ap a burial ground m 1807. 12 sets of bones are missing. it is still a mystery tonight. >>> a new jersey veteran who was adopted got the thrill of a lifetime when he was reunited with his birth family. it took years of searching but they met for the first time in burlington. >> i feel i'm standing outside of my body looking at someone else's story unfolding. >> "action new

. >> a suspect in fbi custody now after a death on a cruise ship. that a 39-year-old woman from utah died after a domestic dispute on the emerald princess. witnesses say they heard a woman scream from balcony and a man threatening to jump overboard. all 4500 passengers were interviewed before being allowed off the ship. >> justin bieber was caught on video accidentally striking a paparazzi last night. as the 23-year-old left the parking lot he collided with the photographer and did stay on the scene for 10 minutes and the injuries were not life tl life-threatening of this after he canceled the rest of his tour due to unforeseen circumstances. >>> new video of a helicopter crew lifting a 12-year-old boy and his father to safety after being trapped by flash flooding in arizona. among eight hikers that got stuck on a cliff. most of the group was rescued on sunday and they had to wait for the next day to safely reach father and son. >> coming up a new study says that common medical advice about antibiotics is wrong and where exprts want to change the wa

the fbi has been investigating a pay to play scheme where city contracts were exchanged for campaign contributions. nine people already have pleaded guilty to federal crimes since the investigation began in 2013. pawlowski's attorney jack mcmann says he doesn't know the details of the indictment. pawlowski sent an "action news" a text saying i will not step down or drop out of the campaign. the democrat is running for a fourth term in november. >> new this morning, police in pemberton township new jersey are investigating an attempted abduction of a child. investigators have only released a few details but they did saint happened last night near presidential lakes. according to police the suspect was driving a brown ford ranger pickup truck. we're also getting a closer look at the attack on a septa police sergeant while she was on the job. her body camera was rolling the moment this happened. >> uh-uh. stop. >> really hard to see. after that, the man pushed the sergeant lynn perone to the ground. police say the attack happened monday night when perone was responding to the angora sta

the fbi on that cruise ship. passengers interviewed and what we now know after a wife and mother is found dead. >>> the mystery illness. what is making the officers sick while driving their suv and patrol vehicles? >>> and the plane

the fbi is investigating the incident as an attack. for people that are allergic to stings, doctors are warning there is a lack of ingredient for one type of medication. they have stretching out time between doses. one of two manufacturers of the drug was shut down last year for contamination concerns. the shortage may not be resolved before next year. adam joseph back now with a closer look at the holiday forecast. over all, not a bad day. >> we had pop ups around the region. more coming in, in thursday and friday. looking at the weather center, my buddy pat sent me this photo he was at. a gathering on the rooftop in part of the city. the invasion of rain over south philadelphia as a downpour blossomed out of nowhere keeping half of the city sunny. you can see where the sky opened up right in the center of south philadelphia, cool shot there. as we get to wednesday tomorrow, sun and clouds, east southeasterly winds 6-12 miles per hour. keeping the shore cooler. inland, 80s. we break down the day for you tomorrow, 73 at 8:00 in the mor

had won a four year scholarship to jacksonville university to study criminal justice her goal, the fbi. >> yes. to prevent some of this kind of thing from happening. >> she never got a chance. it was taken away from her. that's not fair. that's not fair. get to know me before you decide you don't like me. >> reporter: last week someone driving a red pickup truck and who apparently did not know roberson fired the fatal shot as the young girl was driving. after an intense search authorities arrested david desper of treanor delaware county and charged him with murder. following today's funeral bianca roberson was laid to rest in a cemetery in nearby frazier. the man charged with her death has a court appearance scheduled for next thursday. in west chester, john rawlins channel6 "action news." >> authorities in camden county have just released new surveillance video of a person who may have information about a deadly shooting in camden this morning. officers want to talk to the man in this video they say he may know what happened along the 2500 block of south eighth street in camden just a

since the fbi raid of allentown city hall two years ago a string of confidants have pleaded guilty. and a solicitor admitting to fraud for a contract. and last year his political consultant mike fleck plead guilty to extortion. and they are not about to abandon the 50-year-old mayor running for a fourth term. >> are you presumed innocent until proven guilty. >> well, as of last night pawlowski was signalling indicted or not he was not going to step down or resign and tough it out and stay in office and continue his re-election bid. while we'll have the announcement today by the feds in an hour's time, as far as the indictment is concerned. mr. pawlowski scheduled a news conference to answer charges and talk to reporters. john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> well, neighbors said it sounded like an earthquake when part of a home in philadelphia came crashing down today and there were two people inside of the house at the time of the collapse. it happened at 4:45 on the south block of ruby street. firefighters helped to rescue a couple inside. the woman heard creaki

the flight attend and and another passenger were taken to the hospital and the fbi is now handling the incident we'll have more on the scare in the sky and a second incident coming up in the next half hour. >>> a photo of a baby with what looks to be a pierced dimple is sparking debate on social media. anita posted this photo of her 6-month-old daughter on facebook, at first glance it looks like she has a diamond pierced to one of her dimples but it's pasted on the photo and not real. it has been shared 13,000 times on facebook and she says she has received death messages. and she is a strong advocate against piercing children and was meant to spark discussion on the topic. >> check out this unusual video of a bear that broke into a colorado springs home in the middle of the night the animal strolled through the hallway and pawed cupboards and kitchen doors and at one point the bear opened the refrigerator and the bear was in the house for five hours and at the entire time the homeowners were upstairs sleeping and unaware they were sleeping. >> they have found the bear and euthanized i

those remains were in a deep grave on the farm where the fbi has been searching. so far they've identify one of the young men who has been missing since last week. 19 year old dean fee know char owe. and officials believe they've already identified a suspect. cosmo dinardo, the son of the owners of that property. >> i feel that we bought ourself an a little bit of time in charging mr. dinardo with the stolen car case today and getting that $5 million bail. it is my hope that he does not post that. but that's his prerogative, of course, if he can post it. but we are going to look seriously at homicide charges and in fact we have pursued that option. >> and the district attorney wouldn't say if he believed more than one person was involved. >> and the grave was discovered by cadaver dogs, and they were amazed that three could find bodies that were buried 12 and a half feet underground. >>> and president trump faces scrutiny. he says he didn't blame his son for holding the many, claiming many would do the same and called the russian probe a witch hunt. the trofr is f

now dozens of officers, including a fbi s.w.a.t. team have joined the search. they believe he is the same man wanted for setting small fires. the suspected arsonist strike at a bad time. this blaze blakireaking out nea breckenridge, colorado and several more near sparks, nevada. this one near camarillo, california. feeding off hot, dry and windy weather. thunderstorms could bring lightning, sparking new fires and 100 degree-plus heat will not make the firefight any easier. clayton sandell. >>> this will be the last year to buy a volvo fueled only by gasoline. they plan to offer only new models that are electrics or hybrids starting with the 2019 model year. volvo is the first major manufacturer to announce the switch. but others are likely to follow. >>> and hobby lobby will pay a $3 million fine for buying artifacts smuggled out of iraq. they date back to 5,000 years. the company was warned the items may have been stolen when it bought them six years ago. in addition to the fine, hobby lobby has to give up all those artifa artifacts. >> wallet hub ranked lake

the fbi and authorities digging and putting up tents, searching for four young men. a former baseball player, two of them construction workers, and tonight, person of interest now under arrest. >>> severe storms at rush hour after tornadoes already reported and this lightning at chicago's o'hare

. >> reporter: former fbi agent steve gomez, now an abc news consultant. >> a lot of times they don't even want to hear the excuse. they'll just kill everybody and make an example. >> so he's in a bad place. >> a very bd placad place. >> reporter: now at 7:07 p.m. two minutes after the first drinks it happens again and again. >> two more sips. and you see the smile. >> reporter: a total of four swallows in all of the highly toxic solution. something the officers will later say under oath the teenager volunteered to do with no prompting from them and before they had any suspicions about what was in the bottles. >> i never asked him to. he volunteered to. and i believe i gestured to him to go ahead. >> you told him to go ahead and drink on more than one occasion, did you not? >> no. >> you're sure of that? >> i'm sure. >> reporter: but the government video obtained by abc news seems to contradict that. now taken in handcuffs to a security office velasquez can barely stand. sweating profusely, upsetting officer valerie baird. >> i noticed some labored breathing, and he was shaking a lot.

which is not an appropriate thing for a president to ask the head of the fbi. unless he's planning to do the right thing and marry him, that is. [ laughter ] and trump told comey he had nothing to do with russia, had not been involved with hookers in russia. and he always assumed he's been recorded. i love that he denied being involved with hookers in russia. let me tell you, bill clinton must be laughing his ass right now. wherever the hell he is. [ cheers and applause ] so then because these were uncomfortable conversations comey told the attorney general, jeff sessions, he did not want any future direct communication with president trump. melania said the same thing, by the way. [ laughter ] it didn't work out for either of them. so tomorrow will be an interesting day. today is an interesting day. i don't know if you know this, but today is the vice president's birthday. mike pence. i know this because one of our writers got an e-mail yesterday from karen pence, his wife. the subject you see, hi, do you have a minute? michael's birthday. "friend, it has been

the fbi is investigating a pay to play scheme involving allentown city hall. since last july. the assistant finance director and former city controller plead guilty to federal crimes. >>> a crucial move on the health care in the u.s. senate this afternoon as senators voted to start debating republican legislation to start repealing barack obama's affordable care act. mike pence voted to break the tie. and senator john mccain, returned to washington to cast his vote. the first time since being diagnosed with brain cancer last week. david muir will have more on the vote and senator mccain. coming up at 6:30 after "action news." >>> dramatic moments on the ben franklin bridge overnight when it was temporarily closed due to police activity. two people climbed up the tall towers and turns out they were photographers and tonight they are facing charges. sara bloomquist is live near the ben franklin bridge with the full story. >> reporter: rick, those two daredevil photographers, walked up the cable on this side of the bridge to the first tower, they did not get a chance to snap a si

received, that they should alert the fbi rather than accept that meeting. is he wrong? also, were you misled by juyour team in not knowing about this meeting? >> my son is a wonderful young man. he took a meeting with a russian lawyer, not a government lawyer, but a russian lawyer. it was a short meeting. i think from a practical standpoint, most people would have taken that meeting. it's called opposition research or even research into your opponent. >> reporter: but in those e-mails, it was crystal clear. don jr. agreed to meet with a quote, russian government attorney, whom he was told had incriminating information on hillary clinton, information described to don jr. as part of russia and its government support for mr. trump. >> nothing came of the meeting. and i think it's a meeting that most people in politics probably would have taken. >> reporter: in pairs, trump's new-found friendship with the french president on display, but it wasn't always that way. >> congratulations, great job. >> reporter: starting with that handshake tug-of-war during their first meeting,

on "inside story," a political legend and kingmaker in philadelphia is under fbi scrutiny. let's get the inside story on why. [ theme music plays ] ♪ >> good morning. welcome to "inside story." and let's meet our insiders today. they are donna gentile o'donnell -- welcome -- author and nonprofit executive. >> good morning, monica. >> glad to have you. brian tierney, marketing executive. >> good morning. >> david dix -- a new member of our panel -- a government-relations executive. welcome. we're looking forward to hearing your thoughts today. and ed turzanski, foreign-policy analyst. always good to see you with us, as well, ed. did a political icon in philadelphia pay off an opponent in 2012 not to run against him? that is the rumor that we're hearing from some fbi scrutiny that's going on of congressman bob brady, who's been in office 20-plus years. one of brady's aides, by the way, admits to playing a role in the alleged bribe, but many

fbi are working some in protective suits and digging in the area with backhoes and sifting through the dirt meticulously searching. we heard from the bucks county d axe says that no human remains are found on the property however they have found important new evidence both on this property and in other locations they have searched. we'll continue to watch what is going on here now in solebury township as the search continues for the four missing young men. >>> the man on the run for 24 years was finally captured when he tried to get a drivers license in las vegas. robert nelson is back behind bars after escaped custody in 1992. police caught up with him and realized he committed a number of crimes on both aliases. the charges in nevada were dropped to facilitate extradition to minnesota. >>> a texas family is warning others about the dangers of using cell phones while bathing hire teenage daughter was electrocuted. madison died while visiting her father. it was plugged into the charmer sitting on the edge of the bathtub at the time and the tragic accident is one they want others to lea

morning's announcement, roberson family huddled in support the college bound team wanted to join the fbi. t later today, her brother said he had a mixed reaction to news his baby sister's alleged killser now caught. >> i thought that i would feel relief or, you know, excited and happy. i mean, i was happy but then i started to feel down, thinking about that's the truck that was alongside of my sister her last moments of her life. >> and the suspect face as list of charges including first and third tree murder. his preliminary hearing is scheduled for july 13th. for now, live, channel 6, action news. >> thank you. for more about this crime that has received national headlines, go to our website 6 abc.com or download the 6 abc app for the latest on the arrest and how the young victim's family is honoring her life and her memory. >>> okay. moving on to the accuweather forecast. today was nothing short of a picture perfect day, complete with blue skies and low humidity. taking a live look here from sky 6 where folks are enjoying the rides and festivities. time to look forward to the week ahe

her goal to work for the fbi. >> i didn't know her well but as a member of our class. >> she was one of our classmates or whether we were close friends with her or not we wanted to come and support her and her family. >> the driver of a red pickup truck shot and killed robberson, while she was out buying items for college. >> many here are trying to process the facts. >> i can't wrap my head around it and understand what has happened here it's going to take a little bit of time after all of this. still trying to understand it. >> last weekend following a high-profile manhunt police arrested david desper of delaware county and charged him with murder. >> reporter: well, mr. roberson's funeral continues and expected to wrap up soon and will be buried at the memorial park in nearby frazer and the man accused of killing her and muddering her is due back in court on july 13th. >> john, thank you. >>> in other news a passerby notified penn medicine security when she noticed a noose in a tree at 18th and lombard today. just before 10:00 a.m. police don't believe it's districted toward an in

the fbi has been investigating a pay to play scheme in which city contracts were exchanged for campaign contributions. nine people have already pleaded guilty to federal crimes since the investigation began back in 2013. pawlowski's attorney jack mcmann says he doesn't know the details of the indictment. pawlowski sent "action news" a text saying i will not step down or drop out of the campaign. the democrat is running for a fourth term in november. >> new this morning, a man is in critical condition stabbed multiple times in the chest and back. chopper6 was over the scene in the city's olney section. it happened just after 6:30 last night on the 6100 block of north marshall street. the victim a man in his 20's was that rushed to the hospital in critical condition. but so far no arrests have been made. >> this is now. a bucks county murder investigation that went cold for more than three decades is now in the hands of a judge. closing arguments wrapped up in the bench trial of george shaw yesterday. the 57-year-old is charged with raping and killing barbara rowan of bensalem back in the

. >> and gloria riviera joins us from washington tonight, and gloria, the meeting comes as the fbi investigates russia's meddling in an american election, but the white house is not planning to make that a focus of the discussion, correct? >> reporter: that is correct, tom. a senior administration official tells us the white house expects this meeting to be brief. that it is doubtful russia's meddling in the u.s. election will be a prominent focal point, that it would be viewed as a waste of time, and according to this official, a loser of a topic. >> thank you. >>> overseas now, the war against isis. after recent success against mosul, iraq, an advancement in raqqah, syria. the capital. arab and kurdish fighters have broken through the historic wall around raqqah's old city. isis militants had taken up fighting positions along that wall. the u.s. is providing close air support. >>> back home, there is growing retis answer the to trump's growing election integrity. most people say they are unwilling to turn over personal voter information, including names, birth dates, voting history and the la

the fbi has been investigating a pay to play scheme in which city contracts were exchanged for campaign contributions. nine people have already pleaded guilty to federal crimes since the investigation began in 2013. pawlowski's attorney jack mcmann says he doesn't know the details of the indictment. pawlowski him sent sent "action news" a text saying i will not step down or drop out of the campaign. the democrat is running for a fourth term in november. >>> senate republicans are having a rollercoaster session in washington. just hours after claiming victory over a successful procedural vote to start debate on healthcare reform, gop leaders hit a stumbling block. late last night the senate rejected the bill's first amendment to erase and replace much of the affordable care act. nine republicans were among those who voted no. the senate is expected to take up a separate bill today that would largely repeal the aca with a two year expiration date to give lawmakers time to craft a replacement. >> a cold case murder in bucks county is now in the hands of a judge. closing arguments wrapped u

his team of conflicts of interest, telling "the new york times" he interviewed mueller for the job of fbi director just one day before he was appointed special counsel. >> what the hell is this all about? talk about conflicts. he was interviewing for the job. >> reporter: the president adding, quote, "there were many other conflicts that i haven't said, but i will at some point." and he's warning mueller that investigating the trump family finances not tied to russia would cross a red line. >> i think that's a violation, look, this is about a russia. >> reporter: as for mueller's fate if he crosses that so called red line -- >> what would you do? >> i can't i can't answer that question because i don't think it's going to happen. >> reporter: but mueller, not backing down. today abc learned he sent a letter to white house aides ordering them to preserve all communications, including documents, e-mails and text messages, related to last year's trump tower meeting. involving don junior, paul manafort, jared kushner and that russian lawyer promising dirt on hillary clinton. >> cecilia, we kno

to a complaint, after first saying he did not recall his whereabouts on the day she disappeared the fbi said christensen later told them he offered her a ride but let her out after she became panicked when he said he made a wrong turn. investigators have not yet found the graduate student's body. alex perez, abc news, chicago. >> the promoter of the disastrous fire music festival is out on bail after being charged with fraud. billy mcfarland is accused of using fake documents to trick investors out of millions. the fyre festival promised live music, luxury accommodations in the bahamas and a chance to mingle with celebrities. but headliners pulled out and ticket holders were given cheese sandwiches and put up in tents. >>> and the third major tennis tournament of the year, wimbledon is getting under way today in london. >> andy murray is the number one seed on the men's side. the top ranked woman this year is angelique kerber of germany. now, the defending ladies champion is serena williams but she's not playing because she's pregnant. her sister venus is the highest ranked american wom

when al gore's campaign got a stolen briefing book they called the fbi. i can't believe anyone i've worked with in campaigns if they got an e-mail saying the crown prosecutor of russia has information, official documents and information that would incriminate hillary and her dealings with russia that would be useful to your father and part of the russian government support, an adversary of the united states. he gets that e-mail and says, i love it. the president believes that that's appropriate? >> no, i didn't say that. the president was not aware of this, george, until very recently by his lawyers and did not see the e-mail when we all saw it yesterday. so to put this in the president's lap i think is really inappropriate. number one, as i said, the president wasn't aware of the meeting. didn't attend the meeting and did not find out about the e-mail exchange until very recently and no one saw on my side -- i had not seen the e-mails for instance as one of the lawyers until yesterday. >> that does raise another set of questions. "the new york times" is

christopher ray is president donald trump's pick to be the head of the fbi. >>> and yet another undisclosed meeting between president trump's campaign staff and an influential russian. donald trump trump jr. confirms he met with a kremlin-connected lawyer two weeks after his father secured the nomination. and also in the meeting, then campaign manager paul manafort and his son-in-law, jared kushner. he said they did not discuss the campaign and a meeting was arranged by a friend but he was not aware who he was meeting ahead of time. >>> meanwhile, president trump back in washington after a g20 summit with deep divisions. tweeting aboard air force one. it ended this morning with the fellow world leaders lining up against his stance on climate change. the german chancellor said she deplore's the president decision to withdraw from the paris climate accord. and he met with china and talked about trade and the nuclear threat from north korea. but much of the focus is on the meeting with vladimir putin. putin said that the president was satisfied with his assertion that russia did not medal in l

authorities on the runs for him and that has included the fbi and s.w.a.t. teams. this morning, wildfires raging across the west. in arizona where at least 23,000 acres are burning, law enforcement agencies are searching for this man. authorities in phoenix say the suspected arsonist is armed with a pistol and a shotgun and allegedly set eight brush fires and then opened fire on a forest service employee investigating the fires tuesday. the employee was unhurt. in colorado, this fire near breckenridge erupting wednesday afternoon. >> breckenridge is on fire. >> reporter: flames bursting above the tree line. that mile's high column of smoke towering over the popular ski resort. around breckenridge multiple mandatory evacuations. >> quite a few of my friends, you know, had got in contact with me saying they had to pack their bags and get out or the so far that fire is zero percent contained even as planes dive bomb the blaze. >> this something i've never seen in 30 years. >> reporter: a lucky shift in the wind direction helped them keep the fire from burning towards

the fbi, state police and local agencies are involved in this search. they've been focusing on a property up the way here on lower york road in solebury township. it's owned by sandra dinardo a relative of a man arrested yesterday on an unrelated gun charge. 19-year-old dean finocchiaro of middletown township, mean-year-old jimi patrick of newtown, 22-year-old mark sturgis of pennsburg and 21-year-old tom meo of plumstead have been missing since last week and the district attorney believes foul play is involved. investigators have been looking at different properties saying they are chasing hot leads but there are a lot of questions we don't know the answer to at this point including how these men know each other, what their relationship could be. the district attorney has been in touch with their families. >> i have spoken to all of the families of the four young men. they're very prayerful. they're very, very anxious, they're fearful but they maintain some hope and i think that that is the position that they want to stay in at this point. >> reporter:

lashed out at the top leaders in the justice department, the deputy attorney general and the acting fbi director. and he attacked the man spearheading the russia investigation, special counsel robert mueller, warning mueller would cross a red line if he probed trump family finances, not tied to russia. >> i think that's a violation, look this is about russia! >> reporter: but the president stopped short of saying he would fire mueller if he crosses that red line. so today we asked the white house. today, that should not be viewed as a threat, as a warning, to what this special counsel should or should not be looking at. as it relates to presidents and the family finances. >> the president's making clear that the special counsel should not move outside of the scope of the investigation. >> so let's get to cecilia vega live at the white house, and cecile gentleman, those words right there, that the special counsel should not move outside the scope of the investigation. sounded a lot like she was doubling down on what the president said. stay away from the family finances. >> reporter: sar

homeland security and the fbi say hackers have targeted nuclear and other facilities since may. some officials suspect the hack may have had origins in russia but authorities are still working to determine the motive and the source. operations at the facilities were not compromised. >>> and bill cosby has a new trial date. the retrial on sexual assault charges is scheduled for november 6th. jurors were unable to reach a verdict in the first trial. the same judge is presiding over the second trial. >>> well, if you paid $5 to the faa to register your drone you may be eligible for a refund. the u.s. court of appeals says requiring registration violates federal law. >> the faa is not allowed to make rules regarding model aircraft. the agency must also delete any data you provided. >>> all right, when we come back a youth soccer league is taking a big step asking parents to be quiet. >> that scene from the tour de france, riders taking evasive action because of what's blowing in the wind. amily wanted to keep the game going. son: hey mom, one more game? tech: with safelite, you get

the fbi hasn't named as a suspect. we were unable to reach his attorney for comment. >> stephanie, thank you. >>> next, new developments in the brutal murders of four young men outside of philadelphia. cosmo dinardo charged in the death of all four victims. his cousin, sean kratz also charged in three of the alleged murders. abc's eva pilgrim is in pennsylvania. >> reporter: tonight, we're learning more about one of the two men behind bars, charged in the gruesome murders of four pennsylvanian men. authorities say cosmo confessed to the slaying, saying his cousin sean kratz helped. dean finocchiaro, thomas meo, mark sturgis and gymi patrick were missing for over a week. >> we're here to seek justice for them. and that's our commitment. >> reporter: authorities say cosmo admitted to murdering patrick on july 5th and told investigators he and kratz killed the three, saying he lured the men to the farm with the idea of buying marijuana. the case disturbing neighbors in this philadelphia neighborhood where kratz used to ha

the fbi allegedly capturing him on audio surveillance explaining how he kidnapped zhang, brought her back to his apartment hen otherwise held her against her will. >> the entire family is very, very devastated. >> reporter: investigators have not yet found the graduate student's body. her family and friends distraught. >> very devastated just because everyone was really trying to spread awareness of what happened and trying to get her found. >> reporter: and the local newspaper is reporting the suspect even attended a vigil for zhang after she was reported missing. investigators are now following up on this case and trying to get whatever information possible. we're going to send it back to you, amy. >> incredibly disturbing and so sad, let's bring in former fbi former agent and abc news consultant brad garrett for more. we just heard alex reporting there that there are reports the suspect may have attended a vigil for the victim. how unusual is that? >> not unusual at all, amy. in fact, suspects attend funerals, they actually go on searches of people they have killed and so the idea

tweet overnight he suggests that the embattled chief of staff -- writing he would be contacting the fbi and the justice department. >> that story was based on publically available information and he now insisting that the deleted tweet was misinterpreted but thursday morning on cnn. >> if he wants to explain he is not a leaker let him do that. >> a rocky relationship between the two senior officials but the white house not weighing in. >> the president always enjoyed healthy competition. >> there is an a -- of leaked information and transcripts of conversations with world leaders for example. but the firing authority only extends to the communication teams and these headlines are coming from somewhere else. channel 6 "action news." >> karen thank you. >>> members of the judiciary commit eare working on legislation keeping robert mueller from being fired. lindsay graham and sheldon whitehouse is working on legislation without judicial review and it's unclear when it will be introduced. >> and republican senator echos similar thoughts on the senate floor. >> if you are thinking of making

. >> fbi is joining the search for a man who started a string of fires and shot at a u.s. service employee. they are searching for the suspect 75-mile north of flagstaff. officials think the man set 8 small brush fires on monday night. >>> new this morning, united airlines has apologized to mother and inflight incident. she was forced to hold her 2-year-old is on the whole trip during a 3 1/2 hour flight last thursday. she paid for a seat for both of them. after they boarded and sat down, another passenger showed up for the child's seat. she gave up the seat because of other incidents the man being dragged off the plane. united said they inaccurately scanned the child's boarding pass and released the seat to another customer. >> expais x is on -- space x seems to be launching faster than the competition and fully recovered from the disaster last year when the rocket exploded on the launch pad. >> snap chat allows all users to add external links to their snaps. >> reporter: you can create background filters for snaps. >> the way we brushed our teeth for years may be about t

. >> reporter: yesterday w patiene their records. 1,000 files were ceased by the fbi when they raided the office last month. >>> there's still much more to come on "action news" saturday morning. new this morning, why a mother of four is seeking refuge from authorities in a connecticut church. >>> plus a man had to be rescued after his barn collapses during strong storms in the midwest. back here at home, let's take you live outside, sky6 live hd giving you a beautiful image at the temple university campus overlooking center city. it's still hot out there. is there an end to the heat? chris has the answer and storms are on the way. "action news" continues in just a moment. introducing new parodontax. the toothpaste that helps prevent bleeding gums. if you spit blood when you brush or floss you may have gum problems and could be on the journey to much worse. help stop the journey of gum disease. try new parodontax toothpaste. ♪ >> a mother of four who lives in the united states for two decades is fighting to stay in the county. she has taken sanctuary in a connecticut church an undoc

. >>> trump also calls fired fbi director james comey a liar and issues a threat to the special counsel in charge of the russia investigation. >>> state of emergency. more than 40 wildfires raging out west. new evacuations overnight as the flames close in

. >>> meanwhile, the fbi is part of the investigation into a military plane crash that killed 15 marines and a navy coreman the military members died yesterday when a tanker plunged into a soy bean field in mississippi. the marines have not revealed details on what caused but do not suspect foul play. it was headed from cherry point north carolina, when it crashed. >>> a man was shot with a pellet gun and robbed while in a wendy's drive-thru in fern rock. it happened at broad street and the suspect walked up to the victim who was waiting for his food and then demanded money. that is when the man was shot in the hand. he did not ask for treatment at the scene and the robber got away with $7. the home theater technician is arrested in delaware for stealing $10,000 worth of jewelry from someone's home. dan was working in the home in november and police have found evidence that holmes may have stolen from other customers as well. anyone that hired him is zod contact police if they are missing any of our valuables. >> it is official. michelle obama will be if philadelphia to take part in a lo

he is under investigation by the fbi in the wake of a guilty plea by this woman. reverend carolyn cafnice. in 2012 she was a campaign aide for city judge jimmy moore who was challenging brady in the democratic primary but eventually $90,000 was transferred from brady's campaign to moore's when he dropped out of the race. >> she is guilty of falsifying reports and those reports related to the fact that one individual who was running for congress paid off the campaign expenses of his opponent in order to get his opponent to exit the race. >> today congressman brady's lawyer issued it statement saying he did nothing wrong and is cooperating and he purchased an extensive poll from candidate moore and hired his campaign manager to assist in the general election. if there was any wrong doing, by brady they need her and other aides to cooperate. >> it appears before the government could make a case against the congressman it would be necessary for people working for the congressman either these campaign cult ans or other people in the congressman's campaign to roll over

. >> reporter: former fbi agent steve gomez, now an abc news consultant, says the cartels do not tolerate failure. >> a lot of times they don't even wanna hear the excuse. they'll just kill everybody and make an example. >> reporter: so he's in a bad place? >> a very bad place. >> reporter: so now, velazquez is about to get one last chance to bluff his way out of his predicament, to prove what's in the bottle is not drugs, as the family lawyer took us through the video. >> cruz now points at the bottle, and she's saying, "okay, drink it." and she makes the gesture that we associate with "to drink." now, watch the male agent. he says, "drink another one." you see them exchanging glances and smiles, because they know what's going on. this is a game in which he's being played with by these officers. they want to see what his reaction is. they're playing with him, and they think it's funny. >> reporter: perallon later claimed he always thought it was just juice. but tests will show that what cruz swallowed -- what was in the bottle -- was more than one hundred times greater than a typical dos

. >> reporter: a team from several law enforcement agencies including the fbi are scouring several locations across bucks county including this property in bensalem and this field in solebury just miles from the spot where authorities found the vehicle belonging to one of the missing men. investigators are searching for 19-year-old dean finocchiaro of middletown, 21-year-old tom meo of plumstead. 19-year-old jimi patrick of bucks county and 22-year-old mark sturgis of pennsburg. patrick was last seen last wednesday. d.a. weintraub came just short of saying this is a case of foul play but he did say he certainly believes that. >> we've been treating this from the outset as a criminal investigation and nothing has deterred that to this point. >> reporter: and so the investigation continues. the next briefing is scheduled for 11 o'clock tomorrow morning barring any breaks in this case. anyone with any information is asked to call police. reporting live from solebury, walter perez, channel6 "action news": monica. >> it is rick but thank thank yu walter. >>> police are trying to figure out how a

the fbi director also gone. all of this happened in just six months. >> and now the president is turning to a trusted former general to impose order in the white house. >> the big question, can the change effectively reset the administration and what is reince priebus saying about this? david wright, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, paula and jon. the president is clearly hoping the shake-up will bring some order and discipline to a white house that has been ridden by division and back biting chaos that comes at a cost to the president's age a agenda. the scapegoat this week, reince priebus who left the white house last night. he told fox news he wouldn't comment on the attacks by communications director anthony scaramucci. >> i'm not going to get into that subject. it's getting in the mud and i think the palace intrigue stuff is annoying and i think it's a distraction. it takes away from the president's agenda. i think everyone needs to focus on the president and what he needs to get done for the

. >>> we begin with the fbi joining a hunt for whoever put a bomb disguised as package on a new york city porch and waited for days for it to explode. cell phone video shows the building's landlord knocked to the ground just after opening the package. this, moments after he was consumed by flames. the 73-year-old is in critical condition with burns over most of his body. the family says the package may have been on their doorstep for as long as a week. >> frightening. >>> overseas in spain, more than 20,000 people were forced to evacuate a popular outdoor music festival in barcelona on saturday night when a fire broke out on stage. look at that fire. the organize fizers say it was caused by a technical malfunction. no injuries reported. >>> back here in the u.s., an update on the deadly accident at the ohio state fair. the coroner's preliminary finding was that 18-year-old tyler jarrell was killed by blunt force trauma. after he was hurled from the fire ball ride to his death. overnight, the owner of the ride says mechanical failure was likely the cause of the accident. all rides at

mcfarland who created and founded the event with rapper ja rule arrested and charged with wire fraud by the fbi friday. it was supposed to be an elite millennial gathering with models gracing promos. festivalgoers dropping thousands of dollars for a secluded island getaway. performances from bands like blink-182 and a gourmet dining experience from a celebrity chef but the expected luxury experience turned out in reality to be anything but. >> we had no electricity, no showers. there was no bathrooms. there was no like running water. >> it was about $4,000. what we got was worth closer to i'd say zero dollars. >> reporter: at the time, mcfarland blaming a storm for the epic festival fail. >> a big storm came through and busted our water system and affected half of the housing tents. >> reporter: but officials now allege attendees weren't the only ones mcfarland duped. federal prosecutors saying in a statement he allegedly presented fake documents to induce investors to put over a million dollars into his company and the fiasco called the fyre festival. mcfarland could be sentenced to up to 20 y

jacksonville university on a four year scholarship to study criminal justice, her goal to be in the fbi. instead, she was shot to death last week by the driver of a red pickup truck. roberson the victim of an apparent road rage incident. >> senseless and i still can't wrap my head around it and understand what has happened here. >> this child is just -- somebody looked at her and didn't like her or didn't want her in front of them and, you know, just decided she didn't deserve to live. put the guns down, put them down. i don't want to experience this anymore. >> reporter: last weekend following a high profile search for the driver of the pickup truck, police arrested 28-year-old david desper of treanor delaware county and have charged him with murder. following the funeral service today, bianca roberson was laid to rest in a cemetery in frazier nearby. some of the mourners have returned here to saint paul's for a late luncheon. as for the man who is charged with killing miss roberson he has a scheduled court appearance next week, next thursday in west chester. live in west chester, john

in light of the leak of my financial disclosure info, which is a felony, i will be contacting the fbi and the justice department. and he tagged priebus' twitter handle. he deleted the tweet. when two reporters disputed that, scaramucci issued a challenge on live television. >> they're making the assumption that it's him because journal t journalists know who the leakers are. if reince wants to explain he is not a leaker, let him do that. >> reporter: the press secretary said the president likes to see his top aides spar with each other. >> the president enjoys healthy competition and conversation. he sees that as such. >> reporter: priebus has been silent. nobody in the white house defending him. he's the second top official left twisting in the wind gi the president. the other one, attorney general jeff sessions, who broke his silence on the president's attacks. >> you've seen the president's criticism of you, is it fair? >> it's kind of hurtful. but the president of the united states is a strong leader. he wants all of us to do our jobs. that's what i intend to do. >> reporter: they

he spoke to the "times" for just under an hour, during which time he accused former fbi director james comey of trying to blackmail him. he brought his granddaughter in to speak chinese to everyone. he talked about hitler and napoleon. and he outlined his new plan for health care. this is an actual quote. this is what he's going to do. "we are going to watch obamacare go down the tubes and we'll blame the democrats." so problem solved, i guess. [ laughter ] trump told reporters he was being unfairly judged because he's only been in office six months and people are expecting him to deliver a health care bill. and he has a point. i mean, where did anyone get the idea that passing health care was going to be easy? >> you're going to have such great health care at a tiny fraction of the cost, and it's going to be so easy. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: all right. donald trump hasn't met donald trump. [ applause ] i don't know if they'd get along. the most explosive part of the interview with the "times" was when trump lashed out at his own attorney general jeff sessions. he said that if he'd known