kimberly smith commented prayers for this senseless act of ignorance. social media expert ... >> it is so great to see that good is trending over evil at the moment. >> pete muntean, wusa9. >>> now, sadly this tragedy has exposed some rather delicate issues in this country. first of which there was no means for the gay population to be immediately and directly try to help the folks injured because of the band on blood donations from gays. secondly, there has been an urgent call put out for grief counselors. the call from folks being able to help the devastated puerto rican community hurt hard. a church northwest of town in apopka florida will be offering free funeral svices to anyone impacted by this tragedy. back to you. >>> adam, thank you. across orlando, folks lining up to donate blood. city hospitals put out an urgent call for donors and people responded by the thousands. >> the temporary attack on a gay nightclub launched conversations on a gay community including ours. the fda lifted the restriction on gay men giving blood. they now qualify to do

kimberly smith commented healing prayers for the senseless act. >> i think it is wonderful that social media can play an important role getting information and giving people purpose, what can i do to help the victims and their families right now. how can i help communities have been affected. how can i make a difference. there was a safety check that let people nearby the shootings notify friend that they were okay. the first time it has ever been activated in the u.s. adam. >> it is a collective for people to talk about their friends and family on social media and to recognize the gravity and magnitude of this situation. bruce and leslie, we will come back at 5:30 with another interesting development that has come out of this tragedy. it has overwhelmingly hurt the gay community and at the time when they needed and wanted to help the most, they weren't able to because of the band on blood donations. we will get into that coming up at 5:30. >>> looking forward to it. adam, thanks. >>> sky 9 was over a big house fire in potomac. 65 firefighters battle that blaze. it was no one was home

john cramsey and dean smith and kimberly arendt have been held on bail. police searched the truck they found shotguns, handgun, high-capacity magazines and an assault rifle. >>> and millions of pest, plaguing a town south of harrisburg. >> people in susquehanna valley in york county are dealing with a massive swarm of mayflies. they started showing up earlier this week and one man used his leaf blower to get rid of them. >> it sounded like sleet was hitting the car. it wasn't sleet? >> it wasn't sleet. it was mayflies. >> experts say the mayflies typically only live 24 to 72 hours spring to fall. >>> i wish viewers could have seen jessica's face off camera, watching that story. >> that ew factor. yesterday there was a giant spider where i have to stand. our poor director, i almost had a meltdown before we started with the traffic report. >> that would have been social media gold. >> that would have been fun walking out the door covered in mayflies. we're going to start with traffic. vine street expressway right around third street, no problems or delays.

a judge has denied her request to reduce their bail john smith and lee smith and kimberly bail each. they told police they were going to rescue a 16-year-old girl whose friend had just overdosed on heroin. they found shotguns and high assault rifle. the situation could have turned ugly. >> there are also problems with situations like that. >> cramcy's 20-year-old daughter died from heroin overdose. >>> turkish officials say more evidence points to isis but so far there's been no claim of responsibility. we do know how the clear time line of tuesday's attack. one of the suicide bombers went into the terminal, opened fire then blew himself up at the arrivals terminal. the second went upstairs to the departure level and blew himself up. and the third waited outside and detonated his explosives as people ran out of the airport in panic. aviation expert tom costello is looking into how the attack could make airports safer here in the u.s. >> reporter: hello from reagan national airport here in washington. we've now had two major attacks on major airports in the last three months. the ques

cramsey posted on facebook about a half hour before his arrest that he along with dean smith and kimberly errand were 11 miles outside of brooklyn kimberly's mother tells inside edition no one was going to get hurt. >> there was no terroristic threat. there was nothing. all they were trying to do was go get the girl and bring her to safety. >> all three were arraigned on a variety of weapons charges they're being held on $75,000 bail each. >>> a case of road rage on the side of a busy highway. the victim a good samaritan who had just pulled over to help when the gunshot rang out. what else police say they found in the shooter's car. >>> a little boy shot in his own home. now, he and his family are too scaring to back. >> you don't want to get shot again. >> um-um. i don't want my family to get shot neither. >> aww. >> why moving out of this local neighborhood is easier said than done. >>> handcuffed this guy accused of kidnapping his girlfriend's son. what a witness saw at a dmv that may have saved that nine-year-old's life. >> contaminated dirt, illegal dumping with big bucks attached. n

and kimberly, were 11 miles outside of brooklyn, new york, kimberly's mother tells inside edition no one was going to get hurt. >> there was no terroristic threat, there was nothing, all they were trying to do was go get the girl and bring her to safety. >> all throw were arraigned on variety of weapons charges, they're being held on $75,000 bail each. >> 5:18 is the time. local elementary school just lost some valuable teaching tools. police say two guys made off with ten computers. surveillance cameras caught the men, one who was dressed as construction worker, as they walk into the south philadelphia tuesday. principal tells fox 29, during busy eighth grade commencement, the men got into a classroom, and then got away with ten mack books, values all the more than $1,000 each. >> they were being used by a first and second grade student. and to me, that's just heart breaking. they used them to access reading and math intervention, to look up things on the computer, and now, when we return in september, we're not going to have them. >> so, they're going have to have a fundraiser now

and kimberly errant were 11 miles outside of brooklyn, new york. he said the trio was head to do a hotel to rescue a teen from wilkes-barre addicted to heroin at the girl's mother's request. >> i think john is the type of person when he puts his mind to something that he will try his hardest, and he will get what he wants. and if his mission was to stop heroin, then he will do it. >> reporter: because it was personal according to family friend giselle geist. his daughter died four months ago of heroin overdose. her father arrested on the anniversary of her death. >> they were as close as can be. >> cram see made it mission to help others starting the anti heroin facebook group is enough and rescuing young addicts from bad situations. geist says cram see wants to safe other others from the samen he and his family have had to endure. >> he's a man who loves his kids. he doesn't want to see anybody else happen to anybody else. >> reporter: now, new york police say that they did reach out to the teenager in question and said she was not in need of resc

kimberly of late end. -- lehigh end. kramsey's daughter died of heroin overdose, told police they were going to brooklyn to rescue a teen girl with drugs. >> families forced out of their home, fortunately everyone able to escape, as justin finch explains could have been much worse. >> up in flames, it was bad, it was bad. >> this image sent to us from "eyewitness news" viewer capturing flames raging from the windows of chester corner apartment building overnight. >> multiple entrapment. >> chester firefighters pulled up to west third and yarnell streets in near minutes, arriving as tenants were scrambling to get each other out from a three-story building, daniel recalls waking to up fire then quickly helping neighbors and their children he escape. >> could have been worse. i was in a deep sleep. like i say, i heard people screaming out front. and i just wasn't paying it no mind until i heard get out, the apartment is on fire. >> most challenging escape those though lived on the second and third floor, forced to come down

. >> pennsylvania resident, jon klemm is he, dean smith, kimberly arnt remain in hudson county jail up in north jersey this morning. >> after pleading not guilty to weapons charges stemming from their arrest at the holland tunnel on tuesday. >> police pull over ooh year old john kramsey and two of his friends. holland tunnel, where new jersey plans with new york city. >> this is tuesday, police stop the truck covered in anti-drug dealer, and pro gun logos, for a cracked windshield. notice loaded magazine from gun on the floor of the vehicle. >> in the dollars the driver seat, the driver was sitting job police then check for weapons, and found five pistols, ar15, rival, 123 gauge shotgun, tactical gear, some marijuana. investigators say, most of the weapons were loaded. , kramsey, owns the indoor shooting range hire ground in emmaus, pennsylvania posted on facebook that he, along with smith, and arnt were 11 miles outside of brooklyn, new york, head today a motel to rescue a teenage fresh wilkes-barre, pennsylvania. >> apparently addicted to heroin, the mother of the teenage girl, wante

john cramcy and dean smith of zionsville in lehigh county and kimberly of carbon county were taken into custody and charged with illegal gun possession. they told police they were on their way to rescue a 16-year-old girl from a new york drug den. but tonight, police say they found the girl sm she told them she did not need to be rescued. >>> police rescued a dog that was left inside a hot car tonight in northeast philadelphia. officers were called to the wal-mart parking lot on the 4300 block of buyberry road shortly before 6:00 where they were able to get the dog out of the s.u.v. the dog is okay. animal control officers showed up to take possession of the dog. no charges have been filed. >>> still to come on "action news" tonight, a new war of words between hillary clinton and donald trump. this time over the billionaire businessman's ideas for the economy. plus -- fireworks set to the music of the philadelphia orchestra, all in celebration of a local landmark. cecily? >>> well, after two days in the 90s, today's high, 88. so not a heat wave, but i amtraking nor 90-degree weather. fi

of lehigh county and 29-year-old kimberly are a rant of carbon county face several weapons charges. >>> pennsylvania records its 23rd case of the zika virus and still ahead tonight at 11:00 we'll tell you about the latest report of the illness and where health officials say it was contracted. >> summer driving season shifts into full gear. what you can expect at the pump many and why prices are expected to drop. >>> justin. >> we have a greek from the heat and the storms comin coming up t there's another severe threat in our forecast this could set up a pleasant weekend. you are not going to want to mitts forecast. check the out in a few minutes. jessica. >> first lady michelle obama with a big announcement on social media but an um coming hate nice appearance. what will the first lady be doing. >> the you can is certification won't admit but it definitely look like they have the man. what the team is saying now that top pros spe >> hundreds of firefighters battling twin wildfires in southern california could soon catch a break. they've not been able to contain the fires burning sid

of lehigh county and 29-year-old kimberly are a rant of carbon county face several weapons charges. >>> pennsylvania records its 23rd case of the zika virus and still ahead tonight at 11:00 we'll tell you about the latest report of the illness and where health officials say it was contracted. >> summer driving season shifts into full gear. what you can expect at the pump many and why prices are expected to drop. >>> justin. >> we have a greek from the heat and the storms comin coming up t there's another severe threat in our forecast this could set up a pleasant weekend. you are not going to want to mitts forecast. check the out in a few minutes. jessica. >> first lady michelle obama with a big announcement on social media but an um coming hate nice appearance. what will the first lady be doing. >> the you can is certification won't admit but it definitely look like they have the man. what the team is saying now that top pros spec ben it's our new intern, bart's first week here at td bank, hello! he's a robot from one of those other banks. we're training him to bank human. i am bank

. >> including john cramsy and dean smith and 29-year-old kimberly ar ent. it turned up an air type assault rifle and fully loaded semi automatic handguns and 200 rounded of ammunition and body armor, they claim they were on their way to save a 16-year-old girl from a drug den in brooklyn. it turns out that cramsy that owns the shooting range in brooklyn, lost his daughter alexandria to a drug overdose three months ago. he wrote on facebook how about a road trip to new york to do an extraction, saving a 16-year-old girl is priceless. >> cruz has known cramsy for years describing him as a decent person who was not the same after his daughter's death. >> nice guy but trying to go into a city like new york carrying loaded weapons and you don't know what kind of people you'll deal with. it could be pretty risky. >> cramsy reports that he learned about the young woman, from a facebook post. they found that young lady and she said she was in no need of rescue. >> walter thank you. >>> meantime, lawmakers in delaware moved closer today to close what they call a dan

kimberly arendt is from carbon county. police stopped their vehicle when they saw a cracked windshield. they found a number of rifles, handguns, and knives in the vehicle. cramsey told them the three were on a mission to rescue a kidnapped teenager on heroin in new york. crams cra cramsey posted about the so-called mission on facebook. a defense attorney says police stopped the trio because of a sticker on the truck. >>> the owners of pulse nightclub will hold a fund raising event today to remember the vibctims of the june 12th shooting massacre. it will be latin themed. money raised will benefit pulse nightclub employees. >>> the verdict is expected today in the trial of a baltimore police officer accused in the death of freddie gray. prosecutors say cesar goodson was behind the wheel of the police van where gray's neck was broken last year. the judge is expected to deliver his verdict at 10:00 a.m. we'll have an update for you on nbc 10 news at 11:00. >>> meanwhile, people in tennessee are outraged over a billboard. >> i

john and dean smith, both of lehigh county, and kimberly earring of carbon county face weapons charges. holland tunnel connects new york to new jersey. >>> police hope you can find two armed men who targeted the walnut food market in west philadelphia it happened last tuesday around 3:00 in the afternoon. one of the suspects used a pink handgun to hold up an employee, while another suspect grabbed about $500 from behind the counter. if you recognize these suspects call the philadelphia police department. >>> now let's talk about a new round in campaign 2016. in a speech yesterday, hillary clinton blasted donald trump's economic policies. as hen answer a daniels trump is ready to fire back. >> reporter: now donald trump's turn. he will give a speech attacking his opponent hillary clinton. >> basically she's crooked hillary when you get right down to it. she will do horrible on the economy. >> reporter: yesterday trump spoke with cbs this morning's nora o'donnell and he talk about his significant fund raising deficit, and says he may fund the race himself. as of may clinton's campaign ha

i'm shepherd smith at the fox news desk. >> thanks so much, shep. kimberly, you had additional thoughts going into that break. >> when shepherd was laying it out on the big screen and the detonation, someone reported that on the monitor where they have security detail there and again at the departure gate. they'll work in teams, terrorists do. and one will try to penetrate and try to get inside, right, and achieve the target area. but that was thwarted at this point. and another one, if they work in teams -- and this was three -- will hit the outside area to hit first responders, police, military, et cetera, to create instability right there where the influx would be going in and out. it looks like that's what's happening here. >> what struck me, dana, shepherd said this was one of the safest airports. so as you go through airports in the united states, you often see they have a sign up that says some -- often in nigeria, is not recognized by the u.s. government as a safe airport and american travelers are urged to avoid it. this would not be the ca

attorney for john ramsey and dean smith asked the judge yesterday, to let them post 10 0 bail but the judge said no, and police also arrested kimberly arden, she was not at yesterday's hearing but she did hire a new lawyer. ramsey said he was on line to rescue a 16 year-old girl whose friend had overdosed on heroin. >>> classrooms in philadelphia schools empty for now, of course, for summer break but come this fall officials say they will be filled with offers for teachers. philadelphia school district says it is on track to fill all available teaching positions by the start of the new school year. william hite says district has filled all of the current vacancies and by end of the week they should only have about 45 openings left. >> i'm extremely important because it is important that students begin the year understanding and forming relationships with the individuals will be with them throughout the year. and the way you start, generally the way you will see how the year will go and you will finish. >> so far, district has hired 531 new teachers, for all of our students. >>> 4:20.

kimberly, also arrested hired a new attorney wasn't at today's hearing. cramsey had posted online he was headed to new york to rescue a 16-year-old girl whose friend had overdosed op heroin. >>> it is a beautiful day in your fox 29 weather authority. if you're able to make it to the beach, it was the perfect way to soak in all of this wonderfulness. we found some weather in atlantic city and tracking our next chance for rain, though. let's check in with meter psychologist scott william. >> yeah, absolutely beautiful today, lucy. much improved from yesterday. felt like a sauna. the humidity was high. we're dry, we're comfortable and looking pretty good if you're stepping outdoors for your midweek plans. as we expand the view, you can see really a lot of sunshine, dry conditions all across the area. there's a light breeze and look at the comfortable temperatures. 84 right now and look at that low humidity. 37%. dew points right now in the 50 50's. yesterday they were in the 70s. we have 86 in atlantic city. 82 in dover. upper 70s in pottstown. low spents as

police also arrested kimberly who hired a new attorney. she was not at today's hearing. cramsey had posted online he was headed to new york to rescue a 16-year-old girl whose friend had overdosed on heroin. >>> classrooms in philadelphia schools are of course empty now for summer break. come this fall officials say they will all be filled with teachers. the philadelphia school district says it's on track to fill all available teaching positions by the start of the new school year. superintendent william hite said the district already filled nearly all of its current vacancies bite end of the week they should have about 45 openings left. >> it's e extremely important. it's important that students begin the year understanding and forming relationships with the individuals who will be with them throughout the year and the way you start is generally the way -- the year will go and the way you will finish. >> so far the district has hired 531 new teachers. >>> philadelphia neighborhood one man showed fox 29 how he filled ajar with drug needles found on his block and this only

police also arrested kimberly arden who hired a new attorney, she was not at the hearing. kramsey had posted on line he was headed to new york to rescue a 16 year old girl whose friend had over dozed on heroin. >>> in harrisburg, state senate house will hammer out differences over the budget yesterday. senate approved the house's $31 billion budget plan with some minor changes, it includes 5% spending increase for public schools, prisons, social services among other things. governor wolf praised the senate's budget plan. it is not clear, though, if he's committed sign it as is. this all comes two month after the ends after record breaking stalemate that marked the governor's first go-around with the state budget. pennsylvania's new fiscal year starts tomorrow. >>> classrooms in philadelphia schools of course empty now for summer break, but come this fall, officials say, they'll all be filled with teachers. the philadelphia school district says, it is on track to fill all available teaching positions, by the start of the new school year. superintendent william hite says the

he was simply kimberly. this photo posted just weeks ago reads thankful. the names, the faces, the numbers we've been telling you about all morning. it's always good to see our friend harry smith, unfortunately, we see ourselves under the worker circumstances. >> i know, matt, we come to these places. it's impossible for to us comprehend what the families of these victims are going through. you speak to a loved one, text a loved one one day, the next day they're gone. we ask ourselves what do we make of this? what do we make of this? >> reporter: our sunday morning was shattered by all too familiar news. >> good morning, breaking overnight. mass casualty shooting. a horrific scene outside of a popular gay nightclub in orlando. >> reporter: then the news got even worse. >> it is with great sad answer that i share we have not 20 but 50 casualties. >> reporter: incredible what one person can do with two guns. where there was joy and laughter, he brought terror. prest nation. his 15th time to do so after a mass shooting. yes, the 15th time. >> this massacre is

more than a decade performing in nightclubs and working at am herrest college -- amherst college and smith college. she recently moved to florida to help take care of her mother and grandmother. 23-year-old stanley omardo. he came out of the bathroom at pulse as the bullets were flying. he pushed people out of harm's way as he was shot three times. a third massachusetts native who survived the massacre was also shot three times. angel cologne of framingham, massachusetts was shot in the leg, the hand and the hip. he is alive today only because the gunman missed his head as he shot those who were lying on the floor to make sure they were dead. 37-year-old jeffrey rodriguez raised in leominster remains in critical condition now. rodriguez was shot three times. a of tuesday he had undergone three surgeries. his family is optimistic that he will pull through and all of us from massachusetts and all across the nation are rooting for him. there are still things we don't know about the shooter. we don't know about his planning, his motives, things we may never know. but here's what we do know. we

always good to see our friend, harry smith. unfortunately, we see each other under the worst circumstances. >> i know, matt. we come to these places. it's impossible to comprehend what the families of the victims are really going through. you speak to a loved one, or text with a loved one, one day. and the next day, they're gone. it's really difficult to come up with answers. and we ask ourselves, what do we make of that? what do we make of that? our sunday morning was shattered by all-too familiar news. >> breaking overnight, mass casualty shooting. a horrific scene outside a popular gay nightclub in orlando. >> reporter: then, the news got even worse. >> it is with great sadness, we have not 20, but 50 casualties. >> reporter: incredible what one person can do with two guns. where there was joy and laughter, he brought terror. president obama addressed the nation. his 15th time to do so after a mass shooting. yes, the 15th time. >> this massacre, is therefore, a further reminder of how easy it is for someone to get a hands on

always good to see our friend, harry smith. unfortunately, we see each other under the worst circumstances. >> i know, matt. we come to these places. it's impossible to comprehend wh you speak to a loved one or text with a loved one, one day and the next day they're gone. it's really difficult to come up with answers. we ask ourselves, what do we make of this? what do we make of this? our sunday morning was shattered by all too familiar news. >> good morning. breaking overnight mass casualty in orlando. >> then the news got worse. >> it is with great sadness that i share we have not 20 but 50 casualties. >> incredible what one person can do with two guns, where there was joy and laughter he brought terror. president obama addressed the nation. his 15th time to do so after a mass shooting. yes, the 15th time. >> this massacre is therefore a further reminder ofow easy it is for someone to get their hands on a weapon that lets them shoot people in a school, or in a house of worship or a movie theater or in a nightclub. >> this is