they handed out the marion anderson awards to three philadelphia legends. action news reporter jeanette reyes is live on the avenue of the arts. jeanette. >> reporter: well, this event wraps up just a few minutes ago. quite a spectacular night. you had the honorees, patti louisiana bell, and gamble and huff. received their award after amazing performances from local philadelphia artists. the 2016 marion anderson award gala was a star-studded event for some of philadelphia's best talent. the night filled with great music from r&b bands like the soul survivors and the three degrees. all performed in honor of ground breaking musical icons. and this year's honorees, path ie labelle. >> thank youing to everyone involved with this special evening. it's like my dreams came true. >> reporter: and legendary duo, the founder of philadelphia international records. >> i'm a piano player that migrated to philadelphia from camden. and i came to philadelphia rocking. >> reporter: action news was a proud broadcasting partner of the event emceed by our own monica malpass. >

anderson awards. >> yes, i don't have any proof that i was at the marion anderson awards. >> ya, you do. >> photos, with you standing -- >> you photo shopped them? >> where was the camera crew from our station? >> i'm putting this on blast. >> camera crew showed up? they were there. >> it was great event. so philadelphia. the marion anderson awards, kenny gamble, leon huff, patti labelle. >> amazing, such a night to remember. >> so nice, patty said she watches the show every morning. >> we love her. she lives in the suburbs. >> so we have a star studded good day philadelphia. we have vivica a fox who will be here. johnny gill, bye bye bye. i saw some red dresses last night. jack a, remember ja from back in the day. >> 227. >> jack a is here. there would be a sister sister reunion. >> cool, pepperdine one of the sisters. >> you went to pepperdine university? is. >> tough life. >> in malibu? the best looking college campus, if you could google that, who is that? who is in the control room? candice? >> she is great. >> yes. >> love candice. >> pepperdine university is the best college c

. >> did you have an amazing evening at the marion anderson awards? what is it like to be there. >> it is a gala, beautiful food, and, yes. >> cocktail hour, dinner party? >> dinner party. >> then the gala, concert, performances where people are paying tribute to the people honored. i felt like i was there but i didn't get to go. >> it was great. then afterward i went over my alma matter the university of kansas was playing the number one team in the country, duke, until that was on, that was on past 12:30 this morning. >> oh, wow. >> who won? >> i don't know, i don't watch kansas. >> kansas jay hawks won. take a look at these pictures from the marion anderson awards last night. i take a horrible photo. but the young man helped me out with this. we all look green. so this is after the award. so probably past midnight now. leon huff handcuff, kenny gamble, patti labelle honored. >> look good there, good lighting. so what did she say to her? >> i walk over to her, oh, i watch you guys every morning. and you know what i liked about it? you know what i lo

the recipientses of the marion anderson award. the patti labelle, and the duo of gamble and huff. >> the award gala will celebrate. patti labelle is expected to receive the award named after a civil rights activist and philadelphia native. former recipients are bon jovi and oprah winfrey. >> it's a legendry event in itself and to be able to pay homage to the greats in this entertainment industry those that paved the way, what better opportunity. you couldn't ask for more. >> the gala is held every year since 1989 and although the same spectacular night can be expected but tonight the award will go to several recipients and kenny gamble and leon huff will also be honored tonight an event that promised not to disappoint. >> i am expected to have a great time. expecting to share a whole lot of love in this room. i anticipate that everyone that is coming tonight is here to support, here to show their love and here to say we appreciate you. i'm expecting all of that. >> reporter: and this event is hosted by our very own monica malpass

. >> happening today, several philadelphia music legends will receive the prestigious marion anderson award. grammy award winner patti labelle bell and music producers kenny gamble and leon hough will receive the honor during a gala at the kimmel center tonight. the award is named after the famous philadelphia opera singer. >> next up on "action news" new overnight a fiery chicago plane landing may soon be heading for a courtroom. >> plus, see the new smart watch that's not powered by a battery. it is powered by you and your body heat. david. >> wow. >>> buses are still powered by diesel and gasoline overall and it's going to be a little better on the bus stop this morning temperature-wise. 46 degrees by 6 o'clock. by 8 o'clock 47. there are a couple showers around. this afternoon we dry out and i'll have details in the accuweather 7-day forecast and a really nice stretch of weather coming. that's all ahead. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> welcome back. you're taking a live look here the commodore barry bridge. got a little rain move through our region. >>> question is what will the rest of your tue

. >> music legends will are receive the marion anderson award. patti labelle bell and ken flee gamble and leon hough will receive the award tonight. the award is named after the famous opera singer and recognizes artists for their humanitarian efforts. >> i'm sure they had a hard time picking one. they said listen let's give them to all. >> we have a little bit of lane in parts of the region this morning. storm tracker6 live double scan shows that you it's mostly to the eastern half of the region. philadelphia starting to get clipped with a little bit of that and in a moment i'll show you how it is on the move possibly pushing over a better portion of philadelphia later on this morning. let's get you outside. we have sky6 in philadelphia. cloudy skies above and perhaps getting a little bit damp in center city over the next several minutes. so, that closer view i promised you shows you that some of the lighter advance raindrops just the first stuff beginning to push very close to center city philadelphia as we speak. you can see the movement. ther

philadelphia's own patti labelle, she will receive this year's marion anderson award at a gala and concert at the kimble center tonight, her co-honorees local music producers kenny gamble and leon huff. it pays tribute to artists who have impacted society in a pros testify way through their work or support for an important cause. >>> well, just ahead we will take you county by county across our area for a look at events happening in your neighborhood. >>> also extending the school year, we will tell you why students across philadelphia could soon be in class before the labor day holiday. >>> deep sea encounter. hear from the people aboard a whale watching boat that got up close and personal off the wildwood coast. you said you wanted to feel better about your cereal. general mills big g cereals hear you. that's why we say "yes" to whole grains as our first ingredient. and "no way" to high fructose corn syrup. ♪ in every honey nut "o". every lucky charms spoonful. and every cinnamon toast crunch square. ♪ you can feel good about general mills big g cereals. >>> good morning, everyone. j

anderson, hattie mcdaniels. no one was upset and a stamp is a form of money, right? so why aren't we outraged by the images, representation and the people selected for stamps. >> there's african american portraits where there are no images and there are artist representations on stamps. you do have this image and we don't look at the money because went out of the academy. and i was really interested in children as consumers of history they do look at the money they do look at these images. it can make a difference but the controversy over naming and challenging it. and through african american, insurgencies and activism through the panel and the headlines tackling that particular controversy and also the massacre at orlando, what that means and, you know, various kinds of issues and i think we need to as historians think about the connections between the work we do and trying to connect these meetings to the larger public. >> having just finished a study at rutgers on the connection between rutgers and slavery a

. >> i'm going to the marion anderson awards tonight, i need to know what the weather will be like because i need to dawn the appropriate attire. tell me about what the weather will be like in 15 seconds. >> since you asked me, i will tell you, in that tone of voice. >> hold on. could you do it in 15 seconds from now? >> well, i can do that. >> thank you. >> pleasure. >> if you're headed out in your formal attire tonight, you don't have to wore bit rain. it is moving north. there is lancaster, one little downpour there. that's about it. so, we look at the temperatures, which are rising only little bit. 53 degrees, where we in philadelphia, 40's to the north, 50 to the south. 606 is our high today. the rain will be out of here, soon, definitely right around lunchtime. 62 degrees tomorrow. stay dry until sunday. we'll worry about that a little closer to the time, okay? >> thank you. >> karen, interesting comment on twitter today. people are saying that the show has gone completely off the rales. >> it has. >> normally does. >> yes. but they like it. people are saying i should not be on sudaf

. >> happening today, several philadelphia music legends will receiver the prestigious marion anderson award. grammy award winner patti labelle bell and music producers kenny gamble and leon hough will receive the honor during a gala at the kimmel center tonight. the award is named after the famous philadelphia opera singer and recognizes artists for their humanitarian efforts. >> breaking news. police have just canceled an amber alert for a four-year-old girl. she is from virginia as we told you and moments ago we learned she actually turned up in our area. "action news" reporter annie mccormick has the brand new information live from the satellite center. annie. >> matt, this is good news for this amber alert that was issued last night from virginia. that little girl is safe and sound. police have just told us moments ago that four-year-old annabelle doretha hope richardson is safe. we just learned her father dylan james richardson turned himself in within the past hour to monroe township in gloucester county to some sort of police station there we were told. now according to authori

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