chopper 6, near city hall, there are hundreds of people and even thousands continuing to converge there, it's expected to be a rally for people that are pro israel and pro hamas and pro palestine and a convergence of sortses here. we'll have more when we send a reporter to the scene. eva pilgram is heading there live and we expect to talk to her throughout the evening. we are updating 6abc.com as we get details about this story. we'll post details on canceled flights and we have a link to check the status of every flight out of philadelphia international airport. >> no other news, an employee at the mcdonald's main line is arrested for dealing drugs in the parking lot. allen trammell worked at the mcdonald's on westchester avenue in radnor township. investigators were tipped off in june and june cover officers

made four buys between now and then. vernon odom will have more on the study coming up in a live report on "action news" at 6:00. the south jersey woman allegedly scene in a video beating up a former co-worker is out on bail. 25-year-old latia harris is charged with assault after the report shows harris punching her co-worker in front of herrera's son. a jury mixed a mixed decision on the fate of five former philadelphia traffic court judges, they were accused of if i amming tickets for family, friends and political allies. david henry has the details. >> reporter: it was a case that screamed corruption and led to the abolishment of traffic court.

there were guilty verdicts on the lesser charges for four of the judges. >> i'm vindicated, not guilty of all charges, as far as i'm concerned i was indicted for doing my job. >> former judge, michael sullivan walked out after being found not guilty of all charges. mike bruno was also acquitted. >> it's devastating but i'm going back to work and i'm moving on with my life and that is it. >> all six judges were found not guilty of conspiracy and fraud charges but four were found guilty of lying to the fbi. >> we are going to appeal the decision, i didn't make a false statement to the jury, they asked me one question. >> former judge willy singletory was reprimanded and removed before the traffic court scandal

erupted and was clearly relieved after the verdict even though he faces conviction on the making false statements. >> it was two years of stress and anxiety, not knowing what to expect and not knowing what happened. i am grateful for the process, and it worked. >> the six judges were accused of fixing tickets on behalf of the connected. a practice known as consideration. their lawyers may have been guilty of unethical behavior but nothing criminal. >> a resounding rejection of the government's claim that something illegal happened here. >> reporter: the co-defendants including three judges and the court administrator plead guilty to various charges think the final count nine judges charged and seven of them guilty of some charges and two acquitted.

david henry, channel 6 "action news." >> lets take you over to eva pilgram live at love park for the rally we discussed earlier. two different groups rallying in a philadelphia area after all the violence in the middle east. >> reporter: monica, you can see i am standing here in love park, there are at least 1,000 people crowded in love park, this is the group that is standing with israel. they have their signs up, across the street from this area there is another rally for the people of gaza, the pro israel groups have about 1,000 people and many religious leaders showing their support and referring to the violence in the region, they have seen recently. as for the pro palestine group, it's smaller but still several hundred people, look from chopper 6 hd, you can see the vast number of people here.

>> not all people are tourists. >> stand up with hope and faith in our hearts -- >> back out here live in love park, you can see the rally is still going on for both sides. you hear the people chanting and participating in the rally, we have seen a few people from both sides kind of go at it. there are a lot of police officers out here, to keep the peace at that time. so that we have not seen too much as arguing back and forth

but there is a little bit of that. but for the most part peaceful rally. we are live here in love park, eva pilgram, channel 6 "action news." the suspect in the murders. two teen brothers in overbrook park will go to trial. john gotz will do to trial for the death of malcolm and bennett. police think the shooting was over an illegal prescription drug ring, both teenagers had a record in dealing illegal drugs. police need your help in fonding this man and woman in an alleged exam. they say they contacted a woman to buy an accura integra, they met the woman and took they are money but she didn't get the car, they were driving her vehicle and may have left the state in it.

time for a check of "action news" traffic report. midweek lets go to matt pellman in the traffic center. how are we looking on this hump day? >> trying to get over it, especially on the schuylkill expressway eastbound side, check out the parking lot we are dealing with, the whole point from 202 in king of prussia in downtown center city at the vine street expressway. that ride is taking you well over an hour on the schuylkill expressway, here is the biggest part of the problem, broken down vehicles as well and the big of the part of the problem is the overturned truck accident from the ramp to the ben franklin bridge in the background. that spilled back on the vine street expressway, traffic is moving better as they have two lanes moving better over the ben franklin bridge from 6th street and if you are trying to get to ray street are you still detoured. in upper merion the backup from the downed pole stick with

church road. and better news in kennett square, the lanes of the baltimore pike are reopened after the motorcycle crash there and approaching 495 in delaware there is a crash taking out the center lane. we'll check it again in the next half hour. a little 5-year-old massachusetts boy has a birthday wish that got national attention. there are new jersey cam perfects that got to work helping his wish come true. nora muchanic has the story. >> reporter: he is a preparatci beautiful little boy. danny nickerson of massachusetts suffers from a rare and incurable form of brain cancer, his birthday is friday and he could does for toys or trips but he wants birthday cards but the thises of campers at the sports center at cherry hill are

obliging him. >> i hope his wish comes true, i hope he has a happy birthday and i feel bad for him and hope he feels better, i want him to know is he not alone in the world. i want him to know there are tons of people that feel really bad for him. >> the camp learned of danny's wish and his story has gone viral. from afghanistan and germany and all over, we are excited to be a part of this remarkable thing. danny loves the military and was given a medal for bravery, they are sending simple but heartfelt messages. >> he is really brave and i will pray for you every day. >> you are a brave little boy, remember don't be scared. >> they say that children with danny's type of cancer rarely live past 3 1/2, that is why

turning sick is a milestone and something special. >> happy birthday dear danny, happy birthday to you. [ applause ] >> in cherry hill, i'm nora muchanic, channel 6 "action news." >> there is mfrp more to come on "action news" tonight. two years after a zastder at sea, the costa concordia is taken from the sea and why the stay fit challenge continues, and ali gorman is showing us a local work without that is growing in popularity. cecily tynan is live at the philadelphia zoo tonight and that is not a rabbit you are holding there cecily. >> you look the rabbit, this is a radiated tortoise, found in the madagascar, they look like suits, and sun beams, we are not sure how old rhonda is, but the oldest radiated tortoise is 188

years old, older than you guys. i'll feed the rhino coming up on "action news." >> that is older than us combined. >> now she is doing math. just stick to the animals cecily. don't you worry about it. those stories and more when "action news" comes right back.

the costa concordia was towed an away from the island where it sunk two years ago. the ship's captain steered too close to the island causing it to capsize and killing 32 people and now it will make a two day journey to another italian port where it will be scrapped. time for health check now and the 6 abc get fit challenge is continuing. health reporter and registered nurse, ali gorman has more on the fun and free workout. >> is my picture still on there?

>> no, we'll hold you to it. first we got great pictures, she posted this on instagram, she lost 102 pounds and mama and lexie at an early morning workout and check out this crew, 6 abc producers, they tried this fitness program called fit project. it offer a workout and a chance to meet new friends. dozens of people file into franklin field every friday morning, before the workout gets started. >> give everybody a big hug and lets get started today. >> they get to know their neighbor and then they run the stadium up and down. it's a free workout and it started in boston for motivation to stay in shape during the cold winter months and then they brought it to philadelphia and the group became official in january? >> we started leading workouts

early in the morning during the pol ar vortex people showed up. we found there was a need for this. as more people showed up the movement became not just about fitness but building a sense of community. >> a new crew has opened up in philadelphia. everybody is stoked about that. >> could you be standing there by yourself, and in five minutes have you five new best friends. the workouts happen every session, they are for all fitness levels. >> every workout we do has a modification for someone that doesn't feel they could do it. >> they say they are getting in shape but many mainly come for the friendship and a few friendly hugs. >> we all hug each other. >> it's the best way to start every day. >> the november project is open to everyone, they have two free sessions per week, wednesdays at

the art museum and fridays at franklin field. they start at 6:30 in the morning. if you do come take a picture and post it at #~ 6 abc everybody gets fit. 100 kids ages 5 to 21 from variety club camp enjoyed the 25 and annual zoo day, they touched hans on exhibits and saw the lions and tigers in the new big cat crossing and they got their faces paintsed and

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cyber thieves targeted the online ticket retailers, stubhub, thieves got into the accounts of 1,000 customers and fraudulently bought tickets for events before getting caught. they say that the crime stretched across international borders. the center veterans affairs committee endorsed former proctor and gamble ceo robert mcdonald. they favored him taking over the

agency and they are eagler for the 61-year-old to start working on addressing a series of issues within the va. back here the city of camden they took efforts to stop flooding at von ed enpark, one of the largest park in the city and one of the most trouble some when it rains, they announced various improvements here for a new storm system for

time for accuweather at the "action news" big board. adam joseph is standing by and we were in the 90s and it felt like it. >> the heat index were in the upper 90s and some areas up near 100 degrees we are deing with oppressive heat and humidity and the storms are entering the far north western suburbs, the national weather service issue aid severe thunderstorm warning for parts of berks county and northern montgomery and buck county. this is until 6:15, a good 15 minutes or so, the national weather service being caution about this storm, way out to the

west, slowly moving to it's east. and quarter size hail, it's entering northern parts of lehigh valley and along 78 in hamburg, not yet in berks county and had heads towards the northeast extension. as you push through allentown and you head north into the poconos, it can hit areas in new smithville at 5:30 and switzer at 5:33, and this is where the hail is reported again in our viewing area and something we have to watch as it pushes to the east. a lot could happen with the storm and it could weaken into our viewing area and it could strengthen, we watch that for you. in parts of lancaster county, parts of hail as it heads towards manheim at 5:44 and sporting hill 5:44 and lightning strikes and heavy rain and gusty

winds this this. 97 in philadelphia and 99 in wilmington and a break at the shore it only feels like 80 degrees, most of the severe weather with this particular cold front is in new england right now, any storms that pass through tonight it's spotty and where they hit there could be heavy downpours and gusty winds and future tracker at 6:30 shows the storms approaching i-95 and then pushing into southern new jersey and they quickly fall apart late tonight in southern new jersey, your four day at 4:00, five-day at 5:00 i should say. dropping humidity in the afternoon and beautiful here on friday and 83 degrees and wall-to-wall sunshine and turning warmer and more humid saturday into sunday and saturday 88 and 91 sunday with late day thunderstorms and very unsettled on monday. and temperatures back to 88 degrees, it's hot outside. cecily tynan is live at the philadelphia zoo with a bearded dragon, and a rhinoceros there.

>> that is right i'm going to feed the rhino later but i picked this guy because it's not a snake, because i know you don't like snakes, it reminds me of you on vacation, this is a bearded dragon and his name is gillette, he is found in the semi desert areas of australia and they puff out when they want to show off i'll feed tony

"action news" continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, jaime apody, rick williams and h monica malpass. >> hello again, here is what is happening on "action news" for you tonight. the remains of some of the passengers on board of malaysia flight 17 are closer to being review nighted with their families tonight. as investigators return to the scene of the downed plane. and the man accused of kidnapping a montgomery man from his home appears before a judge. and this is a sign of hope for the struggling atlantic city

casino economy. and now the remains of some 40 people are in the netherlands, it was a somber scene as members of the royal family joined the military, hundreds of people crowded over overpasses to pay their respects. marcy gonzales is live in new york with more. >> reporter: hi rick, such an emotional day there and this is just the start. still there are the remains of so many other victims that have yet to be returned home. prayers and finally some respect for the victims of malaysia airlines flight 17. after the remains of the nearly 300 people on board were left for days at the crash scene in the ukraine, the first bodies were brought to the netherlands,