tonight, we hear from the victim of a brutal beating during an invasion of a center city philadelphia home.

while she is talking, police are searching for this man, 47 year-old kenneth todd. wednesday night, and the big story on "action news" tonight is word of the robbery and assault of a woman who was dog sitting on pine street. "action news" reporter kenneth moton has an exclusive interview with the victim and kenneth is now live at 13th and pine, kenneth the. >> reporter: jim, investigators are out this evening looking for the suspect kenneth todd. they say this man has been in and out of jail and they believe he is still somewhere in center city after violent attack on this block. >> he kicked in the door. >> reporter: this 46 year-old center sit would i man only showed "action news" exactly how she survived a vicious brutal attack in the pine street home. >> i just remember he came in, he grabbed me by the throat and i just remember not being able to breathe. >> reporter: it was friday july 25th around 10:00 p.m. on the 1300 block of this busy street with people, homes and

businesses. but philadelphia police investigators say that didn't stop 47 year-old kenneth todd from stalking the dog walker who was watching after her neighbor's pet and house. we're protecting her name but she said as soon as she entered her neighbor's home todd was not far behind demanding cash. >> he punched me in the face and at one point i was on the ground. i had always been told, you know to use your body to your advantage and get on the ground and kick, and so that is what i started to do. >> reporter: woman blacked out. >> this was it. >> reporter: home owner lewis backy who was out of town showed us how suspect attacker ransacked his house before stealing his lap top. >> i think it saved her life because the individual was looking for something, demanding money, assumed it was her house. >> reporter: victim was so badly beaten she was taken to jefferson university hospital, and svu detectives got involved. their investigation led them to todd a transient who is known for committing robberies and assaults in center city n fact he was just released from

jail on a robbery conviction on july 3rd, and never reported to his parole officer. details this victim didn't know until right now. >> i want everything thrown at him and i want him to stay in jail, that is what i want. >> reporter: victim says that she saw the suspect before the attack on nearby waiverly street. he asked for a cigarette. she gave him one. svu and u.s. marshals want to hear from you if you see this man. is there a $1,000 reward. reporting live from center city tonight kenneth moton for channel six "action news". >> thanks, kenneth. delaware state trooper is alive tonight, thanks to his bullet-proof vest. he was shot, while serving a warrant at this home on the 1,000 block of powell court, in the red lion chase section of bear. this happened at 11:19 this morning. state police were looking for a suspect wanted in last month's casino robbery at caesars in atlantic city. authorities say suspect's father 50 year-old john greenly, opened fire from his

second floor stairway as the troopers entered the home. they did not fire back but were able to arrest greenly. his son nathanal was found in pennsylvania this afternoon and taken into custody. the four two-year old trooper was treated for minor injuries and released to day. there is new information tonight about the murder of a woman in penny pack park. "action news" reporter dann cuellar is live at police headquarters in philadelphia, dann, what have you learned tonight. >> reporter: well, jim, this is turning out to be a strange case for investigators. sources now says, that they are now looking in the distinct possibility that this may not have been a random act at all. with the homicide task force put together on the in mysterious murder of 46 year-old connie murray is this, around 9:00 monday night she took her cell phone and headphones and went power walking. sources say shortly thereafter she was approached by a car and she spoke briefly with the person inside. short time later she end up in the dark corner of holmes

crispin park where police say she was found dead by a woman walking her dog at 6:00 a.m. medical examiner confirms to police what they suspect all along that the woman born with one arm was strangled. >> she did not see much of a sign of a struggle there was minor bruising on her but not enough to say it was blunt force trauma. >> reporter: authorities did recover dna but will not say from where. murray's friend it doesn't make any sense she would wand inner a dark corner bordering woods of penny pack park at night. >> i cannot see you walking up there, at night, unless someone was in duress, or lured her any don't know. >> reporter: signs in the area where she was killed said there are surveillance cameras in use but. >> surveillance cameras, they don't work. she knew this. >> reporter: another baffling development investigators say is that it appears murray's cell phone which has not been recovered has been turned off. however, it was, connie murray ended up dead, friend and

neighbors want the mystery solved quickly. >> i hope they catch him and everybody is on alert. >> this doesn't happen in our neighborhood so we're upset, we're hurt, but we're also angered too. >> reporter: investigators also want to solve the case quickly and is there now a $20,000 reward for information leading to an arrest, and conviction. we're live from police headquarters i'm dann cuellar for channel six "action news". >> thanks, dann. hawaii is preparing for what could be the first hurricane to hit the state in more than 20 years. with another on its heels. hurricane iselle was expected to weaken before reaching hawaii's big island tomorrow but weather officials say the storm has intensified and a second hurricane is following closely behind. people are stocking up. hurricane julio is expected to slowly strengthen, and pass north of the big island sometime over the weekend. a new jersey patient kept in isolation since monday for

a possibly bowl a infection is out of the hospital tonight. she was being treated at center state medical center in freehold for flu-like symptoms of recently returning from west africa but doctors say her condition improved quickly, and she was deemed safe after consultation with the cdc. meanwhile the patient who caused concern in new york city on monies also clear of the disease. test results came back negative tonight for a man being treated at mt. sinai hospital in manhattan. cdc says six people in the united states have been tested for ebola, none of them are infected with the virus. nevertheless, the centers for disease control has raised its state of alert to the highest level. thinks the way it looked inside the cdc's emergency operation center in atlanta today which has raised activation level to level one, that is the first time since the h1n1 flu pan democrat nick

2009. the world health organization could soon declare a global healthy mergecy but the good news tonight, american ebola victims kent brantly and nancy wrightbol are reportedly improving at emery university hospital in atlanta. we have much more on the ebola out break coming up on night line tonight, as they are on the ground in the hot zone following health workers, night line is on at 12:35 right after jimmy kimmel live. the philadelphia public school district is getting an advance on $265 million. governor tom corbett was in philadelphia today, and announced that the state would advance the money to the cash crippled school district but superintendent william hite explained that this is money already allotted to the schools, it is just coming early. he says district is still in the hole for 81 million-dollar and without a cigarette tax it could see massive layoffs, and a delayed opening in september. there could be major

changes in the mummers parade, this coming new years day. literally and figuratively, a new direction. here we go, live on south broad street is "action news" reporter sharrie williams, sharrie, you've got the details. >> reporter: and jim, the parade currently starts in the heart of south philadelphia, and then works its way up south broad street, to city hall. well, organizers are saying they want to do it the other way around and start the parade at city hall. organizers think that this will enhance the the parade, will help it flow better and hopefully help bring back the crowds. >> i love this parade. it is not a one day event for me. >> reporter: rich is deeply investigated in philadelphia's annual mummers parade, president of the comics division and owner of the murray comics he has been with the parade over five decades but over that time crowd participation has sharply decline. >> you work so hard all year

round to perfect what you are doing and then there is nobody there to appreciate it. >> reporter: mummery dates back centuries and tradition among immigrants celebrating the new year. the parade route in philadelphia was once filled with irish and italian desend events, who identified with the mummers but not anymore. >> i have been in the parade almost 55 years. the demographic is a long the parade route have changed dramatically. >> reporter: in an effort to get the people back, organizers are proposing changing the parade route and shortening it. the mummers typically showcase up broad street to city hall where they are judged. the idea is to reverse that, and start at city hall and only march down to washington avenue. that means that the judging would come first, reversing the route is a major change but he is for it fit means protecting his beloved tradition. >> give it a chance. the we have to do something to

prolong the parade because as one of the mummers said, the tradition is not the parade route, it is a tradition of mummery that counts. >> reporter: all about tradition. now if the the start is moved to city hall, the the judging of the competitions would be before the parade, gets underway. so that would be the other big change. some of the performers say they like that idea being judged before they go on the parade, they say it will take away stress, anxiety and give them the opportunity to go out and give a better performance. live from south philadelphia, sharrie williams, channel six "action news", jim. >> thanks, sharrie. still to come on "action news" tonight a milestone millions of miles from earth, we will show you the first ever photograph of the spacecraft catches up to a comet. plus mind the gap, dozens of train riders come to a passenger's rescue when he slips past the platform. renewed worry a at ukraine

border as russian military might makes aggressive moves, cecily. great night for sleeping, temperatures dropping down to 65 degrees in philadelphia, 50's in the suburbs, i'll let you know how long we will stay in the comfort zone coming up in the accu weather seven day forecast. well, offense wake up phillies against astros tonight jeff skversky with highlights when "action news" continues. so i get invited

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we'd like to think this would happen here, dozens of australian commuters rushed to aid a man, whose leg got trapped between a train and a platform. while boarding a man slipped and could not move so the other passengers worked together to tilt the the train, so the that the man could free his leg. the man is believed to have escaped injury, caught the next train out. there are reports that 20,000 russian troops are

massing at boarder with ukraine and potential invasion seems more and more like a possibility. meanwhile dutch investigators looking for remains of victims have been called from the crash site of malaysia flight 17 by their government. officials say it is just too dangerous. meanwhile russian president vladamire putin is saying i'll see your sanctions and raise you billions more. putin is trying to hit back hard at u.s. and european union for sanction as begins russia. he is banning imports of all american agriculture products, typically about a billion dollars a year, but a russian official said he also thinks imports of all produce from europe, including, here in poland, will be banned, and that could cause the the eu $12 billion. halfway through a 72 hour cease-fire, the truce is not only holding between hamas and israel but both sides have after greed to a 48 hour extension.

israeli soldiers are standing down, and in gaza, palestinians are returning to markets to get food that they have had to do without for a month. president obama said that enduring stability between israel and palestinians is not in the near future and will require leaders to take political risks, for the sake of peace. the bank of america is reportedly agreeing tonight to pay out more than $16 billion to settle a federal investigation, into mortgage securities fraud. if approved, it would be the largest justice department settlement, in the wake of the financial crisis. $9 billion would be a penalty going to the government, the rest, set aside for struggling homeowners. the heroin anecdote narcan saved a life of the woman in burlington county. new jersey state troop tours day reported their first use of the emergency medication, responding to an overdose in tabernacle township last friday. the nasal spray revived the 24

year-old patient. narcan was only issued to troopers three weeks ago that after a training program authorized by governor chris christie. a photographies causing all kind of buzz tonight, and this one is literally out of this world. take a look at the closest picture ever taken of a comet. the european space agency sent an unmanned probe on a 4 billion-mile chase to catch up with the giant hunt of dust and ice known as 67p. the rosetta spacecraft finally made its historic meeting today, somewhere between the the orbits of mars and jupiter. the lead scientists compared what they have achieved to finding a piece of dust in the big city bureaustta will go one step further and try dropping a lander on to the the comet icy surface. >> that is amazing that is extraordinary stuff. >> stay tuned on that, um. >> you'll tell us about the comet when it is flying through the air, as you often

do. >> of course, i will. >> we will know that the lander is on the surface. >> through have it, i really can't look that far. >> you're worried about tomorrow. >> storm tracker isn't quite that strong but storm tracker six live is showing we have clear conditions here, no rain, and chopper six was taking flight as the sun was beginning to set, the clouds from earlier today, the showers moved out, and a providing us really a gorgeous evening, and temperatures right now pretty comfortable. philadelphia is 74 degrees. allentown is 69. wilmington 71. millville has dropped down to 66. reading 70. some of the suburbs will be dropping down in the upper 50's tonight. so very comfortable tonight, and satellite six with action radar is showing front that slipped through earlier today with the clouds and some scattered showers is just down to the south and what this is doggies opening up the door for high pressure to begin to have move in. so tomorrow we will get wind out of the north. that is a dry flow of air.

low humidity, loads of sunshine. temperatures a couple degree below is what average for this time of the year 84 degrees. this high pressure will move further to the east on friday bringing us another day of full sunshine, low humidity. 83 degrees. this high will keep that low pressure over the tennessee valley with that moisture away from frustrates over the weekend and that means we will stay in the sunshine, with the the comfortable humidity levels, the weekend is looking really nice. if you are down the shore tomorrow or at delaware beaches that rip current risk is lower tomorrow, but it is still a concern so don't swim without the life guards on duty. definitely listen to them. in mostly sunny no sea breeze tomorrow. temperatures at beaches about the same as inland at 11:00 o'clock, 79 degrees. by 3:00 o'clock 83 degrees. the berta is still out moving over the the atlantic. in the pacific we have two category one hurricanes, heading towards hawaii, iselle is the major threat. it looks like iselle will hit

the big island of hawaii by late tomorrow night and then it will weaken to a tropical storm. julio is track shifted farther to the north over the weekend will be passing north of the big island of hawaii but hurricane warnings are in effect for the big island. tropical storm warnings for the rest of the a hawaii island. it looks like mud slides, wind damage and flooding is the main concern. back at home we have the opposite. plenty of sun shine. tomorrow 84 degrees. friday more sun 83. weekend just beautiful, 58 degrees on saturday with sunshine. sunday a few clouds in the skies but still a nice day 58 degrees. we will keep that dry weather until tuesday night with the possibility of some showers and a better chance of rain developing on wednesday, but a high of 80 degrees. this is one of the nicest seven day forecast in august that i have ever delivered so enjoy it. >> thanks, cecily. >> this may be middle of the summer but some young students enjoyed graduation tonight. these three to five years old

successfully completed the l win appleseed broad street early intervention program. the school provides therapeutic services for special needs youngsters. it was all smiles for these little grads and their families tonight. it was prom night tonight for variety club campers in worchester montgomery county. over 40 children with disability plus camp staff and dozens of volunteers enjoyed the event tonight. the dance floor stayed packed from the prom king and king, they showed off some good moves tonight. a scooter riding dog helped launch talk days of summer... at the lowes philadelphia hotel. norman demonstrated his amazing talents for our cameras. pet friendly hotel has a number of events planned through august highlighting our four legged friend and norman will be making other appearances around town for the rest of the week. ♪

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local media celebrities went head to head tonight the in the 36th annual pal night at the phillies. matt o'donnell pitched tonight and really commanded the mound. investigative reporter wendy saltsman got a base hit and she even did, something of a, celebration dance, about 200 pal kids were in attendance and stayed to watch the phillies, take on the the houston astros, and, they saw a fair amount of offense tonight. >> lots of hitting, and it business time, right.

are phillies due or what. coming into play they have scored just two runs only two, in 36 innings. that is it, yeah, phillies are due and they finally explode tonight against houston astros. here we go ryan howard, said last night people forget what i have done, ryan, how but reminus. bottom of the first two run double. howard drove in two last night as well. he has been their entire offense for a week. not tonight, in the first even a pitcher gets into it. david buchanan his first major league hit and rbi. phillies scored five times in the first. that is more than they have scored in the previous 43 innings. they keep on coming. chase utley, with the three run home run in the fourth. phillies win ten-three. it is fun at the ballpark. have one in the good mood even jimmy rollins is dancing. >> this whole offense, you know, key win, and team win, and buchanan pitched a good game. he shut them down.

one to first nine pinched n good all around team win. >> how about down on the farm, nola who filled is took in the seventh of all, made his debut in double a reading. he throws five innings, allowing just one run, his fast ball hit 96 miles an hour. eagles are saying things like we have to set the tone. we need to be physical. and the way they are talking you would think that the eagles are getting ready for week one. not a preseason game, the bird mean business. eagles receiver riley cooper is not expect to play friday in chicago because of an ankle injury but jeremy maclin insist he will suit up for the first time in two years despite leg soreness. coach chip kelly says his starters will play 15 to # 20 snaps so chip, what do you want to see out of the defense. >> i hope to see the same out of everybody. i hope they rise to the the occasion and go out there and rip it up. >> we have a good team to prove we are not the same defense from last year. we are not the same team from last year. we have something to prove. we have a chip on our

shoulder. >> team is different. defense will be different. friday our defense will show what we will be all with this year. >> more from the eagles friday night at 7:30 on our pregame special, great expectations, live from chicago, we will lead you right up to kick off for eagles and bears at 8:00 right here on six

former eagles starter desean jackson will likely misread skins preseason opener tomorrow.

jackson twisted his left ankle in practice today. tiger woods doesn't plan to miss pga championship tomorrow after all, woods who left last sunday's tournament with back spasms played a practice round in louisville today. he says that back feels much better. he is set to t off 8:35 in the morning, 50 minutes later dave mcnabb a pro and club at malvern will t off as well. safe to say phillies and mets fans are not big fans of each other, and this can only upset those diehard new york faithful, even more. check this out, in mets gave away a toy truck the the other day and do you notice anything unusual about this? there is a phillies logo on it. supposed to be a mets give away. how does that sneak in there at least one of these 15,000 mets trucks that were handed out had a phillies logo, what are the odds. >> terrible. >> for 15 years a montgomery county tennis coach has hosted a free tennis camp for kids with special needs. touch of tennis, takes place every summer at gwynedd

university, jim holt's camp was honored by u.s. ten ace so, in 2010. members of the university tennis team, volunteer their time, for what is obviously, a worthy cause. jimmy kimmel live next on channel six followed by night line. jimmy's guests tonight chloe grace, john jones and music from the mighty, mighty boss stones. "action news" continues at 4:30 # with tamala edward, matt o'donnell, meteorologist david murphy and karen rodgers with traffic. for cecily tynan, jeff skversky, ducis rodgers, and the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner, good night. >> "action news" is sponsored by elkins chevrolet, south jersey's premiere chevy dealership featuring 2014 silverado, visit them on route dealership featuring 2014 silverado, visit them on route 37 in

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