>> good afternoon, it's sunday,

august 17 i'm nydia han along with eva pilgrim. >> here's some of the stories we're following on "action news," the process of taking down the pnb letters slows to a crawl. the price tag hit $6 million for governor christie's bridge scandal legal fees. >> fans of the taney dragons make another pilgrimage to williamsport. those stories, but first the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast with chris sowers. >> reporter: it's getting better, a lot of showers have dissipated, we're stuck with the clouds, but not seeing much of the wet weather most of us us are dry. that's the view from philadelphia international airport. a lot of low-level gray clouds, skies will brighten up later this afternoon. it's a comfortable day for august, 6 degrees, 07 in quakertown, warrington, 70 and new holland, 68 degrees, you'll

notice a number south and east, gandys beach, 82 degrees, vineland, 82. glass borough, 77. smyrna florida, 82. dover, 80, woodbine 81. we're ten to roughly 12 degrees milder south and east, the reason for this, when we woke up this morning we saw sunshine across south jersey and delaware and a lot of clouds to the northwest. now the front is sitting over top of the delaware valley. you notice how we've lost a lot of green, but we're holding on to the cloud cover. accuweather as he is expect a combination of sun and clouds, there's a chance of a spotty shower are you about i think for the most part it's out of here, 84 degrees the forecasted high. >> thank you. the philadelphia scoil is changing this -- skyline is changing this noon. the pnb letters are coming down from the 1 broad street buildings. those letters has been a fixture

since 1955. last month the owner of the buildings got the okay to take them down. john rawlins has been watching the delicate operation all morning and joins us live from at this time. good afternoon, john. >> reporter: good afternoon, it is a slow process. they had hoped to be done by now. that's not the case. you can see the folks in charge conferring with the police on the ground. so far they have removed two of the 12 letters, last we heard they would remove four more before calling it a day. >> buildings up the drama, this is so incredible, i'm surprised there's not more people watching this. it's not everyday you get to a major crane and helicopter, i am a filmmaker. >> it's quite a show, but no hollywood magic, but real world helicopter and multiple skilled workers lifting off 16-foot,

3,000-pound letters down to the street a mid a powerful downdraft. >> that's been here a long time. >> reporter: since 19352, when the pnb put it's brands on it. there was talk taking down the letters. last month the city and the historical commission gave it a greenlight. >> to see the skyline change the iconic sign change, good idea, bad idea? >> my idea would be to keep it up there regardless of who owns it, i guess somebody else felt differently. >> reporter: well change is coming very slowly to say the least, only two of the 12 letters have been removed so far, that was at 9:30 and 9:45, since then we have been in something of a holding pattern, although we are told the chopper is due to return soon. live in center city, john

rawlins channel 6 "action news." back to you all. >> thanks, john. chaos once again erupted on the streets of ferguson, missouri 8 days after an unarmed black teenager was shot by a white police officer. police if full riot gear fired smoke canisters and tear gas to disburse the crowd. the show of force was to response to a report of a shooter at the protest. one protester was critically hurt and someone in the crowd was the shooter. >> i'll tell you you we have a shooting victim that's in critical condition that may lose their life. we had a subject standing in the middle of the road with a handgun. we had a police car shot at tonight and yes, i think that was the proper response. it was the first night of a state-imposed mandatory curfew. police say most did abide by the

curfew. >> you can keep up with the changes events in ferguson, missouri, when "action news" isn't on the air head to 6abc.com. you can look through the powerful photos from the intense confrontations between protesters and police. delaware state police are investigating a break-in at a marshall store in mill creek. employees opened the store called police when they arrived. no word on when any items were stolen, police are investigating. an amtrak worker had to be rescued overnight while repairing high tension wireless of it happened in the tacony section. the man became i will when i will on a beam -- ill when he was on a beam 100 feet in the air. emergency crews were called in for support. a co-workers helped to get the man safely to the grounds. he was taken to the hospital and in stable condition. in south jersey, the police are trying to solve an overnight

killing of a man in cumberland county. gunfire erupted on the 300 block of bank street in bridgeton before midnight. the victim was hit several times. police say he was pronounced at the scene. no word on the victim's identity. oh, what led up to the shooting. new jersey taxpayers will have to pay $6.5 million bill from legal fees during 89 bridgegate scandal. the governor's administration is facing state and federal investigations related to the lane closures on the george washington bridge. >> taney fever continues, the taney dragons takes on texas tonight in their next game of the little league world series. the action cam caught up with fans as they boarded the bus, they are heading to williamsport to cheer on the team. many say they don't know anyone on the team, but they want to be

there. the team got in practice time, they say they are anxious to play, whether they win or lose tonight they have another game tomorrow. chad perdelli continues his live coverage of the world series, you can see the games live on espn and on the watch espn app. but if you really wants to watch the game with other taney fans why not come out to the viewing party and pep rally at philadelphia's city hall. it begins at 6:00 p.m., they had cotton candy and hot dogs and pretzels and tasty indication all for free. a good time. >> a lot of reasons to attend. >> she was thought to have died in flash flooding, but you can see this woman is very much alive. >> we go to hershey park and mix technology with old-time fun. >> reporter: we have a shower out there, but most of the day

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>> reporter: we have a forecast, a little cloud cover out there, a few spritzes and sprinkles, nothing that would make you want to cancel plans, live on sky 6 we'll show you what's going on. down the jersey shore it's a decent beach day, it looks nice, with land breeze or breeze at your back and waves 2 to 3 feet. storm tracker 6 live double scan showing all the rain we saw this morning it's a distant memory now, we'll zoom into the philadelphia area, again there's not too much to talk about. every now and then you get an occasional drop, that's about it. this is where we started first thing this morning we'll set this in motion for you. this is going back to 6:00, 6:30 in the morning. the line collapses to the southeast as it does that it loses it's approximate -- punch.

it started to evaporating. we'll see clouds and spritz or sprinkle all the shower activity is long gone. 74 in allentown, 73 in reading, warmer in philadelphia, 77. warmer still across south jersey and delaware where you were picking up sunshine early on, millville and dover, 82. sea isle city, 78 degrees. the wired view on satellite and ray -- wider view on satellite and radar, low pressure pushing through ohio valley and one through the high plains each one making a beeline toward the delaware valley and bringing chance of thunderstorms later this week. future tracker 6 combination of sun and clouds, if you're picking up clouds right now cruel see a gradual decrease and increase in sun. overnight tonight partly cloudy, first thing you'll wake up to sunshine and low humidity levels once again, that's the main

thing this front provides is comfortable conditions. 6:00 p.m., low humidity, a few clouds out there, highs in the 80s. poconos 74 degrees, threat of pop-up shower, for the most part a lot of that is done. clouds and sun, jersey shore, clouds and sun, 75 degrees that's the ocean temperature, you'll have a land breeze developing ten to 15 miles per hour. waves of 2 to 3 feet. the uv index is on the moderate side because you're consider seeing clouds and limited sun there's a chance of pop-up shower, 82 degrees is the high on the sand. elsewhere we go, wilmington, 83. trenton, 82. millville, 84. dover, 84 and toms river, 81. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, you're going to note here every other day there's a chance of shower or thunderstorm. this could change because it depends on the timing of the lows as they travel across the

country. monday looks quiet for the most part, 84. tuesday an area of low pressure swings on by to the south. a chance of shower or thunderstorm. more humid, 79. wednesday, shower or storm early, otherwise clouds and sun, 83. it's generally a quiet day, another low swings through thursday and friday, both those days there's a chance of showers and storms, one or two of those could be a heavier downpour. saturday mostly sunny, it turns comfortable again, high of 80. all in all it's not a bad week, there's no one particular day where it's a wash, with that said you're going to need the umbrella handy. >> good advice. thank you chris. no matter what's happening weather wise stay on top of the news and weather at 6abc.com. you can check out the latest video from our "action news" meteorologist also and our collection of weather related photos and videos. it was once the world's

tallest and fastest rollercoaster make its last trip today. protesters turned out yesterday hoping to stop the closing. they want the coaster which appeared in dozens of movies put on the register of historic places. >> after weeks of hints, hershey park has taking the wraps off a big new attraction. next may park goers will be able to ride a roller coaster and fun house rolled into one. >> creating laugh track was that the riders would put the excitement in fun houses that are connected to american amusement passion. we needed the attracts to be bright and zany and fun. >> the coaster will reach

speeds of 45 miles per hour an hour. riders will experience something different each time they ride. the 2 million-dollar coaster will be in the midway america section was the park. >> looks like fun! >> i like big rides. just ahead on "action news," a new drug stirs up a firestorm. it's a breakthrough, but some say it's a budget breaker. >> another member of the "action news" team guess who takes the ice bucket challenge. we'll tell you whose

>> welcome back it is 12:19, 74 degrees, sky6 live hd taking live look at wilmington, delaware. it's gray out there, but a moderate temperature. a boston woman said her peanut allergy prevented her from getting a job. she was to get a job at boston

hospital. after she disclosed her allergy the job was rescinded. the hospital said it couldn't provide a safe environment. she said that wasn't an issue. at her last job there was only a minor issue when she had to leave work. >> the day i want for my health screening there were people behind the desk eating peanuts. >> reporter: american with disabilities act predicts people with food allergies from discrimination. >> a new drug is causing outage, it's $1,000 a pill, the full force of the drug is $84,000. congress has launched an investigation into the pricing

and some states limit on who can get it on medicaid. >> in the past, the model wasn't like this, it wasn't putting drugs out there that essentially what the market will bear. it used to have to have to do we what it costs. >> they the company is defendg their pricing, the drug costs far less than complications from hype tights c. >> -- hepatitis c. >> from bill gates to adam sand ler, are raising money for

als with the ice bucket challenge. adam challenged melissa magee and brian taff to step up and do the challenge. our jim gardner accepted the challenge from long time friend and son of dave roberts. he was doused by his producers at "action news." >> it looked like they enjoyed this. cecily and jamie have accepted the challenge. no word from veteran, i'm sure a little peer pressure can get them involved. >> our website 6abc.com has all of jim's video and a link to the als web page if you would like to donate money you can do that in lieu of getting soaked. what fun is that? >> much more to come on "action

news" including sports. >> a young race driver is honored at the track

>> fans and workers wore orange and the number 13 at the new york track where kevin ward junior lost his life last saturday. on the 13th lap of sprint race drivers pulled over and fans stood in a moment of silence. 20-year-old world was hit by tony stewart in what investigator thinks was an accident. >> checking sports this noon, phillies are looking for a win against the giants. jeff skeverski has all the

details. series finale for the phillies out in san francisco after another met scratcher for this baiblg team yesterday -- for this baseball team. the big piece comes up big for the phils at the plate, ryan howard drove in 3 runs, including this 2-run single in the 5th. howard has more rbis and hits against hudson than any other pitcher in baseball. he pops it up, i got it, i got it, i no you don't. phils drop the ball. and it gets ugly. two batters later, giants are within 3 and kendrick is done, he doesn't retire a batter in the inning. look at his reaction. he slams the ball in his glove.

the bases loaded back to the pitcher, beats it out, giants score four times in the 6th. the rbi single past jimmy rollins who misread it. they have lost 6 of their last 8. eagles trying to get going they should have their top two receivers on field together, riley cooper and jeremy maclin should be good to go today. another sloppy preseason game, the other night in new england. the eagles have turned the ball over 8 times. they have made 19 penalties so far in two preseason game. chip kelly is not blaming the penalties and all the nfl rule changes. >> those are the rules we have to play by them. whoever ends up being the most disciplined team in the league will win. we have to learn not to get our hands in people's face, if you can't play in the reduce, you

can't play -- in the rules, you can't play in this league. >> we don't practice like that, we don't play like that, we have to get our butts in gear and do something about it. >> the taney dragons little league serials continues tonight against texas. since mo'ne davis is not going to pitch tonight, expect jarrett sprague lot to pitch for the purpose of the the taney dragons. >> he is a gamer. >> reporter: what do you wants to philadelphia? >> thanks for the support, hopefully we'll take another win home sunday. >> reporter: he said it sleeps with a baseball under his pillow for good luck against texas. that's sports, i'm jeff skeverski have a good day. >> another half-hour of "action news" is just ahead.

>> happening right now on "action news," what went up in 1955 is coming down. those iconic pnb letters over center city are being removed. >> we're getting a look and new information about the officer in the middle of the unrest in ferguson, missouri. and after a nearly yearlong ordeal a local couple gets help

from the "action news" troubleshooters with the installation of their hardwood floors. >> more on those stories in a moment, but first the check of the accuweather forecast with chris sowers it's not horrible, but it's not great. >> reporter: i was looking on the national weather service the homepage, the highs all months each and everyday not one has been above average for 16 days now. i don't mind that, but a lot of people would like it warmer so they can enjoy the final few weeks of summer, at least unofficially it comes to an end. it hadn't felt like the dog days of august. those you in penns landing looking at clouds out there. a light breeze out of the west/northwest. comfortable humidity levels. 77 degrees in philadelphia. 77 is the number for trial tren. 74 in wilmington. poconos 69. reading, 73 and lancaster,

69 degrees, the temperature depends 0 on where you are, the winds are shifting, this is a drier wind that will make its way into the delaware valley. across south jersey and delaware where the humidity has come up a little bit that will decrease overnight tonight and tomorrow will be an enjoy day with comfortable temperatures and low humidity leaves. storm tracker 6 live double scan here's all that's left from the heavier showers this morning that pushed through the lehigh valley and the poconos. we're seeing nothing more than clouds and spritzes and sprinkles out there, later this afternoon, expect more in the way of sunshine as the clouds begin to depart, 83 degrees by 2:00 p.m., 84 degrees at 4:00 p.m. it's a day below average. >> after many decades above the center city skyline the pnb itheethiate c>>tuur

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