jerusalem. they have confirmed the body of aaron sofer from lakewood, ocean county, was found dead in the woods where he vanished. nora muchanic has more on that now. >> it's a devastating blow to his family and the community here in lakewood, new jersey. thousands of volunteers were looking for him and they found his body but it's not yet clear how he died. >> we tend to believe this was accidental. and not in any way related to foul play. >> lakewood committee man made the announcement that the body of aaron sofer was found in a shallow ditch along the roadside in the jerusalem forest. his glasses were 100 feet away. >> his family has to go through grief but at least they know it was not where he was taken away

and hurt terribly. >> after he disappeared on friday after hiking with a friend, there was concerns he could have been kidnapped by palestinians. he was described as studious and not an outdoorsman. >> the family, called and asked if it was a good idea to go out and take a walk in the woods, he was probably not the most experienced hiker. >> because the body was decomposed and the exact cause of death is hard to determine, orthodox jews are opposed to autopsies, he will be buried in israel, the community in lakewood had a large prayer vigil. >> we'll have an audio hookup, the funeral will be quick, per jewish tradition.

and it's late there now, and before the morning you'll have a burial there. >> now, with the seven hour time difference, sofer's funeral should take place in the night. he was one of 10 children and governor christie offered condolences as did congressman chris smith, who was involved in this. police found key evidence in the stabbing of three men thrown in the schuylkill river in fairmount park, inside of a southwest philadelphia home, police found heavy bucketed similar to those used to weigh down the men, two of whom died. david henry is live now at police headquarters with more. >> monica, police are gathering quite a bit of evidence and they know who they are looking for. he is the ring leader of a drug gang that is literally quite cut

throat, drug gang with connections all over the country so at this point he could be anywhere. >> they have means and a lot of money and they have a lot of different locations they have lived at through the years, right now we don't know where they are at or where they are headed. >> last night and today the police searched the suspect's home near elm wood. crime scene investigators left with two buckets of roofing cement identical to the bucketed tied to the two men tossed in the schuylkill before dawn. >> the two men are brothers given $100,000 by the suspects to buy drugs instead they lost it all at the casino in chester. they were held in the garage in the rear of the suspect's property where they were stabbed repeatedly and tortured. a friend showed up to buy their freedom with $40,000 was also

stabbed and tortured. the brothers were brought to the schuylkill and anchored with two buckets of cement tied to their feet. the friend was not anchored and managed to swim to shore. they have video surveillance and some of it may have come from the suspect's own cameras, posted at locations around the property. investigators retrieved water bottles from the garage that may provide dna evidence, and police are looking for the ring leader and several other men, they all know each other and the victims and are part of a ruthless drug gang. >> these are dangerous people we are dealing with. >> the neighbor saw the suspect leave the house in a green van shortly after a newscast revealed that one of the victims had survived. they say that his wife and five children left the house a couple of hours later. david ry, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you david.

>> right now authorities are at a north philadelphia home removing piles and piles of trash, this hoarding investigation is happening in the 2600 block of north 12th street, neighbors are complaining about the home and stench for years, the department of license and inspection are using masks to cover the smell and using this backhoe to remove the trash, the owner of the home is taken to the hospital for a mental health evaluation. >> one of chaka fattah's key aids plead guilty. he admitted he concealed information about misused campaign money. >> vernon odom is live now with more on the investigation into the congressman. >> good evening, congress fattah's name does not appear in the court documents, concerning greg nailer but he say key part

of fattah's inner circle another chaka fattah has been able to comment on a guilty plea for corruption charges by one of his long time aides and political strategists, it's gregory nailer, a master engineer and get out and vote operations, nailer admits to conspiring with a boss identified as elected official a to pay off a mountain of debts including a never reported $1 million donation the government says was channelled through non-profits and security firms, he helped to deliver $22,000 in campaign donations to his own consulting firm, money the court said he used to pay off the debts of the elected official's son. in the '07 campaign for mayor, the investigation of nailer

began, he admitted to lying to officials about a campaign loan. nailer faces up to 13 years in prison. sources say he will cooperate and testify about the misuse of funds. >> fattah is now battling a 23-count indictment accusing him of defrauding banks and the irs and the school district. he says that overzealous prosecutors are conspiring to bring his father down. >> congressman fattah's lawyer declined to comment on the ongoing seven year investigation into the congressman's finances, a probe that has continued for seven years. >> live at the courthouse, in center city, vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. pennsylvania state police say that half of the school buss in our area failed inspections

in recent days, the inspections continue today in east oak lane and troopers are at bus depots with signals and turn signs before the children go back to school. many buss that have failed have been fixed and reexpected and are ready to go now for the first day. sports, the eagles take on the jets ton in their final preseason game. ducis rogers and jaime apody are live at the linc. michael vick is back in philadelphia tonight? >> yes, he will be back but wearing a different shade of green, he is the jets backup quarterback but will get the start. >> we arrived here at the stadium, and it's weird to see him coming here as a visitor, and will play for the jets, not much says rex ryan and had a chance to meet his former teammates like nick foles, the eagles starters will not be playing.

>> he played five seasons here with the philadelphia eagles, he lost his starting job to nick foles. and coming up roseman will join us live. ahead on "action news" tonight. the made in america concert preparations have taken over the parkway, what you need to know about road closures and the acts performing this weekend. >> a beautiful day, high 70s this afternoon north and west. 81 philadelphia and 82 in millville and we'll crank up the heat and humidity for the holiday weekend, speaking of the holiday, the final down at the shore. melissa magee singing and dancing in ocean city. >> reporter: yes, that is right adam, a fantastic day to be down at the shore. the latest on the hot happenings, plus the all important holiday call, we dance a little something in ocean city monica. >> looks like fun, we'll have the stories and more when "action news" continues tonight.

i love the taste. always smooth, never bitter. my cup of coffee is always awesome when i go to dunkin'. man: i see the steam rising off the cup, 'cause you know it's a fresh pot. man: one cup a day for sure. two if need be. and it's usually "need be." dunkin' -- your place for coffee. the two-day made in america music festival is set to rock the ben franklin parkway, and preparations are underway all week long. eva pilgram is live now with more. >> reporter: lots of fun monica, you can see behind me the stages are up and the inside lanes of the ben franklin parkway are already shut down and it is almost time for made in america. >> preparations are in full swing for the made in america festivities this weekend and that means lane closures and

traffic changes along the parkway. >> when made in america comes around we know what to expect. >> it makes driving around difficult and parking, most places in this neighborhood have on street parking. >> if you plan to attend the fest visits, officials have some things to keep in mind. >> if the container comes in it has to be empty, there is a new thing called camelback, we'll allow to you have camelback to come in but they have to be empty. >> for those that live in the neighborhood, they are ready for the weekend and already have a plan in place to deal with all the extra people. just came back from europe and i am planning to go. >> something like this we'll take a bus or cab. >> i park my car and leave it until it's all over. >> just to clarify, sealed water

bottles are allowed into the event as are refillable bottles but they have to be empty, the refillable ones. there will be a lot of traffic changes throughout the weekend, especially for people driving into the city tomorrow. we'll have all the traffic issues for this area posted on our website at 6abc.com. we are live here on the parkway, eva pilgram, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you eva. visit 6abc.com for a full list of road closures in the area, and view a slideshow of the acts at made in america as well as performance times for both days. >> well, hundreds of children here in west philadelphia went back to school this morning. balloons and welcome signs greeted kids at west philadelphia achievement school, more than 600 students are enrolled there this year. day dreaming again?

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at the eagles game but not playing for us. >> michael vick coming back to the linc where he resurrects his career, nick foles have started studying for jacksonville, but the backups don't have that luxury. they go against the new york jets. the final preseason game doesn't matter as they stand with manager howie rosen. >> it's important for howie as well. we'll start with the kicking position how -- are you right now. >> we are going through the weekend and we have a bunk of decisions to make, we brought in a young kicker and we are anxious to see him. and alex -- 80% of his quicks at a pro, that is just one decision

we have to make in the next 48 hours. >> you are looking at how well matt barkley does, people want to know are you trading mark sanchez, have you a very tale talented guy. >> we talk about that position being the most important position on the field, it's important to have not only two but three guys to go out and play. we saw teams last year that needs two and three quarterbacks we see that as an asset for our team. >> how important is it for matt barkley to shore up that position. >> the first time he had to prepare the whole week as a starter. he takes all the reps and gets into the game plan, a great opportunity for him. >> how excited are you to see this, chip kelly's second year and nick foles as the starter.

>> it's exciting, around our building we have a young team that did a grade job in the offseason and being here and the whole preseason and offseason has gone really well in terms of work ethic u. lets go out and play. we are excited to see us grow, condition be more excited to get out here next sunday and see the fans and get going. >> i would imagine are you not sleeping much from now until then. >> thanks ron. >> back to you. >> all right thanks guy. phillies president david montgomery is taking a leave of absence as he continues to recover from cancer and mouth surgery. montgomery had surgery in may after being diagnosed with cancer in his jaw, the 68-year-old would reassume his

role as president when he recovers, he has been team president for 17 years. in tennessee against vanderbilt. the team lost 10 of their 12 last year. >> there is quite a test, we came back to build the d line, lighter and faster and more athletic and now we play one of these power teams, those lighter, faster guys have to play against bigger people. that is one of story lines in this game. >> a tough opener for temple

adam is back with the good, the bad and the muggy. here we go. >> now the temperatures are climbing big time this holiday weekend, for now it's beautiful as we look at double scan live, wall-to-wall sunshine and low humidity and nothing on double scan presently. some highlights for tonight a crisp august night and then comfy to soupy as we get into late saturday, sunday and monday. for tonight, 51 in allentown and 52 in berks county and wilmington 58 and 55 in millville and the city of philadelphia by tomorrow morning just 61 degrees, the comfortable air with the low dew points in the 50s lasts only one more day because we'll be hitting that summer soup late saturday up to 62 and 70 is where we hit the oppressive levels on sunday and

monday and lagging into tuesday of next week. right now 75 in the lehigh valley, and down from the high of 81 and 79 in wilmington and at the shore one of the warmer spots with a land breeze at 80 degrees, high pressure is in control not much in the way of cloud cover and showers and the high is the muscle maker for one more day tomorrow supplying a lot of sunshine and low humidity and lighter winds and the high will be close to our region, a high temperature of just 80 degrees, the high slips off the coast, we get on the western side of the high and a warm front comes in and turning humid with a high temperature of 82 degrees. now, because it is labor day weekend, that is approaching it's the final down at the shore. with meteorologist, melissa magee, in ocean city. i see you gathered just a few friends down on the boardwalk. >> reporter: i know adam and a lot of people are saying, i can't believe summer is over and

it doesn't feel like it started. all of these girls ready to go back to school! >> i don't think they are ready to go back to school. we'll celebrate this weekend and down the shore it looks fantastic, on friday it's sunny and pleasant with a high temperature of 76 degrees, on saturday, no complaints either and a nice mixture of sun and clouds and it get a touch warmer with a high temperature of 78 degrees, on sunday the humidity comes up and you'll notice it by then, with sunshine around and a high temperature of 82 degrees, of course when you come down the shore here, you need your shore stapled. your pizza, taffy and fudge and ice-cream and a whole lot of friends, hopefully have you fun down the shore. a birthday shout-out too, you guys wave good-bye, we'll see you next season. >> you did great and bob and rick, the camera man and

engineer, do a great job every year. melissa don't forget the fudge, taffy and popcorn please. tomorrow low humidity and clouds and sun and 85 and sunday 80 degrees and humid. an august beauty on friday and then turning more humid of 82 degrees and then hot oppressively muggy on sunday with late day storms of 90 degrees, as we get into monday, labor day itself and september, humid with some thunderstorms likely at times of 89 degrees and then it's steamy and hot and still a chance for pop-ups on tuesday of 92 degrees, it stays hot on wednesday, and 90 degrees with a chance of aftlicia vitarelli we have two heat waves and we could add another one as we get into the first week of september but it's always sad to say

good-bye to the shore for another season. but we have september weekends at the shore. we have breaking news from northeast philadelphia, chopper 6 was live, a shooting inside of a northeast philadelphia supermarket, the shooting happened outside of the parking lot and it happened 25 minutes ago inside of this pathmark, we know that a 37-year-old man was shot and he is rushed to area torresdale hospital for the gunshot wound to the right arm. philadelphia police are trying to figure it out. two suspects were reported fleeing from the scene and one person is shot in the arm during what started as a robbery and ended up as a shooting at the pathmark. >> world news is next and "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl 17 with brian, shirleen, adam and ducis. i'm monica malpass have a great

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welcome to "world news" tonight -- no strategy. the president tonight with a acknowledgment about the threat against the terror group isis. heading into the labor day weekend. unfriendly skies. the passenger attacking a passengfright attendant over a seat. health crisis, joan rivers in critical condition tonight in a new york hospital, the can comic legend fighting for her life. >> announcer: from abc news world headquarters, this is abc world news tonight. reporting tonight am yo robach.