a discovery, a dinosaur seven times begger than a t-rex. >> it's hard to forget the police and protester clashes after the death of michael brown in ferguson, missouri. this will determine if there was a pattern of discrimination against minorities. brandy is live with the details. >> reporter: rick and monica, many families in ferguson say there is a long history of zrim nation and being treated unfairly by the police department, they took their complains straight to the attorney general and there is enough documentary evidence to open an investigation. >> it's what protesters are calling for after 18-year-old michael brown was shot and killed one month ago by ferguson police. >> help us to turn our pain into power. >> yes! >> now, attorney general, eric

holder, says they are launching a civil rights investigation into the police department after speaking with residents. >> i heard from them directly about the deep mistrust that has take and hold between law officials and the community. >> the officer shot brown six times setting off a week of violent clashes. this will examine the probe of the department's past police stops and arrests and claims of excessive force and whether there is a pattern of discriminating of the majority of black residents by the all white police force. >> it's an unequal balance for years. >> it's police department is cooperating and we have learned that brown had no felony charges files again him as an adult or jufr nile. amid protest, holder visited the

teen's family and is encouraged by the investigation, they believe that trance parentsy in law enforcement is the only way to build trust in the community. now this civil rights investigation is in edition to the criminal probe into brown's death. reporting live in los angeles, brandy hits, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you branny. a tennessee detention center for juveniles reviewinging their security prosz he is after teens got out of their dorm and into the yard and chased and assaulted staffers the teens kicked out metal panels to get into the yard. well, today a grand jury indicted a georgia father on the death of his son.

to counts of malice murder and two counts of felony murder. they say he deliberately left his son in a hot car for seven hours, he pled not guilty and said he forgot the child was in the car. he looked at websites for a child free lifestyle. and how long it takes a child to die in a hot car. you can watch more on this on world news at 6:30 following "action news" at 6:00. to people were killed in a crash in claymont, delaware on naaman's and peach tree roads, the impact ejected one woman and two small children in the minivan are being checked out at the hospital. a grand jury is indicted for killing the woman house sitting

for his mother last year. they say that timothy donnelly shot her as he robbed his mom's house in 2013, he took jewelry and coins while his mother was on vacation. a township soup inviter is facing charges after allegedly stealing from his municipality. frederick ziegler is out on $5,000 bail tonight and the douglas township supervisor stole a chainsaw and a propane tank and used township money to buy $340 in gas. philadelphia authorities are looking for an armed gunman that robbed a southwest 7-eleven last week. on the location on southeast 7th street. he points the gun at two clerks and demands money and then the suspect walks out with $200. no one was hurt. >> two men are facing criminal charges following a police chase

in wilmington last night. a story our delaware bureau is following all day today. officers tried to stop the suspects jackson and mitchell for a traffic violation at 11th and spruce streets. the car took off and during the chase one man leaned out and started firing at officers and then threw the gun out of the window, both were arrested a short time later. jackson and mitchell are both being held without bail tonight. well, the state of delaware is pumping $5 million into six struggling schools, they are all in wilmington and they are the lowest performers in the state. they are designated priority schools and the money goes to implementing plans in the schools and that including children living in poverty. they face barriers to learning that the rest of us

cannot imagine, that is why we have to do everything in our power to lift our children out of poverty and counter the affects of growing up poor. >> christina's school district and baird middle and the warner elementary, highlands elementary schools. we are helping you get ready for the new school year at 6abc.com, there we will show you how to get your kids back into their route ones, some important health information for your children and tips to save on school supplies, find it all at 6abc.com/back to school or on twitter at #~ 6 abc bts. one popular route to new hope is getting new improvements, known as windy bush road is resurfaced -- hasn't been since 2001.

they are restoring six miles of that road and it's an important corridor for that economy. >> people will not say my goodness look at the conditions of this road, but instead it's a smooth route. that is penndots job. >> the work is being paid for by the state's new plan called act 89, the stretch will run through wrights town and makefield as well as new hope borough. the five year wide being project should be completed by this thanksgiving. when fully opened there will be three more lanes in each direction at exit 6 and exit 8 a and an added outer lane between 8 a and 9. time for a check of the traffic scene out there thursday night. almost friday matt, can you see

it. >> we are certainly looking, straining to see it and it's tough to see it through the traffic jams. not a lot of elbow room, coming southbound from past academy through this point at girard and the good news is the earlier vehicle fire and disabled bus is gone and the northbound is busy headed up to the work zone at cotman avenue. a work zone on our good buddy ben, the westbound side two lanes out of commission and traffic is jammed coming in from camden. extra heavy coming off the walt whitman bridge this afternoon because of an earlier crash on 55 southbound, once you get to 55 near vineland things are fine but a crash on garden road, and a crash at claymont at peach tree road by the home depot. >> thank you. still ahead tonight, an

incredible story from massachusetts, two women out for a leisurely row on the water, we'll hear from them. scientists from drexel university unveils a new species of dinosaur it dwarfs a jumbo jet. plus jaime apody has more on the eagles as the season opener is creeping close.

they said it was something out of the movie jaw, two women in massachusetts are telling a terrifying story about a shark attack, they were kayaking off the coast of massachusetts ark yesterday when a great white shark chomp down on their boat, when the huge shark swam around the women but never attacked. >> in a submerged kayak and her legs were in the water and we didn't know where it came from and we didn't see a fin, we

didn't know if it would come back. >> i'm screaming for help, just anybody help. >> both are doing okay tonight but one woman is giving up kayaking for good. >> it was suppose to be a fun science experiment, ended with children and parents running for their lives. >> they scrambled to get out of museum here in nevada. a ball of flames shot out and the experiment was regularly performed by the staff to simulate a tornado but this time it caused an explosion. 15 people suffered minor injuries. we are getting a closer look at the eagles as they get closer to the season opener with the jaguars. >> hey jaime. >> kerry williams says this is a tonight setter game, to show the

world just who they are and what they can do. chip kelly is preparing like he is playing in this game. luckily it's nick foles who is playing for the eagles, he gets his first opening game as a starter. from shady mccoy to the rookies, they will be thrown into their first action. >> experience doesn't matter, performance does. >> i have the same expectations of everybody. i don't put more on the draft class than the second year player or todd herriman who has been around a long time. they were philadelphia eagles the day they stepped on the field and they still are now. >> starting this sunday we'll preview a new pregame show, called eagles pregame kickoff on 6 abc, and ducis rogers and mike quick will cohost. here is a sneak peek this at

this week's show with a one-on-one with jeremy maclin. >> with your knee for almost a year now, how excited are you about lining up and playing football on sunday? >> i don't know if i can explain how much excitement. it's been a long time and now there is a lot of emotions going through my head, i am excited to play football with my teammates. >> you look at the locker room and you are the veteran guy and a lot of expectations, people expect to you be the number one guy this year. how do you handle that and manage that situation? >> the same way i have been doing the previous five years i'm playing, go out and play football. very no control over as far as when marty and them were here and what type of players were called my way, the only thing i

can do is be reliable and consist an and i felt i did that with marty and now my role is increased. if i am a big part of the offense like i think i will be, i have to go out and be reliable. >> can you catch that on eagles game day kickoff and then a recap and insight and interviews on game day final. the phillies will finish up the road twip with the nationals tomorrow. >> don't look now, in a year of disappointment, a late season bright spot is ben revere, he has a lackluster arm and is in the league for a battle title. imagine if he wins the batting title with one home run, that hasn't happened since 1972. >> jaime thank you. run, that

imagine a creature that was bigger than a dozen male african elephant and weighed more than a boeing jet and t-rex combined. >> they found fossil bones for one of the biggest dinosaurs to ever run the earth. >> it had a long neck and 29 foot long tail. it was 85 feet long weighing 65 tons. >> they discovered the specimens in argentina in 2005, he brought back 135 bones, a huge find for a dinosaur of this size. >> the last one was 27% complete but with this we go to about 70% complete. that is what we are excited about. >> all right. >> and he says that the bones show that the animal was still

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>> you liked today. >> the weather. monica -- >> lets see how much more sunshine we can count on this week. >> we have hazy sun and the human will make a pretty quick come back and the uncomfortable days start again tomorrow. all is quiet on double scan live, a beautiful afternoon and the ac cam conpermanents that and looking up to the sky, the sun and bright blue sky as well. pretty low humidity today and that again is going to change tomorrow. then there is another change coming in the second half of the weekend, the accuweather live lineup, coming and the heat is building in the midsection of the country and the cool down in the northern plains. trenton 83 and 85 in philadelphia and 87 in allentown and notice at the shore temperatures in the upper 70s and a southeasterly wind and the wind out of the southeast that

will turn out of the south, that will return that flow of the more oppressive humidity that is building right now in the carolinas and the virginias, as we look at the temperatures, there is a bubble of 90s in wichita and st. louis and memphis, that piece of heat comes tomorrow and into saturday. and bismark we drop to 67 degrees, satellite and radar, we have the scattered showers and downpours south and west of the virginias and carolinas and the tropical humidity spills in late tonight and tomorrow. it gives us an opportunity for a few scattered showers tomorrow and the morning is generally dry with hazy sun, very warm and tropical, and there will be scattered downpours around in some spots tomorrow. some of the region won't see them. very quick and not looking severe, tomorrow night the clouds collapse and it will be a

generally dry friday night. the heat pump is out of the southwest and 90 degrees and very humid and a cold front comes in late in the afternoon and evening, and that brings around gusty showers and thunderstorms. partly cloudy and humid and 63 in the suburbs and your day planner, as we round out the work and some kid's school week, jumping into the upper 80s in the afternoon with the possibility of an isolated downpour, the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, the peak of the heat and humidity comes saturday and late in the afternoon and evening watch for the possibility of a physical line coming through and that will bust the heat and humidity for the eagles game on sunday, very comfortable, returning sun and humidity and highs in the upper 70s and we stay in the upper 70s through the middle of next week and

showers coming in monday through thursday. choose what you like summer on saturday and fall on sunday. >> something for everybody. a new batch of celebrities are hitting the ballroom floor next month. "good morning america" revealed the cast. season 19 features leah thompson and alfonso rivera, and nascar great, michael waltrip. we now know who will join whoopi goldberg and rosie o'donnell the next season of the view, nicole wallace and rosy perez. she was a senior adviser to john mccain's presidential campaign. the new season of the kickoff is next monday, september 15th, two mondays from now at 11:00 a.m.

right here on channel 6.5th, two

tom wolf. he'd be a different kind of governor. he served in t india. and then got a phd from mit. and as a businessman he gives between 20 and 30 percent of his profits back to his employees. when he served as pennsylvania's secretary of revenue. he turned down the perks. and donated his government salary to charity he refused take a state car, he drove his old jeep instead. can't argue with that. tom wolf. he'd bring a fresh start to pennsylvania.

no these socks didn't all disappear in your dryer, there are 43.5 socks here, the dog owner took him to the vet when he got sick and stopped eating, they took them all out and now the doggy is feeling just fine. >> i was missing some of mine too. >> jim gardner and the "action news" team is standing by with these stories next at 6:00. crime is on the decline in camden, we ride along with police to see how the new force is making progress in one of the most dangerous cities in the nation. and dillworth park opens to the public today. >> and teens are working in a community service program that exposes them to hunger and the

value of giving back. i'm nora muchanic with that story coming up. for cecily tynan, rick williams, jaime apody, have a

"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers, meteorologist cecily tynan, and jim gardner. thursday night and free breakfast and lunch will be offered to all philadelphia school district students and philadelphia police arrest 11 during protest for higher wages for fast food workers but the big story tonight is utterly

dramatic progress in the fight against crime in one of the country's most dangerous cities. live there is sara bloomquist. new crime statistics are telling quite a story. >> reporter: jim as you know there were plenty of sceptics when the county immented this county force, overall crime is down 40% in two years ago and we rode along with the police chief this afternoon to get a better idea as to why. >> north camden is one of our most challenging neighborhood. >> camden is consistently labeled one of the most dangerous cities in the nation. shootings are down 35% and total crime down 22% and police chief scott thompson took us around to show us what is differentnd