trail blazer career of joan >> i'm making fun of everything, make fun of it and get on with it. >> that is the philosophy of her come day and it served her and her audiences well for 50 years. her raspy, new york, accented

voice, has been still. joan rivers died today at the age of 81. it is thursday night and the big story on "action news" tonight is the death of a comedic legend joan rivers. she died early this afternoon mount sinai hospital in new york there since suffering cardiac arrest last week after undergoing relatively routine medical procedure at a man hat app clickic. the new york health department launched an investigation into the circumstances. her daughter returned to her man at an apartment after issuing this statement. my mother's greatest joy in life was to make people life laugh and i know her final wish would be that we return to laughing soon. tonight somebody placed a wreath and flowers at her star on the hollywood walk of fame. dann cuellar is live in the satellite center tonight and dap we talked about her death. tell bus her life. >> well, jim, joan rivers once

said if theres with a seek trot being a comedian it's loving what you do. she said this after suffering a number of setbacks in her career and personal life. >> can we talk? >> for nearly 50 years joan rivers entertained world with glount comedy and no one was off limits. >> that dress has more creases than my face did before botox. >> rivers talked openly about numerous plastic surgeries and her new york accept and raspy voice became trademarks after her first big break in 1965 on the johnny carson show. at the time he said god you're funny and her career took off. am being a permanent guest host 1983 to 1986 she hosted her own late night show and carson never for gave her. >> i called johnny and said johnny -- he hung up on me and said never, never, never spoke to me again. >> after her show was cancelled rivers wourkd hard to rebuild her career. this even after her husband who produced the show committed

suicide at the four seasons hotel here in philadelphia. it's all been done to me. what are they going to do. are they going to fire me, i've been fired. audiences won't like me. a lot of audiences have not liked me. i've been bankrupt. my husband has committed suicide. it's okay. >> grammy alexander of marlton did publicity work for her. >> she was a trooper would do anything go anywhere do what she to do old show business ethic. >> this comedian once opened for her and before she did she said no relationship jokes, no jewish jokes and jokes about clinton. i'm just messing with you. and i was like wow, man, that was hilarious and we both laughed and couldn't have been a more gracious person. >> emmy winning and tony nominated comedian where a dozen books and was ultimate red carpet critic. >> orange is the new [ scream ].

>> she would say she found humor in darkest moments and greatest insecurities. >> if you laugh tat you can deal with. it that's how i lived my whole life. >> joan rivers said she did not need real drugs. making people laugh was her drug of choice. that was her russian life and she got nor else. live in the sat center, dann cuellar, "channel 6 action news". >> thank you, dap, our coverage continues of joan rivers on 6abc.com. there you can see a slide show of photographs throughout her life and career and read reaction from hollywood celebrities and learn about joan rivers final comedy show appearance. >> we have breaking news in trenton, new jersey tonight, chopper 6 was over the scene minutes ago as firefighters battled flames and a building at mulberry street and new york avenue. there have been no reports of any injuries. and we're following a developing story of amber alert involving this area tonight. an a domestic call near tampa,

florida, led to the discovery of four bodies. two men and two women. but a 4-year-old autistic boy is missing and police think his father may have abducted him. an amber alert was issued for ismael triston sansatisteban and his father matos. he recently moved here after living in orefield, lehigh county. they are not sure if the pair is here but want people to be on the lookout. >> a murdered father's friend and family came to olney to console one another and ask for justice. rafael rivera was shot in the car 400 block of roselynn street yesterday afternoon. the car and his body were found burning a few blocks away a short time later. police have the suspect in custody and the owner of the burning car. >> philadelphia fire investigators are trying to

identify who torched two school buses tonight or the fire was mechanical snl they were set aplays at 8:00 at a depot on byberry road near woodhaven and the buses belonged to the school district. camden, new jersey has long been one of america's most dangerous cities. tonight we can report a dramatic turn around. new crime statistics show decrease as cross the board. homicides are down 51% from 201 2. and violent crime down 22%. and the change is credited to cutting edge technology and analysts watched 11 surveillance cameras and track officers with gps to make sure they're deployed efficiently. camden police chief credits old fashioned tactic, walking the beat. >> cops are driving by in squad cars with windows driving up and expectations they're engaging sglem may, 2013 camden replaced metro police force with a new county department. the old force was comprised of 2

40 officers. today, close to 400 officers patrol the streets of the city. a young boy is in critical condition at st. christopher's hospital for children in philadelphia tonight after being struck by a car. it happened 8:40, lon shore and lorettao in northeast philadelphia and the youngster believed to be 10 years old was riding his back at the time of the accident. a family is asking for the driver that struck and killed their loved one to turn himself in. it was last friday 45-year-old annette bold ep was struck by three cars in the 4600 block of north broad and loganch the first driver fled the scene. >> it's cruel. you know? for snoup have to go out this way. we want closure that's all we want. >> and in a tragic twit of fate bolden's family is related to the family of keesha williams killed in july along with her

three children when a carjacked suv plowed into the feltonville fruit stand where they were working. >> a philadelphia pailen tologist has made win of the biggest discoverys in history literally kenneth lockbarea made an unveiling today at drexel the 85 foot long 29 foot tall and 65 ton beast dreadnotist meaning fearing nothing. it is heavier than a boeing 737. it was two stories tool its shoulder. here's how it compares to a person. did you see them. the philadelphia team displaying drexel pride during a dig in pat zoneia argentina 195 and the skeleton is so remarkably well performed and mostly complete it's missing the skull but the bones they excavate allowed

researchers to calculate the weight better than any dip sauer in its class. it's heaviest land animal ever found. he took us to his lab today and showed us some of the colassal bones. >> you can imagine how big this beast was. these are the sternal plates. they make up your sternum here and this is how wide the chest was. you add the shoulder blades here. here's shoulder blade cap ula right here longest scapula. >> pail toll gist say dradnoughtest may not be the largest ever. in may there was a bigger find near pat zoneia. the team is using high tech laysers to map the skeleton in 39 to study around the world. the fossil will return to argentina next year where it will be put on display in a museum. ♪

they were instrumenteting a major mile stone today dillworth park opened alongside city hall. the renovation 7 years in the making is receiving rave reviews from all corners. the changes include well-lit entrances and exits from septa concourses below ground inclueing elevators and cafe from renowned chef jose garsis and green space and water fountain that will transform into a skating range in the winter. they will handle maintenance and landscaping and severe winter weather delayed 10% of the work and the project should be completed by thanksgiving sdmrxt chester native nba star tyreke evans came back to his hometown this afternoon and met with a group of young children in the library of the chester boys and girls club. after taking part in reading hour, evan who's plays for new orleans bell cans met with some of the older kids in the gym and he answered questions about his career and how he likes live

physical new orleans. his first part about the city the food. still to come on "action news" tonight, how much do you make? a new study on income ghap america. >> and plus health care.gov is hacked. we'll find out what the cyber crooks were able toybl do. >> and don't miss the misses beauty queens taking over atlantic city for the big pageant. >> i'm trucking heat and humidity before weekend storm brings us major cool down. >> also keeping your head in the game. in a special "healthcheck" report we'll show you how a local company is testing technology to tangle conclusions in youth sports and ducis rogers with the eagles just days to go before the season opener. with the eagles just days to go before the season opener. and "action news" continues in a

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the oil joint could lock at 18 billion in fines in addition to 4 billion in previous fines and penalties. and 27 billion dollars in cleanup costs and compensation. 11 people before killed when the deep water horizon rig blew and millions of gallons of oil spilled into the gulf for three months. >> mass protests were followed by mass arrests throughout the country today from this scene in texas to a demonstration in california. tens of thousands of fast food workers walked off the job. workers in about 150 cities took part today. they're demanding minimum wage of 15 an hour and ability to form a union. >> and in philadelphia protesters marched down broad street in center city after a rally on girard. 11 demonstrateers were arrested

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while working as ob sti nrition liberia. right now finding them fast and clearing an athlete to play is a challenge especially on the field. well, tonight, "healthcheck" reporter and registered nurse ali gorman shows how a local skp testing new technology make the whole situation easier. >> that time i'm going to place if you allow me the headset on for you. >> mind reader was created by a lehigh valley company. it aims to objectively answer three key questions about head injuries. >> does the individual have a concussion? when are they ready to return to play? when is a student ready to get back into the classroom. >> many use impact testing a computerized test comparing athlete's mental abilities after app injury with baseline performance. but there are reports some players intentionally do poorly on the baseline test so.

conclusion would be hard to detect and test takes some judgments to interpret. there's no cheating with mind reader. it measures brain waves comparing those from activities before a conclusion after those with a hit to the head. >> single active lead that sits on forehead and two contacts that go on the ear. it goes on very quickly. in a couple of seconds. like this. >> jack foley is lehigh university's sport's medicine chief. he wanted to try something to reduce guesswork on conclusion cushions. >> to want to provide stand alone and/or definitive objective measure. so i said we're n it's giving them input and data that we in the past could only say how are you feeling? are you sure? are you absolutely positive that you want to go back? how are you dmoyng classroom? >> the mind reader is portable. it can be used just off the playing field. and a standard test to measure

brain waves has to be dmon a hospital or clinic. lehigh sports teams were invited to test mind reader and many athletes have volunteered. >> we have 830 to date and we've been involved in 36 con cuss add long with controlled subjects over the twlooingt years. >> the def science in testing phase and maker of mind reader says the company plans to submit research to the fda this year or early next year. ali gorman, "channel 6 action news." >> interesting information. there let's get the latest from cecily tynan. >> summer humidity the next few days and extended taste of fall after that. storms in between. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing tonight we are storm free. it's a warm night coming off pretty warm day. but humidity was low. so it doesn't feel all that uncomfortable and morning low 68. that's three degrees above normal oovrp high 87. five degrees above normal and

tonight getting muggy and it's certainly pretty warm. philadelphia currently 74. wilmington also 74. allentown 73. millville 67. and sea isle city 76 and trenton currently 68. satellite 6 and action radar showing all is questionet here just a few clouds here and there. if you look across the midwest you can see this fronts not a lot of moisture associated with it but plenty of cool air behind this and this is what will bring us end asked taste of fall as of the second half of the weekend and early next week. future tracker showing tomorrow morning 8:30 in the morning more clouds and difference in the air mass. you step outside it will be very humid with dew points in the 70s. that's pretty oppressive. as we head into the afternoon with buildup. heat and humidity we could see a few popup showers and thunderstorms. best chance will be in the far north and west sushz and then on saturday, ahead of that strong cold front t. gets even hotter, high up to 9 0. humid and

future tracker showing 7:30 do get a line of thunderstorms developing and it will work off the coast by about midnight and behind that, much cooler air. much more comfortable air. future tracker showing these are the dew point not temperatures. dew points above 70 that is very high humidity and we're looking at dew points that could be in the mid 70s across parts of new jersey but once that front moves through we get winds shifting norm west it's cooler and really dry. kind of crisp fall feel on sunday at 4:00 we're looking at dew points in the 50s, even 40s. that is unusually dry for early september. >> great timing heading to the link for the eagles home-opener surprised. mixture of sun and clouds and no rain and very dry air with that comfortable air mass kickoff temperature is 6 by 4th quarter 78. so feel like football weather. heading to the bus stop tomorrow morning we'll see sunshine, hasy

sunshine, tropical humidity. 6:00, 71 and by 8:00, 76 the exclusive accuweather 7 day forecast. warm and hide, 89. bump it up to 90 saturday with afternoon and evening thunderstorms and then we clear out by sunday, 78 degrees. temperature remaining in the 0s for afternoon eyes and right into the middle of the week with showers developing wednesday and thursday. so, summer steam the next two days and then makes you almost want a jacket if you head to the link open sunday. little chill in the air. >> thank you, cecily. >> it's not ovrp you see dozens of young fwhem tiara's shopping for julie. 2015 miss america cop test ants made a visit to design jewelry at ceasars in atlantic city tonight. after a few group photo it's was on to true religion teens where each contestn't turned in their

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enough. the first game can go a long way in determining which way the surprise goes. sundays, 1 p.m. against jags the eagles hope to make a statement over the bat. >> it should be a physical game and should be tone setting game. something that other teams across the league can look at and say, damage, that's eagles right there what they bring to the table this year. >> chip kelly brought that kind of excitement wasn't excitement comes high expectations. players expect a lot from themselves and so does the lehigh valley. >> the city of philadelphia and surrounding city and whoever comes to the game is thrilled. they waited for the last game last year to be here and we're excited to have a home-opener. >> everyone is ready to rock and roll and we're tired of going against each other the same opponent every single week the last four weeks. we're all very excited. and every week we'll check in with ron jaworksi former eagles quarterback and espn

analyst. he offers his assessment in 20 is 14. >> eagles are a good football team not quite elite yet but a lot of pieces are in place for this team to be a playoff team and go deeper in the playoffs and maybe the super bowl. >> you can get more jaws sunday 11:30 a.m. on our brand new pregame show eagles pregame kickoff and after the game tune in for recap and exclusive interviews on game day final after "action news" at 11 on 6abc the official eagles station sdmrxt still to come we'll take a look at season -- at the season one philly is having during this dismal year for the team and plus battle of the first.

>> phillies have the day off and they'll begin with the thats. >> ben revere leads batting. two point out of colorado justin mornoe. richie in 1950 led. college football tonight a local rivalry battle of the first. lincoln and chaney. late 4th quarter lincoln down five and driving and this des pir ration leave is intercepted by brandon collins. it's a pick sixt. chaney wins 30-18. >> finally tonight the business side of football can be cruel not always. former penn state defensive tackle and native devon still is cut over the weekend. he has a 4-year-old daughter battling cancer. bengals brought them back to the

practice squad to draw a paycheck and have medical insurance for his daughter who completed fourth round of chemotherapy. this certainly has taken a toll on him. >> when i stepped on the football field i tried to focus on football as much as possible. in the back of my head, i mean, i had a distraction i can't stop thinking about. >> and all the best to him and correction i said that chaney won actually lincoln won that game earlier. >> thank you ducis and suddenly cincinnati is my second faivrtd team. >> "jimmy kimmel live" is next followed by "nightline" and his guest sarah silverson and music from hunter haze. for cecily tynan, ducis rogers, the entire "action news" team, for cecily tynan, ducis rogers, the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner, good

from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live"! tonight -- sarah silverman. taraji p. henson. mean tweets nfl edition. and music from hunter hayes. with cleto and the cletones. and now, if it's all right with you, here's jimmy kimmel. [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: that's very nice. thank you. [ cheers and applause ] i appreciate that. welcome. i'm jimmy. thank you for watching. thank you for coming. i cherish you.