rar to the city of allentown. and now the details in just a few hour the curtain will rise on a new era in allentown and pp&l certainty will host its first event that venue will offer wide variety of sports and entertainment and economic shot in the arm of course for the city and john rawlins liver there with more tonight, hi, john. >> hi, monday kaxt i'll tell you this new center is a big ticket center piece for a ongoing revitalization plan here in allentown. this 17th and hamilton. 5 to 7 years ago it was des late lot of shuttered buildings and crime a big factor. tonight a new chapter, 10,000 people expected to come to the pp&l center to be entertained. earlier outside construction crews focused on last minute touch-ups. inside roadyes setting up for the rock group eagles who open the 177 million pp&l certainty tonight. >> next week tom petty and rascal flatts later in the month. >> and new home of ahl phantoms

and owners expect a good fit with the philadelphia heritage. >> people in philadelphia familiar with the brands. they're excited to seat phantoms return and tide is to the fire. >> city leaders banking this center will draw up to a million people a year to allentown center city that suffered after many retailers moved to the burbs decades ago. >> when the malls were built in surrounding suburbs it sucked everything out of down sgloun to reverse that a tax state funding extreme allowing corporate taxes here to be used to pay for private downtown development debt that sparked up scale office space one newcomer software firm trifecta. >> we're competing for the same employees with google and facebook and others. >> the firm in 80 plus employees moved inform days ago. its president says many like the restaurants and downtown house ring a walk away. a big change from the old suburb urban locations.

>> it used to be people would get in cars and drive home now there's reason for staying. we have symphony 60 yards from us. mayor says pp&l center will be yet another shot in the arm for downtownalen taken to. >> we have two fortune 500 companies now which is more than philadelphia or are pittsburgh and we'll have three in the future. well you're looking at a live picture right now. that is the hamilton unone of the new restaurants opened here in the last few months. it is packed right now. those people will be there i'm sure until the concert doors open here. the concert goes on at 8:00 tonight and folks who are familiar with this part of downtown allentown said, scenes like that back there with all the people behind me here would be unthinkable five years ago. live in allentown, john rawlins, "channel 6 action news" back to you all. >> thank you for that report. one person was killed this morning in a one-car crash in vineland, new jersey. and chopper6hd was over the scene on true 55 near garden road and the action happened

around 7 a.m. and the road had to be shut down for nearly three hours and still no world on the identity of the victim or how it happened. >> and at the big board now with a look at other stories making headlines this friday. residents in ohio town are relieved after the capture of convicted school shooter t. j. lane. lane and two others escaped from prison last night. he spent nearly 6 hours on the loose but he did not get far. lane was found hiding near a church only about a hundred yards from the prison. his escape brought residents in the town of shar den back to the day lane opened fire inside a high school there two years ago killing three and wounding two others. >> with we heard this happened it opened up the wound for everyone it immediately put me right back in the courtroom thinking about the whole case again. no one thought we would be even talking about this again. >> lane was defiant during his trial wearing a tee shirt with the world killer on. it he cursed and made obscene

geeingt tours as well he's serving three life sentences and the story of the gun instructor accidentally killed by a 9-year-old girl the instructor's children dealing with their loss, actually reached out to the young 9-year-old offering words of compassion. the family of charlie boca released emotional video making sure the girl knows she has their forgiveness. he was giving a 9-year-old shooting lesson with uzi when she lost control of the begun and it recoiled killing baca. >> you're only 9 years old we think about you and are worried about you. we pray for you. and we wish you peace. our dad would want the same thing. quite a story there. now forth of the border a political should have until canada toronto mayor rob ford decided to pull out of the race for reelection he's steaking treatment for a tumor in abdomen and his brother will anyone his

place. although ford is not running for mayor he says instead, he will seek a seton the city council after his nephew withdrew his candidacy the spotlight felt on ford last year after he admitted to drug use and would not resign. a father has turned ray rice scandal into a positive lifelesson. brian bartlett redesigned his daughter's jersey to say be nice to girls. bartlett says a lot of people were burning their rice jerseys and he says that seemed like a violent way toy deal with a violent act. the pictures of brin in her jersey they have now gone viral as you can see so a father tag a different approach rick and monica to deal with the very controversial topic. >> all right 20 years of ameri corps members in spring garden and mayor nutter thanked them for choosing to give back and help others in need where we live and across the country.

ameri corps has delivered emergency relief he in disaster and bawlt fordable house be and ran after school programs to name a few. >> president obama and and bill clinton praised ameri corps. >> police wants to find the person that gave cpr to a man and left. a man collapsed 6 and king. witnesses say someone jumped into action checking for pulse and performing cpr until paramedics and police arrived. >> we would love the opportunity to reach out to the good samaritan and thank him or her for a job well done. >> the victim was transported for st. frances hospital. at least check he was in stable condition. if anyone knows who that good samaritan is wilmington police want to hear from you. >> time to check the traffic scene on a friday night with matt pellman. >> matt pellman taking the pulse on the commute home on friday night. and matt, what do you think? >> not so good. >> slow. almost stopped which is not a

good thing rick and monica. here in camden, toll plaza for the ben franklin bridge and traffic is stopped coming off the admiral wilson boulevard headed to the bridge. construction westbound on the bridge in right lane is not helping us out. and a crash on the westbound vine at the ben franklin parkway and that got us offer to a bad start there. the crash is now gone and traffic slow headed to the schuylkill. and of course i know you have been working on the songs it's big philadelphia opera 40th anniversary gala. broad street southbound is blocked until tomorrow morning northbound one lane gets buy causing grids lock on septa buses and sinkhole in south philadelphia blocking porter near 17 and building collapse in queen village closing monroe near second and also watch for a crash at 33rd and girard giving delays on the 15 trolley and crashes both ways this afternoon on the blue route by the schuylkill. this is the northbound scene approaching 76 pushed off to the side. but you're looking at delays in

each direction. and down the shore on this nice afternoon there's an earlier wreck on eastbound ac expressway now gone and speeds still little slow in that neck of the woods. monica have a good weekend. >> all right thank you so much matt. >> more than 3100 employees are getting notices and warning that the trump taj mahal casino may close and casino owners filed bankruptcy next week the casino could close by november 13 and that is 5th atlantic city casino to close leaving thousands jobless and one segment of the population being especially hard hit and it's reporter ila garcia univision 65 with that story for "action news". >> latinos make up the majority of the workforce affected by layoffs and closing of casinos in atlantic city and unique challenges for this community in particular we have long term affects for everyone. >> hector rivera assured layoffs will impact the latino community in three major ways.

>> language barrier, lack of support system, and misconception of latino culture for a segment of our society. increase our problems. >> that is what they confirm to be the case after lose are her job along with thousands of others. >> i understand eng lsh a little bit and there's many that don't understand anything and that person feels empty without direction or knowing where to go. >> participation of late each owes like minerva that worked in the casino industry is recognize the by leaders in the community. >> latino have been very much a part of the casino very. and so, even though they only represent 32% of the total population they probably represent more within the casino industry. >> they prove casinos cannot be the only option anymore. >> they reiterate the importance of offering information to native language. >> clearly we need to be having all of the information whether

services or literature in spanish and english. >> it's very important that they government and private sector work together to develop necessary ib from a structure that can help our people to improve the quality of life. >> latinos will they start to pack up and leave or reinvention of jit bring more jobs. >> and still ahead on "action news" friday night robert downey junior grappling with familiar problem although this time his son in trouble with the law. >> and "monday night football". jeff skversky up with the match-up. >> and summer being pushed out as fall invades from northwest across much of the lower 48. we'll have cool numbers plus rain over the weekend in accuweather. >> all right adam that and more accuweather. >> all right adam that and more when "action news" comes right

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>> breaking news one of the best players in the nfl is been charged with recklessness to a trial. adrian peterson was indicted montgomery county texas and

peterson did lose a son to domestic violence last year when his son was killed by the boyfriend of the child's mother. >> jeff save and the "action news" sports center got news tonight as we get ready for "monday night football". >> can't wait for this game huge dpaim monday knight. eagles running back rightfully so. lesean saying this game is a shootout between who two high powered offenses mccoy and quarterback foles have been making corrections in practice this week not only on uniforms and foles working on footwork in pocket and timing with receivers while mccoy has been trying to get a better feel for running lane. >> this things were not opened

or developed i suppose the next few i might do my own thing you know. mathty of the time it works. sometimes i take losses. instead of actually -- instead of letting natural talent happening after playing through the system. but that's what makes me me. >> and few the eagles will need a little more than luck to be colts quarter back andrew luck and indianapolis colts monday night chip kelly calls luck smartest guy you go against and ron jaworksi has more on andrew luck. >> i know andrew luck very well and i know the type of person he is. i know they're angry this week. he didn't return my text [ [ laughter ] so i know he's focused. and that's what happens when you lose. i mean sensitivity becomes much more prevalent you know you lost you cannot go to -- it's a home-opener and loud lucas oil stadium and this is a tough

match-up of legals to go to indianapolis coming on and coming in this game after a loss. did jaws say that he didn't get a text back? we're teaming one phl17 to cover the game. counts down to kickoff followed by "monday night football" on phl17. and "high school huddle" game of the week voted on by you the fans and "high school huddle" tonight after "action news" at 11. all right phillies return to action tonight. cole hamels on the mound against miami marlins and hamels allowed three earned runs or less in 19 straight starts and phillies starter has not done that since late 1960s. hamels and phils have not had to face national league mvp john carlos stanton after hit in the face by a pitch last night 88 mile and hour fast fwhal milwaukee to the face under his left eye. marlins say they do not believe he needs surgery but his season

could be over. stanton posted on twitter account today he's feeling much better. timely it is friday everyone could use a good laugh and when nfl celebrations go bad. take a look at this. ravens coach john harbaugh out as he tries to did a chest bum weapon a player, 3 40 pound lineman gives hem a little more than he can handle. ngata is twice his size 3 40 pounds imagine getting a chest bump from that guy. >> unforgettable i'm sure he almost fell over you. >> need padding that's all. >> thanks, jeff. >> much more to come on "action news" friday night an a pair of rare leopard cubs make debut at a texas zoo and took three months for the pug lick to see sglim stepping out sky6hd lie in center city where you see the sunset. meteorologist adam joseph with sunset. meteorologist adam joseph with the accuweather day including

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>> if you want to rad a book tomorrow is the day. >> not that hard. one foot if front of the other. >> is that what you think.

>> as we look at scan live, a lot of blow up stairs and beautiful way to wrawp up the work and school week and temperatures taking a dprop yesterday's above normal temperatures and high humidity and 74 allentown and 77 in dover and only in the low 60s this afternoon in the poconos. and at the shore, a seabreeze with temperatures around 71. as we look at satellite and radar we have a nice little wedge of sunshine over mid-atlantic and southern part of new england and clouds building to the west. you can see precipitation racing from the northern plains into the great lakes and precipitation in the klooip s and both of these systems will stay separate and move to the north and east and will be clipped by both of them here for the beginning of weekend. and so at 8:00 tomorrow morning if you're up irrelevantly you see splashes of sunshine and clouds increase from the ocean and increase west squeeze played hereby noon and clouds in the

early to mid afternoon hours and at least 4:00, 5, 6:00 and light showers will be around with pop of heavier downpours imbedded in light rain. so if you head to ppl park for the philadelphia union bring the rain gear. it is going to be very cool, very damp. 70 degrees to start and by 90th minute coming in at 68 degrees. but the rain will push out during your saturday evening and overnight and by sunday morning that sunshine is back full force for the second half of the weekend. then beyond that through sunday into monday it will be very cool as new high pressure comes in and the jet stream is zonal meaning west to east flow separating fall temperatures to the north and summer being pushed down to the south and with that said 73 ocean temperature and over the weekend at the shore again tomorrow is kind of cloudy wet day of 74 degrees and beautiful come sunday to take a stroll on one of your favorite boardwalks with temperature at 71. and as we look at the forecast

for tonight clouds increase tonight and stays comfortable 6 2 center city and your forecast will show periods of rain tomorrow 73 degrees and gorgeous sunday afternoon 73 but on sunday morning it's going to be a very chilly start. a true case of fall with 55 and coolest start we had in over three an a half months. the last time it was that cool in the morning around here was spring. then monday bump it up to 77. comfortable. showers tuesday morning giving way to sun in the afternoon and 75. and then another cool down middle to end of next week way below average, highs in the low 70s. overnight lows in the 50s. so fall is starting to takeover. but the days with sunshine and 70s this time of year feels good. >> yes, it does. >> it does. >> thank you, adam take stay on top of weather changing situation with new 6abc.com visit 6abc.com/weather for stormtracker 6 radar and both

the hourly and 7 day forecast and even the latest video from our "action news" meteorologist as well as our collection ofom weather related photos and videos. >> and in the "people scene" robert downey junior's son will not be going to jail after drug arrest. 21-year-old indio downey pleaded guilty in la to cocaine possession and was sentenced to drug diverse program that could result in his conviction being dismissed and downey junior was there for his son's court appearance and indio spent 70 days already in rehab. robert downey junior own drug use in the past has sent him to prison and rehab and costs him acting roles as well. and still to come on "action news" tonight they're shy, secretive and finally ready for the spotlight. and we'll introduce you to newest edition to the houston newest edition to the houston zoo's family when we come

>> houston zoo leopard cubs made

their debut today. they were born at the zoo and been under close watch of veterinarians when born in june. these rare animals are secretive and wanted to be sure cubs were comfortable with people before introducing them to the public. they had a little public party. >> all right. and right now jim gardner and the "action news" team standing by with these story and mower next at 6 the verdict is in, in the trial against a daycare worker accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 5-year-old girl from west philadelphia and new at 6 officials survey a southwest philadelphia neighborhood that is slowly sinking. >> and plus there she is a new miss america will be crowned this weekend. you'll hear from the local contestants vying for that title. those stories coming up. for adam joseph, cecily tynan, jamie apody, rick

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kidnapping, and deviate sexual intercourse and kidnapping. >> inside the. vernon odom is live with more. >> that verdict came quickly after only six hours of deliberation in total, five hours yesterday, and one hour this morning before the jury brought the verdict in sore write i was distracted there. after one hour of deliberation this morning after sleeping on it overnight. each time christina regusters heard the forewoman say guilty the trembling increased the verdict this was regusters a worker that wore muslim des guys to gain access her school and kidnap the kindergartner and sexually assault her. she fooled the child into believing there were three people involved instead of one. >> she told victim a name when she was dressed in