the mystery surrounding a stabbing in south philadelphia. the owner of trinity staffing services was working inside of the building at 2340 south broad street when somebody came in and stabbed herself times in the chest and she is in critical condition at this hour. john rawlins live at the scene of the crime. >> reporter: well, according to police the victim is a 53-year-old woman and according to her social media, she has roots here in south philadelphia and describes herself as a conservative christian and we spoke to her pastor when she was undergoing surgery. her condition was stable but critical. >> owner caroline franklin was working inside of the no frills office and a man came in and asked about a job and stabbed her multiple times and fled with her church and franklin walked

calmly across the street to the hospital and was taken to the hospital. >> i was concerned over the past four years there is nothing i haven't even heard an argument upstairs. the assailant is a man in his 40s with a goatee and corn rows. >> she is fair and polite and she is not, i can't say nothing bad about her. he says many that come here are exoffenders from halfway houses looking for work. they come home and send most of them down here. >> she finds them temporary work? >> yes, they are required to work when they come home. >> and this man had a less charitable work. they deal with ex-cons and they

feel like they can treat them any which way. they are trying to get into the workforce and make a living for themselves. they really degrade themselves. >> you feel disrespected. >> clearly differing views of the process. the victim is in critical condition and her assailant still at large. we have breaking news from the city of camden tonight, okay returned that police arrested two men in connection with the savage attack on a homeless woman that the 54-year-old woman was beaten and raped and had her ears nearly severed. the gunman wanted for the murder of a pennsylvania state trooper is added to the fbi's most wanted list.

31-year-old eric frein is wanted for the ambush that killed one state trooper, bryan dickson and wounded another. they believe he is still in the area either pike county or monroe county or lower new york state. the edition to the fbi 10 most wanted list brings with it a $100,000 reward in edition to the $75,000 reward offered by the police and other state agencies. meanwhile services were held for dickson today ♪ ♪ as the drums kept cadence and the church bells tolled thousands of law enforcement officers gathered outside of st. peter's cathedral, brian dickson was gunned down last friday, they stood ten deep for blocks

in solemn tribute as his casket was brought inside for the mass. the cathedral was filled to capacity and every seat and pew was take and. among the mourners were police commissioner charles ramsey joining fellow officers from near and far. in the front row near to the casket, his wivty any and son bryan and adam. father thomas mull downey asked what was on everybody's mind. >> why would god allow this to happen. this question why is forever asked in our minds, bryan's murder may even beg the question, is there a god. bry bryan's life however makes me know there is.

he served as a marine, tutoring members of the penn state football team and his service to the commonwealth. >> i don't know why his life was cut short but i know that his life will have an impact on generations to come. his was a life well lived. >> shortly after 12:00, the church bells tolled one again as trooper dickson's casket was taken from the church. the procession to the cemetery stretched for miles as dickson was take and to his final resting place. >> the persons of interest questioned in the beating of a gay couple tell police that the fight last thursday in center city philadelphia was mutual, reciprocal and not an attack. the victims suffered serious facial injuries, they claim they were targeted for being gay by a

group of at least 12 people and the investigation is still ongoing, police don't expect to file charges until the weekend at the earliest. jim kenny sent a letter because pennsylvania's hate crime laws do not apply to sexual orientation. the philadelphia police department has updated their list of most violent fugitives and they are asking for your help to track them down. they are wanted for homicide, rape and armed robbery and some warrants were issued just within the past few weeks, some go as far back as 1999. you can go to 6abc.com for a full list. >> philadelphia city council has cleared the air when it comes to possessing and smoking small amounts of marijuana, lawmaker as prove a bill and vernon odom was there. >> the majority of members voting in the affirmative, the

bill passes. >> the vote was 14-2 allowing philadelphia pot smokers to breathe easier. the fine will be $25, and those caught smoking in public will be fine the $100 or get nine hours of community service and no arrest, finger printing or criminal records, an arrest record can stigmatize a teen for life seeking school loans or trying to join the military. >> 83% of them are african-american, usually young people of color, 17% white when it's pretty much equal through demographics throughout this country. >> it's a compromise by mayor nutter who long opposed decrimin decriminalization. >> they are not going after small criminals that aren't

doing harm to the public. >> it shouldn't be decriminalized, it's a terrible thing, marijuana is terrible for you. >> alcohol is more violence than weed. you get drunk and you could die or go kill somebody else. >> mark mcdonald says he has no idea when the mayor will sign the marijuana bills that are scheduled to go into affect october 20th. an innovative facility that will combine health care and community services will take shape in philadelphia. the city of philadelphia and childrens hop hosted a ceremonial ground breaking for a health and literacy center at the intersection of broad and market streets. the facility is a one stop for services. a broke and water main caused big problems for

residents in the tacony section of philadelphia. it happened on gillespie street and it caused a muddy mess for drivers and 60 sports are still without water at this hour. and crews are making repairs and they hope to have serviced restored this evening. a delaware county family starts a new viral challenge that has people puckering up to raise fundses for pediatric cancer and the eagles get ready to face off against desean jackson and the washington red skins, we are enjoying it's 70s with the midstle range of 72 to 75 degrees, if you like the 80s they are coming back for one day. as we head to break we bring you this picture live from chopper 6-360 over the temple university campus, a brand new

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a 1 million power ball ticket when unclaimed. the person had until 4:30 this afternoon to claim it, it was sold on chestnut in center city

philadelphia. they say that the news stand's owner gets the bonus of $5,000. they are open for business in buck county, executives held a grand opening ceremony, it's now home to good year tire and turtle and hughes and drexel metals. the commerce center is designated a keystone opportunity real estate zone, that means no sales taxes or corporate taxes until the year 2022. now it's the lemon shot challenge, they want to raise awareness on an illness affecting their daughter, pediatric cancer. lisa thomas-laury has their story. >> september is pediatric awareness month. kelly barker realize how successful the ice bucket

challenge is, came up with an idea to do the same for childhood cancer, their daughter brielle had a malignant tumor on her spine and she now has brain cancer. >> she has cancer, an insane tumor we are dealing with. the awful scary part. >> as kelly and her husband learn more about child cancer they realize how limited the funning is for research and trials. >> you start to question why. you look at how far we have come with breast cancer and prostate cancer, you wonder why there is a lack of funding for these kids. they want to bring more attention to childhood cancer. >> one day we thought how about a shot of lemon juice, you can make funny faces, they can do and and their kids can do it, she challenged her brothers to take shots of lemon juice, we

posted on facebook and thank god for social media and we raised almost $20 million in two weeks, others have taken it's lemon shot challenge, including steve mason and claude giroux of the flyers. brielles radiation team has jumped on board -- >> and we had our first international lemon shot challenge participant from ireland. >> the lemon shot challenge is quickly spreading for more information how to participate and donate go to 6abc.com. lisa

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conresist dancing in their seat. eagles fans will be dancing in their seat if they get ahead early. >> got to get off to a quick start. desean jackson did not practice today. he has the bum shoulder but the eagles are preparing as if they will face him on sunday. jaime apody has more. >> reporter: just another receiver for the red skins in who are we kidding the match-up is special for both sides. >> we had a lot of great times and grade games and hookups on the field. i enjoyed my time as his teammate but we want to beat him. >> you come back for a team and you want a big game. our eyes are on him they will try to give him the ball a lot. >> the defense knows desean's tendency and desean played in

this offense for years too. >> he knows us and we know him. he has experience against us and us against them. nobody has an advantage. >> look for the guy that is throwing the football cusins who had a big game after stepping in for the injured rg 3, they were teammated before foles transferred and foles knows better than anyone how good cousins can be. >> we can recognize him, he is a very solid quarterback. >> in south philadelphia, jaime apody, channel 6 "action news." >> sunday showdown will be covered by 6 abc from start to finish, check out eagles game day kickoff with mike quick and myself in the morning and we wrap it all up at 11:35 at

night. he held a news could have been this afternoon to hold an update on his condition, blood clots were found in his lungs and legs in august and retirement is a possibility, and he will take a few months to decide what to do next. >> it's going to take months to see if the clots are gone or if they are still there, nobody knows. my desire is obviously, i want to play, but chances of me playing is really slim. >> the phillies and padres wrap up their series tonight late night in san diego, kyle kendrick pitches, if he could put out half the efforts of hal ems, he dominated the padres, allowed just one run and struck out nine. hamels was from san diego and improved to 9-2 all time in his home town.

student artwork is adorning the walls at city hall, the color creations are part of the a-plus art exhibition. they are from philadelphia students grades k through 12 and work from 2300 students are represented on the walls of city i'm sheldon yellin,

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>> the temperatures go down tomorrow and then we kick them back up by the weekend as we take a look at double scan live, trying to transition there, we don't find anything going on especially in southern new jersey and delaware, a live look at sky 6 right now in atlantic city, and there you can see the edge of the clouds, a definitive line from the cloud cover in the south as we say good-bye with a cold front passing through. as we look at the highlights, a chilly end to the week, a frost and freeze especially in new england. the first arctic high pressure of the fall season, it's all relative for this time of year. burlington 34 and 34 in caribou, maine and 56 in philadelphia tomorrow morning, it will struggle to hit 70 degrees for a high. 66 in allentown and 68 in reading and 69 in millville and

only 50s for highs tomorrow in the poconos. it's in the lower r67 north and west and 70 in dover and the poconos right now 65 degrees, there is that ribbon of clouds that develop in the afternoon, it's beginning it push off to the south and clearing to the north and west and it's it's general trend overnight to rid ourselves of the clouds and grab the stars as high pressure remains in control tomorrow, partly sunny and 6 degrees below normal at 71 and the high pushes to the east and as it moves to the east and a front approaches from canada, we'll pull the winds from the south-southwestly direction over the weekend. morning clouds on saturday as it's wind shifts off the ocean, it gives way to sun and a warm high of 78 degrees, tomorrow in philadelphia, 59 at 8:00 in the morning and 67 at 11:00 and then between 2:00 and 5:00 a mixture of sun and clouds and highs

again struggling to get into the 70s. the accuweather forecast, feeling like fall at 71 tomorrow, but don't worry the last full weekend of summer we have a quick warm-up. 78 on saturday and summer's finale, it's going to win hands down here, 83 degrees feeling pretty nice, especially for the eagles game in the afternoon. the front comes through sunday night with showers setting up monday and breezy and cooler, we drop off to 73 and the autumnal equinox as we say hello to autumn. we drop it to 70 again on wednesday with a chill in the air and wednesday we start to recover a little bid sunny and dry and up to 72 degrees, summer had a really tough time kind of flexing it muscles this

particular year but it get a last little glance here this weekend. >> thanks adam. one of the most anticipated halloween attractions in this area is set to open and we have a preview, terror behind the walls at eastern state penitentiary, opens tomorrow and organizers say that this features the most interactive show and you can find ticket prices and parking and more at 6abc.com. >> abc's world news tonight with david muir is next on channel 6 and "action news" continues tonight on phl 17 and please join us for "action news" at 11:00 here on channel 6. for adam joseph, ducis rogers we hope you'll join us for "actio

that's right.money we o fund our schools lies right underneath your feet. that's right. down in the ground, pennsylvania has deep deposits of natural gas. but because of governor corbett, we're the only state in the country that doesn't make oil and gas companies pay an extraction tax. as governor, i'll make the gas companies pay up to help fund our schools for a change. tom wolf for governor. a fresh start for pennsylvania.

welcome to "world news tonight." breaking now, the frantic scene inside this plane flying over the u.s. babies screaming, smoke filling the cabin. passengerers using their masks to breathe. also breaking, the urgent manhunt across america. the fbi just announcing he is now one of the ten most wanted. they say he's already killed a trooper, a skilled shooter, schools closed and where they're on the hunt tonight. the desperate search pouring over this video this evening. the college student who vanishes. you can see her and the man in the white shorts, appearing to follow her. they've talked to him. what he's saying now. and tracking the truckers speeding next to your family on the highway. our team in the chopper, over the interstate. and the stunner. how fast are they really going?