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drenching downpours will be a nuisance. wednesday night, jim's off, i'm monica malpass. big story on "action news" tonight is soaking rain moves in the our region. meteorologist cecily tynan tracking it all with storm tracker six double scan. is what the late word from accu weather. >> welshing storm tracker six double scan is showing rain has reached philadelphia but this is not torrential rain just yet. this is light rain from philadelphia, down through delaware, southern new jersey, and, however, if you go wider on storm tracker six live double scan you can see we're watching this area of moisture that is blossoming off over the atlantic and you can see it heading toward south jersey and even a wider view showing that the actual center of the storm system low is still well down to the south. it is off the carolina coast, it is slow liz working up to the north and east and it is not a very strong storm system. the it will not bring us a tremendous amount of rain. the problem though is when it occurs. right through here during the
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heart of the morning commute. future tracker showing 8:00 tomorrow morning we will see orange and red. net is heavier downpours over the heart of the delaware valley in the morning. in addition to that with the storm like this you will get wind out of the east, off the ocean and the wind gusts, same time at 8:00 in the morning 45 miles an hour at the jersey shore, close to 30 miles an hour inland. it will be very wet morning commute. it will be a very windy morning commute. so planning your morning commute tomorrow morning, the morning rush hour is going to be cool at 6:00. 59 degrees. at 8:60. some heavy rain, high wind. i cannot stress enough a how plenty of extra time. the good news is the the weather will be gradually improving throughout the day and weekend is looking spectacular. i will have details in the full seven day forecast, monica. >> thanks, cecily. "action news" morning team will be on the air to get you through the rainy morning commute. matt o'donnell, tamala edward, meteorologist david murphy and karen rodgers will have very
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latest traffic conditions. you can join them starting at 4:30 a.m. three bucks county suspects are about to be a rain for a severe attack on the gay couple recently. twenty-four year-old catherine in the not, 24 year-old philip williams and 25 year-old kevin harrigan air accused of making slurs and beating a couple on chancellor street. the suspect claim it was a mutual fight not motivated by sexual orientation. knott is also in trouble for her twitter post about her job, her father, a police chief and more. "action news" reporter kenneth moton live at central detectives with that part of the story, kenneth. >> reporter: monica, hours after catherine knott was named as a suspect her twitter account went viral. tonight she has been suspended from her montgomery county hospital job and now even her police chief father is under the microscope. all three are accused of a violent attack on two gay men in center city but as 24 year-old catherine in the not who is getting most of the attention thanks to her very public twitter feed.
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some tweet where is even homophobic. >> i represent a young woman has never been in trouble, coming from the wonderful family, she has a law enforcement background within her family. >> reporter: knott's attorney is talking about her father, karl knott, a lieutenant in abington township when his doubt are tweeted about special treatment for her dad. within tweet claims she went on a police raid and kick down a door in december of 2012. abington's police chief bill kelly says the young woman was on a legitimate ride along but the rest was false. as for the other tweets, they also appear in the to be true. >> there is no allegation against any member of this police department that goes unresearched. regardless of whether it is anonymous or how it comes in we research it because we value the reputation of our police department. >> reporter: kelly spoke with other officers and even chief knott, an exemplary officer he has known for 30 years. >> he was an outstanding individual and i respected him tremendously and so did the members of the department. >> reporter: is there more trouble in the water for
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catherine knott the who works as a er tech at lansdale hospital. it appears she also tweeted patients x-rays from her job, a possible federal crime. abington health suspended not in the and said it is investigating. as for that attack attorneys for the suspect say it wasn't gay bashing but a mutual confrontation. >> with respect to how it escalated, that is unfortunate. but it only escalated after one of the victims struck one of the young girls in the face out in the street. >> reporter: once again knott and other two suspects are expect to be arraigned here, sometime tonight. we spoke with chalfont boro where knott's father is the police chief. boro administrators said on the advice of legal council, in comment. reporting live outside central detectives here in spring garden, kenneth moton for channel six "action news". >> thanks, kenneth. a police cruiser was hit by a bullet in pemberton, new jersey tonight but nobody was hurt 367:89:45 somebody fired a single shot at the park patrol car here in the
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intersection of norcross lane. an officer was sitting inside at the time. the bullet hit the roof but did not penetrate inside. the investigation continues, so far, no suspects. a shoot-out near a north philadelphia school left a man dead and two others were injured. this is the the chaotic scene this afternoon outside the pan american academy charter school. it is at intersection of america and cambria street. police say the driver of the car got into a shoot-out with someone on the sidewalk, the driver, tied, and a third person was hit by a car after it veered out of control. no word what spark the fight. a young man shot twice in his head died at the hospital of the university of pennsylvania. shooting happened at 5:00 p.m. on the 500 block of watkins street in south philadelphia. the victim was rush to the hospital where he died a short time later. so far in motive but police say three men ran away from that scene. pennsylvania state police say officers believed they spotted the suspect, accused
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in the fatal ambush of a trooper. they say yesterday's encounter was from a distance and eric trina lewded them. their search has turned up soiled diapers and empty packs of serb branded cigarettes believed to have been left by frein. frein is wanted in the september 12th ambush at the the blooming grove barracks. well, u.s. and arab allies are carrying out more air strikes against isis in syria. u.s. central command says that american and coalition forces hit a dozen targets today. officials say they took out small oil refineries that provide millions of dollars a day for the militant group. the strike also targeted a staging area used by militants to movie quip. across the border in to iraq. mission came as president barack obama rounded leaders at the unite had nations. a philadelphia mother will in the to have serve jail time for carrying a gun in her purse when she drove into new jersey. sheen an allen was told she would be incarcerated but now
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the atlantic county prosecutor has change his mind. kanye heirs live with the ben franklin bridge with the very latest, dann. >> reporter: monday cars, the the prosecutor conn consulted with the attorney general to clarify the law on allowing first time owe even ifers in to a in jail program. now the prosecutor says that he will in longer seek jail for a south philadelphia mother of two for merely bringing her legally own gun across the bridge into new jersey. >> mommy is not going to jail. >> yeah. >> reporter: reaction after 27 year-old sheen an allen broke the news to her kids that she won't be going to jail after all for bringing her legally own gun into new jersey. up steady she will be allowed to enter a pretrial intervention program. >> i don't have to wonder what will happen to them, now i know they will be with me. >> reporter: have after being robbed twice, leaving work in center city allen went out a got a gun with the license to carry but she was later arrested in hamilton township, new jersey after telling a state trooper she had a gun
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and conceal to carry permit issued in pennsylvania. she said the atlantic county prosecutors wanted to make an example out of her and have her thrown in jail for a minute mum on have three years. >> scared me very much, telling me my maximum was 11 and a half years. i cried. i wanted to run out of there. >> reporter: single moth over two went on social media to tell her story and it went viral. she pointed out same prosecutor was letting football player ray rice go without jail after being caught on tape punching and knocking out his wife but threatening to send her to jail. >> they are trying to tell me i had to boost and hurt someone to get off and get a second chance, you know? i already did 46 days in jail. >> reporter: many were outraged, various gun rights groups, also got involved, raising up to $60,000 for perfect defense. now, the prosecutors have have had a change of heart after the attorney's general office clarified state law. >> i'm looking for this to be over so i can stop being so
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stressed and the fact, the point that hurts the the most is not knowing what was going to happen to my kids. >> reporter: now, allen will be back in court tomorrow morning where her lawyer says either the charges will be formally dropped or she will aloud to enter this no jail program. we are live at penns landing i'm dann cuellar for channel six "action news". today's auction of the revel casino hotel did not go off as plan. auction was postponed because of some last minute bids, and until today, a 90 million-dollar cash offer from a florida developer was the lone bid for 2.4 billion dollar property. revel spokesperson did not provide details of the new offers but bidding is scheduled to resume on tuesday. a new jersey law maker thinks that alcohol may be the the key to luring visitors to atlantic city. state senate republican leader tom kean suggest changing the open container law for boardwalk and beach goers. he sent a letter to john
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hanson man tapped by governor chris christie to help atlantic city's recovery. tom kean requested better air service, tax incentives for large entertainment acts and adding a cruise ship port. smokers will now pay more for their next pack have of cigarettes in philadelphia. superintendent william hite was there with tom corbett as the governor sign the cigarette tax bill in harrisburg today. two will dollars per pack tax means 83 million-dollar a year for the the cities public schools. the hike is in addition to the $1.60 excise tax leveed by the said. till to come on "action news" an older man robs a bucks county bank but hear why authorities don't believe the robber is as old as he appears. a grand jury rules on the fate of nascar driver tony stewart after that deadly crash. cecily. future tracker is showing rainfall totals tomorrow, general one to 2 inches, up to 3 inches in some areas. i'll break down when to expect the heavier rain and have much nicer weather behind this
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system in time for the weekend in the accu weather forecast. that part we like. plus problems for apple's new operating system when "action news" continues tonight.
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new britain township is looking for this robber, disguised as an old man held up a wells fargo bank in chalfont this afternoon. police say man in the full face mask and gray wig enter the branch on county line road and 207, now he fired a shot before getting away with an undetermine amount of cash. nobody was hurt, police believe the same man, is behind the robbery of the same branch on june 13th, and attempted robbery of a wells fargo on germantown avenue in philadelphia. bucks county judge dropped murder charge begins bensalem man who survived a suicide packet that left his mother dead. judge says he found no malice
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on the part of the koustantinos, he is still charged with two felonies, aid nothing suicide and risking a catastrophe in the death of his mother karen last april. investigators say they were found in their apartment with the gas generator running. police have new track down the man wanted in connection in disappearance of the university of virginia student. authorities arrested jesse matthew, who is charged with abduction with attempt to defile. matthew was last person seen with 18 year-old hand graham. she vanish september 13th after leaving an off campus party. nascar champion tony stewart, will not, face charges in that deadly tragedy on the race track, last month. and a grand jury found no base toys charge stewart with a crime. the d.a. says that kevin ward junior, the driver that stewart struck on the track was under the influence of marijuana which impaired his judgment. ward's family says late today they will quote continue to
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pursue, all remedies. just hours, after its release, apple has put on hold its ios8 update to ipad and i phone. users started to complain that the new software update was shutting down their cell service. the others reported that the fingerprint id touch feature was not working. apple made it an veilable as they try to work out these problems no word when the system will be available for down load. black berry hoping to make a come back, in smart phone market, with its passport, the new model is square, it has a larger screen. the passport will be available to at&t customers by the end on have this year and it will be available for a limited time on amazon for $599. well, urban league of philadelphia held its 2014 board of directors meeting with a new lead are tonight. it is first time new president and ceo roselee mcphearson addressed the full board. she was appointed in july. they will focus the advancement of causes and strategies that permanently improve the condition of
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african-american communities. and time to see exactly when the the heart of that rain will come. >> right during the morning commute. >> my goodness. >> in the good timing. >> for commuters tomorrow morning. >> no. >> storm tracker six live double scan showing what is happening at this moment. we get a new scan every 382nd. you can see that the the light rain is generally over the southern half of our viewing area but it is beginning to intensify down to the south. sea isle city, cape may. you can see some of those areas have of yellow. that is more moderate rain beginning to pile in, from the atlantic and a little bit further to the north the light rain has moved, down into philadelphia, malvern right now, norristown where you are just on the brink. this will continue to spread, up from the south as we head into the overnight hours. the morning commute is when the heavier rain will fall. right now temperatures pretty uniform. the in the 60's, ocean temperature is 69 degrees. we will get those wind off the atlantic. 67 degrees in sea isle city. sixty-four in philadelphia. sixty-three in reading.
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temperatures tomorrow will not be chime out of the 60's. it will be a wet day. and it will be a cool and raw day. satellite six with action radar, showing us the center of the storm system is still off the coast of the carolinas. you really to have look at the atlantic to sees is what moving our way. we have a batch of heavy rain that will be kind of pin wheeling in through the overnight hours. future tracker is showing at 5:00 in the morning when some of the early risers start the morning commute. the heavier rain will be south of philadelphia, it does move further up to the north, around 8:00 o'clock where we do have a lot of heavy rain over us, but this storm system will, really begin to dissipate, as we head into the afternoon. by 11:00 o'clock south of philadelphia, heavier rain is over, still some rain heavy north of trenton. then in the afternoon hour lots of clouds, some lingering showers, and then again the heavy stuff is during the morning. the the main impact of the storm system, the rain. we are looking at generally one to 2 inches of rain, a few
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areas could get 3 inches of rain. this is much needed rain. after a very dry summer. this should in the cause any widespread, flooding. but it will cause some ponding of water on the roads during the morning commute and wind will be a factor. inland gusts 25 to 35 miles an hour. down the the shore, where we will get friction on over land, even higher, 35 to 45 miles per hour. with that push of the winds, off the east, minor tidal flooding tomorrow morning. generally atlantic county and areas up to the north. morning rush hour forecast, you will not be going this fast tomorrow morning. it will be slow. rainy and windy. ponding of water on roads. at 6:00 o'clock 59 degrees. by seven and 8:00 o'clock 60 degrees. a great morning to get up early, and pack your patients as you head out on the road. the exclusive accu weather seven day forecast, rainy, windy and cool tomorrow. high tomorrow of only 66 degrees. that rain lynn tapering off throughout the day. friday that high pressure
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builds n sunshine is back. beautiful day. 75 degrees. then over the weekend we will get in a southerly flow. feeling like summer again. 81 degrees on saturday. sunday bump it up to 82 degrees. loads of sunshine this weekend. on monday we will cloud up in the afternoon but still warm with a high of 80 degrees. tuesday we will fine umbrellas again, it will be cooler with some showers, 72 degrees. wednesday mostly cloudy still a possibility of some showers and a high of 70 degrees. so tomorrow morning good morning to get up early, put the tv on. david murphy, karen rodgers on "action news" at 4:30. storm tracker six live double scan will be working overtime tomorrow morning. >> absolutely. thank you. well tonight is eve of the jewish new year known as rosh hash shan, action came in north philadelphia, where members celebrated a holiday with the service including readings and music. traditional reading was sounded marking the start of the new year.
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rittenhouse square, it was celebrated outdoors. hundreds gathered on the the lawn for live concert and a traditional rosh hashanah service hose he had by temple betties rail a synagogue on 18th and spruce. the event was free and opened to the public. a famous faith from the popular 90's sitcom fresh prince of bellaire was in philadelphia tonight. in the will smith but joseph marcell known as jeffery the butler. marcell in the tour of shakespeare globe company are in town to perform king lear at the annenberg center. he plays the title road. king lear runs through september 27th. jimmy kimmel live coming up at # 1:35 right after "action news". here's jim which a preview of tonight's show. >> thanks, monica hi philadelphia. here's sampling of the nonsense we have in store for you tonight, there is a woman who posts on twit their she looks at pictures of you. >> right good and makes knit versions of you.
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new jersey governor chris christie was in camden tonight joining mayor dana redd on the felt with the camden high school football team. christie greeted players, even posed with a team picture right there team presented the governor with his own jersey. all right. jeff's in for ducis tonight. eagles still talking about that fight was it allowed, was it not allowed. >> it was a legal fight but the eagles, fighting back over that, which led to that fight on sunday, do you think you are confused about some of these nfl rules? even the the eagles are confused as to why the so-called cheap shot on nick foles is considered legal? coach chip kelly is in the happy about it. kelly says it is his understanding that redskins tackle chris baker blind sided foles sunday but nfl says it was a legal hit because whistle had not blown. foles was in the vicinity of the ball and bake der not hit him in the head or neck area. kelly plans to call the
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league, his players, still call it a dirty play. >> whatever the nfl says, it is legal, it is legal. you know, it is what it is. this is, their game, what he just play in it. i'm an employee. >> the way things have been going on right now in the nfl you cannot be surprised with anything. it is just unfortunate they didn't see that it way but it is what it is. >> so what is up with employee number 25, eagles running back lesean mccoy is averaging 2.9 yards a carry, only three running backs in the nfl have been worse. shady obviously in the happy with his slow start, hopefully real mccoy getting sunday in san francisco. >> i'm a competitor this game is made of people compete. so, it can get frustrating because you want to go out there and make plays and do what you are used to and, that is why defense is playing like that. it is a respect thing, but,
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still, you really wanting to out there and dominate. >> more with mccoy and eagles sunday on our pregame she game day kick off sunday morning at 11:00. we will recap it all, sunday nate after "action news" at 11:00 on eagles game day final. mccoy ranked 17th in rushing this season. last year rank nu3ber one. still to come in sports why is it an emotional night for don't believe tom corbett's tv ad. the facts speak for themselves.
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tom corbett cut a billion dollars from our schools. he took an ax to education. twenty-seven thousand educators were laid-off. class sizes increased. and now almost eighty percent of school districts plan to raise property taxes. tom corbett. can't trust him on education. can't trust him to be for us.
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jimmy rollins remains out of the line up with that sore hamstring and at this point were four games to go j roll makes a point to say it were not be wise for him to play again. as far as next year j roll says he will be here. kyle kendrick may not be, kendrick could say good bye not to his family but baseball
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family. what could his final start in my aim, kendrick has a career high three hits and he is using ryan howard to bat, someone is doing something with it. rbi double, their first run in my aim, 16 innings. comes from the pitcher. he gives it backup. enrique hernandez with the rbi double. kendrick allows one run in seven innings. phillies retake lead in the eighth. marlon byrd with the single. phillies backup one. jonathan papelbon returns for first time since his lewd gesture and makes eerie quip. adjustment right there and makes the safe. nothing to mess with after this out ago begins miami. phillies win two-one. it could be final w for kendrick as a philly. he will be a free agent. >> i have a a lot of memories here. i am going to miss my teammates first, you know, the fans, everything about the city. so, it was a really motional night. >> kendrick spent eight years
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here, won a world series, if this is it,. >> we wish him well. >> some of our most brief country war fighters and their care takers arrived tonight. twenty wounded warriors are in town to take part in the first annual kaufman golf outing. they will take part in the golf clinic, before a tournament and banquet at the mays landing country club on friday. jimmy kimmel live next on channel six followed by night line. jim up's guess patrick dempsey and laura spencer. "action news" continues at four credit 30 with tamala edward, matt o'donnell, meteorologist david murphy and karen rodgers with traffic. for the the entire "action news" team, i'm monica malpass, have a great night. >> ♪
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>> dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live"! tonight -- patrick dempsey. from "good morning america", lara spencer. and music from jeezy. with cleto and the cletones. and now, from now on, here's jimmy kimmel! ♪ it's "jimmy kimmel live" [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: thank you. that's very nice. i'm jimmy, i'm the host of the show. thank you for watching, thank you for coming. that's very nice.