leaving a path of destruction. "action news" trouble shooters tackle a cable company's customer complaints next. they call a tornado alley and this is why. homes, farms businesses, even a fire station has fallen victim to dozens of tornadoes late today and tonight.

storms have ripped through oklahoma kansas, nebraska, but south of oklahoma city, it got flatten. remarkably no one has been killed, or seriously injury. it is wednesday night and the big story on "action news" tonight is violence coming down from the skies. even tonight lightening serves as a stunning warning light that the fierce storm systems were still active and perhaps searching for more places to land. "action news" reporter sharrie williams is live at the the big board tonight. sharrie, they will continue to baton down hatches in the plain states. >> reporter: jim, so far 39 confirmed tornadoes in that cluster of the midwest states. five of them alone touched down in oklahoma city. with the dangerous twisters comes another major problem high waters. this is from the suburbs of okc, these are cars, trapped in high water. if you take a look. we heard of flash flood watches and warnings but for the first time ever, the national weather service

issued a flash flood emergency for oklahoma city. now this means that the entire metro area is under this threat of high waters and risk of floods. already 7 inches of rain has fallen in oklahoma city from flooding in okc to this, video of the tornado on the ground in nebraska. you you can see how large this tornado is moving across, a crop field in the open space, storm chasers getting close enough to get that video. ominous cloud has been the case all afternoon and night across the the midwest. this is in oklahoma. another thing happening tonight because of the tornadoes the activity you see here, the explosions that are happening, likely transformers or down power lines of course making contact and exploding. this can make it difficult for emergency crews working tonight. down power lines making it difficult for police ape fire fighters to do their job to get the the help, anyone who may in need. the other mess that we talk

about the the flooding. this is coming also from the storm giving drivers a hard time tonight on the roads. from there we can see a view from the sky. this is a chopper flying over oklahoma. it is showing the devastation that is happening homes as you can see here completely flattened, so far there are reports of at least 35 homes being affected throughout the the oklahoma area. of course that number could change, a dangerous situation. we expect more reports of damage as night goes on. we just got this video in the last 30 minutes. this video is actually from a motel, in moore oklahoma. debris and damage all around. mother nature, of course, showing her power tonight jim. but no reports so far of any deaths at this time. that is encouraging news with so much activity happening right there. >> obviously we hope it stays that way thank you sharrie. a prisoner escaped in southwest philadelphia tonight and is still on the loose. investigators say that 16

year-old hasseem single try is wanted for three gunpoint robberies. he was arrested out of state and being transported from philadelphia international airport tonight by private subcontractors, and they put him in the back of this white kia. police say they never turned on the child locks. single try was able to jump out, still handcuffed near 55th and larchwood. tomorrow is his 17th birthday. detectives think he might be trying to get back to his neighborhood in mantua. train services in the norristown, high speed line, resume at 9:30 tonight after a pedestrian was killed on the tracks. a person was struck at 6:30 in haverford township near township line station. authorities have have identified the victim or why he or she was in the path of this septa train. a community in colwyn boro delaware county came together tonight to pay tribute to three family members who were killed monday in a fire, in chester county. live in colwyn tonight

"action news" reporter kenneth moton, kenneth? >> reporter: jim, the victims of that fire lived right around the corner from here. tonight we have learn women were dedicated to serving this church, its congregation, and this community. >> ♪♪ >> reporter: inside new life bible fellowship in colwyn boro it was a celebration of lives, three women who not only lived in this community but they were involved. >> you could not ask for better woman. you could not ask for more class would i men. >> reporter: family and friend of rolanda, sal a i and angel r imel filled the pews to remember the the woman who died in the home fire in west colwyn township on monday. they were there when investigators say smokey materials trashed outside spark the the fire. rolanda and sal write sisters angel was sally's daughter. >> every within was doing better then would i imagine because they had so much

support. >> reporter: those who knew victims for decade said their passion for this church community they helped build was incredible. >> totally dedicated. sold out for christ. all of the spare time was spent here serving people. >> they were faithful, veilable, they were teachable. they loved the lor. they kept the ministry moving for. they will be sorely missed and their memory will not be forgotten. >> reporter: at this service laughter and tears. women left behind so many relatives like veronica schram. >> tragedy in one swoop, and everybody is just trying to work together to you know, look after the kid and family left behind. >> reporter: funeral for all three women will be held at this church next wednesday. i should tell you that destroyed chester county home belong to the victim's sister and aunt ana bell simmers. a fund has been set up, a link. we have posted it on six abc.com. reporting live from colwyn boro tonight kenneth moton for channel six "action news"

jim. water gushed like a guyser from a residential street in cheltenham today. it shot chunks of asphalt to the 600 block of ashburn road startling neighbors. >> i came out to get my nail. i saw the burst. it looked like a volcano. >> there was a boom and water coming out. it was like a fountain, big fountain coming out. >> reporter: water main brake cut off service to ten hems for hours. by 8:00 o'clock tonight aqua america crews had capped the leak, dug down and replaced the ex-that burst. they are finishing up road repairs at this late hour. what has been a relatively quiet campaign for mayor in philadelphia has suddenly exploded in to a fire storm. in the eye of the storm police commissioner charles ramsey, and the the question, will the next mayor ask ramsey to stay on. two candidates are saying no way. mayor nutter is furious with that. but the candidates are not backing down.

monica malpass has much more on this. >> reporter: jim, this all started during last night's debate here at six abc. two of the candidates criticized ram i saying his stop and frisk policies have harmed the the my north community and that he has to be replaced. well, mayor nutter slammed candidates but tonight one is sticking with that idea. it started with two comments during the debate. >> number one, commissioner ramsey has got to be out of here. >> people have to be replaced when they stan for a policy that people in the community simply don't trust. >> reporter: but fire works heated up today when current mayor michael nutter, slammed both democratic mayoral hopefuls, saying stop and frisk passed a constitutional challenge and might have prevented recent shooting death of sergeant robert wilson at a game stop store in march. >> anyone who is not smart enough to at least ask him to stay is probably not smart enough to run this city. >> reporter: anthony williams answered the mayor's comments but refused to budge.

he said it is time for a new leader in the the police department and a new policy. >> i'm running to end it. >> reporter: other four candidates said they would keep ramsey and jim kenny pointed out president obama has enough faith to appoint him to lead a national task force on policing. >> commissioner ramsey himself has not commented on the controversy. >> at least not now. colwyn boro delaware county has been classified as a distressed municipality by the commonwealth of pennsylvania. that means that colwyn will smith its budget to a state oversight board which could allow to it amend union contracts and levee new taxes. twenty-eight other municipalities have been declared distressed since 1986, nine have successfully emerged from the program. who would shoot an eight month-old puppy? that is what authorities in chester want to know. neighbors along johnson street knew the stray mixed breed terror is a friendly dog and called him frank but last

month the dog was shot five times at close range with hallow point bullets. frank is now on his way to recovery but still likely to have another surgery and $20,000 in bills for the people who came to his aid. nearly two dozen teachers throughout montgomery county are being singled out for their work in the classroom. twenty-three teachers have been selected as finalist for the the ninth annual voices of inspiration award for teaching excellence. they were recognized in a ceremony in norristown tonight. the the the finalist were selected from more than 300 nominations. nurses were the ones being honored tonight in camden county. cooper foundation, and cooper university health care hosted the 2015 nursing excellence awards in cherry hill. nineteen nurses were honored for their outstanding patient care and tonight's ceremony was in celebration of national nurses week. still to come on "action news" tonight, letting the guard down, the governor orders a change over

baltimore's state of emergency. plus disturbing new evidence against the pilot who crashed the plane in the alps, the the deadly dissent was not the snap decision. and dirty deed, how philadelphia plans to fix the fact that fewer peoples garbage is getting pick up on time sitly. temperatures cooled off a bit, 77 the high in philadelphia we're respected ised by 80's. i'm tracking return of summer-like heat and humidity in the accu weather seven day forecast. i'm nydia han. if you are mad at comcast you are certainly not alone. a "action news" trouble shooters have been hard at work getting our viewers refund and credits that they say the cable giant owes them. what comcast says it is doing to transform its customer services next. ducis rodgers hear from his ron jaworski over lesean mccoy had to say about chip kelly today when "action news" continues tonight.

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the state of of emergency is no longer in effect in the sit of baltimore. governor lifted the order today, in the wake of last week's riots. state police and national guard were called into help local officers, enforce the curfew meanwhile attorney general, loretta lynch is considering a request from baltimore's mayor for a federal probe in the cities police department and whether officers have discriminated or used excessive force. investigators now say that germanwings co pilot who deliberately crashed a plane in the french alps had rehearsed the deadly dissent on the same plane earlier that day. investigators say andrea lubitz put the the plane into a controlled dissent during a morning flight, on march 24th, but he kept readjust continuing the settings. he crash the plane just two hours later during the return

flight. the american company space x has been blasting cargo into orbit and shuttling supplies to the space station but its goal is to launch astronauts. today they successfully tested an emergency escape system for the the first time. as part of the safety testing for the dragon capsule. no people were on board just a test dummy. parachutes slowed the escape pod's dissent. space x hopes to launch man missions within two years. demolition machines began tearing down a dangerous old warehouse today as part of philadelphia's new plan for vacant properties. this old warehouse has sat abandoned at eighth and rising sun in hunting park for more than a decade. city officials say the buildings are more than just an eye sore but they can pose hazards for neighbors and emergency responders. five and a half million-dollar and 43 new workers will help expedite joint inspection by l and i and the fire department. two harsh win thers in a row, trashed many of

philadelphia's sanitation trucks. they have been pulling double duty. so many garbage trucks are in the repair shop right now. cities fleet is at a record low. fewer trucks on the street has meant trash collections are getting backup too. only 85 percent are being pick up on time and that is with overtime. to compensate the the streets department has brought 30 new compactors and at least 20 more and adding a second collection shift, to help to get back to normal with trash collection by the middle of summer. philadelphia base cable giant comcast announced it the is announcerring 5500 jobs as part of the multi year customer service transformation. many of its customers say that the effort to improve is long overdue. "action news" trouble shooters get more complaints about comcast than any other company. tonight, nydia han helps some of those viewers, get satisfaction. >> i think they are horrible.

>> reporter: they tell us for five years comcast erroneously charged them for a cable box they turn in. they say they have all of their bills, five years worth to prove it. tim hirsch any sicklerville, new jersey said he what's roane justly charge for a cable box with a past five plus year. >> i'm not happy. that is over $600. >> reporter: but trying to get their money back from comcast. >> dealing with them is just, banging your head against the the wall you get in where. >> reporter: they tell trouble shooters comcast claims they didn't turn in their box either. they were erroneously charge an extra month after they canceled their service. >> their customer service needs to be fixed. i mean there is something radically wrong. >> reporter: camerons tell us they made phone call after phone call to comcast. >> over and over again. every time. i go through the whole thing. >> reporter: after the "action news" trouble shooters got involved hershey in sicklerville told me comcast agreed to credit my than the

for the additional charges in the past five years. thank you for your efforts. lehmans got this voice mail. >> we will issue a $600 credit pending that you sign a non-disclosure agreement. >> reporter: yes, they were told comcast would give them their $600 credit but only if they agreed not to talk about it. the camerons didn't have that issue. >> good news well, channel six came through and got our $200 back. >> reporter: comcast says we have apologized to our customers and these issues have been since resolved to their satisfaction. this week, comcast announced plans to significantly improve the customer experience. and those efforts will go a long way to prevent the experiences that these customers went through last year. so, what is comcast promising? well among other things, in the the future digital receipts when customers turn in equipment. new measure in place lets customers drop off their equipment at certain ups

stores. comcast says, that walk in, drop off and that is it. then my advice ask for and keep your receipt. meantime as part of the owe called transformation, again comcast promises to add 5500 customer service jobs over the the next few years. it also says it will create three more customer support centers in albuquerque spokane and tucson and finally, among other things, it will triple size of the social teams that serve customers on social platforms like twitter and facebook. i'm nydia han channel six "action news". woman in lehigh county had has lots of reasons to celebrate tonight e-mail sat turns 107 today. she has six kid, 14 grandchildren, 21 great grandchildren, and, 14 great great, grandchildren. she says her love of family is what gives her full of light. do you want to know why we showed the phillies scene? well she says that watching

phillies helps keep her young and her birthday wish that the phillies win again. >> we all wish that. >> back to the 80's from accu weather. >> upper 80's and adding humidity as well. storm tracker six live double scan showing the showers we had earlier are just falling apart right now. even the clouds up above are beginning to break through. so sunshine will be back tomorrow. right now pretty mild. 60 degrees in philadelphia down from a high of 77. allentown 6o millville 61. sea isle city with that wind off the ocean 55 degrees. reading currently at 59 degrees. a satellite six with action radar showing you can see how showers are just drifting down to the south falling apart those cloud clearing out as well leading to pretty nice conditions tomorrow. definitely on the warm side. all eyes are on the plane states, still we have tornado watches in effect from omaha down into northern texas. we have the reports of, 39

tornadoes and that will climb in the overnight hours. bulk of them from nebraska kansas and oklahoma and the problem also is that we have a storms over the same area again, and again that is a training effect. record rainfall, suburbs of the oklahoma city, west of are in man reporting more than 7 inches of rain. so flash flood emergencies in effect. also the town of tuttle is where the safari is located and there were concerns that safari was hit by a storm and big cats were on the loose. fortunately, all animals have been accounted for. overnight and relevant i morning hours there will be a lot of concern with all of the buildings destroyed and all of the injuries and unfortunately more storms on the way tomorrow. future tracker back at home showing 8:00 o'clock tomorrow morning already in the 60's. by the afternoon 80 degrees in philadelphia. temperatures will continue to climb as we head through the weekend. so the exclusive accu weather seven day forecast, nice day

tomorrow, mix of sun and cloud, low humidity with a high of 80 degrees. on friday we will bump up to 85. same on saturday but more humid. take water and sun screen if you are heading to the aberdeen dad vail regatta sunday for mom bring her into air conditioning or get her to the pool, 87 degrees. it will be warm, humid as well. on monday just as warm and humid with a high of 87 degrees. tuesday, 85, one more time, before a cold front brings us much needed showers and thunderstorms. and then dropping temperature back down near normal with a high of 76 degrees on wednesday. we have already had several days of temperatures in the 80's but humidity has been low. this is first time we will get high temperature and summertime humidity. >> summery feeling. >> yeah. >> they handed out philadelphia's most prestigious civic honor tonight, moth to one but three deserving recipient. song writer and philanthropist kenny game i am and susan and ralph roberts

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special football players suited up in center city tonight the for a good cause. players double as models in the charity fashion show, as the the 1925 cocktail lounge and our own jeff skversky hosted this event which raises money for single mothers in philadelphia. lesean mccoy stepping into a controversy today. >> he is not afraid to speak his mind no secret chip kelly and lesean mccoy did not have the the best relationship. mccoy has moved to buffalo and in physical presence only. chip kelly is still on his mind. in an interview with espn the the magazine mccoy says he wants full control. you see how fast he god rid of the good players especially all of the good black players. he got rid of them the fastest. that is the truth. mccoy does not elaborate and eagles have no comment. kelly has parted ways with

mccoy, desean jackson and trent cole but brought in demarco murray, byron maxwell and jordan matthews all black players. ron jaworski says it sound like sour grapes to him. >> it is all noise. when a team lets a guy go, that player is usually disgruntled when he leaves. right, wrong or indifferent that player will not be happy. >> the eagles have signed three of their draft picks from this year, backs eric row and randall evans and brian man holik. nfl completed investigation in the patriots and deflate gate. reports find that it is probable patriots deliberately deflated balls used in the afc championship victory over the colts. 243 page report states that tom brady was probably quote at least generally aware of the cheating. the nfl is reportedly considering discipline. phillies highlights up next.

there's over two hundred thousand students in philadelphia. jim kenney and tony williams are fighting over public schools versus charters. i think they're both wrong...it's making sure they all get a good education. teachers should have their contracts respected. they also should be held accountable. and it's wrong philadelphia gets less school funding than other parts of pennsylvania. i'll work with harrisburg to change that. but if they refuse i'll take them to federal court. as mayor i'll do what's right for them. and just like that the snow is gone. and parkas become jackets. and sweaters go down for a long nap. and off you go. and your backyard gets a whole lot bigger. and you're running... and climbing... and your gear gets lighter and trimmer, and fitter and smarter. and now every frozen second spent willing this day to come

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chase utley and his league worst .103 batting average get a second straight night off. ryne sandberg hopes that will give him time to get things right. phillies and braves tonight tied game in the fourth inning. freddie freeman drops for rbi double. two-one atlanta jerome williams gives up six runs. new six -one in the sixth. ryan howard, lead off the inning with the solo home run. his fifth of the year. phillies will plate two in more to make it six-four. but, there is always a but, in the bottom half of the section, nick smacks a rbi double. two hits on the night for him. the fast forward to the ninth seven-five braves, two on forkerrera phillies lose seven-five. they finish up three-seven. call bryce harper national slugger hit three home runs this afternoon.

all in his first three at bats. a couple of the home runs, are moon shots. he now has eight on the season. harper finish with five rbi. the the nationals beat the marlins seven-five. that is sports. >> thanks, dues is. philadelphia history museum is celebrating all things german. museum showed off its new exhibit called the german society of pennsylvania celebrating 250 years, it the will be on view through september. jimmy kimmel next up followed by night line. jimmy's guest adam le vine nick holt and music from maroon five, where there is lah vine is there a maroon five. "action news" continues at 4:30 with tamala edward, matt o'donnell, meteorologist david murphy and karen rodgers with traffic. forcecyly tynan ducis rodgers, the entire "action news" team i'm jim gardner good night. >> ♪♪

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