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the democratic nomination for mayor of philadelphia the poles had kenney the favorite to win tonight but even so-called political experts must be impressed by the size of the victory tonight. if there was any notion today that the race would be closely contested, these numbers proved that notion, to have been unrealistic. kenny won about 56 percent of the vote, in a six person field and anthony williams finished a distant second, lynn abraham third, doug oliver and nelson diaz battling for fourth and milton street is sixth. "action news" reporter sharrie williams was live at headquarters on north broad street in spring garden. and any suspense ended early tonight. >> reporter: it only took a an hour and five minutes to declare jim kenny the winner of the democratic primary.

he was the best of the field of six. kenny says once there he wants to end the policy of stop and frisk. he wants to provide universal prek as well as raising the minimum wage, to $15. he is humled by what he has seen tonight as a long time city council member i asked him tonight, you have been on the council for more than two decade. how does it feel to be one step closer to being in the driver's seat for the city of philadelphia. >> would i describe it to be in the a driver satisfies. everyone has their talent, skills, and instrument they play whether it is in city council or state legislature business community labor community and it is conduct ago this whole group together to make beautiful music as opposed to bad noise. >> reporter: meantime state senator anthony hardy williams who was in the race coming in a distant second to kenny in this primary. he had deep financial pockets but could not get the votes a at the polls tonight. here is williams on how the

primary race ended. >> tonight ends the election but it does president end the values that brought us together, during the the course of this journey and cam pain. i want to congratulate jim kenny for running a campaign that was very, very successful. >> reporter: with kenny, winning the democratic nomination, for mayor he will face the long g.o.p. contenders melissa murray bailey. we caught up with the business woman and republican mayoral hopeful to hear what she has to say. >> i want to congratulate jim kenny and also as i think about the next six months, it is really about sharing with philadelphians the vision for a new city. >> reporter: so this is in some view, far from over. because there is still a general election, to come, in

november. kenny says that he is humled again to win the nomination but more work to do. even though the democrats in this city out number republicans, jim the registered voters seven to one, he is not taking the general election, lightly neither is he taking this miss bailey lightly either. meantime here in the room people are still here celebrating, but for now, it is jim kenny taking the democratic many in nation. we are live from spring garden sharrie williams channel six "action news". >> thanks, sharrie. result of other races will be running along the the bottom of the screen during this broadcast. they are available right now at six abc.com and we will have more election coverage later in the broadcast. takata corporation has agreed to the largest ought the owe recall in u.s. history. it has agreed to declare that the air bags in almost 34 in million cars are defective. let's go live to "action news" reporter kenneth moton kenneth, some have called

takata air bags an ied inside your car. >> reporter: an explosion waiting to happen. air bag recalls started a year and a half ago impacting nearly 18 million vehicles, including honda. but with that number rising to 34 million today that is about one out of every seven cars on the roads, in the u.s. it is a massive historic recall defective air bags that could explode and send shrapnel toward driver and pennsylvania passengers in millions of vehicles. >> that is scary. >> very scary. i don't know what air bags are made of but whatever it is, it isn't good if it is not working properly. >> reporter: japan air bag maker takata and u.s. department of transportation announced the recall tuesday. 34 million vehicles and nearly a dozen of the world's biggest auto makers are affect. >> i think there is probably a lot less of them that will fail but they are preventing any accidents in the future. >> reporter: takata is not certain but believes high humidity causes the faulty air

bags which have killed five people ape injured dozens in the u.s. >> there should not be panic but you should certainly take caution, make sure your vehicle is or isn't part of that vehicle and take necessary steps. >> reporter: the the automobile dealers association of greater philadelphia says it will be likely a few more days before people can check to see if their cars are part of the largest recall ever. owners can enter their vehicle identification numbers or vin on safer cars dot gov but repairs can take weeks months or years. >> there will be a backlog with these parts were this many vehicles being affect. is there one major manufacturer that is producing these air bags and they can only ramp up so much. >> reporter: so far that air bag manufacturers takata has been hit with more than a million-dollar in fines, for not cooperating with the investigation by u.s. government and now that company says it is fully cooperating and working with the dot, on this national recall jim. reporting live from the

schuylkill expressway tonight kenneth moton for channel six "action news". >> thanks, kenneth. word came tonight that beau biden son of the vice-president, joe biden is under going treatment at walter read national military center. there has been no indication what the former attorney general of delaware is being treated for. of course, the younger biden had a brain lesion removed in 2013 and suffered a stroke in 2010. in the wake of the deadly amtrak train derailment, the union representing amtrak engineers is now urging the railroad to require a second set offhand. they want amtrak to have a second crew members at the controls. for trains operating in the northeast corridor. train number 188 had a five member crew, but other members, beside brandon bostian were in passenger cars, not inside the locomotive. amtrak does not have a second crew member inside the engine locomotive since the early 80's and says safety is the

number one priority but did not say whether it would implement the the change. it was a scene of grief and mourning in the the lehigh valley tonight. they watered to remember a 11 year-old abigail zu kowsky, killed crossing the the street in emmaus yesterday and pray for ten year-old mya wallrath fighting for her life. roughed ones try to console the family while young friend spoke up about the girls. police have not filed charges against the driver who stopped at the scene of the crash. it has been a violent night in the city of philadelphia. a 22-year old man was shot and killed in a 8:30 tonight in the 2900 block of frankford avenue. second victim was wounded but will survive. another double shooting this evening, turned deadly in west philadelphia. the 1500 block of north redfield street was where where gunfire erupted at 5:15. police say the 26 year-old man was shot in the back. he was killed, a 28 year-old woman survived. the mayor of the

wilmington delaware went face to face with his constituents tonight and found out what he already knew. that a lot of them are concerned about their city and its problems. "action news" reporter dann cuellar was right there. >> reporter: wilmington mayor dennis williams got an ear full concerned about the cities problems from the economy, to education and crime. >> so what are you been doing to actually combat the criminal behavior of the ones out there. >> reporter: sit a announced progress in the war on crime. they credit operation disrupt community policing program that puts officers out on foot patrolling trouble area. >> number of incident we have had since they have been out there has gone down tremendously. our shots have gone way down. our overall calls for service have gone way down. >> reporter: but some say more need to be done and that they all want to help but they need leadership in the mayor's office. >> we are a part of the team but we have no coach. the coach is just defective. >> reporter: mayor williams says he knows mistakes were

made but in the all of them were his. >> i think things are better now. i accept spent for my mistakes. i hope they accept responsibility for their. >> who is they. >> city council. >> reporter: even so some people were not impressed. >> do you feel like your concerns were addressed. >> no, they are in the addressed at all. >> the community that you see the down spiral of what is going on. >> reporter: mayor williams, and his policies have letter from his mistakes and he will adjust to address miracle of problems facing wilmington residents in particular the bloodshed that has hit this city. in wilmington i'm dann cuellar for channel six "action news". >> thanks, dann. still to come on "action news" tonight police figure out motive for bike are gang mayhem in texas. hear what set off the carnage. champ plus mirror ball moment, we have the winning couple right after their big victory with dancing with the stars tonight. cecily. our warm humid air mass is retreating, our cool air is moving in. i'll let you know how long it sticks around in our accu

weather forecast. erin o'hearn joins us with the special report. >> brutality of the attack was disturbing but even more shocking it happened in broad daylight. victim of the the new years day parking garage assault speaks exclusively to "action news". and ducis rodgers with the nba draft lottery and where did the sixers end up we will find out when "action news" continues tonight.

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g rival motorcycle gangs apparently started over a parking dispute. they say that an uninvited group showed up for a meeting of biker gangs on sunday, a vehicle struck one gang member's foot and that led to a dispute and then gunfire. nine people were killed, and 18 others were hurt. and it happened new years

day in philadelphia, a young mother of two was brutally attacked and sexually assaulted inside a center city parking garage. the it happened at 10:30 in the morning. a "action news" reporter erin o'hearn is here with an exclusive interview and victim of this horrific crime and why she believes that this could have been prevented. >> reporter: this young woman endured a violent beating and sexual assault leaving her with numerous physical repercussions and emotional trauma the man charged in the crime is behind bars, a awaiting trial but could an alleged security deficit inside of the garage, have contributed to an environment ripe for this heinous crime. the only thing that was going through my mind, throughout this attack was how am i going to get out of this situation and why isn't anybody here. >> reporter: on new years day jane as we will call her was on her way back to the car inside this parking garage on 17th and callowhill after a

friend dropped her off at the entrance. after her ticket at the kiosk she went to the sixth floor. moments later she said a man grabbed her from behind, and demanded cash. >> i handed him my purse, you know that was in the enough. he put his hand around my neck and he began to choke me. i remember telling him i had two small children, and please don't kill me. >> reporter: in court jane testified that three two-year old steven woodson who has pleaded not guilty started sexually assaulted her between two cars. the the attack lasted 20 minutes, and then jane noticed the car driving by. she managed to escape and jump in front of the driver. >> nobody came out to help me. and, if those people didn't drive up when they did i wouldn't be here talking to you today. >> this garage is a disgrace. >> reporter: shanon spector a attorney for victim, hoist suing owner of the garage, and franklin town corporation, as well as the management could

atm parking services say security is not sufficient. he says 99 percent of the garage is not covered by cameras. we only found cameras at entrance and near pay kiosk. spector says security office in the back was empty the day of the attack, a clam corroborated, by "action news" by an employee of the company. but in a statement the company said it did have a roaming security guard on duty. the web site, states the parking garage is both lit and manned but when we knock on the security door at 5:00 o'clock in the evening it was lock and empty. >> the purpose traitor was loitering in the garage waiting for this young laid toy come in. >> reporter: spector says that is a direct violation of the cities ordinance that states the garages quote shall not permit any person not employed at a parking lot to lighter. >> this incident would not have occurred, had they had video cameras and had they had security patrols. >> you are in this parking garage, and you know you cannot get out.

you are trap. you are about to lose your life. that is the pain that sticks with me, i have to deal with that every day. >> reporter: philadelphia district attorney seth williams says he believes that many city garages need to implement better security systems. >> we have to do all that we can to promote public safety by trying to get businesses to invest, in cameras. >> reporter: we protected jane's identity in this piece but she says there is no shame in being a victim and believe cultural shift in how we treat sexual assault victims would give them support they need to stand up to their attackers. >> one woman comes forward and testifies in a case, it would be the reason why i did this. >> philadelphia police report no recent increase in parking garage crimes, but transition to payment kiosk has led to staff reductions during off peak hours. but still the company which owns the the garage says it has confidence in its security team, and that believes it can complied, with city ordinance. you can see the full statement on six abc.com. >> it seems that every square

foot is my mike working every square foot of real estate in philadelphia, seems to be covered by a security camera, they have to be in parking garages. >> reporter: at 10:30 in the morning, mummers day parade was nearby. >> thanks, erin. let's continue our coverage of the pennsylvania primary, and in philadelphia, democrats and republicans are each nominating five candidates for philadelphia city council at large. at this hour these are the five leading democrats derrick green alan domb, blonde he will ren held in brown, bill greenlee and helen gym. wilson good junior and ed neilson are at the moment, on the outside looking in. and on the republican side incumbent david oh and dennis o'brien are one and two, terry tracie is in third matthew wolf is fourth and al taubenberger is in fifth place. in the second council district ori feibush took on

kenyatta johnson tonight but johnson is the easy winner there. he has served in council since january of 2012, and he is now nominated to go back for another term. in the seventh council district incumbent maria quinones sanchez appears to have beaten back a challenge of manny morales p if she wins in november she will start her third term. democrat john saab teen owe won the special election for pennsylvania's fifth senate district, in northeast philadelphia. defeating republican timothy daily. the state's new senator will fill the seat vacated by mike stack, hoist now lieutenant governor in pennsylvania. and unprecedented, three state supreme court seats are opened and in large part because of scandal. the three democratic candidates for those seats are, david wecht of pittsburgh, kevin dougherty of philadelphia and christine donahue of, pittsburgh. the the republican nominated judy olson of allegheny

county michael george and ann covey of bucks county. now to a different contest tonight, dancing with the stars has crowned its new champion. >> the winners and new champions of the dancing with the stars are rumor. >> rumor willis won the mirror ball trophy just a short time ago. she beat out singer ricker lynch and noah galloway. willis says what means the the most is being called a dancer. >> to be able to hopefully inspire anybody whoever felt the the same position as me that you weren't good enough, or that you could not do something because i can do this you most definitely can. whatever you put your mine too. >> willis's parents, bruce willis and demi moore were in the audience cheering her on tonight. dancing with the stars. >> she was pretty good. >> yes. >> accu weather forecast for

tomorrow and next couple days everybody it is looking nice. the it felt like summer lately the past four days. now we're back with the thermometer going up and down. storm tracker six live double scan showing that we have clear conditions out there despite the fact that a cold front is moving through. it would have been nice if we got some rain from that front but we managed to squeeze out the a couple of showers today. most of the region, bone dry, and temperatures are beginning to cool off, in allentown which has dropped down to 68 degrees. notice the wind. wind out of the west, west of philadelphia where that front is beginning to move through. but still out of the south ahead of it. philadelphia 73 degrees. that front is not quite through. it will be coming through in the overnight hours and this will bring us a very dry, and comfortable air mass. satellite six along with action radar is showing that we have a clout in the sky right now. it is a different scenario northwest of dallas where we have reports of more than two dozen tornadoes. very serious out break occurring there. we have high pressure building

in tomorrow. what this will do is bring us a gorgeous, spring day. 73 degrees, as the high, is 75. just a little bit on the cool side. lieutenant of sunshine. on the breezy side with wind out of the northwest at 12 to 20 miles an hour. on thursday low pressure moves off carolina coast. that will bring in some cloud up to philadelphia, north of philadelphia, we will see sunshine. a couple of showers, kent county delaware and cape may county as well a high of 69 degrees. but another air of high pressure builds in this weekend and that will bring us load of sunshine and warming trend for second half of the holiday weekend. so the exclusive accu weather seven day forecast beautiful tomorrow on the breezy side, 73 degrees on thursday. that brush of cloud to the south with a high of 69 and then friday, as we kick off the holiday weekend, 78 degrees partly sunny. we have a reenforcing shot of cooler air on saturday with a high of 7o then temperatures climb as we head in the weekend. bump it up to 78 degrees on sunday. memorial day clouds with some

breaks of sunshine. it will be on the muggy side. 84 degrees. the possibility of a pop up late day thunderstorm. i think you have a better chance of a few more thunderstorm on tuesday with a high of 84 degrees but something for everyone this weekend. it starts to feel like spring and end feeling like summer. >> thank you you are welcome. dozens of high school seniors in camden county are getting a special send off the students have all enlisted in the military. they were honored tonight at the ceremony in voorhees, more than 300 people attended the event, including representatives from every branch of the military. and the military bound students in bucks and montgomery counties received a special solute tonight. ninety seniors and their recruiters were honored in this gala at warrington country club the non-profit our community solutes made the big events and the one in voorhees possible.

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they entered having won six in a row. phillies down three to nothing in the second inning. the chase utley has a hit in four straight games. doubles driving in miguel franco. phillies trailed three-one. three-two in the third. franco has been tearing the cover off of the ball. sickles in grady sizemore. we are tied at three. now five-three rockies in the eighth. it is franco again this inning will back at the box which is two runs across. and we are tied, once again right now five-five in the eighth. franco with three hits and three rbi's on the night. still to come nfl makes a significant rule change plus jims franklin was in town to talk about expectations fans have for him and penn

the nfl has a adopted a rule change. extra point attempts the ball placed a the 15-yard line. two-pointerses remain at two. plays live, meaning a blocked kick or turn over can be return by the defense for two points. robert craft has reluctantly decided to accept the nfl penalties for deflate gate. he is tired of the back and forth let rick. he will pay the million-dollar fine and stripped them of two draft picks by using under deflated balls. tom brady's appeal of the four game suspension is ongoing.

penn state head coach james franklin was in center city for a meet and greet with fans. the lions finished seven-six last season with the suspensions lifted the coach knows the fans, expect more. >> they are all high expectations. all high standard, academically, at letcally, socially, whole package. that makes it special. i think our staff our players, you know, they are real confident right now, and excited about the opportunity you know to open up the season at lincoln financial field begins temple. >> this video has gone viral, penn state all american tackle anthony zeto tackling a tree. franklin told us he was none too happy about seeing that. >> player is okay. tree in the so much. >> yeah. >> it looked a little decayed. >> he pick the right tree. >> more than one hundred new fire fighters are on the job in our region. group graduated tonight in bucks county community college in newtown. graduates completed, six months of first and second level, national certification training. jimmy kimmel live next on channel six followed by night

line. jimmy ease guest george clooney and batch alreadyette cast off brit neilson. "action news" continues at 4:30 with tam edward, matt o'donnell, meteorologist david murphy and karen rodgers with traffic. for cecily tynan ducis rodgers, and the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner, good night. >> ♪♪