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"action news" delaware valley's leading news program with jim gardner. >> they are members of a south

philadelphia neighborhood and demanding that the police help them from as sworn to you. calling for protection from four people causing real trouble. and those four people are women. it is tuesday night and the big story on "action news" tonight is an impassioned demonstration tonight of neighborhood concern. "action news" reporter dann cuellar is live at philadelphia police headquarters. what are the details on this? officials say an internal affairs investigation into why the third district officers failed to investigate racial tensions said to be brewing in a south philadelphia neighborhood. the outrage spurred a large rally tonight despite the rain. >> we will no longer allow you to terrorize our neighborhood. >> 150 to 200 people were on the middle of 4th and wolf to protest a rash of what they claim are racial attacks at the hands of four black women who live nearby. >> these females have been

terrorizing the neighborhood. they robbed attacked and beat others in the neighborhood. >> this man who did not want to be identified say he and his 10-year-old son were victims. >> attacked on our doorstep for what reason i still don't know. >> and i see four women attacking a white man. >> another woman who also did not want to be identified say the women attacked her inside of her home calling her racial names when she tried to intervene. >> the next thing i know white [beep] we are go to [beep] you up. and i shut my door saying i don't even know yous and they were spitting on my face beating me. >> and they claimed the officers from the district did not take a report or make an arrest. and a report was taken after others got involved and now internal investigation. >> there were several calls to 911 that day. we are reviewing the calls and it is part of the record for the internal investigation.

that will be put on record and decided why things went down the way they did. >> the captain of the third district says he is looking into the complaints. >> whether it winds up being a training issue and we retrain officers, but if it showed that punitive actions should be taken and other things implemented, that's what we will do. >> a criminal complaint has been filed with the district attorney's office on the four women said to be involved in the attack. so far, no charges have been filed. live at police headquarters dann cuellar for channel 6 "action news." >> thank you, dann. the flood watches are over but high water still out there. in new castle delaware a nor must amounts of rain left some areas looking like ponds. consider yourself warned. if case you haven't noticed. a lot of trouble getting the

clouds out of here. >> that's exactly right. the cold front that moved through last night with severe weather stalled off the eastern seaboard. it is the gift that keeps on giving. the low pressure riding up along the front is bringing us the waves of rain. double scan live showing that most of our region it is light rain but there is this pocket of the heavier downpours moving through camden burlington county and medford lakes and it is lifting to the north. we have more shores in the overnight hours. in addition to that it has been very cold. today's high 58 degrees. the last time temperatures didn't climb out of the 50s on a june day was 12 years ago. it is very rare. in fact in the past 35 years we have only had four days in june stuck in the 50s. temperatures will not be quite that cold tomorrow but right now you can see 50s and 40s up and down the eastern seaboard. so it will be a chilly start to your morning commute. this is what's ahead. i am tracking slight improvement

tomorrow. drier air trying to move down from the north, not as wet as today. it stays cool and more rain on the way thursday. the good news, if the weather is getting you a little depressed, i am tracking big changes by the weekend. it is brighter and it will be a lot warmer. the details in the full accuweather seven-day forecast. >> thank you. and of course you can stay ahead of changes in the weather by checking 6abc.com/ weather. you can always find live stormtracker radar and the forecast. president barack obama delivering a eulogy for the former attorney general beau biden. arrangements announced today by the biden family. on thursday beau biden's body will lie in honor at legislative hall in dover from 1:00 until 5:00. there are two viewings scheduled for friday at st. anthony church in wilmington and friends, family and the public are invited from 1:00 till 4:00 and

then from 6:00 until 9:00 p.m. a funeral mass held at the church saturday morning. that begins at 10:30. in washington the congressional committee today heard from the head of amtrak and the head of the ntsb to hear about the status of things after the deadly train derailment in philadelphia. and sharrie williams is live at the big board. it sounds like the hearing didn't do much to answer the lawmaker's question. >> it didn't have much info about the crash. many questions centered around the engineer. why traveling 106 miles per hour in a 50 zone? he has been tested for drugs, but the results are not back yet. congress wanted to know if he was distracted by talking or texts on his phone. and amtrak promising new safety measures. >> i promise you by the end of

this year this system which will traumatically enhance safety, will be complete and operational on the n.e.c. >> with noticeable emotions amtrak's c.e.o. promised to improve safety on the northeast corridor railline. the testimony before congress a reminder that eight side and dozens others injured on amtrak train 188. lawmakers wanted answers, including the question of what been learned about the engineer and his role that day. and they have access to his cell phone, but can't say if it was in use minutes prior to the derailment. >> it involves reviewing the time stamps from the cell phone, and other information including the recorder radio communications and surveillance video. >> a congressman from chester county wanted more information than what was presented today. >> when you have a hearing and

you hear that they don't know whether the cell phone was turned on or the gentlemen was texting or talking on the phone between 9:10 and 9:21 it is just a little hard to accept. it is a little be wildering. >> and there are controls on the other side as trains come in faster in that direction. and amtrak did not anticipate them where the derailment action the speed little the is slower. >> the thought that he would accelerate into the curve is not circumstances we appeared and did not mitigate for it. >> since the crash the automatic train controls have been placed on the northbound rails. amtrak promises to upgrade the entire northeast corridor to a new state-of-the-art system causing positive train control by the end of the year. ♪♪ thank you. we have breaking news from the city of chester. this is a live picture from the

400 block of bickley place where another multiple-alarm fire erupted tonight. the third in five days on this block. firefighters got the call just after 10:00 p.m. immediately sounded a second alarm and the blaze was brought under control at 10:55, just 15 minutes ago. yesterday, five houses were attacked by fire on this block, leaving 19 people homeless. and friday night another fire destroyed a vacant home again on this same block. so far there are no report of injuries but investigators will be looking for a link among all of these blazes. a bomb threat on a us airways flight from san diego unfounded.

and the 93 passengers and crew were he is courted off the plane safely. they say k9 units and the bomb squad searched the plane and luggage finding no explosives. they say that bomb threats were also made against several other flights around the world today. new castle county police are investigating a double shooting tonight. the incident at 7:45 in the jefferson farm's community. and the police have no suspect nor motive. prosecutors same the theft from an award-winning chester county photographer was an inside job. she is the suspect. authorities arrested bree destephano a manager at steve mccurry studios's student yiep in exton. april caused of stealing prints books and other items from mccurry including a copy of this famous photograph "afghan girl" which graced the cover of

"national geographic." stolen items worth more than $750,000 and most have been recovered. a car drove right through a boston market restaurant in newark, delaware this afternoon. the accident happened at 3:40. police say 21-year-old joelle prettiman lost control and crashed into the building. she was visually upset but fortunately not hurt. and one person with minor injuries wherever the flying debris but refused medical attention. hard work paying off for a student at central high school. the scholarship fund awarded brandon a $2,000 scholarship during a ceremony in center city. he will use it to help pay for he did indicating at penn state. receiving a total of $8,000 over

the four years and they selected him because of the 3.76 g.p.a. and extensive community service. still to come on "action news," students and staff face-off on the hardwood in south jersey. ahead, the basketball game that benefitted one of their own. and the phillies win in dramatic fashion tonight. and ducis rodgers with highlights and then cecily tynan. and we have a conveyer belt of moisture with clouds and showers stuck on the east coast. letting you know when we break out of this weather pattern in the seven-day forecast. those stories and more when "action news" continues tonight.

>> the frantic rescue effort goes on tonight in china but it looks like this will be the

country's deadliest maritime accident in decades. a river cruiseship with 456 people onboard capsized last night in the river and 15 people have been rescued, 13 bodies have been recovered, and the rest are still trapped on the ship. among the 15 survivors, the captain and the chief engineer. they have been handed over to police. members of an antiterrorism task force shot and killed a man in boston. the 26-year-old was under 24-hour scrutiny and members of the task force approached him as he emerged from a pharmacy. they wanted to ask him a question and they say he lunged at them with a large military-style knife. and he was shot twice and declared dead at the hospital. still unknown why he was under surveillance. president barack obama received legislation from the house and senate reviving the patriot act but myinus the

controversial element. the ability to collect and store phone records by americans. that practice was made known by edward snowden, replaced by a program allowing phone companies to keep record the government would need a warrant to search those records. managers of wal-mart are getting a raise. the retailer says its 100,000 managers getting a wage hike by as much as 26%. and it plans to create more managerial positions. the company announced in february it would increase the starting wage of workers from $9 to $10 an hour in 2016. "healthcheck" at 11:00, june is education month. and tonight philadelphia fight kicked off the awareness month with a reception and awards ceremony at the independence visitor center. philadelphia fight a health service organization providing primary care education and

advocacy for people living with h.i.v. aids. and students and staff at one gloucester school rally be around one of their own. a charity basketball and charities going to isaiah's new ride. he is 13 suffering from cerebral palsy. he needs a new van allowing him to travel more easily and be more independent. isaiah's woman says she is overwhelmed by the outpouring of support. >> we couldn't imagine the amount of support that they have done for us with this van. it's such a needed thing for him. right now at his age. >> the school is planning another fundraiser for eye -- isaiah. >> and hopefully we can do a follow-up soon to show he has a new van. >> we absolutely will. the accuweather forecast cecily

tynan. >> i am tracking slight improvements. another soggy night. and double scan showing we have a pretty solid area of generally light rain over the i-94 corridor. zooming in beginning to die things out. chester county downing town and coatesville, we have a heavy pocket of showers right over route 70 north of medford lakes. that continues to move up to the north. but then we get a break in the action as we head through the overnight hours. live in sky 6 taking a look at a temple university sky cam. and low cloud deck. what a difference it made now that we moved out of may. all of may philadelphia only receiving 1.19 inches of rain. thes first two days of june we've already gotten 2 1/4

inches of rain and coming with cool air today. the high 58 degrees. the coolest high temperature for the date since 1946 when the high was only 56 degrees. and now temperatures are stuck in the mid 50s. allentown 56 the same in philadelphia. millville 55. trenton 54. and wilmington 56 degrees. satellite 6 along with action radar showing a lot of clouds. if you look though near washington, d.c. we have a break in the action. what will happen high pressure will try to nudge down from the north tomorrow. what you get really depends on where you are. this dry air will only make it so far to the south. so the best place to be is north of philadelphia. like allentown tomorrow machine warmer with breaks of sunshine. high of 70 degrees. not bad. however, if you are at the shore, quite a difference. plenty of clouds. a lot of people are taking a week's vacation at the beach.

it is not a great beach day tomorrow. a spotty shower cool and high of only 60 degrees. on thursday the high pressure moves east. another wave of low pressure develops bring the clouds back with a few showers. and again, a very cool high in philadelphia, only 66. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast tomorrow most highway cloudy. more sun to the north, more clouds to the south. 66 degrees. on thursday the clouds thicken, some showers, 66. friday more seasonable. warmer, 77 degrees. possibility of a late-day thunderstorm. and the weekend looking decent. saturday, clouds and sun and 82 degrees. a cold front swings through late in the day bringing us a chance of a thunderstorm. sunday behind the system a little cooler partly sunny, 76. we bump it back to 80 on monday with showers and thunderstorms. and tuesday, it turns warmer with a high of 84 degrees. so it is staying somewhat unsettled but at this point the weekend looking all in all pretty decent.

>> pretty good thank you. the rain didn't deter folks from having outdoor fun in philadelphia. and the hordecultural area open. and they transformed the vacant lot into an urban garden. and food and drinks and you can hear the live entertainment. proceeds from the project supports the harvest program. and members of the mock trial team celebrating a big victory. receiving their rings during a ceremony in spring garden. the team won the 2015 city championship back in march for a second year in a row. and they placed second in the pennsylvania state tournament. "jimmy kimmel live" live at 11:35 after "action news." here is a preview of tonight's show. >> thanks hello philadelphia. get ready for a glimpse at the very near future. the 12th annual show spelling

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>> the 2015 gary papa run just a few weeks away on father's day. the hotel hosting the 5:00 shave and eva pilgrim stopped by. offering an upscale grooming service along with local brews. proceeds benefit the 2015 gary papa run, which of course not only honors gary but also

raises money for the fight against prostrate cancer. philadelphia phillies we got a look into the future tonight what we hope will be the future. >> yeah franco looking pretty good. 10 days since the phillies last won a game, a season high seven straight losses. phasing the reds ding-dong the witch is dead. and not sharp, leading the lead-off batter to get on in four of six innings. in the first inning joey votto makes him pay with the r.b.i. double. falling behind 4-1, but then chase utley with the fourth homer and the first in over a month. the batting average finally over .200. and the phills down 4-2. eighth inning franco has been slumping and this is a two-out 2-run homer tying it at 4-4. and he sets up high drama in the ninth inning. bottom of the ninth, rupp on as a pinch-hitter with the winning

run on third. and that is your ballgame. the phillies win 5-4 to snap that ugly 7-day skid. >> definite highwayly feels good. i haven't had the best numbers pinch-hitting. i had some good at-bats, but to be there in that situation and still have the confidence from the manager and myself to be able to get the job done. today's rain not enough to keep the eagles off the field for o.t.a.'s and a little scrutiny not enough to get maxwell to back down. last week he told the website that the eagles would reach the super bowl this season. and today the same bravado. >> it really wasn't a prediction, more like confidence in my teammates and what we can do and what i think we should do, you know. i think every team has that goal when they start the season. >> i think everybody whole-heartedly believes we'll be there, but we also completely understand that that isn't

accomplished tomorrow or a month from now. sam bradford taking part in seven-on-seven drills. he is limited recovering from knee surgery. the eagles believe he will be ready for the season opener in september. and he was not made available to reporters but his teammates say he looked good out there. and another shocker surrounding he fifa. and l

>> in two days it is the start

of the nba finals between cleveland and golden state. if you didn't follow the western conference this season know this -- the warriors are for real thanks to the league m.v.p., steph curry. >> the chemistry we built over the last three or four years to get to us this point. so i will keep riding that wave. and you want to have 100% confidence in your abilities going into a series like this. and we need four wins to get the championship. >> coach does a great job of putting guys on the floor that can get plays no matter what it is. they are high-motor guys and you can't relax for one second defensively they make you pay. >> the cavs and warriors thursday at 9:00. catch every game here on 6abc. and sepp blatter announcing his resignation from fifa four days after elected for another term and fifa officials arrested in zurich. and he was not arrested but abc news reported he is a target of

the probe. >> and he needs a profound overhaul and remains on until a successor is named. that's sports. >> thank you. moms in new jersey getting much-needed pampering at no cost. cosmotology students giving the moms a free spa session. treating the women to haircuts and manicures. the idea is too give them time to sit back and relax. and "jimmy kimmel live" next. and his guests janney and dano. and the scripps national spelling bee co-champions and music from hiatus kaiyote. "action news" continues at 4:30. and now for the entire "action news" team i'm jim gardner, good night. ♪♪

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