septa police averts tragedy on the tracks next on "action news". tonight, philadelphia police, continue to investigate the barbaric killing of the eight five-year old woman who killed regina brunner who will unless her east mt. airy home and why. it is wednesday night and the big story on "action news"

tonight is the new window in the life of this much admired woman, admired by her neighbors and by those involved in her numerous civic causes. "action news" reporter annie mccormack is live at police headquarters and you had a chance to talk to regina brunner will holmes two sons tonight, what have you learned. >> reporter: jim they shared fond memories and they shared several messages they have, and one of those messages is to the public. they are hoping anybody who sees this story thinks about their mother and if they have any information they will reach out to police. eight five-year old regina brunner holmes death was a 180 from the type of life she led. police discovered her monday with her throat slit, and she was badly beaten inside of her east mt. airy home. her car was gone and discovered a day later in north philadelphia. detectives believe that robbery was the motive. >> the people who murdered our mom, treated an eight

five-year old, frail woman like she was a stack of beans. man handled her body like she was an in adamant object. >> for everything that she did in her life she did to help other people. that is who she was and very much was what she wanted to do with life. >> reporter: holmes two sons sat down with "action news" opening up because they want to find their mother a's killer and bring awareness of crimes against the elderly often targeted for being too trusting. surprisingly they forgave whoever is responsible. >> we feel sorry for the people. something awful must have happened to them to make their heart so cold but they need to be captured because they will do it to somebody else. >> reporter: in her 80's holmes showed no signs of slowing down, she still work out and editor at a local paper. her whole life she looked out for the under dog and participated in the civil rights movement. now her sons hope anyone who has information will look out for her so she can celebrate her life.

>> they took her death meaning how she left but they didn't take her life a away and that is what we want to concentrate on. >> reporter: both men commend philadelphia police's homicide unit telling us they have been working around the clock and also pursuing several lead. as with any homicide, in the city of philadelphia, there is a $20,000 reward leading with any information that leads to an arrest. if you have any fur you are urge to call 215-686-tips. reporting live outside police headquarters annie mccormack channel six "action news". medical helicopters needed to be called to the scene of the nasty head on collision tonight between two, a atv's in montgomery county. crash happened along the 2500 block of jerryville pike in pennsburg, and this was at 8:00 o'clock. two males and one female had to be thrown to lehigh valley medical center with their names and conditions which has not been released. the national weather service confirmed it was indeed a tornado that touched

down yesterday in honey brook chester county. the twister registered max wind at 95 miles an hour. today, members of the community were able to assess the substantial damage along a path of a mile and a half long but only 100-yard wide. damage may actually be worse in white hall township lehigh county but national weather service says that there was no tornado here, but straight line winds were plenty destructive. and this is video just into "action news" tonight from septa. a man stumbled across an el platform in kensington this afternoon, tumbling on to the tracks. you're about to see a good samaritan and transit officers come to the man's rescue. "action news" reporter sharrie williams is live from septa ahead quarters with the tail of the tape, sharrie. >> reporter: and jim the tape show that this man was not alert when he put himself into harms way falling down on to those active train tracks.

it set off a chain reactions of strangers jumping in and also two septa police officers. stumbling down the stairs, this man is walking toward danger. watch as he enters the train's platform at somerset el station and then walks over the edge. septa cashier juan ramos saw it all. >> i immediately hit the dead man switch, for a man who falls or person who falls in the track. >> reporter: he sounded the bell. it is a warning to police that something is wrong. septa transit police sergeant richard cavalier o and brandon maxwell from district four worked the somerset el station and came running. >> we went over to the east bound platform and we see male is unconscious alert. >> reporter: officers took action using a lad tore climb down on to the track all while a portion of the center rail possibly still had electricity flowing through

it. >> myself and the sergeant got under him and lifted him up, hoisted him up and good samaritan were there to help us along the way. >> reporter: it started with a dangerous fall caught on camera but thanks to good teamwork the the man was rescued within minutes and survived. >> he didn't do anything extra a above or john any train officers would do. we were in the right place at the right time and the outcome was good. >> reporter: right place at the right time, taking swift action police telling me that this man was taken to episcopal hospital only suffering a knee injury and a few cuts. between these two officers, they have got about 23 years on the job. i asked them have you ever had a man for a man down on the tracks, they said no and we hope it is our last. we are live at septa headquarters in center city, sharrie williams, channel six "action news". >> jim? >> thanks, sharrie. three teenage girls are recovering in the hospital after they were all struck by a car in newark delaware at 5:00 o'clock tonight. new castle county authorities

say two vehicles collided at kirkwood and darwin drive senting one off the road, up on to the walk, into the girls, age 13, 15 and 15. and 88 year-old man behind the wheel was also taken to the hospital. the driver of the other car, declined medical treatment. in philadelphia, 38 year-old raymond wands has surrendered to police, that in connection with the deadly hit and run last week in hunting park. five five-year old jewel joost torres died after being -- julio torres was run down after riding his bike in the 600 block of erie a avenue. wands was behind the wheel of the red pick up driving under the influence and fled the scene after the crash. he has been charged with vehicular homicide, manslaughter and dui. four dogs and two snakes are in the care of the spca tonight, after an animal cruelty raid in a germantown section of philadelphia. officers say the dogs, taken from a row home, in the 6300

block of lambert street are in bad shape. emaciated, possibly not fed for days. they had been kept in the basement in heavy chains and unsanitary conditions. officers also found a pit bull that had died by hanging. no one has been arrested yet but investigators say the home owner may face felony charges. only a "action news" was there as philadelphia public safety officials met today to map out their strategy for this weekend's fourth of july events. today was also a chance to take a closer look at plans for the september visit of the pope francis. public safety, of course, is a priority. so police will have eyes on the ground and in the air. if you plan to head down to the parkway on saturday, be prepared for extra security. >> travel as light as you you can but also, understand, that if you do want to bring coolers and things like that, they will be checked.

>> last year 700,000 people jammed the parkway for the fourth of july jam the pope's mass is expected to double, even triple that number. comedian bill cosby will not face charges for accusations that he sexually assaulted a woman in atlantic city in the early 1990's. cosby's attorney says the allegations have happened outside the statute of the limitations. former actress lily bernard said cosby drugged her and raped her a claim similar to those of dozens of other woman but a california court has ruled that cosby will to have face era cueser. woman who says that cosby molested her when she was just 15 years old. we have breaking news from chopper six right now another accident scene this one in west rock hilltown ship bucks county. authorities say a car went off route 309 at 10:30 tonight and slammed into a tree. four people have been hurt, the he severity of their

injuries we do not yet know. still to come on a "action news" tonight come on in the water is fine or is it. we have details on the seventh shark attack within a month and what experts think may to be blame. plus unfair, fares government says airlines may have been teaming up to make your plane tickets more expensive. we will explain. we've got a few isolated showers and thunderstorms across parts of the south jersey and delaware. i'm tracking more on the way tomorrow? i will let you know what this means for your holiday weekend in the accu weather forecast. jeff skversky tells us about the flyers new goalie a and shares back story on the south jersey woman leading team u.s.a. to victory. that and much more when "action news" continues tonight.

it has happened again a seventh person has been bitten by a shark. all of the attacks happened over past few weeks all along north carolina coast american record keepers say this is unprecedented, today's victim a 68 year-old man, who was swimming in waist deep water 30 feet off shore. at noon time today. he suffered several bite wound on his rib cage, lower legs hip, and both hand as he tried to fend off the animal. witnesses say 7-foot shark pulled the man under he was

able to make it back to the beach where people came to his aid and then got him to the hospital. now experts have a number of theories as to what is going on and unseasonal number, ocean temperatures, that will return prompted small bait fish to migrate north which of course, a attracts sharks. another concern is shark fishing, where people cast lures to intentionally bring sharks close to shore, but mostly marine experts say this may simply come down to the mass. attacks are extremely rare by statistics but record show more americans are visiting beaches and more people in the water increases the odds of more contact. another concern now on the mind of travelers this holiday weekend had major u.s. airlines been illegally included to go limit seats or officially keeping prices up. government is investigating all this and monica malpass joins with us more. >> reporter: that is right

jim united, dealt southwest and american airlines control 80 percent of the air market. they are under fire tonight for potentially coordinating the size of their fleets to limit availability and then keep prices artificially inflated. if so it is a serious violation of the basic competition. planes are packed to capacity, unprofitable routes eliminated and airline profits have soared to new records $20 billion combined last year. goodbyes accu men or cheat ago monk the airlines. >> holding down supply, economics 101, that is a violation of law if it is misuse have of market power. >> reporter: the four airlines have been told to produce statements and decisions over the past two years about the size of their fleets, to see if they are discussing capacity and artificially inflating prices. >> it is definition of collusion is the airline executives calling each other saying and saying what they are doing the next day with

their businesses. there is no smoking gun there. >> reporter: southwest has already said it will cap 2015 at 7 percent and that spark a rally in its own stock. they want to know what led into that decision. there is a lot to find out jim. >> thanks, monica. united states and cuba will reopen embassies in each others capitols before the end of the month. president obama a maid the announcement saying this is what change looks like. long shuttered u.s. embassy building in havana has been a symbol of 50 years of cold war hostility. they want congress to lift economic embargo against cuba it is highly unlikely that the republican led congress will do that, anytime soon. meanwhile president obama will be coming to philadelphia july 14th, to address the naacp national convention. it will be held at the pennsylvania convention center, and obama is expected to speak on social and economic challenges, civil and

human rights, in the 21st century. a four year-old new jersey girl receives some extra support tonight in her fight begins cancer. haley is under going chemotherapy and radiation a as she battles a rare form of cancer. tonight at lindenwald high school her family and friend held a fundraiser called harmony for haley. all proceed are going toward haley's medical expenses. wawa welcome america festival delivered a income out event tonight. organizers hosted a free screening of the rocky, and where else to show the movie then iconic steps of the philadelphia museum of art the movie helped turn into a international tourist destination. this is part of the philly at the movies, series. just win. they say there is no such thing as a free lunch but tomorrow, well, there is, it is wawa hoagie day. celebrity chef robert your vine is in town to build a

super size sandwich in honor of soldiers and emergency responders. >> we're going to make not only the biggest hoagie you will ever see or 5 tons of hoagie delivering to philabundance and some other great places but more importantly we're honoring men and women that wear the cloth of our nation. >> chef irvine is delivering a thousands of his signature sandwich toes area veterans center. hoagies for heroes will be served free tomorrow at noon on independent mall. wawa's underwriting free admission to the national constitution center tomorrow. inviting lunch guest toss write letters of support that will be delivered to troops overseas. six abc is proud to be the broadcast partner of the wawa welcome america celebration. tamala edward and matt o'donnell kick off our live coverage on july 4th from 10:00 a.m. to noon with the celebration of the freedom ceremony and the independence day parade. then please join us for the philly's fourth of july jam on the parkway, at night rick

williams cecily tynan with karen rodgers and adam joseph will host the event concert begins at 7:00 followed by the fire works display over the philadelphia museum of art. always one of the fun nights of the year in philadelphia. >> i can almost hear fire works now. >> you know, nice thing is weather is looking better and better as we head through the holiday weekend. >> very nice. >> it will be wonderful. we need to get rid of the storms. storm tracker six live double scan showing most of the region is storm free right now, however there is a cluster of some pretty intense then are storms right now over atlantic and ocean county, oceanville right now crossing route nine, crossing the garden state parkway heading toward beach haven. this is in the severe but it does have lightening strikes associated witt. five lightening strikes in the past 15 minutes and heavy rain. this is from a stalled front that will be sliding a little bit further to the south as we

head toward the holiday weekend. temperatures right now still holding at 80 in philadelphia, down from the high of 86 which is average high for this time of the year. allentown 68. millville 73. sea isle city 77. wilmington currently at 74 degrees. dew points show thaw mess of the viewing area, pretty comfortable, we have due points below 60 in philadelphia, areas up to the north, that is a very dry air mass more humidity down to the south and associated with that front but again, that will be sliding a little bit further south over the next couple of days, satellite six with action radar showing us that system that sparked the tornado in chester county, ef1 tornado, straight line wind in lehigh county. that is away from frustrates. looking down to the south and west it is not very organized but low pressure will be moving in south of philadelphia tomorrow afternoon. future tracker showing the morning, it looks okay, 7:30, minutely just some cloud, isolated shower near the shore. as we head in the afternoon though we will have some showers and thunderstorms

bubbling up, again mainly south of philadelphia, most of the concentration should ab long the shore and then that will be moving out tomorrow evening. so the upper level pattern as we head toward the fourth of july shows a big ridge over the west, with a jet stream well up to the north. that is where the heat will be on, perhaps record heat, here though we have a trough, dip in the jet stream and what will happen, waves of low pressure developing along that but it looks like that jet stream will dip far enough to the south that most of the activity will be missing us on the fourth of july. that is great news. as we head to the shore tomorrow moderate risk of rip current and afternoon showers and thunderstorms developing so not a great beach day tomorrow 79, friday partly sunny 74. fourth of july looking great on the beach partly sun which a high of 77 degrees. the exclusive accu weather seven day forecast, showers tomorrow mainly south of philadelphia in the afternoon have. 84 degrees. friday beautiful partly sunny, 82. saturday mild, not too hot for

fourth 81 degrees. most areas dry. cannot completely rule out isolated thunderstorm. that would be west of philadelphia. then sunday mostly sunny 86. monday we will heat things up to 89 degrees, tuesday more humid. eighty-nine, and wednesday a chance of thunderstorm with a high of 87 degrees. pretty comfortable condition as we head through fourth and then things heat up early next week. >> thanks, cecily. phillies fans don't have too much to cheer about these days but a special holiday event after the game tonight gave them reason to smile. >> ♪♪ >> philadelphia orchestra provided sound track for fire works tonight after the game, if you missed tonight's show, there will be another one tomorrow. there is a new pop up beer garden in town and here drinking a few cold ones will help out a great cause, this is the uptown beer garden in 17th and jfk in center city

and portion of the sales go toward the philadelphia animal welfare society uptown beer garden will be opened through the summer.

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fire works on the field tonight provided by your milwaukee brewers. >> it is getting worse, 26 games under 500 worse it has been all year pete mackanin will be here until end of the season but some of his players may be gone by the end of the month. that is right phillies interim manager said he thinks it is probable, cole hamels will be traded by the july 31st deadline. ryan howard, could be on his way out too tonight he just cannot get out of the way. phillies run over by the

brewers. once again tonight tough night for howard in the fourth ryan brawn under howard glove two run double off aaron harang. phillies go down six to nothing. then in the sixth harang does not make it out of the inning. scooter again net out, two run double. he ties his career high with 14 hits allowed and leads to eight runs. he is first phillies start inner 43 years to lose eight straight starts. phillies go down nine to five. >> battling games, where, you know don't really know what is going on and just trying to get through it. >> i'm sure aaron is disappointed. he is much better than that. i would like to see him get back on track. i have a good feeling that he will. >> let's hope so. money doesn't grow on trees at least not anymore with the salary cap. that is why flyers general manager ron hextall is not expected to throw money around on the free agent market.

bottom line he does not have it. flyers plan to make smaller moves signing michael neuvirth just over three million-dollar. neuvirth spent last season with the islanders and sabres so ray emery is odd man out. flyers plan to talk extension with jake voracek this summer as well. still to come in sports, these are not tears of joy carli lloyd and team u.s.a. know their opponent, that and more next.

delran new jersey's carli lloyd of the u.s. women's soccer team just like many of you glued to the tv tonight to

find out who they will play sunday for world cup championship. japan against england tied ninth second minute, you will in the believe this, england's laura bass set, kicks it to her own goal by accident, japan wins two -one. americans get another shot at japan very country they lost world cup too in 2011. carli lloyd and team u.s.a. is trying to be the first country to win three women's world cup come sunday on the doorstep of history thanks to lloyd who has flare for dramatic. she's third american to ever score in three straight world cup games and new she will try to score what really matters. >> i know we're all happy and thrilled, it was a big game to win but we are looking forward to the final and winning that. >> let's hope so. back here at home we caught up with lloyd's biggest fans in her hometown. these girls are part of the delran soccer club coached by michael otto who is boys varsity coach at delran high

school and close friend with carli and her family. otto could not be more proud. >> it is incredible, you know, the kid are screaming and you know you are on the edge of your seat and every time you hear delran, new jersey on the tv man carli lloyd it is a really special feeling to be part of this town and to know carli and to know her family. >> delran is going nuts on sunday an as well as south jersey and entire country. >> you have to feel terrible for that british soccer player. jimmy kimmel live next on channel six followed by night line. jimmy's guest live schriber and vin staples. a "action news" continues at 4:00 30 with tamala edward, matt o'donnell david murphy and karen rodgers with traffic. for the entire "action news" team i'm jim gardner good night. >> ♪♪

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