what about the condition of the girl and what about the search for the driver? >> reporter: jim, first the little girl karley green's family tells me she's stable and her situation is improving tonight. as for the suspect police sources tell me they do have some leads but he remains free and on the lam and at large at this hour. five-year-old karley green is due to be released from saint christopher's hospital late today in the wake of a hit and run accident on lambert street late yesterday afternoon that missed killing her by inches. police are still looking for the hit and run driver. the child was visiting on lambert with her cousins a number of youngsters were playing out in the street when karley was hit by a light colored suv. karley's mother tells me she's making a miraculous recover 43 a concussion and various cuts and bruises. >> she doesn't really remember too much of what happened. in the beginning she was still kind of incoherent blurting out random things. now she's fully aware what's going on. she knows she was in an accident. >> reporter: karley's family has nothing but praise for the

policeman who responded quickly to the 911 call and rushed the child to the hospital. >> he was an excellent officer at the time. he did he can length service for us. >> reporter: got you to the hospital. >> real quick and fast yeah. >> reporter: the hitting vehicle was a a light colored veep jeep with or suv. with a tag number jsg6373. it's described as a black male with a thick period. >> turn yourself in. she's a kid. she hasn't done anything to anybody. she's an innocent child. like my sister said an accident is an accident but once you leave it turns into something completely different. >> reporter: at this moment it remains up in the air as to whether karley green will be released from the hospital tonight. incidentally she's the grand niece of philadelphia sheriff jewel williams. live in north philadelphia, i'm vernon odom, channel6 "action news." >> thank you vernon. the philadelphia archdiocese received a petition today signed by more

than 20,000 people in support of a fired catholic schoolteacher. margie winters lost her job in merion station because of her same-sex marriage. today's petition is asking archbishop charles chaput not to get involved with staffing decisions at catholic schools. winters also had this request. >> we asked for full inclusion at the table and in the church. and we ask now for a moratorium on firing any lgbt employee. >> the archdiocese responded today saying waldron mercy does not fall under its administrative reach because it is a private catholic school. however, it reiterated that archbishop chaput does support the decision to fire winters. police in westminster county have released a sketch of a home invasion suspect. lawmakers say he beat and robbed an elderly homeowner on

the unit block of bertolet school road. "action news" reporter annie mccormick is live in west vincent township tonight. annie, what's the latest here. >> reporter: jim the police chief here says they haven't had a home invasion in more than a decade in this area of chester county. he says in this case the suspect made off with cash jewelry a laptop and also prescription medication. he also says that suspect repeatedly beat the victim who is in his 80's. this is a sketch west vincent township police want the public to z they believe this man is responsible for the home invasion that left an 81-year-old korean war veteran seriously battered and bruised. the suspect said he worked for the water company. >> he asked the elderly male if he had a water problem. the elderly male said no he did not have a water problem and at that point the white male suspect forced his way into the home. >> reporter: it happened on bert left lane school road in a quiet section just after 7:00 p.m. on sunday july 26th. >> he said where is the money at? that that point the elderly male then showed him and pointed to him where the

money was and he said if you call the police, i will shoot you. >> reporter: police say he was unarmed but the threats were serious. after beating the victim he tied him to his bed. police are hoping that someone saw something. >> he is described as a white male in his 30's with an average build. at the time of the crime he was wearing a dark blue or black baseball cap dark clothing dark shirt dark pants and dark views and that's pretty much all we have to go off of in in. >> reporter: there was a white station wagon seen in the area at the time of the crime possibly a subaru. police have been checking surrounding townships to see if there's reports of any people posing as water utility workers or if there have been any recent home invasions. they haven't seen anybody file any of those reports. if you have any information you're urged to contact police. head to our web site 6abc.com to find the west vincent township police just contact information. for now we're live in west vincent township, annie

mccormack channel6 "action news. >> police identified a woman who died in a crash in lower makefield bucks county. 20-year-old natasha belot of bloomfield new jersey was a passenger in a jeep that overturned off the northbound lanes. state police say the jeep had just passed another vehicle at high speed. she and some friends were traveling home if an american idol audition at temple university. five other people were hurt including the 17-year-old girl who was driving. septa's lottery for special papal passes opened today. you can sign up until 11:59 tonight. you must enter to have a chance at getting regional rail passes for september 26th and 27th. septa is selling a total of 350,000 passes for both days. the winners will be selected at random through an online database and notified by e-mail on thursday. you can find a link to the to enter on our web site

6abc.com. there's some light at the end of the heat wave tunnel. it won't be tomorrow. live at the "action news" big board is meteorologist cecily tynan. cecily, you've got the story from accuweather. >> jim we've had a full week now of heat. today 93 degrees. the seventh day of heat wave number three. the average high for this time of the year is 87 degrees. and even now it's still 90 degrees in philadelphia. little bit cooler in allentown and reading, 85 degrees. millville 88. wilmington 87. and with that sea breeze at the shore a lot cooler on the beaches, temperatures there in the 80's. however, with that sea breeze, you also get higher humidity at the shore with dewpoints in the 70's but inland generally we're looking at dewpoints in the low to mid 60's. so, it's just slightly humid. the humidity is not oppressive. but it's higher than over the weekend and tomorrow will be another hot and humid day. but satellite6 along with action radar showing what will end our heat wave. it's a cold front across the great lakes. that will be moving through tomorrow and as it does, it could touch off a few

thunderstorms even overnight but generally what it will do is break the heat wave. tonight for the evening planner, though, you can see it will be a warm night even by 10 o'clock, temperatures will still be in the 80's. so, this is what to expect as we head through the week. tomorrow another hot day. could be the eighth day of our heat wave if we hit 90 degrees and that's a good possibility. once that cold front slips through, it will stall to the south, a wave of low pressure develops along that and thursday and friday could bring much needed rain. i'm tracking some showers and thunderstorms perhaps some heavy rain and along with that a big pattern change, temperatures going from above normal to well below normal and staying cool for awhile. we'll talk more about that in the full accuweather forecast. jim. >> thank you cecily. and we urge you to stay with 6abc.com/weather as the heat wave goes on. storm tracker6 shows live street level forecasts when things start to change and our live sky6 cameras give you a bird's eye view before you

head out. philadelphia police are trying to track down the bandit who has been installing atm skimming devices in center city and olde city. and now there's a lot of cash for anybody who can provide information that leads to an arrest and conviction. "action news" reporter chad pradelli is live at the major crimes division in west philadelphia. chad. >> reporter: jim, we're actually across the street from major crimes and investigators there tell us that the skimming devices look so real it's tough for people to tell the difference. they'll put the skimmer right here on the face of the card in slot and it will be the same color but they'll put a camera up here which will shoot down and watch you put your pin number in. once they have all that information, they go to work stealing your cash. philadelphia police say this is the man who has been placing skimming devices on center city atm's during the past month. investigators say he put a skimmer and a camera on this 7-eleven atm on the 800 block

of walnut not once but twice in mid-july. each time he likely left it there for a day or two before retrieving the skimmer and the valuable information he captured from people's debit and credit cards. >> you would be surprised at the number of people who use atm machines now within a two day period 600 to a thousand people use 1atm machine. >> reporter: captain rowland lee of major crime says criminals are using skimmer devices to steal money and charge goods. the suspect is also wanted for installing the device on the 200 block of market and may be responsible for several crimes in montgomery county. >> any time you use the atm machine myself i give eight little jiggle. i know it's being a little paranoid but i give eight little jiggle to make sure it's legitimate. >> reporter: and police say when you are putting your pin number in you should use your other hand to cover up your other finger when you're touching the numbers so if there is a camera it won't see what your pin number s now

detectives tell me they don't have an exact dollar figure in amounts stolen nor the number of victims who had their information stolen. this investigation is ongoing. if you know who that go is or have information about this crime call major crimes. live in west philadelphia, chad pradelli channel6 "action news." jim. >> thank you, chad. coming up on "action news" tonight a south jersey police officer becomes a hero in new york. we'll explain his off duty action that is saved a woman under attack. and we'll take you live to eagles training camp in south philadelphia. more from cecily tynan and the accuweather forecast. those stories and much more when "action news" continues tonight. >> ♪♪

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>> a 29-year-old man is in police custody tonight for allegedly slashing tires on a south philadelphia street. it happened about 1:15 this morning along the 1000 block of ellsworth. officers spotted a man fitting the suspect's description at broad and carpenter. they say he was armed with a knife and some of the victims say they just can't believe this happened. >> to get into my car to go to work and saw that my one tire was slashed along with a lot of tires on the street. >> a total of nine cars were vandalized this morning. police have arrested five people. they're looking for three others in a home rental scam with victims across the united states. verna nowell and ronald miles what arrested last week. chase madden ronald miles senior and shirley watson were arrested today. they ran a scheme out of smyrna delaware. they allegedly paid people in

niche engineer are a to create fake rental ads on craigslist. 35 unsuspecting represents wired more than $150,000. arrest warrants are out for all three alleged accomplices in kent and new castle counties. you can find all the suspects pictures at 6abc.com. tyree block blocker. the state senate scuddle the governor's first choice. blocker is 62. he spent 30 years with state police starting as a trooper and ascending to the rank of major where he retired in 2005. he will serve as acting commissioner pending his confirmation in the state senate. there is word that a camden county officer sprang into action to save a woman being attacked in new york city. officer ryan de beale was visiting manhattan on sunday

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>> day two of camp. what are your impressions so far? >> it's day two. too early to have impressions. >> season going to happen fast. first preseason game in less than two weeks. the eagles have made a ton of changes to their roster. one of the biggest was that

running back. our jeff skversky joins us live from south philadelphia with the latest on demarco murray. jeff. >> hey, ducis. chip kelly completely blew up this roster. 10 and six in his minds was not good enough. he did not think they were capable of winning playoff games so there are nine new starters, five on offense and one of the best running backs in all of football is now a philadelphia eagle. let's take a look. new eagles pro bowl running back demarco murray for the eagles trying to replace the eagles all time leading rusher lesean mccoy. murray who led the nfl in rushing last year is trying to learn this new offense in a new city. his first four years in the league were on the other side of the heated rivalry playing for the hated cowboys. now he's an eagle but does he feel at home here in philadelphia yet? >> i do. i definitely do. i've been here for a couple months and become part of this team and great team, great group of guys, great group of coaches and great organization so like i said i definitely

feel like a eagle and working with these guys has been amazing so i'm happy. >> the eagles defense looks completely different too. three of the four in the secondary are different. free agent corner byron maxwell will play opposite nolan carroll and safety walter that you remember mon gets a shot opposite the only familiar face back there in malcolm jenkins after they had the second worst defense against the pass last year. >> i think we're better than we were the last two games last year and, you know, whether that be with upgrades or just the understanding of the defense i just think we are one step ahead of where we were last year. >> everybody in the world right now is happy with what they have and changes they've made. the reality of the nfl is until you start hitting sundays for real, not the preseason games and guys showing how they do in the heat of battle against the main quarterbacks and receivers, you don't know if you're better or worse.

>> eagles put on the pads for the very first time tomorrow at the linc during their open practice. we're live at team headquarters, jeff skversky channel6 "action news." ducis. >> we'll get some hitting in. thank you so much. get ready for the return of jimmy rollins. j. roll and the dodgers will be in town tomorrow. rollins faced his former team in los angeles last month but this will be his first game in philadelphia since he was traded in the off season. ryan howard has not experienced this yet. but he has an idea of what rollins will go through. >> i think he'll probably be maybe weird at first but, you know once he gets here i think you understand the appreciation that the fans have for you for you what while you were here, so we'll see. >> reporter: phillies are off today coming off a six-two loss to the braves yesterday. despite the loss the phils are still 12 and three since all-star break. looking good. >> thank you diocese. cecilythank you ducis. >> cecily

tynan with the "action news" forecast

>> this is day eight right. how long will this heat wave go. >> this is day seven. >> this is day seven. >> tomorrow will be day eight. and that should be it. you were close. storm tracker6 live double scan showing that most of our region is rain free right now. we have an isolated shower in the northwest corner of berks county. but the action cam taking a look -- this is place to be logan square by the fountain. a day like today kind of nice to be near water get a little bit of a spray to cool you off because temperatures yet again were in the 90's. 93 degrees the high in philadelphia much right now

it's a warm evening. pottstown 82. fleetwood though a rain cooled 78 degrees and levittown currently 88 degrees. center city and chester 87 and south jersey hammonton 86, vineland 88. sea isle city with that sea breeze 80 degrees and smyrna delaware 85. satellite six showing the cold front that will bring an end to the heat wave that's currently hack i don't say the great lakes. this will be moving through tomorrow and what this will do is finally trop the drop the heat and humidity by the middle of the week. 75 degrees tonight in philadelphia, 66 in allentown 74 in cape may with a possibility of some thunderstorms and future tracker showing actually some strong storms rolling through in the wee hours of the morning showing a good cluster right now around 1:30 in the morning of some gusty thunderstorms with heavy downpours. could have another batch moving through for the beginning of the morning commute and then the sunshine is back by the afternoon and it's another hot day.

90 degrees tomorrow with again a few thunderstorms mainly east as that cold front rolls through. behind that front on wednesday we get a breath of fresh air. sun mixing with clouds. it will be seasonably warm, 88 degrees. much lower humidity. but this cold front will stall south of us a wave of lope develops along that and what this will do is bring us the threat of some heavy rain thursday night into friday. along with it, much cooler temperatures. if you're down the shore tomorrow morning clouds, afternoon sunshine. it will be a warm day. atlantic city 87. ocean city 88 and the beaches in delaware should touch 90 degrees tomorrow afternoon. so, the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast hot and humid tomorrow 90 degrees. we hit that. that is day eight of our heat wave. on wednesday slightly cooler, lower humidity, feeling better 88 degrees. on thursday, a cool day, the high only 80. clouds roll in with rain developing especially late in the day and friday looks to be a cloudy, cool and wet day

with some showers and thunderstorms, 79 degrees. we stay cool on saturday mostly cloudy, 79 but we dry out sunday clouds with some sunshine 82 degrees. and monday the sunshine is back in full force but temperatures remain slightly on the cool side with a high of 84 degrees. so, a big pattern change for the second half of the week. and i'll have an update on the threat of overnight storms on "action news" tonight at 11:00. >> cecily thank you. coming up at 11 o'clock tonight a local politician admitted to embellishing his military service. and now investigative reporter wendy saltzman looks into claims that he retaliated against a citizen who exposed his lie. >> reporter: we have the military record that detailed this mayor's service and tonight at 11:00 we'll tell you what we found. >> turn that off for a second. turn it off. is it off. >> reporter: no, it's not off. >> what made this mayor so angry? did he embellish his past for political gain plus allegations he had a critic

investigated for making a spoof facebook page that's coming up only on "action news" tonight at 11:00. >> and abc's world news tonight is next with david muir on channel six. "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl17 with brian taff adam joseph and ducis rodgers and then again please join us for "action news" at 11:00 here on channel six. for cecily tynan, ducis rodgers and the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner. we hope you'll join us for "action news" at 11:00. >> ♪♪

breaking news tonight. an american city under water. authorities telling drivers to get off the streets. family stranded in their cars. also the giant tornadoes touching down. the deadly system moving east. and the wildfire exploding in size tonight. homes burning to the ground. we're on the ground lines. also breaking at this hour. the man hunt tonight in one american city. they are warning he is armed and dangerous after an officer is shot and killed. now on the most wanted list. two church bombings moments apart. the intent was to do harm. the video. the 8-year-old opportunity handcuffed. what the officer says to him. and message from a