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support for kathleen kane as she faces criminal charges and more on last week's deadly plane crash in long island, the runway that the pilot tried to land on was close ford decades. and bodies found in a garage in the city's strawberry mansion section. chad pradelli is on the scene with the very latest. >> reporter: rick, you need to bear with me the smell out here is terrible but the police tell me they have an abuse of corpse situation on the 2100 block of haggard. earlier this this morning, a read here smelled something terrible and went to the garage and opened the door and when inside and found a box, inside was a decomposed body, he called

police and they and medics arrived on scene. they went in the garage and they found two boxes with decomposed bodies, one body in each box and a coffin with another decomposed body, we are told there is a funeral home around the corner and that funeral home owns this building, obviously police tell me this is not the way you store bodies when they are being prepared for a funeral or burial, this appears to be an abuse of corpse investigation, and i am told that the owner of the funeral home is arriving on scene and we also know that they are searching the funeral home to see the conditions inside of there. but really a gross situation out here. the smell is terrible and residents say they began to smell this over the last few days and the resident went

inside to find the gruesome situation. a body and two more bodies deposed. that is the latest for now, chad pradelli, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. now to the apparent surge on wall street, one day after the market suffered a massive loss, looking live at the stock exchange big board, the dow is up more than 335 points. again, the dow is up after a tough day for stocks in china and japan. katherine scott is live outside of the stock exchange with more. >> reporter: hi rick, more competence here, but they say this is all just the start of what will be a volatile week for stocks. >> wall street bouncing back after yesterday's big plunge within minutes of the opening

bell, the dow up more than 300 points. >> what a difference a day makes, the plummet recovering during the day to close 588 pointses. >> it gives you butterflies in your stomach. >> the worst drop in more than four years, americans losing an average of $3,000 from their 401(k)s alone. and fears of a domino effect from china's weakening economy. >> china's economy slows down they will demand less and less of the products we make here and that is bad for u.s. jobs but the feds in japan lowered interest rates but it sent stocks soaring around the globe. >> reporter: an expert says this

will not just effect those in the stock market but whether or not to raise interest rates. rick back to you. >> thank you. back here philadelphia work crews are on the scene of a sinkhole, nearby 24 hours after it opened in the city's kensington section, the sinkhole opened 3:00 yesterday afternoon at the corner of tulip and huntington streets, this morning it's fenced off with no sign of a fix in sight. katherine scott is live on the scene with more on the story. >> rick, the good news is, nobody was hurt and nobody lost water, and they are making progress, and there is still a lot of work to do at this interests section of huntington and tulip, hunting did open up for a couple of hours but is closed for these repairs. >> before this huge hole opened

up a 12 inch water main break at 3:30 yesterday afternoon, the water was gushing up, gushing up good. >> and soon the concrete started to give away at huntington and tulip and the hole got bigger and bigger. >> it started to crack up the whole industry. >> it was the size of a tennis ball hole and water started to soot out and then we went down for a nape and by the time we woke up the whole street was caved in. it was crazy. >> crews from philadelphia gas works and the water department stay throughout the night working at the site. the work continued this morning, there was no disruptions to water or gas service. traffic was being diverted and some were making due, i drive motorcycles so i don't get stuck.

>> and back here live at the intersection of huntsing ton and tulip, where crews are removing a piece of that ruptured main, the water department says they don't know what caused the water main break but at this point there is no official word on when the street will reopen. we are live at kensington, katherine scott, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. philadelphia police are looking for the gunman that shot three people in kensington, the shooter unleashed a barrage of bullets where children were playing just before dinner time, is the fired shot from the top of a gold minivan, a woman and child and man described as innocent victims were wounded. >> we know that at least five shots were fired from three separate weapons. >> all the victims are expected to live and investigators believe that the shootings are

in connection with another shoot that happened on the same block a day earlier. the investigation continues. new at noon now, nearly half of pennsylvania voters say that state attorney general, kathleen kane should resign. she is being held that she leaked confidential information to the press and lie the about in under oath. according to a quinnipiac poll, only 27% say she should stay in office. she says she plans to run for re-election. they disproffer of kane's performance of office and only 20% approved. meanwhile kane is due back in court in october. turning to accuweather and the drop in humidity is headed our way, looking at sky 6 hd with a pretty picture of the center city skyline, it started off warm and muggy and we are on track for one of the nicest weeks of summer, so says karen

rogers in for david murphy, she is at the big board. >> i want to be the shore reporter, lets go down there, it's beautiful down there today, 85 degrees in philadelphia, 80 in allentown, 85 in millville, we are warm and warming up considerably, the dew point in philadelphia was 70 degrees we are now at 53, it went from oppressively is humid total nice and comfortable right now, 54 in allentown and oo in reading however along the coastline, it's still pretty sticky, it's clearing west to east, we don't have the refreshing air mass moving in at boardwalk in atlantic city or beach haven. and a couple of thing i want to show you stormtracker 6 live double scan we are dry here, this is ground clutter near the radar site, going closer to southern delaware and milford, we are watching a cluster of showers and watching to see if they will fall apart as they hit

the delaware bay before they hit the jersey shore, you may see a shower at the jersey shore, and we are concerned about that, a live look at stormtracker 6 live double scan, it would just impact along the coastline, but at this point, it's being weakened, what is the last remnants of what we had to deal with the front that moved through, and all the cloud cover and humidity, lots of sun and comfortable for your commute, 5:30, 86 and comfortable by 7:00 p.m., 87 degrees. thank you much move he more to come on "action news" at noon, a wild fire in central washington state has charred more than 250,000 acres, it's the biggest wild fire in state history and more help from new jersey son the way. >> plus, a costly stumble caught on camera, a 12-year-old broke his fall but also broke a painting that dates back

centuries, how the museum is trying to fix the mistake.

wild fires in central washington state have burned more than 400 square miles, an area three times the size of seattle, making it the largest wild fire in washington state history. firefighters from new zealand and australia have flown across the pacific to help out. 20 more firefighters from the garden state will head west to help out later this week. in the matter of hours french officials expect to charge the armed man that tried to attack a high speed train, he is being held without charges under france's equivalent of the patriot act meantime the four americans that helped to take down the gunman is hailed as heroes, one is still in the hospital and the others are heading back to sacramento where the mayor is holding a parade in their honor. politics now, jeb bush and

donald trump continue to battle over immigration, bush headed to the border in mexico, laying out his plan to keep illegal immigrants out of the u.s. trump says his plan is oversimplifying a complicated issue. >> it will violate people's civil liberties. >> meantime vice president, joe biden, apparently has president obama's blessing to enter the race for the white house, he met with two obama advisers at his house last night. well, a simple stumble inside of a museum in taiwan is one sts priciest mistakes ever, a boy tripped over a rope barrier, he was able to stop his fall by punching a hole into a

$1.5 million painting museum officials are not asking the boy or his family to pay for the damage they will get the insurance company to cover the restoration costs. coming up in health check, how effective the flu vaccine can be for seniors.

we have breaking news to pass along from chester county,

the chester county courthouse in westchester is being evacuated. it's not clear why at this time and police are on the scene and investigating. once again the courthouse in chester is being evacuated. in other news, a new survey shows satisfaction of american drivers with car companies is at its lowest level since 2004. 4300 people were surveyed and most cited recalls for think reason for dissatisfaction, the third year in a row that people's attitudes toward car companies worsened. the national average for a gallon of gas is $2.59, the lowest average for late august in more than a decade. in the philadelphia $2.59 a gallon, down 48 cents from this time last year, gas in delaware

$2.37 and in trenton area, the average gallon of gas costs about $2.33 down almost a dollar in a year's time. analyst say it could drop below $2 a gallon by christmas time. and according to researchers at brown university. flu vaccines that match the strain reduce deaths at hospitalations and nursing homes, the better the match was the fewer flu related illnesses in nursing homes. >> the "action news" team is out working on news stories for today at 4:00. here is alicia vitarelli with a preview. >> reporter: it's a story that is unfolding in schools all around the philadelphia area, teachers shelling out hundreds, sometimes thousands of dollars

of their own money to make sure their students have the little things that make learning possible. and one teacher is trying to change that by crowd funding her classroom. you'll wants to meet her. and humanous or hurtful, how the people behind this caitlyn jenner halloween costume are defending their product. that is coming up in big talkers, take us with you on the go, you can watch us streaming live on our smart phone or tablet. >> we'll check the accuweather forecast before a quick break. at the philadelphia national airport. clear skies and tracking a drop in humidity as well. when "action news" comes right back.

meteorologist, karen rogers is here now with a look at the forecast. >> it's beautiful, lots of sunshine and low humidity, staying pretty dry, lets take a look now at stormtracker 6 live double scan, the one fly in the ointment is the batch of showers to our south, we are going up close toward that right now, this is related to the front limping off the coastline, while we have improved conditions rather quickly in the city, still struggling at the shore and showers near milford and dover, pulling up from the south, we'll see if they survive across the bay and head into south jersey, we are watching for a spotty shower down at the shore, and lets go outside and see what is looks like. the ben franklin bridge not a cloud not sky, clear conditions looking at the ben.

85, certainly warm, the dew point 53, dropping dramatically since this morning when it was 70. the pressure is holding steady and as we look at satellite 6 along with action radar you can see how that front pressed through in the overnight hours, and we have the showers we are watching well down to the south, clouds hugging the coastline as well and in edition to that it feels humid at the shore unlike philadelphia and the rest of the region, you see the clouds to the north and west and that is centered around and area of low pressure, in fact as you look at this picture, not a whole lot happening weather wise, we'll have a quiet period where we are dry and lots of sunshine and low humidity, you feel the low humidity all day in the lehigh valley and much less humid and 83 degrees and nice and comfortable, at the shore it's still humid, oppressively humid

across the coastline, clouds and sunshine and watch to see if there is a spotty shower, we see that in southern delaware, your high still feels sticky there at the shore. here is what to expect by 3:00 p.m., a warm high of 88 degrees 86 at 5:00 p.m., just a few high clouds and 7:00 p.m. 82 and 69 for the overnight low and low humidity even at the shore tonight. just open the windows wherever you are. we continue to watch tropical storm erica, it did not change a lot since last night. moving to the west at 20 miles per hour, as we watch this progression, it's hard to look this far out, but the models are suggesting it will extreme en, a category one hurricane by the weekend and it could threaten the bahamas. >> warm and less humid today, 88

degrees for your high and watching to see if we get the spotty shower at the shore, already seeing it in southern delaware, nice and sunny and 84 for your high with low humidity, and thursday still beautiful and 84 and the weather is getting boring and dry, and mostly sunny skies and 85, it turns warmer for the weekend and high pressure shifts off the coast and it shifts to the southwest. feeling sticky on sunday and a chance for a late day thunderstorm and 89, monday staying sticky and 89 degrees, just a chance of a shower, staying dry through the seven-day forecast. >> there is more ahead in our next half hour, developing news, philadelphia police are investigating after lee bodies are found inside of a garage we'll have the latest. plus, the owner of a new jersey skating rink is behind bars, we'll bring you the latest from westchester, the courthouse there has been evacuated.

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control, we are looking live, one person reportedly has been shot and the building has been evacuated. stay with "action news" and 6abc.com for the latest here from westchester, pennsylvania. in other news, philadelphia police are investigating after bodies were found in a garage in the staw berry mansion section, on the 2700 block of west haggard street. authorities call it an abuse of corpse investigation, residents smelled a foul odor and went into this garage and found a decomposed body inside and then found two others, one was actually in a coffin, a funeral home is located around the corner and we are told that the funeral home owns the building where the bodies were found, stay with "action news" and 6abc.com for the latest on this developing story on this