eagles great saves day for youth football team, next on "action news". the cratser. a montgomery county father, fighting cancer, and tonight, the woman accused of taking advantage of his family and generosity of people who wanted to help. it is a charity scam that is causing shock and disbelief, this evening.

tuesday night, and jim's off i'm rick williams. the big story on "action news" is the arrest of the east norriton woman accused of ripping off donors to the tune of thousands. "action news" reporter sharrie williams is live at montgomery county courthouse with the the sorted tail, sharrie. >> reporter: and rick, investigators say that tracie small kratzer pretended to be a friend, but she was only a crook. they say that she robbed this family blind and then used this charity money, on herself. devon henson loves her husband, and when asked, she's moved to tears. >> just a hard working, good father, and just a great, amazing man. >> reporter: two have been married for five years and they have two children. but last christmas, jay was diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer and the cancer has spread to his liver. >> he is a fighter. he is fighting.

he is handling the chemo. >> reporter: hearing of jay's illness a friend named crazy kratzer volunteered to set up a web site to raise money for the family. kratzer created a donation page on the web site you caring.com and donations began to pour in. >> it was amazing. you know, watching, you know, my family, friend and people i do not even know donate to go my husband. >> reporter: kratzer, however, linked donations from the web site to her personal bank account, and she told the henson's she could not reach them right away for their info and that is why she did it. weeks would come and go but henson's could not get in touch with kratzer, even though they could see people were donating to the site. finally, they called the police. the montgomery county d.a. says kratzer collect more than $10,000, and then used it on herself. shopping at places like target and toys-r-us. the the web site, was all a

scam. >> watching him go through what he is going through and to have someone do something so evil to you and bring more stress into a very horrible, stressful situation, it is devastating. >> reporter: strangers donated, also family members including kratzer's -- excuse me henson's mother, she made a $1,000 donation. that money has been wiped out. as for kratzer she has been charged with felony theft and theft by deception. the she's scheduled to be in court september 10th. if would you like to help this family out a legitimate web site has been set up. you can learn more about that by going to ours at six abc.com. live from the montgomery county courthouse, sharrie williams for channel six "action news". rick. >> sharrie, thank you. fire ravaged a chester county home tonight, and chopper 6hd was over the charred scene at a road on air court. fire gutted upper floors of

the home. fire fighters had to sound a second alarm to help extinguish the blaze. from the ground, an "action news" viewer recorded this video as the home burned. fortunately no one was hurt. this reminder when you see news happen, you can share it with us on social media using the hashtag six abc action. well, they are trying to sense the the driver of the jeep went out of control on southbound route 13, just north of the old churchman's road. it crashed through airport fence, traveled across part of the property and took out runway lights before coming to a stop. state police have not said whether it is a medical emergency that happened or mechanical malfunction, or perhaps a criminal act. that caused the eradic path. former, professional wrestling star jimmy super fly snuka is facing murder charges tonight. he posted bail hours after being arrested on charges he murdered his girlfriend more than three decade ago. back in may of 1983 snuka was

attending a world wrestling federation taping at allentown fair ground when he returned to his hotel room he found 23 year-old nancy argentina, gasping for air. she died a few hours later. autopsy determined that she died from dramatic brain injuries. she had cuts and bruises consistent being with hit. wwe says nook ace under a non-wrestling legends contract with the company, but that contract, is now being reviewed. outrage continues, on social media tonight, concerning this german shepherd peppy named porter who was shot and killed in a public park in roxborough. no charges have been filed because the the shooter, who had a permit to carry a weapon said the dog growled and lung at his wife. porter's owner a says his 11 month-old pup was 20 feet away and never a danger. in fact he was chasing a ball at the time. the despite strong reaction on facebook, police say no crime was committed, and that porter the pup should have been on the leash in the first place.

owner of the west philadelphia funeral home is facing criminal charges tonight after yesterday's grizzly discovery. three decomposing bodies were found inside of the hawkins funeral parlor at 53rd and vine. the investigators say the facility was operating without a license. tonight, owner blair hawkins, is facing three counts of abuse of a corpse. last week police made a similar discovery in the strawberry mansion garage owned by yet another funeral home, that was also, a allegedly operating illegally. well, month of september got off to a sweltering start today. with the the mercury topping 90 degrees, again, today mark our area's fifth heat wave, and probably not our last one. that is why tonight, it was perfect for a scoop or two of the cold treat, or dining outside in the city. or even taking in an evening jog, when temperatures cooled down a bit. let's head outside to melissa magee for late word from accu weather, melissa. >> yeah rick, as you mentioned it was a scorcher today and hot air sticking around for

middle half of the workweek. the this is heat wave number five of our summer season and in philadelphia, it started out on sunday with a high of 91. yesterday's high 90. today in philadelphia, we have climbed all the way up to 95 degrees, so, the hottest days so far, welshing one of the days was today up to 95 degrees. matching, july, 19th and the 20th, also a couple of days in june. so five times, we have had temperatures at 95 degrees. you have the heat and you also have the humidity that is building. dew point numbers anytime in the upper 60's and lower 07's you can feel the oppressive air mass overhead and that will be sticking around for some, as we go throughout the day tomorrow. so your day planner is showing you 8:00 o'clock in the morning, bright, sun which a temperature of 77. 11:00 a.m. up to 85. average is 83. ninety-three at 2:00 in the afternoon and 5:00 p.m. at 92. rick, tomorrow it looks to be day four of the heat wave number five. we will have all of the details coming up with the full, exclusive accu weather

forecast. >> we will see you back inside, thank you. friend, fans and former teammates were remembering darryl dawkins tonight. a public viewing for former nba ball player and popular 76er was held at lutheran church in lehigh county. among many who showed up to pay their respects former boxing champion larry holmes and former sixers coach billy cunningham. dawkins nicknamed chocolate thunder tied of the heart attack last thursday in allentown. what he is 58 years old. a private funeral service will be held tomorrow. well, the clock is ticking to the pope's arrival in philadelphia. in 24 days, but, thousands of hotel rooms are still unsold. some hotels have 50 to 60 percent vacancies a according to the greater philadelphia hotel association. one of the surprise reasons seems to be that majority of the attendees to the world meeting of families during the week before the pope arrives are not staying throughout the weekend to see the pontiff. so now new papal visit

billboard, like this one, are going up to generate, more buzz. pope francis has made a major change in the way the catholic church treats women who have had an abortion. during the year of mercy, which starts this december, he says that catholic priest will be able to forgive women from the sin of abortion. pope said that he realizes some women felt they had no choice but to make the agonizing, painful decision n most countries only a bishop can approve forgiveness for abortion. they now grant a priest permanent to hear the confession. tonight, an event focusing on immigration archbishop charles chaput responded to the announcement. he said many priests in the united states, including here in philadelphia, have been offering absolution. >> in some places priest has permission, and the the bishop, before granting absolution and that has not been the case here for a very long time. i think the pope is directing his word to another placees in the world.

>> chaput was keynote speaker at an event put on by world meeting of families tonight. the the discussion was a chance for people to talk about the challenges, immigrant families face in the u.s. chaput says politicians need to focus on finding a solution that keeps families together. the pope's abortion forgiveness announcement will be one of the topics covered during a special 2020, this friday. abc news david muir has an exclusive audience with the pope from the vatican and you can see it right here on six abc 10:00 o'clock friday night right here before "action news" at 11:00. in other news, it is a happy ending tonight to a story we first brought to you last month. a youth football team vandalized, and burglarized. thieves made off with thousands of dollars of equipment that could seven been a big blow to the kids season. that the is until former eagles quarterback ron jaworski stepped in. "action news" reporter dann cuellar has the store friday frankford. >> reporter: frankford chargers were having a field day this evening, first getting a round of practice

with members of the ron jaworski soul arena football team. but that was only part of it. jaworski's charity jaws youth play book donated thousands of dollars in equipment to replace that stolen a few weeks ago. >> playing around take your helmets off. >> reporter: soul cheerleaders were also on hand as group posed for pictures with the new equipment. >> they are super excited. kid were exited to see all of the actual equipment. they were more excited for cheerleaders. >> reporter: last month vandals broke in the storage shed stealing the team's equipment. big blow considering last year chargers celebrated an undefeated season and won 2014 american youth football national championship in florida. is there a long proud traditional this field, thinks where eagles football team began as frankford yellow jackets and jaworski wants to make sure that tradition is carried on. >> the fact that these kids had that taken away from them is absolutely mind boggling to me, that they could not play a game that they loved and i felt it was right thing to do to try to get those kids some

equipment. >> i think they donated equipment, we needed it, and it will help out. >> a lot of kid didn't have equipment that fit and stuff like. that now that we have equipment, we should get to work. >> reporter: kid will report a few weeks ago chargers equipment room has been broken in to five more times but this will not be placed there. they will place it in the recreation center where it will be safe, and secure. >> when someone takes something from a child, they start to believe that no one cares but now when we see the same man broke back, they listen to our cries and they have called and they have answered the call. >> reporter: over have the the years jaworski's foundation built football field, playground in communities all across the delaware valley. the guy has a big heart. tonight he proved it once again. i'm dann cuellar for channel six "action news". and still to come on "action news" tonight, what is behind another down day on wall street and why the month of september matters. plus protesters shut down an event by police commissioner charles ramsey

tonight. we will take you there and hear what caused the uproar. and bird eye view we have incredible new footage in advance of tomorrow's huge atlantic city air show, medical list. rick, lots of 90's across the delaware and lehigh valley tonight as we are in the middle of heat wave number five we will let you know how long these 90's will stick around with the full exclusive accu weather forecast. all right. in sports phillies pull out stops to end a ten game losing streak against mets. ducis rodgers has highlights you'll want to see when "action news" at 11:00 continues tonight.

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the shooting happened in fox lake which is about 55 miles north of chicago. no justice in peace. >> protesters interrupted a speech by philadelphia police commissioner charles ramsey. they shouted him down during an event at eastern state pen tensionally which was on the topic of improving police relations with the community. in the wake of baltimore, ferguson and staten island. commissioner ramsey tried joking that waiting them out but their chants continue, even, as he left. >> well, you know, that happens, you know. >> demonstrators continue outside calling for justice for brandon tait-brown and others, taitbrown was shot by police officers last december in mayfair but officers were cleared, of any wrongdoing. hundreds gathered to remember one of the victims shot to death on live

television in virginia. twenty-seven year-old adam ward was buried in roanoke, virginia. ward, and reporter allison parker, were shot and killed by former co work shore later commit had suicide. funeral arrangements for parker are still being made. market jitters returned to wall street today and stocks fell nearly 3 percent, again. dow jones fell as much as 548 points during the trading day. turning its losses to 469 points by the close. september's historically one of the market's worst months and this year is starting off no better. only three stocks in the entire s and p500 were up, once again, analyst are blaming the sell off on fear about china after a new report shows their economy is slowing more than anticipated. speculation about whether the federal reserve will raise interest rates this is also on the radar of investors. traders say a decision could hinge on the august jobs report which is due out this friday. mcdonald's says that it will start serving breakfast all day long, starting october .

some items will need to be removed from the menu to make room for breakfast items. those exact changes will vary by market. movies one mcdonald's fan says they have been requesting for years and it is being made amid financial struggles for the golden arches. mcdonald's plans to close about 700 stores this year, amid falling sales, nationwide. federal regulators deflated number of recalled air bags by a third. national highway traffic safety administration says millions of recalled air bags were mistakenly counted twice, and japanese company takata included overseas sales in the figures. government initially estimated there were 34 million potentially defective air bag inflaters but now says it is about 23.4 million. 4.4 million of those have already been fixed and replaced. back here, 13th annual atlantic city air show takes flight tomorrow. but there is also thunder over the boardwalk this after noon.

that is navy blue angels practicing their daring close formation aerial maneuvers today. the navy stunt team is back in atlantic city for first time since 2006. it was half million spectators expected to pack the beach and boardwalk tomorrow but plenty of people still took in the view today. tonight by the way we have new video of an up close and personal fly along with the sky typers out of long island as they rehearse for tomorrow's show this was shot on go pro is attached to the plane's wing tips. they fly vintage world war two planes called fn j's, pretty neat. another atlantic city tray digs is getting closer 51 woman vying to be miss america arrived today, and pageant hopefuls might get a chance to check out the air show tomorrow, you never know. today they made excited fans along the boardwalk. it comes two weeks ahead of the final competition and as always watch the 95th annual miss america pageant live from atlantic city is boardwalk

hall right here on six abc that is sunday september 13th. a lot going on in atlantic city, long with the heat and humidity, of course. >> the heat is every where, rick and it looks like another hot day for september 2nd. >> okay. >> talk bit. storm tracker six live double scan, showing you it is dry, quiet, high pressure has been dominating our region. not a lot of precipitation to talk b we will show you the picture outside, action cam was outside earlier today giving so time lapse photography, sky six in hd, showing you the sunsetting, sun by the way setting at 7:33. this evening. you can see all of the different hughs, thanks to the sky line in the sun. and setting across the area. we will check out the highs today, high in philadelphia 95 . 2 degrees above where we should this be time of the year. normal is 83. 2 degrees shy of record territory on the first day of september. the record, 97, setback in

1953. currently, tonight it is 78. in philadelphia, it is 62. up in the poconos allentown lehigh valley 74. along the coast with that southeasterly wind at this hour 74 in cape may. upper 70's in dover. here's satellite six with action radar. we have a mostly clear sky across the area. earlier today we did have a few instability showers bubbling up across the ohio valley and this will more than likely happen once again tomorrow thanks to the building heat and humidity in those hazy conditions, as well. so the bus stop forecast for some i know not all of the kid have returned to school but some are already there. so tomorrow mostly sunny, warm, muggy 6:00 a.m. that temperature is 73. 8:00 o'clock tomorrow morning we are in the upper 07's. set up tomorrow showing mid week it will be another hot one, blazing sunshine and maryland rately humid. high up to 94. ridge of high pressure over ohio valley and south east gets that return flow and that heat pump working its way in to much of the mid-atlantic

region tomorrow once again. on thursday still another hot, humid day, up to 95 degrees. but by thursday night we will track this back door cold front that dips southward. so a thunder shower is likely late thursday night, and carry over into friday morning in the early afternoon hours. in the wake of the frontal boundary that moves through and in time for start of the holiday weekend. high pressure over canada moves southward and that looks to be a nice start to our holiday just in time for labor day. so down the shore tomorrow in atlantic city we have air show taking place, it starts at 11:00 and last right through 4:00 p.m. nice afternoon sea breeze on the beach and sand, temperature, high tomorrow of 83. here's the the exclusive accu weather seven day forecast, september scorcher tomorrow, up to 94 degrees. hot, steamy on thursday, 95, drop the temperature down to 88 on friday with that front and a scattered thunder shower, sunny and nice on saturday, temple up against penn state a high of 85, 90 on

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a miserable ten game losing streak to them. look who is back, eric crats, and, phillies jump out to an early lead, on the mets. two to nothing in the third. darren ruf makes it to nothing with the three run home run. he drives in, get this, six runs tonight. aaron harang had six to nothing lead before he remembers he is aaron harang. and, in the fifth inning, the lead is down to six-four. harang exits in the fifth. phillies, explode for eight runs in the fifth. polanco struck out three times last night. not here. that is a two run double. the phillies, yes, beat mets finally, 14-eight. >> it has been a long year with the mets to come out and put up 14. you know, it was nice. they kept battling in the end. you know, when a team has your number like that you never have that safe feeling until the last out and in the ninth inning is done. >> to football, eagles have one last preseason game to go,

thursday night against the the jets. starters are not expected to play in that one but kiko alonzo says he will. linebacker missed last game against packers with tendonitis in the surgically repaired left knee. eagles will have to trim their roster from 75 to 53 by saturday. the guys who may have done enough to earn a spot still plan to show that hunger thursday night. >> never doing that. always more that you can do. always more thaw can correct. always more thaw can do and correct. >> my opportunity comes on thursday, to lay it all out on the line for whoever to see, and i hope it is here. we will see what happens. >> it says a lot of almost every position, to see decisions to be made toward bottom end of the roster. it is more important, for competition still going on and it is important for a lot of guys on thursday. >> and, turn on talk radio for 202nd and hear eagles are super bowl bound. that is what happens here when your undefeated in the

preseason. jason kelce is in the trying to be a wet blanket but he says, pump the brakes. >> you always try to take preseason with the grain of salt. defense will play us differently in the season. when they start game planning things change up a lot. take a step back and really, you know, refocus and realize that this is just the the preseason. still ahead, temple hopes to do something it hasn't done since before world war two, that is beat penn state on the grid iron. we will hear from both coaches next. mornings. wonderful, crazy mornings. we figure you probably don't have time to wait on hold. that's why at xfinity we're hard at work, building new apps like this one that lets you choose a time for us to call you.

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college football kicks off this week and it does so with what should be a good one between temple and penn state saturday at the link. the owls, steadily improved under matt rule and they return everyone on defense. and penn state has won last 39 meetings dating back to 1943.

neither coach want his players focusing on that. and, we play i great team like penn state but understand what it means to play i good team not to playpen state. it is how good a team they are. >> although overall record is, strongly in penn state's favor the games have gotten closer and closer over the years. i think matt has done a great job. >> don't sleep on temple. >> word of caution. >> all right ducis, thank you. jimmy kimmel live is next followed by night line. jimmy's guest are robbie marrick and music from at last genius. "action news" continues with tamala edward, matt o'donnell, karen rodgers with traffic. for ducis rodgers, melissa magee, cecily tynan, jim gardner, the entire "action news" team. have a nice evening. we will see you right here, tomorrow night. >> ♪

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