on his knuckles and knees but otherwise, will be in okay shape. meanwhile police searching for a burgundy pontiac and i'll tell you more about that in just a moment but first let's show you what it looked like a couple hours ago. chopper six over the scene. this accident happened just before 3 o'clock. we're told the driver of that burgundy car passed another car in order to turn left from east fourth onto morton. that's when he clipped the motorcycle knocking the officer off and sending the bike riding by on its own for a short while before hitting another car. now, the car then took off north on morton without stopping. we spoke with the police commissioner a short time ago. he he believes this driver absolutely knows what he did. >> these motorcycles, there's no doubt, you know, that you can see he what they are with their lights. it's not a small what they call rice burner.

these are the largest harley-davidson motorcycles made. you can't miss these motorcycles. >> reporter: now, police are looking for a burgundy car. they believe it's a late 90's or early 2000's pontiac grand prix with some very noticeable features. they include a green hood and a green trunk or bumper. if you know anything about this car or who may have been behind the wheel, of course you're asked to call police. you can dial 911. now, back out here live, this roadway back opened after being shut down for two hours. they just towed the bike away about 45 minutes ago. but the end of all of this, the officer will be okay. we're told he has some bumps and bruises. we are live in chester, jeff chirico, channel6 "action news." jim. >> thank you, jeff. more news coming out of chester tonight. an fbi raid turned deadly this morning. agents went to a home on highland avenue at 6:00 a.m. to serve a child pornography warrant.

authorities say the man inside pulled a gun. shots were exchanged. the suspect was killed. neighbors say the man lived there with his parents for more than 20 years. the fbi has not publically identified the suspect. the coast guard suspended its search today for the missing pilot whose plane crashed off the coast of atlantic city yesterday. officials say they searched 83 square miles in 22 hours with no sign of 68-year-old dr. michael moore. moore was flying from michigan to atlantic city when his plane crashed 7 miles off the coast. >> ♪ one day after announcing that pilgrims could camp out in fairmount park for the papal visit, that plan has been scrapped. officials say they canceled the francis fields campground accommodations because of limited sales. world meeting of families organizers say there are plenty of hotel rooms still available. meanwhile let's go live to "action news" reporter david henry on the ben franklin

parkway. david, two weeks to go. what are the developments tonight? >> reporter: well, jim, there has been a flurry of activity out here on the parkway. dozens of workers have been here all day setting up the altar area where pope francis will celebrate mass. many are anticipating the big day eagerly but not so much for the people who live in the surrounding neighborhoods. >> we think it's a terrible inconvenience. it's not fair. >> reporter: diana is one of thousands who will have to move their cars out of here or get towed. starting at 9:00 a.m. monday the 21st. >> we really don't know -- a lot of my friends are talking about getting out of town but i think we're going to try to stay put. it's just a matter of finding parking somewhere. >> reporter: the city is opening up 2,000 spaces in lots and parking garages like this one at 16th and vine but they're changing $20 for the weekend unless you already have a residential parking permit. starting monday, residents can go to the parking authority office at eighth street to

pick up a placard for the garages. the placard will also allow residents to stay parked until 10:00 p.m. that thursday instead of clearing out tuesday morning. some have multiple vehicles like vince thompson who runs a plumbing business out of his home. he says moving them will be costly. >> i thought that i could at least, you know, maintain my business until thursday by parking on the street and now i have to move out sunday, so i'll actually lose a whole week of work. >> reporter: others say they'll need to take time off from work without their cars nearby. many are still trying to figure it out. >> we don't know. tell you the truth, we're already missing work. yeah, we're just going have to wing it. >> reporter: workers have already begun assembling the area where the pope will celebrate mass. the city says other setup work requires the streets to be cleared in the vehicle security zone five days before the pope arrives. that's why the cars have to go. aggravating for some but

others are taking it in stride. >> we struggle with parking regardless, so it shouldn't be anything new. >> reporter: well throws who don't have parking permits already are upset about that $20 fee for the garages but if they don't get out on time, they'll have to pay a $76 ticket and another $175 for the together. live on the parkway, david henry, channel6 "action news." jim. >> all right, david. we have all the details about those parking restrictions in center city posted at 6abc.com/pope. we also have all the information you need to know to help navigate the papal visit now just 14 days away. >> ♪ [bell tolls] >> bells tolled followed by a moment of silence in new york city this morning to mark the 14th anniversary of the

september 11th attacks. at the pentagon, a giant american flag was unfurled at the site where a plane struck that building and near shanksville, pennsylvania, governor tom wolf joined other mourners at the newly opened flight 93 memorial and visitors' center. >> ♪ and here in philadelphia, firefighters and police officers marched through olde city to honor fallen first responders. the procession began at the fireman's hall museum and ended with a ceremony at the betsy ross house. the staff at lourdes medical center of burlington county held a prayer service to remember loved ones and first responders lost on 9/11. they raised the american flag and placed a wreath near the hospital's peace garden. and they remembered today in south jersey. they remembered with prayer, with reflection and with food. "action news" reporter katherine scott has the story in moorestown.

>> ♪ >> reporter: the sounds swell from bag pipes at trinity episcopal church. pews filled, heads bowed. each year the 200 club of burlington county holds a memorial in moorestown to remember this day 14 years ago. >> want to continue to move forward and not let us -- let that holds us back. we're not going forget those who lost their lives. >> reporter: at a breakfast afterward conversation and reflection as years pass the crowds seem to thin at remembrances around country. and concern grows about ensuring the day is marked appropriately. burlington county prosecutor robert bernardi spoke about the importance of educating the next generation. >> as time goes on the memories fade, small children grew up not knowing anything about 9/11. i think it's important for families to still talk about it, keep that spirit alive. >> reporter: memories that can be difficult to talk or even think about but surround an event many believe changed our perception. >> i think it awakened all of

our senses to the fact that not just a little island all by ourselves, we are vulnerable. >> reporter: there are a lost different ways and forums to remember 9/11. the important thing is that you do. acting state attorney general john hoffman chose to remember in this church. >> 14 years ago we remember being in churches at a number of times throughout those three or four days i remember thousands of people in washington, d.c. where i live crowding out in the streets outside of a church because that's where everybody went because they needed to feel a sense of peace and a sense of solace. >> reporter: with each prayer each year, the continue continued refrain, never forget. >> so many people suffered in that tragedy and are still suffering. i mean, there are still firefighters that were on the pile in new york that are coming down with illnesses and dying from cancer and things like that and i think it's important to keep that memory alive. >> reporter: in moorestown, katherine scott, channel6 "action news." >> ♪ >> philadelphia's please touch museum will stay opened despite filing for bankruptcy today. the move comes after two years of negotiations to restructure

$60 million in debt. the children's museum got into financial trouble when it borrowed money to move to memorial hall in fairmount park. under the terms of the bankruptcy settlement, the museum needs to raise $10 million by march of next year. >> i think this is really the start of a new beginning and i think it's extremely exciting to know that we've been able to come out of that in a way that really ensures our viability in this community. >> museum officials say they're already looking toward the future. they've announced a new exhibit opening next month on the adventures of clifford the big red dog. coming up on "action news" tonight, the excitement is building in atlantic city where a new miss america will be crowned this weekend. and with the eagles set for their monday night opener, ron jaworski lays out his predictions for the season. cecily. >> dry and comfortable today but for the first time in more than two months, i'm tracking some showers and thunderstorms for your weekend. i'll have details on the

timing in the accuweather forecast. >> those stories and much more when "action news" continues tonight. >> ♪

>> a decorated soldier activist and icon in delaware has died. james gillian served in the legendary african-american buffalo soldier infantry in world war ii. he died yesterday. just last year gillian was awarded the bronze star and four other medals decades after his service. gillian founded the metropolitan wilmington urban league in 1999. today vice president joe biden released a statement calling

gillian a friend and mentor. james gillian was 95. the miss america pageant is heating up tonight, a big weekend for the 52 contestants and a big weekend for atlantic city. "action news" reporter eva pilgrim has the story down the shore . >> [laughter] >> ♪ there she is, miss america ♪ >> reporter: it's the moment so many little girls have dreamed of. >> praying one day i would be on that stage. >> reporter: claire mcconnell is one of the many people who came from all over the country he to support a contestant competing in misses america. >> i'm here to support my big sister in my sorority. >> they're they're reelersing for sunday. >> reporter: contestants are getting ready for the big night while waiting to find out who makes the final cut to compete for the crown sunday. >> miss america is about family, about networking, about connections so it's always great to come back during pageant week. >> reporter: earlier today miss america held its inaugural 9/11 military appreciation concert. today the pageant took a moment to remember this day 14 years ago: on september let

meth 2001 contestants were competing for miss america and they had to decide whether the show should go on. >> we didn't want to disrespect the moment that was going on and what was happening to our country by having what people may seem as a pageant but then you didn't want to give in to the terrorists by removing an american way of life. >> reporter: they decided to go forward and today the miss america dream continues. a compliment to service the pageant's faithful say is very much still a part of the american way. >> just to know that miss tennessee is actually a real girl and not just the girl that i pictured on tv, it's actually somebody i know. >> reporter: you can see the chairs are already set up, the show me your shoes parade will roll right down the atlantic city boardwalk here tomorrow with all of the contestants showing off their state pride. in atlantic city, eva pilgrim channel6 "action news." >> and you can catch all the action here on channel6 sunday night at 8:00 please watch our preview special countdown to

the crown. it will be hosted by karen rogers, matt o'donnell and melissa maggie and that will be followed by the miss america pageant live from boardwalk law at 9 o'clock. >> ♪

>> so, there's something on a football game. >> one of the last football games to be played in week one, eagles-falcons let's go. so is it a make or break season for chip kelly? eagles owner jeffrey lurie says chip doesn't need to prove anything. lurie also defends clip after lesean mccoy accused him of treating black players differently. lurie calls that today beyond ridiculous. lurie claims mccoy is upset after being rejected by chip after blowing up the roster this off season big expectations for chip's third season but the owner is not buying in all those preseason predictions. like the one from former team president joe banner who thinks the eagles will win it all. >> it doesn't mean much at

all. i don't know, teams go zero and four in the preseason and people think they'll miss the playoffs and they go 12 and four, vice versa. it's just noise to m it doesn't really impact anything. i'm -- as someone says i'm on tolan taj that's about it. >> noise or not the eagles will the most points, most touchdowns this preseason and many believe they can make a run to get the big one. espn analyst ron jaworski has more. >> ♪ >> when you look at the talent it's a super bowl contender and that's all you could ask for is to put the talent together, get them to play together so late in the season you're making that run and playing your best football. i believe the eagles will struggle a little bit early in the season. i think there's been such a tremendous amount of turnover on this football team it's going to take time to come together but once they he do come together, man this team could challenge to win it all. >> let's hope he's right.

we're teaming up with phl17 to bring you the eagles and falcons opener. coverage kicks offer at 6:30 with the pregame show followed by monday night football at 7:00. it was quickly dubbed headset gate. yeah and the first game of the season go figure, the patriots of all teams accused of tampering with the steelers coaching head sets by funneling in the radio broadcast. but the nfl quickly defended the patriots and said they did nothing wrong claiming the issue was with the stadium power caused by the weather at foxboro. hey, even bill belichick claimed he had headset issues. chip kelly says today he's had issues on the road as well with his headset, too. >> i've heard a lot of things in head sets. i think there's a lot of frequency issues some places. i've heard air traffic control and a lot of different things. sometimes it happens. >> all right. well, the post ruben amaro era starts today with a double-header against chicago. it's their first twin bill at home against the cubs in 25

years. game one, phils and clubs roe cubs second inning, aaron all tear tears into thistle tear. his first homer in three weeks. right now the phillies have a one-nothing lead. we are about to go to the fifth. over to tennis, u.s. open serena williams trying to become the first person to win a calendar grand slam 27 years but serena shut down by robertathree sets. serena said vinci played out of her mind. even vinci said she did not expect to win coming in. high school football roxborough looking to score their first win against palumbo landed to mack can i young on the handoff. single-handedly responsible for all of roxborough's 27 pointsly they win big by 19. high school huddle tonight 6abc right here after "action news at 11:00 we have games in new jersey, of course the

suburbs, of course in the city and cecily is back to throw the football. monica did a nice job last week. >> that's what i hear. >> spiral, it was tight. >> tight spiral. >> right on the money. >> you there go, cecily tynan with the accuweather forecast. don't give up your day job. when we continue in just a moment. ♪ hey! let me help with that. oh, thank you! ♪ introducing the one-and-only volkswagen golf sportwagen. the sportier utility vehicle.

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>> weekend accuweather forecast cecily tynan parter of the weekend is going to be wet. >> yes, you know it's been 10 weeks since we've had rain over the weekend so worry overdue. not great timing but storm tracker6 live double scan showing today was nice. storm tracker6 getting a break after a real workout yesterday with some heavy rain yesterday during the day and well through the evening hours but

now we're live on sky6 taking a look at the scene over the ben franklin bridge. lots of sunshine with a few fair weather clouds but the accuweather highlights will show you that yes after alifurane yesterday i am tracking rain for part of your weekend especially tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night. as far as the rain be we went from dry to drenched. july 1st through september 9th that's 71 days philadelphia only recording 4.14-inches. yesterday we had more than that. in one day nearly 5-inches of rain. that's more than a month's worth of rain in just a matter of hours. heading into the weekend, future tracker rainfall total is showing tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow night, not as heavy as last night but we're looking at anywhere from about a quarter inch of rain to about three-quarters of an inch and some areas could even get about an inch and a half depending on where the heavier thunderstorms set up. right now, though, it's pretty comfortable. 81 degrees, down from a high of 83, that's 3 degrees above normal. allentown and trenton 80.

millville 78. reading 81. and wilmington 82 degrees. satellite6 along with action radar showing the next system is waiting in the wings. it's low pressure over kentucky and this will be tracking to our north and west but what this will do is bring us winds out of the southwest, increasing humidity and also increasing the instability that could create some thunderstorms especially tomorrow evening. but tonight, great night for friday night football. patchy clouds and very comfortable, 66 in philadelphia, 58 in allentown, 60 in millville, wilmington 61 and trenton 63 degrees. so future tracker showing tomorrow morning not a bad morning. we'll see some sunshine. this is showing a couple isolated showers. i think for the most part we will be dry in the morning but then in the afternoon this is when showers develop around 1 o'clock generally west of philadelphia. they will continue on and off through the evening hours into the night and then sunday will be drier but sunday still not a bright and sunny day. so, not the nicest weekend. we're looking at afternoon and evening rain about a half inch

to an inch of rain. possibility of severe thunderstorms southeast of philadelphia. best chance will be close to the coast in the evening hours. sunday more clouds than sunshine and an instability shower is possible. not looking at all day rain, though, on sunday. association the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast, morning looking okay. showers and thunderstorms developing in the afternoon. 82 degrees the high. if you're heading to the union game, take the rain gear. you will need it. on sunday, lots of clouds and instability shower possible. we'll probably see a few peeks of sunshine, though, with a high of 77 degrees so it will be a cool day. rosh hashana begins at sundown. monday a taster of fall, 76 degrees, low humidity, lots of sunshine and high pressure in control of our weather. tuesday, wednesday, thursday and friday, it's looking really nice, temperatures rising from the low 80's to the mid 80's with loads of sunshine. so really the only wet days for the next week will be tomorrow. and a few showers on sunday.

>> and a few showers. >> not great timing. >> not terrific . >> [laughter] >> still the weekend. >> that's right. >> all right. finally tonight going back to school was a bit easier for some youngsters in downingtown today. twenty-first century cyber charter school left antidepressant welcome back picnic for students parents and teachers in kerr park. there were lots of games, all kinds of arts and crafts, all designed to build a sense of teamwork and community. abc's world news tonight with david muir is next on channel six. "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl17 with brian taff, adam joseph and ducis rodgers. then please join us for "action news" at 11:00 here on channel6. for the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner. we hope you'll join us at 11:00

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