honing their skills before they head off to college next. wednesday night, the big story on "action news" tonight is breaking news from the hunting park section of philadelphia. an 18-year-old has been killed by a hit-and-run driver. it happened two hours ago in the

3900 block of old york road. police say it was a woman who was driving a toyota preous that hit the teenager and, according to lawmen, the car had been stolen. the driver then dumped the vehicle in the 1300 block of west pike street and fled on foot. there is now a full-scale search underway. the victim was rushed to temple university hospital where he was declared dead. this was the scene tonight as the eighth-grade graduated from chester community charter school. it was a proud and happy occasion for all students and parents. but it was also an occasion of loss because of who wasn't there. zinas powell was shot and killed nine days ago, and the search goes on tonight for his killer. "action news" reporter christie ileto is live at the clarion hotel in essington where powell's classmates had their ceremony tonight. >> reporter: well, jim, of the 111 eighth-graders who graduated

here tonight, they cheerfully tell "action news" despite the sadness over the past couple of weeks, he's so proud of his son. in a sea of blue catch and gowns was a visible ansense at the eighth-grade graduation. >> zinas powell. [ cheers ] >> powell would have been walking across this stage. instead, his father accepted the 13-year-old's diploma to a thunderous applause. [ applause ] what was running through your mind when you got that diploma for him? >> so much. i was so happy. i was so impressed. i knew he could do it. i'm so proud of my son. >> reporter: weeks earlier, he was an innocent bystander when he walked out of a corner store into a hail of gunfire. this represents the undercurrent of violence gripping the small city. [ cheers ] and for 91 children like zinas,

he was collateral damage. >> he would have been here walking across the stage tonight. >> he's in spirit. he's got his dad, mom and grandmom. >> reporter: flowers and a large poster with their signatures not to mention the physical education award. >> that's all i can say. my baby made his mark. and it ain't never going to go nowhere. they never going to forget him no way. >> reporter: now, his family says zinas was planning on attending a boarding school next year. as for his case, police have made no arrest. reporting live in essington, christie ileto, "channel 6 action news." jim? >> thank you, christie. trenton police are investigating a homicide on the city streets tonight. a man was gunned down at elmer and whitaker at 6:30. he was rushed to the hospital where he was later pronounced dead. authorities have no word of a suspect or a motive. police have identified a 78-year-old murder victim whose body was found yesterday inside his theodore home in -- theodore

street home in southwest philadelphia. that picture is from decades ago. he was joseph daly. and police say he had been assaulted and strangled several days before. he had actually been attacked for the first time last friday. police are also looking for daly's dark blue 2003 ford e-150 with pennsylvania tag pd5-338z. two dozen residents needed to be evacuated from their apartment building tonight in germantown because of fire and police and fire officials minutes ago had declared this arson. it happened on east church lane two hours ago. firefighters placed the situation under control within 30 minutes and fortunately nobody was hurt. there is still no official cause in monday's massive blaze at an american legion post in the frankford section of philadelphia that authorities believe the culprit was a motor in a dumb waiter during the post

memorial day banquet. "actio"action news" reporter dan cuellar is there tonight. >> reporter: jim, two days after that devastating fire here at american legion post 396, war veterans were back at the site trying to salvage what they could. >> there's a lot of stuff in here that does mean a lot to our hearts and everything else. this club is our heart. >> reporter: post commander pat driscoll describing the painful journey of sorting through items -- 92 years of historical items that were lost and those that could be salvaged. >> this is a purple heart that we were able to save out of thing. that was also awarded to one of our veterans and donated to the post. >> we lost three lifetimes of memories. my own kids grew up in this post. >> reporter: the devastating fire at american legion post 396 broke out during a banquet veterans were having on of all

days memorial day. the inferno that consumed the two-story structure went to four alarms before over 100 firefighters were able to bring it under control. the fire was so intense veterans were not allowed to retrieve the two u.s. flags in front of the building. but one firefighter was not about to let them go down with the ship. >> they wouldn't let me go get them but a fireman grabbed the flags from the front of our building as it was burning and brought them out to us. >> reporter: from chopper 6 h.d. today, you can see that the building was heavily damaged. the second floor collapsed and will have to be demolished. the building is insured and there's hope the first floor of this historic american legion post can be saved. it was named after the first veteran from the bridesburg area killed in world war i. and yet despite the misery of their loss, veterans still had time to thank those who tried to help them. >> we got to give compliments to the fire department and to the people from l&i and everything else because they did one great job with this. >> reporter: now, as you can imagine, there were a number of events that were put in jeopardy

because of the fire. but fortunately, other posts have stepped in to hold the events at their facilities until 396 can get back on its feet. we're live here in the frankford section. i'm dann cuellar, "channel 6 action news." >> dann, thank you. an nba prospect who was a standout during his high school days in philadelphia, a basketball standout, is facing charges of attempted murder tonight. 22-year-old rysheed jordan played for vaucks high school in north philadelphia and then went on to st. john's university. but philadelphia detectives say that last friday during an attempted holdup on the 2400 block of diamond street, he shot a man in the arm. police took jordan into custody this morning. this past season, he played in the nba's developmental league for the philadelphia 80 senators. a man wanted for beating and aa woman and assaulting her daughter is frankford is now in custody. the u.s. marshal's fugitive task

force caught up with malik bailey at 5:15 this afternoon at mckean and water street in south philadelphia. authorities say bailey ran but they chased him down and arrested him after a brief struggle. police say bailey knows his victims. the new garden airport in chester county has some patching up do. that after a plane crashed into a hangar. the two-seater plane went into a wall of the building at 9:00 a.m. >> the aircraft actually went through the -- into the hangar. it went completely into the hangar and where it remains. it didn't come out the other side. it stayed in there and it missed several other vehicles inside the structure. so it was very fortunate. >> officials believe the vintage plane had been trying to take off when it lost power. the pilot and the passenger are expected to be okay. we are learning more tonight about the first baby born with the zika birth defect in the continental united states. the hospital in hackensack, new jersey, released this photograph of the infant girl. she is in the intensive care

unit. doctors say the prognosis is generally very poor for these cases. the baby has microcephaly which is an ab normally small head and brain. and she had to be delivered prematurely at 35 weeks via c-section. >> she underwent an uncomplicated surgery and she is trying her best to cope with this emotionally. >> the 31-year-old mother is from honduras and came to the united states seeking better medical treatment. doctors say her ultrasounds early in pregnancy were normal and only a recent scan uncovered the birth defects. some inner city parents are celebrating their own success tonight after graduating from a special college prep class. it is part of the league charter school in camden but tonight the students weren't the ones getting applause. "action news'" monica malpass is here with more. >> that's right, jim. these parents who have children attending the lead charter school which is k through 12th s

given the chance to did back to school. they've been out of high school for years and some of them needed learning help on how to study again, even take notes to apply to college. >> our 2016 graduating class. [ applause ] >> reporter: 24 parents who never got to finish college are headed there now. they graduated tonight from a special lead academy college prep course offered by their children's charter school. in january, they started taking classes on time management, study habits and how to handle stress. this is the first class of graduates from the newly created parent institute for adult learning. >> shepherd. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: the adults have already been accepted to rowan university with financial assistance covering most of the costs. it's a chance for parents to reinvent themselves after dropping out of college to support their families or never going at all. >> i just look forward to bettering myself and being a better role model for my children. >> prepares you for what's to

come when you get back into college. >> for me to keep pushing forward and to actually follow through and actually obtain my degree. it will mean the world to her. it will mean the world to me. and that's all that matters. >> reporter: parents can pursue different majors at rowan, sociology, law, construction management, disaster preparedness or human services. that should lead to better jobs, breaking the poverty cycle. >> four programs from rowan university, that they are very much high in demand. >> reporter: now, these parents know there is a long road ahead, but they have already proven they have the discipline and courage to get back to the books to do homework right alongside their own children and, of course, to keep pursuing their dreams. >> bright futures. >> reporter: yes. >> thank you, monica. politics now. that, according to now to the latest quinnipiac university poll, hillary clinton holds a four-point lead over donald trump in a potential general election matchup. she has 45% support to trump's

41%. both candidates are faring poorly with voters when it comes to likability. about half of those polled found both clinton and trump strongly unfavorable. meanwhile, information is coming out of sworn statements released in the class action lawsuit against trump university. a former employee said that he resigned after six months as a sales manager because he believed that it "was a fraudulent scheme that preyed on the elderly and uneducated to separate them from their money." the trump university playbook says "money is never a reason for not enrolling in trump university if they really believe in you and your product, they will find the money." hillary clinton seized on the trump university controversy today as she campaigned with new jersey senator cory booker and rock star jon bon jovi in newark. some of her harshest attacks yet, she called donald trump a fraud. that's the word she used and

accused him of trying to scam america the way he scams students who enrolled in his university. meanwhile, bernie sanders was in palo alto, california, today, where he had to feel pretty good about a new nbc/wall street journal poll. the poll had him behind clinton by only two points in california. that's within the margin of error. of course, the california primary is next tuesday. coming up on "action news" tonight, we will hear the 911 call for help after a little boy falls into a gorilla closure in cincinnati. and a well-known american university goes into lockdown after a double shooting. a deadly double shooting. plus -- cut it out. the government sets title limits on salt until americans' diets. cecily? >> still pretty warm out there. 70 degrees in philadelphia. i amtraking increasing humidity and then some stormy weather as we head toward the weekend and then again for part of the weekend, all the details in the "action news" seven-day

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the victim in murder suicide at ucla today has been identified as engineering professor william klug. the deadly shooting this afternoon led to a lockdown of the entire campus and a manhunt that lasted hours. it turns out the gunman had also taken his own life. police have not yet identified the shooter or a motive. the 911 call from a mother whose son fell into a gorilla enclosure at the cincinnati zoo has been released. the boy's mother watched at 400-pound gorilla hovered offer her 3-year-old son and dragged him around. as she is talking to 911 she's trying to comfort her child. >> son fell in with the gorilla. it's a male gorilla. be calm! be calm! he's dragging my son. >> fearing for the boy's life, zoo officials say they made a

quick decision to shoot and kill the 17-year-old endangered animal. in a statement today, the child's mother said her son is doing well. there is word that a french ship has detected the ping from the black box from egypt air flight 804. the data and cockpit voice recorders could reveal whether the plane went down because of a mechanical failure or a hijacking or a bomb. of course, it will still be a challenge to retrieve the black boxes, thus authorities say they'll have

deli meats. americans consume 50% more than the recommended daily limit. most of that salt is added to food during processing. nearly two dozen high school students were honored today for completing a medical career program. the students are from harry s. truman high school and bristol junior senior high school. the medical career pathways program allows teenagers to take college courses in medicine and job shadow medical professionals while earning college credit. the forecast. >> looking stormy on friday. we have rain-free conditions out there tonight. we did have a few scattered isolated showers earlier this evening. but the action cam taking a look in logan square at the -- on

this quiet summer night. it's pretty warm out there. and it is getting a little bit more humid. 70 degrees in philadelphia. the dew point is up to 65 degrees. the reason why we've got an easterly wind off the ocean. so that's pulling in some of that moisture in the air. six miles an hour. the ocean temperature, 56. and pressure right now is on the rise. so philadelphia, 70, the same in wilmington. reading holding at a relatively warm 74, cape may 67. and trenton, 66 degrees. satellite 6 along with action radar showing there's a cold front that's moving into the midwest and we also had the remnants of tropical storm bonnie just spinning off the carolinas and what bonnie will do is actually slow down that front as it pushes in on friday. so tomorrow, ahead of it we'll see partly sunny skies. a little bit on the muggy side. little bit on the warm side at 8:00, 68. by 2:00, 81. by 8:00, 75 reaching that high of 84 degrees. around 4:00 in the afternoon. and philadelphia, 84.

the same in allentown. the same in reading. popular number. wilmington, 82. along the beaches, it will be quite a bit coomer with temperatures in the low 70s. future tracker showing friday is when we get unsettled. this is showing that we could have some storms arriving as early as 7:00 in the morning affecting the morning commute and if that front moves slowly through our region we could have more pop-up showers and thunderstorms on friday afternoon. really depends on the timing of the system. so the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, tomorrow, a mixture of clouds and sunshine. 84 degrees. friday will be very humid with some scattered thunderstorms. again, one round in the morning. another round possible in the afternoon. a high of 80. the better the two days looking to be on saturday. saturday it's all about location. areas north of philadelphia, good amount of sunshine. south, you'll have a lot of lingering clouds. a high of 84 degrees, and sunday, another front rolls in with low pressure developing along that. and that could bring us a pretty wet day with some downpours, some thunderstorms, a high of 79

degrees. on monday, a lingering shower possible. then clouds break for some sunshine, 81. tuesday, a pop-up shower with a high of 78. and wednesday, relatively cool for june. partly sunny with an afternoon high of 75 degrees. so tomorrow looking pretty decent. and friday, very unsettled. >> thank you, cecily. philadelphia has a brand-new museum for history buffs. they held a ribbon-cutting ceremony earlier tonight on the museum in spring garden in philadelphia. displays contain rare artifacts from the early days of the carpenter's union and they highlight the city's rise during the industrial age. men's fit celebrated its ninth annual fundraiser with a theme monte-carlo night, vegas style in center city tonight. the organization helps low-income men gain employment by providing professional clothing, career development and financial literacy services. organizers say the main goal is that everybody should have some fun and it certainly looks as if everybody did.

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community support. the treadmill challenge raised $9,500. phillies trying to break their losing streak and perhaps one of the stories not just so much who played but who didn't play. >> yeah. pete mackanin wants ryan howard to clear his mind. ryan howard says he has a clear mind. hitting .153, that's a problem. take a seat, big guy. ryan howard will be benched the next three to four games in favor of tommy jos he ef he's not happy about it. but gets it. he just had the worst month by a philly in 100 years. phills' manager pete mackanin informed howard earlier today. he wants to get a look at joseph. plus howard is hitting .096 since april 30th but he's not ready to give up. >> if you're happy with the news, then why are you playing? >> that's -- i mean, we're all competitors here. i mean, and if you don't want to be out here to play, if you're going to be happy with something like that, then you might as well pack it up and go home. >> if things didn't ever get better?

no, i'm not going to quit. no, i'm not going to quit, man. that's not -- that's not in the vocabulary. i mean, you know, it's -- it's easy. that's the easiest thing to do is quit and give up on things are hard. you really see what you're made of when those things are not going the way you want them to go. >> howard told joseph to kick butt tonight before the game against the nationals. the phillies need a kick in the turn. tush. it's the worst stretch of the year. adam morgan beat up again, gives up two homers in the fifth inning. wilson ramos, a three-run shot. two batters later, danny espinosa, the solo homer. morgan allowed 21 runs including -- in his last 19 2/3 including 6 tonight. as far as number 6, howard, he comes up as a pinch-hitter in the ninth. can he come up big? no. phills lose 7-2. they drop a season-high six straight. to say the eagles dropped the ball last season is an understatement. the receivers have the most drops in football. last year. but now nelson aglor is trying

to fix the problem. he did not seize the problem as -- moment as a rookie last year. the first-round pick only had 283 yards receiving and 1 touchdown. is great opportunity.antage of at the end of the day, that's what i must do this year. i'm going to take the great opportunity. >> he was ranked eighth on the eagles in catches. wait till you catch np a local high school baseball team defies the odds and celebrates a title tonight. that story next.

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>> it's 41 painful years since the flyers woun the cup. meantime, penguins in position to win their fourth game two of the cup final in pittsburg. penguin-sharks in overtime. penguins 12-1. pittsburgh up 2-0. game one of the nba times here on 6abc tomorrow at 9:00. cavs against the warriors. union hosting columbus, 84t 84th minute. herber, the rookie. what a move here for his first mls goal. wow. union wins 3-2. they're undefeated at home and remain in first. congratulations in order for two local high school baseball teams. olney charter wins the championship for the first time in 47 years. and the radnor baseball team wins a strict title tonight 3-0 over uppermoreland. the pitcher andrew us a 10 who

was born -- -- andrew austen who was born without his right arm, the pitchering, makes the final out for the stage. what a moment. what a scene. >> go, raiders. finally tonight, a favorite springtime destination spot has returned for a third year. pennsylvania horticultural society has brought back its pop-up garden on south street between broad and 15th. this year's design is new. features both intimate and social spaces that transform the urban setting. a beautiful retreat. "jimmy kimmel live" next on channel 6 followed by "nightline." "action news" continues at 4:30 with tamala edwards, matt o'donnell, david murphy and karen rogers with traffic. cecily tynan, jeff skversky, ducis rodgers and the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner. good night.

tonight, bryan cranston. from "roots," anika noni rose. and music from joanna newsom. and now, here's jimmy kimmel! [ applause ] >> jimmy: thank you for watching. thanks to all of you for coming. it's very nice. i want to begin by sending special well wishes to our