john rawlins is live. we remember the strike in 2004. something like that could cripple the city that is already on the brink. >> that would be awful for a resort that flirted with bankruptcy this year and sort of living tax receipt to tax receipt. four or five years ago the surviving casinos here are looking at improving circumstances and those improving circumstances and money should be shared with workers that made sacrifices. >> the picket captains are you up for this. yeah! >> unionized casino workers ready to walk if they condition get a deal. >> we are in talks with ballies, harrahs, the taj mahal and the tropicana. >> i have been a cocktail server

for 26 years almost. >> members like elaine gave back benefits to their ailing employers equal to $1500 a worker. now it says that it's time for the surviving and recovering casinos to give back. >> they are climbing back up and thriving. >> when we gave those things up our plan was always when things get better we need the stuff back. >> the union is demanding a $3 an hour pay hike over five years. perhaps the biggest hurdle for unite the taj mahal. three years ago a bankruptcy judge terminated pensions and health benefits. >> the taj lowers the standard in the city and we need to put an end to that. >> workers could walk during one of this town's biggest weekends. >> a fact not lost on officials.

>> it's not in anyone's best interest especially during the 4th of july weekend and hopefully cooler heads prevail. >> hope springs eternal. talks are scheduled for pretty much all day tomorrow and friday is the key day but the union has not set an exact hour for a deadline yet. if there is a strike the casinos have not said if they will try to remain open. john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> there has been no claim of responsibility for last night's terrorist attack at turkey's airport in istanbul. but authorities in turkey say that the idea was that this was the work of isis continues to gain weight. that is the way they put it today. the three suicide bombers killed 42 people and wounded hundreds more. officialed say it appeared that the terrorists coordinated their actions for the purpose of causing chaos and killing the

maximum number of people. authorities say they are not surprised that isis is quiet since the attack and there is a number of deadly terrorist attacks in turkey that bears the markings of isis and no claims of responsibility by that group. world news with david muir has the latest from turkey tonight that is at 6:30 right after "action news." the search continues tonight for the person who stabbed a cab driver in camden overnight. the cab driver is recuperating at cooper hospital. >> reporter: this surveillance video shows the suspect in last night's stabbing of a camden cab driver squeezing himself out of the window and running away. >> he crashed his car on purpose to cause a scene, so people could like -- you know just draw

attention. so they could help. >> we spoke with brandon ramos outside of cooper hospital where his girlfriend's father is recovering. he relayed what he told him. he picked up the young man at around midnight and asked to be taken to state and north front street. and when they arrived he asked for change of a $50 bill. he look in the rear view mirror and said what the hell are you looking at and red flag. >> he began to attack the stab driver, stabbed the cab driver several times in the upper shoulder. >> and tried to block him and hold the knife in his hand. >> at that point he purposely crashed the cab into the parked car and the suspect fled. the woman that owns the parked car and she came out and drove him to the hospital. >> the night before a different camden cab driver and punched multiple times. >> we would like to see the

employers outfit the vehicles with a video camera, it works as a deterrance in many communities. >> the suspect failed to get away in any money from the cab drivers, if you can identify the man camden county police want to hear from you. i'm sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." warminster police have made an arrest for a series of tire slashing, collin jones was in jail for a separate incident. the 1-year-old from southhampton is charged with criminal mischief and criminal trespass and disorderly conduct. tires were slashed on 20 vehicles and damages were estimated at $37,000. police arrested jones earlier this week after stabbing a juvenile in the arm, charges in that case are spending. officials believe that a water main break may be to bram for this hole that opened up on

a street in berks county. emergency crews were called to the 300 block of abington drive in wyomissing. seven homes were some businesses are currently without water service. school may be out for the summer but is the philadelphia school district is hard at work filling teacher vacancies, this morning at roxborough high school, superintendant, william hite delivered the exlen news on the hiring front that they reached 99% of their hiring goal. their on pace to have a teacher in every classroom this fall including district graduates eager to get to work in their neighborhoods. >> i am so excited about becoming a philadelphia school district teacher and honored to teach exactly where i attended school, that is a good thing to have a teacher that sat in the same seats they will be sitting

in. >> earlier this year the district said they were looking for 800 new teachers and hite expects to have 45 positions left to fill by the end of week. the new jersey senate will vote tomorrow on a measure that will increase the gasoline tax by 23 cents per gallon. what about governor christie, republican governors are loathe to raise taxes of any kind. gray hall is live now where christie met the media. >> reporter: hi jim, you are right when it comes to republican governors not wanting to increase taxes and in fact governor christie says he is backing this deal because it represents tax fairness. if you love the cheap grass prices in new jersey fill up while you can, this coming friday could increase by 23 crepts perfect gallon, governor chris christie and the house cut

a deal to raise the gas tax and reduce sales tax from 7 cents to 6 cents. we need to give them relief through another venue. i believe that the sales tax is the very best way to do that. >> the money raised by hiking gas tax will fund roads and bridges and transit in new jersey. it's estimated to run out of cash by early august. >> they will see a $100 increase per driver and $400 plus savings in the sales tax cut, per family. that is why it called tax fairness. >> many are opposed to saying that cutting the saled tax will eliminate $1 billion from state

funding. >> we all have very, very different interpretations of what the word fairness means. to me this is a very unfair plan. >> it doesn't work. it doesn't work if you think funding education is important. it doesn't work if you think paying our pens obligations important. >> governor christie says it's a give and take you may have to pay more to drive to the store but you will spend less when you get there. >> they don't want to be drive first degree potholes and have problems with bridges and all the rest. >> if this entire deal is approved it will actually be the first statewide tax cut since 1994. the senate will vote on this tomorrow. gray hall, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you gray. we are just 26 days away from the start of the democratic convention in philadelphia and if you walk through center city today you may have noticed that the signs are going up

everywhere. the 2016 host committee began to hang street banners on market street today. it takes place from july 25th to the 28th in philadelphia. it's been 20 years since a series of deadly shark attacks on the jersey shore. we'll look back at the 12 days that terrorized beach gores and the 2nd ranked tennis player -- we stay in the comfy zone for the next 24 hours before more changes on friday i'll have the details in accuweather.

the philadelphia city trash collection crew was hospitalized after their truck overturned this morning in juniata park. chopper 6 hd was over the scene at 9:30, police say that the truck flipped while swerving to avoid a crash at hunting park avenue and l street. the truck hit a pole and mailbox and fence. one person is in serious condition. new at 6:00 tonight. friday marks the 100 anniversary of what they call the beginning of 12 days of terror. it was like the movie jaws but this was real life and it happened at the jersey shore. new jersey correspondent, nora muchanic, has the story. >> it was 100 years ago that the

jersey shore was in a panic when a shark killed two people. it happened in beach haven. 25-year-old charles van zandt of philadelphia was swimming with his dog when he was attacked. >> i managed to get hill out of water and they carried him back to the reception desk where unfortunately he bled out. five days later charles breweder was killed in the water off spring lake and then in the water at mattwant terror struck again. he was searching for the boy's remains, stanley fisher was mauled by a shark and died and another boy was attacked but survived. >> four fatalities and five attacks in a 12 day period created such an atmosphere of

fear and paranoia, the shark attacks made headlined around the world and inspired several books, many believe they led to america's fascination and fear of these man eating creatures. >> they always put fear into people's minds because they are an eating machine. >> the shark attacks caused a major panic and some towns built metal cages around their swimming areas. >> i am afraid of sharks. >> we know more about sharks than in 1916 but a fear of these creatures has not subsided. i'm nora muchanic, channel 6 "action news."

phillies have matinee action going on in phoenix. >> how about a rare sweep at stake here. how about the phillies, finally playing their best baseball in

five and a half weeks and thanks to a rare come-from-behind win the phils can sweep on the road in arizona. the phils bats are red hot coming into the finale with the diamondbacks. first inning peter borges a two-run shot and phils out to a two-run lead that lasts two seconds and it's a three run bomb and just like that phils down one and then freddy makes a catch -- wow. playing catchup all day and then the rbi single to tie it at 4-4 and do the seven three more runs off ramos. and phillies are down 7-4 in the eighth. the 1993 phillies are arguably the most exciting team in phils history but lenny

dykstra claims anybody good was doing steroids and he started taking them when he started here in 1989, he says he took performance enhancing drugs to keep up with the grueling baseball schedule and to get paid millions of dollars and he paid private investigators to dig up dirt on umpires all of this before he went to jail. on espn he admits he is not proud of everything he has done. >> i learned a lot. i learned humility and i learned about you know how to treat people. now, i'm not suggesting people go to prison to learn these things but when you are in a cage for two years you have a lot of time to think. >> sixers coach brett brown tells "action news" that he does not expect to start the season with all of their big men and the team is still exploring trades for okafor and noel.

he tells jaime apody he is hard on them because he doesn't know where their next home is. the bottom line is this, the sixers is it possible to play with all of these big men brett? >> no, you are not. we talked about it freely and i talk with my players freely about the log jam we have with all of our bigs. and you know somebody asked me on record the other day, do i expect a trade to be made? i would be surprised if there wasn't one. i talked to my own players about that same thing. it's pro sport, it's real. >> you thought eagles defensive eagle fletcher cox got a lot of money you see what andrew luck got today $140 million over six years, the biggest contract in nfl history. swinging over to wimbledon

roger federer knocks off marcus willis. he was the lowest second round qualifier in 28 years, federer wins and what is amazing about this is that willis nearly left tennis not that long ago to move to philadelphia and become a teacher and was talked out of it and look at this gets to the second round at wimbledon. >> adam joseph with the accuweather forecast.

chopper 6 hd over the unit block of east walnut lane in the german town section of philadelphia where a 14-year-old boy has been shot in the head. the boy taken to albert einstein medical center. he had unstable vital signs while in transit. we don't know his condition now at the hospital. police are looking for the shooter. lets get the late word from accuweather from adam joseph. >> a nice change today from yesterday. and we look at double scan live radar a clean sweep after we scan around from yesterday's scattered downpours and thunderstorms, and today's high in philadelphia we hit 85 degrees about a degree or two below the normal and sitting now at 79 in the lehigh valley and 76 in lancaster and 77 in the poconos and millville 82 and at the shore a late sea breeze kicking in with temperatures in the upper 70s. now the front is well above

hundreds of miles east of atlantic city and cape may and swings its way down into the carolinas, it remains there tomorrow and tomorrow night it pivots its way back to the north and introduces the humidity once again and the chance for scattered storms. for tonight a lot of stars and comfortable 50s in the northwestern suburbs, 66 degrees for center city and weak high pressure remains in control for tomorrow and still gorgeous and comfortable low humidity on the warm side. the warm front as far north as virginia and lifted through the day into friday and a cold front approaching on friday afternoon so between the two we get pop-ups in the morning and afternoon with that humidity of 86 degrees and high pressure behind this will kick everything off the coast in time for the holiday weekend. down the shore tomorrow, sunny

and nice and that afternoon sea breeze going to work and the uv index is high and from long beach no ocean city and same for cape may county and the ocean 73 degrees and a sea breeze in the southern locations as well. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast 87 and sunny and low humidity around here tomorrow but the muggies are back on friday and unsettled at times of 86 not a washout however when we look at a snapshot at 7:00 a.m. in the morning can the warm front pushes through with heavy downpours and thunderstorms and pop around the region right through the afternoon hours, of friday because again the cold front pushes everything off the coast and it's refreshing and low humidity on saturday and sunday with a lot of sun, 86 to 87 degrees and monday clouds are on the increase and a system is trying to rush its way in that could bring some rain, very late

on monday on the 4th of 86 degrees and an unsettled tuesday of 84 before it turns hot and humid on tuesday at 84 degrees. >> merchants of the jersey shore are delighted with you. >> they should be. >> "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl 17 with brian taff, sharrie williams, and ducis rogers and please join us for "action news" at 11:00 here on channel 6. for cecily tynan, adam joseph, jeff skversky, ducis rogers and the entire "action news" team i'm jim gardner we hope you'll join us at 11:00.

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tonight, the airport terror attack. new details about the suicide bombi bombings. more than 40 killed. security video captures the horrifying moments. including an image of one of the bombers. those three terrorists launched a well-planned assault. terry moran takes us inside the airport. on alert. the terminal at a major american airport evacuated. a major warning from the cia chief about possible attacks here at home. white house takedown. newly released video shows a shooting outside the white house. the gunman refuses to drop his weapon. the secret service opens fire. tonight, what we're learning about the gunman. extreme weather. 1 100-mile-an-hour wind gusts and hail shoveled out of the stadium. the new round of storms we're tracking tonight. and hitting the books. children reading to a surprise