month ago because of a structural desk. >> the trump taj mahal is shutting down after labor day. the strike by workers caused them to tie their hands. they want carl icahn to restore health care and pension benefits. we'll have live reports on this issue throughout the evening. >> i'm brian taff zbrn i'm sharrie williams. >> we are following a fight between the man that many expect to run for governor of new jersey and the state's largest teacher's union. we are live now with nora muchanic in is all centered around the pension contribution. >> reporter: it is indeed. senate president steve sweeney is claim that the powerful new jersey education association from lobbying to attempted

bribery and extortion and in a bombshell announce many he is asking for a criminal investigation. >> if you tell someone if you don't do this specific act i will not give you a contribution but if you do it i will. and a lot of places john that is a bribe. >> senate president, steve sweeney is calling on the u.s. attorney to investigate the knowledge teacher association, for trying to corrupt public officials. the njea and some police unions called democrats promising to withdraw contributions unless the bill for pension payments is posted by next week. njea members protested outside of sweeney's office today while they were telling them that leadership is crossing the line.

>> i will call on state senate sweeney to do his job and post and pass that resolution by august 8th. >> njea says that the union has done nothing illegal but that the senate democrat has not done what he promised. he says he cannot do one without funding the transportation trust fund. >> we want it engraved in the constitution that they can't continue to use our pension fund as a cash cow to plug holes in the budget. >> i am blown away that they would make this kind of threats, like it was nothing. >> reporter: now sweeney is interesting in running for governor, this could be damaging politically but he is not willing to pander to the unions, ironically he is 30-years in leadership at the iron workers union himself. the njea has directed $3 million

to groups work to elect democrats in new jersey. i'm nora muchanic, channel 6 "action news." >> thanks nora. he was, is just 11 years old but was the target of a vicious attack on a local playground. he was playing basketball when four teens pulled a gun on him and brutally beat him in an alley. gray hall is live at the playground in logan. with more on the victim and investigation. >> reporter: this was a horrific situation for the 11-year-old. thankfully he was not seriously injured. police are not sure what led up to this attack and they are desperately searching for those responsible. >> this turned into a horrific ordeal for an 11-year-old boy, he was targeted by a group of four teenagers and attacks. >> they followed him out of the

playground to 8th street and one produced a handgun and pointed it at this young and demanded he remove all of his clothing and then they took a picture of him on their iphone. >> look at this image caught on surveillance, this is one the teens ranging from 14 to 15 involved in the attack on july 12th, the victim was able to get away without injuries. >> a disturbing act. a classic example of bullying just beyond, for these young teens to do it to a 11-year-old child. parents in the area are alarmed by the news and upset that a child was a victim. and there needs to be more conversations at home about bullying. >> they should enforce it more at home, in starts at home. the kids should respect one another. but it's really getting worse. >> i feel like more parents

could have conversations with their kids but sometimes no matter how much the parents say to a kid the kid will do what they want to do, they could be raised right but there could be peer pressure. >> reporter: all right back out live, the teenagers facing serious charges, at this time the police are not sure if the young victim knew his attackers. gray hall, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. a tractor trailer crash led to traffic headaches this afternoon on a busy highway. chopper 6 hd was over the southbound lanes in landsdale. that is where the tractor trailer jackknifed at 12:30 this afternoon. fortunate there was no reports of serious injuries and traffic was backed up for miles until the crews cleared the wreckage. now to a bright spot to our day in the accuweather forecast. and there is more to come. cecily tynan in for adam joseph with the lovely details.

>> reporter: i don't want to come inside because it's beautiful out here, we have a lot of sunshine and comfortable breeze and temperatures slightly below where they usually are this time of year. normal high 87 and right now in philadelphia 84 and washington, d.c. and richmond, 80 and new york 77 degrees and the big difference, is the dew points. we had dew points in the 70s earlier this week and the dew point is now 68 degrees, that is a dry air mass over us with winds out of the northeast. this is bringing us a good amount of sunshine. satellite 6 along with action radar showing nothing more than the few fair weather cumulous clouds popping up and any clouds that contain moisture in the way of rain really well down to the south and west in west virginia and virginia. and that is where they are staying for the next couple of days. this evening if are you lucky enough to head to citizens bank park, a nice night for baseball, comfortable and first pitch 79.

open up the windows if you don't have allergies, it will be that cool. i'll talk about when the heat and humidity returns in the accuweather forecast. >> thank you. the battle against zika virus is in full swing in florida but the white house is warning money to wage the fight is on the verge of running out. congress is on summer recess until mid-september. some testing for spraying and education is being borrowed from other federal health programs. marco rubio says there is a lot at stake in fighting this virus. >> we already have reports of small businesses who have closed. small businesses that decided because of the outdoor cafes to close until further notice and events that are canceled and we are deeply concerned about that. it reminds us that zika is not just a public health emergency but an economic one. >> aerial spraying set to start

this morning is moved to this evening because of bad weather in that area. 6 abc is helping to answer your questions about zika virus, we are hosting a life facebook chat at 4:30, ali gorman will chat with an infectious disease expert from einstein health. that is coming up in just a few minutes at 4:30. this afternoon we hear from a philadelphia police officer that ran to a burning car and saved a man's life. it turns out that the driver was unconscious and the police officer was at the right place at at right time. he pulled man from the wreckage in time. on the corner of broad street in the city's logan section, the driver of the dodge charger hit a median and then hit a parked van before his vehicle caught

fire. joel rice a district officer was driving by and saw the mangles wreck and pulled over and noticed someone sprawled across the front seat. he jumped into action and got help from a passing ambulance. >> i notice the flames accumulating in the engine department, and with their help, i pulled the male out of the front seat of the car as the flames were growing. >> the 47-year-old driver was taken to einstein medical center and he is listed in stable condition. what an incredible rescue by that philadelphia police officer. >> thank you alicia. time now for a first check of the afternoon commute. >> let go live to matt pellman in the "action news" traffic center. >> a nice day on this hump day afternoon. 676 jammed in both directions, the delays here by the schuylkill and the vine closed at 11:00 for construction and that is pretty much each night

this week. this afternoon we watch an overturned vehicle accident in providence at black rock road off 422 and no big delays as you head home westbound on 422 and no delays on 202, we don't see any yesterday afternoon or this morning and that is thanks to the third lanes now open in each direction here in the frazier and exton areas, we are waiting for five years for this and it's nice having the third lanes yesterday afternoon and this morning. and a crash in new town township, delco by boot road slowing kicking in on the southbound side of the blue route. and on 495 in wilmington we have the ongoing construction southbound by edgemore road. and northbound a broken down vehicle at terminal avenue. speeds are now on the uptick.

lets grab the ipad and do the commuter report, problems in gloucester county on 295, accident on the southbound side south of 422, and a graper delay northbound we'll keep watching that as the afternoon progresses. i'll see you again in a half hour. >> still ahead another chaotic day on the campaign trail, republicans say they are preparing for the possibility of donald trump dropping out. >> plus it was almost a disaster at one of the busiest airports in the world. a flight crash lands with hundreds of people on board. >> we are just 48 hours away from the summer olympic games and the city of rio is reportedly anything but ready. the mess inside of the athleteville able.

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explodes outside of dubai airport moments after the pilot mad a crash landing, while all the crew and passengers did survive, escaping through emergency shoots, a firefighter was killed while responding. five other people were hospitalized. that was traveling from india to dubai with 252 passengers and 18 flight crew on board. the pilot radioed in air traffic control just moments before the landing. one man was awaiting word from his wife on board. >> my wife called me one hour before. they were landing a fire. be there safe. >> airline officials refuse to answer questions from the media today including what may have

caused this accident. right now it seems that the problem with the plane's landing gear appears to be a contributing factor. >> thank you. donald trump's running mate broke ranks with the republican nominee in a public way, mike pence called into a television show saying he is endorsing paul ryan. and just last week trump himself refuses to endorse ryan who endorsed trump and is the chair of the republican national convention. fighting back against reports that several staffers are fed up and republicans are searching for a backup candidate should this candidate derail. hillary clinton is set to campaign in colorado, she is touring a tie factory a not so subtle jab at trump whose ties are made in china. and charlie dent made

headlined today when he said he would not vote for donald trump but he is also not voting for hillary clinton. we'll have aly report at 4:30. we know that michael phelps will carry the u.s. flag at the u.s. ceremony for the summer games in rio but as more athletes and journalist as arrive they are showing us more problems at the olympic village, one reporter described his shower as a hole in the wall where water comes out. >> a basketball player tweeted this photo of himself making his own shower curtain so he can shower without flooding the place. some children went on a journey around the world and never even left fairmount park. ♪ ♪ the 2016 young people's concert series held a performance at the

mann center today. the dance voyage teaches children about various cultures and fet youred chinese lion dancers and ensembles. this as they celebrate outdoor performances. >> outdoors is the place to be. a spectacular day as promised. >> i rode with the windows down today. cecily it's just beautiful. >> i came inside and took my time because today is one of those days you want to get outside very comfortable and beautiful shot on sky 6 hd looking at philadelphia international airport a plane right there going down the runway, if you look up there are blue skies and fair weather cumulous clouds and particles out there and comfortable and not typical of august. 84 degrees in philadelphia,

allentown and trenton 80 and reading 82 and wilmington 82 and on the beaches, temperatures in the upper 70s and all in all a nice beach day. satellite 6 along with action radar showing that we have got loads of sunshine and any really thick cloud cover is just west of our viewing area from harrisburg to baltimore. we have high pressure near new england. and that is causing the sinking air, sinking air really drys out so that means tonight low humidity and the coolest night for philadelphia in three weeks. if you don't have allergies, it's a good night to open the window and turn off the a.c., 65 in philadelphia and allentown dropping into the 50s. reading 60 and trenton 60 and cape may 68 degrees with clear skies. if you like today i think you'll like tomorrow. tomorrow a carbon copy, loads of sunshine and humidity, 8:00, 69 and by 2:00 breaking into the low 80s and 5:00, 83 and

temperatures back on the way down to 78 degrees. we are getting off a wet stretch and now we flipped it, the chance of rain the next five days, the only day we have a chance of seeing any rain will be saturday. that is ahead of a cold front, giving it a 50% shot that cold front will bring out scattered thunderstorms and showers, not everyone will see them this is great weather to get outdoors. i want to show what you is going on with tropical storm earl, this is the satellite, if you look closely, can you see that an eye wall is actually beginning to form with earl. this system is on the verge of becoming a hurricane, it likely will later on tonight. currently 155 miles east-southeast of belize, maximum sustained winds 75 miles per hour. and it's moving at 13 miles per hour to the west. it will become a category one

hurricane before making landfall overnight in belize and continues to push to the west into mexico, strong hurricane force winds associated with this, but the main concern is the rain. future tracker 6 rain showing us more than 6 to 10 inches in the panel of this storm, and that likely will cause life-threatening flooding and mudslided for central america. the four day at 4:00 showing gorgeous weather tomorrow and plenty of sunshine and low humidity and 84 degrees, on friday a touch warmer and slightly more humid with dew points in the mid-60s. but nice for august, 86 degrees and a great start to musikfest. on saturday, this is the one fly in the ointment. steamy, hot and 91 degrees, a 50% chance of afternoon thunderstorms. and behind the system in the comfort zone, 86 degrees, i'll let you know if this comfortable weather continues in the

exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. i did not hear one complaint about the weather today. and i usually hear a lot. >> the day is young though. thank you. hey joe biden is coming to philadelphia tonight, the ceremony bringing the vice president to town. >> and an american police officer accused of helping isis, details on the arrest today in the heart of our nation's capital. >> and bullies boy did you pick on the wrong kid, coming up in big talkers, here is some of the motivational speech this kid gave being shared on social media by his peers and their parents.

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the high at at the bellevue in center city is hosting tonight's ceremony. biden is expected to speak at 6:30, we'll bring you a full recap of his speech tonight on "action news" at 11:00. >> private companies across america added 179,000 jobs last month. but those gains are heavily divided against one another. it shopee the service industry like retailers and shipping firms a. >> ped 185,000 jobs but construction companies cut workers. and manufacturers only added 4omp00 new positions, the repor only covers private businesses and is less comprehensive than the labor jobs rly aort that cos out on friday. anyone walking around city hall got a taste of shakespear during their lunch hour. the drama society from st. joe's prep performed as part of the

culture in the courtyard and the group was invited by mayor jim kenney a prep alum. and he had a cameo in the school's show back in the spring. >> his acting chops there not bad. >> up here next on "action newec a prominent pennsylvania republican takes a stand against his party's presidential nominee, why charlie dent will not be voting for donald trump cominghis ap next. >> the start of august signals the start of back to school shopping, lg great sales out there right now. we'll highlight the four best things to buy next in what's the deal? i know it's in. it's in, but it's not working. ok,i'm sending you a link to the my fios app that going to let me see what you're seeing. really? yes, really, mr. mcenroe... um see that cord?

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explained his decision to "action news's" walter perez. he joinshis as live in allentow with the story. orter: hi sharrie, you know congressman dent is a moderate rly aublican and has broken with the party in the past over policy and legislation but never now the he would not sunduort the republican presidential nominee. 15th district congresoran charlie dent says he doesn't get it. >> he is hell bent on losing a very winnable election against a flawed candidate, hillary clinton. >> that is only part of the reason why dent stated he will not vote for trump in november. >> the comments have given me

concern and lack of policy sp at knowledge generally that have given me a lot of pause. >> dent joins a growing number of gop lawmakers that will either not support the nominee or are on the brisk of doing a . the high ranking republicans that fall into that category is pat toombli. he wrote about conservative ideals and says the rhetoric coed tod be irreconcilable. for dyed in the wool rly aublics not supporting trump, who will you vote for? we asked congresoran dentfour3 >> i will not vote for hillary clinton, she disqualified herseote, the way she handled information, that should

disqualify her for being commander and chief. pat toombli's office referredhi to the op-ed piece and his opinion has not changed at this tim at >> when we pressed congresoran dent who he will vote for he is leaning towards robert gates as his write in candidat at walter perez, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you walter. a late morning crash created a big backup along i-95 in port richmond. chonduer 6 hd was overhead when thbli surrounded the cars involved and one person was rushed to the hospital and no word on the severity of their injuries, the two vehicles collided at 9:30 blocking traffic in southbound lanes at allegheny avenue. all lanes were open before 11:00. investigators are looking into what sparked a fire at a philadelphia row home overnight.

fir waighters say that a lot of debris got into the way of their response. no one was inthbre new >> police have identified the man wanted for robbing a dover, delaware convenience store, urelice say that 25-year-old dillon chambers threatened an employee with a knife on north duurent highway and got away wih the cash during the holdup according to police and then chambers changedhis ap his look ditching hi mask and top layer of clothing and fled to an briaiting vehicl at liolice are asking for help located chambers. >> we are not used to this lovely weathedis the right co is oination of temperature a lack of humidity. >> temperatures are slightly cooler than normal and the humidity levels are typical of spring or fall than summer. so really great weatheat 9 lets go live in sky 6 hd looking at the scene at the center city skyline. fair weather cumed toous cloudse popping up and 84 degrees, normal high is 87 and the dew

ureint is 60 and that is loair and we have wind out of the east-southeast at 9 miles per houat 9 the heat index matches the air temperature at 84 degrees. 80 degrees in easton, the dew ureint only 58 degrees, and if you are lucky enough to be in ocean city, this is a live snapshot, 78 degrees and ocean temperature 77 and winds from the east at 15 miles per hour. d if are you on the beaches, a reminder that there are rip currents with the on shore flow, that is the bad thing about the for at of heat and humidity talking about that in the fed tol accuweather forecast. a quiet stretch we are having. which we deserv at >> c at >> a new propane tank is fueling in delaware.

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5:00. >> thanks monica. american tennis legend that went to city hall, billy jean went to city hall, billy jean king presented mayor kenney with king presented mayor kenney with honorary member of the team. i had a chance to meet her and she is a war58hmman and wonir grand neriam titles during her stories career. all the campers are fro58 variety develop tal center for children with disabilities. the zoo purchases vegetables that the children grow each year. up next on "action news" today in an historic mnke president obama orderers hundreds of federal inmates to be released and for the first

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for president? write in. alicia thank you. >> lets get a check of the roads right now. matt standing by with the update on a hump day. >> i agree it's about the information. here are a couple of pieces of information to keep in mind as you head home on this hump day afternoon. slow from the white horse pike from this point to just past the 42 flee way that is where the crash is pushed to the side. the southbound delay is not unbearable but sluggish toward 4-this afternoon. in harrison township just 11 miles per hour along mullica hill road because of a crash at barnsville road. you'll find the delays because

of that accident. a crash in newport, delaware, blocking james street. stay on 141 to get around that. we expect vice president biden to be on the move in a little while. at the hyatt bellevue at 6:30, we don't know if he is coming from d.c. or wilmington but often time there's are motorcades and rolling closures, we could see them along 95 and here on the vine street expressway over the next couple of houred. the vine is jammed in both directions, normal afternoon volume. same on the schuylkill expressway plenty of volume near the conshohocken curve, worst travel time is eastbound 42 minutes towards tonight's phils game. and a crash near the porsche dealership. and look for a wreck at buy berry road at worthington road. >> thank you matt. meteorologist, cecily tynan, is coming up with the exclusive

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all right meteorologist, cecily tynan along with us today hoping we can stretch this out. >> we can, a bump in the road but most of the seven day is looking picture perfect. lets go to about an hour ago, chopper 6 hd flying over the philadelphia zoo, and the philadelphia zoo balloon is there, a great day to be at the zoo. really great day to be outdoors anywhere across the delaware and lehigh valley and the shore. no rain out there at all. and actually some fair weather cumulous clouds. so it's feeling nice and looking nice. 83 in philadelphia currently. and trenton and millville 80 and

82 in reading and cooler cape may and the atlantic city airport 78 degrees. satellite 6 along with action radar showing you can almost see this area of clearing this is high pressure and this will provide the sinking air and the drying air for the next three days with comfortable temperatures and humidity levels. we don't typically get in in august, temperatures dropping into the 50s in the cooler suburbs and mid-60s in center city. open up the windows and turn off the air conditioner if you don't have allergies. the coolest night in philadelphia in three weeks. tomorrow a repeat performance of today. high pressure is off the new england coast that brings us mostly sunny skies and low humidity with a high of 84 degrees. friday is looking nice and the high pressure is losing its grip and turning more southerly and gets more humid and 86 degrees

for august and that is the cold front that brings us the chance of thunderstorms on saturday and ahead of it it will get hot and steamy for one day. all eyes on tropical storm earl, maximum sustained winds 70 miles per hour. on the verge of becoming a hurricane, and on the verge of belize, this is a big storm, tropical storm force winds extend 140 miles from the center and this system heads towards belize and likely brings 8 to 12 inches of rain along the path and we are starting to get active in the tropics. it's a quiet tropical storm season so far, this shows between now and september 10th, that is the peak the tropical activity will ramp up before it starts falling again as we head towards november. i'll continue to monitor the tropics has more storms develop. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast beautiful tomorrow and low humidity.

84 degrees, friday a little bit warmer and more muggy but still a decent day. 86. and saturday some like it hot, if you do you'll like saturday, high humidity with dew points in the 70s and the afternoon high up to 91 degrees with a chance of late day thunderstorms with the cold front. that front scoots off the coast on sunday and the low humidity returns and 86 degrees and the first half of next week looks nice. 85 on monday and tuesday we stay comfortable and 87 and wednesday loads of sunshine and a touch warmwer a high of 88 degrees and all in all a nice looking forecast, the only kind of uncomfortable day will be saturday. for august standards, it doesn't get much better than that. >> a small bump in the road. >> some like it hot. >> cecily thank you. what's the deal? with school supply sales coming up

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. it is a brand new month and that means brand new deals, august the last gasp of summer brings with it a fresh crop of savings and summer clothing. if you are looking to replenish your shorts collection, expect savings of 75% off. some could be warn for a few missouris and as you stretch them we inch close to september they will add back to school items to the mix like jeans and sneakers and sorry to burst your bubble. we are talking about back to school and back to school savings. even if you don't have the list yet you can save on the basics now but better news for procrastinators, wait for the discounts as they unload clearance racks for september. think end of the month for the deals. now back to school kids going to

college, august brings big sales on all dorm room needs especially linens and sheets and towels and dorm room decor will be marked down as we get close to the fall. and new electronics for a student or yourself now is the time to buy, back to school sales on laptops offer the best prices outside of black friday. brian and sharrie black shopping in august. >> everyone likes a deal all year long. >> now for brian taff and alicia vitarelli, cecily tynan and adam joseph i'm sharrie williams, join me along with brian, adam and ducis rogers tonight and every night for a full hour of "action news" at 10:00 on phl 17. now here is monica malpass with a look at what is coming up next at 5:00. >> coming up next at 5:00, septa announced the timeline to get regional riders back on a normal schedule.

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"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. the commute for septa regional rail riders will soon return to normal. they said that detective train cars pulled out of service will be back up and running little by little starting later this month. brian taff is joining us rick is off. the big story is septa's concrete timeline to get their rail cars running at full capacity. john rawlins is live outside when riders can expect to see the normal schedule. >> reporter: it will take a while. what was announced was a roadmap forward, septa is beginning key testing of parts. replacement parts to replace

detective parts and allow them back on the tracks. it's not an overnight sensation, the hope is to return to regular weekday service sometime in october. >> septa is working on a fix that could see the first ten silver liner five cars return to service the week of august 21st and then this service calls for 10 more cars each week until all the side tracked cars are back. >> the cars should start running near the end of the august. you can see 10 car a week coming out until early november. >> septa says these are pictures used in a test train to figure out what went wrong when cracks developed in what is called an equalizer beam. the loss of capacity led to chaotic overcrowding and delays for rail riders. >> i can't tell you how much it hurts me and the workfor