elevator in the basement. we have two reports tonight and sara bloomquist is live at hahnemann hospital but first john rawlins is live outside of the cjc. have investigators find out what caused the accident? >> they know what occurred an ascending rapid decent of an elevator car. but they are not saying if they know why or if they have ever investigated a similar incident. that apparently is its policy. occupants rushed out and first responders rushed in. something terrible rocked the building. >> nobody told us anything we were on the 11th floor and heard a loud explosion. a loud boom. >> it wasn't an explosion but a bizarre chain reaction involving two elevators, two people sent the to the hospital a court

employee later released and a more seriously injured sergeant in the sheriff's department. >> i think it was an upper floor. >> this shows two elevator cars in a common shaft. one car sling shotted upward with such speed and force it breached the concrete ceiling and that is the machine room or penthouse, heavy debris from that impact rained down more than 100 feet on to the car that the employee was riding forcing that elevator down. >> the building is closed and remains closed today. >> the court system says they will reopen the cjc tomorrow. late this afternoon they reverse that saying it will be closed for most matters including all trials. there will be open for business certain bail matters in the

basement. done in the courtroom in the basement and potential from abuse orderers, other than that the cjc will be closed tomorrow. live in center city, john rawlin,ing channel 6 "action news." >> lets switch live to sara bloomquist at hahnemann hospital. what is the latest on the condition of the sheriff's deputy. >> reporter: i spoke with sergeant owen's father, here outside of the emergency a short time ago, he did not want to go on camera understandably upset. he confirmed that his son is now in surgery after suffering broken bones in his back and he worried constantly about his son's safety and never imagined anything like that. and the woman hurt was treated and released. >> the court clerk was released at 3:15 giving reporters a thumbs up and wave.

she suffered minor injuries after an elevator malfunction this morning. family and fellow deputies arrived this afternoon to be at the side of paul owens who was seriously hurt when the elevator he was riding in jumped to the roof of the cjc causing debris to rain on smith's elevator car down below. >> he is in pretty bad shape. several broken bones in his back and on his way to surgery. the mayor called and talked to the family. >> this morning sergeant owens just left the hearing for monsignor william lynn and when into the elevator to retrieve a jury for another matter and the car was malfunctioned and he was thrown about and suffered serious injuries. >> it's like a projectile in a building or box and you stop and

everything moves. that is what i think. >> sergeant owens is 48 years old and his wife is a former sheriff's deputy and at his side is his parents, siblings, and two teenage children. i'm sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. for more on this story we urge you to stay with 6abc.com, we have posted photographs and videos from the scene, and you'll find the latest details as new information becomes available. >> mob bossoe merlino is arrested. part of crime families engaged in criminal acts from massachusetts to florida.

they face extortion, racketeering and arson and trafficking and firearms. merlino says it does not get specifics of what they are claiming in this case. >> the alligations are broad and general and not fact specific, they don't tell us dates and places where things were said to have occurred. >> a bail hearing is scheduled for tuesday and merlino moved to florida in 2011. philadelphia police are december operatesly trying to track down the man that sexually attacked at least four women killing one of them. gray hall has the full story. >> reporter: crime is a constant problem where he lives in the kensington section. >> july 4th someone died shot there and shot there last week and someone here. i'm used to it. >> he tried to help a woman

slashed feet from where he lives. >> you don't leave them there to die. >> police believe the man captured in this video may be responsible for that attack and others that happened blocks apart. >> the one on franklin avenue there is no doubt in my mind he thought he killed her. she played dead. >> they all give the same general description of the suspect and said to be riding a black or blue bicycle. while investigators are connecting the pieces, they are confident that the man seen in the video is behind a july 12th attack on jasper street. the victim was choked and beaten until she was unconscious. >> we hope someone will identify this individual. >> police say that the attacker is likely responsible for a murder in the area. july 17th, ricky morgan was beaten and stabbed to death. >> a man doing this to multiple

females, your mother and sister and you have family too. >> there is a camera here and there, and cameras on the corner, how many do they need to catch this guy. >> the victims are recovering and reviewing dna evidence, they feel the suspect is targeting female prostitutes, if you have information you should contact police. gray hall, channel 6 "action news." a wilmington police detective is under arrest after investigators say that he had someone set his car on fire. detective amar reddick is a eight year veteran of the department facing charges including arson, police say he solicited someone to set his car on fire and set it ablaze. a day after announcing that the taj mahal will close its doors for good. casino owner, carl icahn issued

an open letter to employees trying to explain the decision. the letter says that icon lost nearly $100 million trying to save the taj and the casino could have been saved had the union members accepted the new contract agreement rather than go on strike. the strike was the latest and final nail. the taj mahal will shut down after labor day. the democrat candidate, hillary clinton, is apparently pull ago head in the race for the white house in the state of pennsylvania. in a new 6 abc franklin and marshall college poll for likely voters, clinton now leads donald trump 49% to 38%. the surge they say is due in part to a successful dnc in philadelphia last week. >> she moved out in front double

digits because of her successful convenience and the fact that donald trump has been involved in what seems like a never ending controversy with the kahn family. >> and the poll shows a dead heat in the pennsylvania senate seat and democrat katie mcginty has a one point lead over pat toomey, 39% to 38% which is in the margin of error. coming up eagles quarterback sam bradford is singing a happier tune this training camp. >> it's the story of a fish store that had to close down after mercury contamination was found in their bidding. i'll have the story coming up. today was another comfortable august day and surging heat and humidity across the plains is moving in for part of your weekend along with the chance of storms. i'll have details on what to expect in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. where things come from?

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nora muchanic has that story. >> what has 5,000 square feet and 500 brand new fish tanks and every colorful fish imaginable. it's the aquarium in clementon. it has a new location and a grand opening this weekend after recovering from a devastating closure in may when a mercury substance was found on the floor. >> i can't wrap my head around it, why somebody would do that and how they got it and put it in a retail location. >> someone came in and put it there and did it when nobody was looking or when the staff was busy. >> police will only say the investigation is ongoing. but the sudden shut down killed 10,000 fish and caused the staff to be tested for mercury exposure. >> we collected samples and sent them out to the cdc and they

sent the results back to us. >> only two had elevated levels. >> you take the supplement and you expel it from your body. they may never find out how it was brought into the old store but they are moving on trying to put the ordeal behind them. >> we having our grand opening and vendors and games for kids and food. >> i love this business, it's great. i love the guys and girls that work here. >> i hope whoever does it gets caught and has some sort of karma, to do harm to not just the fish but put our lives in danger too. nora muchanic, channel 6 "action news."

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>> like him or not sam bradford is a major key for the eagles success this season and the key to success is his psyche, how he handles the awkward situation he finds himself in. >> nobody can predict the future. >> sam bradford doesn't know how long the eagles will sign his paycheck but not looking over his shoulder with carson wentz waiting in the wings. with everything that happened over the offseason, he is in a better mood these days. >> you take it day by day, i worry about coming out each day and getting better and enjoy every day and enjoy the process and whatever happens happens. >> among the reasons he is more comfortable is because the pace of practice is more his speed, they slow down and huddling something they didn't do with chip kelly. >> i just feel more comfortable in the huddle speaking to the

guys on the field. i feel much more comfortable in the building here to be honest. that is probably why. >> bradford is not afraid to pass on knowledge to his future replacement. >> sam is great, once a top draft pick, there are lots of things we have talked about. >> carson does an excellent job wherever you come into the league as a rookie. >> he sounds like one happy camper. jeff skversky channel 6 "action news." >> to baseball now who can figure out the phillies after struggling with the putrid braves, a bat day at the ballpark haven't they figured out a better way to distribute them, everybody was okay. >> they start out slow and valez

settles down and a mission coming off the dl. alter is on a tear. giants threatening with two men on and brandon belt flies to center and alter flies in to make the diving catch. for the second straight inning, relief, tags him for a solo shot and the phils loses 3-2. they take two of three from the giants. >> if you look at all the games we have played them this year, we can hang with the best teams it's a matter of doing it game by game basis. >> the phil asnounced that jake thompson makes his major league debut on friday. thompson is 8-0 in his left 11 starts. the union is busy, for the

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so you know all about this stuff. human anatomy. >> some of it. >> tendons connect muscle to the bone. >> they are very important. >> really important however my

biceps tendon is hanging by a thread. the good people at rothman are fixing this thing tomorrow morning and connect this tendon. it's a long story. the reason why i bring it up i'll be out for three or four weeks. and i didn't want you to think something is wrong. >> and our viewers, rothman can do it they did my knee. >> if my biceps can surgeon out like your knee i'll be just fine. >> in the fall? >> around labor day. >> you'll watch the newscast? >> every day. >> when i say temperature, it's code for jim we miss you. >> i'm waiting for upper air troth. i'm going to say that all the time. >> lets go to the weather now. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing that we have rain free conditions out there and the

action cam in fairmount park where we are seeing a lot of blue skies, and some fair weather cumulous clouds bubbling up today and no upper air trough right now. i'll use that for the next four weeks. the accuweather highlights, we show you every day so far this month, temperatures below normal. started on monday at 80 and today we inched up to 86 degrees. a dry air mass and comfortable and things change on saturday, it's hot and humid and an approaching cold front brings us the risk of thunderstorms, the greatest risk will be lightning and heavy downpours, as soon as you hear the rumble of thunder, get inside. a moderate risk of gusty winds with it and a low risk of large

hail or tornadoes with the cold front. 83 in philadelphia, and allentown 84 and cool day on the beaches. cape may and atlantic city 77. high pressure over new england kind of carving out this slice of nice, lots of sunshine and a few fair weather clouds bubbling up and showers across virginia just can't get here so tonight will be another comfortable night and low humidity and great night for sleeping and open up the windows if you can. 59 in the suburbs and 66 for center city. and we are in between systems, 86 degrees and slightly more humid tomorrow and dew points in the low 60s that is really nice for august. then on saturday, this is when everything changes, we get a strong flow out of the southwest and ahead of that front, hazy hot and humid and 91 degrees and late in the day the showers and

thunderstorms likely will fire up as they move through. in the meantime, hurricane earl came ashore in belize city and now weakened to a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds at who miles per hour. it continues to push to the west and there is a good chance that earl will regenerate when it hits the pacific as a new tropical storm storm. if that happens, it will be tropical storm javier and as is moves across mexicoing it likely bring heavy rains. beautiful bright sunshine at the shore and saturday it's warm and humid and 87 and late day thunderstorms and sun high pressure is building back and lower humidity and 85. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast 86 tomorrow and nice start to musikfest and saturday hot and humid and 91 degrees and late day thunderstorms bubbling up and a call line moving through i-95 at

4:00 and then the humidity drops on sunday 87 degrees and monday beautiful and 85 and tuesday warmer and 87 degrees and back into the heat and humidity on wednesday and thursday, a high of 90 on both days with the possibility of late day thunderstorms and i'll have an update on the timing of saturday's storms tonight on "action news" at 11:00. abc world news tonight with david muir is next on channel 6. and "action news" continues at 10:00 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, ducis rogers and the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner we hope you'll join us for "action news" at 11:00.

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. tonight, several breaking stories as we come on the air. president obama taking on donald trump just moments ago, asked about trump's contention that the election could be rigged. asked if donald trump can handle nuclear weapons. and what hillary clinton said late today about donald trump's sons and why this image is now in the news. major new developments after americans are attacked in london. what we have just learned about the wife who did not survive. also breaking at this hour, the severe storms hitting now. the funnel spotted, and reports of several buildings destroyed. collapsing as the storms hit. the race to help the injured. the urgent manhunt right now. authorities say a sniper on the loose in an american city has, in fact, struck again. and just in tonight, the new video.