off, we are following a murder-suicide that claimed the life of a child. for the second time this week a community in our area is coping with this kind of tragedy, this time it's burlington county. jeanette reyes is live with more on what police say happened. >> reporter: rick a lot of these neighbors were talking about the recent murder suicide. never imagining it would happen next door to them and wonder if they missed red flags. >> heard what sounded like explosions in the far distance. i thought maybe someone had set off some fire work orz something and i sure didn't think gunshots. >> the sound of gun fire is so rare in this neighborhood that that was the last thing fred schwartz thought he heard yesterday and now says he may have heard the gunshots that

took the lives of the people next door. >> we made sure we stayed inside and just kind of didn't know what was happening. >> last night burlington township officers responded to a welfare check at the johnson home at the circle. he didn't know what to expect and asked neighbors to take shelter. >> they said move to the other side of the house because there was a possibility of gun fire. >> the burlington county prosecutors office says that before turning the gun on himself. ruben johnson jr. killed his wife and son pictured here with his older sister, she was away in florida at the time. >> i heard the news and i'm just in shock. i can't believe it. it's sad and disturbing. there is no known motive but neighbors wonder what could have led a father to kill his wife

and son. >> you want to be a cordial neighbor but you never know what is behind the walls. >> coming back out live too, as you can see all the cars here most of them just pulled up. extended family members as well as the daughter of this couple, she is heart broken and they understandably do not want to talk to the media now and they are asking everyone to keep them in their prayers. janet reyes channel 6 "action news." >> this comes days after a similar story in sinking spring, berks county. they found mark short and brianna short and their children. they say it was a murder-suicide but don't know who pulled the trigger. >> the trial of pennsylvania attorney general, kathleen kane

began in montgomery county. kane is accused of leaking confidential grand jury information and lying under oath. john rawlins is live now. what is the latest from there? >> reporter: for the jurors it was a tale of two narratives, from the prosecution came that kathleen kane was that she was embroiled in a feud and the defense says it's justification and told no lies and knows nothing about leaking grand jury information. >> kathleen kane at the courthouse to hear alligations that she broke the law and tried to cover it up. helping us understand the opening statement. >> she offered motive out of the box. first word was revenge. >> revenge for this march 2014 expose in the philadelphia

inquirer. the target one time prosecutors fred fina, who kane thought was behind the article. >> it's alleged kane then allegedly leaked grand jury material that would embarrass fina. it was used in this front page account of a probe that fina led of the one time head of the naacp. kane's attorney in his openings blasted their theorys of revenge. >> he started out but what he must do, an out right denial. >> they allege there is no kane fina feud that she had no release of material. and that two key prosecution witnesses that worked for kane were the liars. >> that was his task a denial

and confuse the issues. >> after the statements today d.a. kevin steel started to fill in the blanks of the prosecution narrative and entering in grand jury records and phone records, and evidence they say when taken all together it's proof that the attorney general committed crimes. john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. his name was w. carter but generations of viewers knew him as captain noah, we are sad to pass along the news that he passed away at the able of 90. he hosted captain noah and his magical arc. that airs here from 1967 until 1994, the same year his wife were inducted into the broadcast pioneer hall-of-fame. off screen he was an ordained minister and former chaplain of

the philadelphia police department. channel 6 "action news" president and general manager, bernie prazenica read a statement, what we loved about carter was that he loved to make children smile and had a deep faith in the human spirit. our condolences go out to his family and the channel 6 family and all fans of captain noah. a row home suddenly collapsed -- >> we have problems with alicia's mike, but lets talk about the story. lets go now to the accuweather forecast, meteorologist, cecily tynan, in for adam joseph outside now with a check of the accuweather forecast. >> it's ramping up big time

tonight and today seasonably warm and doesn't feel that bad. philadelphia 86 degrees, our normal high for this time of year. buffalo, new york, it's 92 though and temperatures will be soaring into the 90s as we head through the week and satellite 6 along with action radar showing really why if you look at the direction of the clouds, they are beginning to move up from the southwest. that is our wind direction and what that will do is pull up increasing humidity and heat but tonight should be pretty comfortable. if you head to bethlehem for musikfest, boston is playing "more than a feeling" and it feels nice. 8:00, 81 and temperatures dropping down to 77 at sec. increasing clouds and humidity increases through the overnight hours, dew points now not bad. 64 in philadelphia and 70s to the south, the heat and humidity is going to be sticking around for a while. a heat warning is posted for

thursday through saturday and i'll tell you what this means and storms in the accuweather forecast. >> the heat coming back in thank you. anyone hoping to attend the liberty medal ceremony will have a chance to get tickets next week. john lewis is this year's recipient. the national constitution center said they will release a number of tickets to that ceremony online august 17th at 10:00 a.m. members will have a chance to reserve them the night before. the ceremony itself is set for september 19th. 6 abc is a proud broadcast partner once again this year. as of today it's easy to feed the meter across the city of philadelphia. the ppa is expanding its meter up program. it it originally started last november as a pilot program but as of today it's now city wide. the app allows people to use their mobile devices to add more

time to their parking meters, "action news" reporter, erin o'hearn is talking about p px a today and has the details. in the meantime, lets get a check of our traffic report tonight. lets go to matt pellman. >> we are watching the pedometers and they are starting to drop as they head home on 95. the afternoon volume kicks in and we back up from penn's landing to girard from this point from allegheny to the work zone on cotman avenue. just volume through the work zones. and the vine street expressway volume on both sides of the schuylkill expressway and the vine will close again tonight for construction. we are used to this right? 11:00 they shut down all lanes in both directions, a broken down vehicle on the northeast extension of the pennsylvania turnpike, southbound past

landsdale. they have it pushed out of the way and speeds are recovery there and jumping to the mid-60s west of quakertown and an opening at the tacony palmyra bridge. expect it to go up and head for the betsy-ross bridge. a crash on 73 northbound to 295 northbound that ramp is partially blocked. lets do the computer report on this tuesday afternoon. one of our friends using the waze app, a member of the 6 abc commuter team, you can be too when you download the waze app for free. one is talking about an accident at bustleton avenue in northeast philadelphia. we'll check it again in the next half hour. still ahead. three children are thrown from a ferris wheel and it comes just days after the tragedy on the water slide.

details on the investigation into a pair of amusement accidents. >> and a woman murders jogging in broad daylight. what police say about the search for the killer. and a battle over sports batting between new jersey and professional sports going on for years, but today a judge delivered a big victory for one side.

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they are not sure if she was targeted or the victim of a random crime. >> there is concern for visitors that enter our town. we ask people to pay attention to their surroundings. >> her death is similar to that of a new york woman killed on a run in queens last week, but there is no indication that the deaths are connected. today big questions have surfaced about the safety of park rides and how they are regulated. two days ago a 10-year-old boy was killed on a water park slide in kansas and just yesterday three girl fell from a ferris wheel from a county fair in tennessee. we have details about both incidents. >> we have three kids that fell from the ferris wheel -- >> a fall sent three girls to the emergency room. 10 and 16 are in stable condition but the 6-year-old is

in critical condition. >> i felt bad for the kids, they streamed and then hit the ground and stayed there. >> the passenger cart flipped over and got caught against the one below it and turned their cart upside down, those girls fell some 45 feet from the ground. >> two of the children were alert and answering questions, i can't say if the third was or not. but the third child does have a head injury. >> and information on 10-year-old caleb schwab who died riding this water slide in canada city. >> it was a boom boom boom, i knew someone had fallen off the raft. >> the little boy was tossed off the raft at the middle of the raft, police confirmed that he died of a neck injury, it's still unclear if the party met the weight requirement. >> i want to show you this this

afternoon. two years ago early safety checks of the slide found that sandbag dummies went airborne, that prompted officials to add seatbelts and the safety nets before the ride opened. that water park in kansas city is tentatively planning to reopen this morning, this as caleb schwabs family makes funeral arrangements. delta is dealing with the second straight days of cancels and delayed flights after a computer failure yesterday that grounded delta's fleet for six hours. delta says the fleet is up and running but the airline is trying to catch up. they don't know what caused the glitch but offering refunds for flights cancels or significantly delayed. meanwhile it's a good time to look for a job in the airline

industry, they are hiring 1400 new air traffic controllers, they take part in the training program at the faa academy in oklahoma city. they start at around $38,000 a year. anyone interested can apply on the agency's website, the applications are open until monday. here is a look at the day's closing numbers for your tuesday. it was an up day on wall street. the dow up 3 points at 18,533 and the s&p up .85. the weather, the temperature also going up as we get a check of the accuweather forecast cecily tynan back inside with a look at the accuweather forecast. >> it's hot to be out there. >> it's a nice looking shot here at sky 6 hd at the ben franklin bridge, outside is not bad. but the next several days you may want to stay indoors with the air conditioning, sky 6 hd showing a mixture of clouds and

sunshine out there, and temperature-wise not all that bad. philadelphia, 86 degrees and we touched 89 earlier today before the clouds thickened. reading and wilmington 84 and cape may 84 and trenton 83 degrees, satellite 6 along with action radar showing we started the day with loads of sunshine and now the clouds are beginning creep up from the south-southwest and that is really the flow of our air for the next several days, what that will do it bring us increasing heat and humidity. you'll feel the change in the air mass tonight and it gets more muggy in the overnight hours, it's warm, 73 in philadelphia, allentown 70 and cape may 75 and wilmington 73, with an increase in clouds as we head through the night. future tracker 6 showing lots of clouds here already at 7:00 in the morning. temperatures in the mid to upper 70s as we head through the day we could see a spotty shower or thunderstorm. at 1:00 activity to the east of

trenton and later in the afternoon we see breaks in the clouds and allows temperatures to touch the low 90s and perhaps thunderstorms in the poconos and it will be noticeably more humid tomorrow. here is what to expect the next five days, it's not a one day shot. a tropical vacation moving in with the tropical air mass, dew points in the mid-70s you'll be able to feel the moisture in the air. the combination of heat and humidity make its feel 100 to 105. spotty thunderstorms pretty much every day. we get around 90 degrees and soupy and high humidity and a threat of showers or thunderstorms and gets hotter on thursday, thunderstorms are possible and a steamy preseason eagles game and friday we bump it up to 94 and saturday this is really the peak of the heat.

95 degrees and the heat index above 105, every afternoon thunderstorms, i do have some relief in the seven-day forecast. i promise i'll let you know when coming up in a few moments. >> i promise i've got it in there. relief is on the way eventually. >> thank you. well, still ahead a battle with professional sports leagues and new jersey, and one side scored a big victory and a spark in crimes with your bank accounts and credit cards what you need to do to protect your money and personal information. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message.

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you can read the plan here. he is a thief caught on camera caught stealing from a local hospital. now police are asking for your help finding him. this is video from inside of methodist hospital on south broad street. look at it, it shows a man taking an entire desktop

computer complete with the monitor, key board and mouse, and then simply walks out right on to broad street. if you know who this man is police want to hear from you. everyone is back home on melrose street in philadelphia. the roofs of several row homes suddenly collapsed and that created fear about the stability of the porches too. philadelphia's office of licenses and inspections, spent the morning removing all the falling awning, and assured residents that nothing else is in danger of collapsing. fortunately no injuries were reported and 10 people were evacuated until the homes were deemed safe and peco was on hand fixing the power lines that came down with the awnings. there were concerns about the foundations of these homes for quite sometime. >> these foundation of the two houses has been going on for a year half maybe three years.

>> i want lni to come out and make sure our roof is okay. >> the awnings are removed and took a peek at the foundations and gave the all clear. a loud and scary morning there. >> thank you. kennedy and jefferson health took a step toward a merger, to integrate this morning at a ceremony at kennedy university hospital, that allows the deal to move forward for state approval. it will be partnershiped with medical care for patients throughout the region. new jersey's hopes of legalizing sports betting took a major hit. the federal court overturned the state law allowing it. it would have let new jersey casino and betting tracks. a federal law from 1992 only

allows sports betting in delaware and nevada. they ruled that the new jersey law would have violated the federal ban. we have news about this crash that killed a 3-year-old girl and a search for a driver who left the scene. also -- >> i'm nydia han, today in what's the deal? we are protecting your money, what to think about the next time you put your card into an atm or card reader at the store.

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"action news" continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, sharrie williams and brian taff. >> hello again, it's 4:30 and brian taff is off. i'm rick williams and "action news" continues with the reason why some new jersey residents may be feeling the ground shake this week. >> plus, employees rush toward two armed robbers, it seems dangerous at first but they realized the important detail allowing them to out smart the criminals. and drivers ed in one state, this one teaches how to react if you don't follow the rules of the road. we'll explain coming up. first at 4:30, philadelphia police are searching for a driver who left the scene of a crash that killed a 3-year-old girl. the crash happened last night in kensington and there is a possible that street racing played a role. chad pradelli is live now from the accident investigation division with the new details.

>> reporter: sharrie investigators have not yet nailed down that drag racing was involved. he has since retained an attorney and will likely know more when they talk to a third driver. this is surveillance video of the the crash, police say that a 17-year-old was driving this honda accord at a high rate is of speed when he crashed into a civic, esther palmer a 3-year-old later died at the hospital and her mother and grandmother were injured. >> we don't know if they was buckled in properly or not. what is part of our investigation. >> they want to talk to the driver of this black honda accord closely following behind the striking vehicle, the driver made a turn on to the street and detectives are investigating

whether the driver of the two accords were drag racing. >> that is on ongoing investigation, they are seen traveling down second street at a high rate of speed, we do not know for sure if they were drag racing at this time. a small memorial of candles and teddy bears grows at the wreckage as investigators try to track down the truth of what happened. sadness lingers for little esther palmer who died too young. >> i can't imagine who they are going through right now. >> and palmer's mother was treated and released as for her grandmother she remains in critical but stable condition, the 17-year-old hospital was treated and released at a local hospital. and he has retained an attorney and the investigation has a long way to go. i'm live outside of the accident and investigation division. chad pradelli, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. a shooting investigation in camden has turn nood a homicide.

two women were shot last night on the 800 block of south sixth street. 21-year-old tanya james died and another is recooperating at cooper medical hospital. from our delaware newsroom, an alleged drug dealer is facing charges after a month long investigation in newcastle county, police arrested 34-year-old aubry spencer on the 400 block of robinson drive. they say that detectives found cocaine and marijuana and almost $4,000 along with drug charges, spencer is charged with endangering the welfare of three children. he was arrested monday and is now out on bail. >> all right cecily is in for adam back with the stormy and steamy forecast. >> we head into the dog days of summer. it's not bad out there.

>> lets go to sky 6 hd at the center city skyline. 86 degrees in philadelphia. the dew point is 64 degrees that is just slightly humid, and the heat index one degree higher than the air temperature, 87 degrees, cape may seeing sunshine that looks like the place to be, the beach umbrellas are out and on the breezy side, 74 degrees winds from the east-southeast at 5 miles per hour. the ocean temperature is like bath water, 87 degrees and you may want to get into the water as much as possible. an excessive heat watch thursday through saturday afternoon for all the counties bordering i-95, this is the heat index, the way it it feels climbing up into the triple digits i'll talk about the threat of storms coming up in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast heat wave number five is moving in.

people living near joint base mcguire lakehurst may hear rumbles and see the ground shake, they are to partake in mortar fire training. it goes through the night through sunday. the overcast sky can make the noise travel farther than you would expect. as the saying goes, reading is fundmeamentafundamental. now they say that reading can improve your life span. monica malpass is live in the newsroom with more. >> this is a study out of yale university. they followed 3500 adults for more than a decade and the results are impressive. tonight at 5:00 ali gorman will break down the numbers that show cracking a book could be the key to living longer. >> plus, a parrot's late night

squawking is seen as a nuisance but for a kentucky woman it was life saying, why the bird is hailed a hero. after that bird saved her life and some neighbors. >> thank you. basketball players from the delaware 87ers took a tour today and visited children at different locations including the police athletic league in newcastle. the team is promoting health and wellness and local businesses for seven stops for seven strong community day. and new features for the children to enjoy in the german town section of philadelphia. today city officials dedicated the newly renovated playground and rec center on banton street. it has play equipment and a new mural made by humphrey.

still to come grocery store employees fed up with crime jump into action. >> the gun is pointed at him and he didn't care -- >> they weren't just daring these employees were also observant. the one detail that blew the robber's cover coming up. >> and after a grueling job search a woman is celebrating their new gig in the most creative way. her new photo shoot in big talkers. >> and cecily tynan has the full forecast coming up in accuweather.

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former illinois governor, rod blagojevich will not be getting a lighter sentence. a judge upheld the 14 year sentence for trying to sell president obama's senate seat. they asked for the term to be lowered because five of the 18 convictions were struck down. blagojevich appeared via a video feed, saying he regrets the past and in making the ruling the judge said that the mistakes were serious crimes that had an impact on the people of illinois. california's biggest wild fire expanded to more than 104 miles north of big sur, an army of 4,000 firefighters made progreceipts by surrounding 50%

of the blaze and the fire destroyed dozens of homes and damages others, it started almost three weeks ago as an illegal campfire. employees at a chicago grocery store worked together to foil the plans of would be robbers, it was closing time when the duo walked in and pulled a gun and demanded cash. a fearless employee went after them and chased them out of the store, the group tackled one before the other robber hit them with a gun and what is when they realized an important detail. >> we noticed the guns weren't real and we started to chase after the guy and we captured him but the other guy got away. >> the weapons were apparently bb guns, police took the one suspect in custody and the other is still on the run. in health check this afternoon, the birth rates born to each woman are at the lowest

level ever. that goes back to 1909, preliminary numbers show that birth diaz kleined more than 10% since 2007 and birth defects between the ages of 15 and 29 continue to drop. state talkers now there is a new law for new drivers, before you can get a license in illinois, you must complete driver's education classes with this mandatory lesson how to handle being pulled over by police, legislators say that the change is to prevent teens from panicking or doing something that may seem like a red flag to officers, this seems like a good idea and refresh what the manual reminds drivers to do, stay calm and keep your hands on the wheel and cooperate with the officer. if you believe in miracles and prayer and the power of good, this one is for you.

a police officer in california was on vacation with his family last week when he heard a desperate call for help. this 5-year-old little boy here named gabriel had drowned in a creek and was under wash for at least 5 minutes, but he is a live today because of this real life hero and angel. officer curtis started with cpr, when he realized he had too much water in his lung, he turned him upside down and squeezed him to get a gallon of water out and still no pulse for the little boy, the officer was not willing to give up and neither was gabriel's mom so they prayed. >> said in jesus's name i pray, i felt a pulse and i didn't think it was his pulse because i thought my heart was beating so much it was my pulse, but it wasn't, it was his good he made it and that officer did not give up. gabriel is still recovering and

laughing and high fiving and thanking the man who went to every length to save him. love that story. and finally this woman said yes to her dream job and she celebrated with an engagement type photo on the beach. everybody likes to break exciting news on social media in a clever well. she raised the bar with this one. abraham spent seven months looking for her perfect match and she is now hashtag employed and it was love at first interview. the timeline of how it all went down, up until the first day on the job and she even got to pop the question herself. asking a new cowokker if she would sit beside her in the hov lane. she said yes too. anita says you don't need a

fiance, this is her happy ever after. >> have you to celebrate the big moments in life. >> all right. it's creative. >> thank you alicia. time for an update on the highways and by ways, matt is standing by with the update for you. >> you don't have a ton to celebrate on the roadways this afternoon. things have deteriorated from the last half hour, a crash on 95 and one here on the schuylkill. this is the westbound accident on 76 near montgomery drive, mostly off to the right shoulder now and coming out of south philadelphia and university city you hit a wall of traffic, speeds just in the teens from university avenue to the accident scene at montgomery drive, if you head out of center city this afternoon, i would stick with the river drives instead of the westbound schuylkill. the crash on 95 was northbound near bridge street that is off to the side but pretty much a solid line from north of penned landing to the accident scene by bridge street at cotman avenue.

a crash by zekes at lincoln highway and hope avenue. and chester county a crash along 100 at temple road. tacony palmyra bridge up now for a southbound ship. head for the betsy ross bridge. a crash in mount laurel partially blocking the ramp from 295 northbound by the hargrove marina at creek road and down the shore in a.c., a crash involving a pedestrian, and traveling through cape may courthouse. and watch for an accident on 47 southbound at goshen road. we'll check it again in the 5:00 hour. >> thank you again. meteorologist, cecily tynan, is coming up with the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. next.

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meteorologist, cecily tynan is back now with a look at a changing forecast especially for tomorrow. >> it's going to get humid and hot and the temperatures will climb through the weekend. this is a good week to get your feet wet. sky 6 hd is looking at atlantic city, people are doing just that. adam joseph is in there. i think they are in there. >> and today is a pretty nice day to be out and about not too hot or humid than is changing double scan live radar showing rain free conditions rights now and as we get into the more humid air mass, it gets more unsettled. right now temperatures where they should be for this time of year. allentown 87 and trenton 83 and atlantic city airport 85 and wilmington 84 and reading 84 degrees. we started the day with loads of

sunshine and clouds are beginning to move up from the southwest and breaks of sunshine but the clouds are thickening as we head through the overnight hours and you'll feel a change in the air mass. humidity is ramping up late tonight and it will be warm and the possibility of a few spotty late thunderstorms, 70 in the suburbs and 73 degrees in center city and the next five days, full steam ahead. we have the bermuda high heat pump sitting there and not moving at all. what this will do it pull up the winds from the southwest and dew points are over 70 degrees that is a tropical air mass, temperatures will be in the 90s, so combine those and the heat index, the way it feels, 95 to 105, it will also be unsettled. we'll have weak disturbances moving along the high pressure and that means that every day we have the threat of thunderstorms, i don't think we are looking at all day rain and some days are more active than others but it will be somewhat

unsettled. looking at the heat impacts the next five days, tomorrow will be moderate and it ramps up heading towards the weekend and thursday it's high and friday and saturday, extreme heat impacts with the heat index in the triple digits and it drops down to a high level on sunday, so what you have been doing for the last five heat waves do it again. if are you on the beach watch out for rip currents again. ocean temperature 81 degrees and delaware beaches 87 and a mix of clouds and sunshine and muggy and winds from the south at 5 miles per hour. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast it gets soupy tomorrow and very humid with a high of 90 degrees, possible of scattered thunderstorms on thursday bump it up to 93 degrees, if you head to the eagles preseason game. kickoff temperature 88 and it feels like temperatures are in the 90s and a few thunderstorms

around especially for the beginning of the game, friday steamy and thunderstorms and saturday 95 and the heat index 105 plus and then on sunday, it looks like it will be the last day of the heat wave, 92 and thunderstorms. on monday humid and not quite as intense as far as the heat and showers and thunderstorms and finally back to normal on tuesday. lower humidity and seasonable temperatures without the risk of storms, 86 degrees, we'll be stuck with this air mass for a full week before relief is on the way. >> it is still summer. thank you cecily. >> next on "action news," thieves targeting credit cards and bank accounts at an alarming rate. it may be hard to keep up with their ever changing tactics we have ways to protect your information. acme has everything you need, every day!

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the next time you insert your credit or debit card to get money or make a purchase. consider this, criminals made off with as much as $3 billion worldwide that use devices that skim information from your cards. here is nydia han with advice to avoid getting taken. >> the use of skimmers at atms have exploded more than five times than the year before. mary had no idea that crucial financial information was copied from her debit card when she swiped it an at atm, the first sign of trouble her card was rejected when she went to get gas. >> realized there was money missing from my account. >> james showed us the hardware that thieves install at the atm.

a skimmer and a tiny camera. most commonly the criminals remove the devices and create it to make a duplicate debit card. covering the pad as you type is one way but then another fake card reader that you fit over the one you find in stores, it reets your card information and then type in your pin. >> it's taken and restored. this is usually with double sided tape. if you can tug it loose report it. >> this is another type of skimmer you can't spot it because it's deep inside of a gas pumpp and there are deep insert skimmers that can't be detected from the outside. they put it deep into the mouth of the atm. chip cards are safer to use but

if only the chip end is inserted into the reader. monitor your accounts for suspicious activity and report anything. right away. and finally at 4:00 a group of middle school students spend the day at -- and they got have fun, they go to the mitchell school in west philadelphia and live below the poverty line. adults acted as their chaperones. >> great day to spend tuesday. that will do it for "action news" at 4:00, for rick williams and brian taff and alicia vitarelli and 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. here is monica malpass.

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"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. reading city hall was paid another visit by the fbi today. >> this after the office building was targeted during corruption probe. the big story on "action news" is the investigation that had agents in berks county today. walter perez is live in reading with he dials for us now. >> reporter: hey guys, this is all part of what appears to be a larger investigation into pay to play politics involving previous lawmakers here in reading. nobody is offering details but the current mayor did say that

he handed over documents to the feds which the mayor thinks that the fbi will find interesting. >> the fbi was here and they may still be here. >> reading mayor wally scott returned to city hall at his investigation. this a year after the initial raid on city hall and then mayor von spencer. the former president costa admitted to accepting a $1800 in exchange for support with the city's ethics laws. he is serving a federal term in prison. this includes other people from past administrations and an unspecified number of service contracts over the last decades. he did talk about concern over deals made between the parking authority and a towing company. >> why would you sign 25 year contracts and another 25 on top