the wheels of justice are starting to turn quickly. walker is being held with no bail. "action news" reporter walter perez is live outside the victim's apartment in sellersville. walter, you've got all the details. >> reporter: jim, we'll give you a live look right now at the scene here. you can see that squad car remains outside the crime scene still closed off with police tape. the suspect and his wife meanwhile lived in the apartment just on the other side of that wooden fence there. the question that lingers is, what possible motive could anyone have to murder a 62-year-old disabled woman? >> there's no way. >> reporter: chris of sell verse sil said that was his reaction when he found out his close friend stands accused of murder. walker allegedly killed his neighbor faith price sometime over the past five four days. but no one was aware a crime had been committed until walker showed up a a police station over in montgomery county last night. >> he did appear at the

norristown police station and talked to the officers at the police station there. >> reporter: soessentially surrendered in norristown. >> that is correct. >> reporter: after surrendering, walker reportedly told investigators he was high on methamphetamines when he murdered miss price.we spoke wis neighbor, who says his girlfriend often helped miss price who was in frail health and lived alone. >> made sure her cat was fed. that's all she had was her cat. i don't think she had any close family at all. so we were as close as family as she had. >> reporter: meanwhile, walker's wife reportedly told police that her husband had been behaving erratically around the time of the murder over the past few dhas separate incidents, she stated that she found syringes inside his vehicle, she later found him naked in that same car, and just yesterday he was involved in a car crash. but chris snyder said none of

matches up with the person he has known for years. >> we were always outside just talking, fixing each other's problems. he'd borrow tools. i'd borrow his tools. all was happy. i still don't believe it. that's not the damien i know. >> reporter: a pending autopsy will reveal the cause of death. walker is being held without bail at the bucks county correctional facility. reporting live from sellersville, walter perez, "channel 6 action news." rick? >> thank you. a 59-year-old man died today when he was hit by a car in wilmington. police say danny peek was out running when he somehow entered the road and was hit by a mercedes-benz. the crash happened at 7:30 this morning on the 2200 block of lancaster avenue. the driver stayed at the scene and is cooperating with the investigation. the presidential campaign came to philadelphia today, and the person of donald trump. he told an audience in center city that he wants to dramatically increase the size of the mill child at a cost of

tens of billions of dollars. "action news" reporter vernon odom is live outside the union league where trump spoke today. good evening, vernon. >> reporter: good evening, jim. it was an elite crowd of 300 or so republicans who attended today's trump appearance. talked today in standard hillary clinton fashion today he hopes generated much needed campaign contributions. [ applause ] this was not designed to be a raucous rally. it was the subdued donald trump reading from a teleprompter in front of this invitation-only audience of old-line republicans, some of whom have been reluctant to contribute to trump's bombastic campaign. trump promised an extensive and expensive military buildup of airy branch, greater security and misand cyberspace defense, a perfect segue to jab at his archrival. >> we're not doing very well

with cyber. hillary clinton has taught us, really, how vulnerable we are in cyberhacking. it's probably the only thing that we've learned from hillary clinton. [ laughter ] >> reporter: the gop nominee said, if elected, he will immediately begin to add troop strength and put pressure on the wealthy members of nato. >> i will be respectfully asking countries such as germany, japan, south korea, saudi arabia to pay more for the tremendous security we provide them. >> reporter: the crowd gave him a standing ovation as and thumbs up for his message. >> i'm -- i think the one thing we can ever do is reward and take care of those people who protect our interests. >> reporter: on tour with the campaign, some of the 90 retired generals who enlisted with him tried to counter the dozens who back hillary clinton saying trump will be a defense

disaster. >> he is a proven leader. he has proven the ability to be able to assemble a team. nobody knows the answers to everything. >> reporter: donald trump needs pennsylvania's electoral college votes to help pay his way to the white house. the election is in november. live in center city, i'm vernon odom, "channel 6 action news." >> thank you, vernon. while trump spoke inside the union league today, dozens of people gathered outside to protest the republican nominee calling him offensive and unfit for office. police say the group was peaceful and there were no arrests. hillary clinton has had no appearances so far today. this was clinton yesterday in tampa. but, of course, both clinton and trump will be taking part in what they are calling the commander in chief forum tonight on national security. it happens in new york city. bucks county community college is stepping up to help

students caught in the closing of itt tech. the school is hosting an information session right now at its campus in bristol, bucks county. itt tech's locations in thrut 38 state abruptly closed down after an announcement that the government wouldn't give students federal aid to attend the school. that meant a loss of $580 million in expected funds across the country. representatives from bucks county are on hand tonight to outline opportunities at public two-year nonprofit college. students in the trenton school district were sent home early today because of a hot and humid conditions. they canceled classes in the middle of the afternoon today. with temperatures expected to rise even more, early dismissal will continue tomorrow and friday. that's the word from trenton. it will be a hot night at citizen's bank park in philadelphia for more reasons than one. first the weather and then the

bruce springsteen concert that will heat about 40,000 springsteen lovers try to keep cool at the sports complex in south philadelphia. "action news" reporter sarah bloomquist. sarah? >> reporter: jim, i got a lot of the concert-goers here to keep me company. i'm here at the holiday inn parking lot. they've been here for hours already. and it is hot. so they sought out some trees, maybe a little bit of grass. they put up tents like this one. you better believe a slice of shade was a hot commodity on this very hot day. ♪ the streets of philadelphia >> reporter: the ipod in the parking lot is playing. the streets of philadelphia are hot once again. and here at the sports complengsz, ahead of tonight's springsteen concert, fans of boss are trying to keep cool by staying away from the red-hot blacktop. >> i'd rather sit out there with everybody else but i thought, let's go in the shade. it will be cooler. >> it was like blacktop.

i am like, we are not sitting on this mehcad 'em. we're frying like french fries. i already have sunscreen on. i'm like, we're out. there's my tree. >> reporter: this group found a single square of shade. >> we found the trailer that doesn't exist anymore, and trying to find some shade before we go in for springsteen. >> reporter: does it help over here? >> a lot cooler. >> reporter: but the grills are still going, and some decided to sweat it out right out in the hot sun. >> you were right here on the blazing pavement. >> i am. >> reporter: how's it feel? >> i'm blazing. [ laughter ] >> reporter: they've been here for hours, not long to go now. the sun will set, and the sounds of springsteen will take them late into the hot september night. >> it's just a fun experience. everybody's dancing. everybody's having a good time. you always feel good when you leave. even if you're not a real bruce fan, it's my first concert he brought me to and i just had such good time. >> reporter: back here live with my new friends here, getting ready for the springsteen concert. some of them have been going to

hundreds of concerts. like well over 100 concerts. somebody told me that sometimes springsteen will actually come out and hose down the crowd. they're hoping that happens tonight. these guys really want to sing for you. let's hear them really quickly. one, two, three, go! go! ♪ >> reporter: i think that's about enough. live at the supports complex in south philadelphia, i'm sarah bloomquist, "channel 6 action news." back to you. >> i don't think they'll be singing backup tonight. but thank you, sarah. coming up on "action news" tonight, the eagles make another trade, and we hear from carson wentz as he studies up for his nfl debut. and a philadelphia student begins her first day of seventh grade with a surprise wake-up call from "action news." adam? >> and jim, they're back. the heat index above 100 degrees here tomorrow afternoon and it's not the only day in that seven-day forecast. we'll talk about the expected

heat in accuweather. those stories and much more when "action news" continues tonight.

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for banning assault weapons, and banning high-capacity ammunition clips. and pat toomey? against an assault weapons ban and against banning high capacity ammo clips like those used in the orlando massacre. listen to pat toomey brag: "i have had a perfect record with the nra." pat toomey gets an "a" from the nra. he's not for you. senate majority pac is responsible for the content of this advertising. a boil water advisory is still in effect tonight for residents of a development in egg harbor city. for two weeks, those living in mullica woods, a 55-and-over community, have not been able to drink their water. the reason the failure a private well that sent sand into the water treatment system. the dep says technical issues havely thated sample testing. if those samples come back negative, the boiler advisory will be lifted immediately. governor chris christie says

three state buildings will be demolished and replace the. the agriculture, health and taxation buildings will get new structures in trenton that will have 27% less square footage. christie doesn't specify how much the project would cost, but he did say it's part of an initiative to build the economy of the capitol city. this is day one of the new school year for all but kindergartners in philadelphia. and "action news" was with one young lady even before her day began. "action news" reporter katherine scott has the story. >> reporter: hours before the mayor and school superintendent rang in the new school year at hill friedman world academy in mt. airy, a new seventh-grader was just waking up with little help from "action news. >> good morning. surprise. "action news" is here. >> reporter: tabitha gordon was only bleary-eyed for a moment. >> i know that light is so, so bright in the morning. >> reporter: the surprise wore off quickly and the thrill of the first day sunk in. soon, it was downstairs for

grace and waffles and bacon for tabitha and little sister tamia. both of whom are ready to get this year going. >> i get to see my teachers and i'm hoping to have a passion for teaching. >> reporter: tabitha organized her supplies before heading off to hill friedman, which this year moved into the former morris e. leeds building, part of the effort to expand access to high-performing programs. millions of dollars went to repairs and rerenovation including this science lab. at the annual bell-ringing situation, the doctor said the start of this school year is the strongest since he started as superintendent. he says the budget has stabilized, and they're now embarking on a $440 million five-year investment program. >> it includes a nurse and counselor in every school, $32 million in new instructional materials, $7 million in turning around the lowest performance 62 schools. these are things we should be doing as a school district and i'm excited that after four

years we're finally getting to this point. >> reporter: dr. height is optimistic and so are the gordons, who believe the school district is heading in the right direction. >> i feel positive about the school year. i know they're ready. there's going to be nurses. there's going to be counselors. >> the first day of school, i feel amazing. >> reporter: welcome back, everybody. in mt. airy, katherine scott, "channel 6 action news." and who doesn't love showing off those first-day of school pictures? we've been asking to you share yours with us all day. you can post your first-day photos using #6abcaction. and you can see your son or your daughter on "action news" or 6abc.com.

i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. there's a race going on right now. the world's clean energy super power's either going to be germany, china, or us. and i'm going to make sure it's us. from 500 million solar panels installed by the end of my first term, to precision manufacturing. we'll beat the competition and create new high wage jobs. we can do this, millions of jobs right here in america. that's my plan. so four days and counting to the start of the real deal. >> yeah. there is exciting, right? sunday the birds host the browns. it's the week of wentz, jim. >> the week of wentz. >> very dramatic. an ill literation too. there's reason already to be alarmed. don't worry.

it's not what you think. jeff skversky has that story. >> reporter: if the eagles haven't had enough surprises lately, hopefully, the fire alarm going off during doug pederson's press conference today is not a sign of things to come. [ alarm ] the eagles coach doesn't believe the season is now in danger with a rookie quarterback starting. >> my expectations for the team are extremely high. we need to win football games. maybe the perception outside of the building is a little different. >> i don't see why we can't go out there and win every sunday. we're gonna go out there and compete. >> reporter: the fact that this is only wentz's second practice as a starter and the fact he's missed three of their four preseason games with broken ribs might be alarming to some, but not for wentz and the eagles. they believe he's ready despite being thrown out here on short notice. they're not scaling back the playbook. >> i'm not trying to make it bigger than it needs to be. it's still just a game of football. it's just an inherent confidence that i have about my game and about myself.

>> reporter: the alarm clock went off bright and early this morning. wentz was here at headquarters at 5:15 in the morning studying film and the cleveland bron brourns, a team he'll face in his nfl debut. >> i'm excited to play my first nfl game but to get in front of these fans that are hungry for some wins and some things, it's -- seeing these fans is a passion i have. i'm excited as heck to get out in front of them and i know they'llably the juice. >> reporter: peedorson expects wentz to have have some butterflies just like he will on sunday. jeff skversky, "action news." >> sturgis was hit in the head with a ball. he gets rewarded with a one-year contract extension. today the eagles made it official. trading cornerback eric row to the patriots in ooh return for the former second-round pick they get a 2018 fourth-round pick. that lineman we told but yesterday is not involved in the deal after all. the sea wolfs are in town this weekend. you didn't know that that was stony brook's nickname?

did you know that? you know everything. >> no, i don't. >> yes, you do. well, i didn't know that they were the sea wolves anyway. it will be a chance to come back from that heartbreaking loss on friday. their motto this week is 1-0 even though they're 0-1 they just want to win the week. he just hopes that lesson pays off. >> this is great, great learning experience. i hate learning like this. but you know, we've done it before. i mean, it's just the way it is. so are we going to make stony brook a learning experience? or are we going to have learned from last week's game? we'll find out. so -- for me, it's only a wake-up call if we play great football for the rest of the year. >> we'll have a preview of the game, plus inside action on practice. head coach matt ruehl will join us ducis rodgers saturday morning, 9:45 a.m. here on channel 6. the sixers have signed elton brand again. the forward and all-around good guy gets a one-year contract. brand played form four seasons and eventually retired, then unretired and signed here in january and the 17-year veteran

will now be back for the third time. how about a sweep? it sure beats being swept. and after being on the wrong end of that the last two series, the phillies had try to beat the marlins tonight for the third straight game. from the u.s. open, caroline wozniacki hitting souvenirs to the crowd. hey, in the tunnel there. one more time. >> one hand on the fly. >> sign that kid up to be a wide receiver. i'm impressed. adam joseph with the accuweather forecast when we continue in just a moment. katie: on crime, pat toomey's attacks on me are shameful. he's making it up. of course, anyone who commits a violent crime needs to be prosecuted -- and put behind bars. narrator: katie mcginty will keep us safe -- more police on the streets,

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back in the soup, here's adam joseph with the accuweather forecast. >> yeah, the haze, the heat, the humidity, the indices over 100. it's going to feel like july in september. as we take a look at stormtracker live double scan, we have downpours to the west of harrisburg. it could clip parts of our western suburbs this evening. but the showers along the coast because of hermine have now push to the east. heat advisories will go into effect. that's our first highlight tonight. tomorrow at noon, lasting through 6:00 p.m. for the majority of our viewing area. this includes the lehigh valley, the delaware valley, the entire state of delaware, really the exception here is southern delaware and along the coastline, not under that heat advisory. and with that basically means is those areas in the orange will feel that heat index, how it's going to feel when you step out. will jump to 95 by lunchtime. 102 at 2:00 in the afternoon. 101 at 4:00. and even after the sun sets at 8:00, still feeling like the

mid-90s. we did break that 90-degree mark in the city today of 91 degrees right now sitting at 89, same for allentown, reading. 90 in wilmington. the poconos, low 80s. and right along the shore today, upper 70s to low 80s. some showers near beach haven and clouds today. so it kind of struggled to boost that temperature up. but you can see the spin with hermine. that is starting to progress to the north and east now. so the last of the clouds now pushing off the coastline, dry air here with sinking air, and then you get rising air with the front. so that's the downpours are developing. and heading towards washington and baltimore, and that's really the main trajectory of these downpours this evening. however, at 9:00, you could see some lehigh valley, berks county, lancaster county, western chester county. they'll be hit or miss. philadelphia points to the east, you are dry here all evening and all night. even by midnight, those western areas clearing out with a mixture of stars and clouds, but warm and muggy every war tonigh.

trenton to reading, 73 philadelphia, 70s in the state of delaware and the same thing for the shore line. the september heat is on the next three days. and you can blame this high pressure to the south, because this high, a real musclemaker will crank those winds out of the west-southwest, feeling at or above 100 thursday, friday, saturday, challenging records as well. could be record-tying tomorrow in philadelphia set back in 1939 of 96, record-tying, 94 set back in 1884 for the end of the week, and pretty close to the record on saturday set in 1983. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, oppressive. humidity is going to drop. but it's still going to be uncomfortable on friday. and that steam bath feeling here saturday of 96 feeling once again like 102 or so, and then a cold front comes in thursday night, early -- saturday night into early on sunday with a leftover shower early sunday breaking for sun for the eagles

in the afternoon, and you're going to notice the drop in humidity sunday afternoon and especially come monday and tuesday, beautiful, mid-80s for highs. but that break doesn't last all that long. it turns warmer again as we are on the brink of 90 degrees a week from now. >> all right. thank you adam. abc's "world news with david muir" next on channel 6. "action news" continues at 10:0, sharrie williams, adam joseph and ducis rodgers. then please join us for "action news" at 11:00 here on channel 6. for adam joseph, jamie apody, cecily tynan, the entire "action news" team, ducis rodgers, i'm jim gardner. we hope you'll join us at 11:00.

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tonight, the new shooting caught on camera in a city under siege. a 71-year-old man shot while simply watering his lawn. his neighbor's camera capturing his struggle to then get help. and now the plea this evening to find the suspects. also tonight, the deadly storm. we're tracking the tropical system moving across this country. a month's worth of rain in just hours. and the severe storms now ahead. the commander in chief test. donald trump, who once said he had a secret plan to take out isis. his big reveal tonight. and after our interview, trump saying hillary clinton doesn't look presidential, tonight, chelsea clinton, center stage, firing back. the deadly mid-air collision. two planes colliding, the second time in a week. and the spoiler. what amazon posted early today that unlocked the clues to the