after "action news." and a shooting outside of a philadelphia elementary school. in kensington this morning it's just the latest in a rash of violence across the city. john rawlins is live now with details on this. >> reporter: monica, it's been a hectic day and a half for philadelphia police investigators the latest incident the shooting victim was across the street from the school and assaulted by a gunman that later fled in an older model chevy monte carlo. >> it was so sudden. >> the young man came up with the gun -- >> he came up with the gun and started running -- victim ran and pulled out the weapon and shot one time -- >> angelo skinner says he never saw such violence close up. the victim thought to be a vendor selling bathroom supplies. police say he was shot in the back of the head. the latest mayhem. >> there is gunshots everywhere,

people getting killed left and right. >> a war zone. >> yes. >> it claims people they knew. so far no lie this year, four or five -- >> this afternoon it follows a night where 10 people were shot and four fatally. patricia hajj estimated she knows seven people in the last few years. >> i wish i knew. you tell me baby. you tell me. what is the answer? >> the key part of the answer the complex problem the police say that people that know something need to say something. >> we need people that get information on the shootings that are likely to result in retaliation, let us know, you may be the difference in saving someone's life. >> retaliation, revenge and pay back whatever you want to call it. it's a factor in street violence, and people have to

understand they have to talk to detectives to protect additional bloodshed and pain. john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." investigators say they found open alcoholic containers in a car after a crash that left a 5-year-old dead. it happened at 1:00 this morning on i-78 at the heller town interchange. and investigators say that the driver of a nissan struck a guardrail ejecting her three passengers, a woman and a girl and 5-year-old rayvon robinson who was killed. the car careened back on to the highway and it was hit by two other cars. a motorcyclist suffered critical injuries after being struck by a car in chester county. it happened in the southbound lanes of 202 in west town township. the driver of that car clipped the bike tossing the

motorcyclist to the pavement. a shocking day in one trenton classroom after a kindergartner brought 30 packs of heroin in his lunch box. the child was rushed to the hospital and tested for opiates. bob brooks joins us with the latest on this disturbing case. >> reporter: monica, good evening. pretty scary stuff here. a lot of kids lives put at risk with the drugs coming into the school here. this isn't a 5-year-old to blame, this is for adults and the investigation is to find out who put the drugs in his lunch box. >> could you imagine if these children at the international academy charter school of trenton accidentally ingested heroin, it could have happened yesterday. a kindergarten was found with 30 bags on him. >> horrible.

grateful that this kid didn't digest it. thank god he was not giving it another student. and more disappointed they are finding out through word of mouth rather than the school. >> we were not notified. we were complaining to the director this morning about it because we were not notified. >> a teacher told her 5-year-old student to stop playing what she thought was a candy wrapper and the boy did but like 5-year-olds do, he started to play with it again, the teacher went to take it away she realized it was heroin and 29 more bags wither found in his lunch box and the boy was take and to the medical center and luckily tested negative for opioids. >> imagine if the child had not brought it to school it would still be in the children's home. >> it's not the school's fault.

>> the charter school with not speak with us and issued this statement. they are following the procedure specified by the law and working closely with local authorities to handle this matter. >> back out live here, thankfully again none of those kids injusted any of this heroin. the 5-year-old had it out and was playing with it. bob brooks, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. a church in camden county was severely damaged by a fire that broke out in the basement that happened last night at the temple ministries church in pennsauken and firefighters had a tough time putting it out because stacked tables and chairs were in the way and they are accepting donations to rebuild but don't know where we will worship this sunday. >> it's sad right now but i know that god has something better for us. we have to hold our heads up and keep on keeping on because it's

just a building. >> the building has stood for more than a century and suffered another fire a few years ago. no word on the cause. philadelphia's beverage tax is now at the center of a lawsuit. the beverage industry challenging the tax saying it unfairly targets drinks based on size rather than price. mayor jim kenney plans to defend the attack and win the lawsuit. it's set to take effect in january. wilmington will soon have a must mayor after the incumbent was defeated. the winner will face republican robert martin and independent candidate steve washington in november. vernon odom breaks down the race tonight. >> at wilmington river front voters picked mike prissiki. he won in a field of seven

including the incumbent mayor dennis williams. since the early 70s the democratic primary served as the real general election here, because the democrats have the real election registration advantage. the squeaking makeover of the river front is his shining accomplishme accomplishment. >> the health of our city depends on how we treat our poorest neighborhoods and they have been neglected for decades and my intention is to go in and do dramatic things to fix those neighborhoods. he sees crime and poverty as real problems here as well. >> we can't be known nationally as murder town. we have to get rid of the crime. >> he says there will be changes

in the top brass of the police department, and great change is needed at city hall. >> i think that fundamentally people are still worried about the security of the city. >> bringing jobs be bringing the crime down, giving our kids positive thins to do within the community. >> and an old add able applies here. a new wind blows and the page turns soon. in wilmington, delaware, i'm vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." a jury has been seated in the trial involving the bridge gate scandal. the panel of seven women and five men will hear the arguments, two former aides of governor chris christie were indicted last year on charges that they orchestrated traffic jams at the george washington bridge, chris christie could be subpoenaed to testify about the plot but was not charged.

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preliminary work got underway for one of center city's residential towers, crews were digging on jewelers row,

toll brothers granted a permit for a 18 story building there. four existing properties will have to be demolished there. meal time is more special for homeless children at a homeless shelter in german town thanks to a big donation from shop-rite. katherine scott reports on this simple but much needed gift. >> reporter: it was the regular prelunch hustle at the pennsylvania kitchen in german town accompanied by a little fanfare. >> today the ribbon was cut on the newly renovated kitchen and dining area, an $80,000 project for the facility that serves homeless and trafficked youth 21 and younger. >> i was on the streets and came here to look for a way to build

my life. >> they stay for a month or two to get the help they knees to transition into jobs and education and more stable housing. this cafeteria is where they congait. >> we didn't have our family but the covenant house are like our family and our siblings. >> a lot of the kids don't get hom cooked meals. >> one of the chefs, chef dee loves the equipment. >> you see the kids happy, it makes you feel good. >> a group of for profit businesses led by the brown family and brown super stores partnered for the project. a new counter and dishwasher and stained glass makes it feel more like home. >> someone walks through and sees a beautiful warm space and it sounds a powerful message that someone cares.

>> the first thing you see is the cafeteria, because are you asked if you are hungry and if you want a meal. last year this facility served 512 young people and turned 546 away because they were full. the idea is to nourish bodies as well as minds. >> it built me up and let me know it was okay to do it myself and gave me strength. vehicular traffic took a backseat to fish traffic along the schuylkill river, crews had to perform maintenance on the fish ladder on martin luther king drive, the root was shut down for several hours after rush hour, the fish ladder allows fish to avoid getting stuck behind barriers like dams and easily migrate upstream. and river days for protecting river quality. over the next six weeks, they

will hold events to teach people how to care for the river. people can take part in cleanups and nature walks. 15 million people rely on the watershed. >> jim gardner is in the hospital getting over an infection and he is feeling much better and looking forward to getting back to work. he is on the men and all of us here at "action news" wish him a speedy recovery. ns - he voted against closing this loophole for terrorists - and with the gun lobby. katie: we have to do everything in our power to keep guns away from terrorists who threaten our way of life. i'm katie mcginty and i approve this message because we can't risk our families' safety on a loophole.

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words. >> i was in favor of starting chase daniels, and that is a testament to the coaching staff. ron jaworsky said it was the rookie head coach that should be credited with the quarterback. >> they look organized. there were very few mental mistakes and few stupid plays. you didn't see 10 men on the field or 12 men on the field, you saw a well organized football team. >> jaws put out impressive stats, 130 passes on first downs high praise from a former caller in his shoes. >> he did phenomenal, one of the most impressive starts i have ever seen by a rookie quarterback in his first game. >> donovan mcnabb's first start completed eight passes and 46.3,

peyton manning threw 37 times but three of those were picked off. that puts jaws on the wentz wagon for another week. >> at home against the steelers that will be the test. we are joining forces with phl 17 to bring you the monday night game against the bears and that game is at 8:30, we'll air a pregame special before the game all on phl 17. and temple gets penn state on the road this saturday. both teams enter at 1-1, and the owls come off a 38-0 win against stoney brook. they never won at the penn state stadium. phillip walker remembers last year's victory well. >> talk about the confidence that year gives you in this match-up. >> we know what we are capable

of and we know we have played with them. we know now that we have a good team and a lot of players that are capable of doing a lot of big things on the football field. >> for a full preview of the temple penn state game, join us saturday morning for temple play book here on 6 abc, coach matt rule joins us that morning at 9:45. the phillies and pirates play tonight and johnson pitches winless in his last five starts. if you were driving on i-95 you may have seen this. i loved playing for you and you will be in my heart thank you filly, he was traded to the dodgers last month. he was a class act. fan favorite. adam joseph with the accuweather forecast next. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message.

donald trump says he alone can fix the problems we face. well i don't believe that's how you get things done in our country. it takes democrats and republicans working together. that's how we got health care for 8 million kids. rebuilt new york city after 9/11. and got the treaty cutting russia's nuclear arms. we've got to bring people together. that's how you solve problems and that's what i'll do as president.

adam is here with ac weather. we tied a record today. >> 92 in september and temperatures stay above normal during the seven day period. we get a break but technically it's still above normal. stormtracker 6 live double scan we are tracking a couple of downpours and even a thunderstorm trying to pop up or two around the lehigh valley as we close in closer here as we track this working from the northwest to the south and east near red lion and north of boyer town and north and east of reading, the towns and times, perkiom perkiomen, and quite a heavy downpour passing through parts of the lehigh valley and south of allentown and south and west

of easton a couple of showers, most of these fall apart as they drift in from the north. a live lightning strike east of kutztown. the action cam in fairmount park earlier today and folks were enjoying sitting in the shade especially on the hot afternoon. a dry afternoon, you can see there an artist going to work talking and enjoying folks walking around with a bottle of water in their hand. record highs tied or broken across the area today. 92 again tying the record from 1995 in philadelphia, wilmington 93 a degree above its old record from 1915 and record breaking in trenton in allentown and at the atlantic city airport 92 degrees and 10 miles to the east along the boardwalk it was really only in the upper 70s to low 80s thanks to a sea breeze, 78 in beach haven and 79 in cape may and 90 at the airport and 90s

along i-95, 87 in reading and 82 in allentown and north of that cold front, it's 67 right now in the poconos, this front meaning some business with a wind shift and dropping temperatures but not much again in the way of a solid line of rain to come in and bring us much needed rainfall, during the overnight hours tonight. also that front is going hold tropical storm julia to the south and weak tropical storm bringing heavy rain to florida and the carolinas and outer banks of north carolina and this will sit and drift in the region over the next day or two. back at home, refreshing north and west, upper 50s to start your thursday morning, 66 in philadelphia and 63 in millville with the isolated thundershower late in the night north of philadelphia. a brief taste of fall here, high pressure is coming in over new

length with low humidity and crisp mornings, beautiful the next couple of days, and after that temperatures skyrocket once again, the 6 to 10 outlook, below average temperatures expected and above average new england down towards atlanta as we heat it up again. 80 tomorrow and bright north and clouds hanging on south of the city and spectacular low humidity on friday and then the muggies are back on sunday with scattered downpours and thunderstorms throughout the day but it's not a washout just unsettled at times and lingering showers with the front and 84 and temperatures go close to 10 degrees above normal tuesday, wednesday in the upper 80s, key spite a drop in the the end of the week.

>> thank you. a local elementary school kicked off the school year with a special announcement. >> three, two, one! woo! surprise! >> cook elementary school got a donation from amazon.com of $10,000 of school supplies and books. and a new partnership to help students learn science and technology. abc world news is next here on channel 6, and "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl 17. and then join us for "action news" at 11:00. for jim gardner, cecily tynan, ducis and adam, all of us, i'm monica malpass have a great night tonight.

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tonight, breaking news. donald trump stopped in the middle of a political attack, scolded by a pastor in flint, who said, that's not why we invited you here. also tonight, trump's moment with dr. oz. how much did trump reveal? and hillary clinton, just moments ago, with her own disclosure. also tonight, former secretary of state colin powell, hacked. calling trump a national disgrace. and calling trump's birther movement racist. and warning of clinton, quote, she doesn't look good, she's working herself to death. the tropical storm hitting the east coast right now. gusting winds and rain pounding the coast. and the other major storm baring down. breaking news in the case of the driver who police say intentionally plowed into three officers who were simply standing there. what we've now learned tonight. and to the rescue.