release of the atlantic city police officer shot in the head two weeks ago. [ applause ] officer josh vidal gave a thumbs up for a show of support as he left the hospital today. "action news" reporter chad pradelli is live now in atlantic city. >> reporter: monica, right now officer vidal is at a rehab center in philadelphia. earlier today he was released from the hospital if atlantic city and dozens of his fellow officers were on hand. the applause was loud, officer josh vidal's spirit uplifting, he waived and gave a thumbs up and saluted his brothers and sisters in blue. and was wheeled away to go to an undisclosed rehab facility. i was there momently.

he is speaking and in good spirits, he is a tough kid. >> vidal suffered a gunshot wound to the head at the caesars parking lot. vidal and his partner were interrupting a robbery in progress. and his partner opened fire and killed one suspect. two others were caught and charged with attempted murder and robbery and other related charges. vidal's doctors and nurses also received a loud applause, dr. eller was his brain surgeon, he said part of the skull had to be removed to relieve pressure. >> it will take time but we are optimistic he will make a full recovery. >> vidal is a husband and father of two and a third child is on the way, his wife and family were on hand. >> he has children and a wife and family who loves him. he has great comrade thads work with him and think the world of

him. he is a great employee is what i can tell you. >> officer vidal an his family have no comment but appreciate all the support. i'm live in atlantic city, chad pradelli, channel 6 "action news." >> now to a developing story in west philadelphia. police say that a 22-year-old man was shot while walking to the store. it happened at 3:30 this morning near 55th and vine. christ yes aleto is tracking developments live from pen presbyterian medical center. >> reporter: police say he was shot three times and two pierced his body one in the stomach and one in the hip. >> bullets intended for her 22-year-old son sean clark. >> he was just going to the store. >> my son don't get in no

trouble. >> but trouble found him leaving his grandmother's home. >> two males, no description at this time. they fired three times and hit him once in the stomach and once in the hip. >> the shooting happened in broad daylight just as the school around the corner was dismissing young students and for that reason alone detectives believe someone saw something. >> broad daylight in a major intersection. with kids, is unacceptable. people should do the right thing and provide the information. >> police are going through surveillance foot able trying to track down who pulled the trigger and anyone with information about the gunman is asked to can't detectives. christie aleto, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. authorities in camden county believe that this man is behind

three armed bank robberies, officers released the clear image of a crime and showing pointing a handgun at a teller demanding cash two robberies happened yesterday, one at a td in bellmawr and one at a td bank in bellside and one in blackwood on september 6th. and three break-ins at the same gun shop in the mayfair section. and now 17 guns are missing. sara bloomquist joins us live outside of the atf headquarters in washington scare with more on the thefts and a $10,000 reward being offered. >> reporter: that is right. the atf is joining with the group called the national shooting sports foundation offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the

arrest and conviction of these suspects that keep breaking into this mayfair gun shop. three times in the past two weeks, they made off with 17 handguns. >> this surveillance video shows a suspect throwing gun barrels like spears at a glass display case trying to access handguns to steam. here is the suspect in the same gunshot app breaking in he didn't get any on september 1st but late august and again yesterday morning, the thief made off with 17 handguns at the gun exchange in mayfair. >> there were five on august 26th and again on september 14th an additional 14 stolen. they showed where one suspect got in through the roof, this is a still photo from a shattered

display case from where guns were taken. and each time the thief was in and out in seconds and probably did not act alone. >> we believe there is more than one person that participated in the event and all three incidents are treated as being done by the same individuals, a lot of similarities but the investigation is ongoing. >> the suspect was wearing a distinctive sweatshirt with the word kin on the front like this. and the guns are typically sold quickly on the street and often used to commit crimes. >> the guns stolen are quickly peddled on to the streets and to criminals that use them in shootings. we want the individuals identified and arrested and to recovery the firearms. the owners told us they operated the family business at this location for the past 60 years and nothing like this has ever happened before. they are having razor wire

installed around the rooftop and a $10,000 reward is offered for information on an arrest and convicti conviction. pennsylvania state police are looking for the mote he of the murder of a mother described as loving and caring. police say that someone shot stephanie ruth in the driveway of her lower macungie home when she returned home from work wednesday morning. a judge increased bail for a drug suspect accused in the deadly crash while fleeing police in mercer county. chandler heavyside made his first appearance. he was fleeing authorities and slammed into another car in hamilton township. the driver of that car, 22-year-old deja ferrier died a short time later. he faces nummous charges and this morning a judge increased

bail to $650,000. tense momentses for two workers outside of christiana hospital when the scaffolding they were working on slipped. chopper 6 hd was over the keep and you see the scaffolding just hanging. one worker had to hang on before he was rescued. no word yet why the scaffolding malfunctioned. mayor kenney's pick to head up the zoning pick, three days after the fbi raided his home and office. james moylan resigned today. the fbi seized information looking into the union and john dougherty. bobby heenean was also targeted but nobody has been charged . new jersey realtors cut the ribbon on the new headquarters in trenton. the building at 10 ham fon

avenue was in the heart of the retail district. the construction project took about 14 months. bad news for people enjoying the free parking on wednesday nights in center city and first fridays in old city. you have to pay again starting next month. the parking authority is ending the promotion with the popularity of the meter up app. more than 50,000 people have downloaded the app. it allows drivers to pay their meters and add time through their cell phones. coming up the museum dedicated to the american revolution take a big leap today for the grand opening in philadelphia next spring. and rookie eagles quarterback carson wentz is handing the attention after the win for the debut. and temperatures running 22 degrees cooler than this time yesterday and tracking the

return of summer warmth and much needed rain and i'll have details on that in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast.

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a new museum in old city honoring the american revolution will not open for another seven months but the courtyard is open. they unveiled the beautiful plaza at chestnut and 3rd. katherine scott has more on this addition to philadelphia. >> reporter: a revolutionary

hooray, the plaza of the american revolution is now open. >> they have done a good job. it fits in well. >> the three story museum is set to open on april 19th and now the fencing is gone and we get a look at the plaza. >> we want people to know that. >> cannons from the revolutionary era are positioned out front and valley forge elm trees provide shade to the seating area and paved in blue stone and brick used in the original and words from the declaration of independence are inscribed in limestone above. >> the building is dedicated to marguerite and jerry, their organization contributed $50

million in matching grants. >> it's no museum in the united states dedicated to the revolution, that brought independence to this great country. >> it has manuscripts and even this life size ship. there will be permanent and temporary exhibit galleries and theaters and education spaces. >> there are a few more touches to come at the plaza. later on they will install two massive bronze sculptures that will depict paintings from the revolution. >> pretty. a perfect day to spend outside and a better day to help others. dozens of volunteers with nha services helped to spruce up two residents here in german town, they cleaned and paints and installed a garden. they house men and women with behavioral health challenges and

helps people with developmental disabilities. and backpacks stuffed with school supplies are on their way to children in need. the part of a partnership with 6 abc and for man mills. the police athletic league will distribute the backpacks to help get the students started off right. narrator: terrorism here at home. fourteen americans killed in a san bernardino mass shooting... but after this tragedy - when pat toomey had the chance to ban

suspected terrorists from buying guns - 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. dear fellow citizen, i know what it's like to live a full life. but living for today doesn't mean forgetting about tomorrow. most people spend more time planning their vacation

than they do for retirement. but i like to think of retirement like it's a 30-year vacation. so how are you going to get there? don't worry. it just takes some planning. and i can help. so if you have a question about retirement, ask me. sincerely, bernard tynes fellow vacationer and fellow citizen. ducis is here and the eagles are hard at work. >> they will be in chicago to take on the bears monday night. just as all eyes will be on carson wentz. the rookie quarterback is the talk of the nfl. here is jeff skversky. >> if they are not talking about you something is wrong. >> they are talking about carson wentz already. he has the number one selling nfl jersey and even the vice president and president of the united states are talking about

carson wentz. >> you got to get on the wentz wagon. >> i thought it was funny, a lot of people and friends and family thought it was crazy. it was cool and all. >> the rookie getting a shout-out from the president. good or bad it doesn't matter, are you on his mind. >> head coach peterson talked to wentz a couple of times this week to stay focused. who could blame a 22-year-old rookie for getting caught up in this. >> it's crazy how much i can focus in on football and not let a lot of this get to me. it's still just football, we played the game and won and awesome and exciting but on to the next. >> he handled it fine just limit the noise on the outside and focus on football. wentz insists he can block out everything and focus on beating

the bears even with this coming under the bright lights of monday night football. wentz sounds ready to shine again. jeff skversky channel 6 "action news." >> we are joining forces with phl 17 to air the game. a pregame special at 8:00 followed by the game. and temple pulled off the upset against penn state a year ago and the outcome has no bearing on the success. >> what last year's game taught us is you have to keep playing, you play as well as you can play and scratch and fight to get to the fourth quarter and our team did that last year and i hope they can do it again this year. >> can you hear more from coach rule at 9:45 on saturday morning here on 6 abc. and typical brett brown

fashion a press conference, coach had lunch with the media and picked up the tab. he is excited for training camp on tuesday. and excited to see this guy, joe jo joel. >> joel is on track for playing and we'll learn more about restrictions that will come haddize way we know. but what i see so far gives us great reason to be extremely excited. >> last night the phillies beat the pirates 6-2 and rookie quinn made a nice play, from center field throughout sean rodriguez at the plate. he said he is making a great first impression. the same to teams tonight in the series finale. cecily tynan has the accuweather forecast next.

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cecily is here with accuweather, and the pattern of cool nights and warm day. >> temperatures are warmer next week. not as cool at night. feels like fall today. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing no sign of any rain out there. in fact, blue skies today. the action cam in fairmount park along kelly drive and it was a great day to be on the schuylkill, a little on the breezy side. he went water skiing on the schuylkill before coming into work today. it was gorgeous, high today back where they should be for this time of year.

the normal high for philadelphia 78 degrees, 2 degrees better than that. allentown and trenton and sea isle city all temperatures in the 70s. big change from yesterday with temperatures in the 90s. tonight is the coolest night in three months, normal low is 61 and a couple of degrees cooler than that. 59 in philadelphia and lehigh valley dropping down to 49 degrees, tomorrow morning you may want to have a sweatshirt or a light jacket or sweater definitely on the chilly side. right now beautiful, 77 in philadelphia and 74 in allentown and trenton and the wind off the ocean along the beaches, temperatures dropping down into the upper 60s. satellite 6 along with action radar showing we are in a holding pattern, high pressure over us that is keeping any moisture from tropical storm julia from moving up from the south and the next chance of rain comes with a cold front slicing through the plains and

that will not be arriving until late sunday into monday. until then we stay dry and we'll be cool tomorrow morning, the bus stop forecast a cool start to the day, the kids may want to wear a sweatshirt or light jacket. 8:00, 59 and tomorrow afternoon a carbon copy of today. low humidity and wall-to-wall sunshine with a high of 80 degree, but as we head into the weekend high pressure is moving to the east and we get the return flow around it and winds out of the southeast shifting to the south during the day on saturday. that will pull up warmer air and 83 degrees and a touch more humid with dew points in the 60s and then that system will bring us finally a chance of some rain sunday into monday. not a washout but at least a little bit of much needed rain, so the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast cool start to the day tomorrow. should be a beautiful end with a high of 80 degrees, mostly sunny skies and low humidity and heading into the weekend, saturday definitely the better of the two days, partly sunny

with a high of 83 degrees, sunday a lot going on on sunday morning, the half iron man in atlantic city and the rock 'n roll philly half marathon and decent conditions for the morning and on the muggy side. warm in the afternoon and you will degrees and scattered showers, and 2:00 in the afternoon not widespread heavy rain but a scattering of showers, and that lasts into the morning on monday and morning rain and improving conditions in the afternoon. 84 degrees, and tuesday 87 degrees, that is a full 10 degrees above normal for tuesday, typical of early august temperatures and wednesday, 86 degrees and thursday fall officially arriving at 10:21 in the morning but the summer warmth continues with a high of 87 degrees, if you like that taste of fall, enjoy tomorrow. we'll be warming up pretty dramatically next week. abc world news tonight with

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tonight, breaking news. the scare here in new york city a short time ago involving police officers. the suspect with a meat cleaver. police rush to the scene. officers injured. gunshots fired. and we are on the scene. also breaking, the massive recall just in tonight. the smartphones now officially recalled because of fires. and the concern over those phones on planes and subways. hillary clinton, back on the trail, and what she says tonight about her absence. and taking aim at donald trump, after that moment at a flint church, when the pastor stops him. meanwhile, trump tonight, and the full interview with dr. oz. what trump now reveals. police investigating a possible serial killer, and tonight here, the 911 call. the woman inside the home. the suspect inside, too. and the stunning scene. worker