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good afternoon in the news a hero police officer is out of the hospital after he survived a shootout with the bombing suspect in new jersey. and we have an update with the pipeline leak that causes gas prices to go up in the delaware valley? but the big story is the violent clash with citizens and police. >> it started when police killed a man in the afternoon in charlotte, north carolina. within hours violence broke out with demonstrators blocking a major highway and looting a store. 16 officers were hurt and multiple police cars were damaged. ray joins us from new york. >> reporter: you mentioned the 16 officers were hurt and dozens of squad cars were destroyed. they say that keith lamont hill

was not just holding a gun but was just an implement threat but holding a gun. families of the victim says otherwise and now they are demanding justice. tensions boiling over through the night on the streets of charlotte. protesters outraged, igniting fires and shutting down a major highway and attempting to overturn this police car. >> even looting stores over a dozen officers injured and the mayor of charlotte pleading for calm. >> i'm asking our community and asking people here to please wait until all information is available. >> police say they were searching for a suspect without standing warrants yesterday when they saw keith lamont scott, who they were not looking for. authorities say scott out of his car holding a gun. >> the officers gave loud, clear

verbal command to drop the weapon. as the officers continued to yell at him to drop it he got out and posed a threat to the officers. >> that is when officer benton shot and struck scott. he later died at the hospital. >> but scott's family gave a different scenario. >> he got a gun, he got a gun, pow pow pow. that is it, he had no gun. >> the officer who fired that fatal shot has been placed on paid administrative leave and the police chief is looking through scores of dash-cam and body cam video, but the officer that fired the shot was not wearing a camera. rick back to you. >> thank you. we are hearing from the family of a woman brutally murdered allegedly at the hands of her ex-boyfriend. 52-year-old adrian lindsay was

run over with a car and beaten with a shovel. police arrested joel who are elwith the crime. the victim's family showed up hoping to face him in court. >> i'm here to represent my sister, her life did matter and i want to make sure that justice was served. >> lindsay's family tells she was a mother and grandmother and a dedicated worker at the university of pennsylvania. ahmad rahami faces attempted murder charges in connection with the bombings that rocked new york and new jersey on friday and over the weekend. this shows ahmad rahami about to plant bombs if his suit and backpack and the pressure cooker bomb he allegedly set off in manhattan was powerful enough to shatter windows 40 feet away. they are relying on rahami's

journal and social media accounts to learn more about his background. one of the injured police officers who was hurt in that shootout, that eventually led to the arrest of rahami is back home now and recovering in north jersey. officer peter hammer was hit by bullet fragments including some to his head. he told reporters at home he is touched by the report he has received. >> i appreciate the concern, but i need time to recover, shot in the forehead. i'm glad to be alive and glad to be home. >> the other officer injured took a direct hit to his bulletproof vest. he was released from the hospital earlier this week. both officers are expected to make a full recovery. the mayor targeted in the bridge gate scandal is back on the witness stand.

bridget kelly is charged with causing traffic jams in ft. lee near the george washington bridge for not endorsing chris christie election. he was given attention before declining to endorse him in 2014. turning to accuweather it's the last full day of summer, a nice day to get outside and enjoy the final hours of the season, we are looking live from sky 6 hd from penn's landing a mix is of clouds and sun and comfortable temperatures for your wednesday. david murphy is tracking the temperatures from the terrace. not sure we want to say good-bye. >> we say hi to autumn tomorrow but it will feel like summer for a couple more days. lets start with satellite, we start with sun on the terrace breaking through the clouds. we have the remnants of julia to the south falling apart season

weakening a little bit. a brief sprinkle in southern delaware and south jersey and it's gone and the cloud as peer to thin out a bit. you'll have more clouds to the south than to the north. 82 in philadelphia, things are warming up nicely 79 in allentown and 82 in reading and 79 in trenton and 76 in cape may, new jersey. the dew points continue to drop down into the 50s in philadelphia, that is not what we consider humid air, anything over 60 is considered humid and the 70s in millville and cape pay, it's sticky down that way but the numbers are liable to fall off a bit in the afternoon. part of the reason we get the drier air moving in is the direction of the wind, from the north-northeast 12 miles per hour in philadelphia. we are going to go for a high of 86 this afternoon, this model has 84 at 4:00, look at how we fall off after that. 83 by 6:00 and down into the 70s

this evening and 73 by 10:00, getting down to the 60s in most neighborhoods overnight. when i step inside we have a cool down in the long-term forecast and it arrives in time for a football weekend in philadelphia. going to feel more like football weekend for temple and the eagles. details are coming up. >> thank you. the 6 abc weather balloon completed its four our journey, we launched it earlier this morning from berks county to gather forecasting data from the skies. we are joined live in bucks county by karen rogers where the balloon has landed. >> reporter: yes it has, i spent the morning tracking this balloon with the gps, the whole idea is to take you inside of the forecast. we have the best technology at channel 6, stormtracker 6 live double scan but the input from around the world comes from the weather balloons, and we launched one live this morning.

we are getting ready to fill the weather balloon, i'm turning it right now. >> it's a biodegradable weather balloon made of tree sap. they are the backbone of weather forecasts. more than 800 of them are launched worldwide twice a day. attached to the balloon are temperatures measuring pressure. and they can determine wind speed in the upper levels of the atmosphere. >> we have satellite but they are not in the atmosphere. they cannot sense the atmosphere so where the balloons are key for getting the model that noah uses. >> three, two, one! the 6 abc weather balloon launching look how rapidly it goes up there. it ascended 1,000 feet per minute. and it travels to the edge of the surface and then bursts and

a parachute carry its down along with a go pro camera that will show its video. >> i logged on to tase book and saw it live. >> it's amazing i have never seen anything like it. >> we should hear the signal strong in the next minute. >> we found the exact spot of the balloon on the edge of this open field, it didn't land there, way up to the highest tree, you see the orange parachute with the balloon dangling from it. we'll need ann arborist to help with this one. of course it had to land in a tree but when we get it out and get the go pro camera you'll see amazing shots. people were watching on tv and logging on to 6abc.com and tracking it too, on social media, as we were tracking it people were rolling down the windows, saying hey karen did you find the weather balloon yet in we were tallp doing this

together. and hopefully you see that signs is educational and interesting, and a lot of fun. we had fun tracking it. karen rogers channel 6 "action news." >> it's a long but exciting morning karen thank you. >> you can relive the exciting flight of the balloon at 6abc.com. find video of the launch as it aired live on channel 6 "action news" this morning and an explanation from cecily and adam on how it all works and a slideshow of images from the spectacular journey all there right now at 6abc.com. still to come here on "action news" at noon, the woman in charge of the company that makes the epi pen will be in washington to defend that drug's dramatic price increase. >> and they are questioning the safety of tap water in american homes. >> and they want to increase traffic fines by more than $100, even parking violations. we'll explain when "action news"

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turning to politics, both presidential can dates are spending the day garnering support in key battleground

states. clinton is in florida today and the speech will focus on building an inclusive economy and support for people with disabilities. meanwhile republican nominee, donald trump, already met with pastors in ohio this morning and will tour a factory and meet with others in the state. a new report is sounding alarm bells about the nation's tap water, researchers at the environmental group found 200 million americans in all 50 states are exposed to chromium 6, it is known to cause cancer and featured in the movie, erin brokovich. >> the ceo of mylan the maker of epi pen will be in the hot seat in washington. she will try to defend the cover the of this life saving drug before a congressional committee

this afternoon. the price of the drug rose 500% since 2007. now that her mother is accused of improperly promoting the epi pen. gale mention, the head of a national group led an organization to require schools to purchase epi pens. hundreds of new police officers will be working on the streets of chicago. the chicago pd will make 970 new hires over the next two years, that includes 500 patrol officers and 92 field officers and 200 detectives and 112 sergeants and 50 lieutenants, the decision comes after the city auto over 500 homicides this year alone and 2016 is considered to be the deadliest year in two decades in chicago. another american town is hoping to bolster its own police force but wants to pay for the officers by dramatically

increasing the traffic fines in war saw, new york they would add $100 to all tickets including parking tickets. county officials believe it's the least painful way of affording more public safety drives. it's scheduled for a vote by the end of the next month. >> customers affected by the samsung recall can get their new phone today but many don't even want it. plus, an easy way to cut down childhood allergies. what a parent can do as soon as the baby is born. katie mcginty: franny, johnny, mikey, maureen, jimmy,

joey, ricky, eileen, me, and colleen... all 10 of us raised on a policeman's salary and a mom working as a restaurant hostess. imagine trying to do that today, with washington looking out for the favored few. i'll bring a different point of view to the u.s. senate - working class roots and the mother of three, i'll put middle class families ahead of wall street. i'm katie mcginty and i approve this message because it's your turn to get ahead.

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we'll soon find out if the federal reserve will change interest rates. the fed wraps up their two day meeting this afternoon. many expect it will leave interest rates where they are. the economists believe that the fed want more time to evaluate the u.s. economy, they predict the next raise will no the come until december. half a million phones set to replace the defective galaxy note 7 are expected in the u.s. today. more than a third of the affected customers don't wants a new samsung phone, many say they would buy an iphone from apple instead. it's recalled because the battery can overheat and catch fire. health check this noon. there is growing evidence that exposing babies to peanut butter and eggs can help prevent allergies in the future. a new survey shows that

introducing eggs at 4 to 6 months and peanuts to 4 to 11 months old sharply cuts allergy risks. the peanuts should not be whole but in a formula for babies, doctors told parents to hold off on peanuts for years and now believe that early exposure is better. the "action news" team is working on news stories beginning tonight at 4:00. a family shopping trip, has now launched a police investigation, another shopper snapped the pictures showing the father dragging his daughter by the hair. >> and apple is out with their latest iphone and consumer reports puts it to the test and we have the resultses coming up in today's what's the deal? sky 6 hd looking live at the jersey shore and cape may, meteorologist, david murphy, will have your seven-day forecast when "action news" comes right back.

meteorologist, david murphy is here now as we say so long to summer. >> we are exiting today is the last full day but it will feel like it. >> all right. >> it will feel great this weekend. >> sara is crying. >> she is very upset. stormtracker 6 live double scan we don't have any precipitation out there, a couple of sprinkles managed to come up in cape may county and southern delaware but they are gone. the action cam was there when we were doing battle with the clouds at fairmount park, beautiful flowers and gardens and a lot of rain but not sun, now we see more sun break through especially from philadelphia and points north. temperatures 82 degrees

currently and that dew point that started out in the upper 60s is now down to 59 and that is because of the northeast wind bringing dry air down at 12 miles per hour. and even down the shore where it is more humid you'll see the humidity level dip a bit in the afternoon. a bunch of 70s in trenton, allentown and lancaster and reading and 79 in millville and down at the shore 76 at cape may. this area of precipitation and low pressure center is the former tropical storm julia. it's traveling south and having a hard time coming north but at the same time it's producing the clouds. today is a clouds and sun mix, more clouds the farther south you go and more sun up north. up in the lehigh valley clouds and sun and nice and warm and 85 degrees, humidity levels are not a problem since this morning. 78 degrees the farther south you move along the coast and light winds overall. and fairly cloudy with sunny

break possible. and philadelphia clouds and sun and warm 86 degrees and humidity not a problem and the farther north you go the more sun you are liable to see. nice night for phillies baseball as they wrap up a short two game set with the chicago white sox. 79 for the first pitch and 73 in the ninth inning. 69 is the overnight low and some suburbs get down to 60. and then tomorrow autumn does arrive. a little after 10:00 in the morning but in the afternoon it will feel like summer with high pressure in control and 86 degrees. and points south a clouds and sun mix, but a fair amount of sunshine in philadelphia and points north. a change in tropical storm karl now a tropical depression, as it pushes to the north, the latest track is better news for bermuda, instead of hurricane

status it will probably just be a tropical storm and the track continues to shift to the east, bermuda just might get spared this weekend. the exclusive accuweather forecast, today's high 86 and clouds and sun. and tomorrow warm sunshine for the first partial day of autumn. 86 degrees is the high and friday the first full day of autumn feels like summer and high of 88 and a chance of a shower at night, we are moving that shower up to friday night than will mean that saturday morning now looks dry and it will be a nice day for the temple homecoming tailgating and the noon football game. 76 degrees and warm but not as warm. 72 degrees on sunday and the eagles don't play until 4:30, so it will be in the 60s for most of that game. >> not bad for tailgating. >> not at all. more ahead in the next half our of "action news" at noon, the curtis institute of music is

getting ready for the first performance of the season. and he isn't in the running for the mirror ball trophy but this actor does not regret his short i'm on "dancing with the star stars". i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. i know more about isis then the generals do. john mccain, a war hero. he's not a war hero, he's a war hero because he was captured. i like people that weren't captured ok. donald trump compared his sacrifices to the sacrifices of two parents who lost their son in war. how would you answer that father? what sacrifice have you made for your country?

i think i've made a lot of sacrifices, built great structures. i've had tremendous success, i think... those are sacrifices?

philadelphia police are searching for a man seen trying to rob two businesss less than 10 minutes apart and in one attempt a clerk took matters into his own hand. and the 6 abc weather balloon when up in the air. we'll have the details. and ahmad rahami is facing five charges of trying to kill a law enforcement officer and using weapons of mass destruction. we have details on his past, parents and his wife. >> reporter: rick, officials have learned that ahmad rahami didn't just all of a sudden decide to set off bombs in new york and new jersey he was allegedly planning it for months. there is no doubt that ahmad