anger erupts for a second night on the streets of charlotte, north carolina. within the past couple hours, peaceful protests marred by violence. police in riot gear fired tear gas over the crowd. another african-american killed by police will not happen quietly. many protesters dispursed but a liep of them are facing against police ft many items fired. it looks like fireworks. it's unclear as the protesters when it could turn violent again. wednesday night, jim is off, i'm monica malpass. that's the big story on "action news." a night of protest sent several people to the hospital, one in critical condition. charlotte authorities say it was not police who opened fire but a civilian shooting another civilian as police -- six police

officers suffered minor injuries when a group of protesters wept from a peaceful prayer vigil and confronted police officers. they fired tear gas several times and took people they consider agitators into custody. they are not saying how many people that is yet. this stems from the fatal police shooting of an african-american man on tuesday. keith scott was shot and killed by an officer, who is also african-american. scott emerged from his vehicle holding a gun and refused to drop it. some say he was holding a book, not a gun. three of the officers involved were wearing cameras and investigators are reviewing that footage. at home, one officer was

severely slashed across his face. "action news" reporter, dann cuellar has a medical update and the latest on the suspect. dann? >> reporter: while the investigation is ongoing, we learned the officer who was stabbed have been treated at home with his family. crime scene investigators were on scene. a soccer ball set in the front yard between evidence markers three and two and a boot behind marker two. a man who lived here? >> i know the individual has mental issues. >> reporter: it was unknown to officers who accompanied service workers to the house to check on a child. when the officers approached the front door, he stabbed one in the head. he was spitting at officers. they had to place something over

his head. >> the spit was going all over the police. >> yeah. >> i was saying my goodness, don't have no respect for the officers. >> reporter: the officer was taken to the hospital where he received stitches to the head and later released. a second officer was treated and released. arrested was johnny flores. >> he has issues. >> i'm stunned. they have roosters. that's all i know about them. pretty quiet. >> reporter: police union police says the officer is 40 years old, a 14-year veteran of the police department. he says thank god he is home with his family tonight. the suspect is being held on $5,000 cash bail on charges of

attempted murder and assault on a police officer. i'm dann cuellar. channel 6 "action news." >> thank you, dann. a man is in critical condition after being shot a short time ago. he was taken into custody for reporting. we have the latest from the transportation hub. >> this clearly was an execution-type shooting with this victim clinging to life. >> detective say this is intentional. they fired at close range at the height of evening rush. bullets pierced his torso, back and arms and legs. >> tens of thousands of people will utilize this septa hub on an afternoon. e's brazen to come out and shoot somebody at least seven times in broad daylight in front of

thousands of people. >> reporter: a block away, police searched for the gunman after tips led them to this home. >> made a nonforceful fuful ent. we found them inside. >> reporter: the man taken into custody didn't have a weapon but is in-ku di. >> certainly could have been a lot worse. reprehensible act. random violence to a crowded street at that time of day. a second woman has been charged in the murder of gabrielle carter. none of the suspected shooters are in custody. authorities say 19-year-old natasha gerald gave detectives a

fake alibi for a person in interest. the wife of the bomber suspect is back on american soil tonight. this is her airplane returns to jfk. she left the country three months ago, about the time officials alleged her husband began building his bomb. she was attempting to board a plane. witnesses are needed. the fbi put out the call for these two men who were seen moving it. placingette on a sidewalk and taking the bag it was in. they will not be arrested. they got very lucky, ar shlly disarming it whep they move it. a canine unit police officer who was caught up in a prostitution investigation committed suicide today. the officer ed leopardi spent 20

years on the force and served as mayor in glouser county. the married father of three is a good guy, a few years from retirement that got caught up in a bad thing. hundreds of people attended this vigil to remember a young woman shot and killed in wilmington over the weekend. she was an innocent bystander when shots rang out early sunday morning. she left behind a 7-month-old son who attended the vigil with his grandmother. many in attendance were with the thunder motorcycle club. bucks county has a new district attorney. 47-year-old matthew weintraub will fulfill the spot of heckler. he plans to seek a full

four-year term. he served as chief of prosecution in the d.a. off sis since 2011. a warm welcome tonight. see how the reception honored adam field. he served as deputy secretary of virginia's homeland security and veteran's affairs department. a delaware county family is stunned after finding what looked like a cobra in their yard. turns out it was a non-poisonous snake, but it scared them. it is a six foot long south american false water cobra. with fangs. it was sunning itself in beth spark's driveway. it is a legal pet that simply got away. it has been a center city tradition for years. restaurant week.

eateries offer price fixed menus to lure new diners. some are fed up and it's leaving a bad taste in their mouth. walter perez has been sampling this newfound bitterness. >> reporter: scott schroeder owner of hungry pigeon says -- >> it's not restaurant week when it's held two weeks in the fall and one in the winter. >> now that it's four weeks a year, it's a month and hard on us. >> he doesn't take part in restaurant week. during four weeks, he's competing offering a 50% discount. schroeder says diners taking part in restaurant week aren't getting the full men knew. >> they are undercutting themselves, so they need to make money out of it.

>> reporter: managers that take part in restaurant week say they love it for only one reason. it's a great way to get potential research customers. these certainly call into the category. >> thank you, it's an opportunity to have repeat guests back. if you come for the first time, you will see what we do do. >> we found no shortage of customers who say the $35 meal is what brought them out. >> when i hang out with my friends, it's easier to go through the restaurants at restaurant week. >> if you would like a list of the restaurants it's 680 -- reporting from center city, walter perez, channel 6 "action news." still come on "action news,"

the cost of epipens. >> mark zuckerberg and who he plans to flej money to. part of the reason all the warm air today on the warm size. 6 degrees for the last day of summer. the summer temperatures hold on. i'll explain in the forecast. >> eagles are back for practice. ducis rodgers is live and will hear from carson wentz when we return in a moment.

we want to take you to charlotte, north carolina. it appears most of the protesters are breaking up now.

only a few are left. between 9:00 and 10:00 was the worst of it. one person is fighting for his life. a civilian shot or injured by another civilian. police fired tear gas canistered and wore their body armor. they had to come out to maintain peace and fight off the protesters. six police officers were injured in charlotte, tonight. a lot of the activity, the violence happening outside the omni hotel. in health check, the ceo of a pharmaceutical company that hiked the price of the epipen was in the hot seat today. they grilled her to find out why the device costs $600, instead of $100. her salary rose to $19 million.

>> the increase? >> i am blessed and fortunate. >> what have you done to earn that kind of increase? >> the profit is just $50 for every epipen sold. when asked if there were plans to lower the price, she told lawmakers, no. she said they are planning a generic version for $300. mark zuckerberg and his wife are committing $3 billion to try to cure, prevent or manage all diseases by the end of the century. they admit it may sound crazy, but technology and scientific breakthroughs could get us there. their money will start with a research center in san francisco where teams from science, medicine and engineering can work together. bill gates joined them to applaud their efforts. politics now. in vote 2016, a national poll

has hillary clinton regaining her lead over donald trump, this time by six points, 43-37. libertarian gary johnson, 9% and jill stein 3%. a swing through florida. she spoke to orlando about how to help people with disabilities get jobs. she mentioned north carolina shootings calling it unbearable. she did not mention donald trump by name today. as for trump, he did a political triple header in ohio, in cleveland, dayton today. black voters typically have not voted republican. he is ahead of clinton here in the buckeye state. one of his stops at the manufacturing plant where he took a tour. the federal reserve is

suggesting interest rate hikes could be coming by the end of the year. they voted to keep the rate unchanged for now. chairwoman janet yellen says the job market is doing well and inflation is below the 2% target. the american economy as room to grow without overheating. wall street took the news well with the index ul 1%. the river is going green, literally. if you passed by, you may have done a double take. the skew schuylkill is green. it does not suck oxygen from the water. it's a sign it is healthy. we need a good rain to wash it downstream. the ducks are having a hard time managing it. did you catch the big event this morning? karen rogers launched a weather balloon.

it was loaded with sensors meteorologists use to forecast what is coming next. we put a gps tracker on it so folks could follow the path on 6abc.com. a goprovideo of the slide. the only hang up, it got tangled in a tree when it came down. a little effort to get it free and download the data, but they did. tomorrow morning, karen will have it for you, including the birds eye view from 4:30 a.m. a technological wonder. they are used all over. >> they use them every day for forecasts. we are already getting the weather information. it's astonishing. the balloon burst when it reached altitude more than 103,000 feet above the surface of the earth. that's 19.5 miles up. the lowest temperature recorded,

this is cold, 83 fahrenheit below zero. wind as it was lifting through the jet stream, 99 miles an hour and recovered at a distant 34 miles away from the launch site. i picked my favorites to show you. this is kathleen from long beach island. you can see the colors, a good amount of cloud cover. this is a great view. this is from citizens bank park. the final from summer 2016. we will start fall on a warm note. philadelphia still warm, 71 degrees. cape may 71 and wilmington, 73. satellite 6 showing we are getting debris clouds from the remnants of julia spinning to the south.

it will finally begin to move away tomorrow as high pressure bursts its control over us. a good amount of sunshine. it will be warm. comfortable in the morning at 6:00. 62 by 8:00. patchy fog, then the autumnal equinox, when the sun's rays are over the equator. the official beginning of summer. tomorrow a carbon copy of today. friday, it will get warmer and more humid. 88 degrees. that front rolls through friday, early saturday behind the system, a blast of call. >> this is great timing. for the eagles/steelers, 4:35 kick off. plenty of sunshine. temperatures 71 down to 66 by

the forth quarter. you may want a sweatshirt or jacket. the exclusive accuweather seven day forecast, warm tomorrow. a high of 86. the fir full day of fog, 88 degrees. on the muggy side. temperatures stepping down over the weekend. saturday, as a front moves through, breezy and cooler. sunday, again, beautiful. 72 degrees. look at the temperature, 53 monday morning. that means a lot of suburbs starting on the 40s monday. 72 degrees. very cool day. tuesday, we warm up to 74 and then a high of 76 degrees, the average high for this time of year. if you like summer, the warmth holds on two more days. >> a sweater or jacket? >> i don't know where my sweaters are. >> thank you. with the real treat for

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ducis rodgers is here with sports. >> a short week and the steelers are a good football team, but we believe the eagles are, too. the praise keeps coming. the eagles continue to tune out the noise.

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gifted. i think all that kind of helps, then the preparations good. >> compared to a guy like that, it's impressive. i have a long way to go. i have always admired the way he plays. he extends plays and improvises them. i admire his game. >> the birds beat up on the chicago bears. the phillies were trying to do the same to the white sox. game tied at one. cameron rupp. the third inning. joseph with a two-run homer. the first 5-1. he drives in three runs of the night. the sixth sinning, a scary moment. hit goodell in the head. he will leave the blinds to go's new motorized blinds and shades. quiet. convenient.

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week. it's solid. >> to the ice, flyers training camp begins. flyers defensive on team north america. three overtimes. that's sports. >> thank you. jimmy kimmel live is next here on channel 6. his guests are bill o' riley. meteorologist david murphy and sharon rogers on traffic. the entire "action news" team, i'm monica malpass. have a good night tonight. katie mcginty: franny, johnny, mikey, maureen, jimmy,

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