and thousands attend a donald trump rally. 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. action news. delaware valley's leading news program. with jim gardner. >> a third night in a row of protests in charlotte, north carolina. this time it's different. this night is peaceful. demonstrators are expressing their demands for justice and policing reform through words. at midnight tonight, though, they must all clear out.

a curfew has been declared. thursday night, and jim gardner's off, i'm monica. the big news tonight, protestors marched again through downtown streets in charlotte. calling for release of video showing police fatally shooting lamont scott. the family demanded that the video be given to the public. however the lawyer could not tell whether scott was holding a gun. the police chief said it did not provide absolute definitive evidence that scott was holding a gun. but says it does support the officer's account. and releasing the video could jeopardize the investigation. you can see from the chopper shot over charlotte, north carolina, police patrolling. but people walking peacefully again. they have been encouraged to use words instead of violence as they spread their message. as for the new curfew, from midnight, so in 58 minutes until

6 a.m. for several days until officials say the emergency is over. oklahoma prosecutors have charged a tulsa police officer with first degree manslaughter for the killing of an unarmed black man on that city's street. betty shelby shot terrence crutcher last friday. her attorney said she fired when he failed to reason to her commands. but prosecutors say she escalated the situation and overreacted. the action news morning team will be monitoring developments from charlotte, north carolina. you can start at 4:30 for the latest. and other this graining crash in burlington crash. a car rear ended a ladder truck. it crumpled against the vehicle. this was at broad street and union landing road.

the driver was rushed to the hospital. none of the fire fighters needed to go to the hospital. in wayne tonight, a 15-year-old was struck by a car in his own driveway. apparently by a family member. it happened at 7:00 on glenn hardy road near richards. he is in serious condition at the hospital. a teenager also one of two people hurt tonight in an accident here along busy route 422. the victims were dealing with a /x04broken dour car on the side of the road in upper providence when a driver plowed into them. that crash shut down portions of the road for hours during the evening rush. dave is at the pennsylvania state police barracks in winfield heights following the new information. dan. >> reporter: monica, first the latest we're getting on the two pedestrians. they're going to make it. but one of them remains in critical condition tonight. and state police know how the

accent happenedded. this was 422, the freeway shut down in both directions during rush hour. >> the traffic was horrendous. bumper to bumper. it took forever to get through. >> reporter: state police say it happened before 4:30 on eastbound 422 just north of the route 29 interchange. an 18-year-old man ran out of gas pulled to the side. his 43-year-old stepfather came to bring him gas. a state farm tow truck driver pulled over and flashed a bright yellow arrow to divert traffic. a woman in a gray sedan apparently did not see them and both the 18-year-old and the stepfather were struck. a helicopter had to air lift the step father to an area hospital. meanwhile, eastbound 422 traffic came to a dead halt for two hours. crippling motorists. >> and i had to come out of my house and go the back way. all the way through the avenues and come out on main street.

and then come over this way. >> reporter: nightmare. >> nightmare big time. >> reporter: even a trip from king of prussia to radder in was a headache. >> all the way into glascow, phoenixville. that was an hour and a half to get here. >> people tried to find alternate routes. >> but even the traffic there was backed up. >> reporter: there was no escape. >> no, there wasn't. >> reporter: and other motorists got out of their cars and started talking with each other knowing full well when something like that happens on 422, you're stuck. fetor about it. >> yes. >> reporter: 422 was fully reopened just before 8:00. tonight the 43-year-old was undergoing surgery for injuries that he suffered. the 18-year-old is okay. and the woman who struck them was not injured and refused medical treatment. police say it's unknown how she did not know what was going on. live here at the belmont state police barracks, channel 6

action news. monica. >> thank you, dan. buckingham township police found a driver suspected in a deadly hit and run from this afternoon. the pedestrian was struck in the 5700 block of route 202, not far from peddler's village. authorities are identifying him so far as a 31-year-old from buckingham. police say they found the striking vehicle on route 9 in new hope and took the 52-year-old woman behind the wheel to the hospital for further investigation. politics now. donald trump is pushing hard to win over pennsylvania voters. though the protestors that he encould wantered arriving in center city likely won't be convinced. the action cam was there as the republican nominee left a private fundraiser at the ritz carlton. he picked up several cheese steaks at genos in south philadelphia. offered to buy for a group. when asked how debate preparations are going, he said i'm here, it's going great.

and then to delaware county. christie joins us live tonight. and christie made a pitch to minorities and women, didn't he? >> reporter: that's right. amongst an energetic crowd, in fact so many people that hi had to put some in an overblow room. donald trump talked about a love. but on the forefront was the relationship with police as recently illustrated in charlotte. with the rocky theme as his hype song. ♪ donald trump took the stage to court voters in the suburbs of philadelphia. >> it's great to be here in pennsylvania. love pennsylvania. >> reporter: republican presidential nominee, immigration reform and public safety. >> at the center of our society is going to be a simple promise to every american. and it's called safety. we must work with our police, not against our police. they are great people. and they do a great job.

>> reporter: fresh on many voter's minds is the unrest in charlotte and tense relationship between minority communities and the police that serve them. >> safety. safety. it's the number one. we need to be safe. we need to feel safe. >> i'm a veteran with all the stuff going on in the country. he's the guy. the law enforcement guy. >> i would have liked to hear more about the police brutality things. it's a really pressing issue. >> reporter: thousands packed the studio for the second visit this month. with 20 electoral votes up for grabs, the focus on the middle class living outside the city. how would you describe the energy? >> it's the greatest energy i have seen. i have never seen a politician be able to bring out this big of a crowd. and made people my age interested in politics. >> reporter: not everyone was sold by his message. our cameras caught a handful of disruptive attendees being escorted out. still, his words caught the ears of some swing voters.

>> i came here not really a trump supporter, but just seeing the whole atmosphere opened my eyes pip wouldn't say i left a trump supporter, but i enjoyed his speech. >> reporter: now, over the next couple of days donald trump prepping for the presidential debate against hillary clinton come monday. and keeping track, the very last time that pennsylvania bled red during a presidential election, 1988. reporting live, christie, channel 6 action news. thank you. hillary clinton is off the campaign trail for the rest of the week, focusing intensely on preparing for the upcoming first presidential debate monday. her last appearance was in orlando, florida, yesterday. the latest polls show her leads is ringing in colorado and virginia. but she is maintaining a slight edge nationally. action news on the ground at hofstra university in new york to cover the first presidential debate monday night. you can look for live reports

from brian taff and sharrie williams starting sunday with the buzz and buildup leading to the big event. the seasons have changed. welcome to the first night of fall. you're not mistaken, feels like summer. temperatures in the mid 80s. we are outside. hi. >> one more day of this summer-like warmth. and didn't feel like fall at all today. the high, 87 degrees. 11 above normal. yesterday, 86. tuesday it was relatively warm. 82 degrees. and satellite 6 along with action radar showing we are dry right now. a few clouds over delaware in south jersey. look to the north and west, see the line of clouds and the broken line of showers. that's the cold front moving through tomorrow night. unfortunately we need the rain. most of the showers will miss us. but what we will get is a blast of actually colder than average temperatures. temperatures behind that front 50s, 40s, and even 30s. and by monday morning some areas will be in the 40s.

so you may want so find that fall jacket you packed away for the past several months. tomorrow showing a warm day. 8:00. 66 by 2:00. already 85 degrees. 5:00, 88. and by 58:00 for your friday evening, still 80 degrees. a touch on the humid side. i'll talk about the tumbling temples in the weekend and see if there's rain on the way coming up in the full accuweather forecast. >> thank you. a crossing guard who was intentionally run down yesterday morning is speaking out tonight. happened outside of an elementary in northeast philadelphia. guard said she had traffic stopped when a dark silver car turned and nearly hit a little girl. she did not want to be identified. but she told action news she could not let the near miss pass. >> i said to him, are you for real? you just almost hit that little girl. and he stuck his head out the window, he cursed at me. put his car in reverse.

sped back over the median, hit me and took off. >> she said it happened so fast she didn't have time to get out way. she has dislocated shoulder and other injuries. police are asking anyone with information to contact northeast detectives. a murderer is still loose tonight after slashing a woman's throat and leaving a trail of delaware county to philadelphia. police say mark epps allegingly killed his girlfriend, natasha gibson. k-9s followed a trail of blood after the suspect was apparently injured in the fight. they found the alleged murder weapon in a sewer. in suspected bank bandit is behind bars. and the prosecutors office says he's actually from massachusetts. 34-year-old nicolas casabury

charged with several robberies all this month. a $10,000 reward helped generate tips about a string of thefts at a northeast philadelphia gun shop pep they have their men. two 17-year-olds charged with break-ins at the gun exchange. authorities say 17 handguns were stolen in total during three different burglaries. even though the suspects are arrested, none of the weapons have been recovered. families at universal charter high school received a welcome gift back to school night tonight. some got desktop computers. thanks to a law firm. the firm donated more than a hundred computers equipped with the latest software to help with homework, and keep in touch with classmates, family and friends. atlantic city celebrated the first day of fall with a great

summer concert. ♪ >> it's en vogue who has sold more than 20 million records, by the way. it was one of the headliners for this big beach concert. the event also featured belbiv devoe. the fbi involved in the brad pitt/angelina jolie divorce. plus 500 million yahoo! accounts hacked. the biggest cyber attack of its kind. what you should do besides just changing your password. meteorologist with the seven day accuweather forecast. ducis rogers with the eagles back at practice when action news continues tonight.

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cyber security breach of an e-mail provider. yahoo! thinks a hacker working for a foreign government did it. it goes back to 2014. raising additional alarms about why it wasn't uncovered and disclosed until today. including names, e-mail addresses, phone numbers, birthdays and security questions and answers used for verification. security experts say it is those kind of details that could be used for identity theft. and to access other accounts through forgotten password links. so they're saying to you, it is essential for you to change those item if you use them on any other sites. new details about the suspected bomber who attacked new york and new jersey last weekend. we know ahmad rahami was shot seven times, including in an artery by police. he is unconscious and has a breathing tube. doctors have not cleared him for interviews by officers. there was no one bomb factory,

but likely several locations where he made the bombs. 31 people were injured in the attack in new york city. the fbi says it is now gathering information about an incident involving brad pitt and his family on a private flight last week. the agency has not decided whether to open a formal investigation into the accusation that he was abusive. meanwhile, they are shooting down that an affair cause caused the split. she hopes they find peace. a mother of two from trenton is going to hold on to both nursing jobs even though she's now getting a thousand dollars a day for life. dawn jones spoke at new jersey's lottery headquarters as she accepted the jackpot in the august 8th cash for life game. jones, a nurse, says she'll pay off her student loans and car and relocate. but she will not call out rich from her jobs at a north jersey

hospital and the psychiatric hospital. >> within nursing, dependent upon us to show up for work. it's a hardship if we call out. >> taking care of her co-workers. good for her. when she does eventual leave her job she wants to travel. but she's working with financial advisers and getting used to the word millionaire. how about that? speaking of the lottery, the pennsylvania lottery turned part of west chester into a winter wonderland. they were decked out with christmas trees and holiday decorations. even snow of sorts. despite temperatures in the 80s. it was all staging for a commercial shoot for the lottery. they must have been dripping in those long -- >> i wear they asked me about it. wait until monday. it's the 70s. better than upper 80s. they probably lost five pounds just sweating. cooler weather, not wintry.

but definitely fall. and the live double scan shows no rain out there tonight. and we did have a beautiful sunset. last night, showed you the last sunset of summer. this is the first sunset of fall. randy posted this from cape may point new jersey. the sunsetting officially in philadelphia at 6:57. and now the sun is setting so early, we have time for the temperatures to cool off. it was very warm today. but right now with the low dew point, it actually feels pretty good. philadelphia, 68 degrees, allentown, and reading 67. action radar showing right now we are dry. in the clear. that's the cold front moving through tomorrow night. and that will usher in more fall-like temperatures. tomorrow one more day that have taste of summer. partly sunny, comfortly cool for the bus stop. by 8:00, 61. as we head through the day, a little bit warmer than today, and slightly more humid. temperatures knocking on the door of 90.

reading will likely hit 90, 89 in philadelphia. cooler along the shore. 79 degrees. lots of suns with a few clouds, especially late in the day as the front slips through. mainly dry. and behind that system, that fall change. temperatures falling 10 degrees, 78 degrees as the high pressure builds in and temperatures on sunday only in the low 70s. if you are heading down the shore, it's a great beach day. warm and bright. 80 degrees. saturday, breezy and cooler, 74. and i suggest taking a sweatshirt on sunday. sunny and cool with a high of 70 degrees that's cooler than the ocean temperature which is 74. the exclusive accuweather seven day forecast. warmer and more humid with the high up to 89 degrees. good day for water skiing. saturday, more autumnal. the temple homecoming, and breezy side. and sunday, great football weather at the link. 72 degrees. plenty of sunshine. the overnight low sunday night.

53 degrees in philadelphia. that meanss much of our outlying suburbs, 40s, and up to 73 degrees. definitely a cool day. more seasonal on tuesday. partly sunny. thursday, becoming cloudy. and thursday probably our best chance of some showers arriving in the afternoon with a high of 75 degrees. so if you like that summer weather, we've got one more day. and then it's definitely a return to fall. >> all right. thank you cecily. we showed the launch of the new weather balloon yesterday. today, in incredible video on the gopro camera attached to the balloon. soared 100,000 feet to the edge of space gathering information about the earth's atmosphere. traveled 34 miles and experienced temperatures as cold as negative 83 degrees and winds of 99 miles an hour. gives you a little whiplash watching it. but cool.

the balloon burst as planned and landed in a tree for data retrieval. and you can relive the entire flight on 6abc.com. that includes the time lapse, the trip to the stratosphere and back. and cecily and adam joseph will explain how it all works and why.

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carson wentz passed every test thus far. but pittsburgh is a tougher challenge than cleveland or chicago. they are solid on offense and defense, and have ben roethlisberger. the birds expect a battle. >> they're a tough football team. and that's carried over throughout the years. and i think that they don't do anything crazy. but what they do do, they do it well. and, you know, we as an offense are just going to have to execute against them. that's what it comes down to. >> this is a good test. 2-0. that doesn't mean anything. and we get a really solid coming here before the bye. >> time to check in as we do with espn nfl analyst ron jaworski. he has a special guest. >> here with my buddy, meryl hodge. we know he's a former pittsburgh steeler. he's going to root for the steelers. to no, you're biased. you're biased, i'm biased. give me your unbiased opinion of

what this steeler team is going to bring to philadelphia? >> the eagle defense hasn't seen an offense they're going to see on sunday. the bears don't have it, cleveland doesn't have it. do i carson wentz? i do. he's unique. find out where he is as far as a pro goes. this is a different defense he's going to face on sunday. >> yeah, this is almost scary. because i do agree with meryl. this is kind of the litmus test game. steelers are a veteran team, a veteran coaching staff. know how to win on the road. this is the kind of game where the eagles find out where they are. >> i was down in pittsburgh and talked to the defensive coordinator. here's what he's going to do to carson wentz. >> yeah. what a troublemaker. >> got me there. all right. still ahead, hear how penn state plans to handle michigan. plus the phillys trying to play spoiler against the mets. a topsy-turvy game in new york. 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? katiejoey, ricky, eileen,hnny, me, and colleen...immy, 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. it's the philly's final ten games of the season. what's the motivation? the next four, all against the mets, playing spoiler. in a battle for the wild card. and franco, his 23rd of the season. a three run blast. 6-4. but in the ninth, gomez, dumpster fire. serve up a game-tying two run homer to jose reyes. it's 6-all. we go to extras. in the 71th, a.j. ellis, a bloop single. scoring. and the phillys lead 8-6 in the

11th. it's been more than two years since james franklin took over at penn state. no signature victory yet. they will try to upset number four ranked michigan. but they have a game plan. >> stop the run and be really physical across the defensive line and gap sound and things like that is going to be really, really important. because if they can establish the run and play action pass you, then, you know, they're really difficult to defend. you can watch this big ten conference matchup here on 6abc. penn state at michigan kicks off saturday at 3:30. penn state, an 18-point underdog. >> thank you, ducis. and jimmy kimmel live is next. jimmy's guest, viola davis, pete holmes. and we continue at 4:30 a.m. with the team. now for the entire action news

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