arrest a berks county teacher for an inappropriate relationship with a student and water main repairs continue to block a stretch of lincoln drive. but the big story on "action news" is the arrest of a bucks county man in the death of his 2-year-old son. nicholas wiley went before a judge to face charges of manslaughter. he was home alone with his son when the boy shot himself with his father's handgun. gray hall is live with more in perkasie. >> reporter: well jim the father turned himself in to police earlier today and we did not hear from him or his family nor his attorney. today the district attorney did all the talking. >> this is no accident. this was an unintentional death certainly, but if you leave a loaded gun out there for your

2-year-old son to grab and this is the result that is no accidents. >> strong words from the bucks county describe attorney as he described the criminal case against nick lag wiley charged in the death of his 2-year-old son benjamin. the toddler found the gun and pulled the trigger and died of his injuries. this happened at a home where wiley lived with relatives, the dad was alone with his son on the tragic day. wiley and benjamin was watching television in the living room and the 2-year-old went to watch a cartoon in his own room and then the dad heard a loud bang and wiley found his son faceup bleeding on the floor fighting a gunshot injury. >> the defendant will serve a life sentence regardless of what happens to him criminally and that is the strategy here.

>> family members were concerned about loaded guns and mefr to leave them out because benjamin loved guns and had many toy guns and they looked real and the child was taught how to properly hold a pistol and young benjamin found a gun that his father kept in a nightstand drawer, 2-year-old benjamin was pronounced dead at the hospital. >> a terribly tragic den and the worst part about it was it was 100% avoidable. >> reporter: and back out live, the district attorney says there are no winners in this case tonight. wiley is out free on a $50,000 unsecured bail that means he paid no money to stay out of jail and we are told that police removed all the weapons from his home and the next scheduled court appearance will happen october 28th. gray hall, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. a teacher from berks county is facing charges for having an

inappropriate relationship or inappropriate contact with a 17-year-old student. stephanie lucky was an english teacher at mule enburg high school and that lucky sent nude pictures of herself to a private twitter account she shared with a student. authorities learned about this case when an anonymous caller called the tip line this afternoon. hamilton township police continue to investigate last night's tragic accident just before 8:00 p.m., it happened in the 100 block of edinburgh road, a man was putting out the trash when he was rundown by the toyota sequoia and the suv slammed into the house. >> i go run up into the truck. shut it off. and the guy asks for his cell phone and grab that -- >> neighbor michael was first on the scene last night when an suv

traveling west on the 100 block of edinburgh road plowed into the house killing a man that lived there. >> it did not negotiate the curb but went straight and hit a mailbox and debris and the pedestrian in his driveway taking out his trash. the victim is identified as dan quinlin who lived in the home with his elderly parents. they were in the home but did not realize that dan was outside at the time. >> they were looking for him and then saw something inside of the debris -- >> he took the pictures after the crash the driver identified by police as jeff scroll of lambert villa peered to be dazed and said he blacked out. >> i'm still in shock. >> 10 seconds either way he would have been okay.

he went airborne over the hedges and didn't see it coming. >> the son was such a nice young fellow and helped his mother out all the time. >> this is a dangerous curve and it sees frequent actions. they are continuing the investigation and at this point don't believe that the driver was impaired. nora muchanic, channel 6 "action news." >> a stretch of lincoln drive remains closed tonight as crews work to repair a 6 inch water main, the problem first surfaced at 6:15 last night in green street west mt. airy. crews have been making repairs and people are without water service tonight and the road will remain closed for at least another three hours. jewish organizations all over the world are honoring the life of shimon peres tonight.

sara bloomquist is live at 21st and arch. sara, a political icon in israel and much revered by the jewish community in philadelphia. >> reporter: it's so true jim. and this evening the jewish federation of greater philadelphia is holding a legacy remembrance event and honoring donors and those that passed away within the last year, this coinciding with the death of shimon peres and he will be honored too tonight. there is a condolence book to sign in the lobby as everyone around the world mourn the death of a great statesman. he was israel's prime minister and president. he held every major cabinet post and peres immigrated from poll land at age 12 and became one of

the world's greatest political leaders and suffered a stroke a week ago and his son announced his death at 93. >> he had no interest other than serving the people of israel. >> in 1994, he was awarded the noble peace prize. after he secretly helped to broker the historic oslo peace accord with the palestinians a year earlier. our own jim gardner sat down with him when he was awarded the liberty medal here in philadelphia. >> i prefer to be unpopular. because what is it to be popular. to agree with things that exist. >> naomi adler is ceo of the greater jewish federation of philadelphia. >> people feel a true connection to israel in philadelphia and part of that is the work he did to make sure we could be there

safely and also feel the greatest love for our homeland. >> those attending tonight's legacy ceremony reflected on peres's passing. >> he was a reflector and played a major role in every activity in the past 50 years. >> it's like the end of an era and the names and people that we have grown up with, have become passing and now we have to look to the new generation. >> reporter: now the funeral for shimon peres is set for friday in jerusalem and we know that barack obama will be in attendance and joined by world leaders and dignitaries from around the world. sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. of course world news tonight with david muir, will have more on the death of shimon peres.

that is next after "action news." daytime's queen of drama, agnes nixon as died. she created one life to live. agnes nixon was the winner of a lifetime emmy award and she was 93. community leaders today celebrated the first major development of the lower schuylkill district. the pen avation center is a technology facility set to open at the end of the october. the building was made possible by a partnership with the university of pennsylvania. coming up on "action news" tonight. first lady michelle obama stumps for hillary clinton at la salle university today her message aimed at young voters. and carson wentz wins a big award a first for a rookie eagles quarterback ever.

our stretch has begun you see the rain working up to the north and east. we'll talk about how long this wet weather will stick around and how much to expect in the full accuweather forecast. those stories and more when "action news" continues tonight. 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,

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and i wouldn't lose any voters, okay? and you can tell them to go [bleep] themselves. get him out of here! get him out of here! get the hell out of here! priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. first lady michelle obama brought the campaign trail into philadelphia today. her mission to convince young people to vote for hillary clinton for president. vernon odom has the story from la salle university. >> oh my goodness -- woo. >> the fire marshall had to shut

the doors of the arena as the crowd to see michelle obama overflowed. she was here to rally millennial support for hillary clinton. many of whom were wishing bernie sanders was atop the democratic ticket and started to blast gop nominee, donald trump, bringing up his leadership of the birther movement, i think barack answered these questions by going high when they go low. and the dignity he has shown. >> the college students were delighted when mrs. obama wheeled off trump inches. >> if a candidate thinks not paying taxes makes you smarter it's good business when people lose their homes. >> a smooth transition to say that delicious is the one. we see her character and commitment during the campaign but over the course of our entire life. >> how well did that pitch go over here?

>> i'm a republican but i think i like hillary more. >> will you vote for her or trump? >> hillary. >> why do you not like trump? >> i don't think he stands for what the values of america are. >> i'm voting for hillary clinton? >> i believe in what she stands for. >> as the battle remains close and is intense, it's clear that young people many of them voting for the first time is a major factor in who wins the white house. i'm vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> now, a senior adviser to donald trump -- hillary clinton's pennsylvania campaign is on the run, they are in panic mode. hillary clinton's disconnect with millennials and african-american voters is unprecedented for a democratic candidate. on the other hand trump is

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big award for the nfl for one carson wentz. >> wentz passing every single test with flying colors. wentz having a month that players dream about. he wins offensive player of the week in the conference. the first rookie qb to ever win this award. he threw for 300 yards against the steelers for a broout. he is the first rookie quarterback to start a season 3-0 with no turnovers and turning heads. ron jaworsky says this is the just the beginning of something special. >> he can be tremendous and i think he is obviously been tremendous through his first three games, but it's difficult

in the nfl to maintain the high level of play that carson wentz is now playing with. there will be bumps in the road and humiliating and embarrassing performances along the way, but certainly what we see through three games leads me to believe he will have a terrific career in the national football league. >> wentz is not the only rookie in town expected to make headlines this year, lets not foreget about ben simmons, the first overall pick of the sixers, a whenner whether he plays monopoly basketball or scrabble. simmons is at point guard, shooting guard and all over the place at training camp at practice at stockton university in new jersey. here is what brown wants his rookie to focus on. >> he is playing for the first time against men. >> and i think where he can control his own destiny the

soonest and easiest is by locking on to defense. he is physically gifted. 6'10", 245 pounds with a bounce to his game. >> ryan howard back in the lineup against the braves tonight. he has more home runs at turner field than any other visiting player in baseball. he will likely play his final five games in a phillies uniform and last night the grand slam, the most slams in phillies history, more than mike schmidt. phillies the first team with two first base man with 20 homers in the same season. and finally proposing ting your girlfriend is nerve wrecking where and when do you do it and does she say yes? one yankees fan fumbles it. andrew gets down on one knee to

propose on the jumbotron but drops the ring and comes flying out of the box, fox could not find it and the entire section is helping him look for it. finally the ring pops up and he pops the question and she says yes. >> definitely not the way i planned it, i thought it was a simple kneel down and ask her and it instantly dropped out and i was so squared i started to cry. >> this is a great story you can tell the rest of your life and the best man will have a field day with that at the wedding. >> don't lose the ring. to the victor goes the spoils. we told you the philadelphia police won this year's battle of the bulge and police economic commissioner richard ross was presented with a check. $10,000.

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the rain has begun to move in. how long does this grim stuff last? >> not until the end of the weekend. but we need the rain. as we look at stormtracker 6 live double scan you can see heavy downpours in the western parts of the philadelphia suburbs and lancaster county and parts of berks county. another batch in delaware moving north and east from eastern parts of maryland, our first stop is to the west here near

lancaster and route 30 and honey brook and reading light showers now and heavier downpours are developing but as this lifts to the north and east it bumps into dry air in the north and so what was a decent thunderstorm is fall ago part there. with only one lightning strike but a good area of rain. you see this expanding near middletown and smyrna and dover and marysville over toest chestertown and no severe weather, but a good soaking rain heading into delaware and we'll watch this over the bay and parts of salem county and this passes up to philadelphia over the next couple of hours. as we look at temperatures it's on the cool side with the east-northeasterly wind and temperatures in the mid to upper 60s and raw and damp feel willing continue through the next couple of days. what is going on? we have low pressure, you see the spin here over the ohio

valley, that is feature number one and moisture gathering in off the eastern seaboard and these american and they park themselves and around the flow counterclockwise we get a flow off the ocean and 9:00 tomorrow morning dealing with downpours and a rumble of thunder and the same tomorrow at 7:00 p.m. and friday morning wet roadways around with the periodic downpours not a washout but rounds of rain passing through and still see it active 3:00 on friday afternoon. overall a good 1 to 2 inches of rain in much of the area, you get more as you head to the west in lancaster county and parts of delaware where there could be 2 to 4 inches of rain there. damp and dreary into the weekend and some localized flooding and more rain towards land caster

county and windy the next couple of days. 35 to 50 miles per hour wind gusts and the strongest at the shore that could create minor flooding as well. and tropical storm matthew developed and makes a hook towards jamaica and cuba and beyond that it's too early to tell, but we'll watch matthew later this week and the weekend. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast 60s the next two days with periods of rain and very windy as well and lingering showers and dreary on saturday and low 70s and brighter here pops of sun on sun afternoon and then a nice break here as you get into monday, tuesday and wednesday as it's sun takes control again with temperatures in the low to mid-70s. >> adam thank you. abc world news tonight with david muir is next on channel 6. and "action news" continues on 10:00 on phl 17 with brian taff and sharrie williams and ducis

rogers and please join us for "action news" at 11:00 on channel 6. the troubleshooters are helping consumers that are having trouble with a certain big box retailer. here is nydia han with a preview. >> some viewers are complaining about the major appliances they purchased as well as the customer service. this woman contacted us about her heater and this gentlemen about a dishwasher that would not stay shut. but the good news is this big box retailer was good as responding. >> for cecily tynan and adam joseph and ducis rogers and the entire "action news" team. i'm jim gardner, we hope you'll join us for "action news" at 11:00.

tonight, breaking news. shots fired at an elementary school. hitting children and a teacher, a suspect in custody. images now coming in from the scene. the deadly police shooting. the aftermath live on facebook. the man's sister saying she told police he was unarmed. authorities say he was in a, quote, shooting stance. the breaking headline here in new york city. the new image from the fbi tonight, they now know who the mystery men are, after those bombs placed in new york. where are they now? major developments in the race for the white house. donald trump moments ago with a fresh attack on hillary clinton. and, tonight, trump's team acknowledges he needs to practice for the next debate. meanwhile, michelle obama tonight not holding back against trump. and the volcano erupting. hundreds of tourists trapped.