wednesday night and jim is off, i'm monica malpass a historic row of buildings in center city could be torn down to make way for condos and hundreds of students at temple university are without water after a water main break in the middle of the campus. but the big story is the home invasion in the city's long crest section that targeted a blind man and his wife. the whole thing lasted less than a min and caught on home video. you can see how terrifying this ordeal was. sara bloomquist is live in northeast philadelphia with the details. >> reporter: monica, philadelphia police are working to identify the two men seen on that surveillance video barging into the home in the long crest section last night. we did speak to a woman that was inside of the house at the time. she described the terrifying ordeal and asks that we not identify her. >> it was over like in 40 seconds. >> it happened so fast.

watch on surveillance video as the man walks in through the row home on hellerman in long crest. >> this big guy came in and told me to be quiet. and then he pulled a gun out and i started to scream and started to yell for my husband. >> the armed man went into the dining room and confronted the woman's 46-year-old husband who is legally blind. the couple had a gun purchased after reports of other home invasions in the neighborhood. >> it was on the dining room table. and he went to reach for it but the guy had a gun up to his neck and telling us if we don't shut up and be quiet he would shoot both of us. >> the couple's son and niece were playing across the street and a second man came into the house with a hoody pulled tight to conceal his face. >> i was saying to myself i hope he doesn't shoot my husband or

me. i told my husband don't shoot, because my husband was getting ready to shoot him. i was like no no no. >> the men fled with $270 in cash taken from the homeowners pockets. >> the video is good quality, they had a camera inside of their house and we hope that someone recognizes them and gives us a call and points us in the right direction. >> i hope they catch them, who preys on a man who can't see to defend his family. that is not right. >> police tell us that two men fled southbound on lorreto driving a black jeep. anyone with information should contact northeast detectives. live in northeast philadelphia, i'm sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. police in darby are investigating the stabbing death of a woman whose body was found after her mentally disabled daughter was found wandering the neighborhood. the woman is identified at 52-year-old diana hart.

investigators believe she was killed sometime early sunday morning and later that day her daughter was found looking for her mom. police were called and discovered hart's body in the basement of the home and the daughter is in the care of a relative and police are questioning a person of interest in the case. police in plymouth township say that this man exposed himself in the american eagle store on german town pike two weeks ago. that hernandez was in the changing area and asked a staff member for a pair of jeans, when the staff member returns with the jeans he exposed himself. it's not the first time he did it in the store, he is facing a long list of charges. a water main break caused a muddy mess on temple's campus today. the break left students in two dorms without water and that could continue into the evening, walter perez is live in northeast philadelphia with that story tonight.

>> reporter: we'll take you live to the scene. crews are working to repair the scene. this is at the northern edge of the temple university campus, the area near 13th and broad is still without water service but authorities say it should be restored before 8:00 tonight. there was a whole lot of water rising from the intersection of 13th and norris streets at 9:30 this morning. the result was several homes and buildings losing service for the better part of today including a pair of temple university residence halls. >> two dorms shut on norris street. they belong to temple and as soon as we get water restored we'll get them back water service. >> one of those dorms is the peabody building primarily a residence hall for freshman. we spoke with first year students that says this is

awful. >> i don't know what i'll do to take a shower will i have to go to 1940 or the public showers in the gym. >> i may end up going to j and h and getting a friend to take me in there so i can shower. it's a pain. >> you have to go to the food cross station at the center it's a decent walk. >> they are giving out water at the front desk and telling us to go to the independence blue cross rec center to shower, i don't even know where that is. >> all right back out live, no word on why the main ruptured but the water is expected to resume at 8:00 tonight and no word on how long the intersection will be closed off to traffic. just after 1:30 a.m. a water main break at ardly street.

about 58 customers lost service. bill cosby lost his latest bid to have sex assault charges thrown out. the superior court rejected cosby's motion to dismiss three counts of aggravated indecent assault. it resulted from andrea constand in cosby's home in 2004. he has bleeded not guilty. it's been a tradition for generations a trip to jewelers row when it's time to pop the question. and if a builder has his way nodes buildings will be torn down to be made way for condos. >> last month crews began work in preparation to demolish 702 to 70 7 for a controversial condo tower.

the mayor shares the concern for historical protection for the buildings. >> the toll brothers are within their right if we were trying to resrow actively reverse that we would be sued and we would lose. the mayor is asking the builder to preserve the buildings's facades. >> keeping the integrity of the second and third floors in tact. >> how did they appeal to those. >> it gives me no comfort whatsoever. >> because -- >> i call it the facade charade. >> what about the tax paying citizens here who are working every day? >> frank schafer's point the facade is just window dressing, destroyed are back offices where they manufacturing jewelry. not everyone shares the view though, three of the buildings are owned by this building, he

argues that business is off on the row due to the internet and other matters and the tower will be a shot in the arm increasing foot traffic to past levels. >> maybe back to what it was 10 years ago with the become coming down from the building, they come down and spend money. and people can afford to do something. >> nothing new on the record from the developer, in the past it has indicated it plans to be sensitive to the historic nature of the row, it's not clear if that means it will save the facade as the mayor wants. air quality testing is being conducted at a wilmington elementary school. three rooms are cleaned for mold at polanski elementary. they are looking to see if problems exist in any other part of the building. they were washed with an anti-bacterial solution. and no students or staff are using the rooms until the issue

is resolved . a dramatic demonstration at the philadelphia fire academy showing how easy it is for your home to go up in smoke. these are common causes of fire, among them a candle near a curtain and outlet and careless smoking in bed. the demonstration was a good way to r for fire officials to remind everyone about the importance of working smoke detecters. yom kippur continues with services in synagogues throughout the area. the action cam in spring garden this morning it featured a special song by its youngsters, it's observed with 25 hours of fasting and prayers, and ends at sun down tonight. the high holiday caps off a ten day period that began with rosh hashanah or the new year. and new rules to help philadelphia stop smoking how

the city is cracking down on retailers and advertisements that target children. warmth continues to flood in, we reached 70 in philadelphia. we'll talk about the roller coaster ride we are about to go on. and right tackle lane johnson is suspended, ducis rogers has the update in sports.

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introducing new measures to stop young people from smoking. mayor kenney and other officials held a press conference to talk about new regulations to try to keep kids from stopping. it targets tobacco advertising and retailers selling single cigarettes known as lucys. >> we don't haneed five stores selling cigarettes within five blocks. >> it's responsible for the deaths of 2,000 people in philadelphia every year. well, you may know the saying trenton makes the world takes. "action news" correspondent, nora muchanic with more on the sounds of the city. ♪ trenton >> singer sara dash was born in trenton and traveled the world.

she is back home now returning to her roots and a new website theme, called trenton makes music.org, i have a dream to let people know in spite of what is going on in the city. there are good things that come out of trenton, new jersey. >> it started at the college of new jersey in ewing where they document the history of punk, jazz and rock 'n roll. >> where duke ellington or tommy dorsey or cool and the gang would stop on the way between philadelphia and new york. adam blackstone, justin timberlakes music director is from trenton. >> they are trying to keep it alive. >> i thought it would be a great way to know about music in

trenton who knew there was such a rich history of music. >> through oral histories and recordings and podcasts they hope to emphasize the positives about trenton. >> there are troubles in trenton and we are trying to turn that story on its head and talk about the rich musical legacy here in the city. >> and hope it's a platform to encourage conversation across neighborhoods and genres and generations. i'm nora muchanic, channel 6 "action news." that should really concern us. while on the senate banking committee, pat toomey voted to rewrite rules to help bankers like him ...and he tried to eliminate protections put in place to stop wall street's risky practices. pat toomey: looking out for wall street and himself, not pennsylvania. senate majority pac is responsible for the content of this advertising.

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entire bill but left a 500 there's tip. pretty sweet. the eagles meantime are having to move on. >> moving past the lane johnson suspense. >> and they have a big hole to fill. they will use literally a big person to do so. halapoulivaati vaitai is the new right tackle while lane johnson serves the 10 game suspension, they call him big v he is 6'6" and 313 pounds and a rookie yet to dress for a game this season. but head coach doug peterson feels that big v earns the opportunity. >> he works extremely hard one of those kids that went through the defensive front and training camp and practice against him every day and smart kid and athletic kid and excited to watch him play. >> is he ready for this? >> he is ready. discussing this with frank,

where big v is now in his progression of the offense and where he is as an athlete i felt comfortable with him going over there. >> some injury news, fletcher cox missed practice with an ankle issue. carson wentz and the birds will visit the red skins sunday afternoon. the team is coming off the loss in detroit. wentz concedes it was disappointing but has not caused gloom and doom with the die g i guys. we'll keep the same approach and i like this team, they are a bunch of resilient guys, we'll go back to work and do our job. hockey returns with four games on the schedule and hopefully good things come to those that wait. the season opener is not until friday, this he will be in los angeles to face the kings. the flyers did not make many changes, but they have gotten a

little younger. >> go back to work in the summer and get ready for the new season, quick turn around and you know a really good group, great atmosphere in the locker room and a good feeling about it and we have to show it on the ice. one half of the national league series is set. the cubs are in there. they rallied to beat the san francisco giants. javi javier bias is hot. >> that is sports. >> thank you. adam joseph with the ab-forecast next. when i was one year old, i was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer on my spinal chord.

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adam is here with accuweather talking about the midweek warm up. temperatures in the low 70s in philadelphia and we mimic that tomorrow and at the end of the week still beautiful on thursday and friday. as we take a look at stormtracker 6 live double scan decent amount of sunshine here this afternoon. we had a mixture of clouds in the first part of the day and the sun took control this afternoon and presently you are seeing the sun just about to go below the horizon here in about a minute and a half. your sunset at 6:25. cirrus clouds and a beautiful evening here looking at this shot but as beautiful as this looks it's a bit depressing because the daylight hours are getting shorter and shorter.

11 hours and 17 minutes of daylight. and two months from now we are down to the shortest periods of daylight that we get around here in december. 9:23 minutes. 65 in wilmington and 64 in reading and 66 in allentown. pleasant out there now in the mid to upper 60s. beach haven 67 degrees. you see the wedge of dry air in play for the mid-atlantic down to the southeast coast. a cold front to the west, the cold front continues to wipe through here tomorrow and much of the rain associated with this front will lift to our north and really kind of miss our area. so for tonight partly cloudy and winds are calm in the lehigh valley. and similar for lancaster and reading and 52 in philadelphia and warmer hugging the shore here in the upper 50s. future tracker 6 we could have a sun sandwich. we start with sunshine and then

the clouds increase and cloudy through the middle part of the day and spitting shower or two north of the city and then thereafter the 3:00 or 4:00 hour we see the return of sunshine as high pressure comes in from the north and west. and breezy and cooler and a sunshine and high dropping to 65 degrees. hurricane nicole is a strong cat 2 hurricane. the circulation is very evident here with the classic eye in the middle. hurricane force winds 45 miles per hour on either side of the high wall and the eyes are large at this point. there is bermuda heading straight for bermuda and could be a category 3 storm now with winds sustained near 115 miles per hour during the day tomorrow and if this passes directly over bermuda it makes lan fall, the first really major landfall since 2003 which was fabian and

when of only a handful of hurricanes to make landfall on the tiny little speck of bermuda. between 6 and 8 foot storm surge and 4 to 8 inches of rainfall. tomorrow an isolated shower and 71 and both days wall-to-wall sunshine and then milder on sunday, sun still in control and a front could come through on monday with clouds and a shower or two of 72 and behind that really no cold air in the middle of next week temperatures running 8 to 10 degrees above normal back into the middle 70s. so overall pretty nice. our seven-day forecast setting up. >> finally tonight an adorable new way for kids to exercise their brains and bodies. they unveiled their story walk in media, it allows children to visit by visiting reading stations in the park, each 13

feet apart on a winding path. first and second graders gave the walk a test. judging by their rush the project is already a big success. abc world news tonight with david muir is next on channel 6. "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl 17, and then join us for "action news" at 11:00 here on channel 6. for jim gardner, adam, cecily tynan and ducis and all of us i'm monica malpass. have a great night we'll see you back here at 11:00.

tonight, the deadly plane crash. the fbi on the scene, and this question -- was the crash intentional? was there a fight onboard? and did the student, reportedly a jordanian national, take on the pilot? also breaking, two attempted attacks now on an american warship. is the u.s. preparing to respond with force? martha raddatz standing by. trump's tirade, going it alone. what he said today about paul ryan and about invading hillary's space. and the wikileaks trail tonight. the new e-mails and the clinton campaign left to respond. the school shooting. and tonight, the 911 tapes now released. >> stay in the classroom, okay? don't open the doors for anything. the teachers frantically trying to save their students. and quarterback tom brady, and the question he was asked