dozens of marijuana activists are lighting up on eakins oval. but the big story is the arrest of a serial burglar, this is 27-year-old james murray of limerick. he is accused of burglarizing homes in late august and september and october. chad pradelli is live now with more. >> reporter: jim investigator say that murray had a drug habit and went on a burglary spree in july and august to feed the addiction until he was finally captured. >> i had a whole new door put in and metal reenforce manies. >> joanne had to dole out $1,000 to get her back door fixed after she says that james murray broke in and burglarizes her home.

>> six or eight earrings from my family and a watch my husband gave me. >> hodge is not alone, police say that murray broke into 15 homes since july and got away with $75,000 worth of jewelry from this house and charged with two attempted break-ins. >> he came up and kicked it and i think that light kicked on and he kicked the door like this -- >> and when he did that he busted it like that. >> he says that murray did not get away with anything, he thinks his motion sensor light spooked him. in august limerick police began to develop murray as a suspect. >> he was recently released from prison for prior burglaries and was in a minor crash in the area. >> investigators say he sold a $1500 stolen watch at this pawnshop and checked their

surveillance and had their man. they were watching him as he exited his parent's limerick home and jumped the neighbor's fence. >> when into a residential home and commit aid burglary and came out of the home with stolen items and tried to flee from officers when he was caught. >> investigators say that murray is not cooperating and they hope he will soon so some victims alleged victims can get their belongings back murray remains behind bars. >> thank you chad. it is day two of the faculty strike at pennsylvania's 14 state universities. some students have joined the picket line at westchester university. the faculty union's contract tal talks broke down and more than 105,000 students are affected. westchester temporarily suspended class registration for

spring and winter 2017. former congressman chaka fattah is cleared on four of the 22 counts in which he was convicted. a u.s. district judge determined that the prosecution submitted insufficient evidence but rej t rejected arguments for a new trial and kept the conviction on the most serious charges. investigators today were back at the scene of yesterday's plane crash in lindenwald, new jersey and the officials have identified the pilot and passenger. live at the crash site is new jersey correspondent, nora muchanic. good evening. >> reporter: hi there jim. you would never know anything happened if you look at the yard now, the wreckage was removed about an hour ago after crews spent the afternoon wrapping up and strapping the debris on to

flat bed trucks. throughout the sallage crews picked up the debris after the plane crashed into the backyard of a home. >> we put it on the flat bed and take it to the secure site in delaware and that is whering it be for faa. >> they want to know what caused the plane that was piloted to crash. they were suspended upside down before rescuers would cut them out. both are hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries it's a miracle. one is his neighbor reacting to news that he survived the crash sfwli saw it on the news but didn't know who the people were. >> now it's connected to your friends? >> i'll reach out to lorraine, his wife and see what she can

tell us. >> people are stunned that the pilot and passenger lived. >> it's amazing that these people survived this. totally amazing. >> we are just glad that no one was killed. when you look at that, you think how did anybody survive it. they will get well and go on again, but unbelievable. >> homeowner aarenal awilliams was in training all day when her phone battery died and didn't know until she got home that the plane crashed in her yard. >> the reality is i am glad that they are safe and nothing happen to the house, it's good. >> we are told that the pilot suffered severe facial injuries and the passenger broke a hip. and now the investigators will put all the pieces together and look them over to figure out what brought this plane down. live in lindenwald, nora muchanic, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. word tonight that no charges will be filed again the parents

of a 4-year-old boy who fell to his death from their balcony from the seventh floor. the incident they say was a tragic accidents and the child's mother was caring for a baby in a different room when her 4-year-old climbed over the balcony railing. authorities in buck county use aid drone to search tyler state park for 21-year-old lindsay pickown. her abandoned vehicle was found in the park hours after being reported misinformation bensalem. her family offered a reward for information. it was two years ago when having less than 30 grams of marijuana was decriminalized in philadelphia and now they are hosting what they are calling a pop-up pop garden at eakins oval. we go live now to "action news" reporter, dann cuellar. what is the story there? >> reporter: well jim, the party

is starting to die down now but for two hours this group about 1200 of them gathered here to spoke pot. they call it the second anniversary of the decriminalizing of marijuana in philadelphia. >> three, two, one! >> they lifted their joins and smoked away in philadelphia. >> i am feeling high and fantastic. people came out to celebrate the anniversary of the the event. happy that smoking a joint in public no longer leads to arrest but could get you a 100 there's citation. >> it's a display of freedom and you know we are happy to have everyone here hanging out at our pop-up weed garden. >> i'm so ecstatic history in the making. >> valerie was at woodstock 40 years ago and can't believe this day has come.

>> here it is 47 years later. we prayed for it to come. >> and they want it to be fully legal like alcohol. >> keep it safe at a certain age like alcohol, i think it's a great eya. >> with more and more cities in pennsylvania decriminalizing pot that day is inevitable. >> state college has done it and pittsburgh has done it. and i think it's a pragmatic policy decision and stopping the arrest of cannibis consumers gives us the room we need to have about full legalization. >> there is a group of police officers across the street keeping an eye on things but they largely stayed away not writing citations, it is without question a new day in philadelphia. live in center city, dann cuellar, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. coming up on "action news" tonight. new jersey transit faces a new investigation sparked by the crash in hoboken. and it honors its city hall in

philadelphia as ryan howard is recognized for his 12 seasons in philadelphia. our warm air is holding on to one more day and then i'm tracking showers and much cooler air arriving in time for your weekend. i'll have all the details in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. hockey is back at the wells fargo center center and we'll take you back live when "action news" continues. it's not uncommon for autistic kids to flap their hands.

and so when i saw that, that was completely disqualifying. i'm a republican, but this election is so much bigger than party. my son max can't live in trump world. so i'm crossing party lines and voting for hillary. i don't always agree with her, but she's reasonable. and she's smart. she can work with people to solve problems. i want to be able to tell my kids that i did the right thing when it really mattered. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. the new jersey assembly voted unanimously to launch an investigation into new jersey transit. it comes after last month's

crash at hoboken terminal. it gives subpoena power for officials to testify. they will begin taking testimony tomorrow. it's one of the highest profile senate races in the country and certainly one of the most etch pensionive and one of the most bitter. we are talking about the race between senator pat toomey and challenger, katie mcginty. jeff has the latest. >> reporter: senator pat toomey hit the campaign trail at belmont charter school and visiting classes it became clear that his bitter campaign fight is not lost on students. who asked about the negative commercials. >> it's a big part of the ads the negative messages and not the candidates themselves but outside groups can come in and run any ad they want.

>> they joined him at at prominently african-american school. donald trump who has kept his distance condemned him in last night's debate. >> it's irresponsible. for 240 years we have the greatest republic in the history of the world because the american people know that our elections have legitimacy. >> it's time for pat toomey to man up and stand up to donald trump. >> meeting with campaign volunteers, katie mcginty hammered away at toomey for not telling pennsylvanians if he will vote for trump. and then wikileaks released a hacked email to the campaign chair. >> they are reaching and stretching a personal note to a personal friend on my personal account about a personal matter.

they are reaching, they are stretching. >> senator toomey is up by 3 percentage points and the race is too close to call. the last opportunity you have to hear from the two candidates together happens monday night at their final debate. >> and i'll have the pleasure of moderating the final live debate between toomey and mcginty and you can participate. just send us your questions through social media using #6abcaction or by email at jointheaction@6abc.com. that debate airs this coming monday live from temple university at 7:00 p.m. right here on channel 6. an affordable pre-k has been a priority for philadelphia mayor, jim kenney and enrollments for kenney's locally funded pre-k admission started today at the ymca in north philadelphia families learned

how to apply for one of 2,000 spots opening up. the plan is to fund the program through the city's controversial beverage tax. delaware broke grown on the project on lake job in newark. to make two new kitchens and a donation storage room with gardens and a walking trail outside. construction is expected to last eight months and the --

three games into the season the flyers get to host their avid fans. >> we get to see what this team is about this season. the home opener and the 50th anniversary of the franchise and tonight is about more than just that. jeff skversky is live where the team faces the ducks tonight. >> the 50th season of flyers

hockey is underway and the flyers are back in their own building after the three game road trip and this is the first home opener in team history without owner ed snider who passed away in april. they will pay tribute to snyder with a banner hanging in the rafters with the two stanley cup banners and number 16 bobby clark and caught up with their current captain claude giroux to talk about emotions. >> what do you think the pregame emotions will be like for the playerses and the fans? >> i think for both the emotions are pretty high and i think the ceremony will be pretty special. and it's going to be important to keep our emotions in tact and make sure we just get ready to play hock write when the ceremony is over. >> can this be a team to make a deep run after going out early

last year. it's hard to say, maybe our record doesn't show how we think we are, but looking at last year at the ends of the season we came back and made the lie playoffs and hopefully we can get momentum and play some good hockey. >> the flyers have not played very good hockey against anaheim they have not beaten them here at home since 2008 hopefully that changed tonight in the home opener. jeff skversky. >> thank you so much. to football now. the eagles host the 5-0 vikings and the bird are getting healthier. jordan matthews and jason kelsey were both at practice today. carson wentz will try to get the team back on track after two straight losses and then a wentz versus sam bradford story. >> i think carson doesn't care

and sam cares even less, to be honest i don't think it's something they are worried about. i have been around both of them and they want to answer the least questions about each other as possible. >> elton brant has announced he is retiring from the nba and the sixers wrap up their preseason tomorrow in miami. the big piece get a big honor. ryan howard was at philadelphia city hall this morning. city council recognized howard not just for her 12 seasons with the phillies but his fill -- work. >> it doesn't mean i'm finished with my work around philadelphia, my presence will be felt and there is work that needs to be done. >> of course he would have it no other way. that is sports. high school students in south philadelphia had the chance to explore their post graduation plans today.

universal hosted a clean and career fair for juniors and seniors and their parents. more than a dozen universities sent representatives to answer all kinds of questions and families had help applying for financial aid. when government bureaucrats refused to approve a cancer vaccine equally for both girls and boys, i stepped in to change that rule.

when my own party held up recovery funds after sandy hit us, i took them on and won. and when veterans were forced to travel out of state for health care, i brought in new local clinics and expanded services. but there's much more to do. my mission is to protect south jersey's way of life. i'm frank lobiondo and i approve this message.

fall is back and a hint of winter is on the way. >> saturday will feel dramatically different than the past few days. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing that despite a lot of clouds we don't have rain here and the front that brings us rain is slow mover. and we are beginning to look like fall. paul from ardmore, the weather

producer took this picture showing the maples are beginning to pop. the nice bright colors and as we have more colder nights we'll see more of that fall foliage but peaking in the poconos right now. the accuweather highlights show we hit records yesterday and also today. yesterday's high was 86 shattering the record from 1947 and today 81 the high in philadelphia breaking the old record of 80 set back in 1938 but the winds of change are blowing in this weekend. this is future tracker 6 showing the wind gusts saturday morning at 9:00. we are looking at wind gusts from 30 to 43 miles per hour with those winds out of the northwest. that will be pulling down the cool air and windchills on saturday, will be in the 40s. so kind of a weather whiplash especially when you consider now temperatures are mild. philadelphia 73 and reading 76

and trenton 69 and cape may 69. satellite 6 along with action radar showing this is the system that will bring us the cool air. a cold front the leading edge of that chilly air moving very slowly and it will eventually move through friday night into saturday morning. ahead of it we have more mild air tonight and mostly cloudy and areas of fog 62 in philadelphia and 59 in allentown and 60 in wilmington and cape may 63, tomorrow very similar to today. a mixture of clouds and sunshine and ahead of the front temperatures hit 80 degrees again today five days in a row of temperatures in the 80s, allentown 86 and cape may 75 and wilmington 79, tomorrow evening into saturday morning that is when we get the showers from the cold front and then the winds of change really blasting in the jet stream will buckle down to the south the low pressure that rides to the north will deepen and intensify. what this means we'll miss out on most of the rain and we are

looking at scattered showers less than a .25 inch of rain but we'll feel the winds, peak wind gusts 35 to 45 miles per hour. afternoon highs on saturday. only in the 50s. you factor in the winds and windchills are in the low to mid-40s. it will feel a little bit like winter on saturday and a big change from this week. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast tomorrow a warm day and most of the day rain free and a mixture of clouds and sun and high of 80 and some showers moving in tomorrow night could have lingering showers on saturday. windy and chilly and the high only 58 degrees, sunshine by the afternoon, sunday not quite as harsh sunny and breezy if you head to the eagles game. the winds will have an impact on the game. westerly wind 15 miles per hour and kickoff temperature 62 and by the fourth quarter only 64. and monday 62 degrees and areinforcing shot of cool air on

tuesday and wednesday 57 degrees and thursday it clouds up with a late shower and again highs own in the 50s so we go from five days of temperatures in the 80s to unseasonably cold weather and windy weather. >> as we told you a couple of days ago 45 thousandle new winner coats are headed to children in the region and 300 of them were delivered to city team ministries in chester. the auto dealers caring for kids found ace are distributing the coats. about 175 local car dealerships take part in the coat collection drive. "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl 17 with brian taff and sharrie williams. i'm jim gardner we hope you'll join us at 11:00. planned parenthood.

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tonight, breaking news. the fallout after donald trump and the bombshell dropped at the debate. he says he's not sure if he'll accept the results of the election. moments ago, michelle obama taking aim. also, the president on what he saw last night. and hillary clinton tonight, what she revealed in the moments right after. also breaking, an american killed in iraq, in the massive effort to take out isis. tonight, the images right here. the missile sent straight into cars driven by isis and their suicide bombers. the school bus horror. the car swerving, hitting children waiting for the bus. bystanders trying to lift the 6,000-pound car. your money tonight. the major bank, and who they're accused of targeting. reportedly minorities who speak little english, college students and seniors. what they're accused of doing behind your back.