questions for the commissioner. and stem cell support shoulder pats. a special health check. that's next. get fios gigabit connection for $79.99 with tv, hbo for 1 year and multi-room dvr service for 2 years. all with a 2-year agreement. switch now at fiosgigabit.com. "action news," delaware valley's leading news program with jim gardner. >> we have breaking news. it seems dozens of police cars converged on the crime scene in the hunting park section of

philadelphia. this is where a police officer shot a suspect tonight. according to the commissioner, the suspect took the deadly shot in the back. it's thursday night and the big story on "action news" tonight is the police involved shooting of a man on a small motorcycle forcing the police commissioner to confront a difficult situation head on. live in the 4100 block is christie ileto. what's the story? >> commissioner ross says it started when the officer was transporting people a block away when he saw a man driving erratically on a dirt bike. he pulled over to tell him to drive safer. that's when it took a deadly turn. >> the officer could clearly feel it was a gun. >> this gun feet from the dirt bike he was riding. the commissioner says he was

walking away from the initial encounter with the h officer. that's when the uniformed cop grabbed him and felt the gun in the waist ban. >> the officer discharged. candidly speaking, part of the video shows the male running away at least one of the shots. >> police have surveillance video showing part of the encounter and are looking for more. >> a woman identified only as his grandmother came with family to get answers. >> you have to be able to articulate it for a serious, serious crime. we call them aggravated crimes, not any crime. i watched the video. clearly, one of the shots was taken when the man was running away. >> still a lot of questions this

evening including details of the incident. who is at fault? surveillance video shows a portion of the encounter and not the full picture. that officer is on administrative leave. crlt, "action news." jim? >> thank you, christie. >> the political world is trying to digest the testimony o by former fbi james comey. did it cause trump harm or vindicate him? this we know, millions of americans tuned in this morning to watch one of the most congressional hearings in history. sarah bloomquist has the story from washington. >> former fbi director james comey got to business before the senate intelligence committee this morning. he started by saying the president lied when he told the american people the fbi was in

disarray. >> those are lies. >> he detailed uncomfortable one-on-one conversations with the president, including one in february where he says president trump cleared the oval office and told him he hoped he would back o off the investigation of michael flynn. >> i took it as a direction. it was the president of the united states saying, i hope this. i took it as what he wanted me to do. >> he believed he would one day be called upon to defend himself so he do you meane do you documn a series of memos. >> in a startling disclosure, comey revealed that he tried to prompt appointment of special counsel by giving a recording to a reporter. >> i believed this was my

recording as a private citizen, i felt free to share that. >> he asked what many wondered, why he never told the president it was inappropriate to discuss the russian investigation. >> maybe if i was stronger, i would have. i was stunned by the conversation and i took it in. >> as for trump's suggestion that there are recordings of the conversation -- >> i hope there are tapes. >> he stopped short of calling it obstruction of justice. he will leave that to robert mueller and the ongoing investigation. sarah huckabee sanders said the president watched some of the testimony today but spent most of his day tending other matters. in washington d.c., i'm sarah bloomquist channel6 "action news." >> comey said he did tell president trump he was not the target of an investigation.

president trump did not directly respond to the comey testimony but speaking at a faith and freedom coalition event in washington, he said this today. >> we are under siege. you understand that, but we'll come out bigger and better and stronger than ever. you watch. >> president trump's private lawyer did the talking today on the comey testimony. he disputed the fbi director on two counts. >> the president never informed or substance directed or suggested that mr. comey stop investigating anyone, including the president never suggested that mr. comey "let flynn go." the president also never told mr. comey, "i need loyalty.

i expect loalty." he chided comey about leaking information about his conversations with the president. "6abc".com and the "6abc" app will have complete information in washington. you can see reaction from lawmakers and the white house and more of sarah bloomquist reporting from washington on "6abc".com and the "6abc" app. >> police continue to investigate the death of a one-year-old boy in southwest philadelphia. crime investigators are scouring the home on conestoga street where they found the body of a child late yesterday. he was on the floor with no pulse pronounced dead at children's hospital half hour later. doctors say the child had multiple bruises and signs of sexual assault. his stepfather has been arrested. >> police in bucks county say an

arsonist was responsible for this blaze last saturday night. they have arrested abraham kita of morrisville for setting the holmes on fire with fireworks. fortunately, no one was hurt. day four of the bill cosby trial. word from the judges that testimony may wrap up sooner than expected. on the stand today the investigator that took statements from andrea constand a decade ago. caster could be called at trial. also read aloud, salacious details from the civil lawsuit deposition where cosby described giving pills to constand and fondling her.

the lawsuit was settled by an undisclosed amount of money. >> we have been telling you about the opioid epidemic for a month now. upper darby had five overdoses in a 4 hour period. dann cuellar is in upper darby where they are trying to keep up. >> as aw you know, it's a microm of what is happening in pennsylvania and the tristate area. a couple, alive today because their four and one-year-olds screaming for help. >> i heard a little boy screaming help. >> kendra was minding her two kids when she thought she heard a boy crying for help. >> they were in the window, screaming for help.

i said what's wrong? he said my mommy and daddy are locked in the bathroom. can you help me? >> she called police who arrived to find the parents unconscious in an upstairs bathroom. as has become routine, officers used narcan to revive them. the four-year-old was relieverred. >relieved.other neighbors lookee kids. >> we made sure they ate and their diapers were changed. >> tragically, there were three other heroin o.d.'s in upper darby, one at a laundromat, another at a gas station and another while riding uber. there was the 37% increase in

drug related over dose deaths in pennsylvania, 13 a day. he would like to see five year mandatory prison sentences for people selling heroin. >> heroin is killing more people than guns are. >> addiction is destroying the lives of people that are addicted, period. >> chitwood would like to see mandatory comprehensive rehab for people convicted of using heroin like these children. the children are in the can youy of relatives. >> thank you, dan. these videos prompted chester county officials to strengthen hate crime laws. tom hogan says right now no law protects people with mental and physical disabilities.

during the news conference, the father of two disabled sons issued a quiet but heart-felt plea. >> when i see the man being hit, i see them in that situation. it just breaks my heart. anything we can do to discourage people from doing anything like this, i'm in favor of. >> the proposed amendment would increase punishment from two to five years for those convicted of an attack against a disabled person. another note from harrisburg, the sledge slateture acceptability a pension overhaul to governor tom wolf today. it would raise the retirement age to 67, reduce benefits for public hire and government workers and attempt to cushion stock market are downturns on the state budget. still to come on "action news,"

relatives blocked from entering a local high school graduation. we'll explain. >> plus, students on a church bus in a highway accident and a trail of evidence in a supermarket shooting that killed four with praise for the columbine massacre. >> we climbed out of the 6 0s, next two days 80s. i'll let you know how high temperatures climb. >> i'm allie gorman. an experimental procedure with stem cells is helping people with arthritis. i'll tell you what experts say in health check. jeff scaversky trying to right the ship against the braves. that and more when "action news" continues. ♪ ♪ ♪

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was their mistake. one person was killed and 20 injured when a church bus crashed this afternoon. it was head to the airport for a student mission to africa when it collided with another vehicle on a four lane road. church officials say the bus was carrying 11th and 12th graders. a man who killed three coworkers left a long trail of evidence online. he opened fire in the market in pennsylvania 30-miles northwest of wilkesboro. after killing three people, he shot and killed himself. he created videos praising the columbine high school killers. >> the house passed a bill to roll back reform from the obama

years. the legislation would undue the banking regulations imposed in the economic crisis. the bill appears unlikely to pass the senate in its current form. here's a special healthcare report. doctors are investigating if stem cells taken from a person's own fat can help with shoulder injuries. a doctor in, in south jersey has been practicing the procedure for years. 58-year-old bob lewis has always played sports. unfortunately, it's led to injury, most recently his right shoulders. >> i have function but pain and clicking. >> an mri shows two rotator cuff tears. he went to dr. greenburg for a

stem cell procedure. the doctor sucked out fat from his backside and in the lab, it's slowly filtered. adult stem cells are separated and along with lewis' own blood, platelet rich plasma, the stem cells are injected into the area causing pain. >> act as the conductor, foremannen of the construction and brings everything to the damaged area to make it heal naturally. >> he says patients typically feel better three to six months. right now, the procedure is not approved by the fda but clinical trials are under way north and south dakota. patients pay out of pocket, $5,000 per area. >> i had no idea if it would work. >> joyce mitchel had the procedure for painful arthritis. >> the more i did this stroke,

this action, it hurt. >> just three weeks after her stem cells were injected, she was back in the pool at meridian fitness. >> i swim three to four times a week. it was like my life came back to me. i was so happy. >> not all experts are convinced. >> i think the technology is promising, but there is little data. >> he says the study has the potential to evaluate if the procedure works. he tells patients, now, it's experimental and expensive, but other treatments have been proven. >> we know physical therapy helps and exercises and strengthening. dr. greenburg says he hasn't seen adverse effects and the

majority of patients feel better. >> he agrees having evidence from the scientific trials could be helpful. mr. lewis is five weeks out. he feels a little stiffness, but no pain. his shoulder is getting stronger. allie gorman, channel6, "action news." >> i went to a doctor the other day. i said it hurts when i do that. >> you know what he said? nothing. >> it's unpredictable. >> don't do that either. what about the forecast? >> storm tracker 6 double scan, we are rain free and should stay rain free, a slight chance of showers in the lehigh valley or poconos. right now, 58. wilmington 58. popular number, cape may, 54.

tomorrow, we continue to warm things up. satellite and radar showing low pressure tossing clouds our way. the upper level rare is moving out. we have a ridge of high pressure. that brings us increasingly warm air as we head through the week into next week. bus-stop forecast, comfortably cool. plenty of sunshine through the day, 82 in philadelphia. average high this time of year, 81. about where we should be. allentown 81. wilmington 80. the sea breeze, boardwalk, 78 and cape may, 76. speaking of the beach, tomorrow, nice and warm. high around 80. saturday, pleasant, 78 and sunday, sunny and warm.

82. ocean temperature, 62. race weekend in the poconos, looking nice. mixture of clouds and sunshine, slight chance of pop up shower, 72-degrees. saturday, spotty showers, thunderstorms, 78, sunday for the main race. the exclusive accuweather forecast, tomorrow a beautiful day, mostly sunny, 82. saturday, we heat up to 86. slightly more humid. sunday you feel the difference in the air mass. 94-degrees. more humid. monday and tuesday, if we hit 9l tie the record highs. it's officially a heatwave continuing wednesday, partly sunny and muggy, 9 92-degrees. thursday, knocking temperatures down below 90. it's been a while since we have had 9 0s, so take it easy.

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after scoring 28 runs in the foregame winning streak, phillies bats are silence since including tonight against the braves. tyler flowers and r.a. dickey, a slight of hand. hernandez loses the bat, franco loses his. this one is way up there, sucking the net, causing a delay. finally, a security guard gets it, climbs up, knocks it down. where is the security guard on this play, over the head of herrera. rbi double, phillies lose 3-1. dropped two straight. for the eagle fans that want jeremy maclin back on the team, don't hold your breath. coach doug pederson says no not right now. they have overhauled around

carson wentz. two rookies and jordan matthews, the eagles feel they are better off without maclin, the free agent wide out. >> why not? love the guys we have. we are constantly looking and trying to better our roster at every position. at this time, i'm pleased with what we are working with and what we have. >> protecting wentz, the key to everything. tackle wayne johnson believes the offensive line is best in the nfl. >> i'm not trying to be arrogant, but watch the film. i'm staying on the field. how about that confidence? eagle training camp july 24th, holding open practice july 29th and august 6th.

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nba finals, here at "6abc" or "6abc" app. no nba team in history has overcome a 3-0 hold. a lot of work to be done by lebron and company. >> finally tonight, we want to share with you jean and john kelly celebrating 66 years of marriage. they met at a church dance as teenagers. they say the secret to a long marriage is having lots of family and friends. >> "action news" continues tomorrow morning. for cecily tynan, ducis rogers and the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner. goodnight. ♪ ♪

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