attackers. lets go live to the crime scene and "action news" reporter, christie aleto. what is the latest there? >> reporter: the park is shut down to the public as police investigate what exactly happened inside and a lot of joggers say there is a lot of foot traffic in the area there are parts of the trail that are isolated. >> call the police, there were two people running alongside of me saying they were going to call the police. >> she was 20 minutes into her run when those around here suddenly panics. >> you didn't put two and two together that this was actually happened. >> no, i didn't know it was happening. >> authorities say that female was a 19-year-old jogger she dialed 911 moments after she was allegedly sexually assaulted in broad daylight and at gun point while inside of the morristown farm park. >> not something i would expect here. >> it's not clear where the teen

was attacked in the park. >> it covers everything so nobody can see you, anything can happen. >> a risk that left those that use the trail on high alert. >> carry the phone and walk with a buddy, never alone. >> that victim was taken to the area hospital and there is not a specific trips of the suspect the only thing that authorities have is african-american male wearing a dark hoody but he was armed and anyone with information is asked to contact detectives. >> thank you. police in philadelphia have released the mugshot of 4-year-old derek rollins, lawmen say he is the man that shot and killed a 29-year-old man saturday night in ardmore haverford township after hoping fire in overbrook park in philadelphia. live at southwest detectives is "action news" reporter, sara

bloomquist. police know who they are looking for are they any closer to getting him? >> jim, we know they are using every available resource, philadelphia police have the help of u.s. marshals and the fbi as they work to track down 24-year-old derek rollins he is believed to be here in the city but has contacts elsewhere in the state. considered armed and dangerous. considering he has fired on three strangers killing one of them. derek rollins on the run police believe saturday night he fired multiple times on two men. and an hour later rollins was captured on surveillance just before he allegedly killed 29-year-old john lee in haverford township. >> we think he is in the city and asking people to do the right thing and turn yourself in and be responsible for what you did. and anyone that knows the individual to call 911. saturday evening at 9:00 two

overbrook neighbors confronted rob rollins after he was spotted peeking into a neighbor's window and caught up to rollins driving a volvo and they asked what he was doing and he fired the gun. >> he fired shots into the passenger door. >> and then rollins followed them into haverford township and they lost him and then picked up on surveillance footage outside of a pizza shop. police believe moments later he killed john lee outside of an apartment complex on the 2300 block of haverford road. and police believe it was random probably a robbery gone wrong and acting on a tip they found his gray volvo in west philadelphia. >> we are not stop until we get this person in custody. until we have every law enforcement available taos looking for the individual. we think he is a danger to everybody we don't know what he

is going to do. >> rollins known address is in the 5100 block of locust and 4800 block of north 8 and street. blastic tests show the bullets in both incidents came from the same gun and they believe that rollins is still armed with that weapon. i'm sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. the former mayor of reading, p.a., vaughn spencer pled not guilty to charges of corruption. spencer appeared before a federal judge this afternoon in philadelphia. spencer accused in a pay to play scheme he will remain free until trial. mayor of allentown ed pawlowski pled not guilty to charges last week. and bill cosby is looking for a new attorney. mcgonegal is seeking to withdraw

as his counsel and they will consider that request. he is being retried on charges he drugged and molested andrea constand. and it ended in a misindustrial after jurors deliberated for 52 hours and could not reach a verdict. now an update to a murder investigation in swedesboro, gloucester county. investigators were back at a home on forest court but have not said why. 47-year-old michelle long was founded in her pool on july 17th, an autopsy revealed blunt force trauma. and a man from washington that identifies himself as carson king post aid video online of himself climbing the city hall tower in philadelphia. of course, you are not suppose to do that.

and authorities here would like to talk to this guy. "action news" reporter, vernon odom is live at police headquarters, you have the full story. >> reporter: jim, police here are not really interested in locking up carson king but they don't want him doing anymore of his high wire stunts here in philadelphia. this video taken by the mysterious city hall rooftop climber going up a ladder to make his way up the clock tower. before july 31st when the scaffolding surrounded the statue of william penn. >> i'm on top of the clock tower in city hall in philadelphia. >> he shows his feet dangingle 500 feet above grown because it gave him a sense of freedom. reaction from a lifelong philadelphian in dillworth park. >> the view is great but worth the risk? it would not have been me doing it that is for sure.

>> the daredevil says his name is carson king, and lives in washington, d.c. he goes up the stairway to t observation deck and on the statue of william penn and says he did not pass any no trespassing signs. they are not amused. >> it appears it's illegal. we'll make that determination, but right now it appears particularly when he went into the tower and continuing going up. there was a trespassing offense. >> a lawyer says that carson king may have broken laws, that is trespassing and certainly a civil trespass? a criminal trespass? i would say it probably is.

>> police believe that carson king may have pulled off the caper on the weekend when city hall for the most part, almost entirely is closed down. i'm vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." at police headquarters. in center city. this is national night out. we are in south philadelphia. families and police and members of the business communities are at snyder plaza celebrating the strengths of their community and encourage greater cooperation and communication between everyone and the police living in the communities. crews from the army corps of engineers back in margate today to start pumping water left behind by a controversial dunes project. the newly dug basins were meant to act as short-term buffers to collect rain runoff. the mayor says that there is talk now of going to court to

stop the current dunes work. supporters have called on governor tom wolf to save cheney university. the group rallied outside of the governor's office in center city this morning. founded in 1837, cheney is the oldest historic black university in the country. cheney could lose the accreditation next month and a spokesperson from wolf issued a statement that the governor is working with the state education system to create a path forward for cheney to address its financial struggles. coming up on "action news" tonight. a dream deferred eight decades and i dream forgotten a dream realized for a 96-year-old woman from south jersey. >> and jeff skversky live at eagles training camp. >> the eagles are out here tackling for the first time but

without some of their stars. a few injuries coming up if sports. cecily it's awfully hot out here. >> it is, it made it up to 91 today and more humid and stormtracker 6 live double scan showing we are getting pop-up showers and thunderstorms, this will be a theme this week and i'm tracking big changes in time for the weekend. i'll explain in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. those stories and more when "action news" continues tonight. ♪ end of throat surgery. guided you through recovery. joe tastes just as sweet to us, as it does to you. we join you.

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what made them believe that a two-ton behemoth could compete in a track race? or that they could take on the elite in world motor racing, and win? we may never truly understand what drives mercedes-amg. but here's to another 50 years of it. mercedes-amg. half a century of driving performance. drivers in delaware were stuck in traffic because of a stuck bridge. the walnut street bridge jammed in the upright position at noon today. traffic backed up on route 13

north for close to an hour and del/dot workers lowered the bridge and did not figure out what caused the problem and there were no scheduled openings today. in upper pilesgrove, new jersey we have a great story that is new at 6:00 tonight. it is all about a student celebrating they are graduation from high school. normally that would not be big news except this student is 96. new jersey correspondent, nora muchanic, has the story. >> reporter: it was a day she never thought she would see. there she is 96-year-old leona of pits grove. walking to the music of pomp and circumstance finally receiving her high school diploma. >> i feel great all the friends came here and i'm so proud. after her parents divorced during the great depression.

she was raised by her aunt and uncle forced to drop out to work on the form and cried every time the school bus passed by. >> i didn't tell her i wants to be on the bus so bad. >> and was forced to take the high school equivalentsy test. >> she always wanted to have a diploma, and i said i don't like the word no. >> if you take it at your age at your age and pass it you will help children so that done it, he said i could help children. >> the widowed mother of two with 10 grandchildren and received near perfect scores on every part of the test. >> the ged is very hard for me. and i'm proud that she got through it herself. >> for more than 80 years, aunty lee was encouraged to back and

finish her education. >> she had this in a dream and saw her dream fulfilled. >> i'm not as dumb as i look. >> a dream deferred that has now come true. i'm nora muchanic, channel 6 "action news."

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jeff skversky is live at nova care where the eagles put on the pads for the first time in training camp. >> a long lon day for the eagles, a very hard day, they are still here at this hour. in meetings after being on the field at 8:00 a.m. this morning, it's a hard practice today and very physical but the eagles holding out key players alshon jeffries missing practice and torrey smith because of back

spasms it doesn't sound serious. here are the eagles today on the field, they had some live tackling and hitting to the ground sessions and just a few of them. doug peterson wants a tough training camp. and reminded everyone to be careful. hit high and does not want anyone out here getting hurt and brandon graham says it feels good to hit and tackle some guys. >> it's important that you focus in and make sure you get a couple of hits under your belt. because once you get out there for the game the bullets are flying fast and you want to get over the soreness of hitting someone and today was pretty good. >> i don't get hit, but guys around me, younger guys it's a while since they got hit and getting used to the can't and building competitiveness as well. >> it's awesome. >> and you remember the

anderson's crying over carson wentz the other day. the family from north dakota got emotional for their player and it got wentz's attention and he loves the passion. >> it's really cool, just to know i have the support. obviously in philly the fans are incredible. but at home the same fans as a kid and in college. seeing the passion they have been follow me, it's definitely humbling and also really cool to recognize that i have that influence and i'm very fortunate. >> reporter: wentz says he is just a normal dude blessed to play the game of football. one guy was wearing a cowboy jersey and they had him taken off. and safety mike trout and the angels, phillies looking to

win six in a row and adam joseph coming off a great game with the braves. and he is fighting for his job. and reece is down in the minors putting prerk pressure on him. >> we were all teammates in spring training and we know what could happen at any moment. we know one another. get the opportunity to play be make the most of it and take advantage of your opportunitieses. >> check out the new sixers jerseys they are wearing this upcoming season, a few slight chances the nike swoop and the stubhub logo. it also features the phrase brotherly love at the bottom and markelle fultz will number 20. and also alan iverson is apologizing on his instagram

account for skipping the big three tournament game in dallas over the weekend. that is it from eagles headquarters, the eagles are still inside. live at nova care, jeff skversky, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. the police athletic league summer baseball season is coming to an end. the 23 and under division played its last game today. team lighthouse faced off against north philadelphia. both teams playing strong right to the finish.

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we see pop-up isolated cell northeast of philadelphia that triggered a flash flood warning until 10:15 that dropped an inch of rain, and we also have a lot of activity building across the lehigh valley. and ray posted this on my facebook page this is a drone shot and you can see the towering cumulous clouds, they are masses of of clouds building up from the heat and humidity and we see more of them through the week. we are back in the 90s, 91 degrees the high today. scattered downpours and if you don't like the heat and humidity. just be patient and by the weekend temperatures definitely cooling down dramaticcly. philadelphia 89 degrees and trenton 90 and cape may 81 and wilmington 87 degrees. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing you the cell i'm tracking triggers the flash flood warning and right close to

torresdale avenue. palmyra bridge, it's pouring and bustleton avenue, this area already an inch of rain, so there is localized flash flooding and activity to the north is beginning to diminish. but fleet wood and coopersburg dealing with downpours and an inch of rain and that came within the past hour. we'll see more of that as we head through the week. and we don't need anymore. we are coming off a soggy july. atlantic city more than 10 inches of rain that is 6 inches above normal sx reading 8.5. and philadelphia we got more than 5 inches of rain. so tonight scattered shower activity in the evening hours and warm and humidity and partly cloudy and 62 in the cooler suburbs and tomorrow the pool

forecast if you are at the pool already 84 by 11:00. and by 2:00, 90 this is when we have the possibility of pop-up thunderstorm, keep your eye to the sky and down the shore tomorrow it's a pretty nice beach day, mixture of sun and clouds and ocean temperature pretty warm, 79 degrees and atlantic city 83, beach haven 82 and rehoboth 83 degrees a nice day to be on the beach. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast the heat and humidity is back tomorrow. a high of 90 degrees, any time after 2:00 some scattered showers and thunderstorms, that is really the theme right through the work week. thursday we do it again. 91 degrees and friday bumping it up to 92 degrees and a good chance of showers and thunderstorms ahead of a cold front and that front brings us relief for the weekend. friday waking up with some clouds, and lowering humidity

through the day and much more comfortable and 84 degrees, sunday low humidity and comfortably cool with a high of 82 degrees and monday comfortable and 83 and tuesday bump it up to 85 degrees with the possibility of thunderstorms, i have to repeat myself again. i say it during flash flooding turn around don't drown do not drive through flooded roads. "action news" continues at 10:00 with sharrie williams and brian taff. and please join us for "action news" at 11:00 on channel 6. for cecily tynan, ducis rogers, jeff skversky and the entire "action news" team team. i'm jim gardner we hope you'll join us for "action news" at 11:00.

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tonight, several developing stories as we come on the air. president trump and the white house admission today. we now know the president was involved in the crafting of his son, don junior's explanation of the meeting with the russian lawyer. president trump's lawyer saying repeatedly the president had nothing to do with don junior's initial statement. what we have learned now. also breaking at this hour. the manhunt. after two deputies are both shot, one repeatedly, the air lift at the scene. the search this hour. the veed released. it appears the officer does not realize his bodycam was rolling. the discovery on the beach. the woman's body buried in the sand. how long was she there, and did she fall into a hole dug in th