hundred block of pistorius street. all the victims were rushed to einstein medical center. sara bloomquist joins us there live. >> reporter: the 19-year-old victim remains here at einstein in critical condition undergoing surgery. an 18-year-old man injured last night as well. a graze wound. and police tell us he is a person of interest. he is up at homicide being interviewed by investigators right now. a 13-year-old girl was treated and released for a graze wound and her 16-year-old cousin was killed. police believe there was multiple shooters on that german town street last night. >> this afternoon community activists returned to the 100 block of east pistorius in german town the street where four teenagers were shot last night. the message yet again the violence must stop. >> unfortunate that we lose

another one of our children through gun violence. >> i brought a bunch of gun locks and i know it's after the fact. this can also save another life in the future. >> last evening children and teenagers were out playing on the street. laughter and then gunshots. >> around 8:30, there abouts, i heard four shots. pop pop pop pop. sounded like a high caliber gun. >> this man asked to remain anonymous he saw the confusion on the boy's face after he was hit. >> he said he was shot. >> he said he was shot? >> they rolled him over to find out where the wound was. >> her cousin sustain aid wound to her arm and a 19-year-old was critically wounded. neighbors friends and family described custice as a good kid

that loved to play basketball on the block. >> josh was a good kid playing basketball and doing everything. he wasn't the type that, you know he would go in at night. he was probably sitting on the steps when he got hit. >> he was a good kid. he played basketball all day and now gone it's a shame. it's sad. >> again the new information at this hour. an 18-year-old wounded last night is now considered a person of interest and in police custody. but police believe there were multiple shooters so the search continues at this hour. and police are hoping to find surveillance video and pleading for more witnesses to come forward. live at einstein. channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. now to the growing crisis in puerto rico tonight. tonight there is little food, gas is running short and there is no running water. >> 95% of the territory is still without power tonight. making friends and family

unreachable on the island and in the u.s. and floodwaters are still putting people's lives in danger. here is the latest now from new york. >> reporter: one week after hurricane maria carved this path of destruction, puerto rico is in peril. more than 3 million americans living in the u.s. territory now in the grips of a humanitarian crisis. the electrical grid devastated. residents without power or food or clean water, and conditions growing more dire by the day. local officials sounding the alarm. the mayor of san juan begging for help. >> president trump please -- whatever you need to do. let fema do their job. >> president trump addressing the disaster today. >> puerto rico is a difficult situation, that place was just

destroyed. it's not a question of gee lets dry up the water, that place was flattened. >> and planning to visit next tuesday. >> 16 u.s. navy ships are assisting with relief efforts ferrying 4 million meals and much needed supplies but the aids trickling it not numbing the agony. >> have not heard from my grandmother since hurricane maria. >> i would give anything to hear by dad's voice, i just want to hear him. >> loved ones still in the dark amid a mounting catastrophe. and now transferring aid from san juan to other parts of puerto rico travel is nearly impossible. a team of doctors from delaware is planning a trip to the island of dominique to help the victims hit. one of the hardest hit by that storm. the president of the delaware

relief team is building his support and sought out doctors and nurses and asking for donations of clothes and baby supplies and canned goods and medical supplies to bring with him. >> we don't just send relief we deliver t we have done many medical missions before including haiti. we were there five days after the earthquake and were there for three months and nepal five days after the earthquake and stayed there for three months. >> the doctor hopes to send small groups to dominique two weeks at a time and the first group on monday. and in south jersey a salon owner who set out to collect donations received an outpouring of support. nora muchanic has her story tonight from cherry hill. >> i am sick over it. my father is 83 years old andales heimers and i don't know if meds have gotten him.

>> cherry hill salon owner wanda morris doesn't know if her father is okay. that did not stop her from single handledly spearing a relief effort for victim there's. >> felt like i had to do something and i am just one person and i didn't know how much i could do. but i said why not try. >> wanda start aid go fund me page that raised more than $30,000 and the facebook page features a packing party in camden where dozens of people loaded food and supplies and water on a box truck shipping to puerto rico today. >> we are in a humanitarian crisis for sure. >> wanda who was raised in puerto rico is saying it's hampered by red tape. >> have you to have an act and something signed to get food to the people they are dying. and you know what? we have not seen the worst of it yet. >> doctors and other volunteers paying their own way, wanda will personally travel to puerto rico

herself on october 7th to deliver the supplies and hopes one of her government contacts will help smooth the way. >> he assured me i could get my stuff. i am praying and hanging on to that. >> wanda says that she realized that recovery say long hard road but determined to keep working and collecting and help the island she loves. in cherry hill, channel 6 "action news." >> we are following breaking news out of miami where three people are dead after scaffolding at a television tower collapsed. it happened less than an hour ago the cause is under investigation. the police tell the abc affiliate in miami it's unclear how many folks were working on the tower at the time of the accident. now the new developments in the corruption scandal. long time louisville coach, rick paterno is out. he is placed on unpaid leave and his exit comes as the school

acknowledges it is part of a federal investigation into alleged bribery of recruits. patino coached the cardinals to a national championship in 2013 and he was not named in the indictment itself. mayor jim kenney said today climate change is real and having an impact on its residents and despite the fact that scientists say they have to act or face consequences, the federal government decided to withdraw from the paris climate accord and cities like philadelphia have to do what they can to help. city officials promised to deuce the can aer bonnie missions by 50% by the year to 2050 and greenhouse gas emissions as well. >> we are announcing a retro fit of one of the most important buildings. the philadelphia museum of art. >> lighting upgrades and building controls will be included in the museum's project. now, to the field goal that

put the eagles on top of the nfc east. there is plenty of buzz around a pricey promise from carson wentz before the 61 yard kick. wentz was miked up and heard saying he will give his earnings from sunday to jake elliot if he made the kick. the two have it worked out the eagles fans have an opinion on wentz's pact. vernon odom has more. >> eagles fans are still crowing about this game winning kick from sunday. unproven free agent jake elliot pulled off a 61 yard field goal bailing the eagles out on the last play of the game and seconds before the kick carson wentz is caught on the microphone making this pledge. >> i give him my game check he makes it --

>> as we know now elliot delivered. and now there is a lot of spirited pro and conwhether wentz should pay up in full. >> pay the guy the money he has the money and it was worth it. that was a phenomenal win. you'll never see that again. >> i hope he gets it to him. we wouldn't have the win without jake elliot. he deserves it. >> others say it was sideline banter and wentz should prorate the reward. >> don't go crazy. give him half of it. >> i believe if you are willing to say, you are willing to do it. >> he should pay up? >> he should pay up. >> put his money where his mouth is. the cowboy fan says wentz should be the stand up guy and pay the $31,365. a small town less and from this

hero from north dakota. be careful what you say it will be examined closely. >> if you are on camera saying it, you should probably give your money. >> the eagles play on the west coast against the chargers, lets hope they don't need another less second miracle to win this one. i'm vernon odom, channel 6 "action news" in south philadelphia. >> all right and we'll have more from carson wentz himself comingity later tonight in sports. time for a check of our traffic report. >> what matt pellman is saying on mike in the traffic center. >> i will go on record, to the packed roads and rails. and a check of mass transit shows major issues, the media elwin is suspend for inbound service because of downed wires and outbound up to a 40 minute delays and that is spilling into other lines, if you ride the

media elwin use the newark or the 101 or 102 trolley. don't use the 15 or the bus there's because a crash on 4th and jared involving one of those septa trolleys. luckily on 202, things are looking better. the pickup truck at malvern, we are starting to pick up the pace and slow speeds at 10 miles per hour. and no better on 30th if you can stay on the turnpike that will be your best bet. we'll check it again in the next half hour. >> more from the philadelphia zoo. that is where meteorologist, cecily tynan, is live right now. >> is that a snake? that say snake. >> you like my bracelet? this is togo. this is a ball python from central africa and much like the three banded armadillo, these

guys if they feel threatened they curl up like a ball for protection. and they can sense if are you uncomfortable. he knows i am not afraid of snakes at all. i will be feeding those big beautiful girls later on on "action news" live from the philadelphia zoo. ♪

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a pill. >> also, today the flood water may have receded in houston and the risk for infection has not. jr atkins almost lost his arm and life to a flesh eating bacteria. it started when he got a mosquito bike kay kayaking. the bug bite bacteria got in and started an infection. atkins said he never imagined being in such a life or death struggle. >> you hear about fatalities and people losing limbs and you see just, i mean there are gruesome things that happen to people out there. >> public health authorities say the danger is not over and the back tear could be on anything that the floodwaters touched and meanwhile a houston research team found and targeted a strep area, and they could block the

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time for a check of the accuweather forecast. cecily tynan is live at the zoo wasn't night and first a snake and now a chicken. that is good thanks. that is not a chicken -- >> this is actually this is actually a skink. this is mel the blue tongue skink and every now and then you may see that tongue what mel is doing is kind of sniffing the air. these guys are from australia and they spend most of their life on the desert floor and if you look they have this great camouflage and their body is really broad and flat. but what they can do, if they feel threatened. they puff out the body and it looks much bigger and the blue tongue you see there. they open the mouth really wide and have the big pink mouth and tongue and they hiss and can

stair off the predators. there say bit a breeze out here. interesting animals. if you look at this tail, this guy does not do a lot of climbing and lets talk about the weather. it's definitely on the humid side. look at dew points across the region. it is tropical out there. high humidity and the dew point is 71 degrees along i-95, and atlantic city 75. and the same in dover and cape may and even reading the dew point is 69 degrees and muggy and if you look at the heat index, the feels like temperatures, feels like 90 in philadelphia and 92 in reading and 95 in wilmington and millville. likely we will not have air that feels like this until next year.

things are cooling off and drying out. satellite 6 along with action radar showing we still have maria spinning around 200 miles east-northeast of cape hatteras, maximum sustained winds at 30 miles per hour. and you see a band of thin showers, that is the cold front it brings us cooler air and also kicks maria out to sea than is good news for the coast. for tonight the winds are shifting and the front is moving through after midnight. and the wind shifts out of the northwest and humidity drops and 62 to 68 degrees, we have the winds of change. and the wind tracker showing sustained winds of up to 16 miles per hour and between 3:00 and 5:00 the winds pick up sustained at 20 miles per hour. and gusts near 30 miles per hour and what that breeze will do is pull in money more comfortable air. if you look at highs lots of sunshine and comfortable, 79 degrees in philadelphia.

that is 5 degrees above normal. a lot more comfortable than it has been this week. 78 in wilmington and trenton and 79 at the boardwalk in atlantic city. the five-day at 5:00, showing tomorrow a breezy day with a high of 79. friday pleasant and dry start to yom kippur a vort max. a high of 69 on sunday and sunny with a high of 71 degrees and monday we start to warm things up to 74 degrees and that continues into next week and mel will like that she is from australia. good day. i'll be feeding the hippos in the water there. live from the philadelphia zoo in a few minutes. >> back to you guys. >> skinks a lot. eligible for medicare?

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and supplies from philadelphia are flown out to puerto rico as the island struggles through a humanitarian crisis. and a motor bike sale ended with one person hospitalized and two suspects on the run. >> we begin with president trump and republican lawmakers shifting their focus to tax reform after striking out on health care. he unveiled the plan to overhaul the tax code. we are live now with serena with the details. >> reporter: good evening, it's the first major changes to the tax code in 30 years including cuts for businesses and individuals, including the nation's top earners. >> republicans moving on and ready for a win. >> tax reform is going to make health care look like a piece of cake. >> president trump laying out the tax reform in indiana today. they make sure not to shift the

tax burden to lower income americans. >> we are shifting to middle americans that people that work so long and so hard and they have been forgotten. >> the plan would slash the corporate tax rate from 20% from 35% reduce seven tam brackets to three. and raising the tax rate on low income earners to 12% and the estate tax will double the size of deductions for married couples and individuals and extend it for families with children. >> it delivers a new tax code that is simple and fair and pro growth and pro-family republicans line up behind the family democrats calling it a false promise to the middle class. >> it's not tax reform it's a framework that gives away the store to the wealthiest while

sticking the middle class with the bill. >> republicans are looking for a big legislate erwin after failing to repeal and replace the affordable care act. today's event was the first in the nationwide blitz on tax reform. live in washington, serena marshall channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. continued coverage of the 5 trillion dollars tax cut plan and president trump's reaction to secretary price's private plane use is coming up on world news after "action news" at 6:30. one week after maria slammed into puerto rico the island is struggling to get basic supplies and 95% remains without power and half the residents don't have running water and fuel and food are running low and they are dealing with a different kind of disaster response. >> the biggest challenge with

this disaster operation that make its different than responding to a u.s. state here in the continental u.s. is the 1500 miles of ocean. the only options are flights and ships. >> more than 10,000 federal staffers were on the ground. and president trump is scheduled to visit puerto rico on tuesday. >> as we learn more about the extent of the damage caused by hurricane maria in puerto rico people in our area are doing what ever they can to help them. a group from the salvation army flew out of philadelphia international airport hoping to lend a hand and katherine scott spoke to passengers before they boarded the flight. >> we don't know what they will face when they get there. >> katie accompanied her mother and aunt to the airport ahead of an 8:10 flight to san juan and

the two evacuated before the hurricane hit and sending back with bags of supplies for the family that stayed behind. >> hearing them over the phone and text messages, it's extremely hard because i am not there to support them. >> mary secured a ticket last night rushing down after the death of her mother on sunday. >> they don't have anything. they want to bury her as soon as possible. >> she packed whatever she could carry. >> i am hoping my brother will pick me up. the last thing i heard he doesn't have any gas and there are lines and they don't have cash, they were like please bring money we don't have any we can't use the atm. we can't use anything. >> and people are trying to recover by the mass devastation left behind and airport operations are limited. american's second flight since

maria hit. and loaded with car go and relief supplies. it left last friday with $20,000 worth of goods from philadelphia's hub. >> we have a lot of team members and family members affected. >> local relief workers were on the flight from the salvation army. they have 150 staffers home based in puerto rico they are feeding an estimated 14,000 people a day and providing shelter. >> we are just ready, waiting for this for so long and thank god we are able to have the chance to go. >> they capped the fair at $99 for the flight and want to make sure the flight is accessible for everybody that needs to get where they need to go. katherine scott, channel 6 "action news." >> in and update to the story the body of a doctor reported missing is found in montgomery county. the doctor was reported missing by his family last night. the police say searchers found

his body in a wooded area here off the perkiomen trail. the manner of death is pending an autopsy. and the search continues for two suspects following a shooting in wilmington. police tell "action news" a 24-year-old man was attempting to sell his motor bike to two men last night at 30th and north monroe street. one man pulled out the gun and demanded the bike and the man refused and he was shot in the thigh. the victim was taing ento an area hospital and is listed in stable condition. also, from our delaware newsroom. delaware health officials confirmed a flu case likely tied to the flu outbreak from maryland county fairs, a young woman from sussex county who is sick had close contact with pigs at the fair and maryland health officials had a dozen cases connected to three county fairs. time for a check of the "action news" traffic report

midweek. >> lets take it back live to matt pellman to see what is up. >> after we get over the hump we are looking at the suspension of the media elwin rail line not running because of downed wires and outbound trains are not a whole lot better but generally with 40 minute delays. we are use the wilmington line and the 101 and 102. are you better off. the 15 trolley is not running because of the crash at northern liberties at girard. and on the buses between 26th and delaware and frankford avenues. because of the accident in northern liberties. meanwhile, this is 95 in bukz county. southbound side in the work zone by 413 a vehicle broke down in the left lane and it's extra heavy now southbound from route one on down to street road. earlier issues on 202 in chester have cleared out and slow speeds

have not and teens from chester brook and northbound side from delaware by the hollywood grill. it's taking out the left lane. sliding to the east in upper chichester and watching a crash with downed wires at chelsea road. back to you. >> more ahead on "action news" tonight. for the first time since 2014. a student is killed on new york city school grounds, what investigators say led up to his death. >> and animals displaced by harvey and irma hope to find their forever homes in pennsylvania. and back we go to the zoo cecily tynan hanging out with some hard shelled friends there. >> i am this is rhonda, rhonda is a radiated tortoise from the islands of madagascar, if you look at the top of the shell. you see scoop, the little bumps and see it almost looks like sun beams, like suns and that is a

natural behavior app adaptation from the tortoises, what is interesting is they are only found in the island of madagascar, unfortunately they are critically endangered due to habitat loss and the pet trade. and speaking of fine i have a lot of sunshine in the forecast and cooler air and i will be feeding the hippos cooling off behind me in the water. get them out and give them salad, live on "action news" back to you guy s. plus, reaction to carson wentz on his verbal wager with elliot.

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involved in prior altercations over the past two weeks and police say that the school did not have metal detectors. >> the eagles heading out west. they are facing a winless team in the chargers. and they are short handed and coming off an emotional win and the birds want to get better against the winless chargers. carson wentz was hard on himself for missing a throw calling himself an idiot and elliot is getting a rest and fletcher cox could miss multiple games and peterson talked about not getting too high and he wants them to stay humble and hungry following the walk-off win by jake elliot. >> keeping the guys grounded. i think wins can mask a little bit of the, we need to get

better mentality. and continue to get better and show improvement. than is the challenge this week. >> kicker jake elliot named special teams player of the week for hitting the longest field goal ever for a rookie. a wild emotional day for the 22-year-old kid. >> has anything calmed down yet? it has been like a whirlwind for you sure? >> it was fun while it lasted and i had fun with it for a day or two and a moment i'll remember for the rest of my life and now it's time to push forward and kind of get ready for this week. >> before the sixers tipped off training camp this week, coach brett brown had all of his players to the house for a dinner and one special guest. charles barkley that told the current sixers make the playoffs. from bound to the players the goal is to make the post season. when the season starts next month. joel embiid is expected to be ready, even though he is out of

five on five drills and hopefully the dunks go down in the game. and what would make the sixers happier if sir charles encouraging words come true. >> a good night at my house and charles barkley was kind enough to offer his time. and come over have dinner with us. he just interacted with everybody just fine. a great night. and then was able to just talk and talked so freely. and so much in a genuine way it was an incredible night. >> phillies manager, pete mackanin says he lied when the possible of losing 100 games didn't matter but it matters. the phillies beat the first place nationals last night despite falling behind. despite what happens over the weekend the phillies will not finish with 100 losses a big

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each. so between them and the rhinos you have the heaviest animals in the zoo. >> it's pretty amazing that they are this big and all they eat is basically veggies and fruit. >> i wish i was a hippo, they eat salad and fruit and hay that is it. they eat a bail of hay each a day. that is a significant amount of hay and probably so pounds of romaine lettuce and still that is all vegetables. >> in the wild they are actually really, really dangerous. >> they are the most dangerous animal in africa because they are very protective of their territory. plus, if they are in the water they can capsize a boat and females are protective of their young. that mouth is incredibly powerful a lot of pressure. >> we have one leaving now and they spend a lot of time in the water but can't swim. >> they don't swim it's funny when you think about it.

push and then glide off. >> they are not that hungry. they are moving away. that is all we want now. come back for more food girl, a lot of people are jealous when they see me doing this but you can have this appearance at the zoo. >> we offer behind the scenes experiences, see the hippos and rhinos and giraffes and penguins, it's an important to do this as well. it supports the zoo. >> one of the biggest ra tractions coming up in less than a month. >> the last two weekends of object is boo at the zoo. a fun time to come out kids get to trick or treat and experience the zoo as a family and it's safe. you know can you take photos at the pumpkin wall and get a couple of extra wears out of the costume. >> i could do this all day but very to talk about the weather. thank you cindy and euna.

one of them likes my cooking, lets talk about today's warmth it was hot, our high 89 degrees, 2 degrees shy of the record high. and even the low 70, the low is 4-. the heat index the way it feels right now philadelphia it's steamy out here feels like 90 and allentown and trenton feels like 91 and trenton 92 and wilmington and millville feels like 90 degrees, things will change, satellite and radar showing two things i'm tracking. maria spinning off the coast of cape hatteras and the great lakes the line of clouds you see there. that is the cold front that kicks maria out to sea and brings us cooler and more comfortable air. for tonight we are looking at temperatures dropping down to 68 degrees in philadelphia. allentown 62 and reading 63 and cape may 70. the winds are shifting overnight out of the northwest and the human is dropping and tomorrow a nice day but a windy day.

that cold front presses through and kicks up the winds gusting up to 30 miles per hour and the high dropping to 79 degrees heading into friday and maria and the cold front will be history. temperatures dropping down to about 72 degrees and there is a fast moving system moving through the great lakes and that could touch off a shower or two on saturday morning and really drop the temperatures even more. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast we drop down into the upper 70s tomorrow and very windy and low 70s on friday. saturday a chance of a morning shower and otherwise clouds mixing with sun and 69 degrees and temperatures begin to rise next week. sunday 71 and wednesday it turns warmer up to 79 degrees and by the end of the week we could get back into the 80s. this weekend nice and cool to come to the philadelphia zoo. >> want salad? >> i love it. >> i'll pass okay. >> all right we'll be right back with more.

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here is one thing making philadelphia proud the pennsylvania spca is teaming up with the animal rescue core helping animals affected by harvey and irma. the dogs and cat as rived at the eerie avenue headquarters, at the hunting park section. the dogs will be put into the two week quarantine. before they are available for adoption and the cats will be medically evaluated before they are put up for adoption and the fees involved in the trance fort by the way will be waived. and this is one story, this is an example of what makes us philly proud. you can see more stories that shine a light on our area. head to 6abc.com. right now jim gardner and the "action news" team is standing by with stories next at 6:00. we are gathering details from the northern liberty section of philadelphia where an accident involving a trolley has turned

fatal. >> and the wait for relief goes on in puerto rico in the wake of hurricane maria. those stories and more up next. for the entire "action news" team i'm monica malpass have a great night "action news" at 6:00 is next. after 8 years of chris christie, is kim guadagno the change new jersey really needs? guadagno is christie's hand-picked successor. says she's "proud to be part of the christie administration."

guadagno was chris christie's right hand as our schools came under attack, critical services were underfunded, and our credit rating was downgraded...11 times. from the bridge to the beach, we've seen it all, and we've had enough. kim guadagno isn't the change we need. "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers, cecily tynan and jim gardner. it is wednesday night and the big story on "action news" tonight is breaking news in philadelphia. a deadly accident involveling a trolley. this happened at 4:00 this afternoon on west girard avenue

in the northern liberty section of the city. a 36-year-old woman driving the car was killed. two children were in the vehicle one was taken to hahnemann hospital with serious injuries. nobody on the trolley was injured. septa is running shuttle buses between front street and 26th street on girard avenue. now, the dire situation in puerto rico. by all accounts it's getting worse not better. the u.s. response is cranking up with hundreds of thousands of pounds of relief supplies, but six days after hurricane maria slammed into the island. puerto rico still has no power limited water and hospitals that are struggling to treat patients and day long waits for gasoline. if you want to get a plane out good luck with that. only a handful of flights are able to leave the island on a daily basis. puerto rico was home to 3.5 million american citizens and most of them are