of people did in montgomery county and it's not just about getting exercise and action reporter bob brooksas more. >> reporter: every racer we spoke to told us the same thing. >> it was a real fast race. and it was really tough. >> reporter: one younger racer just 16 years old wanted to come out and give it a shot against an older crowd and had to pull out. >> it was pretty easy but the pace was kind of hard. >> reporter: they were racing to win. but it's not just a winner who would take home cash of 2000 the community is also winning big money raised today will go a long way to support the narbirth ambulance. >> and agencies across the country a struggling with insurance reimbursement from non-profits to local shops on ardmore more than a race and fun for everyone. >> not just a benefit for us and we teamed up with the food bank with food donations and the ardmore business association is boosting businesses so everyone is winning today. >> reporter: if you can believe it the great event was able to come together by the work of a high school student emt volunteer pearce flan grant and work

if you want to come out and support everyone involved with this, reporting live in ardmore, bob brooks channel 6 "action news." >> that's a great idea. i mean waiting for the newscast, and getting out there, bob, thank you. >> much more to come on "action news" sunday afternoon. if you plan to watch the solar eclipse you need the right protection for your eyes. >> collate night snacking put you at rick for skin cancer? we'll have more on snacks cancer and the sun. >>> plus, david murphy will be back with the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast when "action news" continues. >> the solar eclipse is tomorrow, if you waited until now to get your glasses, it's probably too late. >> it's important to protect your eyes from the damaging effect of the eclipse. main line optical in ardmore had 500 pairs available they sold out. and the philadelphia zoo had guests waiting outside more than an hour before the doors opened, and people agreed on one thing. >> it's a chance of a lifetime. >> it's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. >> this is once in a lifetime our lifetime. >> experts warn if yo

bob brooks has an update on the hottest item since the cabbage patch kid. >> we have known the eclipseming for a long time, but so many have waited to the last minute to get the proper glasses. as kim from coatesville put it, i called around so many places. i'm a procrastinator. i'm very, very happy. >> she was one of the so many people coming to main line optical in ardmore to get her family glasses. she and several others say, had she not found them, we would have probably taken our chances and become a patient here. >> it's damaging. people don't realize that it can happen years later that the damage comes out. >> we are sold out of the eclipse glasses. >> they had 500 pairs available this morning. they are all accounted for. could have been another 2,000. >> it's simple, hol fold the sis and put them on. >> you can't see anything. >> they block out 99.9% of light. at the philadelphia zoo, the line speaks for itself. seeing something like this is special. >> i got to see wo one in 1979. >> that's why he's running on less sleep than usual. >> i have been here since 10:00 after 6:00.

bob brooks, channel6 "action news." >> not far away a stabbing in darby borough this afternoon endinge person killed. police arrived to find the victim inside a building suffering from stab wounds. the victim was pronounced dead a short time later. >> police in philadelphia are investigating a double shooting with two young men injured in the logan section. it happened 11:00 a.m. on duncannon and hutchinson street. a 22-year-old and 19-year-old were shot in the leg. no word on motivate and no arrests were made. >> police say a crash was serious but have not said anything about the victim's condition. the vehicle stopped at the scene. no word on if charges are pending. >> storms toppled trees and resulted in severe flooding across parts of the area. this is the scene on i-76 eastbound lanes between glad wood and belmont. traffic was reduced to one lane. >> ardmore a huge tree trop willed on ton an apartment 3weu8ding knocking out windows and damaging air conditioning units as well. this is chester hill after a tree fell on the lane. nobody was injured here either and no vehicles were d

live at camden county police "action news" reporter bob brooks. bob. >> reporter: well, jim, investigators say they need help trying to find this guy. over the weekend here in camden they had a man on an atv trying to kill police officers by running them over. that's something that can't happen. investigators say this man turned his atv into a weapon his target two camden county police officers this past saturday night. camden county deputy police chief joseph wysocki says one of the victims detective kenneth egan was almost killed. >> this could have been much worse. the officer is lucky to be alive at this point. >> reporter: the happened at the east coast gas station on newton avenue. officer nicole barry and detective egan were working a robbery case in the area when they spotted the suspect tampering with gas station equipment. when the police first arrived the suspect on the atv ran into the passenger side door. it was opened. and as a result it smashed into officer barry injuring her. >> there's no doubt in my mind that he knew that he was b

"action news" reporter bob brooks is live at that location. bob, more demonstration of statue sentiment this evening. what's the latest on this? >> reporter: well, jim, we know that sometimes during things like this, violence can break out. that's not the case today. kudos to both sides keeping things peaceful. behind me there you see what's the outside shell of it so to speak, really just a great job done by the philadelphia police department to make sure tempers don't flare up. [cheers and applause] >> reporter: the frank rizzo statue is back in the spotlight yet again today. a peaceful but passionate crowd has gathered with the hopes they'll convince city leaders to remove it. today we got a chance to speak with mayor jim kenney on any updates. he says no decision whether to remove keep or relocate it has been made yet. >> this moment was the right thing is to do for everybody and it won't be the right thing for everybody in the end. >> reporter: one thing kenny did done firm is a meeting with though he is who want the statue to stay in orde

bob brooks is live at the philadelphia zoo with more. bob?reporter: walter, so popular and things you're about to see the line here at the zoo this morning was just absolutely huge. i couldn't even get my hands on them. in fact, a lot of people aren't able to get their hands on a pair of these glasses so we do ask if you don't have the proper eye wear, you avoid looking at the eclipse. >> even though we've known the eclipse has been coming a long time. seems as if like many things in life, so many waited until last minute to get the proper viewing glasses. as kim put it >> i called around so many places, like, and i'm a procrastinator. yes. i'm very, very happy. >> reporter: she was one of the so many people coming into mainline optical in ardmore to get the glasses, she as well as self others says had she not found some >> weld have taken our chance >> richard owner of mainline optical said that could be a very bad idea >> people don't realize it can happen years later that the damage comes out. >> reporter: he says his phones have been ring

live at the philadelphia office of the attorney general, is "action news" reporter bob brooks. you have the details. >> reporter: well jim, it's disturbing to hear about grown men going after children online, and the attorney general says that is exactly what happened and that these men knew exactly what they were doing. >> according to the attorney general these men are the latest child predators to land behind bars. they led a sting operation. and we spoke to shapiro and more suspects are in their cross hairs. >> we'll hunt you down and fine you and lock you up and do everything in our power to make sure the children of pennsylvania are safer. and two from king of prussia and one from philadelphia. attorney general shapiro said the men wanted to meet as teens pose on line. >> i have the possible and i am the father of four young kids to know what our kids are doing online. >> in each case undercover agents made it clear they were posing as minors. he was targeting a 14-year-old boy and the agent made it clear he was 14 years old on three occasions. and another agent wrote he

reporting live in northeast detectives, bob brooks channel6 "action news." jim. >> bob, thank you. >>> philadelphia's eighth district councilwoman cindy bass says she does not want to propose medical marijuana dispensary in her mount airy community. she wants residents to attend a zoning board meeting tomorrow night in center city to help her fight it. the proposed facility is along the 8300 block of stenton avenue. councilwoman bass says the center should be near a medical facility, not near residents or in this case an in-home day-care center. >>> coming up on "action news" tonight we are just one week away from the historic solar eclipse. and if you want to watch the celestial event as it happens you better hurry and get your hands on some special glasses and we will show you how. >>> ducis rodgers will hear from several young eagles receivers who are looking to fill the void with the departure of jordan matthews. cecily. >> we have plenty of clouds out there and storm tracker6 live double scan showing that we also have some scattered showers this week som

"action news" reporter bob brooks is live on the new jersey side of the bridge. bob, what's the problem here? >> reporter: well, jim, there is a paint job going on at the walt whitman bridge. behind me you can clearly see it. case in point you see the suspension cables there in white. they are priming this. well, the man says that primer got on his car. we spoke with officials they acknowledged the problem and they say they're ready to fix it. let's take a look. the owner of this black lexus says he drove to work today and his car became covered with speckles of white paint. needless to say he wasn't happy. he wants to remain anonymous but called "action news" to get the word out about where he says it happened. that was costing the walt whitman bridge -- crossing the walt whitman bridge around 10:00 a.m. this morning. >> noticed they were spray painting open air spray painting on the bridge. >> reporter: there is in fact a priming project going on. the delaware river port authority says crews are spray painting the suspension cables. you can clearly see that happ

bob brooks has more. >> reporter: they prayed outside the chester police station this afternoon in fact members of the life of christ ministry prayed around five locations around the city. their goal to bring change to the town. church members hit the street today after a violent night in chester. one of three men police say were shot close to the church. >> we trust god to give us guidance to know what to do, how to pray and pray for the mayor and the officers is in the city. it's a difficult city right now. >> reporter: investigators say there was a shootout between two suspects and officers around 2:00 a.m. this morning. there was a high-speed chase that would end with a high-speed crash. police say it started at the gold room bar on edgemont avenue. officers were monitoring things outside when people were leaving around exchange of gunfire erupted. one man was shot on the street. two men got in the dodge durango and fired at the officers responding. there was a brief shootout and took off. 6 blocks later they crashed into a tree. when police approached the vehicle they found both me

"action news" reporter bob brooks is live outside the building tonight. bob, what do we know about the arsonist and what's been going on there? >> reporter: well, jim, this is no doubt a major major problem here. plain and simple whoever is doing this needs to be caught accused of igniting six fires again at the sterling building just behind me. and atf tells us they believe it's a person who has access to the inside of the building. it's not the first or second but around midnight this has become the seventh call for a fire at the sterling building. law enforcement says they believe it's arson and the arsonist is someone likely a resident living inside. >> it's an individual that has an ax to grind. we believe it is somebody from within that building. >> reporter: the calls started july 13 the last one overnight. resident joseph teague describes the scene. >> about midnight the fire alarms went off. you can't take the elevators so we had to take 18 flights back down. >> reporter: residents are scared and thinking they might have to move for safety. >> let

bob brooks is live at colwyn bureau police headquarters with the latest on the investigation. >> reporter's absolutely terrible that these two young man have lost their live but the good news is tonight we have a picture of the suspect the man police say pulled the trigger. let's take a look. police say this man is a killer. caught on tape just before he would leave the chinese restaurant on the corner of walnut and 4th in colwyn bureau. investigators say shortly after he left, he would open fire. shooting three, killing two. 16-year-old and 20-year-old males. it happened late last night. evidence markers would cover the street, littered with bullets. delaware county da jake whalen how it started >> two grown-ups of individuals that were apparently approaching each other, almost looked like they were posturing themselves for some type of altercation. >> reporter: the next shooter would open fire, several neighbors heard it happen >> i was upstairs with the baby. and i heard the five shots. real fast. i ran downstairs to check to see if my son got here. the young man was laying on the grou

"action news" reporter bob brooks is live with more on what happened, bob. >> reporter: well, walter, beginning. this is a tragedy. it appears that the young man has lost his life over a shoplifting incident. police say after they persued him he jumped in right behind me here in woodbury lake and wouldn't resurface. it was a tragic scene atwood bring lake, rescue teams scenery moving body of the 20 year-old man. police say it is even result of the shoplifting incident, escalate to go this fatal point you see on your screen right now. detectives say that it started around 4:00 a.m., 20 year-old was spotted shoplifting from the wawa just yard up the street. they say when police arrived he took off, and jumped in the woodbury lake. then this is chaotic scene clyde butler saw when he showed up to work at the shopping plaza on evergreen avenue, lake is right behind it. >> there was police lined up, they had, fire departments, all back here, and i got a few stories from a couple people that worked here, what is working with the team, saying that somebody drowned. >> reporter: it was clear r

reporting from olde city, bob brooks, channel six, "action news". >>> much more to come on "action news, a unique project launched to day to have every day people with what they would like to see honored, memorialized in the city. details straight ahead. >>> eagles give a special gift to a disabled man targeted by hate, what the team did to make this a day to remember. >>> speaking of the bird team held a open practice today at the link and got one of their star players back, jeff skversky has sports when "action news" comes right back ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ it isn't just about vision, it's about care. nobody cares for eyes more than pearle. >>> portion of the barnes foundation in center city is now being used for a new public art and history project monument lab opened for ideas today. it is a joint effort between the barnes and mural arts program aimed at finding out ordinary citizens, think should be honored or memorialized around philadelphia. >> we invite people to learn more about the project, and, come in, to propose, their own monuments, and these are monuments that can be creative , the

bob brooks is on the eclipse watch. >> reporter: even though we know the eclipse has been coming for a long time, but like other things in life, so many waited to get the glasses. >> i called around many places, i'm a procrastinator, i'm very, very happy. >> reporter: she was one of the so many people coming into mainland optical in ardmore to get the glasses. she and several others we spoke to said had she not found some said -- >> we would have taken our chance and look at the sun. >> very very damaging, people don't realize that years later the damage comes out. >> we're sold out of the eclipse glasses. >> reporter: they had five hundred pairs available but they are all accounted for. >> we could have gotten another 2,000. >> reporter: how do we look? you can't see anything. that's the point. he said that's the point. >> these block out 99.99% of the light. >> reporter: at the philadelphia zoo, the line, well it speaks for itself, the first man in line said seeing something like that is special. >> i got to see one in 1979. it was a wonderful thing. >> reporter: that's why he is r

bob brooks talked to concerned residents. >> reporter: police say this man is a killer caught on tapefore he would leave this chinese restaurant on the corner of walnut and 4th in colwyn borough. investigators say shortly after he left he would open fire, shooting three and killing two. 16 and 20-year-old males. evidence markers covered the street littered with bullet. >> you had two groups of individuals that were approaching each other, almost looked like they were posturing themselves for some type of altercation. >> reporter: the opened fire. >> i was upstairs with the baby, i heard five shots, bam bam, i ran downstairs and the young man was laying on the ground. >> the young girls are crying. >> reporter: they don't understand why they continue to resort to gun violence to settle problems. >> i think they are punks. i think people need to learn how to use their words. >> reporter: we spoke to the restaurant owner where the picture of the suspect was taken. >> you had a lot of people last night you don't know who that man is? >> no, i don't know yet. >> reporter: investigators say

bob brooks, channel 6 "action news." >> all right thank you. >>> when you see the video of a fiery crashey shore you will be amazed like we were that no one was hurt here. an "action news" viewer capture tropical disturbance on their cell phone, it happened on the atlantic city expressway in gloucester township. he crashed into the guardrail and the car caught on fire. despite the intensity of those flames no one was hurt. >>> a man with a crowbar went into a philadelphia check cashing business and tried to pry open an atm. it was rolling at is the chu agent on logan, the suspect was unsuccessful opening the atm and was able to get into the office and take $260 in cash. if you recognize the man in this video philadelphia police want to hear from you. >> repairs are made to a we're main that broke in delaware county shooting water high into the sky. the break happened along chester highway. all the water and the crews on the scene caused traffic delays around that area. officials with the chester water authority says that the main that broke was a 6 inch cast iron main. no injuries were r

bob brooks has the details. >> reporter: it was a tragic scene rescue seems removed the body of a 20-man. police say it was the result of a shoplifting incident escalating. it started at 4:00 a.m. 20-year-old was spotted shoplifting from the wawa yards up the street. when police arrived he took off and jumped into the lake. this is chaotic scene this man saw when he showed up to work on evergreen avenue. >> there was police line up everywhere. i got a few stories from a couple of people working with the team saying that somebody drown. >> reporter: it was clear rescue crews were searching for someone. police say after he jumped in and refused their commands, he swam under the evergreen avenue bridge and they lost sight of him. >> i opened the door, i looked to my left and the body was laying right there. >> reporter: right now officials are ruling the death as accidental. brown said she lived here in woodbury her whole life and never saw anything like this before. >> reporter: we hope this never happens again here, police are not releasing the name of the young man who lost his life.

bob brooks has more. >> reporter: police say this man is a killer. caught on tape just before he would leave this chinese restaurant on the corner of walnut and 4th in colwyn borough. investigators say shortly after he left he would open fire, shooting three and killing two, 16 and 20-year-old males. evidence markers would cover the street littered with bullets. delaware county d.a. on how it started. >> they were approaching each other, almost looking like they were posturing themselves for an altercation. >> i was ups with -- upstairs h the baby, i heard the five shots, bam bam. when i got out here, the young man was on the ground. >> young girls were crying. and don't understand why young men continue to resort to gun violence to settle problems. >> i think they are punks. i think that people need to learn how to use their words. >> we spoke with the restaurant owner where the picture of the suspect was taken. >> you had a lot of people last night you don't know who that man is? >> reporter: no, i don't know. >> reporter: investigators say they ar

bob brooks, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> philadelphia police are trying to figure out ifeveral tombstones were intensely damaged at a bustleton cemetery. at saint lukes where 20 tombstones were found knocked over or damaged. we are waiting for an update from police as they investigate. >>> a man was hurt as they tried to cross the road in newcastle, delaware. the pedestrian was struck by a car while on westbound christiana road near airport road. the man was rushed to the hospital with serious injuries and the driver was also hurt both westbound lanes and one eastbound lane of christiana road were closed for sometime. police are still trying to figure out what happened. >> well, he went in to rob a bank and didn't have much success. now police want to find him and arrest him. these pictures were taken yesterday afternoon at the td bank and this man donning a fisherman's hat gave the teller a note demanding money. no money was given. if you know this man police want to hear from you. >>> trenton's public safety plan is taking -- into city schools. the director said that st

before he took the stage, "action news" reporters bob brooks and wendy saltzman tossed tee shirts into thee crowd. this ga zee bow is a place for children traumatized by violence. the ga zee bow is dedicated to amy joe girard a nurse at children's hospital shot to >> eagles see their first action. the starters looked better than the reserves. we focus on the starter. we'll make a snap judgment here. get in, get out. if you can look good i in the process, even better. carson wentz looked good first series wentz on third and 12th avoids the rush. collins does the rest. 48-yard touchdown wentz four for four 56-yards on the drive. second quarter defense doesn't look great. smith is beaten on the coverage, 7-6 packers. no aaron rodgers in this one. derek barnett looks like the real deal. two sacks for barnett. eagles loose 24-9. to baseball, the mets are in town to face the phillies in a four game set. phillies were feeling good about themselves, came in with a three game win streak. they began with a tribute to darren daulton. >> reece hoskins makes his debut. 0 for 2 at the walk. vince v

bob brooks, "action news." >> officials are investigating a boating incident this saturday afternoon a canoe over turned tossing a woman into the bay. she was take ton a local hospital. her injuries are not believed to be life threatening. >> powerball players across the country are hoping they'll get tickets that are worth $350 million. it's the 21st jackpot in u.s. history. the newspapers were drawn minutes ago. 20, 24, 26, 35, 49 and the powerball number is 19. did you win, melissa? she didn't. meanwhile, someone won last night's mega million jackpot. it was the fifth largest in the game's 15 year history. >> we found out about midnight, one of the managers, i was watching and he was sleeping. woke me up. we have been up all night. we are excited. it's unbelievable. we can't wait to meet the winner. >> melissa didn't win that one either. nick's better business bureau gets $500,000 for selling the winning ticket. much more to come on "action news," north korea is lashing out at the u.s. after president trump's latest warnings. what they had to say and what china is doing to scale b

reporting live in northeast detectives, bob brooks channel6 "action news." ck. >> all right, bob, thank you. >>> also new at 5:00 tonight a south jersey man is accused of taking pictures of women in the fitting room of a target store. police arrested 36-year-old francis vain after a woman trying on clothes at the target on route 73 spotted him trying to take pictures with a cell phone under the dressing room door. the incident happened last wednesday. police say the woman confronted vain and he took off. they later tracked him down at his williamstown home where investigators found additional pictures of women getting undressed in other unknown fitting rooms. vain was that charged with invasion of privacy. he was released on his own recognizance. >>> one person was stabbed on the 3500 block of north fairhill street. investigators have not told us the victim's condition. >> a group of kids in camden are learning all about water safety this week. the action cam stopped by the boys and girls club. this is the fourth year the organization has teamed up with the z

for now reporting live in center city, bob brooks, channel6 "action news." monica. >> thank you, bob. >>> philadelphia police want your help finding four people who held up an avis car rental at gunpoint. it happened at 4:00 this morning at the company location at philadelphia international airport. now, police say the suspects punched the gate guard in the face and stole at least four cars. one of the suspects was armed with a handgun. investigators are asking anyone with information to come forward. the guard is expected to make a full recovery. >> ♪ >> a man and a teenager are facing murder charges tonight after a woman was killed on a south jersey blueberry farm. according to police 20-year-old tyler dralle and a 17-year-old suspect from new castle county broke into a home on the 700 block of baird moore avenue in the middle of robbing the place the suspect shot 45-year-old deanna scordo. dralle is being held without bail. the 17-year-old is at a juvenile facility in delaware. >> sources tell abc news robert mueller special counsel in the russia investiga

before he took the stage, "action news" reporters bob brooks and wendy saltzman tossed tee shirts intod. this ga zee bow is a place for children traumatized by violence. the ga zee bow is dedicated to amy joe girard a nurse at children's hospital shot to death in 2014 by her boy friend who then turned the gun on himself. ♪ ♪ fios is not cable. we're a 100% fiber optic network. and with the new fios gigabit connection... you get our fastest... internet ever. with download speeds up to 940 megs - 20 times faster than most people have. switch to fios gigabit connection with tv and phone for $79.99 a month online for the first year. plus hbo for one year and multi-room dvr service for two years, all with a two-year agreement. and switching has never been easier. get out of your contract with up to a $500 credit to help cover your early termination fee. go to fiosgigabit.com >> eagles see their first action. the starters looked better than the reserves. we focus on the starter. we'll make a snap judgment here. get in, get out. if you can look good i in the process, even better. carson wentz

reporting live in camden, bob brooks channel6 "action news." brian. >> all right, bob, thank you. >>> a mount holly woman is facing murder charges today accused of killing her wife. the burlington county prosecutor's office says 28-year-old laura blue stein shot felicia korman inside their home. now police wrapped crime scene tape around the front of that house on the 100 block of mill street yesterday afternoon. in addition to murder, bluestein is accused of tampering with evidence. no word on the potential motive. "action news" reporter vernon odom will have a live report on this coming up tonight at 5:00. >> the philadelphia phillies and the sports world are remembering a great. looking back on the life and legacy of darren daulton. the 55-year-old lost his battle with brain cancer over the weekend. sports director ducis rodgers joining us now in studio and teammates are reflecting on this all-star catcher known to many as dutch. >> reaction continues to come in. darren daulton was viewed as a leader, a beloved member of the phillies as belov

reporting live in center city, bob brooks channel6 "action news." 'll keep our eyes on that bob. thank you. >>> in spain police confirmed that the fugitive barcelona van attack suspect has been shot dead in a small town outside the city. the man was wearing an explosive belt when he was shot. the suspect had been the focus of an intense manhunt after authorities say he used a have a and to mow down pedestrians in barcelona's famous las ramblas promenade on thursday. 13 people were killed more than 120 others injured. >> a search and rescue mission is under way at this hour for 10 missing u.s. soldiers after the u.s.s. john s. mccain collided with a 600-foot oil tanker. others were injured in this collision which happened near singapore in the south china sea. the u.s. navy is now investigating. this is the second time a u.s. naval destroyer crashed with another vessel in the pacific in the past two months. this latest collision happened in a busy shipping lane. the ship was so badly damaged there is a gaping hole in the hull water pouring from the wr

before he did, 6abc bob brooks and wendy saltzman warmed up the audience.onight i'll be performing with the sofa kings at the wells fargo west plats at 7:00 p.m. it's a free concert it's a lot of fun. >> reporter: it's so exiting i'll be performing. >> it's just three songs. dedicating two of them to both of you. >> reporter: he says that all the time. let's look at storm tracker 6 live we have a couple of light showers north and west of the city. let's go outside, sky6 live hd looking live at philadelphia international. lots of clouds today, many areas will stay dry, should not have any major issues, one or two spots will see a shower or thunderstorm here or there. we're watching for that. 70 degrees, the dewpoint up a touch, 61. the winds south/southwesterly. the pressure is today. the ocean temperature, 75. satellite and radar showing we have a fair amount of clouds, we have breaks in the clouds. it's not full on cloudy, mostly sunny skies, some sunny breaks. a couple of showers trying to pop in here and there, right now. let's look ahead hour by hour. 8

for now reporting live in plymouth meeting bob brooks channel6 "action news." jim. >> bob, thank you. >>> a long running neighborhood feud ended in a deadly shooting overnight in west goshen chester county. police say clayton carter shot his next door neighbor in the head at 1 o'clock in the morning. "action news" reporter john rawlins is live in the 300 block of box elder drive. a community like this not used to being awakened by deadly gunfire. >> reporter: well, they certainly had some stress here but nothing like this. two distinctly different personalities emerging from this tragedy. the victim described as an easygoing guy friendly well liked. the defendant described as moody frightening and provocative. among the claims made by neighbors to us there have been multiple police calls to the defendant's house because of his behavior and at least once in the not too distant past he sat outside in front of his house with a firearm next to him. unnerving they said. tears hugs and red rimmed eyes as people comforted one another and tried to process the sudden vio

bob brooks joins us live in ardmore with the details on the first animal main line bike race great dayor the bike. >> reporter: if you like bike racing you got to come here and check this out. you could have not asked for a better day. looking up at the sky it's pure blue not a cloud out there. behind me you see the race course. you see the cyclist coming down a pace car behind them. they are taking the race serious. let's take a look. they are going fast always one rider who is young 16 said he had to take himself out. >> first ejectsy, but the pace was hard. as you can hear they are racing to win. the riders for the men and women are after a crash prize of $2,000, the real winner the community. especially narberth ambulance. >> ambulance companies ems agencies across the country are struggling with insurance reimbursement. >> reporter: he couldn't ask for a better group of riders. >> there's a kids fun area and food area open to the public, lots of different races, even a kids' race and free ice cream. >> i'm rehabbing from double total knee replacement. >> reporter: he said he is cl

bob brooks is gathering more information on this story and he'll have a live report at 5 o'clock. >> a charred shell is all that is left of a pool company in quakertown bucks county. a car crashed into the building overnight killing the driver and igniting a massive fire. "action news"'s gray hall covering the story for us. he joins us live and gray you spoke to the property owner who arrived on scene just moments after the crash. >> reporter: well, sharrie, the property owner describes this scene as devastating and painful. just take a look behind me. you'll see this huge hole that's left behind. tonight there's no clear reason as to why that driver lost control. >> there were over a hundred firefighters here and total chaos. >> reporter: the property owners and the owner of pool pro store along route 309 in springfield township surveyed the damage. about 1:45 this morning police say a car somehow lost control and slammed into the pool store burst into flames and started two alarm fire. the driver of that car did not survive. minutes after the fire gail who owns the property arrived

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bob brooks is following the investigation. >> reporter: it is not the first or second, around midnight last night, this is the 7th fire at the sterling building since last month. they believe it is arsonist likely a resident who lives inside. >> we believe it is somebody from within the building. the call started july 13th, the last one coming overnight. resident describes the scene. >> midnight the fire ray alarms went off, you can't take the elevators, you have to take 18 flights down and back up. >> reporter: now residents are scared and thinking they might have to move for safety. >> let us have our leases and get to something safer. >> we're new tough spot staying here. residents are fearing what if one of the fires spreads out of control and they are trapped on the top floor. what's your worst fear? >> i live on the floor. >> reporter: the fires have been small in nature, and don't believe the suspect is trying to burn the building down. >> all fires are dangerous. >> reporter: extra security measures will be implemented to insure safety. >> i think it's an issue he has with some

bob brooks joins us live from police headquarters in chester with the details on the violence. ng? >> reporter: well, nydia and gray, again, three people were shot and things would come to an end after two suspects hopped into a dodge durango and crashed into a tree. the chester police say it started after 2:00 a.m. on at the gold room bar. officers were monitoring things while people were leaving. there was an exchange of gunfire. one man was shot outside the bar. detectives say two males got into the durango and fired at police. the officers returned fire and the suspects in the durango would take off and eventually they crashed that durango 6 blocks later at 8th an conquered avenue when officers approached the suv they found the men to be shot multiple times, all three men were rushed to crozer-chester medical. during this a 4th woman suffered wound to her neck. she ising expected to be okay. the good news no officers were hurt during this incident. now, reporting live in chester, bob brooks channel 6 "action news." gray. >> thank you so much for the update. the time 20:02 a.

bob brooks has the details. >> reporter: it was a tragic scene woodbury lake rescue teama 20-year-old. police say it's the end result of a shoplifting incident escalating to this see on the s. the 20-year-old was spotted shoplifting from the wawa yards up the when police arrived he took off and jumped into the lake. this is thecene this man saw when he showed go work on evergreen avenue. >> there are police and fir i got a few stories who were working with the team saying >> reporter: it was clear rescue crews were searching for someone. police say he jumped in andir cm under the evergreen avenue bridge. victoria bhappened. >> i opened the door and i looked to my left, the body was right there. >> reporter: officials are ruling the death accidental. brown said she lived in woodbury life and never saw anything like that and hope it is the last tim here. >> reporter: police are not releasing the name of the young woodbury, bobis life. brooks channel 6 "action news." >> a person of interest has surrendered in connection with the shooting outside a target store in northeast philadelphia.

. >> bob brooks has the details on the vehicle police are looking for. bob. >> reporter: nydia and gray we'll get to that vehicle in just a second, we do know the yft -- identity of the victim. 52-year-old an brodrick who was in the middle of race street when she was hit at 4:00 a.m. she was found unconscious in the street. she was rushed to hanheman down the road from where we are, but has passed away. i want up a graphic and everybody to take a look at the screen. we have acription it's important to get this information out there. police believe it was a white jeep rubicon. top model, it has spare tire on the be front end e to the jeep. it should be easy to spot the white jeep rubicon, the victim, anne brodrick. >>> police are investigating three separate shootings throughout philadelphia. three in the hospital, two in critical condition. >> the shootings happened within 35 minutes of each other. police are searching for the suspects in each case. in west philadelphia, police tell "action news" a 52-year-old man was walking home from work when a gunman

"action news" reporter bob brooks is live in north wildwood keeping an eye on the surf as the storm continues to move. >> reporter: sharrie and rick we are talking about hurricane gert the surfers absolutely love it but it has created rough waves on the jersey shore behind me you see the gorgeous view of north wildwood. people are not out too far because beach patrol says things are dying down a bit these are watering you want to take serious for the next day or two. in sea isle city some waves were larger than grown men in the atlantic. today parents lightning erin says her eyes are on her kids. >> today is basically, one child. and the beach patrol says that is why the waters are turning up the roughest all season. >> the surf is dangerous today and that is why the lifeguards gathered up swimmers before they went out. especially body surfing. >> arms up above your head first. >> on top of the waves gert is causing rip currents up and down the shore. we spoke to beach patrol and they have one rescue today. >> i would expect in wildwood we'd have a few rescues and through south jersey. >> bea

bob brooks and wendy saltzman warmed up the audience and tossed out a few t-shirts to the crowd. >> songs west plat fre concert, i'm playing, three songs. >> reporter: i would like to see that. next time. better offer using the schuylkill expressway take it, because it's jammed in the westbound direction university avenue through this point at the vine just up ahead between the vine and girard avenue. there's a crash taking out the two right lanes, just the one left lane is getting buying. it's not a pleasant situation on 76 westbound. number of regional rail delays already this morning, if you ride the airport regional rail line, keep in mind just like last weekend and the next couple of you'll be on the buses not the trains because of construction. >> you have a friend over there. >> reporter: i have a fav, the phillie phanatic. i think he wants to hug. phillies and the mets tonight not a bad night, but watch for a chance of a shower, mostly cloudy skies. wind out of the south at 3 to 6 miles per hour. 7:00, 80 degrees. 10:00, 75 degrees, you could see a shower at the phils game, go

reporting live in chester, bob brooks channel 6 "action news." >> thanks for the update. >>> developing this noon, u.s. central command said two american soldiers have been killed in iraq, but not revealing details how they died. they said the soldiers were conducting combat operations and not die as a result of enemy contact. thousands of u.s. troops are providing support to the iraqi troops in the fight against isis. >>> now to the nuclear crisis involving north korea, french president macron spoke to president trump yesterday urging him to find a peaceful solution. yesterday pyongyang warned president trump if the u.s. doesn't want to meet it's tragic doom it better talk and act properly. >> reporter: a man fell into a sinkhole in the strawberry mansion section. he will be okay. he stepped off the curb and dropped into the 10-foot sinkhole on the 3100 block of west knor street. they took him to temple university hospital with non-life threatening injuries. the water department had patched up another hole nearby. >>> in strawberry mansion a corner store went up in flames. firefighters

"action news" reporter bob brooks is live on the 300 block of cambridge road in plymouth meeting. y. >> reporter: jim, good evening. it was really all about quick action. quick action by a neighbor who saw something wrong, called 911 here and got help quick. the home is right behind me. right now police say the suspects selected it at random. it was the end of the road, the final two of four suspects accused of terrorizing a 70-year-old man. their reason police say they simply wanted to rob someone. these four young men from philadelphia all with prior criminal records. >> we think it's a group of four people who were bored got into their truck and drove up to the suburbs of philadelphia. >> reporter: they might have got away with it had it not been for the quick action of the neighbor across the streetcar roll bergman in her morning routine. >> my husband and i were watching television. >> reporter: then she happened to look out the window just as the suspects pulled up in a truck around

. >> chance you'll find white specs of paint on your vehicle bob brooks live in gloucester city to explaine. bob. >> reporter: brian and monica, if people have white paint technically on their cars officials say by the time it hit their cars this morning, it could be considered white paint dust. you can see behind me there is a priming project going on at the walt whitman bridge. officials say that inn there was a problem this morning it has been remedied by now. take a look at what happened. today we spoke with man whose black lexus is covered with tiny dust that looks like white paint. he's not too happy about that and wants to remain anonymous but also wanted to speak with us today to get the word out about where he says the paint came from. that was crossing the walt whitman bridge around 10:00 a.m. this morning on his way to work. >> before i even approached the area wasn't able to turn around i did notice they were spray painting open air spray painting on the bridge. >> reporter: you can clearly see a painting project under way on the bridge. it's maintained by the delaware river po

bob brooks at the intersection of race and 13th street in center city with information on this. bob, what are you hearing from investigators? >> reporter: it was before 4:00 a.m. the woman was found on race street she was unconscious and unfortunately she could not be saved. this is the 1300 block of race street where this happened. the victim was rushed to had had hanheman sop which is down the street, but she passed away. we have a vehicle description it is important we get this out there so people can keep an eye out. look at the screen. police believe it was a newer model white jeep rubicon. with a tire on the back of it. there will be front end damage to the jeep. if you see that white jeep rubicon call police. >>> people need to keep an eye out, thank you. >>> we're following developing news from the nation's heartland. strong storms produced tornadoes that left a wide path of destruction. >> at least 24 people were hurt after twister tore through okay okay overnight. they say looked like a tornado that tore through tulsa this morning. it injured a couple of dozen people an

reporting live in plymouth meeting bob brooks channel6 "action news". >> we've got some breaking news right now. president trump has just issued a response to north korea as tensions with that country escalate once again. one day after north korea suggested it might use its nuclear weapons against the united states, the president said this. >> north korea best not make any more threats to the united states. they will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. he has been very threatening beyond a normal statement and as i said, they will be met with fire, fury and frankly power the likes of which this world has never seen before. >> that comment issued minutes ago is generating widespread reaction right now and prompting questions about what might come next if north korea as it's prone to do threatens once again. we'll have a live report for the very latest on this including reaction from lawmakers tonight on "action news" at 5:00. >> a long running neighborhood dispute in west goshen chester county has turned deadly. clayton carter is accused of killing his neighbor bro

bob from brookings we do not getset to retire from this role and we would retire from this role at a very high cost to ourselves and the world. determining the way forward and reasserting and reassuring allies, having a conversation with them about what it means to be an ally. this conversation has gotten off track and become to contingent, these are fundamental obligations we have to each other. having a conversation in a style in a manner and with a vision commensurate with the challenges we have is the right way to go. the united states does not get to retire from this role and it is not in their interest to do so. >> a last word on this and i want to ask you about russia, condi, i think president trump, i am a former ambassador to nato for bush 43, and when we were hit hard on 9/11, the allies came to us and said we want to invoke article five of the nato treaty, an attack on one is attack on all, we had never done that and they came through with us big time. on september 12, she had had no sleep, to say the allies would be with us and wanted to go to war with us against al qaeda

bob muler. >> i'm brooke baldwin, thank you for being here with me. the lead with jake tapper starts now. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> good afternoon, i want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world to the lead, i'm jake tapper. we have breaking news about special council robert mueller's investigation into possible russian meddling in the 2016 election. the wall street journal is now reporting that mueller has impanelled a grand jury right here in washington, d.c. suggesting that the investigation is entering a new heightened phase. grand jury is being powerful, investigatory pujle issuing subpoenas or of course possibly indictments, but now we're going to talk about something else. we'll talk about the journal story in a second. let's turn to more breaking news being broken by cnn right now. a look inside the actual investigation that mueller and the fbi are conducting. the diligent and detailed efforts of investigators, what they are looking at, why possible targets in the probe. let's bring in cnn's pamela brown with t

bob muler. >> i'm brooke baldwin, thank you for being here with me.> this is cnn breaking news. >> good afternoon, i want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world to the lead, i'm jake tapper. we have breaking news about special council robert mueller's investigation into possible russian meddling in the 2016 election. the wall street journal is now reporting that mueller has impanelled a grand jury right here in washington, d.c. suggesting that the investigation is entering a new heightened phase. grand jury is being powerful, investigatory pujle issuing subpoenas or of course possibly indictments, but

kind of like foster brooks type of character may be even bob beckel. [laughter] it was july 11 to launch the big boys show and this is not going anywhere. this is a true story but once in awhile favoring some stuff out right in the middle of the studio. and then there are the cheers from the studio audience. from his old table that would be the set for the summer. but it never went away. and then say duplicated the exact same thing. >> bob would away for a while. >> and then came back. >> if you talk about the wave day put that together it was like that. so if you extract somebody like that don't forget. >> the go to different elections or primaries if you remove them from the family there is a voice so when he came back i will be august i think he was two years. because we had some very hefty political storms. and joking and playground. >> so that toad had not moved on?. >>. >> she's not with the network getting more?. >> if there was a complete they let them go. >> federal think i knew that >> the key basically said something?. >> [laughter] i don't

death investigation at a home on brook jane drive in clinton, maryland. our fox5's bobtest. bob? >> reporter: hey, maureen it's the 64 hun doctor block of brook jane drive. we're there. you can see we're back about two blocks. a lot of police here in marked cars and unmarked cruisers. we have a second camera here that can show i was tight shot of the driveway of the house where this happen the third house in on the left. and what we're being told is it's a death investigation. we're waiting for official confirmation as to what exactly is going on here. usually if there's a murder suicide it's kind of a self-contained thing but they have had police k9 units searching the neighborhood which might lead to you believe maybe this isn't a murder suicide. it may be something else. and i will just tell you by the presence of the police and kind of the attitude here leads to us believe this is fairly significant. how many people involved? who all they are? someone in the neighborhood said people in that house haven't lived here all that long, but more than that, we just don't kn

bob casey live in philadelphia. senator, nice to see you again. welcome back. >> thanks, brookethere are a number of news outlets, senator, who are reporting a shutdown is growing more and more likely after that threat from the president. can you just tell me what you're hearing? >> well, brooke, it's hard to tell until we actually get back to washington, but we've seen this movie before. we saw it in 2013 where republicans shut the government down to prove the point. it didn't work out well for them, but especially didn't work out for the country. when you shut the government down, you don't just stop some activities of government. people get hurt. the economy suffers. so it's one of the fastest ways to hurt the economy, kill jobs, and send the country into chaos, and i think we've had enough of that. so i hope the president would be responsible here, lead the country in a direction of making sure the government stays open, making sure we pay our bills. >> what about -- and i realize you're not back in washington yet, but you've seen the tweets and read the coverage on this, yo