>> philadelphia city council president darrell clarke is our guest. let's get the inside story. ♪ good morning. i'm tamala edwards. welcome to "inside story," and good morning to you, council president. happy father's day. >> thank you so much. >> big week in city council. rebuild, the mayor's signature program, makes its way through, very different than what he originally proposed. one of the key things had been a back-and-forth on minority participation. we saw somebody from city hall say that they expect, in the first year, 45% participation, to which you said, "comment in the heat of battle." do you think they will meet that benchmark in the first year? >> we better. i mean, we've hyped this program, we've set expectations across the board, and i think that it will give us the ability to achieve those goals. the simple reality is that the disparity study that was done says that those individuals are available -- female, disadvantaged. minority participation can, in fact, be achieved, so we've established a very robust program that will put in plac

the fire commissioner was here, as well as city council president darrell clark. >> we'll keep saying our prayers and make sure the family is okay. david is a tough guy, he'll be ready to talk about legislation on the phone tomorrow he has a hearing coming up on one of his bills. he'll be okay. >> mayor kenny ask in iceland right now, but released a statement saying in part whenever violence happens 0 on our streets it's a tragedy, when it happens near our homes where we are toaivet safe it is all -- supposed to be safe it is all the more devastating. katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> david oh was first elected to council in 2011 and re-elected in 2015. he is the first asian-american elected to public office in philadelphia. else the only u.s. military vet serving on council. >>> residents in the city's frankford section helped save a woman whose attacker tried to stuff her into a trash bag. a 29-year-old woman and man were arguing when the man began to beat the woman. as she was unconscious he pro proceeded to empty the trash can and put her in a bag. the man ran off, the w

. >> jim council president darrel clark says he is alarmed by the recent outbreak of violence and sometimes deadly violence in recent weeks and organized a summit meeting to try some how to curtail this. vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> you can follow all the developments in this story on the 6 abc app. right now you can find the on going details along with photographs and videos and be sure to check the app all evening long for the latest updates. >>> saying it is unfair to the american worker and it's more about other countries gaining a financial advantage over the united states president trump today withdraw america from the paris climate change accords. and "action news" reporter christie aleto is live in ardmore. a big story with a lot of ramifications. >> reporter: that is right jim it was no surprise where the president stood on this, he talked about this while on the campaign trail and it has drawn support and criticism from pennsylvanians. >> we are getting out. >> fulfilling a long time campaign promise, president trump stepped on the gas to exit the paris

. >> darrell clark voiced his relief over the recovery and concern. >> i don't see the level of passiony all of us as it relates to the close to 500 shootings that happened in the city this year. >> clark emphasized his friend and kleing's job title does not make oh more of a vick tom or anyone else less of one. >> in the city of philadelphia, i don't know about anywhere else. but all lives matter. >> now, councilman clark says next week council will meet to discuss a new violent crime fighting strategy. police are looking for the stabbing suspect, though, he was described to be early 20s. wearing black shirt and white writing on it. for the two men they're looking for who may have filmed this incident. they're not in trouble for doing so they want to see that video. reporter live. alexandria hof, eyewitness news. >> former sixers maurice cheeks is recovering after a helm scare in philadelphia. he suffered a medical problem on a flight to philadelphia. he has not said what the problem was. he spent 11 seasons with the sixers and coaxed the seem from 2005 to 2008 he's assistant for oklah

city council president darrell clark said philadelphia has lost a shining star. >>> a south jersey congressman who helped revive the gop health care law will get a boost from president trump this upcoming weekend. the president will join tom mcarthur at his golf club in new jersey. he represents portions of burlington and ocean county. >>> activists opposed to the republicans' plan for health care rallied outside the philadelphia office of pat toomey yesterday. the american people look act passed the house last month -- the american health care act passed the house last month. >> if it's not the same for everybody and doesn't insure more people, the answer is no! >> no! >> many house republicans admitted they did not read their own health care bill before voting to approve it. >>> 4:36. this morning, new video from the london terror attacks. >> what we're learning about the men believed to have caused the weekend chaos that killed seven. >>> pulling an all-nighter. police in bucks county chase in bear up a tree. ahead, why they're now playing waiting game to safely capture it. >>> and what's i

. >> darrell clark voiced his relief over the recovery and concern. >> i don't see the level of passion by all of us as it relates to the close to 500 shootings that happened in the city this year. >> clark emphasized his friend and kleing's job title does not make oh more of a vick tom or anyone else less of one. >> in the city of philadelphia, i don't know about anywhere else. but all lives matter. >> now, councilman clark says next week council will meet to discuss a new violent crime fighting strategy. police are looking for the stabbing suspect, though, he was described to be early 20s. wearing black shirt and white writing on it. for the two men they're looking for who may have filmed this incident. they're not in trouble for doing so they want to see that video. reporter live. alexandria hof, eyewitness news. >> former sixers maurice cheeks is recovering after a helm scare in philadelphia. he suffered a medical problem on a flight to philadelphia. he has not said what the problem was. he spent 11 seasons with the sixers and coaxed the seem from 2005 to 2008 he's assistant for okl

city council president darrell clark said philadelphia has lost a shining star. >>> a south jersey congressmanop overhaul will get a boost from president trump this weekend. the president will join republican tom mcanother thur saturday at -- mcarthur at his golf club. >>> those who oppose the republicans' health care bill rallied outside of the office of pat toomey yesterday. the american health care act passed the house last month. toomey is among 13 republicans writing the senate version of the bill. >> if it's not the same for everybody and it's not cheaper and doesn't insure more people, the answer is -- no! >> no! >> many house republicans admitted they did not read the health care bill before voting to approve it. >>> thousands of people hope their dreams will come true after auditioning for nbc's "the voice" in philadelphia this weekend. ♪ every night i rest in my bed ♪ it's a sad heart that won't love like i know it should ♪ >> contestants drove in from boston, connecticut, and virginia, for the chance to audition. they lined up for hours yesterday at the convention center to try to w

fire commissioner was here as well as joe williams and city council president darrell clark. >> david is a tough guy, he will be ready to talk about legislation on the phone tomorrow, he has a hearing coming up on one of his bills. he'll be okay. >> reporter: mayor kenny is in iceland right now, but he re-released a statement saying -- he said they are praying for the counsel mab's -- councilman's quick recovery. katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> david oh was first elected to council in 2011 and re-elected in 2015. he is the first asian-american elected to public office if philadelphia. he is the only u.s. military veteran currently serving on council. >> residents in the city's frankford section helped save a woman whose attacker tried to stuff her into a trash bag on the 4900 block of frankford avenue last night. the man began to beat the woman as she was unconscious, police say he preceded to empty a trash can of garbage and tried to put her in the bag. witnesses intervened, the man ran off. the women is in critical condition. >>> a triple shooting left two people dead an

city council president darrell clarke announced today a special of special committee has been created to overhalt city's regulatory environment. the idea is to give a helping hand to businesses looking to start up grow or relocate to the city. and ceo of the chamber of commerce for greater philadelphia rob wonder ling is on that committee. >> any effort whether it takes a couple days or a couple years is worth the effort to unburden theseeneurs, these enterprises without dated outmoded regulations. >> the committee says today it wi changes but that they are coming. >> time now for a check of our "action news" traffic report on a friday night. >> let's take you live to matt pelman in the "action news" traffic center. hi, matt how is it rolling. >> hey, guys, not so well. we would like to change a few things on the traffic front. unfortunately we can't change them and we have big delays at this point. on 95 an accident and northbound lanes north of cottmaious one. another ambulance and fire truck just pulled up on the scene. only the two right lanes are getting by heading up toward acad

. >> philadelphia city council president darrell clarke is our guest.nside story. ♪ good morning. i'm tamala edwards. welcome to "inside story," and good morning to you, council president. happy father's day. >> thank you so much. >> big week in city council. rebuild, the mayor's signature program, makes its way through, very different than what he originally proposed. one of the key things had been a back-and-forth on minority participation. we saw somebody from city hall say that they expect, in the first year, 45% participation, to which you said, "comment in the heat of battle." do you think they will meet that benchmark in the first year? >> we better. i mean, we've hyped this program, we've set expectations across the board, and i think that it will give us the ability to achieve those goals.

president darrell clarke proposed a bill that would create a tax for closure diversion program. it will help homeowners who are facing financial hardship to avoid homelessness and to maintain neighborhood stability. the proposal similar to philadelphia's nationally recognized effort to save homeowners from foreclosure. >> time for a check of our "action news" traffic report monday night. >> let's take it live to matt pelman in the "action news" traffic center traffic center to see how it's going out there. >> people trying to get he them to their houses but some don't want to. the suv disabled in the right lane so just one lane is getting by heading in towards south street. that means it's a.m. solid jam coming in from montgomery drive on the eastbound schuylkill. i would really consider using the river drives, the mlk or the kelly instead but our broken down vehicle on 95 in delco northbound by 452 has cleared. however still locked up from namaans road through this point as you head up towards the blue route. we're watching the big water main break in abington township that man

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