in it you see george smith towing company, towing cars from the same spot over a period of months. tonight, several drivers are coming forward to say that company makes it look like the parking space is legal. "action news" reporter christie ileto has the exclusive details. she's live where this is happening on south broad street, christie? >> reporter: well, monica, katie otto says this sign behind the fence was not up when she parked here monday evening. hours later she comes backup, and that sign is up, her carries towed and, according to viewer video, she's not the only person this has happened too. >> i feel like it was bait. >> reporter: photos show when katie otto parked on south broad her tow sign had been knocked down. when she return the sign was up and her car was towed. >> there was other cars park there. there was in sign in the lot there was no indication where i was parking was illegal. the it strikes me as dishonest. >> reporter: she's nothe only one alan sent us this photo after parking in the same spot with no signage. >> she's moving this truck, that they have pa

no comment from george smith t towing. lot at brought broad and alter being redeveloped.. there's no construction set city code says cars can't block driveways but towers near a clear sign. drivers claim there were no sign when they towed may sue. i'm jeff cole. lucy to you. >> jeff, do you have rights if your car is towed in philadelphia. tow companies must accept cash, debit or credit cards as payment. the city of philadelphia sets the towing fees. they are 175 bucks for the tow and $25 a day for storage. it adds up quickly. before you're towed the driver must take picture of your license plate and the violation which is why you're getting towed. if you need to file a complaint against a towing company, good ahead and call 311 and good lu luck. >>> right now the national weather service says three tornadoes have touched down in central indiana today, and it's not out of the clear in that area as of yet. here's some damage that we got from suspected tornado that tour through cocoa mow indiana this afternoon 50 miles northeast of indianapolis. indy car driver connor daily

with the company tells fox 29 by e-mail we do not have any contracts with george smith towin towing.ing cars at or near this property. we of course had continue to follow the story. >>> turning to you decide tonight donald trump spends the day courting minority voters with his poll numbers falling behind hillary clinton's he has been spenting the last several days speaking directly to african-americans and hispanics. republican presidential nominee met with dr. ben carson along with leaders in the black community to discuss ways that he says he can address their concerns as president. trump says african-americans have been let down by clinton and democrats in office. a theme he continued to hammer at during a different appearance this afternoon in new hampshire. >> it's the oldest play in the democratic playbook. when democratic policies fail, they are left with only this one tired argument. you're racist, you're racist, you're racist. >> this all comes just day after he labeled clinton a bigot during a rally in mississippi. >>> meanwhile hillary clinton returned to the campaign trai

. >> reporter: he breaks for practice with rock band and stunned to fine the george smith towing company on the hook. he takes a seat. >> i sat on it. >> reporter: you sat on your car. >> i just sat on it and told him we weren't going anywhere until the police showed up to verify that they were actually a loud to tow the car. >> reporter: he's not alone with his concerns about alleged predatory towing in philly. >> he's moving this truck they parked there so they can now tow the bleep mercedes behind it. >> reporter: south philly resident became so angry from what he was watching from his apartment several floors up he recorded. george smith towing was placing vehicles to make it appear it was legal to park there then towing motorists cars away. in sometimes a no parking sign stuck in bucket would be down when motorists parked and back up when their vehicles were being hauled off. >> calls for george smith loo looking to getting answers about the towed fraud situation. >> the long time city towing company had very little to say. >> no comment! >> i can figure out what was going on on sou

. >> we stopped by george smith towing for a second time. >> i don't have any comment. >> reporter: we wanted to give you an opportunity to comment finally? >> no comment. >> reporter: there needs to be a very conscuous sign posted warning people that hey, if you park here, you're taking a risk of getting towed. lni says the signs need to be visible, a digital photo of proof must be provided and police must be notified when towed. >> no police action, just a tow truck. $205, plus a taxi ride at 11:30 at night. i was absolutely livid. >> reporter: we never heard back from the owner of george smith towing, but we did hear from another towing company owner who told me by phone that the towing industry needs to organize and establish the proper way to conduct busess and that these drivers who are claiming to be victims deserve a refund. christie ileto, channel 6 tion news. monica? >> the operator of a day care needs your help tonight finding a woman who stole a purse. footage shows the woman taking a purse from behind a desk here at the kids land day care. it happened monday morning just a

"action news" went to george smith together office for comment. men at the window had not heard of the allegations and contact information was left for the manager. george smith together is not accredited by the better business bureau which gave it an f. the bbb reports the together company had four complaints this year and 23 last year. 21 of which went unanswered. and you can see from that last video that there were even more grievances on yelp. autumn says she's filed a complaint with the attorney general consumer protection division. live on south broad katherine scott channel6 "action news. back to you. >> thank you for that. >>> it is 5:05. new from the overnight a man has been shot in the grays ferry section of the city. gunfire erupting just after 11 o'clock on the 1200 block of south 32nd street police say the man was shot in the back while he was inside a house. the victim was taken to penn presbyterian. there's no word on his current condition. >>> and new this morning police in delaware county need your help identifying two suspects in

philadelphia department of licenses and inspections say actually pulling the license of george smithct on the table. >> the police department major crimes unit is investigating the company's actions along the section of south broad. last night fox 29 reported claims that the company was engaged in predatory towing along south broad near alter an area resident says he got individual yost company baiting drivers to park and then towing them. the george smith towing company has refused comment but jenn mark ward listed as a prep of the company which owns the south broad lot tells fox 29 by e-mail "we do not have any contracts with george smith towing for towing cars at or near this property" we will continue of course to follow this story. >>> the nemours hospital for children in wilmington, delaware, doing something rather amazing it's inspired by the man who started ai dupont who's stately mansion and grounds are right next door and open to the public, but you don't get to see everything. some areas are off limits. >> but the enchanting views help kids treated that hospital and their

. >> we tried to talk to george smith towing for a second time, but it had no comment. attorney general's office is also looking into the matter. >> now to the latest out of central italy in the aftermath of earthquake, dozens are thought to be trapped in the buildings, the death toll has reached 247 throughout the region. rescue workers are looking for survivor who may be there among the crumbled buildings. there may be more aftershocks since the earthquake. 6abc.com has more on the search for the survivors and the photo gallery of the late videos. >>> a montgomery man is facing animal cruelty charges clinton holmes faces two dozen charges for not taking care of animals, the inspection of his family found a number of animals who needed treatment. he supplied pets to hamsters to major retailers like pet co-and pet smart. >>> a new charter school office is an effort to improve oversite. governor wolf said the division will over see brick and mortar and 14 cyber charter schools in the state. >>> the man who received the most expensive face transplant talks about his new l

so, complaints are pouring in, from across the city, george smith towing was placing its vehicles inrbidden area right to kind of lure others to park there. they then would tow the park cars in the forbidden area. someone in south philly got so upset about what he was watching from his apartment window that he started recording this. un suspecting drivers, get their cars, and trucks hauled away, even though, they thought they did nothing wrong. sometimes, a no parking sign would be stuck in a bucket, you can see, it is kind of there in the parking lot, then placed down when motorists would park. and then put back up when their vehicles were being told towed. >> horrible. >> simple scan, you know, make it, make it seem like you're allowed to park there, then they tow it away. >> these are basically a car pirates, grab people's cars off the street. they've been doing it for awhile. >> i know pulling the license of the company and let them go back in and fight the right to do business in the sit. >> i fox 29 has learn, the police department's major crimes unit is now investigating, we c

. >> we tried to talk to george smith towing for a second time yesterday, but it had no comment. city inspects say a no tow sign needs to be visible and police need to be informed of tow. >> we could be on the verge of another heat wave. >> reporter: heat wave number 6 may start today. storm tracker 6 live double scan shows you it's going to start out dry, as you look outside, we're looking at clear skies over the platt bridge. the skies are getting bright. we'll start out with sunshine, unlike the last couple of days we'll have more cloudy cover as the day goes on. the dewpoint is in the low 60s, a tad humid this morning, that's partly because of the southwesterly turn in the air flow. it's drawing the slightly humid air in. we'll see sun and clouds today, a couple of us might catch an afternoon shower up in the northern and western suburbs. it's going to be hot today. 71 degrees in philadelphia at 8:00 a.m. by 10:00 a.m. noon, 84. we're going for a high of 90 in the city. that's why we say we could be starting a heat wave today. 09 does do it. most of the suburbs in the 80s, ph

"action news" went to george smith together office for comment.he men at the window had not heard of the allegations and contact information was left for the manager. george smith together is not accredited by the better business bureau which gave it an "f." the bbb reports the together company had four complaints this year and 23 last year. 21 of which went unanswered. and you could see from that last video that there are even more grievances on yelp. autumn says she has filed a complaint with the attorney general consumer protection division. live on south broad katherine scott channel6 "action news. >> it's almost 6:06. new from the overnight a man has been shot in the grays ferry section of the city. gunfire erupted just after 11:00 along the 1200 block of south 32nd street. a man was slot in the back while inside a house. the victim was taken to penn presbyterian. no word yet on his current condition. >>> and the uproar over a controversial mailer has led the head of a charter school to resign even though the lehigh valley educator says she's

they welcome the idea but there would be needed funding at for george smith towing the company refusedo comment. chad pradelli, channel 6 "action news." >>> a woman attacked and robbed and left unconscious in a south philadelphia street had her surveillance video released in hopes of finding the man responsible and he walked up behind her in the 500 block of reed street and started to choke her a few weeks ago and the suspect grabbed the woman's purse and was chased off by two witnesses, a man recovers in the hospital after he was shot inside of his own home in the philadelphia gray's ferry section. this was the 100 block of south 32nd street. the victim was reportedly shot in the back. he was rushed to pen presbyterian. >>> this is 19-year-old thomas lowe, authorities say he has been stealing from people's cars in wilmington and newark. they charged him with ten thefts in six different neighborhoods and charged with using a credit card that he stole. he is held on $44,000 bail. >>> a delaware family says they want something done by state road engineers to protect their house after it

at everything i wasn't good at. >> reporter: remember, george said he'd never heard the name noel stevens before. knew greyhound only as neal smith, was it an honest little slip or was george hiding something? >> is it possible he was confused about the name, that it, you know, greyhound used several different names? >> when you get nervous you're gonna revert back to whatever is natural. and he reverted back to noel. he just got done telling him, "i've known this man for years as neal," and then, "noel helped me move." so i -- that's a tell. >> reporter: but why would george admit to knowing greyhound and then lie about the name? detectives left george at home and made a plan they hoped would shake out the truth. >> we decided to amp up the pressure. >> coming up, a bold calculation by detectives was about to to trigger a stunning chain reaction. >> he was driving extremely fast, pushing vehicles off the road, then plowed straight into a cement barrier. the officer follows said he just commit suicide. golden opportunity sales event. once i left the hospital after a dvt blood clot. what about my wife... ...what we're building tog

host: i understand george washington figures in the story. professor sleeper-smith: yes, he does.y the mid-18th century, the fur trade in the ohio river valley had become very prosperous. it was evident in indian dress. it also had an incredibly large population. so, you would have places with 5,000 or 6,000 people. you might have miami town with 7,000 or 8,000 people. you might have places near the river and you might have clusters of shawnee, delaware villages there who have 3,000 or 4,000 people. what becomes incredibly apparent is when washington comes into power and you have a new constitution that payment of the debt -- in other words, hamilton creates the national debt -- to pay off the debt, you have to have access to indian lands. in order to obtain indian lands, you have to negotiate those lands in treaties. north of the ohio river valley, indians will not come to the treaty table. they do not have much intention of moving. they do not have much intention of giving away their lands or trading them for goods. so for washington during that first administration when the nat

temperament of donald trump that you see when you compare how hillary clinton handled pat smith and how george bush handled cindy sheehan? >> you're right. it is different. and i think we have to look at the candidate. he doesn't seem to have any filter in terms of what he says to people and does not understand the sacrifice that our families have made to support this country. >> when he, donald trump, says he was viciously attacked and you saw the speech from mr. khan, where he asked the question, have you read the constitution, here is a copy of mine. in your mind, how does someone process that as a vicious attack, when you hear donald trump call that a vicious attack? what's your reaction to that? >> well, donald trump and now his surrogates are using those same words too. so i think we need to give donald trump a dictionary, because vicious attacks is not what you and i would agree that happened at the convention. and when donald trump was asked about did he sacrifice, what were his sacrifices, he was talking about his business plan. he wasn't talking about sacrificing anything. hopefully

george. >> make us healthier. >>> let's check in with meteorologist jeff smith in for bill evans. official complain about the weather. a guy walked by and said it is too cold out here. i should have said oh you want the 110 heat index? >> reporter: it feels like fall. in some of the suburbs it might feel chilly for this time of year. especially well north of the city. let's check out a shot over over central park. looking toward queens. temperature 63. humidity 67%. the dew point at 52. that measures the amount of moisture in the atmosphere. it has been 70 plus for so many weeks on end and now it is finally in the pleasant to invigorating category that comfort level. almanac, 82 is your normal high this time of the year. just shy of that, later on this in 1916. sun going down a bit earlier this each day. 80 degrees, low humidity, light wind. absolutely perfect weather out there. on friday the heat and humidity really increase, up near 90 degrees then we clear out just in time for the weekend. a great final weekend of august. temperatures in the middle and upper 40s right now bell

smith. rikki mitchell joins us live in sherman park -- any update on when that video will be released? carole- george -- the agencies involved are not saying anything right now about the video. we reached out to milwaukee police and the wisconsin department of justice -- who also wouldn't comment on the specific concerns addressed by the the shooting death of sylville smith by a milwaukee police officer sparked violence and destruction in the sherman park neighborhood. without transparency and the release of the body cam video we fear the unrest that is still smothering will reignite 11:55 and the impact may be greater than what we saw this last weekend members of several organizations have formally asked the wisconsin department of justice to release the officer's body camera footage -- first to sylville smith's family and then to the public. the video and other basic information about the investigation is in the public interest and we think it outweighs any other factors or concerns that have been raised the a-c-l-u says it wants to know if the officer involved saw the footage before investigators

abc's ryan smith is here with the late >> reporter: good morning, george, amy. colin kaepernick is speaking out and not backing down with fans by the thousands attacking him for refusing to stand up and some burning his jersey. he says he is by sitting down issen stag up for what he thinks needs to change. >> here's my salute to you. >> reporter: colin kaepernick under fire from fans and fellow players after his refusal to stand up for the national anthem doubling down overnight. >> i'm going to continue to and feel like that flag represents who it's supposed to represent i'll stand. >> reporter: kaepernick to the runner. >> reporter: the 49ers dual threat quarterback with the rocket arm and lightning quick feet staying seated during the national anthem at friday's presales game telling the nfl network i'm not going to stand up and show pride in a fashion for a country that oppresses black people and people of color. >> i have experienced this. people close to me have experienced this. so it's something that needs to be addressed. >> reporter: kaepernick to hono

and at 10 p.m., biographer jean edward smith remembers the tenure of president george w. bush. we wrap up our sunday prime time lineup at 11 with a critical look at the involvement of the federal government in education with vicki alger. that all happens tonight on c-span2's booktv. >> booktv recently visited capitol hill to ask members of congress what they're reading this summer. >> well, i read constantly. i grew up in a small town, and the library was an important part of my life. the way i saw the rest of the world was not by travel particularly, but what books i checked out at the local public library. so all my life i've been a realizer and still want that book -- a reader and still want that book in my hand. i'm old-fashioned in wanting the hard copy. and i'm reading at the moment, i often read biographies, history, things that you might expect somebody who's interested in government, politics to read. but the one at the moment is douglas macarthur, a biography. he certainly predates my time, and i didn't know a lot about him other than he's been somewhat controversial,

george. >> okay, ryan, thanks. let's bring in espn's stephen a. smith for more. you've done a lot on this whole issue of violence and have had special shows on it. what's your take on what he is doing. >> i understand it and i respect he went about doing it because it's certainly not something i would have done but at the same time we also have to understand that the first amendment to our constitution is freedom of speech, freedom of expression and that's one of the things he exercised here. he wanted to make a point and as mark cuban pointed out he didn't, you know, didn't plant a bomb, didn't shoot anybody. he didn't do anything. he made a silent protest. he's an unabashed supporter of black lives matter. he addressed the issue of police brutality as insensitive to why heoo we understand it and, you know, a lot of people within the black community i can tell you for a fact absolutely agree with him. a lot of people don't agree with how he went about doing it. >> let's get into that. what about the criticism about how he went about doing it. some saying it's a

smith, parridge, illinois. o'reilly, thank you for exposing george soros and his plans for wide open borders worldwide.mportant stories of our time. fred calhoun, o'reilly, while we know what duke's followers have done, you failed to tell me what soros' followers have done. you messing with me, right? it clearly lays out that soros is spending millions of dollars to promote open borders, attack israel, and smear americans who want protection from the jihad. come on. gloria, permton, newbury park, california. i find it ironic that soros lives in a country which aforesaid him the freedom to try and destroy it. always been that way, gloria. always been that way. we had a strong communist party and the nazi bund was actually here in world war ii. randy clemens, indianapolis, "black lives matter showed incredible ignorance in protesting at graceland. it is well documented that elvis presley was a true friend to plaq blacks." arthur alex, palm coast, florida. "mr. o'reilly, you said that clinton were using olinski's model." wrong, i said the press was using alinsky's model. in legends and lies, you say gener

smith library for the study of george washington at mount vernon hosted this hour-long event. >> good evening, ladies and gentlemen. for those of you that don't know me, my name is doug bradburn. this is where you are. you're in the library. of course, i would like to welcome c-span here as well tonight. this is our ford evening book talk. we're thankful to be sponsored by the ford motor company who have been long-time donors to the mount vernon ladies association going all the way back to henry ford who provided the first fire engine to keep the mansion from burning down, which we like to see. that is the mansion you see right there. maintained and managed by the mount vernon ladies association since 1860. built before that by the washington family and expanded by none other than george washington. of course, mount vernon ladies association have maintained this property at the highest level of historic preservation so that people everywhere could learn about the lessons and life of george washington and thiey've done this without taking any government money. they are a privately fund

george washington. category in the same as beauregard smith. [laughter] eric: one of the things people forget in this debate is the names of public monuments and buildings get changed all the time. arena in newe jersey. it's now the izod arena. statee watch the new york theater, but now it's the david coke theater. nobody seems to complain we are racing history when we change the name of something just cousin of money. [applause] i am a little skeptical. we should add monuments. with all of those confederate generals are there in the south of black leaders of reconstruction? of only one i know of is one robert smalls. the absences in our public displays of history are just important as the presences and they reflect the history that a net talked about. i think there's another position in this conversation between leave them up and take them down and that's the grassroots position which is to vandalize them. [laughter] they society monumental lies is itself, it makes it self vulnerable. one of the things you saw across the south in the aftermath

george washington bridge out of the tolls an accident. street cleaning rules in effect. over to you. >>> thank you. and jeff smith has a look at your wednesday forecast. >> yeah, ken. the best weather of the summer coming up. the temperature inching up to 70 in new york city. and fog north and west that will be burning off shortly. 80 in the park. and upper 70's down the jersey shore. and on the east bend of long island. 81 tom out there. becoming more humid on friday. 82. and a lot more humid on saturday. and hot near 90 and thunderstorms on the strong side the better half weekend is sunday. ken. >> thank you, jeff. >>> that's the news for now. live with kelly is next here on there's nothing like trying something new. especially when it comes to snacking. that's why we're introducing cheese dippers. the creamy cheese and crunchy breadsticks that go wherever you do. cheese dippers by the laughing cow. announcer: it's "live! with kelly." today, from the film "war dogs," actor jonah hill. and one of the stars of "pete's dragon," bryce dallas howard. plus, a marketing manager gets a "summer in the city ambush makeov

george t. downing, a popular proprietor of the house restaurant, and william h. smithwho served as the house librarian which was a prominent appointed position. it was through these historical newspapers, official house disbursement records and census records, that we discovered that, in fact, the very first african-american page was appointed on april 1st, 1871. he was a 14-year-old named alfred q. powell from manchester, virginia. this was during the first session of the 42nd congress, and representative charles howell parter of have eer porte poul. he was a carpet bagger from new york state who had served in the union army, and he had settled in virginia affect war and became involved in state politics and when virginia re-admitted to the union, he ran for and won a seat that represented greater richmond. with porter's background, po powell's appointment seemed a purposeful and powerfully sym l symbolic act. on powell's first day a new york tribune correspondent watching from the galleries wrote, "that except for some practical jokes which have been put upon powell

ind >> george at kin son has rushed for 97 cards on 5 carries with 2 touchdowns. >> and you think back to the ly draft in 2004. an tonightio smith, i <"?don't know if you mentioned smith -- ??d >> oh,? antonio smith, what a great player. people wanting to share stories of lives, people going back to northwestern and we were talking with tom moore the other day, and to the left of minnesota staff for a while with coach green. obviously, the fitzp" 1 family, including larry senior, goes way back with denny. >> it's always tough when someone like dennis green and his passing, it happened so abruptly. you know, it's tough when heyou larry fitzgerald and his family, very close with the green family, and i know he went through a difficult time when dennim many players did. it doesn't surprise me. dennis green had the a/sreputat of being a player's coach. a lot of guys loved dennis guys when he did pass. >> jackson shipley the cardinals down h??31-10 lat in the fourth quarter. and speaking of larry fitzgerald, everyone wants to see if he can do it again, age 32 in his j?13th season and 2 touchdown receptions shy of 100 much and bgaship

smith is here with the latest. >> reporter: good morning, george. the fight to set him free, two of her classmates from nearly a decade ago accuse someone of lying. it's the murder case that captivated millions with the convicted for allegedly killing his girlfriend. thousands rallying to his defense. a baltimore judge ordering a new trial in june. >> the conviction is erased. >> reporter: but this morning, syed's star alibi witness' story cast in doubt. >> i was sitting in the library, bored in tears. >> reporter: she said she was in e was being killed. but this morning, according to documents filed by prosecutors this week, mcclain's account is being called a flat-out lie. two of her former classmates say in a high school conversation, mcclain told them she believed so much in adnan's innocence, she would make up a lie to prove he couldn't have done it. those classmates engaging in a testy exchange with mcclain on facebook. saying, you know darn well you years later is disgusting. mcclain replying, wow, this is crazy. i'm not lying about any of th

smith's first year on the job. we will hear from him as he gets ready for the new school year. autria? autria: prince george'snty police are asking for help in finding two missing children. alexis rivera was last seen saturday. three foot 10 inches, weighs about 60 pounds, has a scar on his left hand. 13-year-old destiny has been missing for nearly two weeks, last seen on eastern avenue in hyattsville, two and a half miles from where rivera disappeared. turning to the race for the white house, all eyes will be on donald trump when he delivers his speech on illegal immigration this wednesday. trump has vowed to support nearly 11 million immigrants -- vowed to deport 11 milli but last week appeared to have softened his hard-line stance. but now it has stiffened once again. we will use immigration laws to prevent crimes and we will not wait until some innocent american has been harmed or killed. continuing to trail in the polls come his campaign will roll out a $12 million advertisement, including in virginia. hillary clinton spent the weekend campaigning with wealthy donors in the hamptons. countdown is on, the

george, i want to get back to my workout. >> we'll look ahead to tonight's country music festival. all the biggest stars, always great surprise guests and rachel smith george. all right, y'all, honest feedback here. this is my annual fan girl moment. i actually got to head back to my home state tennessee to celebrate all things country at the cma musics if value and even got to hang out behind the scenes with some of country music's biggest stars. check it out. ♪ >> reporter: it's a dream come true. for country music fans. thousands descending upon the country music capital. ♪ to see the biggest stars bring their "a" game. >> the country fans have that just unbelievable spirit about them, so i always look forward to playing. ♪ oh >> i was shaking a little bit. i got some shake left. >> chance for country music to shine. it's an opportunity for us to say thank you. >> reporter: the cma fest the party isn't just on the stage, let's check it out. it's all over town. >> there's so much stuff. i think we should do a duet together, just saying. and the fun is bands like old dominion. one, two, three, old dominion and stars like kelly from lady antebellum.