live in spring garden john rawlins. john.reporter:the first day of school and the school district do not have all the financial ducks in a row. they have a $81 million hole in its budget. it could mean more trouble in the school year. they directed their ayre at the government. >> i am encouraging the parents to come out and fight for your child's education. your child is your future. >>reporter:the district welcomed back 130,000 students without out the fund income hand. william hite needs harrisburg hiking the cigarette tax and. >> it maintains the staffing throughout the school year. >>reporter:without those, new layoffs could hit. hite and mayor nutter attended the launch of three high schools this dubbed the link. the kids are to work one day a week with the spca and the lighthouse service association. goal used to examine world issues from animal rights to hunger in philadelphia. that could produce inspired school work. >> the documentary about the community, there are different performance tasks that you can tie to tha

john rawlins has new details. >> reporter: this may be a case of crime begets another crime. one theory is that the deadly events overnight here were tied to an earlier homicide that occurred some distance away from here, and it's not sure if it's a case of revenge or falling out or something else. >> a 20 something couple were in this white car when 11 shots were called. hop, as he is known in the neighborhood has lived here for 40 years. >> we heard a whole bunch of shooting at 12:30-1:00, we didn't get up because it might come through the window. >> the woman believed to be pregnant is rushed to einstein and she dies. >> the 21-year-old woman was pronounced dead. the doctors did what they k. and they delivered the baby and worked on the baby for over an hour. baby was pronounced dead at 2:18 a.m. her 26-year-old fiance survived. he had been wanted for questioning in an earlier homicide yesterday at broad and hunting park, that crime believed to be drug related. >> they are at einstein hospital interviewing the 26-year-old male who was shot. he is talking. >> many at this b

live at the high school tonight is "action news" reporter john rawlins. john. >> reporter: jim, i think the disstripingt here a little surprised by some of the reactions here particularly critical reaction on social media. as it pointed out a number of times it's it's had a policy since db to be able to use breathalyzer and used them for proms and that sort of thing to detect under age drunking and it is all in the student handbook. however parents we talked to she said they understand the district's point of view but would have appreciated e-mail or letter from the superintendent about friday night's game. >> high school football on a friday night. phoenixville hosting owen j. roberts and for phoenixville students without an adult something new. >> you went to the ball game anything different. >> yeah breath lieser test. >> how did it work you. >> blow into the device and click. >> were you surprised? >> i was not like i didn't really care is with not drinking. >> the district said it alerted students wednesday the breathalyzer was coming. >> what did peo

john rawlins is live with more on the search. >> at 13 days this manhunt is clearly a marathon and not a sprint, heavily armed patrols continue day and not and that according to residents here, however they say there has been some very tense days in the last few days in this corner of the state. >> i just happened to look out the back door and all of a sudden they are marching through the yard with big guns and it was frightening, we met helen blackmore at her home in the middle of what has become a man hundred. a green sticker means -- >> it means they came in here and inspected the whole house and everything is fine. the crawl space and under the deck, everywhere. absolutely under everything. the search is under miles of heavy woods and homeowner, says one police officer tracted him to within yards of his house. >> he walked over that rock and over the hill and they followed the scent across the road. >> he was close? >> he was here we don't know when but he was here. >> for now frein remains on the loosz, it was september 12, using a high powered rifle frein killed officer dickson a

john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >>> thank you. >>> the driver of a tour bus that flipped over and killed two women, is now facing charges, the 56-year-old driver was driving at an unsafe speed on to 113, you can see him here after the crash, the bus was carrying 49 passengers and overturned. prosecutors say additional charges are likely. >> the early morning fire at king of prussia mall -- but shoppers that wanted to grab a bite to eat. the fire broke out in a kiosk at the food court and it took less than an hour to put it out. all the restaurants were shut down for several hours to disinfect their equipment. >>> pennsylvania tom corbett signed a cigarette tax bill today that will pump money into philadelphia schools. superintendant, william hite was by his side for the signing. the tax will inject $38 million per year into the cash strapped school district and it's not designed to be a cure all however. >> we must continue the progress that we have made and work towards a fair funding formula that will put philadelphia and all school districts on a firm financial footing and

"action news" reporter, john rawlins is live with the latest on the ongoing manhunt. john? >> the troopers were attacked about 20 to 25 miles north of here and six days ago the suspects were tracked to monroe county and this is familiar territory for them. we talked to the neighbors here that had to shelter in place when we talked about ramping up the search here. more and more police and then a giant presence, you would see 50 vehicles starting to come up the road. >> helen blackmore showing us video of the the enormous manhunt going on day and night outside of her home. thousands of officers patrolled roads and searched caves and forests. >> every six minute they circle over here and the house would shake. and the search is over miles of heavy woods and searchers seem to appear out of thin air. >> i see 30 guys and 25 guys and a couple of dogs. >> one they say tracked eric frein through his yard a few feet from where we are standing. >> over the rock and over the hill and they followed the scent across the road. >> he was close? >> he was here, we don't know when. >> it w

john rawlins live with the story. >> reporter: a lot of upset southbound passengers that is for sure. that accident occurred overnight in maryland, it shut down the northeast corridor at that location, all three tracks, 12 hours later they were able to bring back one of the tracks and we have limited service, and as you take a look here things are better at 30th street, there are some delays and cancellations southbound. the first southbound regional train finally departed philadelphia at 2:00 p.m., train 171. stranded passengers grade grateful to be aboard. >> i am grateful to be on board this one. >> a frustrating day for amtrak staff and thousands of passengers, the cause of the shut down, a 2 a.m. accident that wiped out power in southern maryland. >> a train was carrying a wide load and struck a support pole that holds the overhead wiring system. it caused significant damage. it struck and badly bent a steel upright that supports the wires, eventually buss were brought in to move people south and in some cases they arrived hours than expected. >> as far as telling us what happene

wide variety of sports and entertainment and economic shot in the arm of course for the city and john rawlins liver there with more tonight, hi, john. >> hi, monday kaxt i'll tell you this new center is a big ticket center piece for a ongoing revitalization plan here in allentown. this 17th and hamilton. 5 to 7 years ago it was des late lot of shuttered buildings and crime a big factor. tonight a new chapter, 10,000 people expected to come to the pp&l center to be entertained. >>> earlier outside construction crews focused on last minute touch-ups. inside roadyes setting up for the rock group eagles who open the 177 million pp&l certainty tonight. >> next week tom petty and rascal flatts later in the month. >> and new home of ahl phantoms and owners expect a good fit with the philadelphia heritage. >> people in philadelphia familiar with the brands. they're excited to seat phantoms return and tide is to the fire. >> city leaders banking this center will draw up to a million people a year to allentown center city that suffered after many retailers moved to the burbs decades ago. >> when the ma

john rawlins live at city hall. how would this work? >> reporter: change is coming instead of being arrested and booked for a small amount of marijuana, violators would be given a ticket and fine. all of this could come about we are told by the end of next month. >> the goal was to keep people from getting an arrest record. >> councilman kinney, the man behind the change is hoping that someone many possession of under an ounce of marijuana would not be arrested but getting a fine. in either case there would be no record. >> it's not in the criminal court and you don't get arrested and transported and arrested and all of that stuff. >> they feel it's targeting blacks 80% of those now booked for possession. >> you got caught with $5 worth of marijuana and she lost her job at the airport and security clearance because she has an arrest record. >> marijuana advocates say that custodial arrests are harsh compared to other counties. >> montgomery county and allegheny county issue summons via mail, they don't take people into custody for a sma

john rawlins is outside of cooper hospital. >> the victim is 56 years old, and she remains in critical condition, a collapsed lung and head trauma and her ear had to be surgically reattached. >> my sister is in the hospital right now. whoever did this -- we don't know if she will make it or not. if you did it, be a man and step up. her face is beat up, she can't see out of one eye. >> rachel robinson says her sister is a homeless woman, and she was savagely beaten early tuesday morning likely between midnight and 1:00, camden county police handing out flyers offering a $1,000 reward to find and convict those responsible. they are hoping that witnesses will come forward. >> she looked like she was dragged several feet and we believe this attack took longer than normal. we think someone must have heard something. >> these can be very mean streets after dark. >> come down here to work and i live in blackwood. i tried to move out of the hood to get away from things like that. >> the victim's family has repeatedly refused offers of shelter, her sister linda saw her hours after the attack, a

john rawlins joins us outside the new link high school.he new school is in an unused portion of the middle school. as the district continues to battle an 81 million-dollar deficit, still the superintendent said it's important to innovate and open the new schools. >>> school open on time for the 130 public school kids, but future operations remain in doubt. more than 1,000 employees could face pink slips unless harrisburg approves a cigarette tax hike. >> we'll get to a time during the year where we'll have to make reductions. i'm concerned about that. >> reporter: mayor nutter at the first day of school at one of the district's new high school dubbed link for learning in new context. it's small, built with the help of private foundation money the goal to take kids who might not flourish in a regular high school. they will work on real world issues and use science, math and english to studdie them. we'll do outreach to educate people what healthy eating looks like. >> reporter: in addition to the real world prospective, no textbookses, that

a national grocery store chain, with stores all over the tri-state area "action news" reporter john rawlins is live with the big story with the ago new in bala cynwyd. john, is what the company saying tonight. >> reporter: well, they are putting out releases. we have tried to reach out and talk to them and in the been able to speak with anyone at mike he you their parent company which is known as albertson's an national firm hearsays it was hacked or apparently hack. they described it as a criminal intruder. there air parentally two instances one as early as june and one in august and september. company release tonight it said it is not clear if anything was actually stone even but the company is suggest ago this consumers of ago knew should be aware of is what going on. >> have you used credit card though in the past here. >> i have, all the time. >> reporter: are you concerned about that. >> yes, absolutely. definitely. >> reporter: you have not heard about this yet. >> no, we have not. >> reporter: but do you use a credit card here. >> we use our debit card but we use it as credit, we do

. >> the victim is in critical condition after the attack and "action news" reporter, john rawlins is live at the scene with more on perhaps. >> reporter: hi sara, the crime scene here is trinity staffing services, it's behind me and it's a store staffing operation, it has been here since 2003. both skilled and non-skilled professionals. a man walked in at 9:30 and confronted a female employee and stabbed her multiple times in the chest and she was able to walk across broad street to methodist hospital, but from is there she was transported to jefferson hospital, at this point police say they recovered a weapon, presumably a knife and they described a suspect. >> a black male in his 30s, corn row hair style and goatee, he was last seen wearing a blue shirt and blue jeans when he fled this location. a 54-year-old woman again is said to be in critical condition at jefferson hospital. john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> an assistant basketball coach from archbishop high school has resigned after the attack on a gay couple in center city. so far no charges are filed a

for more on the potential impact we go live to "action news" reporter john rawlins. , john. >> reporter: hi, shirleen, pp&l senter is a nice new arena seats 8500 for sports and 10,000 for concerts and the folks who run allentown hope it will be much, much more. they hope this arena will play a major role in turn around downtown allentown's economic fortunes. app army of workers today readyying the 177 million dollar pp&l center. >> a 10,000 seat multi-purpose event center. >> tonight's inaugural event the classic rock group eagles and plan to host 1 40 diverse events here the first year. >> professional bull riders, judeist priest. college basketball games later in the year, villanova lehigh in november and drexel in september. >> phantoms that iced to play at the spectrum. >> we're excited to bring the phantoms back to pennsylvania in this region. people in philadelphia very familiar with the brand. >> the city is banking thon sent to bring in up to a million visitors a year downtown. part of aggressive effort to bring jobs back after decades of decay. >> we need it.

"action news" reporter john rawlins is joining us live from 30th street station. >> reporter: the good news here frankly is that the service northbound is going at this point in time. the service to the north is still going on and because they have equipment issues, and nothing coming out of washington, d.c., southbound is something of a mess, the southbound northeast regional trains are only making it here to philadelphia and the high speed is making it to wilmington and that is it, nothing going south of there. >> when i got to new york to pen station to get on the train, there was quite a bit of chaos and we learned there was wired down in wilmington and nobody was going farther than philadelphia. >> not good. >> not good, no train service south of philadelphia, the amtrak is shut down and thousands of passengers are impacted. the culprit, a large piece of equipment fell that is near a b arab -- aberdeen, maryland. >> it was carrying a wide load and it hit a support pole that caused significant damage and our crews are out there basically since that time to get the service back. >>

live in phoenixville, john rawlins, "channel 6 action news." >> john, thank you. city of philadelphia unveiled a new program to expose young people to science, tech knowledge, engineering and math today. "action news" was at the university of pennsylvania as mayor nutter launched u.s. 2020 phl this morning the stem initiative will feature on-line resource septemberer and mentoring program and goal of the effort is to increase stem opportunities for girls, low income and minority children. >>> well this was a beautiful day for a game of golf. tenth annual spark philadelphia golf outing in bala-cynwyd. those that joined took part in the day. they had a day on the green and lunch and silent auction to raise money for spark philadelphia. their organization provides financial support to individuals with developmental disability. what a great day it was. >> you have ever played golf. >> not well. >> i have, have you? >> not well. >> i slice to the rights if i don't slice it i hack the grass up. >> just foreevery time you hit. >> hope and close your eyes. >> then the bal

john rawlins takes us behind the scenes of this pretty nice new venue. >> an army of workers today readying the 1 77 million pp&l center. >> a 10,000 seat multi-purpose event septemberer. >> tonight's inaugural event classic rock group the eagles and plan to host diverse 144 he sglents provrtion ol bull riders, judeist priest, couple college basketball games later in the year,ville november and lehigh and in november drex sglel and ahl phantoms that used to play at the spectrum. >> we're excited to bring them back. people in philadelphia are familiar with with the brand. >> city is banking thon sent dor bring up to a million visitors a year downtown. part after aggressive effort to bring jobs back after decades of decay. >> we need it. it seems like it was a ghost town. everything and everybody was moving out. >> now because of something called news neighborhood investment zone state corporate taxes can be diverted to pay for private building loans and that sparked multiple new office buildings filled with workers that go to new restaurants and want housing and the mayor says it's all worki

john rawlins live at the scene of the crime. >> reporter: well, according to police the victim is a 53-year-old woman and according to her social media, she has roots here in south philadelphia and describes herself as a conservative christian and we spoke to her pastor when she was undergoing surgery. her condition was stable but critical. >> owner caroline franklin was working inside of the no frills office and a man came in and asked about a job and stabbed her multiple times and fled with her

live in camden, john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> from our delaware newsroom, police caught a man that is wanted for two bank robberies, they found him at the mall. michael stevens is accused of holding up a td bank and an mnt bank in bear. she hoped up at the christian mall after a tip, is he charged with two counts of robbery. >>> president obama says u.s. troops do not and will not have a combat mission against isis in the fight that is taking place despite what a top military leader stead to congress yesterday. he spoke to troops in florida this afternoon and said troops will support iraqi forces but will not engage in conflict on the ground. >> as your commander and chief, i will not commit you and our armed forces to fightsing north ground war in iraq. after a decade of massive ground deployments, it is more affective to use our unique capabilities in support of partners on the ground so they can secure their own futures. >> general dempsey says he can potentially recommend ground troops to accompany iraqi forces in combat. >> an american is arrested with supporting isis

wide variety of sports and entertainment and economic shot in the arm of course for the city and john rawlins liver there with more tonight, hi, john. >> hi, monday kaxt i'll tell you this new center is a big ticket center piece for a ongoing revitalization plan here in allentown. this 17th and hamilton. 5 to 7 years ago it was des late lot of shuttered buildings and crime a big factor. tonight a new chapter, 10,000 people expected to come to the pp&l center to be entertained. >>> earlier outside construction crews focused on last minute touch-ups. inside roadyes setting up for the rock group eagles who open the 177 million pp&l certainty tonight. >> next week tom petty and rascal flatts later in the

john rawlins live at the scene of the crime. >> reporter: well, according to police the victim is a 53-year-old woman and according to her social media, she has roots here in south philadelphia and describes herself as a conservative christian and we spoke to her pastor when she was undergoing surgery. her condition was stable but critical. >> owner caroline franklin was working inside of the no frills office and a man came in and asked about a job and stabbed her multiple times and fled with her church and franklin walked calmly across the street to the hospital and was taken to the hospital. >> i was concerned over the past four years there is nothing i haven't even heard an argument upstairs. the assailant is a man in his 40s with a goatee and corn rows. >> she is fair and polite and she is not, i can't say nothing bad about her. he says many that come here are exoffenders from halfway houses looking for work. they come home and send most of them down here. >> she finds them temporary work? >> yes, they are required to work when they come home. >> and this man had a less charitable

and john rawlins has the story. >> new jersey has more than 800,000 acres of state land.the state forest near hammington. it is chris-crossed with miles of isolating roads like this one, which unfortunately makes it just about perfect for those who illegally dump. today the clean-up of one of those dumps. piles of fill -- filthy clothing and other things. and bob martin formally recognized a tough policy dubbed don't waste our open space. the 20 dumpers arrested in the last six months. the head of a preservation group thinks that fines that go along with it will send a message to offenders. >> that you are wrong it will pay the fine and it will change habits. >> the weapon in finding those, tiny hidden motion-sensor cameras like this. >> we set

john rawlins channel 6 "action news." >>> the hunt on for an armed thief targeting two philadelphia businesses in the past two weeks. new surveillance of the suspect wearing his signature disguise, a visor and brown bandana covering his face hitting the b.p. gas station last week. he pointed a gun at the cashier who handed over $100. investigators say he is the same robbing a 7-eleven in fishtown on wednesday. >>> they are trying to determine what sparked a house fire killing an elderly woman this morning. heavy smoke and flames poured from the home. they rescued the woman but she did not survive. her son was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. >> they stay a fire in a row home suspicious. this is where it was outside of a home on villanova court at 3:00 a.m. not commenting on what they found at the scene. and fortunately no one hurt. >>> the latest on the fight against isis. fighting against the collision forces and rebel fighters intense by along the border. >> as they vote to see if they will join the collision. >> and karen travers live with the latest. karen? >> good

murder this was rivers allegedly faking his tears in an interview with "action news" reporter john rawlins. >> i cannot believe it happen. >> reporter: can you make any sense of this. >> no. >> reporter: when did you last see him. >> the night , before i saw him. i didn't see him that day but i saw him friday. >> reporter: everything was routine. >> yes, everything was fine. >> reporter: now he is being held without bail, charged with first degree murder. >>> it was start of the painful but necessary education today in atlantic city. hundreds of former casino workers came to the convention center and thousands more will come over the next three days. the labor department and local 54 are helping displaced workers file for unemployment and sign up for health insurance and other benefits. of course, two casinos closed down this weekend. trump plaza will close in two weeks, the atlantic club shut down last january. >>> the philadelphia school district has some good news going into the new school year. not a single school will be designated as persistently dangerous. that will make it the firs

john rawlins channel 6 "action news." >> drivers and pedestrians in south jersey received a lesson insswalk safety and the penalties for breaking the rules of the road officers with the berlin police set up a checkpoint on the white horse pike they reminded drivers that failing to stop for a person in the crosswalks carries a 200-dollar fine and adds 2 pints points to there license, jay walkers received a 5,400-dollar fine. >>> drivers using the ac express way won't have to pay the toll on tuesday in october. it's to showcase atlantic city as a midweek escape. there's no word whether it will stretch into november. >>> yesterday local leaders outlined plans to revamp the underpass of the 102 trolley line. that area often floods causing headaches for thousands of passengers. a grant was awarded to septa earlier this week. >>> still ahead, frozen meets prime time. we have a preview fortunate new characters joining the hit abc show once upon a time. plus, hail the size of marbles hit wine country in california. meteorologist chris sowers will have the exclusive accuweather seven-day forec

john rawlins live in atlantic city with more on the wheeling and dealing today. >> reporter: we are enteringhe big money world of wall street and hedge funds. its in this world that the now shuttered building is thought to be worth more than when it was operating because it has fewer financial obligations, but yesterday's qualified bid by a florida developer. >> i want to know what he will do with it. >> what he'll do? >> if not another casino, a convention center? >> i wondered would it be condos? >> good question, what will this become if it gets a new owner. it's far too early to say, because the offer $90 million is credited minimum bid in the coming auction, it's widely suspected that there will be other suitors with bigger offers. people strolled the boardwalk today say that offer is low. >> $90 million? >> $2 billion! >> that is known as a stalking horse agreement comes from a florida developer named ben straub, he has a reputation for buying these distressed property and making them money makers. they say that if no one else comes forward his offer could take the property. but if som

john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> we want to go live now to a news conference happening right now in pike county as state police begin a news conference on a shooting of one of their own. >> other local agencies are assisting us and doing just a fantastic job and do that end, my good friend, ed franco, a special agent for the fbi. >> my name is ed hanko, the fbi, the philadelphia office. we have enjoyed phenomenal relationships with the philadelphia state police and the colonel and i are friends for many, many years. we are assisting the state police since it occurred with manpower and assets, to assault a law enforcement officer is an attack on the men and women that are here to protect the lawless. those in a would attack a barack would give no pause in attacking a citizen. an attack on law enforcement here is an attack everything where. i am here to tell you that eric fran frein is added to the 10 most wanted list on the fbi. this will allow us to search in any state or territory of the united states and as long as our extensive relationships, we made the wo

john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> the kidnapping trial of christina regusters will head to jury in the morning, closing arguments wrapped up a short time ago. the 21-year-old is accused of abducting a 5-year-old girl from her elementary school and sexually assaulting her. >>> time for the accuweather forecast, the humidity is on the rise. lets go outside to meteorologist, adam joseph, who is tracking an uptick in temperatures. >> the temperatures will be going up on your thursday but it's only temporary as we bring the temperatures back by the end of the week but this is a typical late summer day, in philadelphia we are sitting at 80 degrees, and we are at 81 and pittsburgh 82 and charleston, west virginia, 80 degrees and new york city sitting at 75. what will bring the warmth is a cold front. the southwesterly winds bring the low, north of chicago and it bring a lot of rain and that slides to our north and west, there is a tornado watch now for parts of the ohio valley and parts of cincinnati. as it slides through it loses a lot of its energy late in the day t

john raul lijohn rawlins. >>> thank you. it the police say that the car sheared the pole in half leaving the top dangling in the air. the gas pump did not catch fire. three people were hurt. driver is facing d.u.i. charges. >>> a lady was shot on the street of strawberry mansion. it was nothing less than an execution. and kenneth moton is live at police headquarters. >>reporter:catherine barry was prosecuted by the feds at the time of her murder. this is the strawberry mansion block where a 42-year-old mother catherine barry was walking her dog and shot execution-style. there was at shoppin shooting a0 block of moore street. >> she was targeted. we don't know why. she was targeted. we are asking for the public's health. >>reporter:it was caught on camera. >> a male in his early 50s heavy set with a gray beard pulled out a gun and walks up to her and fires nine or 10 shots. >>reporter:"action news" learned what was happening in barry's life. in 2011 she was indicted on drug charges for distributing and aiding and abetting lar