reporting liver in tioga tonight, kenneth moton, "channel 6 action news."" >> thank you, kenneth. >> philadelphia has a standing 20,000 reward offer in all unsolved homicides. if you have information that could help philadelphia police solve a crime you can submit a tip by calling 215-686-tips or text to pp d tip or reach them via private message facebook or twitser you can remain anonymous or tips@phillypolice.com. >> we have extensive information on the carjacking and photographs and videos as we gather more information by the hour. >>> more explosions tonight in gaza. the fighting continues between hamas and israel with israeli war planes strike striking target in gaza city. ies railty prime minister told israeli to be prepared in his words for prolonged war. despite efforts from the united states and other countries to convince both stidz expect a cease-fire violence escalated today. israel says it will not end this until it destroys the terror tun elz. built by hamas to infill rate israel. this is how israeli defense forces blew up one of the tunnels today. >> both sides are bla

kenneth moton, "channel~6 action news." >>> thank you, kenneth. the investigation continues into saturdays tragic collapse of a tun ton nesecurity gate at rit's water ice. it struck winte winter larkin of aiden. they are focusing on the boat that held the gate to the building and if they were appropriate in length. >>> upper darby police sent the day warning residents about a home intruder that struck a fifth time. she awoke finding a man standing behind her bed. the creeper is described as slim african american man in his 20s standing between 5 5'8"and5'10"inchestall. thestreetsmuchofthesceneofarecen trashofshootings. theywenttoworkwithresidentstoget ridofgunviolence. chrischristiesignedabudgetfo rthenewfiscalyearwhichbegins tomor chrischristiesignedabudgetforthr row. thespendingplantotals $32.5 billi thespendingplantotals$32.5 billi on. beforeputinghisnameonthebudget yv beforeputinghisnameonthebudgetyv etteotwotaxhikes. republicans have approved the $29 billion budget with no new tax. of the vote was 108 to 95. the democrats lashed out at the ta

kenneth moton found out what affect it's having for people in our area that have loved ones in israelight now. kenneth, joins us live at the a)+!>rq9ñ kenneth. >>reporter:because it's summer. there are thousands of students at camps and on tours. their parent are monitoring effort development. noah has been getting a lot of views from her. she is in jerusalem. >> we are worried. he left before um, anything started in gaza. >>reporter:the flights to stop in tel~aviv didn't sit well with noah's parent. >> the terrorists only have to be right one time. we, all of us, have to be correct 100% of time. >> they are letting them know he's okay. in montgomery county they are getting the same update through the blog and e-mail. >> there is my son in a phillies' cap right there. >> i know they are going keep the kids safe. that is what they want the blog fills you in day-to-day. >>reporter:it is in light of the malaysian flight 17. >> i have the utmost faith in israel they are not going to let anything like that happen. >>reporter:both of those families say that their sons will be home in the ne

kenneth moton is live at 40t 40th and brown in the manua section of philadelphia where the victim and the potential suspect live. kenneth, you have the new information. >> jim, we know that the victim laura araujo has been living here for the last month. they are waiting for a search warrant. they are searching for the murder scene and evidence. the charges against that person of interest could come as soon as tomorrow. the philadelphia police say that 23 laura araujo and the male person of interest in her brutal murder lived in the same apartment building. it's a development that her participants were waiting for. >> she was very special. because her main goal in life, was related to her legion. >> she was born and raised in new york city. how did a young woman with a bright future beaten and left here on the 2200 block of north third street in kensington. >> she never talked about anything going on in hear life. she never gave any sign was distress. >> her feet and hands were banned. a woman was placed in a trash bag and wrapped into a blanket before put into the duffel bag. a few w

"action news" reporter kenneth moton is live outside the west bradford fire company with a tragic story. kenneth. >>> walter, this is a well-known family so this whole community is feeling this loss tonight. the flag is already as half staff that fire company which has seen so much tragedy in one year. >> on this scenic narrow stretch of alegen road 25-year-old ryan miller lost his life. >> ryan was a very loving person. >> investigators say he lost control of his motorcycle around midnight sunday and hit a tree. his girlfriend says he was avid bike rider but passion was service. miller was a fire fighter west bradford township fire company. >> he loved. it loved giving his time to help other people. >> miller also volunteered with two other fire companies in the area. it was in his genes. his father, doug, is also a volunteer with west bradford in fact one of the first responders on the scene and gave his son cpr. >> after his father knew it was his son that's when things the whole atmosphere changed. >> resident arlene lasasso ran across the road after the crash. >> i reached sort of

live at the scene of the 100 block of queen lane is "action news" reporter, kenneth moton, kenneth? >> reporter: jim, police are still holding this scene for the special victims unit which is getting a search warrant right now for this home near germantown avenue. at this hour the victim is being treated for her injuries, and man suspect of attacking her is being held at svu. only "action news" was there moments after philadelphia police, freed the 27 year-old germantown woman who they say was bound, gagged, and raped on queen lane. investigators say it appears her 40 year-old live in boyfriend whom we spotted handcuffed and loaded in the back of the police van is responsible. >> so sad, because she is a nice person and for what i have seen i thought he was a nice person. >> reporter: police got a tip call about the woman being held hostage. just after 6:00 p.m. officers say they encountered the suspect who threatened to shoot them if they walk through the door. five minutes later and after swat was called in the man walk out and surrendered. the victim was discover in the back bath

"action news" reporter kenneth moton is live at police headquarters with all of the details, kenneth. >> reporter: jim, we now know victim for the for her life. police say there was a violent struggle inside that boarding house where she and the suspect lived. wednesday evening, homicide detectives are briefly back in the mantua boarding house where 23 year-old laura araujo was beaten and strangled. they came out with an item wrapped in the brown bag another piece of evidence against woman's neighbor in the building, 22-year old jeremiah jackson. >> just glad to be out of school, moved into a building and did some kind of freak kills her like that. >> reporter: jackson confessed the killing the art institute of philadelphia graduate sunday and dumping her body in the duffle wag in kensington monday morning. >> mr. jackson believed that she had some mob which her large amount of cash, based on the vehicle that she was driving. >> reporter: police say that toyota rav4 was used to transport the decease wood man before jackson set it on fire in south philadelphia, suffering burns and drop

kenneth moton is live in allegheny and tioga where they held another memorial vigil tonight. >> reporter: thelma brown was released from the hospital earlier this evening, she has not seen this large memorial yet but a large welcome home celebration was weighting for her. >> 69-year-old thelma brown is home and back on her porch, around the corner from allentown and allegheny avenues where she almost lost her life. >> saw a car coming toward her, some say the car had gone that way and you go that way. >> the woman remembers setting up the fruit stand with her neighbors from across the street, keesha williams and her three children and then they saw the suv coming towards them and we know it was fleeing carjackers losing control. >> i screamed help me, help me but i saw those guys jump that fence and ran. >> we reported that the matriarch of hilton street was helping the family. the grandmother of 11 thought of williams's kids as her own. >> she walked them to school and picked them up from school every day. even when she went to the store she had the kids with her. >> she was thankful th

"action news" reporter kenneth moton is more on what happened. kenneth. >> walter, luckily the west philadelphia father and three children were able to walk away from this one without any injuries. take a look at this right now. . this is frightening moments that happened to them on the other side of could be's creek parkway thomas avenue. inside the park we can see the front of the suv. the rest is under that tree. >> it came down fast right at the base. >> tree just fell on the car you know what i mean smash. >> under all that folliage and heavy limbs you can barely see the yukon on could be's creek. he and his kids were leaving the park when things turned scary. >> i looked back to see if they were okay they were crying and all that. i hopped outlet them out. >> it was a crack noise and then the tree fell on the car. i started crying. >> reporter: he was able to get his children out quickly but was unsure ft. power line the tree took down was energized. firefighters and philadelphia police arrived to secure the scene which is just a few yards a

"action news" reporter kenneth moton is live from the satellite center with more on that story, kenneth. >> reporter: let me remine thaw cassidy stays pretended to be dead after she and her family members, were shot. police say that her actions saved lives and today, she was back at the school of her brothers and sisters attendance for that special memorial services. >> ♪ >> reporter: standing strong and surrounded by so many loved ones in her muse ton community 15 year-old cassidy stay publicly remembered her parents and sibling, who were gunned down, just days ago. >> i'm really thankful for all of the people that have been praying for me and keeping me and my family in their thoughts. >> reporter: investigators say wednesday, three three-year old ron haskill executed his ex-wife sister katie stay, her husband steven and their four children because they wouldn't tell him where to find his ex. daughter cassidy was the lone survivor taking a bullet grazed wound to the head but she was able to lead officers to haskill whom police say was on his way to kill his grand parents. >> difficult

"action news" reporter kenneth moton filed this story. >> tell me what happened out there. >> somebodych on fire out on the porch. >> all right. someone is on the way. >> reporter: it's the first 911 fuel report. this man-made the report. do you think anything would have saved those children. >> honestly o to be honest i don't know. that fire was just so fast, it was just so chaotic. >> reporter: jeff boone who also lost his home said he grabbed a fire extinguisher but when it didn't work he ran around the corner to ladder four engine 40. >> by the time i got here they already start d to put their pants and everything on loading the trucks up. >> reporter: fire commissioner derrick sawyer gave a detailed time line of firefighters response. it was a move to squash rising tensions in this community where so many believe firefighters took too long. >> that incident went from three houses to eight houses in 10 minutes so if that fire had been burning for 30 minutes like everyone said, the whole block would have burned down. >> reporter: the fire department says that first call came in at 2

"action news" reporter kenneth moton is live in center city tonight with more on what unfolded there, earlier today. kenneth. >> reporter: rick, during the heat of those rallies, palestine supporters were over there and israeli supporters were over there in love park. while philadelphia police were trying to prevent potential clashes it that is deadly clash overseas that had people fired up. >> we stand with israel. >> reporter: standing with israel in love park, more than a thousand people, mostly of the jewish faith, rallied. >> we will not surrender. we will not give up. the israeli people are resilient and strong. >> reporter: as battle rages on in gaza a so many here spoke out against the deadly violence. >> this is not just a war against israel, hamas, if you read hamas charter it says not only do they stand for destruction of israel but they want to kill every single jew around the world. >> hamas, they want blood, and war, and killing and look at the cease-fire, israel obeys them, hamas doesn't. >> reporter: while they supported israeli security force that he is condemned hama

"action news" reporter kenneth moton explains why. >> reporter: the protests, the faces of anger and police response increased in a matter of seconds in southwest philadelphia. one arrest after another in clashes with police that had officers using their batons. this was the scene of unrest on 65th street near busy woodland avenue, both streets shut down. these demonstrators furious over what they call a delayed response to the saturday morning fire that killed four small children on the 6500 block of gesner street. that fatal fire is right around the corner from ladder four engine 40 which had officers protecting it. >> those kids should be here. these people should have their houses and these fire people do not care. >> reporter: before this riot broke out those tempers were flaring in a community meeting. fire commissioner derek sawyer told residents the response time was three minutes after the initial call. >> i have children of my own. it's no way, no way that i would accept that our members didn't give their all to save those children. >> reporter: that report only angered peo

kenneth moton now has more. >> reporter: lights are still on at trump plaza hotel and casino but hundreds of workers are preparing for a stone called reality monday morning. pink slips are on the way, delivering another blow to atlantic city. >> i am an employee of a casino, so i understand as far as, putting time in, i have been here 20 years and i have seen a lot of changes. >> reporter: union for casino workers say trump is expected to notify more than 1,000 employees that the doors will close honor around september 16th. the atlantic club closed in january, putting 1700 people out of work. revel is filing for bankruptcy again and it will close september 1st, if there is no buyer. 3100 plus jobs are on the line. show boat will shut the doors next month for good. 2100 employees. add it all up and numbering are staggering in the struggling gaming community. >> i think casinos are closing because they don't have enough winners and people are federal up with losing. >> atlantic city will to have to something to revitalize itself and not be so reline the on gaming and gambling. >> reporter:

"action news" reporter kenneth moton join some of them down on south street. >> reporter: soccer fans as far as the eye can see on south street. there was world cup fever, as germany took on argentina in the finals. what do you think of argentina being in the world cup finals. >> it is amazing. it is than heard of. they are basically at home field. >> i'm surprised, i thought germany would come in and be stronger then they are right now but i'm surprised how balanced teams are playing. >> reporter: thousands cheered, and were captivate by this game. of course, world cup comes around every four years, fans say this one felt different. >> you know, i think it has to do with the internet. everybody is just communicate ago lot more rapidly, you know, we have a lot of soccer bars popping up in philly. everybody is really into the culture. >> reporter: plenty of german and an again tina jerseys, many forced to pick a side after u.s. was income out a couple weeks ago. >> we have the best goalie in the world right now, and he is amazing and i can't wait to watch more. >> i don't think anyone

reporting live in kensington, kenneth moton. jim. >>> thank you, kenneth. most residents returned to their homes in skippack township. that is because of a strong odor on gorski lane. and john is there. john, things are getting better? >>reporter:well they say that they know what they are dealing with here. it's no longer a mystery. what is more they say, there is a plan to correct things. >> two different laboratories. they confirm that the substance that was found in the sump pump pit was gasoline. >>reporter:somehow it concentrated in the basement. three townhomes in a low spot of this hillside community. >> i can't tell of being on the bottom of the hill here, it ran down somewhere else. >>reporter:there are plans to flush the pits and ventilate the three homes. they own the end unit. now they hope that the plan will rid them of the fumes. >> i hope it work what is they are try doing. they are trying to pump it out to see what happened. the intention is to wait. >> neither one of us are comfort together bring the kids back tonight. we are going to wait-

kenneth moton. >>> thank you, kenneth. the police need your help finding 3 33 nefertiri trader. it is a silver 2,000 acura rl, 404-983. he group concerned when he could in the get in touch with her yesterday. her 17-year-old son heard something strange. >> he's the one that actually heard a commotion. but he came downstairs to check on her or see if anybody was in the house. no one was in the house. >> both of nefertiri's two children were home at the time of this possible abduction. if you have any information you are urged to call crime stoppers. 1-800-tips-3333. >>> a man has been identified as a recent high school graduate. dwayne barfield was pronounced dead at christiana hospital. he just graduated from camden's lee academy on friday. no arrests have been made. >>> the city of trenton has a new mayor tonight. 55-year-old eric jackson took the oath of office today hoping to restore the city's pride in itself. of course jackson takes over for tony mack who is now serving a prison term for corruption. despite problems with crime, he told the crowd that trenton's best days are

reporting live in southwest philadelphia, kenneth moton "channel~6 action news." >>> thank you, kenneth. switching now to chad pradelli. both the new fire commissioner and mayor nutter felt it necessary to responded today. what did they have to say? >>reporter:at times mayor nutter seemed angry. he understands that people are hurt. they want their voices hurt. they should focus on the tragedy. >> their hearts are broken. there is no way or no how that these members would responded. >>reporter:when lives are lost like marie and emma bowa. people are quick to lay blame. the blame should to the fall on firefighters. rumors spread in the liberian community that they took 30 minutes to respond. >>> the members serving at engin 40 and ladder 4 responded in a timely fashion to the fire. any information that was put out to other individuals that indicates otherwise is directly and positively incorrect. >>reporter:and derek sawyer said at that time from the first call and the time that the firefighters arrived was 3 minutes. a pipeline truck was on scene two minutes later. they responded to anot

kenneth moton "channel~6 action news." >>> this was a liberian neighborhood. jeremiah came to philadelphia to feel the hurt and comfort the families and urge calm in a grieving community. >> how can we move from there place forward? how can we prevent this thing from happening? it's this family today. it could be another family tomorrow. what lesson do we learn from this? >> bob brady accompanied the ambassador in a meeting with the victims family tonight. they will help with immigration issues with paperwork lost in the fire. it suffered through a pain of a deadly fire before. seven people were killed in december of 2008. the day after christmas at 64th and elmwood. that is three blocks from this weekend's deadly fire. four children were the victims. they were byberian immigrants. think rely on their community fore -- liberian immigrants.the. >>> they hit the ground very hard in the yard of the elementary school. the skydivers have thrown out the pennridge airport. miles away they jump out of plane. they suffered serious injuries but survived the fall. >>> th

kenneth moton is live now on lee street with the story. >> reporter: right now investigators are trying to figure out how this elderly woman died and they are still looking for her son. investigators removed the freezer out of this house and the body was still inside. something truly disturbing, police discovered this 33-year-old woman in the working freezer, authorities say it appears her son was keeping her there to collect her social security checks. >> that is awful. that is sad, are you kidding my? is that what happened? >> they were on the scene of north lee street after police got a tip call. the woman is identified as karen -- she had a learning disability and she barely spoke. her 58-year-old son william was nowhere to be found. >> a good guy and hard worker. >> and right now medical examiner is trying to figure out the cause of death. she has been frozen since january, they moved the entire body out of the house in the freezer on to a truck. >> whether or not does that to their mother that is crazy, that is your mother, how do you do that. he always kept to himself. >> reporte

kenneth moton is live now on lee street with the story. >> reporter: right now investigators are tryingfigure out how this elderly woman died and they are still looking for her son. investigators removed the freezer out of this house and the body was still inside. something truly disturbing, police discovered this 33-year-old woman in the working freezer, authorities say it appears her son was keeping her there to collect her social security checks. >> that is awful. that is sad, are you kidding my? is that what happened? >> they were on the scene of north lee street after police got a tip call. the woman is identified

"action news" reporter kenneth moton was there. >> the motion is on the table. >> it look less than fivees. >> 7 to. >> the city council failed to override mayor dennis williams veto to cut eight vacant fire fighter conditions a savings of more than $500,000. >> i said i would not cut public safety i still will not. if it comes up again we'll be in the same place again. >> constituency says we need cuts we'll do our fwoingt make cuts. >> he had the majority a couple weeks ago when legislation passed saying public safety was at risk. he thought he had the nine votes and after political moves and pressure from the firefighter's union some council members had a last-minute change of heart. >> i'm frustrated because i'm disappointed that i was given people's words and they didn't do what they said they would do. >> city's $150 million budget was approved in may. this month council saw an opportunity to cut more from the fire department by eliminating vacant positions. >> it's bad but we're doing it enough to get the job done. we don't want to be worse. >> both sides will work harder to see w

kenneth moton has the latest from police headquarters. >> that major break came earlier today when one person of interest turned himself into police ws mother and pastor by his side. soon police have the information to go after the second man and we were there. >> it was intense scene 6 and cambria streets north philadelphia sunday nights. u.s. marshals were posted in the door way of this home and had their gurn s drawn behind it looking for a person of str in the carjacking crash that left three children dead. u.s. marshals would not give details about the manor what led them here. sources have confirmed another person of interest turned himself in earlier today. friday morning just before noon this was the scene after police say two men carjacked a realtor at gun point before slamming into several people corner of germantown and allegheny avenue. keesha williams and 15-year-old key ara williams and 7-year-old thomas reed and ter reps moore were struck. the mother survived and her kids were killed. it's been an all out serve with a $110,000 reward for information leading to carjackers

police are trying to figure out what happened here and what led up to all of this, kenneth moton is gathering details right now and will have a report coming up at 6:00, police in newcastle, delaware, looking for a woman that may be abducted from her home. she has not been seen since 4:00 yesterday morning. they got a call from a concerned family member and her car is also missing, they are asking anyone that may know where she is to please call them immediately. >> it's all on the line right now for the u.s. in the world cup. win against belgium and they move on and lose and it's over. david henry is live now where a huge crowd of soccer fans are gathered to watch the action. >> reporter: i want to introduce you to some of my closest friends here, they are excited about this contest. can you see the fifa viewing fest have a real party. people have gathered to watch belgium in the knockout round, the winner moves on and the rest of wearing and bleeding red, white and blue. >> the best thing about american soccer fans is their willingness to share their faith. >> we watched every single game h

good morning, it's saturday july 12 and, i'm eva pilgram along with kenneth moton. >> we are followingelphia police are investigating a deadly shooting after gun fire rang out this morn. >>> and the search is on for two missing children from northeast philadelphia. >> and animal shelter volunteers stopped young cat nappers that tried to run off with kittens. >> those stories in a moment but first accuweather forecast with david murphy. >> it's good, as we head outside work have sky 6 in penn's landing. there is plenty of sun on the horizon, it may feel humid but its not all that bad. we have an issue with air quality, we'll talk about that, if are you in a sensitive group like senior citizen orz young kids, asthma sufferers same thing. we have cloud coverage that may try to sneak through. 76 in philadelphia and 74 in allentown and trenton and 71 in sea isle city. in philadelphia a warm one, 75 degrees, by 9:00 this morning, 82 by noon, that is where we are now of course, 88 by 3:00 and your high is 89 degrees, that will hit around 4:00 this afternoon. we'll still be in the mid to upper