"action news" reporter sharrie williams is live from septa ahead quarters with the tail of the tape, sharrie. >> reporter: and jim the tape show that this man was not alert when he put himself into harms way falling down on to those active train tracks. it set off a chain reactions of strangers jumping in and also two septa police officers. stumbling down the stairs, this man is walking toward danger. watch as he enters the train's platform at somerset el station and then walks over the edge. septa cashier juan ramos saw it all. >> i immediately hit the dead man switch, for a man who falls or person who falls in the track. >> reporter: he sounded the bell. it is a warning to police that something is wrong. septa transit police sergeant richard cavalier o and brandon maxwell from district four worked the somerset el station and came running. >> we went over to the east bound platform and we see male is unconscious alert. >> reporter: officers took action using a lad tore climb down on to the track all while a portion of the center rail possibly still had electricity flowing through it.

and live with the van still there is sharrie williams. >> jim, you are right. that nifty escape didn't last long as it did come to a conclusion right here. we are live on the scene where this white dodge appeared to be a work van. it's still here. it flipped and uprighted itself. there's glass on the ground. you see the windshield is damaged and broken out as the driver flipped. when the police approached him they say he didn't have much to say describing him as confused and disoriented. he was transported to the hospital and after the long chase the drive treated for medical injuries. the police say the driver of the white van wanted for robbery, allegedly using a shotgun in the crime and an officer spotted the van that matched a description and gave chase. >> and traveling over the walt whitman bridge this evening around 7:30. while in bartram the vehicle struck a highway patrol car. >> that is not the last police cruiser to be struck. and he later hit this cruiser outside of the navy yard in philadelphia. >> and jumping on interstate 95 getting on the walt w

live in the satellite center sharrie williams for channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> a miltonershey school employee charged with sexually assaulting an 8-year-old girl. the 41 year old was arrested and released on unsecured bail. he and his wife are house parents but have been removed from campus. >>> well, you want to grab your umbrella when you leave home in the morning. in for scattered downpours. and melissa magee joins us with more on the weather headed our way. a little wet, huh? >> not just wet tomorrow but even in the mild half of our workweek, and the radar is pretty quiet right now across the delaware and lehigh valleys much we wide out the picture, unsettled weather to the south and west and through the ohio valley. from richmond, virginia to charlotte. it is bypassing us but more activity in the midwest and the ohio valley. and tapping into a piece of the moisture going throughout the day tuesday. futuretracker showing you the moisture coming through the ohio valley and continues to work its way eastward. by 3:30 in the afternoon a scattering of activity of the sho

sharrie williams live in the satellite center with more. >> the women filed a memorandum today in federalourt here in pennsylvania requesting to unseal and release the entire transcript that was given during that deposition of the lawsuit in 2005 brought on by andrea constan. in that deposition the women only known as jane doe 5 and 11. >> i was jane doe 11. >> jane doe no more. two witnesses in a lawsuit filed against bill cosby speaking out. beth ferrier and rebecca neal say they were both drugged and sexually assaulted by the famous comedian in 1986 in separate incidents. >> he says not the nice wholesome person that he portrays on his shows. >> it is important for the world to know the truth about how bill cosby hunt immediate like a predator. >> in 2005 both women gave deposition testimony in a sexual assault lawsuit filed by andrea a temple employee at the time. last week portions of the deposition were made public including testimony from cosby admitting he obtained quaaludes in the 1970s to give to women before they had sex. now the cosby accusers say they want the entire depositi

we are live at septa headquarters in center city sharrie williams channel six "action news". >> jim? anks sharrie. three teenage girls are recovering in the hospital after they were all struck by a car in newark delaware at 5:00 o'clock tonight. new castle county authorities say two vehicles collided at kirkwood and darwin drive senting one off the road up on to the walk into the girls age 13, 15 and 15. and8 year-old man behind the wheel was also taken to the hospital. the iver of the other car declined medical treatment. >>> in philadelphia, 38 year-old raymond wands has surrendered to police that in connection with the deadly hit and run last week in hunting park. five five-year old jewel joost torres di after being -- julio torres was run down after riding his bike in the 600 block of erie a avenue. wands was behind the wheel of the red pick up driving under the influence and fled the scene aft the crash. he has been charged with vehular homicide manslaughter and dui. >>>our dogs and two snakes are in the care of the spca tonight, after an animal cruelty raid in a germantown sect

and "action news" reporter sharrie williams. >> jim, the four counties are atlantic, burlington camden right here in gloucester county. the storms they were so bad that some businesses and homes like this one behind me were deemed too unsafe to occupy. you can see what is left of this home right here. but the homeowners are dealing with the insurance companies, but there is added relief that federal dollars are coming to their local townships. one look at russell's neighborhood and you can see where mother nature left her mark. >> a lot of siding damage some garage door damage some damage to my deck damage to my roof. got one window damaged. >> his home was among the many caught in the june 23 storms. his shed completely destroyed. >> it flew into the farm back there. >> the national weather service said that it was not a tornado, but a macroburst with damaging winds that ripped through. >> every time a bad storm comes now we both my wife and i both freak out. >> one month later, getting back to normal is happening at a snail's pace. >> my insurance company has been good so far. it's b

tonight "action news" reporter sharrie williams talked to the doctors. >> it was in the middle of the night when the doctors got the call. >> it was a little surreal, but i think it's one of those situations where we're trained to just act and think about it afterwards. >> a pedestrian on the train tracks in northeast philadelphia was hit by a cfx freight train. the leg pinned under the wheel needed to be amputated. part of the medical team called on for situations like this >> you want to make sure the patient is make it through it. >> a 46-year-old male, and the train tracks became their operating room. a far cry from the involved environment that they are used to, but both doctors are trained to perform operations in the field. but performing this amputation under these conditions would be a first. >> physically crawling under the train and another medic was up under the train by the patient's head. >> it was the harsh conditions i had to work in. it was def def >> it was definitely over 100 degrees. >> and he had to the have part of his leg amputated. and the man was conscious but

we are live from upper darby sharrie williams for channel six "action news". >> rick. >> sharrie, thank you. >>> one person had to be rescued in delaware county this evening. around 9:00 o'clock heavy rains caused rocky run creek to overflow and flood near 200 block of chester heights. one person was trapped in their vehicle and had to be rescued by the fire department. >>> and, on the weather front tonight some parts of our area are under a flash flood warning thanks to heavy rains and pop up storms. meteorologist adam joseph is at the big board with the latest on storm tracker six double scan, adam. >> most of us didn't see a drop of rain this evening and others are saying, one moment in time please shut their water off and then right now most of the area is in the dry with double scan live radar with the exception of lancaster county, getting downpours and then are storms, passing to the western part of the lancaster county. we have that flash flood warning in effect, until just after midnight, for parts of the bucks county near bedminster hilltown, perkasie and as far north where 3

live from the satellite center, sharrie williams for channel six a "action news" rick. >> sharrie, thank you. >>> he has become number one spokesperson for subway sandwiches but jared fogle will no longer be associated with the restaurant. subway suspended ties with him in the wake of the federal investigation. early this morning fbi agents raided his home in indiana removing electronics from the property. two months ago the director of fogle's foundation was arrested on child pornography charges. fogle became a subway spokesperson after shedding 245-pound, more than 15 years ago, by eating their sandwiches. >>> a private school administrators in chester county is accused of inappropriate liz touching a student. six two-year old george simmons of wilmington served as head of the school at the the concept school in thornbury township. the victim told police that simmons repeatedly sent explicit texts e-mails and phone calls, the victim was 14 years old at the time and said he then became physical. simmons faces corruption of the minor and indecent assault charges. he has been fired from h

the meteorologist cecily tynan has latest facts and figure from accu weather and sharrie williams has extraordinary images sent to us by you our viewers but lets start with lehigh valley correspondent walter perez in coplay bureau. it looks like that area got the worst of it tonight. >> reporter: it sure seems that way jim. sometimes pictures tell better story then i ever could. you could see this big tree toppled over this tree toppling in this direction and in of the trees toppling in on the opposite with a root ball tearing up the sidewalk, and part of the roof in the back yard. two houses over and there is no damaging whatsoever. regardless you talk to people around here and they will tell you this was one wick storm. >> i never experienced anything like that before. never, ever. >> reporter: bill meyer of white hall township is talking about the fast moving storm that arrived packing powerful wind hail, rain and according to a lot of people we spoke with a funnel cloud. all with combined, to create quite a mess. >> the roof was peeled right back. my siding is dented up. my screen

. >>> and two thieves caught on video and sharrie williams has that story and residents in one delaware neighborhood are fed up with a smelly problem and they say it just keeps getting worse. >> it's still very possible that 14-year-old perry cohen and austin stephenos are alive and awaiting rescue. they disappeared during a fishing trip and their boat was discovered capsized in the deep waters but two life jackets and a color were missing. >> these boys could still be alive their families believe they are out there somewhere in the atlantic hanging on the coast guard is expanding their aggressive search. an intense search up and down the coast of florida you but the search for the boy moves towards georgia, a good so you mar tan flying in the area spot aid cooler but it turned up nothing. >> they have experience on the water and hopefully some other personal floatation devices. >> they were seen at a florida marina reportedly filling up for a trip to the bahamas. >> this shows the 19 foot boat discovered sunday in the water about 67 miles east of ponce de leon inlet. they passed out fl

and the crime spree that claimed the lives of three people and sharrie williams has the details.te a sight at the jersey shore a gauche goers reals in a shark with his bare hands and they continue to cause problems tonight. more than two dozen businesses are forced to stay closed as investigators try to determine what sparked the four alarm blaze. >> john rawlins live now with more for us. >> reporter: hi monica, 69th street remains closed at ludlow and there is one main issue the safe demolition of the fire site and they need to reopen the street so they can reopen the stores and three the cause of the fire. the collapse of this unstable wall at the rear of the pay less shoe store a demolition crew worked by hand and now the plan to demolish the front of the building. >> once they secure the rear of the build they will start to remove the top of the facade the front of the pay less shoe store that was ablaze last night. because of collapse concerns because of power issues today all of the stores save one remains closed. the mayor hopes that there will be some reopenings soon. >>

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sharrie williams has the details. >>> and animal control shut down a suspected dog fighting operationcials signed a search warrant on north lambert street in german town. sara bloomquist is covering the story and has the latest tonight. >> reporter: wearing protective suits, philadelphia spca investigators removed the pit bulls from lambert street this afternoon, the animals are eemaciates and some have injuries trying to escape. they found four pit bull dogs on heavy chains and the place was totally unsanitary down there, and we found one dog in the corner of the basement that literally hung itself. >> that dog died after become entangled in its chains and they found two snakes in a filthy aquarium. they got a tip that the dogs were abandoned and they discovered what may be illegal drugs and paraphernalia. >> this is typical for broading and fighting operation. i don't know what happened here and why the individual all of a sudden absconded and left the animals to die. despite the deplorable conditions they believe someone is living here and found personal belongings. >> i hear the d

. >> now here is sharrie williams and rick williams with a look ahead at 5:00. >> hi thanks.ing up next at 5:00, the battle of diet versus exercise ali gorman gets advice that one is better than the other and a high-rise apartment building has been transformed. well bring you into the renovated presidential city towers. >>> and some young chefs with special needs learn how to cook healthy meals to keep their bodies going. and a peek at the forecast all next at 5:00. iran keeps their nuclear facilities. military sites can go uninspected. restrictions end after 10 years. then iran could build a nuclear weapon in two months. iran has violated 20 international agreements and is the leading state sponsor of terrorism. >>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >>> the delaware county district attorney is investigating this suspect caught on camera they say the suspect was armed with a gun. melissa magee is off and sharrie williams joins us and the big story is the district attorney's ini

. >>> here are melissa magee and sharrie williams with a look ahead at 5:00. >> coming up next at 5:00hild fell out of a second story window today in north philadelphia and was rushed to the hospital we are live with an update on the child's condition and how police say it happened. >> and a local family who tragically lost a child after birth creates a foundation to help parents that spent their days in the nick u. listen up... i'm reworking the menu. mayo, corn dogs... you are so out of here! ahh... the complete balanced nutrition of great tasting ensure. with nine grams of protein... and 26 vitamins and minerals. ensure. take life in. >>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >> the 4th of july travel rush is on check it out folks are headed out early to get a head start of their holiday weekend and the jersey shore is a popular travel destination for the 4th of july as we look through sky 6 hd in atlantic city, the beaches will be packed for the next three days rick is off and sharrie w

sharrie williams is joining us and the big story on "action news" is the latest on the shooting of the officer, we know the officer is a 17 year veteran of the force and the bulletproof vest he was wearing saved his life. david henry is live at the scene of the crime along riverside drive with the latest. >> reporter: yes the officer has now been shot twice in the line of duty and both times he was saved by that bulletproof vest. >> the officer does a pretty nasty bruise but is in stable condition. the shootout happened when he when to serve a warrant on a murder suspect. devon gashard was inside and police say he grabbed something and ran and then turned and shot at an officer. >> the suspect is deceased and the officer was wearing body armor and that absorbed the impact and the

. >>> hello i'm brian taff along with sharrie williams we have more on the cape may scout master accused of raping a child. >> and you would not believe what one condo resident did when he spotted a snake in the building hallway. >>> and this father did whatever a father would do when he discovered a drone hovering over his daughter in the backyard so why is he facing charges that is in big talkers. >>> but first our latest heat wave. live shades of green yellow and gray. for more on the gusty thunderstorms, lets turn to meteorologist adam joseph, tracking all of it at the big board. >> all of the storms are east of philadelphia moving through northern delaware and parts of new jersey and lingering light rain and points westward and the main line of these storms, doesn't look to be severe, we see a decent amounts of lightning strikes and it's a wet drive at the present time from florence down to the new jersey turnpike that is where we see torrential rain, you see how big the drops are and how heavy the rain is coming down, coming down at the rate of 2 inches per hour this line is moving

sharrie williams with their story. >>> one of the most notorious drug king pins in the world is on the tonight after breaking out of a maximum security prison in mexico. >>> out with the old in with the new in one jersey shore communities it is gearing up for a major makeover. >> now details tonight. two women identified as jane does in a 2005 lawsuit against bill cosby addressed the public for the first time today. the pair testified in a lawsuit brought by andrea constant a former temple university employee that alleged sexual battery by cosby. today the women shared their experiences and demanded the entire testimony be made public. sharrie williams was live at the "action news" satellite center with more. >> that memorandum was filed today in federal court here in pennsylvania seeking to unseal and release the entire transcript that was given by cosby in that deposition during the 2005 lawsuit. that was brought on by andrea constant. here's what we're learning about the two women. they are the jane does that were witnesses in that lawsuit. they came forward today with their attorne

and sharrie williams is live at the big board and scientists are pouring over the close-up photos.t is time for celebration at nasa. >> they probably are still partying tonight, jim. the excitement around the stunning photos are coming back have millions of miles away. the closest encounter we ever had with a pluto. and nasa launched a spacecraft with cameras, but it took nine years for it to finally reach pluto. and it appears it is worth the wait. >> and see around the world from words away. >> a tremendous moment in history. >> and so rare that the galactic images caused quite a celebration throughout the scientific community. nasa says its new error rye son space cast with a flyby of pluto. it is the first up-close glimpse and its surface has mountain, too. and the discovery part of a space odyssey saying a deck made and billions of miles. the photos prove that pluto is bigger than scientists thought. almost 1500 miles across. and providing data for those who studied the far-away planets. and also impressive is pluto's moon sharon. >> i thought sharon would be an ancient terrai

sharrie williams joining us.ws" is the search for answers as police continue to gather information on the gunman. >> authorities say the killer's name is john russell houser. we also are learning that investigators say houser opened fire during a showing of the movie train wreck in lafayette, louisiana last night. police believe he was trying to disappear into the crowd of people running from the theater but his plans changed when he saw police who responded within a minute of the first calls for help. >> law enforcement response forced him back into the theater. at which time he shot himself. >> 21 mayci breaux died at the scene. police found several disguises including wigs and glasses. two teachers are being called heroes. one for taking a bullet for her friend. the other for pulling the fire

for adam joseph cecily tynan rick williams sharrie williams the entire "action news" team i'm monicar "action news" at 6:00. >> good night. >> ♪♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rodgers meteorologist cecily tynan and jim gardner. >> ♪♪ >> monday night jim is off i'm monica malpass. in the news dozens lose service after a water main break in south philadelphia and more venomous man of wars wash up along the new jersey and delaware coasts. >>> but the big story on "action news" tonight is the arrest and search for more suspects in connection with the murder of an 85-year-old woman in the east mount airy section of philadelphia. regina brunner holmes was discovered dead in her house on rumsford road week ago. now the victim's handy manley roy wilson is under arrest charged with that murder. "action news" reporter annie mccormick live in east mount airy. >> reporter: monica even though homicide detectives are confident wilson is their man they say there are still two people out there using the victim's credit did it cards. many are reporting they beli

sharrie williams has more from the head of the secret service on the challenges they will be facing. they're lighting up at love park tonight to call for changes to marijuana laws in our region. >> now the details. an historic day in south carolina as the confederate battle flag was lowered and never to be hoisted again on the statehouse grounds. >> the debate over the confederate flag on whether it's a symbol pride or hate was reignited at the site of nine people slain in a south carolina church. >> reporter: a stunning heartbreaking admission from the fbi director about last month's mass der in a south carolina church. the accused killer, dylann roof should not have been able to buy a gun. the national background check system failed. roof who is charged with killing nine people at a bible study at a historically black church had previously admitted to drug possession during an arrest. a revelation that should have prevented him from buying a weapon. but that information failed to surface during the fbi background check. >> the fbi is continuing to investigate exactly what happened

"action news"'s sharrie williams live at the big board with the latest tonight. >> the technical malfunctions show how dependent we are on computers. the network outages were so concerning that president obama was briefed on the matter. and although officials say it does not appear to be criminal the f.b.i. is now investigating. at the 9:30 opening bell traders already noticed computer problems. two hours later trading was suspended completely. no buying no selling. traders sold nothing on the terminal screen. >> obviously a little unnerving, reminding us of the vulnerability of the interlink system. we used to trade with pads and paper. >> and tweeting experiencing an internal technical issue and the white house quickly weighed in that it was not terrorism or cyber hack. >> there is no indication that malicious actors are involved in the technology issues. >> only at 3:10 in the afternoon did trading resume. >> i mean we're just taking it as it goes. >> the stock exchange wasn't alone. on the very same day in the travel world, also a glitch of epic proportions. from california to chicago a b

and carly lloyd shares her world cup experience on kelly and michael today sharrie williams has details on that. >> we are tracking severe storms moving into york and eventually lancaster county winds near 60 miles per hour with this storm. we are tracking them in the full accuweather forecast. >> all right those stories and more on "action news" at 5:00. >>> checking sports tonight the flyers continue their offseason training today. >> jaime apody is live in the sport center with more on that. >> flyers head coach, dave hextall told me there is a lot here the expectations and the spotlight tons of media and a huge crowd came out to see the team's up and comers. hextall has talked to us and for now it's about the youngsters and getting a jump start on their future. >> it's a good opportunity to get to understand what each and every guy looks like on the ice and what their tendencies are and you know i don't want to start evaluating players, we are working on skilled players here, a great way to get to know a player and what he looks like on ice. >> many are playing in the developmental

. >> those stories and more coming up for adam joseph cecily tynan sharrie williams, rick williams theion news" team i'm monica malpass. have a good day. happy holidays. >> happy holidays. >> ♪♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rodgers meteorologist cecily tynan and jim gardner. >> ♪♪ >> friday night the big story on "action news" tonight is the start of the holiday weekend. we are celebrating the 239th birthday of these united states and many of you do so by claiming a section of beach like here in cape may where it's a chance to take part in all kinds of holiday activities like today's liberty block party on independence mall. it's all about family, food and fun. "action news" reporter john rawlins is at independence mall. trish hartman is in ocean city. first let's get the latest information from accuweather and cecily tynan. cecily. >> jim, certainly a very comfortable start to the holiday weekend. right now philadelphia 81 degrees down from a high of 83 which is 4 degrees below normal. allentown 79. wilmington 77. on the beaches temperatures pre

. >> monica is off and sharrie williams is joining us tonight. >>> donald trump is taking his campaignto an unlikely place and once again talking immigration. and a man convicted of killing a marine trying to break up a fight learns his fate from a camden judge and a thief makes a big mistake before taking money from a dollar store clerk and it's all caught on video. >> donald trump says his trip on the border will shine a light on a campaign issue immigration it was his comments that thrust trump into a battle that some say he was out of line. >> reporter: sharrie this is not the typical stop on the presidential campaign trail unless are you donald trump after saying it's dangerous to be at the u.s.-mexico border he took a tour and made some remarks. republican presidential candidate, donald trump flew to laredo texas. >> i'm the one that brought up the problem of illegal immigration. the mogul's controversial comments about mexican immigrants stirred up the commons in the campaign but this comes as support grows on his position on immigration. >> there are crowds outside, and everybo

for jaime apody rick williams sharrie williams i'm monica malpass we'll see you in just a bit. >>> "actionvalley's leading news program. with ducis rogers meteorologist, cecily tynan and jim gardner. >>> wednesday night jim is off and i'm monica malpass, and two bodies are discovered in the woods in cape may county and authorities recapture an inmate in philadelphia that was mistakenly released and the big story is technical glitches that interrupted businesses across the country trading on the new york stock exchange grinded to a halt for hours and there was an issue with the wall street journal website and a computer outage caused united airlines to halt today. >> a lot of frustrated travellers here at philadelphia international airport and around the country, united airlines had a computer glitch that grounded all of its flights this morning, that caused a ripple effect that was felt far and wide. >> a lot of time to hang out in the houston airport. molly's flight was delayed more than two hours, her flight and hundreds of others sat on the tarmac while united airlines grappling with a

. >> hello again monica is off and sharrie williams is joining us tonight and here is what is happeningaction news." the philadelphia region is not the only one preparing for pope francis francis's visit. new jersey is getting plans in place. and two sexual predators are behind bars accused of targeting children in our area, and dozens of firefighters remain on the scene of a massive warehouse fire in north jersey. >> now the details, communities in new jersey are gearing up for an influx of visit arers during pope francis's visit and they are still working out the logistics of how to pull it off without a hitch. john rawlins has the story. >> know it will be busy, i would love to see him actually. >> bob keys of lyndonwald is talking about seeing pope francis in philadelphia. how would he get there? >> i think it would be easy, i can go over the speed line. >> the patco speed line is one way to get down town during the papal weekend. >> we have the capacity to move each day approximately 100 people in total 10,000 people per hour. the ben franklin bridge is open for walkers, could they

. >> rick is off tonight and sharrie williams joins us and here is request what is happening on "action news," after years of legal battles wheelchair accessible taxis are available in philadelphia. and a drug sweep in a south jersey home nabs several arrests, what surprising item was recovered in the search. and exciting news for commuters that use the bridges to go back and forth from the city to new jersey. >>> and the first of dozens of philadelphia taxis are ready to transport wheelchair depend an passengers they introduced the especially designed wheelchair taxis today. the initial rollout is the start of a much bigger plan. "action news" reporter job rawlins is live at the taxi stan with the details. john? >> hi sharrie, we start with questions first how many cabs are there in physical medallion cabs like this one here about 1600, how many are wheelchair accessible? as of this morning seven and now up to eight it's a beginning. >> this new shiny vehicle is number eight today matt clark an activist that is fighting for years to get more accessible cabs got medallion. >> we expect

sharrie williams channel 6 "action news." >> a toddlers with a found wandering on the street alone and hurt. the child had a a -- had a burn on his left foot. when they took the child home, they found an 11-year-old sibling home alone and the home in explorable conditions. >>> james harris is charged with raping and murder jasmine wright. she is beaten and sexually assaulted and strangled inside her west philadelphia apartment. dna and fingerprints link him to the crime. police say he should have been in prison before the attack. >> he has 31 priors, back in 82 he was arrested for killing his own father and he has been arrested for sexual assault and several robberies and burglaries, he is a monster. >> do he was fired as a handyman a week before the murder, he got into the apartment without forced entry. police say i he attacked her as she talked to her mom on the phone. the motive is unclear. >>> police in conshohocken are looking for this woman for allegedly holding up a bank in broad daylight. police say she walked into the bank of america and approached a material and implied she

. >> for rick williams and adam joseph, sharrie williams, brian taff, the entire "action news" team i'mica malpass have a great night. >>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers meteorologist, cecily tynan, and jim gardner. it is thursday night the big story on "action news" tonight is a gunman opening fire at two millitary facilities in chattanooga, tennessee killing to marines, they identified the gunman, and officials say he was born in kuwait but it's not clear if he was a citizen of this country. there were two shooting scenes first a military recruiting center 30 to 50 shots were fired here and nobody was killed at this location but shortly thereafter, several miles away shots rang out at a marine corps training center four marines were killed and the gunman was also killed and five people were injured including a police officer, president obama reacted in just the past half hour. >> it's a heart breaking circumstance for these individuals who served our country with great valor to be kill in this fashion. >> world news tonight with david muir will

action news" at 4:00 for rick williams and brian taff and alicia vitarelli and adam joseph i'm sharrie williamsforget to join the "action news" team tonight and every night for a full hour of "action news" at 10:00 on phl 17. >>> "action news" at 5:00 is up next. >>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >>> looking live at stormtracker 6 live double scan right now, we are tracking storms heading for the delaware and lehigh valleys ss tonight and they are already tracking tornado warning, the big story is the line of storms coming into the tri-state area right now, lets go to cecily tynan. >> reporter: rick and monica moments ago the national weather service issued a severe thunderstorm watch until 9:00 for all of you viewing area except for kent county delaware and tornado watches for lancaster county and all areas to the west across central and western pennsylvania as we go wider, you can see why, all the ingredients are in place how they come together will determine how widespread the weather wil

sharrie williams joining us tonight. here's what's happening on "action news" this evening.ng tonight for more than a million people who own cars made by fiat chrysler. your vehicle may be in danger of being carjacked by hackers. >>> a montgomery county man taken into custody after allegedly holding his father hostage. that's just the beginning. >>> excitement at one jersey shore spot this afternoon when a fisherman snags a shark. you'll hear from the man who reeled it in. >>> but first we have breaking news now out of cranston heights delaware just outside of wilmington. chopper 6hd is over a shell gas station where authorities say a customer found an attendant lying on the ground with a gunshot wound. this is along the 2500 block of route 41 near milltown road. investigators are not releasing the condition of the gas station attendant or who may have shot him. they remain on the scene searching for clues though and we'll continue to follow this breaking news story and bring you any updates as they become available to us. >> and our other big story imagine driving your car

for rick williams, jaime apody, jeff skversky sharrie williams brian taff the entire "action news" teamass. have good night an great weekend. >> see you tonight. >> ♪♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rodgers meteorologist cecily tynan and jim gardner. >> ♪♪ >> friday night. pick pockets are targeting people in chester and montgomery counties and radnor police arrest five in a prostitution ring. >>> plus the big story on "action news" tonight is new information in the murder of jasmine wright. the 27-year-old was found strangled inside her apartment near 50th and locust in west philadelphia yesterday but tonight law men say they are making progress in their efforts to find a suspect. >>> "action news" reporter david henry is lie at police headquarters. david, we've learned more about the victim and more about the police investigation. >> reporter: that's right, jim and the medical examiner has ruled that jasmine wright was strangled but the question here remains who did it and why. and she may have been on the phone with one of her parents just before

for adam joseph cecily tynan jaime apody sharrie williams rick williams the entire "action news" teammalpass. have a good night. "action news" at 6:00 is next. >> ♪♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rodgers meteorologist cecily tynan and jim gardner. >> ♪♪ >> monday night senator casey pushes for nutritious meals for children in need and black smoke coming from a manhole disrupts the morning commute. >>> but the big story on "action news" tonight is the search for a hit and run kill interphiladelphia. this was the scene last night near east luzerne and i streets in the juniata section of the city. the passenger in this car was killed. law men have recovered what they say is the suspects' car. they know who owns the vehicle. they are still trying to confirm who was driving the vehicle. live on east luzerne tonight is "action news" reporter jeff cherico. jeff, what's the latest here. >> reporter: jim, as you said police still searching for alberto van gets. 33 believe owns the carly they want to talk to him about who was driving the car. meanwhile the

for adam joseph cecily time jaime apody rick williams sharrie williams, i'm monica monica malpass.t. >> ♪♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rodgers meteorologist cecily tynan and jim gardner. >> ♪♪ >> always wanted to be here and fight. you know i think that's kind of what, you know, the motto has always been is the fightan phils. >> but cole hamels has fought his last fight in a phillies uniform and today he said goodbye. he left citizens bank park with his two young boys to start a new chapter in his career in texas. it is friday night and the big story on "action news" tonight is the trade of cole hamels to the texas rangers. it finally became official today and it gave hamels a chance to say goodbye to his fans. sports director ducis rodgers is live at citizens bank park tonight. ducis, what was it like there today? >> kind of surreal, jim, to be honest with you. we knew this day would come eventually but nobody wanted it to actually happen. think about this. cole hamels was 18 when he was drafted by this team he made his major league debut a

now for rick williams, brian taff learn have it i'm sharrie williams.t 10:00 on phl17. >> now monica malpass way look at what's ahead. >> um canning up next at 5:00 a tornado touches down in berks county. find out details on last night's severe storm which destroyed this elementary school. >>> find out the fate of saint laurentius in fishtown. much more on "action news" at 5:00. >> ♪♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody meteorologist cecily tynan rick williams and monica malpass. >> ♪♪ >> a severe storm that ripped a roof off an elementary school in berks county was a tornado. officials declared the twister that touched down last night in the town of hamburg. it packed winds more than 100 miles an hour. friday night the big story on "action news" is word from the national weather service that a tornado did touchdown in our area. two others also hit in central pennsylvania. >> let's go live to "action news" reporter john rawlins in hamburg tonight to show us the devastation. john. >> reporter: well, what a mess it i

now for sharrie williams, alicia vitarelli adam joseph and melissa magee i'm brian taff.u'll join me along with adam and ducis tonight and every night for a full hour of "action news" at 10:00 on phl17. >> "action news" at 5:00 is coming up next. >> ♪♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody meteorologist cecily tynan rick williams and monica malpass. >> ♪♪ >> residents in the feltonville section of philadelphia were a wakened overnight to the sound of gun shots. several homes and cars were struck by bullets leaving that entire neighborhood shaken. >>> friday night the big story on "action news" is the latest on the investigation into wild gunfire there overnight. >> "action news" reporter vern odom is live where it all happened along east washington street and he has the full story tonight. vernon. >> reporter: good evening rick and monica. good evening to you both. neighbors here tell me they believe it is a war over drug turf that is triggering governing that makes these streets so dangerous after dark. >> to just shoot randomly it's