with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky and walter pere perez. >>> we came here looking for ancquittal but like that rolling stone song says you only get what you want sometimes you get what you need >> we will take hard look at everything involved. and then we will retry it. >> the case against bill cosby ends in the mistrial still this may be the beginning of a very long legal road for the comedian, a retrial could be a few months away. saturday i'm walter perez. the big story is a mistrial in the bill cosby sexual assault case. this morning after five days of deliberations. the jury told the judge, they were hopelessly deadlocked. it would likely be the rest of his life in prison. prosecutors are not done. team coverage. of the merely. we begin with vernon owe dom, who has been covering this trial since the beginning. vernon. >> reporter: good evening, walter. there's an air of tranquility in norristown. bill cosby trial is not over, as you said this may only be round one. all the key parties here may have sensed this was judgment day. after more than 50 hours of deliberatio

i'm walter perez, the big story is london, two attacks.own pedestrians on london bridge. moments ago metropolitan police revealed that six people are dead, 20 injured and three attackers were shot and killed. we have the latest from aerial in london. >> police and medical workers swarming the scene of the a white van veered into a crowd on london bridge, pedestrians out for a saturday night. >> there was shots of the aftermath, witnesses describe a chaotic disaster scene. >> three men got out and were armed with knives. >> people were ordered to evacuate. >> move out of the area. >> police asking radio stations to tell those in the area, run and hide. >> keep moving! >> soon after word of a man with a knife stabbing at least people. >> stabbing people 10 types maybe 15. >> police reporting shots fired. >> this photo shows police standing over two men on the ground. one man has what appears to be canisters strapped to his body. president trump tweeting, whatever the united states can do to help the u.k., we'll be there. we are with you. god

walter perez is live in alexandria, virginia, tonight. walter you have the full story.is the latest there? cell phone video captured the moments when the gun fire erupted this morning. during a charity baseball game pitting the gunman against the congressmen. five people were injured including louisiana congressman steve scalise the majority whip. capital police were there when it happened and returned fire and took down the gunman and the two special agents were injured in the exchange. and president trump praised all the officers on the scene. >> many lives would have been lost if not for the heroic actions of the two capital police officers who took down the gunman despit

with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky and walter perez. ♪ >>> saturday night i'm walter perezve developing news as firefighters battle flames in several homes in delaware county. we have the story of a local family using their part of the multi-million lottery wins to help others in the community. but the big story is the first of what promises to be several days of summer like heat. stay with the prelude with warmer conditions and sun, over the next few days, we're in for a presummer season heat wave. action news reporter, annie mccormack. melissa >> it was certainly a warm one day, but tolerable across the delaware and lehigh valley, we're coming in at 87 in philadelphia after high today of 88. 86 in lancaster, same in reading, poconos little cooler in at 75. at the coast in cape may coming in at 74 degrees. here is satellite 6 along with action radar. we got spotty showers moving across the poconos with the weak disturbance coming on through. but all in all. most of us should stay dry. if you're stepping out, it's mild, comfortable tonight. 7:00 p.m. we're in the 80's, 9:00

saturday night, i'm walter perez.ig story on "action news" is a mistrial in the case against bill cosby. this morning after more than 50 hours of deliberations, the jurors told the judge they were deadlocked. cosby's wife issued a scathing statement to the judge and prosecutors. >> jurors did not speak to reporters and were warned by the judge not to since a new trial is pending. annie mccormick is outside cosby's home but we begin with dann cuellar at the montgomery county house. >> in the end it turned out to be a case of he said/she said with no agreement on who was telling the truth. >> legendary comedian bill cosby walked out of court raising a triumphant hand for now, his team declaring victory regardless how temporary. >> sometimes you get what you need. >> after 52 hours of deliberations, more hours than the trial itself the judge declared themselves deadlocked. that caused the judge to declare a mistrial. >> what was mr. cosby's reaction? >> relief. >> a scathing statement from cosby's wife camile painting la

with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky and walter pere perez. >>> saturday night, i'm walter perez, veterans from new jersey travel to our nation's capitol to see the war memorial dedicated to the service. the suspect in the stabbing of a city councilman turns himself in. >>> the big story on action news is developing news out of delaware county where a toddler is dead after shooting himself before 3:30 this afternoon at a home in chester township. action news report bob brooks is live at the scene with the details. bob? >> reporter: walter, such a tragedy, our thoughts's prayers go out to this little boy's family and friends. behind me here, the home where it happened, it's on the corner of green and beth, we just spoke with a chester township councilman who spoke with police. he's been told that the gun that the toddler found was just laying under a bed. let's take a look and listen. >> facts of evidence just been friday the home, family said it's where a young boy have passed away. just a few hours ago, his body removed by the medical examiner's office. at tragic scene. ac

i'm walter perez. here's what's happening on "action news" at 11:30.errifying night in london as two terrorist attacks unfold one on london bridge and one in a market. >> and demonstrators in support and opposition to president trump. >> and youngsters use technology to help a fellow student. >> first, terror has struck the heart of london again. even at this hour, the scene remains active because we are not sure the threat is over. six people are killed, 3 30 injured and three attackers wearing fake suicide vests were also killed. >> there were two confirmed attacks. first a vehicle driving over london bridge veered off the road on to the sidewalk mowing down pred strans. >pedestrians.>> at least one ped and no word how many are injured. the london ambulance service says they transported 20 people from the london bridge and attackers at the market were stabbing people at random. >> 10 times, maybe 15. >> president trump has tweeted his support and pledge to help the u.k. anyway we can. >> we'll continue to follow the developing story throughout the ev

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live on the south 100 block is "action news" reporter walter perez. what is the situation there? >> reporter: well, visually the situation has approved with the removal of the graffiti but neighbors and police are eager to find out who did this. >> adults or kids or cadrales? what is the story. >> charlie is one of at least five properties targeted by vandal, they were found up and down the 2100 block of south revere street. but he feels empathy for the people responsible. >> believe if one thing treat people the way you want to be treated. and somebody say something to you bless him and pray for him and that is all. that is what we believe. >> the images include the old soviet hammer and sickle and kill a cop save a life. rhetoric like that must be taken seriously that is where this case is picked up by the department of of homeland security. we want to make sure there is no real threat associated with the vandalism. we look at those trademarks against known groups that do things like that. the vandals used this stencil repeatedly to paint the message it's right to rebel along w

reporting live from north philadelphia, walter perez channel6 "action news." jim. >> walter, thank you. >>> the congressional budget office said late today that that under the senate health bill, released last week, 22 million more americans would be uninsured by the year 2026. and an amended bill was posted this afternoon after a number of republican senators refused fox5 support the current plan. world newton night with david muir will have more on that new healthcare bill and the supreme court ruling on the travel ban that is next at 6:30 right after "action news." >>> a $20,000 reward is being offered tonight for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the murder of debra gulliver. the 31-year-old was found beaten in a park behind dobbins technical high school in north philadelphia just after 3 o'clock saturday morning. police say she was stabbed more than 12 times. gulliver had been out with friends in kensington about an hour before the attack. >>> they are still cleaning up tonight in the wake of yesterday's or saturday's severe storms that ra

walter perez is live at dillworth park now. >> reporter: as you mentioned the sunny conditions bringeople outside. earlier this month it was chilly and rainy and now it seems those conditions are behind us and it's time to have fun and stay safe. as we peter on the brink of our second heat wave young people are having fun in the dillworth splash park. >> try to get your little ones nice and wet on a day like today. it wears them out. lots of sunscreen and water. >> this is occurring with the official start of summer a week away. if this is a prelude of things to come, the next few months promise to be hot ones and it's good to be safe. young people and elderly and people with heart and lung conditions should limit their exposure and crank the fans and air conditioners if you are staying indoors. do you complain about the cold and winter and the heat in the summer. >> no, no. >> no, i don't. >> what do you prefer? >> fall. >> i want more of the 80s, nice breeze. because it's too hot i don't like sweating. >> never let them see you sweat like the old saying. >> exactly never let them s

walter perez is part of our team at the courthouse with the latest. >> reporter: what's been a fast moving trial. things are moving fast once again today. there was speculation that bill cosby might testify, that is not the case. his defense team which started presenting the case today already rested. today start with a camille cosby making an appearance at the sexual assault trial vorvel -- involving her husband. the defense rested its case after 15 minutes asking a few questions of a detective from the cheltenham police department. his attorney went on to tell the jury they are find with charged with finding guilt beyond a reasonable doubt in a case that leaves a lot of doubt. cosby pleaded not guilty to drugging and molesting andrea constan back in 2004. >> walter perez channel 6 "action news." >> 18 members of a banned fraternity at penn state university are facing a judge today charged in connection with the death of tim pizza, -- piaza died following a night of heavy drinking. it was nearly 12 hours before somebody called for help. a detective said the student looked like a corpse in

walter perez has the very latest. >> reporter: hi rick, a lot of activity here right now, we just pulled up on the scene minutes ago and are sorting through the details. but here is what we know. this is part is of a month long investigation involving the radnor police and undercover officers moved in and made the arrest and accused the person of using the chip oat lay as the source of dealing on his person they found a half pound on his person and found the back of a tank of a toilet inside of the chipotle filled with paraphernal paraphernalia. and that is all seized and we are not sure how it is connected to the scene but more than likely it is linked to this case. one arrest is made and three people have been questioned and on top of that health specters are on the scene and they shut down the chipotle for what they describe as dirty conditions. that is accept operate from the marijuana investigation. this is part of a months long drug investigation, they made one arrest and he was found to have a half pound of marijuana on his person and three people are questioned at this time and t

news", delaware valley's leading news program with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky and walter perez. >>> saturday night, walter's off i'm sharrie williams. in the news standoff underway in the lehigh valley after reports of shots fired at police. >>> and a sexual assault, and murder of woman in her 30's outside a philadelphia high school. >>> but the big story on "action news" is picking up pieces in the wake of violent early morning storms. how long wind, trees down, power outages and some very close calls with mother nature are on the mind of thousands of residents tonight in the delaware valley. and the buzz of chain saws, filled the streets of communities across the area. no where seems to be worse off then collinswood camden county numerous streets that have been growing there for decade, pulled up today. thinks how that backyard looked from overhead. chopper six spotted residents using axes to start the long clean up process. >>> surveillance cameras in new castle delaware captured wild video of the storm blowing through. it ripped to shred the fence of cpg towing just along t

"action news" reporter walter perez is live at the scene of the accident. walter, you've actually talk to one of the children here. >> reporter: i've got to tell you it was just about the most emotional interview i think i've ever done. a live look here at the memorial that continues to grow for that heroic mom who gave up her life for her kits. a bit of good news first. the son jadiyn underwent successful surgery to stop the internet bleeding and his prognosis is improving. we spoke exclusively to the daughter who walked a i way thanks to her mom. this is 9-year-old leani perez and her mom, rosa lydia rojas is a hero. >> i heard somebody scream, the car's going to hit the car somebody and my mom pushed me. and when she tried to push my brother, it was too late. >> reporter: leani is describing what happened on saturday night when she, her mom and her 7-year-old brother, jadiyn, were walking home after getting a bite to eat along the 3500 block of aramingo avenue. that's when an suv allegedly driven by 39-year-old ryan mchugh barld toward them after jumping

"action news" reporter walter perez is live on the scene. walter, what's the situation there right now? >> reporter: well, jim, it is a real mess down here in roslyn. we'll give you a live look at the scene right now where repair crews are doing their thing. the good news is the ruptured main has been shut down but the bad news is thousands and thousands of gallons of water swept through and into dozens of homes here. so that's your house with all the water cascading off the property. >> that is correct, sir. >> reporter: aaron houston of roslyn says it started right around 3:15 this afternoon when out of nowhere he heard the sound of rushing water. >> wife gets up and we look and it was a tidal wave of water coming down the back of the house. >> reporter: what houston heard and saw was thousands of gallons of water cascading down this hilly section of abington township after a 16-inch main ruptured. it took a full two hours for crews to finally shut down the main and by then the damage was done. several families had to be evacuated. approxim

valley's leading news program, with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky, sarah bloomquist and walter perez. >>> sunday night, the big story object "action news" is breaking news. fire fighters battling a massive blaze in wildwood crest, new jersey. >> flames broke out just before 3:00 this afternoon and blaze quickly went to three alarms. black smoke could be seen for miles away. the fire, spread through several houses. >> "action news" reporter christie ileto is live near the scene along park boulevard , and christie, what is the very latest there. >> reporter: well, walter fire crews are still on the scene trying to monitor hot spots, which was a three alarm fire this afternoon. we know that two of the homes appears to be a total loss, one of them has heavy smoke, water and fire damage. i want to go to viewer video. this is a drum shot from the "action news" video that shows how dense that smoke from that three alarm fire became, initially, this call came for help, out as a marina fire just after 3:00 o'clock this afternoon, and the fast moving flames grew into a raging inferno. another

i'm walter perez. breaking news out of bucks county.ials ordered a shelter in place order after a prisoner escaped from a transport van. reverse 911 calls have gone out to everybody affected. annie mccormick is live with full details. annie. >> reporter: walter, that reverse 911 call is not giving a lot of information to residents in the area. only telling them to stay in place. however, we have confirmed that this is because of an escaped prisoner. this apparently happened during a prisoner transport. but we're waiting to hear details from police where they were going and where they are right now in the search. i want to give you a look at the map to give you an idea of the area where the authorities are looking around at this point for this escaped prisoner. this is a map of the area. they're searching around warrington and doylestown. we're on bristol road near the intersection of lower state road. it's down the street here. now, in this area we're told that the county line is actually between -- or the town line is between warringto

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leading news program with meteorology goodies melissa magee, jeff skversky, sarah bloomquist and walter perez. >>> sunday night a 10 year-old girl is dead after being electrocuted while swimming in the lagoon, investigators say she touched a metal boat ram that was electrified. >>> also thousandses take part in annual fathers day tradition, the gary poppa run. >>> but the big story on "action news" is unsettled sunday, the sun did manage to peak out from time to time but there were also those scattered downpours. >> of course, humidity was uncomfortable and stifling and now we will look to the workweek. meteorologist melissa magee is here with the first check of the accu weather forecast, melissa? >> walter, sarah we are looking at a even more active pattern back to work monday with showers and storms more numerous by tomorrow afternoon high today in philadelphia was 90 degrees. when we factor in the heat and humidity it feels hotter. current heat index in philadelphia 95 degrees. feels like 98 in dover. ninety-seven the current number in reading. feeling like 89 in millville. cooler at the c

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"action news" reporter walter perez is on the scene for us.n just a few minutes. >> in the meantime, it's been nearly 18 months since comedian bill cosby was charged with multiple counts of sexual assault. today his trial got under way in montgomery county. >> it's just unfortunate. i'm showing up if it was reverse i would want someone to show up for me. >> america's dad had high profile support on hand as he walked into that courtroom this as testimony begins in a long awaited trial. "action news" reporter dann cuellar live in norristown with us with details on day one of the cosby trial. dann. >> reporter: monica, the sensational sex trial of comedian bill cosby got under way with both the prosecution and defense urging the jury to do one thing, forget all they know about cosby inarguably one of the world's most famous celebrities. cosby smiled but said nothing as he arrived at the courthouse using a cane accompanied by actress keisha knight pulliam who played his daughter rudy. he tells reporters she came to support her tv dad. >> everyone

walter perez, wphl-17. >> thank you, walter. additional coverage on the "6abc" app including detail about the gunman and photos from the scene and reaction from other lawmakers. stay with channel6 for new reporting on "nightline" after "jimmy kimmel live" and "action news" at 4:30 tomorrow. ♪ ♪ >> this is the scene as bill cosby left the montgomery county courthouse following the third day of juror deliberationses. still no verdict but many questions asked by the jury. christie ileto is at the courthouse. is it an inquisitive jury. >> that's right. they have asked six questions, two this evening wanting to rehear testimony from andrea constand and detective schafer. the question everyone is asking is what is keeping them from keeping a verdict. how are you holding up? >> silently bill cosby left the courthouse as jurors struggled to reach a verdict. >> we are going home to get rest. >> the defense team stayed positive as the jurors asked to rehear testimony from andrea constand. >> sometimes jurors have a point of view and want

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walter perez, channel 6 "action news." >> walter, thank you. our coverage of the virginia shooting situation continues on the 6 abc news app. we have more on the gunman and more reaction from local lawmaker who by the way narrowly missed being involved and please stay with us for the world news tonight david muir is in virginia the full story of the shooting coming up next after "action news" at 6:30. now the bill cosby trial here in norristown. this jury has been very hard at work again today now in the 25th hour of its deliberations. we are joined tonight by "action news" reporters chad pradelli and sara bloomquist. chad, lets begin with you. they are on a dinner break right now but it is safe to say when they return they are going to get another answer to another one of think of important questions. >> reporter: you are right jim, it was relatively quiet here at the montgomery county courthouse and the jury had two questions for the judge, the most recent one they want to hear the testimony of richard schafer of the cheltenham police departm

news" delaware valley's leads news program with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky and walter perez♪ >> in the shawed doughs of a rainy morning a woman is found brutally attacked. she suffered stab wounds all over her body. the investigation is under way to answer who did this and why. >> it's saturday night, walter is off, i'm sharrie williams. the big story is the discovery of a woman's body on dobbins high school. they want that killer caught. jeff has more. >> the brutality of the crime shocks police at this hour searching for her killer. the woman whose name has not been released was stabbed numerous times and left in the park. families return to the area hours after a woman was found stabbed to death. >> this was a brutal, savage attack. someone wanted to be sure she suffered and was killed. >> canine officers scoured the groundgrounds a passer by founde woman. they stabbed her from the chest to her vaginal area. >> from belongings found in the park, police believe they have identified the woman as a woman from the neighborhood, frightening dana harris who has a 19-year-old da

walter perez, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> new at 5:00 a southwest philadelphia man is facing murder charges in the death of his infant stepson. he was found unresponsive in the home and the child later died at the hospital. the infant had multiple bruises and signs of a sexual assault. >> lets go live to matt pellman in the traffic center. >> once again traffic is not looking hot in a number of spots. volume on 95 allegheny avenue we have extra work on the girard avenue off ramp and that is now cleared out of the way. on the big picture a few construction zones and normal afternoon volume but in mergser county a crash along 295, the southbound side near olden avenue where the left lane is blocked and south of 1 speeds mountain teens and stay on the new jersey turnpike southbound or even 130 they are better bets than the southbound side of 295. the a.c. expressway an accident near winslow taking out two lanes, slowing 12 miles per hour and white horse pike is a better bet. in east green witch look for an accident at county road. >> thank you matt. >> much more ahead "ac

walter perez is part of our team at the courthouse with the latest. >> reporter: what's been a fast moving trial. things are moving fast once again today. there was speculation that bill cosby might testify, that is not the case. his defense team which started presenting the case today already rested. today start with a camille cosby making

. >> saturday night, i'm walter perez. reaction pouring in after jurors fail to get a verdict in the sexual assault trial against bill cosby. and a ferry hits a jetty. >> and a shark joins swimmer at the coast. >> first, a mistrial after deliberations that lasted longer than the trial itself. this may be just the beginning for the embattled road against the comedian. >> we came here looking for an acquittal. you don't always get what you want. sometimes you get what you need. >> accuser of andrea constand shows no disappointment. her lawyer says she's ready to get back on the stand if she needs to. >> throughout the country there is no shortage of people with strong opinions about the outcome of the trial. we talked to people and found that opinion is split about the trial and impending retrial. >> there are too many witnesses that came fort for it not to be tried again. >> be mr. cosby being old as he is, they didn't have evidence before. >> he admitted he used to drug the women and do what he wanted to them. you can't de

," delaware valley's leading news program with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff scaversky and walter perez♪ ♪ >> saturday night. the big story on "action news," a developing story out of port richmond where a mother and her son were run down. the mother was killed. annie mccormick joins us live from the scene with details. annie? >> walter, three family members were standing on the sidewalk when an suv jumped the curb and plowed into them. two of them were hit, one killed. police remain on the scene. that silver suv according to police is the striking vehicle. it happened just before 9:00 tonight. a 39-year-old mother is dead and her nine-year-old son in critical condition. this is video of the driver taken into custody in hand hand. police believe he was on drugs and found evidence of that in the suv including needles. they went on to the sidewalk, hit the woman and her nine-year-old son but missed her 11-year-old daughter standing with her family. police say the driver took down the pole. the pole and suv were down. >> a man made sure the driver didn't leave the scene. >> i seen him cras

walter perez has the very latest. >> reporter: hi rick, a lot of activity here right now, we just pulled up on the scene minutes ago and are sorting through the details. but here is what we know. this is part is of a month long investigation involving the radnor police and undercover officers moved in and made the arrest and accused the person of

walter perez will have more coming up. >>> just in this afternoon a half hour ago we got new details about security measures for international flights heading to the u.s. here is how it works, instead of increasing the laptop ban, the department of homeland security is issuing a new set of security directives. airlines around the world are required to implement the measures including enhanced screening of passengers and their lock twinnics and areas around the aircrafts if the airlines and aircrafts don't comply, their passengers may be barred from carrying laptops and other electronics in the cabins. the laptop ban is in place in ten airports in the middle east and africa. and this could lead to the bans being lifted. this affects 280 international airports in 105 different countries and 180 different airlines, all of this is an attempt to increase safety in the u.s. from threats being posed by laptops and other electronic devices arriving from overseas. >>> the temperature is not a whole lot different than yesterday but feels cooler out there. as we get a first check of the accuwea

walter perez is live with more on the offensive messages left in the neighborhood. hey sara police are on the scene right now talking to neighbors and looking for leads and in this case the people behind the graffiti painted anti-authority message with specific message against the police. city crews are on the scene early this morning removing vulgar and offensive graffiti spray painted on homes and sidewalks in south philadelphia. one of the homes vandalize said owned by charlie inferso he says this kind of behavior is reprehensible. >> the people responsible hit five properties in this neighborhood spray painting images from the old soviet hammer. and she says she lived here 30 years and first time she has seen anything like this. this should serve as a wake-up call for the neighborhood. >> act responsible. have more responsibility toward our community. the whole community. not just to my house or my profession and things like that. >> reporter: police are talking to local business owners because there is no shortage of surveillance cameras in this neighborhood. t

abc news is getting reaction from people on the tv and walter perez will be live coming up later at 4:00. >> and a dangerous stun. a viewer sent us video of a young man hanging out the window as the driver sped down the atlantic city expressway. what we know about this reckless ride. don't forget to join us today for "action news" at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. >> i'm rick williams have a nice afternoon we'll see you right here later tonight. carrying out a letters from tom to the letters to the editor, he >> announcer: today, summer is just around the corner and things are heating up, so we're celebrating with an hour of warm weather wonders. michael's got a new twist on a summer staple. mario's whipping up a dish inspired by his home away from home. and clinton's revealing his secrets to throwing the ultimate theme party. we're celebrating summer, right now on the "the chew." [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >>> good afternoon, and welcome to "the chew." if you weren't already basking in the glorious wonders of summer, you will be after today. all hour long, we are sharing our favorite warm weath

"action news" reporter walter perez has the story from camden high school. ♪ ♪ you're looking at theal class to graduate from the 101 year building known as castle on the hill. it's nothing short of iconic in the city but after more than a century it's crumbling. to superintendant says it's plan is to replace it with a $133 million state of the art facility in the same location. >> the current facility is in disrepair for far too long so we are excited about it. >> not everyone shared in the excitement. monique leads a group called stop the demolition of camden high. working to get the castle on the hill added to the new jersey or national register of historic places with the hope of preserving structure's facade. >> we just want to save the castle. and would like them to build on the back. >> any attempt will send the overall price tag skyrocketing. >> the price is cost prohibitive and it's not that camden high is going away but a new life for the building. >> we spoke with members of the class of 2017, they understand the need for a new facility but tough to see them tear down the

. >>> for sarah bloomquist, melissa magee, and the entire "action news" team, i'm walter perez. after the game. goldman sachs was one of those companies whose illegal activity helped destroy our economy... vo: as a goldman sachs president, phil murphy made his fortune in a rigged system. now the jersey machine has lined up with murphy and his millions. leaders should stand for the people, not the political machine. as a prosecutor, at treasury, and as head of the brennan center, i've taken on the powerful - from the mafia, to the nra, to the dark money that poisons our politics. i'll be nobody's governor but yours. >>> tonight, breaking news. the deadly terror attack in london. people running for their lives. a van plowing into pedestrians on london bridge. then the stabbing spree at a crowded outdoor market. how some took on the terrorists. >>> inside the plot. the urgent investigation tonight. more on those decoy suicide vests, and why the terrorists may have chosen to strike now. brian ross with breaking news on their identities. >>> plus, president trump slamming the mayor o

. >> "action news" reporter walter perez is live on the scene in abington with the very latest. walter. >> reporter: hey, guys, i'm here on the corner of edge hill road and bradfield road here in roslyn and edgehill road is blocked off as traffic a real mess here in terms of traffic and the water itself and kind enough to join me live a very busy man deputy police chief patrick malloy. deputy chief walk me through what time it started and how long you think the situation will last. >> approximately 3:15 this afternoon we responded to a water main break, a 6-inch main broke in the 900 block of edgehill road and thousands of gallons of water were rushing down o toward tyson app. -- avenue. this impacted residents on tyson avenue. i'm being told by aqua officials they'll have no service until sometime tomorrow. we're asking residents to stay weigh from this area if they could, the 900 block of edgehill road and tyson avenue. our main concern is the safety of the residents who were already evacuated but also the property damage and to make sure that we secure those properties before

"action news" reporter walter perez talked to that little girl today. at the scene of the crash with the gut-wrenching story you'll only see right here today. walter? >> reporter: brian, such a sad developing story here. we'll give you a live look at the memorial that continues to build here on aramingo avenue for the heroic mom who saved her kids. good news, her son is recovering well we're told after surgery today. he's not out of the woods yet but the prognosis is good. meanwhile, we spoke exclusively with the victim's daughter who walked a i way unharmed, thanks to her mom. 9-year-old leani perez wants everyone to know that her mom, 28-year-old rosa lydia rojas is a hero. >> and i heard somebody scream, the car's going to hit the car and my mom pushed me. and when she tried to push my brother it was too late. >> reporter: leanna is describing the seen on saturday night when she and her mom and her brother jaden were walking along the 300 block of aramingo avenue. an suv allegedly drafen by ryan mchugh have yo jumped the curb barreling toward them. in

"action news"'s walter perez explains the allegations. >> reporter: today state police arrested 49-year-old cyrus scott and 59-year-old lawrence laiken of s and n auto solutions. they were supposed to be selling automobiles on consignments. that means they were owned by a car dealership with the hope of unloading excess inventory. >> they never held the title or ownership for these cars. meanwhile they're telling their customers that they are the true owners of these cars and taking money from them. >> reporter: the dealers who own the vehicles were allegedly not getting their cut of the car sales and the customers who bought the vehicles were under the false impressions that their purchases were legitimate. >> when i talked with the financial analyst from the bank they will put the car in repo status. this gentleman things he paid $10,000 for a car from snl will he have his carry poeed by the ban because he's not the true owner of the car, the payments are not being made. >> reporter: we spoke with a few snl customers who after finding out they're not the true owners of the vehicles they p

and walter perez. >>> sunday night, and the big story on action news is breaking news from london wherence again a vehicle has slammed into a group of pedestrians. and police say there are casualties. >> happened within the past few hours near a mosque. one arrested, police are not saying what the motive may have been. several hundred people were in the area after attending prayers as part of the holy month of ramadan. police called to the scene just before 12:30 a.m. london time. >> they are tight lipped about this like others in london. they declared the crash, quote, a major incident and closed much of the area to regular traffic. but the muslim council said that the injured were worshipers who just had prayers at the mosque. >> it's just two week was a three i.s.i.s. supporters rammed a rented van into pedestrians on london bridge and rampaged through restaurants and bars. they killed eight people and wounded several dozen others as well. the attackers were shot to death by police. stay with 6abc for continuing coverage of this breaking story from london. an update at 6abc.com when

sarah bloomquist and walter perez. >>> a massive fire in wildwood crest, cape may county, sends thicklack smoke into the sky this afternoon. the intense flames quickly jumped from one house to another, turning this blaze into a three alarm fire. sunday night, the big news is the investigation into what started that large fire at the jersey shore. >> tonight officials say at least two homes are a complete loss. but the good news is nobody was hurt. >> christie ileto join us live from the scene with details. christie. >> reporter: well, walter, even at this hour people are still stopping by to marvel at what's left of the homes at the center of this three alarm fire. two of them are a total loss. one has extensive exterior damage. but everyone out here agrees that this could have ended so much worse. >> i heard an explosion. i came out. and then all of a sudden there was flames and fire coming out of the side that have one house. >> reporter: fire crews say what brandon vaughn heard were air-conditioning units and a propane unit bursting into flames. >> started at the one house and spre

reporting live walter perez, channel 6 "action news." >> walter, thank you. >>> a 16-year-old was rushed to the hospital late this afternoon after being hit by a csx train. she was walking in the train area on the tracks near 58th street and grays avenue in southwest philadelphia. police say that the girl lost her footing and grabbed the passling train and her feet were caught underneath. we know that one of the girl's feet is amputated and the other was crushed. right now she is in critical condition at childrens hospital of philadelphia. >>> it has been another day filled with high tensions in bill cosby's trial. andrea constand was back on the stand for most of the day. while defense lawyers are trying to pick apart her account of the story in 2004. vernon odom is live outside of the courthouse what can you tell us today? >> reporter: good day brian, andrea constand had a lot of trouble remembering details from her previous statement from the two days here on the witnessstant bill cosby's lawyers were working hard to tear down her creditability and they claim the sex was and tirely co

walter perez spoke to a vehicle owner and joins us now with an update. >> reporter: hi brian. want to say one thing. the tainted gasoline has been removed and replaced with regular gasoline and perfectly safe to come and buy gasoline at this time. we have confirmed last week for a period of time some of the gasoline was tainted and sold to some customers creating real problems for the customers. >> it was last week when dave shilling of levitt town says his family suv started sputtering after his wife filled the gas tank at this shell station. >> the guy said your ingesters are all filled up. >> they tested the gas being sold from the station and it turns out shilling's friend was right. >> it was 5% contaminated with diesel and apparently that could do a lot of damage for your car. a lot of residents that complained to us their car is either broken down completely or not running properly. >> shilling nearly fell over when he found out how much it could cost to fix the vehicle. >> i went to gmc and a local mechanic. one guy $12,900 and gmc $15,000. >> and shell has indicated t

walter perez is outside of the warrington police department. you talked to neighbors who are understandably breathing a sigh of relief this afternoon. >> no doubt, after two dates and school cancellations yesterday and school lockdowns today and police swarming the area people have had enough. >> "action news" was there as prisoner. selby was being transported to the first court hearing after being captured this afternoon. police chief says that today started with a tip call from someone on the 2500 block saying they found selby on his property this morning. >> he was found sleeping in an old pickup truck on the property and when confronted he took off into the woods. and it took hours but police finally converged in warrington and people called 911 saying they too had seen selby during the morning hours. >> we brought in three k-9 and we waited him out and had the dogs go in and flush him out. >> authorities made the arrest at 12:45 this afternoon after finding selby hiding in bushes at county line road and drive. he was on the run after escap

walter perez talked to pat meehan and costello and joins us live. >> reporter: that baseball field is behind me here in alexandria, as and you mentioned two local lawmakers are on that charity team practicing today and one squeezed in practice yesterday and the other missed his ride. chester county congressman ryan costello says he plays shortstop for the charity baseball team and he was suppose to be at the morning practice but missed the shuttle bus by two minutes. >> if i was quicker with my life at 6:00 a.m. i would have been at shortstop with the first base man and third base man with the shooter fires at us. i heard on the television baseball practice shooting congress -- and i looked up and it was the baseball practice field that we play at. >> but congressman costello is not the only local lawmaker owe on the team. patrick meehan pitches for the team but was not in the cages today. >> four of us gathered in the cage, but for the grace of god you don't know when something might happen. >> both lawmakers are sending thoughts and prayers to the victim and expressed their growing

. >>> "action news" reporter walter perez is live at a muslim information center in north philadelphias supreme court ruling there? >> reporter: jim, the reaction is shock especially when you consider the decision was made on the last day of the supreme court's term before the summer recess but for the white house, after months of legal setbacks a victory for president trump. >> the supreme court agreed to hear the case which is a good thing for the administration's perspective. >> reporter: he says while today's supreme court ruling was a clear victory for president trump, the version of the travel ban now going into that effect is less stringent hasn't

"action news" anchor walter perez was on hand to share some words of wisdom with the graduates. >> very> time to get a check of the traffic scene friday night. >> for that we go to matt pelman with the very latest on folks trying to get that weekend started right. >> i really wish i had good news for the dear old dads, old dads like yourself. >> thanks. >> unfortunately we've had a lot of issues this afternoon including a crash here on 95 and northbound past cottman. it just cleared within the last couple minutes. delay has not cleared. that northbound travel time system still more than three times what it ideally should be. then on the southbound side a vehicle broke down here by allegheny avenue. that, too, has cleared out of the way. and our crash on the blue route, 476, southbound by the route one media bypass has cleared so a lot of our issues are clearing. we've got big delays in the wake of them. still a 39 minute travel time on the southbound blue route so that's still more than a 20 minute delay. if you're crossing the commodore barry bridge into that gloucester county get on 2

reporting live from north philadelphia, walter perez channel6 "action news." sharrie. >> oh, walter, thank you. >>> our coverage after speak's decision continues on 6abc.com. there you will find more details on the ruling and video of president trump discussing the travel ban. >> philadelphia police officers were nearly mowed down by a hit-and-run driver. the officers were working a crime scene in juniata park when a black car came barreling toward them. they jumped out of the way just in time the car hit a number of police bicycles which then laid damaged on the ground and then took off from the scene of erie avenue and i street. this happened about 2:30 in the morning. the driver is still on the run this afternoon and you're asked to contact police if you know anything about this crime. >> philadelphia deputy police commissioner joe sullivan was on the stand today as a witness in the corruption trial against seth williams. sullivan testified that williams asked him to help get a friend through airport security quicker. the deputy commissioner said williams an