Meanwhile Carl Cornelius who describes himself as a friend of the suspect, just as it seems smith was getting his life back together. I am devastated, he was a friend since i have been here me and a few other neighbors, we are all close up here. Back out live, in case you are wondering, Court Documents reveal that smith is arrested for unlawful entry for jumping the white house fence but a month later in april he reached an agreement with the court that he would not be prosecuted if he stayed out of trouble. His next court date was object. Reporting live from westchester, walter perez, channel 6 action news. Police are investigating three decomposing bodies that were found in a garage in the Strawberry Mansion section of philadelphia. Residents say they smell aid foul odor for days and one went into the garage to investigate and that is when they made the gruesome discovery and sources tell us that a frunral home around the corner owns the garage. Chopper 6 hd was over the scene earlier today on the 100 block of evergreen road in plumstead, across the street from the new egypt middle and high school, they were called for a domestic incident and found a woman stabbed to death on the driveway, and a note on the front door, that there were guns in the house and they would be killed. Hours later a robot made his way into the home and found a man unresponsive. Police say that the victim is his wife, susan. A family in Cape May County is dealing with the tragic death of their 5yearold daughter, she contracted a rare case of bacterial meningitis and died within the week, ali gorman spoke with her grandmother and has the story. Her family is still in shock she died just five days after her symptoms began, pim tours on a go fund me page show a vibrant little girl but lily anna die justs days after contracting an infection. She was always miling and laughing. According to the go fund me page, set up to help her family with medical costs, she died of a rare strain of bacterial meningitis, her grandmother did not know the medical particulars but doctors thought it was a fever. They did the antibiotics from the wide spectrum, it was a chase and they didnt know what it was. When her symptoms worsened, she was rushed to the Childrens Hospital in philadelphia, but she fell into a coma and lost brain function, they could only confirm the case earlier this month, strep pneumonia is one of the causes of meningitis, its countys director of nursing says that there is no reason for area parentses to panic. Step can be found in 20 to 40 of children. Most children before the able of 5 receive three doses of vaccine. Have the children vaccinated against the strains. Lily anna loves dancing and gardening will be laid to rest later this week. From the birth, i used to call her my little angel, but who would know she was truly an angel. The 5yearold was set to start school in just a couple of days. The superintendant released a statement saying they are mourning the loss and respecting the familys privacy. Annie mccormick, channel 6 action news. A Gloucester County roller rink owner is behind bars after he allegedly had inappropriate contact with children, 46yearold john carlo of Franklin Township turned himself into police today. He owns the Franklin Skating Center on delsy drive, according to police he showed porn to a child on a laptop inside of a Skating Center last month and he is accused of recording a child while they were exposed and he is held on 200,000 bail. And now a new bail aimed at protecting pets left in unattended cars, it would allow Police Officers a Public Safety professional or a humane officer to remove the animal, the person would not be held liable for any damage to the animal. Seven states have similar laws. With the popes upcoming visit to the area just months away, the catholic faithful are hard at work including nuns that have the task of cooking up something spiritual and special. Nora muchanic has the story. Reporter the group of nuns in langhorne, the sisters are working hard to fill an important order they have been asked to make 1,000 communion hosts touring the passes during pope francis visit. We are preparing for months, almost working double shifts, and making extra breads and cuttings and we are happy and thrilled to be a great part of this whole celebration. The process of making communion waivers is Second Nature to the eau claires, they have been producing them for 48 years, they are poured on stoves and pressed and baked into sheets and they are slipped into machines that cut them and made into the hosts that are distributed at the mass. The sisters felt special packing the breads, knowing they would be blessed and consecrated by the pope. Want them as archdiocese of philadelphia part of the livelihood making the host for Holy Communion to be a sperl part of it. Because they are cloisters, the nun rarely venture out but they will be attending the popes mass. This is a wonderful opportunity. Person. For these sisters that lead a quiet life of prayer, baking for churches locally and for as far away as california. Seeing the pope will surely be unforgettable. Im nora muchanic, channel 6 action news. And remember you can always get updates on the popes upcoming visit, follow the twitter account on 6 abc pope with up to the minute papal news. Now matt pellman is here with the traffic report tuesday night. You guys like to play dominoes. Sure. It depends. The old domino effect going on, remember the effect on westbound 22 causing the delays to spill back on the schuylkill expressway, a couple of people did not stop in time and ran into each other on the westbound side of 76, approaching 202, extra heavy on 76 to gulph mills to 422, and the crash that brought down the wires on county line road, that remains shut down, people are detouring on street road, there is a crash too on johns boulevard, bottom line byberry road may be the best bet this afternoon. A crash on the southbound lanes of warren street, that just got pushed off to the side, and a couple of accidents in delaware, and another along 7 at jane way and new construction got underway on a chunk at edge more road and until the send of september, youll want to use 12th instead of westbound edge more. Well check it again in the next half hour. Much more to come on action news at 5 00 tonight, the fight against the wild fires out west now larger thanks to the firefighters from overseas, we have the latest. Back at home, bright sunshine and low humidity and comfortably warm temperatures and guess what . Guess used to it. I am tracking more beautiful weather ahead. And health check, back to school means back to a healthy breakfast. Nutrition tips for parents, those stories and more when action news continues next. Consideration id like to put in my 15year notice. Youre quitting . Technically retiring, sir. With a little help from my state farm agent, i plan to retire in 15 years. Wow youre totally blindsiding me here. Whos gonna manage your accounts . This is a devastating blow i was not prepared for. Well, im gonna finish packing my things. 15 years will really sneak up on you. Jennifer with do your exit interview and adam made you a cake. Red velvet. Oh, thank you. I made this. Take charge of your retirement. Talk to a state farm agent today. U. S. Stocks closer lower today after falling sharply in the final hour of trading, it surged earlier. Lets look at the numbers, dow jones ended down it hundred points and nasdaq down 120 and the suspect down as well. Well have a full report on the trading day coming up at 5 30. A pilot killed in a plane crash in new york was sent to a runway that no longer exists, according to a report, an air Traffic Controller directed joseph my low to the none existing runway when the pilot reported the problem with the plane on august 16th the plane landed on Railroad Tracks killing my low and injuring his passenger. You have no idea what happened in the cockpit, no finger pointing or blame on the pilot. His passenger will be able to tell the ntsb what he saw. The runway has been closed for 25 years. Dozens of firefighters from australia and new zealand, arrived in boise idaho today helping crews battle wild fires across the u. S. , the u. S. Is in one of their worst wild fire seasons in history. Three firefighters have been killed. New reasons to step up your protection again mosquitos,al ali gorman is at the big board with more on west nile virus. Reporter the number of west nile virus seems to grow in august, two people in Montgomery County and one in Chester County have the disease and they are not releasing the official exact locations but in knowledge we know camden and Burlington County have confirmed cases, to reduce the cases of getting a mosquito bite use insect repellant if are you outdoors from dusk to dawn and empty standing water from flower parts and buckets and pet bowls. Cancers are on the rise, one in five cases arise for someone that had it before, in the 70s it was one in ten new cases, but the trend is partly a success and more people are surviving cancer and living long enough to get it again and second cancers could also arise from the same gene mutations that may have caused the first cancer. And of Course School is starting soon, for many parents getting kidded out of bed to eat breakfast can be a real challenge, they need the morning meal for brain food for the day and it can help with memory and their Overall Academic performance and it makes them more receptive to learning and simple foods that are quick include toast with Peanut Butter and a piece of cheese on fruit or a bowl of cereal and milk. Athletes may go for a protein shake but some say its not a good choice for kids in the morning. Your brain needs fuel to think and to perform optimally during your school day. So you do want to make sure that kids get some protein to keep them from getting too hungry before lunch but not too much to make it difficult to digest. Thank you ali. The National Park service turned 99 years old today, its offering free entry into the 408 National Parks, 437 of them were not free and charge a fee, there are several days when it is free, that includes Martin Luther king day and veterans day. Its the Little Things in life that make me smile. Spending the day with my niece. I dont use super poligrip for hold, because my dentures fit well. Before those little pieces would get in between my dentures and my gum and it was uncomfortable. Even well fitting dentures let in food particles. Just a few dabs of super poligrip free is clinically proven to seal out more food particles so youre more comfortable and confident while you eat. So its not about keeping my dentures in, its about keeping the food particles out. Try super poligrip free. Oh my gosh, its the guy from last night. What . can i jump on your wifi . Yeah, you can try it. Hey i had a really good time last night. Yeah, me too. The only thing is that. The only thing is what . 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And offer shelter and other Services Starting september 16 and, despite the distance they dont believe the Response Time will be an issue. We are putting better systems in place with dispatch at the city to make sure all calls are answered and makinging sure all the calls are answered at a fast speed. The move comes after wilmington comes after previous contractor terminated all government contracts and take over the nonprofits responsibility next year. And young people taking part in a basketball clinic got to learn from the pros. They served as special guest instructors today at this camp in camden, the three day clinic is put on every year by virtua and each child getting a ball and backpack and a jersey. Outside we are looking live from sky 6 hd at Philadelphia International airport nothing in the skies to effect the flights tonight, that is good news. Cecily tynan has the details from accuweather. Time now accuweather meteorologist, cecily tynan. Nice to meet you rick. 20 years. You were here yesterday, i have to practice saying your name. I took a three day weekend. Sky 6 hd taking a look at the scene over the ben franklin bridge, we have blue skies and sunshine a beautiful day, a cold front that swept through last night decreased the humidity, still on the warm side, philadelphia 87 degrees, the average time this time of year is 84, but with the low humidity it feels pretty nice and allentown and reading only 80 and land caster feeling like fall 79 degrees and trenton 86 and cape may 83 degrees, satellite 6 along with action radar showing we have loads of sunshine that cold front rolled off the eastern seaboard, if you look to the north and west, you see the swirl of clouds from the upper great lakes. Where that is going is due east, we are in control of High Pressure and that is bring us a beautiful night. Comfortable with low humidity and philadelphia 65 degrees and cape may 65 and millville 58 and reading down to 57 degrees, a great nice for sleeping, future tracker 6 showing tomorrow morning at 9 00, clear skies for the most part, 72 degrees in philadelphia, and at 9 00, and temperatures gradually warm up into the 80s and by 5 30 well make it into the low to mid80s with low humidity, so enjoy it. In the meantime, Tropical Storm erica decreases the wind and it is down to 40 miles per hour, moving west at a good clip at 20 miles per hour, its 605 miles east of antigua following dannys path heading towards puerto rico and heading to turks and caicos and possibly heading towarded the u. S. Next week. There is the remnants that danny brought, much needed rain to puerto rico, here is erica, see all the yellow, this is dry air and that is like kryptonite. That is something ill keep you posted on. Back at home, look at all of this sunshine, tomorrow sunny season nice and 84 degrees, then drop to 83 and friday lots of sunshine again and 85 degrees, heading into the weekend we get warmer, 88 on saturday and sunday up to 89 and we could be touching the 90s as we welcome in september, adam will talk about that in the accuweather forecast. Thank you cecily. Much more to come in our next half hour of action news at 5 00, two suspected burglars make no attempt to hide their plan just before ransacking a home in west oak lane. And these firefighters are heading out west to help their comrades battle the wild fires. And the panda mom who just gave birth to twins may be playing favorites already. Action news continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, jaime apody, Rick Williams and Monica Malpass. Hello again, here is what is happening on action news tonight, two people will gunned down in a violent confrontation in delaware county. We are live with the latest, the search is on for a bike riding masked thief targeting a local deli and its all captured on surveillance video. Now the details, detectives in glenolden are searching out why two people were shot in the middle of the day on a busy street. Just before 12 30 this afternoon, authority says that the two victims crawled their way to safety following the attack. Action News Reporter dann cuellar is live at the scene. Reporter rick, investigators are trying to piece together the event that led to the two men getting shot, one 56 and one 43 and one was struck in the head with a hammer, they managed to make their way across the street from the Apartment Building to the eden aerospace plant. The transaction occurred around this apartment, the transaction went back and at that points in time, the two victims in this particular case were struck and struck and one was struck with a hammer and they fled the apartment while they were shot and at that point in time they came to the steps of the Eaton Corporation where theys with bleeding profusely. One man was shot in the abdomen area, and is in critical condition, the other man was struck in the buttocks and hit with a hammer in the head. He is in stable condition. Police are looking at Surveillance Footage from area companies, to get a sense of what went down. We believe that what happened in the apartment, that transaction went back and the individuals were violently assaulted and shot and then ultimately were able to escape the apartment and go to the easeon corporation wheres they were attempting to care for their injuries. Authorities say they are looking for three men whose descriptions are very vague right now, they are also working on getting the make model and color of the cars they escaped with, they are working to clear up discrepancies. That is the latest from here, we are live in glenolden, dann cuellar, channel 6 action news. Philadelphia police are looking for the armed thief that targeted a local business over the weekend, this is Service Video from the summer set grocery, you see a suspect rode up to the store on a bicycle with a tshirt on his head, rushed inside and pulled a gun and demanded money and then took off. Detectives are looking for two burglars that cleaned out a home in west oak lane, along the 7900 block the cameras captured the suspect carrying a ladder to the home and they climbed into the house through a second story window and they made off with a safe containing a gun and several pieces of jewelry, they escaped in a light colored minivan, if you have any information, Philadelphia Police would like to hear from you. Special funding continues today, attorneys for the state of pennsylvania and the upper School Districts lobbied for deeper cuts for the funding, they want the district to pay 27 million less to Charter Schools for special education studentses, they say it would compromise the ability to educate their special needs students. Prosecutors in france have formerly opened a terrorism investigation into last weeks train attack. They say that the suspect had about 200 rounds of ammo, an automatic pistol and other weapons in think bag and that is not all. Looking at the Internet Usage that he was looking at while on the train, a Youtube Video that had jihadi songs and someone inspiring people to gentleman haddy acts. He is charged with attempted murder and attempted mass murder. Five passengers, three americans are credited with thwarting the attack. And the stock market continued its dramatic swing as they try to recoup losses from yesterdays massive slide, the dow closed after a 411 point rally today stocks slid more than 200 points in the final minutes of training. Marcy gonzales is live with more. Most experts say it isnt time to panic, even as most investors brace for the possible of even more volatility over the next few days. A roller coaster on wall street. Just minutes before the closing bell a free fall, the dow down more than 200 points, after rebounding most of the day, from yesterdays unprecedented 1,000 point drop. Yesterdays losses alone cutting 3,000 on average from americans 401 k . The volatility sparked by the fear a domino effect from chinas weakened economy. It will their economy slows down they will use less and less of the products we make here and that is not good for americans. It helped to send stocks in europe soaring. There is unsernltsty to make people nervous and cause selloffs and panic selling beyond what it necessary, so strap in for a bumpy ride. Most experts say that all the volatility say it could be a good thing for anyone thinking about buying a home or car or getting a credit card, it could delay the federal research from raising Interest Rates and that could keep barrowing cheaper. Sharrie back to you. Okay some unsuspected benefits, thank you. World news tonight. David muir has more on the stock market rebound. As well as the foiled train attack in europe. Time to check the traffic scene, as you head home tonight. Finding a few problems out and about, including this crash in exton, in the eastbound lanes of the route 30 bypass approaching route 322, the good news here is that delays are not too bad but dont fear we see them elsewhere on the schuylkill eastbound toward south street and a pair of issues in camden along route 30 along the admiral wilson boulevard, there is emergency construction taking out the two right lanes, near the airport circle and the left lane, on the eastbound side of the admiral wilson, a couple of problems, county line road remains closed because of downed wires near the first niagara bank, the first is bristol road and byberry road, we talked about the new restrictions in wilmington, westbound side closed near 495, and now a crash on the eastbound side of hay road, avoid that head for 12 and street instead and construction continues at the delaware Memorial Bridge and again all day today we are on the buses instead of the trains on septas west trenton rail line between woodborn and west trenton, they rupp dating the signals. Thank you. More to come on action news tuesday night. Another group of local firefighters are packing up and heading west. To join hundreds of others fighting the major wild fires there. Trouble is brewing for one of the two panda cub twins, why veterinarians are stepping in. The clouds have collapsed and sunshine is in control and get used to it. Well talk about a quiet sevenday forecast in accuweather. Plus jaime apody live in south philadelphia, as they gear up for their next preseason game. Reinforcements from down under are helping to battle the wild fires in the u. S. , 71 firefighters from new zealand and australia are in the united states, 16 are sent to the Washington Area and the fires have already claimed the lives of three firefighters but they jumped at the chance to help them. Its the highlight of your career, not only a chance to use our skills but a chance to learn from others as well. Rising temperatures and wind are threatening to expand of what is already the large of the wild fire on record in washington state. And more firefighters from knowledge are heading west to help out. 20 members of new Jersey Forest Fires Service will leaving for Northern California tomorrow morning, our cameras were there as we packed up supplies in new list bon, the crews will spent two weeks out west. Wild fires is a little bit different and rewarding, you can take your talents you learn in new jersey and apply them in other states. New jersey has already sent a crew to montana and three are currently out in washington state. Now another set back in its push to legalize Sports Betting, they upheld their federal ban on Sports Betting that only allows it in four states. It leaves the door open for another appeal, and new jersey has tried to offer legal Sports Betting since 2009. Time for sports and the undefeated eagles getting ready for their next preseason matchup against the packers. Jaime apody is live now at the nova care center. Hi there guy, camp may be over but these guys are hard at work, just saw the team coming through a walk through in the bubble, its dress rehearsal week, that is what they call the third preseason game and eagles were back in pads getting ready for a big matchup against the packers, its a chance of course for this First Team Offense to get a nice chunk of team time together to see how the three headed monster of running back works. Demarco murray got his first chance and scored his first touch down too. Even given how little he has played this preseason, he says he is coming along in the offense. I love it here and i love this team and love what we are doing here, obviously its a continual prot he is and you learn all things, and its been great so far. You are looking at your newest 29 million man, Michael Kendricks had an extra spring in his step that comes with the security of signing a four Year Contract extension, he said he deserves this because he is a baller, and he thinks he can be the top line backer in the nfl, he was looking to get the deal done but was not worried. It would either happen now or later and that is just what it is, whether they offered me or not it would happen with another team, the fact that it happened here is great, i would not want to be in any other place, i want to thank the whole organization, Jeffrey Lurie and chip, its a dream come true. He says this team is on the verge of greatness, the first thing is to buy his mom a house wherever she wants. The 11 home runs in the phillies and mets game, tied a record but the mets hit the bulk of them. Dont even want to relive it, eight for the mets, that is a long of long balls, it was embarrassing watch the mets hit ball after ball out of the park, it was a miles worth of home runs if you add up the distances, and phillies lost 167. They have big bats over there, top to bottom, we are trying to get after these guys tonight, its a big statement for us here. We are not in playoff contention or anything like that, you want to beat these guys. Another day, new pitcher, score is 00, everybody is 0 for 0 ben the game starts. Not much defense needed in last nights game but there was in this sox matchup, Pablo Sandoval watch this. Ha, ha, ha great diving catch over the tarp, they call him kung fu panda, you wouldnt think with a nickname like that he would be this agile or graceful, and even stuck the landing. Sandoval, 55, 11, 250 pounds. Some wives are trying to start their reality show, but this is different because the women are all married to Police Officers, they call it badge wives, following five local ladies with different stories to tell. Some were on hand to get their idea off the ground and they launched a Kick Starter Campaign and a Facebook Page to seek donations for their television project. Oh my gosh, its the guy from last night. What . can i jump on your wifi . Yeah, you can try it. Hey i had a really good time last night. Yeah, me too. The only thing is that. The only thing is what . Whats the only thing . Oh my gosh hes married. Hes a kleptomaniac. Hes a pyromaniac. Hes a total maniac. Hey hey go back to your wife you sociopath leave slow internet behind. The 100 Fiber Optics Network is here. Get out of the past. Get fios. Tea . Now 79. 99 a month. Go online or call now. Call the Verizon Center for customers with disabilities at 800. 974. 6006 tty v a moma panda bear that gave birth to twins is not taking care of the smaller one. Its not unusual for a mother panda to favor one cub over the other and they usually choose the bigger one and they are bottle feeding the smaller one. They get cute when they get older. Kind of ugly when they start out. Monica adam joseph, now has the weather. Its beautiful, double scan live radar around the region, lots of sunshine after morning clouds especially east and south of philadelphia and even a couple of lingering showers at the shore, we are all in the dry at this point, at the shore a sea breeze kicking in, 82 in beach haven and 81 on the boardwalk in atlantic city, then you bump inland and its warm from wilmington philadelphia to trenton, in the mid to upper 80s and cooler air to the west and lancaster right now sitting at 79 degrees, satellite and radar the cold front is off the coast wren in the wedge of dry air, this is a big pool of cool air aloft creating clouds and showers and that will remain to the north and west through the rest of the week, we are really just on the eastern side of that low, which is a good thing, clear skies and comfortable, 50s in the suburbs, 65 degrees for the light northwesterly wind and cold front is to the east and the tronl remains to the north and east with showers, for us sunny and comfy with an average of 84 degrees, the troth remains in place here in Eastern Canada and northern new england, another beauty and sun and just a few cumulous clouds and 83 degrees, the High Pressure will start to expand and grow, and move in here for the upcoming weekend, and slide off the coast, down the shore low 80s for highs and beach haven and surf city and the ocean is warm and pleasant and mostly sunny season sea isle city, 83, the beaches in rehoboth and bethany, 76 in your ocean, walltowall sunshine and low humidity. Tropical storm erica, still to the east at 105 miles of antigua, the lesser antille and leeward islands, wins moving to the west at 20 or so, encountering wind shear in the atmosphere that holds her from becoming a hurricane status and then north of guadeloupe on thursday morning and then friday and saturday morning as we get into the upcoming weekend on saturday afternoon at 2 00 p. M. , still a Tropical Storm, a stronger Tropical Storm in the turks and caicos and then the bahamas and could hit category one off the coast of florida at the beginning of next week. If you head to the turks and caicos or the dominican republic, watch this next week and the weekend. Nothing to worry about locally here, wednesday right through friday the end of the week, mid to low 80s for highs, that is average for this time of year, low humidity with walltowall sunshine, saturday 88 degrees and then on the verge of the 90s, the humidity starts to spike back up and into the beginning of september and early next week, sunny and humid and the high of 90 degrees, we could be looking maybe at another heat wave in the beginning of september guys. Thanks adam. This reminder, stay with 6 abc and Storm Tracker 6 live and hit the media links to stay connected to the weather team. Well, we all stumble from time to time but most of us dont use a 1. 5 million painting to break our fall, that is what happened to a 12yearold boy at a museum in tie won, he apparently tripped over a rope barrier and used his fist to stop his fall and it went through the painting, fort newt the artwork has been repaired at no cost to his family, the museum says this type of incident is exactly why they have insurance. Right now jim gardner and the Action News Team standing by with these stories next at 6 00, also philadelphia teacher turns to the internet to stock her classroom with all the learning essentials. An order of cloister ed nuns are making thousands of host wavers for the upcoming papal mass. For adam joseph, cecily tynan, shack, Monica Malpass and the entire Action News Team, im Rick Williams, action News Delaware valleys leading news program. Tuesday night and stocks rallied before losing steam at the end of trading and Police Discover three bodies in the garage in the Strawberry Mansion section of philadelphia. But the big story tonight is the sudden out burst of violence at the Chester CountyJustice Center and a deputy shot a man that when after another deputy with a knife. Curtis smith died at the hospital and Authorities Say that smith once jumped the fence at the white house. Walter perez is live now. A sheriff deputy was wounded and some chaotic moments in westchester today. Reporter very chaotic, fortunately that deputy is hospitalized in stable condition and is expected to be okay after a truly terrifying attack. Authorities have identified the attacker as curtis smith of coatesville, a man that made interests National Headlines earlier this year. He seems to be the same individual that jumped the white house fence in march of this year. Witnesses say that smith allegedly barged his way into the Justice Center wielding a knife. He said im going to get you, and ran through the door at security and i heard pop pop pop. Before getting shot the attacker slashed another sheriff deputy that suffered wounds to his arm and wrist. The suspect was taken to the hospital and pronounced dead a short time later and the Justice Center remained on lockdown for a shor t