You know we see what our customers are going through, its nothing we ever wanted for them. Septa rail ridership estimated down 10 to 20 because of all of this. With overtime its costly for septa. Currently 600,000 a month, by the time we get to labor day we are up to nearly 1 million a month. So its been a costly endeavour as far as the cost of the actual repairs, no estimates were offered today but what was offered was the projected schedule for the return to service and if all goes well it should return to a normal Weekday Service on septa sometime in october with all the side tracks trains in operation by the week of november 6th. John rawlins, channel 6 action news. All right an end is in sight thank you. Philadelphia police are asking for your help to track down four teenagers they say targeted and then attacked an 11yearold boy, take a good look here Officials Say this is one of the teens captured on surveillance video, all of this happened two weeks ago in the citys olney section. The teens chased the 11yearold from a playground and into a driveway and made him strip at gun point and then beat him. This is disturbing, a classic example of bullying and just beyond for teenagers to do this is on 11yearold child. Its just disturbing. The teen was able to get away without being seriously hurt. Anyone with information is asked to call Philadelphia Police. The search continues after a young father was caught in the gun battle in german town. The family is still mourning and working on plans for a final goodbye. Sara bloomquist is live with more on that. Reporter monica Police Believe they have very close to making arrests in this tragic case, this young father was driving down german town avenue when he picks up his 3yearold daughter at the day care and he drove into the crossfire of two rival groups it was only by sheer luck that the child was not hit by the bullet that killed him. 5yearold al ford died 24 hours after he was shot in the head while driving his car here in the 5100 block of german town avenue with his 3yearold daughter in the backseat. Ford had picked his daughter up from her day care and rival groups started firing across the street and ford was on the phone with the girl mother and asked to speak with her daughter who was in her car seat and then the bullet entered the car. He gaves the phone to his daughter and says mommy wants to talk to you and at that moment the bullet strikes him in the head. Fords foot hit the accelerator and traveled two blocks before striking another vehicle and came to a stop. Another video shows the shooting in progress and they expect to make a quick arrest. You have a hard working father never in trouble with the law, and picks up his daughter and then he is dead. Very sad. You might expect the childs mother is distraught and heard the entire shooting happen on the cell phone. Police want to hear from anybody that saw this shooting on german town avenue. Sara, thank you. From our new jersey newsroom tonight. Billionaire carl icahn announced he will close the trump taj mahal in the coming weeks where workers have been on strike for weeks now. They blame the workers for causing him to shutter the casino after the labor day weekend. The local 54 is set to become the longest in Atlantic City history tomorrow. The statement from the casino owners says the workers will get layoff notices before the weekend. There is a showdown shaping up with new jerseys Largest Teachers Union and one of the states top lawmakers. Members of the new Jersey Education Association rally outside of Senate President , steve sweeneys office in west depford today. They want sweeney and his colleagues to pass a resolution for increased pens payments and today sweeney called back asking for an investigation into the union accusing them of bribery. Vice President Joe Biden will be in philadelphia tonight to get a big local honor. Biden will be presented with this years at las award for the philadelphia region, he is honored by the world afires council for his workloading president obamas Cancer Research initiative. Right now a driver is recovering after he was involved in a fiery crash and he may have a Philadelphia Police officer to thank for his life. Because the officer was in the right place at the right time. The crash happened at midnight near the corner of broad street and belfield avenue. Katherine scott spoke to the officer that jumped in action just in time. The Police Commissioner says that this is the type of work that officers do every day. The driver survived with a concussion, facial injuries and bumps and bruises but he is alive. Saw in the distance what looked like a fire ball. District officer joel rice was oning from northwest detectives at midnight and came across this wreckage. The mangled done charger had crashes moments earlier. Hitting a median and then hitting a parked van. The charger caught fire. The flames were starting to accumulate in the engine department. And go up the windshield. The driver was sprawled across the front seat unconscious, he knew he had to get the driver out and through an open window he was able to open the door and around that time a passing private Ambulance Company stopped. The the help i pulled the male out of the car as the flames were growing. Neighbors watched in horror as the flames grew. Many came running as they heard the impact. Heard a big crash and i came out and there was a car on fire. The impact was very, very intense because there was no braking. Porter grants van is totalled but what is important is that the officer was able to pull the driver out. More than luck, its god send. The commissioner spoke to officer rice and praises his quick action. Officer rice performed heroically cant say enough, undoubtedly saved that individuals life. In logan katherine scott, channel 6 action news. That officer deserves a lot of credit. Time for the action news traffic report. Matt pellman is in the traffic center. If you look live in center city this is the vine street expressway still jammed up in both directions at the schuylkill expressway and we told you that the veep is coming to center city tonight and i wouldnt be surprised if over the course of the next hour we see a motorcade moving about. In North Coventry township a crash at 724 at 100 and one in newtown township jamming things up at Westchester Pike at boot road and no jam on 202 in Chester County now that three lanes are open at 401 is moving. And in newport, delaware, a crash is shutting down james street stay on 141 to deal with that. Well check it again in the next half hour. Sounds good thank you sir. A war is of words turned into an all out war for the republican party, the big conflict with top gop leaders and donald trump. As he continues to lose support from big name backers and the preparations city officials are making, days after the locally transmitted case of zika was discovered here in the United States. After breezy comfortable day, get ready for the coolest night in three weeks. 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You can say that again. giggles keep on scratchin flights have now resumed at Dubai International airport hours after the airplane crashed on the runway 300 people were on board and a firefighter was killed responding to the crash and everyone else on board was able to escape the plane safely, its not clear what led up to the fiery landing. In india 22 people are missing after a major bridge connecting two cities there collapsed over this swollen river. Navy helicopters and boats and divers are searching for them. India is hit by severe flooding and 163 people have died. A team has stepped up their efforts to stop the spread of mosquitos carrying the zika virus in florida. Ali gorman is at the big board now. Reporter in south florida they found out that themese mosquitos are harder to wipe out than ridgely thought. Aerial spraying was postponed because of stormy weather, they hope to begin the air assault at sunset. But its unclear how it will work, this type of mosquito sticks close to the ground and not high up in the air, but they say its worth a try, but they stepped up their ground efforts tripling the number of inspectors going doortodoor and now they are testing every pregnant woman for zika. She will go downstairs to have the blood work done. And while the work continues in florida so does the fight for funding in congress. They are borrowing funds from other programs. If we are see zika in our area. A disease expert from Einstein Medical Center says its possible but less likely than seeing cases in south florida. But philadelphia is preparing the department of Public Health launched an information campaign. There are no cases of zika here but reads are urged to protect themselves from mosquitos. They lay eggs are water where they hatch in a day or two. The video will be posted soon and the ads are running on the radio and keep these suckers out of philly on septa buses if are you reporting and are pregnant avoid the area in south miami, that is affected. But whether that area will expand is up in the air. There are many other questions, we are hosting a live facebook chat, our expert is here go to 6 abc action News Facebook page. Ill be joining him to do a live chat on my facebook page. Monica back over to you. Making philadelphia families stronger that was the message from the citys mayor, he was the guest speaker from the strengthening summit in spring garden, he told the crowd that the Administration Building that a childs potential should not be determined by the zip code where they live. We have to work on building eye positive relationship with the workforce. And coming up olympic size problems with accommodations problems in rio just days before the summer games are set to begin. And what is next for donkeys around town now that the 2016 dnc is in the history books. And action news is all about interaction with you, follow us with social media for headlines and breaking news. On facebook facebook. Com 6abcactionnews at twitter we are at 6 abc. Geico motorcycle, great rates for great rides. Swimmer Michael Phelps will leadable leats from the u. S. Olympic games opening ceremony. The first time phelps ever walked in an opening ceremony, the most decorated athlete in u. S. History with 22 medals overall. With that ceremony two days away, the clock is ticking in brazil but the games are already getting bad reviews from athletes themselves. Many say their accommodations will less than ideal. The lodging is called unsanitary and unliveable. With leaky pipes and clogged toilets. It looks like a construction site where things are almost done but not quite. The Olympic Committee quietly brought in a cleanup crew to deal with it. One group of athletes have little to worry about. Super stars like kevin durant and Carmelo Anthony chartered a cruz ship with a pool and cigar bar. And more for the lineup of cohosts on abcs the view sara haines is on the show fulltime. She appears on the Weekend Edition of good morning america, the view celebrates their 20th season next month. We have less than three weeks to visits the donkeys around town. The donkeys will be taken off the streets august 23rd. Many are in high traffic areas so its hard to maintain the statues most head tomorrow to respective states with delegations footing the shipping bill and others will be put up for auction so you can have one in your living room. Right there by the fireplace. Still to come a check of the accuweather forecast. A live look outside on this beautiful wednesday evening, the center city skyline has puffy clouds moving in. Cecily tynan standing by with the accuweather forecast. Im only in my 60s. Ive got a nice long life ahead. 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We are low humidity and sunshine and sky 6 hd looking at philadelphia International Airport watching the planes taking off and landing and nothing more than fair cumulous clouds popping up in the heating of the day and temperaturewise a little bit on the cool side for august, average high is 87 and last hour 84 and down to 83 in philadelphia and wilmington and trenton 80 and if you see the direction of these arrows, the streamlines, the winds are shift ago ing out of the east with the easterly flow and tomorrow it will be southeast do be careful on the beaches there is a moderate risk of rip currents. Dont go swimming unless the lifeguards are on duty. Stormtracker 6 live double scan showing there arent any clouds with moisture and that means tonight will be the coolest night in three weeks, if you dont have allergies its a great night to turn on the air conditioner and open the windows, 65 in philadelphia and 68 in cape may and 60 in trenton and the Lehigh Valley temperatures dropping down into the upper 50s. So comfortably cool and if you like today youll like tomorrow. Its a repeat performance and lots of sunshine and humidity again. We start off at 8 00 at 69 and by 5 0083 and by 8 00, 78 degrees with loads of sunshine throughout the day. A great day to get outdoors. And all eyes looking at belize and i was talking about Tropical Storm earl and the update from the hurricane center, earl is now a category one hurricane, maximum sustained winds 75 Miles Per Hour moving to the east at 14 Miles Per Hour and it will make landfall tonight in the wee hours of the morning as a category one hurricane and continues to push to the west and moving to mexico by the weekend and not only the winds with earl but the rain is a problem. We are looking at the potential of 8 to 12 inches of rain and that could cause problems with flash flooding and mudslide especially when it moves foo the mountains of mexico and what is the heart of Hurricane Season over the next month. The fiveday at 5 00, showing tomorrow beautiful and sunny and low humidity and 84 and tomorrow warmer and dew points in the mid60s. Muggy and nice and 86 and the one day we get the steam bath on saturday, 91 degrees and a few late day thunderstorms are possible and the humidity drops and we are back into the mid80s well let you know if the comfortable weather lasts, all in all a nice looking forecast. Sounds terrific thank you cecily. Where things come from . How they get here . What theyre packed in . Its a lot of stuff. And these things add up. Thats why we recycle. [vo ]its nice to know that raymour and flanigan is proud to be a leading recycler 17 Million Pounds of recyclable materials every year. Turned from trash into treasure. So in the future, we will all have a more beautiful world. Action news continues. Hello again rick is off tonight and brian taff joins us. Here is what is happening on action news tonight. It Donald Trumps president ial Campaign Running off the rails, he is addressing the rumors after Hillary Clinton slams his biggest achievement his business ventures. And a Police Officer is accused of trying to help terrorists and is now behind bars, and convicted child molester Jerry Sandusky may take the witness stand in his own defense later this month. And republican insiders say that the nominees erratic behavior is pushing them to the brink. He wrote there is great unity in my campaign perhaps greater than ever before. The republican and democratic candidate are hitting the campaign trail hard. Hillary clinton has two rallies in colorado and running mate tim kaine talked to supporters in green point, North Carolina today. And donald trump is in florida, he hosted a town hall in Daytona Beach and he will be in jacksonville and mike pence will drum up supporters in denver and colorado springs. And a twist today. Mike pence endorsed House Speaker paul ryans reelection and something that trump said he was not yet ready to do. Lana zach is in d. C. Tonight. Another