Where a grenade was founds. Emergency responders just told us in the last few seconds that that grenade was not live, but still as a precaution there were evacuations in that area. It turns out that there is money on the way for the Philadelphia School district. And despite the 265 million advance from governor corbett, the crisis looms large. Vernon odom is live with more on the big announcement. Reporter its always a very complicated story this time of year. But there is still loose ends to be tied up in the days ahead before the opening of philadelphia Public Schools next month. As usual when the governor comes to town, there were protests outside of his Philadelphia Office for funding for schools. He is advancing the School District 265 million that will allow schools to open on time in september. This is not new funding but early dispersement of funds that philadelphia would get through the year. While it helps to open the doors on time, revenue from a cigarette tax will provide funding that will last all year long. They are calling on the republican controlled General Assembly to go to harrisburg and approve a cigarette tax that will generate more than 80 million for the schools. Superintendant william hite says its not enough. And he and the governor want the cigarette money pronto. We are are thrilled with the advancements and thrilled with the certification, it does not resolve the 81 million budget gap. That requires additional revenue and a lot of that comes from the cigarette tax. There is still work to be done. They are highlighting the impact of the imitation of the cigarette tax. Mayor nutter was front and center. Without the cigarette tax, philadelphia cannot provide the level of services we provided in the last school year. Jerry jordan called the cash advance by governor corbett, a positive step forward but ignored the call for the union to serve up give backs and money saving concessions. Live in city hall, vernon odom, channel 6 action news. Thank you. Police in Delaware County are looking for the driver that crashed into a business and then sped off. Chopper 6 hd was over the scene just moments after this happened. Police say that the driver hit the sneaker outlet on darby and then took off. This story out of our delaware newsroom, police say that a man stole a car in wilmington and hit several parked cars as he tried to get away. Chopper 6 hd was over the scene this morning, and police noticed the vehicle before the crash and they arrested the driver and several other people were hurt and police have not told us if these injuries are serious. Here at the big board, today the deadly ebola virus continues to spread and the World Health Organization says there are 102 new cases in week alone, including a nurse that treated an infected american patient in nigeria. They have evacuated volunteers from the area. And in the meantime, nancy writebol, is receiving her first full day of care in atlanta. She traveled here and the pilot spoke exclusively to abc news, that during the flight, she was kept in a portable and disposable containment pod. Because of all the procedures and training, i have no concerns that i would acquire the disease or pass it on to a Family Member or anyone else i encounter back here at home. Abc news obtained this video shot from the cockpit of that plane, can you see the containment and a Health Care Worker wearing protective clothing looking after the patient. Writebol is in the same wing where her colleague, dr. Kent brantly is also being treated. Police are trying to track down a Convenience Store over the weekend but it took him more than one time to do it. He walked into the store on torresdale and flashed a knife and demanded cash, but the clerk did not open the register and the man took off. The man walked then into wawa and showed the knife and got away with money from that register. Police are asking for anybody with information to give them a call. Now its time for a dreary, accuweather forecast. Spots of blue out there, Melissa Magee is in for adam joseph live at the big board today. Reporter hi brian and shirleen. We had clouds to get the day started and pockets of sunshine are returning in areas in the delaware and Lehigh Valley. Its quiet for philadelphia, the 95 corridor and areas to the north and west. Well go tighter for areas south and east. Down in south jersey we have spotty showers, there are showers in burlington and Southern Ocean county, that is the case for the rest of the early evening hours. Lets talk temperatures, we are hitting 82 in allentown and reading 81 and along the 95 credit dor, temperatures and see ill see 79 degrees. If are you heading up north to the Lehigh Valley where musikfest is going on, steely dan will take the stage, and a light northerly wind and water temperature is 72. Coming up well look at the accuweather forecast and when the less humid air arrives. Thank you. Mel is. A north philadelphia family is out of their home after an Early Morning fire. The action cam was on north 17th street, that is where crews say the fire started at 1 00 this morning. Family members could only watch for the street. Fortunately they all got out safely and the red cross is helping them with a place to stay. Still ahead there are happy people and well introduce you to the newest edition to the action news family. And more on the general killed in afghanistan, we learned he has a pennsylvania connection. Celebrate blinds to gos 60th anniversary sale. Buy one get 50 off one. Because you know what they say 60 is the new 50. They also say yourre only as young as you feel. We feel great. How about those blinds of yours . Blinds to go blinds for life. You need blinds. You know it. Your neighbours know it. You need blinds. You know it. Dont be that house. Do something about it. During blinds to gos 60th anniversary sale going on now. Buy one, get a second at half price. Blinds to go blinds for life. More details about the attack in afghanistan that killed general howard green, he was a nearby trade and it was his first deployment to a war zone. He was suppose to check on the troops, but a man dressed like an afghan soldier fired on the crowd. Soldiers returned fire and killed the gunman. Any form of trust has been fully broken. Green was born in new york state and studied in the war torn college. He is the highest ranking military officer killed in a combat zone since vietnam. Egyptian mediators are shuttling back and forth with the two groups thank is day two of the cease fire that is expected to last for three days. Over 2,000 people have diedthc drop was because of the companys decision to stay in america. They were considering moving over seas to reduce the tax bill, they did not think the irs would approve the move so they are staying and they were worried about possible public backlash from a move like that. They are expanding overseas, buying alliance boots. And sprint is hiring a new ceo after not merging with tmobile. He worked for a miami based distributor, that is owned by soft bank, todays news comes on reports that sprint is calling off their merger because of tax issues. We go now to autumn marisa in for matt pellman, hello there autumn. We are starting in lower providence township. This is at trooper road and egypt road. These are the eastbound lanes and the westbound is getting by in both directions, taking a look at the big picture, speeds on the schuylkill expressway slow from the blue route to the vine, the westbound lanes are slower as you make your way through city avenue area. Slow going on 95, 23 miles per hour, and the northbound lanes are slower, this is on the big picture, this is 95 as you see southbound and northbound lanes, 27 minutes from the vine street express way up to woodhaven right now. Moving along though, plymouth township allen wood road is closed at collingswood lane. Taking a look at the area bridges everything is looking clear but we have construction on the ben franklin bridge and if you are heading to the phillies bridge, we have three trains leaving fern rock. Taking a look at mass transit, all services are on time now with no reported delays and out we go to 42, its looking clear in both directions down towards 55 in the southbound lanes or up to the walt whitman bridge. Thank you autumn. Work is now underway to bring higher speeds and more Reliable Service to one of the busy of the amtrak routes in the country. The 450 million Improvement Project kicked off in mercer county, they are installing new signals between brunswick and trenton. This allows trains to reach speeds of 160 miles per hour. They will soon make the same upgraded through the entire northeast corridor. A wife and mom lost an impressive 100 pounds and she was featured in People Magazine because of it. Monica malpass has more. They was on the cover of People Magazine and shared her transformation story. Like so many women Katie Whitman had problems taking the weight off after having children. And now she is living a happier, healthy lifestyle. Well have how she did it. All of that coming up at 5 00. Biel see you then. She is an inspiration. Sure is. Speaking of an inspiration, the action news family is growing again, we are announcing joyous news for adam joseph, adam and his partner carl are the proud parents of jacob, jacob tipped the scales at 9 pounds 1 ounce and is over 21 inches long, that is a big boy and he is gorgeous, adam says jacob is the new love of our lives and we are on cloud 9. He was texting me for 24 hours this week and then he finally came as you know, one of the great things about working here at channel 6, we are good friending on and off the air, we are so pleased to share in adams joy and besides ourselves to share the joy with you. He has waited so long for this, to have his miracle wrapped up in a 9 pound bundle. We are so happy. And i am excite that my new little twin boys will have a new best friend. Up next, melissa is back with the call from accuweather. A man gets caught between a train and platform, how dozens of people working to get him free, you can take the new 6abc. Com, it changes the layout to fit any device, no matter how small or large your screen, check it out by visiting small or large your screen, check it out by visiting 6a well, not that kind of fresh. On the freshness of our chicken. But i can guarantee the freshness of our chicken because we go beyond what the usda requires. With extra inspections in American Family owned farms, refrigerated trucks that deliver daily and everywhere in between. Thats what it takes to bring your family a fresh tasting chicken. Perdue. We believe in a better chicken. Stuffed the bags at lincoln financial field. The largest one day back to school event in the region. And lets get the accuweather forecast again shall we . Meteorologist Melissa Magee has the details from the big board. Hi there brian and shirleen. The frontal boundary we were tracking, there wasnt a whole lot to it. Its pretty quiet and dry in the delaware and Lehigh Valleys. You can see the progression coming through, its starting to break up now and the showers are starting to push offshore, its mainly in areas of southern burlington and Southern Ocean county, these showers will dissipate and it will be quiet for the rest of tonight. Lets talk about temperatures though, with the frontal boundary moving on through, not too bad. Philadelphia 77 and trenton 77 and upper 70s in millville and down the coast and into dover, where the front has moved on through, we fine more in the way of sunshine and that is having an impact on the temperatures. Reading 81 and lancaster 78 degrees. Satellite 6 along with action radar showing you that the frontal boundary dipping off to the south and east. The big canadian High Pressure moving out across the areas of the great lakes and this will dip to the south tonight and set us up for the end of the latter half of the work week here. We are showing you what this High Pressure will do to our dew points. We talk about that, the left of the moisture in the atmosphere. Dew points in the 50s, we are talking about a pleasant atmosphere, and that is the case thursday and friday before they rise into the lower 60s and still that is tolerable for the early half of our august month here. We talk about what we can expect here, stormtracker 6 live double scan, giving you app update on the tropics, we have bertha, this is just a remnant low, 650 miles away from our shore line here, when you talk about the wave heights, close to philadelphia and the jersey shore, we are close to 5 feet and 4 feet towards the center of what was bertha, if you head to the shore, the rip current risk continues to be high and waves 3 to 4 feet and obey the lifeguards and you dont want to swim when the lifeguards get off duty. As we take a look at the exclusive numbers, as we get into the day, its a Beautiful Day in the afternoon and a high of 84 and sunshine on friday, 83 and saturday more sunshine and 85 and a High Temperature of 85. A really nice end to the latter half of our work week. Thank you melissa. There was something for everyone, at the Senior Safety expo in philadelphia today. People could get information about the Legal Services and health care and Emergency Contacts and the event organized by the police department, its to keep local seniors protected in the commune, if you missed today you can check it out tomorrow, two locations, and new court land on german town avenue. Alicia the buzz is next. Katy perry is in town for two soldout shows. Plays tourist in philly with 200 of her closest friends and f the world famous fries you love, plus a shake of three new flavors you add. Introducing mcdonalds shakin flavor fries. And right now you can get a free medium sized shakin flavor fries at mcdonalds when you purchase any large sandwich thursday august 7th through august 9th. So you better get shakin. Time now for the buzz, you can hear twitter roar as katy perry wrapped up two soldout shows. These were photos of perry in a hoody and a throng of fans hitting the art museum steps, she joked at the show last night saying she would not leave without doing the climb. You see her in the crowd even taking selfies, and other people posting picks. Who tweeted, i keep my promises philly. She made the run up the steps. And katsy shepherd is a mom, she gave birth to a baby boy, her estranged husband, asked the courts for sole custody of the child. We are continuing to follow that one for you today. Finally, dinosaur chasing wedding picks are all the rage, this one is off jurassic proportions. This is jeff goldblume says joining the bride and groom here in the center of this picture where a trex is seen chasing them. He has speefrance running from dinosaurs. If he is at your wedding apparently its a thing. Thank you alicia. Still ahead summer may be winding down but the deals are heating up. From grills to swimsuits, well brecht down the best and worst things to buy this month. Plus, mets mistake, what one baseball fan found during a give away, said is the rivalry between new york and philly over . Its not. And cracking down on cupcakes, one School District says the classroom is no place for the birthday action news continues with adam joseph, Alicia Vitarelli, Shirleen Allicot and brian taff. Hello again, 4 30 and action news continues with a story that will have you scratching your head. Why wikipedia says they cant delete a photo from their website because a monkey owns it. Oh boy. And one second they were weighting for a ride and the next they were saving a life. You wont want to miss the remarkable moment commuters banded together to lift a train and save a stranger. And what this jaw dropping jaws video shows how and why great white sharks attack. Lets begin in south jersey, where one woman is pleading for relief and justice. The beloved rottweiler, bella, was poisoned with antifreeze in her own backyard, someone has been pelting that backyard with pigs feet and dog bones all cruel reminders of her loss. John rawlins live with details on this case. Reporter the two incidents occurred over the last couple of weeks, there was scraps tossed over a neighbors fence as well in july. The concern is, could this link back to that april incident. Hi. Amanda playing with gracie and cocoa, her dogs, weighing on her mind is a couple of distressing incidents. I have a puppy and i dont know if they are making me think they will kill her too. Someone killed bella, she rushed him to the vet. He tested him for antifreeze and he tested positive twice. She replaced the original small back fence with a much taller one and that camera caught someone, you cant who tossing in a meaty bone, and then a pigs foot. Fresh from the butcher, she intercepted both items, she is looking for a lab to test it, is it poisoned or is someone trying to upset her. In the meantime, Mantua Police are keeping aan eye on the situation. We have a confirmed poisoning of a pet and taking exception and having additional officers in the area. The two incidents caught on tape occurred at 2 00 and 3 00 in the morning, and they will keep an eye and see who is out and about in that time period in that quiet neighborhood. John rawlins, channel 6 action news. Thank you. We are learning more now about a bizarre accident in Montgomery County today. Turns out a man was critically injured by his own bmw this morning. The vick testimony was pumping gas at 7 00 this morning, that is when the carver that was in drive at the time started to roll away. The man tried to chase the vehicle and get in the passenger side but it collided with another car first. The man is at the hospital in Critical Condition now. Police in northeast philadelphia are trying to determine if a burglary at the