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WPVI Action News At 4PM August 23, 2017

Or defense attorney would speak on camera. Creato will be sentenced at the end of the settlement for 10 years in prison and must serve 8 years 6 months before he is eligible for parole. Channel 6 action news. Thank you. Federal investigators say that the operator in that septa train crash in upper darby said has now provided samples for drug and alcohol testing. The National Transportation board planned to interview the operator today. 33 people were hurt yesterday when the train smashed into the back of an empty car at the 69th Street Transportation Center and the cars were removed from the station today and pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf commented about the crash today. I dont know what happened and i dont know what the cause will turn out to have been but you ask what we can do at the state level and one thing is to continue to encourage everybody in places like harrisburg and philadelphia and all around the country to invest in our inf infrastructu infrastructure. The first lawsuits are filed in philadelphia. Well talk about that in a live report on action news at 6 00 tonight. Workers working on Market Street in downtown wilmington may have struck an electrical cable touching off an underground fire. Smoke started to come from a manhole shortly before 11 00 and not long before firefighters and Delmarva Power was on the scene. Nobody was hurt and power was shut down to the area. It should be fixed by this evening. People in Atlantic City and beyond are are remembering the former member of that town, jim wayland. He died suddenly yesterday after serving a heart attack. He served three years as mayor. And won an Assembly Seat before being elected to the state senate two years later. He was so excited about retiring in january and enjoying a retirement he did not get to enjoy. He was a big brother to me. Jim wayland was 68 years old. President trump was back on the road today delivering a relatively subdued speech to veterans in nevada. That comes one day after the fiery season combative rally in arizona where he lashed out at a growing list of enemies. The president delivered remarks to the American Legion and focused the speeches on the reform of the va system and called for a new unity. We are not defined by the color of our skin, the figure on our paycheck or the party of our politics, we are defined by our shared humanity. But that call comes on the heels of last nights speech in which a defiant president defended his widely criticized comments in light of the ration fueled violence in virginia and once again took aim at the meet yeah. You want to discover the source of the division in this country. Look no further than the fake news and the crooked media. To tell the truth im an honest person what im saying you know is exactly right. The president reread his initial controversial speech but left out the more controversial parts of it where he blamed the violence on both sides. All right so breaking news here brian. This sought of mercer county. Police in Hamilton Township are investigating an incident in grope lake south of 195 near broad street. Divers are visible in the water with a rescue boat but no word at this point and what they are looking for as we take a look at the images here. Well continue to monitor this situation and bring you any updates as soon as we get them into action news. Making change and getting results is what the action news troubleshooters do every day and leading the way is consume reporter, nydia han. She joins us with a company no longer allowed to operate in new jersey. You may remember the company, its called basements for less. It advertised and led customers to believe they would get the basement of their dreams. But the experience for many is an absolute nightmare. Consumer after consumer told me the owner, Carly Johnston took thousands but never finished the basements. Are you telling me you will finish them now . If they ask me i will. The update the state of new jersey won a default judgment against johnston and his businesses he must now pay back half a million in restitution to customers and pay a 11 million fine and neither johnston more his businesses may operate in the garden state again. See how the troubleshooters respond and get results in a prime time special here on 6 abc. Looking forward to that. Meanwhile, it was a high flying feet of spectacle above the shore line in Atlantic City today. The 15 and annual air show has captivated people on the sand and surf and there is a good reason they call it thunder over the boardwalk. They came for the thunder. The power of the military. The awesomeness of the jets and the sound of the jets. And the maneuvers. The reeds are here from boston celebrating their 10th wedding anniversary and say you cant beat the free price tag and patriotism on display. It shows the unity of american and the resilience of americans. Some former military members appreciate the support as they come to support. I am part of of a local vfw and i support the troops. And i always wanted to see the show and this is my first time. First timers. Same for the family from glenolden. Something we want to do, on my wifes bucket list and decided this year we would do it. Whether on the beach or boardwalk all eyes were on the skies. For the little ones a final farewell to summer. Its cool. Every day you dont get to see giant hem copters and people parachuting everywhere. The event is set to bring in 26 million not bad for a wednesday especially for a. C. That could use the financial boost. This is good for Atlantic City. That is based on sound facts and cash coming in for us. A fabulous air show and a great tribute to the men and women in our armed services. And the big attraction today . The thunderbirds, the weather cooperates for the air Demonstration Squadron of the u. S. Air force many saluting from the hand or boardwalk with their hand over their heart and looking up in awe. I put this here and i remember the time you got to ride with them. I did. Flew with them a few years ago. They tried hard to make me sick. I hung on. That means you were doing cool stuff. It was awesome. Ill get the truth commercial break. Speaking of thunder we heard that last night. Its nice outside and we find adam joseph with a first check of the forecast. We rung out the at motion fear with the severe thunderstorms that passed through but the as atmosphere is a whole lot quieter. 92 yesterday and today down to 83 degrees, 79 in new york city and 72 in buffalo and pittsburgh 75 degrees and roanoke warm at 88. And the biggest change other than that drop in air temperature is the dew points. We were around 76 degrees today and today 55 as the drier air is invading in. And this will be with us for almost a week straight. A beautiful stretch of weather on the way. Clear and comfy and 79 and 77 at 9 00 and low 70s at 10 00 with the low dropping to 65 in the city and 60s for the suburbs. In the accuweather forecast a preview of fall coming in here. With pleasant daytime highs and really cool nights well show you the numbers as we head towards the upcoming weekend brian and sharrie coming up in the full accuweather forecast. Thank you. Power ball fever hit the region it has people across the nation buying tickets to try their luck. Tonights jackpot stands at hundred million. That makes it the second large he ever for that lottery game. Sara bloomquist is live now in south philadelphia where tickets i am told are flying out of there . I would say slow and steady at this point. At least at this little lotto stand at broad and oregon. People are coming and going. You dont find the super long lines anymore. Because you can pick up those power ball tickets almost anywhere. The biggs will pick up through the hour ahead as we approach the big drawing. 700 million, just too much money for so many to resist. It only takes one to win. Add fred and petes, they lined up to buy their shot at a fortune. 7 700 million up for grabs, the lump sum 440 million. Miles away at beer guys in havertown, delaware county, one by one the hopeful put down their 2 and up. For a chance to win the secondest largest jackpot ever. Wed have the education covered for the kids and maybe a beach house, who knows . The jackpot is already rolled over 20 times since june 14th. That is why there is so many millions in the pot. We saw ronny buying tickets. I support the eagles with all of this money i would just be gone. I will travel and go to disney world. Im going to take all of this money and pay my debts and pay off my car. Robert foster spent many minutes picking his numbers. My mothers birthday and sisters birthday and my birthday. And then i go from there. All across the country, everyone is dreaming big and the odds are long but its worth a try if it means hundreds of millions of dollars coming our their way. I get one number. Me too. If its meant to be its meant to be. Sorry robert but the experts say you really shouldnt play your birthday. The months only go up to the number 31 power ball goes up to 69. The lottery experts themselves say play that quick pick those tickets tend to do better. Good luck everybody. Live in south philadelphia, sara bloomquist, channel 6 action news. All right im looking forward to it. And still ahead on action news at 4 00 today the navy expands the operations for the missing sailors from the uss john mccain destroyer, they found one body at sea. And the popular pumpkin flingi flinging competition is canceled. Wheres gary . saved money on motorcycle insurance with geico. Goin up the country. Later, gary i have a motorcycle wonderful. Im goin up the country, baby dont you wanna go . 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There have been four accidents under his watch and two of them deadly. And police need your help solving a theft at a Center City Real Estate office. The video shows the man going into the office 1425 locust street. The suspect grabbed the laptop and put it in the backpack and took off. He is 35 to 45 years old with short hair and wearing glasses at the time. And carrying a red, white and black backpack. Time for a first check of the traffic report. As is all too often the traffic is not beautiful. The boulevard extension. An accident taking out the left lane and causing delays off the schuylkill expressway and those delays are spilling back on to 76 itself where a lot of speeds themselveses are in the teens. A crash in drexel hill, at chickie and petes at sylvia road. And a crash causing delays in Plymouth Meeting, there along german town pike the eastbound side of plymouth road and a crash of a septa because on willow road northbound side of davis road at mandarin garden and today was the big a. C. Air show. It was nice to meet so many down there, but Everybody Needs to head home now that the show is over. Watch for traffic out of Atlantic City, the speeds are just in the 20s as you head toward the garden state parkway. Check your way home on this commuter report. 65 southbound side in mantua temperature just south of wood bauery, glassboro road. Not a big delay but something to aware of. All right matt thank you. State officials in pennsylvania are highlighting biggss making a difference in the community. Governor tom wolf is on his jobs that pay tour. Todays stop was at Power Home Remodeling group. The Companies Headquarters are in chester and this is the second largest exterior home remodeler in the country. Top of the line windows and solar installation and that the Company Prides itself on pleaing pleaing people of character. We have john in the studio, 92 years old and we thank him for the service in the coast guard and navy. And the twilight foundation, the make a wish for seniors he came in to chat today and we both agreed on the forecast for what you are about to hear. He approved. He did. Looking at the weather center, lots of sunshine and high clouds streaming through at times, but overall it is a Beautiful Day compared to yesterday, so i amish ewing an alert, that is a car wash alert. A chance of an isolated shower on thursday, and overall a nice dry beautiful stretch on the way. Looking at the numbers across the area to the north and west. 80 in allentown reading and lancaster, 83 philadelphia and 84 the boardwalk in Atlantic City. Where it was packed this afternoon. Can you see a little bit of cloud cover hung on from dover to Cape May County. That is the edge of that cold front that came through and really rocked the region last night of that severe weather. So as we look at the temperatures, 56 tonight in the northwest in the Lehigh Valley and 67 reading and 65 philadelphia and 62 in millville and mostly clear and cool and comfy and shut the air conditioners off. You may want them off for several nights in a row. Even during its day not bad. Sunshine and clouds upper 70s to 80 degrees, to peak in the afternoon with cirrus developing late in the day about that is about it. Tropical depression harvey stationary in the gulf of mexico. And winds 35 miles per hour. It will slowly work toward the Southern Coast of of texas here, could be a hurricane before it makes landfall in Corpus Christi and hovers over houston all weekend long and expecting severe flooding between a foot and two feet of rain near houston and Corpus Christi. Its a big story in the upcoming weekend. For us locally we have soaked in sunshine, thursday, friday, saturday, sunday. Lots of sun and low humidity and highs only in the upper 70s. To around 80 degrees, so everyone one of these days get outdoors if can you and brian and sharrie well chat with the seven day and see if we can stretch this on into the new week ahead. Thank you adam. Much more action news at 4 00 coming up next. Today, we spend a whole lot of time like this. So at citizens bank, weve created banking tools that fit how youre living today. From advanced atms. To online banking. To our Award Winning mobile app. And if you prefer facetoface, we have that too. Ask me, terry goggans, how our balance of technology and people can help you. The class of 2021 moved in today to get their belonging into the dorms and the help is appreciated by many and new students say they may have overpacked a little bit. They have time to get used to their new surroundings and classes begin august 29th, good look. Lucky uber riders got a chance to meet the philly phanatic the phillies and uber teamed up for the event and they could opt on their phones to get a visit from the phanatic and a few lucky ones did, some got a picture and some go sweet ticket foz a phillies game next month. The philadelphia soul are just days away from the arena bowl. Their fourth appearance in the title game in the past six years. Today we were right there as the team was practicing at total turf experience. And the reigning champs are batting for the right to fight for the top prize once again and the game is held on their own turf at the Wells Fargo Center center this thursday. A remainder the soul will host tampa bay storm for the title. Again saturday night at 7 00 here on 6 abc. All right go soul. More ahead in the next 30 minutes of action news at 4 00, including the rational reason for nestles new coffee flavored kit kat bar. And a teen is accused of shooting a bb gun including at a child. His crime spree did not end there. What he did in a stolen car. Action news continues. Action news continues with the app you will either adore or hate. If you hate when people ignore your tempts you will probably love it. And the high speed chase why philadelphias top cop was pursued by a pint size Police Officer today. And grounded gourd. Spectators will not get to see pumpkins flying through the field in delaware this year. Why the pumpkin chunkin event is canceled this year. The story involves a teenager with a bb gun an injured child a stolen car ain police chase. John rawlins is covering this case all day long. He joins us in minquadale with a break down of what happened here. Reporter this starts at 8 00 a. M. This morning they get a call about an individual that was driving a black suv that shot a woman with a bb gun. Then another call a similar report only this time the apparent intended target a 10yearold child. 10yearold adam was riding his bike this morning when a man driving this toyota suv approached him. He was like do you want something, here you go and pointed a gun. It wasnt pointing at me but to him. And i was like no thanks. Adam headed home fast and said it looks like this. The guy yelled its an air soft gun that used gas to fire bb style projectiles. Heard it and saw it fly and lucky missed and hit my shirt. Adam told his mom and stepdad and Newcastle Police were alerted and officers spotted a black suv. They attempted to stop the vehicle on kirkwood highway and then a pursuit ensues. The pursuit was called off after it hit another car, because of the prior shooting Incident Police identified the suspect and went to this house on stanton road. There the 15yearold suspect was taken into custody and the stolen suv was found nearby earlier this month the same suspect was arrested for stealing cars from a commercial garage. They have con

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