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WPVI Action News At 4PM October 3, 2017

Behind me and there was bodies everywhere. In las vegas the giving continues. Vigils for the do dozens of people in the rampage. 23yearold mack dune ascendling the concert with his girlfriend and navy veteran christopher. He was in combat and comes back uninjured and goes to a concert and dize. Law enforcement and Family Members are trying to understand what would motivate a one time accountant and a gamble to inflict so much carnage. Steve had nothing to do a political or religious organization. No white supremacist, nothing. Investigators say there were more than 40 guns recovered at his nevada home and Mandalay Bay Hotel room and material to make explosives were discovered in his car. Also, in that hotel room a computer and a camera possibly used to record the horrific shooting. They are looking closely at his finances saying in the last three years he had 200 plus reports of large financial transacticsactio transactions. Police confirm that a central Pennsylvania Little League coach was among the 59 People Killed in the shooting. Bill wolf was gunned down in vague as and he and his wife were celebrating their anniversary. Bob brooks joins us now from their home in pennsylvania. Reporter you can only imagine what the wolf family is going through. We hear that bill wolf jr. And his wife were in vegas to celebrate their marriage when he was shot and killed. And he was very much so part of the community. A Little League coach at the field where i am here now. And a wrestling coach and his loss is felt everywhere around town today. From the flags flying at half staff around town and the signs asking for prayers outside for the local businesses the shipmans community is hurting. They are beginning to mourn the loss of bill wolf jr. He was also a husband and father. We are all praying for you, you had a wonderful husband and father. Kelly perry of the greyhound Family Restaurant spoke taos about him. He was a coach at the shipmans Little League the the league her sons played in. They were good. Good citizens taken away with us. She felt compelled to put a message for the family put in the restaurant sign. You think your mom and dad are going away and this happens. I think about my son just 12. For him to have to go through Something Like that. And news broke around town that bill had passed. Last night at the shipm shipmanburgs church there was a vigil and wolf was also a local wrestling coach. The Little League released a statement reading, his care and enthusiasm and care for these children will be greatly missed and never forgotten in this community. Reporter certainly a huge loss for everyone up here, and for those of you back in our area, that want to help the family there say go fund me page set up for funeral expenses. Well linking it to our website at 6abc. Com. Bob brooks, channel 6 action news. Thank you. Across the nation and across the Delaware Valley today the sound of church bells chiming served as a remembrance of those victims of the deadly shooting in las vegas. [ bells ringing ] here at the church of the redeemer in brenmar. The bells tolled 59 times one for each person confirmed dead. It was organized by the episcopals against gun violence and it signals mourning and for those that remember are the dead. And the living. And to find a way to help. Stories of every day heros are giving us hope in times of heart break. Jim gardner is joining us live in las vegas with the overwhelming effort to xlebt blood for the victims. Reporter hi alicia. Forgive me for the informality. We are dealing with serious las vegas heat this afternoon. Let me start by saying that once the 6 00 news is over. Well rundown to the cathedral here where we were last night for the vigil service, and talk to bishop. Joseph peppy, the bishop of las vegas, if the name is familiar to some of you, it should be. It should be, he is a philadelphian. Graduated from philadelphia and had a parish in norbyrne and 2001 he became bishop of las vegas and obviously he has an extraordinary challenging job now in the wake of the mass shooting. We are eager to hear what he has to say and well have you hear it on action news at 11 00 tonight. Earlier today, we spent time at one of the Blood Donation centers here. There are three of them and we were really impressed by the huge turnout for a second day. I want to play one of the sound bytes that is frankly too long for our full story on the Blood Donation Collection Center well do at 5 00 but communicates the commitment and emotion that came to the city. Her name is amy and she is waiting in line to give blood. Why are you here today . We are really just here to help and do whatever we can. Obvio obviously, we just feel so much for the families and everybody involved. So we just want to do our little part. Whatever we can. Trying to hold back that is why. Yes. Very difficult time for everybody. So you have two beautiful small children. Does that make this experience even more emotional. It does. It really does. Yes. They are beautiful kids. Thank you so much. Thank you. Some real emotion on that line here today in vegas. There has been a substantially increased Police Presence in parts of the city over the several days and tomorrow a big Police Presence. President trump will be here to talk to First Responders and others, we dont know his specific itinerary, where he will do his thing and what exactly he will do, because today he is in puerto rico. And i dont think well be told the details tomorrow until the puerto rican trip is complete. But well be here to tell you what happens tomorrow. That is the story here from las vegas. How difficult the topic is that mother doing her best. We continue to follow the latest on air and online, 6abc. Com is your complete resource for up to the minute coverage. Now, to a developing investigation, at temple university. Where a student has died after falling several stories from the window of a building on the main campus. The 19yearold freshman was killed today after falling from the fifth floor of a dorm. Police are waiting for the medical Examiners Office to rule on the death and well follow the story and update it as new details come in. A jackknifed it is caused delays on the schuylkill expressway it hatched at noon in west conshohocken. Police had to close the eastbound lanes at gulph mills and 476 as they cleared the wreckage, no injuries were reported here. Time for a check of the accuweather forecast. Beautiful day and adam joseph is outdoors this afternoon where the rest of us would like to be with an update. We are sun soaked and the low humidity and you cant complain about todays weather. The high is 74 in philadelphia and close to seasonable norms for this time of year and look to the west its heating up 80 in st. Louis, and 82 in wichita and memphis, 86 degrees, satellite 6 along with action radar we have a front that is west of chicago right now and there is the bubble of High Pressure avoiding most of the east coast of any cloud cover and the high remains a weather feature as you go over the next couple of days. For this evening. Once the sunsets temperatures fall quickly here. Going from the upper 60s at 7 00 and mid70s by 10 00 and 59 at 11 00 and the moon lit sky dropping to 54 in the city and many 40s in the suburbs. But the summer feeling makes a come back along with the humidity and mainly dry through the weekend and finally the rain we are hoping for maybe a soaking coming in next week. Well chat about it coming up in the full accuweather forecast. See you in a bit. Thank you. Still ahead on action news at 4 00, the former ceo of equi fax is slammed by lawmakers on capitol hill over the Security Breach and President Trump and the first lady are meeting with victims in puerto rico. And former first lady, Michelle Obama is among the stars in attendance today at the pennsylvania conk for women. President trump arrived in puerto rico today to get a firsthand look at the devastation left after hurricane maria. The crisis grows and amid the blistering criticism of the federal response. Amid a meeting President Trump raised eyebrows to ask officials to repeat their praise and and talked about the cost of this response. I hate to tell you port week but you thrown our budget a little out of whack. We spent a lot of money on puerto rico, that is fine we save aid lot of lives. And then the president met with reads struggling with no electricity and little water, and pledged an all out effort to help that island moving forward. The pennsylvania coverage for women is just about winding down in Center City Philadelphia today. It brought with it some pretty big star power to the Convention Center, former first lady Michelle Obama and shonda reims key noted this luncheon. Ladies and a few good men as well. For former first lady, Michelle Obama, this chat with 12,000 new friends mostly girlfriends was not political. It was personal. And shonda reims asked what many are wondering these day zbhz what is it like going from that pace to nothing . Its good. Really good. Its been a decade of being shot out of a cannon. And there has really been literally no time to talk about feelings. She talked about everything from raising her girls in the public eye to serve the American People a struggle that is not that different from our own. Living in the white house is doing what probably everyone in this room is doing, juggling careers and trying to be relevant and make sure your marriage it intact and your kids are health by doing it under the harshest brightest light there is. It starts as home. Its not just enough to love a girl. You have to treasure a girl and respect her and give her power at a young age. Mrs. Obama says she may be what is called a former. But she continues her mission to empower women wherever her life takes her. Tell young women to speak up and talk. Dont waste your seat at the table. She had a funny moment with shonda reims with what its like to raise kids during social media. Ill have that tonight at 6 00 and some of our own 6 abc star power was there as part of the conference as well. Monica malpass was an emcee and Tamala Edwards and our own Sharrie Williams that had a session strategies to tackle barriers. And nydia han as well today. Called it fabulous, fabulous. Great to be a part of it. The former ceo of equi fax faced tough questions and criticism on capitol hill. He when in front of the panel looking into the equi fax data breach. Information of 145 million americans was stolen and one lawmaker said that equi fax let americans down. And one said there is no law that can fix stupid. He blamed it on human and technological errors and took responsibility. Smith resigned last month. Its time for a first check of the action news traffic report today. Lets go live to matt pellman in the Traffic Center today. The facts about the ride home are not pretty on this tuesday afternoon. Especially along i95 as you try to head northbound, you hit a wall of traffic starting in philadelphia around the exit for columbus boulevard and it continues through this point at the work zone at girard avenue, an accident out here a half hour now continues to take out the left lane. You are moving slowly on the northbound side. You saw that 55 Minute Travel time that should be 15 minutes, just 2 Miles Per Hour. And you really want to think alternates like Delaware Avenue and the numbers streets and broad street. On delaware and oregon avenue, Fire Department activity watch for that as well. As you are detouring, youll see people leaving the Convention Center as the conference for women is wrapping up. And a crash on the roosevelt boulevard northbound side at whitaker in the inner drive where the ihop sits on the southbound side. In bucks county they are investigating a crash involving the 2yearold. So route 13 bristol pike is closed. And an accident along exton 30, east of the mall, that is causing slowing as well. Well check it again in the next half hour. All right thank you. We have breaking news now we want to go live to las vegas where the sheriff there with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police is now giving an update on the latest on the massacre that happened sunday night. Reference to the investigation piece, i dont want a repeat of of what i experienced yesterday. Its an ongoing investigation. So ill be limited in the details i provide you. But hopefully we can get through this with a modicum of decorum. Ill identify you if you raise your hand. Sound fair. Well get through this. Okay, so as a matter of formality. Our department worked through the night to identify all the victims at the route 91 Harvest Festival and identified all but three victims and an active scene at the grounds at the mandalay bay. We ask everyone to stay away until further notice. They are working diligently to clear the scene. The fbi versus is the question. We have partnered with the fbi from the very beginning of this in the investigative phase and the fbi has brought a large amount of resources from washington, d. C. To assist us with that. So the reason why the Harvest Festival is still in continuation of investigation is not only solely related to the removal of the victims but documentation of the scene. So we are using the best Practice Technology to ensure we have complete documentation. That is why its taking a longer period of time. We ask for patience and as far as las vegas boulevard. North and south we anticipate to be open shortly in the next few hours to benefit with commerce and what we do as a community. All right, the key opponent here is resources and victim identification, so bear with me. Im going to try to get through this the best i can. But the important piece is if you missed a number. We are putting up on the next hour the listing of all numbers i shall provide you today and the people out in the public to contact us. If they are lacking this or dont see this broadcast. We are asking for anyone that may have information in a criminal capacity or a victim of the shooting to contact us through 311. If you are out of state, if you have left since the shooting, and you have discovered you feel that you have become a victim or you realize you have an injury associated to it. We are asking you to cant us, but the out of state number is 7028283111. Additionally from you local, and you have the ability to respond to a local substation, a working police substation. You have the ability to file a report at that location. Now, the family reunification we are listen to Sheriff Joe Lombardo of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police department giving us the latest now. The headlines so far he is talking about identifying the victims of the 59 so far 56 are identified. And the fbi considers the scene an active scene and given the more than 500 injured there the death toll remains at 59. Doctors and nurses have worked tirelessly overnight to keep people alive. And that remains the case. That is the News Conference streaming well have more on action news at 4 00. Ill have the langoustine lobster ravioli. For you, sir . The original call was for langoustine ravioli. A langoustine is a tiny kind of lobster. A slight shellfish allergy rules that out, plus my wife ordered the langoustine. I will have chicken tenders and tater tots. If youre a ref, you way overexplain things. Its what you do. If you want to save fifteen percent or more on Car Insurance you switch to geico. Sir, we dont have tater tots. Its what you do. I will have nachos z26vfz z5yz y26vfy y5yy today bell Haven Middle School in linwood packed dozens of boxes filled with supplies, everything with pencils, notebooks and stuffed animals all will be delivered to those recovering from harvey. They are from generous people from across atlantic and cape may counties. Some highly skilled musicians put on a concert in montgomery county. Those are the sounds of the settlement music schools Adult Chamber players, they brought the therapeutic benefit to more than 100 intellectually challenged men and women in willow grove. Action news conti nues with meteorologist, adam joseph, alicia vitarelli, Sharrie Williams and brian taff. Hello again, 4 30 now and action news continues with the novel way one couple is paying for their upcoming wedding, they are charging their guests to attend. Imagine discovering that a stranger took your picture without your permission and share tropical disturbance online for all to shame. That is what happened to one young mother, why the real story behind the viral photo may make you think twice before judging another parent. And how much fentanyl is now off the streets thanks to a huge bust in montgomery county. We begin 4 30 with the lightest developments on a tragedy in tully town, a toddler died after being ejected from the car this afternoon. The sad story does not end there. It was no blameless accident. Walter perez is live at the scene in bucks county to explain all of this. Reporter hey sharrie, a truly heart breaking story in tully town, it all started when the driver of that suv there on the right allegedly stole audio equipment from the walmart nearby and allegedly blue the red light at the intersection and got broadsided by the vehicle. And the suv flipped and slammed int

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