Johnson. Also speaking today, trauma doctors who responded to their mayhem on thursday night including dr. Brian williams. He addressed police with conflicted feelings. I support you. I will defend you and i will care for you. That doesnt mean that i do not fear you. But theres a need that if you approach me i will start worrying for my personal safety. And more protests tonight in philadelphia. Action News Reporter walter perez is live at broad and cecil b. Moore. Walter, whats the story there . Reporter well, jim, a black lives matter protest just went by moments ago kicking off at broad and cecil b. Moore. As you mentioned right behind me here Police Officials say this certainly seems to be the pattern will remain through the Democratic National convention and thats why today the Police Commissioner reached out to protestors. Todays round of protests came courtesy of an Organization Called surj which stands for showing up for racial justice. Their method of operation was similar to other protests over the past several days. Blocking traffic at several intersections in center city during the monday morning commute. Police commissioner richard ross says after dealing with similar protests over the past several days, he is very proud with the way his department has handled these marches. With for them to be able to deal with some of the things theyve been dealing with, some of the invectives that be hurled their way. Theyve been able to maintain that level of professionalism that gets us through thissism with the convention later this month and the protest showing no sign of letting up commission eros is speaking out to encourage protestors to contact the department when a rally is being scheduled. The main reason he says is to keep the picketers and the police as safe as possible. When you walk around for hours and hours and dont tell us where youre going it creates challenges for us. We have a duty to protect them despite what some people believe. We are out there doing that. Particularly since theyre traversing the streets in the milling of traffic in many cases. Reporter words echoed today by Dallas Police chief david brown. Greater concern about the requirements that it puts on Law Enforcement when you have protests he or even planned protests to ensure their safety but not to be inconsiderate of the officers safety. Reporter and back out live taking a look at the protestors, the black lives matter protestors making their way down cecil b. Moore. This morning the protestors were told they did not have a permit. Tonights protestors the one you see right there at the very least did notify police so all this once again serving as a prelude of things to come with the dnc coming to town later this month. Reporting live from north philadelphia, walter perez channel6 action news. Jim. Walter, thank you. Protestors are also gathering in wilmington right now to rally against the killing of black men by police officers. The group called complexities of Color Coalition says it has planned a peaceful march. The rally is starting at the double tree hotel. They plan to end the march at fourth and king. Please stay with action news and 6abc. Com for the very latest from dallas, texas and from marches around the country. You can also join the ongoing conversation about this entire situation on our facebook and twitter pages where you can find continuous updates. Other news at this hour, leased trains are now on track to help move septas Regional Rail riders. At a the Transit Agency began an interim weekday schedule. Septa leased trains from amtrak and new Jersey Transit to add 1700 seats to its modified schedule. A third of the Regional Rail fleet was taken out of service last week to fix a critical defect in a hundred cars. You can find a list of septas interim schedule on 6abc. Com. Former Philadelphia Elementary School principal Evelyn Cortez was sentenced to 10 years probation today for her role in a cheating scandal. Cortez was arrested in may 2014 following allegations that she and teachers of cayuga Elementary School changed students answers on the state psa exams. She pleaded guilty in february to charges of perjury and tampering with public records. Philadelphia police are trying to track down a package thief who is using an indigo bike share rental as his get away vehicle. The first incident happened june 30th in the 600 block of addison street just before 12 30 in the afternoon. The thievery moved a package from a doorstep and rode off on a bike. Police believe that is the same man seen on the 500 block of south 26th street at 3 15 that same afternoon. The suspect removed a package from a storm door there before riding off. We are moving ever closer to the Democratic National convention in philadelphia. Organizers are hoping that one of the attractions will be just as popular as it has been at past conventions. And that would be political fest. Action News Reporter vernon odom is live at the union league in center city tonight. Vernon. Reporter jim, throughout american history, time and time again, philadelphias been the go to place for major american Political Parties to throw their conventions. The summer no exception at all and the democrats want to engage folks who can not attend in person. One major venue for political fest will be here at the historical Landmark Union league on south broad. At the Curtis Center for the union league theyre going to be covering all of the president ial conventions that took place in philadelphia. So all 11 of those. Reporter all across center city the dnc will be putting on displays and exhibits trying to engage local folks who dont have the credentials to get into the Democratic Convention at the wells fargo center. The Constitution Center is considered the hub for the various activities that will cost 15 for an adult to get in. Were having Food Truck Festival called philly feast. It will take place at third and arch. The monday of Convention Week the 25th were going to have watch parties every night of the convention at your local bars and restaurants. Reporter some of the other venues will be displaying truly notable artifacts. At the National Liberty museum on lower Chestnut Street for example. Were going to be having our first familys exhibit. Well be having president ial train off, first lady dresses, well be having photo exhibits, National Geographic is going to be showing photographers from the white house. Reporter jim, tickets for those exhibits will have to be purchased online. A true sized replica of air force one will be going on display at the convention center. Live in center city, im vernon odom, channel6 action news. Thank you, vernon. Pennsylvania will have a budget at midnight tonight but lawmakers have yet to agree on how to pay for it. Governor tom wolf is letting the 31 billion budget become law without his signature letting a budget become law means the money keeps flowing to schools and other state programs. Leaders in both parties say that theyre still committed to working on an agreement to fund the budget in full. Members of new jersey Education Advocacy organizations met this afternoon in trenton to discuss a new School Funding initiative. The plan developed by senator Steve Sweeney calls far a four member panel to establish how much money each School District should receive. Sweeney was at the forum today to answer questions and to listen to suggestions. The city of philadelphia has shut down the big construction and renovation project inside the Curtis Center on washington square. The reason, well, this is all about the 100 year old dream garden mural in the buildings lobby. Action News Reporter john rawlins is live at the Curtis Center tonight. John, whats the problem . Why the shutdown . Reporter well, the shutdown was ordered by l and i and the problem is because of damage to the mural. It will stay that way shut down were told until experts can can get in here and stabilize the mural. Then and only then will they Start Construction again. From a distance its other worldly colors dominate the Curtis Building lobby its win hundred thousand pieces of tiffany glass attract admirers. This is a spectacular visually. Reporter Kevin Sullivan and family visiting from toronto to take in the mural but last week a construction mishap elsewhere in the building caused structural damage that is now covered with special stabilizing material. Its a shame and i guess somebodys going to have a real challenge to try to put that right. Reporter that would be the murals owner the Pennsylvania Academy of fine arts its president says trouble occurred when a piece of concrete nell a stairwell. By dropping that rather than lowering it they caused a trauma which reverberated through the building and that energy was transferred down into the mosaic and caused a structural crack to open up. Reporter David Brigham says the mural is made up of paths. Two panels are out of vertical alignment. This cultural landmark made by maxwell parish. Parish was one of their go too ill straighters. He also illustrated calendars, many of the great books of his generation. Reporter so, the plan at this point in time is to stabilize the mural, then let the work proceed, then repair the mural. You might remember 18 years ago this mural was the center of a controversy. The then owner tried to sell it to casino operator steve win who was going to move the entire mural to las vegas. There was a public outcry. The sale fell through. The pew trust bought the mural for three and a half million dollars, gave it to the academy. At this point it now joins a list of historic objects in the city of philadelphia along with parts of boathouse row, the and wha wanamakers eagle. Each received diploma for completing Fire Equipment dispatcher training. They will now be taking 911 calls and dispatching emergency equipment at philadelphias Fire Communications center. Coming up on action news tonight Ducis Rodgers will assess the phillies play as they head into the allstar break. You can call it a cat fight of sorts as the borough in Seaside Heights moves to get rid of feral cats who live here under the boardwalk and in neighborhoods as well. Im Nora Muchanic in ocean county. Ill have that story coming up. Well, weve had two days in the comfort zone with low humidity, temperatures in the mid 80s but im tracking heat indices close to 100. Thats moving our way. Ill talk about heat wave number three in the accuweather 7day forecast. Those stories and much more when action news continues tonight. Prodders, shuckersers, and sniffers, [ inhales ] all giant produce is triple checked. Farm, crate, and store. Were focusing on fresh. So you dont have to guess. My giant. As we reach the height of the summer is season Seaside Heights has a serious problem. It has become home to hundreds of wild feral cats. New jersey correspondent Nora Muchanic was there today to check out the problem firsthand. Leave them alone. Theyre not bothering anybody and they have the right to live just as much as anybody else does. Reporter emotions are running high in Seaside Heights where the borough is moving to take control of a feral cat population it says is out of control. The borough is just 16 blocks long and five wide. Yet theres an estimated five to 600 cats roaming through neighborhoods and living under the boardwalk. On the properties where theyre being fed to other Peoples Properties defecating urinating. Reporter they had some cats living under borough hall leaving their calling card under equipment. No one wants cats leaving their business on the beach. Reporter officials want the local animal control officer to take over and move the cats to shelters. The group says that wont work. Well, you cant put a feral cat in rescue. Theyre usually not socialized and they cant be adopted so those cats are going to go to a shelter and after a seven day hold theyre euthanized. Reporter a proposed ordinance will require anyone like debbie to get permission from neighbors. Theres only one or two full time residents on this whole block so to get their permission is ridiculous. Reporter the colonies of cats living under the boardwalk right now are already being moved out a big dune project is planned for next year and all of this will be filled with sand. I never smell anything and it never seems all that bad so i think they should stay. Reporter a public hearing on the controversial cat ordinance is set for july 20th. In Seaside Heights im Nora Muchanic channel6 action news. You can find it all only in new york. New york. Its all here. Its only here. Plan your Summer Vacation at iloveny. Com when youre the parent of a disabled child, you realize that the world can be a harsh place. But you also realize it can be a really loving, wonderful place. When i saw donald trump mock somebody who was disabled, i was appalled. You gotta see this guy. Ahh, i dont know what i said, ahh, i dont remember that reporter suffers from a chronic condition that impairs movement of his arms. It told me everything i need to know about his heart and what he believes deep down. Priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. Priorities usa action is responsible allstar break. Phillies probably have a better record than most fans would have anticipated. Especially when the season began. Could have been better had they not had that slump they had. Phillies can feel good about themselves as they hit the allstar break. Still six games below. 500 but they have played better as of late. They beat colorado yesterday 10three. Make kell franco drove in three runs. Hes been on a tear lately. Phillies have won 11 of their last 15 games. Im pleased with the performance of the young players, the energy level. You know, were still under. 500, im never going to sit here and tell you that im pleased with that but i think there are a lot of positive developments with this team over the last three months and hopefully some more to come in the second half. The allstar game is tomorrow night in san diego. Odubel herrera will be the phillies lone representative. 24yearold leads the club in batting average stolen bases and runs scored. Herrera figures to be a key piece in this teams future. First and foremost he plays with energy and anybody watching the games can see that. Hes excited to take a walk as anybody ive ever seen. Hes also excited to get a home run or hit a fly ball to left field so hes its exciting to watch him play. Hes certainly developing into an impact player and were really happy hes on our club. Ben simmons and the sixers have the night off from Summer League play. Simmons has steadily gotten better and hes beginning to show more of his versatility. Last night simmons opened up his offensive game scoring 18 points on seven of 13 shooting. The sixers number one draft pick assesses his performance after one week of Summer League play. I think ive played different attributes, scoring defense. I think i have two more games to go and i got to pick it up. He played with little fanfare no outlandish behavior no look at me persona. Softspoken duncan announced his retirement diapir just a press release no news conference. Duncan levers after 19 seasons in the nba all with san antonio. He won five nba titles twice named league m. V. P. Named finals m. V. P. On three different occasions. Finally tonight if it wasnt for luck, giants pitcher jake peavy might be hurt. After throwing a pitch peavy checked with the third base umpire on a ruling. He throws the ball back to him when hes not looking and it lands right in his glove. That could have hit him in the noggin. Instead it settles right into the webb. Lucky the catcher didnt fire it back there. Coming up cecily tynan with the accuweather forecast when we continue in just a moment. Seven day accuweather forecast. Theres another heat wave in there somewhere. On the way towards the end of the week. I didnt hear one complaint about the weather today, though. It was gorgeous. Beautiful. It was fantastic. Storm tracker6. Utterly magnificent. All right, i need the talk now. [laughter] showing that we have dry conditions out there. The action cam taking a look over the schuylkill, the Fairmount Park water works seeing the channel6 zoo balloon, blue skies and sunshine, just some fair weather cumulus clouds out there. Although parts of our region really could use the rain. If you look at the rainfall since may first, Atlantic City youre doing okay running 7inches buffer normal. Wilmington about 3inches above normal. Philadelphia about a quarter inch above normal. However, areas north and northeast are getting very dry. Trenton close to 2inches below normal and allentow allenn 3inches below normal. I think well see rain later in the week as we get popup showers and thunderstorms because of this, heat and humidity is on the way. Thursday this is the expected heat index. Looks we have almost a repeat performance of this past thursday. Heat indices close to 100 degrees. So you definitely do want to take it easy for the second half of the week. Right now, though, it feels great out there. 85 degrees down from our high of 86 which is 1 degree below normal. Allentown and trenton 83. Wilmington 84. Atlantic city airport 77 and beach haven 76 degrees. We have dewpoints in the 50s so feeling pretty nice. Part of the reason why, High Pressure sitting right over us and what that High Pressure will do is keep us comfortable tonight but it will move to the east tomorrow. So that will bring us warmer air. Tonight though mostly clear. Humidity levels still pretty low, rather comfortable, 68 degrees in philadelphia, 62 in allentown, 67 in cape may and 67 in wilmington. Tomorrow, though, with the return flow west of this High Pressure we get the wind out of the south so that means it will be warmer, more humid with a high of 88 degrees. But we really get in the steam bath by the middle of the week. When this front lifts up to the north and the east, we get a high of 89 degrees on wednesday, dewpoints will be increasing with a possibility of some showers and thunderstorms mainly west of philadelphia wednesday. Thursday and friday will be the peek of the heat. So, if youre down the shore tomorrow enjoy it. A pretty nice at any on the beach, sun with a few clouds, the ocean temperature 74, u. V. Index very high. Temperatures jersey beaches in the upper 70s and the delaware beaches in the low 80s. So, the exclusive accuweather 7day forecast tomorrow not bad. Mix of clouds and sunshine, slightly humid but not oppressive, 88 degrees. Wednesday it gets warmer, it gets more muggy with a chance of thunderstorms north and west of philadelphia, 89 degrees and here comes the steam bath. Thursday and friday temperatures in the mid t low to mid 90s. Heat index around 100. Thunderstorms possible both afternoons. On saturday we touch 91 degrees before a cold front rolls through. That will officially make this heat wave number three and sunday away of low pressure develops along that front. Sunday could be pretty active with numerous showers and thunderstorms, 87 and we dry things out on monday, partly sunny with a high of 89 degrees so comfortable tonight but its not going to stay that way this week. Thank you cecily. Abcs world news tonight with david muir is next on channel6. Action news continues at 10 00 on phl17 with brian taff, sharrie williams, adam joseph and Ducis Rodgers. Then please join us for action news at 11 00 here on channel6. For cecily tynan, Ducis Rodgers, and the entire action news team, im jim gardner. And we hope youll join us at 11 00. Tonight, as we come on, another city, another deadly shooting. Inside a courthouse. The building on lockdown for a time. Several dead. The gunman taken down in the shootout. What weve just learned about the suspect. Also tonight, the ambush in dallas. 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