To intervene and stop the operation of uber x and lift. This is causing a big traffic problem here in Center City Philadelphia now. You can see all kinds of taxi cabs and they were called for 600 of them to block the streets here in center city in the middlest day, cab after cab lining up causing complete congestion, they are protesting what they call the illegal operation of uber x and lift in philadelphia. Well continue to monitor this from the air and on the ground. And at 6abc. Com. Right now the jury is deliberating charges of taking part of the assault a gay couple of in center city. Katherine knott testified in her own defense. She said she did not hit or insult anyone, she faces several years in prison, two male codefends plead guilty and are on probation. A center city slasher is now behind bars, officers arrested kyle stevens in north philadelphia this morning and accused of attacking two men earlier yesterday morning and Katherine Scott is live now with more on the investigation. Reporter rick, police do have an arrest warrant they say that kyle stevens will be charged in the attacks yesterday morning in center city. Stevens is inside central detectives and we are told that he is not cooperating with police, 26yearold steves was arrested shortly after 9 00 in north philadelphia, police are searching for him after two random knife attacks yesterday morning in center city. His last address was a homeless shelter, and i am told he was loud and disruptive and drew the attention of a Security Guard and he recognized him and called 911. They picked him up and brought him to southwest detectives. The attacks happened 15 minutes apart yesterday morning, police say that stevens armed with a knife slashed two men, ages 23 and 42 and they were treated and released at hahnemann and i am told that stevens when to the hospital with cuts and he was treated and released from einstein after about an hour, he remains in custody at central detectives and we are told he is not cooperating with authorities. Thank you. The search continues this noon for 26yearold maurice taylor, police say he was driving a 2003 silver Volkswagon Passat when an officer was struck in the grays ferry section. The officer suffered numerous injuries but is expected to be okay. The damage the passat was discovered in point breeze with an 18yearold girl and 11yearold boy inside. On the weather front, cooler temperatures today and not as windy as we prepare for another round of rain tomorrow, sky 6 hd looking live at the ben franklin bridge in parts of penns landing, gray skies could linger in the afternoon as things feel more seasonable outside especially during the weekend, thickening clouds give way to precipitation and cooler conditions, david murphy is outside on the terrace with the details from accuweather. Clouds are around right now as i glance down to the south of the terrace, way down there, if you take a look at satellite after a clouds and sun mix we have filtered in thicker cloud cover and every now and then there is the possibility of the sun poking back out and either way its cooler than yesterday. Currently 52 degrees and the wins are dropping down out of the northeast now and a cooler source region for us, versus yesterday we were drawing the winds from the south and getting milder air in. However, despite the cooler air we are well above average, well get up to 56 at 2 00, and looking for a high of 57, it would help if we got sunshine in play to get the number otherwise we could fall short. 6 00, 51 degrees and dropping back into the upper 40s at 10 00 and sitting there in the overnight hours. Tomorrow morning we have rain arriving and that looks free of everything but drizzle and light spotty showers, and 11 00 or 12 00 we get more rain into play and the rest of the afternoon straight through the afternoon rush hour looks pretty wet, it looks like well get a decent amount of rain from a half inch to inch, i think the numbers to the left are more likely. When we step inside well look at the chill down for the weekend, my advice today is wear a jacket its cool and not as windy and still well above average. Rick and sara . Thank you. On the political front, frontrunner, donald trump, made it clear that he is not backing away from his idea of not allowing muslims from entering the united states, trump says that the ban is not about religion but about security, the nine leading candidates answered various questions on the stage in las vegas, texas senator, ted cruz shied away from attacking trump but he is the chaos candidate. He says that because he failed in his campaign and nobody cares. Is donald trump a serious candidate . I think jeb say nice man after the debates trump promised not to run as an independent candidate. Up next the democrats take the stage for a debate in New Hampshire and that one will be hosted by abc news. At least eight people were hurt after a Southwest Airlines plane rolled off a runway at the airport last night, now the faa is investigating. Lauren lister is live with the latest. The plane was on the ground taxiing when passengers said it was like a car on a dirt road and like it was going topple up. They were like just get off the plane, leave your luggage and get off the plane. Frightening words for the passengers on this boeing 737, southwest flight 31 departing from houston and making a rough landing at nashville airport at 5 20 p. M. A lot rougher than what it usually is. You knew something was not right. The plane rolling off the runway on to the grass and getting stuck. We heard a shutter and we swerved off into a ditch, the flight attend ans told us down down down. And then Passengers Evacuated down the emergency shoot and ambulances immediately called to the scene and eight passengers rushed to the hospital and released later with minor injuries. Both the nose of the plane and the side suffering damage. The faa is looking into what went wrong, the possibility is that a wheel could have collapsed or blown a tire or problems with the landing gear. Lauren thank you. Police are searching for two women who stole diapers from a store in north philadelphia and then assaulted a worker who ran after them. Surveillance video shows the ibm walking into the Family Dollar store on sunday, they grabbed sixpacks of huggies diapers and left without paying and a store employee followed them out to get the diapers back and that is when the police say the women assaulted her before taking off. Anybody with information is asked to call philadelphia police. There is more ahead on action news at 12 30, amy is hanging up her cleats. And the force awakens is about to hit theaters nationwide and critics are weighing in. Well tell you what they are saying when action news comes right back. Im chris bosh. When i was sidelined with blood clots in my lung, it was serious. Fortunately, my doctor had a game plan. Treatment with xarelto®. Hey guys hey, finally, somebody i can look up to. Besides arnie. 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An our breaking news continues in center city as we look live from chopper 6 hd 15th and market streets where a protest continues by the Taxi Workers Alliance and the philadelphia limo association, look on your screen, you can see the number of protest vehicle theres at city hall, they are protesting the operation of uber x and lift, another online car service in philadelphia, they have many concerns, one of them being the mayor of philadelphia and City Council Members helped to stop what they call illegal activities that affects their business. We are looking live at this protest it has traffic stalled and i suspect much of the traffic being rerouted around city hall because of this protest, lines and lines of cars and taxi cabs in protest of uber x and lift. Well watch the situation here from chopper 6 hd bringing more information as it becomes available to us during this newscast. Meantime, a sheriffs deputy in texas is hail aid hero for stopping a suspected drunk driver for driving the wrong way on a highway, derek mosley used his cruiser to stop the driver, Authorities Say the woman was drunk and found a bottle of wine in her purse. They are praising mosley for his actions. Putting your life on the line for someone else, its something when you see them doing it. Mosley hurt his wrist arm and shoulder in the collision and the wrong way driver is facing dui charges. In ohio a family filed a lawsuit against a district that they say did nothing to help their daughter who was being bullied. She committed suicide after being tormented by classmates. They would try to trip her. I want to know the truth, the truth has no agenda, it is what it is. My daughter deserves that. Emilys parents say they were dismissed weapon they reached out to the Ohio School District on several occasions to speak about the bullies. One sixth grader suggests that emily kill herself. 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I know one theater you can go on saturday and still get nice seats. Im going to do the forecast and its chilly out there. Stormtracker 6 live double scan, thank you rick, this is cool actually. You are right about that. Cool and cloudy. Lets get you outside sky 6 hd down the shore there is sunshine breaking through right now, overall we are looking at fair amount of cloud cover and peeks of cloud cover, 52 is your current temperature in philadelphia, your winds are light out of the southeast at 6 miles per hour, everybody is looking at single digit winds and yesterdays blustery stuff and clouds coming in over the last half hour to hour. And we are see that down in cape may, high temperatures 52 inal ep town un54 in trenton and 53 in reading and well get the 57 in philadelphia if we can get sunshine through the clouds and same thing in millville and more or less the same thing up and down the shore, and less wind than yesterday, the high is 57 at 3 00, and sinking to 51 by 7 00 and then 49 degrees by 9 00 and the overnight low is 48 degrees, the one change is thickening cloud cover in advance of this guy tomorrow. Tomorrow we are dealing with the cold front coming in and ahead of it a shot at 60 for a high and drizzle in the morning and real light spotty showers and the bulk of the steadier rain holds off until late morning and afternoon and continues until the early evening hours, it look look like as that passes through well wind up with a decent amount of rain, future tracker 6, showing the morning commute is damp and by noon we see the rain fill in and after that all the way up to 3 00 or 4 00, there is a chance of additional rain, this brand new model that came in wantses to shove the rain to the east by 5 00, i think it could be still raining through the evening commute and well have updates coming up on this beginning this afternoon at 4 00 with adam joseph and cecily tynan will continue updating you straight through the 11 00 news. How much rain are we looking at . The rpm showing you the lighter precipitation and its bringing the numbers up from a half inch to inch. Your exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast, not as windy today as it was yesterday, and cloudy skies with occasional sunny breaks and 57 for a high with light breezes and tomorrow cloudy skies in the morning, a little damp for the morning commute, and as we get into the morning and afternoon, we see the steadier rain move in and i think there say good chance that the rain stays past the evening hours. And breezy and cooler on friday and 56 degrees and the next big issue for the forecast is for the weekend, we are looking at the trough is of cold air from canada and highs in the 40s and morning lows in the 30s in philadelphia and some 20s in the suburbs, so winner coats for the weekend and chilly for the eagles game sunday night. Back up to 62 cloudy and milder on tuesday. Some nighttime rain is possible on tuesday. Obviously this is a quick, chilly dip. Back to normal on tuesday. The new normal. You can find the sevenday forecast and get a look at stormtracker 6 live double scan any time of day on our website head to 6abc. Com weather. The fate of u. S. Womens soccer is calling it a career, amy wombach is taking the field for her final match and Alicia Vitarelli is here with the details. It should be an emotional and thrilling night for amy wombach who is closing out her u. S. Womens career in louisiana, the face of womens soccer for the past decade, says she made peace with the fact that this game against china in new orleans will be her last. She has two olympic golds and the worlds all time scoring leader in International Competition and she says even though she was on the team in 2001, she is ready to cheer on the next generation of players and is ready to move on but it wont be without emotion. I think that it is going to be a special moment for me. And whoever gets to be on the field i just hope that they are not crying. Because if someone else starts crying maybe i will lose it. Im the same way, wombach insists she will not be lured back on to the field for the rio games, there is chatter about that, she shut people down, no tonight is it, bitter sweet and one big celebration in new orleans adding, watch out bourbon street, after that game they are taking on the town. Thank you. The first reviews of the new Star Wars Film are out and critics like what they see, the New York Times says that star wars the force awakens delivers the thrills with a touch of humanity. It delivers exactly what you want. The guardian says exciting and a trip back to the world you didnt realize you miss sod much. Star wars is the Parent Company of 6 abc. Winners are showing up all over pennsylvania. And with more than 500,000 winners of match 6, cash 5, and Treasure Hunt every single week, thats not a big surprise. Winners, winners everywhere play today sara just made an if youy joke. Off the air. Another check of the forecast with david murphy. Your high is 57 degrees and clouds and sunny breaks well above average and 38 tonight and clouds gathering and rain arriving tomorrow. David thank you. A look at stories coming up this afternoon on action news at 4 00, last nights president ial debate has led to a congressional investigation and a republican senator is looking into one of candidates and the Atlantic City boardwalk is getting a new set of eyes. The plan to install hundreds of cameras. Dont forget to join us for action news at 4 00, 5 00 and 6 00. For the entire Action News Team im sara bloomquist have a great afternoon. If a denture were to be put under a microscope, we can see all the bacteria that still exists. Polidents unique micro clean formula works in just 3 minutes, killing 99. 99 of odor causing bacteria. For a cleaner, fresher, brighter denture every day. 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