Virginia. We know more about the woman who was killed when a car plowed into a crowd of protesters. Abcs Elizabeth Hur reports from charlottesville. Reporter geerchg as good evening as the city and country rally for unit. Were hearing from the victims friends and family. The chaos that ended in death and devastation. Messages of unity and condolences for the victims. I want the country to know that the city is a place of extreme compassion. Reporter including Heather Heyer a 32yearold paralegal from virginia killed when a car plowed through a car. Friends and family talked about her independence. Heather was a strong person who defended what she believed in. She was not about hate. She put her life on the line. Reporter the suspect driver james alex fields from ohio sits in jail charged with murder. Meanwhile, the man who organized the unite the right demonstration. I was the organizers of the unite the right rally. Tried to hold a press conference and was heckled and escorted away. This as the Virginia Governor denounces and condemns the supporters of the White Supremacists. Theres no place for you here. Reporter antiviolence vigil as and rallies were held across the country remembering the victims. This from the white house,lair saying he does not support neonazis and all extremist groups. People are condemning the violence in charlottesville and the hatefilled rally that led to it. Several vigils are being held this afternoon in the delaware valley. Annie mccormick is in roxborough. Reporter there will be an event in roxborough. Already starting last night there was a show of support across the delaware valley. In media, the Delaware County courthouse concerned residents came together to denounce the events in charlottesville. Organizers say staying silence says hate is okay. Its important to show up. Reporter this is one of many vigils in the delaware valley. Lanchts last night in doylestown and jenkintown there were rallies. In philadelphia, philly we rise went to the streets. Philadelphia naacp held a press conference this morning sharing the reminder the organize was formed to end regation. They came for combat and battle. Reporter mayor kenny tweeted a statement saying in part this is not what america is supposed to be were about love and unity and not hate. Archbishop which a chaputed said if we want a different kind of county we need to begin today. Chris long, a charlottesville native and university of virginia graduate. You see that imagery you know its your hometown. Reporter mayor kenny released an extended statement saying remain peaceful and stay engaged. Theres more in west chester, ardmore and center city. Reporting live in roxborough, Annie Mccormick channel 6 action news. Back to you. World news sunday will have the latest from charlottesville as well as more reaction at 6 30 after action news. The new jersey turnpike was at a standstill after an oil tanker overturned in burlington county. This is viewer video of the scene as you can see near chesterfield township. It happened this afternoon and forced officials to shut down northbound lanes of turnpike in the area. The stretch has been reopened. No word on any possible injuries in the case. It was a violent night in the city of chester. Three people were injured in what turned out to be a Police Involved shooting overnight. Today Community Members gathered to pray for peace in the community. Bob brooks has more. Reporter they prayed outside the Chester Police station this afternoon in fact members of the life of Christ Ministry prayed around five locations around the city. Their goal to bring change to the town. Church members hit the street today after a violent night in chester. One of three men police say were shot close to the church. We trust god to give us guidance to know what to do, how to pray and pray for the mayor and the officers is in the city. Its a difficult city right now. Reporter investigators say there was a shootout between two suspects and officers around 2 00 a. M. This morning. There was a highspeed chase that would end with a highspeed crash. Police say it started at the gold room bar on edgemont avenue. Officers were monitoring things outside when people were leaving around exchange of gunfire erupted. One man was shot on the street. Two men got in the Dodge Durango and fired at the officers responding. There was a brief shootout and took off. 6 blocks later they crashed into a tree. When police approached the vehicle they found both men shot multiple times. But those you saw praying out in the Community Today , also in the new life ministrys Church Despite another set back they will continue to pray. Chester needs a reason to hope and believe things can be different. The things that are going on in the streets, the church cannot be silent about it. Its not going to be a negative thing to think about coming to chester, balls chester will turn around. Reporter a lot of time people hope change can happen here. No officers were injured during the incident. Bob brooks channel 6 action news. From our new jersey Newsroom Police are investigating a homicide in Hamilton Township on the 800 block of south olden avenue. A woman was found inside the home dead from a gunshot wound. In Atlantic City a woman was taken to the hospital after crashing a jet ski. Police say she was skiing in the back bay near rhode island avenue this afternoon when she crashed. No further information about this case has been released. Dozens of people gathered on the beach in margate but they were not sunbathing they were protesting the government ordered dune project. The judge ordered the army corps of engineers to get rid of the hazardous storm water that collected on the beach and build elevated walkways until the project is complete. The people said this project would do more harm than good to their community. Firefighters had to rescue a man who fell in a sinkhole in the strawberry section of the city. The man was trying to fill or cover the hole to keep others from falling victim when the grounds opened up beneath him Christie Ileto spoke to the victim today. Reporter walter, cones continue to line the area of the opening. That has eugene clark upset. He worries with all the cars and foot traffic on the block one of his neighbors could easily end up like him. Panic on the 3100 block of knorr street. Eugene clarks wife screaming for her husband trapped several feet after falling into the sinkhole. He put back cones back that a car knocked down around the safety hazard. I stood over there, trying to put the pieces and standing over the hole when i opened it up, the ground went in. I hear him screaming my name, all i wanted to do was jump in the hole. Reporter rescue workers retrieved clark an hour later. His wrist, ankle and back injured. Im suing now. Reporter the Water Department was alerted to a potential leak last thursday and sewer Maintenance Crew will be out there to do an inspection this week. In the meantime he worries that a the cones are not enough. Its a bandaid for a bigger problem. Its the cause of the whole block going its going to spread from here its going to spread. Reporter so clark said the city should put a proper cover over the sinkhole rather than cones. The Water Department will be out here later to do inspections. He hopes they can find his reading glasseses when he fell inside the sinkhole. Christie ileto channel 6 action news. Thank you. Much more to come on action news tonight. A community in Montgomery County stems up today lending a hand to firefighters who are raising money for a wonderful cause. From patrol the streets to dancing on the streets. A local Police Officer brings a smile to the face of people attending a music event. Reporter we have lower sunshine and lower humidity, the humidity stays away tomorrow, but eventually brings back the threat of showers and thunderstorms. Well have details on the traffic coming up in the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast. Eagles have a brand new cornerback, he hits the field. Ducis rogers has details in sports when action news comes right back. Today, were out here with some big news about type 2 diabetes. You have type 2 diabetes, right . Yes. So let me ask you this. How does diabetes affect your heart . It doesnt, does it . Actually, it does. Type 2 diabetes can make you twice as likely to die from a cardiovascular event, like a heart attack or stroke. And with Heart Disease, your risk is even higher. You didnt know that. No. Yeah. But, wait, theres good news for adults who have type 2 diabetes and Heart Disease. Jardiance is the only type 2 diabetes pill with a lifesaving cardiovascular benefit. Jardiance is proven to both significantly reduce the chance of dying from a cardiovascular event in adults who have type 2 diabetes and Heart Disease and lower your a1c. Jardiance can cause serious side effects including dehydration. This may cause you to feel dizzy, faint, or lightheaded, or weak upon standing. Ketoacidosis is a serious side effect that may be fatal. Symptoms include nausea, vomiting, stomach pain, tiredness, and trouble breathing. Stop taking jardiance and call your doctor right away if you have symptoms of ketoacidosis or an allergic reaction. Symptoms of an allergic reaction include rash, swelling, and difficulty breathing or swallowing. Do not take jardiance if you are on dialysis or have severe kidney problems. Other side effects are sudden kidney problems, genital yeast infections, increased bad cholesterol, and urinary tract infections, which may be serious. Taking jardiance with a sulfonylurea or insulin may cause low blood sugar. Tell your doctor about all the medicines you take and if you have any medical conditions. So now that you know all that, what do you think . That its time to think about jardiance. Ask your doctor about jardiance. And get to the heart of what matters. A Nonprofit Organization in chester spent time today helping parents with their back to school check list. The Better Living Center Hosted this years Chester Community affair including a room filled with backpacks. Students with little advice from mom and dad were able to pick their own. Firefighters in lower merion grabbed their boots and hit the streets in bala cynwood this morning for theda. The union has raised 5 million for the mda. New York Auto Show returns to bucks county. Dozens of perfectly polished were on display at the solbury high school. Organizers raised money for scholarships and the fox chase cancer center. A 113 year tradition continued today in norristown. Local italian americans paid tribute to youre a lady who is believe to end a plague that hit sicily years ago. There was a procession through the streets of norristown along with food and music, as well. Every day, youre thankful for the ones you love. And every day you promise to protect them. Off is here to help with proven protection against mosquitoes. Trust our family to protect yours. Sc johnson, a Family Company when you you act fast. Er, boo. So do we. Raid kills roaches seven times faster than the next leading ant and roach spray. Seven times faster . gasps raid get raid and get tough on roaches fast. Sc johnson. Time for a check on sports, ducis in for jeff, if this cornerback pans out the way they think it will go a long way. Reporter on paper it looks good. The new look eagles continue to tweak their new look and one of the newest players hit the field for practice. Ronald darby was acquired friday afternoon in strayed for jordon moot that yous. Darby has not had a lot of time to learn the play book. Hard to say im watching 11 guys on defense, you guys are watching one. Thats the only one you were watching right. It was a stress reliever, i had a lot build up trying to get the play book down, i made mistakes on plays, you go in there, you learn from it, you get better you stay. Reporter let the juggling with the receivers begin. Matthews played the slot they are looking to fill that void. Im paper weve got a lot of guys i can fill in tray burton, ago agular had a great off season. My goal is to work hard keep doing the same thing and keep working hard and keep coming to practice everyday and do whatever the coach wants me to do. Jordon matthews practiced for buffalo and suffered a chest injury. He was able to return to practice, he was not available to the media today. Sports sunday are the eagles a better team today than they were the trade was made, well discuss it at 11 45 p. M. On 6abc. Phillies trying to salvage a split with the mets in their four game set. They were hoping to duplicate the performance from yesterday. Theres trouble in the first inning. He gets tagged for a 2run homer. The phillies 20. Reese hoskins. He is off off, its a First Major League hit. Same inning, phils down 3, bases loaded. Bone head play of the game. Freddie galvis bluffs not scoring from third. He heads to third base anyway. What are you doing. Its a double play. Phillies lose 62. They go 2 for 11. I prefer to say he is more positive than negative. If you look back on the last 6, 7 weeks he has not played, made many mistakes, today it was an innocent mistake, he didnt keep his head up, thats the only thing he did, ill take him any day. Reporter the Washington Nationals are feeling lucky. Bryce harper does not have leg meant or tendon damage in the left knee, but he has a bone bruise of he is out indefinitely. The team dodged a bullet. Thats a tough injury to watch. Exactly im glad he is okay, but its hard to watch. Accuweather coming up. hard exhalation honey . Can we do this tomorrow . grunts of effort can we do this tomorrow . If you have Heart Failure symptoms, your risk of hospitalization could increase, making tomorrow uncertain. But entresto is a medicine that was proven, in the largest Heart Failure study ever, to help more people stay alive and out of the hospital than a leading Heart Failure medicine. Women who are pregnant must not take entresto. It can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. Dont take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren. If youve had angioedema while taking an ace or arb medicine, dont take entresto. The most serious side effects are angioedema, low blood pressure, kidney problems, or high potassium in your blood. Tomorrow, tomorrow. When can we do this again, grandpa . Well, how about tomorrow . Ask your doctor about entresto and help make tomorrow possible. Ask your doctor about entresto the accuweather forecast, today was lovely. Thats the word for today. Lovely. Reporter well put that in our vocabulary. Well use that in our british accent. Reporter nice, today, no humidity, lets go outside, the action cam was outside earlier today in south philadelphia at fdr park. It was a nice day to be out and about with the puffy cumulus clouds, as well. It was lovely outside. [laughter]. Sky6 live hd our Temple University camera looking at the center city skyline. We have plenty of sunshine overhead and clouds, as well. But were dry for the rest of the evening. The high today in philadelphia, 84. Right now 80 in the city. 80 in allentown. 80 at the beach in cape may. Were coming in at 80 as we enjoy the rest of the sunday night. 7 00 p. M. , 82 partly sunny, mostly clear, upper 70s 9 00 p. M. , 20 00 p. M. , under mostly clear skies. Comfortable and cooler tonight than last night across the region. Satellite and radar showing we are dry and we are quiet, a nice way to close out the weekend here, the showers and storms we had yesterday are moving well offshore with the cold front so we have High Pressure coming out of the ohio valley were tapping into a Northern Wind all the way for the rest of the season. The rest of the evening stars around and moon lit in some locations. 56 in the suburbs and 68 in philadelphia for the overnight low with the northerly wind at 4 to 8 miles per hour. As we get into the start of the workweek on monday, a nice mixture of sun and clouds, its going to be a warm one, too, high temperature, 80 degrees. 83 in allentown. 84 in reading. Cape may, 77. Toms river, 82. Well go throughout the day tomorrow, future tracker 6 showing you 6 00 p. M. You see we have a mostly clear start to the day, were tracking a frontal boundary that is stalling off to the south. Theres an area of low pressure that wants to ride along the front as we go through the day. A few high, thin clouds stream northward monday afternoon. Most of the precipitation stays to the south. Overnight monday into tuesday, were tracking the moisture that warts to worker northward. We have showers in the poconos and areas in south jersey, well break out as we get into tuesday afternoon. A cold front wants to swing in from the north and west, so spotty showers and thunderstorms likely as we get into tuesday arch. Over in the tropics a close eye on the Tropical Storm gert. This just formed, move to the north on monday, and north and east monday night staying away from the u. S. Mainland. The exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast, showing you tomorrow, sunshine temperatures 84. Afternoon high clouds drift northward on tuesday, morning showers around and sun. 88 degrees with thunderstorms possible as we get into tuesday afternoon mainly north and west. Wednesday its a hot one, high of 90 degrees, turning more humid, thursday, mostly cloudy and thunderstorms possible. High of 86. On friday, its humid with thunderstorms around high in at 86. Well stay unsettled next saturday and sunday, walter with temperatures in the 80s. Thank you melissa. Finally tonight the jazz on the avenue musikfest had a a lot of people dancing on the streets in north philadelphia including one in uniform. All right, the festival along cecil b. More avenue is a mustattend summer event for music lovers. A Police Officer did a cha cha slide with the kids as you can see. The lineup included jeff brad shaw and friends. Abc world news sunday is next. Dont miss action news news on phl17 and were back here at 11 00 p. M. On 6abc. For sarah bloomquist, melissa magee, im walter perez. Well see you back here at 11 00 p. M. Every year south jersey sends more and more tax money to trenton, but gets less and less back thanks to Steve Sweeney and chris christie. Heres the sweeneychristie record eight years of underfunded schools. Huge tax breaks for themselves and their rich friends while we pay more. And homestead rebate funding for seniors cut in half next year. Dont believe the fake news from his wealthy donors. Steve sweeney stands with chris christie, not with south jersey. Tonight, breaking news. Deadly chaos. The hate rally in charlottesville ignited by white nationalists. One of them ramming his car into a crowd of counterdemonstrators. What those who know him say about his fascination with nazis. Plus late today, the rallys organizer forced to run from his onus conference. Caught in the chaos. The young paralegal run down. And two state troopers killed when their chopper went down. Choosing sides . Many sides. Many sides. The president facing major backlash for not specifically condemning White Supremacists the white house now claire fifing. And
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