Action news. Delaware valleys leading news program. With jim gardner. A car smashes into a window at the iconic boyd store on Chestnut Street in center city. The driver gets away with a major haul in highend clothing. This is just the latest serious crime in center city, philadelphia, and residents are taking notice. So are police. They staged a roundup today hauling in drug suspects. It is tuesday night and the big story on action news tonight is crime in center city, philadelphia. Action News Reporter dann cuellar is live on south broad street. Dan, some residents and businesses say it is bad and getting worse. Reporter thats right, jim. People are deply troubled and concerned with some of the stuff going on. They want to know whats causing it and how do you fix it before it gets worse. Thats what we were looking into tonight. As promised Philadelphia Police stepping up their efforts to combat crime in center city. Here, undercover narcotics officers swooped down on drug dealing thats a big problem on 15th between chestnut and spruce, Police Believe is leading to other crimes as evidenced by the hammer one of the men was carrying that could possibly autoused to break into cars. There are now buyers along the 15th treat corridor. Never before. Reporter there are high profile crimes. In rittenhouse square, a man shot trying to break up a robbery. An unknown man shockingly pulled a brass railing from the stairs of the union league, causing significant damage. And this morning someone drove a car through the front window of the highend fashion retailer, boyds, hauling away thousands of dollars in expensive clothing and other merchandise. The nonsense with the clubs we have. Our alleyways get turned into urinals over the weekend. Reporter police have seen uptick in simple and aggravated assaults among the homeless since they were uprooted due to construction, they have migrated, causing problems. People are acting crazy. So i think, you know, the politicians, you know, they need to step up. You know, the Police Department i believe theyre doing the best they can. Reporter police say they could use help from the public. The more people that can tell me when the crimes are happening, i can direct my patrols to that. Thats what the public can do for me. Reporter Council President daryll clark says he and Council Members members are listening and will respond accordingly. He says they are committed to appropriating the necessary funds to do something thats sustainable to address the problems that people are concerned about. Live here in center city, dann cuellar, channel 6, action news. Thank you, dan. Police in new castle county, delaware, are trying to sort out the details of a shooting that led to a car crash in middletown this evening. Chopper 6 was over the scene on the 300 block of dove run road where a car ended up off the side of the road. Police say one occupant was car had been shot. The victim was flown to the hospital for treatment. Police have no one in custody. Meanwhile we are learning more about the moment when is Police Fatally shot two wanted fugitives from delaware. It happened at 10 00 this morning at this motel in elkton, maryland, just over the state line. Police were serving a warrant. Authorities say 25yearold Brandon Jones and his girlfriend, chelsea porter, were armed with realisticlooking bb guns like this. Not real firearms. When they refused repeated Police Commands to drop their weapons. Four officers opened fire. We could see our coldest overnight temperatures of the fall so far tonight. Accuweather is talking about freeze warnings and frost advisories. Lets get the latest information now from meteorologist cecily tynan. And, jim, definitely already quite a chill in the air right now. Some areas dropping down into the 30s. Philadelphia holding at 46, but millvale, 34, allentown, 38, reading, 36. And the poconos down to 33 degrees. And satellite 6 along with action radar showing we have Crystal Clear skies. So without any cloud cover to insulate the earth with very low dew points temperatures will be dropping very quickly overnight. So you may want to find that winter coat for tomorrow morning. Clear and cold with light winds. Philadelphia down to 37 degrees. But allentown dropping down to 28. Reading forecast low 30. Lancaster, 32. Millvale, 31. Trenton and wilmington, 34 degrees. So with temperatures that low we have freeze warnings in effect for the outlying suburbs. Frost advisories for everywhere else. Good idea to protect your plants. May want to consider draining and turning off your outside faucets under the freeze wacker. Ill talk about when temperatures rebound. Rain on the way and big changes for the weekend in the accuweather forecast. Jim. Thank you. Philadelphia mayor jim kenny is urging septa and the largest Transit Union to avoid a strike. Legal 23 of the Transit Union workers threatening to walk off the job bit end of the month. Action news was there as top negotiators returned to talks at the sheraton downtown hotel. Theyre arguing with the Transit Agency over wages, pensions, health care, and rotating work shifts. The union boss says he is not confident there will be a resolution by the halloween deadline. Septa didnt comment today. What do we want . When do we want it . Now. Coatesville area teachers protested tonight, demanding a new contract. They have been working without one since the end of august. But the union says there has been very little progress to reach a settlement with the district. So the educators marched into tonights School Board Meeting to make their voices heard. They argue theyre the lowest paid teachers in Chester County after accepting two pay freezes over the past five years. Obamacare has moved to the top of the agenda tonight on the campaign trail with exactly two weeks to go until election day. The issue regained momentum after the government revealed today that premiums will be rising by double digits. A typical midtier plan will cost 25 more on average next year. Meanwhile about one in five consumers will be left with only a single option for their Insurance Company after many insurers scaled back their involvement. But the Obama Administration is trying to soothe concerns. Saying that the vast majority of americans arent effected by this since they are insured through their work place or are on medicare or medicaid. For the 11 million in the marketplace, 85 of those folks actually have the tax credits, or the subsidies, that help them. And those subsidies are designed to move as premiums move. So for those folks they will be insulated from those changes. But donald trump lashed out at medicare and the premium hike. Hes conducting a Campaign Blitz through florida. Today referring to obama obamacare, he said, quote, it is killing our businesses. It is killing our Small Businesses. It is killing individuals. Said trump, quote, my first day in office im going to ask congress to put a bill on my desk getting rid of this disastrous law. Hillary clinton also in florida. And circumstances forced her to deal with the obamacare hike in premiums. She said that she has a plan to lower insurance costs through the public option. And a medicare buyin. She claimed that trumps obamacare replacement plan would strip insurance from about 20 million americans. In other Campaign News today Hillary Clinton also received the endorsement of a predecessor, former secretary of state, republican colin powell. The latest on bridgegate. Bridget kelly back on the stand. This time under crossexamination. The prosecutor tried to poke holes in her system that she had told christie about a, quote, traffic study, that caused the massive traffic jams leading to the George Washington bridge. Dozens gathered in Center City Philadelphia for a hearing on racism in the lgbt community. Members of the Community Shared their stories of discrimination in the city. Mayor jim kenny was on hand for the hearing tonight. The Commission Says it will take the information it gathered tonight to make recommendations for positive change. A large check was presented tonight in wilmington for the families of fallen Fire Fighters. The ceremony took place at the st. Francis health cares 47th annual colleague appreciation dinner. The 85,000 check is the culmination of a fundraising effort by st. Francis hospital and the community. The money will go to the families of the captain and lieutenant killed in a house fire last month. Dozens of organizations that help children and families of Fallen Police and Fire Fighters themselves got a helping hand tonight. The irish pub in northeast philadelphia handed out 557500. Thats how much the pub made during the 29th tour deshore. A 65mile bike ride from philadelphia to atlantic city. A total of 35,000 make that 35 organizations, forgive me. 35 organizations received checks tonight. The newest thing in video game entertainment is virtual reality. But now the Franklin Institute is using it both to entertain and to inform. Action News Reporter Christie Ileto has that story. Reporter it looks. Is that a whale . Reporter and even sounds like the ocean floor. Step up. Reporter like youre really standing in the Franklin Institutes holo deck. This is as close as youre going to get without a diving helmet and going down yourself. Reporter you can find the Vr Experience coupled with top of the line headsets in other exhibits like the brain, your giant space and heart commanded. Makes you feel like youre there, transported to mars or the space space station. Or open heart surgery. Again, you feel as youre part of the activity thats happening. And therefore what we know is that helps you learn more. It feels really cool. Reporter temple student archie jokes its better than a textbook. Youre actually in the virtual reality. Its like a full immersion. Got the speakers. The whole thing. Reporter several hundred people lined up to get the first glimpse that includes cardiac arrest scenarios to ones with dinosaurs. Realistic. 360 degrees, up, down, graphic everywhere. And the dinosaur came and moved overhead and i got to see it walk overhead. I did the one where youre over a castle. That is a bow and arrow. You feel the vibration of the bow. You feel like you are holding something. Reporter the museum even launched a new app to enhance the experience that already seems to be winning with visitors. Ive only done one thing and its worth it. Reporter the museum says this is just the beginning. As Technology Changes they will adapt. And augmented reality could be the next stop. At the Franklin Institute, Christie Ileto channel 6 action news. Still to come on action news tonight. An entire airline crew falls sick midflight and needs to make an emergency landing. Plus true royalty returns to philadelphia to grace the house where a princess grew up. Safety experts shine a spotlight on the problems with headlights on pickups. After frost and freeze, much needed rain on the way. Details on the timing and a major weekend warmup in the accuweather forecast. Ducis rodgers with the flyers, and the sixers ready to open their season when action news continues. Ive seen what can happen as the result of hate. My son matt was murdered in laramie, wyoming, in 1998. He was befriended by two men in a bar who pretended to be gay. They offered him a ride home, and when he was in their car, they robbed him and beat him. They drove matt out to the prairie and tied him to a splitrail fence, then beat him some more and left him for dead. In the aftermath of matts death, my family saw the best of america in the love and support we were shown. So when i see the hate that donald trump has brought to his campaign for president , it terrifies me. Id like to punch him in the face, ill tell ya. Ahh, i dont know what i said, uhh, i dont remember. Hes a mexican. I could stand in the middle of fifth avenue and shoot somebody, and i wouldnt. Words have an influence. Violence causes pain. Hate can rip us apart. I know what can happen as the result of hate, and donald trump should never be our president. Priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. Priorities usa action there was royalty in the east falls section of philadelphia today. Prince albert of monaco visited the childhood home of his mother, grace kelly. Which he recently bought. The six bedroom colonial on henry avenue cost the prince more than 750,000. Itll be a Satellite Office for the Princes Foundation which is devoted to environmental protection. He very much wants to make it available for people to see. So once were finished with the renovations well make it available from time to time for people to see it. But it will not be a fulltime museum. The family hopes to finish those renovations within the next 12 months. Questions remain tonight about the airplane emergency that sent 25 people to the hospital. Whats bizarre here is that only crew members got sick. In fact it was the entire crew. None of the passengers on board the British Airways flight from San Francisco to london fell pill the a380s pilots complained of possible toxic fumes and had to divert to vancouver, canada. Say again for me please. Fumes. Toxic gas it seems. Theyre all out of the hospital tonight. But the Airline Still isnt confirming what caused the midair scare or why only the crew was affected. Defense secretary ash cart vowing to resolve a conflict over National Guard bonuses. Roughly 10 ,000 california veterans being asked to repay a 15,000 bonus because they werent eligible. Investigators uncovered fraud and mismanagement by california guard officials trying to meet enlistment targets. Nearly half a million owners of volkswagen and audi diesel cars affected by the emissions cheating scandals get a big payback from the auto maker. A federal judge approved a 10 million settlement deal today. Vw will buy back the cars, regardless of condition, or fix them to stop them from polluting the air. In either case they will be compensated between five and 10,000 for their trouble. The company says the buyback process will start in the middle of november. A new review of pickups casts low beams in a negative light. Only one truck out of 11 tested bit Insurance Institute for Highway Safety scored a good rating. And it was only on the most expensive trims. Thats the 2017 honda ridgeline. The tests take into account not only how well the drivers can see, but how much glare there is to blind oncoming vehicles. Iihs says it follows a similar pattern of poor headlights when cars and suvs were tested earlier this year. They say while crash safety and Vehicle Technology has improved, this Vital Equipment is being overlooked. The university of pennsylvania started a new cancer center. The Cancer Immunotherapy Institute features Laboratory Space to get cancer cures that harness the bodys own immune system. Health and medical editor dr. Richard besser moderated on that topic tonight. A second grade teacher is delawares 2017 state teacher of the year. Wendy turner teaches second grade at Mount Pleasant elementary in the Brandywine School district. Shell receive a 5,000 grant for the classroom and 5,000 for personal use. She says she strives to make learning relevant to life outside of the classroom. And apparently shes been very successful. Congratulations to her. Absolutely. Accuweather forecast. And a chill in the air. Major chill. Some areas dropping down below freezing tonight. Storm tracker 6 live double scan, part of the reason we have clear skies. Still a great night for chopper 6 to take flight. Greatlooking video. Clear skies tonight. Low dew point. So not even a little bit of a haze out there. Just a greatlooking shot on chopper 6. But temperatures are definitely dropping pretty quickly. Already down to 30 degrees in tannersville. 36 fleetwood also 36, st. Davids 38. Center city, a little bit of the urban heat island effect holding in the heat, 46. But south jersey 36, woodbine, 37. And delaware, down to 37. Satellite 6 with action radar. Temperatures dropping at or below freezing in many suburbs. Philadelphia, 3 degrees. Frost and freeze warnings and advisories posted. And satellite 6 showing this is the next system to bring us rain. Looks like the bulk of that will be holding off until late in the day thursday and thursday night. So tomorrow blue skies and sunshine. But bundle up the kids as they head to the bus stop. It is going to be cold. At 6 00, 33. By 8 00, only 34 degrees. A little bit of a taste of winter. The good news is we wont have the wind like today. The Double Barrel High Pressure over us. Keep the winds calm tomorrow. Loads of sunshine. Especially the first half of the day. But definitely chilly. The high only 53 degrees. Some high, thin clouds moving in made of this system. This will bring us generally a quarter to a half inch of rain late on thursday. And future tracker showing thursday morning looks dry. Notice up across the poconos, first time talking about this. Possibility some of that precipitation begins as snow or ice in the pocono it is i said the sword already. But a chick changeover to rain. And the steadiest holding off until thursday night and could last into very early friday morning. So the exclusive accuweather seven day forecast. Tomorrow, no snow. But cold enough for it. Temperatures in the morning at or below freezing. And our suburbs. 37 in philadelphia. Afternoon high only 53. Some late high clouds. Thursday, periods of rain, again, looking to be ate late in the day. And dry out on friday, a high of 57. And if you like things warmer, you got it this weekend. Saturday partly to mostly cloudy skies. Chance of a shower north of philadelphia, but rebounds to 65. Sunday in october blowtorch. 75 degrees. With enough sunshine i wouldnt be surprised if some areas actually hit 80. And then a cold front rolls through. So itll be beautiful on monday for halloween. Seasonal, dry for the trick or treaters. Tuesday, partly sunny. I said the s word. Fortunately not here. Just a little bit. Just a little bit in the poconos thursday morning. Snow, were talking about. Yes, indeed. Okay. Thank you. The nations Oldest Public Library is in delaware county. And tonight officials unveiled its new facelift. The Darby Free Library building on main street was built in the 1800s. But the library was established in 1743. It has been serving the community ever since. Thanks to a recent donation from the Henderson Group they had a repair including new paint and new technology. Biden this is what i know about Katie Mcginty like me, she has pennsylvania working class roots, and shes never abandoned them. Hard work. Family. Playing it straight. Thats katie. And the ads attacking her . Theyre a bunch of malarkey. Katies career is about looking out for families like yours. Creating jobs, keeping our environment safe. Shes a wife, a mom, a basketball fan, a homework supervisor. Shes like you and shell fight for you in the United States senate. Im Katie Mcginty and i approve this message. Flyers entertaining the buffalo sabers. An exciting game tonight, jim. The flyers have a flare for the dramatic. Depending on the outcome, good or bad. Flyers and sabers on home ice. Norbert, the start. Matt molson on the power play. Second of the game. 30. Norbert is yanked in favor of steve mason. Second time yanked in a week. Third period, the rookie, this is his first nhl goal. It comes on the power play. The flyers cut the deficit down to two. Three minutes to go in the third. Theres still some fight. To schenn, a power play goal. Its a 32 game. About a minute later, a huge flurry in front of the net, the old guy shoves it home. Three third period power play goals to tie the game at three. We eventual go to a shootout. A shot on winning it, right on time. The flyers win this one. 43 the final. We played some bad hockey today. Were better than this. Our work ethic got us back in this game. And like you said, emotions and fans being able to be behind us. It was a fun third period. Football now with the nfl trade deadline a week away rumors swirling. The eagles and niners reportedly discussed a deal that would upgrade the eagles receiver position. Torrey smiths name surfaced. Only in seven games, but a lot of it has to do with the San Francisco poor offense. The best years with baltimore in 2014, caught 11 touchdown passes. Game one of the world series between longsuffering franchises. Cleveland and the chicago cubs. The indians lead 30. And the starter, how about this . Nine strike outs in six innings. Game two coming up tomorrow night. Still ahead, the villanova wildcats talk a you out. No warning, no hearing. Its a lending practice so outrageous, most states banned it. But at the bank founded by pat toomey it was business as usual. Forcing Small Business owners out of their homes. Toomey even used his power in the senate to help himself, voting to gut rules that protect us and crack down on big banks. Pat toomey. Out for himself, not us. Dscc is responsible for the content of this advertising. Tomorrow night the sixers will get things going for real. They will host the thunder in the season opener. Coach brett brown has his work cut out for him at least in the early part of the season. Injuries up and down the roster. I think that weve prepared as much as we can. I think weve taken the situation thats been given to us with injury and whatnot and made the most of it. Earlier today nerlens noel, surgery on the left knee. The team calls it a minor elective procedure. They have not announced a timetable for return. Villanova opens november 11th against lafayette. The coach says they need to leave their championship in the past. Easier said than done. Its a challenge. It is definitely a challenge. You know, very few teams right now are talking about last year. Theyre already talking about next year. And every time we talk to somebody the first thing we talk about is last year. So weve talked about it as a team. That its something were going to have to deal with. Read between the lines, he wants us to stop bringing it up. But we keep doing it. Its so awesome. So it seems. Jimmy kimmel next. Followed by nightline. Gordon ramsey, Felicity Jones and jimmy eat world. Action news at 4 30, pamela edwards, meteorologist david murphy and karen rogers. For cecily tynan, Ducis Rodgers and the entire action news team, im jim gartner. Good night. Action news sponsored in part by bobs discount furniture. Featuring the