you know we see what our customers are going through, it's nothing we ever wanted for them. >> septa rail ridership estimated down 10% to 20% because of all of this. with overtime it's costly for septa. >> currently $600,000 a month, by the time we get to labor day we are up to nearly $1 million a month. >> so it's been a costly endeavour as far as the cost of the actual repairs, no estimates were offered today but what was offered was the projected schedule for the return to service and if all goes well it should return to a normal weekday service on septa sometime in october with all the side tracks trains in operation by the week of november 6th. john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> all right an end is in sight thank you. philadelphia police are asking for your help to track down four teenagers they say targeted and then attacked an 11-year-old boy, take a good look here officials say this is one of the teens captured on surveillance video, all of this happened two weeks ago in the city's olney section. the teens chased the 11-year-old from a playground and into a driveway and made him strip at gun point and then beat him. >> this is disturbing, a classic example of bullying and just beyond for teenagers to do this is on 11-year-old child. it's just disturbing. >> the teen was able to get away without being seriously hurt. anyone with information is asked to call philadelphia police. the search continues after a young father was caught in the gun battle in german town. the family is still mourning and working on plans for a final good-bye. sara bloomquist is live with more on that. >> reporter: monica police believe they have very close to making arrests in this tragic case, this young father was driving down german town avenue when he picks up his 3-year-old daughter at the day care and he drove into the crossfire of two rival groups it was only by sheer luck that the child was not hit by the bullet that killed him. >> 5-year-old al ford died 24 hours after he was shot in the head while driving his car here in the 5100 block of german town avenue with his 3-year-old daughter in the backseat. ford had picked his daughter up from her day care and rival groups started firing across the street and ford was on the phone with the girl' mother and asked to speak with her daughter who was in her car seat and then the bullet entered the car. >> he gaves the phone to his daughter and says mommy wants to talk to you and at that moment the bullet strikes him in the head. ford's foot hit the accelerator and traveled two blocks before striking another vehicle and came to a stop. another video shows the shooting in progress and they expect to make a quick arrest. >> you have a hard working father never in trouble with the law, and picks up his daughter and then he is dead. very sad. >> you might expect the child's mother is distraught and heard the entire shooting happen on the cell phone. police want to hear from anybody that saw this shooting on german town avenue. >> sara, thank you. from our new jersey newsroom tonight. billionaire carl icahn announced he will close the trump taj mahal in the coming weeks where workers have been on strike for weeks now. they blame the workers for causing him to shutter the casino after the labor day weekend. the local 54 is set to become the longest in atlantic city history tomorrow. the statement from the casino owners says the workers will get layoff notices before the weekend. >> there is a showdown shaping up with new jersey's largest teacher's union and one of the states top lawmakers. >> members of the new jersey education association rally outside of senate president, steve sweeney's office in west depford today. they want sweeney and his colleagues to pass a resolution for increased pens payments and today sweeney called back asking for an investigation into the union accusing them of bribery. >> vice president joe biden will be in philadelphia tonight to get a big local honor. biden will be presented with this year's at las award for the philadelphia region, he is honored by the world afires council for his workloading president obama's cancer research initiative. right now a driver is recovering after he was involved in a fiery crash and he may have a philadelphia police officer to thank for his life. because the officer was in the right place at the right time. the crash happened at midnight near the corner of broad street and belfield avenue. katherine scott spoke to the officer that jumped in action just in time. >> the police commissioner says that this is the type of work that officers do every day. the driver survived with a concussion, facial injuries and bumps and bruises but he is alive. >> saw in the distance what looked like a fire ball. >> district officer joel rice was oning from northwest detectives at midnight and came across this wreckage. the mangled done charger had crashes moments earlier. hitting a median and then hitting a parked van. the charger caught fire. >> the flames were starting to accumulate in the engine department. and go up the windshield. >> the driver was sprawled across the front seat unconscious, he knew he had to get the driver out and through an open window he was able to open the door and around that time a passing private ambulance company stopped. >> the the help i pulled the male out of the car as the flames were growing. >> neighbors watched in horror as the flames grew. many came running as they heard the impact. >> heard a big crash and i came out and there was a car on fire. >> the impact was very, very intense because there was no braking. >> porter grant's van is totalled but what is important is that the officer was able to pull the driver out. >> more than luck, it's god send. >> the commissioner spoke to officer rice and praises his quick action. >> officer rice performed heroically can't say enough, undoubtedly saved that individual's life. >> in logan katherine scott, channel 6 "action news." >> that officer deserves a lot of credit. time for the "action news" traffic report. matt pellman is in the traffic center. >> if you look live in center city this is the vine street expressway still jammed up in both directions at the schuylkill expressway and we told you that the veep is coming to center city tonight and i wouldn't be surprised if over the course of the next hour we see a motorcade moving about. in north coventry township a crash at 724 at 100 and one in newtown township jamming things up at westchester pike at boot road and no jam on 202 in chester county now that three lanes are open at 401 is moving. and in newport, delaware, a crash is shutting down james street stay on 141 to deal with that. we'll check it again in the next half hour. >> sounds good thank you sir. a war is of words turned into an all out war for the republican party, the big conflict with top gop leaders and donald trump. as he continues to lose support from big name backers and the 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(giggles) keep on scratchin'! flights have now resumed at dubai international airport hours after the airplane crashed on the runway 300 people were on board and a firefighter was killed responding to the crash and everyone else on board was able to escape the plane safely, it's not clear what led up to the fiery landing. in india 22 people are missing after a major bridge connecting two cities there collapsed over this swollen river. navy helicopters and boats and divers are searching for them. india is hit by severe flooding and 163 people have died. a team has stepped up their efforts to stop the spread of mosquitos carrying the zika virus in florida. ali gorman is at the big board now. >> reporter: in south florida they found out that themese mosquitos are harder to wipe out than ridgely thought. aerial spraying was postponed because of stormy weather, they hope to begin the air assault at sunset. but it's unclear how it will work, this type of mosquito sticks close to the ground and not high up in the air, but they say it's worth a try, but they stepped up their ground efforts tripling the number of inspectors going door-to-door and now they are testing every pregnant woman for zika. >> she will go downstairs to have the blood work done. >> and while the work continues in florida so does the fight for funding in congress. they are borrowing funds from other programs. if we are see zika in our area. a disease expert from einstein medical center says -- >> it's possible but less likely than seeing cases in south florida. >> but philadelphia is preparing the department of public health launched an information campaign. there are no cases of zika here but reads are urged to protect themselves from mosquitos. >> they lay eggs are water where they hatch in a day or two. >> the video will be posted soon and the ads are running on the radio and keep these suckers out of philly on septa buses if are you reporting and are pregnant avoid the area in south miami, that is affected. but whether that area will expand is up in the air. there are many other questions, we are hosting a live facebook chat, our expert is here go to 6 abc action news facebook page. i'll be joining him to do a live chat on my facebook page. monica back over to you. making philadelphia families stronger that was the message from the city's mayor, he was the guest speaker from the strengthening summit in spring garden, he told the crowd that the administration building that a child's potential should not be determined by the zip code where they live. we have to work on building eye positive relationship with the workforce. and coming up olympic size problems with accommodations problems in rio just days before the summer games are set to begin. and what is next for donkeys around town now that the 2016 dnc is in the history books. and "action news" is all about interaction with you, follow us with social media for headlines and breaking news. on facebook facebook.com/6abcactionnews at twitter we are at 6 abc. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ geico motorcycle, great rates for great rides. swimmer michael phelps will leadable leats from the u.s. olympic games opening ceremony. the first time phelps ever walked in an opening ceremony, the most decorated athlete in u.s. history with 22 medals overall. with that ceremony two days away, the clock is ticking in brazil but the games are already getting bad reviews from athletes themselves. many say their accommodations will less than ideal. the lodging is called unsanitary and unliveable. with leaky pipes and clogged toilets. >> it looks like a construction site where things are almost done but not quite. the olympic committee quietly brought in a cleanup crew to deal with it. >> one group of athletes have little to worry about. super stars like kevin durant and carmelo anthony chartered a cruz ship with a pool and cigar bar. and more for the lineup of cohosts on abc's "the view" sara haines is on the show full-time. she appears on the weekend edition of "good morning america," the view celebrates their 20th season next month. we have less than three weeks to visits the donkeys around town. the donkeys will be taken off the streets august 23rd. many are in high traffic areas so it's hard to maintain the statues most head tomorrow to respective states with delegations footing the shipping bill and others will be put up for auction so you can have one in your living room. >> right there by the fireplace. still to come a check of the accuweather forecast. >> a live look outside on this beautiful wednesday evening, the center city skyline has puffy clouds moving in. cecily tynan standing by with the accuweather forecast. i'm only in my 60's. i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i got a medicare supplement insurance plan. 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[vo:]it's nice to know that raymour and flanigan is proud to be a leading recycler- 17 million pounds of recyclable materials every year. turned from trash into treasure. so in the future, we will all have a more beautiful world. ♪ "action news" continues. >> hello again rick is off tonight and brian taff joins us. here is what is happening on "action news" tonight. it donald trump's presidential campaign running off the rails, he is addressing the rumors after hillary clinton slams his biggest achievement his business ventures. and a police officer is accused of trying to help terrorists and is now behind bars, and convicted child molester jerry sandusky may take the witness stand in his own defense later this month. and republican insiders say that the nominee's erratic behavior is pushing them to the brink. >> he wrote there is great unity in my campaign perhaps greater than ever before. the republican and democratic candidate are hitting the campaign trail hard. hillary clinton has two rallies in colorado and running mate tim kaine talked to supporters in green point, north carolina today. and donald trump is in florida, he hosted a town hall in daytona beach and he will be in jacksonville and mike pence will drum up supporters in denver and colorado springs. >> and a twist today. mike pence endorsed house speaker paul ryan's re-election and something that trump said he was not yet ready to do. >> lana zach is in d.c. tonight. another interesting day with developments on the campaign trail. >> every day has been interesting. good afternoon. you know donald trump increasingly is having republicans prominent ones defecting from the party. and even today newt gingrich potentially a vice presidential pick for trump is saying that trump is helping hillary clinton to win this election. >> donald trump's campaign manager on fox denying reports of a republican invention to control the nominee. >> the candidate is in control of his campaign that is number one and i am in control of doing the things he wants me to do within the campaign. >> and the head of the rnc called to express frustration on the attacks on kahn the parents of an american soldier. >> never been a big fan of john mccain. >> but the vp is supporting them with donald trump's blessing. >> i talked about hi support of paul ryan and strongly urged me to endorse paul ryan and the republican leadership tells abc news they are working on contingency plans should trump leave the race but he expressed no interest in doing so. he tweeted his fire at hillary clinton, maybe giving the leadership at what they want. our incompetent secretary of state hillary clinton started the talk to give $400 million in cash to iran, scandal. and they question payments from the obama administration and john kerry putting the white house secretariry on the defensive. >> this is money that the iranians had payed in eye u.s. account in 1979. >> now, clinton on the campaign trail this afternoon refused to get into the details about the iran deal however she did take donald trump to task for making his ties not in the united states but in china. reporting live from washington, lana zach, channel 6 "action news." >> all right thank you very much. and as lana just mentioned. hillary clinton is spending time in colorado during her tour of that tie manufacturing company in denver, she attacked donald trump's foreign manufacturing history. >> not just his ties donald trump makes his suits in mexico not ohio where he do and furniture in turkey. >> she said if donald trump wants to make america great again, he could start by making things in america. >> republican charlie dent made it official he will not support donald trump or hillary clinton for president. "action news" caught up with the sixth term congressman today. his comments about women and muslim, immigration and john mccain is part of the reason he is not backing trump. >> he criticized the mother of a soldier that gave the last full measure of devotion and died heroically and it's these issues these comments that give me concern and the lack of policy specifics and candidly the lack of policy nonl generally that gives me pause. >> he is among a growing number of gop lawmakers breaking party ranks and not supporting trump in this election. >> download the 6 abc news app to stay on top of the election. you'll get breaking news alerts as well as live results on election night. the 6 abc news app is a free download for your mobile device. for the first time in american history, a member of the law enforcement community is facing terrorism charges tonight and a washington, d.c. officer is accused of trying to help isis. metro transit officer, nicholas young allegedly brought $250 in gift cards and gave them to someone he thought was affiliated with isis and that was an undercover agent. they are looking for more evidence in his home and was under surveillance since 010, and went to libya twice. president obama is cutting short the sentences of 214 inmates including 67 serving life sentences. the white house says it's the largest batch on a single day in a century. element all of them were serving life sentences for drug efences. that is more than the past nine presidents combined. world news tonight with david muir has more on the police officer arrested for allegedly trying to help isis as well as the latest news from the campaign trail. you can watch that following "action news" at 6:00. jerry sandusky could take the stand in his own defense during his appeal hearing late they are month. "action news" learned that later today judge john cleland ruled that the former penn state football coach may testify if prosecutor as agree and are allowed enough time to prepare. sandusky is accused of multiple counts of child sexual abuse, he maintains his innocence and wants a new trial. elevated levels of bacteria at bay beaches is issuing a warning to swimmers in ocean county. our new jersey newsroom is following the story for you. the trouble spots are at windward beach in brick, shelter cove beach in toms river and brooklyn avenue bay side in lavalette and avon road in pine beach and island heights, summit avenue. avoid swimming in these areas because it could make you sick. >> the new contributions of immigrants here and across the united states, the partnership for the new american economy announced the reason for reform campaign along with the philadelphia chamber of commerce today. helping immigrants with job training and employment. lots of people heading home from work lets look at the drive. >> matt pellman join us with an update. >> why change it now. it's not going smoothly, a phils game in philadelphia and a josh grobin concert in camden and heading home from work, leaving us with almost an hour travel time on the eastbound side of the schuylkill from the blue route to this point at the vine. a ton of volume and no accidents but slow with single digit speeds by gladwyne this afternoon. a crash blocking the ramp from aramingo southbound otherwise normal delays on 95, still an accident in delco near boot road, and elsewhere in delaware county, an accident on the northbound side of baltimore pike approaching 452, nice night for dining under the stars in media that has state street closed for the evening. and in harrison township gloucester county, a crash near 322 near harrison vineyards and of course a whole bunch of regional rail delays this afternoon. monica and brian back over to you. it was nearly a fight for life or death in one mid-western city and still to come on "action news" one came to the aid of two police officers being attacked in the middle of a store parking lot. and communities out west are assessing the damage after heavy rain and strong winds and widespread flooding. >> brian it was another relatively cool august day, the high is 85 degrees and cool start to the month but i'm tracking a brief return to heat and humidity and storms. i'll let you know when in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> jaime apody has eagles, phillies and union news in sports. when "action news" comes right back. i approve this message. donald trump: i could stand in the middle of 5th avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldn't lose any voters, okay? and you can tell them to go f--- themselves! you know, you could see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever... you gotta see this guy. ahh, i don't know what i said, ahh. "i don't remember." he's going like "i don't remember!" a good samaritan stepped in and helped officers in oklahoma as a man attacked them and it was all caught on dash-cam video. you see the officer and a man scuffling in the parking lot and at one time the man tries to reach for the officer's gun but not until a bystander used a wrestling move that subdued the suspect. one suspect is facing charges and another suspect got away. police were chasing them for using stolen credits a busy highway in phoenix, arizona, was closed after being completely submerged. driver his to be rescued and 1200 students had to rescue their school when water filled up the hallways there. in california hundreds of firefighters are battling a 200 acre fire in wine country. vacationers have been packing up and leave due to the spoke and flames and so far the fire is 5% contained . now sports and jaime apody here with eagles news. >> 2012 where were you? >> i have to think about it. >> that was the last time eagles held training camp at lehigh university and the last time they hit themselves, until today. doug peterson does everything the way that andy reid used to. chip kelly didn't allow their players to hit in practice. but trust me it was exciting. the players got into it and they were trash talking and cheering each other on and the coach felt the extra energy. >> that is what you love to see and that is the competition and what makes you better, and you get to see who is with you and who you can take to the regular season and we have had good performances out there today. >> guys embraced and it was ben fish for our team. >> what are the benefits. pride yourself on being a physical football team and if you don't have the physical practices. >> it's as game like as possible. guys will get better and compete. emotions are flying it was a lot of fun today. >> on the opposite sent of the spectrum ryan nola was taken out with elbow pain, the mri did not show ligament damage but with two months left in the season, the phils are no rush to bring hick back. and it sounds like jake thompson will move into the rotation, nola this is disappointing to miss his first full season. >> i'll try everything i can to get back in the year and try not to rush anything but do the rehab the correct way and what i need to do, i felt like i can build on some things this year, especially the first half. >> not great concern. we feel at least the medical people feel it's not going to amount to a whole lot however, that remains to be seen. >> it's dispointing and i feel for the kid. you know, he is recovering and get back every fifth game and happen us win ball games. and then joey vado acting like joey vado, a fan went for the ball too, and said hey remember what team you are on buddy. he found the ball and gave it to the fan. thanks for being understanding when acting out of character or inaccurate ter if you know vado. a four time world cup participant on the u.s. national team he is from north jersey. water and fire don't mix? on board that boat is the olympic flame. the u.s. olympic soccer team kicks off play tonight against new zealand. the canister is there with the flame inside. >> it doesn't want to end up in the dirt quiwater. >> nothing does. right. more "action news" coming your way after we take a break. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. so we wired the wagner's house with 100 meg internet. which means that in the time it takes mr. wagner to pour a 20 oz. cup of coffee, tommy can download 30 songs, and jan can upload 120 photos. 12 seconds. that's the power of fiber optics. and right now you can get 100 meg internet with equal upload and dowloads speeds, tv and phone for just $69.99 per month online. cable can't offer internet speeds this fast at a price this good. only fios can. if america's favorites - (vo)burgers, tacos and chili ask could taste just as great made with turkey. thousands stepped into the jennie-o tasting booth to find out. with just one bite, they knew. now it's your turn to make the switch. china has tested a new bus it can change the way we view rush hour traffic. it straddles the other vehicles and it's 70 feet long and can carry 300 passengers and runs on electricity and solar power. not sure what it does when it gets to an 18 wheeler. >> i need one. when are you stuck on the schuylkill expressway and traffic is not moving you scoot over everybody. >> we need to pool our resources. how much? >> more than we can afford. if you have to ask you can't afford it. weather is fantastic, a day you don't mind being stuck in a traffic jam. turn on the radio and open the windows and put the convertible top down. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing it's rain free out there and a beautiful evening for chopper 6 hd to take flying over conshohocken, the schuylkill river and the fayette street bridge, a great day to be outdoors. typically this time of year i'm talking about the heat and humidity and temperatures on the cool side. 83 in philadelphia and allentown 82 and wilmington and millville 80 and down the shore with the wind off the ocean, the ocean temperature off the jersey beaches 77 and the beach temperature, the air temperature also 77. satellite 6 along with action radar showing we are really focused across the northeast because there is high pressure just to the east of boston, it provides the sinking air and sifrking air drys out and that is why we have comfortable temperatures and the low humidity and tonight the coolest night for philadelphia in three weeks, if you don't have allergies it's a great night to clear out the air in your house and open up the windows and turn off the air conditioning, 59 in the lehigh valley and center city 65 degrees with the low humidity, a comfortable night and tomorrow again pretty nice weather, mostly sunny and low humidity. if you like today you'll like tomorrow. a carbon copy with a high of 84 degrees, heading into friday the high pressure loses control and we get the wind shifting out of the south. that brings us slightly more muggy conditions and warmer at 86 degrees and right ahead of the cold front, temperatures peak back in the 90s and it gets more humid and a round of showers and thunderstorms in late in the day as the cold front pulls through. put the sunscreen on and plenty of sunshine and the problem though with the easterly flow piling up the water, once again there will be a moderate risk of rip currents you do want to be careful. jersey beaches in the upper 70s, and the low 80s and with the wins off the ocean the easterly flow we tap into the gulf stream and the temperature off rehoboth beach, 78 degrees. the exclusive accuweather forecast the hits continue 84 degrees and loads of sunshine and low humidity, on friday get a little bit warmer, and a little bit more humid with a high of 86 degrees and friday night is the start of musikfest from you headed up there to see the exambassadors renegade. nice 71 and humidity will be increasing on friday night and saturday is when we get back into the typical summer steam bath, 91 degrees and dew points in the 70s and the cold front will bring us scattered late day thunderstorms and behind that system we are back in the comfort zone on sunday. 86 degrees on monday and spectacular 85 and bumping it up on tuesday sunny and warm with a high of 88 degrees, the only day with the oppressive heat and humidity is on saturday, one day before we get back in comfortable weathers all in all looking nice. >> one day bump, 6abc.com/weather is your place to go for the latest hourly forecast and real time views from stormtracker 6 live double scan radar and use twitter and facebook to follow our meteorologists. william shakespear paid a visit to philadelphia city hall at least some of his plays did. these are actors from st. joseph's prep performing shakespear for the lunch time crowd for the culture in the courtyard series. mayor kenney invited them to perform. looks like fun. next at 6:00, a fifth atlantic city casino is set to close the doors as the workers near a milestone in their strike. and when the defective regional rail cars get back on track. and a group of teenagers that attacked an 11-year-old. those stories next at 6:00. for the entire "action news" team i'm monica malpass join me for "action news" at 6:00 next. ♪ ♪ 4 by 4 by land, 4 by 4 by sea ♪ ♪ 4 by 4 by air - 'cause i like to fly free ♪ ♪ 4 my country and how it all started out ♪ ♪ 4 the brave and every boy scout ♪ ♪ 4 doin' it yourself cuz you want it done right ♪ ♪ 4 by 4 the top down - stars keep ya up at night ♪ ♪ 4 by 4 every one of our seventy-five years ♪ ♪ 4 by 4 the wave - that's how we say 'cheers' ♪ ♪ that's how we live ♪ 4 by 4ever today, guns can be bought or at a weekend gun show. and if the wrong people get a gun... we know what can happen. pat toomey put our safety ahead of partisan politics. toomey crossed party lines twice, first to support background checks, and now to stop gun sales to suspects on the terror watch list. no wonder pennsylvania cops endorse pat toomey as best to protect our families. independence usa pac is responsible for the content of this advertising. "action news" reporter dann cuellar is live now the news comes with the ongoing strike with casino workers doesn't it? >> that is right monica, it's a shocking development for the workers here at the trump taj mahal casino. many of whom will be without jobs after labor day, this is an economically depressed city a city that has seen four other casinos closed. workers have been on strike since july 1st over health care and pension, benefits stripped away because of a bankruptcy court order. currently the taj is losing millions of month and now with the strike we see no path to profitability. >> and now the message from the union representing the workers. >> we are fighting for our families and health care and fighting for our future. >> the union feels like it was an unnecessary decision, we see how the other casinos are