including the tropicana managed by the same people as the taj mahal. >> cooks housekeepers, cocktail servers and others will be put out of work on labor day. some that have been with the casino since it opened in april of 1990. >> we are losing 2500 employees and they will be out and looking for jobs and trying to keep them homes and their families together. >> it's shocking that we have done this, we are served three warrant notices before, their intense in closing and we had no idea it would come now. >> reporter: so 26 years after taj mahal opened the casino among fanfare and a cost of a billion dollars to open. carl icahn is set to shut down after labor day. more on this on 6abc.com. more from the taj mahal. i'm dann cuellar, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. septa announced today a timeline to get the regional rail service back on track and 120 cars were off line for a month because of a structural defect. john rawlins is live now. this has to be welcome news for all the riders that are dealing with modified schedules and packed rail cars. >> it is a move in the right direction but as you said it will be little by little, relief will not come overnight. the gold returned to normal weekday rail service by sometime in october. if all goes as planned. the first silver liner cars return to service the week of august 21st and then the posted schedule calls for 10 cars per week until they are all back. >> the cars should start running near the end of the august, you see ten car a week coming out until early november. >> septa's grounding of all the silver line cars meant one-third of their service was shut down. >> any additional cars good news, but it just remains to be seen. >> it's slow in coming. >> yes. >> septa pulled the 120 silver liner cars when small metal fatigue cracks were found in a part called an equalizer beam. this equipment is used to test an equalizer beam design. were the original beam poorly designed or manufactured. >> septa ceo says apparently both. >> i believe there were design issues but on top of that there was manufacturing issues as well. when you coupled the two together it results in a problem. >> reporter: an expensive problem, the ridership is down 5% to last year and overtime and leasing trains from other sources and factors, all of this is costing septa a million dollars a month and that does not factor in the cost of the repair work that has to be done. that has to be sorted out with the train manufacturing and septa. >> thank you john. a week after speaking at the democratic national convention joe biden is back in philadelphia. the vice president is accepting the atlas award, it's given by the city council of philadelphia. for his initiative by the white house on cancer research. it's at the hyatt at the bellevue in center city. a driver shot and killed last week unknowingly drove right into the middle of a shootout. it happened last thursday on the 5100 block of german town avenue. al ford had his little daughter in the backseat and ford suffers gunshot wounds to the head and shoulder and he died the next day. ford drove into an area where two groups were shooting at each other across the roads and police believe they are close to making arrests in the case. a 11-year-old was the target of bullying at a local playground. he was playing basketball when a group of teenagers attacked him. gray hall has much more and police are working to identify the attackers. >> indeed they r. this happened several weeks ago and still no arrests. police hope that by getting the story into the media someone will call with a tip and hopefully lead to an arrest. >> police want you to take a good look at this image, the teen captured in this video is one of four teens responsible for attacking a boy in olney. it started at this play grown on a street and they spotted the child and chased him and beat him up and pointed a gun at him. >> psychologically scars, to have something like this happen to you, someone pull a gun on you and make you strip down from your clothing. >> it happened on july 14th, a basketball playing at the playground. >> they chased him out of the playground to the 1600 block of a street. one of them produced a handgun and pointed it at this young man and demanded they he remove his clothing and take a photo of him on the iphone. neighbors are outraged by the crime. >> i lost my brother, an innocent bystander shooting in 2012, it's heart breaking and teenagers don't understand what they are doing until it's too late. >> they will think twice before letting their kids play alone in this park and use this unfortunate situation to talk to their kids about bullying. >> nobody wants to deal with the drama, their kid being bullied and having a gun pointed at them. that is ridiculous. >> reporter: all right back out live, this investigation continues and police are still not sure if this young victim knew his attackers and not sure what led up to this attack. and if you have information you should contact police. live in olney, gray hall, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. philadelphia police and the fbi need your help identifying this woman, she is wanted for robbing a washington savings bank branch on friday, it happened on east lehigh avenue in the afternoon. she handed a note to the it willer and got away with an undisclosed amount of cash and the robber should be considered armed and dangerous. the battle over teacher penses heated up today. steve sweeney had harsh words for the large of the teachers union. nora muchanic is live with more. >> reporter: the war of words is escalating after senator sweeney accused the largest teacher's union from lobbying to bribery and extortion. >> i am blown away that they would make these kind of threats, and you know like it was nothing. >> a fired up senate president, steve sweeney is calling for state and federal investigations into the new jersey investigation after njea leaders called top democrats threatening to withhold contributions unless the pens payments is voted on next week to be on the ballot in november. >> it's like going to the planning board, and saying if you approve my project i'll give you money. >> the union flatly denied doing anything illegal and while sweeney is talking about probable bribery and extortion in trenton. njea members were picketing his office in west depford. >> we want it engravered in the constitution that they cannot use our pension as a cash cow to plug holes in the budget. >> it calls for quarterly payments into the system until he knows what it will cost to fund the transportation trust fund. >> i will call on senator sweeney to do his job, and post and past that resolution by august 8th. >> sweeney himself is a long time union leader who says that njea's threats make all unions look bad. more than bad, he says it's criminal. i'm nora muchanic, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. coming up on "action news" tonight. a philadelphia police officer puts his life on the line to save a man from a burning car. guess what the eagles did at training camp today? they hit each other for the first time in four years. i'm jaime apody at camp. we have an extended break perfect the heat and humidity and we are in the comfort zone, the big question is how long will we stay there. i'll have the answer in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. one fifth of all the fresh water in the world flows into one incredible experience you can't find anywhere else. and that's not the only thing you can only find in new york state. ♪ ♪ you can find it all only in new york. new york. it's all here. it's only here. plan your summer vacation at iloveny.com where things come from? how they get here? what they're packed in? it's a lot of stuff. and these things add up. that's why we recycle. 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fort richmond section. one person was sent to the hospital and no word on the severity of their injuries but all lanes reopened shortly before 11:00. a followup now to a story we told but yesterday. the executive director of the delaware chapter of the aclu says that the ruling to strike down the state's death penalty has no impact on those on death role. there are currently 13 people on delaware's death role. the ruling may be used by inmates attorneys on appeal. and a ribbon was cut on a new fueling station in newcastle today, this allows them to expand the transit buses, there are 50 paratransit buses using propane and 55 more set to hit the roads next year. they are designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. i'm hillary clinton and i approved this message. who do you talk to for military advice right now? well, i watch the shows. i mean i really see a lot of great - you know, when you watch your show and all of the other shows... while donald trump watched tv, as secretary of state, hillary clinton negotiated a cease fire in gaza. a reduction in nuclear weapons... took on vladimir putin... and stood up against the trafficking of human beings. a steady leader in an unsteady world. an interesting twist in eagles camp. >> they are playing a game in just eight days. the gloves are off and the pads are on. the eagles training camp got more physical and as the players tell jaime apody that is the way they like it. >> real live hitting somebody is going down today. >> for the first time in a long time the eagles actually hit each other. have you to trust me because we were not allowed to have our cameras on for that part. >> it's tackle football and a physical game and the other thing is the competition, knowing that we are actually going to put the pads on and go to the ground today. >> it's been four years since eagles have had a live tackling drill. it's a long time coming. >> it's a long time especially in practice. my last live hit in practice was 2012 in lehigh. >> since college for me. a lot of guys same thing, the guys that i have been here with chip never practiced live in practice. >> and kelly thought the risks out weighed the benefits. >> you don't want to hit another person that is when it's a lot of missed tackles and that comes from not tackling in practice. >> you have to be ready to be tackled and it's tough going into the season and if are you not used to breaking tackles it's beneficial for both sides of the ball. >> everybody wants to win we are tired of losing and things are going to change this year for the better. >> jaime apody, channel 6 "action news." >> now, the phillies, aaron nola was scheduled to start against the san francisco giant, we say was because is he scratched and on the 15 day disabled list, he has a sprained right elbow, but he did win his last start. phil klein is called up to take his spot for the night and nola knows that the team will take a cautious approach. >> it's not something that i thought would happen. that would ever happen. but you know we'll stay positive and try to get through it as quick as i can. >> he will probably join us when we get back from the road and monitor him and see the progress he made and go from there after his dl stint. the womens u.s. soccer team plays tonight against new zealand. the union pulled off a major coup. they inquired him from france, the 29-year-old is a member of the u.s. mens national team and has made four world cup appearances and the union are happy to have him. >> the player is a special one. he is a guy that we can talk about. technical ability and tactical ability and the ability to score a goal and defensive work and go on and on about that but the important thing for our fan base to know is he is one of us. >> i like that one of us. in jersey in fact. >> thank you ducis. the philadelphia's pro freedom tennis team opened their season this week and the players made a stop at city hall. billy jean king presented mayor kenney with his own freedom jersey. the practice is tomorrow but there are four for home matches next week. meteorologist, cecily tynan here our respite from summer heat continues. >> we have a nice break and if you don't have allergies open up the windows, the coolest night in three weeks. you like that this time of the year. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing that we have rain free conditions out there. we do have some fair weather cumulous clouds that bubbled up i like this live sky 6 hd shot at the center city skyline, we are looking up and seeing clouds but they don't contain moisture in the form of rain and you see the rays, shooting through the clouds. the sun is setting at 8:12, if you get a good sunset photo post it on my facebook page or twitter account. i can use it on "action news" at 11:00. right now 82 in philadelphia, down from the high of 85 that is 12 degrees below normal. and wilmington and reading currently 80 degrees and cape may with the wind off the ocean cooled off to 76 degrees and beach haven 75. satellite 6 along with action radar showing this is a big weather maker, this broad area of high pressure is banked east of the boston and the sinking air and that dry things out and that is why the dew points are low today. 60 degrees that is low for this time of year in august. typically we are dealing with the heat and humidity but tonight is comfortable, down to 65 in philadelphia and allentown dropping down into the 50s. 59. and cape may 68 and trenton 60 and wilmington 64 degrees. with the low humidity a comfortable night for sleeping. tomorrow the day planner, a lot like today. kind of a repeat performance, the high 84 and low humidity at 8:00 still in the 60s. we bump it up to 78 by 11:00 and early in the afternoon temperatures in the 80s and by 8:00, 78 degrees with loads of sunshine right through the day. so if are you down the shore tomorrow, it will be a nice beach day, ocean temperatures 77 but be aware with that on shore flow there is a moderate risk of rip currents, you want to be careful, don't go swimming in the ocean when the lifeguards are not on duty, loads of sunshine with the sea breeze, wins of 16 miles per hour another breezy day on the beaches, jersey beaches 79 and the delaware beaches 82 degrees. earl has become a hurricane, maximum sustained winds 75 miles per hour and this is a very big storm, tropical storm force wins extend from the center. and it's bearing down on central america and looks to make landfall overnight tonight in belize as a category one hurricane and then continues to push to the west as we head towards the weekend, we are looking at the potential for 8 to 1 inches of rain along the path of earl. could cause mudslides and flooding, we'll enter the peak of tropical activity. we really ramp up as we head towards september 10th and then slowly things settle down as we head through november. we'll keep looking at the tropics for you. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast beautiful tomorrow and 84 and low humidity and friday up to 86 and more humid and saturday is when we get back in the steam bath 91 degrees but just for one day, scattered thunderstorms late in the day and some could be strong and behind that front we are back in the comfort zone on sunday. 86 degrees and monday, tuesday and wednesday 80s and sunshine and enjoy tonight very comfortable. >> thank you cecily. finally tonight some hungry, hungry hippos got a helping hand at the zoo today. fresh lettuce and other treats for the hippos, they grew it themselves. they offer children with dispictures all year long. "action news" continues at 10:00 tonight on phl 17 with brian taff, sharrie williams, and ducis rogers and join us for "action news" at 11:00. here on channel 6. for jim, cecily and ducis, i'm monica malpass have a good night. hope to see you right here at 11:00. ♪ ♪ 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 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 and spent eleven months in a pow vcamp.m what donald trump said about our members of the military being captured is a disgrace. he's a war hero because he was captured. i like people that weren't captured. when you fly over enemy territory, the odds might be against you being able to come home. donald trump doesn't understand the weight of sending americans into harm's way. he's unfit to be president. priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. tonight, breaking developments as we come on. the crash-landing. the passenger jet exploding into flames. and this evening, we now have images of the panic inside the boeing 777. 300 passengers an crew racing to escape down emergency chutes. and now reporting here. did the pilot forget to put down the landing gear? also breaking tonight, donald trump onstage moments ago. what he's now saying amid reports of turmoil inside his campaign. as a key republican says they're now supporting hillary clinton. as we come on tonight, the tropical storm just upgraded to a hurricane. the track right now and when it makes landfall. also, massive flooding shuts down highways, as new wildfires erupt in the west. the tragedy behind the supermarket. two teenagers discovered,

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