Lives matters wants it gone. If the city wont use it i think its time for the people to rise up and take it down. Rizzo should not be honored. He was a racist bigot and homoaphobe and how he interacted with black and brown people was with violence. But jodi who used to work with rizzo, got it all wrong. He was a tough lawmaker and won the respect of african meshes. Blacks got to breaks irish got to breaks and polish got to breaks. You dont get breaks if you break the law. The current mayor, jim kenney asked about the new effort. There is a group of people and folks in the city that want to reconsider the placement of that statue whether removed or relocated. You have to go through the same process. Im not a fan of the statue and im not a fan when it went up. But that doesnt mean i can unilaterally tear it down. Intentions were stated. Those that want it gone and those that want it to remain here. The statue remains and surrounded by a temporary fence and a watchful eye of Police Officers on this particular location. Live in center city, channel 6 action news. Thank you. In Charlottesville Community members gathered to remember heather heyer. The 32yearold woman killed when a car ran into the crowd of people protesting a White Nationalist rally. Friends and family and coworkers shared stories of powerful memories of inclues. Thank you for making the word hate real and thank you for making the world love even stronger. We need to stop all of this stuff and just forgive each other. I think that is what the lord would want us to do. Just love one another. They tried to kill my child to shut her up. Guess what . You just magnified her. The tears continued bringing the packed auditorium to its feet. Heyers boss remember her saying, if you are not outraged you are not paying attention. When it comes to Donald Trumps response. Corporate executives are dropping out and the president tweeting he is disbanding his advisory councils. The camden based executive made the decision following the president s remarks yesterday where he suggested that the White Supremacists and counter protesters were to blame for the violence that erupted in virginia. Morrison says that racism and murder are reprehensible and that the president should be and needs to be unambiguous on that point. There were still 15 executives remaining on the board before this announcements from president on twitter today. He writes, quote rather than putting pressure on the people of the Manufacturing Council and strategy forum. I am ending them both. Thank you all. He is criticized from both sides of the aisle and around the world. Mike pence addresses the issue saying he stands with the president. In america we wont allow the few to divide the many. The strength of the United States of america is always strongest as the president said so eloquently when we are united. The Vice President is cutting short that trip to latin america to join the president at a meeting in camp david on strategy. The developments are swift and they continue. Get the latest on the Charlottesville Violence and the aftermath including details and so much more. The 6 abc app is a Free Download for your mobile device. Time for a check of the accuweather forecast. In cape may a risk of rip currents stretches up and down the east coast. Be extra careful in the water once lifeguards are done for the day. Lets get the latest from meteorologist, adam joseph. Good a Beautiful Day compared to yesterday all the sunshine and temperatures are back above normal and the risk for rip currents high at the shore. Look at stormtracker 6 live double scan all in response to the large swells being pushed westward from hurricane gert you see underneath the eye of hurricane gert and the wave drop of three and four feet from the jersey shore and the delaware beaches. The risk is still there and the high risk remains a threat through at least 9 00 tonight with seas between three and four feet once the lifeguards are off duty you do not want to swim this evening and it does improve through the day tomorrow as gert continues to move out to sea. 87 philadelphia and 89 in millville and 86 in allentown and reading, its humid out there and many numbers feel like the 90s as opposed to the the 58. As we go through the evening hours, it stays quiet and the clouds start to fall apart you see a few here, and temperatures are still warm at 9 00 in the upper 70s with the low of 69 degrees. Well talk about the rest of the accuweather forecast as the tropical humidity makes a return and the threat of storms as well. All right adam thank you. The man accused of urinating on a synagogue is in Police Custody and facing numerous charges. Surveillance cameras were rolling early sunday morning and they have this video. He was seen urinating on the walls of the synagogue in northeast philadelphia. He turned himself in and they have charged him with ethnic intimidation and indecent exposure and vandalism and other offenses. And a former Delaware County day wear worker learned her sentence for pushing a 4yearold girl down the stairs. Sarah gabele plead guilty after her actions were caught on video. Today a judge ordered the 52yearold to spend 3 months in county jail followed by 3 months of house arrest. Her lawyer says his complaint feels remorseful and glad that the child was not seriously hurt. Four friends are recognized for saving a woman from a house fire in Montgomery County. Jeff is live now with more on how the boys and girls rushed to help a complete stranger. Reporter we have good news for you this afternoon. It happened at this Recreation Center playground back in june. The kids were here playing when they saw smoke coming from a neighboring home and sprung into action likely saving a life. These are the children, ages 10 to 13, they are hailed as heroes and will be honored at the cheltenham township commissioners meeting. When leah saw the smoke she ran home to tell her sisters and friends and thought it may be a barbecue and one called 911 and the other knocked on the door to make sure nobody was home. It turned out kayla was sleep first degree a second floor bedroom and heard the kids knocking on the door. And is praising them for their quick thinking and bravery. They are amazing, i would not be the first person to run over here and they said your house is on fire. And they called police before i got a chance. They saved me i thought someone was cooking out. My mom said help other people and respect other people and all of that stuff. Its an honor to be like getting this reward. Reporter some great kids there. The homeowner did take the kids out for a fun night at a local arcade and go cart track but tonight is the big night honored by a resolution by the cheltenham township commissioners. That begins at 7 30. Channel 6 action news. Good news for thank you we appreciate it. We need it. Good for those kids. Time for a first check of the action news traffic report. Lets go live to gina gannon. Reporter its crowded these majors, Single Digits out there. As we start rush hour we see very big delays. Here is the wide metro map. On the vine street expressway 9 miles per hour. It doesnt get better on the schuylkill, 6 there and 8 on 95. We have a couple of accidents to mention this one is in Montgomery County in lower merion. And an accident on bryn mawr avenue at broad acres road and police and fire are on the scene there. And traveling into whitpain, a fender bender there. And live look at the schuylkill at montgomery this is your eastbound and westbound traffic. Normally we dont have westbound traffic this far back but its out there. The travel time on the eastbound side 28 minutes, 33 out there heading between the vine to the blue route. Time is needed out there its crowd this afternoon like on the roosevelt boulevard traveling northbound and making your way into the northeast its crowded right now especially traveling on the northbound side 76 through to broad and tap the brakes on the southbound side. Back to you. Thank you. Still ahead on action news at 4 00, philadelphia Police Officers win a multimilliondollar case against the city. And it centers around cell phone use. Well explain. Plus, sally may is expected to save hundreds of jobs, the multimilliondollar deal that the company struck with the state with the state. Five crew members are missing after an Army Helicopter went down off the coast of hawaii. The black hawk is on a Training Mission when all communication is lost. The coast guard found debris and is continuing a massive search and rescue effort. Several aircraft and boats from multiple agencies are assisting with the search. One of the president s aides will be temporarily the White House Communications director. Hope hicks will keep her role as adviser, she worked with ivankas fashion line before becoming a member of the team. And it has been empty since Anthony Scaramucci was pushed out after 10 days. Philadelphias police union swrust won a first of its kind case. Check your email being on call. The union won an 8 million settlement with philadelphia. That means 1300 for each officer in compensation. They argued that officers were working off the clock by using their smart phones for work after hours and the state determined that some of that was overtime. They were subjected to phone calls and had to check emails so many times a day and if you were not in contact with the city regarding the Court Notices you were subject to discipline. And that we believe is not appropriate. They are not being paid to constantly answer phone calls, while they are owe of at the beach or the mountains. That is the president of the fraternal order of police, they say they are working on a better system to either compensate the officers or ensure that all important communication can be handled during work hours. Philadelphia councilwoman cindy bass is fighting to keep medical marijuana out of her mt. Airy commune. The state has approved a dispensary along the 8300 block of sten ton avenue, a location that bass believes is inappropriate because of its improvement imity to nearby homes. To have it here in a residential neighborhood is unacceptable. Medical marijuana should be placed on a commercial corridor or if pocket, on or near a medical facility. Bass today called on Pennsylvanias Health department to revoke the facilitys permit and alleged the applicants falsely told the state they had her support for the facility and the company says in their view they met with bass by attending one of her fundraising events. Sally may and two other companies are getting grants for their employees. The City Finance Department approved the grants, they are getting 2 million worth of grants to hire workers that are losing their concern jobs, the other two companies are general refrigerati refrigeration. Tonight is the drawing for the whopping power ball jackpot. Stores are busy and to win youll need lady luck on your side. The odds of winning are one in 292 million but someone has to win eventually. And you can see the numbers here on 6 abc immediately following action news at 11 00. Lottery fever taking hold once again. It is time for a check of of the accuweather forecast. Adam joseph is here with a nice day out here. Mother nature has a fever back here. The temperatures are back above normal on the verge of 90 in some cities. We look at the Weather Center over the Commodore Barry bridge we have high clouds and cumulous cloud out there. And again far better than yesterday and are you breaking a bit of a sweat with the warm temperatures and the humidity that remains a little bit on the high side. How it feels when you step out right now, 87 degrees, 86 in allentown and 90 in wilmington and 96 degrees it feels like in p millville. The hottest spot and uncomfortable in cape may where it feels like 93 degrees, as you go through the evening showers, temperatures in the middle 80s at 8 00 and warm and humid and a quiet evening on tap. Not looking at downpours or thunderstorms to pop up. Satellite and radar its clear at this point. Way down to the south in Eastern Kentucky and west virginia, that is a warm fronts pushing through tomorrow evening and tomorrow night. Tonight 65 and trenton 69 in allentown and low 60s reading and allentown and partly cloudy out there and tomorrow the dense fog advisory until 8 00 in the morning and could be patchy fog developing once again early tomorrow morning. 10 00 though future tracker showing a mixture of sun and clouds around and there is that warm front to the south trying to sneak its way in and doesnt approach until the Late Afternoon and evening hours. This is 5 00 when there could be scattered downpours or showers trying to pop with the introduction of the humid air. Cant promise that the eagles game stays completely dry. More than likely dry but a shower or downpour. We look at the temperatures tomorrow. 80 for 11 00 and middle 80s in the afternoon and watch the chance for the stray storm to develop. Everyone is talking about the partial Solar Eclipse for next monday. A reminder time wise the eclipse begins when the moon passes between the earth season sun at 1 20 in the afternoon. The maxi clips will peak here at 2 40 when 80 of the sun is blocked by the moon and then ends at 4 01, the four day at 4 00 forecast. Stray thunderstorm late in the day and most of the day is dry at 86 degrees. And steamy and tropical with storms developing and 85. Hot and humid and 90 on saturday. And warm and less humid and a lot of sun on sunday 88 degrees. Well look at the monday forecast temperaturewise coming up in the next half hour. Adam thank you. A local museum is welcoming a new attraction, this historic train car dates back 100 years, the action cam is along ridge brook road today as crews loaded it on to a flat bed truck and that caboose is moving to the southern new Jersey Railroad museum in tuckahoe. It once belonged to the late james legacy, train enthusiast and navy veteran. Putting safety in the palm of your hands. See how septas new app is encouraging rider whos see something to say something. Coming up we are helping to get your teens and young adults prepared to be financially responsible. Septa is hoping an app will encourage people to report Security Issues or safety concerns, the app launched today will allow users to anonymously and discretely send tips to police, it takes less than 20 seconds to send the information and officers can look at the information in real time as it comes in. A lot of people dont want to necessarily pick up the phone and get involved but people will quickly send a text out. People walk up and say officer i want to let you know and walk away it doesnt require us to ask for their name or phone number and they are not forced to give it. The app gives you the option to add a photo or video or even an exact gps location. And allows septa to send out alerts to customers in case of an emergency. You can find more information on how to download this app on our website at website. People in gloucester township, can more easily explore everything the area has to offer thanks to a bike sharing program. People can grab the bikes on the corner of west Church Street and washington avenue next to the fitness trail. To rent the bikes you download an app and you get a code to open up the blue tooth locks. Her family says she may be the oldest living phillies fan so on her birthday the team showed their love for her. That is the philly phanatic serenading sara who is turning 105 years old. Friends and family showed up to celebrate and loretta got new duds to add to her wardrobe a phillies shirt and hat. Happy birthday to you 105. Awesome. Good birthday there. Much more ahead on action news today. Including information on a murder case cold for years now. How a local athletes nephew is allegedly tied to the crime. Important advice for parents. Im nydia han we are talking kids and money, how to help your teens and young adults to be financially responsible. So i want my glasses to be unique. My girlfriend loves artists. And i need a conservative pair, cuz her parents hate artists get up to 40 off a second pair of glasses. Schedule your eye exam at pearlevision. Com. Action news continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, alicia vitarelli, Sharrie Williams and brian taff. Its 4 30 and action news continues with the reason that a 10 minute song with to words or music is burning up the itunes charts. Adam is okay. Plus europes biggest Budget Airline want to limit how much passengers drink but its not about alcohol in flight. Stick around. And later a frightening fight caught on camera. A woman kicks and screams battling to escape a sexual predator, she got away and the story doesnt end there. Why authorities are calling one detail shameful. Well begin at 4 30 with a cold case turned red hot in the Lehigh Valley. Today we learn that the alleged killer has ties to a well known well respected athlete. Walter perez is live now in easton to explain the new details in this case. Reporter brian, ill take you back before the cold case murder of 2009 to a shooting involving a man by the name of jacob holmes jr. Who was shot but survived. He is accused of murdering the man of the man that pulled the trigger on him and he is the nephew of a boxing legend. The case resolves around the murder of miguel auponty. The case went cold until an alleged accomplice named holmes in a grand jury report a few years ago and the leads from that report led to the arrest. Holmes is a person of interest in this case from the very beginning. This was a case we felt based on the police work was solvable but we had to make sure we had everybody in place to prove this in court obviously. But the susp