emergency rescue in buckingham township bucks county. child who tumbled in the well is safe but bruised but tonight we will talk to the fire fight hours saved him. "action news" reporter walter perez is live at the fire company, with the full story tonight. walter? >> reporter: well, rick, when you consider all of the things that could have gone wrong the child could have landed on his head or something jagged, he could have been killed, but with a little good fortune and fast moving first responders like the old saying goes, all is well that end well. the fire chief david james says, that it was one of those calls, that sends chills down your spine. >> a five-year old child fell 50 feet down in a well with 2-foot of water in it. >> reporter: emergency crew as arrived to learn that the five-year old had been standing on top of the sealed well in the backyard of his home on swamp road in buckingham. the cover buckled and the little boy fell in. as you can see, from the photos taken from the rescue first responders wasted no time. >> at that time my deputy chief made his way down the well via rope, and checked the patient out real quick. we lowered down a ladder and he assisted the child on carrying him up the the ladder and passing him up to the medics. the child was conscious alert, extremely upset. >> reporter: youngster with his parents were transported to st. mary's medical center to be checked out. amaze leg he was released a few hours later after being treated for nothing more than minor bumps and bruises. chief james says he is thanking his lucky stars that this story has a happy ending. >> it is one of those calls where we are amazed that this kid just went through what he went through and i mean beside a scratch on his leg he was in good shape. in case you are wondering from the photos that was a towel they put over youngster's head to keep him from breathing debris in from the rescue. we did speak with the child's parents a short time ago this he were too distraught to speak on camera. they did say their child is doing just fine. they on the other hand will need two days to fully recover. reporting live, walter perez channel have "action news" rick? >> walter, thank you. a child in haverford township delaware county was rush to the hospital tonight. youngster was hit by a car just before 7:00 on burlington road near devon road. no word yet, on the child's condition. well, there has been no shortage of reaction nationwide concerning bill cosby's stunning admission from ten years ago that he bought drugs to use on women he wanted to have sex with. sharrie williams is live from our "action news" satellite center with more from the fall out tonight sharrie. >> reporter: rick, these are statements that cosby made under oath a decade ago under the belief that these word would never be made public. remember, this was supposed to be a sealed document with you it is now, the closest cosby has come to admitting that he took advantage of women. after repeatedly sidestepping questions, about sexual assault allegations. >> no, no we don't answer that. >> reporter: now a possible admission from bill cosby revealed cosby was asked which you got the quaaludes was it in your mind you were going to use these quaaludes for young woman that you wanted to have sex with? cosby's answer was yes. and the statements were made during a deposition in a civil lawsuit, filed by andrea constand in 2005. at that time she was 31 years old and a temple university employee. bruce castor was the montgomery county district attorney at the time and oversaw constand's criminal allegation that is cosby drugged and raped her. >> we always operated under the theory that he had drugged, andrea constan, theory and proof are obviously different things. >> reporter: castor explained there was not enough evidence to prosecute cosby criminally but the only way to get cosby to take a deposition under oath in the civil court was to agree that he would not be charged, and that castor says, was strategy to get cosby on the record. >> to clear him from the possibility of an arrest, and enable andrea constand then to use the civil courts, to get some measure of punishment against cosby, which she whatnot have been able to do if the threat of a prosecution was still hanging over his head. >> reporter: cosby later settled that case for an undisclosed amount. more than two dozen women made similar claims against cosby attorney gloria alred represent several cosby accusers and she's glad that these documents have been made public. >> they are an admission make no mistake about it and that is why we will make every effort to use it in our lawsuit. >> reporter: the judge who ruled to make these documents public said that it was a serious allegation, that was part of his thinking and also said that it was significant interest to the public. at this point we know bill cosby has not responded in anyway to these new revelations but he has not been charged still with a crime. live from the satellite center, sharrie williams for channel six a "action news" rick. >> sharrie, thank you. he has become number one spokesperson for subway sandwiches but jared fogle will no longer be associated with the restaurant. subway suspended ties with him in the wake of the federal investigation. early this morning fbi agents raided his home in indiana removing electronics from the property. two months ago the director of fogle's foundation was arrested on child pornography charges. fogle became a subway spokesperson after shedding 245-pound, more than 15 years ago, by eating their sandwiches. a private school administrators in chester county is accused of inappropriate liz touching a student. six two-year old george simmons of wilmington served as head of the school at the the concept school in thornbury township. the victim told police that simmons repeatedly sent explicit texts e-mails and phone calls, the victim was 14 years old at the time and said he then became physical. simmons faces corruption of the minor and indecent assault charges. he has been fired from his job and currently free on bail. a delaware correctional officer accused of having sexual relation was an inmate turned himself in today. investigators determined that fred way the third was involved in at least two incident, involving the 27 year-old female inmate weigh is charged with two counts of sexual relationness a detention facility and one count of official misconduct. he was released, after posting bond. well today we hit 91 degrees outside and it certainly felt like it but is there a cold front heading our way tomorrow and it could bring in some stormy weather with it as well. meteorologist cecily tynan joins us from the big board with the very latest from accu weather tonight hi cecily. >> we were in the steam bath today, high of 91. felt more like 95 with the heat index. this is first time this month we have been in the 90's but ninth day this year with temperatures in the 90's, which is on par with an average summer. dew points tell the story. when you have dew points, at or above 70 that is that oppressive humidity. we are close to that in philadelphia. the dew point is 69 degrees. millville 72. dover is a tropical air mass, dew point is currently 75 degrees. so there is a lot of moisture in the atmosphere and add that with the temperature and it still feels like 84 degrees in philadelphia it is warm, very humid night and this is an approaching cold front that will eventually bring an end to this heat and humidity by end of the week. what it will also do is bring us some storms. storm tracker six live showing cold front stretches from the great lakes down into the midwest and what this will do as we head through the day tomorrow will first bring us cloud and it will bring us scattered downpours. area that received the most sunshine probably along the shore. this area we could get strong storms. we will talk more about the timing of the storms, what it will bring to us and then that eventual relief coming up with the full forecast, rick. >> cecily, we will talk again soon thank you. two dozen businessness upper darby hope to reopen tomorrow. last night a fire caused major damage to this pay less shoe store on south 59th street. because of the demolition work today nearby stores were not allowed to reopen. peco was on the scene working to redirect power to the stores. a store clerk was stabbed to death this morning in atlantic city. it was only his second day on the job. twenty-nine year-old peter fairy was working at cedar market this morning when a man walk up and then suddenly stab him in the neck. the store owner says customers ran out as suspect chased other employees around the store. they managed to lock the front door and run out of the back. the the suspect kicked out the door and was crossing adriatic avenue as a police officer was arriving. that office are fired multiple shots, killing the suspect. >> he was on vacation with his family and he called my brother, the guy says, you need to work, i come down, yesterday, started and it happened today. just his luck, it could have been anybody else, it could have been me, it could have been somebody else but it just happened to be him. >> neighbors say the suspect is a men drug addict had recently been in and out of jail and was in the taking his medications. police made an arrest in the kensington shooting that injured seven people last month. thirty-six year-old dennis tindallah allegedly got in the altercation with three men in the 700 block of east hilton street. he left and returned with another man who opened fire. police say tindal gave the shooter the gun that was used and is there a $10,000 reward for information that leads police to that gunman. the murders of three people in the lehigh valley over the weekend are being considered random, with no apparent motive, according to investigators. three men, including robert jordan and todd west, have been arrested, and charged in the deadly shootings. the authorities believe that the trio randomly opened fire at a car in allentown sunday morning, killing fran sees ramos and trever gray. police say minutes earlier the men killed 22-year old corry ketrow in easton. two suspects are a accused of robbing three people in allentown on monday. northampton and lehigh county authorities say the public is in longer in danger now that these men have been caught. >> these shootings which appeared to be unconnected you know, random, that these are the three actors involved, so, you know work them off the streets, we're not aware of anyone else involved. >> all three suspects are being held, without bail, tonight. a delaware woman stole a fire department pickup truck ingot in the accident before being arrested. authorities say four three-year old woman stole the vehicle from the new castle county police headquarters parking lot moments later she was then involved in an accident and fled the scene. a few hours after that police spotted her in hockessin where they were able to apprehend her. the family of the woman killed when she was hit by a duck boat in chinatown has filed a lawsuit. sixty-eight year-old elizabeth carniki from beaumont, texas was killed back in may. investigators determined that she was looking down at an electronic device when she walk in the street against the light and was struck and killed. her family alleged that the duck boat had very big blind spots, something that the operator failed to navigate, the family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the company. five years ago today another duck boat tragedy this one in the water. duck boat collided with a barge in the middle of the delaware river killing two people. tourist boat, hi was disable was run down by a barge being pushed by a tugboat operator who was distract by phone calls, and his lap top. thirty-seven people went in the water, two hungarian students died. matthew devlin the man driving the tugboat was sentenced to a year in prison. for the the second time in three days there has been a fire in the wilmington, swim club. someone set fire to the sign at silver side swim club the damage was minor. over the weekend arsonist struck at the shell crest swim club setting fire to some pool furniture there investigators haven't said if the two incident are related. and still to come on "action news" tonight the latest on the search for two missing people after an f-16 collided with their plane. plus a hospital respond after a nurse drops a new born, find out if she will lose her job for the incident that landed the baby in the icu, cecily. humidity is oppressive tonight and testimony we will go from steamy to stormy, i'll have details on the approaching downpours and what it means for your weekend in the accu weather forecast. plus former eagles quarterback donovan mcnabb find himself in trouble again when "action news" at 11:00 comes right back. tonight the search continues in a swampy a area of south carolina for two victims of the midair collision. an f-16 fighter jet slammed into a sesna the air force pilot was able to eject in time but no one in the sesna survived. debris was scattered no one was injury on the ground. ntsb is investigating the accident. a republican senator from south carolina described it as a kick in the teeth. he was just one of three senators who voted against removing the confederate flag from the state house. debate in the house is expected to begin tomorrow. the senate bill would remove confederate flag as soon as the governor signs it. republican governor nicki haley urged lawmakers to remove the flag following last month's shooting, nine african americans were gunned down during a bible study group. today the suspect dylann roof was indicted on three new charges of attempted murder. he is charged with nine counts of murder. fellow authorities have not said if they will pursue hate crime charges against him as well. illegal immigrant charged with killing a san francisco woman has pled not guilty to murder. francisco sanchez was arraigned today, he is accused of shooting three two-year old katherine, last week, while she was walking with her father. sanchez has been deported five times, and he admits he came to the it i knowing it is a sanctuary city and he would not be persued by law enforcement. he is being held on five million-dollar bail. donald trump just took another hit the republican presidential candidate and the pga have mutually agreed to pull the 2016 grand slam of golf from trump's los angeles course. uni vision, nbc and macy's have have already cut ties with trump after he called mexican immigrants rapist and killers. trump has refused to apologize, the pga is moving competition to a golf course not owned by trump. a pennsylvania nurse who dropped a new born baby fracturing its skull will not be fired. instead the 32 year veteran will be discipline. the incident happened within week ago today at uniontown hospital. an internal review that the nurse was sitting down feeding the baby when he slipped from her grasp. baby's mother says he's gaining weight but remains in intensive care. in health check tonight we now smoking can take years off your life but stud points to a condition that may have a greater life shortening effect on millions. research are say type two diabetes and stroke or heart attack by the age of 60 could shorten life expectancy by 12 years for men and 13 years for women. smoking reduces your life span by ten years. the good news is you can make changes right new to living a healthier life. or you can run eight to 9 miles a day like cecily and i do. >> like we do. >> yes. >> today was brutal too with the humidity. >> it was tough, i know. >> i got to 8 miles. >> i want to see video of that. >> storm tracker six live double scan, showing us the spotty downpours, we will head north to philadelphia, earlier this evening, and they have moved on. we're dry for now. it looks like tomorrow, thursday we will get more active but the action cam is taking a look at dilworth park at black eye susans have you noticed our lawns gardens have been looking really nice, lately with all of the rain we have got since the beginning of june. the right now we're rain free but we are warm and humid. down the shore a lot of people enjoying the beach today avalon at 76. margate 77. ocean city 76. cape may 76. warm night at the shore. warm inland as well. philadelphia 81 degrees. feels more like 84 when you factor in humidity. allentown 76. wilmington 78. leading currently at 77. satellite six with action radar showing a cold front that is entering western pennsylvania, and this is moving in, throughout the course of the day tomorrow. ahead of it we have a surge of warm humid air again and we will see cloud cover. good news when we get cloud before the storms they can really limit severity of the storm. at 7:30 in the morning a lot of cloud west of philadelphia, as we head, toward lunchtime and early afternoon this is when we will see storms develop. it looks lake they will contain heavy downpours especially east of philadelphia especially down the shore and then that front will hang up on thursday giving us another round of some thunderstorms. so tomorrow mostly cloud which some afternoon downpours any downpour could have one to 3 inches of rain in a short period of time and can cause localized flooding. be careful. turn around don't drawn, do not drive-in to flooded road tomorrow. on thursday we will get several hours of sunshine, during the the day and then another wave have low pressure will develop along that front and that will bring us thunderstorms in the evening high of 86 degrees. if we get sunshine we will have a better chance of severe weather on thursday evening. down the shore ocean temperature, like bath water 78 degrees. tomorrow we will see sunshine early, cloud roll in the afternoon with afternoon downpours 83 degrees the high tomorrow. bet are part of the day for heading the to the beach will definitely be the morning. so the exclusive accu weather seven day forecast, warm and humid tomorrow, 89 degrees, scattered showers best chance will be in the afternoon on thursday, it is warm, humid again 86 degrees low pressure will bring us then are storms in the evening future tracker showing around 7:00 we could get pretty heavy thunderstorms across our viewing area. on friday a breath of fresh air, morning cloud give way to afternoon sunshine. humidity drops substantially. we will feel a difference in the air mass. 86 degrees. saturday we will begin process of warming up quickly 89 degrees, warm day for the union game. on sunday we could hit 90 for tenth time this year with increasing cloud monday and tuesday, we're back in that very muggy air mass with thunderstorms, both days, i think we have a better chance on tuesday. take the umbrella tomorrow, you'll need it in the afternoon and then gannon thursday night. >> friday looks nice. >> beautiful. >> all right, thanks cecily. in or news, an entire string band gathered in gloucester county to bring a smile to a term untilly ill child's face. >> ♪♪ >> the furko string ban strutted their stuff for jillian rot. he is suffering from stage four neuro blast tome a we first told but young ross a few weeks ago and his fight to receive proper health care at home which he is now getting. a "action news" viewer who saw ross's story arranged for this special performance. >> ♪♪ >> kid rock performed at the susquehanna bank center in camden this evening. early this week members of the civil rights group in detroit asked the rocker to distance himself from the confederate flag. kid rockies a fan of southern rock and embraced the flag in the past. we were at tonight's show and we only spotted the american flag flying. there was a showing of the movie selma this evening crowd showed up to the dell music center in strawberry mansion for the screening. movie depicts doctor martin luther king's march across selma, alabama historic march, several years ago. dear fellow citizen, i know what it's like to grow up without a whole lot of money. and how much it matters to save. i try to teach that to my daughter. i'm saving for a house and i don't want my money to go to bank fees. i'm sure you don't either. so ask me about one deposit checking. next time you have a question about avoiding fees, ask me. sincerely, samantha parke fellow mom and fellow citizen. ducis is here with sports and phillies news concerning their second base man tonight. >> never easy when a star shows signs of decline. this may be beginning of the even for chase utley. phillies general manager reuben amaro junior says there is no guarantee that utley gets his starting job back when he he returns from the disabled list with that ankle injury. speaking to reporters before tonight's game with the dodgers a amaro says that caesar hernandez is teams second base man and should remain starter. utley is batting .179, a career low hernandez is batting, a above 300. utley was asked about amaro's comments he said quote caesar has done a really good job there you go, end quote. phillies and dodgers. bottom of the first for adrian gonzales. dom brown makes the catch. he has presence of mind and arm to double up justin turner at first base. second inning brown flexes his muscles again, puis sing tolls right. he tries to touch brown's arm by going first to third. wrong move. we go to the third, second and third for jeff francoeur he brings in both home. that is a two run double. right now phillies lead it four to nothing. we are in the fifth inning. basketball now jahlil okafor signed his rookie contract with the sixers. now he can focus to living up to the expectations that the team has for him. okafor and sixers facing celtics in summer league play. he had 20 points last night against san antonio numbers are down tonight, 13 points , five of 12 shooting. okafor will to have play back to back nights. that is what happens in the nba. he goes three for six from the free throw line. he grabs nine rebound. sixers win 76-62. >> i feel good. me teammates and chemistry. i will feel more comfortable. it is just a step in the process. >> and for second time in less than two years donovan mcnabb has been arrested for driving under the the influence. this happened, in suburban phoenix, on june 28th according to a statement released by police, mcnabb rear ended a vehicle stopped at a red light no one was injury. former eagles quarterback was taken to the holding cell before being released. since this is his second arrest under arizona law he could face 90 days in jail if convicted. still ahead u.s. woman's national team gets a huge rally in los angeles plus, either rookie that has flyers brass, so excited. [alarms blaring] ohhhhh... whoa whoa whoa! who's responsible for this?!? if something goes wrong, you find a scapegoat. ...rick. it's what you do. ahhhhhhhh! what'd you say? uh-oh! kelly! if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. it's what you do. rick. don't walk away from me. ahhhhhhhh! the flyers are getting a good look at their rookies this week and general manager ron hextall likes what he has to work w hextall and new coach dave hakstol will have these guys in this developmental camp until sunday. crown jewel is seventh overall pick ivan provorov. eighteen year-old defenseman could start the season with the flyers. >> i think i'm taking one day at a time but my long term goal, it is to make the team and i will try to do everything that i can and we will see what will happen, in september. >> this is not an evaluation camp. we are not here to evaluate young players but we are here to watching young players and their coaches are here to help young players get better. >> this is what you get when you win women's world cup huge rally was held in downtown los angeles to celebrate, the u.s. women's national team title, first title since 1999. jimmy kimmel live is next on channel six followed by night line and "action news" continues tomorrow morning at the 4:30, for the entire "action news" team, i'm rick williams, have a night evening, we will see you tomorrow good night. it's "jimmy kimmel live"! tonight, jon hamm. from "masters of sex", lizzy caplan. comedian jesse eliasa. and music from sheila e. with cleto and the cletones. and now, here's jimmy kimmel! 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