breaking news from philadelphia international tonight as an american airlines passenger plane nrunz engine trouble and is forced to turn around for an emergency landing around for an emergency landing. it is friday night. and the big story on action news tonight is a midair emergency. flight 669 took off from philadelphia at 8:50 this evening exist inked for seattle and flames were reported shooting from left engine visible enough to prompt paerms to call 911. air bus 320 circled half an hour and landed safely 9:20 the plane had a calm, cool and collected pilot at the controls as we hear from this talk with the tower. we got 142 plus 3 and fuel was 39.2. okay. sorry we have left engine right now we think it s failure right now we think it s failure. flaming debris and out of the left engine sdmrt plane landed safely and nobody on board was hurt. three people were rushed to limerick township and happened west ridge pike in south limerick road. two vehicles coll
emergency shelters. many more riding out the flooding in their surrounding neighborhoods. it s continuing to rain. right now, 72 hours after hurricane harvey hit and officials expect things to get worse before they get better. it s monday evening. jim gardner is off. houston police have rescued a total of 3,000 people, 1,000 since noon today.the coast guarg rescuing another 3,000 by boat and air. we saw dramatic views of helicopters coming to people s aid as they stood on their rooftops surrounded on all sides. we did a helicopter and boat. it was ridiculous. shelters ad tonight. the red cross site at the convention center can hold 5,000 employees. tonight, it s near capacity. officials fear the numbers could rise dramatically when the flood waters recede. as president trump prepares to visit texas tomorrow. he s promising the support of the government. we hurt together. we struggle together. believe me, we endure together. we are one family. to the people of texas and
action news, delaware valley s leading news program with jim gardner. texans are heading into a long and worry some night as rescues continue in the dark. tens of thousands of evacuated harvey victims are stuck in emergency shelters. many more riding out the flooding in their surrounding neighborhoods. it s continuing to rain. right now, 72 hours after hurricane harvey hit and officials expect things to get worse before they get better. it s monday evening. jim gardner is off. houston police have rescued a total of 3,000 people, 1,000 since noon today. the coast guard is reporting rescuing another 3,000 by boat and air. we saw dramatic views of helicopters coming to people s aid as they stood on their rooftops surrounded on all sides. we did a helicopter and boat. it was ridiculous. shelters are overwhelmed tonight. the red cross site at the convention center can hold 5,000 employees. tonight, it s near capacity. officials fear the numbers could rise dramati
cardinals linking arms as the anthem was sung by jordin sparks. the weekend of nfl protests continues into monday. this tweet from president trump, the tremendous backlash for nfl and its players for disrespect of our country. tonight is latest protest among professional athletes and their response to being ad admonishedy the president of the united states. chris christie is live in center city philadelphia tonight. jim, at city tap house fans were not shy about politics in the sports arena. many support free speech but others say this is played out. i respect it, but i feel it s the wrong play. i would rather my sports not be involving politics. players and team owners continued to take a knee during monday night football drowning out president trump s remark about s.o.b.s being taken off of the field, a protest started about police brutality against minorities. if my team didn t take a knee, i wouldn t individually do it. that flag means different things to differ
action news, delaware valley s leading news program, with jim gardner. this is the way it looked tonight on monday night football. the dallas cowboys kneeling as a team before the national anthem at the phoenix stadium and the cardinals linking arms as the anthem was sung by jordin sparks. the weekend of nfl protests continues into monday. this tweet from president trump, the tremendous backlash for nfl and its players for disrespect of our country. tonight is latest protest among professional athletes and their response to being ad admonishedy the president of the united states. chris christie is live in center city philadelphia tonight. jim, at city tap house fans were not shy about politics in the sports arena. many support free speech but others say this is played out. i respect it, but i feel it s the wrong play. i would rather my sports not be involving politics. players and team owners continued to take a knee during monday night football drowning out