crash tonight and why some people are waiting ye they dime germantown and allegheny tonight in the tioga section of philadelphia and they came to mourn deaths of three

children and to demand end of violence. "action news" tonight it's a vij "action news" reporter sharee williams is live at the scene of a very emotional gathering tonight, sharee. >> reporter: jim, it was a touching display of unity as we heard. directly from the families who were affected by this horrible event. and this memorial, it started at 6:00. some five hours ago, and as you can see behind me, people are still here. they're still gathering and reflecting on the lives lost. >> we should not have lost three young people. we can change the kulingt tour of philadelphia. from one that has violence in it to one is that the non-violent. >> reporter: standing together, a grieving community held hands, prayed and even cried together. hundreds attended a vij toil remember the victims of friday's scar jacking and hit-and-run that killed three young

children. >> father we're tired of burying our young people. >> keesha williams and three kids were selling fruit at a stand on corners of germantown and allegheny avenue when's a vehicle that was car-jacked by two men lost control and struck them. also hit was neighbor they will ma brown. tonight's gathering was to remember those that were hurt and lost in an instant. >> there were so many questions we have no answers to. our concerns never end and heart are xlootly broken. we cannot believe this is our new reality a nightmare that won't sglend i love all of you for coming out and supporting us even though i don't know you all. >> strangeers felt compelled to be here. >> it's torture you know, your heart aches for kids especially something as tragic as this. >> as community leaders spoke words of encouragement. >> the conditions of the people

were not change until people change the conditions within themselves. >> family members held each other tightly vowing to take it day by day. >> we're reliving it every moment and words cannot explain what we're going through. >> a live look here at the memorial. grieving families took time out today during this vigil to thank the community and thank first restoppeders who came to aid of children in hopes of trying to save their lives. also they gave a thank you to philadelphia police department for arresting the two men who detectives believe are behind these heinous crimes. we also confirmed today from the family that the funerals for these three children are set for monday. we're live in philadelphia, tioga section, sharee williams, "channel 6 action news."" >> sharee, thank you, chopper6hd was over the scene late tonight after a car crashed into a building in north philadelphia. it happened at 25 and north college avenue at 9:30 and

initial reports are that the driver may have been trying to flee from police. he is being treated at hahnemann university hospital. >> two women are in the hospital tonight for stab wounds to the chest. philadelphia police believe a third woman attacked a 19 and 21-year-old victims less than an hour ago at 64 and bu nest southwest philadelphia. no word on motive or arrest. >> delaware state police are trying to solve mystery tonight on partially clothed decomposing body they don't yet know gender. landscaper found human remains 2:30 this afternoon woods behind bjs, 2100 block of kirkwood highway in elsmere. wilmington it's been a passion and struggle over cuts to the fire department and on one side the mayor and city fire personnel and on the other side city council. the mayor and firefighters win tonight. "action news" reporter kenneth moton was there. >> the motion is on the table.

>> it look less than five minutes. >> 7 to. >> the city council failed to override mayor dennis williams veto to cut eight vacant fire fighter conditions a savings of more than $500,000. >> i said i would not cut public safety i still will not. if it comes up again we'll be in the same place again. >> constituency says we need cuts we'll do our fwoingt make cuts. >> he had the majority a couple weeks ago when legislation passed saying public safety was at risk. he thought he had the nine votes and after political moves and pressure from the firefighter's union some council members had a last-minute change of heart. >> i'm frustrated because i'm disappointed that i was given people's words and they didn't do what they said they would do. >> city's $150 million budget was approved in may.

this month council saw an opportunity to cut more from the fire department by eliminating vacant positions. >> it's bad but we're doing it enough to get the job done. we don't want to be worse. >> both sides will work harder to see what cuts can be xhaid mean fights continue for fire department. he's said he's already gearing up fort next budget value. ken, "channel 6 action news."" >> a delaware county woman has been charged with drugging her boyfriend to death. upper darby police accused jacqueline scala of injecting the victim with leemingal dose of heroin. fiori caputo's body was found his apartment in april. the national transportation safety board issued a skaiminging report about the derailment in 2012 in pals borough. conrail was long to continue to

open and close the swinging bridge against repeated recommend takings of a consultant. 7 cars derailed releasing vinyl color ride. and blasted them for the way they happenedle the emergency response. one ntsb member called receipt response chaos. >> israel continued to pound gaza city tonight with air strikes and heavy shelling from tanks. 17 million palestinians were thrown into darkness because israel bombed gaza strips only power station today and palestinians say it will take a year to rebuild. at least 128 palestinians were killed today putting overall death toll for palestinians at 1200. hamas released this video militants using a tun toll infiltrate israel and killed five israeli soldiers.

>> it won't quit until it destroys all tun elz. >> president obama announced today europe has joined the united states in approving dramatically tougher economic sanctions against russia and sanctions include restrictions on state-owned banks, russian banks, and are designed to convince vladimir put taken to withdrawal surprise property separatetist. >> the department of veterans affairs is getting a new chief to overhaul the agency that is the wake of the health care scandal. today the instant confirmed robert md to serve as va secretary. the 61-year-old is former ceo of proctor & gamble. >> still to come tonight merng's top dr. warns we need to change how we spend our summers owe risk getting an care. >> urban old faithful. water main turns into a gushing geyser and wreaks havoc on a famous college campus.

>> and great escape we'll watch as two women stuck on a train bridge avoid calamity. >> felt like middle of september today afternoon highs in the 70s. i'm tracking warmer more humid air as well as storms in the accuweather 7-day forecast. >> investigative reporter wendy saltzman is here tonight sxlosing delays in the federal court system and had families waiting for years to get justice. hundreds of cases in the philadelphia area and languished eight years oregon more without philadelphia area and languished eight years oregon more without a verdict . plus ducis rodgers with phillies trying to get back at mets for last night. that and more as "action news" last night. that and more as "action news" continues

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>> this is how a water main break near campus of ucla looked what it erupted tonight. the geyser shot 30 feet in the air, 75 gallons of water per minute. torrent sunset beloved flooded ucla soccer field and basketball and pavilion and several to be rescued from underground parking garages. >> we had someone in the water swept off their feet and with current pushing them they were tracked under their car. >> despite firefighters warnings to stay a way some decided to frolic in the flood. more than four hours later it stopped gushing and damage has been stonl. >> two women are facing criminal trespassing charges tonight after nearly killed by a train. this is video from the engineers view like a dashcam after he saw

the pair on his path on narrow indiana trestle he threw the emergency brake and the 100 pound train 207b train car could not stop and he assumed the women were dead and miraculously the train traveled over them. >> sat scores will be optional for future temple university students. starting fall 2015 prospective students can use alternate application that asks them to fill out four short essay questions this say way to find students with good grades active in their communities and with high school activities that may otherwise be overlooked if they don't test well. temple joins bryn mawr college and st. joseph university among local schools that no longer require standardized tests. >> imagine waiting five, even eight years or more to get

justice. "action news" investigation uncovered a major delay. major delays taking place in philadelphia's federal system. so long they failed to meet the court aers own standards for a speedy trial. investigative reporter wendy saltzman is here with breaking exclusive report. >> jim we are not just talking about one case or two cases. a federal judicial survey found 4 cases in the eastern district of pennsylvania that have dragged out three or more years without a trial or decision. and "action news" found one judge has a large chunk of those cases. >> seems to me that after 7 years, it's crazy. give me some kind of action on it. >> eric orange and steve months di are plaintiff's that have been waiting and waiting for justice. >> taking a great toll on me. >> a former marine that had surgery on his knees and 7 years

in combat. >> i got up and fell to the floor i couldn't stand in my own lands. hi surgery didn't work, surgery again didn't work. and all this time on long term disability. >> he says disability payments stopped in 2005 after fight insurance company he filed a lawsuit six years ago in federal court. the case was assigned to judge barkley soric. >> my life was -- i want to say hell it was rough. >> he said he almost lost everything including his house and to this day he's waiting to see ft. judge will award him disability payments as he struggles to make ends meet. >> i don't want to rattle the cage if you will. he's the one to determine the outcome. >> it seems as if he's not doing anything. >> 2007 eric orange filed a throughout gain control of web site he started local whine events come. >> it's actually we pay these guys to handle situations like this and for it to go nor it

doesn't seem right. >> his lawsuit languished in front of the judge for 7 years and he says potentially it cost him luke ra opportunity to buy the site. >> "action news" reviewed records showing in september of last year judge surrick had 79 outstanding cases sitting with no resolution for three years or more. 112 motions were not ruled on for more than 6 months. it's important to note half of the outstanding cases are multi-jurisdictional and out of his control. judge su rrick would not speak with us on camera but explained some of the calls may have been because he was sitting on two high profile cases one that took more than a year. he said he would look into the backlog. since we contacted s su rrick he said new deadlines to move forward to the mosade case. >> senator chris kunz of

delaware sits open the jushry committee and believes the system is flawed. >> we have long wait times for motions, hearings, resolutions in america it's not right. >> kunz blames cuts in federal funding for the delays he says are system wide. it's important to point out 65% of jms in eastern district of pennsylvania has three or fewer cases outstanding for three years or more. courts own delay reduction says cases should be heard within one year of being filed and says chief judge should reassign case if judge falls behind on his or her work. that deposit happen help in suxt rrick's case. when we contacted the chief judge she failed to return our multiple calls. >> when you look at places like common please courts and municipal court the case backlog is so immense that judges cannot handle, attorney can not handle them. they have the same problem in frol sglort apaerpd f parentally they do. >> thank you, wenldy.

looks like your attention speeded up the process. thank you, wendy. >> for the first time ever urgent warning from the surgeon jen tool give up tanning beds and sunbathing because they could kill you. there's been a 200% jump in deadly melanoma cases diagnosed since 1973 and cost $8 billion a year to treat nearly 5 million people that get skin cancer. as surgeon general came out against smoking decades ago. the country's top doctor says it's a major public health problem and what really needs to change are people's attitudes. >> we have to change the social norms vis-a-vis tanning. there's a very flawed perception about tan skin, oh, look how nice you look you're tan, oh, you must have been how relaxed you look. no, the answer is, how damaged you look. >> 9,000 people die each year from melanoma a disease is that the mostly preventable.

tanning bredz especially dangerous for young people. research shows exposure before age 30 increases risk of melanoma 75%. surgeon general says you can enjoy the outdoors but do it wisely, wear hats, sunglasses and seek out the shade. doctors recommend suncreen with spf 30 or higher and reapplying it every two hours or more if you swim or sweat. and people of all skin types are susceptible to skin cancer. wise words. >> tomorrow will be one of those days you want to get outside. >> and you want to be careful. >> exactly. >> sutton the suncreen and try to find that shade. it will be a lot of sunshine tomorrow. stormtracker 6 double scan showing we have dry conditions tonight and really a beautiful night for the channel 6 zooballoon to take flight. chopper 6 flying over zooballoon soar once more winds light.

skies have cleared out. so great night for flight open chopper 6 and for rides on channel 6 zooballoon. today got a taste of fall. not feeling like late july, philadelphia, 76. 11 below normal and this is average high for middle of september, allentown 75. trenton 76. wilmington same. wildwood a high of 77 degrees and tonight, temperatures falling well down into the 60s already and trenton it's 46 and millville 65 and philadelphia still 71, still 70 sea isle city. and in the poconos, you need a light sweater, current temperature 54. satellite 6 and action radar shows clouds bubbling up in the afternoon. it's still sdrukting sunshine. ridesing air particles cleared the clouds and they've folen apart and tomorrow more clouds building in the afternoon. it should be brighter and more

sunny than today. and tonight, with these clear skies we have that fall chill. temperatures plummeting all the way down to 60 in philadelphia. 53 allentown and 55 millville and 54 in reading with that low humidity it's a great night for sleeping. and we will remain cool for july. right now, low pressure is autopsy cross canada and there's a tremendous dip in the jet stream. this is something we don't see this time of year. jet stream is is far down to the south. jet stream starts to emerge so as we plan out the day tomorrow, looking really nice. 8:00, 66. by 11:00, 76, 00, 80, by 5:00, building clouds and good amount of sunshine, high of 82 degrees. so the exclusive accuweather

7-day forecast, still very refreshing not as cool as today, high of 82 degrees. low humidity. we keep that low humidity thursday and it warms up though to 85 degrees. friday getting more humid with some afternoon thunder showers possible 87 and future tracker showing around 2:00 in the afternoon pretty good line developing west of philadelphia. and heading into the weekend a cold front currently off the coast likely will move west ward and retrograde and this brings us somewhat unsettled conditions on saturday. clouds, cloudy skies with some downpours on and off throughout the day and 82. still a chance of popup showers on sunday 84 and heading to early next week muggies return, temperatures climbing to upper 80s. cool night and gradually warming up for the weekend. >> "jimmy kimmel live" coming up 11:35 after "action news" here's jimmy with a preview of

tonight's show. >> thanks, jim, hello philadelphia, a sample of what we have in store for you tonight. >> it's definitely a look. >> yeah. >> it's -- i mean, i could have --fy left you as you are now, no one would ever talk you to. but i'm not going to do that i one would ever talk you to. but i'm not going to do that i promise.

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pitched all year. >> we're wondering if scouts at the end of the week if teams are unsure about trading for cole hamels they got one good look at him tonight. they have to be happy with what they saw. chris young is waving and hamels strikes out eight batters in eight innings. he's been a great pickup. phillies lead 2-0. the big blow comes from chase utley in 7th with bases loaded, fifth career grand slam. phillies blank the mets 6-0. >> to football eagles are enjoy,

first off day of training camp and back on the field in the morning. jeremy maclin continues to work his way back from a torn mcl. he is also playing for a long term contract. coach kelly likes what he's seen thus far. >> it's a matter of him getting timing back. from a physical standpoint the strength is there and conditioning is there and rally excited like i sed say every day toy put my own twist in the offense. >> still to come in sports we'll they're penn state head football coach james franklin on team's depth and explain why the soccer

>> jimmy's guest tonight daniel rad klivr and abigail spencer and kiesh. "action news" continues at 4:30 with tamala edwards, matt o'donnell, meteorologist david murphy and karen rogers with traffic. for cecily tynan, ducis rogers, the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner. the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner. good

from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live"! [ cheers and applause ] tonight -- daniel radcliffe. from "rectify," abigail spencer. and music from kiesza. with cleto and the cletones. and now, i told you so. here's jimmy kimmel. [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: good to see you. thank you. thanks, cleto. thank you. i am jimmy. i am the host of the show. [ cheers and applause ] i appreciate it. boy. it