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as they to prove a point about internet speeds, we slowed down an up escalator. this is crazy i don't get it, this one is working ladies, shouldn't up be as fast as down? yeah. shouldn't internet speeds match as well? yes. do your socks match? my socks match. do your eyeballs match? yes. cable does not match the speeds. makes you want to go mad. erggggh. only verizon fios comes with speedmatch - upload speeds as fast as your download speeds join now at fiosspeedmatch.com verizon. >>announcer:"action news" with jim gardner. this is the video that has police looking for and negotiating with as many as dozen individuals wanted for committing a hate crime. these people, men and women verbally and physically attacked
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two gay men on the streets of philadelphia. it is tuesday night. the big story tonight is a case of gay bashing to the point of sufficient violence that one victim had to have his jaw wired shut. kenneth moton is live at the headquarters tonight. what is the latest on it? >>reporter:the tips were coming. we learned that some of the attorneys for some of the people in that group have started to call central detectives to make arrangements to bring their clients in for questioning. the police believe they will be able to identify all the suspected attackers and have them in custody soon. they appear to be a large group of friends out of the town in center city. >> in america you get to be who you are. you don't get to be jumped
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because of who you are. >>reporter:the group of 15 people encountered two gay men ages 27 and 28. near walnut. one man asked if they were bounds. homophobeibinhomophobic slurs wd out. he had to have his jaw wired shut. >> the boys are happen that there is clear footage. they want justice done for not just them but so that it never happens in philadelphia. >>reporter:there was a group of 20 year olds. 10 to 12 of them are in on the assault. it is called a hate crime. >> it will be in their best interest to come forward anding contaccontact the police to telt
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happened that night. >>reporter:they put up $10,000 leading to the suspect. >> the first thing i thought it could be my friends or family members. the company that we work for, we have a lot of people that represents the community. >>reporter:they are offering an award of one thousand dollars. the victim's friends have been overwhelmed by the support that they have gotten. they really appreciate it as they recover. it takes weeks. central detectives the attorneys for some of the people in that video and group have started to call here and make arrangements for their clients to come in tomorrow. we'll have more on "action news." reporting live kenneth moton. thank you, kenneth. the search goes on for a gunman that shot and killed a state
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trooper and wounded a second lawmen. they fanned out of the woods in pennsylvania. they were looking for eric matthew frein of canadensis. he killed corporal bryan dickson. >> he is described as a survivalist. he has training in that area. he made statements wanting to kill law enforcement officers and also to commit mass acts of murder. >> meanwhile, it was an emotional seen at the barracks airport where dickson's family received the honor flag for those killed in the line of duty. a band teacher surrendered on charges that she had sex with
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a middle school student. bridget szychulski faced up to 25 years in jail if convicted. she taught the then 14-year-old victim at lenape meal in doylestown. they suspended szychulski last week. the children hospital in philadelphia confirmed that it has treated four patients with the enterovirus that has been spreading across much of the country. dann cuellar is live in university city with the story. dann? >>reporter:jim, the good news that the four patients that have been treated are released. this is not the first time we have seen it here. >> this is a virus that circulates, had circulated we know several times in the past. >> so we have seen it before?
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>> yes, we have. >>reporter:dr. susan kaufman says that it is a type of virus found in infants children and teenagers this time of year. it garnered so much attention in the news because of the resurging of patients in midwest. there are 130 cases that were reported so far. we have four confirmed cases here. doctors have not seem a similar surge in patients as in the midwest. >> the respiratory and viral activity has been the same as it has been in past fall seasons. and so the proportion of tests that are positive for the respiratory viruses is the same as it was in the past seasons. >>reporter:the symptoms are like that of a common cold. they have difficulty breathing if they attract the virus.
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>> hand-washing, and throw away dirty tissues, etc. >>reporter:those in east town have been sending alerts about the virus and what they should today. it's a concern for some of the parents that we spoke with. >> is doesn't mean they are exempt. >> if you have colds don't spread them around. enterovirus d68 it is seen during the months of july and august. they are urging the parents to be vigilant of the virus. don't assume it's a cold. consulta doctor in case. and donald trump may be betting for the casinos.
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the taj mahal is head to be shutdown. the real estate mogul is not involved in the separations anyy more. trump told "action news" that his timing was a double edged sword. >> i get credit to having left at the right time. i feel badly to so many great employees. >> trump blames bad decisions for the woos. he is looking to buyback his property as a bargain basement price. >> they have a lot of problems. the big thing will be price. we'll take a look at it. i would love to do it. it dependent on price. >> they went into bankruptcy in 2000 when trump was at helm. they identified the killer
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of a pregnanttcj8ñ woman and her baby. he was the one that opened fire on grisom street. the doctors did an emergency c-section. her baby decide. he has nine prior arrests. a $40,000 was posted for his arrest and conviction. instead of aiding the unconscious man or calling for help, one of the suspects picks his pockets snatching the victim's cell phone. it happened on the broad street lane at the erie station. the main suspect is believed to be in his early 30s. he was seen wearing a cape may gray hoody.
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the multi-million renovation is getting underway. theoutlet shopping center has been called franklin mills for 25 years. it rebanded as philadelphia mills. new fisay ficade looks like thi. charles chaput was joined to talk about the next meeting with families. he showed teaching documents and delivered prayers to the vatican. pope francis indicated that he expects to attend. although the vatican has not made it official. if the pope does come he expects
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that 1 million people would take part in an outdoor mass. the america's plan to fight ebola involves thousands of the military troops. thousands are following a local couple on facebook. the emotional story of the bucket list while their child is still in the womb. they get a major boost from nasa the reason for it is far out cecily. a brief taste of summer in the accuweather forecast. why chip kelly and the eagles are not exactly celebrating their win. "action news"
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well, they are calling it their baby bucket list. ate beautiful but ultimately heartbreaking story of a local couple who want to share experiences with their child their unborn child. sharrie williams is here with the story. what the urgency before the baby is born. once the baby born they will have limited time with their son. he has a mental condition from the brain developing. the babies heart is as strong as it can be. high school sweethearts were thrilled that they were expecting their first child. >> i couldn't wait to be a dad. >>reporter:they picked out a name for their baby boy, shane. the pregnancy was going fine
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until the third mine. shane was diagnosed with a serious birth defect. the baby is born without parts of brain and skull. >> it's a shock. >> the only thing i can say we are going to carry him. he will not make it. >> he lives a few hours or days after birth. they decided to go forward with the baby announcement as planned and posting on facebook. then they decided to create a bucket list for their baby make the most out of time they have remaining with their unborn son. >> let's do everything that we can and make memories with him. he is still our little boy. >> one by one. >> we love our flyers game. >>reporter:they crossed a to do off of their list. >> we went to new york. >> that was my first time.
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>>reporter:all while shane was the main attraction. >> are you having a boy. >> the couple's story spread. the support came in for the heartbreaking reality. >> we were in a support group. these were the people that helped us. and hearing that we are helping other people, you know, every single day there was a pick me up. >>reporter:the couple feared no one would know who their son was. shane's story touched people around the world. >> his life has not been born yet. he already made his mark on the world. >>reporter:it's a touching story. this couple is hoping to bring more awareness to the abnormality. they have crossed everything off of her bucket list they have.
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we have more on all of this at 6abc.com. tonight right now there is a slideshow of photographs from the baby bucket list diversity. adventures. and more information about the devastating birth defect. 3,000 troops are going to west africa. president obama called it a national -- they will build new health facilities to meet the demand. kent brantly talked about contracting the virus. it's time that action catching up to the media attention. >> the response to date has remained sluggish and out of
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step with the scope and the size of the problem that is now before us. >> 2400 people in west africa have died. the world health organization fear that 20,000 people could become infected. president obama's fighting against the islamic state somehow five airstrikes across iraq today. it began with attacks against the militants wherever they are. they told congress that american ground troops may be needed to battle isis if the mission fails. they told him to come back on a case-by-case basis if it changes. america's poverty rate has declined. it's not a dramatic drop.
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from 15 to 14.2% in 2013. the number of children living in provity declined un20%. the poverty line is $890 for a single person or $23,080 for a family of fourwork nasa astronauts no longer have to hitch a ride. thanks to two new contracts. they announced $6 billion in deals with boeing and spacex to transport the astronauts to the space station. they relied on russia for taxiing the astronauts. this deal allows the agency to set sights and finances on loftier missions like voyages to
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mars. they plan to launch it by 2017. getting your accuweather. cecily tynan. jim, this is the last week of summer. it doesn't feel like it. stormtracker 6 live double scan. showers this morning. they cleared out quickly. dry consumer reports. the temperatures are beginning to drop. 65 in philadelphia. the high 74. 4 degrees below average. millville a cool 57. wilmington 60. the poconos 44. and satellite 6 along with action radar, showing we did have early morning showers cloud bubbling up in the afternoon. all the clouds dissipating. we don't have the clouds to blanket the uth. any of the warm air that is near the surface goes straight up in the atmosphere called
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radiational cooling. suburbs down into the 40s. lancaster 45. and millville 54. you may want a light jacket or sweater for the morning. afternoon is nice. 75. high pressure builds in. a gorgeous day. on thursday we see a little more in the form of clouds. the cold front approaches. 76. it moves in dry. on one day on friday, it drops the temperatures most of the day to 60. we will be rebounding over the weekend. sunday is above normal for a change. and grab a jacket for the kids. try to have them put them on. they may not want to. a want t. full sunshine tomorrow. low humidity and cool temperatures high of 75. on thursday ahead of the next
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cold front it clouds up. we could have an isolated sprinkle in the evening. most of the region is dry with the front. on friday a cool finish to the work week. the highs 70s. temperatures in the 60s. then we begin to warm up by the weekend. morning clouds give way to sunshine for the union game. 77. sunday for the eagles game breezy and warm. you don't need a jacket for that. 81. on monday fall arrives at 10:29. 77 degrees. perhaps a shower. on tuesday the first full day of fall sunny and cool. a high of 72 degrees. for the last full day of summer on sunday. 81 degrees. then back into the 70s. the last day of summer. it went by quickly. a dedicated member of
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to prove a point about internet speeds, we slowed down an up escalator. this is crazy i don't get it, this one is working ladies, shouldn't up be as fast as down? yeah. shouldn't internet speeds match as well? yes. do your socks match? my socks match. do your eyeballs match? yes. cable does not match the speeds. makes you want to go mad. erggggh. only verizon fios comes with speedmatch
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- upload speeds as fast as your download speeds join now at fiosspeedmatch.com verizon. the regular season. but there were flaws last night. and the game before. they don't have a touchdown. you do this against washington on sunday. they may have issues. how in the world are the eagles 2 and 0? they have doug huge holes and playing from behind the eagles had the led for 11 minutes and 31 seconds this year. they are undefeated. they scored 58 of 64 points after halftime. sparking two ridiculous
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comebacks. the eagles are the first time in history to trail 2 and 0 trailing by 14 points in the second half of the game. chip kelly is not celebrating as you may think. >> no one should pat themselves on the back. we are fortunate to be 2 and 0. we do a great job coming back. there is a lot of work in every apaspect to work on. >> hopefully we don't get off to slow start every week. we can stay up there. these are the type of wins that you need to build a team. >> more on a special edition of gameday final in 10 minutes. one-on-one with chip kelly. hear from desean jackson. they have been adding to the pain.
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jayson werth and the washington nationals clinched the nfl east for a second time in three years. tony gwynn jr. steps to the plate. go quingwynn strikes out. don brown is gone. he gets the phillies on the board. and a handshake there with gwynn. the phillies have taken
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camp friday today. the guys on the golf course. kimmo was out there playing even though he is sidelined from hockey because of blood clots from lungs and right calf. of course, his teammates are pulling for him as the season is just three weeks away. gameday final is next. jimmy's guest is david muir, and music from fall out boy. action continue as the 4:30 from tamala edwards and karen rogers with traffic. i am jim gardiner. good night.
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i'm here for a reason. i think they know. that i'm very confident in my ability. >> it is good. >> and the eagles win. >> it is a championship team, teams that fight and win.