the past several weeks has not been his finest hour. >> i got it wrong in the handling of the ray rice matter. and i'm sorry for that. i got it wrong on a number of levels. from the process that i led, to the decision that i reached. but now i will get it right and do whatever is necessary to accomplish that. >> goodell said that at no time has he considered resigning. goodell announced that the nfl is partnering with the domestic violence hot line at a sexual violence resource center. goodell's biggest challenge will undoubtably be working with the players' union coming up with a new code of conduct and subsequent penalties for all nfl personnel including players. and annie mccormick is live getting reactions from goodell's comments and pledge to make the nfl into a positive force for

good. annie what did you hear there today? >> jim as you mentioned goodell said he is partnering with two national antidomestic violence groups. today we actually watched the press conference with leaders from the local anti-domestic violence groups. they say it is a great first step but need more help on the local level. >> i'd like to make a few points. >> the philadelphia domestic violence collaborative meets once a month. today they are meeting and watching the nfl press conference. representatives from congreso, women against domestic abuse, the lutheran house and others agree that they are glad that roger goodell is holding himself accountable and putting things in place to hold players accountable, too. >> it will be fascinating to see what concrete things happen as a result of this. >> goodell said the nfl is forming a long-time partnership with the national domestic violence hot line and the resource center.

the hot line sends the local caller's towards the programs here. >> talking about accountability. how is he going to make sure that he stays accountable when this is not a hot media topic. hopefully through leaders like the commissioner that spoke up today there's opportunities to increase awareness but have more community support. >> and goodell said there was an increase to hot lines following the ray rice situation. and they field 10,000 calls a year. >> it is a great start but it is a start, and he's pointing to national programs which, you know, is helpful. but we also need to do things on a local level. >> now october is domestic abuse awareness month. you can bet that they will be watching and waiting to see if the nfl actions meet their words. reporting live in philadelphia,

annie mccormick channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. and "world news with david muir" will have much more from roger goodell's news conference coming up at 6:30 on channel 6. this is the way it looked overnight as a four-alarm blaze erupted at north american and west york street in the kensington section of philadelphia. a blaze broke out in a vacant warehouse and spread to a paper storage facility and two firefighters with minor injuries and one other person burned. and vernon odom live at the scene of the blaze. do they know what caused it yet? >> not yet, jim. they're still throwing water on the smoldering debris and rubble left here on north american avenue. hot spots are lingering as the fire marshal waits to get on the property to look for the cause. fire erupted around 2:30 this morning with walls collapsing and spreading to an active business next store, a paper storage building. it was a four-alarmer taking

nearly two hours to distinguish. two firefighters with minor injuries. one 45-year-old man came running out of the warehouse, his body this flames. he is in critical condition tonight. and they say the vacant building has long been a haven for drug addict. >> we were kind of waiting for it, man. >> there a lot? >> all day in and out, in and out. it is a shame. >> lni says vacant building was last reviewed in march. and the owner is delinquent and it was due to go to the sheriff's sale. local residents are not satisfied with city hall's attention to this part of town and its vacant, old industrial buildings. >> i think it is a shame the buildings are getting burned down and trashed because of the squatters and everything that goes in. the city does nothing for upkeep

in the area. >> to local schools, welsh and mckinley shutdown early today. students sent home because of concerns of the smoke blowing around. the fire marshal may not be able to start looking at key spots until sometime tomorrow. live in kensington, vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you, vernon. we will have more coverage of the kensington warehouse fire online at 6abc.com. there up wi -- you will find pictures of the blaze and the investigation at 6abc.com. the hunt continues for the man suspected of killing a pennsylvania state trooper a week ago today. officers are going door-to-door checking hunting cabins and seasonal homes in the poconos where eric frein could be hiding out. they say 31 year old ambushed bryon dixon and another.

and they added him to the f.b.i. most wanted. and he is on billboards in the area. a $175,000 reward for his capture. a police s.u.v. slammed into a dunkin' donuts this morning in camden county. chopper 6 was over the scene on the white horse pike just after 10:30. police say it was township officer hitting another vehicle and slammed into the store. they say the officer was not responding to a call at the time. they are still investigating what caused the crash. fortunately no one seriously hurt. a 23-year-old woman from new jersey suffered serious head injuries this morning in a crash in bear, delaware. her carp and a jeep collided at an intersection at 7:15. crews rescued the women who was trapped in the car. she is in critical condition at christiana hospital. the driver. jeep was treated and we leased.

investigating what led to the accident. unless something totally unexpected between now and then, sunday morning will see a start of a strike by nurses at krocro medical center. chad pradelli. >> no negotiations planned for tonight nor tomorrow. barring a last-minute change of heart by both sides nurses will be striking here come sunday morning. the crozer-rochester -- crozer-chester nurses are ready to walk off the job. they will take part in a two-day strike. staffing, pay cuts and pension funding. >> everybody is not taking lunches, are not eating. sometimes can't go to the bathroom in a 12-hour shifts. >> working in a burn unit, parents are there months at a time and not getting the care they deserve. >> you can't take care of 7

patients when you are useled to 4. and in my unit they are demanding and there for months, we know the family. >> and they say that they remark above national averages. in a statement, nurse's at crozer-chester medical center are already the highest paid in philadelphia. the highest paid register nurse $167,000 last year. striking workers will not be off the job just two days but rather five. the hospital says that we placement nurses require at least five days of work. striking workers won't be allowed back until then. both sides say there has been little movement to get back to the negotiating table. >> i hope that maybe they see how hard it is that we are working and they come to their senses and, you know, come back to the negotiating table. >> and the hospital says that it will be open as usual and

providing all of the normal services. live in upland, chad pradelli for channel 6 "action news." >> thank you, chad. coming up on "action news" tonight, a man launched a social media effort to find the mystery woman who saved himself father's life at philadelphia international airport. and we'll have the latest on desean jackson's playing status for when he returns to the link against the eagles on sunday. the high today a cool 72 degrees. but temperatures in the 80s out to the west. this warm air is making a weekend visit. i explain in the accuweather forecast. those stories and much more when "action news" continues tonight.

>> a man is desperately trying to find the woman who saved his father's life. eva pilgrim explains. >> dave shaffer is thankful he has his father. >> some of my best memories growing you are doing stuff with him. >> tonight, trying to find the person who saved his dad's life here at philadelphia international airport. shaffer has taken to social media contacting "action news" through facebook and posting his dad's story. >> my dad got up to go get a cup of coffee and my step mom stayed there at the gate. when he didn't come back she got a little worried. >> august 1 his dad, also named dave and his stepmother were in terminal d flying from phl to houston to surprise him at his retirement party when his dad had a heart attack. a nurse passing guy stopped to help the dad grabbing a nearby

defibrillator. >> i strongly believe without the r.n. stopping by until the paramedics alive i don't think he would have made. >> they talked to everyone and don't know who the woman was. probably a passenger going on to catch her next flight. >> thank you first of all. that can't even come close to my gratitude. i just want to personally be able to thank them and tell them that welcome to the family. >> shaffer is hoping that with a little help from some of his online friends he will have a chance to do just that. at philadelphia international, eva pilgrim, channel 6 "action news." in philadelphia, septa honored nearly 300 of its retired employees today. the annual luncheon a small thank you to the dedicated workers. 25 of the men and women have an impressive 40-plus years with the transportation authority. after the lunch, a wall of honor

unveiled with each retirees name and employee number

>> today people were encouraged

to lace up and use leg power to get to work. it was philadelphia's inaugural run to workday. for those who didn't want to go it alone, groups met at locations across the city and ran to city hall before heading into the office. organizers plan to make run to work day an annual event in philadelphia. the eagles' defense wants to present one mr. jackson from running wild come sunday, if he plays. >> if he plays. we will get to that in a second. big story, news conference with the commissioner. took a week but roger goodell had a news conference answering questions about the ray rice domestic scanned many announcing mistakes were made along the way. >> we need to do better and i made that clear on august 28th to our ownership. i made it clear since. i made it clear to sponsors directly that we are going to do better in this area. there are things that we need to clean up in our house and make

sure we get right, and we will. and we will make a difference in this area. now we have to deliver. >> moving on now to the birds, linebacker michael kendrick out for sunday's game against washington. he has a calf injury. and desean jackson very limited in practice today but able to do more today than he did the past two days. the redskins coach, gruden, says that jackson will be evaluating tomorrow and sunday morning. the birds know when d. jackson is in there, he is a tough match-up. >> they do a good job of getting it to him in different places. reverses, screens, all those kinds of things. we have to keep our eye on him, we know he is an electrifying player and can take it to the house at any time. we have to keep our eyes on him, but first and foremost we have to stop the running game. >> they know him well. and checking in with ron jaworski the former eagles quarterback and nfl analyst and

thoughts on nick foles performance thus far. ♪ >> he needs to play better if this eagles team is going to be an upper-tier playoff team. nick has to play better. he knows that. he is leaving too many plays on the field right now. write -- i didn't see the inconsisten inconsistency last year i am seeing this year. that is surprising, the one thing he gave last year is consistency. to recap the big game eagles game day -- kick off is the name. kicking off at 11:30 a.m. and game day final that night all here on 6abc. the flyers not even through a full day of training camp and the top player goes down. claude giroux with a lower-body

injury. the flyers say he will be out about two weeks. and the g.m. says it is what it is. >> what are you going to do? we're going to battle through and be the best we can be. that's all you can do. you can't predict what will happen what will go down, who is going to get hurt, who will get sick. we have to battle through and other guys will get opportunities and we'll get through it. as for the rest of day one, thankfully nobody else got hurt. things are moving quickly in camp. the flyers first pre-season game monday against the capital. >> i think that makes it that much more important to come to camp in shape and ready. you look back at players 20 years ago they came to camp to get in shape. if you are not in shape when you come to training camp day one there is a big problem. the phillies west coast trip takes them to oakland and david buchanan on the mound. and citizens bank park tomorrow a test of strength, endurance and agility. and the fanatic took it in, and

strength is not a strength in his game, but check out the jump rope, backwards. i am not sure even cecily tynan can do that and she is a super athlete. but cecily can do that, she is a good runner. >> a lot of noise coming from over there. a week-long celebration culminated in delaware county. getting together for a parade marking the 125th campus anniversary. the houses court-adjudicated male youth and works on

>> more than 120 seniors got together today to compete in the ninth all senior olympics. and the event put upon the a retirement life communities in honor of healthy aging month. taking part in variety of events, horseshoes, ping-pong and brain games. representing eight difficult communities in bucks, montgomery and delaware counties. better bring the sunscreen with you if you are going to the eagles game sunday afternoon. >> and the short-sleeves, it will be a warm day. today not so touch. and the double scan showing dry conditions out there. the action cam taking a look up on south broad street and seeing a lot of clouds earlier today. they're beginning to thin out and temperatures definitely on the cool side yet again. the weather highlights we'll show you that we have been stuck in the stretch of 70s all workweek long. summer's last gas will be

arriving over the weekend. showing the highs all in the 70s this workweek. today's high 72 degrees, that's 5 degrees below the average high for this time of the year. but futuretracker showing if you like summer warmth you will enjoy sunday. in the afternoon highs will be soaring up into the low to mid 80s and we have a good amount of sunshine sunday afternoon which is appropriate since sunday is the last full day of summer. right now philadelphia 65 degrees. also 65 in millville. sea isle city 68. allentown 68. trenton 61, poconos currently a cool 58 degrees. satellite 6 and action radar showing it is a battle all day long between the clouds and the sun. we started off with the sun, clouded up, now a lot of clouds are dissipating, a little more in the form of cloud cover in pennsylvania. and the overnight hours, getting an easterly flow. tomorrow you wake up not everywhere bright and sunny. some clouds and maybe a touch of

drizzle in the morning. by the afternoon plenty of sunshine and much warmer with a high up to 79 degrees. sunday, a few things happen. first the disturbance is rolling up the eastern seaboard. it stays offshore, not getting moisture with it. a cold front moving in from the west. between the two you get sinking air, so that squeezes the moisture out of atmosphere and brings us loads of sunshine. with wind out of the south, 85 degrees on sunday. that cold front arrivals on sunday night. could bring us a few showers, really the main impact will be cooling temperatures back into the low 70s on monday. if your heading to the link on sunday, as the eagles take on the redskins, very warm and lots of sunshine. kickoff, 81 degrees. by the fourth quarter 84 degrees. not exactly football weather but i think a lot of people will enjoy it. if your heading down the shore this weekend the ocean temperature 72 degrees. and tomorrow the air temperature pretty close to that, 73 degrees.

morning clouds and maybe a little bit of drizzle. some sunshine by the afternoon. sunday, the nicer of the two days as far as beach weather. mixture of sun and clouds and high of 76 degrees. the call from accuweather for your friday night, seeing increasing clouds. a little bit of drizzle late tonight. overnight low again seasonably cool. 52 degrees in the suburbs. 59 for center city where is where we should be for this time of the year. date planner showing tomorrow waking up, lots of clouds. and by 11:00, partly sunny, 71, 2:00, 77 and by 5:00 mostly sunny and temperature of 79. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, clouds in the morning, sunshine by the afternoon. 79 degrees the high. nice weather for the union game tomorrow night. sunday warm and sunny, 85 degrees. last surge of summer. a few showers sunday night with the cold front, and behind it on monday autumn arrivals. 71 degrees. fall officially arriving at 10:29 in the evening.

so tuesday the first full day of fall looking really nice, 73 degrees. wednesday, comfortably cool, 71. so a dry start to rosh hashanah. and thursday, mostly sunny, 72. and friday, a little bit warmer with a high of 76 degrees. but something for everyone. if you like summer you will enjoy sunday. if you like fall, next week perfect for you. >> thanks, cecily. finally tonight, kicking off a new year today with a rally in south philadelphia. over 250 americorps students shall ready to help those succeed. providing support for students who need extra attention in class and after school programs. and wor "world news with da muir" is next. and then "action news" on

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