"action news" continues with adam joseph, jaime apody, rick williams and monica malpass. hello again, here is what is happening on "action news" tuesday night. a turning of the tide at the gas pump means more money in the pocket of drivers. three men share in the excitement of a new jersey wedding but they weren't invited and now they are facing criminal charges, and the new miss america is already embroiled in controversy, nine days after winning it's crown. now the details, you may have notice that filling up your gas tank is costing less these days and experts say it's a trend that is likely to happen in your area and around the country. $3.43 a gallon, that is the national average, but in delaware $3.27 and the cheapest spot is $3.16 in south jersey. vernon odom is live with more.

>> gas prices are falling fast not only here in the delaware valley but across this country as well. there is no end in sight until spring time. >> i got here and it was $3.19 and i wanted to do the happy dance. >> happy dancing at the filling station. that is what we found today as we toured gas stations around town. the lowest gas prices of the year and lots of good cheer. >> i'm retired and on the road a lot. it benefits me greatly, i put a lot of gas in and $3.29, happy. >> why all of this happiness and good news, gas prices are dropping fast and likely to go much lower by halloween, the end of the summer driving season is over and big oil is switching over to the producing of winter fuel. >> the summer weather is made to

be less polluting, but in the fall there is a cheaper blend of gasoline, the winter blend and that brings the prices down. this takes place almost every autumn but this feels good to folks from all walks of life. >> it means more spendable money, disposable income. >> i hope it goes lower. >> it will probably go lower between now and halloween. >> that would make me even a happier customer. >> all the turmoil in the middle east has so far not hurt supply and jacked up prices. >> the demand is high and and the switch over to the cheaper gasoline it's a recipe for saving money at the pump. >> many experts believe that the average price will drop another 10 to 20 cents by the end of october, in other words around

halloween. vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> we like good news, thank you vernon. president obama is vowing to fight climate change and is urging countries around the world to do their part. he made the announcement at the climate summit in new york. for the sake of future generations. >> if we place the air that our children will breathe and the food they will eat and the hopes and dreams of all posterity above our own short-term terrorize, we may not be too late for them. >> the united nations will come up with a global agreement, and they will have to agree on slow global warming. they are tackling the persistent problem of gate crashers at the white house, they put new barricades at the property this in edition to

adding additional patrols. the man told people that he an appointment with the president, that he was invited to help solve the conflict in the ukraine. back here a man is facing charges for allegedly distributing child pornography. mark ballard is accused of distributing 3,000 files from 2013 and march of this year. investigators seized two computers and cell phones from his home yesterday, he remains behind bars on $100,000 bail. >> also from our delaware newsroom, state police are asking for your help identifying the man in these pictures, they believe he stole four debit cards from the residents of the hidden acre rest home. and that they made $400 worth of purchases in delaware county.

if you know who this is, contract delaware state police. now three men thought it would be good to crash a wedding in ocean township, new jersey, look at this photo, it was taken inside of a photo booth at a wedding at the english manor on saturday. they hung out and drank and ate food until they were spotted as crashers. a philadelphia firefighter and three residents suffered minor injuries following a row home fire in hunting park, this is the 300 block of north 9th treat, firefighters knocked out flames on the first floor and everybody got out before emergency responders could get there. meantime the cause of the placed is under investigation. now to the latest on the race for pennsylvania governor, challenger tom wolf met with

he's latino supporters in philadelphia. they hosted a latinos for wolf luncheon. they say wolf is a successful business leader that knows how to create jobs. governor tom corbett will spar over funding and jobs over the first debate. he grilled wolf on how to fund the reforms. and he denies he cut spending for schools and that the problem started before he took office and he. it's national voter renlstration day and in wilmington, delaware, workers were out trying to help the disabled get signed up. they gathered here to work with the mentally and physically disabled. demonstrating online the voter registration, it's deadline for the next general election is

october 11th. a very special 9/11 memorial will have a new home in doylestown, bucks county, it's called renew, resolve and remember created by artist, allen goldstein, it features a 20 foot beam recovered from ground zero in new york city and will be part of pocket part and be open to the public and give everyone a chance to see, touch and remember. now a chance to see what is going on with the traffic with matt pellman. >> maybe we don't want to. >> it's feeling better than it was this morning. what a mess for the morning commute, this afternoon things look up rick and monica, the travel times are up here along 202 in chester county. an earlier broken down vehicle approaching 29 is gone now and delays linger and southbound is busy from chesterbrook from this

point to 401, watch out for the overnights this week, they are working to get ready this weekend, to open three lanes in each direction along 202, hopefully once that happens next week the ride will not look quite as congested as this. there are portions of cedar grove road at presbyterian village, a crash that is closing lanes and we have half hour delays on njt's river line because of a broken down train in camden. it has felt worse but it could be better too. >> we'll settle for that, thank you matt. now american airlines, and unites are one company, they are rating money for charity the hard way today by trying to pull a 50 ton airliner 50 feet. this annual event draw a big crowd since they came up with the idea at philadelphia

international airport, and they came up with teams to see who could pull the jet in the shortest amount of time. the eagles cheerleaders and swoop were there to cheer them on and all the money raised goes to the unites way. >> they will need back medicine. a neighborhood park in need of a lot of tlc is back open. we'll take you to point breeze. but first miss america is defending rumors that she was kicked out of her sorority because of hazing rumors. a soaking rain is coming up the eastern seaboard, we'll let you know when the first drop will fall in the accuweather forecast. >> and eagles players apologizes for comments made after the game on sunday.

well, she just started her national media tour and already coming with it is some controversy. newly crowned miss america, kira has admitted she was kicked out of her college sorority by making light of hazing in an

email. but on "good morning america," she denies reports that she aggressively hazed new pledge zplz just one week after being crowned miss america, a role model pleasant to represent beauty, intelligence and grace, she now finds herself defending herself to allegations of hazing. >> they are just not true. >> she admits she was forced out of the sorority at new york's hofstra university last year. they said it came after an investigation after kira's supervision were called names and made to perform physical task to the point of bruising and exhaustion, but miss america whose platform is combatting domestic violence says differently. >> i was not involved? >> you stood in a line and recited information or you have

a few sleepness nights krafrting, things that were meaningless tasks. she says she was ultimately kicked out because of an email over a sorority part. >> i made a joke and that was take and out of context and forwards to the national office that we would make the evening scary for the pledges. >> and the miss america organization is standsing by their winners say that kira has been fully transparent with the organization about her termination from the sorority. >> miss america says show is taking the controversy seriously and would tell kids that look up to her it's okay to make mistakes. she is trying to make the best of it. >> thank you. firefighters have nearly doubled their containment of the king fire in california. the blaze east of sacramento is now 35% contained up from 18% yesterday still the inferno has

forced 2800 people from their homes and there is concerns that erratic winds and heat could undue the process being made. and turning to sports, against the niners, there is residue from the win against the red skins. jaime apody is here. >> it's one of my favorite chicago songs, it's hard to say i'm sorry, maybe kerry williams was playing that when he stood up and said that to teammates today. he said he was sorry for saying chip kelly's practices were so hard they left them tired for game day. he said he had a great meeting with coach kelly and i had a chance to talk to him today. >> i made the mistake of bringing the media into it and very to do better especially when i accept the leadership

role. i am one of the oldest guys in the locker room and i should know better. and my intent wasn't anything to kind of disrespect anything here. we were winning and that was great and saw some. my intention was not that, to bring negativity to the organization, we have a great team and i have great team mays, it's a great place to play, it's something i said out of emotion and i regret it. >> the other story is the offensive line. david folk will step in in his absence. undersized and sure pumped about getting the chance to show what he can do. >> lets go, this is what i've been waiting for, this is why i'm here, this is why i played in college and this is why i worked for my entire life.

this is the opportunity. >> well we have you covered on sunday, the eagles and niners kickoff on sunday, and the eagles game day final at 11:30 on 6 abc as well. lets talk about the phillies, finishing up the season with six games left. cole hamels on the hill and should they need to close the game, jonathan papelbon could return tonight after his seven game suspension for his gesture to fans. and the mighty mites football team, look at this, they were trying to break through the banner. and look at this, they had trouble there. the tackle not by the opposing team but the entire team, they failed to break through. and speaking of piling on look

at the cheerleader in the middle of the screen, she was excited about that, she had reason to be, they won the game 24-0. and good for them. they only weigh like 30 or 40 pounds. that is hard to do any way. >> that paper towel stuff can be strong. hard to do any way. use bounty or something. the seaside heights fire department received a donation to keep shoring up projects after hurricane sandy, the ceremonial check for a $35,000 equipment donations. it was given to support the crews that cleaned up after sandy and last year's devastating boardwalk fire. sandy and last year's devastating boardwalk fire. it allows the station to to prove a point about internet speeds, we slowed down an up escalator. this is crazy

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meteorologist, adam joseph is here with a look at the crisp, conditions. >> we dropped to 39 in allentown this morning. now we get rid of the chill and add rain to the mix and bring summer back. a lot going on the next few days. looking at double scan live, the blue sky is upstairs and milky white to the sky with high clouds in southern new jersey and delaware, and some of that cloud cover pushing in from the south, dover 64 and millville 65, and sea isle city, 60 degrees and sunshine north and west, allentown and reading philadelphia 72 and trenton

coming in at the 70 degree mark, the clouds marked up the i-95 corridor and down to north carolina before you bumped in the showers and weak low pressure is developing east of the florida and the low will slowly drift up the coast and not a tropical feature so to speak and a depression on tropical storm just a weak coastal low that moves in our direction for midweek. but the problem here is we got the low to the south and high to the north and the two different pressures sends a wind to the east and the clouds thicken up and they arrive in philadelphia. and the rain turns heavy overnight on wednesday and thursday a high of 66 and 1 to 2 inches of rain are likely and it should not create much in the way of flooding in our waterway, since we need 6 inches of rain

for that. it's been so dry, this is actually good news. 7:00 p.m. wednesday, light rain pushing into south and east, turning heavier, on wednesday so most of us are sleeping that is when the heaviest rain passes through, thursday morning still lingering downpours and ponding on the roadways, so allow extra time for thursday morning's rush and by the afternoon we kick the heavy rain out and lingering showers and drizzle for the afternoon rush, what to expect along the i-95 area, winds of 30 to 35 miles per hour and the soaking rain for the rush hour and at the shore winds 40 to 45 miles per hour causing minor tidal flooding it doesn't look moderate or major but the typical low lying areas, it looks like it will happen at the time of high tides wednesday night and wednesday morning. not as chilly and 55 for sender city and the exclusive

accuweather seven-day forecast. the clouds thicken up in the afternoon and rain in the evening for the start of rosh hashanah for sun down and rainy and cool on thursday, 66 degrees, but friday it's improving in the afternoon, sunshine will return and temperatures at 74 and we really skyrocket here saturday, sunday and monday, low 80s for highs and an abundant amount of sunshine, before it cools off to 72 degrees. 1 to 2 inches of rain we need it and then beautiful for the weekend.nches of rain we need it >> thanks adam. children in the point breeze section of the city have a fun, new playground to enjoy. they cut the ribbon on the wharton square park, councilwoman johnson and representatives from the parks and recreation department

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the vibrant interpretation of growth in the commune was celebrated on frafrk ford avenue, the outdoor mosaic is matched by an indoor mural, they are done in collaboration with the mural arts program artists. >> beautiful. right now jim gardner and the news team are standing by with these stories next at 6:00. the police have warrants for the three suspects in connection with the beating of a gay couple in center city. residents in florence are upset after a number of trees are cut down on this beautiful street called boulevard. i'll explain coming up. that and much more coming up at 6:00. for jaime apody, monica malpass and the entire

"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers, meteorologist cecily tynan, and jim gardner. it is tuesday night and the big story on "action news" tuesday night is a slew of charges on the attack of two gay males in center city philadelphia. arrest warrants are issued for three members from buck county. sara bloomquist is live at central detectives headquarters. >> reporter: the detectives did

more than 20 interviews and close to two weeks after the attack on the gay couple, arrest warrants are issued for three people in buck county. two men and one woman. >> today the district attorney approved arrest warrants, the buck county residents will be charged with aggravated assault and related offenses. they are among those in this group captured on surveillance video on september 11th, the three facing charges attacked a 26-year-old man and a 27-year-old man on chancellor street. the victims say the attackers made dispartialing remarks about their sexual orientation and beat them. >> now the district says this vicious attack shocked the entire country and an attack because of someone's