scientists are talking about an amazing rediscovery in their backyard. now the details, you can't see them from the surface, but that doesn't make them any less dangerous, we are talking about rip currents. swimmers at the jersey shore need to stay alert while out in the water. new jersey correspondent, nora muchanic, is live in atlantic city with this story for us. >> reporter: hi there, you bet bertha is having an affect here, some say it's the roughest surf they have seen at the jersey shore in years. it's hard to see a rip current but you know what it's like when you get caught in one. the surf is angry and powerful and swimmer says it can knock you off your feet. it's rough, i got sucked under and it took me and i couldn't get back up. >> bathers at atlantic city south carolina avenue got a

taste of bertha, the storm is well offshore but creating heavy surf and rough waves, surprising seasoned swimmers. >> i wasn't expecting it, it was not that big a wave but it knocked me over and we have come here for years, this is the toughest waves i have ever been in. >> a big wave hit everyone and a lot of people went under, i was trying to get up and i sprained my leg. >> the wave of energy tumbles people around and they get pulled out. waist deep only! >> lifeguards are on high alert and so are parents. >> everybody is on edge watching, even when you are standing there the water is going crisscross, it's pulling your feet.

lifeguards will to help a brother and sister when they got caught by the churning ocean and they conget back in. surfers were having a ball and the rough surf spit out this surf board by keeping banlers in water. >> there are holes, if you step in a hole, are you up to your neck, it's really dangerous. >> dangerous indeed. no kidding around it's rough out there, they are keeping swimmers in only waist high water for a reason. a woman that almost drowned here last night was revived, that came through originally as a death. right now don't swim alone, or without lifeguards, this is serious business here. it's a rough, rough ocean and we have to be careful until things calm down. i'm nora muchanic, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. we have breaking news to

report tonight. chopper 6 hd is over a nasty crash here in atlantic county. buena vista county. a car and truck collided here and there may be people trapped in the wreckage. you can take a look at the accident scene here, emergency officials are on the scene and looking into what caused the crash and the extent of the injuries. this have area is shut down for a while and will be shut down until further notice. we'll keep an eye on this situation here along route 54 in atlantic county and bring you more information as it becomes available. a north philadelphia woman was viciously attacked on her doorstep. on the 1500 block of north 18th street, the woman was about to open her front door when three

men came up behind her and started hitting her, she told police they were after her cell phone but after beating her for more than a minute, the men gave up. if you recognize the men detectives would like to hear from you. one teenager accused of carjacking an eldery woman and locking her in the trunk of a car last year has pleaded guilty. "action news" is following the story. he admitted to carjacking and kidnapping and conspiracy, and she and several other girls took 89-year-old margaret smith after she agreed to give them a ride to milford. they left smith in the trunk for to days without water or food or her medication. and then they dumped her barefoot into a cemetery. a 20-year-old man and his female passenger were critically injured when their car slammed

into a vacant house in camden overnight. this is the scene at 10 and and lyndon street. the car lost control and took out several light poles before hitting the house, the impact was so severe the house had to be torn down due to structural damage, the cause of crash is under investigation. >> philadelphia police are looking for this man, 72-year-old william newhouse, is he missing from roxborough memorial hospital. he was admitted on friday for treatment for dementia and whereas found missing yesterday afternoon. he is 6'2", 225 pounds with gray hair and the picture is on your screen. if you have seen william newhouse call authorities. in berks county, two employees at a school for kids with disabilities are facing charges for assaulting a student and trying to cover it up. it happened at paramount academy in april, it involved ishmael

seals, he is accused of grabbing a student and slamming him against a door. gibbons who was in the classroom is accused of lying to investigators. we are hosting a web cast tonight with police commissioner charles ramsey, sara bloomquist is live now with more of your questions. >> reporter: the chat is on going rights now and viewers can log on to 6abc.com and chat with philadelphia police sorrissioner, charles ramsey and rc dice o lotnbouttinga can y asse p or lije>>o i sanf u hhblifadi s

, eillypi aprahee w e within homicide cases there is always a substantial reward? >> there is always a 20,000 reward for homicide that is not solved for information that leads to an arrest and conviction. give us a call so we can get the individuals off the street. >> this chat is going on right now, the deputy commission unders and the commissioner will be here throughout the newscast this evening, just log on to 6abc.com. >> back to you in the studio. >> sara, thank you.

septa says the overnight subway service is so popular it will extend it through november 2nd. the frankfurt lines are running friday and saturday and since the trial period started in june, ridership is up 40%, if it remains popular they will consider making the night owl service a permanent feature. we have good news and bad news for drivers that use i-476, the good news is they are starting a paving project and the bad news is it could create delays. lower marion township in montgomery county, crews work through 9:00 a.m. through 9:00 p.m. >> now a check of traffic and what is happening on the roads. autumn marisa in for matt pellman. you have good news and bad news?

>> we'll start with an doesn't on the 30 bypass westbound near 322, it just cleared, so you can see all lanes moving. and taking a look at the vine street expressway, a bit of bad news here, an doesn't in the eastbound lanes at 11th street and it's just really causing a big backup from the schuylkill expressway all the way through to 95 right now, lets move along and show you what is going on on the bridges, the tacony palmyra bridge has she downs as well. and the incidents, 95 northbound at church man's road in delaware arks car fire to report. >> thank you autumn. much more to come on "action news" tonight. >> a health scare for flyers fan favorite kimmo tennen.

and the skeleton more than 6,000 years old. cecily is in for adam tonight. i amtrak a front that has thunderstorms associated with it. it will bring a change in our air mass. >> cecily thanks.

police arrest aid passenger that made a fake bomb threat on a plane. qatar airwaves made an money landing and it moved to a designated area and police arrested the suspect. all passengers and crew members on board were unharmed. time for sports and one of the flyers star players is facing a tough medical battle. jaime apody is live with more on this. >> reporter: what a scary situation, flyers fan favorite kimmo timonen is being treated for blood clots in his legs and

both lungs. the defense man had a pain in his calf but because of the fact he had a blood clot before, he weren't to the hospital and is thankful he did, he cannot travel for three weeks but the gm says it could be a long-term situation and his health is the most important here. >> as an organization we'll plan to have him out for a while and we don't have a definitive time period and we'll do what we have to do to make the team better. could it end his career? >> i have no idea, i know that kimmo is hungry to play and he played a couple of years ago when he had it in the playoffs. either way i really don't know. >> remember timonen was going to retire but decided to come back. the eagles are back on the practice field, and jeremy maclin says he will be out there

despite dealing with soreness in his legs, that is good to hear, considering he missed time in the last few practices. >> just a little soreness, not a big deal, today i probably could have gone, i just wasn't 100%, tomorrow i should be fine and thursday fine and be able to play friday. >> we are at the point in camp that guys are dealing with the stress on their body. >> it will be interesting to see how lesean mccoy will follow-up last year. he slimmed down and now a partner in darren sproels so watch out. >> it's not just having us in the game at the same time, we are going at such a fast pace, we see the formation from scouting and watching film, lets line up the defense we have for

it. we go so fast it's hard to do that. us working together from passing the ball and running the ball we should do a lot of damage. >> join us friday for the sports special, great expectations. live from chicago immediately followed by a kickoff, eagles and bears. the phillies are back at it to start a seven day home stand against the always exciting houston astros, these two teams not good, the astros have two fewer wins and despite that, they will play like it matters. >> every game is important, we are professional baseball players and we are expected to show up and play to the top of our ability every game. whether are you 20 games up or 20 gamed back. that is how you ultimately get better. and put it out on the field

every night. >> the san antonio spurs hired a new assistant coach, her name is becky hammond, the long time nba star will be the first full-time nba coach on an nba staff. her goal is to be a head coach in the nba one day. staff. >> my how far we are have come. now to a major arc logical find in the basement of the university of penn campus, a skeleton more than 6,000 years old. amy buckman has the story ton. >> dr. william hatford didn't have to travel far or make an archeological find, he found this skeleton in the basement of the penn museum where he was cataloging the artifacts, he said a skeleton laid out straight came from a dig in the

ancient city of orr. there was no item number to track and he didn't know where the skeleton had gone. >> it game in 1931, the great depression there were not a lot of people working here because they were laid off. finds were not well tracked i'm afraid. >> he mentioned the mystery to dr. janet, and she knew about an unidentified skeleton that was sitting on a box on a shelf as long as she worked at the museum. >> we opened up and wa la. the plan it to give him a ct scan and do dna testing and other research to learn about who he was and how he lived. >> my whole job is to give a life story back to the

individuals who are in the collections and there are many avenues and techniques to do that. >> this story may not be over yet, the list includes another skeleton that was brought to the museum at the same time as this one, they don't know where it is, but there is a box over here that says no number on it. we'll see if they can match them up, and we'll see if they hope stacked fios up against comcast. what's it like paying for internet ratedwe showed peopl? not good, it's not the best. no, it's not fun. look at it this way, you're kind of on top. if i was like this, all day. switch from the bottom to the top and see why millions of satisfied customers have made fios #1. sign up for a verizon fios triple play online with a 2-year agreement and get an amazing $400 back plus a free lg g tablet or up to $200 off any tablet from verizon wireless.

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meteorologist, cecily tynan is here looking at the forecast. >> it's funny it's tuesday and we are talking about the weekend. >> tomorrow is not friday. >> no, sorry about that, stormtracker 6 live double scan showing we have dry conditions out there right now. but the heat is on, the typical summer heat has returned. currently in philadelphia 88 degrees and allentown 86 and millville 82 and a little bit cooler on the beaches, sea isle city 76 degrees, satellite 6 along with action radar showing clouds off the ocean thanks to tropical storm bertha, heading off to sea. can you see the band of showers associated with the cold front moving through the day tomorrow. future tracker showing at 2:00

in the afternoon, the front is here, just in the form of clouds and a little bit of an upper level disturbance that ride as long the front, that brings scattered thunderstorms and as you can see, it will not be likely widespread, some stormed in parts of delaware in extreme south jersey, if the low pressure system stays to the south, there is a little bit a question on this, i'll have an update on "action news" at 11:00. what is no question, is that bertha, will not hit land, it is heading out to sea and maximum sustained winds of 70 miles per hour and dangerous rip currents tonight and tomorrow and finally beginning to ease at the jersey shore and the delaware beaches but be careful on the beaches tomorrow. partly sunny and an afternoon thunderstorm possible. 89 degrees in allentown a

mixture of clouds and sunshine, and a chance of a thunderstorm, with a high of 82. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, tomorrow will be somewhat unsettled more clouds and scattered afternoon thunderstorms, not everyone will see them, a high of 88 degrees, on thursday, this is the transition day, high pressure is building in and giving way to sunshine in the afternoon, the humidity levels are dropping through the day and the afternoon is looking nice and 84 degrees, by friday the high pressure is in firm control, august beauty, loads of sunshine, a little bit on the cool side and comfortable and heading into the weekend, rick is right, it is going to be nice, plenty of sunshine and nice in the seven-day forecast, 84 degrees on sunday, sun with a few more clouds and low humidity and 84 degrees, it looks like the high pressure maintains control into early next week, partly sunny with a high of 84

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right now jim gardner and the "action news" team is standing by with these stories next at 6:00. chaka fattah jr. is indicted on federal fraud charges. hear him as he walks out of court this afternoon. that and much more coming up next at 6:00. for meteorologist cecily tynan,

"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers, meteorologist, cecily tynan and jim gardner. tuesday night an american general is killed in afghanistan and a chester county man faces animal cruelty charges for injecting a kitten with heroin. but the big story is a suspicious death in pennypack park. a body was discovered at convent and home avenue. she was identified at connie mcclain murray, police believe she was jogging in the park when she may have been strangled.

wendy saltzman is live with more. >> reporter: detectives were out here moments ago, here is what we know so far, the police says this case is turned over to their homicide unit but the detail remains vague, the woman's body was found here at 6:00 a.m. this morning police sources are investigating the possibility of foul play. >> right now we don't know what we have, other than a suspicious death. >> police sources tell "action news" that they believe a woman whose body was found here near pennypack park may have been strangled while jogging. they are looking for clues