6:00 a.m., august 15 here's what's happening. >> the superintendent of philadelphia schools will make an announcement this morning on whether the cash-strapped district has enough money to keep functioning. >> hundreds call for palace in honor of the missouri teen who died at the hands of police. >> play ball, the taye dragons are getting ready for their world series debut. >> david murphy is off, karen rogers is outside, and matt pellman has traffic. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, we have a chilly start, a nice cool breeze, below average for this time of career, 51 in manners creek, 52 in saints david and 5 in center city right now. 54 degrees in browns mills in new jersey. 55 in hammonton. boardwalk, 63. delaware, mid 50s, as well.

satellite and radar shows we'll see nothing but sunshine. the clouds staying well to the north for most of the day. mostly uny skies, 9:00 a.m., 65, 3:00 p.m., 78 that's the high. 6:00 p.m., 77 degrees coming down from that high. the call for the shore and the poconos coming up. >> reporter: i'm buying what you're selling with this weather stuff, karen rogers. i think you'll like what i have on the traffic front, as well. this is the schuylkill expressway on this friday morning, the sun coming up, once again overnight there was a lot of construction going on on this portion of the schuylkill expressway. in fact they blocked all the eastbound lanes for a time. now you can see everything is reopened. we have no volume delays yet this morning. same situation on i-95. everything open and clear for you at this hour. on the boulevard near front street, the overnight construction was scheduled to wrap just couple of minutes ago, that's in the process of being

cleared out of the way. our first week of that repaving project almost in the books. out in coatsville watch out for police activity closing south 1st avenue. upper oxford chester county we have a motorcycle crash at 896 newark lime stone road. work zone on the northern new jersey turnpike -- northbound new jersey turnpike between exits 1 and 2. >> superintendent william hite will make an announcement about the future of the philadelphia cash-strapped school district. katherine scott is live outside the school district headquarters in spring garden. >> reporter: matt with an 81 million-dollar budget gap there's scenarios how the district of philadelphia will proceed. will the schools start on time.

will there be 1300 layoffs. we are expected to get answer from the superintendent this morning. the school district of philadelphia had been counting on 2-dollar a pack cigarette sales tax to get more funding. last month, republican house legislators failed to reach a vote. the governor will advance the district $265 million, but the district already budgeted that money and the superintendent said that won't resolve the deficit. school is supposed to start september 8 and whether it will and what school will look like when it comes to class size and the employees are some of the confess they have. some elected officials call the situation unacceptable. >> the fact that our kids, 200,000 of them, whether they been in charter -- whether they be in charter schools or regular

public schools because of some political foolishness going on that they can't control is an embarrassment. >> reporter: the press conference will be held at 10:00 a.m. this morning, "action news" will be there and cover the story. katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> all right, katherine we'll keep checking in with you. in other news, hundreds gathered in love park for a moment of silence. the vigil was held for michael brown who was shot to death in ferguson, missouri. demonstrators held signs and they wore red ribbons in a show of solidarity, a list of names shot by police or authority figures was read crowd loud. >> they are tired of our youth being shot down in the street. what's the difference? the difference is the race. >> the moment of silence turned into a peace march to the art

museum. peaceful vigils like this one took place across the county. we've been covering situation all week long at 6abc.com. go there for the latest updates as the event unfold. while we're there you can see our collection of the powerful photos of confrontation between police and protesters. the community will gather today to say goodbye to the four young victims who perished last month in southwest philadelphia. 7 weekend, 4-year-old and twins died in early morning blaze on july 5. a public viewing will takes place at define mercy parish at 8:00. a funeral will be held tomorrow morning. a story in the new york city made how a scheduling policy that the starbucks has made life hard for a young

mother. we go to the nasdaq live at time square, good morning. >> reporter: ford is recalling 83,000 crossovers and big distance. sedans. aforesaid they will begin notifying owners at the end of august. there's a cost that costs about the same as the median home price in the united states. the stock of warren buffet's company is trading 200,000 per share. berkshire is a conglomerate that holds stakes in other businesses including insurance and cable tv and railroads. it's stock is up 13% this year. stocks gamed ground sending the dow into the positive territory for the year. futures are pointing to a higher

open. today investers will be getting a look at inflation when a report on producer prices are released. starbucks is making life easier for hourly workers. the move comes after the new york times ran a story on a starbucks employee the single mother was trying to manage a work schedule while getting an education and taking care of her kids. starbucks will make scheduleses more stable for workers and transfer them to workers with longer commutes to locations closer to the employees' homes. an armed man mugged two men outside the sands casino in bethlehem. the robber knifed one victim while trying to get away with his bag. police believe the same robber snatched a laptop in the same

area 15 minutes earlier. >> i had the heat on the way to work. >> in your car? >> she thinks i'm crazy. >> reporter: actually i put my seat warmer on, warm seat and cool day, that's all i'm going to say. >> okay. >> reporter: storm tracker 6 live double scan around the region, we're dry and looking good, tam is right, it's cool out there, let's take you outside and show you what it looks like, nice and bright as sky 6 looks live in hd, you can see we're off to a good start to the day, only 61 degrees, the current temperature. that dewpoint is 48 degrees way down. humidity very low for this time of year. the winds out of the northwest at 8 miles per hour the pressure 29.94 inches. let's look at satellite even radar, we've got clear skies and clouds up to the north. high pressure will keep those clouds at bay. we've got a good day today. we'll see a few fair weather cumulus clouds mixing in. mostly sunny skies.

cool for august, normally we would be at 86 for your high, only 78 degrees, we have a cool breeze mixing in at times. 8:00 a.m., 65 with bright sunshine. 11:00 a.m., 70 degrees. 2:00 p.m., 76. mostly sunny skies, 5:00 p.m., 77. no weather related problems today you're looking good. the ocean temperature, 74 degrees at the shore. the air temperature not much higher than that, 78. saturday, mostly sunny, warmer and 80. sunday we'll see lots of cloud cover, sunshine, can't rule out a shower, 82 is the high, won't be a lot of rain, but a shower can happen at any point on sunday. feeling like fall, 69 for your high. tomorrow, sunshine and clouds, beautiful high of 74. sunday we'll see 74 and chance for shower around. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, a good one today, sunny and cool,

78 degrees for your high. tomorrow, beautiful, warmer, 82 for your high, sunday it turns more humid, cruel notice the difference -- you'll notice the difference, lots of cloud cover, as well. sunshine breaking through the clouds. not a lot of rain, maybe a shower sneaking in in the morning maybe in the afternoon, high of 86. monday, partly sunny skies, 84. nice a chance of a shower coming around. tuesday, humid a few showers and thunderstorm 84. wednesday, dry, 85. thursday, partly sunny skies, 84 degrees, today quite cool out there to start you off. some of the suburbs in the low 50s making it up to 78. >> more stories you didn't see last night including the social media backlash as people find out the daughter of robin williams was being bullied and left the network. >> it's game day for the taney

dragons. >> reporter: we are looking at 309 there's no southbound traffic heading toward the turnpike. we have a crash to avoid in a construction zone, i'll have the details after the break. >> tom hanks makes a name for himself in cyber space. we'll tell you about his app next in tech bytes. what's with the suit? oh, i had to go to the bank. if you look legit they give you special treatment. seriously? seriously, yeah. the banker dude set up my checking account so if i make one deposit a month, no monthly maintenance fee. special treatment! citizens bank, right? yep. you know they do that one deposit checking thing for everyone, right?

>> developing right now a double shooting in chester county sent two people to the hospital.ooting in chester this is new video just coming into us from the scene the 500 block of first avenue in south coatsville. the shots went off around 3:00 a.m. police have closed off traffic due to their investigation. >> let's talk about traffic with matt pellman at the big board. hey, matt. >> reporter: let's stick with that, matt and tam. south 1st avenue is shut down by the russian orthodox church stay with us on strode avenue. it will be an easy alternate to south 1st avenue which is

blocked because of the police activity. in chester we have a motorcycle crash in upper oxford. ray void route 896 newark road at route 10, lime stone road. we are getting a crash at county line road and meeting house road by meeting house dental care. another day of construction in bucking ham township that will close street road at windy bush road. with that closure stick with atkinson. on the big picture, building volume around the region, but so far speeds do not look too bad, as we head outside along girard avenue. we have the sun coming up, we'll have sun glare. building southbound traffic from allegheny to girard. the off ramp from northbound side of i-95 is closing to girard. that happened last weekend and happening this weekend, official detour will take you up to

allegheny and flip. if i were you get off the vine street express way and work north into fishtown. a 13-year-old wisconsin girl is facing dui charges. police say the teen went on a joyride without her mother's permission. an sphrldz pulled the driver -- an officer pulled the driver over the teen failed a sobriety test is under aarp -- under arrest and there were five people under the age. 14 in the car. the taney dragons debut in the world series today. afterwards the team had a batting practice. the world series is double elimination you can cheer the team only at city hall. there will be a pep rally and public viewing that will start at 3:00 p.m. the game will be known e shown

on our sister station espn. you can follow "action news" reporter, chad perdelli on twitter. >> speaking of twitter, it is an damage control because how some of its users responded to the death of robin williams. michelle franzen has tech bytes. >> reporter: in tech bytes, twitter is vowing to review its policy it comes after robin williams daughter said she is abandoning twitter after the bullying in the wake of her father's suicide. did this help improve my cognitive function and ability to relax, you don't know, i did feel good after each exercise, i

could see where this could help you over the long term. it's kind of fun. >> reporter: oscar winner tom hanks is an app developer, his app hanks turns your ipad into an old typewriter. it's a good idea. >> what's a typewriter? i'll talk about it in the break. farmers in berks county fight to recover a beloved barn yard animal. >> reporter: 60 degrees in philadelphia, 54 in pittsburgh. we have cool temperatures to start you off. hi, i'm henry winkler

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livestock. most of the gates in the loading dock were left open and bolt cutter was cruised to cut a chain on one of the doors. >> a nice morning to get out there and milk the cows in my neck of the woods. >> if they are still there. >> reporter: let's head to the schuylkill expressway, no livestock out here this morning, the traffic is moving just fine in both directions close to spring garden. no problems on the mlk drive or the kelly drive, both will be closed for recreation activity and the kelly for another regatta a.m. to 6:00 p.m. septa's broad street line will have extra trains running this morning getting you to the link for the luke bryant concert. >> reporter: it's cool out there, 9:00 a.m., 65 degrees, despite the sunshine. noon, 73.

3:00 p.m., 678. 6:00 p.m., 77 degrees, no weather-related problems affecting your commute other than the sun glare from the sunshine. sunny and cool today, 78 for your high. temperatures nearly 10 degrees below average. saturday, beautiful, warmer, we're up to 82. sunday is a lot more humid, yowl feel the difference. we have a good amount of cloud cover, we get a shower in the morning and afternoon, just couple of things to watch for, monday partly sunny skies and showers, 84. >> phillies owners of last place face the giants in san francisco tonight. cole hamels is scheduled to start. the eagles held their final practice with the patriots before the preseason game. two ride wide receivers, reilly cooper and jeremy maclin are injured. the eagles face the patriots on 6abc, don't touch the remote when the clock ticks to zero.

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>> top stories at 6:55, district officials are making an announcement built future of philadelphia's cash shf strapped school district. the the school had set today as a deadline for funding or pink slips go out. hundreds gathered in love park to take part in a national moment of silence in response to

the police shooting of an unarmed teen in ferguson, missouri. philadelphia is holding a pep rally for the taney dragons at city hall. the world series airs today at 3:00 p.m. on espn. >> reporter: we have a little slowing on schuylkill expressway from girard to montgomery. >> reporter: it's 355 in center city, 54 in hammonton, new jersey, and 53 in surf city. we'll see sunshine, no problems, 9:00 a.m., 65. noon, 73. 3:00 p.m., 78. that's the high today. >> i cannot believe we're midway through august. >> it's aastounding. >> but i like it. >> for david murphy, matt o'donnell, karen rogers, matt pellman, i'm tamala edwards. have a wonderful weekend!

>> see you!

good morning, america. breaking overnight -- >> hands up, don't shoot. >> a dramatic turn in the

ferguson flash point as the highway seizes control. the new commander marching side by side with demonstrators as protests pop up from l.a. to times square. this morning, we go one-on-one with the men in charge telling us that today they will release the name of the officer who shot and killed michael brown. also new details on that stunning revelation about robin williams and his silent battle with parkinson's disease. this morning, his wife on why he kept the diagnosis hidden and the link between the illness and his deep depression. also breaking, the two amish girls abducted in new york found safe. dropped off and knocking on a door 30 miles from home