rocks its way to the east-northeast at 36 miles per hour. so soon it will be way into the northern atlantic, and it will not bring affects of rain to the east coast, winds susztained at 80 miles per hour and it continues to be a fish storm and it continues to upon the open waters of the atlantic. we look at the wave heights of double scan live, the center of the storm is 634 miles away. the brighter colors are the wave heights and they are already decreasing from the outer banks of north carolina to virginia and that will continue its journey of 5 to 7 waves, tonight and throughout the day tomorrow in new england, until then if you get caught the rip current, it's at large swells that piles up along the sand and what piles up must come back out. rip currents tend to form and the rushing water that tends to

form, not fight the current and pull yourself away from the shore and away from the rip current and once you are out of it, swim your way back in or ride the waves back to shore. it's decreasing today, 4 to 6 feet, drop from 1 to 3 feet and no risk over the weekend. when we come back we'll talk nd about the beautiful holiday weekend. that is a little on the steamy side. >> thank you adam. on the west coast meantime, they are dealing with huge waves and dangerous rip currents as well. tropical storm marie is felt on the southern coast of california now, waves top 20 feet and there are several water rescues, like this one at newport beach, you can keep track of the accuweather forecast any time by downloading the free 6 abc storm tracker app, if gives you hourly forecasts and weather alefts posted for your area.

the body of a new jersey student is found in the same area where he went missing in israel. aaron sofer disappeared last week while hiking in the jerusalem forest, he is from lakewood, ocean county, with all the unrest, several politicians gathered to draw attention to his disappearance. >> when they spoke from the scene, they are pretty sure the body they found was that of aaron sofer. the police were waiting for a family member to come to do an identification. >> sofer is one of 10 children his parents have flown to israel to do that. nora muchanic will have much more coming up at 6:00. now to a developing story out of north philadelphia, the department of license and inspections were called to a home on north 12th street, once

inside they found nothing but trash. chad pradelli is live now were the cleanup continues. >> reporter: i can fell you the strench can be overwhelming, some neighbors are using incense to mask the smell, this is 2604 north 12th, lni is looking to get the trash, it's from the floor to the ceiling, the backhoe is grabbing the trash through the windows, pull it out and then rake it and then put it into dumpsters, neighbors have been complainling about this home for several years and i talked to the economistner of licenses and inspections, they came out in 2013 and came out today for a reinspection. and this is what they found. the owner of the home is mark lumpkin, taken to a local hospital for a mental health evaluation and will be cited for this hoarding case.

also, a handgun was taken from the home. for neighbors this is a welcome relief getting the trash from the home. now, live from north philadelphia, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. no arrests are made in the murder of a 34-year-old man found shot several times this morning. found after midnight on the 4300 block of penn street. police are looking for four male suspects in the shooting and they are looking at surveillance video from the area. pennsylvania state police say that half the school buss in our area have failed inspections in recent days, state police continue the inspections today in east oak lane and troopers are at the bus depots for emergency exits and much more. many buss have been fixed and reinspected and they are ready to go for the first day.

>> all right time now to check the traffic situation. and matt pellman is standing by, we'll give him a few minutes to get in place and there is matt pellman with the "action news" traffic report for a thursday evening. we are monitoring a whole bunch of traffic, slow speeds and plenty of them around the region 95 around the betsy ross bridge just 15 miles per hour, and the same on the schuylkill expressway just 12 as you come in eastbound by girard avenue headed towards south philadelphia, for the 7:00 preseason game. there is one accident in london grove, blocking a stretch of 41, a crash and downed pole shutting it down from the route 1 oxford bypass and newark road. that works instead of 41, newport gap pike. still a crash on 295, southbound

side, approaching 561 in camden county, it's off to the side and see all the slow speeds, and evesham township, kettle run road, and we are prepping for an opening at the burlington bristol bridge, opening up in 15 minutes or so. and everything is on top for the septa. ten of them running during the 6:00 and 7:00 hours to help you get down to the linc. we'll check it again in the next half hour. the eagles and jets battle it out at lincoln financial field. the final game of the preseason for both teams and former eagle mike vick will start tonight. jaime apody is live at the link with a preview of tonight's preseason game. >> okay it's going to be odd seeing mike vick in another

shade of green. the starters are not playing but there are plenty of guys to root for because jobs are on the line. >> the eagles roster stands at 75 players then have to get to 53 by saturday. and we'll talk about some of them. will -- make this team, it depends if they keep five or six receivers, benis coming off an acl injury. and trying lock up the number three running back job and everybody knows how he must approach this game. >> have to keep putting those things behind you and stay focused on what have you to do in the game. i think i do a great job of that. staying in the moment is what helps me the most. >> go out and play, who cares its not the end of the world, i'm not going to die, i have a family and football is not

everything. you know what i mean, if that is, it is what it is. >> it is what it is. it will be interesting to see who can prevail and win a roster spot. we'll bring it live here on channel 6 and eagles-jets kicked off at 7:00 p.m. no starters plays tonight and matt barkley gets the start for the eagles. ducis rogers, channel 6 "action news." >> thanks guy. the ceremony on the lambertville, new hope bridge settled a trivia question, where does pennsylvania end and new jersey begin. a new line was presented by ian sandsers. >> more to come on "action news" at 5:00 tonight. >> a tiny battery nearly killed a 4-year-old boy after severely burning his throat and now his mothers and doctors are warning

others, ali gorman will have that story in health check. the newest thing, a baby monitor for your baby. if your baby happens to be a brand new corvette. i'll have that story coming up.

joan rivers is in a new york city hospital after being rushed from a doctor's office in cardiac arrest. she was having a procedure on her throat when she stopped breathing, they are not releasing her condition of the 80-year-old entertainer, she is set to perform in atlantic city in november. no word on the status of those shows. a new battle to control ebola, they are about to launch human testing with a potential vaccine against the virus. it could protect workers in the hot zone and ali gorman is at the big board to explain. >> reporter: this comes as the ebola outbreak continues to

escalate. there are 3,000 cases reported in four african countries, the world health organization says that number could hit 20,000, and the death rate is at 52%. the nih will test an experimental vaccine on a small group of healthy people in maryland, a phase one trial, to see if the vaccine is safe and affective, it was made by scientists at glaxo smith klein. and that is not a live vaccine, there is no way that someone could get ebola from the vaccine, it did work well in primates but it's too soon to tell if it will work in humans. >> in other news, an ohio boy that underwent a button battery has undergone another operation to rebuild his throat. emet took the battery out of a

remote control of his parent's home and it was not discovered until two days later until he was very sick. >> the x-ray was taken and they could see the button battery in his esophagus. surgeons rebuilt his esophagus with parts of his colon and his parents are outspoken on the dangered of button batteries and documenting his story in an online video. it can be found in many things, remote controls, small clocks and keys and greeting cards, keep these things out of the reach of children and some toys have them, make sure that kids are supervised if they are playing with them. safe kids says that one child is treated at an emergency room every three hours for swallowing batteries. >> thank you ali.

>> the food was really fresh today. here in voorhees, new jersey, they hosted the farm to fork event in sewell. freshly made baked goods were for sale along with just peachy salsa, they used seasonal foods to help visitors think and eat healthier. >> the chevrolet corvette is one of the more popular sports cars and the feature in the 2015 model may steer even more customers into the showroom, john rawlins shows us it lets drivers spy on their own vehicle. >> a beautiful day for a shiny very yellow corvette, all 450 horses purring. >> you are here and then you think about not moving, that is ferris bueler's day off where a bunch of knuckle head valets

take the car for a joy ride to end all joy rides. we went and we met rich peppy, the latest new thing, the valet mode data recorder option, some call it the ferris bueller button. the gm video shows it uses an existing system that records driving and it shuts off the radio and recorded every movement outside and inside. >> if there was a joy ride it would record it. it would record it as well address give you speed and throttle on that joy ride. peppy shows us it's easy to set up and play back, the idea that valets with a need for speed would be diskournled. and recording audio without consent is illegal. the audio can be disabled without impacting the video. peppy's advice is that it should be in any state.

advice anybody driving the vehicle that audio and video is being recorded. >> this is the late of the from black boxes and insurance boxes that they use to monitor young drivers but the ferris bueller button only available on the wy

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time nor accuweather at the "action news" big board. adam joseph is back with a

closer look at the holiday weekend. we are set to sizzle. beautiful and low humidity and lots of sunshine, not feeling like august by any stretch of imagination, 77 in reading and wilmington 79 and philadelphia 80 degrees and warm from philadelphia to beach haven and the boardwalk around 79 to 83 degrees, the dew points are low, 53 in the lehigh valley and 51 in trenton and millville 55, and a reminder when the dew points are below 60 it feels comfortable out and there is not much in the way of moisture. we stay in the 50s tomorrow and they start to climb in the 60s on saturday and spike sunday into monday and even extending into tuesday as they get to oppressive levels and more tropical outside and with the tropical humidity and extra moisture in the atmosphere when we see the chance of

thunderstorms working their way into the forecast, high pressure is in control and the high pressure showing a crystal clear satellite and radar in the eastern half of the country, that is good news if you are heading down to the linc for the preseason game for the eagles, that is mainly clear and comfortable and a kickoff at -- the temperature going down to 71, beyond that overnight tonight, we crash into the northwestern serbs, allentown 51 and millville 55 and trenton 57. another spectacular lair day tomorrow. at the shore bright and beautiful and 76 and in the poconos, sunny and refreshing with a high of just 72 degrees, the five-day at 5:00, after the august beauty tomorrow of 80 degrees, it turns humid on saturday afternoon and temperatures are not bad at 82

and we jump it here on sunday, hot and muggy and 90 can with a late day thunderstorm. monday for labor day, humid and 89 degrees with a few thunderstorms, steamy with pop-ups and temperatures coming in at 92 degrees. meteorologist, melissa magee is down the shore in ocean city. catching some sunshine and i see you are inside of schreibers. my mouth is watering, bring me back some fudge please. >> i know your favorite is mint taffy and i have a whole bunch to share with you and rick and monica. if you head down the shore schreibers is the place to be to kick off the end of summer season, we have all the sweet treats you can indulge in and the all important accuweather forecast is coming to you when "action news" at 5:00 comes right back. i have candy apples,

macaroons -- >> i like it all. >> some of this some of this. >> grab it all melissa. >> it won't make it back to philadelphia. >> still to come on our next "action news" at 5:00. a college football star hailed a hero has now changed his story big time. >> that and more troubleshooters getting help for residents.

hello again, here is what is happening on "action news" tonight. new fears in ukraine as russian forces invade with tanks and hundreds of soldiers, we have the latest on this developing situation, also detectives are hotd on the trail of vandals that target an athletic field. and nydia han has an update for consumers coming up. ic field. and a major escalation on the tensions between the ukraine and russia.

russian tanks and more than 1,000 troops moved into the ukraine. they are not denying the move on homes and buildings were shelled by the russian military and ukraine's president is urging reads not to panic. here is the latest from washington, d.c. tonight. >> reporter: good afternoon, world leaders are scrambling to come up with a response to this latest krisz crisis in ukraine. >> an escalating situation between the ukraine and rush a. they are saying that russian forces have opened a new front of fighting. causing explosions and violence on the street. >> it has deteriorated. >> we have to take quick and effective measures to contain and to stop russian aggression. > t