"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy.

good afternoon, sara bloomquist is off and in the news, new security on the first day of class, the reason for the first day of measures at one local school, plus a teacher in trouble for her rant on twitter. but the big story is the kickoff to labor day weekend and it has begun for lucky folks at the jersey shore. people are packing the beach for the unofficial end of summer. the coverage begins with david murphy covering a steamy holiday weekend forecast, right david? >> it's increasingly humid for the weekend, sunday and monday take the cake and the combination of heat and humidity rick. we look at satellite and radar, heading into the weekend, lots of sunshine out there, just a couple of high clouds working their way out of the great lakes.

you survey these numbers and it's a comfortable day building and pretty much a repeat. as we go through afternoon a high of 81, several degrees below average, 63 is the low tonight, that is several degrees below average and the humidity should behave itself. 75 in the water off atlantic city and on the beach a little cooler than the last couple of days, but not too bad. lots of sun and again the humidity is on the low side, the problem comes over the weekend and the problem is that the air just gets stickier and stickier. every time we show you a dew point, we tell that you anything over 60 feels humid, saturday is moderate, with the 63 degree dew point but sunday, monday and tuesday indicates the arrival of a tropical air mass that makes things feel soupy and there could be a tropical thunderstorm or two, then could produce drenching downpours.

when i step in we'll talk about high temperatures for the shore and philadelphia and the poconos. >> david thank you. check back in later. lets switch live to john rawlins in the atlantic city where the long holiday weekend is bringing another wave of casino closures to the struggling resort town. john, good afternoon to you. >> something of a melancholy mood here, this is perfect weather, the ends of summer ritual weekend, this area is bracing for a massive round of layoffs. perfect temperatures and blue sky and thanks to a retreating storm, waves are attracting surfers but they said you should have been here yesterday. >> this morning, like a c plus. yesterday like a-plus. so it's not as good as yesterday? >> no not by any means close. >> but on the boardwalk the sky is not so blue and an economic

tsunami is about to hit with 1600 plus casino workers about to lose their job. the trump plaza and the revel and the showboat. this in a town where unemployment is already 13%. visitors at the showboat says that the mood inside is grim. >> you go inside and talk to the workers and you look at them and want to do more for them. >> where are these people going to go, jobs are scarce as it is. putting 6,000 people out of work. >> the concern here rick is that this will have a ripple affect on the economy at the shore. in edition the housing market takes a hit when unemployed workers consider selling their houses and moving away and in

some cases unemployed they cannot make their mortgage payments. it's a rough patch for the folks here along the shore. live in atlantic city, john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> the made in america festival has taken over the ben franklin parkway with lane closures in affect. crews made final preparations to the stages, several popular artists will perform at the festival this weekend including kanye west and pharrell williams. >> don't forget the traffic sitdation as you hit the roads, its all there at 6abc.com. breaking news now. from wildwood new jersey, crews are knocking down a two alarm fire near the intersection at park boulevard and west oak

avenue, chopper 6 is live at the scene, we are are told that flames erupted in a commercial building in the area and on the boardwalk, we are working to find out more information, we are updated on the air and online at 6abc.com. >> in other news this noon, there is newly released video of the shoot that unfolded in a grocery store parking lot, he drove his van to the pathmark on bly avenue, before he could get out of his vehicle, two men pulled up and parked behind him and broke the driver's window and shot him in the arm and then broke the passenger window and grabs the deposit bag and ran from the scene. police are investigating a deadly hit and run that killed a woman on the 4600 block of broad

street this morning, the victim was hit by three different cars and only two of the drivers contacted authorities. katherine scott has more now from the scene. >> two of the vehicles that struck the victim are accounted for, police are still looking for one more. there was no car parts from that striking vehicle left at the scene and police are looking for the public's help with this one. the striking vehicle will have front end damage. >> geraldine was taking out her trash in logan at 5:00 a.m. and heard it, she saw a woman flying through the air. >> i saw a lady go up in the air and down and hit the ground, police closed the road by broad street to investigate the hit and run and a woman in her 40s was hit she was hit by the first car and thrown about 30 feet and

then two more vehicles hit her. edward jackson was driving by. >> she looked like a mannequin flying up in the air, she went up about 30 feet and then she came down and the other car came over and kept on going. >> the second car stopped and the third driver drove to the police station, after hearing it on the news, she told police she did not realize what she hit. the other car was similar to a dodge dart and would have significant front ends damage. >> it was dark and the pedestrian was not able to be seen. it was a difficult situation for the drivers, and they may not have known and they urge that person to come to the police and help the investigation. >> police put the word out to local body shops. in logan katherine scott,

channel 6 "action news." the schuylkill expressway opened at 6:30 this morning, nearly six hours after they closed the highway. police are investigating what caused this tractor trailer to overturn, blocking the exit lanes to the roosevelt boulevard, the truck was carrying a load of eggs when it crashed. crews spent hours cleaning up the mess. >> new information this noon about the death of a new jersey student that disappeared during a hike in israel. today forensic investigators said they do not expect foul play in the death of aaron sofer, of lakewood, new jersey. his body was found yesterday in the jerusalem forest. they are ruling out a militant or criminal attack. hurricane sandy is one reason that ocean county is named the most dangerous county in the united states. they say that the county is most

vulnerable to tidal surges and severe storms, five other counties in new jersey made the list including burlington and cape may and atlantic. all considered among the top most dangerous places to live with the frequency of natural disasters. police hope that the school year will be the safest yet at charter high. they went through procedures before heading to class, every bag was scanned and searched and additionally security guards were adding hall sweeps to their route on. two were accidentally shot when a former student brought a gun into the school back in january. in hockessin, senator coons brought -- james gillan's military records were lost and after working with the senator, they found his discharge papers,

this allowed him to be reissued the bronze medal and four other medals he had lost. and there is much more to come on "action news" at noon. holiday travel sit a snag, the crash that injured 15 people on the way to the airport. and the link to a man's height and the length of his marriage. and david murphy is back with the accuweather forecast for the rest of the holiday weekend. day dreaming again?

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likely. but there is no specific threat. there is new video from iraq today showing iraqi forces battling isis in the anbar province, it shows them killing isis fighters. president obama says he does not have another strategy get to combat the organization. >> international travel is disrupted after a volcano eruption from papa new guinea. and homes around the volcano and others are told to stay indoors to avoid falling ash. joan rivers daughter, melissa rivers, says her mother is resting comfortableably. she was rushed to mount sinai

hospit hospital. she was to perform this weekend at the count basie theater. they are asking for continuing prayers. a teacher in california may lose her job after insulting her students on social media. she called one child, a quote, uneducated twit, and one reads i already want to stab one kid, is that bad? some parents want her fired and some are coming to her defense surprisingly. >> she was apologetic and she regrets it and she definitely was not serious about it. >> as a teacher she should be held to higher accountabilities than other people. i am a nurse and i can't vent about my patients on facebook, and she shouldn't be able to vent about her students either.

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>> in health check there is another movement to keep the ebola virus from coming into the united states. students from africa, will be getting extra tested. many schools are now checking those students as a precaution but are stressing that the virus can only spread by bodily fluids but not sitting next to someone in class. >> and a man's height may determine the success of his marriage, the taller the man the more likely he is to get divorced. they looked at families over a span of two decades and men classified as shorts are 22% less likely to get divorced. researchers believe that short men my try to compensate for other aspects of their

relationship like income and housework. now the "action news" team is working on stories for tonight at 4:00. alicia vitarelli is here. >> reporter: happy freebie friday, it's a good one. can you watch free movies or get something to celebrate your college football team. we have it coming up at 4:00. also, ahead. a breakfast emergency, an undercover emergency reveals where police officers in florida are really racing too with their lights flashing. plus, it's a classic dish with a distinct philly -- the cheesesteak donut burger. you can take us on the go with the 6 abc news app, watch us live streaming on your smart phone or tablet. i did get that donut cheese burger, cheesesteak a try.

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degrees, feeling comfortable. the dew point well below the fle threshold of 5875 in wilmington and 64 in allentown and also in millville and pretty much the same story at the shore. cooler than yesterday but pretty nice. satellite shows you clouds streaking through and i mentioned this morning, the clouds are thin enough to get through most of the day and we'll call it mostly sunny and if you have a reason to get on the roads, lots of sun and beautiful, a high of 79 degrees and less wind than yesterday. 75 in the water and on the beach a little cooler, we'll stop at 76 for your high. a chance of rip currents down the shore, it's a slight risk rather than a high risk, and i

advise you to swim near the lifeguards. winds are lighter than yesterday and 63 in philadelphia last night, you'll start out cool tomorrow morning too and patchy clouds overnight and winds staying light. for the weekend a big change, a warm front comes through and it will feel gradually more humid during the day and sunday there is so much heat and humidity moving in it feels like the tropics, dew points up around 70 and sticky and humid on sunday and saying that way for monday and with a front getting closer sunday and monday in particular, there is a chance of a pop-up thunderstorm or shower. if are you heading up north, 74 and staying dry and humid on sunday, with a high of 79, there could be a couple of afternoon showers or thunderstorms. monday humid and a high of 85, and at the shore the same sorry and we start out with humid

conditions on saturday, 79 degrees there and very humid on sunday with a high of 86 on the beach and there could be late thunderstorms and monday 86 humid and a chance of drenching thunderstorms, the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, spells it out for the city of philadelphia, 82 and humid tomorrow and still not bad, 90 and soupy on stunned with drenching thunderstorms possible and monstill muggy and a high of 90 and the chance of a couple of drenchers, i don't know that sunday and monday will be a washout. we'll have to keep our eyes to the skies and a lot of people are outdoors this weekend and a great weekend to have the storm tracker 6 app on the phone. >> that will do it for "action news" at noon, don't forget "action news" at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00 tonight. for meteorologist, david murphy, i'm rick williams, have a nice afternoon. we'll see you here tonight beginning at 4:00.

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