not only did the alleged driver not have her parents permission to drive the vehicle but she did not have a license. the parents from castle rock say this is what nightmares are made of. >> we have kids of our own if something like that happens it's just a nightmare. our heart goes out to the family and all the students at new ulm. >> the girl was accompanied by another girl when they picked up the four boys at the lake they were on their way back from breakfast when the driver lost control and rolled the vehicle. three sophomores were killed and a fourth castle rock student was injured but survived as did the two girls from new york. and our sources say that speed was a factor. some of the victim's best

friends are on his squad. >> they grew up with them. they were best friends since they were in diapers. i feel for them and the families. >> the people with kids that attend the school say this tragedy is unspeakable. >> it's ungodly sad, all you can do is pray for the families and the poor children and even the child that was driving the car. >> the three survivors are all treated and released from the hospital. meanwhile the alleged driver is facing a slew of charges but it is believed she will be tried as a juvenile. we are following breaking flus overseas, isis military has showed a video of the execution of another american journalist.

steven sotloff was beheaded. white house and pentagon officials can't say if the video is authentic and when it was made. we'll have more throughout the evening when we learn more it was atlantic city's newest casino but now it's history. chopper 6 hd was there in atlantic city when though closed the doors. revel opened to great fanfare two years ago but never turned a profit. the odds are good that new owners will take over by next memorial day. >> it's a big piece of property, lots of square footage, if you want this square footage, you can't build it for what you want to buy it here.

this has a lot of purposes. >> atlantic city's casinos continue to take a beating, show boat closed on sunday and trump plaza, next week. adam joseph is live outside we have more chances for storms tonight. >> it will break the heat with a chance of thunderstorms, it turns the hands back to july, not september. look at the last three days it's not officially a heat wave, we talked about how we missed a heat wave of 90 in a row. 93 sunday and 89 yesterday and 93 so far today and running 10 degrees above normal and very

uncomfortable, and it feels like 95 in philadelphia and near 100 in dover, even at the shore not much of a relief from beach haven to sea isle city, it feels between 93 and 95 degrees, this cold front does not arrive until late tonight. it's west of pittsburgh and cincinnati, and buffalo, there are a few renegade storms, that could hit them later this evening. the track of the storms should not arrive until 8:00 to 10:00 tonight. it's dry through 7:00 and 86 degrees. then some storm as arrive from the west with a temperature of 81. when we come back we'll talk about the timing on future tracker with those storms and let you know about relief in the temperatures. kids across the region went back to school with backpacks

packed and buses loaded and ready to kick off a brand new school year. all good for the first day of class at candle brook, hands were raised and homework was handed out. in delaware, governor jack markell visited a class. >> we started with the biggest school, william penn, when i walked in they said it's not just the biggest but the best school in the state. >> in wilmington school started at 8:30 a.m. sharp. >> students got an energy boost from quick jumping jacks to jump start their day. >> the first day of school is what we live for as educators, making sure we have a positive setting so they can begin their first day on the right note. >> mayor dana redd was on hand

to welcome kids back to class at the h.b. wilson, family school and they got nostalgic. >> i can remember coming back to the first day of school and the expectation of the next grade. >> it's hard getting kids to get back to the back to school mind set. >> all about the routine. we are here to get ready for the new school year at 6abc.com. we are here to show you how to get your kids back on that routine and how to save on school supplies, it's all there at 6abc.com/back to school or you can also check us out on twitter and use the #~ channel 6 "action news" bts. it's the week eagles fans are waiting for, for months. the birds opened the regular season this weekend and the

countdown to kickoff with the jacksonville jaguars is officially on. the team held practice and we heard from head coach chip kelly. jeff skversky is live in the sports center and week one is feenly here. >> countdown to kickoff and we are just five days away from the season opener. can you wait? what a season this should be under chip kelly. the eagles spent the entire weekend trimming down the roster to 53, they turn their undivided attention to week one and jacksonville. the eagles returned to practice at the nova care complex after a long labor day weekend. hopefully they are rested and the grueling schedule is about to begin. there is high expectations here for chip kelly, and in kelly's rookie season, they had a

winning season. >> we have the preseason counts, and every chance to compete counts, but you are obviously, it's year two, guys are around us and we are around them, you feel closer in terms of what we are trying to get accomplished. we are excited to get going here. they are for real and they count. >> coming up at 5:30 and 6:00, what donovan mcnabb, if he is a franchise caliber quarterback, we are live in the "action news" sports center, jeff skversky. >> thanks so much. a leak in a fuel tank caused a hazmat scare, chopper 6 hd is over the refinery in marcus hook. the leak was reported at 9:15, sunoco said they could handle the problem themselves no word on how much fuel leaks at this

facility. >> people who live in a senior housing fashion ilt in spring garden blocked traffic today over a protest over security. chopper 6 hd was over fairmount avenue this morning, people in wheelchairs were demonstrating in the street. they are upset, armed guards were removed from the facility and the philadelphia housing facility says that private guards are being replaced by pha officers. coming up the raid into somalia, the group they are targeting. >> a plan has to make an emergency landing because of a flight on board. what he said to se

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russia is continuing its push into eastern ukraine and pro russian rebels are gaining ground. now nato leaders are trying to

drum up support. he will head to a nato summit to talk about a rapid reaction force arks team of 4,000 troops that could deploy and strike within hours. the u.s. military said they carried out a raid in somalia, that targeted al shabaab. they have links to al qaeda and they did not give details on the outcome of the strike. for the third time a passenger plane is forced to make an emergency landing because of a fight over a reclining seat. this time on a flight to south florida. they landed in jacksonville. police remove aid woman from the

plane. to business now, stocks began the month of september, with mixed results, the dow jumped a point. halliburton will pay $1.1 billion to settle the claim in the gulf of mexico. haley burton says they have settled a portion of the claims. until appeals are resolved over the next two years. hal halliburton -- dollar general made another bid to take over family dollars. they are offering $5.9 billion to take over family dollar. now they are offering to pay it

if the deal doesn't go through. it also says it's willing to dump more than ridge amount of stores if that what it takes to get the deal through. tuesday afternoon. for many the first day back to school and traffic is about to change. >> lets go live to matt pellman in the "action news" center. and see how it is looking out here. >> it's kind of a mess on the schuylkill expressway, this crash approaching the roosevelt boulevard, one vehicle into the concrete median. >> as you come out of town this afternoon you are looking at a stand still from universe avenue west from the roosevelt boulevard, the much better bet, that you can get to them now that made in america is wrapped up is the river drives, the mlk and the kelly is better than the westbound side of the schuylkill, in edition to that crash there is another one

westbound as you get on the westbound schuylkill from 30th street station, that one mostly off to the side and partially blocking the on ramp. issues in camden county on mount ephraim, a broken down vehicle in collings kood wood -- can you see a vehicle facing the long way, it's a crash taking out the left lane and penndot is on the scene. a crash on birmingham road and painters crossing at 202 at route 1 baltimore pike. and a minor scratch on the schuylkill eastbound, but the bigger deals are on the westbound side like the one approaching the boulevard.

four philadelphia educators appeared in court today accused of helping elementary school students cheat. monica malpass is live in the newsroom now. >> hi brian, the accused all worked at cayuga elementary school and that their actions cheated the very students they were entrusted to educate. four out of the five educators appeared in court today. we'll hear shocking testimony from a teacher that was punished for not participating in this cheating scandal. and the survival rate for women that get double mastectomies and a message that doctors want every single woman to hear. back to you. >> thanks monica. still ahead, adam is back with the full accuweather forecast. forecast. and

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students start the new year at ought enwreath charter. with news that their school is getting a big financial boost. $2.7 million student improvement grant for honors courses and dual enrollment in the school and the school of philadelphia. quite a turn around story that one has been. it's time for the accuweather forecast, people are using the word, unbearable. >> it's hot. lets go to adam joseph who came indoors wisely. it feels betner air conditioning, snot used to this this summer and not for september as well. it's hot and humid out there and double scan live showing most of the area, it's dry out near york

county and a couple of random downpours and any storms that come through are late this evening and tonight and they will be scattered. everyone is dealing with the heat, 90 in the lehigh valley and 90 trenton and 90 in dover, and a little bit of a break at the shore. and temperatures in the lower 80s, the dew points continue to hover at 70 degrees and it feels oppressive out there, and the atmosphere is heavy and soming wet with moisture and any storms that pass through with the cold front could pass through in the form of torrential rain. as we look to the north and west. we get a northerly wind tomorrow and cooler temperatures lurking to the north and west and upper 70s and the ohio valley, this air will moderate a little bit as it pushes to the east. it won't be below normal but temperatures get knocked up from

where they were today. the front is west of pittsburgh and way in the western part of pennsylvania and also into parts of the southern ohio valley and a few renegade stories are popping and the actual cold front arrives late tonight and future tracker at 8:00, a random thunderstorm or downpour ahead of the main cold front, at 8:00, most of this energy stays in new england from 8:00 tonight, they are scattered and not everyone will see them. from philadelphia to points south and they quickly escape the coast and sun and clouds and lower humidity. what to expect with a few strong storms that pass through tonight, they are brief, and gusty winds and dangerous lightning. not everyone can see them and it's a squall line passing through. for wednesday and thursday, we drop the dew points back into the 50s, we have a breath of

fresh air, despite the temperatures staying on the warm side for the rest of the week. scattered evening storms and 65 in allentown and 72 philadelphia, and 69 in dover, your four day at 4:00, above average at 88 degrees, but the big considerable difference is the heat and humidity and saturday humid with some afternoon downpours and thunderstorms at 90 degrees. we'll have the seven-day forecast coming up to see if there is any relief of going back below normal in the seven-day forecast. of going >> it's holding strong for now. >> thank you adam. today marked the start of the education in rowan university. students attended college day orientation and heard a motivational speech on the art of survivoral and were urged to stay connected and take part in

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carrie underwood sharing this adorable picture. writing in honor of labor day. ace and penny, two little guy was like to make an announcement. their parents couldn't be happier. the pups saying they will be a big brother and big sister, this this is the 31-year-old's first child with mike fisher. finally, wedding pictures with angelina jolie and brad pitt grace the cover of people magazine. her gown is adorned with drawings from their six children. pitt grabbed a suit out of his closet and borrowed a tie because he left his at home. they married after nine years together and all the kids were involved in the wedding with the two older sons walking her down the aisle. you had ring bearers and flower

girls. finally mr. and mrs. brad pitt. >> you knew the picture was get out, there they are. >> i love the drawings from the kids. >> yes. still to come the new jersey child that accidentally killed her instructor with an uzi. wal-mart is known for good value but what products are also good quality.

"action news" continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, alicia vitarelli, shirleen with allicot and brian taff. hello again, 4:30 and "action news" continues with the new roles on apple's role in the hack attack. ♪ what do you know about shampoo. if you are around and drop off an oreo shake. >> a young patient put a spin on life inside of chop's pediatric unit. from high stakes challenges to murder suspects, pass a lie detecter test, and you walk out of jail. we begin with breaking news

out of philadelphia's tacony section, a 9-year-old child was shot in the head about one hour ago, dann cuellar is live on the scene, you have an update for us. >> hey guys, northeast detectives and police are on the scene here at the corner of norris and torresdale. trying to piece this together. we have a 9-year-old child being treated. a graze wound to the left side of the head, police say at 3:20 this afternoon, after the first day of school, a child, a 9-year-old was walking out of the tacony branch, free library with his mom. they were here crossing the street, a grayish, silver car flew by and started firing at someone across the street and the mother and child was here and the bullet struck the 5-year-old on the left side of his head.

here is more from a witness. >> when the first shot was fired, i saw the flash coming towards me, i took cover. then, i heard the second shot when they went around the corner and i heard the child screaming, screaming for dear life. >> reporter: he was telling him please don't let me die, please don't let me die. we understand that the child will be okay, he was lucky the bullet only grazed him on the left side of his head and he is being treated at childrens hospital at this hour. police don't have any information on suspects, all they have from witnesses is a grayish silver vehicle flying by and they are looking for surveillance footage from the businesses here, we hope to have more at 5:00. we are live in the tack -- section. now to the steamy and

possibly stormy forecast from accuweather. >> you are looking live from center city where the heat is definitely on, we reached a high of 93 degrees, the good news, some relief may be on the way. that comes with the chance of thunderstorms tonight and let get to meteorologist, adam joseph, with the latest. >> we need the rain, if we get a good torrential downpour, looking at sky 6, it's folks are enjoying the shore and temperatures rights now here in atlantic city. pretty nice, only 84 degrees, south city 84 degrees, you jump 5 to 10 miles inland and everybody in the low 90s and that is a popular number now, you factor in that july humidity. 96 in wilmington and 100 dover and with a sea breeze and it feels like the lower 90s and double scan live goes,

approaching land caster county and the actual cold front is to the west. and we won't see a solid line of storms, they are scattered overnight tonight and will arrive later on especially after the 8:00 and 9:00 hour. we have the one random thunderstorm pushing out of york county and into northwestern lancaster and parts of berks county. we'll watch this area and right now it's not on the severe side, we'll talk about the break in the heat and humidity. >> a reminder now, can you get access to live radar conditions, even on the go, download the free 6 abc storm tracker app, down loads it now for your apple or android device. and now to south jersey where students who are suppose to be celebrating it's start of a new school year, they are

plourning a tragedy. a car with five students were hit by a pickup truck, four of the girls were released and one teen was not so lucky, she is now on life support today. amy buckman is live outside of the school with more on how the students are coping there. >> reporter: well that is right classes don't start here until next week, but parents and students gathered here to share their thoughts and concerns for the soon to be freshman who is on life support. >> we opened school on thursday, we thought it was unconscionable to have kids walk in without a solidarity meeting. >> lots of hugs were exchanged from inland freshman, as they

gatherd this morning to share their thoughts and concerns about 14-year-old ash lynn cook. the elite soccer player is on life support. she is one of five main land soccer players that were on their way to a charity event saturday morning, the driver of a pickup truck crossed the center line, his pickup truck hit a box truck and the girl's car, the driver of the car, 18-year-old maddie and three other girls suffered minor injuries and were treated at local hospitals and were released. for many in this community, brings to mind the august 20th crash that killed four main line football players. now the school is rallying around the affected families and counselors are available at the school. >> we are all in this together and they do not stand alone. the teachers are aware and

cognizant of everything we need. we are available 24/7 for them. now, the accident itself remains under investigation, by both the hamilton township police department and the atlantic county prosecutors office, no charges have been brought at this time. live in lynnwood, amy buckman, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. carbon county police have identified two wilmington men killed in a crash this weekend. they died when the suv they were riding in slammed into several trees and boulders, it happened just after 2:30 sunday morning. another passenger was critically injured. they believe that alcohol and speed played a role. the 9-year-old girl that shot and killed an instructor at

an arizona range complained about the uzi she was firing. she told her family the gun was too much for her and was being hurt by the recoil. they didn't realize she shot the instructor and were focused on whether the little girl was hurt. prosecutors will not file charges in this case. wilmington police say that a young man is in critical condition after he was shot outside of a liquor store on lancaster avenue after 1:30 today. officers say despite being hit in the abdomen and the leg, the victim tries to run for help and collapsed a few blocks away and now police have no suspects or motive. over at the big board now, a break in the massive hollywood hack attack that affected more than 100 a-list celebrities with the fbi on the case, this afternoon apple made a big

announcement. after 40 hours of investigation they determined how this all happened. >> today apple revealing this, certainly celebrity accounts were compromised on a targeted attack on user names and security questions, this was not icloud or find my iphone now hollywood is doing damage control, racy photos including some of the most famous stars, including jennifer lawrence and kate upton were exposed. they called themselves blunt mastermind, posting the stars in various states of undress. some stars including arianna grande says the pictures are face. jennifer lawrence's rep calls it a flagrant violation of privacy.

and anybody that posts the pictures will be prosecuted. >> also there are links that say they will take you to the photos but be warned. they can take you to a virus for your computer or phone. world news tonight will have live coverage of the breach and apple security concerns. coming up tonight on "action news" at 6:00. the newest education to the northbound school district opened its doors for the first time today. >> put your hands in your lap and your legs are like a pretzel. >> it was one energetic adorable class of kindergarteners. the muscle men center welcomed new students today, the school is much needs as it addresses the growing elementary school population in the district.

and now kids arrived in ardmore, delaware county, a couple of students let mom give them a hug and kiss for good luck on the first day. how cute. tweet us your pictures using the #~ 6 abc bts. >> still ahead, did you know the most famous animal on penn state's campus may not be a lion after all. the squirrel is. a major study tackles one of the biggest diet debates is it more important to cut carbs or cut fat, and later, ball so hard. how a young cancer patient shows what life is like on chop's oncology unit. and adam joseph has the full accuweather forecast.

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the suspect charged in a brutal murder is given an opportunity to walk away from the charges. this man is behind the 2007 killing of francisco, a father of four and he even confessed to the crime. but they have a recording between two detectives that say on tape that they doubt he had anything to do with the crime and his was a false confession, if he passes a polygraph taff, but if he fails the results can be used against him in trial. he has not taken the deal yet. now the -- low fat or low

carb after one year, low carb eaters lost eight more pounds but their blood when down as well. until now low carbs are known for cutting weight but thord impact on heart health was uncertain. >> move over jay z or say hi to this local rapper, tom. that is all the young patient asks, in the youtube video that has gone viral. it covers two jay z songs that shows the every day life of a cancer patient in a unique way. >> go back on my pills every morning. pain popping and the needles and don't need the champagne. got me feeling like a champion. never sleeps slip me some

ativan. this is the video that went viral. he also raps these treatments will make you feel brand new and the docs will inspire you. he tackles his hair loss from chemo, he asks everyone to share his video and asking j to hang out the next time he is in philly. finally to happy valley, where there is a furry, well dressed gal, all the talk of penn state, she is happy it's back to school time. a student there is being hailed the squirrel whisperer, people are abuzz over this facebook page for sneezy the penn state squirrel. she dressed up the pet in little props and get ups, including one set up for the picnic and she is opening her online store.

sneezy's page has more than 21,000 likes more than the school's official mascot, the nittany lion. she has food than gets her going and needsy is very relaxed, the sweetest laid back squirrel ever. >> a modern day snow white or something. >> i could never get a squirrel to come over to me. >> don't try it. lets get a check of the roads, matt pellman with an update. >> i'll do anything for food too. shirleen and brian, we are going nuts on the schuylkill expressway, westbound side is a parking lot from bear avenue to this point approaching the roosevelt boulevard. the tow truck is there and they should be getting out of there shortly, and it's a solid crawl out of city, think about using the river drive, the kelly or

mlk instead. and before you get to that accident. the pedestrian involving mount ephraim has cleared out and another crash in chester county, 202 southbound side by the 401 off ramp, blocking that ramp giving us extra heavy conditions from chester brook to this point at 401. and the crash on 202 as cleared but in birmingham township, a wreck closing street road, stick to lenape road as alternates around that mess. we'll check the messes again in the 5:00 hour. >> very good. >> glad you are on it.

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after a july-like day with temperatures so far of 93 degrees, just entering western parts of lancaster county on live radar, can you see anywhere from elizabeth town and marietta, north and east skirting the part of lancaster county, torrential rain and gusty winds as it heads towards lawn at 4:55 and union square at 5:00. and this will bump into northern lancaster county and move out of our viewing area into dolphin county, south of lebanon, moving east at 25 miles per hour. any storm with lightning is on the dangerous side. all of us at this point it's quiet. 90 in allentown and philadelphia, 90 in millville

and a sea breeze at the shore, when you factor in the oppressive humidity, it's feeling like the upper 90s, satellite and radar, we are waiting for a cold front to bust the humidity, and that is in western parts of pennsylvania and the stormed fire up ahead of it and a severe thunderstorm watch is for western pennsylvania generally out of our viewing area with the excepti exception. looking to be a solid line of storms, not everyone is going to see them. you can see the storms west of the poconos and a renegade storm near wilmington, most of the area is dry and there is some hit or miss showers or thunderstorms, it's off the coast at midnight, we start your wednesday on the dry side. the severe weather risk again is out of the viewing area. up into albany, and northern new england.

it's nice here with high pressure coming in slight relief, as temperatures go below 90 degrees. and then it remains warm on thursday, 88 degrees above average with sunshine and the heat will be on the dry side and not that humid heat for wednesday and thursday. still owe pressive with the storms coming through. that humidity bumps up on friday, with the heat of 90 degrees and hot on saturday and sunday afternoon looks unsettled with showers and thunderstorms and they could linger into sunday morning and we hope the rain moves out in time for the eagles on sunday and then refreshing september like air on monday and tuesday, with highs

in the upper 70s to low 80s. >> thank you

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"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. we begin tonight with s and breaking news from philadelphia's tacony neighborhood where a 9-year-old boy was caught in the middle of a shooting. the child was rushed to childrened hospital with a graze wound to the head. dann cuellar is live now with the details. >> reporter: hey guys, with a 9-year-old being treated for his head injuries, northeast detectives are trying to get information on the car. at the end of the first day of school, a 9-year-old was walking

out of the tacony branch library with his mother and was crossing torresdale and a man in a car flew by and started firing at a person on the block and one bullet struck the child on the left side of his head. fortunately it was just a graze wound. one man rushed to the mother to attend the child before the police arrived. >> he was all excited and i concalm him down. please sir, don't let me die. >> he was literally out here at the library crossing the street and probably going home. you heard pow pow he just got shot. this city is coming to a complete end, we have to stop this nonsense. >> the child was rushed to childrens hospital where he is reported to be in stable condition and detectives have