that brought her fame. she was bee loved in california and around the world. in the early 1960s she was a trailblazer, breaking down barriers and all male comedy clubs and was a regular on the tonight show with johnny carson and she would later be black listed by carson and the rest of the industry but she was a survivor to the end. she is dead today at 81. marcy gonzales is live now at the hospital where she died this afternoon. >> reporter: joan rivers died at 1:15 at mount sinai hospital, she died last week after going into cardiac arrest at a private clin clinic, the click inis under investigation and fans have graernled here heart broken after the icons death.

>> she was known as the queen of the barbed one liners, she brought her unique brand of comedy to the world for 50 years and no one was safe from her zing. >> that dress had more creases than my face did before botox. >> she talked about her numerous plastic surgery and was born in brooklyn and her new york accent and raspy voice were trademarks following the first break as a stanup comic in the 1960s, on the tonight show starry johnny carson. >> right smack then and there it changes my life. she when on to host her own late night show. >> i called johnny and he hung up on me, and never -- never spoke to me again. >> the emmy and tony winning comedian hosted a daytime talk show and wrote a dozen books and was the red carpet fashion

critic. >> orange is the new. [ screaming ] >> she and her daughter melissa on camera together with their own tv show. rivers joked about being a single mother when her husband committed suicide. >> i am still not over it and still furious with him. they said you'll go and meet edgarand i said i'll kill him. >> she was 81 years old. >> and when she died we are told that joan rivers was surrounded by family, her daughter released a statement saying that it may be difficult now but she believes her mother's wish would be for people to laugh again soon. >> there is more on 6abc.com for

more on joan rivers life and career and read about her final comedy show appearance. >> philadelphia police are searching for clues, and witnesses of a double shooting that left two people dead. "action news" reporter chad pradelli was live at philadelphia police headquarter with all the details. >> reporter: rick, sources tell me that this double homicide appears to be drug related and police say that at this point there are no suspects, but a witness says she saw a man running from the home early this morning. investigators in protective gear search for clues at this home in allen grove. they say that the home is infested with bugs and the scene of a double murder. a woman made the discovery at 10:00 a.m., to men were dead inside from multiple gunshot wounds. >> the call, the 911 caller was

the owner of the property and the two males inside they may be related to. >> very been here almost 15 years, it makes you want to think twice. >> marie peterson walked by the home at 10:00 when she went to work and saw two young men arguing outside. but it's uncloor if they are connected to the crime. the block is an area of heavy drug traffic. >> we respond to this block a lot but this particular house we don't have information that the house is involved in narcotics. >> you think there was drug activity in the house? >> of course there was. >> cops pulled up sometimes and people going in with their hands like this. >> police say no drug paraphernalia was uncovered and neighbors were tight-lipped and police thought one victim may have been killed with it but it appears both were shot. >> the captain is complaining about stuff but nobody has done

anything about it. >> really? >> yes. >> it has been going on a while there? >> yes, a year or so. >> and police have not yet identified the two victims. i'm live outside of police headquarters, chad pradelli, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. police arrested a 19-year-old princeton woman and charged her with three different hit and run crashes, sarah hain was arrested as she tried to flee on foot. the previous two collisions took place on ben salem boulevard and struck another vehicle on street and mechanic roads, she got into a third and final accident and mechanicsville and tonight she is held on $750,000 bail. from philadelphia to delaware and cities across the country, fast food workers today

walked off the job demanding higher wages, the protest led to the arrest of 11 demonstrators that marched down broad street and wilmington workers gathered at the mcdonald's, workers that walked off the job were greeted by members of community and they said more no stand with them in their fight for higher wages. >> more people should come out and protest. >> they don't make more than the federal minimum wage of $7 an hour. >> it's up to each franchise own toward set wages for their employees. an investigation is now complete in center city -- it took $50 million and two years to transport dillworth park into

dillworth plaz a people came out to see the fountain and cafe and this winter will have an ice risk. vernon odom will have more at 6:00. a glorious september day today blue skies and loads of sunshine and late summer heat. sky 6 hd overlooking center city, will the near perfect conditions stick around for the weekend? lets go to cecily tynan. >> reporter: this weekend is a tale of two seasons, summer and fall and storms in between and today feeling like summer, philadelphia 85 degrees and currently 86 and allentown 87 and wilmington 82 and a little bit cooler on the beaches, beach haven 80 and the boardwalk and atlantic city and sea isle city 78 degrees, the dew points are higher than yesterday. philadelphia the dew point is 62 degrees, slightly humid and if you look down in wilmington though, it's 68 and dover the

dew point is 70 and the humidity will definitely be increasing tomorrow ahead of a cold front and as the warm front moves through, satellite 6 along with action radar, we have a few clouds bubbling up and more storms to the west. that will all be moving in our direction. our air mass is changing for the next few days, dew points for tomorrow and saturday, are up into the 70s and it's humid and quite warm and look on sunday, the dew point is 70 and much cooler air comes behind the cold front and brings storms late in the day on saturday and saturday night. humidity will be spiking for the next two days, you'll feel the difference in the air mass and then the threat of storms, could have a few scattered storms bubbling up and tomorrow afternoon a much better chance and saturday day and saturday night. but the fall-like change is arriving on sunday.

i'll have more on the full accuweather forecast coming up. >> thank you. stay on top of the changing weather situation at the new 6abc.com, visit 6abc.com/weather for the storm tracker 6 radar and the hourly and seven-day forecast and the latest video from the "action news" meteorologist, the collection of weather related photos and videos as well. >> a mounted police officer and his horse are both recovering tonight after they were struck by a pickup truck. at high and north streets, bethlehem officer mike leaser and his horse were on patrol when the car ran the stop sign and knocked the horse and he was treated at the hospital and george the horse suffered minor injuries and the driver of the pickup was charged with careless driving. time to check the "action news" traffic report, matt pellman is in the traffic center

on a thursday. >> it's a slow one on 42 on down to 55, a little extra slow because of the earlier crash that is now gone. on the southbound side of 55, it's extra slow on the southbound side of 95 here in the great northeast past academy and on into allegheny, where we have an earlier vehicle fire and a disabled bus blocking lanes with normal afternoon volume, in gwinnett, a crash that knocked out the lates by the rite-aid and the gulf station, fire and police helping you through that intersection and the home depot, a crash at naaman's road and peach tree road. and the rubber duck race starts at 5:30, they go from the walnut street bridge to the market street bridge, good luck to all the ducks. we are awfully fond of you. the one that was footing the bill show.

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blinds to go blinds for life. time for accuweather and cecily tynan is at the big board. >> we had a couple of good days together, yesterday and today. things change tomorrow, as we head through the weekend, we are live on sky 6, taking a look at the beach in cape may, the place to be as labor day has come and gone and the beaches are not crowded at all. its still summer and feels like it. 87 in allentown and wilmington 82 and trenton 84 and cooler on the beaches, sea isle city 78 degrees and the boardwalk in atlantic city, 80 degrees, satellite 6 along with action radar showing that the system that will be bringing us some

changes. we have the influence of high pressure right now and what is going on? the warm front is to the south, this moves through tom and this ushers in an increase in humidity and then there is a strong cold front that is out to the midwest and that will be slicing through the region by saturday night. that will bring us a few things, showers and thunderstorms ahead of it and behind it, we have a big drop in temperatures and humidity on sunday, future tracker showing tomorrow morning, a little more in the form of clouds and a few sprinkles in the morning here and there. as we head into the afternoon, the warm front moving through, we'll see scattered showers and thunderstorms with potentially heavy downpours and not all that widespread. heading into saturday, in the morning sun and clouds and a few scats shower, the main activity is weighting until late saturday afternoon and saturday night. future tracker showing at lunch time on saturday, pretty quiet and then heading into the

evening. this is when we have a pretty good squall line developing with strong thunderstorms in philadelphia at 8:30 rolling off the coast around midnight and behind that we get the winds out of the northwest and that pulls down a real taste of fall on sunday. right in time for the eagles home opener, how is this for timing, looking good 1:00 at the link, a mixture of sun and clouds and kickoff 76 degrees and by the fourth quarter, low humidity and sunday is really feeling like football weather. partly cloudy, philadelphia 70 for the low and millville 75 and wilmington 69. the five-day at 5:00 shows tomorrow it will be warm and humid and 89 degrees, with a scattering of late day showers and thunderstorms. saturday up to 90, strong storms late in the day and look at this, sunday, monday and tuesday, temperatures only in

the upper 70s, mainly dry however we do have some wet weather in the middle of next week. adam will talk about that in the accuweather forecast. the tale of two seasons. that was a good book. >> a twist on the ice bucket challenge in wilmington, the mayor invited everyone to plunge down the slide into an icy pool of water, the ice bucket challenge is to raise awareness of als and lou gehrigs disease and more than $100 million has been raised. they are having fun with

"action news" continues. >> hello here is what is happening on "action news" thursday night. an investigation into the ferguson police department after the shooting of michael brown. >> a plan with a gun and a plan, and he when into a convenience store and demanded money and the police need your help tracking him down. scientists at drexel unveil

a discovery, a dinosaur seven times begger than a t-rex. >> it's hard to forget the police and protester clashes after the death of michael brown in ferguson, missouri. this will determine if there was a pattern of discrimination against minorities. brandy is live with the details. >> reporter: rick and monica, many families in ferguson say there is a long history of zrim nation and being treated unfairly by the police department, they took their complains straight to the attorney general and there is enough documentary evidence to open an investigation. >> it's what protesters are calling for after 18-year-old michael brown was shot and killed one month ago by ferguson police. >> help us to turn our pain into power. >> yes!