weekend. getting stormy and then a lot cooler. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing most of the region quiet, but a few showers near trent and south of dover. one cell is in western lancaster county, heavy rain across 283 south of 30 as well. that's 27 lightning strikes in the past 15 minutes. and the problem with this cell is that it's only moving at about 5 miles per hour. it's kind of sitting there. with that high humidity it is pulling down a lot of moisture from the atmosphere. a flash flood warning posted for western lancaster county west of the city of lancaster until 7:45. because this cell has dropped up to three inches of rain. that likely will cause flash flooding and the folks in lancaster county want to be careful with the turn around, don't drown, do not drive through flooded roads. and a wider view on double scan

showing the main action with the cold front west of chicago. and this is the system that will be moving to the east and will be crossing into our region around dinner time tomorrow. and that will bring us a round of storms. ahead of it, we have a very summer-like start to the weekend. currently in philadelphia, 88 degrees. you factor in the humidity though it feels like 95. it is pretty oppressive out there. st. louis is 96. look just west of this front, you go from 96 in st. louis to 66 in omaha. and that's a 30-degree difference. i'll talk about the big cooldown on the way and the timing of the weekend storms in the accuweather forecast. rick? >> all right, we will check back in later, thank you. stay on top of the changing weather situation with the new 6abc.com. visit 6abc.com/weather for stormtracker 6 radar, the hourly and the 7-day forecast. and the latest video from our "action news" meteorologists, as well as our collection of weather-related photos and videos. new surveillance video

tonight of the two men who robbed a mcdonald's in philadelphia's hunting park neighborhood. dressed in black as they entered restaurant, one jumping the counter taking $200 in cash from the register. the police think that the suspects may have fled in a taxi. if you know anything about the crime, you are urged to contact philadelphia police. home depot investigating unusual activity on credit cards and debit cards for an unknown amount of customers. shoppers in our area, you may want to take a closer look at your bank statements. eva pilgrim is live with more on this story. hi, eva. >> hey, monica. home depot looks to be the latest big store targeted by cyber thieves. they have not gone as far to say there is a security breach but it confirmed it is investigating unusual activity involving customer payments. home depot began investigating

unusual activity involving customer's payment cards on tuesday. the same day that thousands of new counterfeit cards showed up on the black market. >> not surprised at all. >> kind of target all over again. >> it makes me nervous. you don't know what to do about it. >> they are grouped online by zip code so the would-be buyers can purchase in their area and the zip codes listed are ones here in the delaware valley. >> it is a matter of when we are getting these calls, these letters from our banks, from these murmur -- merchants. it is no longer if you are a victim, it will happen to everyone in this day and age. >> home depot released the staple we are working with banking partners to investigate. we are gather facts if we confirm a breach has occurred we will make sure customers are notified immediately.

>> taking a strategic and good approach to being thorough in the investigation before letting us know what happened. >> the video says whether you shop at home depot or not, we all need to get in the habit of looking at our statements multiple times a week. >> especially nowadays. you have to check everything right away. if not, it can be a big bill. >> whatever they stole belongs to them. it don't belong to me. i am not paying for nothing. it's just that simple. >> cross your fingers and hope that nothing happens. >> now home depot has already come forward saying that if there is a security breach, summers will not be responsible for any fraudulent charges. experts same that it is important that if you are involved in any type of security breach, even if you get your money back, that you file a police report just to have that information on file and in paper for future reference in case those thieves use your

information ever again. eva pilgrim channel 6 news." >> thank you. a high reading of carbon monoxide resulted in a scare today. several people reported headaches before 9:00 a.m. and the fire department and peco responded and one person transferred to the hospital, expected to be ok. the officials say a transformer malfunction is to blame for the incident. the situation was under control when the building was ventilated. and 72 hours away from the first day of school, this year involving more financial strain for schools throughout the district. and chad pradelli is live with teachers at the school that spend the day getting ready today. chad? >> hey, rick. teachers tell me they thought last year was bad, this year is much, much worse. they are scrambling to minimize the impact on the students.

inside the school the sound of fans hum in the swalterring classrooms as teachers roo prepare for the first day of school. they have to be resourceful, money is tight. >> to them they never want the students, nor do i, i don't want the students to feel they are in a crisis. >> the principal says the discretionary budget for items is $2,000 and in good times roughly $50,000. teachers are raising money on their own. raising $4,000 for donorschoose.org. >> it is frustrating, no denying that i wish there was more support for the arts and for teachers in general. >> heather linkon says her class basically doubled. 38 kids will soon pack the classroom. >> it is better than you think. they are so excited for the

first day of school and eager for the kids to come in, but we understand the problems that we are going to face. >> as a proposed cigarette tax is in limbo in harrisburg the teachers own the front lines. many could go to the suburbs but choose to remain here. >> i could go to the suburbs. i have that choice. but these somebody who has the skill and knowledge that can be tough enough to carry through and handle it, and i think i am that person. >> like so many teachers, those two you heard from say they spent thousands of their own money to help with supplies and other needs in the education process. live in south philadelphia, chad pradelli, channel 6 "action news." selling ecigarettes is illegal and also costly. they slap a $250 fine to those

selling them to somebody under 18. may your nutter signed a law making that sale illegal. they revealed 22% of merchants still making money off minors and can be fined for not checking an i.d. good news at the gas pump, price expected to fall. the average is $3.48 in philadelphia, in delaware $3.36, and south jersey $3.22. gas prices typically decline this month because fewer people drive and refineries produce lower-cost winter blend gasoline. aaa expects prices to fall 10 to 20 cents by the end of october. a check of the traffic report this friday night. >> and live to autumn in the traffic center. hi there. >> hi rick and monica. 95 giving us problems all afternoon long much we had an accident at northbound 452 just clear. here we are aren't cottman avenue. a disabled vehicle just moved

out of the way by penndot paying out the right-hand lane. the biggest place towards wood haven. and slow going eastbound from the turnpike through to the blue route, as well as from city avenue to the vine street expressway. and the eastbound lanes of the vine are nice and slow as well. we have an accident in south whitehall township the northeast extension northbound at lehigh valley where all lanes are blocked. there is a detour out there. take 22 east to 145 north. 248 west to 209 north. back to you. >> thank you so much. much more ahead on "action new news". joan river's death under investigation. and suing her farmer boss tore discrimination, more details ahead. and checking in with cecily tynan for the weekend forecast.

to prove a point about internet speeds, we slowed down an up escalator this is crazy like i don't get it, this one is working ladies, shouldn't up be as fast as down? yeah. shouldn't internet speeds match as well? yes. do your socks match? my socks match. do your eyeballs match? yes. cable does not match the speeds. makes you want to go mad. erggggh. only verizon fios comes with speed match. upload speeds as fast as your download speeds. join now at fiosspeedmatch.com. verizon. >> an american doctor affected with ebola in favorable condition in a hospital in nebraska. he was transported to the nebraska medical center early

this morning and became infected with ebola working in liberia. he is sick but able to communicate. he is the third american aide worker to contract the virus. the other two made a full recovery after receiving treatment in atlanta. turning to "healthcheck" the stars shine again putting a s t spotlight on cancer. >> watching hollywood's best while fighting cancer in the delaware valley. >> for brook and amy, hospitals are like home, almost too much like home. five years she has been in and out of them fighting a cancer that develops from nerve cells. >> when the cancer was first diagnosed it was throughout her body. >> 16 months of cancer therapy put it in remission for three years, but then a mass showed up on a routine scan. >> i saw it myself, so before i talked to the doctors i knew it was back and i knew what it meant.

>> when childhood cancer comes back we don't have a full-proof plan. >> since then she had various treatments, however none has stopped the cancer. with a $14 million grant from stand up to cancer, the children's hospital is working on new ones. his research dream team is trying to marry the knowledge of cancer genetics with the body's disease-fighting power. >> why does this foreign thing, cancer, evade the immune system, the body's ability to attack and destroy. and retraining the body how to do that is what the therapy is. and it is the goal of our project. >> there has been ground ground-p -- ground breaking success. and the doctor from the american cancer association of cancer receive says that stand up to cancer raised $260 million which is helping to turn the promise of approaches like this therapy

into reality. >> they are using it in organ sites that we have never thought it could be used effectively before. >> stand up to cancer also funding a local dream team which is having success with treatments for pancreatic cancer. as the funding dries up, private forces like this play a bigger role in medicine than ever. and tonight's musical performances from the who, and the dave matthews band. and changes in our line up, "action news" at noon a full one-hour broadcast beginning monday at 6abc.com. more of everything from noon to 1:00 five days a week. we hope you will stay tuned starting monday at 12:00. that is just the beginning. "the chew" in the 1:00 p.m. time slot and "who wants to be a

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>> a former employee of cabela's in berks county claiming discrimination, saying she wasn't allowed to use the women's bathroom because she s transgender. and she had to wear the name tag "jane." and she was fired and they say it was because of her lifestyle and cabela's has not responded. and for security measures in the photo hacking incident, using emails and pushing notifications to let users know when someone tries to install cloud data on a new denies. and also when they change a password or log on to a new

devi device. this is after someone broke into the cloud account of celebrities. >> 142,000 jobs added in august, the smallest in a year and breaking the record. and hiring in health care, food production and professional services but declined for retailers. 300 veterans getting help as a welcome home effort. 50 employers at the job fair in the great hall. recruiters from amtrak, wegmans, and the federal savings bank there and others. and boothings explaining health care and benefits they are eligible for. a special assembly at a montgomery county school with a guest speaker sharing his inspiring story. spencer west, an award-winning author, world traveller and double amputee losing both legs as a child due to a rare

disorder. it was part of an antibullying assembly. and they heard the first step is it accepting and embracing others through our differences. much ahead on "action news." check it out along the river front at penns landing. a beautiful weekend and cecily tynan with the accuweather

>> time for accuweather at the "action news" big board. cecily tynan getting a foot up on the weekend. [laughter] >> so to speak. we were talking about my beautiful feet during the commercial. that's what i was talking about, all right. let's talk about a more pleasant subject, the weather. stormtracker live double scan showing despite the humidity, most of the region is rain-free. a few showers near trenton and one cell is diminishing over lancaster. and it is frizling out, but 50 lightning strikes. and it is back building towards marietta, it is a pulse storm knowing no where fast. and it is ahead of the cold

front across the midwest that will bring us a dramatic change in our temperatures. right now we've got a steamy summertime day. it's 88 degrees in philadelphia. allentown 85. millville 84. dover 80. even on the beach it is pretty warm, sea isle city 80 degrees. and you factor in the dewpoints, generally in the 70s, it feels like 95 degrees in philadelphia. it feels like 90 in millville and wilmington. 91 in reading. and allentown, and even hotter ahead of the cold front before the temperatures say a nosedive on sunday. and satellite 6 and action radar showing the front moving into chicago with severe storms. they had 70-mile-an-hour wind gusts with these storms. when it went through here, a risk of severe weather is pretty minimal. but we could get some heavy downpours and some gusty winds. futuretracker showing tomorrow evening around 6:00, could have some pop-ups but it looks like the main action will be after the sunsets. futuretracker showing around 10:00, a present good squall

line moving through the i-95 corridor and pushing offshore after midnight. and behind the system, dewpoints will drop and temperatures will drop. futuretracker showing tomorrow at 1:30, 90 degrees in philadelphia. again, the heat index the way it feels, excuse me i am getting choked up about this, 95 degrees or higher. but behind the system on sunday, looking at temperatures in the 70s and the dewpoints in the 40s and 50s, feeling a little like fall on sunday. and friday night, doesn't feel like fall, feels like summer. warm and smuggy and spotty thunderstorms. the 5day at five shows tomorrow will be steamy and stormy tomorrow night. the temple game starts at 1:00, should be able to get the game in. sunday clouds clear out north to the south, really comfortable,

79 degrees. keeping the cool temperature monday, 78 degrees. tuesday, a possibility of some showers, 77. we said not hot, but the humidity returns with a high of 79 degrees. more details on the weekend, including the shore and the poconos in the accuweather seven-day forecast. 50/50 weekend guys. >> we'll take it. and much more to come in the next half-hour of "action news at 5:00." the latest on the crash of a private plane leaving new york, went down off the coast of jamaica, we know who was on board. and bracing for the worse as a volcano comes to life. and which windows are

to prove a point about internet speeds, we slowed down an up escalator

this is crazy like i don't get it, this one is working ladies, shouldn't up be as fast as down? yeah. shouldn't internet speeds match as well? yes. do your socks match? my socks match. do your eyeballs match? yes. cable does not match the speeds. makes you want to go mad. erggggh. only verizon fios comes with speed match. upload speeds as fast as your download speeds. join now at fiosspeedmatch.com. verizon. ♪ "action news" continues with meteorologist adam joseph, jamie apody, rick williams and monica malpass. >> hello again. here's what is happening on "action news" tonight. president obama gives a forceful statement on the threat from isis.dent obama gives a forceful and joan rivers' autopsy is completed and the funeral set,

we have the latest. they came face-to-face with a great white shark. here is a 911 call made by the two women who were attacked while kayaking. the details, president obama explained his strategy to minimize the threat opposed by isis in syria and iraq. at the end of the meetings in wales, and it also dealt with the crisis in ukraine. and karen travers joins us live in washington with more. >> good evening. ukraine was the top item on the agenda for western leaders at the nato summit this week. today's press conference, president obama talked mostly about isis and what they are going to do about the threat. today, no backtracking from the u.s. objective. it was president obama's most forceful statement yet on the threat from isis. >> we are going to degrade and