>> here's what's happening on this thursday september 18. family, friend and law enforcers will gather to bid their final farewell to a slain pennsylvania state trooper while his killer is still roaming the streets. >> a high school coach suspected in the beating of a gay couple has been fired from his job. the latest on the investigation is coming up. >> new details an video emerge in the case of a missing student from the university of west virginia. >> good morning, we'll get those stories, but first up

let's go over to meteorologist david murphy with accuweather. >> reporter: good morning, matt and tam, we're expecting a fair amount of sunshine off the coast later this morning with just a little bit of cloud cover gathering to the west of us. 58 degrees in philadelphia. up in allentown, 47 right now. 49 in trenton. 53 in wilmington. 350 in millville. 62 in sea isle city. these numbers will drop a couple of degrees before they start to turn around. as we heading out to catch the school bus or heading out to do whatever year going to do. 56 by 6:00 a.m., 8:00 a.m., 60 degrees. noon, 72. 3:00 p.m., 75. a high of 76 around 3:30 or 4:00. still in the low 70s by 6:00 p.m. we have a shot of rain in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast and we're still looking for the warmup over the weekend, tam, details coming up. >> thank you, david.

happening today, hundreds of people will come out to pay their final respects to a pennsylvania state trooper who was ambushed and killed. corporal brian dixon was ambushed and killed on the ground of state police barracks during a late night shift change on friday, trooper alex douglass was critically injured. 31 eric frien is the suspected gunman, the member of a military simulation unit and that he shaved his head to prepare for the attack. state police had this message. >> in the event you are listening to this broadcast on a portable radio while cowering in some cool, damp hiding place, i want you to know one thing, eric we're coming for you, it is only a matter of time until we bring you to justice for committing this cowardly act. >> police say frien is armed

and dangerous, but they don't believe the public is in any grave danger. >> police are questioning several people in connection with an attack on two gay people in philadelphia. katherine scott is live to update the case. >> reporter: matt one of the men they are questioning is the assistant basketball coach at archbishop wood in berks county. we blurred his face because police have not named him as a suspect or charged him with a crime. he was the group when ten to 12 people severely beat and robbed two gay men in center city. other people were confessed. ful social media played a role in the information identifying people in the group that's how this picture surfaced taken at a restaurant near the scene. this was a large party of old high school friends. some former students from

archbishop wood in bucks county are suspected in the beating and made it clear the school does not tolerate or condone the violence or hateful behavior in the attack. >> the investigation is in progress, we're cooperation with it, i think we would all be wise to wait the outcome of it. >> reporter: and police say it's important to get a clear picture of what exactly happened that night, that's why they haven't issued any arrest warrants at this time. we're live at central detectives, katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> and police in camden are trying to locate a witness to the assault against a 54-year-old homeless person. the woman frequents the area was attacked tuesday morning and sexually assaulted and savagely beaten and remains in the hospital. >> new this morning there's an active serve for an armed man who held up a 7-eleven a location that's been robbed before. the action cam was there on the

1800 block of stenton street in philadelphia's olney section. two employees were working at the time they were not hurt. >> happening today, philadelphia city council holds a final vote on a bill that would decriminalize possession of a small amount of marijuana. the new ordinance would mean people caught with a little less than an ounce of marijuana will no longer be arrested. they would be find fined $25. house rules committee vote the in favor of a bill that would add a two dollar tax to every pack of cigarettes sold in philadelphia. house republicans will not take a vote on the measure until the state senate returns to

harrisburg they return monday. developing now, the people of scotland are going to the polls to decide whether to break off from the united kingdom. the voting began at 2:00 a.m. our time. the polls close at 5:00 p.m., philadelphia time. 4.2 million people are eligible to cast a ballot and turnout is expected to be high. the most recent polls indicate the vote is too close to call. scotland has been under british rule since 1707. now let's take a look at business, new census status said economic recovery is slow to come to pennsylvania. some of the factors include an exodus of residents and collapse in mid wage jobs. cell phones with dead spots,

they could be a thing of the past if you have t-mobile, it let's user make wi-fi calls where the resemtion -- reception is spotty. the federal reserve said it will not raise interest rates until next year and that sent the dow into record territory. lincoln logs are coming back to the u.s. they will be made in maine by a company called prize manufacturing they expect to add ten jobs. matt, back to you. >> one of the city's most prominent lawyers is sending a pile of money to drexel university in the largest gift of the schools history. tom kline is donating $50 million to drexel's 8-year-old law school. directional will be renaming the law school after kline. >> we have a great heritage and we have a great institution and

we have already a great law school to build on. >> kline's gift includes iconic beneficial saving fund society that will serve as the institute for the trial advocacy. >> the search for the missing university of virginia student has intensified. fbi has joined the search as investigators expand their efforts. >> a 15-year-old girl who bought a t-shirt at a religious festival has been banned from wearing it at school. >> reporter: some areas up north in the upper 40s and most of us in the 50s. this afternoon it's a nice shorts and ts day, we'll have have the call for the afternoon and the rest of the weekend coming up in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. (postal worker) hey! millers!

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control the helicopter, as well. >> reporter: that's pretty cool. storm tracker 6 live shows you a pretty neat radar image right now, no rain, so a good start to our morning commute. take a look outside we have sky 6 at the airport showing failure tranquil conditions, there's not a lot of wind out there, but it's cool to start out once again. 58 degrees in philadelphia. the air is dry, winds not that strong at 3 miles per hour. i'll go ahead and bring in that always on seven day for those of you watching in hd on the left hand portion of your screen. we have sunshine on the way, there's cloud cover welling up to the west. i think it will be a day which we've seen a lot this week where the sun will be in play and occasionally clouds popping through. 60 degrees by 8:00 a.m.

11:00 a.m., 79 getting failure warm quickly around lunchtime. 2:00 p.m., 74 and 76 is the pleasant high. high temperatures across the region not much variation, 74 in allentown, 75 in reading and trenton. 75 in millville, and 73 on the peninsula of cape may. up the coast in atlantic city, 76 on the beach this afternoon. tomorrow not a whole lot going on. looks like there could clouds popping in off the ocean every now and then, it will be dry, it will be cooler, however, tomorrow we'll start to warm up for the weekend. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast shows us a high of 76 today, lots of sun, very nice day to be outside in case you've got plans to be out and about. tomorrow another nice one, a bit cooler, a mixture of sun and clouds, a high of 71 degrees, notice how we'll start out in the 50s over the next couple of mornings and the suburbs in the upper 40s. on the weekend, clouds in the morning on saturday, there could

drizzle around earlier maybe a brief shower especially down the shore. looks like we all transition back to brighter conditions and a nice high of 78. saturday night, the union take the field, that looks like pretty comfortable we'll be back down into the 60s for the start of the match and 63 in the 90th minute as the young who just failed to make the playoff cup are still in the hunt mls. cool drinks and lots of water important there on sunday at the eagles game. monday, fall arrives, and we have a thunderstorm possible. behind that system we go back into the low 70s tuesday and wednesday, and wednesday is the arrival of rosh hashanah. surveillance video is helping to trace the steps of a

missing virginia student. she retraced her steps moments later. investigators believe she was intoxicated and uncertain about where she was going. other surveillance video shows a man following her. >> two nfl teams suspended jonathan dwyer was arrested for two altercations at his home in july involving a woman and 18-month-old child. the carolina panthers removed greg harding from the team until his domestic violence case is resolved. minnesota viking adrian peterson may be banned, but he will be cashing in. he'll be paid $700,000 a week. officials for the team banned him from all activities while he

deals with child abuse charges. he has lost sponsorship deals with motor oil and hike iny. >> an arkansas teenager was forced to change her t-shirt before her class because it contains sexual content. the t-shirt reads virginity rocks on. the 15-year-old said she had worn the shirt plenty of times. staff members at fayetteville junior high say her shirt would disrupt the classroom. >> i like the shirt, i don't think anybody would make a big deal out of the it. >> her mother said the sured is bold and appropriate. she plans to wear the virginity rocks t-shirt in public, but no no longer at school. >> still ahead on "action news," record flooding could

wreak havoc on the southwest. what residences are doing to -- residents are doing to get ready for the store. >> a man held up a corner store with a piece of fruit. details later. >> you can take 6abc.com with you. the new smart design fits any device you have, whether it's your tablet or smart phone, no matter how large or small that screen. check it out by visiting 6abc.com.

>> welcome back you're taking a look at traffic, delaware county past the blue route, construction crews are still milling the roads. they shall be out of there soon, it will be a dusty ride you could have those flying stones you have to be worried what could happen to your windshield as you head south from the airport to delaware state line. >> reporter: the schuylkill expressway, all lanes are open, if you're heading toward the plat nothing in your way, if you're heading to the airport, i know you have updates with what's going on with flights. 4:50 is the time, this is the termination line moving across the atlantic. there's the sun it's almost the fall equinox it is on sunday, which means the sun is right at

the equator. it will be there a couple of days and then it will be fall. here here's the lower 48. here places you could see travel delays, florida, you could see delays in miami and other airports. same thing in texas, dallas and houston, thundershowers possible today, in seattle showers possible, no thundershowers expected, though, shouldn't be too bad in terms of delay. out of the in the southwest, all do to the remnants of odiel. it will go like this. phoenix, sky harbor, las vegas, salt lake city and denver could see thundershowers, but look out for phoenix because that's where the effects of the storm will be. >> the remnants of the storm are poised to bring devastating

flooding millions of people from and california to texas could see several inches of rain today. here's more. >> reporter: month's worth of rain could fall in hours as the remnants of hurricane odiel move through the southwest. the rain has already started falling. odiel is expected to cause historic flooding in the region. less than two feet of water can move a vehicle. >> it's very deceiving because it can be passable and 30 seconds later, the wallful fer of water can be coming down, and depending on when you enter the area you might get caught at the wrong time. >> reporter: last week severe flooding wreaked havoc and led to dozens of water rescues. >> we're building and then we're going to run it along the straight line. >> when i heard there was more rain coming in i panicked.

>> reporter: a woman when her baby are safe this morning after a 50-foot tree fell on their car. >> i don't know what to think, i didn't know how bad it was. >> reporter: parts of five states are under flash-flood watch. flash flooding could last through the weekend. >> 4:53 is the time, all new in the next half-hour of "action news," dramatic video of a school bus in georgia that was s hit and send into a home. >> the cast abc show was doing

>> a banana bandit is on the run in philadelphia. this is surveillance video from the grocery store on popular street in the city's mantua section. you can see the robber grab a banana and stuff it in his sweatshirt. he demanded money and cigarettes, and took off on the bike apparently with the banana, too. >> the cast of gray's anatomy is taking on one of netflix most popular show. the actress and their co-stars are doing their best impression of orange is the new black. she gave it the caption blue is the new black.

gray's anatomy returns for its 11th season next week on 6abc. bill murray, you got to love him. he dances to a hip hop tune with strangers. he pop up in charleston, south carolina. he gets down with the crowd. he was a surprise guest at the bash, but he was invited he has become the ultimate party crasher, turning up at several events unannounced. >> a social media post that has eyeballs posted on the internet is taking drunk as a skunk to a whole new level. officers responded to reports that a skunk appear be to do drunk. the skunk was seen near campus with it's head stuck in a can of miller light. an animal control officer was

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good morning, everyone, it is 5:00 a.m. on this thursday, september 18. here's what's happening. >> philadelphia investigators identify a person of interest in the violent assault of two gay men walking in center city. >> armed and dangerous, we're learning disturbing new details built man police say ambushed two pennsylvania state troopers killing one of them. >> caught on camera, a driver narrowly escapes serious injury when an out-of-control bus plows into a home. >> first up, weather and traffic with david and karen. good morning. good morning. >> reporter: we have satellite