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 showing we have cloud cover

later on, we have a little bit welling up in western suburbs, but it doesn't look all that thick right now. 58 degrees in philadelphia. jacket weather in allentown, 46. 41 in the poconos. the poconos might be seeing frost i could see that on friday this morning. 50 in reading, lancaster. 49 in millville. and low 60s down by the coast. if we're heading out the door to catch the school bus. 56 degrees by 8:00 a.m., 60 degrees by 8:00 a.m. 63 degrees by 9:00 a.m. 72 by lunchtime, 3:00 p.m., 75 with a high of 76 degrees we'll hit that before 3:30 or 4 before riding back to 73 degrees at 6:00 p.m. cooling and refreshing tomorrow, before a big turn around for the

weekend. >> reporter: we have construction and milling and paving in the right lane, we're not seeing crews at this point, however you want to watch for this dusty right, i-95 southbound past the blue route. on the big picture on the boulevard, northbound between rhawn and red lion we have paving that's until 6:00 a.m. in the inner drive on the boulevard northbound, southbound near south hampton ton we have paving on the inner drive. we have problems in white marsh montgomery county. spring hill road traffic is operating by directionally in the westbound lanes and and ridge pike eastbound. philadelphia police are connecting a person -- are questioning a person in

connection with an attack on two gay men in center city. katherine scott has more to fill us in. >> reporter: one person is being questioned, other people are being questioned at different police locations. one man being questioned is a assistant basketball coach at archbishop wood. we blurred his face, because he had a has not been charged with any crime or officially named a suspect in this case. he had no comment as he walked into central detectives. he was with the large group in center city a week ago tonight when police say ten to 12 people severelily beat and robbed two gay men in center city. social media played a role in the investigation identifying people in the group. we know this was a large party of old high school friends. the philadelphia archdiocese confirmed former students of archbishop wood and bucks are suspected in the beating.

police need a clear picture to find out what happened that's why there's no arrests yet. some lawmakers have tried to change sexual orientation as a hate crime. >> we just legalized marriage for home sexuals in -- homosexuals in pennsylvania. we're not that far, but we're getting there. >> the school said they do not condone the behavior or the attack, they said there is not an accurate reflex of the school or their catholic values. katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> thank you for that. >> this morning a funeral mass will takes place at st. peter's cathedral in scranton, p-a for brian dixon. many officers is at the viewing

were on duty actually protecting those who came out. the suspected killer eric frien is still on the loose. police say he gunned don corporal addiction on outside the state police barracks. investigators believe he has dramatickicly changed his appearance. >> frien has his head shaved with long hair on top wider than a mohawk on top. this is hair style is different from the hair style he has worn for years. investigators believe this change was made as part of the mental preparation to admit this cowardly act. police believe he is hiding in the wooded area not far from the crime scene. >> from our new jersey newsroom, atlantic city lawmakers have bannedded the sale of toy guns seen at boardwalk shops. police say they have been used in crimes. the toy gun ordinance bans the

sale and possession of an imitation firearm. the only competition if it is bright in collar clearly indicating it is not real. the head coach of the woman's basketball team at delaware state university has been reassigned. dell state would not say if the coach is the focus of an investigation. a delaware newspaper received a copy of a letter that she engaged in dehumanizing behavior toward players. she has been with the hornets since 2012. >> nurses union said they will walk out at 7:00 a.m. on sunday for a two-day work stoppage. they negotiated with hospital management yesterday, but announced no agreement was reached and the strike is still on. the contentions are over staffing levels and cuts to wages benefits and pensions.

the contingency plan is to bring in outside nurses and keep unions nurses locked out for an additional 3 days after the strike is over. >> the waning days of summer are setting us up for fall. >> reporter: we'll get warmer over the weekend and you will see it gets cooler next week. storm tracker 6 live double scan shows we're rain free this morning, as we look outside we're expecting sunshine over the horizon later. no hint right now on storm tracker 6 live sky6 live hd and all that, because we're a little bit predawn. nice picture of the ben franklin bridge this morning, though. let's take a look at numbers, we're starting out cool in most neighborhoods. 46 in allentown, 50 in reading, 50 in lancaster. 58 in philadelphia. low 60s down the shore. i have brought in the always on seven day for those of you watching in hd. satellite radar shows you cloud cover welling up to the west of us.

generally speaking we're expecting sunshine to come in off the ocean and i think you'll need sun glasses for the most of the day. allentown, lots of sun, nice, a few clouds at times, 74 degrees low humidity that's good. down the shore, looks like we're around 70 in the water. on the beach this afternoon getting up to 76 degrees, mostly sunny, a pleasant afternoon on the beach in case you're extending the summer along the oceanfront. 76 is the high in philadelphia, lots of sun, pleasant not all that much wind, northwest at 5 to 10 miles per hour. a little bit of a breeze every now and then, but not all that windy. 60 by 8:00. 69 by 11:00. by lunchtime in the low 70s. 2:00 p.m., 74. the 76 degrees high hits around 4:00 p.m. 75 degrees by 5:00 p.m. a very nice day, very pleasant. tomorrow, a frontal boundary pushes away from the south. it's going to be cooler and

feeling like autumn tomorrow. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, today's high is 76. lots of sun a few occasional clouds and nice conditions out there. a bit cooler tomorrow, 71 and notice how we're still in the 50s in philadelphia the next couple of mornings that means as you get up in the mornings, friday morning and saturday morning, it's going to be cool, some suburbs in the 40s. saturday, things turn around, we have clouds in the morning and showers or drizzle down the shore, and then sun returns and we go to a warm high of 78 degrees. it will be great weather for the union and very warm, baseball weather in fact for the eagles on sunday, high of 83 degrees there, looks like players will be sweatings, but hopefully more so for the redskins than the eagles. warm monday, 77, a front will come through bringing us rain,

we'll be here with storm tracker 6 live and we'll show you what comes with that and it gets cooler as we head into next week. >> a gory and gruesome display is gone following complaints from park goers. >> a man who had something very common set off sensorses at the airport. >> reporter: clear on the ramp from 202 northbound to the schuylkill expressway eastbound. we're getting word of a new accident, details next. >> in the morning buzz, it's a dog gone mystery how a montgomery county k-9 ended up across the country in oregon. "action news" continues. ♪

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>> welcome back you're taking a live look here into center city, the lights of the casinos there, 5:13, we start yet another morning 50s, 59 degrees. >> i can't handle this any more. actually it's not so bad. it's okay. >> reporter: we've got news in the suburban traffic report. it's a serious accident i want to go to it in atlantic county, route 54 is closed. we're hearing it's an accident where a vehicle veered off the road and crashed into the woods and caught fire. hearing right now that some person has been transferred into the hospital, avoid the area, 54 is closed at weymouth road in look at county. cruise friendship road or huck

huck -- tuckahoe road. ridge pike eastbound is blocked between butter leisure pike and spring mill. this is due to construction they had a gas leak and now they are out there trying to repair. it will cause a slow down if you have to wait for traffic. you might want to stick to germantown pike to avoid the delay. let's take you outside, we're looking good and dry and clear, this is fort washington montgomery county, 309 at the turnpike, no problems right here. the turnpike westbound near willow grove we have construction blocking the right lane and center lane and blocking the right lane eastbound near bensalem. this shot 309 at the turnpike, no problems. time for the commuter traffic report, we're looking at lower merion, west norton, skippack pike, nobody reporting any problems. it's a good start to the day. 47 degrees in martins creek, 44 in quakertown. 49 in pottstown, 48 in saint

davids. look he the suburbs in new jersey, we're again in the 40s, hammonton, bridgeton, 49 degrees, 50 in browns mills 49 in dover. a cool start, but a decent finish. >> the u.s. senate is expected to vote on president obama's plan to train moderate syrian rebels. it's the first step in the president's plan to expand the military mission against the islamic state known as isis. obama visited u.s. central command in tampa florida where he -- reiterated his stance that combat troops would not be used on the ground. >> bush gardens pulled several figures in response to visitors

complaints saying headless first things are taste less. >> tsa arguments targeted him because of something he was wearing. his wife and crowning daughter were in the airport to fly back to boston. a tsa agent pulled him into a separate room when he tested positive for explosive chemicals. agents said it was probably his clone that set off the sensors. >> phillies will get out of san diego with a split when they play their four game series with the padres. phillies went on to wine -- win, 5-2. the eagles are back at work getting ready for a visit from the washington redskins on sunday afternoon. could be a challenging day for the defense if desean jackson returns to face his former team.

jackson has an injured shoulder, but he said nothing will keep him from playing on sunday against a team that cut him in the off season. 6abc will have the showdown covered from start to finish, check out eagles game day kickoff at 11:30 a.m. and eagles game day final at 11:35 p.m. on 6 6abc. researchers find a possible reason for food addiction. >> a harrowing ride for a bus that is send off the root. >> reporter: we'll have the day park forecast and get you t i'm sheldon yellin,

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into a home. luckily, nobody was injured. >> reporter: that's a scary scene there. we have quiet traffic to start you off right now. let's take you outside in new hope. bucks county, i-95 new hope, yardley. we see traffic moving fine, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., southbound they will have roads blocking the right lane near the scutter falls bridge. in belmawr, camden county, both lanes construction will be wrapping up around 9:00 a.m. >> reporter: it's a day where we start out cool and wind up mild. typical for philadelphia. 72 degrees by noon. this afternoon, mild, 75 degrees by 3:00 p.m. 76 is the your high probably around 3:30 or 4:00 before we slide back to 73 degrees by 6:00 p.m. a fair amount of sunshine out there. on a nice tranquil weather day, you wouldn't expect any red or

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>> happening right now on "action news," final preparations are underway for the funeral of the fallen pennsylvania state trooper while police release chilling details about his suspected killer. >> there's information about the group accused of ganging up on two gay men in center city. they have ties to a prominent archdiocesan school.nter city. >> good morning, everybody, 5:30, thursday, september 18. david and karen are willing and able and eager. >> reporter: i'm kind of eager, this is a good day for a game, actually. we've got sunshine that will be up over the horizon a little bit pouring in off the ocean. a little bit of cloud cover off to the west. we're expecting mainly sunny skies with occasional clouds. it's cool again,