>> good morning, it is 6:00 a.m. on this saturday, september 20, here's some of the stories we're following on "action news," shots are fired as police close in on the suspect in last week's deadly shooting of a pennsylvania state trooper. we'll have the latest details. two men are hurt after a boating accident on the the delaware river overnight. plus, thrills and chills as local police and fire officials would wowed the crowd with their skills and raised money for

fallen comrats. >> reporter: that looks neat. >> don't you wish you could do that? >> i couldn't do that on a bike, a regular bike. >> i couldn't do that standing up. [laughter]. let's talk about the weather, looks like a fabulous weekend around the delaware valley. the dry streak continues. the next chance of precipitation arrives tomorrow night. that's slim at best. there's the view in atlantic city, a little bit cloud cover down there. temperature are fairly cool, 54 degrees if quakertown, somewhat milder than yesterday at this time. manners creek 56. 54 in warrington, coatsville, 54 and fleetwood 54. terms are pretty much in the mid 50s south and east. glassboro, 54. ham top, 352. woodbine 59 and smyrna, 56 degrees. satellite and radar composite

just like last weekend we'll start out on a nice, quiet note. a couple of clouds hanging around. that's about it. we have high pressure moving in from the west. that will provide us with a nice comfortable day today. we'll see highs with the winds shifting out of the south. high of 79. yesterday we topped out in the low 70s. you'll notice the change today, we'll start out with clouds, 66 degrees by 9:00 a.m. lunchtime, 75. afternoon it's beautiful out there. 79 degrees by 3:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m., 76. tomorrow, the humidity goes up, temperatures in the 80s it will feel like summer, i'll have the warmer numbers in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast when i come back in just a bit. eva? >> more on our breaking news this morning, there are reports out that police may be closing in on accused cop killer eric frein. police confirmed shots were fired in the area last night

where they have been searching for frein. it is near the family home of the suspect in monroe county. investigators told residents in price and barrett township to lock their doors and keep away from windows. officers have blocked several roads in the area. frein is accused of gunning down state police trooper bryon dickson in blooming grove. a second trooper was wounded. the self-styled survivalist has been on the run ever since. stay on top of 6abc.com, 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. new this morning, two men are in the hospital with serious injuries after their boat slammed into something on the delaware river. police say the two were going north on the river about 12:30 and were just above the betsy ross bridge when they hit something. the collision tossed the men

around in the boat one of them managed to call 911. police took them to area hospital torresdale. the boat has a large gash, but no word on what they hit. the embattled commissioner of the nfl roger goodell said he is taking responsibility for his handling of the scandal plaguing the league. local football fans and domestic groups sounded off on his promise to hold players accountable. sharrie williams has more. >> unfortunately over the past several weeks we have seen all too much of the nfl doing wrong. that starts with me. >> reporter: commissioner roger goodell wasted not -- no time in taking blame for the recent spiral of the nfl.

the mounting outrage had critics calling for him to step down. when asked about resigning he said. >> i am not. i understand when people are critical of your performance, we have a lot of work to do. >> i think it's a shame he had to come on and save face today. >> if you're going to condemn one player, you should have the same policy for everyone. >> reporter: the league leader mounted training on preventing abuse for forming new partnerships with grooms against axal abuse and domestic violence.

many called it a step in the right direction, but would like to see more action especially on the local level. >> you talk about accountability, how is he going to stay accountable when this is not a hot media topic any more. >> reporter: sharrie williams channel 6 "action news." >> meanwhile, jamis winston has been suspended for the entire game against clemson after winston allegedly made offensive and vulgar comments about the female anatomy. florida state has been criticized that the original punishment was too light. curbing violence against women was on the minds of president obama and vice president biden. after that event the vice

president spoke to democratic women's alliance. i was salutely -- absolutely convinced from the outset that if we force the american people to take a close look at the face of violence and domestic violence to look into the eyes of the women who were abused in every social strata doctors as brutal as plumbers, football players as brutalized professors. no distinctions. biden helped pass the violence against women act while in the u.s. senate. university of delaware dealt with a protest over a

sexual harassment claim. a student claimed the university dismissed the professor and didn't inform the community. a spokesperson said the matter was handled according to school policy. from our delaware newsroom, police in hockessin are investigating attempted break-ins and asking neighbors to be on the look out. one of the incidents occurred in hockessin green. police responded to a call on people's way in hockessin valley falls. in both cases the suspects were interrupted by the residents. police want residents to remember to lock up and call them if they see anything suspicious. the number of students who claim they had sex with a north jersey high school teacher continues to grow. prosecutors in essex county announced two charges against nicole default. she was arrested and charged with sexually assaulting three

students on school property and in her car. she also being held on half a million dollars for the original three charges. nurses at closure chester has the picket signs ready for tomorrow. that's when 600 will take part in a two-day strike. they are upset over staffing issues that harm patient care and pay cuts and pension funding. a hospital spokesperson said staffing levels rank national averages and the nurses are among the highest paid in the state. crozer plans to replace them with temporary nurses who require five days of work, so a two day strike would be five. both sides say there has been little movement to get back to the negotiating table. first responders will wow the crowd at the 60 annual thrill show.

the motorcycle drill team gave a preview of the show a few days ago. this year's grand marshall is bernard hopkins. the show raises money for the children of police and fire personnel killed in the line of duty. much more to come on "action news" saturday morning. a big hit by ryan howard isn't enough to help the fightin' phils pull ahead of the as out west. it's that time of year, the terror behind the wall is ready to give you a fright at eastern state penitentiary. >> reporter: we have big weather across the great lakes this morning, this cold front will bring big changes to the temperatures as we head into monday. i'll get it out, i'll have the

>> the moon accused of setting a wildfire out in northern california, appeared in court yesterday, wayne alan huntsman pleaded not guilty and being held on $10 million bail. investigator say they found evidence the suspect called the fire into 911. the fire burned 120 square miles and 10% contained. a couple managed to salvage something precious from a wildfire in california. declan mitchell will get married

in the dress of her dreams. he got her dress and rings before the house burned to the ground. >> people are cancel the wedding. we're not canceling, no, we have been planning for 2 1/2 years. >> the couple said they are looking forward to a fresh start. good for her. 2 1/2 years, i hope it's a beautiful day for her. >> reporter: it needs to be a beautiful day for her after that. we've got beautiful weather that's for certain out there this morning. let's go live on sky 6. we have patchy fog in parts of the area. some locations are waking up to a little bit of cloudy cover, but it's nice and quiet out there. temperatures are on the comfortable side, humidity levels are low. it's comfortable for this time of year. 59 degrees for philadelphia. dewpoint, 54. him wind out of the northeast at 6 miles per hour. pressure reading 30 on the

30 inches it is starting to fall. 60 in wilmington, 60 in dover. a little bit of cloud cover west of the city. east of the city will start to cloud up, as well as a small little system starts to pull to the north. later this afternoon we'll see mixed skies, combination of sun and clouds, as a cold front approaches from the west. here's a look at the front. big storms lining up in des moines and green bay and sault st. marie. we're seeing flooding out there. this will push east, it will lose some of its punch, we'll see showers sunday evening, but the main focus will be today. morning clouds, sunshine later today.

winds will shift out of the south that will get us into the upper 70s today. sunday is mainly dry, this shower threat this is going to come during the nighttime hours, probably after 9:00 p.m. or so. most of the activity will pass on by to the north. places like the poconos, lehigh valley you have a better shot of seeing showers like this, philadelphia points south and east, more than likely you'll stay dry. temperatures will soar. we're in the low to mid 80s as we get into sunday. we'll increase the humidity, as well. monday, the front pulls through, winds is shift out of the of the north that's a cool canadian breeze and monday it will feel like a breath of fresh air out there. we'll time it out there for you, future tracker 6 mixed skies, sun and clouds, sunday we'll start out with clouds, breaking for sunshine during the afternoon. late in the evening as the frontal system approaches we'll see showers and quick-hitting

thunderstorm mainly north and west of the city. note the time, this is well into the evening hours. at night, this is 9:30 through midnight there's a chance of showers and the front passes by, monday is nice and quiet combination of sun and clouds. it's a quiet pattern over the next several days, clouds and sun, that's the call for accuweather today. mild, 679 degrees in the city. trenton, 78. reading, 79. lancaster, 77. a little bit cooler down the shore with an ocean breeze. wildwood and atlantic city on the beach, 74. if you're doing boating today it will be choppy waters, seas buildings 4 to 6 feet. winds out of out of out of the t 10 miles per hour. the ocean temperature 72 degrees. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast clouds and sun, 795 warmer 8 had for tomorrow, it's going to be humid for the eagles game. 74 monday, tuesday, sunny and pleasant, high of 73. thursday, mostly sunny, 73.

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>> reporter: welcome back everyone, 62:58 saturday morning we're looking at satellite and radar. it should be a nice weekend around the delaware valley. we have high pressure sliding off the new england coast. winds will shift out of the southeast today. it will keep the shore communities cooler than inland locations. as the high pushes east, the winds will shift out of the southwest. everybody warms up as we get into sunday. sunday will be the warmer days we've seen in quite sometime. as we look farther to the west, we have a cold front that's approaching. it's bearing down on great lake states green bay and sault st. marie. numerous cloud to ground lightning strikes. that frontal system is charging east. it should arrive sunday night.

fortunately all the heavy weather will stay to the north. today and tomorrow you'll notice an increase in humidity, dewpoints in the 60s. that's humid. look what happens monday and tuesday, tuesday we're not on the scale here. temperatures in time 70s, dewpoints down into the 40s. eva? >> thanks, chris. turning to sports, the oakland as are fighting for a playoff spot, the phillies are trying to get back to respect ability. the as came through in the second inning. they had three rbi hits. marlin byrd error that didn't help. ryan howard solo homer cut it to 1. as win 3-1. ducis rogers has the rest of sports. >> reporter: good morning, very limited that's how redskins coach described desean jackson participation in practice. he is listed as questionable for

sunday's eagles redskins game. else plagued by the shoulder injured suffered in the practice against jacksonville. the birds defense knows with jackson in there, washington is a much more dangerous team. >> they do a good job of getting the ball to him in all different places, reverses all those type of things. we have to keep our eye on him, we know he is an electrifying player. >> big injury on the eagles side of things, michael kendricks is out with a calf injury. two eagles shows to get you set up for eagles game day kickoff at 11:30 tomorrow morning. eagles game day final at 11:35 at night. both on 6abc. one day into flyers camp we have our first you ut-oh, momen.

the flyers will move on without claude giroux. but they say they will not dwell on it. >> we don't like to start camp like that, but we'll battle through, and be the best we can be. you can't look at whose going down and whose going to get sick. >> california chrome is getting ready for the pennsylvania derby. this is the horse's first competition since missing out on the triple crown. california chrome drew the rail position. that's a look at

>> police in northeast pennsylvania may be closing in on the man suspected of killing a pennsylvania state trooper last weekend. we'll have the latest. a man is seriously hurt after being hit by a car in south jersey overnight. a postal worker is recovering after being shot twice by a bb gun. first, though, chris sowers is here with an look at the accuweather forecast. all quiet on the weather front. >> reporter: that's a perfect way to summit up. this is summer's last stand. mother nature is going out with a bang, we'll get up into the 80s tomorrow. let's get you outside, it's a nice quiet morning around the

delaware valley. it's very gentle and very still. that's the view in penns landing. we have clouds moving in overhead that's keeping temperatures milder than yesterday at this time. 59 degrees in philadelphia. 06 south and east. many places are closing in on 70. boardwalk, atlantic city and sea isle, 68. reading 58. allentown, 59. satellite and radar shows high, thin clouds rolling in west of the city. for the most part south jersey is clear, if we look farther to the south, look at this starting to gather. this will push to the north, it's an area of low pressure that's developing. it will ride the coast fortunately far enough out to sea, but it will provide south jersey with cloud cover later on this afternoon. we'll go mix of sun and clouds, 79 degrees does forecasted high, with a slight increase in humidity. it's been vr comfortable over the last couple of days.

tomorrow we're up to 84 degrees and with that comes a spike in humidity levels. i'll talk about that in the seven day in just a little bit. >> a woman and her teenage son are hospitalized in critical condition after both were stabbed in the neck. it happened on crork -- yorkship road in camden. someone slashed the throats of the woman and her son. they were rushed to cooper in critical condition. two others were taken to the hospital for valuation, but they were not hurt. a man is in custody. police confirmed that shots were fired in the area last night where they have been searching for the accused cop killer eric frein. the gunfire broke out near the family home of the suspect in

monroe county. investigators told people in price and barrett township to lock their doors and keep away from windows. frein is accused of gunning down state police corporal bryon dickson outside a state police barracks in ballooning grove. a second trooper was wounded. the self-styled survivalist has been on the run ever since. stay up to date on the search for frein at 6abc.com. 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. new this morning, a young man has been seriously hurt after being hit by a car trying to cross a south jersey street. the action cam was on the scene at the intersection of stone gate when a car hit him and threw him several yards down the

road. the man is in cooper university hospital with a number of serious injuries. the driver stopped at the scene. no word on charges. also new, police are trying to determine if robbery was the motive behind the double shooting in west oak lane section of philadelphia. the action cam was at the 7100 block of north 19th street. that's where police say they found a wounded man lying in the street around 10:50. around the corner, officers found a second victim with the gunshot wound to the forearm. the first man is in critical condition. no word on the condition of the second man. there have been no arrests. police are looking for whoever shot a postal worker with a bb gun, police think she was being targeted when she was shot twice in the back. dann cuellar has the details. >> reporter: the 28-year-old postal worker left the hospital of the university of pennsylvania after being treated.

she was lymphing after being shot in the knee and -- limping a bit after being shot in the knee and the back. the postal worker was delivering mail of the 6200 block of christian. >> she walked up door to door when she felt a strike to her back, she turned and that's when she feels the second one. >> reporter: police say the shot to her back struck the strap of her leather mail bag which prevented the bb from striking her skin. a neighbor says three other shots hit the side of her row home. no mail was taken. >> it could be kids playing around. >> reporter: this evening another postal worker delivered the mail on the block under the watchful eye of an armed postal officer. bb guns have been a concerned in south and southwest

philadelphia. council said this incident shows it has no borders. even more disturbing some merchants are exploiting neighborhoods by selling them to kids under the able of 18. they worried that a kid could pull this on a cop or someone with a real gun and end up getting shot. >> it shows separate from protecting the children is protecting the people. it's a matter of public safety. >> reporter: council johnson introduced legislation calling for harsher penalties for stores selling bb guns to police. he will work with the police and l&i to deal with the stores. dann cuellar channel 6 "action news." >> philadelphia police are looking for a woman who helped herself to money from this donation box. this surveillance video shows her taking the donation box

mayfair. it happened at crystal vision. not only is the money missing, but the sch may have had a child with her. employees couldn't believe what they were seeing. >> she took the box and put it in her book bag, she asks for the key to the bathroom and empties the box and gardz -- discards the box in the bathroom. >> the store thinks there may have been a few hundred dollars inside the box, the use of the donations is summer camp and thanksgiving baskets and gifts for the elderly at christmas. 6 million people in sierra leone are being confined to there home because of the ebolaout break. thousands are searching for

people sick with the disease who may be hiding. 2600 people have died over the past 9 months. 500 have been in sierra leone. this is the biggest ebola outbreak on record. france has joined the fight against isis. two french war planes fired laser-guided bombs outside mosul. dozens of islamic militants were killed. rutgers university said the athletic director julie herman made a joke about the jerry sandusky scandal at penn state. she said the remark was made during a fundraising meeting with staff last fall. according to people quoted from are the athletic department. she said reach out and touch donors of the rutgers program, her punch line was to do -- not

do it in a sandusky way. internet gaming company is leaving the taj mahal in atlantic city, ultimate accused trump entertainment resort of breaches of contract. ultimate said it is owed $1.5 million. trump entertainment has not commented on the accusations. the taj was ranked last in the new jersey's 6 internet gambling operations. septa riders are sounding off about the efficiency of buses and trolleys. this is one of two hearings being held at septa headquarters. there's permanent rate changes on 17 of its routes. anyone who missed the meeting can mail their comments. still much more to come on "action news" saturday morning,

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>> houston, texas is bracing

for more thunderstorms after high winds and heavy rains caused flash flooding yesterday. the rain kept this postal service truck from getting the mail out. it got swamped in a low-lying section of the city. several other vehicles in the southwestern part of houston stalled out in what looks like deep water there. they always tell you, turn around don't drown. >> reporter: this is going to sound strange if we don't start getting rain around here, we could be talking drought conditions in this part of the county. the drought monitor put us in an abnormally dry, whatever their rating scale is. which is good we haven't seen around here for sometime. there's one shot for precipitation over the next several days. that will be tomorrow night. if we don't get any rain we could go another week without any precipitation. it will be dry out there and

continue to be dry in the foreseeable future. that's the ben franklin bridge we have low level cloud cover starting to overspread the area and patchy fog in others. temperatures wise it's nice and comfortable. 59 degrees in philadelphia. dewpoint, 54. winds out of the northeast at 6 miles per hour. those are starting to increase they will begin to shift out of the southeast later on. cooler north and west, fleetwood 55. slatington, 55. glassboro, 52. smyrna 55. gandys beach, 53. satellite and radar composite what we're watching is this area of high pressure it's hard to see it's right over high shoulder. that also pushing east of the coast of new england which will shift the winds out of the southeast. you can see the cloud cover sitting off the coast. avalon and stone harbor you're

seeing clear skies right now. as we go farther to the west this is a cold front we'll see showers and thunderstorms lined up along that front and temperatures that are really starting to drop off, what frontal systems do they shift our winds, you can see where the front is, you can ski where the winds are converging or coming together out ahead of it they are out of the southwest which is a warm wind. behind it they are out of the northwest which is a cool breeze, you can clearly to see what it's doing to the temperatures, 71 degrees ahead of the fronts in des moines, 46 in was -- casper. and 56 in rapid city. future tracker 6 in our neck. woods timing out sun and clouds. this moisture will stay off the coast, looks like you'll be dry down the shore. tomorrow morning there will be clouds, patchy fog, there could

mist along the coast. by afternoon we'll break for lots of sunshine and tomorrow afternoon looks like a really nice time frame perfect for the eagles game. tomorrow evening that same front that i just showed you out west that approaches pretty rapidly that brings a couple of showers north and west of the city, if we don't get that moisture we'll be dry for quite sometime. jersey shore, clouds and sun mixed. 74 degrees with an ocean breeze picking up. winds out of the southeast at 10 to 15. partly sunny tomorrow, 77 degrees is the forecasted high on the the beach sunday. 79 degrees philadelphia morning clouds and sunshine, winds out of the southeast at 5 to 15 miles per hour. overnight tonight partly cloudy another nice night, 58 degrees north and west, 65 for center city. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, 79 degrees clouds and sun today, mostly sunny tomorrow, muggy you'll notice the increase in the humidity, we haven't seen that in quite sometime.

84 degrees, eagles taking on the redskins no weather complaints, combination of sun and clouds, temperatures in the low to mid 80s. monday a big cool shot arrives, 74, numbers decreasing during the day. 72, wednesday, thursday, friday, it's dry, lots of sunshine and temperatures below average. >> i would make a comment about the red since and eagles game, i'm not going to, i'm not going to jinx them. >> reporter: tell me on the break. >> a concert was held last night to help children in honduras. several broadway stars performed at the kimmel center to benefit the amego, jesus orphanage. it helps children in honor door it helps children in honor door are celebrate blinds to go's 60th anniversary sale. buy one get 50% off one. because you know what they say:

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men who kidnapped and brutally murdered his wife. it's not the first time these men have committed this crime and not the last unless he can stop you. if you're looking for laughs, this is where i leave you. it's based on on book of the same name. >> this was your father's dieing wish and your negotiating. >> he was not a perfect man or perfect, but he was better than most. your father had one final requests, but for the next day seven days you are all my children again and you are all grounded. >> an all star casts feature four siblings of the family who reunite at their father's home after their father passes away. it was that they live together for a week. it forces them to confront their history and fray states of

relationships in emotional affecting ways. hector and the search for happiness is a british comedy. >> you're a fugitive, you've lost family and loved ones you've been through so much. how is it you're so happy. >> because i've been through so much. >> hector is a psychiatrist who is tired of his hum drum life. he tells his girlfriend he feels like a fraud he hadn't tasted life. he impassion on a global quest in hopes of uncovering the formula for true happiness. i'm not sure what he will find, but i'm sure it will be funny. you can find out where any of these are playing by using your

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>> reporter: welcome back, everyone, 6 qul 55 saturday morning.ter: welcome back, time for the travel forecast. satellite arena -- we have satellite and radar, it's quiet across the county. the next guy we're watching is this guy right here, it's a cold front punching through the great lake states. another feature we're watching, if this were winter this would bring fun and games to the weather office. this huge storm right here, which is in the process of developing. this is going to come up the coast, fortunately it is going to come out instead of up. which means we'll miss, south

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>> good morning, it is 7:00 a.m. on this saturday, september 20. him here's some of the stories we're following on "action news." shots are fired as police close in on one of the suspects in last week's deadly shooting of a pennsylvania state trooper. we'll have the latest details. two men are hurt after a boating accident on the delaware river overnight. plus, thrills and chills always local police and fire officials wowed the crowds were their skills and raise money for fallen police officers and firefighters. now we go outside to chris sowers, how does it feel out there, chris? >> reporte