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good afternoon in the news this noon, the newly crown miss america is addressing rumors of hazing. we'll address those accusations. and the man accused of killing a pennsylvania state trooper in the poconos, the latest. and president obama has made his case for air strikes against isis militants in syria. a coalition targeted isis headquarters in syria last night. obama says the joint fight against isis, also known as isol is vital to the united states, the mideast and the world. obama says the participation of saudi arabia, and qatar is not

just the united states. >> everybody even the middle east is rejecting isol, and standing for the people and the region of the world that they deserve. >> they carried out an air attack on an affiliate. they established a haven in syria, we'll have much more ahead on "action news" on our second half hour at 12:30. three people are dead after a shooting inside an ups complex in birmingham, alabama, the gunman is expected to be among those dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. after reports of a shooter going inside of the facility and one victim is believed to be an ups employee. we'll have more on this story at 6abc.com. and on "action news" beginning at 4:00. the search continues this noon for the person that opened fire along a crowded philadelphia street in broad daylight. a 15-year-old girl was struck and killed.

grief counselors were on hand at her high school to help her classmates come to terms with her loss. david henry is live now outside of the charter school in olney with more. >> police say they are making significant progress with their investigation, in the meantime the school community here at the delaware valley charter high school is dealing with a devastating loss. >> unbelievable able. devastating. >> students and faculty returned under the watchful eye of a heavy police presence. students cried and hugged each other, stunned by the sudden loss. this is eyesha's locker, decorated with posters and flowers. the 15-year-old was walking home with a friend when she was shot in the back with a stray bullet. police say that an unruly crowd

was gathering here at the depot. when they arrived near einstein hospital, eyesha was killed and a 19-year-old man was hospitalized in critical condition with three bullet wounds. they say that eyesha was a popular student that made friends easily. >> played basketball and had a beautiful smile, a smile that lit up the hallway, she was a great student and academically also. it's a terrible loss to us. >> security is a priority at the school since an incidencident l january. a student bought a gun to school and shot two other students by accident. grief counselors are available to the students and many are taking advantage. including two faculty members. >> i just saw her yesterday and can't come to grips with it,

that she is not coming back. >> the police rounded up a number of suspects immediately after the shooting, sources tell us they are making good progress with the investigation, we expect an up dpat this afternoon. live inform logan, david henry, channel 6 "action news." thank you for that report. in other news it's a nightmare for commuters on i-95 in philadelphia today, a tractor trailer overturned during the early morning hours, blocking both sides of the busy highway. chopper 6 is live over the accident scene in bridesburg right now, but travel troubles remain as crews try to replace 250 feet of guardrail here. katherine scott was at the scene all morning long. >> reporter: that was amess along i-95 and surrounding neighborhoods, like here along torresdale. as drivers tried to get around the crash. >> 15 minutes and i'm already

late. >> joe's wait was nowheres near his destination. a tractor trailer crashed near bridge street and delays lasted for hours and gridlock in neighborhoods like here in wissinoming. >> it took two hours to take my son to school, two blocks. >> she told me to take the bus because of all the traffic. >> police say that the tractor trailer was traveling southbound in the left lane and lost control and veered into the guardrail, crushing that and taking out this sign instructing no trucks in the left lane. it hit a minivan but there was only minor damage. the fuel tank ruptured 75 gallons of fuel spilled. after 6:00 a.m., the tractor

trailer was pulled upright but the cleanup process was extensive. a front end loader picked up debris that littered the roadway. even after the trash was huh, there was work to do like fixing this guardrail. the driver was taken to hahnemann university, he had lacerations to his arm and other injuries but was in stable condition. katherine scott, channel 6 "action news." a second tractor trailer overturned and caused problems for the morning commute this morning, chopper 6 hd was over this crash over the southbound lanes of the northeast extension in milford township bucks county. police say that the big rig overturned and blocked the right lane and shoulder and the truck lost its load of pretzels and they fell all over the road. crews worked to clear this wreckage, no word on injuries. turning to the weather now, it's the first full day of autumn and it sure felt that way out the door this morning.

crisp and cool, sky 6 hd taking a live look at your center city skyline, another beautiful day of sunshine from the shore to the lehigh valley, but there is a possible of rain. here is david murphy at the big board. >> can you see it on stormtracker 6 live double scan this rain will not be an issue today but it's large and strong enough where it throws some cloud cover over delaware and extreme south jersey. the rest of us under high pressure and a nice flow of air from the northwest, keeping us cool and dry. warding off the clouds for the most part for today any way. temperatures increase a bit, up to 65 in philadelphia, and we started in the low 50s here and the upper to mid-40s. it's nice to see the numbers in the mid-60s, remember yesterday we have the blustery wind

profile with winds over 25 miles per hour. accuweather says the wind will die down and it's all single digits and variable, not doing much wind wise. a high of 71, right around where they were yesterday and below average, 55 is the overnight low, also a bit average, the system to the south does inch it's way to the south and when does it get here, the rest of the accuweather seven is coming up later. stay on top of the changing weather situation at the new 6abc.com, visit 6abc.com/weather for stormtracker 6 live double scan, and both the hourly and seven-day forecast. and the collection of weather related videos. the search continues for cop killer eric frein, they have centered in an area in the poconos mountains where frein

grew up. is he on the run since the 12, after he allegedly killed one state trooper and wounded another. the canine that went all the way to oregon from philadelphia is coming home. gidget was found because of a microchip. pet link is paying for her air travel. >> more to come on "action news" at noon, huge flames on a dock used tore loading ships in los angeles. and she has only been miss america for a week and now she is on the defensive for a scandal. and how to prevent a heart

a massive fire on a dock threatened warehouses after it burned in the port of los angeles last night. the building is used for loading and unloading ships to store steel. there is no word on what may have sparked this huge blaze. a north carolina mother is behind bars accused of shoplifting and then running

from the store leaving her kids behind. the manager at a dollar general told police that 20-year-old arianna burnett left the store with what appeared to be an empty purse. the manager says when she tried to leave the store, her purse was stuffed, she ran off leaving the children behind. she is now charged with misdemeanor child abuse. the driver of a bus in los angeles was attacked by a 64-year-old woman and tried to call for help but the attacker kept scratching her and passerbys tried to intervene and then dragged her off the bus and she was later arrested. back here mourning the deaths of two of her own, they were killed in a violent crash while off duty. purple and black bunting hangs outside of the company, jake long and josh stellous were

killed, he was driving when he pulled out in front of a tractor trailer in salisbury township, lancaster county, both vehicles burst into flames. a third man all died. a fourth person and a firefighter survived. the driver of the big rig was not hurt. a firefighter was one of four people injured when a fast moving fire damaged a home in hunting park monday night. this is what is left of a home here on 3800 block of ninth street. fire officials believe the blaze started behind a couch and spread to nearby furniture, the firefighters tried to put out the flames themselves, relatives say it could have ended much worse. >> people have smoke detectors in their homes and now how to get out of the fire, don't grab anything just get out of your house. the most important thing is your life, nothing else matters. >> the firefighter was treat ford an ankle injury and three

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well, a weekend full of non-stop rain left new mexico with flooding and residents out of their homes. water is slowly receding, and warning folks to stay on alert. people living in 100 homes were asked to leave voluntarilily monday night. david murphy is here with the accuweather forecast. a little brisk out there today. >> a little, but the winds are down. stormtracker 6 live double scan shows us we are dry this noon, that is always nice, as we take a look outside, down the shore you'll find a few more clouds, you'll see a shadow forming in the buildings there. it's thicker farther south you go in the region. the temperature now is 65 degrees in philadelphia and your dew point is 41 and the air is

nice and dry and the winds are calm right now in philadelphia. we are not expecting them to go out of the single digit today. 63 in trenton and 63 in allentown and they are all fairly cool numbers, most of us started in the 40s before dawn this morning. there is that cloud cover, swinging off the coast. swinging to the south, not everybody is seeing the clouds in philadelphia, just a few high clouds around and a fair amount of sunshine in store for you right now. in allentown you are farther away and 73 there and the shore a clouds and sun mix and a high of 68 degrees, cool and cooler than yesterday. and in philadelphia a high of 71, sun mixing with some high clouds and cool again just like yesterday and only the winds are lighter that is nice. 59 is the overnight low and some are get in the 40s.

maybe not quite as chilly as this morning. for the evening commute, sun mixing with occasional clouds and 68 by friday and by 7:00 we are back down into the 60s. tomorrow, that system to the south gets closer, we see the clouds get thicker. there is the possibility of light sprinkles, down the shore, you go later into the nighttime area, especially in south jersey and delaware. the latest run of future tracker 6, bringing some of this into philadelphia and the northern suburbs. for the early part of the morning commute, these models are consistent and calling for 1 to 2 inches of rain, and that is where it will happen, and by noon or so, it's possible that it's possibility to dry down and some sprinkles and showers.

and fall arrived yesterday at 10:29, and that is what we are in for for the season. we'll lose 50 minutes of day light and the average high drops from 76 and we get to rake a lot of that stuff the next month or so. the exclusive accuweather forecast, 71 today is your high and tomorrow sun giving way to clouds and 75 is the high and at night showers building in to the south. cloudy and damp and down right rainy at times on thursday, if the current model trend holds. all we'll see is 66 degrees. friday it may start out friday, and damp and drizzle down to the morning, we are looking at that as a day and 74, still looks good for the weekend with highs in the 80s. >> well, it's fall. a los angeles woman has a

store dwroi tell about the birth of her baby. sandra gave birth to her girl on l.a.'s busy 91 freeway, little savannah came so fast they couldn't get there in time. her husband helped to deliver the baby, her parents arrived to cut the umbilical cord. she weighed in at 7 pounds 6 ounces. >> when it's time to come it's time to come. >> after a week into her rain, the new miss america is embroiled in a new controversy over college hazing. and a teacher jumps into action to protect her students from an attacking

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and five allies pounded isis targets in syria and iraq overnight. and staged an assault in an al qaeda relate std cell. tom hawk missiles blasted off and fighter jets when off the carrier george h.w. bush. and president obama says that it's clear from the arab support that this is not just america's alone. karen travers has more now in washington. >> reporter: a powerful assault from the air and sea, aimed at isis targets in syria. >> we'll do what is necessary to take the fight to this terrorist group. >> missiles and precision guided bombs ranged down from stealth bombers and stealth fighters and drones. and from navy warships, powerful tomahawk missiles. it was centered around the strong hoemd and stretched east to the iraqi border. the target was isis

headquarterers, depots and command and control centers and financial centers. >> a persistent campaign to degrade and ultimately to destroy isol. >> the u.s. did not act alone. five -- >> the strength of this coalition make its clear to the world that this is not just america's fight alone. >> but there is no coordination with the syrian government. the u.s. did not request permission or coordinate action with the president's regime. they warned syria do not engage u.s. aircraft and it turns out that isis was not the only target. one was aimed at a little known target group, of al qaeda, that they say could be a more dangerous and imminent threat than isis. >> they indicated that the

corzon group was in plans to commit attacks against u.s. targets and the u.s. homeland. >> the pentagon says that the u.s. is watching this group closely for sometime. and the terrorists were eliminated in last night's air strikes. karen travers, channel 6 "action news." philadelphia homicide detectives are looking for the man that kill aid teenager on the streets yesterday afternoon. she was walking home from delaware charter school and was hit in the back with a bullet. today grief counselors were on hand to help deal with the loss. eyesha was a popular student and a 19-year-old man shot remains in critical condition at einstein medical center. it's a hard drive today for commuters on i-95 in philadelphia. it dropped several lanes

northbound and southbound near bridge street. the truck loaded with tons of trash landed on the guardrail, spilling its load and dumping 75 gallons of fuel on the highway. traffic was backed up for directions. and it forced thousands of drivers off the highway and into the neighborhoods to get around. >> i was sitting three quarters to a mile away. and about 7:15, you see where i'm at right now. getting fuel. >> i'm taking the back blocks and alleyways, trying to make it through the traffic as much as possible. the truck driver suffered minor injuries but lane restrictions remain on 95 near bridge as penndot crews work to replace the guardrail, that could take several more hours. >> turning to other news, gay rights supporters turned out in

force in harrisburg to push for a major change in pennsylvania's hate crime law, they want to add sexual orientations to the laws. and there was a surprise today at the rally. walter perez is live with the details. >> reporter: lawmakers are using a recent attack against a gay couple in philadelphia as a string board to bring attention to a measure that many are trying to pass through hairs berg for years. >> larry says that the fact that there is only a few days left is not an excuse to keep bill 42 from getting passed. >> we could do a special session on booze and pensions, why can't we do a special session on equality. it's meant to expand hate laws for lesbian and gays and

transgender citizens. he says that the fact that this issue is still being debated in harrisburg is nothing short of outrageous. >> lesbian, gay transsexual and transgender, there are millions in this state, get used to it. >> these lawmakers held the rally after sending a letter to senator greenleaf of willow grove, calling for the speedy passage of the bill in light of the attack against a gay couple in philadelphia. they took the opportunity to formerly come out. >> hundreds of people know i'm gay, i just never made an official declaration, i never thought i had to wear a billboard on my head, i'm gay, i love it, get over it, it's a great life. >> it was quite a press conference as you can see. a similar bill made its way through the legislature in 2002

and was tossed out on a legal tech quality. they open to get this bill on the governor's desk by the end of year. walter perez, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. delaware state police are asking for the public's help to nab a man using debit cards stolen from a guest home. these surveillance pictures were taken on the evening of august 15th in one of the locates. $400 in purchases were made with the cards at various stores throughout kent county, if you can help identify this man, you are asked to call the delaware crime stoppers. a judge sentenced ray robelow to 23 years in prison for a scam targeting the elderly. they billed hundreds of kleins

out of -- clients of out millions. rablow was told to pay his victims restitution. residents of el paso, texas, hopes that rain holds off today after serious flooding yesterday. a storm dumped 5 to 6 inches in place, homes and highways were under several feet of water. places have been drenched by the remnants of tropical storm odile. some areas saw a year's worth of rain in a day or two. we have a gloriously sunny day in the lehigh valley. looking live with sky 6 hd at cape may new jersey. nice considering it's a tuesday in late september. lets check in with david murphy

and accuweather to see how long it lasts. my twitter follower who tweets this in from south philadelphia. hardly a cloud in sight at dawn but what about now? we have the system to the south pushing cloud cover in over areas like the shore and southern delaware, but philadelphia looking at mainly blue skies and the cloud cover gets thicker through tomorrow. the high comes at 4:00 at the beginning of the rush hour, 71 degrees is where we expect to wind up. by 7:00, 65 and setting before them, it's a mix of sun and clouds, and lighter winds yesterday. we'll have the blustery winds yesterday. we are looking at stormtracker 6 live double scan, at the precipitation maker, a big area of low pressure pushing to the northeast and coming close enough where by tomorrow night we see showers building in in

areas south of philadelphia. and then the rain shield looks like it comes across philadelphia. probably in time for the morning commute and some of the late model information coming out suggests a fair amount of rainfall. future tracker 6 with an impending look at the rain. >> we'll check back in later, thank you. >> in the meantime, the search for suspected trooper killer, eric frein is ongoing, they have narrowed their search in the poconos mountains because of the manhunt people are kempt from their homes. he is asuspected of killing one state trooper and injuring another. there is a $270,000 reward for leading to frein's capture. clothing was taken from clayton matthew, they believe was the last to see hannah

graham. matthew was spotted on surveillance video following graham the night she disappeared. test results are not back yet from items taken from friday's search and they hope to get matthews in custody on a reckless driving charge and want to talk to him about graham who has not been seen since september 17th. i notice a fox begin to go after a student and i said oh, no that is not going to happen so i grabbed it. without hesitation, alyssa jumped into action when the foxcate out near her school, and pulled the fox from a 7-year-old student holding it down yelling for other students to run into the building. the boy's father was thankful for her actions. >> i cannot say enough great things about her and the other staff that was there.

>> she is like the best gym teacher. >> tests are now being done on the fox, which was euthanized. authorities believe it was responsible for another attack nearby earlier yesterday. there i in a controversy ov accusations of college hazing. >> and a coach is on the bench for praying at what the school says was the wrong time and place. and david murphy has your exclusive accuweather forecast.

they did a bit of fall cleaning to kick off the new season. including chubby checker, joined volunteers to clean and polish

the bronze plaques volunteer organizations were there to pass out information on their upcoming performances. miss america addresses reports of being kicked out of her sorority for hazing, it was hofstra university and they reported she was accused of aggressiivevelyly h haazizinngge denies the report saying it was untrue and hurtful. >> i came in as a freshman, everybody wants to be a part of something, and i was coming in and i was hazed and told that was appropriate behavior, i'm two years from the organization and i understand that is not true. >> she says that her dismissal happened after an email she

wrote was forwarded to the national headquarters. it was a joke that the event would make it scary for pledges was taken out of context. a coach is off the job, tom britain has coached football for more than a decade. after a recent victory, he violated school policy by directing the team to pray. school administrators are standing by their decision to suspend while parents are outraged. >> i have no objections to him praying but you can't do that at games. >> tom britain gets two games for praying and ray rice gets two games for cold clocking his

girlfriend. on tuesday two palestinians were killed in suspicion of killing two israelis. israeli forces have been pursuing the suspect since the june 12th abduction, the teens including one with dual israeli citizenship were taken and killed soon afterwards. the disappearance led to events including a 50 day war between hamas and israel at the gaza strip. officials say the one last weekend was successful with teams visiting more than a million homes to hand out information and checking for sick people, they have not said how many new cases were found in the survey, the world health organization says there are more than 5800 people sickened so far but could climb to 21,000 by the

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generation x may be the first in the u.s. history to be poorer than mom and dad. gen-xors are said to be earning more but only have $3800 in retirement accounts less than what their parents saved at the same able, debt including student loans is the big issue. they are carrying six times the debt of their parents. >> be ready to work until are you 75 kidded. >> tough parent here. stormtracker 6 live double scan -- shows you we are dry as

we look outside. we do have sky 6 and we are looking at plenty of sunshine in philadelphia. down the shore are you seeing cloud cover and in the city we manage to avoid anything except for thin, high clouds. it is pleasant today on sky 6, and we do have more clouds coming and some rain in your forecast. that could start as soon as tomorrow night. ocean view delaware started out chilly at 41 degrees, that was my twitter follower down there diana. now we bounce back, 65 is the current temperature and dew points are low and winds are calm, not as windy as yesterday. it's all because of a rain making low pressure center off the coast and coming closer to us wednesday and thursday, and we are enjoying sunshine and high temperatures and not too bad similar to yesterday. 71 in reading and 70 in

wilmington and probably holding in the 60s for some spots farther south closer to the cooler ocean. 70 by 3:00 and 70 by 5:00 sandwiched right in between and down to 65 and 60 by 9:00, you can see how the numbers fall quickly again and overnight we get down to 55 and better than yesterday but still on the cool side. here is the low pressure center forming to the south, pulling off the coast and pulling to the east-northeast. and close enough to bring us rain. just look for the clouds to increase. i'll start future tracker at 6:00 a.m. when i am on the air with karen rogers looking at all of this. some sun and the clouds overtake us at dawn and 3:00, we are looking at sprinkles and showers moving in down the shore and 11:00 tomorrow night, maybe some steady downpours here or there.

thursday morning most of the latest runs, the model suggests that for the early part of rush hour today we are looking at the potential for inundating rain and ponding and puddling for thursday morning's commute and by thursday afternoon things get better. here are projections on several of our commonly used models. some of these push 2 inches or more and others closer to an inch, but either way that is a lot more rain than we have had for a while. so long summer, autumn officially arrived. the high was 96 and only having two heat waves after having four the year before. a quick look at your seven day, 71 today and 75 tomorrow with clouds on the increase and then the rain arrives tomorrow night and 66 and cloudy and damp with rain at times especially on thursday, and we bounce back on friday and we are looking at the low 80s on the weekend.

>> looking good. thank you. stay with the ever changing weather situation at 6abc.com/weather, you'll find the hourly and seven-day forecast and watch the latest videos from our "action news" meteorologist, and view our collection of weather-related images. it was my jam monday on "dancing with the stars," and that marines the stars picked the favorite jam. leah thompson led the pack with 35 points, the first year frontrunner slip down with 8's with the judges. find out who goes home tonight at 8:00 right here on

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trending on 6abc.com. it was suppose to be a triumphant run on to the field but a spirit banner proved to be too much for a pack of peewee football players and a group of brave tourists swam through a group of jelly fish and captured it on camera. and turning lemons into lemonade, a traffic on the highway, turned into a party. all of that right now at 6abc.com/distraction. david is here with the final word this noon on the first day of fall. >> okay so lets get you out, there is plenty of sunshine from philadelphia north, down to the south we have that southern system pouring clouds off the coast and we are seeing sun and clouds and it's a bit grayer there. less wind than yesterday, pleasant and high temperatures getting up to 70, 70s and 71s

and sun and clouds and light winds and a little cooler closer to the shore with clouds. >> thank you david. and finally at noon, one illinois town tried to set a new record for the longest grilled bratwurst. hundreds gathered for the town's 200th anniversary and the highlight of the day was the german food favorite. 220 feet well over the record holder of 200 feet in wisconsin. the verification is underway but everybody is celebrating the world breaking bratwurst. >> you wanted to say something? >> i'm good. >> that will do it for "action news" at noon, don't forget "action news" at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. for david murphy, and a quiet southbouara bloomquist. we'll see you tonight at 4:00.

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