>> good afternoon, it is sunday, september 28. here some of the stories we're following for you on "action news." a suspicious fire trapped tenants in their apartment overnight. >> the eagles are on the west coast looking for a 4th straight win. we'll go live to california as the kickoff continues. >> latin american flavor fills the streets as thousand take part in the puerto rican parade and festival. >> reporter: let's get a look at the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, meteorologist chris sowers, it's a beauty. >> we're already close to 80 degrees, a lot of sunshine as we go live on sky 6.

we show you the view in old city. you can see the sun shining down on it is trees and the buildings. it's a gorgeous afternoon. one of the wonderful things about the warm stretch of weather we've been seeing there's not much in the way of humidity. it's very comfortable and enjoyable. 77 in trenton, philadelphia, 78. allen be town, 75. same number for the poconos. philadelphia, 77 and reading 76. satellite and radar composite shows a little bit of high, thin clouds over the delaware valley as i speak. this is the thicker malice of clouds that -- mass of clouds that moves in overnight. this will set up a gray monday. citizens bank park 1:35, the phillies taking on the braves for fan appreciation day, sun and warm. 82 degrees for the first pitch, by the 9th ag, 84 degrees.

we have a nice stretch of weather coming i'll talk about that in just a bit. >> investigators are trying to figure out who set two suspicious fires inside a philadelphia apartment complex. the fire left residents trapped on their balconies with no way to escape until firefighters arrived. amy buckman is live with the latest. >> reporter: good afternoon, nydia we are here outside the chestnut apartments. numerous restoration crews are here trying to clean up smoke and water damage after the suspicious fire forced residents from their homes overnight and sent two to the hospital. fire alarms awakened residence around 2:30, flames in the first floor and third floor hallways trapped many in their apartments. a 56-year-old man was taken to temple hospital with burns and smoke. and 56-year-old woman was taken

to einstein with smoke. both are expected to survive, but it was a harrowing wake-up call. >> the alarm went off, the hallway was dark and filled with smoke. firefighters had to rescue tiffany smith and her children climb down the ladder from her third floor apartment. >> i woke up, i got up off from work, i settled in, there was flames coming through the bottom of the door, i had to rescue the children and grab shoes and things like that it was chaosic. firefighters were on the scene in five minutes within getting their first call. the investigation continues as the cause appears suspicious. >> there was a strong odor of gasoline and plus there were two separate fires one on the first floor and one on the third floor indicates it's suspicious in nature. >> reporter: residents say there was a car fire outside the buildings in the past two weeks.

red cross is on the scene to help displaced residents whose apartments sustained smoke and water damage. all have places to go until their apartments are cleaned up. now, overnight the fire public information officer said that police were interviewing a suspect in connection with the fire, however i spoke with northwest detectives, they said their investigation is continuing, but they do not have a suspect at this time. live in east mount airy, amy buckman channel 6 "action news." >> a septa regional rail train has hit and killed a peddle in the olney section of philadelphia. the action cam was at the scene just south of the fern rock station near the 900 block of olney avenue. police say a man in his 60s was walking along the tracks before 10:00 when the train hit him him he was pronounced at einstein medical center. the 70 persons on the train heading to philadelphia international airport were transferred to a bus, rail service is back to normal, but

there are still some delays. a shooting? north philadelphia seriously hurt one man and sent three others to the hospital this morning. the gunfire broke out along the 2800 block of hope street. one man was shot in the back, three others in the legs. all three victims showed up at the hospital in a private car. the man shot in the back is in serious condition the three others are stable. no arrests have been made. the action cam was in bucks county this morning as tow crews uprighted an overturned car. police say three people were inside when the vehicle rolled over on interstate i-95 in middletown. firefighters had to rescue one person trapped inside. the other two people in the car got out on their own. all three had to be checked out at the hospital. there's no word on what caused the driver to lose control. >> the 8-year-old daughter of a city councilman in newark, delaware remains in critical conditional after the family's pet pitbull attacked her. the action cam was outside the home. the dog attacked the girl

yesterday afternoon in the basement of the family home. the victim's 15-year-old sister beat the dog to get it off the young girl and put pressure on her sister's wounds. >> that's very heroic you know to step in and put yourself in harm's way to protect someone you love. >> the teen called 911 while she continued to protect her str from str -- sister from the dog. police officers arrived and shot and killed the dog. surgeons are trying to save her arm. the search for the man accused of killing a pennsylvania state trooper and wounding another is in its third week. eric frein is on the loose in a heavily wooded section of pennsylvania near his family's home. he is wanted for the ambush on

bryon dickson and alex doug lags. the puerto rican day parade is ready to step off. the fun moves to north philadelphia after the parade for the street festival. many septa routes are being detoured. you can get a front row seat to the parade immediately following this newscast join walter perez and diego castellanos of puerto rican panorama and ilia garcia for a live broadcast at 12:30 this afternoon. >> the eagles arrived on the west coast and the countdown to kickoff is underway. the undefeated birds will go for 4 in a row. ducis ducis is live in santa clara, california for the big game. hey ducis. >> reporter: good afternoon to you, back east this might be a dangerous game for the birds, the eagles are 3-0 for the first time since 2004 season.

the 9ers have made it to 3 straight nfc championship games, they are off to a slow start. the birds know the 9ers will be playing with sense of urgency. >> i don't think they are desperate. it's a talented team it's world coached with a lot of the good players, they lost a couple of close ones and i am sure they will be fired up at home again and with us coming in it will be a good game. >> we'll prepare the same we do every week, we know we'll get their best shot. it's early in the season for us and them, both teams are working through injuries and adversity we know we'll get our best shot and we'll get their best shots. >> we invite you to join mike quick and myself on eagles game day final on 6abc, we'll break down the eagles 9ers game later this afternoon. michael kendrick is out with the

calf injury. vernon davis is a game time decision with a sprained ankle. live in san francisco, california with the birds, back to you. >> there's been another shooting involving police in the divided town of ferguson, missouri. >> efforts are underway to reach the victims of the volunteer containic eruption in

>> japanese police say the volcanic eruption on mount ontake has claimed 30 lives. crews have started recovering the bodies. military helicopters have pulled

seven survivors off the mountain. 250 hikers were trapped on the slopes. many of the injured are staying say mountain side lodge waiting for rescue units to reach them. there's more tension in ferguson, missouri after a police officer was shot. ment officer was hit in the arm by two suspects following a foot chase. an intense search is underway for the suspects. ferguson has been the scene of unrest since a white police officer shot and killed michael brown an unarmed black teenager on august 89. >> roger goodell met with representatives from the national domestic hot line this weekend. the visit comes amidst criticism of the envelope was a handling of the recent abuse cases in the league. ceo said goodell was moved to tears when told what women encounter. the coast guard said life

jackets saved the lives of seven people whose boat capsized in mexico. seven were thrown in the water when the boat overturned. help arrived after one of the men made a last cell phone call before the boat flipped. the group was taking part in a children's fishing tournament. >> the puerto rican parade is today it's quite a day. >> reporter: might be a top five weekend overall. this has been fantastic. let's go live on sky 6. yesterday we had sunshine and high temperature of 84. today we're seeing sunshine and expecting another high temperature of 84. look we have boaters out there, there's folks on the beach, you would think it's the middle originning of august as opposed to the end of september. it's gorgeous out there right now. that's the view in cape may. back here in philadelphia, dewpoint, 60. it's come up a little bit, but it's comfortable, winds out of the south at 3 our pressure

reading 30.15 inches. 76 in pilots, saint david, 79. center city and chester, 83 so they are jumping quickly. glass bror row, -- glassboro, 8. sea isle city 72 degrees. same number for cape may and wildwood because we're seeing an easterly wind a sea breeze kicking in at 5 miles per hour. that's going to keep it cooler in dover always the sprint cup -- as the sprint cup series continues. if you want the cooler stuff you head to the beach. highs only top out in the mid 70s on the sand. mid 80s in center city. here's the satellite and radar composite, high clouds pulling out, lots of sunshine expected the rest of the way until we get into tomorrow. actually, tonight the clouds increase, you can see the shield of cloud cover extending north through the highway and tennessee valleys. this slug of moisture will pull to the northeast along with a

cold front collapsing from canada, the two combined provide us with cloud cover tomorrow and tuesday and wednesday. the surface maps will look like this. him lots of sunshine, nice and warm today, 84 degrees. tomorrow the cold front is approaching, but it's still off to the northwest. temperatures are still in the warm side, 79. the only difference you'll see more in the way of high, thin wispy clouds. future tracker 6, tuesday, morning, lots of sunshine and the cold front starts to approach from the northwest. there's not much to it. nothing more than a few clouds, passing showers, late in the day tuesday and wednesday morning. jersey shore looks beautiful today. 77 degrees right there on the sand. winds out of the east/southeast 5 to 10 miles per hour. sunny and warm for this time of year. philadelphia, 84. sunny and warm, winds out of the southwest 5 to 10. there could patchy fog developing after midnight. some of that could be dense,

56 degrees outlying suburbs, 62 for center city. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, 79 degrees for tomorrow, increasing high clouds, 77 for tuesday, combination of sun and clouds, outside shot of a shower, especially west of the city, late in the day. wednesday it's cloudy and cool high of 73. there could be a few passing showers, thursday we'll clear out quickly. sunny and nice, 74. friday, sun and clouds, 75. saturday we start next weekend look for a combination of sun and clouds and a passing shower and high of 72. first weekend of fall, feels like summer. >> love it! >> wherever you go this weekend wherever you can take accuweather with you, the smart design for the new 6abc.com facilities the layout of any tablet or smart phone, access the hourly or seven day forecast from right in the palm of your hand. >> just ahead on "action news," delayed iphone sales lead to a crime spree overseas. >> later the eternal batch lower takes a bride.

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>> sky6 live hd this last wonderful bit of summer weather we're getting on the first weekend of fall it's the perfect time to head to the shore, sky6 live hd taking a live look over atlantic city, 78 degrees out there right now. five babies exposed to tb at a texas hospital have tested positive. however, it may be a false positive for some of the babies because they have been vaccinated in the past. the babies were exposed by a nursery worker, her annual exam showed she had active tb. the hospital is now expanding the number of babies it wants to

test to 850. >> another american doctor exposed to the ebola virus is expected to arrive in washington today. the national institute of health is expected to care for the drt who was exposeed while volunteering in sierra leone. >> authorities over seas have busted a thriving black market for the iphone vi. smugglers in china have been caught with 450 smart phones at a time. they are trying to sneak it into the county before it's official release date. there's no word when the smart phone will go on sale in china. apple delayed the plan to introduce it, but did not say led to that digs. philly pops takes us back to the 1970s, karen rogers has

6abc loves the arts. >> reporter: it's been 40 years since the swedish group abba was introduced to america. they remain one of the most successful acts of all times. philly pops music director has put together not only a program that highlights some of abba's greatest hits, but features elton john and john denver and the bee gees. >> you'll hear music that you know, but music you don't normally associate with being played by an orchestra. >> reporter: the pops are enlisting the help of a 6-voice vocal group out of finland to help create the sound of the 70s hits. >> one of their specialties is singing the music of abba we'll get all the biggest hits, dancing queen and momma mia all

those great songs. >> reporter: he hopes the audience relives some of the heartwarming musical memories. >> i meanted to have the familiarity -- i wanted to have the familiarity in all the selections. there were so many joyful songs that came out of the era. the music of abba represents that in a big way. >> the pops will take you back to the era of abb october 13 through the 19 at the kimmel center. go to the arts in philly.org or visit 6abc.com/loves the arts. for 6abc loves the arts, i'm karen rogers. >> thousands came together on the benjamin franklin parkway today for an effort to raise money to fight pediatric cancer. ten thousand participants started the parkway run and walk. the 5k run and 2k walk raised 1.$2 million for research and

survivorship programs at the children's hospital of philadelphia. since the event started a few years agate has raised $7 million. >> still much more to come on "action news" including sports. >> unusual move on the

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check out the fans behind home plate there. the crowd mocked his prepitch routine. the phillies blew a chance to come back in the 9th. braves win 4-2. george clooey is officially off the market. he is seen arriving at his wedding in venice. that ceremony was out of sight of the paparazzi. but the flashes were going later with a-listers who were invited to the event. we're getting photos of chelsea clinton with her new baby girl this is a picture of chelsea with marc mezvinsky mez who charlotte on friday. hillary and bill clinton said they are blessed and happy to be

grand parents. char lot's mother grandmother is marjorie margolies. >> time for accuweather. lots of sunshine, the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, we're up to 84 degrees later this afternoon. it's normal for the middle of august. unusually warm, 79 degrees monday. tuesday, a shower, same thing for wednesday, the rest of the week is clear. to the west coast we go, eagles taking on the 49ers. it's a 4:25 start, 77 degrees, combination of sun and clouds, showers has his prediction for the game and i say 31-27 birds. fun thing last year anytime i predicted an eagles win they lost. >> stop predicting. >> you think it's going to be a close game today. >> reporter: yes. >> finally this afternoon hundreds of people in fairmont park this morning used crazy

socks to promote a not so crazy idea the fun run for "the please touch museum." it raised money for tumor research foundation. live coverage of philadelphia's puerto rican parade and festival featuring our own walter perez is up next. "action news" continues at 6:00 p.m. for eva pilgrim and chris sowers and the entire "action news" team, i'm nydia han have a great sunday, we'll see you next weekend! at perdue, we know fresh chicken. well, not that kind of fresh. but we do take extra steps in our farms, trucks that deliver daily and everywhere in between... ... to bring you a fresh tasting chicken. perdue. we believe in a better chicken.

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welcome to 014's puerto rican day parade. from at this time, here's your hosts, walter perez, diego castellanos and ilia garcia. welcome to the 2014 for the reek can day parade. i've said this parade is suited for summer and it feels like. we have a great crowd we have sun-kissed blue skies and it is hot. just like the parade i felt i am on the broadcast booth with diego castellanos and this year we're happy to