>> good morning, i'm erin o'hearn, eva is off, here are some of the stories we're following for you on "action news." tracking rain cross the entire delaware and lehigh valley and we'll have details how long it will last in the accuweather forecast. a car is riddled with bullets after a gunman opened fire and killed a man on a philadelphia

street overnight. and president obama once again tries to help resolve a contract dispute between septa and the union. first we head over to meteorologist chris sowers who joins us with a look that rainy start to a weekend, boy, it's a good day for couch and movie. >> sounds good to me. >> i am liking that too. >> there's a view of the philadelphia international airport. wet runways. rain throughout the entire delaware valley this morning and patchy fog as well. it will be a slow go early on. hopefully we'll get clearing late in the day and maybe even see a little sliver of sunshine before all said and done here. stormtracker 6 liver double scan showing washing to do. we have a lot of rain over the area. it's on the lighter side. we see lighter shades of green. every now and then darker shades. for the most part this is on the lighter side. heaviest weather towards central pennsylvania in harrisburg area. north and west we go.

here's northwestern suburbs, reading, hamburg, lebanon, lancaster, everybody a shield of light rain. north and west of city and where we pick up the rain we see lower visibility. two and a half miles in plan lancaster and wildwood and atlantic city 5. >> cloudy skies, patchy fog, series of rain. yuck, 54 degrees by 8:00 in the morning, 9:00 temperatures steady at 54 and 10:00, 55. clearing later this afternoon. skies remain mostly cloudy and at least turn the faucet off. colder temperatures in the 7-day forecast. details when i come back in a bit, erin. >> thanks so much, chris, gun shots riddle a car killing a driver and police say he may have been shot nine times. bullets shatter the back window of nissan altima the car wept

two blocks before crashing on nicholas street brewerytown section. the driver was pronounced dead at temple university hospital. investigators are trying to figure out who shot him andy. >> and another hooting left a man fighting for his life 52 and owe sage. a man was shot in the neck outside a corner store. this remains unsolved. a man was shot in the head roydon and roberts street. no arrests or motive in the case tlvrmingtss with a major break in hazing investigation surrounding power house football team in new jersey. 7 players for sayreville team are now facing serious charges. three players accused of aggravated sexual assault and criminal restraint. prosecutors say some of the suspects held other players

against their will while other accused players touched the victims in a sexual manner. according to police the alleged attacks occurred 4 separate occasions on school property. all the suspects are under age 18. the team's football season is cancelled. the squurry has begun hearing arguments of penalty phase of double convicted murder, raghu yandamuri faces the jury. >> it was vinca venna who went to the apartment after his wife was unable to reach her mother. satyavathi venna was babysitting saavni venna and he found the mother on the floor and baby missing. a family friend raghu jamb facing the death penalty after found guilty of two counts of

first degree murder. they're hearing penalty phase before deciding if the penalty you be life in prison or death penalty. venna told the jury he can't trust anyone and he can't sleep thinking of his baby's love and the crime scene. >> it's been two years of dealing with this and as you might expect it will affect people in a dramatic way. >> before the jury was in the courtroom yandamuri said he didn't want to go with penalty phase saying i would rather take the death pen takety. the judge pursuaded him to allow the lawyers to try save his life. >> this is act occurred that was terrible and unforgivable but not born out of evil person and he's not worst of the worst. >> i'm david henery.

"channel 6 action news." >> police are looking for a man that is suspected of robbing 14 businesss in northeast philadelphia. the crimes started back in august and latest incident occurred yesterday morning. surveillance video shows suspect wearing different disguises in each crime. in all the suspect has stolen more than 9,000. if you have information you're urged to call police immediately. the coverage continues on 6abc.com. through find full details about every robbery in the case and see a dozen fur veilence photos and contact information for philadelphia police. >> this is new video of two men wanted for stealing from a t-mobile store in north philadelphia. police say they walked into the store north 5th last saturday and one of the men inquired about a phone. you can see the man looking at the phone there in the surveillance video and a minute later he runs out of the store with the phone in his hands. president obama is once

again stepping into subcontract dispute and president established second emergency board to try to resolve the long-standing contract dispute. the first board was appointed in mid june to end a grief strike that shut down 13 rail lines. however the recommendations were not accepted by engineers. septa and unions have 30 days to submit final offers to the board which will then make another recommendation. >> a new performing arts center is officially open in manayunk. venice island performing arts and recreation center announces new state of the art facility. comedian joe kovrk lynn end taped last night. it's part of new walter filled traition that contained runoff below. it john rawlins explains how it all works. >> you heard right they're celebrating keeping sewage ought

of the schuylkill. checking and cleaning storm water the moving force behind this. >> three, two, one. >> beneath the new basketball court and parking lot a giant underground tank. >> down below us 25, 30 street a tank. it's 75 feet wide wider than this parking lot. >> this is it manmade calf earn that can hold 4 million gallons of sewage contaminated water. >> it's not accept ebl we had to do something to stop the water runoff into the ground. >> it gets sent to treatment. >> if it water project is meat and potatoes than this is the sdeert a new 250 seat performing arts center. replacing antiquated rec center it was decided manayunk could use a theater first managed by city parks and recreation.

hope is it will become. >> jewel for entire city of philadelphia arch jewel performing arts venue that is affordable and accessible and available to all. >> john rawlins, "channel 6 action news." >> there's more to come on "action news" for saturday morning and a dream of a lifetime for a young boy battling cancer. >> and also ahead help if you are trying to sign up for helm coverage now. >> obviously rain out there this morning and patchy fog. damp start to the weekend. sunday much better. showers return in that 7-day forecast starting next week. i'll have details when we come forecast starting next week. i'll have details when we come back.

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>> young ladies got a royal nreement cherry hill. they came decked out in finest gowns and crowns for animal cherly ball. some arrived by horse-drawn kaerming a mode of transportation for any princess and were welcomed by the royal court and then they had a feast fit for a queen and showed that princesses can have fun too. my daughter would have had a blast. >> they wanted to do a hey ride today. but. >> i don't know if it's a good day for a hey ride. >> tomorrow looks better today is not nice. sky6 we'll get you started with a view of the ben franklin bridge. obviously dark out there. when the sun comes up you see a

lot of clouds and patchy rain and even a little bit of fog throughout most of the area. sitting 53 right now in philadelphia. it's a little chilly out there. dew point 50. winds northeast 10 miles an hour and pressure reading 30.20" and much cooler north and west than south and east. 60 in sea isle city. poconos 44. frost advisory in effect for tonight in the mountains. ill wilmington 53. dover 5 5. south jersey interior sections now catching a break. you can seat moisture towards the west out here. this is where steadier moisture is here western suburbs places like reading, pottstown, coatsville, reporting light to occasionally moderate rain. as we go further west you can see plenty more to come. here's the cloud line there pushing to eastern portions of great lake states. several hours of wet weather to go and followed by couple hours

worth of cloud cover. by the time it gets out of here it will not be until maybe rain gets out midday and cloud cover not until 5:00 this afternoon. it's a gray day through the delaware valley. all thanks to the frontal system and small area of pressure ride ago long pushing out to sea and we get to sunday, sunday we catch a break high pressure funnels on in from canada winds north east temperatures on the cooler side and holds system here at bay until we get into monday. there's another shot of shower activity for monday afternoon. future tracker 6 by 10, 10:30 most steady is out sea. from that point on 11, midday, looking at cloudy skies and damp conditions and kind of murky out there. we get into the afternoon. western suburbs seeing a sliver of sunshine before the sunsets. deal with a lot of clouds south and east and overnight tonight goes partly cloudy and turns much colder winds subside and high pressure works way in skies clear and allows for radiational

cooling and tanks south to west and poconos into the 30s. same for lehigh valley. here's what you can expect today. patchy fog this morning. rain through midday. rainfall totals not terribly impressive, three-quarters to quarter of inch, poppeding on the road and not talking about a super soaker today and again turning colder overnight tonight. lehigh valley this is the one spot where we have a chance of seeing at least a little sun before the day is through. otherwise rain early. cloudy skies, 59. and pretty much the same thing for jersey shore. atlantic city, sea isle city, cape may, clouds, morning rain, temperatures in low 60s. the exclusive accuweather five-day at five. 63 for tomorrow. conditions look fine for eagles game a night game sun to clouds 63. you probably see mainly cloudy skies during the eagles game. monday, cloudy skies, shower threat returns 73 and warming up tuesday, sun and clouds, 76.

couple forecast models that have it warm at 78. for now we'll hold steady 76 and then wednesday periods of rain and 70. it's almost like every other day erin you need umbrella. >> yes at least we look forward to this foggy day right. >> yeah, warm weather, sun, little bit of that. >> i like it. check, check, check, that's so much, chris. >> you can take the new 6abc.com wherever you go with the new smart design changes layout to fit any device including tablets and smart phone no matter how small or large the screen. check it out at 6abc.com any time anywere. >> dozens of philadelphia top chefs and mixologists are teaming with city farmers to feed hundreds next weekend for a good cause. alicia vitareli has all the delicious details. >> pastery foundation chef is planning butter nut squash and

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>> welcome back, 5:50 saturday morning a live look through sky6hd atlantic city rainy atlantic city and most of you i think would be a good idea if you got a blanket today curled up and watched tv the entire day. it's going to be nasty out there this morning. well, "healthcheck" if you feel the need to reach for cup of java in the morning it could be in dna.

researchers harvard school uv public health they found six areas of the human gee no linked to higher coffee consumption. this may one day help doctors identify patient that have extra help in cutting down on caffeine intake. >> a new study suggestions memory loss from alzheimer's can be reversed. scientists put patient on rigorous therapeutic program that changed diets and lifestyles. steps included eliminating processed food, starting yoga and taking vitamins. after three to six months scientists claim nine out of ten patients with progressive memory loss had symptoms reversed. only person who did not improve had late stage alzheimer's. nba preseason got underway last night. young basketball fan joined lineup of his favorite team.

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>> welcome back, 5:54 a live look at wilmington, delaware. looks pretty out there. live if you head out not so much. rain today and damp and cool throughout the day. so good die get shopping done or fall cleaning right? well it looks like merry christmas for retailers. national retail federation is predicting spending increases 4% to 617 billion dollars and this holiday season. that's a% age point higher than last year and the highest rate in three years. >> annual open rolement period. for many health plans begins this month. consumer reports reached analysis of more than 1,000 healthcare plans and outlined top questions to consider before you choose. nydia han has the details in the "saving with 6abc" report. like many americans, mark

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saturday october 11. eva is off. i'm erin o'hearn. here's some of the stories we're following for you on "action news." firefighters battled plays in a north philadelphia hair salon police are looking for more suspects in a bizarre theft after a big drug store is set up in a philadelphia home. and gloomy start to the weekend you will need your umbrella if you head outside this morning. your whole weekend may not be a washout. meteorologist chris sowers joins us with a look at the accuweather forecast and sort of gloomy start. you're saying it may improve right? >> as you said the whole weekend doesn't look like a washout. clearing late let's go live on sky6 and show what you is going on. that's the view in atlantic city. the morning looks a lot more gloomy than the afternoon we'll see a lot of clouds throughout the day with gradual drying in the afternoon and maybe sliver of sunshine before the day is out. in the meantime that's what