"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. good afternoon, philadelphia police have just issued an

arrest warrant who police say was behind the wheel during a hit and run in april. and the first eyewitness accounts of the shooting in virginia. and the big story is the search for a suspect after a wild police chase and carjacking, the commotion started at 12:30 this morning during a routine traffic stop at 13th stroot in philadelphia. it ended with a crash and two women badly shaken up. >> reporter: rick, detectives here at the south division know who they are looking for and that is because the suspect left behind his inmate identification card in the car he left behind, so far he has not been taken into custody. >> all of a sudden i heard this crazy sound. that was one of the crashes along the path of a suspect that police say fled from officers and carjacked a vehicle, it all started at 12:30 this morning in

philadelphia. police pulled over the mustang for running stop signs and driving radically, the mustang traveled several blocks smashing into two parks cars including this one. >> i heard the car crash and then i heard people get out of the car and they were screaming. >> after crashing the mustang, the suspect got out and carjacked a nearby nissan ultima, that had four people inside. the suspect forced the driver out but took off with two women in the backseat. >> several people witnessed this carjacking and wepts into pursuit. the women said he fled on foot, and the women drove to ninth andwityner where they flag down an officer. >> after carjacking the vehicle he took off with two vehicles in

the backseat. >> reporter: none of the victims were seriously injured and so far the police have not released the suspect's name and south detectives want to hear from you if you have any tips. katherine scott, 6 abc. >> one person was hurt in this crash involving an suv and a van in philadelphia's bustleton section, chopper 6 hd was over the scene of reed road and bloomfield avenue, the aftermath of the crash ended up in the driveway of a home with the van flipped over and the suv on top of it. >> "action news" reporter, trish hartman is on the scene and has a live update on "action news" at 12:30. this just in to "action news" now, philadelphia police have issued an arrest warrant for this man, 22-year-old miguel cologne. police say that cologne hit josephine rivera and her 2-year-old son david, as they were getting out of a car,

rivera survived and her son did not. philadelphia police are offering a $20,000 reward for any information leading to cologne's arrest. and an emergency as tropical storm erika heads towards the u.s., it has already hit several places killing four people. is expected to be a tropical storm when it hits landfall, but if it was a hurricane it will would be the first to hit in a decade. and it should be another picture perfect day but the heat and humidity is making a come back, sky 6 looking at the center city skyline, wall-to-wall sunshine with temperatures in the 80s and we'll warm up for the weekend and most of next week. meteorologist, melissa magee is live outside with a preview of the accuweather forecast. happy friday melissa. >> happy friday to you rick too. the humidity is coming back but

until it does, lets enjoy what we have. the numbers currently outside in philadelphia, 79 degrees same thing in millville and along the coach in beach haven it's kfrmts, and 66 to the west in reading and lancaster and even allentown in the middle 70s, we have you covered this afternoon and the eepg hours, 3:00 p.m. mostly sunny and temperature 81 and the humidity stays low and 5:00 p.m. 83 and 9:00 p.m. tonight clear and comfortable with a temperature around 76 degrees. your get away forecast, we have you covered, mostly sunny in the city, temperatures in the middle to lower 80s at the shore, gorgeous with a high temperature of 80, and kfrmts up to the north in the poconos. we'll talk about what is ahead it's comfortable and brought as we close out the work week. we are tracking a september heat

wave, we are not done with the 90s yet and an update on tropical storm erika and how this impacts the leeward islands. coming up with the full and ac cluesive accuweather forecast. >> tomorrow marks ten years since hurricane katrina hit the gulf coast and new orleans. today former president, george w. bush visited a high school in new orleans, the same he visited one year after the hurricane hit. yesterday president obama visited one of the hardest hit areas of the city calling it an inspiration. >> the fact that we can make this many strides 10 years after a terrible epic disaster, i think is an indication of the kind of spirit we have in this city. >> hurricane katrina caused more

than $100 billion in damage and killed at least 1200 people. tomorrow city leaders will lay a wreath at hurricane katrina moment real. the sole survivor of a shooting that kill aid news crew in virginia is sharing her story today through her husband. meanwhile the shopping center where it happened it starting to open for the first time since the attack. >> reporter: the visible traces of that morning still hauntsing a virginia community now gone, new wooden planking is up as businesses are reopening today. now for the first time an eyewitness account of the deadly on air shooting from the soul survivor of the attack, vicky gardner, talk to her husband. >> the surgeon told me a couple of september meters she would not be walking and would not be alive. >> she was being interviewed by

allison parker. when all three were gunned down. >> allison was the initial target. >> vicky told her husband allison was shot first and then ward and when vicky started to run, the gunman started firing at her. >> he shot three times at my wife and she was trying to dodge everything and he missed twice and then she dove to the ground, according to vicky, the shooter, former reporter, vester flannigan kept trying to shoot her but his gun did not work. more evidence of an elaborate pan and in his car a glock pivot on and three magazine of ammos, three license plates and a wig and shawl and to do list. >> flannigan shot and killed himself while on the run from troopers, vicky is still in the

hospital but expected to make a full recovery. back in this area one firefighter was hurt battling a house fire in berks county last night. it broke out on the 500 block in reading, the first firefighters on the scene had to call for backup because of how strong the flames were, the house was vacant at the time and so far no cause is determined. >> three row homes caught fire in camden this morning, the action cam was on the 1100 block of mechanics street. fire officials say only one home was on fire and the flames quickly spread to neighboring home, no word on damage that the fire actually caused. more than 200 young people dedicated themselveses to making sure that studentses have a successful school year ahead. philadelphia held a pep rally to serve the students in 14 philadelphia public schools, the

mentors worked side by side with teachers to provide individual and group support to students that need extra care, they mean to keep students on the path to graduation and increase the dropout rate, and now the universe of sciences -- and it was move-in day for freshman and the kickoff to welcome week, they will be officially welcomed into the community and a convocation ceremony in the university's rec center. still to come on "action news" at noon, new video of a minnesota joy ride by an unlicensed drive, they were shocked when they saw who was behind the wheel and who was in the backseat. and a man hailed a hero in france speaks out.

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state police in minnesota released new video of a slow speed chase involving an 8-year-old driver, the 8-year-old took his foster

parent's car for a spin in april with two younger foster siblings inside and made it 20 miles before a trooper pulled them over. they were not hurt. one american that helped to take down an attacker on a french train last week talked exclusively to abc news. he arrived yesterday and the entire airport cheered for the army guard specialist, the unimaginable happened when he was on a european vacation with friends, waez on a trip from amsterdam to paris when a man appeared with an ak-47, we where just acting on adrenalin and what to do to survive, training kind of kicks in after he was already down and spencer started to provide medical care on mark and i grabbed the ak and looked

through the other cars in case there was anybody else. >> they received the highest medal from the french president. and now the famous rape child in new hampshire. oen labry stands of raping a then 18-year-old girl in their prep school last year, he says the girl lied about the encountser to protect her reputation and that he lied when he said he had sex with the girl. this is the second day of jury clib rations. today marks 52 years since martin luther king's "i have a dream" speech in washington, d.c., he gave the famous address at the lincoln memorial during the march on washington, more than a quarter million people went to the demonstration on august 28th, 1963. rapper and north jersey

native thedy whop, did a free show in paterson, passaic county. the concert was to encourage kids to stay in school, they had to show their current i.d. or report card to get in. officials say that he is setting an example for the entire neighborhood. >> it shows an example for the entire america if you pursue your dream. >> each student got a surprise as they left the concert, a backpack full of school supplies. still to come on "action news" at noon, a new iphone could be released in the matter of weeks plus a brand new cholesterol lowering drug could be on shelves.

a new i'm phone model could be released next month, apple could host one of their events next month. probably 6 s and 6 s plus, they are suppose to have souped up cameras and apple will launch a revamped apple tv as well and launch upgrades to its digital assistant siri. and the fda issued a new cholesterol lowing drug but it

will cost you. it works at making the liver more efficient by making it -- it will be available next week but health insurers have expressed concerns about its cost, it's priced as more than 14,0$14,000 a year. meals in school cafeterias have gotten healthier, officials set new nutrition standards in 2012 hoping to have them implements in 10 years but it has happened much faster, as of last year, 95% of schools across the country have met the new standards. all right, the "action news" team is out working on flus stories tonight at 4:00, and here is alicia vitarelli live in the newsroom with a preview. >> happy friday. have any of you posted a

flashback friday on instagram, how about a cute picture of your cat. according to one department store heiress these are big no no's, more from her blunts list of instagram do's and don't's. >> and it is freebie friday, how you and your family can get into any national parka cross the country for the entire school year and it's your last chance to grab an iced coffee, coming up at 4:00, and you can take us with you on the go, if you have not downloaded the 6 abc news app, we are streaming live on your smart phone or tablet. >> free iced coffee sounds good. see you at 4:00. meanwhile, we are looking live from sky 6 hd showing you cape may new jersey, a pretty picture on the beach there, melissa magee has your full accuweather forecast on this final week of august. hey, mom and dad! hey, kiddo!

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meteorologist, melissa magee, is back inside now as we say good-bye to august and september is looking to be kind of sweltering. >> yes, we may be in store for a september heat wave, it depends on the temperatures and what they do, we enjoy the nice weather, stormtracker 6 live double scan showing you it's dry and quiet and high pressure is dominating our region and we'll show you the picture outside, down the shore we go, it's action cam was there earlier today, in the back bays you can see atlantic city in the distance there and all the casinos and really comfortable conditions, a nice, bright blue sky. currently outside in philadelphia, coming in at 79 degrees, the due points at 52, this gives you an indication of the dry air overhead and low humidity as well.

the winds are calm, it is on the rise, currently 79 in the city and 75 in trenton and 75 from allentown and lancaster and the coast, cape may not bad, upper 70s in beach haven, here is satellite 6 along with action radar not a lot to talk about from new england to the mid-atlantic region, because of this ridge of high pressure. and this stays in place into the first half of our weekend tomorrow. here is the setup today, plenty of sunshine and low humidity and temperatures maxing out in the lower to middle 80s, average this time of year is 80, 85 degrees, and tonight mostly clear and quiet, the temperature dropping down to the middle 60s here in the city, the 50s in the out lying suburbs, here is the setup into the rest of the weekend and into next week, the heat is returning and the jet stream migrates to the north and 90s once again and not tomorrow

and not as we get into sunday but monday and beyond, hazy, hot and humid, and watch with this ridge of high pressure off the coast in the atlantic, watch how that ridge steers, tropical storm erika we'll give you the latest. winds are sustained at 50 miles per hour, and moves west at 18 miles per hour. it is affecting the dominican republic later tonight and they could see up to 18 inches of rain and some mountainous areas could see 10 inches of rainfall. this continues to move up to the florida penance what, and something to keep in mind is that you are not just focused in on the central line but the entire cone of uncertainty, we'll keep you posted into neext week as far as erika for

florida. 76 degrees and the ocean temperature on the beach and sand today, 80, it's pleasant and 82 tomorrow and sunshine and clouds on sunday and a touch more humidity and high temperature of 82, here is the exclusive accuweather forecast, up to 5-degrees today and 88 tomorrow and hot and more humid on sunday, 90, and hot and humid on monday 92, remember it's only three straight days with temperatures in the 90s and the september sisle is back on tuesday, high up to 92, we could be talking about a september heat wave. i can't believe that september is next week. >> but back to school hey! >> next on "action news" at noon, a bizarre crash in the northeast. >> this bustleton home woke up to find an suv on top of their car, i'm trish hartman and i'll tell you what investigators think happened at 12:30.

>> also, coming up a freddy galvis foul ball goes into the crowd and hits a fan in the head, we'll hear more on fan safety after the break.

here are stories we are following on "action news" right now. a suv went flying and flip aid car in the process, we are live on the scene with all the details. a somber anniversary. we are live in new orleans after 10 years since hurricane katrina. and one of poorest school districts explores options after they say there is not enough money to pay its teachers. and a bizarre crash landing with two vehicles at a home in philadelphia, chopper 6 hd was over the scene on bloomfield avenue in the bustleton section, a suv landed on a van and ended up naext books next to a home here. >> reporter: well rick, despite massive damage to one family's