news" is the announcement on new opportunities to see the pope in philadelphia. officialed say that pope francis will take part in two parades down the ben franklin parkway, john officials discuss ticketed available for the pope's public events? >> yes, yesterday was a surprise that people needed tickets to see the pope's mass, today's design was hopefully to stop the grumbling for yesterday. >> it will allow everyone to gather on the ben franklin parkway and beyond to see the holy father up close. >> talking about one of two papal parades down the parkway, in contrast to yesterday's surprise of the red zone, purple zone map, to get close to the pope for either the scheduled

concert or the mass, those in the red zone will need special tickets, the reason for the tickets? crowd safety as for how many in the red zone. >> we are not releasing the specific ticket numbers. >> but the sales of hotel rooms remain slower than expected. there are price cuts showing up but a third of the rooms remain unsold. >> there is a sense of urgency but not panic, there is plenty of time to book the rooms. >> charter bus rental was 70% below expectations. >> oh, no. i really don't think so, based on the calls we get. >> organizers concede the sales of passes and hotel rooms and the registrations of buses were below expectations at this points, but they counter they

hear from many, many pilgrims from across the country and from all over the world that say they will be here when the pope is here. john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. we have all the latest details on the pope's visit including the newly released ticketing information at 6abc.com/pope, and you'll also find our ongoing coverage with everything you need to know ahead of the pontiff's arrival. this friday night at 10:00, tune in for a special edition of 20/20 pope francis and the people, you'll see the virtual audience in three cities. david muir moderated the special event from the vatican. well, the thermometer hit 96 degrees making it the hottest day of 2015 and marks day five of heat wave number five, some relief is on the way.

>> can you see the haze in the atmosphere, we'll look at the number in philadelphia, the hot of the so far this year at 96, that is 14 degrees above normal, the normal is 82 and 4 degrees shy of the record high that is 1 huh. 94 in the lehigh valley season the tied record high at the atlantic city airport. cape may county, the coolest spot because of the water on either side sitting at 85 today, we are tracking a cold front off to the north that has some showers and thunderstorms with it, this brings some of us some much needed rain on friday and all of us a break in this present heat wave, when i come back we'll talk about heat wave number six and a beautiful labor day weekend coming up in accuweather. >> thank you. as the heat wave wrapped up go

to 6abc.com/weather and follow the weather team on social media. this is the frightening moment when a business owner and their mom were assaulted in their own home. it happened in the long crest section of philadelphia, sara bloomquist is live at northeast detectives, this is the second time in a week the same family is targeted. >> reporter: monica that is right. this grocery store owner had her purse snatched a week ago and she had her cameras upgraded on her home and they hope the video will help them identify the two armed men that ambushed this business owner and her mother, pistol whipping them both. just before 9:30 last night. 56-year-old grimilda jimenez wars opening the door of her home when the suspect approached with his weapon raised she tried

to keep him from coming inside where her 76-year-old mother was waiting and joined in the struggle and the men pistol whipped both women, she showed us the staples in her head anded wound in her arm. >> one of them had a ski mask and he just took it off inside of her house. >> one suspect ransacked the bedroom and the other held the women at gun point in the kitchen, they left out the back door without taking anything. they own a grocery store, and they took her purse last week. >> she is targeted and her being a business owner, that is the direction the investigation is going. >> after the purse snatching the family upgraded the surveillance system to supply the clear video of the attack and the suspects

getting away. >> a cowardly act for men to victimize older women and do what they did, that is being a coward. >> they don't have a heart and cold and cowards and petty, they don't even be deserved to be called human. >> police say there is not similar attacks in that area, only adding creedence to the theory that this business woman was targeted. i'm sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. five rutgers university football players are in trouble with the law including one from chester county, part of a group charged with several hope invasions and an assault and the victims were all students too. the mote he was allegedly drugs and money, "action news" reporter nora muchanic has more tonight. >> reporter: five current players on the rutgers football team will not be taking the field, they are suspended and

facing conspiracy and riot charges. that they caused an unprovoked attack that left one student with a broken jaw. >> it's a disgrace, i expect more from rut degrees. >> the five suspended players quarterback ron peel and barn way both piscataway and corner back barnes from coatesville, pennsylvania. three masked gunman held five students at gun point and robbed them. so far, andre bogs and three others are arrested in those home invasions. >> i heard that one tried to break into a dorm. >> no one should do it, you are playing for the big ten.

>> julie fuhrman confirm that the players have in fact been suspended and they are monitoring the situation but has no further comment. >> if they keep doing what they are doing, they should be thrown off the team. >> this is the latest embarrassment for the scarlet knights, that had other students thrown off the team. and now flood is being investigated. meantime, new jersey senator, cory booker is the latest democrat to support the nuclear deal, he says it is flawed but the alternative it worse. he joins bob casey and senator couples and pat toomey and new jersey democrat menendez are

opposed. a lock down is now lifted at the mercer county corrections center after a possible ebola scare, two sheriff's officers picked up a prisoner, he was recently in liberia and spiked a fever overnight. he does not have ebola but has travel related none contagious illness. it's expected to be a contentious meeting to discuss the school in marple township, the property stretched for more than 200 acres, last year the archdiocese sold the site to a developer that wants to turn it into a retail space, but folks are opposed saying it would ruin the green space and lower their property values. coming up on "action news" tonight, structural problems at a philadelphia school will delay

the start of school for almost students and the eagles are set for their preseason finale, jeff skversky has a report from met life stadium. and adam joseph is back with the accuweather forecast.

the school year will be delayed for one school because their billing is crumbling, their building is not safe so first through fourth graders have to stay home for now.

eva pilgram has more. >> these children are enjoying the last of their summer vacation. >> i kind of miss school. >> it's fun to learn. >> today parents learned this got a week longer. >> i was in the school yesterday, the staff didn't say anything. >> an employee doing work discovered a problem. >> you can't see it from inside of the building, it looks normal and nothing there to see, have you to go under the building to see the support beams for the floors are corroded, that makes the majority of the school unsafe for students, district -- the building was built in 194 but that delays the first day for first through fourth graders, six will be moved to middle school and kindergartners will start on the time.

there are no safety concerns in their building. the school district called parents to let them know about the changes and let them know about a meeting at wilson middle school tonight and tomorrow night at 6:00 p.m. >> in this area, maybe more than 50 families, that immigrated from bangladesh, they don't speak much english. >> students have mixed feelings. >> i know some of the older kids it could be fun. >> read more books. >> play and shout. >> in northeast philadelphia, eva pilgram, channel 6 "action news." a popular farmer's market has reopened for business but at a new location, the flower town farmers market opened at their new home at 1800 bethlehem pike, the landmark shut down earlier after 29 years at the previous location and they made way for a

cvs. they are happy to have it back in the community.

we have breaking news from warminster county, police are called to a pedestrian accident where a car hit someone, it happened 25 minutes ago the call went out, police have come to the scene and they are still investigating, they have not yet transported the pedestrian hit, again breaking news out of warminster bucks county. a person hit by a car minutes ago. and now ducis rogers is here with more on the eagles. >> taking on the jets soon at 7:00, lets get this game in and out of the way without injuries, this is the way coaches are approaching this contest but it has meaning though for guys trying to make this team. jeff skversky is live at the

meadowlands with more. >> reporter: ducis time is running out on tebow's time and guys on the bubble. the final preseason game against the jets, chip kelly has to cut the roster and get rid of 22 guys by saturday at 4:00, the starters are not expected to play tonight but we should get a look at keiko alonso, he had tendonitis in his left knee but is expected to play a series or two tonight. all eyes are on tim tebow, and matt barkley vying for the third quarterback job. neither scored a touch down this preseason so what do they think they need to show. >> that is not up to me, very to compete and do the best i can with the coaching and try to understand it, and apply it as

best i can, and also just go have fun. >> i don't feel pressure at all, just an exciting opportunity, and been in this place before. to impress and to move the ball down the field. >> reporter: the other intriguing position battle is at wide receiver, rashid bailey playing for a final spot, a rookie from millville, always dreamed of playing for the team he rooted for. >> it would be a dream, but also my dream is to play in the nfl, and whatever opportunity i receive and whatever god's plan in for he, i have to take it. whether it's here or on another team, i hope it is here but we'll see what happens. >> bailey is second on team in receptions and could be a candidate for the practice

squad, he does not want to be on the practice squad, he wants to be on the eagles 50 man roster, time is running out for the guys, roster has to be cut by saturday. >> thank you. tom brady's four game suspension is rift lifted by a federal judge, u.s. district judge richard berman says that roger goodell went too far with his own brand of industrial justice and was suspended for his role in deflate-gate and the nfl has filed an appeal of today's ruling and villanova football started tonight at 7:30.

adam is here with the accuweather word in for cecily. day five of heat wave we have had enough. >> we have a break the next few days and then the 90s come back on sunday and last the rest of the next week, take advantage of the break. we are tracking a cold front north of the poconos sparking a random thunderstorm in a couple of spots and a closer look at double scan, pressing into northern parts of northampton county and downtown martins creek and winds of 44 miles per hour and 22 lightning strikes if it holds together it could move as far south as bethlehem and maybe skirt parts of the lehigh valley, temperatures though is the big story, sunday we started at 91 degrees and 95 on tuesday and the peak of the heat is on

tuesday, 96 degrees the hot of the day of the year in philadelphia so far. the heat index so far 94 in philadelphia and 95 in wilmington and 97 in dover and 90s in the lehigh valley, and a bit of a break with an on shore wind feeling like the mid-80s at the shore. we'll continue to track this as it pushes to the south tonight and throughout the day tomorrow, as it does so, it is going to kick off some tropical humidity overnight tonight and maybe the isolated thundershower north of the city towards the lehigh valley, and everyone 70 to 75 degrees for the overnight low temperatures, as we track the front on future tracker, tomorrow morning it's fairly quiet, it's muggy and warm and hazy sunshine with the wind coming in from the northeast behind the front you get the slashing air mass with the sunshine and we see scattered downpours and thunderstorms erupting around the region and then everything pushes to the south and west for the beginning

of the weekend so a perfect start to your holiday weekend saturday morning with lower humidity. all right i pulled the short straw, melissa magee pulled the long straw, she is ending another great season down at the shore. getting your feet in the sand for one last time. >> reporter: man adam i cannot believe the summer is coming to an end but we are enjoying our last gasp of summer down at the shore in ocean city and tomorrow we have you covered with the shore forecast, on friday more clouds than sunshine and we are tracking a thundershower and it looks to be inland locations with a high of 80 and on saturday for the start of the holiday weekend, sunny and breezy and a bit of an on shore flow as well with a high temperature of 78, on sunday sunny and beautiful high of 80 degrees and water temperatures will be in the upper to middle 70s, it looks fan taft ecand i

have been on the boardwalk this whole time, adam you guys have fun this weekend down at the shore. >> go run and take a dive after the hard work this entire summer season. >> that girl ain't going into the water maybe to her ankles. she ain't getting that hair wet, i know her too well. scattered thunderstorms in the afternoon and sunny and nice and low humidity 78 degrees and then heat wave number six sunday into the middle of next week and more humid on tuesday and wednesday and maybe a break come thursday with showers and thunderstorms at 87 degrees and let me tell you melissa magee is a toothpick but she can eat her way up and down the boardwalk at every single stop. >> she did a great job. "action news" continues at 10:00 p.m. on phl 17 with brian taff, adam joseph, and ducis rogers.

and then joan join us for a special report. >> a delaware man says he was defrauded by this moving company and he wants to warn others. >> i knew they had me, i knew i had been taken. what you need to know when you hire a mover. tonight on "action news" at 11:00. for jim gardner, cecily tynan, ducis rogers and the entire "action news" team i'm monica malpass hope to see you tonight at 11:00.

breaking news tonight, you'll see the showdown, the count clerk now hauled off to jail. tonight that clerk behind bars after refusing to grant marriage licenses to gay couples. the explosive moments inside the clerk's office, and tonight the strong reaction coming in outside. also breaking, a major development in the hunt for three suspects they call armed and dangerous after the cop who they say was killed. now word coming in of a new video. donald trump and his bold pledge tonight, what is he signaling now? quarterback tom brady and the judge tonight, his decision, will brady be able to play at the start of the season. the nfl fuming. and abc news obtaining the video, what agents are accused of doing as you pass through security at america's airports. you will see it right here.