keeps it from being unbearable. it's hard to believe, though, that this weekend is finally here, labor day weekend. this is unofficial end of summer. everyone we talked to plans to do that, soak every last minute of this up before they have to go back to the real world and back to school. the sun is smiling down on ocean city today. >> we're just hanging out and enjoying the sun. >> favorite thing to do is probably go in the water and build sand castles with my brother. >> we're just enjoying the beach. going in the water, playing in the sand and just enjoying the day. >> reporter: but a cloud is hanging over these kids and their parents. this is their last weekend at the shore this summer. >> i'm happy and sad 'cause i love school and i love the summer. >> one last hurrah. we need to be able to say, you know, summer is over but at least we can spend the last couple days here instead of at

home. the pool doesn't do. >> i like having a open schedule and no homework and school as much as these guys do. >> reporter: the crowds have already started arriving at the shore. the boardwalk is getting busier and the beach is packed. >> make sure we can enjoy the sun and sand one last time. >> i like the waves. >> the rides. >> reporter: whatever the plan, everyone is trying to squeeze in one last summer memory. >> we have our families and they're great gifts and spending time together that's what we want to do. >> reporter: doesn't that just sum it up so perfectly. you really couldn't ask for more perfect weather as the sun starts to go down which it hasn't yet. people are already telling us that they plan to pack up the beach move here to the boardwalk to do one of my favorite things, eat. they're going to try ought owl their favorites on the boardwalk before their weekend winds down. in ocean city, eva pilgrim. >> i loved that last guy, said our families are our gifts.

>> that's true. >> let's get a check of our holiday forecast. >> over to adam joseph live at the big board and praying for good weather this weekend and monday, too. >> yeah, all of the pressure has been put off my shoulders. this is going to be a perfect holiday weekend. in fact, today another hot day. we were expecting it to only be in the 80's but the sunshine really took control again today, so we excelled to 93 degrees which is a record tying high for this date in philadelphia. the old 93 was from back in 2008. this marks the day six of the present heat wave and the 34th time philadelphia has hit 90 or better this year. as we take a look at the heat index, the numbers have started to come back down. that northeasterly wind trying to do its job to dry the atmosphere how. feels like 84 in allentown, 81 in wilmington with storms there. 87 in millville but it still feels like 92 in philadelphia and at the shore mid 80's presently. as we look at double scan live radar we have a couple of downpours and thunderstorms

scattered through the region. this cluster in central parts of chester county moving away from west chester in that northeasterly to southwesterly direction near route one heading towards oxford. 32 lightning strikes in particular area and then up in the lehigh valley, five lightning strikes here and you can see a downpour around route 100 between macungie and bally and also on the split of 78 and as you hit that northeast extension south of allentown near schnecsville. this is a cold front trying to push through. high pressure to the north dewpoints dropping into the 40's and 50's and that will siphon in that dry air for the upcoming holiday weekend so it will be an amazing holiday. warm temperatures, sunny skies, low humidity. alicia we'll show you those numbers coming up in that full accuweather forecast. i want to hear no complaints at all this weekend. >> nothing. >> exactly. >> okay. remember, you can take

accuweather with you on the go if you're heading out for holiday weekend. it's going to be great weather for you. storstorm tracker6 radar and lie sky6 giving you realtime updates on what's ahead. visit 6abc.com/weather or use the 6abc news a app. >> we are three weeks away now from pope francis' visit to philadelphia and as we continue to count down we're working hard to get answers to lots of the questions and concerns people have been voice across the region. john rawlins live at 30th street station today. john from mass transit porttation to hotel space there are still a lot of loose ends to tie up here. >> reporter: brian, a lot of questions exist, that's for sure. promised information about that online release of some 30,000 tickets to the public to see the pope next week, we were hoping to pass that on today, apparently it has not materialized yet. we spoke way hotel operator today who said out of towners are getting frustrated and canceling reservations because they can't get a clear picture of what life is going to be like inside the traffic box.

>> at this point i'm barely keeping my head above water. two or three cancellation as day, two or three new rentals. >> reporter: brian runs the 44 room roadway inn in center city. he says conflicting information from the papal visit officials has so confused would be pilgrims his bookings have gone from a high of more than 90 percent to now just about 50 percent. he says out of towners are canceling because they don't know if for instance, their car can be parked in this nearby garage. >> we've gotten two answers. we can use the garage if we get the cars in thursday or friday by 6 o'clock. recently we were told the garage has to be emptied friday. so, we don't know really what to tell those guests. >> reporter: frustrated he's offering discounts to local businesses who want to keep staffers nearby so they don't have to navigate any center city congestion. across town a bright spot. amtrak said today it is adding 41 trains during the papal weekend both for the northeast corridor and from harrisburg.

that will add about 35,000 extra seats. some of the trains are being leased from railroads in new jersey and maryland. >> some of our extra trains will actually operate using new jersey transit or marc equipment and we'll also be adding a stop at hamilton where we don't normally stop in hamilton, new jersey, again, through an agreement with new jersey transit. the name of the game is to be able to move as many people into and out of philadelphia so we can get people to the event. >> reporter: they're also monitoring reservations and if there's more demand they'll put more cars onto some of their existing trains. now back to that online release of 30,000 tickets to the public in order to see the pope on the two days he's here in september. that online event it was take place on tuesday and wednesday. we were hoping to pass on some of the nuts and bolts of where you have to go and how you sign up for all of that. unfortunately we haven't got that information yet. hopefully we'll have it at 6 o'clock when we return. live at 30th street station, john rawlins channel6 "action

news." alicia. >> i know a lot of us looking forward to that information. john, thank you. before pope francis' greets a live audience here he held a virtual one with people across the u.s. high chance to chatter with david muir who moderated the exclusive event from the vatican. airing tonight right here on 6abc. >> philadelphia is going to play such a huge role in this pope's visit to america an historic visits. pope francis has never been to the u.s. before. >> reporter: before he does touchdown here in a few short weeks, the people's pope had a chance to chat with folks in three u.s. cities via satellite. holding an exclusive virtual audience from the vatican with abc's david muir. >> it really is amazing. no pope has ever sat down with an american journalist let alone to sit down and then open themselves up to questions not only from the reporter sitting there but from people all over the country. >> reporter: the holy father having candid conversations with people in chicago, los angeles and texas cities he

won't be able to visit in person while he's here. >> he said yes to us after a year of saying what can we do, we want to do more than an interview, we want to find a way to connect you with everyday americans across this country. he let us in. >> reporter: muir calls this an experience he'll never forget from the moment he came face to face with the pontiff. >> i walked in, the door closes and standing right behind the door is pope francis with smile on his face. he wanted a chance to quickly meet before the glare of the cameras and i thought that speaks volumes about a pope who wants a personal connection. >> reporter: and it's that personal connection that's made him modern even a little hip. >> that's why he has 22 million twitter followers, why he's the most retweeted leader in the world and he'll bring that energy not only to america but lucky for all of you in philadelphia and i can't wait to come visit while he's there if i can find a way down the street. i'm going have to ask you guys for help because it is going to be extraordinary to watch him make that trip to philly. >> don't worry, david we've got you covered while you're here in town. coming up on "action news tonight at 5:30 a special

sneak peek at some of the very special moments you'll see on tonight's show including the pope's interaction with a young girl are who was bullied and a nun. very, very incredible moments and that one hour 20/20 special pope francis and the people hosted by david muir from the vatican starts at 10 o'clock right here on 6abc. in the meantime we're keeping up with all of the latest information about the papal visit at 6abc.com/pope. we'll have the latest details about event tickets and the newly announced parades as they're released. you can find the lists of highway closures and map of the security zones and a list of those prohibited items. >> for now the ben franklin parkway is set up to host another big event, the made in america festival is in town this weekend. the action cam was on the parkway today where we found the stage all set and ready to go. this is the fourth year for that event organized by rapper and music mogul jay-z, his wife beyoncé will headline tomorrow's concert. musician the weekend will wrap things up sunday night.

organizers expect this festival to draw 70,000 fans to their parkway right there in philadelphia. >> by the way, it's beyoncé's birthday. >> oh, yeah. >> totally forgot to get her a gift. >> today or tomorrow. >> today. >> you better get one. >> got to get something last minute. made in america is impacting of course traffic and mass transit all across the area. so, of course we got to get a check of that traffic report for you. >> matt pelman standing by in the "action news" traffic center with an upday. hey, matt. >> is it in honor of queen bay's birthday that the parkway is closed. i think it's preparations for the concert. more on that in a second brian and alicia. first a crash on the vine street expressway eastbound side approaching broad street. you can see the fire crews and the ambulance on the scene taking out the right lane and partially blocking the off ramp. you know this isn't going to bode well especially on holiday friday afternoon. eastbound side of the vine is jam packed off the schuylkill through this point at broad. the delays themselves going back onto 76. this is our ben franklin parkway. yes, completely shut down this

afternoon. access to it blocked off on surrounding streets. going to be closed now most of it through monday morning. the inner drive through tuesday morning. definitely a spot to avoid. you've got gridlock around the area, septa bus detours as well. it's a mess anywhere around the ben franklin parkway as we get ready for made in america. also watching a crash on the southbound roosevelt boulevard near bridge street in the inner drive. that's a good spot to avoid. normal delays at this point on 95. if you're headed do you know 95 in delaware and southbound past the newark tolls there's a crash taking out three lanes but surprisingly delays there headed toward maryland don't look too bad at the moment and down the shore on the garden state parkway northbound past the great egg tolls, watch out for a crash just pushed off to the side. let's grab the ipad do the commuter report on this friday afternoon before a holiday weekend. this is not where you want a crash. 42 southbound in deptford. luckily it's minor in nature but plenty of slowing leading toward it on the southbound side of 42 headed down the shore this afternoon. we'll check it again, brian and alicia, coming up in the next half hour.

>> see you then matt. thank you. still ahead here at 4 o'clock today, a heartbreaking image shines a new light on region in conflict. what happened today in syria involving a child who drowned trying to escape a. >> plus, a week full of controversy in kentucky is finally resolved. same-sex couples who got their marriage licenses today and what's next for the clerk who refused to grant them one. >> and an expanded recall of a popular product you might see at barbecue's this weekend. why craft heinz is pulling some of its singles off the shelves. >> ♪

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>> ♪ >> we have got some breaking eagles news this afternoon. it looks like the fight for third string quarterback might be over. espn reporting right now that the eagles have traded matt barkley to the arizona cardinals for a conditional seventh round draft pick. now, that could clear the way for tim tebow to stay with the team but the birds have not

confirmed that this afternoon. tomorrow is the deadline to make roster cuts. of course we'll have much more on this qb situation still developing in our 5 o'clock hour tonight. >> it was the an emotional scene in this morning in kentucky where gay couples who have been trying to get marriage licenses finally got their wish and they celebrate their victory and the woman who was trying to stop them is sitting in jail and her husband says she's prepared to wait there a long time. [cheers and applause] it was a day filled with cheers of joy and cheers of support outside the county clerk's office in rowan county kentucky. william smith and james have been trying to get a marriage license since june when the supreme court ruled in favor of same-sex marriage. after six visits to the clerk's office, today they can finally move forward. >> this means everything at least for this area. civil rights. >> reporter: meanwhile the

county clerk kim davis is spending her second day in jail. a judge held her in contempt of court for refusing to issue the licenses. davis who has been married four times says she's denying the licenses because of her religious beliefs. that led to a tense encounter earlier this week. >> why. >> under whose authority. >> under god's' authority. >> reporter: today her husband says she has no regrets and no plans to resign. >> yeah i've spoken to her over the phone and she's in good spirits. she will be there until however long it takes. >> the judge in this case plans to revisit the issue next week meaning davis will be in jail at least until then. he said he's watching to make sure the other clerks in the office continue to issue licenses to gay couples. >> thousands of refugees have begun walking from hungary's capitol heading west now that staying at home is just too dangerous. those refugees began marching from budapest vowing to reach

the austrian border on foot. that came after hungarian police blocked them from taking trains. most of these refugees are syrians who are trying to escape a bloody war. they're trying to eventually reach germany or other places in the west since hungary is more likely to return them to their home countries. meanwhile in syria the two-year-old boy whose lifeless body has become the symbol of the migrant crisis was laid to rest today. he was buried along with his four-year-old brother and his mother. all three died when their boat capsized while they tried to cross from turkey into greece. the two-year-old's body washed up on shore and that image has gone viral on social media. the father of that family survived the accident and was there for the funeral today. >> well, the economy added fewer jobs than expected in august but unemployment is the lowest it's been in years. the august jobs report showing the u.s. added 173,000 jobs last month. that's far lower than the

218,000 expect of expected. but the unemployment rate fell .2 of a point to 5.1 percent, the lowest since march of 2008. this is a key report for the federal reserve which is expected to debate raising interest rates when it meets in two weeks. and look at the closing numbers on wall street. red arrows across-the-board not the way we like to start a holiday weekend here. the dhow jones losing 272 points. at one point during the day it was down more than 300 points. the nasdaq down about 50 points and the s & p 500 also down about 30 points on the day. kraft heinz is expanding its recall of kraft singles. the company says a problem with the packaging is affecting 10 times as many cases as originally thought. the company is now recalling 335,000 cases because a thin strip of the plastic can stick to the food. the company says it has gotten five reports of people choking because of the problem.

the company recalled an additional 36,000 cases of singles back in july so take a look at what you're serving before your holiday barbecues this weekend. >> you got it. and speaking of the weekend, time to get a check of what is in store weather-wise. >> and over to mr. popular, adam joseph with a look at the holiday forecast. making some friends on this one. >> that's only because the weather is going to be so nice this weekend. as we look at sky6 live right now in cape may, you can see the flag blowing pretty good here. you got to watch the rip current risk this weekend. the wind is going to consistently pull in out of an easterly direction. that will pile up the water. it could create some rip current risk and it's going to keep the water warm so watch that. as we're watching some of the folks enjoying a very nice afternoon at the shore. as we head inland it's been a couple downpours around on double scan live radar. there was a loved near glassboro and salem parts of cumberland county that swung through central and southern parts of delaware but those have pretty much fallen apart. right now we just have a

couple left over in south western parts of chester county here moving away from unionville, just a couple of lightning strikes with this particular storm. it's just some brief heavy rain as it's passing over 41 and then south towards route one and oxford and also near georgetown and quarryville, a little flareup there with some red and some heavy rain but again, most of us dry this afternoon. as we take a look at this september heat, we were 95 on tuesday, 93 on wednesday, 96 yesterday, 93 today. to have four straight days in a row with temperatures in the 90's for the beginning of september, you have to go back 42 years to have it start that warm with four consecutive days of 90 or above so it's pretty rare to see a string of hot temperatures like this in september. as we look at the winds, you can see them funneling out of the east-northeast right now, 13 trenton, 13 allentown, 16 miles an hour in philadelphia, 18 miles an hour on the boardwalk and that wind will eventually help dry us out with respect to the

humidity tonight and the weekend. and as we look at satellite it's a cold front swinging through. that cold front will continue to migrate to the south and west as we go through the rest of the overnight hours. as we take a look at the game of the week here for high school huddle, yes, football is back. partly cloudy rather muggy and the game of the week the golden hawks versus the falcons at 7 o'clock, 79 degrees and then dropping to 73 at 10 o'clock tonight. then beyond that, as we get past the midnight hour temperatures will drop into the lower 60's, a little better up in the lehigh valley than the last let's say five nights, 69 on the boardwalk, 68 in dover and it does turn comfy and clear after a few scattered evening thunderstorms. saturday showing tomorrow morning sunshine takes control. that's the trend as we go in the afternoon. hardly a cloud in the sky so as we take a look at the weekend kickoff here in the city, low humidity, 85 tomorrow, breezy, bright at the shore, 77 and in the poconos sunny and pleasant with a temperature of just 76 degrees. your four day at 4:00

forecast, low humidity tomorrow, 85 degrees. any early clouds pretty much will fall apart and then as we get into sunday and labor day itself, full sunshine here, flawless, although it is still above average, 88 to 90 degrees but at least we'll have low humidity through the holiday weekend and then it turns more humid and hotter on tuesday, up to 92 degrees. really a rare september to have this many 90's right at the, you know, beginning and we'll take a look at that seven day to see if there are any more coming up in the next half hour. >> i doubt that there are. >> stay at the beach. >> you know what, play hookie at school for the first few days. >> he didn't say that. >> teachers don't mind. did i? whoops. >> thank you adam. >> still ahead on "action news" at 4:00 a pregnant woman is one of the victims of a shooting on the streets of philadelphia. what police are saying about why it happened. >> but up next, find out what caused this massive sinkhole that's got dozens of people without water and a local street shut down today. >> ♪

>> ♪ >> a water main caused a huge sinkhole today in northeast philadelphia and it forced police to shut down a local road. chopper six was over chalfont drive near walder mere drive. police blocked off the area to keep people from getting too close. 60 customers had no service but it's back on now. chalfont drive is closed until crews can make those repair owe pairs. >> the bright lights of hollywood beaming down on the delaware valley. >> we'll have details on the romantic comedy directed produced and shot all around the region when "action news" at 4:00 continues. >> ♪

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>> ♪ >> "action news" continues. >> ♪ >> it is 4:30. "action news" continues with the reason a montgomery county native's lonely trip to chicago is going viral. >> plus, if gay couples can get married, then straight couples can't get divorced. well, that's basically what one tennessee judge when he refused to let a man and his wife an end their union last week. what's lined his divorce dismissal straight ahead. >> 15 years after they laid their daughter to rest a berks county family is feeling the pain of their loss all over again. the reason, someone not only tore down their daughter's memorial they left a hurtful note. we'll tell you why an anonymous stranger had a

problem with their roadside tributes. >> but we begin at 4:30 with a search for a gunman who shot up a frankford home. nearly a dozen shots were fired and at least two hit a young man and a pregnant woman. vernon odom talked to the mother to be. he's live in northeast philadelphia with more on this story. vernon. >> reporter: brian, at this hour tonight, a team of detectives from the northeast detective division are scouring lower frankford trying the find those two suspects who opened fire last night on a pregnant woman and her male friend. it is quieter than normal here along the 4100 block of paul street today. last night around 10:00 it was trigger happy chaos. two people are shot in front of this house police say when two gunmen opened fire for from around 30 feet away. a 23-year-old pregnant woman was wounded a 21-year-old man was also hit. police say there were a total of 11 shots fired.

both victims were rushed to temple hospital. he was in surgery for hours overnight. both will survive. she is eight months pregnant. the unborn child as far as doctors can tell was not harmed. here's the voice of the female victim. >> sitting down. then i heard gun shots and i got shot. after i got in the house, i realized i got shot. the baby is fine. >> reporter: no problems with that, hm? >> no. >> reporter: police say the suspects fled in a white cadillac. at this hour detectives are looking at surveillance video from around the neighborhood as they try to develop more leads. >> two guys and they see one with a gun. we do believe there was two different caliber guns out there from the evidence that we collected. >> reporter: brian, tonight police say they will release that surveillance video when they have enough that will be helpful to them in getting the word out to the public. in the meantime they would like the public's help to help solve this crime. live in northeast

philadelphia, i'm vernon odom, channel6 "actiochannel6 "action" >> vernon thanked thanks very much. philadelphia police looking for two men who viciously beat a plan outside a liquor store in juniata has month. surveillance cameras captured the assailants back on august 17th. then without warning the men ambushed him. police say the vic testimony was not only kicked and punched, he was hit in the head with some kind of object. he was treated for injuries to his head and face. if you recognize either suspect here or the tow truck one of the men arrived in, please call east detectives. >> we're learning more now about the deaths of a jersey shore family earlier this week. authorities in monmouth county have now confirmed that 35-year-old linden bahari fatally shot his girlfriend and their two children before setting their long branch home on fire on tuesday. police say he then turned the gun on himself. prosecutors have officially

ruled the deaths of 29-year-old amanda morris as well as her four and seven-year-old sons homicides. investigators are still trying to determine a motive for the murder-suicide. a bicyclist remains in critical condition after being lit by a car in bucks county this morning. chopper 6hd was over the 2200 block of street road in bensalem. that's where the accident happened just after 9:00 a.m. though police have not released many details, they do say the driver stayed on the scene and is cooperating with the investigation. >> the parents of a lehigh county woman killed in a crash are once again distraught after someone removed the roadside memorial in her honor. joan and albert dicky dixon say they've maintained the memorial here at lower macungie township since their daughter alexandra's death back in 2007. it stood at the spot where the 21-year-old was fatally struck by an suv. but this past sunday, they say they noticed the whole thing was gone including a cross that was posted more than

12 feet high. in its place this note. they called it distracting and dangerous. the township says it has no ordinances that prohibit roadside memorials. >> we have developing news out of texas right now. firefighters have just rescued a teenager from inside a locked safe. before noon the 16-year-old somehow locked himself in the unused safe at a high school in santonio. firefighters drilled holes through the safe and set up a fan to provide air circulation. it took them about three hours to get the teenager out. he was not injured. no word on why he was in there in the first place. >> that's right. now he's got one heck of a story to tell. >> uh-huh. >> all right, let's talk about the weather because that's pretty much the best story. >> it really is. >> labor day weekend going to be flawless from start to finish. lots of sunshine, dropping humidity and temperatures stay a little above average which isn't a bad thing because you

still have that feeling of summer. the highs so far for today, 90 in the lehigh valley, the same for lancaster, 92 in wilmington and 91 in millville. a record tying high in philadelphia of 93 degrees. the front was a little slower, the sun was a little more abundant but to the north and east trenton and toms river only in the low he to the mid 80's which should have been across much of the area today as that front progressed through a little bit quicker. so, the heat wave continues but not for atlantic city as we take a look right now, 81 degrees there but very tropical feeling with your dewpoint at 75 degrees with that wind out of the east at 11 miles an hour and that easterly wind will keep those water temperatures very warm the entire weekend. 78 off the new jersey coast, 80 off the coast of the beaches in delaware and in the bay, near 80 degrees, so that's the good part of hitting the ocean 'cause it will be warm. however, with that easterly wind all weekend, there will be a moderate risk for rip currents so just watch for that if usual heading to the

shore. we'll have that seven-day forecast where i promise you that we'll break the heat wave this weekend, guys. >> all right, adam thanks very much. and we invite you and in fact we encourage you to make 6abc.com/weather part of your labor day holiday weekend storm tracker6 radar and live sky6 cameras give you realtime updates on what were lies ahead. a new technology is being researched that could just change the way kids battling cancer are being treated. "action news" anchor rick williams live in our news room with more on this this afternoon. hi, rick. >> reporter: hi, brian, that's right, thank you. the research is being done at the university of delaware is that called nanotechnology. now, here's what it involves. the idea is that it can kill the cancer cells but also preserve the normal cells. this prevents long term problems many kids who survive cancer will face later in life. ali gorman explains more about this research coming up tonight in health check. also at 5:00 people who help save a pastor's life at philadelphia international airport are being honored for

being here rows. a special story there: just two of the stories we're are working on you. alicia we'll see you later. >> rick thanks. feeling a whole lot like hollywood around here are way new romantic comedy in theaters now reminding us that indeed all roads do lead to philadelphia. from the location to the producers to the directors, the film about two so-called dorks who go for miles to wild is a real homecoming. >> so tired of being such a dork. >> if some of these film locations look familiar that's because they're home grown. tammy teal stedman is one of the producers on this film. she came to visit us here at the 6abc studios and brought that man in gold along with her. >> girls don't like guys from upper middle class pennsylvania. >> what do they like. >> they want like bad boys who have been in fights.

>> slow learners two directors are also philadelphians, don and sheena along with the rest of the production team. >> my three coproducers jamie low cough and tommy joyner own milk boy the recording studio and milk boy the bar downtown. >> jill stedman loves bringing hollywood home. >> we're here. we were so excited to make something here. and the script sort of -- it felt suburban and so the directors sheena grew up in delaware county and she envisioned it in someplace like media so we ended up shooting the whole thing in media swarthmore and downtown philadelphia. >> the romantic comedy stars adam paoli and sara burns two actors with an improv background they're so quick. it's amazing to watch them and sometimes onset when they would get going, i mean, swelled to stifle our laughter because it was really pretty good stuff. >> and jill stedman says she really came full circle when

they filmed scenes at her alma mater ridly high school. >> it was such a trip to go back there and i felt with some of the administrators and teachers who i had had years ago and they were so supportive and great. >> by the way got to hold that oscar. it's 10 pounds in case you were wondering. the film features a cameo from west chester's charlie mcdermott. >> all right, very cool. civilians by the way had the chance to get into ship shape for free aboard the u.s.s. new jersey this morning. the battleship of course is a museum and a memorial but today it was also a barbershop. men and boys of all ages got complimentary hair cuts or in some cases military buzz cuts from students of the rizzieri cosmetology school. >> speaking of freebies we'll tell you how you can take a entire week of yoga classes without paying a dime coming

up in freebie friday. >> a tennessee jump has ruled that a straight couple who wants a divorce must stay married for now. his reason, same-sex marriage. we'll explain his mentality in big talkers. >> and does this look like a bachelor party to you? for one montgomery county native the answer is yes. why the internet is celebrating his sad solo trip to the windy city. >> poor guy. and meteorologist adam joseph back with the full accuweather forecast. one you're going to love. "action news" at 4:00 continues on this friday afternoon. flus consideration

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>> ♪ >> two day care workers from new jersey pleaded not guilty to encouraging fights between toddlers. prosecutors say one of the two women recorded video last month of the fights and then shared them with friends through snapchat. she even allegedly compared the fights to the movie fight club. union county investigators say about a dozen boys and girls are on the various clips

shoving one another to the ground. fortunately none of the kids were injured in all of this. two teenagers in north carolina are learning a very serious lesson about sexting. they were facing felony charges and a 17-year-old could be required to register as a sex offender. he's accused of sending his 16-year-old girlfriend naked pictures of himself. but many are questioning the law because the 17-year-old is being charged as an adult for exploiting a minor himself. the sheriff hopes this case is a lesson to other kids. >> it's not something that the sheriff's office targets. it's not something we're going to target but if it's something we come across it is a violation of the law and we're going to charge somebody for it. >> now, the 16-year-old was facing similar charges but she pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge and agreed to a year probation. her boyfriend's court date is set for later this month. >> to big talkers now and a straight couple in tennessee wants to get a divorce but the judge is saying no dice.

man and wife have to stay that way. why? try to follow the reasoning. the judge in hamilton county say it's because of the supreme court's ruling on same-sex marriage. the judge claims the supreme court's decision on same-sex marriages has "derailed tennessee's ability to determine what constitutes marriage and weakons tutses divorce and is asking the highest court in the country to clarify when a marriage is no longer a marriage. safe to say he didn't agree with that decision. so, the couple is going to try to file again. maybe with another judge but his suggestion to them when he wouldn't let them get divorced, try and reconcile. not sure how that one is going to work out. to ohio where the city of dayton is apologizing to a man who says he was wrongfully pulled over for making eye contact with a police officer. that officer, though, says he didn't signal properly before turning. >> i'm not doing nothing. >> okay. >> because i have a plate,

other than that why was you trailing me. >> because you made direct eye contact to me and held on. >> what? >> john felton says he felt like he was being followed. the police officer and the department say the stop was legal and despite what he said about the eye contact, the officer watched him make that turn without the blinker and no one in the city believes that eye contact is a valid reason to pull someone over. the department anyhow is going to be doing some new traffic stop training after this one. all right, finally, to the one man bachelor party that's taking social media by storm. this is robbie churno. he may have millions of people following his adventures but he's having them alone all by his little self. you see, the other guys groom included didn't make it. their flights were all canceled. leaving him in the windy city all alone. he's been documenting his desolate trip since he got there thursday night using the #chicago for one. so far he has gone on a lonely

boat tour and he even wrote let's go bears taking in the game solo. he went to the top of the hancock building, navy pier, all the sites all by himself. one of his friends by the way set up a go fund me campaign to help raise money for his very lonely party. it's raised just over $300 in just a few hours. he's still waiting for the guys to show up. they should be there tonight. in the meantime, does this look like a bachelor party to you? >> well, listening i give the guy credit for giving it a go no matter what. >> he's seeing all the sites in chicago. >> tonight he can give them the lay of the land. >> he's probably going have to see them again. >> thank you very much. let's get a check on the roads. everybody headed down to the shore or up to the mountains. matt pelman with an update. >> if he doesn't want to feel lonely anymore all he has to do is come home and go for a drive because on the roads this afternoon he's going to have lots of company here on 42 brian, southbound side at times we've watched the vehicles roll to a stop. right now they're moving slowly in the southbound lanes

headed down toward the a.c. expressway and eventually the shore and the good news is our crash southbound by route 41 that we mentioned during the last half hour that was on the shoulder is now completely out of there so cross that off the list. but in delco on 95 northbound by 452 there's a vehicle fire. fire crews on the scene taking out the left lane giving you slow speeds coming out of delaware headed towards the blue route. vine street expressway eastbound by broad street the crash is completely off to the side. doesn't matter. still jammed in both directions here along the vine and of course the ben franklin parkway right there is still closed. now inner and outer drives and even more closures take effect because of made in america starting tomorrow morning. so, already septa buses are detoured but the subways will be running every five minutes this weekend. they're trying to help tout get to the concert. let's give you a little good news. on the ben franklin bridge westbound side, as i mentioned earlier in the week, the right lane has reopened after having been closed all summer. that's going to help us out as we all head back to school next week and in norristown the northbound lane

of markley street reopened today after having been closed since february of 2013. so some of our long term construction projects coming to an end. that's a good thing as we head into this holiday weekends. we'll check it again, brian and alicia, coming up in the 5 o'clock hour. >> sounds good. see you then my friend. meteorologist adam joseph back with the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast next. >> ♪

>> i think i heard you correctly earlier today. you said 34 days. >> you listen to me. >> every now and again. today was one of the rare occasions. but 34 days with temperatures above 90. >> 90 or above in philadelphia. the normal for the year is 27 and we're not done yet. there's many more 90's to commove the next week but yes, this is one hot and humid summer as we take a look at the action cam which was down in wilmington and rodney square, yes, that gentleman

has it right. keep the jacket off. you should loosen up the tie, too, a little bit. it's little warm up there. roll up the sleeves but overall a decent day to begin the holiday weekend at least for some of us. as we he look at double scan live radar around the region we had some downpours and thunderstorms throughout southern parts of salem and also cumberland county, also kent and new castle county saw a few downpours earlier. they have all fallen apart at this point. even chester county. so everything is pretty quiet over the last 15 to 20 minutes. as we look at the almanac, hot today in philadelphia, tying that record of 93 degrees set back in 2008. a balmy 75 this morning. our normal 65 and 82. winds right now continue to pull out of that northeasterly direction. they'll switch more out of the east-southeast throughout the weekend. keeping temperatures right now in the upper 70's to low 80's at the shore. sounds nice but it's still very trip pickly humid so it's a really uncomfortable upper 70's to 80's at the shore. 88 in philadelphia, 82 in allentown and wilmington with

a lot of clouds around and a few of those downpours, temperatures there in the upper 70's. high pressure is anchored right now in southern parts of canada on the border of northern new england. that high will be the muscle maker and really squash a lot of the cloud cover and that humidity to the south and west through your saturday. so for tonight, it's still muggy through the first half of the night slowly dropping humidity after midnight. partly cloudy, 61 to 69 degrees. and we'll call it holiday perfection with that dome of high pressure over new england and the midatlantic creates sinking air. you can't get clouds to form when the air sinks. that's a good thing here for the next three days. if you inn you're heading to the shore a moderate risk for rip currents so watch that. listen to the lifeguards. 77 degrees because of that persistent wind coming in off the water so it will be very breezy at the shore throughout the weekend. is that knee, beautiful, upper 70's the next two days, 81 on your labor day, and if you're heading into the mountains,

the pocono forecast 76 sunny and pleasant sunday, no real complaints here. 79 degrees. 82 labor day. sunny, warm with low humidity. the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast, a couple of 80's on the board for the next two days with low humidity. and wall to wall sunshine. hot again on labor day at 90 degrees with low humidity but that humidity will return as the temperatures go into the low 90's tuesday and wednesday. wednesday there could be a couple spotty storms in the afternoon. maybe we break that next heat wave on thursday at 89 degrees. and then cool and cloudy here on friday at 82 degrees which is a little more typical for this time of year. so, if you're not sick of the 90's, they will be back when the holiday ends next week, guys. >> all right. adam, thank you. >> we're not sick of freebies. >> never. >> it's freebie friday. 100 percent off everything for you coming up.

>> it is freebie friday, the first of the month and it is also national yoga month. through the month of september you can register for a free week of yoga at participating locations. at some of them you have to be a new member so look for details on that. this weekend is the last chance for military families to get free admission to nearly 2,000 museums nationwide including dozens in our area. so if you haven't already taken advantage of that, go ahead and do so. it's a wonderful program. football season and hyundai giving away a free college football sticker. you can choose from 17 teams including the penn state nittany lions lyle local representation there. finally tons of free movies this weekend all throughout the month at franklin square. it's the final saturday night at the movies. ghost busters tomorrow night at 7:00 p.m. the original ghost busters vintage. also free movies are still happening on friday nights in clark park. they include little shop of horrors and selma.

go to 6abc.com for details on all of that. and of course lots happening in and around town this week. holiday weekend, brian. >> you got it alicia and i hope you have a great one. that will do it for "action news" at 4:00 today. for alicia vitarelli brian joseph i'm brian taff. i'll hope you'll join us tonight and every night for a full hour of "action news" at 10:00 on phl17. you have a great holiday weekend, too many i'll see you at 10 o'clock tonight. "action news" at 5:00 is coming up next.

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>> ♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist cecily tynan, rick williams, and monica malpass. >> ♪ >> it may be hard to believe but labor day weekend is here and people are gathering down at the shore to soak up the surf and the sand one last time. while others will be dancing on the parkway in philadelphia for the annual made in america music festival. it is friday night and the big story on "action news" is the many celebrations for the final summer holiday. >> there is plenty to do and as a bonus the weather looking great. we have team coverage for you tonight. matt pelman has your holiday weekend traffic report. eva pilgrim live in ocean city for us, chad pradelli is on the parkway. >> first we'll check in with meteorologist melissa magee

who is outside with the very good news from accuweather. hi, melissa. >> hi, rick, hi monica. yes, things will be changing as we head into the rest of our holiday weekend but today the heat continued to pump across much of the delaware and lehigh valleys. in fact, record tying heat today. in philadelphia, we climbed up to 93 degrees, tying the old record of 93 set back in 2008. so, this makes day six of heat wave number five for philadelphia and also the 35th 90-degree day of 2015. highs across the area 93 in the city, 92 in wilmington, 85 in trenton, along the coast in toms toms river 82, up in the poconos a very warm 78 and 90's for both allentown and lancaster. relief, however, is on the way. here's storm tracker6 live double scan radar and earlier today we were tracking some spotty and stray showers and storms. a lot of that activity with this frontal boundary will continue to dip to our south and west for the rest of tonight. so, we're looking pretty good. dewpoint numbers, the level of