meteorologist, chris sowers is outside with a firsthand look at the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. the looks like nice out there. >> reporter: it's more comfortable than the last few days, it's cooler with the back door cold front slipping in yesterday. overall it should be a nice weekend. 69 in martins creek. quakertown, 64. pottstown, 69. saint davids 66. center city looks like you're the warm spot north and west of the delaware river. 72. buena 72. dover, 70. gandys beach, 69. woodbine 72 and avalon 74 degrees. speaking of the jersey shore. let's go over to double scan live. i've put the wave heights on here, we have five to six foot breakers from sandy hook to rehoboth beach. that's the buoy report out of

lewis delaware. we have waves of 5 to 6 feet on the mouth of the delaware bay. water temperature, 77. air temperature, 75. it's breezy. we have an east/northeasterly breeze at 15 to 25 miles per hour. the beach patrol says it's rough in the water. we have rip currents, the national weather service issued a moderate risk of rip currents. the burn time is 25 minutes. again if you're heading into the water make sure you exercise caution. the nittany lions are coming to town, lincoln financial field taking on the temple owls, low humidity if you're heading out to the game. wall-to-wall sunshine temperatures in the 80s. big question is do we keep the winning weather going throughout the entire weekend? i'll be back along with the entire forecast in just a few minutes. >> the labor day weekend is the last harrah for many to enjoy

the summer fun. live look at atlantic city. jersey shore a popular destination for many few famili. trish hartman was there with more. >> reporter: jim at the original fudge kitchen in stone harbor. he said it's like three big weekends rolled into one. >> we look forward to it, because it drives the business up a little bit. >> reporter: dozens filed into satisfy their sweet tooth at the fudge shop or like others used the last of the daylight to introduce his son to the challenging sport of surf fishing. >> it's hard to cast, because when i cast my line goes that way, yeah. >> reporter: is it fun? >> it's really fun. >> we're trying to pack in memories and fun. >> reporter: the rides were packed with kids big and small at play land cast away cove.

for diana visco it's one chance to enjoy a favorite summer spot. our last weekend of the summer he is having a good time. he got to go on his favorite ride which is the fire engine. >> reporter: a stroller is the favorite ride of twins, their first weekend in avalon is kicking off. why a vacation with twins is not relaxing it's fun. >> it's a lot of work, but worth it once you get there. . labor day is late this year, many kids are back to school. businesses are welcoming the crowds with open arms. trish hartman channel 6 "action news." >> if you're planning to head to the jersey shore this holiday weekend it will cost you less to fill up the gas tank. we're paying the lowest prices at the pump in 11 years. rient the average price -- right now the average price is 2.42.

the price in philadelphia, 2.49. in south jersey, 2.08. anne delaware, 2.32. gas prices could continue to fall if the cost of crude oil remains low. lower prices at the pump means more people hitting the roads this holiday weekend. travel this labor day weekend will generate $13.5 billion in spending. that's an increase of 2% over last year even with the recent dive in gas prices. >> reporter: prices are down 12 cents in the last week, 20 cents in the last month and a dollar lower than this date last year. we're looking at the cheapest prices since 2004 for consumers in terms of what they are paying at the pumps. drivers are expected to spend $270 for their holiday trips this weekend. made in america festival gets underway on the benjamin franklin parkway.

chopper 6hd caught this bird's eye view of the stage at the art museum. gates open at noon, the festival is sold out. 70,000 people will scram the parkway today and tomorrow. it's a security challenge ahead of the pope francis' visit. >> we don't know how many people are coming whether it's one or a million or two, we have to be prepared and we have been prepared for whoever is coming. >> the parkway is closed and there are other detours near the art museum during made in america festival. the art museum is open, but up to enter on the backside. we invite you to 6abc.com/weather part of your labor day holiday weekend. storm tracker 6 live radar and cameras give you updates of what's ahead. reading police say one of its k-9s was injured on the job, the dog 15 to 20 feet from

a cat walk in southwest middle school in reading. the dog was flown to penn's vet hospital to be treated for internal bleeding. the dog was making sure sure nobody was in the school after the doors were found unlocked. police found nobody inside. a man collapsed in the parking lot at the woodland village apartments on uunited states avenue. the man is in critical condition after being shot in the stomach. police are looking for the shooter and trying to figure out the motive. seth williams will not fire three city prosecutors involved in a statewide porn e-mail scandal. instead they will get sensitivity training. they included graphic images and racist and sexest and homophobic language. the chain happened five or six years ago before they were employed by the da's office.

this ties back to kathleen kane who allegation that her efforts to expose the scandal made her a target of an investigation as pay back. ♪ . a state senator in new jersey wants to end governor chris christie's use of state helicopter for political purposes. the governor has used the state police chopper to campaign for president. democrat linda green teen is working on a bill to ban his use of the chopper specifically for out of state political events. the governor's office said the campaign has reimbursed the state $13,000 for four flights since june 30th. >> question swirl about whether vice president joe biden will throw his hat into the ring for presidency or not. he made his first public remarks on the matter. in a moment of candor he talked about the impact it would have

on his family. >> the most relevant factor in my decision is whether my family and i have the emotional energy to run. >> his son passed away in may, biden said his decision has nothing to do with anyone else in the race. >> donald trump is voicing his dis hue hewitt. he cooled -- accused him of asking a gach i gotcha question. he'll be among the moderators -- for the next gop debate. pope francis arrives organ tuesday, we'll have details on how to get tickets for the pontiff's speech. ten thousand tickets will be made available tuesday an noon

they are first come first serve with a limit of four per person. meanwhile, the concern about a smaller crowd anticipated amtrak thinks demand is on track. it's adding 41 trains to the schedule during the papal weekend which would mean an extra 35,000 seats and amtrak will be adding a stop in hamill on new jersey, following an agreement with new jersey trans it. we'll continue to tweet the updates follow our papal visit twitter account at 6abc pope. good oral care is not just for the young, taking care of our teeth is vital even as we age. a tree comes crashing down on top of several of people. >> reporter: coming up in weather here's a look at the headlines. we have relief in the seven-day forecast, the weekend looks good

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♪ a tree accident. part of the tree fell on them at bryant park in new york city. crews are checking other trees to make sure they are sturdy. a massive tree split a home in half in washington state. the tree missed a family that was sitting inside waiting out a storm. being upstairs was their saving grace. >> if i wasn't there, there wouldn't be any resistance. >> the family lived in the home for three weeks, it was just remodeled. the owner wants his home back, but in the meantime, he is grateful his family is okay. wow. >> reporter: it's been a bad year for trees. >> even in this area. >> reporter: we had three

weekends in a row. no, it was three tuesday in a row. i think i lost in my development probably about 20 trees, it's incredible. let's go live on sky 6 show you this shot here, beautiful image of the sun starting to rise over the ben franklin bridge. still hanging on to a little bit of cloud cover upstairs thool -- that will fade away as the sun gets higher and higher. double scan live, as you look toward the right-hand side of the screen. looks threatening, we're seeing showers developing out there. we're not worrying about rain today. what we are worrying is another approaching heat wave. we just had one. heat wave number 6 is in the forecast. hiewl week long we were -- all week long we were stuck in the 90s. we were 70 degrees warmer monday, more than tendon tuesday, wednesday, 93. thursday, believe it or not, we shot up to 96 degrees which was

the hottest day of the year so far, that's where you see the hottest temperatures around july or you go august, not september. but things have worked backwards than what we typically see. reading 69. a comfortable 63 in the mountains. trenton6. even though the dewpoints are slightly humid we expect the numbers to drop off during the afternoon. that will set up beautiful weather, lots of sunshine, warm temperatures and comfortable. satellite and radar showing a little bit of cloud cover across the delaware valley this morning, showers off to the west, they will push toward the southwest and away from the delaware valley and push into the virginias and the carolinas. the weather will be nice and quiet. on the water vapor image you can see the dry air pushing the front farther and farther away from the region.

this is a canadian air mass, even though it's cool and chilly, it's dry. we'll seal the dewpoints drop like a rock. that will happen later on. the holiday weekend looks perfect with the high over top of us, the air sinks. when you the air sinks you can't get clouds in the sky. wall-to-wall blue. sunday and monday. poconos picture perfect weesked. weekend, low humidity levels, 77 today, 79 sunday, 82 labor day. jersey shore, there will be a moderate risk for rip currents, there's a small craft advisory in effect the seas build four to six feet. if you're doing boating or fishing keep that in the back of your minds. sun and clouds, 7 # degrees -- 77 degrees, sunday sunday, 79,

labored, # -- 80 degrees. philadelphia, winds out of the northeast at 5 to 15 miles per hour. overnight tonight, chilly north and west, lehigh valley 55. in the city of philadelphia, 64. millville, the pine barrens, mid 50s, as well. winds out of the northeast at 5 to 15 miles per hour. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast we'll go 85 degrees this afternoon. temple taking on penn state at lincoln financial field you can watch the game on 6abc. sunny and warm tomorrow, 87. more sunshine labor day 90 degrees, tuesday and wednesday, that's when it gets more humid, 92 both days, feeling like 95. thursday, warm, thunderstorm, # # -- 88. friday, cloudy, 85 degrees. i don't see any 90s after this

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happening in and around the delaware and lehigh valleys. the labor day holiday is time to remember the achievement of the american workers, compliment buzz cuts will be given to kids and adults where sailors got their hair buzzed for military service from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. the labor day weekend ends the end of the summer season, the chamber ensemble will perform a free concert as we say

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saturday morning, time for the travel forecast here's satellite and radar, we'll go wider across the lower 48. most areas east of the mississippi nice and quiet. the jet stream or storm track looks like this. so areas of low pressure that develop across the packed northwest they run north into canada. we have an area of high pressure in control here. that means dry conditions. if you're traveling to the south, heading to orlando for a fun-filled week in disney world.

we have showers off the coast and there would be a sea breeze kicking in. that will develop afternoon thunderstorms, other than that it looks quiet. if you're heading to the carribean, this is the wind sheer i've shown this over the last several weekends. this winds storms apart. as long as we continue to see that, it will be difficult for a tropical system to move in closer to the lower 48. even if anything develops out here across the open waters of the atlantic, it would have to penetrate this, if you're traveling to jamaica or ariewb i ariewb -- aruba it will be nice and quiet. midway and atlanta are on time, temperatures in the 70s. sellout at the linc for temple, and penn state. the eagles make their final cut. tim tebow 0 -- is on the roster

for now, matt barclay is out of here. >> reporter: if for some reason chip kelly keeps two quarterback, it appears you can go buy the number 11 jersey. matt barclay was the only eagles quarterback who failed to throw a single touchdown pass. tebow sealed barclay's fate when he went 11 for 17. rushing four times for 32 yards. here's what he said after that game. >> i'm not going to worry about what i can't control. it's a blessing to be able to play the game that i love. i try to go out there and do what i am coached and try to improve everyday and compete. obviously every time you step out there you want to win. >> the eagles have until today at 4:00 to get the roster down to 53 players.

some players have been cut, rasheed bailey expect him to land on the practice squad if nobody picks him up. >> we've seen the last of dominic brown who has to been diagnosed with a concussion. fly ball at fenway park. had a -- how about that grab. part of a win for the red sox, the phillies fell 7-5. the toughest ticket in town, today's temple penn state ticket at the linc is sold out. james franklin and his team arrived in philadelphia yesterday and the nittany lions have a winning streak over the owls that dates back 70 years. franklin said his guys are

pumped to play here. >> a lot of guys grew up eagles fans now they have a chance to play in the link which is a positive. when it was the vet, i don't know. >> i have one chance to be a head coach against penn state, this team hadn't had a chance to play them yet. they will play them, i want them to play well, i don't want them to have the moment to be too big for them. >> franklin went to penn state, but i'm sure he'll be rooting for his owls. that will be a good game to watch. have a great saturday.

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their last weekend at the jersey shore, before the new school year gets started. meteorologist chris sowers he is here in the city not at the shore. it's beautiful here, too. >> reporter: it is we've got a little bit of cloud cover upstairs. the temperatures have cooled off the humidity levels they have dropped off, as well. let's show she you the numbers, we'll go -- let's show you the numbers of course reading, 69. pks peculiars -- poconos. 63 degrees, millville, 72 degrees, satellite and radar what you're seeing is the very last of the cloud cover. you look toward the upper right-hand side of the screen new york city and new england notice the clearing conditions, the cloud deck is moving northeast to southwest. it will be pushing through the baltimore and washington, d.c. metro areas bringing clear conditions by late morning. the call from accuweather mostly sunny skies this afternoon, a nice one coming up you up. 85 degrees is the forecasted

high, lowering humidity levels, winds out of the northeast today. down the jersey shore we could see gusts up to 25 miles per hour. in the city, 79 degrees, 3:00 p.m., mostly sunny, temperatures near 85. 6:00 p.m., down to 84. overall the weekend looks amazing, low humidity levels, sunny skies and warm temperatures. although things heat up again as we get into labor day that sets up heat wave number 6 of the 20150 season. we'll talk about that when i see you in just a few minutes how long it lasts and how hot it will be for this time around we'll have all the answers coming up in a just a few minutes. >> many are closing out the summer season in down the shore. businesses are sad to see summer

go, but they are enjoying the big crowds. >> it's a big weekend we look forward to it, not really look forward, ends of summer. we do look forward to it, it does drive the business up a little bit. >> labor day is a little late this year, some businesses say it's been quieter than years past, so they are welcoming the crowds with open arms. final preparations were made for this weekend's made in america festival. organizers checked out the sound and the video. it's two days and five stages of some of the biggest names in music. beyounce takes the stage tonight. tickets are sold out. 6abc.com/weather weather part of your labor day holiday weekend, sky 6 arms give you real time updates on what's ahead. four people are hospitalized after the car they

were riding in crashed on the westbound admiral wilson boulevard and linden street. the driver was speeding and hit two utility poles. the impact caused the poles to snap and the car caught fire. all four were ejected. one is in critical condition, the other three are in serious condition with cuts and broken bones. police say a drunk driver played a role in a chain-reaction crash in south jersey, a pick up hit a car sitting at a red light on the admiral wilson boulevard in pennsauken. a second pick up slammed into the back of the first pick up. the drivers of the trucks were taken to cooper hospital. the driver of the pick up in the back faces dui charge. police are investigating deadly gun violence on south

street while the streets were full of people for a concert. jeff chirico has the details. >> reporter: viewer video of chaos on south street moments after a man was shot as hundreds waited nearby to enter a rap concert. it happened after 8 outside the theater of the living arts. police heard a scuffle and saw a man in his 20s on the grounds shot once in the torso. >> this was not a 911 call. police officers observed the scuffle and heard the gunshot. as you can imagine shortly after 8:00 p.m. on south street there are hundreds of people on the sidewalks and traffic is very, very heavy. >> reporter: witnesses told police the shooter dressed all in black got away new limo. police stopped the limo several blocks away and took occupants in for questioning police found the gun in a wheel well of a car on south american street. as for the concert, police canceled it.

there were more than 100 inside the tla including man well white's daughter and granddaughter. >> they don't know what took place. they held them inside until the detectives decided they could be released. jeff chirico channel 6 "action news." >> heavy flames drove a family from their home in mercer county. the flames broke out in west windsor township. nobody was hurt, it's not clear what started the fire. pope francis will arrive in 21 days and we have details on how tickets will be released for the pontiff's speech at independence mall. ten thousand tickets will be made available tuesday at noon on the world meeting family of website. first come first serve with a limit of four per person. travel and safety during the weekend are such a concern some canceled trip to see the pope.

john rawlins explains. >> i really don't understand why this became what it has become today. >> reporter: brian operates the 44 room roadway in center city on walnut street. he is talking about what he calls the confusion and lack of information coming from event organizers. drivers from out of town are canceling papal reservations. they don't know what would happen to their cars that would be parked in the garage. >> we got two answers, we can use the garage if we get them in thursday or friday by 6:00 p.m. recently we were told the garage has to be empty friday. >> reporter: having lost half of his recess vacation, he is approaching -- reservations, he is approaching local businesses to see if they need to put workers up saturday and sunday. amtrak is adding trains that

would mean 35,000 seats. most whole witness the saturday night concert or sunday papal mass will likely need a red zone pass, many are being given to regional parishes and catholic service agencies. we met james mills coming out of mass. his home in is north carolina. >> down in charlotte, i don't know howl i'll get tickets to see him, other than be ten miles away. >> we'll continue to tweet updates about the upcoming visit by pope francis, follow our papal visit twitter account at 6abc pope. >> saturday morning, this sheep, you see him there, this sheep has a lot of to get off his back, we'll explain how many sweaters can be made after one

sheering. no holiday for firefighters in california as they continue to battle a huge wildfire. chris sowers will have the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast when "action news" saturday morning continues in just a moment.

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another fan was treated at the stadium. contractors are look into the problem. well, massive wildfire raging in california is forcing holiday campers to set up elsewhere. the fire is pushing smoke into campgrounds and it is only 25% contained. the thickest smoke hangs around at night. even when cooler air moves in, fire season remains at its peak, because vegetation is dry and the winds pick up. they are in is great need of rain. >> reporter: that's a perfect lead in for what we're dealing with today. especially it's the labor day weekend if you're doing camping be careful if you set a camp fire, don't leave it, exercise caution it's dry here, as well, it's breezy. my front lawn, i don't have a front lawn any more. it's dead. we have a trio of sky 6s today.

first one center city skyline. we have a few clouds hovering overhead quickly evaporating. the next two down the jersey shore. the big issue down the shore high risk for rip currents, huge swells 4 to 6 feet breaking on the sands. the other one in cape may, far right. we are expecting to see quite a bit of sunshine. we'll flip it over to double scan live. i've got the wave heights and buoy reports, 5 to 7 fooment waves are breaking -- foot waves are breaking from atlantic city to cape may. water temperature, 80 degrees, not too much of a breeze, out of the northeast 6 miles per hour. down in lewis, we have gusts as high as 20 irs moo. the mouth of the -- 20 miles per hour, the mouth of the delaware bay it's choppy, 4 to 5 feet. winds gusting 22.

it will be a bumbley ride for the -- bumpy ride for the cape may-lewis. if you're in the ocean, moderate risk of rip current. if you're laying on on the sand you'll be getting sandblasted from time to time. the glues you'll see a good amount of sunshine. burn thyme, 25 minutes. lowering humidity levels, the big story next week the humidity starts to climb, as we get more heat increased uncomfortable conditions. tuesday and wednesday another heat wave is on the way, hopefully this will be the last. looks like this huge ridge of high pressure which is sitting over top us, will pull we also where it belongs -- pull west where it belongs across the desert southwest. tomorrow is crystal clear, maybe

a few high, thin clouds, there's the labor day quite over the next three to four days. high pressure sets up shop over the carolinas. starting labor day we hit the 90s, tuesday and wednesday we feel it with high temperatures around 90 degrees both days, with the humidity 95. the long range trends take this high and push it back to the west by the time we get into thursday and friday. the poconos this weekend delightful, 77 degrees, 79, sunny skies tomorrow, more sunshine for labor day high of 82. jersey shore moderate risk for rip currents in in effect today and tomorrow. the ocean temperature is nice, wall-to-wall blue skies, sunny conditions, 77 degrees today, breezy. 79 tomorrow. 80 degrees labor day. you'll have a sea breeze sunday and monday but not as windy as today. 82 in lancaster.

reading, 84. allentown, 83. philadelphia, 85. millville, 81. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, lots of sunshine all weekend long, 85, 87. 90 degrees if you're hanging out in the city. tuesday, hazy, hot and humid, 92 degrees, feeling like 95. same thing wednesday late-day shower or thunderstorm. warm thursday, storm, 88. friday, cloudy, 85 degrees, let's see if even we know what thursday is next week. >> thursday is? >> reporter: i know you know, come on, it's the start of the nfl season. >> i'm counting today is the 5th. >> reporter: it's the first nfl football game of the year. >> i've been happy since football started. >> reporter: i think everybody is happy overall, what would we do about football?

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becoming an epidemic. kids use it to focus, but for those who are under the care of a doctor. however, some students are using it recreationally. one college student said she has seen firsthand how dangerous abusing the drug can be. >> bent a metal spoon in half and ran across the street. >> kids are using it and using way more than prescribed dose. >> according to a study in the journal of merge college health association nearly one-third admit to using ader rmplet -- a. flu shots fell short last year, health reporter and registered nurse has details on what to expect this year. >> reporter: last year, the flu

arrived before christmas and didn't move out until mother's day, and less than 20% of people who were vaccinated got full protection. the vaccine missed because the virus mutated or changed before it got here. >> there were at least five or so mutations. you can see them in red and yellow on this image. but team leaders blames most of the mismatch on a single mutation. they are trying to get a better match by learning what triggers mutations. >> if we have that accuracy we can make better predictions. >> reporter: for now, the driver is on torched an easier way to make vaccines. most flus are made in eggs, it's a 6 month process, so decision on the strains to include must be made before the last flu season is over.

there are alternative methods, but they are not widely used. still much of this year's vaccine will offer more protection. guarding against four strains instead of three. and despite the flu vaccine's fault it still saves lives. >> people might have gotten sick, but chances are if they were vaccinated their illness was not as greet. as great. 42 kids die last years not as bad as last year. wistar is working on a new vaccine. >> chris sowers will have a final look at the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. the stay with us, w50e8 e we'll be right back.

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is? it's a woolly mammoth of a sheep. a champion sheep sheerer set a new record after taking the clippers to this gigantic sheep. the fleece was 18 inches and weighed 88 pounds, that's the equivalent of 30 sweaters. >> he probably lost 30 pounds. here's the forecast for today. looked like a big giant pillow. mostly sunny skies later this afternoon. comfortable lowering humidity levels, up to 85. slightly warmer tomorrow, a ton of sunshine 87. labor day up to 90 degrees, but the humidity level is nice and low. a picture-perfect weekend, tuesday and wednesday, 92

feeling like 95. hopefully by week's end we get rid of the 90s for good and start thinking about fall. hope hopefully. >> it's 7:56 we're just a few minutes away from saying good morning to "good morning america." >> reporter: hey, eva, good morning, coming up on "g.m.a." it's labor day weekend millions are equity examined to it had the road to celebrate summer. "g.m.a." has you covered we have gas prices to the weather forecast. plus, it's the kickoff for college football. take a look at the video. it's a blue whale tangled in fishing line. rescuers working for hours to untangled giant. the fight is not over yet. we'll have the latest this morning. finally on a much lighter and lonelier note. take a look at this guy, he is

in chicago at a bachelor problem, nobody else showed up, sarah haynes has the story of what went wrong coming up in pop news. >> that's the bachelor party i would imagine. "action news" continues at 9:00. thousands of music fans will be packing the parkway for the made in america festival. we'll have a preview. how to turn old toys into cash. some childhood favorites could be worth big bucks. now for chris sowers and the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, i'm eva pilgrim. have a great saturday, we'll see you in an hour.

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