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blinds to go. blinds for life. >> good morning, it is 6:00 a.m., sunday september 6. knew overnight a fire injured a philadelphia firefighters and cost a family its home. made in america festival in philadelphia, "action news" was there on the parkway for the music. >> temple beat penn state for the first time back in 1941. >> plus, many are enjoying a getaway at the jersey shore. sky6 live hd looking live a atlantic city. you couldn't ask for a better
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weekend. trish hartman will be along later from the shore coming up. >> what's it's going to look like for the people there. >> reporter: it's a repeat performance. we have another nice one coming up. there's the view of the center city skyline. it's chilly in parts of the area. the numbers have dropped into the 50s, the drier air works its way in. we have a decent breeze out of the northeast. allentown, 56 degrees, poconos, 54. trenton, 57. reading, 59. millville, 58 and center city checking in right around 65 degrees. satellite and radar, we had a few clouds bubbling up yesterday afternoon we'll probably see less cloud cover yesterday than this afternoon. you didn't see much cloud cover yesterday anyway. high pressure will provide us with another nice day. temperatures in the mid 80s, day planner looking like this.
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lunchtime, 8 a degrees, 6:00 p.m., 84. the sun set 7:25. daylight hours are getting shorter and shorter as the holiday comes to an ends. new this morning, a fire left her mother and 6 children without a place to live. the blaze injured a philadelphia firefighter. flames and smoke ripped through the basement and ripped through a home on the 1200 block of north 55th street. a firefighter fell through stairs inside the home. he was taken to penn presbyterian hospital. he will be okay. the fire burned for a half-hour. the cause is under investigation. a sellout crowd of 70,000 people flooded the benjamin franklin parkway as part of the made in america festival. >> another sellout crowd will be on the benjamin franklin parkway today as the festival
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wraps up. >> reporter: jeff chirico was there as the crowd awaited queen bee. i was celebrating. >> spending it here with you guys in philly. >> reporter: earlier in the day, 90s hip hop band daylight soul got fans on their feet. >> they are got it going on. people my age are not akuwaited with them, they are really good. >> reporter: pop star nick jonas singing his hit chained with 1,000 other people. >> beautiful weather, perfect
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scenery, people came from all over the state and the country just to be at this event. >> reporter: organized by rapper jay-z it was queen bee who brought these ladies from washington, d.c. >> queen bee brought us up here. >> now the fourth year the made in america festival becoming a philadelphia tradition. >> how many people come together. >> reporter: it is not over yet. more than 30 musical acts expected to perform for day two, it all kicks off just after 1:00 p.m. this afternoon. on the parkway, jeff chirico channel 6 "action news." >> once made in america festival ends tonight philadelphia perhaps for its next mega event pope francis'
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pilgrimage to our city. tickets will be given out at noon on the world meeting of family website. they are free. ten thousand will be to attend the parkway homily sunday september 27. another ten thousand for the speech on saturday the 26th. the final ten thousand was for the festival of families that same day. you can get the latest on the plans for the papal visit follow at 6abc pope. temple university football fans have their prayers answer. the owls 74 yearlong losing streak in penn state in football is over. [cheers and applause] temple celebrated a dominating win 27-10 in front of more than 69,000 fans a sellout. it was the largest crowd to see
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a temple game ever. way back in 1941. that's seer rowe wins in 39 games. the owls biggest ever win temple's tightened was cautiously -- jeff skeverski we'll show you how the owl celebrated in the locker room. >> on tuesday, congress will return from their summer recess from a long to-do list. at the top of the list, the nuclear agreement with iran. republican insists the deal makes too many concessions and promise to challenge. the democrats say they have the votes to sustain a presidential veto. john kerry spoke at the national
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constitution center to rally public support. before the speech he told matt o'donnell the path makes israel safer. >> iran was rushing toward a nuclear program that had no controls and no visibility and no constraints and the amount of time to produce enough material for one bomb was down to two months. we have stretched that out. >> reporter: another topic is a stopgap spending bill that will keepment government running past the 30th of this month. getting cooperation is in short supply from both parties this summer. today we dig into the iran debate. the group will discuss the pope's visit to philadelphia on inside story later this morning. trying to make the most of the of holiday gatherings,
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democrat hillary clinton will be at a rally for a union pin nick. she blasted her opponent for cutting programs for women and families. republican concerned him r. trump made what some are calling a frp gaffe on -- foreign policy gaffe on the host's show so he is calling him trird rate. >> a man is pulled alive from a, burning car we'll hear about the heros who save it.
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>> trish hartman draws a fresh assignment of mingling with the people and soaking in the sun at the jersey shore. >> reporter: it's going to be a nice one at the jersey shore, enjoy the comfortable weather we have more heat and humidity in the seven-day forecast coming up right after this. feminist the lsu game was dd
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blame it only the rain and purple rain blader over the said yum speakers. another storm send players off the field at the brewers red baseball game in cincinnati. play eventually resumed. >> in our area it's been beautiful. it's been a little chilly, i like it. >> reporter: it was i stepped out this morning, it was whoa. let's step outside and and go down to cape may. nice and comfortable out there, that's for sure. we have a breeze out of the northeast and lower humidity levels than yesterday. yesterday was comfortable to begin with. so it continues to be nice and
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pleasant out there, and double scan live is crystal clear. that will be the trend at least over the next three days, 54 in the poconos. allentown, 56. trenton, 57. reading, 59. everybody in the 50s at this point. philadelphia 65 and cape may thanks to the warmer water we're showing 66. atlantic city at the airport down to 56 degrees. the humidity stays nice and low today. we get into tomorrow it's not too shabby. although it's a little bit higher than this afternoon. it will increase, notice the climb, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, we have problems by the middle of the week. dewpoints approaching 70, if to the higher, it will feel miserable once again. good news this heat way on the way will not last as long always the perceives heat waves we've seen. high pressure over new england in charge of our weather. you can see it that clockwise
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spin that will continue to dominate the pattern over the next few days, as it slides off the coast, the returns wind tap into this heat that's starting to build across the plain states that will most east of the mississippi river and get into the mid atlantic and the northeast as early as tomorrow afternoon. even though humidity levels will be low, high temperatures will be close to 90. sunny and warm, 80 degrees, monday, labor day pleasant of sunshine, high of 83. jersey shore, moderate risk for rip current, rough seas waves battering the beaches 3 to 6 feet. it won't be that rough this afternoon. you want to be careful always pay teadges to the -- attention to the lifeguards on duty. monday, labor day, sunny and warm, 84. both days featuring a ton of
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sunshine. rip currents on the moderate side you'll see plenty of those this afternoon, seas 3 to 4 feet. winds out of the east ten to 15 miles per hour. uv index of 7. allentown, 85. mostly sunny, comfortable. wilmington, 85. philadelphia 86, just a nice, quiet day around the delaware valley. 90 degrees monday, there's the heat wave right there. you need three consecutive days of 90 degrees-plus heat. we'll have that monday, tuesday and wednesday. thursday, a cold front slips through. much-needed rain is possible. friday's high, 85. saturday, no humidity partly sunny skies and high of 83. nydia. >> thank you. the good people of camden enjoyed an afternoon of fun. the camden county police department along with city and county officials hosted two
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stadium. another recently came down outside a phillies game. >> police had to evacuate part of america's one of biggest airports. someone called lax and said there was a bomb in the homeland security van. evacuation were made, but no explosives were found. police are looking for the person who fade made that call. blinds to go. blinds for life. ce company offers guaranteed acceptance life insurance to men and women ages 50 to 85. i talk to customers every day who are concerned that they won't qualify for life insurance due to their health. they worry about leaving behind funeral expenses and unpaid medical bills for their loved ones. but i'm proud to tell them that a policy
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starting to spin its wheels in the middle of nowhere. same thing will happen to grace that happened to fred and erica and danny, it will travel to the west and encounter all this wind sheer. these greens and blue shades are wind sheer. if you have an upper part of the storm and lower part of the storm it pushes the two away from each other and it collapses. that's why the perceives storms fizzled out. this tropical storm has to run into all of this and it will be torn apart and poses no threat to the u.s. mainland. there's no concern over that tropical system. 9:00 a.m., sunny, 72. 1:00 p.m., 82. 5:00 p.m., it's another splendid afternoon. highs in the mid 8 olds, lots of sunshine, low humidity. >> in sports now, the eagles
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cut tim tebow and temple has high homes after a rare victory over penn state on the gridiron. here's jeff skeverski. >> reporter: tebow time has expired. chip kelly cuts eagles quarterback tim tebow. tim said he was not good enough to be their third string quarterback, now they are down to sam bradford and mark sanchez. chip said they are searching for a third guy and keeping their options open. tebow is gone despite playing well thursday against the jets. >> he played well in the game. it's thelation of the whole time. we felt things progressed, but he didn't feel like he was good enough. tebow says thanks
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philadelphia eagles and coach kelly for giving me the opportunity to play the game. chip kelly on hand for a mystery. can you remember the last time temple beat penn state? many of you were tbhot alive. -- not alive. 1941. temple without a w, here we go, 9 lions out to a 10-0 lead. happy valley into the half. what a swing. thomas scores, owls on the board. the "d" beats down penn state quarterback, and kickoff her leads to a touchdown at the end of the third. in the 4th, temple runs away with it, thomas another turn
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down. temple fights back 27-10. it's their first w over these guys in 74 years. >> we focused on us, the players bought into that, the players kept saying what's the next play what's the next play, it's not the fact that we beat penn state it's that we won. i love penn state, but it was about us, it's shows unbelievable maturity and i am glad of them. >> ♪ we've got high hopes ♪ we've got high in the sky hopes ♪ >> what a scene inside temple's locker room afterwards singing high hopes, congratulations to them. phillies 30 games under
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500, that's the worst mark in baseball. asher has a disaster our ought against the red sox, he allows 7 earned runs in the 4th. he doesn't get out of it, phillies lose 9-2 ugly ought for the phils. eagles and temple "action news" sports sunday tonight at 11:35, that's sports, i'm jeff skeverski. >> a high school football in pennsylvania showed the true meaning of teamwork, a senior gave up a starting spot for another teammate who lost his dad. the dad died a week before from a heart attack. >> i new it was the right thick to do. i know his father was his number one fan. >> on the opposing team a player was back on the football
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field after being diagnosed with a benign tumor in his brain. after surgery at chop this summer he was given the all clear. >> we'll have more "action news" just ahead. we'll be right back. music: "another sunny day" by belle and sebastian ♪ ♪ ♪ such a shame it's labeled a "getaway." life should always feel like this. hampton. we go together. always get the lowest price, only when you book direct at hampton.com
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floods the benjamin franklin parkway. >> no matter what you've been up to, it's been a gorgeous weekend. >> reporter: the has, the weather has worked out nicely over the last few months. it's been beautiful around the delaware valley. we haven't had much rain to ruin the plans, won't see much this holiday weekend either. temperatures in the 50s and 60s. slatington 59. saint davids, 55. chester. 54. agenda beach, 60. buena, 58. glassboro 59 degrees. let's head to the jersey shore, just like yesterday we have rough seas although not as rough as yesterday. right now we have 3 to 4-foot breakers battering the beaches from atlantic city to maryland. wind out of the east-northeast # # miles per hour.
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temperatures 73. atlantic city, temperature 75 that's the water temperature, air temperature, 68. cape may, looks quiet, as well. winds out of the northeast at 3 miles per hour. you have a water temperature of 80 degrees and air temperature of 67. so it's delightful morning around the delaware valley. the only issue down the jersey shore just like yesterday we have a moderate to high risk for rip currents, if you're heading into the waters pay attention to the lifeguards, otherwise it is beautiful across the boards, with the sea breeze kicking in, 79, very refreshing. poconos warm and sunny, 79 degrees, i'll have the complete forecast when i see you again coming up in a few minutes. the jersey shore is the place to be this weekend, it's beautiful and it hadn't felt like the unofficial end of summer. >> this is sky6 live hd looking
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live at atlantic city. trish hartman made the rounds of beach goers savoring every last minute of holiday weekend. >> reporter: the big sounds filled sea isle city downtown as beach goers busied away their holiday weekend. >> i love the concert and love going to the concerts to enjoy the summertime. the weather has been great. it's fun. the we had an incredible summer. >> around the corner, crowds waited forum yum ice cream. other than said it's been a great season it will come to a close september 20th. >> francis waited in line for 20 minutes to share with chole do you always share your ice cream with your dog? >> yeah, i do.
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>> reporter: walkways and high rip currents risks, urged bathers to listen to the lifeguards for the rest of the weekend. make sure when you go swimming there are lifeguards on duty, check with your town and only go in when they are there. >> we invite you to make 6abc.com/weather storm tracker 6 live radar and live 6 cameras give you real time updates. >> this is the fourth year for the made in america festival, 70,000 people danced to the beats of dozens of musical acts, music lovers from right here in philadelphia from all over enjoyed all day at the festival. >> nick joan answer!
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niki minaj came out, that was in credible. >> they were having fun. there's a full schedule planned for today as well, starting today at 1:00 p.m. >> tinicum township police officer is recovering after being stabbed in south philadelphia. the officer was attacked around 8:30 in the parking lot of the holiday inn on packer avenue. the officer was taken to penn presbyterian hospital in stable condition. an arrest has been made, but no word on the identity of the suspect or possible motive. hundreds of people showed up in voorhees to remember a teenager who passed away in her sleep. kara lemanowicz was a american e member of -- a member of the american high school and soccer
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team. an autopsy is pending, but investigators say there are no signs of foul play drugs or alcohol. we're learning about the police k-9 seriously injured during a call in reading berks county. the dog was being cared for at penn vet in philadelphia. annie mccormick followed up on house he is doing. >> reporter: code kody was brought here by a helicopter because he is a police dog injured in the line of duty. talking about the condition of the reading police department k-9. it was during a call when cody during a search. he suffered one laceration.
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>> he is making progress, his handler is up there, he is very happy that the handler is there. >> reporter: veterinarians and is handlelers, grew concerned when he became will a. he was brought to the university of pennsylvania, a program was created that transports injured police injured search and rescue dogs are transported to the penn vets. after landing, u penn provided the transport van and stretcher to get codey to the emergency room. the minutes saved in transport could save his life. >> they have the whole package that makes us a level one trauma center is critical.
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>> reporter: his handler has been here by his side all day, we did reach out to him, but he had no comment. reporting in university city, annie mccormick channel 6 "action news." >> the migrants trying to escape the war in serious continues. cyprus rescued a fishing boat loaded with women and children, 35 were children. migrants are held in a port area so they can be processed, but they say greek authorities are not doing it fast enough. meantime, the thousands who got to austria have begun arriving in germany where they can get refuge and work. >> a couple of hundred people rallied in support of the county clerk in kentucky who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. kim davis remains in jail. a judge found her in contempt of court. she said issuing the licenses
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would conflict with her religious beliefs. a deputy clerk is issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. the father of cancer patient leah stills got bad news this week, darren stills got cut from the cincinnati bangles. her dad who is from camden will get to keep his nfl health insurance for five years. a lot of people sad to see him cut, but glad he will keep his insurance. >> a young composer will take the stage in philadelphia, he'll leave a popular perform animals that's ahead at the arts. two teachers from burlington county are internationally ranked in the sports.
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we'll have their story. >> a lego man builds a version of the vatican. check that auto out. the architect describes the process of putting it altogether and what he is frayed of. sky6 live hd taking a live look beautiful shot at the sunrise, i hope you're enjoying the holiday weekend, chris sowers will have the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. , girlfriend! rich, creamy, 100% natural cheese. mini babybel. snack a little bigger. all of our legendary racing heritage. all of our pioneering four wheel drive experience. come together in one amazing new vehicle. this is the all-new gle coupe. a mercedes-benz suv with the heart and soul of a race car.
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happy labor day weekend everyone, i hope you're enjoying the unofficial end of summer. 6:41, 66 degrees, sky6 live hd looking live from our temple university camera there. looks nice, doesn't it? >> reporter: it does. >> it's beautiful today. >> reporter: you can't sweet this weather, when you look at the summer holidays, memorial day, fourth of july and labor day. fourth of july was the coolest, we are forecasting 90 tomorrow. there we go there's the view of the center city skyline. june was wet, july was gorgeous, august was nice, hot at times, but nice, so far september has been nice overall. center city skyline crystal clear, 65 degrees. dewpoint, 57. winds are calm, heat index is matching the air temperature. we have no humidity tout -- out
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there it's also at 65. the issue down the jersey shore, we have a higher risk for rip currents and we have rough seas, we had seas of 4 to 6 feet. we'll calm it down a little bit, we'll go 3 to 4 feet. it will pose issues for small craft. be mindful of that take it easien 0 the waters. the water temperature, 76 degrees, we're forecasting 86 degrees which is five degrees above average. 65 degrees is the present temperature reading that's also the low. the numbers are close to where they should be for this time of year. the high is warmer that's better than where we were where the highs topped out in the 90est. trenton, 57. poconos 54. philadelphia 65. again, no issues in the humidity department it stays nice and comfortable out there this afternoon. satellite and radar, a little bit of cloud cover pushing east,
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actually pushing west across the eastern shores of the delmarva peninsula, maybe that gets farther to the north and pushes into the delaware bay region. we're looking at mainly sunny conditions thanks to this guy, huge area of high pressure out of the provinces of canada, that will provide us with sunshine today and yesterday, the only issue with the high, the winds blow clockwise, as the high drifts off the coast, it will tap into this again, these are current dewpoints across the gulf coast states and high plains. you can see the 60s and 70s, that will stream in over the next 48 to 72 hours, tomorrow, highs near 90, once we get into tuesday and wednesday we pour the heat and humidity back into the region again. it feels awful. sunny and warm for the poconos,
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80 degrees tomorrow, pleasant of sunshine, low humidity levels. jersey shore, 76 degrees is the ocean temperature. again you want to pay close attention to the lifeguards that are on duty. don't swim if there is not a lifeguard on duty. sunny taken beautiful today. 79. labor day 84. nice sabz kicking in today -- sea breeze kicking in today. philadelphia, 86 degrees, winds out of the southeast at 35 to 10. overnight tonight, clear and calm, 66 for the does it, 58 for the outlying suburbs. tuesday and wednesday, feels-like temperatures will feel like 935 or 96. we stay dry wednesday afternoon.
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thursday a cold front slides in from the west that will trigger showers and storms. it turns warm ascertain very humid during the afternoon. behind the front we cool down, humidity levels drop off and by saturday we're down in the low 80s for high temperatures. hopefully that's the start of a nice trend. >> hope so. >> it's about polka this weekend in doylestown, bucks county. does make you bounce around doesn't it. this year marks the 50th anniversary of the polish american festival at our lady of czestochowa. you'll find plenty of crafts to entertain the little ones admission is $12 per person. college student facebook post showing off her tattoo is
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act 'tis was celebrated in mississippi, she changed the world and opened countless doors. she died late last month, she was 104 careers old, although one census put her at 110. here's this morning's crime fighters report. >> reporter: george hollywood's voice cachts when he talking about the about -- catches when he talks about his late son. on wednesday, the father of 7 went out to a local bar in camden. >> that night he left the house except to the bar, i don't know what happened at the bar, from the bar to maybe ten minutes he
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gets shot. >> reporter: hudson was able to make i meant to a friend's house where they called for help around 12:20 a.m. he was taken to the hospital where he was later pronounced dead. >> we need the members of the community to come forward and say they are not going to stand for this. >> reporter: the citizens crime commission is issuing a 1,000-dollar reward for the person responsible. call 215-546-tips. >> when they shot that bullet, they took a part of a lot people. >> reporter: he said he stays strong for his grandchildren. >> putting back the pieces, that's most important, because i believe he would want us to put back the pieces and take care of his kids. >> reporter: for crime fighters, i'm rick williams channel 6 "action news." >> a new survey of the best states for drivers financially
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department's praises. family and friends were preparing a feast for daniel's arrival when the fire broke out in the oven. when firefighters found out about the fire, they sprang into action. >> we pulled together and made pans of ziti, and went down and delivered it to the family. >> i was overcome by their generosity and i can't thank them enough. >> i want to say thank you to the fire department it was really nice for you guys, it was awesome. >> daniel just returned home from boot camp in paris island. he had no idea they were planning a party. dog diving is getting a lot of attention in burlington county, because the top two are dog gone good. >> reporter: most people walk their dogs, jenny and brian's
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dog go for a plying dep. the german short hair poirntle poirntle -- pointers are the top divers in the country. >> they think of it as play. >> they need extreme exercise, what you would think always your exhaustion point is just their starting point. the dock at the medford lakes cabin is where they practice each day. a room inside the house is filled with ribbons and medals, pooch is ranked for big air and cello is ranked number one for iron dog. >> they can run for hours on end, they will keep going, they are working dogs, they will keep going until you shut them down. >> reporter: the newest member of the family is logger a former
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bomb-sniffing dog who served in iraq. he is adjusting to his new digs. they are highly trained, and they may be world class dock did i needers, if you ask me they are having fun. >> the dogs enjoy being out with their owners jumping in the water to see them having fun and loving life it's fun for us, as well. >> jan a special ed teacher ad brian a mortgage guys travels with the dogs each month. >> the amount of work that goes into it and the enjoyment you seep in the dogs is the best. >> do you think we could teach our pug to do that? >> i think the pug would look at you and shake his head. >> else lazy. there's another hour of "action news" straight ahead. >> the stars come out in made in america festival and rock the
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7:00 a.m. on this sunday, september 6. here's what's happening on "action news,." new overnight a fire injured a philadelphia firefighter and cost the family its home. >> benjamin franklin parkway draws a big crowd in made in america festival. it's now underway. >> temple beats penn state for the first time since 1941. >> thousands enjoying a holiday getaway at the jersey shore. sky6 live hd looking live at atlantic city. it's going to be gorgeous, we couldn't ask for better weather, unofficial end of summer for a lot of folks. trish hartman will have more from the shore coming up. chris sowers is outside with the accuweather forecast. how perfect is it going to be today? >> reporter: it's going to be as perfect as it's going to get. we turned the the
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