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buildings. and controversy over the kentucky clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same sex couples, meeting with pope francis. we are closely watching hurricane joaquin, which could come right up the eastern seaboard and threaten the jersey coast. this is how it looks at this hour, from our temple university camera, looking ominous and dreary out there right now. lets head over to the big board, with karen rogers in for david this afternoon. >> a significant amount of rainfall overnight into the morning hours, stormtracker 6 live double scan shows it's still wet in spot, mostly eat of philadelphia, near woodbury and glassboro, this is routes 206 near medford lakes, showers here as well as browns mills.

radar is showing that and now we can see spotty showers through the region and certainly lots of clouds. lets show you right now how much rain we got, because just in the overnight hours, 1.2 inches and allentown over 2 inches, lancaster 2.41, mt. pocono 2.1 and millville 2.25. a significant amount of rainfall and this is just the beginning, we are looking at a number of days with wet conditions and that will affect us over the coming day. 77 in philadelphia and 78 in allentown un75 in millville, horribly humid out there and a warm day, if you are headed out to the union, it's cloudy and we can't rule out a shower and it will turn breezy and the dew points come down at this point and it will feel comfortable at 59 degrees for the forecast, but all eyes are on hurricane joaquin, you can see the satellite image right now, this is a hurricane at 80 miles per hour, we are expecting this to

strengthen even more so and heading towards our region, how will this impact? if we see it when will that be? all the answers in the exclusive accuweather forecast in just a few minutes. >> thank you. as hurricane joaquin approaches, 6abc.com/weather is your go to resource, look for constant updates from accuweather and storm tracker live radar and a slideshow detailing joaquin's latest track. in other news, a freon leak forced the evacuation of the hughs complex in trenton. all the employees were sent home for the day and the hazmat crews are using the building's system to funnel air through the building. workers will be allowed back in when the levels go back to normal. and camden city hall and all municipal buildings and parts of

the rutgers camden campus were affected. we are told that internet and phone lines are also down in some county offices. parts of i-95 in delaware remain closed following a crash involving a tractor trailer, it happened near the churchman crossing exiting in christiana, police say that a tractor trailer was damaged in the crash and it was carrying racing fuel that began leaking on to the roadway, that prompted the authorities to close all but the passing lane when the fuel was being cleaned from the road, an investigation into what caused the crash continues. >> a frankford family was terrorized inside their own home, and the search is on for the suspect that hid in the home. we are joined live now from eva

pilgram. >> reporter: sara frightening moments for a family after three men came down this alley right here and broke into their home in the middle of the night, this noon police are trying to find the employee three. >> broken grass on the cellar treat this morning. >> i heard a voice, and where is he [ bleep ]. >> allison was woken from her sleep, she heard three men break into her home. >> i heard the commotion and didn't get out of hi room. >> two of the robbers woke up her husband by putting two guns to his head and tied his hands behind his head with electrical wires before ransacking the house, and one of them walked into the bathroom where alice and her 10-year-old grandson

were hiding pretending to be asleep. >> laying in his bed, ryan noticed that man was not wearing a mask. >> he was on the phone and he had a black shirt on and light blue jeans. i didn't see his face though. >> the thieves made off with $250, the tv, xbox, a laptop and car keys and a pair of kids sneakers. >> i have four kids and 13 grandchildren and we all live close by. >> only one of the grandkids spent the night, and usually three stay with her, and one sleeps near the tv right in the path of where the men broke in. but allison is thankful. >> i thank god we are okay. we are all okay. >> back out here live, you can see this one camera here on the building, there are actually quite a few cameras on the

street, police are looking at that video, if you know anything about this break-in, are you asked to call philadelphia police, eva pilgram channel 6 "action news." rick? >> eva thank you, from our delaware newsroom, joshua holes is arrested and charges for allegedly breaking into a home and stealing a safe at gun point. police were called to the home on birch on monday and they tracked the cent to a home nearby. holmes is in jail failing to post bond. police are asking for your help in finding someone that stole a papal flag. it shows a white suv on the 600 block of south 27th street last tuesday morning, first suv circles the block and then stops, one of the suspects gets out and taking a papal flag from

in front of a home, the suv driver then drove away. kentucky clerk, kim davis, says she had a secret meeting with pope francis during his stay in the united states. she says that the two met while he was in washington, d.c., you may remember that dates was jailed for five days after failing to issue marriage licenses to same sex couples. hear more about the meeting coming up in a live report. opening statements are underway this noon against the lead contractor in the center city building collapse, griffin campbell faced six counts of third degree murder for the building collapse on 22nd and market street. prosecutors say he left a wall unsupported that fell on to the salvation army next door. the excavation operator has

already plead guilty. james stewart is charge in the death of his friend, david compton, defense attorneys argue it was an accidents. a grand jury has cleared three police officers for a deadly shooting last december, police responded to a man firing shots in atlantic city, and the prosecutors office says they released surveillance pictures showing sean brown holding a gun and pointed it at officers, he was shot a short time later and was pronounced dead at the hospital. two students attend pitman high school and the two others a vocational school, at least two were involved with the pitman football team. the virus is not as dangerous as

bacterial meningitis but it can cause a fever, headaches and nausea, the school has enhanced its cleaning of the locker and weight rooms and they switched from water bottles to paper cups to help stop the spread of the virus. the vote for the budget easily sailed through the senate today and is expected to make its way through the house and to president obama, it does not include language to strip planned parenthood of funding, it would provide 10 weeks of time to negotiate a wide ranging budget deal for the rest of fiscal year 2016. pennsylvania governor top wolf, says he will reach out to rank and file republican lawmakers in an effort to stall support for a budget plan, republicans argued this would

have eased happen ship by schools and social services. wolf argues there needs to be a long-term approach that closes budget deficits for good. russia takes aim at what is believed to be isis rebels for the first time ever. and despite a plea from the vatican, the only woman on georgia's death row was executed this morning. >> and karen rogers has an update on the accuweather forecast, and the changes this weekend we could see.

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>> more than 90,000 people signed a petition asking georgia's governor to stop the execution. russia is carrying out air strikes for the first time. and russia's defense ministry confirmed the report, vladimir putin ordered the strike after russian lawmakers gave him the authority. putin's missiles are targeting isis military in syria. donald trump agrees with vladimir putin with his decision to help al-assad. he praised the buildup in sear yar yeah, he appeared on fox and sees no problem with the future. >> meanwhile, chris christie

picked up a big supporter while in iowa. well known businessman bruce rassteader is backing the new jersey governor, he says that now his group supports the governor they hope that the governor will keep up his end by making more trips to iowa. he had the strike last night following a meeting of the clinton global michigantive. the 74-year-old is currently president and ceo of the clinton foundation, the initial reports are very encouraging. still ahead here on "action news" at noon, many people take calcium supplements to protect their bones, but are they worth it? details coming up on health check. and karen rogers has the

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heavy rain turned backyards in rivers in basset, virginia, it left place sets, grills and cars under water, residents were left just watching the current carried debris down street, they expect more flooding as the

water flows downstream from a neighboring county. and karen rogers and october is coming in like a penguin or a polar bear. >> like a duck. it's wet out there. >> have to work on that one a little bit. stormtracker 6 live double scan around the region, and you can see we are dealing with rain at times, i want to go in closer with double scan, in wrightstown it's predominantly in new jersey in chads worth and hammonton, 322 showers, a heavier shower moved through near rowan, picking up there. still showers in south jersey, and the rest of us pretty dry, lets go outside, we are not seeing much of anything in atlantic city, visibility here is completely fine. even in pomano, here on the coastline, you are socked in

with the clouds and not far off, you go to pomona, not good visibility. watch for gail force winds offshore as well. satellite 6 along with action radar showing heavy rain from last night pushing into new england, we are stuck with lots of clouds and humid and showers in spots and a period of rain we are getting in south jersey, not a lot more to the south, we are dealing w. i don't think it will be wet, this model shows at 2:30, in the afternoon, a spotty shower here and clouds breaking a bit. if you go to the union game for the championship, it looks basically dry. maybe a couple of breaks in the clouds. the humidity dropping back a bit, it will feel better tonight, humid and some showers and 72 for your high inal ep town un78 in the city, we are hovering around the same temperature all day and we woke up in the mid-70s, and 78 in

millville, and 76 for your high in atlantic city. we have an upper level low in atlanta georgia, this is setting us up for tropical concerns, and this is a tilt in the jet stream and it's allowing the tropical moisture in the area, the moisture we get thursday night into friday, not related to joaquin but still a big impact. tropical downpours, gusts 25 to 45 miles per hour. especially along the coastline and this is part of the problem, we are dealing with the issues concerning flooding even before we talk bts possibility of any hurricane impacting us, we are getting a lot of rain even before we watch hurricane joaquin, 80 miles per hour winds, it started as a tropical storm, 80 miles per hour winds, we are watching the track of this, it looks like a category

one hurricane at our door stop and a at our door stop. cloudy and humid today and 78 tomorrow and cooler and windy and 60 and friday it's windy and rainy, 57 feeling raw, saturday clouds, some rain and 66, and it's sunday, late sunday into monday that we are watching for the effects of joaquin. cooler temperatures and a lot of rain sunday into monday, that is the day to follow. >> boil the spaghetti plots a little longer. >> there is more ahead on "action news" at noon, police are looking for leads after a bar break-in at juniata park caught on surveillance camera. >> how much of a boom did businesses get from the pope's visit, they broke down the numbers and they don't look too good unfortunately. many people clean their dentures

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your help for a missing teen that suffers from diabetes. and we begin at 12:30 with the latest from accuweather, the heaviest rains have moved out for now and we are expecting more rain of the next few days, outside from sky 6 in center city from our temple university cam. karen rogers is here with more on what to expect as we say so long to september. >> we had round one of our rain last night. lets go in closer with stormtracker 6 live double scan we see they are mostly in new jersey, near medford lakes and hammonton, and not far from the shore, you have rain there, satellite 6 along with action radar showing the heaviest moving up toward new england, cloudy and not a lot of rain today, cloudy in spots and lots of clouds and feeling horribly humid out there, it's round one, 1.9