>> just into "action news," a south jersey mother's frantic 911 call to police after her little two-year-old son was allegedly beaten to death by her boyfriend. monday night, rick is off, sharrie williams joins us. big story on "action news is that murder investigation in south jersey. >> "action news and sarah bloomquist live on the scene in pennsauken with the details. sarah. >> reporter: well, this is the home from which that 911 call originated. this is the place where that two-year-old boy was discovered unresponsive on saturday night here in the 5900 block of mansion boulevard. today his mother's boyfriend was charged with beating the boy to death. there are no signs any child lived here. the rear apartment of the house on mansion boulevard. but it was here on saturday night just before 11:30 when paramedics were called and found the boy unresponsive after suffering severe injuries from a beating. he was pronounced dead at the hospital about a half hour

later. joe holly lives right next door. >> it's sad. it was sad. it's not -- it didn't catch me by surprise. you hear it now every day. always some tragedy going on, so -- should not be but it happens. >> reporter: today the boy's mother's boyfriend 24-year-old zachary tricoche was charged with first degree murder. investigators say he beat the two-year-old boy to death. the child who is not being identified by authorities did have siblings but it's unclear if they also lived here or if they, too, were abused. holly said he never saw any child here, not ever. >> no, uh. >> reporter: never. >> no, no. >> reporter: but you saw the boyfriend. >> in the morning about 6 o'clock in the morning, 7 o'clock. about 6 o'clock i see him get in a cab and he leave. >> reporter: now, there was a delay i releasing the details about this murder

because authorities needed to track down the child's biological father. tricoche is being held in the camden county jail at this hour. he will be arraigned in camden tomorrow. live in pennsauken, i'm sarah bloomquist, channel6 "action news. >> thank you, sarah. philadelphia police have identified the man who was shot and killed in front of his child during an early morning home invasion. hakim rahman and his girlfriend were a wakened by two armed robbers in their hunting park home about 1:00 a.m. the suspects were demanding money from that company. "action news" spoke to a neighbor who heard the shots. she did not want to be identified. >> she was just saying no, no, no, no, no and no, no, no like that and then you heard the shots. >> police say a 13-year-old boy was in the room at the time and five other children were in a room nearby. rahman's girlfriend was taken to a hospital where she's in critical condition tonight. from our delaware news room now police have

surveillance video 33 wander you to see in hopes of tracking down a home invasion suspect. take a look. they say this red four door sedan was used by the suspect to flee the scene in north wilmington friday afternoon. according to police, that's when the suspect forced his way into a home on hertford road. an 80-year-old man and his adult son were inside. the suspect stole money electronics by and jewelry. officials much officials believe a delaware inmate tried to use an out of state anthrax scare to get transferred to a new facility. last week a vermont courthouse received an envelope containing white powder and a note indicating that the powder was anthrax. well, the float was traced back to dana martin who is currently behind bars for a murder charge in delaware. martin told corrections officials he sent foot powder through the mail. he is not expected to be

charged in vermont. >> at the big board now with the wildfires now burning across acres of land in nine states out west. in washington state families are being forced out of their homes in california. a fire forced the closure of a popular tourist attraction. windy dry conditions are only further fueling these flames. abc's dana has been following developments for us all across the west coast and she's live in los angeles tonight with the very latest there. dana, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, monica. the fire threat is on the move. what we saw here last week in southern california is now hitting the pacific northwest. more fires means more evacuations and more homes destroyed. another terrifying scene in the west. thick plumes of smoke filling the fire as seven major wildfires burn there. >> when i saw the cloud i 92 it was bad. the closer i got here the worse it got. >> reporter: three fires burning just outside of spokane. one of those exploding insize

overnight jumping from two lunn 50 acres to around 5,000 in a matter of hours. >> gone up in flames. it's a gut wrencher. it hurts. the fire is ripping through buildings. j.j. anderson finding his neighbor's home like many others reduced to a pile of ashes. >> everything from the trips to the letters, graduation pictures, whatever, all gone with nothing to show for it. >> reporter: firefighters all over the state are now on the attack hitting the fires from the air and on the ground. it's the same across the rest of the west as at least 25 fires burn from california to nevada. and there is some good news here in southern california. the mandatory evacuation orders for the blue cut fire have been lifted. that fire burned more than 30,000 acres and is now almost

fully contained. reporting live from los angeles bacchus. >> the delaware valley getting a break from the high heat and humidity that has been hanging over the area. the action cam was out and about in washington square this afternoon. take a look at that. plenty of people were enjoying today's beautiful weather. meteorologist cecily tynan in the great spot outside right now and of course you've got more on the accuweather forecast cecily. >> reporter: schaer this is the place to be outside. you see a lot of people out in parks today. even my dogs were happy to get out. it felt great. a breath of fresh air. today's high 82 degrees so far, loads of sunshine, low humidity and this is our coolest day in three weeks. average high for this time of the year is 85. so, slightly below average. and you can see how we're not alone. 82 in philadelphia, new york city even cooler, 76. burlington vermont it's 68 degrees. a touch of fall up there. the reason why, that cold front that moved through last night brought us a good

soaking, this is now well up over canada, actually brought a tornado touched down near boston this morning but high pressure is building over us tonight and that means it stays very comfortable and with that good soaking last night, you may actually want to get outside and mow the lawn this evening and it should be fine for that. plenty of sunshine, a comfy breeze, low humidity at 6 o'clock 80 degrees. by 7 o'clock dropping to 78 and tonight will be the coolest night in more than two months. i'll let you know just how low the temperatures will drop and when heat returns in the accuweather forecast. monica. >> thank you, cecily. summer is officially over for some students in delaware. the action cam was in new castle where kids arrived bright and early this morning for the first day of classes at pleasantville elementary. the superintendent of the colonial school district was there to calm any school jitters. and a familiar scene here in north philadelphia this morning. kids arrived at mastery frederick douglas elementary school wearing their first day bests and a big smile along with their teachers, police from the 22nd district were

there to welcome the students back to class. >> first day of school can have a lot of anxiety and feelings of stress for everybody around, parents students and teachers and we really wanted to have members of the community specifically the police officers welcome the students and bridge that gap between officers and the community. >> very nice. and we wish the best of luck of course to all of the students in our area as they head back to school. >> all right. it is time now for the "action news" traffic report. >> all right, let's go live to matt pelman in the "action news" traffic center. how are you on a monday, matt. >> i'm good, thanks. good to see the kids smiling. we know the parents are definitely smiling as well and we're watching out for school buses now returning to the streets because it is that time of year. give them plenty of room to do their work as they're out and about hauling the kids. in montgomery county township a bad crash along welsh road the westbound side right by the 202 parkway. fire truck and police remain on the scene. instead of westbound welsh i would led for horsham or sumneytown pike through the montgomeryville area this afternoon. better chews news in shank

shamong township. a really nasty crash by the slam morning diner is in the process of clearing so 206 should be reopened momentarily but traffic light troubles to watch out for in glassboro along delsea drive near greentree road by pb's diner and tap room. expect a little confusion and new construction got under way today in bear, delaware. howell school road now closed until early december. head for porter road or red lion road for the next couple of mols. we'll check it again, monica and sharrie, in the next half hour. >> thank you, sir. still ahead on "action news" at 5:00 new concerns about the spread of zika virus in the united states. the warning one of the country's top health officials has for states across the southeast. >> plus, this year's miss america judging panel is getting some gold medal talent. new at 5:00 the big name headed to atlantic city for next month's big show when "action news" comes right back. >> ♪

>> about 3,000 people remain shelters a week after the devastating flooding that ruined homes across south louisiana. the storm and its flooding have damaged an estimated 60,000 homes. president barack obama will visit the hardest hit areas of louisiana tomorrow. more than 100,000 people have registered for federal disaster aid.

>> time for health check tonight. this was back to school day in miami for the first time since the zika virus arrived in that city. >> and that means some new lessons for students and teachers alike. health reporter and registered nurse ali gorman at the big board with the latest. hi, ali. >> it was zika 101 today. everyone got a lesson on how to prevent mosquito bites. information went out to parents of the 54,000 students in miami public schools last week they were urged to have kids wear long pants and longer sleeves and to apply insect repellant before they leave home. a middle schoolteacher in wynnewood at the original zika zone began class today explaining how the vice president from mosquito to people. from -- virus spreads. it is expected to get worse. dr. anthony fauci with the

institute of allergy and infectious diseases says we could see cases pop up along other states states along the gulf coast are especially vulnerable. >> i would not be surprised to see cases in texas and louisiana particularly where you have the situation with flooding in louisiana. there's going to be a lot of problem getting rid of standing water. >> the types of mosquitos that can carry zika can breed in a small amount of water. as for whether we'll see locally spread cases in our area, it is possible but most experts say it would be rare to see widespread transmission. in other news families continue to struggle with the rising price of an epipen. the cost has continually gone up from about $100 to now close to $500. for many families not much is covered by insurance. >> the challenge is we really don't feel that we have any

other options. and when your kid's lives are at stake, you to what you have to do to keep them safe. >> now the company has released a statement saying that the prices have changed over time to better reflect important product features and the value the product provides. however, many families say they haven't noticed any changes. the company has also posted a coupon on their web site. we have a link for this on 6abc.com. a nonprofit group is also working to get health insurance plans to cover the cost. monica. >> thank you, ali. a federal judge in texas has blocked the obama administration's policy recording transgender bathrooms. the plan for the white house directed public schools across the country to allow transgender students to use the restroom of their choice. but yesterday a judge in texas granted a temporary nationwide injunction. that means federal agencies cannot take action against public schools that choose not to follow that directive. >> gawker.com officially ended

its operations today. the web site was sold after losing a personal privacy lawsuit against former professional wrestler hulk hogan. univision agreed to by gawker media for 135 million. employees will be assigned to other editorial roles. fresh off her performance in rio, olympic gymnast gaby douglas will be joining the judge's path at this year's miss america competition. douglas will join "shark tank" entrepreneur and nba owner mark cuban actress sara foster, singer song writer of country music cole swindle. chris harrison returns to atlantic city next month to host the pageant and you can watch all the action unfold right here on 6abc. the 96th annual miss america pageant it airs live sunday september 11th. still ahead on "action news" the multi-million dollar business plan is in store for

montgomery county native kobe bryant. >> and a personal appeal from barbara streisand to apple ceo tim cook. the issue she had with siri there had her asking for a software fix. details on that when "action news" returns. >> ♪

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>> stocks closed slightly lower today as the market zigzagged between gains and losses. analysts say they expect the market to stay stagnant through labor day. pharmaceutical giant pfizer is buying a cancer drug company in a multi billion dollar deal. medivation is best known for making a drug that helps fight prostate cancer. pfizer is paying roughly $14 billion cash to acquire that company. that's about 20 percent higher than its current market value. former nba superstar kobe bryant is getting into the venture capitol business. bryant and his business partner have been investing in companies for three years now. former los angeles laker has launched a $100 million fund focusing on helping smaller businesses working in media, technology and data.

>> singer barbara streisand used her star power to fix a small but very personal flaw with apple's virtual assistant. right now siri pronounce the singer's name with a sea sound rather than the correct s sound. so, streisand took her complaint right to apple ceo tim cook. according to the singer, he agreed to have siri change the pronunciation of her name. it is expected to be fixed with the next update due out at the end of the month. >> streisand not streisand. >> still to come we'll check in accuweather forecast. let's head outside with a live look from sky6 hd giving us a view of atlantic city and the shore. meteorologist cecily tynan has exclusive accuweather five day forecast when "action news" comes right back.

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>> time for the accuweather forecast. >> all right, let's check it out. meteorologist cecily tynan with the inside scoop on the weather this week. >> i want to be outside. it is gorgeous out there. sky6 really great shot taking a look over the commodore barry bridge seeing blue skies. seeing some fair weather cumulus clouds but you'll notice they're very thin. they're not vertical. stacked, not tower and that's an indication we have a very stable air mass.

you can't get those clouds to really grow and the reason why the winds out of the northwest pulling down the cool air and the low humidity. right now philadelphia very comfortable, 82 degrees. normal high for this time of the year is 85. cape may millville 80, wilmington 78. allentown 77 and trenton 79 degrees and then the dewpoints, they really tell the story. dewpoints most of our region in the 50's. that's very comfortable. a little bit higher in parts of south delaware along the shore but compared to dewpoints in the 70's that we've experienced much this summer it feels great. satellite6 along with action radar showing behind this system that brought us that good soaking yesterday and last night, we've got high pressure and what this high pressure will do is slowly migrate easton night so it will be -- east tonight. tonight will be the coolest night since june 18. a great flight to give the air conditioning units a break, open up the windows get that fresh air in. 62 in philadelphia, allentown 51, wilmington 59 and cape may dropping down to 65 degrees.

and tomorrow more sunshine. the day planner showing if you like today, i think you'll like tomorrow. plenty of sunshine. at 8 o'clock 67. by 2 o'clock, 80. by 5 o'clock, 82 and then temperatures dropping back into the 70's by 8 o'clock. in the meantime this is the time of the year that tropical activity really ramps up and looking at the atlantic we've got tropical depression fiona which is falling apart. we've got a tropical wave east of the leeward islands and tropical depression number seven west of the cape verde island that likely will become tropical storm gaston but like fiona this should be recurving back out to sea east of bermuda basically a fish storm but something i'll be tracking and things will really be ramping up as we led through the next three weeks as far as the tropical activity. the five day forecast showing tomorrow beautiful low humidity 82. it gets warmer on wednesday, 87. thursday more humid, 89. the heat returns on friday. 93 degrees with the

possibility of some late day thunderstorms and saturday it stays hot with a high of 90. will we get three days in a row of 90-degree weather becoming ailette wave? adam will let you know in the accuweather 7-day forecast in a few minutes but tonight really feeling good. >> cliffhanger at the end. thank you cecily. much mr. to come. a fast moving fire forces residents from their beds in berks county. >> and new information tonight about a deadly hit and 31 claimed the life of a wheelchair dependent veteran. >> plus a thief trying to look casual is casing this neighborhood looking for his next victim. do you recognize him? we'll have those stories and more when "action news" comes right back. (vo) we went to hollywood to ask

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>> ♪ >> "action news" continues with meteorologist adam joseph, jaime apody, rick williams and monica malpass. >> ♪ >> hello again. rick is off tonight sharrie williams joins us and here's what's happening on "action news" tonight. donald trump tackles doubters of his immigration plans while hillary clinton is hit with another batch of e-mails just released today. new details tonight about a stabbing in a popular olde city hot spot over the weekend. plus, montgomery county's

naacp branches want the public and police to bridge the gap and start the healing. >> ♪ >> now to the presidential election. hillary clinton and donald trump are launching new political ads hoping to woo those undecid voters over to their camp. >> however, clinton is outspending trump eight fold in key battle ground states. his strategy so far remains to be seen. >> hillary clinton is taking a break off the trail today but she spent the weekend in massachusetts holding star-studded fundraisers with big time acts like cher. her running mate tim kaine is spreading her jobs plan with the ironworkers union in las vegas this afternoon. >> and fair but firm that's how donald trump says he wants to handle illegal immigration in the u.s. some are accusing the republican nominee of flip-flopping on his previously hard line approach of building walls to keep illegals out. >> tonight there are new headlines involving hillary

clinton's e-mails during her time as secretary of state. let's head to abc's maggie rulli live in washington, d.c. with more. >> good evening, maggie. >> reporter: good afternoon. donald trump is hitting all the talking points today as he remains focused on his campaign pivot while the hillar campaign is once again forced to deal with her e-mails. with fresh faces on the team and a candidate that appeared to have done a 180 the trump camp says they're better than ever. >> this is the best week i think so far in the trump campaign. >> reporter: standing strong on his firm immigration stance this morning on fox news. >> we have to be very firm, we have to be very, very strong when people come in illegally. >> so you're not flip-flopping. >> no, i'm not flip-flopping. >> reporter: yet it's still a softening with no mention of his controversial deportation force. clinton off the trail today but she's still dealing with e-mail headaches. today the fbi released tens of thousands of new known work related clinton e-mails from her time as secretary of state. all throw they still have to be reviewed by the state department to figure out if

there are any duplicates. a he conservative watchdog group released e-mails that show donors of the clinton foundation got special access to the state department. >> secretary of state has aids who are getting e-mails or contacts by broad range of individuals. >> number one they should shut it down, number two they should give the money back to a lot of countries that we shouldn't be taking and they shouldn't be taking money from. >> reporter: but clinton's vp pick fired back. >> before you go out and attack a clarity why don't you come clean about your own business dealings and tell the american people who you are in debt to. >> reporter: bill clinton sent an e-mail to donors saying that if hillary is elected the foundation will no longer accept foreign donations and it will continue to make its donor list public. in washington, maggie rulli channel6 "action news. >> secretary of state john kerry in kaine ya' working with east african foreign

ministers trying to work out a plan to help restore peace in south sudan. they have agreed to that sends 4,000 peace kee keepers to war torn region. fighting has killed hundreds so far. the u.s. has pledged $138 million the in humanitarian assistance to residents who cannot escape the fighting. turkish officials are backtrack on an earlier statement that the suicide bomber who attacked a wedding ceremony on saturday was a child. the prime minister says authorities are still trying to determine who carried out that attack which killed at least 54 people. an official sales at least 22 of the victims were children under the age of 14. >> take a look at this dramatic video from kirkuk iraq. television cameras were rolling as police officers took a young teen into custody. they say they prevented a 15-year-old boy from carrying out a suicide attack. officers say the boy was wearing a suicide vest and was trying to target a shia mosque

when he was arrested. >> world news tonight with david muir will have more on the top stories from around the world plus the latest from the presidential campaign trail. you can watch that that following "action news" at 6:00. >> two women were forced to jump for their lives from a burning apartment in berks county and one did not survive. this was the scene about 3:30 this morning in syncing spring. authorities say the 24-year-old victim and another 21-year-old jumped from a third story window to the alley below. the 21-year-old was rushed to the hospital and is in critical condition. four other people including two children escaped the fire without injury. the cause is under investigation. the man who was stabbed in an olde city bar has died of his injuries. police say 33-year-old andrew hazelton was sitting at a table with five women inside blue martini when he got in an argument with someone at the table next to him. that person stabbed hazelton in the neck. police say he died at the hospital yesterday.

it's not clear if anyone has been arrested. and this is 29-year-old andrew acito. tonight he's charged with homicide by vehicle while driving drunk. authorities say he was behind the wheel saturday night when he hit and killed a homeless amputee veteran in north philadelphia. 37-year-old elaine heyl was crossing mascher street and lehigh avenue in her wheelchair. detectives say acito left the scene ran a red light and then clipped an 18-year-old woman who suffered minor injuries. >> naacp leaders in montgomery county joined together to address what they say is a growing divide between police and the community. in front of the county courthouse in norristown this morning, officials talked about how recent police involved shootings and concerns overdue justice have led to increased tensions. >> many times police departments complain of the no snitch culture that exists in the minority communities. yet, most police departments

have the blue code of silence. it's the same thing. you can't expect to change one without their being a change in the other. >> the leaders say they are actively working with the community and police to find better ways to communicate. >> well, a thief played it cool while picking out his target in south philadelphia. this surveillance video was taken last tuesday night along the 800 block of and washington avenue. detectives say the man paced around until he spotted a man sitting outside of his home. the thief ran up to him, knocked the man over, took his cell phone and then ran off. if you recognize the thief, police want to hear from you. >> the fbi is asking for your help tracking down a man who targeted three philadelphia banks since friday. the most recent incident happened this morning at the wells fargo branch at 2300 snyder avenue. the man in these surveillance pictures just walked in showed the teller a demand note and ran off empty handed.

detectives believe the same man tried to rob the citizens bank in the 6200 block of north fifth street and the hyperion bank on west girard avenue on friday. >> all right. time see how traffic is moving on a monday. >> all right. let's take it to matt pelman in the "action news" traffic center. hi, matt. >> we can always bank on delays on the schuylkill expressway at this time of day and we're seeing them here in both directions, monica and sharrie, by the conshohocken curve. here are the westbound traffic is especially bad but overall the eastbound travel time is a little worse. 39 minutes to get from the blue route into the vine. ideally should be 14 but we're not close because it is the heart of the afternoon rush hour. of course it's busy on the vine street expressway just off the schuylkill in both directions and overnight closures do resume on 676 the vine at 11:00 tonight so from 11:00 to 5:00 the vine will close in both directions have a nasty clash on east bridge street at stony run road. in haverford watch out for it

along eagle road near grass land avenue and just getting word of a spill in gloucester county. northbound direction of 295 past 656 we're hearing the left lane is blocked, although so far speeds don't seem to be impacted a whole lot which is a good thing. we do have some delays on the regional rails, they're scattered, mostly 10 to 15 minutes this afternoon and no big changes so far this week on any of the schedules but we're hearing that more trains will be put into as much as possibly even as the week progresses so we'll be keeping you posted on that as the week goes on. monica, sharrie, have a nice evening. >> thank you. >> , you too matt. >> delaware state police want your help finding this man 58-year-old robert evans he's accused of robbing three businesses. according to police, evans broke into the front door of those businesses late last month, stole cash from inside and then took off running. evans faces more than a dozen counts. anyone with information is asked to call delaware state police. >> ♪ >> it was a misunderstanding that led to a full scale

response by nypd at j.f.k. airport. still to come on "action news" tonight new questions about the safety at all u.s. airports follong a debacle at one of the nation's busiest traveling hubs. >> ryan lochte saying sorry about lying a robbery in rio is not good enough. sponsors are cutting their ties. >> winds of change have pushed in from the north and west. drying in that dry comfortable air. we'll talk about the coolest night since june in accuweather forecast. >> jaime apody with eagles and union news in sports when "action news" comes right back. >> ♪

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then why would anyone in america think he would respect them. votevets is responsible for the content of this advertising. >> former milwaukee police officers are part of the team investigating the fatal shooting of a black plan by a milwaukee officer that triggered two nights of violence. today wisconsin's attorney general acknowledged the exofficers are now working for the state and says he does not see the conflict. 23-year-old sylville smith was shot and killed on august 13. authorities said he was fleeing police and that footage from the officer's body camera shows smith holding a handgun and turning toward an officer when he was shot.

>> there are new questions about how prepared our airports are for a real emergency. this after chaos erupted at j.f.k. international airport in new york last week. people thought they heard gunfire in a terminal and panic erupted but there were never any shots fired. new york senator chuck schumer said he wants a swift review by federal agencies of the incident and the response to it. >> leading them to safety, no one was telling them the right thing. in fact it was reported that several t.s.a. agents shouted out someone had a gun. >> one person suggested the loud noises were celebrations for the olympics when usain bolt broke a world record. >> all right, time for sports and jaime apody is here with the eagles and a new linebacker in the fold. >> let's get it started. newest bird isn't in the nest yet and there's already talk of him taking someone's job. stephen tulloch will get here tonight. after signing a one year

$3 million deal. the veteran linebacker knows jim schwartz and his system well having played for him in tennessee and detroit. expect him to come in right away and maybe even earn a starting job after all the birds need depth having lost walker for the year. >> coming in to compete for that linebacker spot there in the middle and it's just unfortunate with the loss of -- with joe right now we just need depth to fill that spot. so, we just got to see where he's at, what his health is when he gets here, physical and all that stuff that we do, players and then slowly work him in. >> we should hear from him tomorrow. some teammates are calling him lebron. he likes that new nickname. there's eagles new extra long wideout coriell green-beckham taking extra reps with sam bradford. listed at 6-foot five he gives that big athletic receiver they have been sorely missing. >> my job just come in as a big wideout.

helping the quarterback out making their job a lot easier for having somebody out there that's six-six and can run down field and jump high and catch balls. that's my job. for the quarterbacks 33 see me and they know that i'm an easy target to find from all the other receivers height-wise. >> he's got speed, physical, strong, wide receiver. obviously there's been a lot of information thrown at him over the past couple days. we're trying get him up to speed. >> carson wentz sitting on the side the past two days. he woke up with soreness today. he still threw a little bit. we'll hear from the rookie coming up at 6:00. after dropping two of three to the cardinals phillies have the night off spending that night in chicago getting set for a two game series on the south side with the sox tomorrow. philadelphia union back at practice after giving up three goals at home to toronto over the weekend. still holding the four spot in the playoff race. look to get back on track for wednesday's game in columbus. their first of two matches in a four stay canned. >> they'lday stand.

>> they're ready to go. >> this league is about getting lot at the right time and beeping the team that's not conceding goals. >> monday races are becoming a thing at pocono. sunday nascar race had to be run because of rain. indy's race also rained out. today this is no way to be greeted coming out of pit row. hey. alexander rossi hit by charlie campbell and castroneves. will power has won four times in the past six races. will power. >> pretty cool. >> all right, thanks jamie. u.s. olympic swimmer ryan lochte seeing more fallout. two of his major sponsors speedo and ralph lauren say they're sending ties with

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>> people were sleeping when a tornado ripped through concorde, massachusetts overnight. trees were ripped from the ground and power lines were knocked over. officials say the twister measured an ef1 with 100 miles per hour winds. it tore a path of destruction 400 yards wide and a half mile long. almost 40 homes were damaged but no one was hurt. >> mother nature's power always impressive. all right. adam is here with our weather and looking decent. >> there was the front that came through yesterday with some downpours around here. thankfully we didn't have the severe weather but this front brought in a huge change here that we are all enjoying. as we take a look at double scan live radar not finding anything on the radar scope at the present time. a lot of sunshine today. and the action cam in fairmount park capturing a lot of folks sitting back, relaxing, enjoying that breeze. gentleman went for a bike ride saw the bench and said hey probably a good spot to catch back sit back read a book. that sun wasn't all there intense with a drop in

humidity. the lie in philadelphia today we topped off at 83 degrees. it's finally nice to be on the south side of normal around here. the normal 85 degrees. the low this morning 69. thoughtway little bit above normal but that's going to change by tomorrow morning. the record is 97, 52. sunrise 6:20 and sun setting close to 10 minutes before 8 o'clock. 77 right now lehigh valley, 78 in reading, 76 in lancaster. 78 in wilmington. all the 80's now are from philadelphia through southern new jersey and southern delaware. at the shore we still have that northeasterly wind or northwesterly wind holding back any sea breeze from developing. satellite and radar again sunshine really took control behind that front high pressure over the ohio valley kind of making its mark and this high will slowly drift to the:as it moves overhead tonight and tomorrow the winds will start to relax and we're not going to be as breezy moving forward. so, for tonight it is refreshing out there. open up the windows. some of those northwestern

suburbs of bucks county, montgomery county, chester county, up near reading will be in the lower 50's by tomorrow morning, 62 degrees for center city, so this will be the coolest night since june around here and it's going set up for a breathtaking tuesday. lots of sunshine, still low humidity up in the lehigh valley with a high temperature at 82 degrees. and the city of philadelphia temperatures much like today. right around 82. again, the breeze will be a little bit less gorgeous out there and if you're going to be at the shore, it's going to be a very weak sea breeze. we're not going to have as much as a northwesterly wind with that high moving in. the winds come more north northeasterly so temperatures there right around 79 degrees but loaded with sunshine. if this is your week to vacation down the shore definitely going to be a beautiful one. the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast, another beauty here. tomorrow again 82 degrees. just a few cumulus clouds developing in the afternoon but it doesn't take long for that southerly wind to crank

back up. 87 as it turns warmer on wednesday, just a few clouds and the humidity stays in check by that point but then by thursday, warm and definitely more humid, up to 89 degrees and there could be a scattered thunderstorm developing in the afternoon north and west of philadelphia and then the haze, the heat, the humidity all combine again here at the end of the week on friday with a high temperature of 93 degrees with some thunderstorms developing in the afternoon but by the weekend, the humidity should come down a little bit here saturday and sunday. it's sunny both days. just a few clouds. still hot though above average upper 80's to around 90 degrees. at this point we don't have an official heat wave of three days consecutively of 90 or above but it's going to be really close here and then it stays warm and muggy as we go into the new week with temperatures in the upper 80's with some haze and sunshine but this high pressure coming in is just kind of an indication that we're moving towards the end of summer as you start to grasp some of that fall feeling in the air, but summer definitely still winning in that seven-day forecast overall.

>> thank you, sir. >> nice forecast. >> 6abc.com/weather, you can rely on the power of storm tracker6 radar 24 hours a day and take advantage of facebook and twitter as well. follow our meteorologists for updates. >> a leap of faith took place in new york over the weekend. john morgan jumped through a waufle fire. the stunt performer is also a pastor at faith on fire fellowship near rochester. morgan says the jump is symbolic of his faith. the ramp represents the highs and lows in life. his church gave away back packs and set up bounce houses for kids to celebrate the stunt.

>> the new jersey attorney generals are office announced today nine more people are facing fraud charges connected to superstorm sandy. most of the cases involve folks submitting false claims for aid.

one man reportedly received $213,000. 71 people now have been charged with sandy related fraud since 2014. and right now the "action news" team is standing by with these stories and more next at 6:00. a south jersey man is charged with the beating death of his girlfriend's little two-year-old son. >> and a young woman speaks out about the alleged assault by her uber driver. >> if you have been to lbi you may have noticed one of these dredge boats out in the ocean. i'm nora muchanic and coming up we're going to show you how those boats scoop up the sand from the bottom of the sea and spill it out onto beaches here on lbi. i'll have that story coming up. >> those stories and more next. for rick williams adam joseph cecily tynan jaime apody sharrie williams the entire "action news team i'm monica malpass. join me next for "action news" at 6:00. >> ♪

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>> ♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rodgers, meteorologist cecily tynan and jim gardner. >> ♪ >> monday neither, jim is off, i'm monica malpass. and in the news jerry sandusky is back in court for his appeals hearing. and seth williams responds to the fbi investigation against him. but the big story on "action news" tonight is the beating death of a little two-year-old from south jersey. the suspect, the mother's boyfriend, is behind bars tonight. police were called to the 5900 block of mansion boulevard in pennsauken late saturday night. the child died shortly after arriving at the hospital. "action news" reporter sarah bloomquist is in pennsauken for us with more. sarah. >> reporter: monica, over my

shoulder is the rear apartment where the two-year-old boy was found unresponsive on saturday night. at a hitoday his mother's boyfrd was charged with killing the child by beating him to death. the door at the back of the home in the 5900 block of mansion boulevard leads to the apartment where the little boy was beaten on saturday night. it was just before 11:30 when his mother called 911. >> my boyfriend is trying to get him to wake up. >> can you see if his chest is rising and falling. can you feel if he's breathing. >> he is moving his chest. >> reporter: paramedics transported the child to cooper university hospital where he was pronounced dead about a half hour later. joe holly liver in the house house -- lives in the house right next door. >> it's sad. it was sad. you hear -- it's not -- don't catch me by surprise. you hear it now every day. it's always some tragedy going on, so should not be but it happens. >> reporter: at a the child's mother's