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critical condition. internal affairs investigation is now underway. monday night jim is off, i'm monica and the big story on action news tonight is this police involved shooting in northeast philadelphia that authorities say started with a family argument. the scene is the 2700 block of thompson street and police investigators report that a verbal altercation escalated to a physical struggle that is when the gun was fired. >> the altercation the off duty police officer is armed with an off duty weapon during this altercation his weapon was discharged at least twice striking one of the individuals inside of the home in the torso area of the body. >> the person shot was a 19-year-old man now at area hospital in critical but stable conditions, authorities are not releasing his name, the 15th district officer's name or their exact relationship. two other people inside the house were not hurt. no one has been charged.

meanwhile a philadelphia canine officer on patrol was involved in a crash at 6:45 in the northeast. here at wood haven and thornton the officer and driver of the other car taken to the hospital in stable condition, the police dog was taken to penn vet for observation. a low level township committee race in deptford is sparking outrage after the politician reportedly told a reporter he hopes she gets raped is it an outrageous attack or a hacker's handy work as the candidate claims? let's go live to action reporter at the west deptford township building tonight. >> monica a race few people knew about exploded on the national stage via social media this after a daily beast reporter exposed the writer of nasty and obscene words to her as the gop candidate for the west deptford

committee and began when olivia nuzzi shared an article about donald trump's ex-wife marla maples and in two facebook comments a candidate for west deptford township wrote something we can't say on the air followed by olivia i hope somebody rapes you today and another one i hope you get raped by a syrian refugee and we went to his home to ask him about the post and said he was home and went to get him. >> michael. >> we waited and waited and knocked on the door. [knocking] but now we were told. >> he's not here. >> what?. >> he's not here. >> krawitz is quoted by philly.com not him but a hacker who posted the offensive measures but nuzzi says he has been trolling her since 14 and he asked nuzzi on facebook how is the crime in chicago you ugly stupid four letter word we cannot say and are marked by periods after every word and

smiley faces and wanted to know about the woman who was running with her about all this. >> i have no comment. >> are you still going to run with him for this position? >> i am running, i have no comment, thank you. >> what about him though as your partner? >> i have no comment thank you. >> this a statement to action news olivia nuzzi says in part i've never had a candidate for public office essentially call for my rape or assault before. i do believe in free speech and so in my view it's up to the republican party of west deptford and the voters to decide if they want this man renting them meanwhile the public was weighing in as well. >> i think that is pretty rude and if anyone else would put that up there you know they would probably get charged for harassment or anything else. >> i mean i have two boys but if i had a daughter and somebody said that about my daughter, that's pretty -- that is something you just don't say, you don't cross that line. >> now we reached out to the west deptford gop for comment about all this but have not heard back.

thr website wgop.org lists joan and michael krawitz as their candy dids for committee, action news, monica. the final hour of labor day 2016 tonight and as the summer comes to it's unofficial end anyway it's back to school and work for most of us this week and folks down at the shore are eeking out the last moments of the system thankful hermine did not ruin their plans but it's really the heat we will be talking about at least for the next several days and we go to adam joseph at the action news big board. >> the temperatures climbing and jumping in the 90s along with the humidity but for right now it remains very comfortable out there with a northwesterly wind 72 allentown and 70 wilmington and millville and temperatures topped off in the low to mid 80s today and at the shore temperatures there between about 71-73 degrees. you see that big spin off the coast, that is hermine, that

continues to lash eastern parts of new england cape cod long island and scraping our region with high clouds with a beautiful sunset this evening and rain is 10-20 miles off the coast and will remain there even though hermine is still making that westerly progression so as we head back to school tomorrow for some of the kids, some returning from last week's sun and clouds again that northwesterly wind stays between 10-20 miles per hour and 70 degrees and pleasantly warm first thing tomorrow at 7:00 a.m. and jumping quickly into the 80s by 1:00 and upper 80s at 4:00 in the afternoon but you can see the bubble of 90s taking over a good chunk of the eastern half of the country, all that heat is heading in our direction so in that accuweather forecast we will talk about those temperatures heating up mid 90s records by the middle and the end of the week, we will talk about all those numbers monica including the heat indexes that will really jump up as welcoming up in the full accuweather seven

day. >> thank you adam and live to action news reporter walter perez in ocean city new jersey with folks who made the best of an iffy holiday forecast down at the shore there, hi there. >> that is right monica we found no shortage of people trying to salvage their holiday weekend as much as possible after hermine pushed out to sea but many local business owners here at the shore said the storm's head fake cost them a lot of money. we found a lot of people who left the jersey shore on saturday only to turn around and come back the next day. debbie beck and her grandson were part of the crowd. >> at 8:00 they were talking about the high tides, we left. and sunday morning we woke up and 11:00 and the sun was out, back in the car again. >> unfortunately the return after the exidus was not enough to satisfy many local businesses. >> it was really a devastating weekend. >> angelo owns angelo's pizza in the city and says last friday night he was on track to have a

record breaking labor day weekend but fears of potential flooding turned this weekend into something angelo would rather forget. >> as much as 70% drop, yes, okay. and that does hurt. >> but not every business owner was stuck in the red this weekend. norman lawand owners of curly fries in ocean city as the crowds returned after hermine drifted to sea many people gathered right in front of his business to watch the powerful tides roll in. >> as the day went on saturday it get busier and busier and lineups grew longer and longer and we were busy for eight or nine hours nonstop. >> another happy guy was alex who never evacuated. he says this was the first labor day weekend his kids didn't have to wait in lines for the water park in ocean city. >> the main part was how the kids enjoy the rides, no lines, everybody missed out not being here. >> so you made out. >> absolutely. >> many people also said they

were not going to leave until governor christie declared a state of emotion for atlantic, ocean and cape may counties still most agree that after super storm sandy four years ago it's best to air on the side of caution, life from sea city walter perez channel six action news. >> thank you walter and in the city dozens of neighbors in fort richmond got together for a block party on frankford and atlantic street and enjoyed a low key end to their labor day with a nice picnic in the park. philadelphia's labor and political leaders gathered for a celebration at penn's landing and talk of an fbi investigation into some of the city's top labor leaders and international brotherhood of electrical workers appeared brief briefly there and under scrutiny with the fbi how they handle money and under scrutiny for failing to report 160,000 gifts on time.

improving medical situation tonight for the atlantic city police officer who was shot in the head over the weekend as the community starts raising money for him, 29-year-old joshua del interrupted a robbery in progress outside of caesar's casino and one of the people were killed in exchange of gunfire, two others were latest arrested and it has been up graded to critical but stable condition. his wife laura is thanking her husband's partner, the medical team treating him and local businesses who have contributed food to if family and appreciate the thoughts, prayers and support of every one in the community as we navigate this challenging next chapter of our lives while making sure josh recovers. meanwhile a go fund me account for joshlee vadell's family raised half of 50,000 goal as of tonight. four people were wounded this evening in what reddening police believe may be a drive-by shooting, gunfire rang out

between the 400-700 blocks of moss street at 5:30, two of the victims are juveniles. the authorities have reward for information leading to an arrest. a young man who traveled from oregon to attend the made in america concert in philadelphia is now missing. 19-year-old nelson armstrong got separated from his friends last night at 11:30 just as the concert was ending. he has not been heard from since. philadelphia police are asking for your help in finding him. cleanup continues tonight at the site of the concert in front of the philadelphia museum of art and ben franklin parkway will reopen tomorrow and crews were busy with scaffolding and loading pallets on the trucks and trash needed to be swept up, the fifth year in a row here for the successful made in america festival. from last to first, the carson wentz era is beginning this

weekend for the philadelphia eagles as signing on as the number three quarterback this young player will start for the team and action four director ducis rodgers is here this is big. >> wentz is the future the future is now and the eagles would prefer to let him sit for a while but wentz progressed quitter than they anticipated and eagles got a tremendous offer for minnesota from sam bradford over the weekend and not often they start the first game of nfl season and wentz will and plenty of reason to smile and as for the injuries in the preseason game he is healed and traded in april because they view him as a franchise quarterback and when he learned there was not wow i'm a nfl starter named wentz he is just going about his business. >> when i first got here i earned response and go about my business how i carry myself but

there is nothing differ that i got to do now, it's football and be the same guy you know and just play ball and i think those guys believe in me and i'm excited for it. >> it's tough but here is the thing he is such a special guy this doesn't bother him, the stage is not that big and he can handle this. that is why making this decision is very comforting for me and really easy to make. >> it's hard to get more excited for an eagles season opener sunday against the browns but this has been ramped up a little bit more. >> i would say so thank you ducis rodgers. a normal day on the beach turned into finding a treasure for a gibbs town new jersey family and they were walking on the beach this afternoon in ocean city when they spotted a small bottle in the dune and retrieved the bottle and opened it up to find a note inside. >> dear person who finds this i'm calling from sea city new jersey and calling to make new friends, i only have three

friends i'm very lonely from a.j. wilson but there is nothing else, and hoping if anybody knows a.j. wilson tell him he has five new friends in gibbs town new jersey. >> they posted the note on social media hoping to spread the word to track down a.j. wilson who left the message in the bottle and hope he or she doesn't have to be lonely any more, very nice. still to come on action news from the campaign trail today's candidates dual for intention with their planes and a change in tone with reporters. plus a carjacking with sleeping babies inside and hear from the father tonight about how quickly it all happened, adam. >> monica it was a warm but sunny 86 in philadelphia above the normal of 82 the record 92 and we are going to soar well above that in a few days and have the numbers in that seven day. >> plus ducis rodgers returns with more on the carson wentz move and williams sister sets a new tennis record when action news continues tonight.

hermine is hundreds of miles off the shore in the atlantic ocean now but it is still creating dangerous waves and strong rip currents and delaware and new jersey beaches are told to avoid swimming in the ocean as the storm stalls off the coast. tonight a tropical storm warning is in effect from new york to massachusetts where the storm is creating 20 foot waves and high winds. police in georgia are searching for a thief and carjacker who sped off in a vehicle with two little babies in the back seat and happened at a gas station in atlanta and the children's father was in the store paying for gas because he could not get his credit card to work at the pump and that is when the thief sacrumed in the car and sped off with twin little baby girls

inside. >> away from the car and obviously enough for him to get in the car and took off. >> the car was found abandon this a parking lot a quarter mile away the two children fortunately were okay. politics vote 2016 tonight and both major party presidential candidates competed for attention with their airplanes today. the campaign aircraft even criss-crossed paths at cleveland airport on the tarmac within sight of each other and hillary clinton debuted her campaign with stronger together and she allowed reporters on board for the first time since launching her presidential bid following months of complaints about access to her. donald trump not to be outdone invited a group of reporters to join him on his private jet between campaign stops in ohio. he told them he was shifting focus away from his signature issue of immigration for the final months before november saying quote i'm all about jobs now. clinton and her running mate tim

kline sat down for an interview to be broadcast on good morning america and focusing on creating jobs here at home and she would not be visiting mexico before election day like her rival did calling the meeting with mexico's president a quote embarrassing international incident. a conservative icon who helped defeat the equal rights amend died and phyllis schlafly wrote a book called a choice not an echo and led a constitutional amendment that would have out lawed gender discrimination and galvinized the party and got gold water of arizona to be the 1964 presidential nominee and also wrote a column in 100 newspapers and did radio commentaries until her death, he was 92. president obama called off a planned meeting today with the new president of the philippines and this comes after the

phillippe president used a term to curse him out if he talks about the killing of drug suspects. earlier in the day the president met with russia's vladimir putin at the g20 summit in china. today is the end of the so called driving season and the cheapest gas in 12 years and aaa says it's 2.21 and 20 cents less than this time last year, americans by the way are expe expected to save 320 per household on gas and agency expects more good news in our area, refineries can switch to cheaper winter blend in mid september to prices may continue to fall. every little bit helps for sure and the weather department too but we are heading up actually. >> our temperatures are not going down but up and can be brutal for a lot of the students heading back to the classroom that doesn't have any air conditioner and who knows they

may get out early and you don't know as we take a at double scan live radar you will notice some showers scraping long beach island heading to atlantic city and outer bands from hermine that are pivoting from the east to the west but again it's just a few sprinkles at this time. but the one thing that hermine has done the last couple of days both morning and in the afternoon is creating spectacular sunrises and sunsets because of those high clouds on the outer bans of hermine made up of ice crystals and this was cents in to me on my facebook from elizabeth ann in potstown philadelphia and the glows this the horizon and a nice sunset on the schuylkill river and it's 72 allentown and 73 trenton, 70 wilmington 72 dover and along the shore equally as nice with that north westerly wind and not much of a sea breeze.

there is the center of hermine and over the last few hours it continues to move to the west slowly right now again bringing bands of winds of over 50 miles per hour, rain into eastern and southern parts of new england even long island and you can see some of that rain now bending as far back as the coastline but the sent tell of the storm a good 250-300 miles to our east and there are those high clouds that continue to push to the west. as we wake up tomorrow morning some of those high clouds around mixing with some sunshine pleasantly warm at 69 at 6:00 in the morning and at 8:00 your temperature of 70 degrees so it really doesn't move all that much over a couple of hours from 6-8 a.m. 88 degrees tomorrow again hermine drifting just to our east, sun and clouds but a breeze out of the north. 10-20 so we move that temperature up. even further here on wednesday up to 91 degrees the humidity comes up a little bit as well and call it slightly humid and 91 feeling like 92 or 93 still a high risk for rip currents

through much of this week since hermine gets stuck over the open waters of the atlantic and south of long island and rough surf and 82 new jersey, 88 delaware for a high no sea breeze a land breeze between about 12-25 miles per hour. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast 80 tomorrow but upper 80s with a warm breeze and turns hot and humid wednesday, 91 and then near records on thursday, 95 degrees feeling like 97 and then record breaking at the end of the week even going into the weekend 97 on saturday with some late day storms with a cold front that will break the humidity on sunday left over storm in the morning and mostly sunny monday at 84 so again a very hot weekend ahead and if you can make the plans to head to the shore to cool off great place to be in the month of september over the weekend. >> absolutely, the water is warm and crowds are gone. >> philadelphia church to the homeless as part of a labor day

tradition and action was there with 300 ministries hosted its labor day meal for the homeless community and a church in spring gardens served up barbecue and

ducis rodgers is back with more and it's all about carson now. >> take the shrink wrap and test drive the car and carson wentz they envisioned him as a starter long-term and birds did not imagine it would happen this soon and named the starter of sunday's opener against the browns and made possible with saturday's trade of sam bradford, two questions hanging over wentz's head is he ready physically and mentally and the eagles say yes to both questions and his fractured ribs are healed a ton of pressure on the rookie but he says he is embracing it. >> all along it was getting ready for when this time would come and you know i knew i was ready. i knew i was taking the mental reps out the last couple weeks

and going in the game and developed at a fast pace and now it's here. >> he is ready to go and drafted him to take on the reigns and, you know, it's something now that we are prepared to do and looking forward to cleveland. >> wentz appears to have the support of the locker room and teammates quick to point out a quarterback won't mean major changes to their mindset. >> doesn't change us at all. i don't come to work every day not to win. i think that is the goal is for everybody here to win the championship and in no way has those claims changed. as for sam bradford he joined his third team in three years and took part in his second practice with the vikings over the weekend they shipped bradford to minnesota for the first and fourth right draft trip and they have not decided if they will start in the opener against the titans. >> i had to learn in the past

but i don't know this fast or in this much of a hurry and yesterday i got thrown in the fire everything at once and i think that is how we will have to do it. >> the phillies find some life on the road plus

the phillies are out of town in miami and that is a good thing and wrapped up a 0-6 home stand this afternoon's game against the marlins turns out well at

two all on the top of the fifth and freddy galvis and tied the game at two, the 16th long ball of the season. a big day for peter borgess bangs out hits with the rbi in the 7th on phillies win. serena williams advances in the quarter finals over yaroslava shvedova. the victory is williams' 308 in a grand slam event that is the most ever regardless of gender. that is a look at sports. >> she is a powerhouse thank you sir and jimmy kimmel is next and night line and continues at 4:30 with metrologist david murphy and karen rogers on track right now for ducis rodgers, adam joseph, sharrie williams and the entire news team and i'm monica and happy labor. have a good night tonight. blinds to go's new motorized blinds and shades.

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