total solar eclipse and there it is, monday night rick is off walter perez joins us this evening and the big story on "action news" is today's great american eclipse. >> although delaware valley is a was in the in the path of totality. millions of us paused this afternoon to watch as the moon moved in right in front of the sun. we have live team coverage tonight from across the region and from one of the best viewing spots in the country but we begin with new jersey correspondent nora muchanic live near princeton university. nora. >> reporter: hi there walter. we're right across the street from princeton at palmer square the main viewing site in this area today. thousands of people showed up here to watch the eclipse and i can tell you they were not disappointed. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: palmer square in princeton was the place to be at new jersey new jerseyans what happened the eclipse. >> you see something blocking the sun that you know is the moon. >> reporter: pretty wild.

>> it's wild. >> tiny circle of light. >> reporter: you can see that the moon is getting -- some slowly like very little. >> it's amazing. don't look, don't look. >> it's so tempting to look up. >> reporter: people shared the special eclipse glasses so everyone could take a peek. >> great time and being able to catch something that -- >> don't look up. >> i won't. to catch something that you won't normally see. >> reporter: someone brought out the heavy gear like this welder's mask. >> kind of like a pac man. >> reporter: where did you get the gear. >> my mom found it in our attic. >> reporter:. >> the big challenge is that the pin hole is so small and making sure you're in the right angle. >> reporter: organizers never imagined that the turnout would be so big but about 2,000 people jammed into palmer square to share this rare and unusual event. >> i think it's wonderful that the library and the town does this and it's educational. >> reporter: there were princeton university astrophysicists on site to

explain the science and astronomers who were tickled by the huge turnout here. >> i have never seen something like this in my entire 35 years. this is amazing. what we like about this as astronomers is it gets people interested in science. >> reporter: at the peak of the eclipse clouds covered the remaining sun but that didn't ruin any of the sun. >> because of the clouds you can look directly at it on my camera -- on my camera on my phone i've got some pretty solid pictures of it i'm not too disappointed. >> reporter: it really was a great event and i'm happy to report that these much sought after eclipse glasses they really do work. now i guess they're just collector's items. live in princeton i'm nora muchanic channel6 "action news." >> thank you nora. while many folks around our area paused this afternoon to see that partial solar eclipse, millions also flocked to the 70-mile wide path of totality that cut across the country including one of the so-called capitols of the clips saint joseph missouri.

our own meteorologist adam joseph experienced total darkness there this afternoon along with some local astronomers. he's live from missouri now with more on that. hi adam. >> reporter: yeah, monica it did not disappoint. the weather was a little iffy at times early this morning but we were in that like almost middle of that 70-mile path so we were 35 miles from the southern part of the 70-mile path, 35 miles to the north it was a perfect alignment where totality lasted the longest right here in a field that you could call the field of dreams. and in fact, many people came from around this country as well as the world lining up on a dirt road to head what most are calling the biggest watch party in missouri, an estimated 20,000 people set up camp waiting for a once in a lifetime experience that would only last two minutes 38 seconds. when the eclipse began at 11:41 a.m. people cheered and began looking up from a comfy

blanket maybe a chair or just standing up. no matter where you were it was a great view. soon after that started the storms started rolling in, rain started falling lightning crackled across the sky and some people packed it up and called it quits. we saw a major line exiting this field but for those who stayed hoping for a miracle it completely paid off. at 1:06 p.m. day became night and you could only see a faint light on the horizon and the clouds parted in a perfect moment that totality happened. it was witnessed and cheers overpowered the rumbles of thunder in the distance and then emotions completely took over. >> you can't explain it. it's just awesome and the goose bumps and tears, it was just fantastic. >> i started crying. it was just really amazing and it was really overwhelming and so lucky that we even saw it for 30 seconds. >> when we got to see the total eclipse it was amazing. people say it's spiritual. i really do believe it is p my

husband cried so -- >> reporter: i tried myself. >> yeah. >> reporter: i did and it's just -- you can't express when day turns to night and the what you see with that corona around the moon that atmosphere of the sun monica, as well as walter it is something i will never ever forget. it's on tape but it's in here for the rest of my life and hasn't happened on this soil in 214 years and right where i'm standing not going to happen foreclose to 200 years. i'm so happy to you in the delaware valley. >> hard to explain why the heart pounds watching something like that. thank you adam. plenty of people from delaware got a case of the eclipse here. action cam at the delaware museum of history in wilmington today where it was a full-on celestial celebration. today's party included a special children's story about the solar eclipse and a live look at nasa's eclipse themed and other interactive events. former nasa space ambassador was on hand at

wilmington university. terry blanche is a wilmington university alumnus and was expert on this heavenly event. the university had dozens of telescopes on the green so everyone could get a nice closeup view. >> "action news" reporter vernon odom spent the day with eclipse watchers in chester county. he continues our coverage from west chester university. hi vern. >> reporter: hello walter. it was a glorious day here in west chester university's campus. a huge turnout far more than expected and a powerful telescopes belonging to this university worked like a charm.p on thequad at univ midday the planners of this viewing party expected about 300 folks but that many figure w eclipsed as eas1500 converged on the quad. as the bee witching hour grew near and portions of the sun began to disappear the high powered cameras fired up and those with the proper glasses focused on what they had come to see.

>> really cool. >> reporter: how so? >> 'cause like it's -- it looks like the moon but it's the sun.y first eclipse and honestly i was kind of scared when i first heard about it because i was like i don't want to get blinded but now i've seen it it's actually really cool. >> it's amazing its fascinating, it really is. >> reporter: eventuallyhe university's planetarium ran out of glasses. late comers had to go to plan b and c. >> ran out of those. >> reporter: you made your own. >> not working bad. >> reporter: pretty exciting day. >> it is exciting. more exciting than i anticipated. >> reporter: so, monica, this much anticipated much hyped event of nature worked out like a charm for everybody. it came and it went. no complaints from those who turned out on this lovely campus to bear witness. i'm vernon odom channel6 "action news." reporting live from west chester. >> thank you vernon. and switch to health reporter ali gorman.

hi, ali. >> r guys, yeah, our experts have been warning us for weeks that we had to wear these special eclipse glasses if we were going to watch the partial eclipse safely. tonight here at wills eye they are on just in case some that advice. it was a sight to see. >> there it is. >> reporter: as sidewalks ind into viewing parties.oung and old outside to see the partial solar eclipse. >> wow. >> reporter:. so>> reporter: for the most part people watched through the selfie mode on a smartphone or with the approved eclipse glasses. but those glasses became scares this morning. wills eye handed out 2,000 more free pairs. they were gone in an hour.nd ike i just won ally reporter: but the celestial event brought out the best in everyone. there was no shortage of sharing. >> everybody got a chance to see it.

>> reporter: ophthalmologist dr. allen hoe says without proper protection, the sun's harmful rays during a partial eclipse can cause it's called solar retinopathy. therry vision. >> it will not be painful. it will be painless. so if you have nuclear vision after the eclipse and you were looking at the sun you would need to be evaluated by your eye doctors. >> repor have damage, dr. hoe says that blurry vision would show up within the first hour the first few hours on possibly into the first day. so hopefully everybody is okay. reporting live from wills eye hospital, ali gorman, channel6 "action news. walter. >> seems like most played it safe. all right thank you ali. relive the great american eclipse any time on 6abc.com/eclipse. there you can watch video of our "action news" team all across the country. you can also check out photos and look ahead to the next eclipse in 2024. >> i know you watched it. it was an incredible memory.

>> i said before i can't explain why but it makes your heart race. >> something big. i love it. time for a check of the "action news" traffic report. this could be big. >> yeah, really. let's go to matt pelman in the "action news" traffic center. >> in a bad way. >> we wish the traffic was racing like the heart but no, no not so much. typical afternoon delays monica and walter northbound side from penn's landing to this point where the vine street expressway joins in on up to the work zone at girard avenue. it's normal stuff but it is definitely slow this afternoon and slowing persists on the schuylkill, a lot of speeds there this afternoon in the 30's. our crash on the northbound side of 295 in bellmawr is now long gone but it's still extra jammed there as you come off the 42 freeway. and an accident in winslow township along the white horse pike and in williamstown along sicklerville road have also cleared out. some are clearing. we're still trying to recover in a few spots. burlington bristol bridge just wrapping up an opening for a northbound ship so we're recovering there as well. still slow on both sides. and mass transit just a couple of septa regional rail issues

this afternoon and don't forget a new patco schedule went into effect earlier today so check that timetable before you head out on one of those trains. we'll check it again monica and walter, in the next half hour in thank you, matt. much more to come on "action news" at 5:00 a search and rescue mission under way in the pacific. ahead at 5:30 the 10 missing americans who crews are desperately looking for at this hour after a navy vessel crashed into a oil tanker. >> a million dollar donation from a banking giant in hopes of fighting acts of hatred across the country. cecily. >> well, we have oppressive heat and humidity that will be moving in tomorrow. we have a heat advisory posted along the i-95 corri this is where the combination of the temperature and the humidity can make it feel close to 100 degrees but fall-like weather is also on the way. i'll have details on that in the accuweather forecast when "action news" returns. >> ♪♪

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>> here's a view of the solar eclipse that's almost out of this world. this is what passengers saw from 35,000 feet up during a special eclipse party on board an alaska airlines jetliner. the flight includedstronomy

enthusiasts eclipse chasers nasa astronaut and other guests. passengers were among the first to see the total eclipse about 1,000 miles off the coast of oregon as the plane left the path of totality flight attendants handed out champagne for a over to the. >> wonder if they had to use the glasses the eclipse glasses. >> i know who knows. >> they would still have to. >> wha the champagne glasses -- or cups -- bottles the real little ones, you know.i was trying to make a joke. i couldn't get it out. >> i was with you. >> all right, let's talk more about the eclipse because i want to share this photo. this was sent to me from the mother of aiden myers. he lives in cape may county and the family myers family started planning their eclipse trip three years ago. so, they went to tennsee and is is what he captured. what i like here is you can actually see see right there that little pink dot that's one of the bailey's beads you

see around the moon and that's caused from the topo graphy. the good news if you don't like the heat and humidity it only lasts for one day. big changes by the middle of the week. by the end of the week it will feel like fall and looking ahead to our next eclipse we have another one in seven years. i want to show you this. this is really neat graphic and it shows all a total solar eclipses in the 21st century. this was the path of today's. if you look up here 2024 that's re i be close to 90 peent and if you want to see it, if you want to travel, you just have to go to the northwest corner of pennsylvania and then this one here may first 2079, the path of totality basically begins here so for our very younger viewers that's something to look forward to. back at home right now we do have a few thunderstorms beginning to pop in parts of

lancaster and berks county. you can see this one cluster right now right north of 422. this view, the past 15 minutes we've had 16 lightning strikes. they're beginning to move towards the east and what this is, it's a piece of energy known as a short wave that is triggering some of that activity also bringing in a little bit of cloud cover today. right now 84 degrees in philadelphia the same in millville. allentown 85. cape may that sea breeze kicking up currently 79. satellite and radar it disappears momentarily thanks to the eclipse. i love that because our satellite is visible it needs the sun but you can see that cluster of some showers and thunderstorms trying move in from the east. so tonight very, very muggy. it will be partly cloudy an isolated thunderstorm, 74 degrees in philadelphia. allentown 70, cape may 74 and lancaster 70. tomorrow the heat is on. this is our heat index tracker and it shows it really ramping up by 2 o'clock in the afternoon, it will feel around 100 degrees and then we have a cold front that will bring us some changes.

and as it moves in future tracker showing late tomorrow night around 10 o'clock likely will see some thunderstorms especially in the far north and west counties. so the five day at 5:00 showing tomorrow it's hot it's humid, 93 feeling like 100, some late day thunderstorms and tomorrow night and then wednesday morning clouds, afternoon sunshine seasonable, 86. temperatures drop to 82 degrees lots of sunshine on thursday and look at this, friday and saturday, temperatures only in the upper 70's lots of sunshine.ll that weather hold for sunday? i'll talk about that coming up in the seven-day forecast guys. feeling like fall. >> we hope it does. thank you cecily. we'll be right back with more "action news."

>> ♪♪ >> "action news" continues with meteorologist adam joseph, jaime apody rick williams and monica malpass. >> ♪♪ >> hello again. rick is off tonight. walter perez joins us. here's what's happening on "action news" tonight. from lightness to darkness and back again the great american eclipse of 2017 is officially in the books. by all accounts in our area it was a sight to see. today's eclipse was also a prime opportunity for nasa to gain valuable information and folks in wayne got a chance to help them out.

10 sailors are missing and the secretary of did he first asking for a sweeping investigation following another collision involving a navy ship. >> millions of us took some time to get a glimpse of the heavenlies and for the most part motherure did cooperate. >> we did see about 80 percent of the eclipse and that was enough to thrill all of us and the crowds out there today. neighbors and strangers gathered together in open spaces. they grabbed their special eclipse glasses their es blankets chairs hats all of this for one of the best celestial shows in north america in 33 years. >> our own meteorologist with the big show there and official nasa watch party. >> she's live at the mckaigayne tonight. hi melissa. >> reporter: hey there monica hey, walter. it was really exciting earlier today and as you mentioned i'm in front of the mckaig education nature center. this place earlier today during the height of the eclipse was packed with people and as you this site was chosen by nasas an

official observation site so students, future scientists could collect data, the time, the temperature during the time of the eclipse and i got to tell you whether you're a future scientist os someone just wanting to see the show, it certainly didn't disappoint today. eclipse glasses to protect the eyes and protected lenses your cell phopot outside and a view of the sky is all you needed to watch the moon pass in front of the sun. >> it's like a little circle. whoa. look it. you got to try this. >> some people don't get to see this, some do. it's like a cool experience. >> reporter: an experience that you might not see until 2024. that's why the mckaig education nature center was packed. 300 people attended the great american eclipse watch party in wayne. families gathered to see the show in the sky. >> that's amazing. just like the moon and the sun is out and you can see like clouds still rushing by. >> i thought the moon looked like cheese.

the color of it looked like the really dark orange cheese just like a slice of it. >> reporter: yeah. >> and then the clouds looked like a cracker behind it like hey, i'm ready for you to eat me. >> reporter: are >> no. [laughter] some of the young kids here are aspiring scientists. nat t children like jada collecting data and wind is s the solar eclipse. >> did you notice a change with the temperatures. >> yeah. >> reporter: what did you notice. >> it got a little cooler and then it raised up back again. >> reporter: while this was an educational experience organizers say this became a family affair and one to remember for years to come. >> the very cool thing i thought was that the community got together. i mean, there was 300 of us from this area that got together and just happen wonderful time together as friends and neighbors. >> reporter: it really was a lot of fun. you know, once you were looking at the solar eclipse you can't help but have the kid come out at you. look up at the sun and the moon passing over the sun and just say wow, that is so cool.

now, the next total solar eclipse happens in 2024 and the next totality passing through pennsylvania is in 2079. so you might want to keep these eclipse solar glasses on standby for those events. reporting live from the mckaig education nature center in wayne, melissa magee channel6 "action news." >> keep them in a box in the closet. thank you mels as a result of the accident the great american eclipse was also quite a show in delaware county. officials from the free library in darby handed out viewing glasses during its eclipse viewing party at the darby rec center. they hosted science exhibits and quizzes and provided the crowd a live feed from nasa so they wouldn't miss a second of the action. >> "action news" on the campus of villanova university in radnor where folks gathered for a solar eclipse open house. students and staff with the department of astro physics and planetary science provided the glasses and solar telescopes so everybody could get a closer look. >> and in south jersey people

gathered on the campus of rowan university to watch the eclipse. chopper6 hd was over the campus in glassboro. they handed out glasses to everyone who came to watch outside the university's science building and planetarium. >> campus of bucks county community college looked more like a beach folks camped out with umbrellas or laid out waiting for the eclipse. some brought along telescopes as well to get a great view of the moon passing in front of the sun. folks excited to share this experience whip friends and even strangers. >> very cool. relive the great american eclipse any time on 6abc.com 6abc.com/eclipse. you can watch video of our team across the country. you can look ahead to the cliffs coming eclipse -- cleomes coming up -- eclipse coming up in 2024. >> reporter: the navy will conduct a broad investigation this in the wake of severe interests including one involving the u.s.s. john s. mccain. 10 sailors are still missing

tonight. donya bacchus live in los angeles with the latest for us. >> reporter: monica, this collision marks the second time a u.s. naval destroyer crashed with another vessel in the pacific in the past two months. now the navy's top admiral is calling for a comprehensive review. the search continues for 10 missing sailors aboard the u.s.s. john s. mccain after the guided missile destroyer collided with the orange line nick mc a 600-foot oil tanker east of singapore. five other sailors were injured with four of them being airlifted to the hospital. >> my thoughts and prayers are with the sailors and the families of the u.s.s. john s. mccain. >> reporter: the destroyer has significant damage to its hull. the crew's sleeping quarters among the parts flooded e damp from the two ships seem to indicate they were crossing paths or attempting to move in different directions at the time of the collision. >> it was nighttime. it was one of the busiest parts -- shipping lanes in the world. one third of all maritime

shipping goes through here. >> reporter: this marks the second collision involving the navy's seventh fleet in the pacific in just two months. back in june, seven sailors aboard the "u.s.s. fitzgerald" died after it collided with a much larger cargo ship. the u.s. navy is now ordering a broad investigation. >> we'll look at all related accidents, incidents at sea that sort of thing. >> reporter: the navy's top admiral is also calling for an operational pause in the region. the u.s. s mccain bears the name of u.s. senator john mccain's father and grandfather. monica. >> thank you donya. french police ruled out terrorism as a motive for the van that ran into two marseilles bus stops morning. a woman was killed at one of them. investigators say the 35-year-old man at the wheel of the van was being treated for psychological problems. the van hit some bus stops in two neighborhoods in the old port neighborhood. world news tonight with david muir will have more on the collision involving the u.s.s. mccain as well as

growing tensions in europe as the terror threat grows plus complete coverage of the great american eclipse. you can watch all of that following "action news" at 6:00. >> breaking news to pass along right here. chopper6 is live over the scene. you can see dozens of people showed up at the frank rizzo statue in center city right there in center city. you can see the barricades that were set up earlier than that around the statue in the wake of two cases of vandalism involving that statue. we're also told that the traffic in the area is being blocked off by some folks. we're not sure exactly what's going on at this point but once again chopper6 live over the scene. if anything develops, we'll certainly pass it along on channel6 and 6abc.com. >> time right now for a check of that "action news" traffic report monday evening. >> let's go live to matt pelman in the "action news" traffic center. >> that's unfolding around 15th and j.f.k. which is a spot you don't want to be taking the car into right now walter and monica. otherwise we've been watching 295. how about another second accident of the afternoon on the northbound side, only this one is farther north in

burlington county, north of route 38 by marne highway and they just got it pushed off to the two shoulders the left one and the right one. police are still on the scene so all three northbound lanes are opened but you can see on the travel time there dealing with about a 14 minute delay as you travel northbound from route 73 on up toward route one in mercer county. meanwhile in deptford we got a crash we're watching along delsea drive near 295 so expect some congestion in that neck of the woods. and live downtown center city this is the vine street expressway westbound side some police activity right here under the overpass blocks the left lane. so you come westbound away from 95, it's extra heavy traveling through this point at broad street because that left lane remains blocked. here it's the right lane that's blocked in bucks county. this is 95 and northbound side and here it's just construction between this point at newtown and the scudder falls bridge. we see this many afternoons but it does cause a little bit of slowing. and again this afternoon in chester county, we're seeing slow speeds like just 16 miles per hour on the southbound side of the route one oxford

bypass. that's the ongoing construction in that neck of the woods. also a few septa issues this afternoon and don't forget the patco is running on a new schedule as of today. so, the trains coming at some different times than we're used to. monica and walter, back over to you. >> thank you matt. much more to come on "action news" tonight. what a rough day on the job for two window washers. one minute they're doing their job and the next they're holding on for dear life. >> and they're calling it the fastest train in the world. they've getting ready to relaunch it in two major asian cities. we'll explain how it earned its title. and meteorologist cecily tynan in for adam tracking the latest in that "action news" weather center. >> hi monica and walter. i have showers and thunderstorms popping up in lancaster and berks county as well. looks like tomorrow night we have a lot more activity after an impressively hot and humid day. more details on what to expect in the accuweather 7-day forecast. >> jaime apody has fleas eagles and the little league

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>> a shoot outside a funeral home is investigated as a murder-suicide. they found one person dead a second person was rushed to crozer-chester but did not survive. talk about a frightening day on the job for two people in the big apple. two window washers in new york city had to be rescued. they were working 35 stories up when their scaffolding just gave way. police and firefighters lowered safety harnesses to the stuck workers. they were able to pull them into the building through a window its not clear if the workers were physically hurt but i'm sure they were shaken is up. >> the fish in town to play the birds. >> always a great way to break up the monotony of training camp. practice against someone else. they have three combined practices culminating in a third preseason game at the at

the linc. we have one seemed to get a lot out of today. >> it's always good to come out and practice against some guys other than your teammates. we've been going at it for a few weeks back and forth against one another. it's nice to go out there and hit up on other guys. >> it was fun to practice against somebody who wasn't on our team. a lot of energy out here today. enjoyed competing against them, a lot of great tackles and great ball play. so it was fun for us. >> the dolphins have aew familiar faces among them byron maxwell. >> i was surprised but, you know something like wasn't right. you usually hear from your coach in the off season. i was surprised though. let alone miami but i'm happy. i'm glad i made that choice. worked out for both of us. they got a quarterback i'm on

a winning team. >> in this league there's always changes. i got to talk to some of the guys, you know, that i used to play with here and they looked pretty good. >> eagles front office remains busy during training camp. today the team traded offensive tackle matt tobin and a 2018 seventh round pick. if anything could eclipse the excitement of practice it was this. despite the fact they had a full slate of team meetings a couple guys snuck out to view the eclipse and only "action news" was in to catch them catching it. it's actually miami week in philadelphia because the marlins are here, too. florida fans should just flock this way for a twofer. as for phillies they start a four game set with the fish with the a double-header tomorrow. phils back home after salvaging a west coast trip taking the last two from the giants. rookie rhys hoskins homered again. phillies win five to two

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>> welcome back. we have been asking you to submit your photos and you your friends your family even your pets watching today's great american eclipse. we have not been disappointed. please keep sending your impressive shots to us. we would love to see them and we may upload them on our facebook twitter and instagram pages with the #6abcaction on your end and we'll put them on tv on our end. >> it's just a giant shadow yet you look at it, it makes your heart race. >> i love the that fact that

for a moment a whole bunch of strangers are outside looking the the sky and smiling. >> it's bigger than the rest of us. it's really neat. >> we need more of this. we need another one. >> more eclipses next. >> week. >> that's a presidential campaign right there. more eclipses. >> work on that. sky conditions were pretty good. let's go live on sky6. taking a look over the ben franklin bridge. and yeah, it wasn't completely clear today. we did have to fight with some clouds but mostly sunny right now and we got some great photos of the eclipse. bob watts editor here at channel6 got this through a special lens and you can see the sun, you can see the shadow of the moon. you can also see some of those clouds intermittent. they were passing through here and there and it's all associated with a short wave that's moving through. it's also sparking some thunderstorms across berks and lancaster county. temperatures on the warm side. our high 88 degrees, that's 3 degrees above normal. 84 in philadelphia right now.

allentown 85. cape may got the sea breeze 78 and wilmington 84 degrees. so the evening planner shows temperatures really won't be falling much after about 7 o'clock. slowly dropping down into the upper 70's but with winds out of the south it's going to be very muggy and again a few isolated thunderstorms as we head through the evening hours. so let's show you what i'm talking about. double scan live showing most of the region is rain free but we do have some of this activity again popping up western berks county, also lancaster county and the problem with these is that they're barely moving at all. so, this dash right now just north of 422 northwest of reading, has been dropping a lot of rain in a short period of time so there is a flood advisory posted there. be careful. do not drive through any flooded roads. also we have this one batch north of lancaster right now. visible satellite across the nation showing what happens when we had that solar eclipse. i love this. the clouds you can see just clearing, it's because visible

satellite depends on the sun to really reflect off the clouds so you could see that path of totality. tomorrow, the heat is on. 93 degrees with winds out of the south. an evening thunderstorm possible with that cold front. you add the humidity. it will feel like 100 degrees. so, because of that, we have an excessive heat advisory posted along i-95 from 1:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. tuesday where it's going to feel like a hundred. take it easy, find air conditioning, drink lots of water. a good place to be down the shore with temperatures in the mid 80's. it will be warm and humid. that ocean temperature 76. but do be careful. there's a high risk of rip currents tomorrow. listen to the lifeguards. bethany beach 90 degrees and definitely don't go swimming where and when the lifeguards are not on duty. the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast, tomorrow is an accuweather alert day with that excessive heat advisory, it will feel like a hundred degrees. 93 degrees some late day and evening thunderstorms with that cold front. best chance of powerful storms

will be farther north and west. wednesday morning clouds, afternoon sun the high 86 degrees. and then look at what happens as we head later in the week. thursday the eagles preseason game looking really nice, low humidity a high of only 82 degrees. on friday, the high only 79 degrees. almost a taste of fall. the weekend should be gorgeous. temperature hovering in the upper 70's both days, lots of sunshine low humidity. monday partly sunny skies. we keep that comfortable air mass with low humidity and a high of 79 degrees. so, tomorrow oppressively hot and humid but by the end of the week and the weekend, you can actually turn off the air conditioning, let the windows open up, let the breeze blow in. should be nice. >> football weather in august. >> unheard of. >> we'll take it. >> you can get the accuweather update any time on your phone or tablet including realtime views from storm tracker6 live. the 6abc app is a free download for your mobile device.

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>> (. [bell tolls] >> that is big ben bonging for the last time before undergoing a major face-lift. of course it's among the most famous landmarks in england. the chimes have been keeping time in england for 157 years. big ben will remain mostly silent for the next four years. except for that special occasions including new year's eve. >> right now jim gardner and the "action news" team are standing with with these stories and more coming up at 6:00. team coverage of the solar eclipse from local watch parties. a live report from the path of totality. protesters gathered once again around the statue of former mayor frank rizzo. we'll take you live to center city with the latest on the debate over the monument's fate. >> bill cosby has new legal representation for his upcoming retrial in our area. the high profile attorney hired to lead his new defense

team. for the entire "action news" team i'm monica malpass. you make it a good night tonight. >> good night.

>> ♪♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rodgers meteorologist cecily tynan and jim gardner. >> ♪♪ >> ♪♪ >> this is the way it looked from belmont plateau in fairmount park. even with all the hype, the solar eclipse did not disappoint. and for people within the zone of totality, it was an extraordinary sight with the moon completely covering the sun and throughout the u.s.

folks dawned special glasses to view the wonder in the sky. yes, it took the sun and the moon to bring americans together today if just for a moment. it is monday night and the big story on "action news" tonight is eclipse mania here at home and across the country. "action news" reporter john rawlins is live in cape may today and john, if you're going to be pieing into the sky for an hour or so why not do it from the beach. >> reporter: well, that seemed to be the thinking. to be honest we didn't find anyone who came here specifically to cape may who said they wanted to see the clips. they came to cape may because they wanted to be at the beach. to are them the eclipse was a bonus. >> looking forward to it. >> reporter: at noon, some beachgoers still looking for those hard to find eclipse glasses. a last minute save came when a local astro photographer chris bakely handed out 200 glasses

at his own expense. >> we are ready for this. thanks, chris, for making this happen. >> reporter: he also set up a camera with a