"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. good afternoon rick is off in the news this noon bracing for the worst texans are preparing for the full force of

mother nature. we are learning some of the details of the president's new ban on transgender people in the military. but the big story on "action news" is breaking news involving the search for the ten missing sailors on board of uss john mccain. military official asnounced that the body pulled from the wreckage has just been identified as a young man with ties to south. 22-year-old kenneth smith was an electronics technician on board the ship. his family members attend church at united methodist church in cherry hill. he and nine other sailers disappeared when the tanker co mccain. and the operation to find the remaining nine sailors switches from search and rescue to search and recovery. >> we continue to follow the story and bring you any updates. a teenager is fighting for

her life after being struck by a car in montgomery county. she was video traffic when she walked into traffic. jeanette reyes is live at the abington police station. >> reporter: sara at last check this teen is in critical condition being treated at chop. this all happened crossing the street when she was face timing at the time of the crash. we reached out and she told us she did go to a high school here and counselors were made available to her peers. >> police are still investigating the accident at highland road that sent a 14-year-old girl to the hospital. jacqueline lived down the street from the scene and rushed to the crowd huddled around the teen on the ground. >> i heard god no. no. as a mother it was an update setting no. i knew something was wrong.

>> chopper 6 hd was over the scene after it happened at 3:00. the teen was crossing the street while face timing and was hit by this white vehicle. the abington officials would only say she was on her way to a school activity. >> i take highland avenue to my store leavelevityavevityavevitts hot dog. >> usually the traffic is obeying the speed limit like 25 miles per hour. but when the lights are flashing it's 15 miles per hour so it's hard to believe that someone got hurt. >> multiple people called 911 and the driver pulled over and called for help. >> after speaking with witnesses it was determine that the young lady was distracted on facebook

on her cell phone that was obviously a contributing factor in the accident. >> reporter: and we are told that the speed limit on the road is reduced from 25 to 15 miles per hour. but that is when school is in session that is not until next week. police are investigating the crash and they are looking into specifically whether or not the teen was in the crosswalk whent by the car. >> thank you. an 11-year-old boy shot him several in the face overnight. the boy was rushed to methodist hospital at 12:30 this morning, is he now in critical condition. police were notified of t shooting on south hicks street and the police found the gun and bullets inside of the bedrooms of the home. >> it's the bedroom of the mother and father whoe at the time.

there was also four brothers and sisters of the 11-year-old at the time and the oldest being 13 and the others under the able of 10. >> the young boy is expected to survive. people along the gulf coast of texas are bracing for what could be the first hurricane to hit the lone star state in a decade. there are long lines at grocery stores and residents stocking up on supplies in anticipation for tropical storm harvey it's expected to drop as much as 20 inches of rain and people are boarding up their windows. back here in the delaware and lehigh valley valleys we continue to enjoy pleasant weather for this time of year. sky 6 hd looking outside of cape may, new jersey there are plenty of people on the beach at this hour. perfect picnic weather if you can step outside for lunch. david murphy is in the weather center with a first check of the forecast.

>> what a nice day building as we promised an area of high pressure to the west pulling in dry air and suppressing all the rain from the south and taking the clouds out of play today as well. temperatures warming up 78 degrees in philadelphia and 80 at the airport in atlantic city and 80 in beach haven and 75 in allentown and 78 in wilmington and philadelphia. and 79 degrees in dover. dew points are low. if you plan on heading out after work for a jog or maybe sometime thiernoon you are in good 70s now and close to 80 for most of the afternoon, a high of 82 degrees probably not hitting that until 3:00 in the afternoon. this evening we fall back into the 70s. the eagles are home and preseason game against the miami dolphins and a game time temperature of 78 degrees at 7:00. and by 10:00 down to 70 degrees. sara the beat goes on as we head into the weekend, i'll have details on that and an update on hurricane harvey or tropical

storm harvey becoming a hurricane. could be a stronger storm than originally expected and could be a small effect on our area. it's a big day for someone in massachusetts because a single ticket matched all six numbers to win last night's huge power ball drawing that ticket is worth $758 million. the largest jackpot ever for a single ticket. we are joined now from new york city with more on the big win. do we know anything about the winner yet? >> well right now sara we don't know who the big winner is but we are getting clues from the owner of the store where the winning ticket was sold. according to him based on the surveillance video the winner looks like a middle aged woman that bought the ticket yesterday afternoon. the one ticket holding the key

to the jackpot was sold in massachusetts. that confirmed overnight. but where that ticket was purchased had lottery officials scrambling. first here at the store in watertowning near boston and later admitting they made a mistake and the single ticket was actually sold in chicopee. >> as surprised as everyone else. the ticket sold a store worth a million dollars and the ticket worth $758 million was sold here at the pride station and store. the store will get $50,000 for selling the jackpot. the fourth time a winning ticket was sold in massachusetts. >> happy to be the lucky people involved. we are glad to be able to pass it on. >> and now the search for the luckiest winner or winners of the largest prize everyone by a single tickets.

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david back with a check of the accuweather forecast. it was a little cool out there this morning. >> yes, and it will be cool the next several mornings. almost autumnaliment and stormtracker 6 live double scan shows us we are dry across the region and we look outside sky 6 hd and there is a beautiful shot of center city a few pop-up clouds here or there. generally a lot of blue upstairs. temperatures 78 degrees and getting warm in philadelphia. the dew point down in the 50s right whereike it. not humid and winds calm and light and ocean temperature 74 or atlantic city. 75 in allentown and 74 in reading, even where you have the low 80s it's nice and comfortable and sweaters and cool drink and humidity low from north to south. and satellite shows you how we have earlier cloud cover in delaware and as expected it's broken apart and a lot of us are

look agent fine the rest of the way. lehigh valley lots of sun and low humidity and a high of 78. down the shore a good day highs on or about 80 degrees and 70s in the water and a low risk of rip currents. in philadelphia tons of sun, pleasant and low humiditiment a high of 82 with winds on the light side. phillies tee it up against the marlins is less than an hour. a 1:05 start. 63 degrees is the overnight low, partly cloudy and i will allow for a spotty sprinkle this evening and most areas are dry and looks good for the eagles with temperatures falling through the 70s and tropical storm harvey is an issue looking to come in to corp christie as a tropical storm and now a hurricane two or three storm. it will stall and create a lot of flooding rainfall and po

testily could produce strong winds. you look at this and think this is more than 1,000 miles away why do i care? but an effect could affect us by this weekend. refineries could close and that could in turn create a supply shortages. so fill your car up today. 82 degrees and sunny and pleasant and low humidity and that pattern continues through the weekend and 79 tomorrow and another nice day and saturday nice and sunny and 78 degrees tailgaters ahead of the arena bowl and fans at citizens bank park with a night game and a nice afternoon and evening for everything you need to get done. 79 degrees there and on monday partly sunny and dry and still comfortable with a high of 78. we get to tuesday and wednesday and then things finally change a bit.

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"action news" at 12:30 continues with sara bloomquist and meteorologist, david murphy. hello again, here is the stories we are following for you. 11-year-old is recovering after shooting himself in the face in philadelphia. heart breaking news from the u.s. navy as they identify a body of a sailor from new jersey. and tropical storm harvey gains strength. >> and now the details an 11-year-old boy is in stable condition after accidentally shooting himself in the face overnight. katherine scott is here with more on the investigation on how the boy got his hands on the weapon. >> many neighbors did not hear

anything, they woke up to the news that an 11-year-old boy accidentally shot himself in the face, and this morning he was upgraded to stable condition. >> i am shocked. as long as he is okay. >> neighbors on the south philadelphia block broke to the news that an 11-year-old boy shot himself in the face. >> i am heart broken for the family and kids they are the same age as my son. >> police were notified that a 10-year-old boy was taken to the emergency room. >> his family rushed him to methodist hospital. he was listed in critical condition and transferred to childrens hospital in philadelphia. he some how got a hold of a revolver and accidentally shot himself in the face. detectives located a gun and bullets in a second floor bedroom and police say his parents were home at the time. >> and four other brothers and

sisters of the 11-year-old in the house at the time.