>> we were up to our ears and some houses it was over, so, yeah, it's high. >> it was over 5 feet in our house. we barely made it out. i'm just so grateful that they came. >> also tonight, we are hearing harrowing stories of survival from people trapped by the rising flood waters. now the rush is on to get everyone to safety as rain continues to hammer southeast texas. it is monday night, monica is off, sharrie williams is joining us and the big story on "action news" is the devastation still unfolding in the wake of what is now tropical storm harvey. >> right now at least 20,000 people are under mandatory orders to get out as flooding continues to affect the entire houston area. at least eight people have died since harvey made landfall. officials say more than 2,000 people have been rescued. and tonight thousands more are still waiting for help. officials say they are working to figure out how to get more shelter for those pushed out of their homes.

>> we have live team coverage tonight. meteorologist melissa magee will have much more on where harvey is headed next but first to abc's elizabeth hur. she's live in new york with the national outpouring of support for the victims of this flooding catastrophe. elizabeth. >> reporter: well, rick and sharrie, the heartbreaking images and the stories coming out of texas have so many people asking how can we help and many of them are turning to social media to mobilize. from missouri to florida, new york and california, volunteers from coast to coast. >> be safe out there. >> reporter: answering the call for help. >> we need citizens to be involved. this is a landmark event. >> reporter: fema officials stressing that help isn't just welcomed but necessary. >> they are veterans of the world trade center, katrina, rita. >> reporter: and these trained first responders rescuers and nurses not the only ones signing up.

>> the order that you called in earlier decided to donate the entire. >> are you serious. >> yes. >> reporter: businesses are donating food. groups like operation barbecue relief, a charity founded after the tornado can deliver hot meals to those in need. >> you go the any water. >> reporter: then there are organizations like the rgb mud and sand recovery team handing out water and supplies after rounding up the volunteers on facebook. >> still finding a way to get people out there to wherever you are at. >> reporter: some are even using an app called zello, a group of citizen volunteers with boats and pickup trucks formed after katrina. >> all we can do is try to help them get to dry land. that's all we're here for. >> reporter: and in these times of need of course monitoring donations are another way -- monetary

donations are another way people give. officials say do your homework and make sure you're giving to a legitimate organization. reporting live in new york i'm elizabeth hur for channel6 "action news." rick. >> elizabeth thank you. meanwhile support is pouring in to texas from the ar1 trucks of equipment and 45 people got the call from fema packed up and headed south towards houston. philadelphia's red cross say they are also getting calls from people around the area asking to help. they say blood or money is the important need, not clothes. >> those things have to be cleaned, sorted and shipped. that takes personnel and it takes resources that detract us from our dominant mission. >> we spoke with officials from the better business bureau who are already warning about potential scams. they recommend you do your research before donating. >> part of the reason for all this flooding is because of the storm's slow moving track. >> that's right. and meteorologist melissa magee something for cecily tonight. she's in the weather center

with where harvey is headed next. >> rick and sharrie, re, the reason it is moving so slowly there's no steering down the current to push the system out and away from texas. this storm made landfall as a category four storm friday night and we're still dealing with it this monday afternoon. as we look at storm tracker6 live double scan 3-d. it has moved off shore but it will turn back up inland across portions of texas. you can see the outer ring bands affecting texas louisiana and mississippi at this hour. as far as the rain we picked up so far in texas, dayton 39.72-inches of rain. 34-inches of rain there in walter, south houston 30.32-inches and in baytown 27.32, houston at intercontinental airport you picked up more than 2 feet of rain and there's more moisture to come. in fact as you look at the accumulated rainfall we've seen since friday, now this

storm system made landfall just to the north of corpus christi in an area close to rockport but if you look at the rain, we've seen about 15 to 20-inches just to the north of houston and the purple shaded areas there, about eight to 15-inches of rain in the white shaded locations. here's the very latest with tropical storm harvey its about 45 miles east of port o'connor so this storm system once again sitting and spinning and meandering across the coast. it's not until thursday afternoon that we'll start to find some progress to the north and east with this storm starting to pull away. so, what we can expect with the impact of this storm, 10 to 20 additional inches of rain, some spots could pick up an isolated total of 50-inches, major river flooding is going on right now. this will be the case for days and recovery will likely take months. we've got more details on harvey plus our weather back here at home with the full and exclusive accuweather forecast, sharrie. >> all right. the duration of this not helping at all. our coverage of the devastation in houston continues online at 6abc.com

6abc.com/harvey. we're streaming live coverage from our sister station in houston ktrk. we have posted more information on how you can help the victims. >> turning to other news tonight, in new jersey, the search is on for this man accused of targeting police vehicles in camden county. in all, more than a dozen cars were hit. tonight police want your help tracking down the suspect. new jersey correspondent nora muchanic is live at somerdale police headquarters tonight with the full story. nora. >> reporter: rick, this was a very costly vandalism spree that took out more than half the department's patrol cars. the last two days have been spent trying to fix all those flat tires and now police are looking for the man that did this. do you recognize this man? he's the one somerdale police are looking for believed to be the suspect responsible for slashing 52 tires in the parking lot of police headquarters early sunday morning. >> looks like it was maybe like a utility knife or something like that.

he just slashed each one obviously pretty quickly. >> reporter: in all 13 vehicles were hit, nine police cruisers, one car belonging to the fire marshal and three personal vehicles belonging to police officers. >> people do stuff like this just to do it 'cause they get angry or something. it's scary and it's heartbreaking, you know, that anybody would stoop to that level for what? >> reporter: throughout the day a tow truck has been picking up the vehicles one by one and taking them to be repaired. police tell us the cost of replacing all of the tires could top $10,000. this is the kind of damage we're talking about. take a look at this tire and look at this gash. it's probably two or 3-inches long very deep and done with something very sharp. >> just crazy. people have just lost their minds. i don't know, it was very sad for us. >> reporter: when they heard about what happened, the lee brothers wanted to do something to show their support for police and brought a basket of treats and a card that reads sorry about your police cars. six-year-old christopher dressed up as "guardians of

the galaxy" wanting to protect the officers. >> i feel bad for the meme and policemen and the firemen. they protect the town and if their tires are flattened they can't help anyone in trouble. >> reporter: take a look at this picture and if you recognize this man call somerdale police immediate. >> it com affect someone's life not just someone's pocketbook and that's what gets me. it could be -- somebody could be dying and these guys couldn't get to them. >> reporter: thankfully police were table get by with the cars that were not damaged. all of the repairs should be finished by tomorrow. police say they have some good leads and they are confident they're going to get the guy responsible for all of this. live in somerdale, i'm nora muchanic channel6 "action news." sharrie. >> nora, thank you. rhys hoskins has been playing major league baseball for less than three weeks and already he's earned himself a spot in the record books and also some national at it took him less than 20 games to hit 11 home runs and that's an mlb record and with the phillies

standing as the worst team in baseball, he's given fans something to root for. "action news" spots reporter jaime apody live at citizens bank park where the phils will take the field tonight. hey, jamie. >> reporter: hey sharrie. yeah, the phillies face the braves tonight but who really cares about that? everyone is just here to see rhys hoskins. and see if that kid can do it again. that's right. the rookie is hot. as hot as you can get. hoskins has taken the baseball world by storm. yesterday he hit his 11th home run in his last 14 games. he has homered in five straight games. in the last eight days the phillies have played. he's the fastest major league in history to reach nine, 10 and 11 home runs and capped it off with his first ever curtain call, this despite a 48 and 81 record his plate is suddenly electric again. >> spark in the ballpark i think fans are coming to watch him just like you are. >> it's nice to see the fans call him out for -- to take -- get an ovation and -- it is

fun. i mean, everybody to a man on our team is really happy to see anybody do something like that and he's just enjoying it and taking it in stride. >> reporter: absolutely. and tonight everyone can see hoskins at his natural first base instead of left field because manager pete mackanin says he wants to see what the kid can do in that position. more in our next half hour. live at citizens bank park, rhys hoskins, the house that rhys built. >> exciting to watch. thank you jamie. >> thank you jamie. time for a check our "action news" traffic report monday night. >> hi, gina. >> with the phils game at 7:09 expect southbound 95 traffic and it looks like the southbound side of 95 is fine because right now you can see you're in the green about 15 minutes but we are still seeing a northbound delay on 95 and this is right at the work zone at girard avenue. so it's definitely sluggish in this area.

about 22 minutes between the vine out to woodhaven but again as we head towards first pitch expect that southbound side to be very crowded. let's take a live look outside as well. i want to show you the vine street expressway. on the vine we're seeing a mix. looks like now we're seeing that westbound side pretty heavy but the eastbound side cooling down a little bit but i would say definitely expect delays from about eighth street out through to 95. rick and sharrie, back over to you. >> gina, thank you. >> there's still much more ahead on "action news" at 5:00. we continue to track the devastation in texas as tropical storm harvey churns over the houston area. how one of the country's biggest hospitals is preparing for the worst. >> health check tonight. there may be more benefits to breast milk. the new evidence that may have that parents rethinking their decision to breastfeed when "action news" at 5:00 continues tonight. >> ♪

>> our coverage of the damage being left behind by harvey continues at this hour. a live look now from spring, texas, where a road there just became flooded with even more water in recent time as we take a look here, a vehicle approaching but that is all water where it should be a road and also the entranceway to i45. they're going south. instead it's all water as this live look we take from texas of the flooding there in the

streets in spring, texas. >> health check tonight. that flooding catastrophe houston has caused the state of emergency of health and human services has declared a public health emergency. medical needs will continue to grow. >> health reporter and registered nurse ali gorman joining us at the big board. >> there are dozens of hospitals in the houston area many like this one are just surrounded by water. this makes it almost impossible to get staff in and also to receive supplies like blood that the hospitals depend on daily. now, ben taub general hospital started taking on water in the basement and was ordered to evacuate. there are 350 patients inside. they did attempt to move patients on ventilators but it wasn't safe so they're waiting for the water to recede. the hospital still has power but they are running out of food. meanwhile teams deployed by health and human services have helped evacuate more than 180

patients from three hospitals in victoria, texas. they're also out delivering supplies and have activated the blood disaster task force to evaluate the need and replenish blood supplies. and unfortunately outside the hospital, people with chronic medical needs such as those on dialysis could go without care for several days. unsanitary and standing water presents a huge problem. in other medical news there may be another not so well known benefit to breast milk and it could help prevent gut problems like colitis and crohn's disease. researchers at the cleveland clinic collected breast milk samples from 40 women and isolated a compound commonly known as hyaluronic acid. the compound was that effective in treating mice with inflammatory bowel disease. it also helped to ward off salmonella bacteria. >> such an attractive thing because it's not an

antibiotic, it's -- what it does is turn on the body's innate, you know, inborn mechanisms to protect itself. >> now t-the research is still in the early stages but they'll also be looking to see if it can work against other types of bacteria as well. rick and sharrie back to you. >> much more to come on "action news" at 5:00. a bust at the box office. why hollywood suffered one of the worst weekends in more than 15 years. >> plus, the man tapped to take over uber during a time of struggle for that company. those stories and more when "action news" comes right back. >> ♪

>> uber has a new top executive. expedia ceo will now head up the ride sharing company. uber's eight member board voted to hire him late yesterday. he replaces ousted ceo trevor kalanick. uber has recently dealt with sexual harassment and company espionage claims. it also concerned investors losing millions of dollars every quarter. it was a rough weekend for hollywood. resulting in the worst box office results in more than 15 years. no major new releases hit the

big screen this weekend. that left the hit man's bodyguard to remain on top netting $10 million over the weekend. the second installment of the annabelle series came in second. leap debuted in third. this weekend was the lowest grossing for movies since september 2001. >> it was back to school for staff members across the city of philadelphia. today marked the first day for teachers and administrators in city schools. students head back one week from tomorrow. some students are already back in class in wilmington, delaware. the action cam was at mount pleasant elementary this morning for the first day of school in the brandywine school district. hugs as they parted ways. it was orientation for some of the small left students. most of the others took the day to settle into their desks. classes begin in full there come tomorrow. >> they look happy. >> dancing. >> yeah. >> still to come on "action news" -- okay, "action news" at 5:00 tonight another check of the forecast for you this evening. >> going live outside sky6 hd

giving us this live wonderful view of the ben franklin parkway. meteorologist melissa magee with the five day forecast when "action news" comes right back. >> ♪ learn more at cancercenter.com/appointment

>> time for the accuweather forecast. >> let's check in with meteorologist melissa magee in the weather weather center.

we have some weather to contend with. >> it was a good start to the day temperatures on the cool side. clouds are starting to increase. we'll show you sky6 live in hd. we are down the shore in cape may. it looks beautiful but probably don't want to venture out in the water because the ocean is churning right now and the rough surf is pretty choppy as well. as we get into tomorrow, we do have some shore concerns. we're looking at waves anywhere from six to 10 feet high, dangerous rip currents especially with an easterly wind off of the atlantic. wind gusts tomorrow anywhere from 40 to 45 miles per hour. and we're tracking a system from the south working its way northward so rainfall anywher from a half inch to an inch of rain likely across coastal sections of new jersey. also in delaware as well. looking at the numbers, it's pretty comfortable. philadelphia right now 73 degrees. 73 as well in trenton. 75 in wilmington right now. at the coast in cape may coming in at 72. allentown in at 73 degrees.

here's satellite6 along with action radar and this is what we're tracking for tomorrow. you could see that area of low pressure just off the coast of the carolinas. so, this has the likelihood of turning into a tropical system as it works its way northward. whether it becomes tropical or not the impacts are pretty much the same across the delaware and lehigh valleys. so for the rest of tonight and tonight and over the next 12 hours, we'll drop down to 57 in allentown, 64 in the city. future tracker6 takes you into time and we're tracking this moisture that will be working its way northward. you can see most of that moisture pushes off shore but some of those bands could work their way into our region. as we get into tomorrow afternoon. so some light showers there in south jersey, off into delaware. i would allow for some precipitation in the city and points to the south especially as we go throughout tomorrow afternoon but by wednesday morning we clear out nicely and clear skies means plenty of sunshine by midweek. but we do have that wind

advisory by tuesday afternoon into tuesday night. it's for coastal atlantic county, cape may county and also for the beaches there in delaware. we could find gusts at the coast anywhere from 40 to 50 miles per hour. here's the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast. breezy with afternoon rain tomorrow, high temperature in at 70. clouds to sun by wednesday. we clear out nicely and at 80 degrees. we're warming up by thursday with an evening shower or thunderstorm at 85. sunny and much cooler by friday at 74 and for the start of the labor day holiday weekend, can you believe it, on saturday partly sunny with a potential of a shower threat. otherwise a high temperature coming in at 76 degrees. we've got more on what you can expect next week for labor day in that accuweather forecast in the next half hour guys. >> thanks, melissa. >> more "action news" at 5:00 when we come back. >> ♪

>> "action news" continues with meteorologist at dam joseph, jaime apody, rick williams and monica malpass. >> hello again. monica is off. sharrie williams is joining us tonight. here's what's happening on "action news" this evening. desperation and fear across southeastern texas as thousands of search and rescue

teams rescue. >> also eagles player marcus johnson one of countless people from our area trying to keep tabs on loved ones stuck in the middle of the devastating floods. also president trump prepares to tour the texas devastation. he's still facing strong criticism though over his decision to pardon controversial arizona sheriff joe arpaio. >> latest on harvey. the storm is moving back towards the warm waters of the gulf of mexico and gaining some strength. the governor of texas has activated the entire national guard. that's more than 12,000 members to help with the search and rescue efforts. the mission now is to get people to dry land as quickly as possible. >> evacuations right now. >> houston resident bill dornfield posted this video on his twitter account. his home is right next to barker reservoir creek. the water so high there it

looked like a rushing river. he wrote "god help us." families are using whatever they can to find a way to get to higher ground. courtney fisher from our sister station in houston found a family floating on an air mattress near the barker reservoir. since harvey hit the city 911 has received more than 75,000 calls. the mayor of houston is continuing to defend his decision not to order the evacuation of the city before harvey made landfall. now he told the public today that the storm's unpredictability the fact that houston was not in the storm's projected path and the shear effort and planning that it would take to move 6.5 million people would have made it nearly impossible. >> providing fuel and all those other things and turning the lanes to counter flow and all of that it's just very, very difficult. the best thing was to tell people to stay in place and to make the necessary preparation

for food and medicine supplies and things of that -- and things of that nature. >> well, texas senator ted cruz says he won't second guess the decision not to evacuate the city ahead of the storm. he added there will be plenty of time to examine what can be done better in the future once this emergency is over. >> all right, sharrie, many people in our area have connections to people living in the flood zone tonight and that includes eagles marcus johnson. his entire extended family lives in houston. "action news" reporter walter perez is live outside of the novacare complex with more. walter. >> reporter: hey, rick, anyone that has played sports at a high level especially professional will tell you it takes a tremendous amount of preparation and focus. how do you stay focused when you know you have loved ones in harm's way. that's a struggle marcus johnson can tell you all about. 23-year-old marcus johnson has been making a real name for himself and he's sure helped

his own cause with this grab last thursday. >> back corner do the it there touchdown. >> reporter: scoring a touchdown against the dolphins in preseason play. but over the past few days he admits staying focused has been a challenge. >> my godmother both of her homes flooded and i had other family in dickinson that have flooding in their homes. so it's a tough situation. >> reporter: in fact, johnson says his entire extended family lives in texas with most of them residing in the houston area. he says the only comfort he's felt through this ordeal is the generous response from different organizations and every day people not to mention j.j. watts and the houston texans. >> i definitely want to donate whatever i can do to help. i know j.j. watts started a fund, the owner of the texans donated a million dollars to the city. anything to contribute can help. >> reporter: johnson was a start at the university of texas before spending time with the eagles practice squad last year. only now though has he really grabbed the attention of the eagles coaching staff.

that's why he says he is especially heartbroken knowing the people who helped him improve himself and improve his game are in trouble. >> i trained in houston this whole off season. a lot of close people helped me get my game where it is right now and do the things i'm doing they're struggling, training facilities, homes really people that are close to me. >> reporter: as he fights for a roster spot with the birds his plan is simply to do anything he can possibly do to help the community he calls home. >> i'm going to continue to pray for them. when i get the opportunity to go back whenever that may be i definitely want to help people rebuild homes whatever i can do to just give back to the community. >> reporter: now, of course, the eagles signed a couple of receivers during the spring. they got two more during the draft and then you have nelson agholor so johnson is really fighting for his professional life at this point but he says his family told him to not worry so much about them and keep on fighting to make that dream come true. reporting live from the

novacare complex walter per recollection channel6 "action -6 "action news." >> the city of dallas is helping tens of thousands of south texas residents impacted by harvey. workers were busy setting up cots and preparing the convention center for evacuees. he's. wal-mart is setting up a medical facility and pharmacy on site and area hospitals are poised to help as needed as well. back in houston as we have been saying those who can help are answering the call. take a look at this scene and the american red cross shelter in houston. piles and piles of donations blankets toiletries, food clothing and more and plenty of volunteers sorting it all out. this video was posted on twitter as a call to action. you can also help ease the burden of those affected by harvey by making a tone nation to the red cross. the number on your screen one-800-red cross or you can text word harvey to 90999 to

automatically send a $10 donation. right now they are only accepting monetary donations for the situation down in southeastern texas. >> president trump monitoring the situation in texas today from the white house and planning to travel to texas tomorrow to tour the storm ravaged area in the wake of harvey. this as he makes major moves on multiple controversial topics. abc's emily rau reporting live from washington, d.c. with the very latest. emily. >> reporter: sharrie, so far high marks for president trump from the governor of texas. as far as we know he's had nothing but good things to say about president trump's handling of the first natural disaster of his presidency. as rain continues to pound parts of texas and louisiana, president trump is keeping an eye on the storm from washington. on tuesday, he'll travel with first lady melania to corpus christi to get an in person look at the devastation. >> to the people of texas and

louisiana, we are 100 percent with you. we're praying for you. we're working closely with your leaders and officials. >> reporter: president trump touting the rescue efforts via twitter also praising his pardon on friday of controversial arizona sheriff joe arpaio a move that continues to draw criticism because of its timing coming as harvey approached texas. but homeland security adviser tom bossert defending the president. >> i think it's pretty straight forward what the president did. i think there's some disproportionate coverage of it right now. >> reporter: the white house also directing the pentagon to extend a ban on transgender people joining the military. the aclu one of several groups now suing president trump to stop the ban from being implemented and in another move, today the president signing an executive order revising a program that provides local police departments with surplus military gear like high caliber weapons and armored vehicles. already republican senator rand paul slamming that decision saying he will oppose

the effort to end the obama era restrictions on the program. >> this is somebody that constantly has talked about healing, healing, healing but almost every single one of his actions as president has been the exact opposite. >> reporter: and president trump was asked about that pardon of who he calls sheriff joe today at a press conference. he said he stands by his decision to do that and as for the friday nighttiming president trump said he assumed that tv ratings would be even higher at that point because of the hurricane. in washington, emily rau, channel6 "action news." sharrie. >> all right, emily, thank you. world news tonight with david muir will have much more on president trump's upcoming tore of southeastern texas as well also a the latest on the catastrophic flooding because of harvey. you can watch that following "action news" at 6:00ly. >> in other news tonight a 23-year-old penns grove man confessed to robbing a deli after police tracked him down. police took juan reza into custody for the friday morning robbery at rachel's dell low.

the robber had a hat on and his face was covered when he demanded cash and fled the scene. an anonymous tip on social media led them to him. when police took name custody they said they found the same clothes the suspect was wearing in the surveillance photos. officials now say some of the people hurt in a serious crash on the pennsylvania turnpike northeast extension suffered critical injuries. it happened yesterday afternoon in the northbound lanes just past the lansdale exit. we know that two adults and four children were ejected from a vehicle here. many drivers were stuck for a long time when authorities shut down parts of the busy highway so they could airlift some of the victims to 94 by hospitals. >> time now for the "action news" traffic report. >> all right, one more time let's head over to gina gannon in the "action news" traffic center with the latest on the commute home tonight. gina. >> hi, rick and sharrie. we're still seeing rush hour out there. but i would say overall schuylkill expressway is better, the roosevelt boulevard but we still have

single digits on the vine street expressway and on 95. and with the phils game tonight give yourself more time on 95. although northbound 95 about 25 minutes right now, southbound you're in the green so not bad news there. and look at this. if you're traveling out on the schuylkill expressway we're in the green westbound and if you're traveling eastbound about 25 minutes right now between 476 out through to the vine so if you're traveling, this is your live look over at girard avenue and this is wide opened really not a problem at all. i would so overall give yourself a little more time. i think the schuylkill will be wrapping up in the next couple of minutes. we always see your backup out there northbound up and over the twin bridges from 76 through to broad street but southbound is fine and then we have a new issue to make mention of. this one is in wilmington delaware. an accident 95 southbound approaching mlk boulevard that fourth street exit. approaching the accident scene seeing five miles per hour. on the delaware memorial bridge right at 295 southbound we have that left lane blocked out of commission there. rick and sharrie, have good night. >> you too, thank you gina.

much more still ahead on "action news" monday night. police departments across the country will soon start having military style weapons at their disposal all because of an executive order signed today. we'll explain. >> and philadelphia native kevin hart issues a plea to hollywood. this in the wake of devastation in texas. what he's asking all of his friends to do. and meteorologist melissa magee is in for adam. she's tracking the latest in the "action news" weather center. hey, melissa. >> we're tracking changes in our weather as we take a look at storm tracker6 live double scan radar 3-d you can see the beginning of that area of low pressure down across the carolinas that heads our way as we get into tuesday. we'll take a closer look at that and see how much precip we are expecting with the full and exclusive accuweather forecast. rgers has sports including the phillies with their red hot rookie who is on a pretty impressive streak right now. we're live at the ballpark when "action news" continues tonight. >> ♪ ♪

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equipment was used during protests in ferguson, missouri. this following that fatal police shooting of 18-year-old michael brown there. but attorney general jeff sessions says those restrictions went too far. he says the new approach will boost public safety. >> all right, time for sports. ducis is here and the phillies and their red hot rookie. >> rhys hoskins every time he comes to the plate you got to stop what you're doing and take a look at his at bat. there's a reason to go to the ballpark these days, his name is rhys hoskins. the phillies rookie is the hottest thing in all of major league baseball. let's join jaime apody live at citizens bank park where hoskins and the phils host atlanta. >> reporter: doesn't matter who they're playing. everyone wants to see this kid. heart. what's amazing is this entire country is now talking and paying attention to a 48 and 81 team and only reason for that is rhys hoskins. yes, he did it again last night. look at the kid. he's well worth the price of admission these days.

yesterday hoskins hit his 11th home run in his last 14 games. he's homered if five straight games. he's homered the last eight days the phillies have played. fastest in major league history to hit nine, 10 and 11 home runs. capped it off with his first ever curtain call yesterday. what he's doing is just ridiculous. manager pete mackanin says they've had high hopes all along. >> we've felt all along this by was going to be a major league hitter. he hit a lot of home runs in reading which is a ballpark conducive to hitting home runs. he went to lehigh valley and hit 29 home runs which is a tough park to hit home runs in and it's a big ballpark. when he got up here he certainly showed me that he has the same approach. >> reporter: he started a triple play, no big deal. tonight he's starting at first base and he'll bat clean up. mackanin says let's see what the kid can do over there too. more at 6:00 live at citizens bank park jaime apody channel6

"action news". ducis. >> jamie thank you. to the eagles there's one more preseason game to go before the real thing. thursday the birds will visit the jets. beau allen went through his second practice this morning. the defensive tackle has been out of action for the past five months with a pectoral injury. the eagles plan to take it slow with allen but he's itching to get back up to speed. >> any time you come back after a long period out you got to kind of work back into it but it comes back faster and faster the more you play. this is my fourth season. i've played in a lot of games here and the more i practice the better i'm going to get obviously and it just happens at an exponential rate when you're a seasoned vet like i am. >> no flier will ever wear number 88 ever again. eric lindros having his sweater retired. the team will hold a ceremony january 18 at the wells fargo center that's when number 88 will be raised to the rafters. last year he was inducted into the hockey hall of fame.

lindros will be the sixth flyer to have his number retired. well deserved for him. >> that's for sure. >> absolutely. >> thank you ducis. all right, we'll take a quick break. more news when we come right back. stay with us. >> ♪ fios is not cable. we're a 100% fiber optic network. and with the new fios gigabit connection... you get our fastest... internet ever. with download speeds up to 940 megs - 20 times faster than most people have. switch to fios gigabit connection with tv and phone for $79.99 a month online for the first year. plus hbo for one year and multi-room dvr service for two years, all with a two-year agreement. and switching has never been easier. get out of your contract with up to a $500 credit to help cover your early termination fee. go to fiosgigabit.com

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efforts for the victims of harvey. >> i'm challenging a lot of my celebrity friends to follow my need in donating $25,000 to hurricane harvey. to the red cross, okay. at this point it's a serious matter. i think the people are in bad shape and they need help. i'm going to lead the charge and step it up in this way. >> hart went on to challenge the rock justin timberlake jay-z jerry seinfeld chris rock dave chappelle and other celebrities and encourage others to keep the trend going. hart says there's been many other meaningless challenges on the internet and this one he says is pretty important. >> i think it's a challenge that they will respond to. >> yeah. >> i think more celebrities will be coming out with money. >> all right. time for a check of the accuweather forecast. meteorologist melissa magee is here now. some interesting stuff going on at the shore. >> yeah, that's right. especially as we get into the rest of tonight into tomorrow. we're tracking what could be another tropical system headed our way or at least staying

shore. the action cam was outside earlier this afternoon there in university city. at the tennis courts playing some tennis. nice day to do so. sky6 live hd from our center city skyline we have a mostly cloudy sky across the region. the clouds will that continue to build and dominate as we go throughout the rest of tonight into tomorrow as we're tracking that moisture off to our south. as we look at the weather headlines that rain develops tomorrow. gusty breezes especially at the coast, they can be as high as 45 miles per hour. it will be turning warmer by the middle half of our work week and into thursday 80's will be returning but it was comfortably cool today. in philadelphia at 73, 74 in reading at the coast in beach haven 72 down in dover, 73. out to the west in lancaster coming in at 75 degrees. so, satellite6 along with action radar showing you it's dry and quiet but it's mostly cloudy. you can kind of see the clouds coming in from the a few directions here, from an easterly direction and also some moisture coming in from

the south as well. we'll widen out the picture here because this is what we're tracking. you can see this area of low pressure just off the coast of the carolinas with rain already developing across the region so this has the potential of developing into a tropical system. if so, it would be named irma. whether or not that occurs the impacts are certainly going to be the train as we track this precipitation coming from the south to north direction. for the rest of tonight mostly cloudy, late day showers are likely. the overnight low in the suburbs drops down to 57 and 64 degrees in philadelphia. so, future tracker6 taking you through tuesday morning, 8 o'clock it's mostly cloudy in the city but some showers there in south jersey. also into delaware. by 1:30 tomorrow afternoon, you notice that moisture approaching the i-95 corridor. so some moisture will be overhead and we have also got a wind advisory to talk about as we get into tomorrow afternoon as well. so, we're going to be brushed by what could be irma and the effects with this tomorrow, we could find rain from an a

quarter of an inch to an inch. shore gusts 40 to 50 miles per hour not as strong as we head across inland locations. waves at the coast anywhere from six to 10 feet high and a big concern with some returns rip currents as well. the seven-day forecast breezy tomorrow afternoon rain for the city and points to the south. otherwise a high temperature of just 70 degrees. on wednesday clouds to sun, high temperature in at 80 so we'll clear out nicely for the middle half of our work week. warm on thursday a high temperature of 85 with a evening shower a rumble of thunder. on friday sunny and much cooler 74. for the start of the holiday weekend on saturday, partly sunny with a shower threat overhead. high temperature of 76 degrees. still a chance of a shower on sunday. otherwise a high of 78 and for labor day on monday, i can't believe it, a high temperature coming in at 83 degrees. but we'll be tracking what could be irma. whether or not it's tropical, some rain is headed our way tomorrow guys. >> work on that weekend.

>> yeah, need to work on that. >> thanks melissa. >> you can get weather updates any time right on your phone or tablet including realtime views from storm tracker6 live. the 6abc app is a free download for you were mobile mobile -- your mobile device.

>> right now the "action news" team is standing by with these stories and more next at 6:00. the latest on rescue efforts in houston and surrounding communities. how you can best help these affected by hurricane harvey. >> reporter: i'm nora muchanic in somerdale. where 52 tires were slashed overnight in the police station. the cars have to be fixed. we're talking about thousands of dollars in damage. now they're looking for a suspect. we'll have a report coming up on "action news." >> ♪ >> for monica malpass meteorologist adam joseph cecily tynan melissa magee jaime apody ducis rodgers sharrie williams the entire "action news" team, i'm rick williams. join me next for "action news" at 6:00.

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category four hurricane the rescuers have had little relief. rain bands batter the same area for the fourth consecutive day. half of the country's coast guard helicopters are in texas tonight. crews have rescued at least 2,000 people so far. priority is going to life and death situations leaving many people to fend for themselves. officials have called on neighbors to help neighbors and people have stepped up in a big way. >> just got to look out for everybody. it's overwhelming the amount of rain. it's too much for the first responders. they need help. >> people were screaming out help, help, help. we'll come back for you. next thing you know there's 20 different people you've rescued. >> amy a production manager for the philadelphia orchestra has been stranded at a hotel in houston. she got stuck there en r