i'm brian taff. >> the death toll from the storm already at ten. we have team coverage, vernon odom spoke to local people with family stuck on saint martin. first lets go to marcy gonzales live in new smyrna beach, florida. >> reporter: monica and brian, irma is about 600 miles across large enough to impact this entire state so the last few days of sunshine people are getting ready especially after seeing the damage that it has already left behind. >> hurricane irma tearing through the caribbean. the category five storm with 185 miles per hour winds leaving utter devastation from saint martin to puerto rico where a million people are without power. to barbuda, where 90% of

structures are damaged. >> the entire country is decimated. i have never seen anything like this before. >> and now rick scott warns this could be worse than the worst hurricane to ever hit the state. >> the storm is bigger and faster and stronger than hurricane andrew. >> and evacuation is in place in low lying and coastal south florida. everyone in the keys ordered out. >> if you are staying and being irresponsible. don't expect us to risk the lives of our first responders for your irresponsibility. >> and traffic is stretching for miles, lines for gas in places hours long with stations running out. >> i'm very nervous, i am driving around for 30 minutes and my car is on e for the last hour. >> and more lines tore plywood and water, and the rush to get ready for the monstrous storm. >> the part of that people are

busy today boarding up their homes, others plan to do so tomorrow when schools and businesses are be closed to give families time to prepare and evacuate. live in new smyrna beach, florida. channel 6 "action news." back to you. >> thank you. lets switch live now to cecily tynan in the "action news" weather center. you have the track of the storm? >> yes and this storm looks to head to south florida and the east coast. it's as big as systems get the size of texas and maintained its strength at a record amount of time and now head to the turks and caicos islands. the outer bands are beginning to interact with the large mountains over the dominican republic but has dropped to 175 miles per hour. it's a strong category five hurricane. and moving into warm waters and likely will not weaken much and the well defined eye bearing

down on grand turk and you saw the damage on barbuda, and it could be worse on turks and caicos. this will likely wall oh that island chain. . we have the hurricane warning in effect from turks and caicos through the bahamas. the hurricane warnings are posted from south florida to key west. the watch means that hurricane conditions are expected in the next 48 hours and future tracker shows that is the case. by saturday night we are looking at wind gusts, key largo 1:14, miami hurricane force wind gusts pushing up the coast sunday morning and the hurricane force winds extend 120 miles across the and that is actually the size of the entire peninsula of florida. more details on the ultimate track we are expecting coming up in the full accuweather forecast. >> thank you. meantime, adrian is a disaster

worker with the red cross of pennsylvania and flew out of philadelphia international airport today heading to south carolina. that is where he will join other emergency relief workers to prepare for hurricane irma's arrival next week. he says they have got red cross representatives in florida already and many still in texas. >> we are stretched potentially over five or six states and we have the wild fires still in california. and we have a couple of folks still supporting the canadian red cross with the wild fires up there. it's a stretch on our human and material resources but the red cross plans for this, this is what we do. we are ready if and when irma strikes. >> the red cross's main priority is to help people displaced get shelter and food. >> there are countless stories now of loved ones, people with loved ones stranded on the caribbean islands. many could not get out in time. vernon odom is live in king of

prussia this evening. you spoke with two separate families in our area that are very concerned today. >> reporter: i did indeed. their family members are stuck in saint martin a lovely place and favorite he people in the delaware valley. they are happy their loved one are alive but uncertain when they can get out of there. >> the video of all the wind and rain damage is horrifying, especially for loved one vacationing there. saint martin is devastated. no power and airport wiped out. malcolm of long side, new jersey spent hours praying he would hear from his parents. >> watching the news online and on the phone and tv. and trying to call or email. just the little bit of hope they

might respond. >> finally in the wee hours this morning. a one minute phone call from malcolm senior and his wife sandra they are safe in their resort for now. >> it's a blessing to know they are still alive. >> there is no experience like it to know you have your child or family members in harms way. you feel helpless. >> for karen of pottstown the same waiting game of fear. her boyfriend and grandparents are marooned on their saint martin's resort. >> karen got a brief call this morning letting her know they are all okay. during this life-threatening experience. >> we got the first phone call, just the fact they were alive was amazing and a miracle. from there it was, we'll get them out and do what we have to do.

>> reporter: they have to do something they fear quickly. both families we spoke today are keenly aware that there are other hurricanes including jose looming out there that could devastate that region even more. i'm vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. and i'll be heading down to florida ahead of hurricane irma, look for my live reports starting here on "action news" tomorrow in the afternoon. turning now to the ongoing recovery in texas from hurricane harvey. lawmakers are poised to approve a $15 billion aid package that just passed the senate and goes to the house for a vote on mr. this comes as more crews from our region go to the gulf coast to help the rebuilding process. aaa sent a truck convey to assist in the removal of so many flood damaged cars and they were loaded with bottled water for flood victims. >> a texas family left homeless

is about to accept a giant donation in the form of this rv you see behind me over the last week mary and her dad bill raised money to renovate their old house on wheels to make it like new and now it's outfitted with hardwood floors and new paint job and kitchen. and they showed us the finished problem after getting a big sendoff. they are driving that av all the way to houston to give it to someone that needs it more. >> it will sleep a family of of three, a perfect little home for the family of three. and there is surprises for vivian the little girl and stuff for mom and dad and enough for a couple of weeks to get them going. >> once they get to texas they plann donations they have collected. that will go to others that also lost their home. now to developing news out

of montgomery county where there is a barricade situation. one person is holed up at the linwood apartments at ashborn road. officers first responded to the scene at 1:00 today. and still preventing anyone from going in or out of that complex. it includes the number of students from the cheltenham school district. and school buses brought the children affected by the lock down to the clubhouse rather than their normal location. a philadelphia police officer that shot a man in the back will be fired. up next we are live with the details of the new update in the shooting of david jones. >> and a man on a construction site is killed after being hit by a bulldozer. that and more when "action news" comes back.

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a philadelphia police officer who killed a suspect in a controversial shooting is now suspended. today the police commissioner announced the officer violated the office policy when he shot david jones in june. chad pradelli is outside of police headquarters with the latest. >> reporter: yes, the officer was suspended for 30 days with intent to dismiss. he was fired. commissioner ross called this a complicated one, it's a split second decision, and lives are at stake. ryan use from the family but they expect a greater justice. >> i believe they completed half their job. he wait thiested that

is it. >> the shooting happened on june 8th on whitaker and officer parnell stopped jones. >> he felt a gun in his waist band, and he pulled his gun and told the male not to move but the male kept reaching under his hoody and broke free from the officer and pulled the gun from his waist band. >> that pernell attempted to fire his weapon but it jammed. and he then ran off and then pernell cleared the jam, and fired two more times and hitting him. the first attempted shot justified but once jones ran away the 12 year veteran should have taken cover and assessed the situation. it shows jones clearly didn't have his weapon. and ross acknowledged that it appears that pernell believe that jones was armed.

>> just because you had an opportunity and had the right to fire at one point during and encounter doesn't mean you have the same right to do so flute throughout the encounter. >> pernell shot another suspect but that did not play in the decision. and they are handling the decision and they had no comment and attempts to reach the officer were unsuccessful. live outside, chad pradelli, channel 6 "action news." >> all right chad thank you. an upper darby man was killed today at a construction site in northeast philadelphia, police have now identified the victim as 59-year-old barry jones. he died when he was hit by a bulldozer operated by another employee, it happened around 6:00 a.m. on the 5100 block of pennypack street. it's not clear just yet how jones wound up in the

equipment's path. >> time for the "action news" traffic report. matt pellman is standing by with a first check today. >> turning out to be another commute that frays the nerves. as we look live an accident in the eastbound lane as approaching the conshohocken curve and blocking the left lane and pushed off to the side but damage is done. it's now a parking lot coming eastbound from 202 in king of prussia through this point approaching the curve and starting the afternoon with a crash on the vine street expressway westbound side approaching the schuylkill, mostly on the right shoulder now and still extra heavy coming westbound from broad street and eastbound the normal afternoon volume toward 95. the starting to kick in. meanwhile in concordville one at baltimore pike where the dunkin' donuts is on the southbound side. and construction on 202 heading toward delaware is jamming us up because of the left lane jamming bridge road. and 202 you can get by just fine

that is the way to go. and chestnut hill road at chapel road in newark that is in the process he clearing out but in elmer a truck fire blocking heritage dairy store. lets grab the ipad and look at the waze app. in the lehigh valley, 22 east of township line road. stay on 78 you will be better off there. we'll check it again in the next half hour. live with kelly and ryan just kicked off the first full season this week with rip and seacrest at the helm. we had a chance to visit the cohosts and while they may be a relatively new tv pairing you would hardly know it. they are all about the whole live thing. >> welcome to live facebook. we are live on live online.

>> these two tv powerhouses are taking live to a whole new level and broadcasting the walk down the famous hallway down facebook live. >> when you do a live facebook or instagram. you can take questions in real time that pop up. >> and one of the most hat color nail polish was kelly wearing today? >> and they have a comfort and ease that is contagious. >> what is your name? >> karen. >> nice to meet you. and the live studio audience gets a lot of love, high fives and selfies. >> if feels like we are having coffee and hanging out with friends. >> that is probably because they are friends and have been for 20 years with the mution you can feel. >> ryan is someone i admired his entire career and such a hard has not lost his humanity.

you know what i mean when i say that. >> she is so smart and quick and grateful and grash. >> a pairing they say is perfect and obvious. the two of them together is magic because you have two great broadcasters, bot different personalities and friendly. quite the multitasker ryan can do the radio show there in new york. and when job as host of american idol he will fry back and forth. >> i will not miss a show with her and fly back from the airport on the air in the same suit. >> coffee and concealer. >> deoderant and coffee. >> deoderant you have to have that. and taking the live element beyond facebook and on air broadcasting on facebook after the show. and we did a facebook live from my own page and gelman took my

phone and was filming it. >> it looks like you had a good time? >> i did. and i love that studio audience. bring it on here. >> thanks. how about a check of the accuweather forecast. lets bring in cecily tynan. keeping a close eye on irma. lets head to the "action news" weather center. the satellite image of irma it remains a strong category five hurricane and the winds dropped 10 miles per hour because it is acting with the dominican republic. category five starts at 150 miles per hour. if we had a category six this would be one. the pressure now is 922 millibars and that is low, and when you have a strong hurricane with low pressure, it acts like a straw and pulls up the water and that creates the tremendous wind surge moving west northwest

at 16 miles per hour. and maximum gusts 215 miles per hour. and we have hurricane katia and hurricane jose if the atlantic basin. very active that is pretty typical if you look at when tropical season spikes, september 10th, and that is sunday. that is potentially when irma will make the first of two possible landfalls in the u.s. and the spaghetti plots, they are the individual computer models. the remarkable consensus is rolling up eastern florida and rolling up miami first and making a second landfall in savannah or hilton head. this will likely be the worst damage and even worse than hurricane andrew in 1992, the storm surge the winds will make many places, and homes

uninhabitable. and escape routes will likely be washed out and people are running out of time to evacuate. >> back at home a beautiful day. 73 in philadelphia and allentown 71 and cape may 72 and wilmington 70. satellite 6 along with action radar showing a few clouds bubbling up and instability clouds and another front rolling through tomorrow. this brings us a reinforcing shot of cool air. tonight a great night for sleeping, 56 in philadelphia and allentown 50 and cape may 58 and wilmington 53. under a moonlit sky and temperatures tomorrow definitely cool. only rising into the low 70s. 10 degrees below normal and building clouds with the front could get a sprinkle north and west of philadelphia and that brings us cooler air on saturday. the four day at 4:00 showing a mixture of sun and clouds, 73 degrees and saturday temple takes on villanova at the linc

and great football weather and monday 76 and by the middle of next week we could feel impacts from irma. back to you. >> thank you. "action news" at 4:00 continues right after this break. ♪

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"action news" continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, alicia vitarelli, sharrie williams and brian taff. >> it is 4:30 and "action news" continues now with devastating new images showing what hurricane irma is capable of. the powerful category five ravaged the british environislands. >> that is now pounding the turks and caicos and moving closer to the united states. irma's 185 miles per hour winds

left at least 10 dead and millions without power aes acro the caribbean. the storm essentially decimated the tiny island of barbuda, destroying 95% of the structures there. with damage like that officials in florida are not taking chances. mandatory evacuations are in place for low lying and coastal parts of that state as well as the florida keys. governor rick scott residents that ignore the order to prepare to be on their own. those that stay will not be rescued once the storm strikes. >> we may not know where irma will make landfall in the united states but we know that a storm this size several states need to now be on high alert. >> to more on the hurricane's track and timing we go to immediameteorologis meteorologist, cecily tynan, in for adam joseph. >> the position of irma is key. that eye is well north of the dominican republic.

they have very high mountains and that is typically where hurricane goes to die. but because the eye is north, minimal affect. the maximum sustained winds dropped to 175 miles per hour and that is a strong cat five and bearing down on the beautiful island of turks and caicos, they will have damage just as bad if not worse than saint martin and continuing on the path north northwest and maximum sustained winds 175, and threading the needle south of the bahamas and north of cuba ta means it will likely be a major category four hurricane by saturday morning and starting to make that turn up the coast of florida, the latest national hurricane center forecast does have the first landfall near miami. reemerging in the atlantic east of jacksonville and likely making a second landfall near hilton head and savannah.

people are asking me will it move in here and doesn't look to be the case and all the moisture will be forced not northwest and minimal affects from the term of remnants rain by next week. if you look at irma stats, 11 fatalities 50% of the residents of barbuda are homeless now. and maximum sustained winds for 37 miles per hours and a category five hurricane for more than 52 hours, more details on the storm and the local forecast coming up later on. >> all right cecily thank you. we are tracking the path of hurricane irma on our 6 abc app. you can find updates on the storm any time and get the latest from the team of meteorologist on any possible impact here. the 6 abc app is a free download for your mobile device. >> we turn to the latest in the case of two cousins, accused of killing four young men at a bucks county farm in july.

both cosmo dinardo and sean kratz were scheduled for preliminary hearings and one of those produced several new gruesome details. >> some details left family members in tears. as they sat in court for the two cousins accused of killing four in july. they watched cosmo dinardo of bensalem wave his preliminary hearing. he was facing charges of conspiracy and murder and abuse of a corpse and robbery. in connection with the deaths. the bodies were discovered in july buried on a dinardo family farm in salisbury. >> they did not get to see him face-to-face but they certainly saw him and he appeared to be a cowardly individual on that screen. on that video. in a prison where he belongs.

>> 20-year-old sean kratz of northeast philadelphia his alleged accomplice did not wave his preliminary hearing. some family members wept as they listened to the details on how they were shot by dinardo and moved their bodies with a backhoe and burned and buried them and kratz described it as a massacre. >> i wish there was another word but that is a very good word to describe what these four boys went through. >> kratz indicated in his own words it was a massacre. they went out for a post massacre cheesesteak meal. and it's unconscionable and outrageous. >> we heard that my client places himself at the scene of the killing and that is all he said so far. >> the defense presented no defense or arguments. the next appearance is object 6th when they face arraignment.

i'm nora muchanic, channel 6 "action news." it is -- you'll find more on this, on our 6 abc news app and all the news of the day in addition to the hurricane forecast track as well. hard to believe that nobody -- delaware valley investigators crack aid cold case dating back 10 years, 34-year-old a transgender from new york, taken into district court facing first and third degree murder in the stabbing death of gary jenkins it happened at this home in 2007. she lived with him at the time and jack whalen believes the initial motive was robbery and not murder. and he was arrested for assault in 2014 and dna from that crime then linked him to jenkins murder. and a construction worker was hurt in an accident on the

job site collegeville, montgomery county. chopper 6 hd was over the scene on the 700 block of campus drive. that is where a beam f before n. the victim was rushed to the hospital and no information yesterday on the extent of the injuries or what caused that accident. >> the memory of a fallen delaware state trooper will live on through a scholarship in his name. corporal steven ballard was shot when investigating a suspicious vehicle outside a wawa in april and a couple has established a fund in his honor. the $100,000 gift is for students majoring in criminal justice. the same program that ballard graduated from in 2007. >> he would be so grateful he knew what it was like to go to school full-time and work in order to pay for his education and take care of himself. i just -- this is amazing.

>> the ballard fund will provide an annual $5,000 scholarship beginning next year. this year's annual motorcycle roar to the shore will feature a rock concert on the beach. "action news" was in wildwood as crews set up the stage for the show headlined by eddie money and set to take the stage foghat. and tomorrow night at 5:00. of course it's the first week of school for local students and there is one important skill that psychiatrists say they should learn. "action news" joins us with more and rick has the story from the newsroom. >> hi monica that is right, it turns out that reading and writing and arithmetic is not the only skills, psychologists say that socializing is key. they need to deal with others and grow emotionally as well. we'll hear from one expert that

breaks down what marks they need to hit this year. and amazon is looking for a second world headquarters and philadelphia's mayor is making a pitch to build it here. 5:00 tonight why officials say that philadelphia would make a great fit for amazon. some of the stories we are following for you when we see you coming up on "action news" at 5:00. brian we'll see you later. >> thank you. montgomery county community college is getting ready to work for peco. the action cam was there as nine students graduated from the pipeline program. they were trained to repair and replace pipelines. the skill is high demand. peco needs more than 600 workers to do that kind of job. the first class to graduate from the pipeline program. they broke ground at the university of the sciences, having beds for 400 students and retail space and the construction is underway at the

former alexander wilson elementary and set to open in the winter of 2018 and replace the housing owned by the university. students that have ali lynch for kindergarten walked in to a surprise she earned a $15,000 classroom makeover. adding new books and educational toys and much more. miss lynch considers her students family and they deserve the best environment to learn and grow. still to come on "action news" today. a florida sheriff has a message for fugitives if you need a safe place to stay to ride out the storm. don't go to a shelter but go to jail instead. >> and a woman was kicked out of a restaurant over the shirt she was wearing, because the top allegedly violated the health code. what she was wearing coming up. >> and cecily tynan returning

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asked to cover up her bear belly violating the no shirts no shoes policy. >> had it been anyone else i don't think there could be a problem whatsoever. >> i was livid and no way i would stay there. >> the restaurant apologizes for it's misunderstanding saying that the server was trying to use her best judgment and that woman did not stick around to find out how she violated the health code with the crop top. a strong warning for fugitives in florida for shelters. don't go to a shelter. if you have a warrant we will gladly escort you to a shelter called the polk county jail and officers will be checking i.d.'s and if you have an outstanding water you will be rerouted to

jail and turning away sexual predators and offenders. if you have an outs standing warrant you will be arrested and jail will be a better bet than exposing yourself to a category five storm. the sheriff never thought he bo get this beaten up on social media. >> and speaking of the storm that has jaw dropping and passengers thankful to be alive. pretty much everybody before storm chasers run from storms but a pilot ran straight at one of the most powerful ones ever recorded. nearly 200 passengers delta flight 302 flew towards and through irma a category 5. 185 miles per hour winds forced the airport to shut down, how

did they get through it. look at the red plane on the image, the pilot flew between the outer band of irma making it to jfk airport under three and a half hours. safe and sound and in one piece. some amazed they would attempt this kind of risk. it's called threading the needle and you see here this plane goes right through the safety zone. staring down the eye that is right over there. delta says they had it all this control people. >> was watching that play out on twitter. what was astounding was all the people involved the heroic pilot and meteorologist and air traffic controllers to get people out of the path of that storm. >> amazing. >> thanks. lets get a check of the roads right now. matt pellman has the latest from the traffic center. >> it's kind to go way out and around and take a detour.

if are you in the car trying to get home. issues on the westbound vine approaching the schuylkill that is gone, and now a problem on the eastbound side a broken down car near broad street on the vine street expressway eastbound blocking the left lane, giving us extra heavy delays from 76 along the vine opinion construction on it's local vine. and any way you go you'll hit delays. on the schuylkill itself a crash on the eastbound side approaching the conshohocken curve is in the process of clearing out. it was off to the side and will be gone momentarily. and a crash at quakertown by the 663 shopping plaza. that too has cleared. and a new crash in warminster along bristol road east of york road and you don't want to head to county line instead. that is closed until 6:00 p.m. for construction. so bottom line is, street road in between the two or byberry

road to the south is a better bet. >> and pike that is gone now as is construct at 202 state line. and intel wear glasgow a crash near porter road. and in elmer, we are dealing with the truck fire blocking all lanes of harding highway in all directions near buck road by the heritage dairy store. we'll check it again coming up in the 5:00 hour. >> thank you sir. meteorologist, cecily tynan, why the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast coming your way next.

meteorologist, cecily tynan, talking about the shifting track of this storm. is it good or bad news? >> bad news for florida.

close to a worst case scenario for florida. >> oh my. >> let me talk about the good stuff our local weather. we have a live sky 6 hd shot of the center city skyline and planes flying in the background. just gorgeous weather for us today. definitely on the cool side not feeling like early september and temperatures will be dropping as we head toward the weekend the accuweather highlights stay in the 70s the next 10 days below average and the weekend high pressure over us. dry and gorgeous. middle of next week we'll likely be feeling effects from irma but they will be minimal. temperatures now definitely running 10 degrees we low normal. philadelphia 73 and allentown 71 and cape may 72 and reading 71. satellite 6 along with action radar showing a few clouds bubbling up in the afternoon. showers up to the north. ain cold front moving through

tomorrow that could touch off a sprinkle north and west. tonight is dry a moon lit sky and a chill in the air. 50 degrees in the cooler suburbs, 56 for sent steer and the poconos dropping into the 40s and tomorrow cool and partly sunny skies and 73 in philadelphia and allentown 71. and cape may 73 and wilmington 74. we have a very active atlantic basin. there are three hurricanes, hurricane katia, south of texas that will move into mexico with 80 miles per hour winds. we have hurricane irma of of course, the size of texas. and hurricane jose heading towards the northern leeward islands, that is no immediate threat to the u.s. so i want to focus on irma. just got the latest track from the hurricane center remains as a cat five hurricane heading through the southern bahamas beginning to make the turn but that turn saturday afternoon a little bit later what this means

the track pulls it right through the peninsula. the center of the peninsula of florida, hurricane storm force winds extend 120 miles across that is about the width of florida. close to the worst case scenario for florida. if it holds on that it wouldn't be making a second landfall over charleston, south carolina, but look at the winds, or rain rather, we are look agent rainfall close to 10 inches and a storm surge up to 10 feet and hurricane storm force winds, florida is not going to be a good place to be this weekend. people need to evacuate. at home the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast nice and quiet. 73 tomorrow and saturday for temple season villanova at the link. and 71 a cool day and 74 degrees plenty of sunshine, and a few clouds 76, tuesday clouds increase and some moisture from irma will move in tuesday night into wednesday but most of this

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>> for monica malpass and sharrie williams. and alicia vitarelli and cecily tynan i'm brian taff. hope you'll join me tonight and every night for a full hour of "action news" at 10:00. on phl 17. coming up next on "action news" at 5:00 we continue to track hurricane irma. live at the philadelphia international airport where many folks are trying to gets away from the storm's path. plus, the city of philadelphia honors the transgender residents, those stories and more coming up next at 5:00.

"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. this is serious and we cannot take chances, it's life-threatening. this is not a storm you can sit and wait through. >> hundreds of thousands of florida residents are told to get out now. hurricane irma is bearing down with a force rarely seen. but evacuation efforts are hampered by a gas shortage making it difficult for many people to leave. the big story is hurricane irma. >> the storm left 10 people dead in the caribbean and left several islands devastated.

we have team coverage tonight. >> sara bloomquist is live at philadelphia international airport but we begin with meteorologist, cecily tynan, who is tracking the path of the storm. >> reporter: yes, it looks like irma is more likely going to be hitting southern florida and going up the peninsula. a worst case scenario for florida. this is about the size of texas, already set records in terms of its strength and bearing down on the turks and caicos islands. it looks like that island chain will be decimated by the storm. we have hurricane warnings that extend through the bahamas and hurricane warnings from west palm beach to key west. that means hurricane conditions felt there within the next 48 hours. future tracker 6 shows that is definitely the case. key largo 114 miles per hour. and miami could be in the northeast quadrant of the storm that has the highest win