to dismiss for a deadly shooting. but the big story on "action news" is hurricane irma. chaos in the caribbean and fear in florida. islands in the caribbean have been devastated with at least 10 dead. barbuda lost 90 per of its structures. and saint martin one of the most popular vacation destinations notice caribbean u.s.erred major damage and this is what st. thomas looks like today. irma is still a category five hurricane and moving recent alsoly towards florida and governor rick scott says this as blunty as he can. if you live in an evacuation zone leave. you can rebuild your home but can't recreate your family. motorists are causing log jams at gas stations as everyone wants to fill up their tanks. >> vernon odom is in king of prussia talking to families with loved ones in the caribbean and

sara bloomquist is live at philadelphia international airport where flights are pouring in from florida. but first lets go to cecily tynan with the latest on the storm and the possible intentions. >> jim i can't stress enough what a large and powerful storm this is. about the size of texas and the staying power is phenomenal. it's interacting with the mountains of the dominican republic where storms typically go to die but the eye is north and it barely weakened at all. it's still a strong category five and lashing out at the turks and caicos islands. getting swallowed up by the storm. it's moving at a fast clip 1 miles per hour. hurricane warnings extend through the bahamas. we have hurricane watches posted for south florida from west palm beach through miami and key west. that means hurricane conditions will be experienced there within

the next 48 hours. and future tracker 6 shows us key largo experiencing wind gusts 114 miles per hour and heading into sun morning, miami wind gusts 127 miles per hour and the latest track from the national hurricane center shows pretty close to a worst case scenario for florida. it brings the storm from the florida keys to miami sun morning as the tide is coming in. this is so unusual i can't remember a hurricane from this path north to the center of the peninsula spreading out the damage and hurricane force winds through the entire peninsula. and we are looking at enormous damage. this is the frantic scene at miami international airport. thousands of floridians scramble to escape before they halt all

plane traffic there. sara bloomquist is live at philadelphia international airport the destination for some of those florida travellers. what are you learning there? >> jimming all the major airlines are suspending operations to and from all south florida airports by tomorrow evening. some as early as tomorrow afternoon and that means the clock is ticking, fewer and fewer flights are left and we heard problems about going on with those flights already on the board. we heard some real relief from passengers arriving here this afternoon. they are grateful they got out but deeply concerned about people and property they left behind. >> it was scary because we almost didn't get out. >> passenger as rising on the american flight from miami to philadelphia. thought they may be forced to ride out the storm in south florida. they were scheduled to arrive here yesterday but kept getting delayed. and the airline's explanation they couldn't find a flight

atte atte atten attenda attendant. >> they were talking with sheltering us. >> we didn't get to the hotel until 1:00 in the morning and had to be out at 7:00. just hard you know. >> passengers describe miami airport as chaotic. airlines added extra flights and larger aircrafts but seats are selling out. >> all the prices like $1500 or sellout while we were trying to buy a flight and people were freaking out about it. >> they were capping their flights at $99 but it doesn't matter, you can't get one any way. >> jimmy attends the university of miami and has friends that can't fuel a car or find a seat on a flight. i have friends that may not get out. i have friends that are hunkering down their houses. >> these passengers are relieved

and concerned about what irma will bring in the days ahead. >> the most important thing is life. you know? i can always rebuild, i don't want to. i can always do it if i have to. >> we learnd this afternoon from abc news that hundreds of cruise line passengers are bused to miami airport but at this point there is not enough flights to get them out. if the airport shuts down people still there will be bused to shelters. the final american airlines flight leaves from miami florida tomorrow just before 4:00 in the afternoon. live at philadelphia international airport i'm sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> the rush to leave. thank you. lets go live to "action news" reporter vernon odom. vernon you talked to families from the delaware valley that have a very personal stake in the destruction going on in the caribbean. >> reporter: jim, they are

breening deep sighs of relief but the worries are not over because they have no ideas when their loved ones will get back to our area. >> hurricane irma has been especially brutal to the island of saint martin a lovely tourist destination with a mix of dutch and french cultures. the hour is out and the island destroyed and leaving vacationers from these parts marooned at their resorts, malory from pottstown and her boyfriend and his grandparents are trapped in their resort. but better than others in the caribbean. >> she was able to call out a few times, just brief information like are you okay? what are they doing where are you at? >> getting the call was reassuring to karen and now word of looting in saint martin triggering calls to the u.s. government to see when the

americans would be evacuated. >> i thought when i called the state department someone would take me by the hand and tell me what to do. >> they referred me to a website. >> no answers now. malcolm jr. go no sleep watching tv news and the internet worried that the raging ocean may swallow his parents. mal consenior and his mother sandra. on saint martin for a vacation turned into a nightmare. >> finally a phone call from mom and dad this morning. >> we are alive and okay but the almosts here are bad and we don't know when or how we will get home. >> jim, the to add more problems saint martins looking at a brush with hurricane jose sometime later this week. i'm vernon odom, channel 6 "action news" in king of prussia. >> thank you. "action news" anchor brian taff will be heading to florida

ahead of hurricane irma. we'll look for his live reports beginning tomorrow live on "action news." and you can keep track of the path of hurricane irma on 6 abc's app and alert you to updates as the storm progresses. the 6 abc app is a free download. philadelphia police commissioner richard ross has dismissed police officer ryan parnell he is white and shot a black man in the back during a traffic stop this past june and that the decision is about department policy. "action news" reporter, chad pradelli, is live at police headquarters, we should specify he is suspended with intent to mississip dismiss. >> ross says this is a come

indicated decision. in order to fire at a fleeing suspect there must be an imminent threat of death of injury or another person. >> commissioner richard ross determined that was not the case when officer richard parnell when he fired the fatal shot. he stopped jones on his dirt back. >> he used his left hand to grab jones and felt a gun in the waist band. 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 his gun from the waist band. >> parnell's gun initially jammed. calling the shot within policy. but once jones ran the opportunity to fire changed. parnell had time to clear the jam and take cover but didn't instead firing twice hitting jones in the back.

it's clear from the video that officer parnell believed he was still armed but the problem is that nothing on the video suggests that was the case, he was running away he never turns back to officer parnell in a threatening way. >> black lives matter call the decision a good start but want parnell charged with murder. the attorney general's office is handling the investigation. >> what are the past months like for you? >> it's a nightmare i wake up every morning missing my child, i can't get him back. >> this is the second shooting by officer parnell in 2010 he paralyzed another suspect but that was not part of his decision to dismiss. attempts to reach parnell was unsuccessful and the fop had

no comment. live outside of police headquarters, chad pradelli, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. coming up on "action news" tonight. the search is on for the thieves that drove off in rental cars from a lot near philadelphia international airport and excitement is building for the eagles season opener. we'll hear why owner jeffrey lurie can't wait until kickoff. >> a high of 74 degrees, 7 degrees below normal. i'll have the latest on hurricane irma in the accuweather forecast. ♪ leave it to the pros?

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if you are excited about the opener against the red skins, are you not alone. jeffrey lury cannot wait to get the season goes as well. he held a news conference and touched upon a variety of topics and his impression of coach peterson. >> yes there are growing pains with any first year coach, we had it with andy and chip and no matter who it is. i see him as someone that can keep improving and he is a listener and collaborator and i think he has terrific relationships with the players. and you know, the future is in front of them. it's there for the taking. >> the phillies road trip moves to d.c. for the four game set with the nationals and aaron nola is on the mound and he lost three of his last four shorts. they lost the rain shortened games against the mets and gave up three in the first frame and

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it's always the big suspense what is the track going to be? what is the path going to be. at this point the worst possible case for florida. >> if it continues this will be worse than hurricane andrew. i want to show you the worst infrared satellite on irma. it's a monster storm the size of texas and bearing down on the turks and caicoss islands which will be decimated. maximum sustained wind remain at 175 miles per hour even though it's interacting with the

dominican republic, it has staying power the pressure is low 922 millibars moving north-northwest at 1 miles per hour. maximum sustained winds 215 miles per hour. and we have two other hurricanes in the atlantic. the timing is amazing when you look at this. the peak is september 10th that is sunday likely when irma makes landfall over florida. it remains a category five, moving through the southern bahamas almost threading the needle north of cuba and the latest track brings it over the northern keys right into miami by sunday morning. as the tide is coming in. very unusual. this is unprecedented. a track that takes it north through the peninsula of florida as a cat one and east of atlanta as a tropical storm and this

would be a worst case scenario. if it verifies, the shift a little bit to the west that means staying over the florida peninsula. hurricane storm force winds extended 120 miles per hour across that is the width of the peninsula. that means hurricane force winds and widespread damage especially the highly populated east coast of florida. taking it on the chin. that is the worst part of the storm. locally we have quiet weather here, can't complain about the weather, philadelphia 72 and allentown 69 and cape may 71 and wilmington 71. satellite and radar showing a few clouds bubbling up and dissipating and tonight is moonlit and cool for september standards, 50 degrees for the suburbs and 56 for center city. tomorrow if you like today you'll like tomorrow. partly sunny skies and could get a sprinkle north of philadelphia in the afternoon.

in allentown 71 and philadelphia 73 and cape may the same and wilmington 74. the accuweather forecaexclusive foreca forecast-a high of 74 degrees tomorrow and the cold front splips through on saturday. and great football weather for the temple villanova game. the high 71 degrees and sunday very nice, mostly sunny skies and 74 degrees and we keep the sunny dry weather through monday just a few fair weather clouds and high of 76 degrees, by tuesday morning clouds give -- sun giving way to afternoon clouds and some moisture from irma begins to move in but it looks like we'll have minimal impacts from the storm just remnant moisture and light rain on wane and 73 degrees. and thursday clouds breaking for sunshine with a high of 76 degrees. the same system broad high pressure that brings us weather this weekend actually deflecks

irma. we are looking at a little bit of rain from the system and a new update at 11:00 tonight from the national hurricane center and the track could shift. it's not set in stone. i'll have an update on "action news" at 11:00. abc world news tonight with david muir is next on channel 6. "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl 17 with brian taff, sharrie williams, and ducis rogers. and please join us for "action news" at 11:00 here on channel 6. for cecily tynan, ducis rogers, and the entire "action news" team. i'm jim gardner we hope you'll join us for "action news" at 11:00.

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tonight, breaking news from miami. hurricane irma closing in on the american coast, miami and south florida could take a direct hit. irma expected to hit as a massive category 4. tonight, the deadly path of destruction already across several caribbean islands. americans trapped. images from barbuda and st. martin. ginger zee with the track just in, and it's not just florida. georgia ordering evacuations, states of emergency in the carolinas -- while here in florida tonight, a million people now told to get out of irma's path. gas pumps running dry. state police now escorting fuel tankers. the other major news tonight. donald trump jr. answering five hours of questions on capil