hurricane irma tracking toward the sunshine state, breaking news a father shot dead in front of his small child. that's next. "action news," delaware valley's leading news program with jim gardner. >> florida is bracing for the worst and it looks like it's going to get it. hundreds of thousands of people are leaving their homes or trying to, and this is the

reason why. this is what hurricane irma has already done to the caribbean. there is death, and as you can see, almost total destruction. this is truly a brutal storm, and it's headed for the sunshine state. >> thursday night, the big story on "action news" tonight is hurricane irma. first the story in the caribbean. irma is currently pummeling the turks and caicos island known to be the most beautiful tourist destinations. the dominican republic is savaged by the storm. a minimummion people without power in puerto rico. st. martin is the place of terrible damage. the death toll stands at 11:00. ground zero for irma will be the state of florida. here's governor rick scott. look at the storm.

it's wider than our entire state and could cost major impact coast to coast. >> forecasters say it could slam into the miami metropolitan area home to 6,000,000 people and the condos could sway 12-inches in hurricane force winds. the evacuation is on by road and by plane. the cruel reality is, hundreds of flights are being canceled. gas stations are being shut down. the governor of georgia ordered 540,000 coastal re residents to move inland. said one local official, if a freight train is coming at you, get off the tracks. >> until now hurricane andrew was the hardest to hit florida,

but irma has staying power. it's still a category five hurricane. maximum sustained winds, 165 miles per hour and irma, over the past 24 hours, has actually expanded. it's now 650-miles across. put that into perspective, irma is big as the state of texas. it's moving northwest quickly about 16 miles per hour. this is the latest track we got from the national hurricane center. this maintains a cat 5 toward the bahamas, reducing to a cat 4 a major dangerous hurricane, north of cuba by saturday evening and it jogged slightly west bringing it over key west, everglades of florida by sunday morning.

category 3 as it moves north through the center of the florida peninsula. that is an unprecedented track. typically hurricanes choose one side or the other. they are attracted by water. if it moves through the middle, it brings hurricane winds across the peninsula. these are potential impacts, a storm surge five to ten feet, rainfall eight to 12-inches. some places uninhabitable for weeks if not months. i have more details in the forecast. jim? >> cecily, dann cuellar is live at philadelphia international airport. it's like a mass migration florida to points north and philadelphia is one of the points north. >> that's right, jim. thousands have traveled to

philadelphia. many that made it here feel lucky to have gotten out when they did. >> it was chaotic. >> it was a disaster. >> their hectic. it's a nightmare. >> we got out just in time. >> one after another people describe florida to get out. lots of accidents. our plane was delayed over two hours. >> it took forever to get gas. >> propene, people waiting for the tankers to fill up the fuel, gas stations. it was crazy. >> the effort was crazy. it was booked, completely filled with people trying to get out. we were on the tarmac an hour before we could take off because of the delays. they want there were no more planes departing the airport so everyone got into a panic. >> we had to wait and wait some

more. they said we weren't going to take off and ten minutes later, we were ready to go. it was quite incredible. >> so clearly, as you can see, people have been through a lot trying to get out of harm's way and make it to philadelphia, and they are grateful to be here. live at philadelphia international, dann cuellar, channel6 "action news." >> thank you, dan. 100 members of the new jersey national guard batesed in cape may are loading up and shipping out in advance of the storm, part of the 253 transportation company outfitted with high wheeled military vehicles to get through flooding. this company came to the aid of the garden state during irene and sandy. brian taff will head to florida to cover hurricane irma. his live reports from miami

begin tomorrow on "action news." you can keep track of hurricane irma on the "6abc" app. we'll update you as the storm progresses. the app is a free download for your mobile device. we have breaking news, gun vile aviolence at 16th and melo. a man was shot in the face in front of his two-year-old daughter and he died at the scene. christie ileto is there. >> police are on scene trying to piece together who pulled the trigger and shot this man to death in front of his child. he parked his car when he became the target of an armed robbery. >> we heard two loud firecrackers, realized it was gunshots, game to the street and realized the man was shot. >> the man was shot in front of his two-year-old daughter on

melon street. >> in the head, in the face, there was a pool of blood. >> the victim parked the family suv on their naked block when two men approached with a gun. >> we believe it was a robbery but for some unknown reason, the perpetrator fired two shots. >> at point-blank range, the 38 hit in the head. he was rushed by police to hahnemann hospital where he later died. if it's not clear if they knew the victim personally, but the 38-year-old was the intended target of the robbery. residents left in utter shock of the violence in front of their door. >> we have been here two months and it's completely quiet. >> the once quiet street now the scene of a homicide.

suspects were seen going north on 15th. they are described as late teens early 20s, wearing dark colored hooded sweatshirts. police are on scene looking for surveillance tooj that may have captured this footage. anyone with information is asked to contact detectives. jim? >> thank you, christie. homicide detect is are working another case tonight. the murder just after 6:30. police have not identified the victim or a motivate. >> the philadelphia police commissioner plans to hire the officer that fatally shot a fleeing suspect in the back. while the pennsylvania attorney general considers if it amounts to a crime. the commissioner refused toe weigtoweigh in with that opiniot said officer parnell clearly

violated procedure several times ending with the death of david jones. first parnell pulled over jones while already transporting someone in his patrol car. he tried to shoot the armed jones but his gun jammed. the officer then shot jones twice as jones ran away. >> just because you had an opportunity and the right to fire at one pin point during an encounter does not mean you have the same right throughout the encounter. there is an on occasion to reassess the situation. black lives matter called the decision a good start. the police union had no comment. >> members of the temple university community came together to grieve for 22-year-old jenna burleigh

murdered last week. trish hartman has that story. >> dozens of students gathered on the campus of temple university to honor slain student jenna burleigh. >> i don't know her, but it's important to talk this through and have an avenue as a university to move forward. >> jenna was new transferring from montgomery community college. still the naacp chapter organized a memorial. >> we wanted to celebrate the life of jenna burleigh. >> jenna was last seen thursday leaving a bar at 2:00 a.m. saturday, her body was found. police believe the two met the

night jenna disappeared. >> jenna's personality was like a ray of sunshine. like someone took the sun and took one ray and said, here you go world. >> she was lively. she had a great sense of humor. she cared about everybody. >> rose was a neighbor to jenna's family for 15 years. she and many others are shocked by the violent death. >> we have all lost loved ones in our life, but not this way. >> folks that know jenna say she was passionate advocating for the homeless. in lieu of flowers, donations can be made to bags for the homeless. trish hartman, "action news." >> still to come, philadelphia wants amazon to ship 50,000 jobs here and build a new

headquarters. plus a judge rules on a lawsuit involving a median. >> 143,000,000 americans credit data is at risk. cecily? >> temperatures drop to the 50s. i'm tracking even cooler weather for your weekend. i have the details and the latest on hurricane irma in the accuweather seven-day forecast. >> ducis rogers with eagle owner jeffrey laurie. the season is about to begin. "action news" continues in just a minute.

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he is a member of the republican moderate league. he called polarization that leads to disfunction on capitol hill. >> it is as much a part of south philadelphia as cheese steaks but someone has sued to stop people from parking on the median on south street. the judge put the brakes on the suit, dismissing with prejudice, meaning it can't be refiled. it is not known why the judge made the decision. it is technically against the law but the police rarely issue tickets. the one and a half mile strip holds 200 cars. >> mayor kenney and other dignities celebrated philadelphia as a heritage city. the event was held tonight at

the crystal tearoom in central city. keynote speaker, journalist jake taffer. several members of the "action news" team took timeout to raise money for cancer. who is that? it's cecily tynan with wendy saltzman and allie gorman, a hit tonight on the runway for the gold fashion show. the event at citizen bank park was presented by the organization called kisses for kyle and the philadelphia phillies. >> my friend there, carlo, i modeled with him. great event. >> you have a lot to talk about on the accuweather story. >> irma looks to be a near worst case scenario for florida.

let's head to the "action news" weather center to show you the storm. it's relentless. the eye wall i is over, a categy five hurricane. maximum sustained winds 165 miles per hour. pressure has risen slightly interacting with land. it's moving west northwest 16 miles per hour maximum sustained winds, 200 miles per hour. we have three hurricane in the atlantic basin right now. this is really "the peak" of tropical storm season peaked september 10th. talk about timing, that is the day irma will likely make landfall over southern florida. let's talk about the track, got the track from the national hurricane center at 11:00.

maintains cat 5 status through the bahamas, makes the turn into south florida sunday morning as a cat 4 moving as a cat 3 up the peninsula. as we zoom into this, a lot of people have friends and family in south florida. the latest track moves it through the northern keys. key lar go could be decimated if the track holds. miami, the front right quadrant, the most dangerous part. we have hurricane warnings through the key lar goes, fort my respect, key west all under hurricane watches. looks like there is no way south florida is going to avoid this storm. future tracker showing the most dangerous part of the storm, the wind. winds cause substantial damage

sunday morning wind gusts 127 miles per hour. that's like having a tornado sitting over you hours and hours. looks like we are looking at catastrophic damage if the track holds. philadelphia, 64. allentown, 57. poconos, 50. cape may 58. wilmington, 59. satellite and radar showing we are clear now. a front pushing through late in the day tomorrow, bringing a few sprinkles. 73 in philadelphia, allentown 71. dover, 74. the seven-day forecast, we are dry and quiet for the weekend. tomorrow, 73. saturday for the temple villanova game, great football weather. monday, 74. tuesday, 73 and wednesday, we'll

likely get remnant moisture from irma a high of 74. thursday, a high of 76-degrees. we have another update from the national hurricane center on irma. david murphey will have it. hopefully things change dramatically. south florida is in the crosshairs. >> another member of the "action news" team was taking time for an event tonight. adam joseph took part in the national lesbian and gay journalist association. the organization is holding its convention at the lowes hotel. adam discussed his life as an openly gay person balancing work and family.

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