"action news", delaware valley's leading news program, with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky, sarah bloomquist and walter perez. hurricane irma is battering south florida, just 90 minutes ago the hurricane made land fall for the second time bringing with it 135-mile an hour winds. at this hour, millions are without power, and this storm is, far from over. welcome to "action news" at 5:00, our extending coverage of the hurricane irma >> right now irma remains a category three hurricane bearing down on naples. south florida, trees are down, and streets were flooded and irma has spawned tornadoes across the region this storm is massive effecting one even of the sunshine state to the

other. tonight we have team coverage, meteorologist melissa magee has the latest on the storm's path but we will begin with brian taff in naples in the eye of the storm is passing, brian. >> reporter: walter and sarah this has been a absolutely surreal hour or two hours, here in naples florida right now. forgive me as lie around as i stay out of the path of flying debris. we just passed through eye wall, the strongest wins of what was a category three hurricane. we clock the wind of a gust of 142 miles an hour. that is stunning. wind speed by any measure. things have incredibly calmed down, from that point, in just the last five minutes. that is how quickly this storm is moving. five minutes ago we could not see those trees behind me, and now as clear as day. jason, come on out here survey some of the destruction. from what we have seen in just the last, couple of hours, of these incredible, wind speed, that building behind us is part of its roofies torn off.

jason, go ahead, look down. those dumpsters on the ground were on the right side of this parking lot, they have shifted 15 to 20 feet to give you a sense of the strength of these winds, and boy these trees, every single one has suffered damage, brain muches down, and been thrown around like match sticks. there were period where it was unsafe for us to be outside and so we decided to give you a time line of irma by taking various point as long the way to give you a look at what it has been like to cover this. here we are underneath the hotel, obviously that is our vehicle right here. we're in several inches of water right now. we are very well protect from the winds coming from an easterly direction right now, and you see how that has manifested it several inches of rain. here's what happens when the wind swings in your direction and comes from the west side, off of the gulf of mexico bringing with it that storm surge, up to, 15 feet.

>> we have tried to drive home the point to you that we are in what we feel is a very secure building. made of cement, built in the early 80's and has withstood a lot of storms. the concern is this, these windows which are single payn ed glass and there is a lot of fear inside this building that as this storm advances the winds get stronger those windows could pop out and crack. that is a fear that manifested itself earlier in this weather event. take a look here, one of the windows gave way and you can see why. just about 20 minutes after 3:00 o'clock now we expect the eye wall to encounter us in about 13 minutes. we thought we would come outside and give you a sense as to what, the elements are like out here right now. obviously wind is gusting significantly. we have gusts up to a hundred miles an hour or north of that right now, as the eye wall comes a shore, comes over us, we expect the most intense wind that we have seen so far,

and then, blue skies sure to appear above us. it is late but hurricanes don't operate on human time they operate on their own clock. this is eye wall of hurricane irma the strongest wind is associated with this storm are happening for us, right now. we have come back inside, backup stairs on this balcony where we are largely shielded, from the winds that are coming around the building but as jason just showed you these wins are incredibly intense gusting north of 120, 130 miles an hour right now. this is the eye wall, of hurricane irma. just to give you a sense of perspective how quickly things changed that last clip we film that about 15 or 20 minutes ago. that is how much things have change. now, look the sun shining over naples, florida. we are in the eye of this storm right now, what comes next we're not quite sure honestly it has been very unpredictable as hard as meteorologist work to predict the path, we're not sure what

the next several hours hold. we know it will get worse before it gets berth and then major concern is the storm surge. we are expecting nine to 15 feet in naples. a lot of water on the ground right now. as jason is showing you. that is rainwater. we are fearful of what the gulf of mexico may bring our way. we will join you several times tonight, but for now, we will send it back to you, live there in the studio. >> quite take scene there in florida. thank you brian. strength of the storm is creating all kinds of weird situations. look at what appears to be water rescue in west palm beach. man standing on lane is pulling in a rescue matt. person in the water is wearing scuba gear. it is not clear if this was an attempt to help someone not caught on camera but this person in the scuba gear had people holding on to the line trying to keep him safe. if you have any doubts about what a phenomenon this storm is, look at this, that ace bay but no water there win s pushed water out of the more shallow bays and harbors, this is the view from downtown

st. petersberg. it was shot earlier this afternoon, officials say that when wind shifts direction the water will come back, and it could come back very quickly. how about the power of nature right there let's move to meteorologist melissa magee who has been tracking this storm all day. >> that is right walter and sarah. we have seen a couple land falls with irma. first one was this morning at 9:10 this morning with max sustained wind of 130 miles an hour, so it made land fall as category four in cudjoe key florida, in the lower florida keys. it has been 102 years since we had two, category four storms, within the united states. first one as you will remember , hurricane harvey that bolterd southeastern coast of texas. we had a second land fall this afternoon with irma in marco island and that was around 3:35 this afternoon. here's storm tracker six live double scan radar 3-d. you can see outer rain band with the storm affecting the east coast of florida, as well

west palm beach, fort lauderdale, down to miami as well but focus on the on the western coast of florida and brian was talking about naples , and being in that eye. once this eye, lifts to the north of naples, that is when you will get a pick up with the intensity of the winds and you also will get that moisture, backing up, and moving in from the southeasterly side of the storm, on the back side of this storm. so that is when we can expect that storm surge to increase and winds as well. hurricane irma right now been downgraded to a category two because it is interacting with land. wind right now 110 miles an hour moving north at 14 miles an hour. this is more than likely going to stay a category one hurricane as it moves across northern florida, eventually into georgia, as a tropical storm as we go throughout the rest of our week here. we will talk about the winds we have seen so far and marco island when it did make that land fall, we had winds gusting as high as 130 miles an hour, big pine key, 120 miles an hour winds.

naples airport, 103. 99-mile an hour wind gustness miami on the eastern side of the state. fort lauderdale had wind gusting as high as 78 miles an hour. lets talk about the impact of irma as we go throughout the rest of tonight through south florida. we have a storm surge from five to 15 feet so a wall of water rushing inland and pushing on shore, rainfall rates anywhere from eight to 20 inches of rain and isolated spots higher then that. widespread flooding is a concern severe weather threat as we already had three reports of tornadoes on the eastern side of the state. more details coming up at, and , "eyewitness news". and, 1.1 million people in florida are without power, at this hour. it could be days or even weeks , before power is restored. bunch of local power crews in our area set up for florida. "action news" reporter bob brooks has that. >> reporter: they have loaded up what they can, water, gator aid, food but is there still so much unknown of what they are heading into.

tonight, 200 peco employees and contractors are on their way south. they departed from the peco station in eddystone, 10:30 this morning. their destination the damage and destruction sure to be left by hurricane irma. as we hoped for the best down south these crews prepared for the worst. maybe largest storm restoration project they have ever faced. peco communication specialist craig moore. >> we know there will be work to be done. obviously preparing for the worst, hoping for the best but our crews are standing by, they are making their way down there and they are ready to respond where they are needed most. >> reporter: what you are seeing right there is last truck to pull out of this caravan of 30 trucks and he said one of the things thermos proud office to be able to go down south to help those companies that helped you during super storm sandy. >> absolutely, tremendous built to come down, repay favor, anytime we're in need we are able to call on them as well. it is great to repay the favor

to those crews that have helped us in the past. >> reporter: that will go as far south as north carolina tonight and in the morning they will wake up, and get to work. we were also there as teams left, pse&g, they sent 154 employees, heading to florida. and, also, they sent help, officials there also say that is their chance to give back, to so many, who also helped them with restoring the damage left by sandy. crew is hearsay they are in it for the lock hall no matter what damage brought by this hurricane they will stay down there and get power back on for those people. reporting from eddiestone, bob brooks, channel six "action news". before irma hit florida, it left a path of destruction in the caribbean. there are still americans stuck in saint martin unable to get out. "action news" reporter christie ileto spoke to the mt. airy family who just got back and joins us live from mt. airy with their story,

christie? >> reporter: and sarah, still really has not sunk in for this family that they survived hurricane irma what was supposed to be a surprise vacation celebrating his wife who just become a registered nurse quickly turned into a fight for their lives. >> we were scared that we weren't coming back. we had no idea, of what was going to happen next. we just heard irma keep beating and tearing down building we were in. it was really devastating. >> reporter: michelle butler barge and her husband were staying at the great bay resort and spa in saint martin when mother nature reared a category five hurricane on top of the tiny island. the philadelphia couple hotel room demolished by strong wind and left vulnerable as looters ravage what was left of the hotel. they were eventually rescued by national guard and made it back to the states, days, after irma struck. >> at that time, we were just

blessed, grateful, thank full, at that time. everything was going through my mind, that we were going home. we were coming home. we were coming home to our home, to our family. >> we are going to get home, if not today or next week we will get home, and we have a home to go to and these people here, they have nothing. they lost everything. >> and now that family very lucky to be alive this evening right now they are not even thinking about themselves but those natives of that country many of whom lost everything this evening. live from mt. airy, christie ileto for channel six "action news". sarah and walter. >> christie, thank you. for very latest on hurricane irma visit six abc .com/irma. read updates from the storm and view videos and photos from irma's path as well as watch brian taff's report from

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team that begins with the hopes and dreams of the playoffs and beyond and as an eagles fans there were points of the game where we were thinking super bowl. other points we were thinking here we go again. in the end a win is a win no matter how we got there carson wentz starting his key second season he looked like the franchise quarterback we hoped he would be. especially escapeability. wentz, that surprised the defense because nelson agholor wide open to open up the scoring, 58-yard touchdown. he was great in this game seven to nothing bird. wentz in this game was tight down to the finish. eagles up five, 902nd to go, brandon graham hits cousins, fletcher cox has a celebration all around. eagles, force had turnovers they beat redskins 30-17. snapping a five game losing streak, to their nfce rival. their first win in washington in four years. >> hats off to the guys on defense, they battled, they hung in there, they kept our owe even if, you know in, good situations when we took the field.

so, great job by our defense. >> how did you think the offense played today. >> just okay. we made some plays. a lot of them were broken play s. we have to obviously look at the film and make the corrections. it wasn't perfect. too many break downs in some crucial situations. some drive killers. >> and so defense, great. owe even if just okay. we will have much more coming up later in sports and jeff skversky is in washington getting reaction right now as we speak. good to start with the w. >> i'll take it, for sure. >> my old coach said sometimes good enough is good enough. >> thank you, jamie. three things on the mind of the eagles fans today, we're talking football, football and football. >> the bonus was beating an nfc east rival that has been giving us problems over the past several years. anni mccormack is live at chickie and pete's in south philadelphia. way to go. >> hi, anni's. >> i'm at sixth and washington avenue. you know, talking about the highs and low of eagles fans,

it it is always good to be cautiously optimistic. and in particular, this game today. during the sending half, inside chick's on washington avenue, eagles fans lining the bar of the new restaurant, that just opened this past spring. they too were very excited for this eagles game, it is first time they are hosting one here at their new restaurant. after the eagles win against redskins most fans are commend ing carson wentz's performance and they are concerned byron old darby's injury. lets take a listen. >> i didn't think it was great but i loved the last part. it was, it felt like same old, same old and then they came through at the end. >> i was expecting this kind of game, close, and then coming to the point at the end , we will pull it out. >> the high i would probably say defense. the low, it expected them to

do a lot better later in the year. i'm excited. >> reporter: and every year when they go out and interview eagles fans, during the first, and second games of the season , we hear everything like highs and lows some people saying super bowl. some people saying it will happen again. but right now, these fans, possibly, optimistic like i said, they will get a better idea of how season may go next week even, next sunday when eagles will play with the chiefs. reporting live inside chick's restaurant on washington avenue in south philadelphia, annie mccormack for channel six "action news". >> thanks, annie. we will have meisha head on "action news" at 5:00. >> including brian taff in naples with the area getting hit by irma right now. ♪

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welcome back to our extended coverage of the hurricane irma. this is live from naples, florida. you can see palm tree, around there in the wind. irma's passing over naples right now, the eye justin land it is a category two storm as it interacts with the land there. still very strong wind gusts sustained at times at 110 miles an hour. we want to check with brian taff once again, brian, you are live there in naples, florida with your live reports is what happening right now. >> well, sarah, i wish i could be more eloquent for you but quite frankly at a loss for word right now. what we have experienced over last two hours has taken our breath away quite honestly. the winds that we have never

seen in our lives, 142 miles an hour wind gusts clocked at naples international airport, southwest florida international airport, 30 minutes from where we stand. there were moments where we could not see the trees that you see, behind me here. these trees were bent over as 90 degrees. i took a picture, of the building behind me, before the storm began, this morning. on my iphone. i will put that on the screen. what you will see is building intact. roof, fine. carport, fine. flip to the next picture. this was during the storm, where the roof began to roll role back and carport began to fall apart. that is the power of this storm. now come on out here live and we will show thaw same building as it stand, right now, there is not one carport left at that building. the roof has completely folded back. in places sections of it are

gone. that is just a building in my sight. this has been a incredibly powerful weather event over the last six, seven, eight hours especially in the last say 60 minutes, 120 minutes, and, in fact, full disclosure in the last say 45 minutes, it got so shaky here at the hotel , that we contemplated evacuating. abc news, david muir and have been checking in each other throughout the day. his crew went in the stairwell they are in the front of the building. they were fearful of the roof coming off, sometimes did come off. we were in the back of the building, safe from those wind s. we did not have to take that step. david and his crew back where they belong now in the studio broadcasting up in the front of this building. i don't know what to say. it has been just unbelievable. jason, do me one more favor and tilt the camera down. this is rain that gathered in the parking lot beneath us. you see tree branches, you see a pod, you see two dumpsters,

they didn't begin there. none of those things were where they are right now, when this storm began. think of the sheer force it must take to pick up a dumpster and move it. to move a pod, fully loaded, 30-yard from where it began. this has been a stunning weather event. i frankly think that we will see, we will not believe what we see when we leave this building ultimately and start to look around at what damage it has caused. naples is a place i have always called a second home. my parents live about 3 miles away during winter months. they are back in new york right now. very familiar with all these buildings, the city, and its people. they are resilient. buildings are strong too. irma has proven the ultimate test of how strong those buildings and how strong these people truly are. i'm eager to see how they all stood up. there was a family over here in this building that rode it out. they came out a couple minutes ago. they looked over in my direction and my photographer

jason said are you okay? they gave us a thumbs up. a little bit of good news there some one who chose to ride this storm out is doing okay right now. sarah, we will be back shortly but we are live in naples, brian taff, channel six, "action news". >> testimony of how powerful narcan be. thanks, brian. here's more video showing you intensity of hurricane irma sweeping across florida. this is what the storm did in key west where the storm first made land fall in the sunshine state. for the people who did not evacuate the keys the majority of them did, at least, stay indoors. but there is still contending with various stages of the storm from their vantage point s. the wind is relatively calmer but keep in mind that is what happens when the eye passes over. meanwhile storm surge is a major concern. others tonight, hope -- >> meteorologist melissa magee has been tracking the hurricane moving up the west coast, what is the very latest now. >> sarah and walter, walter, talking about the eye and when the eye passes to the north of you, once it passes to the

north you get destructive wind s and wrap around moisture on the southwestern side, of the storm. that is when you get rapidly rising water. that will take place once that eye passes over. we are still tracking it as we go throughout the rest of the day. we will show you in the weather center hurricane irma right now is a category two storm. wind sustained at 110 miles an hour. so right now it is moving to the north of naples at 14 miles per hour, and more than likely to the south and southe of fort myers but it is over land and we are encountering friction on. maximum sustained gusts at 130 . we have had two land falls with irma. first one was early this morning, in florida, and the second one was in marco island now watches and warnings are still up. we have hurricane warning for most of the sunshine state, and we've got a tropical storm warning for the state of georgia, because once this area of low pressure leaves florida, it will be heading to the north, and northwest effecting areas in the south

and east. as far as the sustained winds we have seen the red shaded, circle here, those are hurricane force winds. they extend out from the center of the storm, some 80 miles and the yellow circle are tropical storm force winds that extend out larger then the state of florida. some 220 miles wide. we will track this throughout the rest of tonight. you can see that wind field shrink as this storm system loses intensity over land. future tracker six showing wind gusts at 7:00 tonight, made that land fall in marco island earlier this afternoon but by 7:00, we have gusts as high as 81 miles an hour, fort myers will find gusts as high as 85 miles an hour at 9:00 o'clock tonight and then as that storm system pull as way from tampa, florida you can see later tonight we have gusts as high as 92 miles an hour and they will slowly wayne and weaken into early tomorrow morning. here's future tracker six looking at precipitation here, outer rain band is a affecting

all of the sunshine state, heavy rain from fort pierce west into fort myers and tampa 7:00 o'clock tonight we are still tracking this moisture and slowly start moving off to the north at 6:30 in the morning. looking ahead the reason why this, hurricane, and irma has yet to make it up the u.s. mainland is because we have got a frontal boundary block it and this high pressure protecting us with really nice weather this weekend. as we go throughout the rest of tomorrow, for the start of our workweek, on monday, temperatures are pretty comfortable. we have a nor'easterly wind at three to 6 miles an hour. 7:00 a.m. we have 55. lower 70's once again below average, maximum out in the upper zero seven's by day's even. we are dry for now but we will track some of the remnants of what was once irma, working its way in our region in the middle half of our workweek. more on that with the accu weather forecast, guys, back over to you. pope francis found himself in need of first aid, vatican

spokesmen says pontiff hurt his left cheek on the pope mobile. that was not enough to keep him from greeting got people of columbia. he is putting ice on his bruce and expected to be just fine, still no confirmation, how it all happen. "action news" at 5:00 returns in just a moment.

this is live from west palm beach, florida. let me show you how large this

storm is, eye is over west coast of florida, west palm beach is on the east coast and on this part of the florida island, heavy rains and right now a tornado watch. they are contending with serious issues all across the state of florida. hurricane irma is being land fall twice today and within the last half an hour, it was downgraded to a category two. with that said a crane gave way in downtown miami, it was being used at the site of the high rise building project of course, officials are blaming wind and rain from irma for the collapse. this was the scene from key lar go, both breaking free from their docks at local marinas, blowing in the wind there, a very, very common sight this weekend all across florida. we will have much more on this story as "action news" at 5:00 .

tonight at 5:30 we will continue to track irma as it makes its way up the gulf coast. >> before it made land fall just a short time ago as a category three, it has weakened to a category two. we will begin with marci gonzales who is in tampa, florida. >> reporter: hurricane irma pummeling the sunshine state. leaving downtown miami into more than waist deep water, and waves on sit streets, white caps on city streets. >> we have flying debris all over the place. can you see that? it is a flying branch in the air. >> reporter: powerful winds snapping a crane knocking this man off of his feet.

>> tornado. >> reporter: tornadoes adding to the ongoing danger. >> i ran, screaming through the glass door closed. >> gave us no warning, this is just, no way to forget this. >> reporter: giant storm already blamed for several deaths in florida, including a sheriff deputy and a correctional officer. >> yeah, this storm has really picked up. >> reporter: after making land fall in the keys as a category four as 130-mile an hour winds , governor again warning people to stay indoors. the danger is still far from over. >> do not think that this storm is over when wind slow down, storm surge will rush in and could kill you. >> reporter: storm surge especially a concern along the gulf coast, in naples, it could be as high as 15 feet, to the north the sucking water out of tampa bay before it is sent rushing back in. >> mike tyson once said and i never thought i would be quoting mike tyson, everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face. we're about to get punched in the face. >> reporter: preparing for that punch more than 500

shelters are opened upstate wide, some at capacity. >> this was my third shelter. >> reporter: this one in the dark. power is now out for more than 2 million homes, that number is expected to more than double as the storm moves up up the companies, the worst isn't expects here until late tonight. marci gonzales for abc news, tampa, florida. the white house says president trump has received a comprehensive update on hurricane irma. the president is now back at the white house, from camp david. today he praised the coastguard and other agencies, for their work. >> just the power of this hurricane. this is probably, i saw, somebody said, 57 years, now who knows what that means, but it is just about the biggest ever recorded, to hit land and unfortunately we got it. we may have been a little bit lucky in that it went to the west and may not have been as destructive but we will see. it will play out over the next five to six hours. i'm going in now for meetings but it is all about

coordination. i think we are really well coordinated as well as you can possibly be. i'll tell you what, we have great people. and, a group that really deserves tremendous credit is the united states coastguard. >> he went on to say that the rebuild flag will cost a lot of money but right now first responders are focusing on saving lives. president trump says he does plan to vice the sunshine state in the coming days. lets go back to brian taff in naples where the storm is certainly leaving its mark, brian? >> yeah, no question about that, leaving a lot of scars, walter. we described the last time we saw you the fact that we were under the eye given intensity of what we saw in the 4:00 o'clock hour those winds which gust ted we believe at 142 miles an hour. then what happened next was silence, and sunshine, and just last couple minutes the wind has started to kickback up again, the rain has become a factor once again. we believe we are nearing the back side of the eye wall.

the wind was incredibly disruptive. we have shown thaw in our previous report tonight on "action news" at 5:00. as we have been saying thinks a two pronged attack that irma is dealing southwest florida. first was the wind. next comes the storm surge. what happens is all day long the wind has been coming from an easterly direction. it has been coming from basically miami straight across to naples. now, that the storm of the eye is over us we will get back side of those winds. so they will shift and come from the west. and that is what is the worst case scenario given we are 1 mile away from the ocean right now. all those buildings right now they're on the beach. the gulf of mexico will get pushed in here, and we do believe that we will have a storm surge north of 9 feet, some estimates have it as high as 15 feet. the general manager of this hotel told me that we sit at 16 feet, and so we should be okay. that is at ground level. so our car parked down there we're hoping for the best. a lot of the people in there and passed us, will have, in addition to the wind damage that they have suffered,

flooding damage no doubt to come. we will survey that damage as the evening goes on, guys but for now we will send it back to you in the studio. >> brian taff on the scene in naples, thanks, brian. meteorologist melissa magee has been tracking the hurricane as it has been moving up the west coast, still a powerful storm, melissa. >> that is right, sarah and walter and brian, absolutely right, in his statement, in the sense that he was within the eye wall of the hurricane, as it passed over naples. right now as this storm continues to travel, north of naples that is when you get those intense winds. that is what brian was experiencing on the southwest coast of florida but now we're tracking that moisture that wrap around band of moisture coming on the southwest side of the storm. that is when you get the rising in the water and storm surge that push of water on shore. so that will be the next factor with hurricane irma as it moves away from naples. right now we've got hurricane warnings up and down the sunshine state, of florida, and tropical storm warning, for georgia. i do want to show you rainfall

rates that we are expecting for rest of tonight, into tomorrow, you can see fort myers, you can get more, than 6 inches of rain. depending on your location you can find as little as 8 inches or as high as 20 inches down in the lower florida keys, here and some isolated spots higher then. that so we're tracking not just irma. we have got that hurricane. this is hurricane jose moving away, in north and west, of the northern leeward islands. coming up we will have more on the hurricanes and tropical systems in our weather back here at home coming up in a little bit, guys. >> thanks, melissa. for very latest on hurricane irma go to six abc .com/irma. you can read updates about the storm and view video and photos from irma's path. check out brian taff's reports from florida. day 13. if only this were as easy as saving $600

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browned. twenty-six for 39, 307-yard, 14 to nothing eagles after the missed extra point. big win, but ronald darby the eagles brand new big time cornerback dislocates his ankle, 18 and a half minutes in his tenure. huge blow, which finally seems solid. still in the second quarter, wentz, pass, tipped at line of scrimmage. picked off. and ryan kerrigan for touchdown puts skins on the board. towards the end of the half, kirk cousins hits chris thompson, bounced off bird to give washington a short lived lead. mvp was eagles defense. bird up just two, jaylen mills picks off the pass at the goal line. it lead to a five-point lead. ninety seconds no play, brandon graham with the hit, fletcher cox takes it to the house. he has a sack, forced fumble, fumble recovery and touchdown today. eagles win 30-17 snapping that five game losing streak to the skins. >> it is what we wanted to do. we made enough play toss win. other things on the field, totally.

we made some mistakes, turnovers, and we got to get those fixed but we made enough to play toss win. >> offensively we just to have continue to do our thing. we have to clean up in the running game. we have to get better in the pasting game. sure up our protection, and then defensively we will be fine. >> and, we will have much more from the bird tonight on "action news" sports sunday, ducis rodgers will be joined by 97.5 mike miss until toy break it down tonight after "action news" at 11:00 here on channel six. bird low loss jason peter and caleb. they lead nfc east though. the cowboys with running back ezekiel elliott will host giants. jeremy maclin making his rave instant debut against bengals. joe flacco to maclin for a 48- yard score. maclin, only two catchers, 56- yard but rave instant shut out cincinnati 20 to nothing. while eagles were playing the skins, the phillies were not too far away finishing up a four game set with the nationals on a washington weekend this one, a pitcher dual between ben lively and stephen strasburg.

lively, no hit through the sixth. then made a couple mistakes like the one here, to sko here he struck out seven in the first career complete game. first in the ill is this year. but strasburg didn't allow a run since august 19th. he struck out 10 today. and, he scoreless streak to 34 innings. that is a franchise record. phillies fell three-two. you cannot do too much with that guy on the hill. >> eagles give us something to smile about. >> there we go. >> that is all we care about today. >> quick break, more "action news" when we come right back. ♪

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time for a check of the accu weather forecast still in the thick offer it down in florida. >> we will be tracking it, throughout the rest of the night, we're tracking a picture to share with you outside, a live picture from west palm beach, florida on the eastern side of the state, but if you are looking at palm trees you can see those wins, certainly blowing, in very, very strong winds. in fact, tornado watches are up, across the eastern side of the state, so even though, portions of, eastern florida are not seeing the brunt of this storm, the severe weather threat, certainly exists, until this storm pull is a way and that is not for another, 72 hours. as we look at hurricane irma, winds right now a category two storm, and as we look at what we will be expecting, with irma, right now, category two with wind at 110 miles an hour , as we look at what we can expect as we go throughout the rest of tonight, storm

tracker six live double scan radar 3-d, there is center of the storm passing to the north of naples right now, with the intense winds starting to die down but we will get that wrap around moisture on the back side, that on shore wind on that southwestern side of the storm. here's latest track with hurricane irma, category two storm, winds at 110 miles an hour moving to the north at 14 t this into motion here, american likely will maintain, its hurricane strength, still over northern, florida, and then it will be a tropical storm, as we get over the state of, georgia here. that is something we will track as we get in the rest of this weekend, early this week. storm surge is certainly high for marco island where it made a second land fall around 3:30 this afternoon. wave heights from 20912 feet high, so that is water height aboveground with a wall of water pushing inland, for tampa, we can find that storm surge as high as three to 6 feet as that storm system continues to lift off to the

north. satellite six with action radar showing thaw circulation , and that storm right now is over, land. so we are starting to find some weakening, taking place, and also, some sheer, some heavy sheer, on the southwestern side of the storm , so significant weakening starting to take place. nonetheless but it is still a powerful storm as it works its way to the north, and across northern florida. back here at home, high pressure is protecting us, suppressing that moisture to the south, so nice and dry. it is comfortable but northerly wind as cross our area today, underneath mostly sunny sky. right now, in philadelphia we are coming in at 74. allentown 74. poconos 62. lancaster 70. at the coast in cape may 69. beach haven coming in at 7o for rest of tonight, mostly clear, cool, another crisp night, we will drop down to 47 , in the suburbs, and 56 degrees, in philadelphia, for the overnight low. fast forward into the day on monday. we will have sunshine, another beautiful afternoon,

temperatures slightly below average maxing out at 78 degrees, in philadelphia typically in the lower 80's. seventy-seven in reading, tomorrow. seventy-six in allentown. down in dover. coming in at 74, at the boardwalk 74 and 76 degrees in toms river. the exclusive seven day forecast, it is mostly sunny, pleasant afternoon, high temperature, in the afternoon at 78. then on tuesday, some sun, afternoon showers are likely and showers are coming in from what was once, irma at that point, and high temperature in at 80. on wednesday, cloudy, spotty showers, a high of, 78, thursday, cloud and sun at 80 degrees, and on friday, mostly cloudy, a high up to 80 , 78 on saturday and upper 70's as we get into sunday, guys. >> amazing, so nice here and so devastating down in florida >> that is contrast from north to south. >> thanks, melissa. way up east coast a happier time tonight. this is a big night in atlantic city, one lucky young

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breaking news, hurricane irma makes land fall, twice, in florida, hitting marco island, as a category three

late this afternoon this massive storm, brought driving rain and wind speed of more than 100 miles an hour. all ready flooding, being reported on both coasts of the state. power of the storm is simply jaw dropping. this is a live picture from naples where eye passed through just a short time ago and rain is once again slamming that city. >> sunday night, the big story on "action news" is breaking news from florida where hurricane irma has arrived bringing witt extreme wind and pounding rain. >> at least 2 million people are without power tonight, that represents more than 20 percent of the customer across the state. >> we have team coverage of the irma. meteorologist melissa magee is tracking the path of the storm christie ileto has first hand accounts from several survivors. >> but we will begin once again with "action news" anchor brian taff live from naples, florida where the brunt of the storm came through, brian? >> hey, walter, you said it, brunt of the storm came through last night, and, inch forward here t g