a call about a person with a heart attack. police say that the others died at the hospital or on the way. the victims ranged in age from 71 to 99. more than 115 others had to be evacuated from the facility and many were treated for respiratory distress and dehydration, the manager of the nursing home has a history of health care fraud accusations. >> president trump will travel to the naples area when he visits florida tomorrow. the president plans to meet with governor rick scott and first responders and may soon tour the devastation in the u.s. virgin islands that could come as early as next week. >> world news tonight with david muir as more on the nursing home investigation and recovery efforts going on in florida. that is next at 6:30 after "action news." >> blunt force trauma. the lehigh valley county coroner determine that to be the cause of death of 19-year-old mccray

williams. the lafayette college freshman died on monday as to the how that has yet to be determined. lehigh valley correspondent walter perez is live at the college with the full story. >> reporter: well jim, as you suggested a lot more to come in this case in the days and weeks to come as investigators try to piece together what led to the death of a promising young student athlete. the lehigh valley coroners office determine that mccray williams died of blunt trauma to the head and the manner of death is confirmed but the cause of death is yet to be determined. it comes after lafayette students gathered to honor the man described as a standout athlete and student.

>> to just comfort one another and do what they could as a community to make sense out of something that this age and at this time in their lives doesn't make any sense. >> investigators say that the victim was found unconscious outside of an on campus dormitory on sunday afternoon. he was taken to the hospital and pronounced dead the following day with his parents by his side. despite the fact that paramedics were called on sunday, they say that williams death was the end rupt of of a series of events that began on saturday. and investigators offer no further information about the death as of yet. >> some incident took place that possibly contributed to the medical emergency and we are trying to determine what occurred and why it occurred and who else was involve if anybody. >> and mccray graduated from a boarding school in massachusetts earlier this year and committed to playing at lafayette a few months ago.

he was only 19 years old. walter perez, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. a two month investigation in trenton ended with the arrests and seizure of more than 7,000 dollars worth of drugs. two arrests were made and police arrested 40-year-old allen harper and 23-year-old parrish whitmore and they found 49 bricks of heroin and crack cocaine during a search of of paper's car and his home on kent street. and they recover aid fully loaded handgun that was stolen out of washington township pennsylvania. thousands of people gathered today for a final farewell to gerard granzel. he was murdered at his home in the spring garden section of philadelphia. jeanette reyes was there for the good buys today. more than two hours after the funeral hundreds of people formed the line that led into

the basilica of saints peter and paul. known as jerry to loved one he was gunned down last thursday in front of his home in an attempted carjacking he was protecting hi his 3-year-old daughter in the backseat. >> i got the call that he was shot if the face and rushed to hahnemann and shared 10 minutes later he had passed. friends and family held each other and some wept and some overcome with shock to the end of such a vibrant life. some celebrated a life well lived. >> i like to look at such a tragedy as being seeds for the future of the community. >> jerry was a family man overjoyed with the three loves of his life his wife and two young daughters, a dedicated community activist and community handyman and avid hockey player.

>> he would show up with coffee wired to play and sing through the entire session and drive us crazy but we will miss hearing his voice. >> he was fun. every day fun. and worked hard and just a great human being all around. we are all sad today. >> the family is saying in lieu of flowers they are accepting donations for their memorial fund. the information is at 6abc.com. channel 6 "action news." here is an "action news" update, there is a solution tonight to the dune fight in margate, new jersey. the federal government has agreed to build and pay for an underground drainage system the crews will install pipes to prevent bacteria filled storm water from collecting in ponds as it did this summer. the flooding happened after the army corps of engineers build the dunes. and moving two schools into

one building is stirring up controversy. john rawlins live in spring garden with that story. >> reporter: i jim, the city would probably say this school district would take issue with merm, they call it a colocation. meaning that two different schools are located under one roof and that belongs to ben franklin high school and some were take and by surprise among them the parents of the students of the other school. >> a lot of parents were upset. i don't know if it posed the right word the decision is made. >> the parent of the science leadership academy student reacting to word that the sla will move from 22nd and arch to a redeveloped ben franklin high school on north broad and that sla is losing the lease and ben franklin has room and makes sense. >> it's access ib by a subway line and close to the franklin

institute they have a partnership with. a lot of reasons it made sense geographically and in terms of investment. >> the schools have different reputations, ben franklin that struggled with violence in the past made great improvements but a website that tracks schools says that the four year graduate rate is less than half of sla's 99% and the sat is 300 points below sla's and the kids attract the likes of bill gates and barack obama. and good synergy for both schools. >> five years from fow i think you'll have an incredibly vibrant sla and moderate ben franklin, i look forward to it. >> this ben franklin student hopeful. >> you put your mind to t. you work together. >> and some sla parents not sold yet. >> mostly business class people that work in the area, and for our children to intermingle with

that, a lot of different branches of safety and other parts of the city you don't have that like in the school are you talking about. >> parents may have concerns but it's a done deal and they are hiring an architect for the heating for a rehab of the ben franklin site and expected to move to the site in september of 2019. live at the school district headquarters, john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> mayor jim kenney got crafty with preschool students this morning. the mayor paid a visit to beautiful beginning in the rhawnhurst section of the city to celebrate the first day of pre-k. 2,000 students are enrolled in the program this year, and more than 400 children are on wait lists and the program of course funded by the philadelphia beverage tax. coming up on "action news" tonight. an atlantic city officer injured in the line of duty battles back

and is speaking out about his year long recovery. and a bird not native to the area is spotted in south yearsy. how hurricane s irma and halfy may be responsible for its detour. >> we are getting the tropical air mass that pushed in today with the higher humidity on and off showers and mist and drizzle. that drizzle lifted to the north and west of philadelphia where visibilities are down to a mile and a half in the lehigh valley. more showers tomorrow and we'll have the weekend forecast ahead.

this is new at 6:00 tonight an atlantic city police officer has spent the past year fighting to get his life back after being shot in the line of duty. josh fidel took a bullet to the head and today walking and talking and thankful to be alive. nora muchanic has more on the road to recovery. >> i don't believe it myself that a year ago, i almost died. >> that is former atlantic city police officer josh fidel who last september was shot in the head responding to the robbery at the parking garage at caesars he remembers the moment. >> the first gunshot and feeling weakness and then i remember my partner returning fire. >> they were not sure he was even going to make it through the night. >> fidel's night laura delivered a baby a week after he was shot. and he spent five weeks in icu and five surgeries one to

install a plast plate to replace his skull. he has limited mobility on his left side and has intense therapy making amazing progress. >> the stronger i get in my arm and leg the better i feel. i am starting to get my confidence back. >> the physical therapy is grueling and josh tells me there are times he wanted to quit. his wife and kids kept him going. >> i need to get better for them. >> he forgets how well he is doing and i save pictures and videos and he can see how much progress he has made. >> laura plans to go back to school to fin irher bachelors degree while josh stays home with the kids and retired from the police force in the july and wants to be a motivational speaker. >> everybody has the will inside of them to fight and they need to dig down deep and find it. >> the can do attitude and a lot

of support is helping josh fidel on his long road to recovery. nora muchanic, channel 6 "action news." we saw surprising sight on a pond in cumberland county, new jersey. look closely that pink bird you see is a rosette spoon bill found in texas and florida. experts think it fled here escaping the hurricanes in florida and texas and the last sighting of a rosette spoon bill was 1985. look at the bill shaped like a long wooden spoon. in chester county dozens of people turned out to wish kay mcmillan a happy 105th birthday she drives and lives in her home and does her on cooking and

cleaning and plays bridge. and the party keeping ongoing. >> i have had a whole month of birthdays. everybody has been so lovely. >> as for her secret to a long life. kay says you take the good with the bad. >> and we are celebrating a birthday here at channel 6 today. today marks 70 years of servicing you. on this day 70 years ago our station signed on as wfil tv. today the broadcast pioneers hosted a special celebration at the golf club. 6 abc president and general manager, bernie prazenica was there. and i along with other colleagues past and present had the opportunity to speak about what makes our television station such a special place. i'm danny.

you're danny? i'm steve. joseph, i'm steve. how are you? nice to meet you sir. no different from everyone else. they just want a job. they want respect and they want dignity. steve called fairly frantic. you know, he had a premature baby and i think he had just been given the diagnosis that she had down syndrome. lauren brought out the best in me. she made me a different person. lauren's the spark that started the fire. the goal is keep places like this open so all people, regardless of disability, have an opportunity for employment. eagles look back to work

going against the chiefs. >> they need a game plan this is a tough one to win. the eagles are facing kansas city on the road and they are breaking in a new kicker. elliot was signed off the bengals practice scad. he replaces the injured sturges. hopefully the nerves are kept at bay. >> real excited. unexpected but something i amex extremely grateful for. >> he is extremely accurate and a strong leg obviously. young but at the same time we are moving forward and we'll get him ready to play. and looking forward to get him out there in practice and watching him perform. >> kicker talk is nice but everything resolves around the quarterback position. carson wentz is coming after a 300 yard passing performance and wentz likes what he sees from the offense so far and would

like to see even more. >> the biggest thing we learned we can be dynamic and we left plays on the field and the two turnovers i personally and all of us have to clean up. there is good and some bad and our defense last game played outstanding and kept us in that one. a good team win but we have to be sharp when the plays are there to be made we have to make them. >> don't blame the phillies and marlins if they appear sluggish they played 15 innings and lasted nearly five hours, this man was cleanly shaven when it began. the phillies thought they had it won in the ninth knocking in what we thought was two runs and after the replay caesar hernandez was rule out. and in the tenth inning down one again and reece hoskins his second of the night and 16 and. the year. and tied the game 8-8 and then

the bottom of the 15th inning, nick williams won the game with a rbi double his third hit of the night and artear scored from first base. and they won 9-8 in 15 innings temple plays at linc hosting umass. they recently struggled against villanova. they are 0-3 and averaging 400 yards of offense per game. >> it's a difficult offense to praep for. and you know so i have a healthy respect for them. my players doing have played them in the past and what tough competitors they are and really good football team and i know our kids understand the challenge we have for them. on friday night. coach collins will join us in studio for a live edition of temple football play book.

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late word from accuweather. adam joseph. >> more tropical the next several days and stretches into next week and more summer like air as moved back in. and quite a change if the last hour or so. during the 4:00 shower you couldn't even see the center city skyline with a lot of that mist and drizzle that passed through and low lying clouds but

we start to brighten things back up as the area of cloud cover has pushed to the north and west closer to the lehigh valley and a little bit of brightening to the sky here before we end the day. as we look at stormtracker 6 live double scan any of that drizzle is closer towards reading and allen tonight and montgomery county. and now with the breaks developing and a very damp ground and high humidity it will develop fog here overnight tonight. until that happens, we take a look at the current visibilities and philadelphia is down to a mile an hour ago and bumped up to 10 miles and all that pushed no the north and west and reading a half mile and allentown is 1.5 mile visibility because of the mist and low clouds. where we have that darker cloud cover it's only in the 60s now in allentown and redding and philadelphia it bumped up a few degrees at 75 and 75 in dover

and breaks of sun and without the sun you feel the change in the air mass and part of it is because of a warm front that swung through here early on today. it opens up the tropical atmosphere. because of irma down to the south moving to the north. running five and a half degree as below normal. an eight day stretch where temperatures are below normal each and every afternoon and we turn things around as we head north of normal going into the weekend and next week. there goes to the warm fronts and the thicker cloud cover temporarily. and to the south and west this is an area of low pressure that originally was the circulation of irma. that will continue to drift to the north and west of us tomorrow. bringing a cold front through and the chance of showers and downpours especially this time tomorrow. tonight areas of drizzle continue to lift away and patchy fog develops and temperatures in

the 60s and the human remains sky high and future tracker tomorrow shows clouds winning over sunshine and through the day most of the day is dry and 3:00, 4:00 in the afternoon scattered showers and downpours develop and they continue to drift through parts of the area. during tomorrow night and then we begin to dry out here on friday morning with the brightening to the sky. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast temperatures in the upper 70s and humid with some again afternoon showers developing and normal 79 this time of year. you can see we are going to get back above that for six hours out of the next seven days and with the higher humidity it feels like summer friday, saturday, and sunday and monday and we take out any shower chances during the time period and staying warm and dry tuesday and wednesday in the low 80s. we thought summer had left us here. >> coming back. come on back. >> this afternoon's rain didn't stop a rally aimed at generating

excitement for the annual hero thrill show. the philadelphia motorcycle unit lined up on broad street flanked with fire trucks on either side and a pint size police officer zipping around in a tiny patrol car. the sunday show at the wells fargo center raises money for it's children of police officers and firefighters killed in the line of duty. >> abc's world news tonight is next on channel 6. and "action news" continue at 10:00 on phl 17 with brian taff, sharrie williams, adam joseph and ducis rogers. and please join us for "action news" at 11:00 here on channel 6. for cecily tynan, adam joseph, ducis rogers and the entire "action news" team i'm jim gardner we hope you'll join us for "action news" at 11:00.

tonight, the nursing home horror after hurricane irma. several of the residents have died. the images of the evacuations playing out today. the nursing home using backup generators. no air conditioning in sweltering heat. how did this happen, with a hospital across the street? also breaking tonight, the deadly school shooting. several students hit. entire classrooms huddled together. also developing, a major accident on a u.s. military base. tonight, 15 marines hospitalized after an amphibious assault vehicle catches fire. president trump tonight inviolating chuck schumer and nancy pelosi to the white house. what now is this dinner about? and what republican leaders are saying tonight. and the new controversy involving the treasury secretary and his wife, who posted that image, listing her designer