abduction suspects one a white male, and the other case a hispanic who is reported acting in a suspicious manner around schools in the lower northeast. tonight in the lower northeast where the attempted -- attempts took place school children were being told to walk home in pairs. philadelphia police confirmed four separate locations for their multi pronged investigations. in the 5300 block of jackson street what is believed a victim attends school you can see the police activity this morning. another location is being scoured the 53 block of gillespie street. four victims in all are here at the special victims headquarters telling their stories to police. at least one, a 10-year-old female who told police she was able to break free and get help and getting to her school safely. all those interviews continue here at this hour.

rick, that other suspect is described as a hispanic male way beard. he's being sought in connection with incidents in the 5300 block of ditman and the 4900 block of ditman. we're waiting for more information as details come available as investigators continue to talk to these victims. i'm vernon odom, channel6 "action news," lively in hunting park. >> all right vernon thank you. we know five people were injured in a serious crash in newark today. we first told you about this story as it broke on "action news" at noon. multiple cars and a bakery truck collided in the northbound lanes of south college avenue. a child was airlifted to a.i. dupont hospital. the four adults involved are being treated at christiana hospital. no word on their conditions or what caused the collision. >> now to the accuweather forecast and a humid sunny day. sky6 hd looking live now at the beaches of cape may with the weather like this, people were inevitably head to the

shore but hurricane josé is making swimming dangerous. >> that's right. for more on that warning we go to meteorologist cecily tynan who is in for adam joseph. >> hi, rick and sharrie. josé did weaken to a tropical storm yesterday. it's still a tropical storm but the hurricane hunters are flying in now to get new information for the 5 o'clock update. beginning to get a bit more organized moving towards the northwest at 9 miles an hour. it is causing some large swells already. as we head into the weekend its expected to make this turn up to the north and then parallel the coast. the actual center of the track is about 200 miles off the coast but as we know, you don't just look at the center, you look at this whole cone and the western most cone does bring it very close to the jersey shore and then likely close to cape cod. so, if you look at the chance of tropical storm force winds, you see the best chance along the east coast would be near nantucket but closer to our region right now based on the latest track we have about a 30 percent chance of seeing

sustained winds at more than 39 miles per hour along the shore. now, if this track shifts a little bit farther to the west that would bring the stronger winds farther inland. so, this is what we know. josé will cause rough surf, rip currents right through the weekend. lso concerns for beach erosion and tidal flooding but still uncertain is the exact track of the storm that will likely become a category one hurricane. more details in the full accuweather forecast. rick. >> all right cecily. thank you. you can find weather updates any time on your phone or tablet including the very latest on josé and realtime views from storm tracker6 live. the 6abc app is a free download for your mobile device. >> to this developing story. this morning's attack in london where the prime just raie uk terror threat level to critical. a bomb exploded inside the subway during the busy rush

hour injuring dozens of people and now police are trying to track down the person or people responsible. abc's mikey kay is isn't london. >> reporter: cell phone video showing the bucket bomb detonating inside a london train still burning. you can hear metro police ordering the passengers left on the platform to evacuate. >> just get away and move towards the end of the platform. according to eyewitnesses most commuters escaped even before police arrived panicked. >> people just getting crushed. we were of they were just trampling each wonder it was just every man for themselves. >> i generally saw just a sheet of orange flame and this huge bag. everyone screamed and ran off. >> reporter: it happened after 8:00 a.m. in london at parsons green tube station pandemonium sending most to hospitals with flash burns. investigators calling this a

terror attack a majorly large search for the attacker or at d.c., revealing the device did not explode fully. president trump weighed in from the white house. >> we have to be very smart. we have to be very very tough. >> reporter: but the president's earlier tweets including one implying the suspects were known to london officials drew this criticism from the british prime minister theresa may. >> i never think it's helpful for anybody to speculate on what is an ongoing investigation. >> reporter: there is no specific credible threat to the u.s. but abc news has learned there will be an increased police presence at commuter rail stations across all major u.s. cities as a precaution. also the uk raising its threat level to critical. the highest possible indicating that an attack is expected imminently. mikey kay, abc news, london. >> mikey, thank you. we will have continuing coverage of the attack in london throughout the evening right here o news" and world news tonight with david muir. abc will be covering every aspect of this story from the

latest on the investigation to security concerns at home and abroad. that's at 6:30 right after "action news" at 6:00. >> all right, back here, a montgomery county judge has set a date for bill cosby's retrial. the entertainer will have a sexual assault charge on april 2nd of next year. like the first trial this retrial will be at the montgomery county courthouse in norristown. the 80-year-old is charged with drugging and molesting andrea constand a former employee of temple university. the charges stem from an encounter no 2004 which cosby claims was consensual. >> a pickup truck smashed into a barbershop in tioga-nicetown and despite causing a lot of damage no one was hurt. this was the scene around 10:30 this morning at the intersection of hunting park and wissahickon. the truck's driver somehow lost control and rammed through the front of the building. it narrowly missed hitting

people sitting inside. >> barber is all right. two people standing there is all right, too. so god bless for that. i think our building is that ruined now. i don't think we'll be table put it back together. >> no word yet as to how much the cleanup will cost or if the business will reopen. >> teachers in the methacton school district announced they intend to strike monday. negotiations have been ongoing since january with no deal. any decisions to close schools will come by 8:00 p.m. on the day before. announcements will be made to families via school messenger and on the district's web site. school and district offices would remain opened during any work stoppage. one bucks county fire company has gotten a huge financial boost to help hire more firefighters to keep the community safe. the trevose fire company and the bensalem township department of public safety was awarded the homeland security safer grant. it totals $816,000. it will provide pay for qualified members to staff the

firehouse 24 hours a day, seven days a week for the next four years. >> we're so delighted to that have any way our volunteer fire companies can help and get support to keep this great town safe is -- is a absolute blessing and i know this is going to go a long way. >> the trevose fire company responds to over 500 calls a year in addition to fighting fires, they will also now be equipped with narcan to use to treat drug overdoses. >> much needed equipment. >> yes. >> time for the "action news" traffic report. >> it is friday, matt pelman in the "action news" traffic center. tgi to you. >> t.g.i.f., rick and sharrie. this is the commodore barry bridge in chester delaware county and there was a serious accident involving an overturned vehicle. we had fire crews on the scene and then a tow truck on the scene so they just towed away the vehicle that was involved but as you can see as we take a different vantage point of the commodore barry bridge

there are still some pretty substantial back logs if you're trying to come off 95 and get onto the bridge to head into south jersey, this traffic at the moment coming out of chester is parked and the delays from this are spilling back onto the main lanes of 95, northbound all locked up from the state line up to the commodore barry bridge and southbound you start at the brakes just past philadelphia international airport and just 15 miles per hour down to the commodore barry. so, 95 in delco is a mess because of that earlier barry bridge accident. delays from 95 spilling back onto the blue route. really a domino. effect going on just 14 miles per hour on the southbound side. walt whitman bridge instead. there's a crash there as well just off the bridge on 42 southbound by 676. getting it pushed off to the side but delays from that spill back across the bridge into pennsylvania. tacony-palmyra bridge just wrapped up an opening. the betsy ross or even the ben franklin at this point are better bets than the other three we mentioned.

belmont avenue at rockhill have a crash that's just coming in, speeds really starting to slow on the schuylkill as they usually do this hour of the afternoon. we've been watching for a few days the fireflies festival going on along the ben franklin parkway but the good news this afternoon is the inner drives of the parkway are opened unlike yesterday afternoon so we're hoping for a better ride as you head out of center city toward the art museum along the parkway. underneath vine street expressway is really starting to stack in each direction, but, hey, we expect that on a friday afternoon. what you say we grab the ipad check your ways home with the waze app on this friday afternoon. west chester along wilmington pike, 202 getting reports of a crash and a lot of volume to boot as you head down towards stetson middle school. watching issues, especially bridge issues and we'll keep doing that sharrie and rick in the next half hour. >> we'll see you then. thank you, matt. >> still ahead on "action news" at 4:00 fierce reaction in saint louis as a judge clears a police officer charged with first degree murder. we'll have the details. >> also coming up, phasing out old technology, the change you

may or may not soon notice along the pa turnpike, all thanks to your cell phone. >> plus, a delaware county high schooler gets ready to see himself in the limelight. we'll introduce you to the marching band member who as a teenager is already proving barriers were built to be broken.

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>> police in riot gear are responding to protests in downtown saint louis, missouri. hundreds of people began marching through the streets after a former police officer was found not guilty in a suspect's murder. jason stockily was acquitted in the 2011 fatal shooting of anthony lamar smith. large crowds began forming after the judge announced that verdict.

police say they had to use pepper spray on some of the demonstrators. >> the un secretary general is the latest world leader to condemn north korea's ballistic missile launch which went over japanese air space again. he says the north seriously violated security council resolutions and is planning an emergency meeting that's taking place right now. he's calling on dictator kim jong un to stop firing missiles and seriously consider getting rid of his nuclear arsenal. it was the longest ballistic missile launch to date and the 14th one so far this year. >> federal officials in florida continue to focus on restoring electrical power and getting gasoline into that state. the lack of electricity has affected fuel supplies because many gas stations have not been retrofitted to run their pumps on generator power. there were 60,000 utility workers from across the u.s. and canada in the disaster area working to get the power back on and the number of dead

is now standing at 33 from irma in the united states. >> with the popularity of cell phones, the pennsylvania turnpike is phasing out old technology. by the end of the month drivers will no longer see bright yellow call boxes along the highway. they've been posted along the 552-mile toll road since 1988. officials say usage has plummeted since 2000. the turnpike commission estimates that removing the phones will save about $250,000 a year. two full-time employees tasked with keeping the phones working will likely be reassigned. >> a bucks county hospital expanding its services. doylestown health broke ground on the expansion to its heart institute. this new facility will help doctors meet the growing demands for advanced heart and vascular care. once it's built there will be private rooms and new treatment areas with the latest technology. it will also enable various doctors and the staff there to all work in the same building.

a local grocery store celebrating one of its locations by giving back to the commuty. acme hd a grand reopening for its trooper montgomery county store. this store presented $1,0 to the lower providence township police and the fire department. the food chain also donated $1,000 to the methacton school district and a bench made of recycled materials was gifted to shannon dale retirement community. >> philadelphia kicked off an important week of welcoming people from other countries who have come here in search of a better life. mayor kenney and other city officials took part in what's caldwell coming week 2017. for the next several days events will be held to highlight philadelphia's diversity and immigrant population. several students from northeast high school, all of whom are either immigrants or refugees were invited to today's welcome celebration. >> now to our forecast. meteorologist cecily tynan is here its a beautiful day on

the warm side. >> last weekend of summer. >> last weekend of summer. >> makes me so sad. >> it's going to feel more like mid summer than late summer. >> get so emotional. >> give him a moment right now. >> rick. >> drone6 was taking flight. i just love this video. what a gorgeous day. blue skies and sunshine flying over the fountain at logan square and sky6 live right now taking a look at the ben franklin bridge and seeing just some fair weather cumulus popping up here. lots of blue skies and, yes, believe it or not, fall officially arrived one week from today. i know some people are happy about it, rick's over there crying and this will really make you cry. look at these statistics. in just three months the average high will drop down to 45 degrees. the average low dropping to 30 degrees. the sun sets eastern standard time three months from now -- the sunrise i should say at 7:15 the sun sets in three months, 4:36 so enjoy the

weekend, the summer-like weather while you still can. on double scan live showing most of the region is rain free but it is picking up some activity right now up across the poconos, the lehigh valley and some of this you can see popping up. no thunderstorms right now north of allentown, slatington right now, there's another cell near lynn port so most regions rain free but there are a few scattered showers just from the heating of the day and the humidity. right now the temperature 83 degrees in philadelphia, allentown 81. cape may 80, wilmington and trenton currently 82. so, tonight high school football night, it's a friday night, you don't have to bundle up. pretty nice night. definitely not football weather, though. kickoff temperature 78 degrees. by the fourth quarter, 75. a few clouds and definitely a light breeze out there. so, for tonight, another warm and humid night. 67 degrees in philadelphia. allentown 61. cape may 66. and wilmington 65 degrees. and your kickoff for your weekend, saturday down the

shore, great beach day but do be careful. rough surf rip currents a good possibility. a lot of beaches now aren't guarded. 78 degrees. philadelphia 84, warm and muggy a lot like today. the poconos a few building clouds late in the afternoon with a spotty shower and a high of 75. so, the four day at 4:00 showing tomorrow if you like today, you'll like the weekend. 84 degrees, mixture of clouds and sunshine. sunday 83. both days we do have a possibility of an isolated pop-up shower. most of the weekend should be rain free. monday increasing clouds with a high of 80 degrees and tuesday we do cloud up. it gets breezy as what will likely be hurricane josé makes its closest path to us, a high of 77 degrees. more details and an update on the storm coming up a little bit later on. back to you guys. >> cecily thank. new at 4 o'clock, a delaware county teenager is showing the world that there are no limits and his success is leading him straight to the spotlight for a big weekend in new york city.

>> ♪ that's 14-year-old aiden milligan on the tam tambourine. he plays percussion in the haverford high school band and while this may seem like a pretty exciting start for his freshman year aiden is about to become a bit of star in one of the most iconic spots in the country. and i heard your picture is going to be on a billboard. >> yes. >> reporter: in times square,. >> yes, i am. >> reporter: the drexel hill native is appearing under the bright lights of broadway as part of the national down's syndrome society annual presentation in times square. this picture of aiden taken at a performance from his days back at haverford middle school was chosen from 2000 entries. the idea, to celebrate the milestones and achievements of people with down's syndrome. it's all part of the annual buddy walk, something the milligans have attended before. >> we went about 11 years ago when aiden was very young. it was really helpful to us to kind of see people at various

stages who had down's syndrome and the now we're coming back 11 years later and we're -- we are really looking forward to it. knowing that their son's photo will be part of the day is pretty humbling. they says it shows him doing what he loves most. >> i'm really proud of him. he has a lot of musical talent. >> reporter: are you looking forward to going to new york this weekend. >> yes, i am. >> we're looking forward to seeing what happens for him under the lights in the big apple. congratulations to aiden. we asked him what's your favorite subject and he answered math. >> all right. >> good luck this weekend. >> great. >> next on "action news," we take you to a unique nonprofit helping veterans in new castle county. >> also see how volunteers are lending a helping hand to pass along the skills needed for a specialized career off the battlefield. >> ♪ ♪

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>> ♪ >> the man behind a wildly popular tv show was honored today at philadelphia city hall. it was a recognition ceremony for adam goldberg the creator

of the goldbergs. actors from the show joined mayor jim kenney and 6abc president and general manager bernie prazenica to present him with a flyers jersey. the show is marking its 100th episode and it's broadcast on phl17. the sixth season kicks off on september 27th. >> a new program is delaware has veterans working around the clock quite literally. this is the first class of six vets who are learning to repair and restore watches. wearing magnifying goggles they are using special tools to work on those tiny pieces. all of this training is being done in a lab at the odessa center for excellence. the unique nonprofit is modeled after a program that first started after world war ii to help veterans with disabilities. >> the simple fact that this is solitary, it's very quiet,

those with ptsd issues and things like that, this is ideal for them. if for whatever reason they don't want to work out in the field, they can do this at home equally well and make essentially the same amount of money. >> for whatever reason if they don't want to work out in the field for a servicing center or something like that they can do this at home just as equally well and make essentially the same amount of money. the group started the 10 week course on tuesday. it is free of charge and run by volunteers. once that's complete they will qualify to enter a four month watch making class. >> it's about time. much more still ahead in our next half hour of "action news" at 4:30 including the latest on tropical storm josé and the threat it could possibly pose to our area next week. >> plus. >> 12 years old and nine months pregnant she vanished from her willingboro home in 1996. tonight the latest version of what selena mays might look like today and what her sisters say about her

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>> "action news" continues with meteorologist adam joseph, alicia vitarelli, sharrie williams and brian taff. >> ♪ >> it's 4:30. brian is off. rick williams joins us and "action news" continues with the one thing connecting ice cream hip hop yoga and makeup. they're all free. we'll give you the details. >> if you're looking for happily ever after, a new study suggests you should take

the frog and not the prince. why some experts say hot husbands are unhappier than those with less attractive mates. >> plus, interpreter outrage. officials in florida asked his county employee to sign important evacuation information during hurricane irma but that's not what they got. what he reportedly signed instead that has some in the deaf community demanding an apology. >> but we begin with a new appeal for answers in a decades old cold case involving a missing child. selena mays was just 12 years old when she disappeared from her home in burlington county. today she would be 33. nora muchanic is live in our new jersey news room with more on why police are returning to this case nearly 21 years later. nora. >> reporter: hi there, rick. selena mays case made big headlines during the 1990's when the 12-year-old went missing but willingboro police

have not forgotten and have released a new photo of what she might look like today. >> to me it would be better to know her state of being. >> reporter: in 199612-year-old selena mays disappeared from her home in willingboro. she was nine months pregnant at the time and had not revealed the identity of the baby's father. on the left you can see what she looked like then. on the right what willingboro police think she might look like now at age 33. they released enhanced photo hoping to kickstart the cold case. >> hoping it keeps her face in the public view, somebody will see it, somebody will remember something. >> reporter: willingboro police detective chris vetter says his department is making use of social media to get her photo out there and even though it's been more than 20 years investigators still work the case. >> our detectives working o different avenues on social media facebook twitter we're looking for any references to her, looking for photos that would match how she would look now. >> reporter: police say at the time of her disappearance

selena's family and this strict church they attended in mount holly were less than cooperative. to this day authorities don't know what happened. >> nine months pregnant there's not so many things you can do. the family split on it. some believe that friends of her family helped her escape and then some of the families believe she was murdered. >> it's weird because it's like i know i have another sister but i never really got to meet her or got to know her. the type of person she is or would have been. >> reporter: police say until they find out what happened they will keep releasing age enhanced photos and won't give up. >> we can't because she's still -- we still consider her a missing person no matter what and we won't stop until we find her. >> reporter: now, over the last several years over the last 20 years in fact, detectives have traveled to a number of states trying to track down leads but unfortunately they've all been dead ends. live in our new jersey news room, i'm nora muchanic channel6 "action news." rick. >> nora, thank you. police in southwest philadelphia say two women nearly lost their lives

answering a knock on the front door early this morning. investigators say someone started banging on the door here at the 5400 block of hatfield street around 2:00 a.m. the 40-year-old woman who lives there and her 37-year-old friend went to the peephole but before they had a chance to decide whether or not to open the door someone fired off at least 14 shots much the homeowner was hit in the stomach the friend shot in the thigh. fortunately the woman's three-year-old daughter who was also inside was not injured. >> she was not injured. she was not struck by gunfire. she was very lucky 'cause inside the property you can see that the furniture, the couch was struck by gunfire, several couches, the walls were struck by gunfire, the ceilings were struck by gunfire multiple times. >> police are now reviewing surveillance footage in the area to try to find the gunman. investigators also have no motive. at last check both women were expected to make a full recovery. >> officials in delaware county still trying to figure out what sent a car hurdling

into the side of a house this morning. this happened along the 300 block of third street in upland. police say the driver lost control just around 8:30 and then smashed into several fences. the car finally came to a stop against a home. the driver was not seriously hurt. officials say the house, though, is structurally sound with only the front railing damaged there. we are learning more about a deadly two car accident that snarled traffic for hours in wilmington delaware yesterday. state police have now identified the victim as 44-year-old saheed williams. they say the newark man lost control of his car on southbound i-95 around 5:30 thursday morning. williams' car hit a concrete barrier and then spun around into the path of a toyota camry. well, the camry erupted in flames but the driver escaped. williams was pronounced dead there at the scene. the accident shut down part of i-95 for more than six hours. >> a man was charged in new castle county for allegedly

threatening a school bus driver. 43-year-old timothy holland was arrested following the alleged incident on september 8th. the bus driver said while he was driving a black suv was coming in the opposite direction at a high rate of speed. the bus driver said he pulled the bus over to let the speeding driver pass but the driver began yelling at him. at one point he said he would shoot the bus driver in the head. holahan was charged and released on a thousand dollars bail. >> turning to our forecast. a sunny day today but we're keeping an eye on the atlantic ocean. >> that's right. meteorologist cecily tynan is here now with the very latest on what's kind of an interesting forecast for the weekend. >> it certainly is is tropical. we have a warm air mass sticking around through the weekend and right into next week. so, if you like summer-like weather this is your weekend. right now philadelphia 83 degrees. trenton 82. atlantic city airport 81 and wilmington 82 and dewpoints are in the 60's. it's moderately humid in philadelphia with a dewpoint of 51. areas to the south though a

lot more humid with dewpoints in the mid to upper 60's and that's where they will be sticking around through the weekend so it will have a humid feel. live on sky6 taking a look in cape may where the swells are increasing thanks to tropical storm josé out in the atlantic and the swells will continue to increase as josé moves closer. so, this is the infrared satellite. the hurricane hunters flew in, they're bringing back the information. we'll have a new update at 5 o'clock and you can see how josé appears to be trying to likely will bring it parallel to the coast as we head through the week next week and what that will do is bring us rip currents, rough surf and also if it gets close enough we could be looking at a brush with some of the wind and the rain. i'll have more details on the storm coming up in the full accuweather forecast. back to you. >> all right, cecily, check back in later. thank you. delaware governor john carney cut the ribbon on the completion of the pow-mia parkway. the parkway in dover is approximately 3.

newly constructed roadway from north street to u.s. route 13. senator chris coons and many other delaware dignitaries also attended the event. the pow-mia parkway provides direct connections tocommerciall facilities. >> more than 100 students in the philadelphia area who have chosen to go to school online began their classes today. today was the kickoff for the area pa virtual students and socialization is a huge part of the experience. the school has dedicated coordinator who's are helping parents keep their kids social by having them be active in their church their community or the workforce. >> residents in montgomery county were invited to think outside the box today. they saw how ordinary parking spots can be transformed into public parks and other social spaces. the event was held in front of the county courthouse in norristown. this is all in honor of

parking day 2017. the global campaign challenges people to rethink the way urban streets are used. >> well, history was made at the reading terminal market today and it was quite a tasty celebration. it was the 30th anniversary of the pal general store here at reading terminal. plenty of folks were on hand including the philly phanatic offering congratulations to the store that has specialized in locally made food and craft. others were here to sample of the delicacies like a special anniversary cake. congratulations to the pennsylvania general store. >> i just love going into the terminal market. so many choice. >> my gosh. so many choices. still to come, what's better than ice cream and indian food? how about free ice cream and indian food. these are some of the freebies you can get if you stay tuned. >> plus, monster pizzas and bears, three things that probably do not belong in an emergency news conference about hurricane irma but

members of the deaf community say that's exactly what this interpreter signed. his explanation coming up. >> and meteorologist cecily tynan is back with the full forecast from accuweather when "action news" at 4:00 continues. >> ♪ been trying to prepare for this day... and i'm still not ready. the reason i'm telling you this is that there will be moments in your life that... you'll never be ready for. your little girl getting married being one of them.

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wait a minute. whole wheat waffles? >> health check now. if your dance floor skills are sub par you may want to blame your parents. a new study out of the uk says the ability to bust a move appears to be in your genes. the findings support the theory that good dancers are born rather than taught. researchers also determined the most common physical trait shared by 100 of the world's most professional dancers they were more likely to have dark hair, dark eyes, small feet and in an odd twist no siblings. they were also slightly taller than average. now to a new study. the folliclely challenged are going to like. according to researchers at the university of pennsylvania, hair is greatly overrated. scientists there found bald men are perceived to be more attractive confident and dominant. the team asked both male and female students to rate a

series of photos in all three of those categories. they say the men without hair whether natural or shaved were the clear winner. the students also thought the bald guys were at least an inch taller than those with luscious locks. sharrie. >> okay, no comment. now, over at the big board rick with the big talkers today and this one getting a lot of attention here. members of the deaf community say they are still waiting for an apology from manatee county officials for using a sign language interpreter who didn't know what he was doing. that wouldn't normally be a huge deal but this interpreter was supposed to be explaining crucial evacuation order information before hurricane irma hit. instead, marshall greene started signing words like pizza and monsters. this all happening during a live press conference. at one point he used the jib we arish phrase help you at that time to use a bear big. makes no sense, right? well,

that's what the deaf community said. green's family says his bosses asked him to step in at the last minute when they could not find a certified interpreter. green who has a deaf brother actually works as a county lifeguard, so he stepped in, he tried to help. i don't know, the judge still out on that one. if you're looking for happily ever after a new study suggests that you should date the frog, not the prince. new research from florida state university says relationships work out better when the woman is paired up with a less attractive man. they analyzed newlyweds and found this. the women with less attractive partners were happier. they apparently do more housework and are more attentive overall. i think the men do more housework and are more attentive over all just to be clear. and how about the the ones with hot husbands? they found that those gals were more likely to diet and obsess over

exercising and were not as happy. >> wrong. >> well, rick disagrees with this. >> that's right. >> do as you will with his advice yen. it's your life. date who you want to date. rick, you're happily married. >> that's right. >> and hopefully your wife is, too. >> wait a minute. >> finally a $900 robotas created in japan to do one thing, to sniff out bad body odor. yup, that's what $900 of machinery can do for you these days but wait, the machine is in the form of this cute puppy dog. the robotic dog has a keen sense of smell and is obligated to make sure people have good hygiene. this invention is known as the sniffer dog and its sole purpose is to sniff people's feet and if your feet slightly stink, the puppy will bark and if your -- [laughter] if they totally wreak that's what happens. the dog rolls over and temporarily faints and if your feet smell like roses the puppy will simply wag its tail

and continue to be cute. so, rick i guess the point is, to smell good all the time or else. >> well, if cecily were here that robot would explode. >> hey, no selling out the rest of us in the studio. >> she knows. all right, thank you, sharrie. >> don't worry, cecily, we'll get him back. >> yes, she'll get me back. time for another check on the highways and byways. tonight matt pelman in the "action news" traffic center with an update. he'll protect me if she comes running over, right, matt. >> shoes on everyone, please. good afternoon, rick. the traffic stinks but that's no big surprise. now there's a major accident on the pennsylvania turnpike. it's the eastbound direction halfway between valley forge and norristown where all lanes are temporarily blocked. no traffic getting by on the eastbound side of the turnpike heading towards norristown and fort washington and so we're parked starting at valley forge and a lot of people are bailing there trying to get on 76, the schuylkill expressway so the speeds are exactly the same there, 15 miles per hour.

bottom line is if you can get a little creative and i know that's difficult at this point in the week but if you can get creative you're going to be better off. maybe roads like germantown pike or ridge pike as alternates to the turnpike and the schuylkill which is also now equally jammed. this is 95 in delco. northbound side still extra heavy from namaans road up to the barry bridge but our accident there is now long gone. southbound side also jammed through delco headed toward the commodore barry. and then farther north on 95, just north of cottman avenue we have a new crash partially taking out the left lane, slowing behind that and then farther north on 95 in bucks county it's a work zone that's slowing us down there by 332. had a crash on the schuylkill eastbound by passyunk. that's gone and our wreck on 42 southbound off the whitman has also cleared. but still plenty to talk about. we'll keep talking rick and sharrie in the 5 o'clock hour. >> all right. >> see you then. >> meteorologist cecily tynan with -- >> not talking to you. >> she's mad at you. >> she's going to get me. >> she hits harder. she has exclusive accuweather

7-day. she won't catch me.

>> my good friend meteorologist cecily tynan is here now with a closer look at the forecast. >> want to hear about the forecast sharrie. [laughter] >> i'm here. hi. >> all right, let's go. drone6 -- i'm not talking to him anymore -- flying high above city hall on this beautiful friday. definitely on the warm side but lots of sunshine here in philadelphia. clear skies, a great afternoon for drone6 to fly. i need to stay in the shot. look at that. that's pretty nice looking out there. blue skies and sunshine. i didn't hear you at all, rick. we are live on sky6 taking a look over the commodore barry bridge. also seeing blue skies and sunshine. some fair weather cumulus

clouds popping up but we also have a few isolated showers popping up. double scan live showing most of the region is rain free but we do have some showers popping up across parts of the lehigh valley right now. as we zoom in, you can see real scattered activity north of bethlehem, also one cell moves through slatington, also the poconos, lake harmony has some scattered showers. they're kind of drifting to the south. they will be raining themselves out as we head towards sunset and just a little bit of activity most of the region is rain free. but temperature-wise definitely on the warm side again. most of september has been cool. the month overall running about 4 degrees below normal but right now philadelphia 83 degrees. normal high for this time of the year is 79. allentown 81. wilmington 82. and cape may 79. so, satellite and radar showing good amount of sunshine today, again some of those showers just popping up across the lehigh valley. we have the remnants of irma over us in the form of mid level moisture. there's nothing to really kick

it out so we will stay on the humid side right through the weekend into next week. the next 12 hours for your friday night partly cloudy, mild, muggy, 62 in the suburbs, about 67 degrees for center city. and for your saturday, very similar to today. warm and muggy under partly sunny skies, 84 degrees philadelphia, allentown and trenton 82. cape may 78. and wilmington 83. so we just got the latest from the national hurricane center. josé is a hurricane again. maximum sustained winds 75 miles per hour so it's a category one hurricane its moving towards the northwest at 10 miles per hour. looks like it will continue making that motion until about sunday and that's when it will start to move more northerly and the latest track does keep it generally off the eastern seaboard but likely getting very close to nantucket as we head through the middle of next week. so, what does this mean for us? most likely path right now is 200 miles off shore means the coast would get a

brush of light rain and some pretty gusty winds. 40 to 45 miles per hour. if it does make a pretty significant jog to the west, it is only about 50 miles off shore, could get some heavy rain along the coast, about two to 4 inches with winds up to about 60 miles per hour. as we've learned with many tropical systems, the track can change. i'll continue to watch it and i'll keep you posted. so, if you are down the shore tomorrow, rough surf and beach currents -- rough surf and rip currents, there we go, stay on the beaches, 74 degrees that ocean temperature, the air temperature in the upper 70's. so, the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast, it stays warm and humid right through the weekend, 84 degrees tomorrow, sunday 83. monday we cloud up with a high of 80. tuesday it will be breezy, mostly cloudy with josé off shore, 77. on wednesday morning clouds, afternoon sunshine, 82 degrees. for rosh hashanah thursday partly sunny and warm 84 and friday when fall officially arrives the high drops down to

79 degrees with partly sunny skies. josé right now something we'll definitely going to be watching. a little bit too close for comfort. >> keep an eye on it. cecily thanks. freebie friday is coming up next and these two will give each another a hug in the commercial break. [laughter]

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delaware. a 75 minute class to hip hop and r and b hits at 10:30 in the morning every saturday in the center court. you must bring your own mat and of course you have to register. we'll show you how on 6abc.com >> i like that namaslay.illiamsf alicia vitarelli adam joseph cecily tynan, i'm sharrie williams. join me along with brian adam and ducis rodgers 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're continuing to track tropical storm josé as it spins off the coast of the atlantic. how people down the shore are preparing for this storm's effects. >> those stories and much more next at 5:00. >> okay. >> ♪

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>> ♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >> ♪ >> tracking josé. tonight another system in the atlantic is posing a threat to the northeast. now people down the shore are getting ready in the event josé takes a turn to the west closer to the jersey coastline. it is friday night. monica is off. sharrie williams is joining us

and the big story on "action news" is the potential impact of josé on our region. >> we have live team coverage tonight. bob brooks is down the shore where preparations are under way. but first to meteorologist cecily tynan and cecily, you've got the update on where this storm is headed and the chances of it coming our way. >> hi, sharrie and the latest on now hurricane josé, it has restrengthened back to a category one hurricane. if you look at this infrared satellite you can see how it is beginning to get a little bit more organized and an eye is just beginning to start to form. it's moving northwest at 10 miles per hour currently. the center of the storm 640 miles south-southeast of cape hatteras north carolina, the latest track this actually hasn't shifted much from earlier today. it does show it making a turn to the north as we head through the weekend and then almost parallelling the east coast moving up. the best chance of it making landfall would be near nantucket. this track keeps the center of the storm about 200 miles off