that's why he'll fight to cut our taxes, and stand up to career politicians like steve sweeney. if we want to change trenton, there's only one way. fran grenier. "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. good afternoon in the news this noon, hurricane maria strengthens as it continues to batter the caribbean and organizations in philadelphia

are raising money to help those impacted by hurricane maria and a massive earthquake in mexico. the big story on "action news" is the intense rescuests underway in mexico following that deadly earthquake, among those trapped in the debris and believed to be alive is a 12-year-old school girl. at least 245 people were killed in the quake. >> reporter: over 50 people have been rescued since that earthquake and some of those rescue efforts focused on two schools that collapsed during the quake and now on a young girl still trapped in the rubble who is a symbol of hope. desperate rescue efforts are a race against time in mexico city. >> we don't know yet. probably there are people there. rescuers tunnelling closer to the 12-year-old girl buried in

debris and possibly two classmates trapped with her. >> rescue teams made contact with her. they talked to her. >> rescuers have given her water and oxygen but the scene is still chaotic. hundreds of crews, including wellers and carpenters and medics swarming the size. the massive 7.1 earthquake leveling the school. crews are listening for signs of life using infrared cameras to scan where 20 children and four teachers died. but some rescued. kids plucked from the debris. >> dusty but alive. >> dusty but alive where 40 buildings are collapsed and half the city is without power. >> the rescuests are more a race against time because kids are more susacceptable to hypothermerthermi

hyperthermia. kids trapped in the school may only have hours left to live. channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. well, mexico faces the aftermath of one natural disaster the caribbean is being hit with another. hurricane maria. maria caused at least 10 deaths across the caribbean and headed towards the turks and caicos after leaving behind massive destruction in puerto rico. hurricane maria slammed into the island nation as a category four storm knocking out power to the entire island. >> puerto rico was absolutely obliterated. puerto rico got hit with behinds, that they have never seen winds like this anywhere. >> president trump says he plans to visit puerto rico, and their airport announced they plan to resume operations as soon as tomorrow. >> the devastation from both hurricane maria and mexico entired people in our area to step up and help.

several organization and community groups are holding events and raising money to help with relief efforts for the natural disasters. gray hall is at one event he spoke with those trying to make a difference. >> reporter: we can tell you there is an event scheduled for 1:00 at the west kensington ministry and they will disgust the natural disasters and let church members know how they can help out and people are stepping up and opening up their hearts. >> we have seen the heart breaking images in port week after the area was slammed by hurricane maria. and many are in the dark and unable to communicate with the outside world and then the devastation in mexico after it was hit by a massive 7.1 earthquake that killed hundreds. those areas are far away but the pain, prayers and the longing to help can be found in our backyards. many the hispanic and latino communities have families in the impacted areas and looking for

ways to help. >> it's overwhelming to see everything. it's devastating. >> i saw the videos. my cousin was in the house when it all started. >> the mexican student association at penn state is helping in the aftermath of the earthquake that killed both young and old. students have already raised $20,000. a local at lino organization is collected funds through its website and "action news" learned that organizers of this weekend's annual puerto rican day activities this affair is not just a celebration but used to raise much needed funds and a social media campaign will help to raise money along with volunteers walking the parade route to collect donations. >> we'll go out and try to do our best and we are doing it for them. >> all right back out live this event at west kensington ministry starts at 1:00 this

afternoon an cross the area as people continue to see the need they continue to open up their wallet. gray hall, channel 6 "action news." >> gray, thank you. >> people on the u.s. main land are keeping an eye on hurricane maria as it pummels the main land and hurricane jose continues to cause problems off the coast. david murphy is in the weather center tracking all of this activity. >> jose a tropical storm weakening a bit off our coast and the circulation is farther away from the coast as yesterday and not as much cloud but sunshine in play. but a sweep of clouds for a time this morning. the winds have died down it's a drop. and the movement is stationary now than may be an indication that the storm is stalling and getting ready to drift back to the east. the maximum wind gusts are 60

miles per hour. not a major issue for us in terms of sky cover or any sort of precipitation. and the weather in fact over the beach should remain nice over the several several days over the weekend. and bad at the beach if you try to get in the water, rip currents and rough surf probably through the weekend. and we have to worry about maria because it looks like that storm is making a run up the coast. what jose is doing for us now is causing that issue with heavy surf and rip currents and a high risk today. swimmers if you don't have lifeguards use extreme caution maybe go in to your ankles but if you have a lifeguard swim near the guard and make sure they keep you safe. that is a continued problem through the weekend. hurricane maria the eye of the storm spinning to the north of the dominican republic and heading in the direction of the turks and caicos and of course

that land mass was decimated by irma and it looks like this storm will be pushing toward the north and it needs watch and the latest model indications is that this is farther and farther away from the east coast. it could change but that is the way it's looking now. when we come back a warm weekend here and the track of maria as it makes this northern movement. that is all coming up in the seven day. >> thank you. >> you can find the latest forecast information from real time views from stormtracker 6 live double scan by visiting 6abc.com or downloading the free 6 abc app for your mobile device. president trump says that the u.s. will impose additional sanctions on north korea over the communist countries nuclear weapons buildup and details have not yet been released. trump told the u.n. general assembly that the u.s. will have no choice but to totally destroy north korea if it continues to

threatening the u.s. and its allies. police are searching for a violent armed robbery in southeast philadelphia. on the 1600 block of oxford avenue he entered the business with a knife and the employee could not get the cash register open and the suspect began to fight with her and the suspect got away with an undisclosed amount of cash. anyone with information is asked to call police. city councilman johnson announced that he plans to introduce legislation to address the deadly gun violence plaguing the city. he was surrounded by mothers in charge and the local chapter of naacp at city hall. this comes before the day of remembrance for murder victims coming up on monday. >> still to come a deadly police

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home after a dangerous forest fire raged out of control and more than 9800 acres are scorched so far. and people are forced from their homes on the island and the island is a popular destination for tourists. an investigation is now underway in oklahoma city where a deaf man was shot by police. 35-year-old magnus sanchez was holding a metal knife approaching the officers, one shot him with a gun and the other with a taser. witnesses were yell, quote, he can't hear you before the officers fired. but officers did not hear what they were yelling due to tunnel vision. sanchez died at the scene. and robert mueller's team is seeking documents from the white house. he is looking for information related to michael flynn's stint at national security adviser and about the meeting with the

russian lawyer and donald trump's oldest son and expected to interview a half dozen currents and former aids in the coming weeks including sean spicer and former chief of staff preibus. and the senate is going to vote on a bill that would repeal and replace the affordable health care bill. it hinges on a handful of senators that did not indicate how they plan to vote. that includes john mccain and susan collins, president trump called the bill great and that it included coverage of preexisting conditions. coming up a comprehensive program in philadelphia has some participants dancing and still ahead in this week's art of aging.

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health check this noon. for people fighting depression a lack of sleep may be a good thing. researchers at the university of pennsylvania analyzed 40 years of studies on sleep deprivation and found that being deprived of sleep could improve depression in up to 50% of people. 20 to 36 miles per hours without sleep turned out to be an affective anti-depressant. as america's aging population grows so does an innovative program that keeps them in their homes and out of nursing homes. tamala edwards shows us how this works. >> reporter: it's birthday party time at that time the mercy life center in south philadelphia. the room is packed and everybody rocks along taking themselves at least back in their minds to the days before wheelchairs or walkers. the part of pace for all

inclusive care in philadelphia. for adults that need certified nursing care. >> a prehencive program that allows seniors 55 and older to live in their home and community. >> elders are transported to their homes five-day a week. we provide mental and dental and foot doctor and vision and mental health services and hospitalizations and rehabs. >> and they get medications and monitoring of the medicines and gyms keep participants moving and so does the busy activity schedule. >> i want them to be engaged and socialize. new members are asked about their interest present and past. >> they say i used to like to dance and do certain things and our job is to provide those activities and modify it or

adapt it so they can do it. whether it's called pace or life many say the comprehensive care is a life saver. it's shown to decrease hospitalization as well as decrease -- and for medicaid there is no charge. no co-pays or charge. >> and it's in bucks county and soon montgomery county. tamala edwards, channel 6 "action news." >> nice. the "action news" team is out working on news stories for tonight beginning at 4:00. lets check in with alicia vitarelli with a look ahead. >> reporter: coming up today at 4:00 nearly a third of all women hit pause on their career at some point in their life. often to start a family or child care issues but fewer of half of those women return. that is where the mom project comes in. how it's helping women to get

back to work in and around the philadelphia region coming up today at 4:00, and a new match making app lets you play cupid for your facebook friends whether they like it or not. that is coming up in big talkers. sometimes we have better taste than our friends. >> thank you alicia.

david is back with another check of the accuweather forecast. pretty warm out there today. >> it sure is, fort weekend and beyond. as we look at stormtracker 6 live double scan nice day building out there. rain from jose so far off the coast you can't see it in the radar view. not the case this morning where it was poking in from the right side there. looking outside sky 6 hd showing you lots of sunshine and fair

weather cumulous clouds, but overalmostly sunny conditions and 84 degrees is your current temperature. the dew point at 63 and just a little bit humid not bad. winds from the north-northeast not as blustery at 8 miles per hour. and the ocean temperature is 72. allentown 83 degrees 83 in reading and up over 80 in lancaster and 84 in philadelphia and wilmington and down the shore just 78 in cape may and inland at a.c. airport 83 degrees. everybody is nice and warm. satellite shows you that jose has shifted a little farther out to sea today. there say possibility that every now and then a band of clouds tries to get through but so far so good. after an initial cloudy start. tropical storm jose has diminished in strength, now down

to 60 and in general are you looking at this storm continuing to weaken and meandering off the coast by sunday it will be starting to push away from us and that is actually good news because maria will eventually come up the coast the second storms that come along want to migrate toward low pressure and it would tend to bring maria off the coast. and that is one theory we are work on. even though it's beautiful on the beach itself we are look agent continued rough surf and dangerous rip currents in the water. and a high risk of rip currents today and watch out for eroded dunes. there may be more action along the ocean front depending on where maria goes exactly. bright overall with a high on the beach of 75. and lie hive sunny and warm and 86 there and philadelphia 86 and mostly sunny skies and not as windy today as yesterday.

overnight tonight mainly clear and comfortable and 66 and light winds once again. and tomorrow is also looking like a warm one to bring in autumn. hurricane maria is a hurricane and wide and well pronounced. this one is passing by the northern shore of the dominican republic and looking at storm surge along the northern side of that island. turks and caicos looks like they are in line for this storm with the 115 miles per hour winds and probably stronger than that over the next couple of days. but it looks like this storm will curve away a little bit from the turks and caicos, minimizing the impact and they are bat onning for possible problems after that we go to a two and eventually a one around tuesday morning off the coast of north carolina and virginia. the latest tracks though you can clearly see are suggesting the cone of possibility is off our coast and not coming in our direction, things could change

but looking better for us, but still looking at rip currents and rough ocean. 86 degrees and mostly sunny and warm and autumn arrives at 4:02 tomorrow afternoon. and for the weekend saturday and 86 and 89 for the eagles home opener, and lots of sunshine there and baseball weather with the phillies out of town someplace and monday the humidity starts to tic up and we get close to 90 and feeling like summer tuesday and wednesday with highs of 85 and 83 and both of those days i'm thinking thunderstorms are possible. >> summer weather holding on thanks david. >> a michigan father is putting all other fathers to shame with the epic play house he build his daughter. two stories high crown molding and cherry wood and a lost and included an attached rock wall and slide. and he created this for his 5-year-old daughter and 1-year-old daughter and much of

the material he used is recycled from scraps from his building company. i could live in that. more ahead on "action news" at noon, we'll be right back. we just moved in about four months ago, but the living room's pretty blank. we did a lot of research online. we just need to have a designer put it all together. mmm hmm. so, it's really nice when clients come in and have... done some of their own research. what do you think about these chairs and that table? working with a bassett designer was really easy. us being young professionals, we're so busy... there's no way we could've designed it ourselves. no. we love it!

"action news" at 12:30 continues with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. hello again rick will be along later tonight. here are the stories we are following for on "action news." the intense efforts to find

survivors of the earthquake in mexico continues. and puerto rico is trying to recover after hurricane maria slammed the u.s. territory damaging homes and businesses and a devastating loss of power. and now the details, it's a race against time in mexico city as rescuers work to save everyone they can. the death toll from the massive earthquake that hit tuesday now stands at at least 245 people. nearly 2,000 were hurt and many more forced from their homes. omar jimenez is live now with the latest for us. >> reporter: i'm keeping my voice down because we are in the middle of a moment of silence and rescuers and responders are doing this so they can cut out the hustle an