>> this as maria once again gained strength as it churns to the north. we have live team coverage and cecily tynan has the latest word from the hurricane center but we begin with elizabeth live in new york tracking the damage in puerto rico. >> reporter: in puerto rico the governor says they are still not in the clear and he is still asking families to stay in their homes for their safety but today some residents ventured out to try to get their life back. puerto rico beginning the process of cleaning up from hurricane maria. a daunting task with in streets left impassable and neighborhoods submerged as rain drop 30 inches. and the governor heading out himself with the national guard rescuing families including children from flooded homes. the storm so destructive the

entire island of puerto rico is still without power. >> so puerto rico is in very, very tough shape. their electrical grid is destroyed and it wasn't in good shape to start off with. >> president trump is promising puerto rico federal funding to help with recovery as the prime minister of dominica the caribbean island made an emotional plea for help. >> if anybody is listening to me helicopter services is critical to get the supplies to people. >> the damage assessment is continuing but the prime minister says the situation there is dire. there is no electricity and some villages are only accessible by boat or helicopter. >> and as you can imagine authorities across the caribbean say that rebuilding first from hurricane irma and now maria will take months if not longer.

and president trump says that in addition to government aid he will personally visit puerto rico. i'm elizabeth herr channel 6 "action news." >> now cecily tynan is live at the big board with the latest on the track of maria. >> hi rick, maria is back over the atlantic and since it is, it is getting stronger. back up to a category three hurricane, the outer bands are lashing out at the turks and caicos islands and the north coast of the dominican republic and northeast puerto rico is getting more rain. the eye expanded and is 30 miles across and moving northwest at 9 miles per hour. 95 miles east-northeast of grand turk but looks to take a turn up to the north. what that means the actual center of the storm should pass east of the turks and caicos islands and east of the bahamas and starts to curve to the northeast. looks like the remnants of jose cause a weakness and ridge of

high pressure and that is good news for the southeast coast of the main land u.s. and maria likely remaining offshore passing between cape hatteras and bermuda and we could be in a heat wave here i'll talk about that in the accuweather forecast. >> thank you. maria and jose continue to impact the jersey shore. and the u.s. army corps of engineers says that sandy recovery efforts. have been hampered by the storms, work to widen beaches and dunes in mantoloking was suppose to start in the past week and instead work there and other nearby shore towns will begin early next month. and in florida officials say that 10 residents at a fort lauderdale nursing home have now died after the hurricane irma pummeled the sunshine state. the air conditioning stopped working after the storm hit and workers brought in portable units but not enough to cool down the building to a safe level. police say that a criminal investigation is still underway.

now to new developments out of mexico after the deadly 7.1 magnitude earthquake there. tonight the search and rescue efforts continue. that include a school that collapsed in mexico city 80 miles from the epicenter of the quake. the mexican navy thought there could be a girl trapped inside and the officials tell the associated press there is evident that someone is alive in the rubble but believed to be a school worker. >> both the earthquake in mexico and the devastation in the caribbean has inspired groups in philadelphia to help out. and students with the mexican student association have raised over $30,000 to help those earthquake victims. the reason why it's money based we can't be there and pick up what is left on the streets but the money can go to medicine and things that are needed. >> others are collecting funds to help those collected by

recent storms that ripped through the caribbean and funds are collects online and it's the annual puerto rican day festivities will be used for fundraising efforts as well. >> now at 5:00 a warning for residents in one bucks county neighborhood after a man fell victim to a burglary scheme. john rawlins live for us in perkasie with the full story on this one. >> reporter: the thinking is the bad guys they are looking for are looking for their targets wherever they can find them. >> tuesday, 78-year-old bob was at his house when a woman popped up claiming she was with a tree service and going around the properties and looking to get trees and give estimates. she asked if bob was alone. >> and asked if i was married and was anybody else home. >> in a flirting manner gave the focus to the trees behind the

property and more than 20 minutes the talk was about trees he didn't own. and we have trees that need to be trimmed and we don't know. the woman's accomplice entered through the front door and ransacked bob's office taking envelopes including crash for christmas gifts. >> give so much money to my kids a year and put it away every month when i get my pension check and have that in the back of my filing cabinet envelope and it's late in the year and it has pretty much money. >> detective says that what occurred was a classic distraction burglary, good at what they do, they saw a single elderly resident in his driveway an approached him. >> the young lady in case described as a hispanic female 35 years old and wearing what he says was a floresent green hat and shirt.

and be wary of of an approach by a stranger that wants an intention focused discussion. >> if you someone comes to your house and you did not invite them. be cognizant someone would enter your house while you are outside. >> i tell people to keep their doors locked. >> if that suspect's description sounds familiar to you, the detective would love to hear from you. crews that do this work go from town to town and pose as tree trimmers and someone with the power company and the goal is to get unsuspecting victim separated from hire home and then strike. john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> all right john thank you. well three men are caught on camera putting skimming devices at local atms to steal debit card information first installed in the fox chair area and willow

grove and abington showing the photos of the men they hope to identify. the major crimes unit says that the skimming devices are relatively easy to assemble. >> they can fit into the atm machine so to a person unsuspecting it's not part of think of regular equipment at the atm machine. captain lee says there is a tiny camera that records the customer's pin number and if anyone has information about the men in the photos you are urged to call police. officials take a major step in the opioid addiction. they file aid lawsuit against pharmaceutical companies that make addictive pain medications, they told stories of good people that lost their lives after getting hooked on opioids, and councilman david white the cocha-chairman on the force ompn an ation

phillies game and now more disappointment the crash in the spot we knew would be busy. southbound 95 by the broad street on ramp, now extra congested coming southbound from the walt whitman bridge to this point at the girard point bridge and another chunk of 95

northbound work by newtown and now a broken down truck on the westbound turnpike, just 7 miles per hour coming in from new jersey. the bottom line is if you can route 1 the super highway is the best bet. and better news elsewhere, on the turnpike the northbound crash approaching quakertown is long gone and back up to pace there. but newport, delaware look for the bus accident blocking route 4 east of the shop-rite and route 2 kirkwood is an alternate. we'll check it again in the next half hour. >> thank you. more ahead on "action news" at 5:00 tonight. we are following breaking news out of massachusetts where aaron hernandez's lawyer file aid brand new lawsuit. that the tight end was suffering from a degenerative brain disease and the suit against the nfl and the new england patriots. and tics and the infections

they can cause. the story of a woman whose husband was taken by a disease she had never heard it of. details on that coming up.

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within the past half hour the fiance of former new england patriots tight end aaron hernandez filed a lawsuit against the league and the new england patriots. the autopsy revealed a severe case of cte. it sparked the national conversation of football on the body. baez says the findings put the football player's murder investigation and following suicide in question. baez plans to launch his own independent investigation. health check tonight. a bucks county woman is sharing her family's story how she lost her husband to a disease she never heard of. one spread by tics. ali gorman is joining us with the details. >> reporter: most people heard of lyme disease but there is another infection that could be spread by the same type of deer

tic and for some people it could be deadly. >> it's overwhelming. >> christina is still in shock, her fun loving husband, jeff died nearly two months ago from an infection spread by a deer tic. >> it's a long hard road ahead. we had so much to do, he was only 50. in late july jeff came down with a fever and sweating and fatigue and it took several days to make the diagnosis. they didn't treat jeff but specializes in infectious diseases and that is tran mitted by the same tic as lyme disease. and many people infected won't have symptoms but others -- >> the problem is that the disease can get severe if the person doesn't have a normal immune system. that includes people on

chemotherapy. transplant and elderly and anyone without a spleen and jeff had his spleen removed as a child but never caused problems. >> in 26 years he was sick maybe twice. and she and their children nicole and max are hoping to raise awareness about the disease. it's considered reportable and tracked by many state health departments including new jersey and delaware but not pennsylvania. dr. fishman says it's rare in the state. >> we see more and more lyme disease in the state so we may start to see an increase. >> we live across the street from a state park and i want people to know there is other harmful diseases carried by tics and not just lyme disease. >> wear insent repellant and deet and check your body for

tics after you spent time in the park and woods and if tics are removed within 24 hours they can't transmit disease. >> all right ali thank you. still to come on "action news" at 5:00. bringing a high tech boost to a historic building the company that calls trenton home and is bringing dozens of jobs with it. and the $100 thousand plan to bring more jobs to philadelphia. we just moved in about four months ago, but the living room's pretty blank. it's really nice when clients come in and have done some of their own research. working with a bassett designer was really easy. just kind of ties in very well. we love it!

the dow jones reversed a week long trend today at the closing bell for the first time in 10 days the dow finished in the red. the dow dropped 53 points be the nasdaq lost 33 and it's s&p down nearly 8 points, the historic building is now home to a company that helps businesses keep up in the changing world having technology. mayor eric jackson helped leaders cut the ribbon on their new headquarters earlier today. the company is using space in trenton new intervention hub on west state street and they are promoting startups in that city.

a job development program focused on energy here in philadelphia. mayor kenney was on hand for a $100,000 grant from peco. to create an energy jobs program that would benefit low income communities and state representative donna bullock was there today to introduce legislation to make solar energy available to low income residents as well. >> it would allow companies like peco to own and operate solar sites. >> bullock went on to say these changes are so important because of the many families forced to choose between heating their homes and feeding their families. a day of relaxation and rehabilitation during a golf game in gloucester county. the next step golf clinic, 18 veterans that lost their limbs

in combat came to participate in the nine hole tournament and golf professionals were here to give them the tools to may one day on their own and help in the path of recovery. >> i'm jealous. >> me too. coming up a check of the accuweather forecast. >> looking live outside sky 6 hd showing you the philadelphia international airport on a thursday night. cecily tynan has the accuweather forecast when we come right back. sfx: t-mobile mnemonic sfx: netflix mnemonic sfx: t-mobile mnemonic sfx: netflix mnemonic sfx: t-mobile mnemonic sfx: netflix mnemonic

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time now for you check of the accuweather forecast. >> the heat is on and the weekend home opener for the eagles not typical football weather. the eagles are taking on it's giants on sunday and you will want to dress for summer. drink lots of water for the game. you know alcohol dehydrates you. everybody laughs at that. 87 degrees at kickoff and up near 90. and it's a hot one. taking a look at the center city skyline lots of sunshine and high thin clouds all compliments of jose continuing to spin off the coast as a tropical storm. and even with some of that cloud cover, it's warm out there.

philadelphia 87 degrees and the dew point has dropped since yesterday and 61 degrees and the muggies not that bad today and dew points dropping into the 50s tomorrow. and winds from the north at 10 miles per hour and breezy and heat index matches the current temperature and the ocean temperature currently 73. and doesn't look like the final day of summer and temperatures running 10 degrees above normal and 86 in wilmington and a little bit cooler along the coast and the boardwalk in atlantic city 79 degrees. satellite 6 along with action radar showing this is jose continuing to spin and continuing to really stir up the surf, and that is the case through the weekend. rough surf. and rip concerns do be careful if you are there. a lot of lifeguards not on duty at the beaches. and a final night of summer it's warm and 67 in philadelphia and allentown 60 and cape may 64 and wilmington 65 degrees. tomorrow a good amount of

sunshine and high, thin clouds for our first day of fall. 69 degrees at 8:00. 2:00, 82 and by 5:00, 84 degrees and fall arrives officially in the afternoon. this is when the sun's rays are directly over the equator. 4:02, the autumnal equinox. the earth begins to pitch away from the sun and our days get shorter and our temperatures get cooler as we head to winter but the next five-day wrez warming up. tomorrow 85 degrees and no sign of fall and saturday 89 degrees and sunday for the eagles game sweating at 91 degrees and record tying 92 on monday and tuesday we hit 90 that will be the sixth heat wave of the year and letting you know if temperatures cool off in the middle of next week. >> you didn't close your pool yet cecily? >> it was suppose to tomorrow. may hold that off.

>> we'll be right back.

"action news" continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, jaime apody, rick williams and monica malpass. >> hello again monica is off and

sharrie williams is joining us tonight. president announces new sanctions against north korea and how that could put an economic squeeze on it's rogue nation and as republicans gear up to try once again to repeal obama care. pat toomey sits down with "action news" to explain why he is still undecided. and we are live with the details. and they may be 96 but this new jersey is not slowing down. she is entertaining a new career. now the details, the trump administration announced new sanctions aimed at north korea in response to the rogue nation's nuclear program. >> the president made the announcement this afternoon and the new sanctions target any bank or company that does business with north korea. we get the stories now from new york. >> reporter: good evening, president trump brushed off calls for diplomacy with north korea and instead tough talk and

sanctions. from a promise of fire and fury to a threat of financial squeeze president trump signing an executive order more authority to target individuals and companies and banks that finance or facilitate trait with north we. >> do business with the united states or facilitate trade with the regime in north korea. >> this cuts off sources of revenue that funds the drive for nuclear weapons that he calls a grave threat to global security but is -- and welcomed the news that china's central bank ordered the network to begin cutting ties with north korea. >> i want to say and thank president chiof china for the

bold move he made today. that was a somewhat unexpected move on we appreciate it. >> president trump says the u.s. wants to see a complete denuclearization of north korea. traveling with the president in new york, karen travers, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. meanwhile, republican leaders in the senate say they will push for a showdown vote next week on legislation to repeal and replace obama care. and the bill faces an uncertain future and the list are of opponents keep growing, five governors and five republican are against the measure and so is the health care industry. and the bill credited to be the republican's last shot to follow through with the campaign promise to undue obama care and it hinges on senators that have

not indicated how they are vote. one is pat toomey. and brian taff joins us with more on their conversation. >> pat toomey is derided by those on the left by evasive and a rubber stamp for the president's policies and heralded by those on the right for standing his ground and now standing in a pivotal place in the middle of a massive debate. >> there say fundamental reality that we are faced with in my view the failure of obama care. >> senator pat toomey finds himself in a critical spot the confounding debate as one of a few undecided republicans. and his support is vital and as of today he is not ready to give it. >> it spends a lot more money than we should be spending and keeps in place regulations that will keep prices higher than

they otherwise would be. >> but that doesn't mean a no vote it looming, when it comes to a health care fit something is better than nothing. >> the bill will necessarily be imperfect that is not a good enough reason by itself not to support it. >> the latest plan dubbed graham cassidy shifts health care spending away from the federal government shifts money for costs to the states. as the argument goes it would be better spent and managed at that level. and critics and there are many are crying foul. saying tens of millions will lose insurance and risk protections for those with preexisting conditions. >> to those people you say what? >> there are people that have an agenda they want to discredit -- >> but those are numbers based on the cbo. >> and the cbo numbers are

ridiculous. >> he did not tip his hat on which way he may go. republicans vow to vote next week before the looming deadline they would be forced to work with democrats. >> well, as the clock tics down pressure is ticking up on senator toomey, one of five senators that remain undecided that means his vote could determine the future of the entire health care fight. as you might guess the nation is watching. brian taff, channel 6 "action news." >> of course we'll be watching. developing news from mexico where crews are franticly trying to rescue a person they believed was a child from the rub arele of a collapsed school. now it is believed to be a maintenance worker that is trapped. they determined that all the children at that school is accounted for. 19 children did die and six teachers after the earthquake. and crews are hearing signs of life still inside of that building.

people in puerto rico are slowly digging out from hurricane maria and now the threat of flooding remains tonight. and streets are blocked by downed trees and power lines and the outer bands are continuing to pelt the island with rain and 30 inches of rain have already fallen and thousands of people are in shelters including american tourists forced out of their hotels. >> don't have power, don't have water and got a call around 3:00 a.m. to go ahead and evacuate our rooms because the wind picked up so much. more than 3 million people are without power and no word on when it will be restored. that 90% of puerto rico's wireless cell sites are out of service tonight. you can keep up with the latest track of hurricane maria at 6abc.com. we posted links on how to help the storm victims in puerto rico and those impacted by the earthquake in mexico. you'll find those articles along with video and pictures of both natural disasters on 6abc.com.

the u.s. marine corps is about to have the first female infantry officer, she is a lute ants and graduated from the officer course in quantico, virginia on monday and that training is one of the testifiest in the military and 25% of cadets actually fail. it's nearly two years since it's ban on women serving on the frontline was lifted and at the time the marines opposed the decision and the woman not identified will lead a platoon of male marines. time for an update on our traffic report tonight. lets go live to matt pellman. >> last full afternoon of summer is a challenging one. maybe we'll see better things in fall. not going to hold my breath but this afternoon is tough. schuylkill expressway approaching conshohocken and the accident happened but luckily within a couple of minutes they pushed it off to the side here and extra heavy westbound from

the roosevelt boulevard to this point approaching route 23 the conshohocken inchange. if you are trying to get on the vine street expressway, it's a parking lot on the eastbound side of the vine because the off ramp a crash partially blocking the ramp and fire crews are on the scene. and our crash on 95 southbound at broad street has cleared out and if you leave the bank and phils game it's really congested there and the accident is now gone. elsewhere on another stretch of 95 the construction near newtown and the broken down truck on the westbound turnpike is gone and slow speeds coming inbound from new jersey passing del val. and heading home from the king of prussia mall a crash at the newish wawa and chick-fil-a. and that one at paoli, blocki

blocking -- and several speakers took to the podium to encourage people and entire organizations to take action today to make peace. this is the seventh year for peace day philly. and still to come on "action news" this evening, a new study reveals the impact that the tainted water had on women who are pregnant. >> plus, we'll introduce you to a 96-year-old woman living her dream by getting hands on experience in the medical profession. >> and adam joseph is tracking the latest in the weather center. >> the first day of fall around here over the last three days temperatures warmed to 83 on tuesday and 86 yesterday and we are talking about a heat wave in the seven-day forecast. i'll have the numbers in just a little bit. >> and the eagles are getting ready for their home opener against the new york giants,

jaime apody has a preview coming up in sports when "action news" comes right back. i'll have the langoustine lobster ravioli. for you, sir? the original call was for langoustine ravioli. a langoustine is a tiny kind of lobster. a slight shellfish allergy rules that out, plus my wife ordered the langoustine.

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a structuring new study shows it's horrific impact of tainted water in flint, michigan, the study found that

pregnant women that drank the water frequently lost their babies. the fetal death rate increased by 53% after they used the water source to save money and fertility rates decreased 12% and the city never added anti-corrosives to the water that results in unsafe led levels. a group of the world's biggest consumer goods companies agreed to simplify the food labels that creates confusion, the selby and display until dates and to have just two on the package. confusing labels lead consumers to discard food that is perfectly fine. an estimated $300 billion worth of food is thrown out that doesn't need to be. and a student is kept busy hanging out with the police

force. the 19th district invited children to play outside and they had hula-hoop and dance and jump rope and gave them an opportunity to know the officers that regularly patrol their communities. police and firefighters were honored in the city's german town section this afternoon and an appreciation lunch was held to recognize the first responders. mayor kenney spoke and said it's important to thank not only the police officers and firefighters that put their life on the lines to protect citizens but also their families that share their loved ones with the entire community. and jaime apody is here and starting with the phillies? >> yes, an afternoon game. we love those. not a sweep though but close. the dodgers are on the verge of winning 100 games, who knew the phils would have a chance to sweep. but reece hoskins came up big with a double if the fifth, the

quickest to 45 rbis in history. two faster than joe dimaggio. and the solo shot in the seventh tied it at 4-4 and the dodger went on to win it 5-4. and this weekend the eagles home opener against the new york giants here is ducis rogers and ron jaworsky in the birds break down. >> jaws giants come in at 0-2, and should we be concerned? >> ducis don't worry. the quarterback has been sacked eight times. collins coming up the field and you see lawrence come up the field and under in what we call a te stunt and what you see is down goes eli manning, with a

basic stunt and you'll see that on sunday. and they play the nine line like the team they played on monday night. the detroit lions, wide nine defensive ends want to come up the field and eric flowers there left tackle for the new york giants has struggled and he beats him here and you see the eagles they will be chomping at the bit to get after eric flowers with the pass rush. again wide nine and flowers struggles and great use of the hans and brandon graham and vinny curry they have the same types of moves, they will get after eli manning with those types of moves. >> the talk is can the eagles run the football? can they on this team? >> i still like this guy darren sproles to get the football and get him outside like he ran the ball well against the kansas city chiefs, get him on the

perimeter he can use speed and quickness and lateral agility and great moves. lets look at the run ducis and watch darren sproles. look at these moves breaking ankles with the moves. get him on the edge. >> moving on now, the eagles when they are able to run the football what does this do for the passing game? >> play action passing game i love that. here darren sproles in the back field and play fake action from carson wentz under center i like that and torrey smith down bee low one-on-one coverage, you give torrey smith one-on-one coverage when the play action takes away the linebackers you get big voids in the defense. and oh my goodness i can complete that pass and nice job by carson wentz and play action fake and stays on balance and delivers a strike down the field. one-on-one coverage, no linebacker help and no safety

help. and all of a sudden -- >> who wins this game quickly and why? >> i have the eagles 24-20 the pass rush makes it's difference. >> back to you. >> d line dominates, jaws calls it. >> quick break and we'll check arc accuweather. did you get fios too? no. mr. peterson, fios is a 100% fiber optic-network. what does that mean? think about it. if you got an awesome new car you'd put the best gas in it, right. so why hook up your awesome technology to anything other than a fiber-optic network? i got to go. peterson. peterson's wife. counting on you guys. your internet deserves the 100% fiber-optic network. and now get our fastest internet ever

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turning now to the forecast we are talking warm or hot. >> officially the last day of summer but continue on the seven-day forecast. lets head to the weather center and take a live look as we approach the last sunset of summer and a lot of high clouds out there compliments of jose still spinning off the coast and it is pulling back a lots of those crystal clouds 20,000 feet up in the atmosphere. and if they are thin enough here this evening. they can display beautiful colors in the sky. tomorrow we say hello to fall the autumnal equinox. that is when it officially arrives and we go through the next three months and through the fall season, our normal high is dropping 33 degrees. the amount of daylight drops

2:50. and the average frost is around halloween and the first snow of the season typically falls in the city around december 15th. but we are not talking snow or frost and not talking fall we are talking summer. 87 now stretching from reading and allentown and 80 in dover and sea breeze at the shore temperatures in the upper 70s. you see the clouds that continue to spin around tropical storm jose and even rain bands effecting eastern parts of massachusetts and the islands of nantucket and cape cod. but for us some fringe clouds and those stick around at times overnight tonight and through the day tomorrow. >> and tonight it's warm and not too bad. 60 to 67 and not overly humid and the humidity at least will stay down through the day tomorrow.

as we look at future tracker 6 temperatures, mid-80s for us but see the 90s building and summer taking over the eastern half of the country and that continues into saturday with the temperatures going to 86 and we go beyond what on sunday into early next week. as we look at the upper level patterns of the atmosphere this is what steers our weather systems and we talk about maria. two areas of high pressure and weakness between the highs, that is where maria will likely go between the highs as the ridge builds it acts as a shield. we think at this point maria will curve out to sea at bermuda and the east coast sparing anymore landfalls. as we look at the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast the high builds and protects us it bakes us for the next seven days, heat wave sunday, monday into tuesday with record tying warmth likely with low 90s for highs and going into the beginning and middle of next

week temperatures remain 14 degrees above normal. and no rainfall over the next seven days, we are set to sweat and the humidity comes back with the 90s as well. >> summer is still here. >> thank you. coming up you'll meet a 96-year-old new jersey woman an inspiration for anyone that thinks they are too old to learn something new. >> and "action news" is about interaction with you. join us for the latest headlines or ac weather or just to communicate with us. our veterans have given us the rights

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professional nurses from the mobile county unit. she told "action news" she enjoys helping people. >> i love it. i was afraid i would do something wrong but after i got used to it, i like it. i like to wait on people any way. >> that is a kind person. more than 80 years ago she was forced to drop out of school after eighth grade to help her family on the farm but in august the action cam was there as a special graduation ceremony was held after she passed her ged. no word on what she plans to do next but something tells me she'll have something on her list. >> she can do anything she wants. congratulations to her. right now the "action news" team is standing by with these stories next at 6:00. the man that allegedly had bomb making materials in the basement of a local home. and following the local outpouring of help for the

victims of hurricane maria and the deadly mexico earthquake. and now a delaware county woman is honored for helping others. for meteorologist, adam joseph, cecily tynan, jaime apody, sharrie williams, monica malpass the entire "action news" team i'm rick williams, "action news" at 6:00 is next. fran grenier. new jersey born and raised. like his father before him, he served our country with honor in the navy. came home and worked his way up from floor technician to supervisor at the salem power plant. as a husband and father, grenier knows how families struggle to make ends meet. 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 ducis rogers, meteorologist, cecily tynan, and jim gardner. thursday night and jim is off and i'm rick williams in the news a volunteer firefighter was arrested in delaware county and

a crime targeting bank customers in the philadelphia suburbs is under investigation tonight. the big story on "action news" is a pair of natural disasters hitting close to home. tonight there is an outpouring of help for the far away victims ravaged by a massive earthquake and monster storm. right now hurricane maria is lashing turk and caicos after destroys homes and decimating the electric grid in puerto rico. they could be without power for months. and that is unfolding as crews race to save victims trapped under collapsed buildings after mexico's 7.1 earthquake. gray hall is following the local relief efforts tonight. and joins us live with more. >> reporter: well rick, happening now the mayor along with other city leaders are meeting in the building right behind me to show their support for puerto rico and letting people know how to give back and