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we are getting you to breaking news right now. shop-of the scene of a shooting at 16th and arch streets. police tell "action news" that a man in his 20s was shot twice in the shoulder and the man was taken to hahnemann hospital. no word on his condition at this time. a motive for the shooting is not known and no arrests were made. we'll update the story as information becomes available. and to the weather and summer like end to the start of fall. autumn officials arrives later today but you can't tell if you head outside. sky 6 hd looking at the commodore barry bridge for you temperatures for the start of fall will be imagine this, in the 80s and not cooling down any time soon. meteorologist, melissa magee, is in the weather center with a first check of your accuweather forecast. >> mother nature is not ready to let up summer just yet. sky 6 hd looking at philadelphia

international airport you should be okay if you catch a flight. the weather looks to be calm across the region. a look at the weather headlines, unseasonably warm on our friday and a dry stretch on the way. we are not tracking rain for the next five days and the potential of a heat wave as we get into next week. temperatures outside now are in the 70s. 5-in philadelphia, and 79 in allentown and upper 70s in lancaster and cape may 73 and dover in at 75. as we look at the autumnal equinox not going to feel like fall later today with the unseasonably warm conditions. fall arrives after 2:00 in the afternoon when the sun's direct rays are over the equator. as we look at satellite 6 along with action radar it's dry across our region but we are still following post tropical storm jose. bheands still effecting southern sections of of new england and we have hurricane

maria a category three storm. winds sustained at 120 miles per hour. and 55 miles to the north of grand turk island. this will cross away from the turks and caicos and come close to the southern bahama region as we get into later into our weekend. this will weaken into early next week and for the most part it looks to stay offshore. we have more details on maria and the weather back here at home with the full accuweather forecast. >> all right keep the shorts for a little while longer. >> keep to the changes of this forecast this weekend on your phone or tablet. including real time views and the 6 abc app is a free download. residents in puerto rico, u.s. virgin islands and across the caribbean now are beginning to assess devastation of hurricane maria. in dominica at least 15 people were killed and the entire

island of puerto rico is out of power and will remain that way for weeks if not months. the navy is in the area evacuating the residents because of the only power is from generators. and fema is sending water and portable shelters and generators. and airlines could resume flights there as early's today. earthquake survivors are still being pulled from the rubble in mexico city as rescue operations stretch into a fourth day. the city government says that 60 people were rescued since the 7.1 magnitude and fewer of the living are being found and the death toll stands at 286. in a shocking twist, a little girl reportedly trapped in a collapsed school apparently did not exist. rescue crews say they heard the girl and saw her wiggle her fingers but officials say that every child registered at this scccounted for

tensions continue to escalate with the u.s. and north korea. president trump announced increased sanctions and kim jong un is now threatening to test a hydrogen bomb over the pacific ocean. >> reporter: a fiery war of words amid escalating tensions, president trump tweeting this morning, kim jong un of north korea who is obviously a mad man that doesn't mean starving or killing his people will be tested like never before. that tweet coming on the heals of hints of frightening new weapons taste. >> now that president trump has unassaulted me in the eyes of the world and the most for others declaration of a war. and we will consider a level of counter measure in history. the foreign minister says that could include testing a hydrogen bomb over the pacific ocean in

response to the president's address to the united nations on tuesday. >> if we are forced to defend ourselves we will have no choice but to totally destroy north korea. >> now kim jong un says president trump will pay dearly for the words calling him mentally deranged and a gangster and unfit for office. saying that china, the longest trading partner is aimed at new measures to isolate kim jong un including the biggest banks immediately ending business. >> all of our military options like the president said is on the table. >> every since kim jong un called president trump a mentally deranged doddard it's an old world meaning senile. that was hashtaged and used hundreds of times. >> we are learning more about the victim in what police call a

targeted shooting in the kensington section of the city. the victim a 38-year-old man was sitting in a van when another man on the bike rode up to him and opened fire. the victim was shot once in the arm and leg and was taken to episcopal hospital and he was listed in critical condition. no arrests were made and they are look agent whether nearly surveillance cameras captured the incident. two men sitting in the car were shot in the city's straw ber i mansion section. chopper 6 hd was over the scene at 8:30 last night. police say that a 33-year-old man in the driver's seat was shot in the chest and taken to hahnemann hospital where he later died. and police found a 31-year-old man they believe in the passenger seat of the vehicle and he was taken to the hospital with a head wound. and is listed in stable condition. no arrests have been made. classes are back in session

at the school district following a three day teacher strike over a contract dispute. john rawlins is in montgomery county with the agreement that allowed the schools to reopen. >> apparently the two sides had not been making progress at the bargaining table and now the focus is on a third party process that means at least for now the teachers are back at work. after three daysstrike, 7th through 12th graders back to class and younger students back off for an inservice day will return on monday. the walkout started last monday. the district said there would be a wage hike package and more divisive it wanted teachers to shoulder a higher cost share for health care. and aled and they agreed to abort offer for final best offer arbitration.

she explained her understanding of the plan for both sides to put their bottom line cards on the table for all to see. >> before tuesday both sides will give their last, best offer. to each other, i would assume, and then it goes public. and there will be a 20 day period where the public can come and comment on both promoteales and then go to an arbitrator. not one person but a three person panel. >> the community feedback will go to the panel and once everything is heard the arbitrators have 20 days to reverend a decision. and then it's up to the union or school board to accept or reject. it is possible that teachers could again walk out. officials in delaware announce the major investment in the transportation

infrastructure today. john carnie offered a plan to spend $3.5 million for businesses and transit hubs. a quarter of it is targeted for wilmington alone and it make the city a more attractive place to work and do business. coming up what facebook plans to do with ads that russia purchase leading up to the 2016 presidential election. and what caused a plane to overrun a runway with vice president pence on board.

a woman and two children were rescued after a ship overturned off the coast of puerto rico. the coast guard received a distress call and lost contact with the vessel because of hurricane maria. officials were ale to locate the ship it was a research vessels that the family was using as a recreational vessel. a man was reported inside of the ship that the coast guard said was inaccessible to search and rescue crews. we have new information on the russian investigation. facebook admits that russia bought thousands of ads during the election.

and they plan to turn them over to congress. they bought 3,000 ads many praising donald trump or attacking hillary clinton and others dealing with controversial issues. until now they have refused to let congress keep copies of the few ads they showed them. >> they showed the senate seven of those ads and did not allow us to keep them. that was just with stats. >> showed them and took them back. >> zuckerberg says he would not prohibit russia from buying for ads but make it clear who paid for them. and they found huge number of fake facebook pages linked to russians. a number of failures by a flight crew likely called a plane calling vice presidential candidate, mike pence to overrun a runway. a report details the events leading up the incident at

la guardia airport. he blames the assistant for not getting the wheels on the ground in time. and there should have been a go around instead of a landing attempt. and none of the 11 crew members or 37 passengers on board were hurt. in plano, texas, a beloved crossing guard got a huge surprise from the students he helps every day. luther walker truly loves his job and he has not missed a day since he was 83 years old until last week when he didn't show up. the world war ii vet passed out by his car and faculty and staff wanted to show how much they appreciated him and they gave him a big birthday surprise giving him cards and gifts and

even paying rent on his apartment. >> that helps me, maybe live a little longer. >> love this guy. walker has been the crossing guard since 2006 at that school. he turned 94 this week. happy birthday luther. coming up at noon we tell you why california is not happy with a video game released by gatorade. don't let dust and allergens get between you and life's beautiful moments. switch to flonase allergy relief. flonase outperforms the #1 non-drowsy allergy pill.

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telling gamers to avoid water. it stems from a mobile game called bolt that came out in 2012. the opening instructions warn keep your performance levels high by avoiding water. they say it violated the consumer protection laws but warning against water. now they must pay $300,000. general mills is bringing back the original trix recipe the one made with artificial dies and ingredients this after the ingredients were banned from the cereal. they lost their bright colors. because they could not find natural replacements, customers are asking to bring back the formula. they will sell the natural and artificial versions of trix.

in a health check they have found increased exposure to fluoride in the womb could be linked to lower iq in children. they examined mothers and children in mexico and measured prenatal fluoride and found a drop in scores in intelligence tests with increased inout row exposure. the news team is out work on news stories tonight at 4:00. there say test that determines which diet is best for you. we'll tell but a new test to help you make better choices. and this started with a show poking fun at one of our sister

station's train display. we'll talk about that. and accuweather forecast is next. melissa magee has the exclusive accuweather forecast. when "action news" comes right back.

meteorologist, melissa magee, with the accuweather forecast. fall arrives later this afternoon but summer is not leaving either -- >> it's not going to feel like fall as we get into 4:02 this afternoon. temperatures are well above average this weekend. we'll show you wa is going on outside stormtracker 6 live double scan showing you it is dry and quiet and no issues with precipitation and we are dry for the next five days across the dealt wear and lehigh valleys. and a good warming trend is on the way if you are not yet ready for fall to arrive. sky 6 hd we are down the shore

in cape may, it looks beautiful however i wouldn't venture out into the water there. there is a high risk for rip currents today and even as we head into the weekend with jose churning into the atlantic. philadelphia we come in at 75 degrees and same for reading and lancaster. the poconos 75 and 75 at dover and the coast in cape may 73. a partly sunny skies across our region but you notice here is what is left of hurricane jose. a post tropical system and the rain affecting southeastern sections of new england and coastal sections of new england and because of that they are in and out of the wet weather and jose churns up the seas out of the atlantic. on top of that we have a coastal flood advisory at 3:00 today for atlantic city, ocean city down to cape may. ocean waves 4 to 6 feet and

minor flooding is a bit a concern. the call from accuweather for the rest of today. clouds and sun and unseasonably warm. we should be close to 76 and we are well above that today maxing out at 85 in philadelphia with a northerly wind. 8 to 16 miles per hour. and overnight tonight partly cloudy and comfortable with lower humidity and drop down to 66. in philadelphia with a northerly wind 7 to 14. down to the tropics we are watching hurricane maria. three. winds sustained 125 miles per hour. and move ago way from the turks and caicos islands but it will be getting closer tos and eastern sections of the bahamas as we head into the weekend. as this moves to the northwest and eventually the north. this will more than likely weaken as it travels and parallels the east coast. but we have good consensus that this will more than likely stay

offshore as we track it into early next week and a lot can change from now into then. and we'll keep you posted. here is the exclusive accuweather forecast warm and it's pleasant today. and it will not feel like fall. a high temperature of 85 degrees and the autumnal equinox begins at 4:02 when the sun direct's rays are right over the equator. and a high temperature of 88 degrees. sunday sunny and humid and high up to 91 and near record heat by monday with a high temperature of 91 degrees and partly sunny on tuesday and still hot. if we hit 90 this could be a heat wave in our fall season. on wednesday sunshine and clouds a high up to 84 and thursday we look dry with plenty of sun with a high temperature then coming in at 82. a warm fall weekend up ahead for us. if you are not ready to say good-bye you have warmth on the way.

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"action news" at 12:30 continues with rick williams, sara bloomquist and meteorologist, david murphy. >> hello again here are the stories we are following for you on "action news" at 12:30. teachers are once again teaching. this is their first day back following a three day strike over a contract dispute. and growing outrage in oklahoma city after police shot and killed a deaf man and london is yanking uber's license saying that the ride sharing service only has one more week to operate in the city. we continue to follow the

breaking news from center city. chopper 6 hd over the scene of a shooting near 16th and arch streets just moments ago we learned that a 3-year-old may be responsible for accidentally shooting a man. the victim was taken to hahnemann hospital and so far no word on his condition we have a crew at the scene and we'll continue to update you on this story throughout the afternoon. >> to the latest on hurricane maria that is lashing turks and caicos as a category three storm with winds topping 125 miles per hour. meantime, residents in puerto rico, the u.s. environislands and across the caribbean are beginning to assess the devastation. millions are facing weeks if not months without electricity. >> hurricane maria still on the move claiming turk and caicos and the bahamas this morning. after wreaking havoc in the dominican republic. and