with today's new developments. john. >> reporter: well, hi, guys. well, the authorities set aside time to pick a jury today but as you say new evidence turned up over late last week to the defense altered the landscape here. that prompted the two guilty pleas, one for assault the other for fleeing arrest. as for the man who was the target of that assault he is relieved that things are winding down. >> yeah, just happy it's over. you know, every now and then -- the fact that it's over. >> reporter: in this video from last may michael ryan who has cerebral palsy in the gray shirt walking out of a 7-eleven. he is mocked and then punched in the face by barry baker. until today, baker had claimed while the attack was wrong, the video didn't tell the entire story. his defense, he and michael ryan had traded insults earlier at this nearby pub barnaby's but a check of barnaby's surveillance video and a system that records all patron's photo id's dashed that claim. according to baker's own

attorney. >> they keep that record as a running record of who their patrons were. >> and what this showed was that mr. baker there was. >> yes. >> but that mr. ryan was not. >> that's correct. >> reporter: the presumption said in court it was prepared to show that ryan had been blocks away from any earlier encounter working on his own family's pub making baker's claim. >> totally fabricated. >> reporter: your son was. >> bartending at ryan's pub. >> reporter: not at barnaby's. >> no. >> reporter: with his open guilty plea, baker will be sentenced in the next 30 to 60 days says his attorney tom pearl. >> two years consecutive which means he could be placed -- facing two to four years total. >> reporter: well, the defendant barry baker told the judge today in open court he wanted to apologize to michael ryan. the judge said this was not the time for that. there would be a time and that would be during the sentencing process which as we say will be weeks down the road. live in west chester, john rawlins channel6 "action

news." monica. >> thank you, john. the ntsb trying to figure out what caused a plane crash in montgomery county. that crash happened yesterday afternoon in whitpain township. the plane hit some trees and bushes here before slightly damaging a house. officials say the plane had just taken off from nearby wing's field. a witness to the crash who did not want to be shown on camera saw the plane struggling before takeoff. >> noticed that it didn't seem to be getting the amount of rpm's that it should be getting and then it started to roll down the runway i knew it wasn't getting the full rpm's that it should get because it took most of the whole runway to take off and that plane's a light plane and it should have been off the ground sooner. >> the person who lives at this house where the plane hit was not injured. the pilot has been identified as philip beckner, a 29-year-old from maryland. right now he's in critical condition at penn presbyterian hospital. >> ♪ >> all right, developing news now. tensions are on the rise between the u.s. and north

korea over a tweet from president donald trump. in the tweet posted by the president, he said north korea official "won't be around much longer." that prompted north korea to claim the u.s. has declared war giving them the right to shoot down american bombers near north korean air space. tonight, the white house is insisting they have not declared war on north korea calling the idea "absurd." abc news is tracking reaction in washington as this war of words continues to escalate. david muir will have more on "world news tonight" at 6:30 right after "action news" at 6:00. >> reaction continues to pour in tonight to president trump's attack on nfl players. yesterday about 200 players decided to stand, kneel or raise their fists during the national anthem. some like the tennessee titans and seattle seahawks refused to leave their locker rooms leaving an empty field. nfl players are getting support from some other big name athletes. >> it's unbelievable.

solidarity and it was no -- it was no divide. no divide. even from -- even from that guy that continues to try to divide us as people. >> new england patriots quarterback tom brady who has called president trump a good friend, called the president's comments about nfl players "divisive. it is unclear if the protests will continue during tonight's matchup between the dallas cowboys and the arizona cardinals. philadelphia 76ers player jared bayliss weighed in the calling the entire situation disappointing. >> i think what he's done is self-explanatory but now is the time to kind of see how we all are going to come out from this and how are we going to move forward. the protests are great. i think everybody has the right to do whatever they want to do but now it's time to figure out as a whole black, white, mexican, asian, whatever, how we're going to move forward, how are we going

to come together so we can make him feel what he's doing is wrong. >> bayliss also said he hopes the protests will help create change and unity rather than more division. >> turning now to the accuweather forecast and the dangerous conditions around the delaware valley and at the jersey shore. around the region we're dealing with unseasonably hot temperatures. some areas could break records today. and at the shore, seas are rough because of another storm off the coastline. meteorologist cecily tynan is live outside with the first look at that back to work forecast tonight. hey, cecily. >> hi, rick. it certainly doesn't feel like late september. feels like the dog days of summer. we had two days in the 90's, yesterday's high 92, today so far 91 degrees, only 1 degree shy of the record high for the date and the latest pair of 90's since way back in 1970, so this is unusually warm and we are not alone. if you look at the high

temperatures across really the eastern half of the country, chicago 92, cincinnati 87, memphis very warm, 88 degrees. we've got two more days of warm humid air before much cooler air arrives. you can see bismarck, north dakota is 53. raleigh is 82. the reason why raleigh is lower than us is because they're dealing with some clouds and showers thanks to hurricane maria. it's a category one hurricane. it's moving north very slowly and the problem with maria, it's not the wind, it's not the rain for us, it's the fact that it's bringing us more rip currents. that rip current risk continues for the next three days, a very high risk, rip currents proved deadly this weekend so really you want to stay out of the water. the system that will kick maria out to sea is the same system that will bring us seasonably cool weather by the end of the week. i'll talk about that coming up in the full accuweather forecast. rick. >> all right, cecily, we'll see you back inside. thank you. meanwhile hurricane

maria's presence off the coast has created a dangerous situation down the shore. officials say rip currents there are life-threatening. and despite several warnings, rescuers have needed to aid several swimmers who were in trouble. new jersey correspondent nora muchanic has more now from ship bottom. >> ♪ >> it's scary. it's extremely scary. >> reporter: that's how lifeguards are describing ocean conditions the the jersey shore. with the beautiful weather we have been having lots of people have been heading to the beach in the off season. it's natural they want to swim but this past weekend rip tides and rough water claimed three lives. >> it was very dangerous. the ocean was very rough. there was rescues all up and down the coast deaths as we heard and even in ship bottom a couple assists. >> reporter: we spoke by phone with lifeguard. that's him coming out of the water in beach haven sunday after he saved a man who was caught in a rip current in rough water. >> i said this guy's got to be saved or he might die to

myself. you know, it's not something i really relish but i said to myself, you got to do it. you know what to do, then do it. >> i was in yesterday. i got up to here and it just pulls your feet out and the top is knocking you down. it's brutal out there. >> i don't go in. i'm afraid to go in. it's too rough. >> reporter: lifeguards tell us that with storms off the coast still coming, the ocean is only going to get rougher as the week goes on and the danger will increase. >> it can pull you out in a he could is. you get tired and scared and anything can happen. >> make sure when they see it's rough like this they're not going out swimming. they're staying where they can kind of jump around. >> reporter: ship bottom still has lifeguards at selected beaches but most towns don't. lifeguards say swim only where they are posted. that dip in the ocean is not worth risking your life. in ship bottom, i'm nora muchanic, channel6 "action news". >> ♪ >> pat's king of stakes is no stranger to celebrity diners

but one customer the weekend is creating plenty of buzz online today. >> facebook co-founder and ceo mark zuckerberg paid a visit to the south philadelphia staple last night. "action news" reporter o bob brooks is live near pat's king of stakes with the reaction there this evening. hey, bob. >> reporter: hey, rick and monica. the king of facebook meets the king of stakes. it's not every day mark zuckerberg visits your restaurant. he was standing feet away. told he ordered half a dozen cheese cheesesteaks. he brought back the age old argument h-cheesesteak is better. the great cheesesteak debate has been served up again. is it pat's or geno's or any of the dozen of amazing others in the delaware valley. it's all thanks to the creator of facebook mark zuckerberg. >> mark rolled up in a limousine. he ordered six cheesesteaks with cheese whiz and onions one of my guys said i think

that guy is from facebook. >> reporter: zuckerberg posted he was at pat's just before 11:00 p.m. last night. he wrote "traveled all the way to philadelphia for the best cheesesteaks in the land" and what a conversation it's created. almost 8,000 comments on mark's page. many comments questioning how and why he chose pat's. the staff here says that's easy. >> got the meat toppings best whiz. >> without a doubt. we're the originator. we originated. everyone else is just, you know, imposers. they're following us. >> reporter: they also made me one, well, i might have had two today. outside nothing but pat's faithful. >> a lot of cheesesteaks in fill. >> that's true but we made a special trip here. >> reporter: he called this the best cheesesteak in the land. what do you think. >> i agree. >> reporter: it's the best. >> yeah, it's the best. >> reporter: now, you know if we're going to have this debate you got to walk across the street and see what the people over at geno's have to

say. >> best steak in town. >> i been here for 40 years. this one over here is the best. >> reporter: what do you think of geno's. >> it's my number one pregnancy craving. [laughter] >> reporter: mark zuckerberg the creator of facebook he ate at pat's last night called it the best in the land or best wherever. what do you think about that? >> you would think somebody who's the creator of facebook would be more intelligent than that. >> reporter: and excuse me and the debate continues. now, what's my favorite? right now, i'm standing on pat's property, so pat's is my favorite. for now reporting live in south philadelphia, bob brooks, channel6 "action news." >> good choice, bob, thank you. well, this story is one example of what makes us philly proud. you can see more stories that shine a spotlight on our area's pride on our web site. just head to 6abc.com/proud. >> time right now for a check of the "action news" traffic report. >> all right, matt pelman in the "action news" traffic center. hey, matt, how was the

weekend. >> it was good. i'll take one of each of those. >> there you go. >> maybe a a dalessandro's chubby's. good afternoon guys. we're live in mount laurel burlington county. crash just in the process of clearing from the northbound lanes of 295 just north of route 38. that's why they're moving the camera. the accident just cleared. delay has not cleared from the northbound side of 295. but if you're thinking, well, maybe i'll go to 130 and use that instead, i wouldn't. there's a crash there as well in willingboro, 130 at mount holly road by the crystal diner. so, if you can spare the couple of bucks, i think the northbound new jersey turnpike is going to be your best bet for burlington county this afternoon. this is montgomery township montgomery county right on the county line actually. 202 parkway southbound a serious wreck at county line road. southbound lanes pretty much blocked. stick with business 202 or upper state or stump road. nasty crash along trumbauersville road at hillcrest. steer clear of that as well. we'll check it again rick and monica coming up in the next

half hour. >> see you then. thanks matt. much more still ahead. after the stunning last minute win for the eagles, a big loss for the team moving forward. ducis rodgers has more on the season ending injury for darren sproles. plus. >> save our liberty. >> chaos on capitol hill as lawmakers debate the republicans latest healthcare plan. the protest that forced police to step in. >> but coming up in health check a new study about the influence of guns on the big screen and children's behavior. those stories and much more when "action news" continues tonight. >> ♪ i no longer live with

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testers for products that will hit store shelves in time for christmas. children from six weeks old to six years old started playing with the toys today. all week different companies will get feedback from these pint sized experts and their favorite toys will be announced in november. looks like fun to me. >> certainly it does. much more still ahead on "action news" at 5:00. a check of the forecast when we come back. >> looking live philadelphia international airport looking terrific and busy place as always. accuweather coming your way next. >> ♪ eligible for medicare? that's a good thing, but it doesn't cover everything.

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>> time for a check of that accuweather forecast for your week ahead. >> meteorologist cecily tynan is at the weather center with the very latest on what's been kind of a steamy forecast. >> definitely steamy. temperatures running 16 degrees above average. >> wow. >> but we will be cooling things down as we head through the week. let's head over to the "action news" weather center. we've got bright sunshine. sky6 taking a look live at the ben franklin bridge. just a few fair weather clouds. not only is the temperature up, the dewpoints are really high. this is the kind of air mass we typically see in late july, early august. dewpoints hovering very close to 70 degrees and that's tropical. you add that with the temperature, the heat index, the way it feels, definitely not feeling like fall. feels like 93 in philadelphia, 95 in allentown and reading,

93 in lancaster. excuse me. atlantic city airport currently quite a bit cooler, 81 degrees with that wind off the ocean. satellite and radar showing hurricane maria continues to just drift up to the north. it's about 300 miles south-southeast of cape hatteras. it's not going anywhere very quickly. what this will do is continue pushing to the north very slowly at about 7 miles per hour. then as we get after wednesday afternoon, this is when it makes a sharp right-hand turn, heads out to sea and what will kick out maria is also the same system that will kick out the summer-like temperatures. it's a cold front and that will bring us a big cooldown. but tonight it's warm and muggy. 69 degrees in philadelphia, allentown 65, cape may 68 and wilmington 67 degrees. tomorrow it will be warm, it will be humid but not quite as oppressive as today. we get a -- more of an easterly flow off the ocean so that should keep temps in the 80's but certainly still well

above normal. at 8 o'clock, 72. by 11 o'clock, all right 79. by 5 o'clock, 86 degrees. dewpoints again will be close to 70 degrees. so, you'll feel the warmth of the air mass but again, temperatures should be below 90 so not officially a heat wave. so, the five day at 5:00 showing tomorrow warm and muggy 86 degrees. wednesday we bump it up to 88. summer's last gasp. that cold front moves through on thursday, breezy conditions less humid. could have a morning shower but i think most areas that front moves through dry. 82 degrees and look what happens on friday. much cooler, 75 degrees, mixture of clouds and sunshine. yom kippur begins at sunset and saturday still may be complaining it's too cool, 69 degrees with the threat of a shower. we'll talk more about the weekend coming up in the seven-day forecast. back to you guys. >> all right, feeling autumnal later this weekend. >> he loves that word. >> yeah, i like that word. we'll be right back with more news and more autumnal news.

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a big loss for the eagles roster, just 24 hours after a big win on the field. the he's son ending injury for a big name with the birds atop the nfc east. tracking the quest for relief in the delaware valley and when it will feel like fall. the investigation under way in delaware after a disturbing site in a wilmington warehouse. >> and now the details. it was a chaotic day on capitol hill as the showdown continued over the latest version of the republican's healthcare plan. this days after the gop made changes aimed at swaying holdout senators in their own party. donya bacchus is live in los angeles with the latest. donya. >> reporter: good evening, rick. republicans once again are coming to the table with a revised version of their healthcare legislation and once again it's being met with resistance. >> i'd like to welcome everyone and i do mean everyone. >> reporter: before the senate finance committee hearing could even begin, protesters were removed, some

from their wheelchairs as they chanted in anger over a newly revised healthcare bill. >> a lot of us are on your side. let's have some order. >> reporter: this new healthcare bill known as the graham cassidy bill would give states more flexibility to craft their own health coverage but with far less federal funding and with no guarantee of how they would cover americans with preexisting conditions. it also adds money and newly eased coverage requirements aimed at winning over senator whose could vote against it. >> when it comes to obamacare, if you don't find a way to stop the bleeding, then it is going to basically collapse. >> reporter: over the weekend, gop senators rand paul and john mccain saying they'll say no. susan collins and ted cruz also not completely on board. concerns were raised over the last minute changes to the bill. >> i just don't think when you're talking about a bill of this magnitude and our colleagues saying he believes

that this is the final version, that that's good enough when we're talking about putting at risk millions of americans. >> reporter: monday morning, president trump acknowledging they may not have the votes needed to replace obamacare before the september 30th deadline. >> we have 52 votes. we can't lose any votes. >> reporter: the congressional budget office is expected to release its score of the previous version of the bill and even with the gop uncertainty, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says he plans to bring it up for a vote this week. rick. >> all right, donya, thank you for that report. meanwhile a number of local democratic leaders spoke out against the graham cassidy healthcare bill today including philadelphia mayor jim kenney and congressman bob brady brendan boyle and dwight evans. they gathered at city hall to discuss the impact the bill would have on pennsylvania residents. the commissioner of the department of behavior health and other city officials also denounced the measure today. >> turning to today's near

record breaking heat it was the september scorcher around the delaware valley with temperatures in philadelphia topping in the 90's and we'll have more from meteorologist adam joseph in a moment but first "action news" reporter sarah bloomquist live at sister cities park in center city with how folks are beating the heat today. hi, sarah. >> reporter: hi, monica. and sister cities super busy tonight. this is a scene more like what we would see in july than late september. people out and about today we talked to many are taking full advantage of what's likely the final days of these summer-like temperatures. others are ready for fall weather to arrive. and fast. splish-splash. it was a summer scene. >> it doesn't feel like the end of september. >> reporter: here at sister cities a similar sight with children running through the cool water. >> no, it does not feel like the end of september. we even saw guys going without a shirt due to the sweat. >> i had to do it. i had to do it. it was dripping off my back. >> reporter: over on

rittenhouse square it was definitely a day to eat outdoors. some brown bagged it on a bench. >> i think we've had such a mild summer we still think it's summer and we don't know yet that it should be changing over. >> it's wonderful. everybody's soaking up the sun and the warmth. everybody is confused. they think it's summer time still. we got a lot of rain this summer so everybody is loving itism not everybody. landscaper read was trimming the rittenhouse roses. shears ready for more autumnal temperatures to arrive. >> i work year round. i do wish it was fall which would be about maybe 20 degrees cooler both day and night. the plants would like that, too. >> reporter: most said they're okay with extending summer a little while longer. winter will arrive soon enough. >> i like it. i'm getting a little suntan. keep my tan going a little bit longer you know what i mean? [laughter] >> reporter: well, these warm temperatures like that guy, this is your thing. do you have a few more days to

enjoy it. the accuweather team telling us that slight cooldown doesn't come until later on in the week. live at sister cities tonight, i'm sarah bloomquist, channel6 "action news. monica. >> thank you sarah. former representative anthony weiner headed to jail for nearly two years for his role in a teen sexting scandal. he pleaded guilty to having illicit contact with a teen in north carolina. prosecutors said he did send her pornography and got her to touch herself inappropriately on skype. today weiner made a tearful plea trying to be spared prison time. he must undergo internet monitoring and enroll in a sex offender treatment program. >> a 25-year-old man stands charged with murder tonight after a deadly shooting at a church in tennessee. officials say emanuel samson opened fire in the parking lot of the burnett chapel church of christ. he's accused of shooting and killing one woman outside before moving inside and shooting six other people.

more than 40 people were inside the church at the time. officials say a quick thinking church usher helped save many of their lives. a pistol and a shotgun were later recovered from samson's car. a motive is still under investigation tonight. from our delaware news room, state police are investigating after a noose was found hang tag warehouse in wilmington. this photo shows what an african-american worker says he found on the job at rubber rock on edgemoor road. the man who did not want to be identified says he believes the noose was left for him by three white coworkers. he says one of them said they left it but meant no harm. >> he said he didn't leave it intentionally. i believe that he did leave it intentionally as a way to intimidate me and threaten me. he is saying he has been tying nooses since 1994 and one day at work he was bored and decided to tie the noose and he don't know i would take offense to it. >> delaware state police are conducting more interviews with those involved. the investigation is ongoing

but so far no charges have been filed. >> time right now for a check of the "action news" traffic report monday night. >> matt pelman in the "action news" traffic center. how we looking. >> the weather is hot, the traffic is not that's for sure in several spots. not so hot in montgomery township montgomery county rick and monica. nasty crash we have been watching for about 45 minutes along the 202 parkway southbound at county line road. the good news is they're wrapping things up here, in the process of getting things cleared out. one vehicle loaded onto the flatbed tow truck there but i would avoid the 202 parkway this afternoon especially if you're headed southbound. upper state or stump roads could be some alternates. on the turnpike in chester county, they're still working on that overturned truck that's partially blocking the ramp from downingtown to the westbound side. if you have e-z pass, i would get on at 29, malvern, instead of 100 downingtown. now warning of a couple things for the overnights this week. schuylkill westbound is closing each night at 11 o'clock at 30th street station.

street station. kind of a mess during the overnights. if you can stay on 95 you'll be better than the schuylkill westbound. burlington bristol bridge closing for the next couple nights starting at 9 o'clock. the turnpike connector or tacony-palmyra are ways to get around that. rick and monica, back over to you. >> matt, thank you again. still to come on "action news" monday night, bad news for the eagles after yesterday's last second victory over the giants. ducis rodgers chats with jaws about the season ending injury for one of its stars and what's next for the birds. >> plus, he is a savant doctor hoping to use his extraordinary skills to save lives. why the star of abc's new show is excited to bring his character to prime time tv. >> meteorologist adam joseph tracking the latest in the "action news" weather center tonight. >> heat and humidity eventually going to break this week. but right now feeling like 95 in allentown at this almost 6 o'clock hour, 93 philadelphia, 90's trenton and

wilmington. we'll talk about a fall chill coming back in that seven day in just a little bit, guys. >> all right, we'll have those stories and more coming your way next. stick around. >> ♪ fran grenier.

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yesterday. >> incredible. sports director ducis rodgers and formers eagles quarterback john jaworski break down the good and the bad from this division matchup. >> ♪ >> jaws, the thrilling victory comes at a price. darren sproles out with a torn acl and broken bone in his forearm. what will the birds be missing. >> veteran leadership in the locker room ability to make plays running the football or returning punts a significant loss for the eagles. >> heading into this game you were preaching that the birds needed to be committed to the run. what did you see. >> i left you last thursday night said stay committed to the run. doug pederson must have been listening 'cause they gave the ball to the big fella in the back field, leg garrett blunt number 29 and they gave him the down field running attack. get behind those pads. let the big horses come offer off the ball. man on a man, knocked him off the line of scrimmage and let

blunt run the football. watch him run behind his pads and deliver the blow. physical style of running game and when you get runs like that, you're going to run it even more. let's come back a little later. brent celek a little wham technique. a physical style of play. once you get the wham technique you got the big guy in the back field running downhill again ducis what do you get? a positive play. 8 yards legarrette blunt moving the chains. that's normally a tackle. he's playing tight end. he's like 300 plus. run behind him with the big fella. first play of the second half, goes for 20 yards. get behind jason kelce, knocking people out. make people miss. oh, this is the way you start off the second half of a football game. a physical, manhood style of play and blunt got it going. you know the heavy formation, that really worked. they didn't give it up on it. they didn't quit out and.

they get in the red zone. there's vaitai clements in the back field he's going to get the handoff. down the field. i love the fact they stayed committed to the heavy personnel. they ran the football. oh, great job of making the defender miss getting into the end zone. outstanding job. eagles staying committed to running the football, controlling the football for 37 minutes, 33 running back runs for 171 yards. now, the game on the line, the quarterback has got to make a play. give him a chance. pretty simple technique. straight down the field by your speed guy torry smith. agholor will go out on the flat. he wants the ball to snap. he sees that. he sees the giant corner press up front and just levers a little small window for him to hit the pennsylvanias to jeffrey. 19, 20-yard gain, that sets up the game winning field goal. watch him go up and take this ball with defenders around him. that's why alshon jeffery is

an eagle. watch carson. you got to have the courage to pull the trigger in the tight coverage. he sticks in there. ducis what does that set up. >> one second left. >> 60-yard field goal. >> was are thinking. >> i'm thinking he's going to make it. hot day in philly. the ball is going to fly. september give me one of those, eagles win it. >> longest field goal in franchise history by jake elliott. he's jaws, i'm ducis. back to you. >> we love it. >> also a big night right here on 6abc tonight on "dancing with the stars," the competitors perform timeless favorites like the quick step the tango and the viennese waltz. >> all right. >> ♪ >> right now jordan fisher sits atop the leaderboard along with lindsey sterling. at the bottom is "shark tank" panelist barbara corcoran. at tonight's show one star will go home. "dancing with the stars" starts tonight, 8 o'clock on

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>> thanks to the free demonstration today. 100 local children got free bike helmets and learned safety tips at four different stations. they got their bikes inspected all part of the greenwood avenue farmers market to make folks healthier. injuries to bicyclists cause 900 fatalities every year. >> nice run in the finger lakes. >> he didn't do that. >> i almost did that this weekend. >> i'm sure you did. i think you were somewhere else. >> you didn't see him. >> relaxing and eating. >> you were at the finger lakes. beautiful wasn't it. >> beautiful here, too.

warm weather stretching on if you like that summer feeling. many folks hit the shore as well. put their feet in the sand but hopefully you kind of listened to the lifeguards this weekend and you continued to do so this week. i would avoid the water whatsoever. even though on sky6 live here it looks great, it looks great the next few days. if you're going to head down the shore. but i want to point your attention to a danger that's still lurking in the waters and that continued threat of rough surf is going to continue through the day thursday at least. we have that high risk of rip currents continuing. you'll want to stay out of the water and it's all because of hurricane maria just off of the carolinas that's heading out to sea its not a threat to us but again bringing some very rough surf. we've had eight deaths this year in the united states due to rip current risks and we had one death this weekend in north jersey as well. so, again, just be very cautious of that the next few days. in philadelphia, if you're inland you felt the heat and

humidity. it was 91 degrees today, just after 3 o'clock this afternoon. a degree shy of the record of 92 set back in 1970. even the low way above the normal. 68 this morning. our normal is 57 degrees. the record 35 degrees. speaking of records, we had one record tying high today in the lehigh valley. 92 degrees there. not a record but still very hot for this time of year, reading 90 degrees t-90 in trenton, 91 in wilmington and atlantic city a little bit better down there because of a wind coming in off the water, 84 degrees. right now it feels like it's in the low to the mid 90's anywhere between trenton, philadelphia, to the north and west, 95 reading, 93 in lancaster and cape may beach haven, 71 down there. even though that heat index is in the mid 70's, it's still feeling pretty muggy out there as we kind of have that summer soup in play and partly it's because of hurricane maria. which you can see here spinning just off of the

carolinas. may bring high clouds during the day tomorrow but it's bringing that bubble of heat and humidity with it, cold front to the west and that cold front comes through at the end of the week to kick maria out and usher in much cooler air. 65, 69 tonight under a mostly clear sky, very humid as well. as we take a look at the map here, maria will be drifting over that general same location tomorrow, again just high clouds here. hazy, hot, 86 degrees. it does come down from the last couple of days but still well above normal. and on wednesday, one last day of the heat and humidity, 88 degrees. but we can thank this cold front for two things. it will kick maria out to sea and it ushers in strong highs to the north and west with a blast of fall coming in by late week. your exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast, that summer stickiness still here tuesday and wednesday with highs in the upper 80's. 82 it's breezy thursday but that breeze will drop the humidity on thursday and it's much cooler come friday, only 75, a beautiful day here to round out the week.

the weekend a little bit cloudy on saturday, maybe a shower, only 69 and then the sun's back on sunday, 71 and that fall feeling sticking around monday of 73 degrees. so, some big changes coming in at the end of the week but we can thank that cold front for not bringing maria directly at us. >> absolutely. >> all right, adam thank you. as always keep up with the changes to the forecast on your phone or tablet. that includes realtime views from storm tracker6. the 6abc app is a free download for your mobile device. we'll be right back. >> ♪

after 8 years of chris christie, is kim guadagno the change new jersey really needs? guadagno is christie's hand-picked successor. says she's "proud to be part of the christie administration." guadagno was chris christie's right hand as our schools came under attack, critical services were underfunded, and our credit rating was downgraded...11 times. from the bridge to the beach, we've seen it all, and we've had enough. kim guadagno isn't the change we need.

kim guadagno isn't >> ♪ >> right now jim gardner and the "action news" team are standing by with these stories and more next at 6:00 a new reward is on the table as police look for a shooting suspect in montgomery county. >> local parents are protesting after their school principal is placed on a leave of absence without explanation. >> and see the emotional reunion for this local woman evacuated from the caribbean after surviving a direct hit from one of the hurricanes. >> that and much more coming up next at 6:00 for

meteorologist adam joseph cecily tynan jaime apody ducis rodgers, monica malpass, the end "action news" team, i'm rick williams. have a good night. >> ♪ our veterans have given us the rights and freedoms that we have and we enjoy today. ready. aim. fire. and it's important for us to let them know that we will never forget their service. fire. it was steve's idea to have this cemetery.

this was supplied to the veterans, giving us a final resting place. we owe everything to steve for what he gave us here. i wanted to make sure that we just didn't say thank you to veterans, we had tangible things to show, and i think we've accomplished that. [ "taps" playing ] >> ♪ "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rodgers, meteorologist cecily tynan and jim gardner. >> ♪ >> monday night. investigators are combing the scene of a small plane crash in whitpain township. the man behind the parking lot punch has pleaded guilty. but the big story on "action news" tonight is our extreme late september heat. once again today, temperatures

hit 90 as philadelphians seem to enjoy basking in the early autumn sun in rittenhouse square and it appears this unusual weather will hang around for the first half of the week. let's go to live to meteorologist cecily tynan. cecily, what do the facts and figures say from accuweather. >> jim, we've had two days in a row of near record warmth, not feeling like late september at all. yesterday's high 92, 3 degrees shy of the record high of 95 and today our high 91 degrees, just 1 degree shy of the record high of 92. those records both set back in 1970. so, not a record in philadelphia, although allentown tied a record high of 92. that's the only area with the records but trenton 90, wilmington it was hot, 91, reading 90 and a little bit cooler along the shore, atlantic city airport 84 degrees. but if you look at the high temperatures across the eastern half of the country, you can see it's going to be awhile before we cool down. chicago 92, saint louis 91 but there's a cold front and west