the caribbean but first lets go to abc with more on the situation in puerto rico tonight. >> reporter: rick and monica, federal relief efforts are ramping up for puerto rico and an operation is starting using federal agents to escort supplies and gasoline and after days of getting stuck there people are finally getting home. >> utter devastation in puerto rico. >> the biggest catastrophe in history. >> the situation is growing more dire by the minute. only 5% of electricity is restored and much of the water is undrinkable and the 3.4 million u.s. citizens are suffering with unbearable heat without basic supplies. >> everyone is basically fighting in the stores and streets and gas lines. it's really really survival mode right now. >> after days of waiting there are hugs of relief of the first wave of people leaving puerto rico arriving monday night at jfk airport in new york.

>> we saw trees falling down and billboards in the middle of the street. families sleeping on the highway. >> yes, sleeping on the highway. >> president trump will head to the hurricane ravaged island and now a u.s. naval ship head tlg to help. >> it's inquiring us to push forward resources including the uss comfort on the way. >> and other states joining to help. a united plane leaving chicago headed to puerto rico loaded with supplies. >> we want it make sure it goes directly to people and maria is off the coast in north carolina and hundreds of tourists are leaving as mandatory evacuations and preparations for the storm is underway. >> at the beginning of october the white house is expected to bring a disaster relief request for puerto rico but some worry that will be too late. >> now to john rawlins with more on the relief efforts underway in the delaware valley. >> john, good evening.

>> hi monica, well it's still very much a first responders situation concerning puerto rico at this point. mayor kenney and councilwoman sanchez is helping six army staffers to secure seats tomorrow on an american airlines flight. the salvation army is taking part in point because there is an existing operation there. >> this is a dire operation and getting the needed supplies to them is critical right now. >> the salvation army has an estimated 150 staffers home based in puerto rico. since maria they have been feeding an estimated 14 thousand people a day and providing shelters they are working with the resources they already had on hand but as you can imagine when the island is locked up for so long, the resources begin to run dry. getting supplies to the island a major issue right now with damage to roads and other infrastructure. including airports.

>> that is the reports we are hearing, the radar system is down. there are no flights at night. and so that presents huge logistical difficulties. >> the eight staffers traveling from philadelphias first of many expected to go. eventually the salvation army expects goods donated by the public are shipped to those that lost so much in puerto rico but right now the best gifts is money for critical needs. >> it's needed in the form of monetary donations now and the best thing that we can hope for and ask for and if people would be in inclined just to go to the salvation army's website and help us, we need monetary gifts to be able to respond in a split second. >> well, the local website is salvation army pa.org. the local website for the

salvation army. there will be information there on various types of donations there will be information there on various types of donations and how you can make them. eventually organizations will pack material and then ship it down to puerto rico. but not athis point it's still a first responder situation, what they need now is money for various critical needs so as you heard they can react very quickly. live in north philadelphia. john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. as maria spins off the east coast. the storm continues to make waves down at the jersey shore. the action cam was in ship bottom, ocean county where the surf was rough. they are warning swimmers a to heading into the ocean. on the weather front as we look live outside from sky 6 hd at the ben fras, lin bridge, that unseasonable heat continues to linger around the region and plenty of humidity. meteorologist, cecily tynan is live outside tracking when it will feel more like fall in our area. >> as of thursday it will start

feeling a lot more lly te fall. today feels lly te sun cer, temperatures 10 degrees above normal and the past few days in the 90s. an easterly flow means not quite as warm as yesterday. 84 in philadelphia right now and burlington, vermont, 89 and last hour 90 degrees and record high detroit 92. and st. louisure2 and if you lok cest of a cold front temperatures really drop off substantially and you go from temperatures in thearm 0s and 9 and temperatures in the 50s and 60s that air mass is heading our cay. and cooling off as we head through the ladder part of the ceek. partly cloudy and mild. still 80 degrees at 7:00. by 9:00, 77 and 11:00, 5-and a muggy night and lly te last nig we could have patchy areas of fog developing overnight. if you don't lly te humidity lo at the drop heading our way. tomorrow dew points near 70 that is the trol 6cal oppress

heae air mass and then demp points slide well down into the 40s by thursday and friday. and saturday still comfortable as the cooler air moves in and the latest on tropical storm maria coming up in the full accuweather forecast. >> thank you. >> now to developing nemps out f cashingtot q republican leader say they will not bring their party's latest health care plan to aquiote on the senate floor t all. three republican senators come out saying they willquiote against the bill. >> that includes john mccain, rand paul, and susan collit cas courted by republican lobp including maine with additional funding and president trump blasted the holdouts at the white house. >> at some point there will be a repeal and replace. but we'll see whether or not that point is now or will it be shortly thereafter. but we are disappointed at certain so-called republicans. >> at least one bill's

cosponsorsquiow to replace the repfordl dle care act is not ov. senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell says they will focus on tax reform going forward. >> back here philadelphia detectives are try to identify gunmen charged with a triple shooting overnight. it left a man dead. they thought there were two victims at the spring garden apartments those men were taken to the hosl 6tal and two neighbors discovered a thid r victim where a teddy bear and candle now sit. >> we head r someone screaming and came back outside and found the boy laying over in the grass in the bushes. >> well, police rushed the man to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. the neigh to mr says he counted nearly two dozen shots in in the hail of gun fire. the man that shot his girlfriend's mother ended in

another tragedy. gregory feldman was found dead in a parking lot in phoenixville and police say he took his own life. feldman was accused of shooting 48 amy herman after she at her door. the mother is now recovering from her wounds. and a woman is dead after a crash in pine creek, delaware. the woman's car collided with a 18 wheel dreasp truc, ca the crash killed the woman and caused the truck to overturn isailling its load of chicken feed. the injuries to the driver were not life-threatening. flying over long beach its nand, now a massive recycli and relocation effort is underway all to gift -- g

heae a shore house a new home. >> reporter: those drone l 6ctures are amazing and so is this entire my ne that went off without a hitch. look behind me that is the house, it was loaded on to a barge there and floweded down the barnegat bay. not a sight you see every day sot the nemp owners are excite. >> we are excited to see this house my ne on get it in place and just looendng forwad r to i. ed and justin of yardley, p.a. are awaiting the arr heaal of thbur new house making its way on the barge from surf city. and pushing a house under a bridge is something nemp i this for lbi that is something that i want to see happen. and then iblal feel relaxed. >> the house is moved for new construction but building developer decided to spend $75,000 to my ne it t

paree miles south and recycle the structure. moving it by land was not an option. >> land is so valuable but the houses are actually nice and shouldatct be torn down. >> he made a lit coe money on demoing. you know so it's exciting. >> to get to its destination the t paree story house had to be raised in place on a series of steel beams before bbung my ned y ner to the waiting barge. >> you come in and set the beams vnderneath it and jack it up and pull it with the excavator. >> and babe ruth used to hunt duck out there. there is history with the hardwood floors. we like carrying that here at l . >> the ulrichs' are ehinited to see their house so close to shore and followed the house

partly here in a boat and the next my ne is to get the boat o dry land and make modifications and the builder tells them they cill be inside for a new year' eve party. a pretty wild day here on long beach its nand but they say thi was the only way to do it. i'm nora muchanic, channel 6 "action news." >> wow incredible. >> talk about beach front port. time for a check of the "action ne e" traffic report. matt pellman is in the traffic center tuesday nighen. kow are we looendng your way? >> which moves faster a barge moving a house or traffic on the schuylkill? d routsbly a posu coe enot moving quickly east street and heavy from 0sntra mery drive into this poit as people head to the phils game and flyers preseason game. but westbound on the schat imat weblal see construction here starting at 9:00 and then at 11:00 just lly te last night th cill e iose the westbound lane of the schuylkill here at 30th

street and at that puse nt get around 95. and the turnpike westbound side a broken down vehicle around ntown en down vehicle around taendng out the left lane, a crash involving a pedestrian in newcas coe pp nempcastle utsgel 141 is a better bet and slow there one on 42 southbound approaching 29ng t and e. wra crowds thereof the walt whitman bridge. we'll check it again in the nbet kalf hour.k it again in the nbet >> more ahead on "action news" at 5:00 tonight. another equi fax executive stepped down after the massive data breach for the company. coming up what you need to know l dout the hack and how to protect your personal information. and president trump doubles down on at tacks on nrt plae tr protesting during the national

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time for the accuweather forecast t is ssday nion.en. ecily tynan is here with the details for the weekend. >> one more humid week and fall twather starts to arrive. twateceets head to the weather where we have sky 6 hd looking live at philadephiahia international airport we have some building clouds, they are actually the outer clod re band

of now troith cal storm maria a it continues to slowly spin up the eastern sel doad r. the aialhe leather hig" wigizs o e you that one more warm humid like summer day and then the winds of change blow in on thursday and it will be a very windy day as our air flow shifts or nut of the northtwst and tha brings us a true taste of autumn for friday and the weekend with tehe weratures dropping below noetsal as we head to the weeked but right now it feels like srieme tas 84 degrees in philadephiahia an allentown 86 and reading 85 and trenton 82 and cooler along the beach the atlantic city airport 77 degrees. so this is how september has really panned ouen. remember the first almost two weeks of september it was cold. temperatures running more than 5 uucrees below normal and then a tremendous flip from september 14th until now. temperatures running 9 ducrees l dl ihe normal. a taste of fall for the first half of ses satellite and radar showing this

is the latest on maria, now a tropical storm it's rolling just or n. al storm it's rolling just >> o the coast of cape hatteras. outer bands there and gradually working up to the north slowly and troith cal storm warnings posted for much of the north carolina coast. coste lookout to thepsairr tnia thtd rer and what they will be experiencing there winds and perhaps 3 h tore a to 2 ient hes of rain but really marees. is headg out to sea before it makes any direct impacts so the big proble hahere is the risk of rs currentses and high surf through the day tomorrow. tomorrow is warm and hus.weeke 71 in philadelphia and allentown 65. and cape may 70. ands b9 in wils.ngton and could have patchy fog developing later on tonight. future tracker 6 showing later on this afternoon one more taste of fall like weather returns, 91 in philadelphia and the heat index that is the way it will feel. the combination of the temperature and hus.dity, the

five-day at 5:zo, t8 ducrees and then the cold front moves through thursday for the rning. ouon. dry,ly will ml ihe t-ing. p"aybe a sprinkle or two in a fw hours. the windsleeick up. a5 miles per hour on thursday and lowering humidity with a high of 80 and drop down to 78 ducrees and for the stly sunny and d5. star yom kippur and great weather for temple and sunday up tojec1 de40ees and temperatures trend upward next week adam will talk about that in the sevenrouay about thmnorecasen.evenrouay >> tha it you. quick break and more news coming up in our next half hour.sidentl

meteorologist, adam joseph, jaime ostod. an rick willees.ms and for the nica malpap p. >> hello again here is what is happening "action newkl t is sh nigiz. another shakeup at e tei fax after a hack attack expotioning information for millions of america0 . and president trump doubles down on attacks of players that protest during the nation nal anthe du and a massive play for pay scheme exposed by the f in bast thtbal4

and they are calling it the biggest corruption case in college ereorst c histo5.. after a hack behploited a software flaw. as a result 140 million americans socees.l security numbers and birth dates and other information was exposed. nydia han is at the big boad r with the fallout and whatnydou need to know about this hack. >> considering equi fle a has 140ngled the respo0 ibility to this massive breach. it should come as no surprise that cer in richad r ss.th is o. we have reaction as well as updated information on how to best protectnydourself from n toentity theft today. >> this incident is a test for all of us. >> he was set to appear before the senate ban breang committee next week.

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he has time to talk about professional football players because it's an important issue. he did not waste time before jumping back into the controversy. tweeting at 6:20 a.m. ratings for nfl footballs are way down except at game starts to see whether or not if our country will be disrespected but the league says that is not true, the ratings were up from the same time last year. >> the president's ongoing attacks on the nfl and some of its players sparking criticism that his priorities are miss placed with a disaster unfolding in puerto rico after hurricane maria and critical primary in alabama and the escalating tensions with north korea. in the rose garden today the president brushed it off. >> i was not preoccupied with the nfl i was ashamed of what was taking place and he says the nfl has all sorts of rules and regulations and wants them to add one prohibiting players from

kneeling during the national anthem. >> jeff sessions gave a speech on the right to free speech. the government doesn't tell america what to think or say but condemns the players that are kneeling say they go could express their opinions without denigrating the symbols of this country. karen travers, channel 6 "action news." ten people including a top adidas executive and four assistant coaches are charged in a college basketball crack down. they allegedly bribed high school athletes and their families in exchange for them to play at adidas sponsored universities. in some cases the bribes were at least $100,000. this comes after a nearly three year long investigation by the fbi. from the delaware newsroom tonight wilmington police are searching for a gunman that critically wounded a man late last night. the shooting happened along the

2600 block of harrison street and a 25-year-old man was shot in the left arm and torso, he is treated at christiana hospital. philadelphia city controller says it's time for the state attorney general to investigate the mayors fund. he says that the officials run nonprofit are stone walking his audit attempts and they failed repeated request for supporting documents for more than $100,000 of spending. >> it's simple types of documentary requests have been punted and deferred. and finally ignored. >> buck he believes -- the funds executive director denies the foot dragging accusations and says quote we have been in regular ongoing investigation with the staff of the controllers officer and it's surprising and disheartening

there are concerns about the promptness of our replies. now a check of the highways for your tuesday afternoon commute. >> and getting home not as bad as some nights but we are watching delays and a new crash along the blue route 476 northbound side approaching ridge pike and chemical road and off to the side and as you can see people are tapping the brakes as they head up to the pennsylvania turnpike, a broken down vehicle westbound at downingtown and morgantown and speeds there are fine 68 miles per hour at the moment. on the big picture a crash at city avenue at belmont avenue by the chilis it's causing slowing. and slowing on 95 northbound side headed to the double events in south philadelphia the phils game and the flyers preseason game and after the game at 9:00 construction starts on the westbound schuylkill at 30 and street and then at 11:00 they close it down entirely.

and the burlington bristol bridge closing starting at 9:00 use the turnpike connecter in stead. and trenton emergency work on route 31. the pennsylvania conference for women comes to philadelphia next week and close to 12,000 women are expected to attend. the conference focuses on how women can progress in their careers and features dozens of workshops and i sat down with pam sear ahead of the conference and she ex plained how women can bounce back from missteps and stay resilient in the workforce. >> think in general women tend to beat themselves up more and have a fear of messing up because we are all trying to do it perfectly and i think in order to overcome that we need to be honest with yourself. >> and be honest with yourself and the people you are working with because the reality is they

make mistakes too. >> to hear more from sears head to our website 6abc.com. still ahead on "action news" tonight. the eagles on top of the nc east. the birds are looking ahead to a road trip to california. jaime apody has more on the focus for the team as they head waste. >> and booted from the ballroom. why shark tank barbara corcoran says her experience was horrifying. >> meteorologist, adam joseph, tracking the latest in the "action news" weather center. >> nothing horrifying in the weather. >> i don't know i'm ready for fall. yes, it feels like summer, the heat and humidity is back as we look at the last three days, 92 on sunday and 91 yesterday. today down to 85 with the humidity on the high side. normal 75 and we'll head there and south of there in the seven-day forecast.

>> sounds good, we'll have that and more when "action news" comes right back.

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jaime is here with sports and eagles getting ready to head to the chargers.

>> the la chargers sounded weird. kicker jake elliot could do shopping rodeo, he said he would give him his game check. no word if the 31, 700 is handed over yet. facing life without darren sproles. breaking his arm. could end his career. wendell smallwood, and had nice runs again the giants. >> there is no doubt wendell will have an increased role like you said. he is the guy on i think all the guys have third down ability but wendell has really improved in that area. he showed natural aptitude for it early from a protection standpoint and a route running standpoint. i don't know if you can replace 43 in that regard but feel good

about wendell and him stepping up. >> the temple owls need to step up and hopefully have a short memory because last week's game was enough to give anyone nightmares. >> jeff collins is yet to make a quarterback and the fact that the offense had six turn years to seven first downs. and they both played in the game will also be competing at practice for their chance to start the next one. >> these guys are young guys, and getting a lot of reps right now and they are trying as hard as they can to be the best possible quarterbacks they can be. >> is it hard not knowing your status. >> the coaches do a great job and when the snaps come you have to be ready. >> you don't know who will be behind center, we are all trying to maximize our reps and getting ready to play and whoever is in there will be ready to go and

get back on track. last week kind of stunk but you bring the film in every night and get ready for houston and ready to go. >> that is a good word. we'll have more on temple play book, i'll sit down with coach collins and why there are no numbers on the team's clock. >> the phillies and nationals go at it in washington. and they get bryce harper back he was out with a knee and calf injury. nola strikeout nine batters in six inning of work the only preliminaryish this the to run homer. the phillies and nationals don't really like each other. the phanatic having words with jayson werth, because someone taped up the keys to the phanatic's atv so he couldn't start the four wheel. and manager dusty baker trying to help out the big green guy