police officers we've been told. as you can see firefighters are using bucket trucks to reach the flames which were shooting through the roof, the billowing smoke as well. the red cross says at least 20 units have fire damage. we're continuing to follow this story on air and online. stay with "action news" and 6abc.com as more information becomes available from this huge fire at this condominium complex. >> also breaking, the south jersey father who pleaded guilty to killing his three-year-old son will spend 10 years in prison. it is friday afternoon, i'm sharrie williams. >> and i'm rick williams in for brian taff. the big story on "action news," our other big story is david creato's sentencing. nora muchanic was in court this afternoon. she joins us live in camden with the details. nora. >> reporter: rick, sharrie, only one word out of d.j. creato in the courtroom. he said no when the judge asked him if he wanted to say

anything and tonight as the camden county man is sentenced his family is still maintaining he's innocent. sporting a new short haircut instead of his long ponytail david d.j. creato entered a camden county courtroom for sentencing in the 2015 death of his son three-year-old brendan creato of haddon township. creato made a plea deal with prosecutors weeks before his second trial where was to start in december admitting to aggravated manslaughter. he said he deprived brendan of oxygen but didn't say how. >> he lied to the police. he lied to his parents. worst of all he he lied to brendan's mother who certainly had a right to know exactly what had happened to her son. >> reporter: a 14 minute video was played showing dozens of photos from brendan's short life. it was silent. court rules don't permit music. creato declined to say anything before the judge sentenced him to 10 years in

prison. after the sentencing his family maintains he's innocent. >> he took the plea bargain and my life and i and a lot of family and friends still believe in his innocence. >> he agrees that it's his recklessness that led to this. he's accepting responsibility for that end of what occurred here but that is a very different situation from saying i know what happened and i'm responsible for everything that happened. >> reporter: samantha denoto and christine she was had no comment as they left the courtroom. prosecutors read a statement from dj's maternal grandmother saying that she thinks the little boy was a angel and they hopes one day creato will say exactly what happened to the toddler and why. meantime given the time he's already served creato could be out of jail in six and a half years. live in camden, i'm nora muchanic, channel6 "action news." >> nora, thank you. we have breaking sports news this afternoon. the phillies are replacing

manager pete mackanin. >> he will finish out the last few games of the season and take on a new role come 2018. sports director ducis rodgers joining us with the details. of course this has people talking. some saw it coming, maybe some didn't. >> i didn't see it coming. pete mackanin was named manager of the police phillies in 2015. mccann nick owns a 172 and 237 record during his time with the phillies. this season the team showed some improvement since the all-star break this year the phillies have gone 35 and 37. that's not great but it's not terrible. mackanin got the phillies from point a to point b in this rebuilding process. management is looking for someone to take them to the next step. >> our goal for the search will be to identify a leader that can help lead us into the future and take us where we want to go.

but i still trust pete. i still want his opinion. i still want to be able to call him and run thoughts by him. >> i'm good with it. let's put it that way. i'm not -- i'm disappointed surely and i'm not going to sit here and say i'm tickled pink about it but i understand it and i'm happy to be a part of it down the road. >> the general manager says the organization will interview both internal and external candidates. once again, pete mackanin will finish off the year beginning tonight against the new york mets at home. >> thanks ducis. >> time for a check of the accuweather forecast. >> all right. friday afternoon, let's head outside to meteorologist adam joseph taking us into the weekend as we say so long to september, adam, hm. >> yes, we begin the new month on sunday here as were he he we go into that october. take a look at the numbers on monday in philadelphia. we were at 91 degrees. way above that normal of 73 degrees and we've been slipping ever since but that 89 on tuesday to 85 on

wednesday. even that 78 yesterday is above that normal and today we're just 2 degrees shy of it despite that it does feel on the coolish side. temperatures to our north in the 60's right now for burlington syracuse. that is it. even pittsburgh right now settling in around 71 degrees. so, it is friday night. if you're heading out on the town here, bring a light jacket, 65 degrees at 9 o'clock under a mainly clear sky. a few clouds bubbling up by 11 o'clock at 62 degrees. the low overnight 56 degrees. but then more changes do come. you can see this spin strong low pressure and an associated cold front with some clouds and showers working its way from the northwest to the south and east. i'll let you know what this means as we head into the upcoming weekend in that full accuweather forecast. a big difference between saturday and sunday and we'll chat about that in just a little bit, sharrie. >> see you in a bit adam. thank you. well, president trump today is defending his response to puerto rico's hurricane destruction and says

"big decisions are coming in regard to the cost of rebuilding the island." more help is on the way to puerto rico. medical aid in the form of a ship is heading down right now. the u.s. ms comfort left virginia today. the 894-foot long navy ship is in essence a floating hospital. the president is expected to survey the damage on the island come tuesday. "action news" reporter dann cuellar is live in puerto rico which is a heavily damaged town where people are in dire need. >> reporter: that's right, sharrie the scene is indicative of what is going on in many other parts of puerto rico. long lines of people trying to get necessities, basic necessities like ice, water and gas. and the backdrop for all of this are scenes like this, buildings left heavily damaged by hurricane maria. and then resourceful people using spaces that were damaged trying to run a business. a sign that puerto rico may be

down but definitely not out for the count. nine days after hurricane maria blew through here, the national guard is now directly traffic in the absence of traffic signals. a sign that the government appears to be getting a plan in order to deal with the chaos. there is still no electricity and there may not be for some time. that means people need things like ice to keeper are you surables from spoiling but the lines have been long and the availability of ice sporadic. many of these folks have been waiting for hours. >> one bag of ice per person. >> one bag per person in all this wait for just one bag. >> yeah, right. >> reporter: hardly seems worth it. >> well, you can say that again. >> reporter: but you need this ice. >> yes, true. >> reporter: there are also long lines to get gas to run vehicles and power generators. availability of gas has also been sporadic. the trick is trying to find out when the next tanker truck arrives. sometimes people are told it

will come soon. sometimes they're told it may be tomorrow. frustration is growing here. >> really frustrated with the government and the private agencies. they need to step up the plan here, yeah. >> reporter: the reality is a lot more coordination is needed between the local and federal governments in dealing with widespread issues. until that happens, frustration and anger will only increase in the desperate effort here to survive. live in puerto rico, i'm dann cuellar channel6 "action news." >> ♪ >> dann thank you. there's more breaking news at this hour. there's been an arrest for the deadly gunfire in the typically quiet town of phoenixville yesterday county. 21-year-old keon carpenter was taken into custody moments ago. "action news" reporter vernon odom talked to carpenter's family when he was still on the run. he joins us live from the police department with more. >> reporter: vernon. >> reporter: rick, the police here in phoenixville

had been confident that the suspect had not fled the area that he was somewhere "in the philadelphia region." i did talk with the suspect's family earlier today and they expressed sympathy for the family of the victim as they've lived out this nightmare. tonight this man, 21-year-old keon carpenter of phoenixville remains at lamp and wanted for the murder of this phoenixville resident 20-year-old joshua mitchell. they knew each other. police say it happened at 9:45 on bridge street. witnesses saw the two men arguing then heard two gunshots. later outside a nearby church police found what they believe is the handgun used in the murder. this mitchell family friend say this is the second tragedy to befall this family. >> this is the second shouldn't got killed. the first got killed in pottstown. >> reporter: police have not reached a motive on the

killing but their theory includes drugs and guns. i spoke with carpenter's aunt and mother who are devastated by this turn of events. you won't see their faces. >> first of all i know my son ain't a bad boy. second of all, all kids have their ways. my son out here like the average teenager. one thing i do know he's not going to jump off for nothing. >> my nephew is not a bad child. my nephew is a boy. he is not a bad child. he does not look for fights. i raised him. >> reporter: both ladies say they have not heard from keyon since last night. they extend their sympathies to josh mitchell's family. i'm vernon odom channel6 "action news" at police headquarters in phoenixville. >> vern thank you for the breaking details there. time for the "action news" traffic report. >> all right, let's go live to matt pelman in the "action news" traffic center. matt, t.g.i.f., hm. >> yeah, we made it. happy about that but i'll tell

you rick and sharrie, i walked in this afternoon i said oh, boy, it's going to be one of these afternoons. we have a vehicle that flipped over 10 minutes ago along the blue route 476 northbound in delaware county. this is approaching the media swarthmore interchange baltimore pike. as you can see a lot of emergency crews have arrived on the scene in the last 10 minutes and traffic is only squeezing by on the right shoulder coming northbound on the blue route off of 95. so, quickly, we're stacking up with speeds like 3 miles per hour. you want to think alternates like 320 or 252. we had an earlier crash on 95 southbound by the barry bridge. that was already backed up there. that crash has cleared but the delays now from the blue route accident are spilling back towards philadelphia international airport. as you're detouring through delco watch out, there is a crash along 452, pennell road at marionville road. police activity in bucks county along route one, the super highway at oxford valley. luckily that has cleared out so we're getting back up to pace there. if you're lucky enough to be down the shore there's a crash

here this afternoon, garden state parkway northbound side by the new great egg harbor bore bridge just 10 miles an hour. new castle county a crash blocking the northbound side of 13 at black diamond road. highway one can get you around that. we'll check it again sharrie and rick in the next half hour. >> see you then. thanks matt. >> next on "action news" at 4:00 a stern warning to americans about travel to cuba. we have the very latest on the announcement from the state department. >> also renewed push from lawmakers to rename 30th street station. we'll take a look at their reasoning dating back to a law from 2014. >> ♪ ♪ leave it to the pros? i am a pro. i made this lawn from seed pride, and less water than you'd think.

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>> ♪ >> well, this afternoon we found out that tour companies they will continue to take americans to cuba despite a very stern warning today from the state department.

officials are telling americans to avoid traveling to cuba after a series of what's being called dramatic attacks on diplomats. the u.s. is ordering more than half of our personnel to leave the island dealing a blow to the already delicate ties between our two countries. the u.s. embassy there will now stop processing visas indefinitely and that embassy could close altogether. this all comes in the wake of unexplained health problems which have left more than 20 diplomats in cuba with hearing loss and traumatic brain injury. cuba's government firmly denies any involvement in this and says that reducing staffing at its havana embassy is precipitous and will damage relations. but travel providers this afternoon say there have been no reports of american travelers being harmed. and also say travel to cuba by americans does remain legal so travel at your own risk despite these warnings, rick. >> all right, alicia, thank you very much. well a 12th patient has

died after being rescued from an overheated nursing home in florida. the facility lost air conditioning during hurricane irma. police in hollywood are treating all 12 of the deaths as part of a criminal investigation. some of the victims had body temperatures near 110 degrees. the nursing home has since been shut down. investigators want to know why the patients were left in such conditions when there was a hospital that had power and was fully functioning right across the street. climbers in california's yosemite national park on alert after two rock falls over the past two days. yesterday a hunk of granite broke off in the park's popular el capitan rock formation leaving one man injured and filling a nearby valley with dust. the slide came one day after another slab of granite broke off the same formation killing a british tourist and injuring his wife. park officials say rock falls happen about 80 times a year but deaths are rare. the last time a rock fall

killed climber at yosemite was in 2013. >> there is a renewed push to rename 30th street station in honor of a long time philadelphia congressman. senator bob casey along with a host of elected officials held a news conference there today. well, they are urging amtrak to rename the station for william h. gray, iii 30th street station. congress approved the renaming back in 2014 but it still has not been done. former mayor wilson goode is among those calling for the change. >> if there's anyone in this city, in this state, in this country that this station deserves to be named after, it is william herbert gray, iii. >> gray who was the former pastor at bright hope baptist church served in congress from 1979 to 1991. amtrak says it has proposed ways to honor gray and looks forward to working with the family to recognize the former

congressman. >> all right. time now to check the numbers on wall street and it was all the numbers on indices were up on this end of the work week. as you can see the dow is up 23 and change nasdaq up 42.5, s & p 500 up almost 10. ikea furniture is notoriously difficult to assemble and now the company is getting smart by buying a startup that can help out. the furniture company just acquired task rabbit which let's users hire people to help do various tasks. one the deal goes through there will be task rabbit kiosks in ikea stores. it will still operate in its current online platform. no word as to how much ikea paid. >> time for a check of the accuweather forecast. adam is back and what a cool night. you said crisp and you were right about that. >> yes, kind of like that lightness to the air today. >> chilly actually this morning, though. >> and that's seasonable, normal but we've been so far above normal that -- >> you for got. >> -- it felt really cool.

outside our window there in the weather center on sky6 live over the ben franklin bridge, a lot of blue today upstairs just a few high clouds at times but, yes, another dry day on tap and as we head into the weekend there are some changes to begin the weekend on your saturday. we'll have some sun in the morning and then as we go through the morning into the afternoon you're going to notice a lot of clouds erupting in the sky because of a weak front that passes through. it could spark an isolated shower but most of us dry tomorrow and a cool breeze, a high of just 67 degrees but we gain all that sun back on sunday. that is the pick of the weekend. wall to wall sunshine, still comfy temperatures of around 71 degrees. look at the numbers right now. basically 71 is a pretty popular number for wilmington philadelphia dover. sunday will be much like today. 70 in allentown, 73 in millville and along the shore a bit cooler in the 60's. now, when we look at the month of september we have one more day to go, tomorrow, but we started the month at least the first half of the month well

below average. it was really cool for the first half of september. then once the 14th hit, all bets were off. that cool month flipped right around and we've had 15 straight days in a row with temperatures above normal, closing out the month close to two and a half degrees above normal. today goes down as a cooler than average day and so will tomorrow. as we look at satellite and radar, there you can see low pressure near toronto. that low and associated front is going to sync to the south and east and bring some clouds our way but again, keep most of us dry here during the day tomorrow despite it looks ominous at times. friday night lights we've got high school football and high school huddle tonight partly cloudy light winds kickoff 654th quarter at 60 degrees. reminder you can see the highlights tonight at 11:00 p.m. for your favorite team. future tracker at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning, there you can see the clouds coming from the north and then they kind of take over at times during the afternoon and again there could be a stray shower around and also in addition to the

cool temperatures and the clouds, it will be breezy out of the north-normal west, 16 or so miles an hour sustained but gusts tomorrow to near 25. the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast, temperatures at 67 for tomorrow with that cool breeze. again, all that sun comes back on sunday, 71. and then temps go back above normal on monday, bright and pleasant, 76 degrees and our dry stretch continues with fall perfection on tuesday of 76 and we'll have that seven-day forecast with more summer like temperatures our way guys in the next half hour. >> thanks adam. >> yeah. >> more "action news" at 4:00 when we come back. >> ♪

>> ♪ >> college students got the chance to see how the sprinklers in their dorms can make a huge difference during an emergency. the philadelphia fire department partnered with the university of pennsylvania for a demo at hamilton field on campus. first they started a fire in a trash can inside a room with sprinklers. it caused minimal damage. the other room without was full engulfed and destroyed in

less than two minutes. the demonstration certainly caught the eye of students who were nearby and taught an important lesson in fire safety. >> well, the addiction awareness task force in camden held a softball tournament today. the games are aimed at raising awareness for those battling opioid addiction. the teams were made up of people in recovery as well as local law enforcement officials and community leaders. today's games were played at campbell's field in camden. >> of the goldbergs is back for its fifth season on 6abc. one of the stars is known for his standup comedy routine and he's bringing it here to philadelphia. the show is based in our area and created by adam goldberg who centers the series on his childhood in jenkintown in the 1980's. brian caln who plays coach miller the gym teacher on the show is here in philly all weekend long doing standup at helium comedy club. he says you can expect an hour

of full blown laughing that may or may not work as a abworkout. also he says if you come to one of his shows look around you might see someone you recognize in the crowd. >> it's fun because when i come to philly and do standup, coach miller, the real coach miller that i play on the goldbergs comes to my show. >> that's so awesome. >> yeah, that is amazing. and by the way, he's taller better looking and more athletic even though he's older and i resent that. so, usually the actor is supposed to be better looking than the real person. not so in this case. >> so funny. >> he's a very funny guy. he has two shows tonight at helium, two more tomorrow night. there's still tickets available and of course you can watch of the goldbergs on wednesday nights at 8:00 right here on 6abc. >> that show is such a hit. it's hilarious. >> huge hit. five seasons. >> preit cool alicia. thank you. >> we'll take a quick break. more news when we come right back. stay with us. >> ♪

>> ♪ >> "action news" continues with meteorologist adam joseph, alicia vitarelli, sharrie williams and brian taff. >> ♪ >> it's 4:30. brian is off. rick williams joins us today. "action news" continues with one of the most jam packed freebie fridays in recent memory where you can get everything from fried chicken and doughnuts to a whole bag of coffee just for our viewers for free. >> for free. >> you got it. >> wow. >> plus, this may look like a tent work like a tent and provide the same shelter as a tent but the designer behind it says don't call it a tent.

you won't believe what they're trying to sell it as coming up. >> and a deadly fall from grace. a center city real estate agent is now facing murder charges for allegedly shooting her boyfriend. what we know about the crime, the woman accused and the victim. >> all right. but we begin this half hour with the latest on breaking news from lakewood, ocean county within the last few minutes "action news" has learned at least four people have now been injured by this massive fire at covington village. that includes two police officers an ems worker and a civilian. the flames sparked at the condominium complex for people 55 and up at about 3 o'clock this afternoon. the fire on the 100 block of sophie lane quickly exploded and engulfed several buildings. dozens of firefighters still trying to put out the blaze right now. and so far at least 20 units have been damaged. stay with "action news" for the very latest both on the air and online at 6abc.com. >> other news this friday. a center city real estate

agent is behind bars at this hour charged with murdering her boyfriend earlier this week. "action news" reporter chad pradelli talked to the victim's family today. he joins us now live from the scene of this deadly shooting that happened in fishtown. what we know at this point. chad. >> reporter: sharrie the alleged killings happened on the second floor of this fishtown apartment adjacent to i-95. police tell me that the victim was shot point blank in the face. it appears a minor argument escalated to murder. now the victim's family wants to know why. >> i feel -- i almost feel like i want to hug her because what happened? what drove you to do this? >> reporter: the family is numb. they cannot believe his girlfriend jeanette wakefield shot and killed their loved one early wednesday morning with her two young children just steps away in her fishtown apartment. these are photos of the couple just a few weeks ago during

happier times. >> just a senseless tragedy that didn't need to be what it was. it's really a shame. now two families are affected. one which we'll never see again and the young children of jeanette. >> i am dumb founded. i can't believe it. i actually thought that maybe it wasn't my brother that she -- she shot because they loved each other. >> reporter: police and the family say the couple had an argument earlier in the night over a movie and a broken heirloom table. how that turned to murder is baffling. corrigan has a history of drug arrests but police say there were no reports of domestic violence. >> they had an argument. miss wakefield lives there, corrigan is oftentimes a guest. an argument ensued. he was out in the hallway. she opened the door, shot him one time in the face. >> reporter: wakefield was a real estate agent. her sign is atop the building where the murder occurred. police say she had a license

to carry that weapon and corrigan's family says it was terry hoop urged her to get -- who urged her to get it because of her job. >> i don't have a brother, i have one sister and my cousins was like my brother. >> reporter: and wakefield's linked in account says she's a real estate broker with coldwell banker. the company says she's no longer with cold well banker and her last deal was in july. chad pradelli channel6 "action news." >> chad thank you. delaware state police are trying to track down an armed robber who shot a convenience store clerk in the hand today. "action news" was outside the quick mart on the 100 block of maryland avenue as the worker walked over to an ambulance with a shirt wrapped around his wound at the time. the clerk was shot at the richardson park store just before 1:00 this afternoon. the robber fled the scene. >> police are asking for the public's help in identifying a burglar who treated the

philadelphia mills fall food court like his personal atm. surveillance video shows the suspect jumping over the counter of a restaurant space shared by subway and little tokyo back on september 2nd. he left the same way after taking cash from the register. the same man returned again on september 10th but this time after stealing cash from the register the burglar made sure to wipe his fingerprints off the glass. anyone with information on the thefts should contact northeast detectives. police in the city's queen village section are searching for a burglar who broke into a home along the 800 block of south watson street last month. investigators say the suspect knocked on the front door and when no one answered he went behind the building and forced his way through a back door. surveillance video from inside the home captures the suspect as he goes through a child's room. he's later scared off by an alarm. if you recognize the intruder, you're asked to contact the authorities. >> at least three people were hurt in an accident involving

a medical transport van. this happened in delaware today. it happened near east newport pike and latimer street in newport. delaware state police say the collision left some of the occupants trapped. two people in the van and one person in the sedan were hurt. we are still waiting to hear what caused the crash and how serious the injuries are. well, authorities say this man is responsible for robbing four montgomery county banks of recently. police stopped jamil coats in connection to a montgomery township robbery. when they searched the philadelphia man's car they discovered cash linked to a bank robbery in upper gwynedd township much police say coates who is also accused of robbing banks in whitpain and upper dublin townships got away with nearly 20 grand. he's due to be in court on october 11th. >> all right. time now for another check of the accuweather forecast on this final friday of september. meteorologist adam joseph has

the details, the cooler details this weekend. >> one fine friday. little changes here on saturday and then we'll win the sun back by sunday. as we take a look at this evening, though, as you step out again there's going to be that chill so it's friday night many folks hitting the town maybe going on a dinner date or two, bring a light jacket, if you will. 6 o'clock temperature 70 degrees. already going back into the mid 60's by 8 o'clock and in fact low 60's by 10 o'clock at night. that's in center city. you can expect 50's by that time in most of the suburbs but right now that sun is in control. take a look right there. live on sky6 in chester right at our philadelphia union at talon energy stadium, there's a big game here over the weekend on sunday and you can expect a sky just like that on sunday. in fact, as we take a look at the forecast here seattle in town, mostly sunny and gorgeous. the starting temp 67 degrees and by the time the game finishes, a little later on in the afternoon, your temperature settling in around

70 degrees. we'll take a look at that seven-day forecast where temps, once again, will get to more summer-like levels. still going to warm things up in that seven-day forecast. >> okay, adam, thank you. >> all righty. i'll take it here. program in wilmington to provide overnight shelter to people in need is closing down. the program is part of the rip van story center. officials discovered a financial disyup pea of more than $100,000. now beam man safe space is being eliminated to save money. a donor has donated $10,000 to keep the program running through october. >> one local runner take, strides to raise awareness for a dangerous disease and to stay positive in light of adversity. monica malpass with more on this story today. >> that's right, that runner lost her mother to melanoma recently. the deadliest form of skin cancer as you know and coming up tonight in health check ali

gorman with her very personal fitness story and the positives this runner has gained from running, also how she's trying to use her training to make sure no one else has to suffer a similar loss. plus a big announcement from producers frankford "american idol" the stars who will be joining katy perry on the judging panel when the reality show returns to tv next year. we'll have those stories and more coming your way on "action news" at 5:00. guys we'll see you then. >> see you at 5:00 monica. >> friendly competition under way among seniors showing that they still got it. [cheers and applause] >> well, for the 12th straight year more than 100 seniors from six retirement communities in the philadelphia area are taking part in various games. they call it olypiat. they compete all part of active aging week which celebrates the healthy lifestyles embraced by seniors around the world. >> uh-huh.

looks like fun. >> they still got it. >> yeah. >> still ahead on "action news" at 4:30 what's better than doughnuts fried chicken and coffee on a friday? how about free doughnuts fried chicken and coffee on a friday? but you have to stay tuned get these freebies plus another deal just for our viewers. >> plus, you may call this a tent but one company calls it a pause pod. >> yeah, okay. >> us a might imagine the internet is not taking kindly to the alleged invention. >> yes, of course. and meteorologist adam joseph is back with that full forecast from accuweather when "action news" at 4:30 continues. >> ♪

>> health check. researchers at harvard and mit have come up with an amazing innovation. a tattoo that can monitor your health. the tattoos change color to indicate a problem such as dehydration and changes in blood sugar. developers say the tattoos can be temporary or permanent and can be done with ink only visible under certain light. researchers say the concept

may also stimulate debate over the ethical issues of having health information displayed for everyone to see. >> ♪ >> big talkers now. mom in detroit facing possible jail time for refusing to vaccinate her child. so the issue is now boiling over as she battles her ex in court over it. and the clock is also ticking. a judge ordered her to get her nine and a half-year-old son vaccinated by 9 o'clock wednesday morning or go to jail. remember beck today bedro says she and her husband agreed to spread the vaccinations. her exchanged had us mind. >> oh, i have four and a half business days to fully vaccinate him. they want me to bring him up top eight vaccines in one dose. >> so, she says she'd rather go to jail for standing up for what she believes in and

vaccinate her son especially so quickly like this. so, this is not bananas. this is a real deal legal battle over this banana costume. let's peel away the layers here. this was made by a local costume company rasta imposter out of runnemede camden county. there's your locally made bright yellow banana to the left. to the right, that's the one k-mart is selling. the owner of the rasta imposta says the retailer copied. he's taking them to court. berman has been making his banana design since 2001. he said k-mart started ripping it off in 2008 from the peel to the ends to the lines. i mean, it's pretty much the same costume. the suit has been slapped. no word yet from k-mart on this one. stay tuned. finally, this is not a trick question. what is this thing? a tent,

right? you lay in it, you sleep in it, it's flat on the bottom peeks up at the top, provides shelter. you're sorry you're wrong. this is a pause pod, duh. there's a kickstarter campaign by designers egotist. you can set it up in your home, office great outdoors just do not call it a tent. it is a pause pod people where you go inside and pause by yourself. social media is not sold, though. this guy who goes by the name antoine linguini kind of like the name he tweeted this is a tent. you invented a tent. there's a kickstarter campaign. if you're into the pause pod contribute. they'll sell it. >> okay. >> nothing really new, hm. >> a banana that looks like a banana a tent -- >> pause pod, okay. i used to listen to music on a pause pod. all right, sorry about that.

thanks matt. let's get another check on the highways and byways for you this afternoon. >> you do have one friend in this studio right now matt pelman laughing at your jokes and he's here now with the traffic. >> we share the same corniness. we always laugh at each other. good afternoon guys. you'll be pausing on your way home this evening whether you want to or not because there's a bunch of things in your way including this accident on the blue route northbound approaching the baltimore pike. the good news is it looks a lot better than it did during the last half hour when a vehicle was on its side. that vehicle has since been towed away. we still have emergency crews on the shoulder here, so it is still extra heavy really in both directions on the blue route. northbound's a, pennsylvaniaing lot coming off of 95 with speeds like 2 miles per hour but southbound is not a whole lot better with afternoon volume and the good old gaper delay. you start to jam approaching villanova on down toward 95. and on 95 itself, southbound still extra heavy from just past the airport on down to 476.

as you're detouring through delco our crash along 452 cleared out but now there's one along 322 at chichester avenue there by the acme store so emergency crews are responding there. on the big picture in fishtown we had issues both ways along 95 at girard. they've both cleared but speeds are still extra slow especially northbound as you come away from the walt whitman bridge. a crash on the northeast philadelphia montgomery county border along red lion road at philmont avenue by the td bank. but luckily sounds like that is clearing out. we'll check it again, sharrie and rick in the 5 o'clock hour. >> matt thank you. before we go to break we're sharing more of what makes us proud to be living in this area. philadelphia city council president darrell clarke sayers shares what makes him philly proud. >> i'm philly proud as a life long philadelphian, we've gone to times when the city was viewed as the not so friendly city, a city that was not progressive, a city that didn't think outside of the box but right now i have to

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>> ♪ >> we have some breaking news to report this afternoon. health and human services secretary tom price is stepping down amid a growing scandal over his use of private planes for business trips attacks payer's expense. the resignation comes after price apologized and said he would pay the $52,000 price tag for using the private jets for his trips. price had come under increasing criticism including g from his boss president trump tom price stepping down amid the private plane scandal. >> turning now to our forecast

as we get ready to head into the weekend and more fall-like days on tap. >> yeah, there is but there's also summer-like air that's going to move in as well. >> okay. >> at the end of that seven-day forecast and a big weekend in town here for a lot of our sports teams. number one, we've got the phillies and the phanatic is back in the weather center here we've got the final series of the season here beginning tonight the mets that will go through the weekend. if you're heading down to the ballpark this evening it is going to be chilly so definitely need to bring at least a light sweatshirt or a jacket, mostly clear, a light wind 7 o'clock temp at 68 degrees. by 10 o'clock, already sliding to around 63 and again we just haven't been used to how cool these temperatures are despite that it is average for this time of year. as we look at sky6 right now over center city skyline from our temple university camera here and you can see just a few high clouds at times but overall that sunshine dominated the sky today and tried to get us close to

normal which is 73. right now we're at 71 degrees in philadelphia. 73 in millville. 71 in wilmington. right around 70 in allentown and a bit cooler at the shore, temperatures there matching the poconos in the 60's. satellite and radar, there is change knocking on our doorstep to the north and west. you can see the spin in the eastern great lakes. there's a cold front here and that will continue to slide in late tonight during the day tomorrow and that is just going to throw a little more in the way of clouds our way but not much in the way of precipitation. so, for tonight, clouds and stars kind of mix in especially late at night. seasonable, though, but chilly, 49 in the suburbs, 56 for the city. behind that front here on saturday, high pressure starting to come in from the north and west but just isn't close enough yet to give us a perfectly sunny day, so heavier on the cloud side than the sun side tomorrow, breezy, though, between that low and high. winds gusting to 25 with a high of just 67 degrees. then we can say hello to this high coming in here for sunday

which means we are sun soaked and seasonable, 71 degrees and this high is so strong and slow moving that it really is going to be a part of our entire seven-day forecast. as we look at dover, nascar is in town this weekend as well, saturday, 67 degrees, breezy and cool. sunday 70, a sun filled sky so looking pretty good for the races this weekend as well. the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast not only do we have that we've got temple in town, we've got the union on sunday as well. again, sunday the pick of the weekend when you are looking at full sunshine of 71, bright pleasant monday back above normal, 76. mimic that on tuesday, a touch warmer come wednesday, 79 degrees and that dry stretch continues on thursday, 82 degrees and then maybe a late day shower friday with temperatures still above average of 78 degrees. so, quite the splendid stretch moving forward. >> yeah. >> looks great. adam thank you. >> thanks adam.

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but check this out. both krispy kreme and 7-eleven are celebrating national coffee day for three whole days meaning you can get free coffee there now through sunday. just one note though at 7-eleven you must be a seven rewards member. and there's something really fun and delicious happening on sunday on the 1600 block of samson street. again, sunday from 1:00 to 4:00. federal doughnuts is hosting a block party for the whole family with free doughnuts, free fried chicken face painting music entertainment and a dunk tank all to say thank you to all of their customers up and down sansom street over the past five years. another freebie for you right now on 6abc.com. have a great weekend guys. >> you, too alicia. finally at 4:00 according to a popular idiom cats and dogs are supposed to fight like, well, cats and dogs but no one told moxie and killian that. check out what "action news" director gene captured in his home.

that is month old foster kitten needing her mother from another's back. gene's family has fostered five sets of kittens and this is the first time one has ever jumped on their doberman german shepherd mix's box. even though moxie doesn't want to part with her massage therapist killian will be going up for adoption in about three weeks. aren't they cute? if you want to know more about these and other animals out there just check out the paws web site. >> wow. >> cute. >> that will do it for "action news" at 4:00 for rick williams brian taff alicia vitarelli and adam joseph i'm sharrie williams. join me along with brian, adam and ducis rodgers tonight and every night for a full hour of "action news" at 10:00 on phl17. >> all right, "action news" at 5:00 is coming up next. >> good night. >> good night. >> ♪ i no longer live with

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around 2:30 this afternoon at a building in the 100 block of sophie lane. the complex is known as the covington village apartments. their web site describes them as a community for people over the age of 55. at least one person was hurt. but officials believe the injuries are not life-threatening. "action news" reporter jeff chirico is on the way to the scene and he'll have a live report on "action news" at 6:00. new at 5:00 a woman now stands charged with murder among other things after a bucks county pharmaceutical executive was found shot in the head. >> "action news" reporter gray hall is live in doylestown tonight with the new evidence revealed by officials today. gray. >> reporter: well, rick and monica, we can tell you that the district attorney says he has more than enough evidence to file that charge of murder. among many things cell phone records put that suspect in the victim's home the night of the murder. >> we did an autopsy in this case and the cause of mr. mcnew's death was determined to be a