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free, he walked out of a nevada lockup overnight paroled for a burglary conviction. delaware valley help arrives in hundred contain battered puerto rico. we're there for an emotional thank you. eagles are in in los angeles to play the winless chargers. jaws is breaking down the matchup for jeff skeverski. >> 7:00 a.m. on a sunday morning, welcome to october, by the way. sky6 live hd giving you a beautiful shot there looking toward camden, new jersey. it feels like fall, because guess what, it is fall. >> meteorologist chris sowers has a look at the weekend forecast. chilly out there? >> reporter: it's chilly this morning, i'm wearing the light jacket. temperatures are in the low to mid 40s. we have a couple of locations in the 30s. i want to start you out with satellite and radar most of us us seeing clear skies, and
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jersey shore a little bit of cloud cover and showers five to seven miles out to sea. i've turned on the buoy reports. what you're seeing we have wind out of the north/northeast jersey shore, 22 miles per hour, gusting up to 25. look at the wave heights, we have wave heights 3 to 6 feet. the beach patrol issued a moderate to high risk of rip currents. down the jersey shore it's not swimming weather, but we have a moderate risk for rip currents. otherwise, showers should stay off the coast. 49 degrees in philadelphia. makes it the coldest morning since the middle of may. allentown 41. poconos, 42. millville, 49 degrees. the breezes much, much calmer than yesterday. we're picking up a little bit. 8 miles per hour in philadelphia. 5 in millville 10 sustained in cape may and atlantic city.
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forecast for today, you'll love this one, mostly sunny skies, lots of bright blue upstairs. 61 degrees by 1:00 p.m. we're forecasting a pleasant high of 70 degrees. guys i'll be back along in just a few minutes with a warmup in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. thank you. breaking news this morning, out of nevada. oj simpson has been freed on parole after spending nine years in prison for his part part in an armed robbery. >> reporter: oj simpson is a free man. the former nfl and movie star was granted parole after serving nine years of his 33-year-old sentence for a 2007 robbery conviction in las vegas. during the incident he took memorabilia he claimed was his personal property, now he walked out a free man. >> he is getting very, very excited.
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>> reporter: his attorney said during his final days in prison he was removed from general population into a secure area for his safety. >> that bored him out a lot. he was alone and but not completely he was bored to tears. >> reporter: now, 70 years old, he told the parole board he poses no threat and basically he agrees. >> basically it's been a conflict free life. >> reporter: simpson was famously found innocent in the brutal simulation of his ex-wife nicole brown and ron goldman. later he was found personally lionel for their deaths in a civil case. the goldman releasing this statement. while we respect the parole's sedition to release simpson it's difficult for us knowing he will be a free man again.
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>> two 14-year-old boys are in the hospital after being shot in wilmington. gunfire hit them in the leg at 0th and market around 11:45 p.m. both boys were taken to christiana happen for treatment. police are looking to find who fired the shots. 150 people have been shot in wilmington, that's the highest number in several years. in a rare move the centers for disease control and prevention said the gun violence is he did he -- epidemic. there's a new police chief trying to reduce violence in the city. we return to puerto rico and the push to recover from the devastating punch from hurricane maria. this is new drone video showing the buildings demolished. entire communities were lost. water and rationed food is funneling into the area. many outside the capitol are
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desperate for food waterpower and fuel. >> reporter: president trump will visit after this weekend. from his new jersey golf club he took to twitter to fire back about the federal response. the governor of puerto rico offered a hopeful update. >> we have 100% of landline telephones working now. this is a significant effort. although we do not have the robust telecoms network we're at 33%. we will receiving through the ports more fuel disbursement, starting october 1 through october 7. >> we're learning this morning hospitals are getting back online. one major issue, people are unable to keep insulin and other
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medications refridge >> i hope he gets the chance to look at people. look at people's faces, see them drinking from creeks. and know that we may be small, but we are great and balanced. >> san juan mayor said it is time to unite, not to pick fights. >> volunteers from across the country continue to head to the island to do whatever they can to ease the suffering as is the case those volunteers include folks from our area dann cuellar has been there for several days and found hopes amidst the heartbreak. >> reporter: there's growing concerns in puerto rico there's difficult in trying to deliver supplies to rural areas because
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of damaged or debris clogged roads. with the island's grid in shambles, everybody is without electricity. it could take months before power is restored. the people of puerto rico need all the help they can get. it is why they applauded when first responders from new york and new jersey answered the call and arrived this weekend. but we soon learned that first responders were not the only ones answering the call for help. good samaritans arrived on their own to bring much needed supplies. >> we gathered supplies from the community, cape hen drink collegiate did a drive. we got free tubs from home home depot. we brought over 600 pounds we united to deliver to the communities this weekend. they are flying back this weekend. wait until you hear this. >> monday morning we're coming
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back with more giant totes of what the staff need. >> reporter: you're not just sitting at home going oh, my. >> my community and dive center are paying out of our pocket. >> reporter: susan was joined with her daughter along with broken leg along with her friend kathy. >> let's stopwatching the news and all the doom and gloom, get up and do about it. >> reporter: it is an amazing story good heart the people risking their own lives spending their own time, trying to help the people of puerto rico. you can't say enough about them. in san juan, i'm dann cuellar channel 6 "action news." >> our coverage of the crisis in puerto rico continues on our 6abc app. so many people and organizations
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want to get involved. we're posting dann cuellar's reports from puerto rico. 7:09 a.m. another hot topic, nfl players kneeling during the national anthem will be cast back into the spotlight today. the eagles play in los angeles, president trump reiterated his stance tweeting last night it's important that nfl players stand and always for the playing of our national anthem, respect our flag and our country. that tweet, as you know comes about a week after the president called for nfl owners to fire players who engaged in such a protest. last sunday, 100 nfl players stat knelt or raised their firsts in defines. malcom jennings raised his fist during last week's game. he is at the forefront of this issue. >> nobody is protesting the
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flag, what we're doing is using the platform we have to draw attention to issues in our community. >> jenkins says he believes the protest will bring awareness to issues facing people of color. monte hall who hosted lets make a deal has died. he was 96. he raised nearly a billion dollars for charity. his own childhood accident and the generosity of a stranger stirred his charthood desire. he was burned boy a pot of boiling water and had a long recovery. while suffering from depression he a man paid for his college education. his work reached philadelphia, where an award was made in his honor where an award is given in
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his honor. celebration of polish pride today. marilyn mansion injured on the stage during a concert. >> a soccer game turns a scary turn when fans crash through the stands he falling on the field. >> reporter: if this chilly weather is not your cup of tea. we have a warm up near the 80s later this week. details in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast right after this happening today polish
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watch it at 12:30 p.m. on "action news" -- after "action news" at noon. >> it will be a chilly start for the parade. >> reporter: look at this shot, the sun shining broughtly he have we have a cloud or two in the sky that's about it. otherwise mainly sunny conditions. we're expecting a ton of sunshine today. yesterday we had all the clouds. today we'll get all the sun. should be a nice day. sitting in philadelphia. we're showing a present temperature reading of only 49. it's the coldest morning sinners the middle of may. 44 is the dewpoint. pressure is holding steady. we'll have a decent breeze out of the north at 8 miles per hour. the numbers mighty chilly north an west. 41 in the lehigh valley. reading, 41. 41 for lancaster. 46 for trenton. 48 in millville. buff -- best of -- buffalo 39.
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this pocket of air was out here across the high plains and the western great lakes. everything is shifting west to east. we have the coldest weather over top of us now. by tomorrow we shift out to sea. we'll start shifting to the north and east. that's a nice little warmup, temperatures in the 80s by thursday. waich -- wichita, 65. dallas, 67. if you follow the clouds everything moving from southwest to northeast in order to get cold it would have to come north to south. this is a nice change in the pattern. this means things go from chilly to mild. the weather pattern will change from arctic to canadian air to pacific air. that's mild air for us, this time of the year. future tracker of later today this is how quiet things will be over the next few days, mainly sunny for everybody, clouds for the jersey shore. monday more sunshine expected,
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wall-to-wall blue skies, we'll stop the clock at 4:00 p.m., nothing going on, we get into tuesday, same thing wall-to-wall blue skies, maybe a cloud or two, otherwise lots of sun and as we fast forward into wednesday, same thing this will be the case right through thursday, as well with the next chance of rain arriving on friday. that's not too impressive, it's only 30% chance at this point. sunny and pleasant today. 70 degrees is the forecasted high. wind out of the north shifting to a southerly direction 5 to 10. 60 degrees by 11:00 a.m. 1:00 p.m., 65. 4:00 p.m., 69. a beauty of a day. 7:00 p.m., 64. overnight tonight it's chilly, mainly clear, 49 degrees in center city. upper 30s north and west. winds out of the south 3 to 5 miles per hour. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, very, very quiet sunny, pleasant today, 70. sunny and nice tomorrow, 75. broken record sunny delightful, tuesday, 7 of.
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wednesday -- 76. wednesday, sunny and warm, 78. thursday we get more in the way of clouds, there's a frontal system approaching that could lead to showers, 78. saturday, sun and clouds, 75. looks like sunday is mostly sunny with highs in the mid 70s. nydia. >> we're so looking forward to the pennsylvania conference for women which comes to philadelphia on tuesday. a sellout crowd will fill the pennsylvania convention center. 6abc is a media sponsor. monica malpass, tamala edwards, sharrie williams and i will be among the guest speakers. monica sat down with an executive of beneficial bank ahead of the conference. er hear how women can bounce back and stay resilient in the workforce. >> i think women tend to beat themselves up more and have a fear of messing up because we're trying to do it all perfectly. in order to overcome that we
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have to be honest with ourselves and with the people you're working with, because the reality is, they make mistakes, too, the best you can do is learn from them. >> our website 6abc.com will stream the women's conference keynote conversation with former first lady michelle obama and chanda rimes. i no longer live with the uncertainties of hep c.
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l'eggo my eggo. i'm doing this for you, dad. thanks son. back everybody, 7:24 a.m., we're looking at the water vapor image. everything is shifting west to east. in other words what is happening here, the pattern which was originally coming from up here, which is chilly, that's canadian air, north to south, that was the jet stream like this that's why the numbers are so chilly this morning. now, things are about to shift
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in this westerly direction here across the entire lower 48. in essence we shut off canada. this is mild pacific air. it starts today. today will be a temperature with below seasonal averages. it will be warmer than yesterday. from this point on, we climb. temperatures are higher and higher. jersey shore, 68 degrees, sunshine, 07 in philadelphia. 62 in the poconos. tomorrow, 75. thursday we're up into the 80s. gray. >> okay, chris, thank you for the update. 7:25 a.m., sports now, the eagles are out west, the phillies season ends later today. here's ducis rogers. >> reporter: hello, again, the eagles have made that long trip out west. this afternoon they will visit the l.a. chargers may be winless, 0-3, but they are better than that. >> the record might say they are not a great team, but they
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are a solid team. >> they are a team being in the same spot we are, it's going to take everything that we got to go in there and get a w. >> reporter: to college football penn state is on a mission this season. poor indiana got to see that yesterday. penn state goes with a compilation of uniforms. lashawn barclay 98 yards for a touchdown. 14 seconds into the game, 7-0. barclay is limited in the running game, 56 yards on the ground. check that catch out with one hand. four passes he goes for 36-yard gain. barclay shows off the arm hamilton. penn state wins, 45-14. barclay for the heisman don't
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ask coach franklin about that. >> it's on the team. i understand you have to ask the question, i'm not going to talk about individual awards in the middle of a football season. >> reporter: temple began the year with such promise. yesterday they came up short against houston. coach collins wants the guys to play tough football. boner catches a 9-yard touchdown. they tried to mount a comeback in the 4th. 20-10. now 20-13 inside two minutes, on 4th down, pass incomplete. the owls lose 20-13. they fall 2-3 on the season. >> obviously they are hurt, they shall be, we all are. we talk about our process, the process that we went through that second half, a lot of times even in the first half, there are some good ball being played
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against a really good opponent. >> the phillies entered last night with two games to go on the season. phils and mets bottom of the second, mak. mak --. homers. hoskins, rbi 48 on the year. he joined the club 7 weeks ago. 2 on 2 out. 3 run homer, proves to be the difference, phillies lose 7-4. they wrap up the season later on today. that's a look at sports, i'm ducis rogers you have yourself a terrific day!
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>> 7:30 a.m., breaking news, this was the moment oj simpson has waited almost a decade for. early this morning he left a nevada corrections center. he was serving 30 years for a botched heist. this time he faces restrictions up to five years of parole supervision. he left lockup with barely a tv camera in sight. a stark contrast to his life in the limelight. >> now, let's go outside to meteorologist chris sowers, starting us off with a look at
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the weekend forecast. jackets on, it's cold out there, right. >> reporter: you won't need the jacket later this afternoon, but you'll need it early on as temperatures are in the low 40s, north and west of philadelphia right now. 39 in new holland. 41 this pottstown. coatsville, 43. kirkwood, 41. quakertown, 41. lake harmony the last hour you were at the freezing mark of 32 now you're up to 34 with patchy frost. glassboro, vineland, 46. cinnaminson, 48 degrees. clear skies for everybody but the jersey shore, you have a little bit of cloud cover down there, there's no storm systems we're tracking it's just coastal clouds, those will fizzle out in the next a couple of hours. wall-to-wall blue skies a ton of sun, 60 degrees by 11:00 a.m. 1:00 p.m., 65.
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by 4 p.m., 69. sunny and pleasant, high of 70 degrees. if you're heading to the bank this is it for the phillies the last game of the season taking on the mets, start time 3:05 a.m., sunny skies, wind shifting in a southerly direction later on. 5 to 10 miles per hour. first pitch temperature, 69. 9th inning, 66 degrees. we have another chilly night coming up tonight with lows that could get colder than what we're seeing right now. i'll be back along in just a few minutes with the details in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> emotional scenes like these are playing out this weekend as people waited a week or more to get out of hurricane clobbered puerto rico are reuniting with family and friends. seeing loved ones in person and safe is priceless. some people caught a plane to the dominican republic, more flights are coming out of puerto
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rico, but the situation is dire with food and water scarce. president trump travels to puerto rico on tuesday, he pledged to spare no effort to help the island recover. he had pointed wrarks, -- remars particularly toward the mayor of san juan after she criticized the efforts by the trump administration. >> reporter: there's no unity at least on twitter. president trump complaining about the san juan mayor tweeting such poor leadership act of abbott by the mayor and others who are not able to get their workers to help, they want everything to be done for them when it should be a community effort. crews replying. >> i'm worried about one thing saving lives. >> reporter: cruz may have set off president trump by president trump is killing us with
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inefficiency. the military in charge of the relief efforts admitted the cleanup will take a long time. >> i've been involved in many disasters, this is the worst i've seen. >> reporter: cruz has been out in the flooded streets locating survivors and speaking to residents and handing out supplies. fema has distributed 1.3 million meals. u.s. military is working with the island's national guard to reach those cut off. >> we're distributing food fuel and water, they deserve all the help we can give them. >> reporter: the president tweeting results of recover efforts will speak louder than complaints by san juan mayor. the president seven first lady are expected in worth -- puerto rico on tuesday, when asked, mayor cruz said she has no problem meeting with the president when he arrives. >> secretary of state rex tillerson said the u.s. is opening direct chance of
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communication with north korea. u.s. official are examining north korea's willingness to talk. he mailed the comments in china meeting with top officials. tillerson said the u.s. will not recognize north korea as a nuclear power, and he said there's no intention to oust kim jong-un. action cam was at the scene the dollar general on the 500 block of spring garden street. suspects walked into the store at 9:00 p.m. and took an undetermined amount of money. there were no reports of injuries. marilyn manson was injured when a set fell on top of him. he climbed on to a piece of the set and it tumbled. shah show as you can imagine was canceled soon after.
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the extent of his injuries not clear. the incident followed friday knight concert manson fell climbing off the stage. the eagles are out west hoping a win is in the script. it will be hard to top last week's finish. >> reporter: all right, thanks guys, eagles coming off an emotion win. doug peterson with a tough job this week in keeping the team grounded and hungry culling off off -- coming off the best i know you can remember. >> every week a challenging week. the eagles are 2-1. i think peterson is doing a terrific job. when you look at the defense, they have to be licking their chops at this tape. this week looking at fellowship rivers who is doing the most interpretation in the nfl in the last 40 games. >> philip rivers is one of the
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elite quarterbacks. in the first half against the chiefs, he throws three interceptions. second and 10 you're likely to throw the football. what the chiefs do, they bring three they are going to drop 8 defenders in the coverage. once philip gets a little pressure put on he will make mistakes. roll the tape. philip rivers off the handoff, 8 defender dropping deep interception. next interpretation third and 8. defense is ready.mistake by phi. the eagles defense knows that philip rivers has to throw the football. >> reporter: let's talk about the other quarterback in this
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game, one carson wentz he won some throws back from last week, he was critical of himself. >> when i look at a tape of carson wentz i see a quarterback getting better every squeak not only in the passing game, but in the line of scrimmage where you orchestrate offense. he gets to the line of scrimmage, he is surveying the defense, he looks at the giants they have 6 defenders in the box, the eagles have 6 offensive lineman including zack ertz the tightened that's good numbers for the off -- offense, safety it is are deep you get advantage on the line, you get a 14-yard run. when you see opportunity to run the football, you have a pass play call. take advantage of it. >> reporter: doug peterson is giving him the freedom to do
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this. speaking of the run game, are they in trouble without darren sproles. >> a leader on the team, satellite receiver good running back inside, i think they will be all right. >> reporter: rnl -- who do you like in the game? >> the charges are 0-3. the charger get their first win this week. >> reporter: what? you're going against the eagles. >> you asked my opinion. back to the noose desk. >> the -- news desk. pennsylvania bamly is putting a twist on sleeping beauty we have that in 6abc loves the arts. >> outside we go, sky6 live hd giving you a shot of commodore barry bridge i believe, that's right, i had to check. meteorologist chris sowers back with the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast after the
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is known for its mission for lending a had hand to military veterans in need. now in painful times, the family is getting a hand instead. this morning they just need to look up. katherine scott shows you. >> reporter: a new roof to top the family home in willow grove. >> this is like a gift of god. this is like a miracle.
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>> reporter: patty lewis has helped thousands of veterans for a decade. had your son is a marine vet in pastures in iraq and afghanistan. >> my son was on his third deployment in 4 years. >> reporter: now it's her family who needs help. it started when her husband lost his job in 2008. i know that people that went through this with the recession at our age are going through it now because the reabout her -- repercussion of what we needed to do stay alive. she was diagnosed with a noncancerous brain tumor. last career her husband was diagnosed with cancer. the roof has been leaking for seven years, but they didn't have the means to fix it. >> a roof pretty much protects
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your entire house. if you have a roof that's leaking, or not performing properly, it affects the whole house. owens corning provides new roofs to veterans. owens corning is providing the materials. 15,000-dollar plus project is free for the family. this family has ginger so much and the gratitude they have for receiving the help is immense. >> it's unbelievable. it's truly appreciated. katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> well deserved. >> 7:44 a.m., it's fall, it feels like fall, meteorologist chris sowers says. >> reporter: no it doesn't. >> if it's not your cup of tea get coffee. >> i like it. >> reporter: listen 90s last week that's out of season.
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now we're seeing temperatures cold enough where you need a jacket. here's the live view on sky6 live hd from our city hall camera. you can see the flags blowing in the winds. not only do we have a colder temperatures, but we have a bit of breeze and combined it's chilly out there. the temperatures are on a downward trend over the last several days peaking at 89 degrees, monday and sunday of last week temperatures in the 90s. 58 degrees, 89 wednesday, with feels-like temperatures in the mid 90s very, very july like. the cold front came in and the temperatures got back where they should be for this time career. thursday, 78. friday, 71. yesterday, 66 they are down below freezing in the poconos widespread frost. allentown reading, 41. philadelphia, 49 this makes it the coldest temperatures since may. millville, 48. cape may, are 51.
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just the slightest breeze but enough to add to the chill a 5 to 10 miles per hour. if you remember yesterday at this time we had the gurns up here -- gurns up here, up here, we'll see a ton of sun today with high pressure in control. clouds for the jersey shore and delaware bay. that's about it. as we head into monday, the high shifts. remember the winds blow in a clockwise direction around the high. here comes the warmup, mid 70s tomorrow and tuesday and wednesday, thursday, we could touch 80 degrees if not warmer. future tracker 65-ton of sunshine expected today, maybe a little bit of cloud cover again for the jersey shore and the delaware bay. it's the high, thin clouds, the sun beats through that, everybody else wall-to-wall blue
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skies, everybody else clear. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, 70 degrees on the dot in philadelphia. sunny skies and pleasant. upper 60s, north and west, cape may, 67. dover, 70 degrees. overnight tonight, upper 30s north and west. 39 for reading and allentown him lancaster 38 degrees. wilmington, 47. philadelphia, 49. millville, 45. trenton, 46. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, it's nice and quiet it almost looks like san diego weather around here. 70 degrees, sunny and pleasant. monday, sunshine, another nice one, 75. tuesday, sunny, delightful, 76. wednesday, more sun, 78. the good news own e even though the tempts are increasing, the dewpoints are not. in terms of how it feels, we'll not see an increase in humidity. it will be nice the next four or five days. thursday, sun and clouds, low in
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the humidity department, 82. friday, a cold front pushes through, 78. saturday, sun and clouds, another nice day, highs around 75 degrees. we'll keep it going, sunday looks nice and the following monday. >> thank you. >> there is something fun free and delicious happening in center city today. federal donuts is hosting a block party, we're talking about donuts and free fried chicken. chef and owner, owns five eateries along the block including federal donuts. this is the 5th anniversary. >> we're like philly born and bred. blocking off the 1600 block of sansom street and having a dunk tank abbey live music in addition to a great deejay, food face painting. >> reporter: it's a big thank you. >> it's a huge thank you. we've come up here we're community supported i think it's
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7:51 a.m., pennsylvania ballet are opening their 54th season with a manner -- modern update on the fairy tale favorite. >> reporter: pennsylvania ballet is breathing new breath into sleeping beauty. >> it's about love conquers all. >> reporter: the ballet premiered in russia in the late 19th century.
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it was choreographed by one of the most influenced choreographers in ballet history. >> it is two dancers dancing together. >> reporter: pennsylvania ballet artistic director restaged the piece to compliment today's style of dance. >> we're trying to stay true to it, but today the, the dancers can jump higher and do more turns and they are more flexible. >> reporter: he plans to keep the audiences on their seats. >> in the music industry there's so much happening you want to see dance and action and movement. >> reporter: fans can expect to see a new show each night. >> we'll have 6 different casts, but the approach and the energy and the dancing will very different. we have so many talented dancer i want to give stage to everyone. >> reporter: tickets are selling fast. >> people should run to get
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