october 1. here's a look at the stories we're following for you on "action news." aid is moving, but puerto rico says there's an enormous need for basicses. oj -- basics.

oj simpson is out of jail, but not entirely a free man. >> those stories, but first outside we go to chris sowers. it's chilly, right chris? >> reporter: it's there's a nip or chill to the area, but better than this morning when temperatures were in the 30s and ho. let's show you the midday numbers, poconos down to 32. now to 51. millville, 65. cape may, checking in at 64 degrees of we have cloud cover down the jersey shore mixed with sun, mostly sunny conditions for all inland locations. we expect to see this for the next several days. the next chance of rain is not until after midnight thursday night into friday morning even that is only looking like a couple of showers at best. for the phillies this is the last game of the season, 305 start time taking on the melts at the bank. the wind out of the south 5 to

10 miles per hour. first pitch temperature by 3:00 p.m., 69. by the 9th inning 66 degrees. looking ahead it should be a nice quiet dry pattern overall for the next week to ten days. it will be warmer, yes, we have showers, but they will hold off until thursday night or friday as i mentioned earlier. i'll be back along in just a few minutes and have the details in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. guys? >> thank you. we begin with the latest on the crisis in the caribbean. >> there are small signs that the aid bottle neck is beginning to ease up. >> more people are receiving water and rationed food. half of the islands gas stations are open. plus there is cell phone service. saturday morning san juan mayor said relief is still patchy. >> mayors all over puerto rico are getting to the supply areas and been told, call us a few day later, people have been told to

register via internet for fema relief when when we don't have any internet. >> the mayor said she doesn't care about her war of words with president trump if it helps the residents. this morning the president defended the efforts to aid puerto rico and he'll go over politically motivated ingrates. bob brooks brooks live in newark, delaware, where there are several drives being held today. hi bob. >> reporter: hey, gray and nydia, a massive effort going on. as you guys were saying this stuff is so much needed right now him i want to tell everyone the location of where i am. what they need is manpower to pack up the stuff and all the donations that have come in. 825 dawson drive newark, delaware. tucked back in a warehouse area. if you don't find it look for it, we're definitely here. behind me you can see the effort

going on, they are sorting through things boxing up cereal bars, baby wipes the essential like you were talking about, that's what's needed down there, that's what they are doing today let's take a look. everyone you see is simply here to help. they are not being paid or part of an organization but through the goodness of their hearts they organized what turned into a massive effort to get supplies to puerto rico and mexico. it all started with this video. after the natural disasters hit he posted it asking people to bring supplies to his barber shop new creations showing his picture from his hometown in puerto rico. so much help has come they moved the effort into the warehouse on dawson drive. you can't believe what it turned into. >> everybody helped. >> reporter: he said none of this would be possible without

volunteers like mary anne mcclain. >> i turned up 10:00 a.m. to 12. >> 80% of the island is basically damaged and uninhabitable. >> reporter: they are sorting out donations until 5:00 p.m. they need volunteers for that. they have water and clothes, what they need now is food. >> a live look out here, some of the water that has been donated, i know they need pal pallets to put on ships. they need a tractor-trailer truck to get this down to the port of wilmington, they need a plane because they have special medicine they need to get to worth reek, they hope a pilot and plane will show up to help

them get it there, bob brooks channel 6 "action news." >> all right, bob, thank you so much for the update. glad to see the local community stepping up and helping out. the coverage of the crisis of puerto rico continues at 6abc.com. you can find ways to help with the relief effort. we have posted dann cuellar's reports from the port rook. >> -- puerto rico. >> oj simpson walked out of a nevada prison after midnight after he become eligible for parole. where he will go nobody knows. he spent nine years in prison for robbery. he faces five years parole supervision unlike last time he went free in 1995 after he was acquitted in the deaths of his ex-wife and her front. police say a car rammed a

traffic control barricade sending an officer flying outside a canadian football league game. a few hours later a you hall van sped off and crashed and injured four people. the driver was arrested police think he acted alone. this morning two women died in a knife attack at the marseille train station in france, the same station where four american college students were attacked a few weeks ago. one woman was stabbed to death, while police say the other's throat was slit. police shot the attacker. counter terror officers have begun an investigation and they do not know a motive for the attack. police in chester looking for a killer. they say the suspect shot and killed a man inside a home. the action cam at the scene, the 1400 block of curlin street. officers received reports of gunshots in the area at 9 30e--

9:30 a.m., they found a man inside the home with gunshot injuries, no arrests have been made. from our delaware newsroom two teenage boys were shot in the legs near 30th and market. both are recovering at christiana hospital. no word on their conditions or motive or shooting suspect. eagles are on the west coast with a 4:00 p.m. kickoff against the chargers. coming off the last week's win over the giants it might be easy to think the chargers are an easy mark. >> we're going in there and play our game, the record may say they are not a great team, but they are a solid team him they have been been in every one of their games. >> he is in l.a. with highlights. you can get an indepth look on

sports sunday ducis jeff and jamie will have more tonight after 11:00 p.m. american chapter foundation for suicide foundation. 6,000 people took part in the philadelphia out of darkness communities walk. the event raised about $600,000 for educational programs right here in our area. polish history pride and culture will be on full display along the benjamin franklin parkway today. the annual pulaski day parade is stepping off at this hour 20th and the parkway. 6abc a proud broadcast partner. our alicia vitarelli could -- ceo -- co-hosts.

violence during a referendum for independence in spain. sleeping beauty gets a new look we pennsylvania ballet. chris sowers has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast and much more when we see you after the break.

>> in spain this morning, police fired rubber bullets and smashed their way into two voting centers hoping to stop a banned independence referendum in catalonia. the region which has it's own language and culture wants to break away from spain. >> time tore accuweather, chris, it's a beautiful day in the neighborhood. >> reporter: it's a crisp bhorng bhorng -- morning out there,

maybe you want to grab the little ones and take a hay ride and grab a pumpkin. >> i thought you were going to say murphy. >> reporter: there's a shot of the commodore barry bridge, mainly clear conditions across south jersey as you get closer to the coast. we have a couple of cumulus clouds that are starting to bubble up. mostly seeing sunny conditions. 63 in allentown. philadelphia, 64. millville, 65. poconos 656. trenton, 63. satellite and radar we have cloud cover along the coast. everybody else mainly clear conditions. there's high pressure right there, remember, the air underneath the highs sink so it's difficult to get cloud cover in that event. all the weather is out here across the high plains and the western great lakes and the heartland of the nation. it will stay there for the neck several days because the high is not moving anywhere.

as long as the high stays in place all that weather stays out west. we're in for a nice stretch of weather. it's nice, but unfortunate because we need rain around here. it's bone-dry for the last two weeks. atlantic city, this was because of jose it got brushed by jose as the past up the east coast. they got a .1 of an inch. if he with don't manage to see that it will be dry this week, as well. it will be three weeks with the numbers don't change. high pressure in control. high and dry, clear conditions, tomorrow the high shifts out to sea, wind shift out of the southwest and that starts warming us up. future tracker 6 as you can see later this afternoon, mainly clear conditions actually we'll run this right through, as we get into monday afternoon and tuesday, nothing going on.

for today, the rest of the afternoon, 70 in physical. wilmington, 70. millville, 72. sunny skies, allentown, 69. trenton, 69. cape may, 67. another cold one is in store tonight. 39 degrees in reading. allentown, 39. lancaster, 38 philadelphia 49 we got down to 49 this morning which was the coldest temperatures we've seen around here since may 14. we should get that cold tonight maybe a degree or two lower. millville, 45. cape may, 53. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast nice and quiet. look at all the sunshine. sunny and pleasant today, 70 degrees. monday, 75. tuesday, sunny, wednesday, sunny. 76, 78. thursday, we get a frontal system, 82. it cools down friday, 78 and saturday, 75. if we don't see the shower

friday morning you're not seeing this week. >> fun for the successful -- money for the successful churn's health program ran out -- children's health care program ran out. healthcare for nine million children and pregnant women hangs in the balances. philadelphia has launched a campaign to reduce the number of babies that dies. it's called same room different beds better rests for all. ali gorman has more. >> reporter: this is what keeps her safe laying on her back. >> reporter: it's a message jasmine with her daughter is happy to share and one that is now the focus of a new public health campaign in philadelphia. health commissioner, said the infant mortality rate in the city is 7.8% that's higher than

the national average which is 5.8%. most sleep related deaths happen when infants sleep on cowps or share the beds with parents they can smothered their airway blocked. the same room different beds campaign features parents and babies practicing safe sleep. >> babies should sleep in a crib or back and plea. it should only have in it a baby no bumpers and no toys and no blankets. babies should leap on their backs. you can five more about safe sleep and the campaign at 6abc.com. ali gorman channel 6 "action news."

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sky6 live hd taking a live look from our temple university camera at center city. guess what's happening in center city today. the pulaski day parade. our coverage begins in ten minutes on 6abc. 64 degrees. archeologists digging in boston's north end may have hit a jackpot. an out house at paul revere's home. privies provide a unique look into history, they were cruised

at trash dumps -- used as a trash dump, they found beer sign and and coal. witnesses say marilyn manson was climbing on two guns used as props that gave away. he lay on the stage before medics rushed him to the hospital. no word on the extent fers -- of his injuries. >> the pennsylvania ballet is opening its season by updating a fairy tale clarifying. karen classic. karen rogers has 6abc loves the arts. >> reporter: pennsylvania bay --

ballet is a story about sleeping beauty. the ballet first premiered in the russia in the late 19th century and choreographed by one of the most influencal choreographers in ballet history. >> it created the two dancers dancing together. >> reporter: the artistic director restaged the piece to compliment today's style of dance. >> today for example, the dancers can jump higher and do more turns and are more flexible. >> reporter: he plans to keep audiences on on the edge of their streets. >> when you go to the theater you want to see dance and action you want to see movement. >> reporter: and fans can expect to see a few show each night. >> as a tradition we're going to have 6 different casts.

the approach and the energy is different. we have so many talented dancers i want to give attention to everyone. >> people should run to get their tickets because people like sleeping beauty because they usually fly. >> reporter: pennsylvania ballet performs sleeping beauty from october 12th through the 22nd at the academy of music. for tickets and showtimes visit arts in philly.org. or 6abc loves the arts i'm karen rogers. >> in sports the phils play

their last game of the sown.

but at least one philly wishes the season would continue. all of a sudden franco is hot. him against the mets he hit his third homer in the last 4 games. number 24 for the year, but the phils fell in the 11th inning, 7-4. >> final check of the forecast with chris. >> reporter: keeping the sports theme going, they are on the west coast taking on the chargers in carson, california. sunny skies just like on the east coast. first quarter temperature, 4:05 p.m. 76. 4th quarter, 80 degrees. back home, seven-day forecast, nice stuff heading this way tomorrow, tuesday, wednesday, temperatures in the low to mid 70s. sun and clouds, warmer highs around 82. >> finally this afternoon bikers from all over the area riding to the jersey shore to give needy kids hopefully' the action cam at the starting line in deptford, new jersey. the bikers raising money for the

fresh air home in wildwood. it provides kids a home to stay this summer. money helps keep the home in good condition. pulaski day parade is next on channel 6. "action news" continues back here tonight at 5:00 p.m. >> now, for gray hall, chris sowers and the entire "action news" team, i'm nydia han we'll see you back here next weekend.

welcome to 6abc's coverage of the 2017 philadelphia pulaski day parade. now, live from center city, here the parade hosts, alicia vitarelli and michael blisa. >> good afternoon. 84th annual pulaski day parade highlighting the international year of general thaddeus kosciuszko a hero of poland and america. a gorgeous afternoon. i am encouraging you to sit back and relax and go to your telephone invite family members and friends to tune in. this is going to be an hour and half of a beautiful presentation you don't want to miss.