"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy.

good afternoon sara bloomquist is off and in the news security efforts are heightened following sunday's deadly shooting in las vegas as strangers step up to honor the victims and a school in new jersey is closed after mold was discovered. and parents are expressing anger and confusion about the district's actions. and the big story on "action news" at tropical storm nate. which is being blamed on two dozen deaths in central america and could reach the gulf coast as a hurricane over the weekend. nate dumped 6 to 10 inches of rain over honduras and it's likely to stren enover the caribbean sea. and louisiana and alabama and florida have issued warnings. >> you need to be where you want to be by dark on saturday.

>> we are experiencing another storm and we all have to be prepared. >> the storm is already impacting the oil industry, exxon and shell have shut down some facilities in the gulf and some production is already off line. and while states along the gulf coast are bracing for weather from nate. become here at home we are dealing with unseasonably high temperatures again. sky 6 hd look agent at the center city skyline. we could see remnants of tropical storm nate next week. latest from melissa magee in the storm center. >> we get into early monday into tuesday, we could find changes and tropical moisture as a result of nate. working its way into our region. but as far as the latest with tropical storm nate. maximum sustained winds 50 miles per hour moving north-northwest

at 14 miles per hour. right now still in the north western caribbean of that region. moving over the yucatán peninsula later this evening. as far as the track with nate we'll take a closer look and you see we are tracking the storm system as it moves to the north-northwest. in an environment with little wind shear and this will strengthen through the rest of our weekend. 127 miles southeast of cozumel, mexico and into saturday evening. it makes landfall as a category one or strong tropical storm for the gulf states, that is something we are tracking closely and as we get into next week some remnant moisture will make its way into the delaware and lehigh valleys. as far the season so far it's active. one of the most active seasons we have seen as far as the u.s. is concerned since 2005. back in 2005 we had eight storms

that made landfall in the united states. three of those storms were major hurricanes and so far this year we have had five storms and that storm that battered puerto rico. and as far as peak activity we tend to see the peak in september but a second peak that takes place around october 20th, it's active but not out of the ordinary to find storms this late in the season. we have the details in the full accuweather forecast. coming up in just a bit. >> thank you. this reminder as you head into your weekend keep an eye on the forecast at 6abc.com/weather, there you can view storm tracker radar and the seven day and the path of tropical storm nate. turning now to the deadly mass shooting in las vegas that claimed the lives of 58 people and injured hundreds more. family and friends of the victims and cleat strangers continue to honor those that were killed.

meanwhile, investigators are narrowing in on whether the gunman had help and what may have happened in the hours leading up to the shoot. marcy gonzales is in las vegas with the latest. >> reporter: investigators say they still have questions for the gunman's girlfriend as we learn more about who that other mystery woman he was spotted with might be. >> officials tell abc news that investigators trying to figure out whether the las vegas mass murderer was alone. they believe the woman he was seen with was a prostitute. and may have had an come police because of the amount of guns in the hotel room and some ammo was bought under someone else's name. >> there are people that know this individual and help us understand this individual. and learning more about paddock's final hours, he reportedly called in two noise

complains about the guests in the room below him. >> i stayed in between the beds or in the bathroom. >> you hunkered down. >> and may have considered other targets searching for hotel rooms near boston's fenway park and booking rooms in chicago across the street from the festival. and some cities are stepping up security for events like in chicago this weekend for the marathon. >> a double and triple checking of everything. in las vegas the reminder of the overwhelming loss, 58 white crosses one for every life taken. one charleston heartsfield. people gathering to honor the father of three. >> charlie hit all the boxes and made up some boxes. >> the donations are still pouring in with $9.5 million

raised so far. in las vegas, marcy gonzales, channel 6 "action news." back here injuries have been reported in connection with a head-on crash in philadelphia's fairmont park section. chopper 6 hd is over the scene of martin luther king drive and they tell "action news" that the crash happened before 9:30 this morning. mlk drive was shut down approaching sweet briar drive on the scene and the extent of injuries is not known and still unclear what caused the crash. >> in new jersey students at holly glen elementary school in gloucester county are taking classes in three different schools now that the board of education voted to close their school due to mold. it led to a number of questions and concerns from parents and unclear it will take to decontaminate the building. janet reyes is live with the concerns this afternoon. >> reporter: well rick, after the reports confirmed long held fears of mold here at holly glen

elementary school and we talked to parents and there are a lot of questions and few answers. one of their big et concerns is how long were their children exposed to this and what are the long-term health affects? >> parents in williamstown are angry and confused. after tests for mold came back positive. >> alicia thompson found out this morning her daughter's school will be closed for weeks and possibly months. >> this is rediculous, i'm feeling like wow i wasn't aware and didn't know, waiting at the bus stop with my daughter and no bus comes. >> thompson says they are 6-year-old daughter lakisha already missed four days of school this year. >> sneezing uncontrollably, constanty, and coughing and a lot of mucus in there, and taking her back and forth to the doctor. >> this doctors note explains

allergies and maybe reacting to one or a number of things like mold, mildew, animal dander or other allergens. they announce that students would be dispersed to several other schools in the district in the meantime. >> what am i suppose to do as a parent? >> jennifer's daughter has autism and worried about her health and the sudden drastic change to her environment may affect her. >> is she going to be thrown in or a waste of a year. she was sick so much last year and never crossed my mind, mold. never crossed my mind. and i have never been so upset in my life. >> and the more than 500 students that attended school here will be transferred to three other schools in the district temporarily. and in the meantime six other schools in the district will be tested for mold. reporting live in williamstown,

channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. two students in delaware are suspended after a social media post showed a school mascot holding a sign way racial slur and showed the rider from kent county holding the sign and the students will face disciplinary action. and are upset that the mascot would be use fire department such a manner. and they determine that no charges are filed at this time due to insufficient evidence. a change in leadership is coming to new jersey. with the race for governor for new jersey in the home stretch. 6 abc is pleased to host the debate between the candidates next week. phil murphy and kim guadagno. send us the questions you would like to answer, use #6abcaction.

and watch the debate tuesday at 7:00 right here on 6 abc. >> making the philadelphia area proud today after years of fundraising a school in bucks county has a new place for students to play. >> three, two, one! >> a ribbon cutting was held at the belmont elementary school for a new playground and reading garden. students lined up to play on the new equipment and first bensalem superintendant samuel lee took it's slide for a spin right there and when the adults were done fooling around the students showed them how it was done. it's stories like that one ma makes "action news" broad to be part of the community. see more of what makes us philly proud online visit 6abc.com/proud. and still to come on "action news" at noon, the cryptic statement president trump made

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peace prize was announced this morning much the national campaign to bollish nuclear weapons, i can is used to prohibit nukes under international laws and to draw attention to the catastrophic results of using the weapons. they wanted to send a signal to north korea and the u.s. to go into negotiations. some people at a baltimore school became sick yesterday due to a popular fall fragrance. the baltimore fire department responded to a hazmat school at jesuit high school and someone reported an unusual smell and two adults and students were taken to the local hospitals after the smell made them nauseous and they took readings twice and both were negative for

anything toxic and they realized it was coming from a pumpkin spice plug-in air fresheners. coming untoday at noon which health insurer will stop covering oxycontin next year. and the owner of tesla offered to help puerto rico as they remain without power. stay with us.

tesla ceo elan musk is offering to solve puerto rico's

energy crisis and his solar power unity would be a way fix the energy grid and the governor tweeted back lets talk. he says that tesla helped many smaller islands with grids and is confident it can be done in puerto rico as well. cigna one of the nation's largest health insurers will stop covering oxycontin next year. the brand for oxycodone. and cigna committed in 2016 by cutting the use by 25% over a three year period. the insurance giant will continue to cover oxycodonealitiestives. and the "action news" team is out working on stories for 4:00. the proposal to bring faster free wifi and kiosks the to

area. and the gift of music, a world renowned pianist visits philadelphia schools. and in the meantime, accuweather is next coming up at noon as we look live from sky 6 hd a pretty picture from cape may, new jersey. melissa magee has your seven-day forecast when we come right back.

meteorologist, melissa magee, is here now with a check of the weekend forecast from accuweather. if you like the hot weather and humidity this is your weekend. >> it feels like summer all over again. temperatures well above average and staying warm into the weekend. >> have a cookout. >> a barbecue at your house. stormtracker 6 live double scan we'll show you what going on outside. it's dry right now and no issues

with precipitation, sky 6 hd looking at the commodore barry bridge on this friday afternoon. a few high, thin, cirrus clouds moving across the region but we stay dry as we go through the afternoon and into the start of our weekend. right now in philadelphia, coming in at 76 degrees and 74 for allentown and reading and down in cape may, 76 and dover 80 and millville holding on to 80 degrees. satellite 6 along with action radar showing you we have a fair amount of sunshine overhead today. there say frontal boundary making its way to the east. and the frontal boundary extends back to the midwest and sagging back to the southeast. and as it does so a couple of showers are likely, that is not heading our way into the second half of the weekend. clouds and sunshine on our friday, warm and high temperature in philadelphia today maxing out at 80. 13 degrees above the average of

70. and then tracking the stalled out frontal boundary and lifting north to the north and high temperature by saturday, 85 degrees, the south-southwestly wind coming in advantages of that cold front and the cold front makes progress as we get into sunday. future tracker 6 showing you early sun morning, 6:00 a.m. showers and mostly cloudy start to the day. sunday by noon the showers still scattered about the region. and all eyes are on the tropics, by sun we track moisture from a frontal boundary and then the remnants of nate on the way. this is the tropical storm, maximum sustained wins at 50 miles per hour. more than likely going to passover it's yucatan peninsula later this evening. winds from 50 moving north-northwest at 21 miles per hour. in an area with little wind shear meaning strengthening will

take place in the next day or so and saturday evening this more than likely makes landfall as a category one hurricane close to louisiana. and we'll track the moisture into the delaware and lehigh valleys. and monday into tuesday and could be a good soaking on the way and we'll keep you posted on the progress with nate and what happens over the weekend and the weather back here at home. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast today if you like it on the warm side you'll like this afternoon partly sunny and high temperature of 83 and saturday it's very warm and humid high temperature in at 85. on sunday mostly cloudy and a shower possible because of that front from the west. with the eagles at home by then. and high temperature in at 80. periods of rain likely on monday we track the remnant moisture working into the area from nate. and lingers in tuesday, high temperature 80 and warm

wednesday high temperature up to 80 and thursday high of 73. warm weekend and we track the moisture from nate on monday and tuesday. >> we need it too. >> thank you. a wisconsin couple's pumpkins may be too much for your typical halloween decorating. joe and julie grow gourds up to five feet tall and weigh between 1700 and 1800 pound, each is fed an inch of water each week and organic compost and they are pampered as well. and they keep the stems cool and dry with fans and heating coils in the ground help them grow bigger. and they compete in pumpkin growers contests around the state. more ahead on "action news" at 12:30. many communities in puerto rico are waiting for clean water and power. singer and song writer lynn

emanuel miranda is sharing a message of of hope.

"action news" at 12:30 continues with rick williams, sara bloomquist and meteorologist, david murphy. hello again sara bloomquist is off.

another tropical storm takes a deadly toll and is expected to make landfall in the u.s. this weekend. we have the latest on nate. and also a mold problem at one south jersey school has forced students to be moved out of the classroom and more details are emerging about the las vegas mass murderer and the cities he may have planned to attack. now the details on tropical storm nate. it formed in the western caribbean sea and has since proven deadly and likely to gain strength in the gulf of mexico and possibly become a hurricane before making landfall in the u.s. the storm has taken seven lives in costa rica, and led to the evacuation of 5,000 people. it has topped trees and flooded roads and at least 80 shelters are set up for those forced to leave their homes. and nate is on a path to hit sunday morning somewhere along the louisiana, mississippi or alabama coast. americans are getti