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at the salem power plant. as a husband and father, grenier knows how families struggle to make ends meet. that's why he'll fight to cut our taxes, and stand up to career politicians like steve sweeney. if we want to change trenton, there's only one way. fran grenier. >> good afternoon in the news this noon a row home goes up in flames in philadelphia leaving one firefighter hurt.
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and the view has a brand new co-host. the daughter of senator john mccain, members of congressen mccain. an accuweather alert, we have had rain all morning long it's been heavy at times. the remnants from hurricane nate. sky6 live hd showing you rain falling on the camera looking at the commodore barry bridge. gray skies all around today. meteorologist karen rogers over in the weather center with the first check on the accuweather forecast. >> reporter: that's right, sarah we've had over an inch of rain in the poconos, in philadelphia less than a half inch. satellite and radar shows how it moved into the area. let's take a look at the closest view with storm tracker 6 live double scan. we can see the heavier cells moving on out. we had the steadier rain there. the areas of yellow in trent, the heaviest rain is pulling away. in the city itself it is moving
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more lightly. in atlantic city it's picking up before it exits off the coast. the closer view, the heavier rain is moving off to the north and east. in the city it's starting to get lighter out there. malvern, drizzle and coatsville, as well. that was the remnants of what was at one point hurricane nate. looking at the temperatures 74 degrees in reading, 74 in philadelphia. it is warm and muggy. millville, 76. 75 right now in dover, delaware. here's what's going to happen the rest of the day. we're watching the heaviest rain that pulled through. it's steady, but lighter in the area. over the next couple of hours it will taper off to leftover showers. lots of clouds and lingering showers in the afternoon. 2:00 p.m., 76. 0 horribly humid, 4:00 p.m., showers here and there, a rumble of thunder could come through as we get breaks in the clouds. 8:00 p.m., the clouds begin to break, we stay mild in the
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overnight hours and warm, as well. let's look right now at the humidity how it feels out there when you look at the dewpoints. look at this, 74 in reading. anytime you get 70 you know it's oppressive that's the way we're feeling. 72 in philadelphia, 75 in millville where the rain is falling. we'll talk about the next shot of rain in the seven-day forecast in just a few minutes there. >> hurricane nate brought flooding and power outages to the gulf coast when it made landfall saturday. luckily the storm spared the region from the catastrophic damage left by other hurricanes in recent weeks. nate was the first hurricane to make landfall in mississippi since katrina if 2005. residents continue to clean up from the weekend storm. visit 6abc.com/weather for up-to-the-minute forecasting. you can follow the remnants of nate with storm tracker 6 live radar. parents for south jersey are bracing for another
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announcement regarding the school mold situation in williams town gloucester county. appear emergency meeting is set for tonight. jeanette reyes is live outside holly elementary. >> reporter: we got off the phone with officials not too long ago, all they are saying about the meeting it's about air quality. it's causing a new sense of concern for parents who wonder if other schools may be impacted. >> reporter: this morning regina waited patiently outside her williams town home filled with tables with variety of school supplies. communities pitched in for teachers who need to start from scratch. >> they need to restock the classroom due to the mold situation. >> reporter: last week tests confirmed long held suspicions among parents 9 elementary
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school has a serious mold problems. the results prompted district officials to close the school for weeks or months until a theory contamination is done. >> the town is extremely shooken up, i feel upset and sad that our children are being displaced the way they are. >> reporter: tracy work with special needs children and worries how they will adjust to everything. >> if we all work together, they won't have the meltdowns, or -- they don't like any change whatever. >> how much change is anyone's guess. >> reporter: it's unusual, whether it will go smoothly or not. >> reporter: the process has been a bumpy and confusing one. the plan was to place 500
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students into nearby schools, but open house at the alternative schools were canceled. a last minute emergency meeting is scheduled for this evening. >> we're confused we're not sure what's going on. we're hoping for the best news, but we don't know yet. >> it is important to note at the last meeting, the district left off texting the rest of the schools in the district. the emergency meeting is set for 7:00 p.m. at williamstown high school. jeanette reyes channel 6 "action news." >> we learned information about a deadly crash in gloucester township new jersey, four people were killed and two seriously injured. the vehicles collided on sicklierville road before 5:00 p.m. the victims are neighbors. the crash team continues to investigate a cause. police are asking to hear from anyone who witnessed the wreck.
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vernon odem will have more on the story in a live report. a firefighter was hurt battling a house fire in philadelphia's port richmond section overnight. the action cam was on the scene of the 2800 block of cedar street at 10:30. one firefighter was taken to the hospital in stable condition with minor burns, the cause is under investigation. the search continues for whoever damaged two dozen cars in bucks county. side view mirrors damage was some of the what happened. people woke to find mirrors moving and windows smashed. a moving vehicle is scene striking the parked cars. it's been a war of words between president trump and bob corker. >> reporter: it was a presidential slam not often said by the opposing party let alone
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within party rank and file. bob corker in an interview with the new york times saying president trump treats the office like a reality show, so reckless, the nation would be on the path to world war iii. he says it's hurts negotiations by tweeting things out. the chairman of the foreign relations committee is not seeking re-election. it began last week. >> secretary, mattis and chief of staff kelly are those people that help separate our country from chaos leave the president to punch back on twitter saying corker begged me to endorse him for re-election. i said now. adding he didn't have the guts to run. in the no holds bar twitter world, corker said it's a shame
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the white house has become an adult day care center, someone missed their shift this morning. cork are campaigned for the president. >> i just came to visit. >> reporter: overnight in the new york times interview, a frank admission saying i know for a fact that every sing of the day at the white house is a situation of trying to contain him. senator corker said he is not alone, nearly every republican in the senate shares his concern about president trump. it comes at a time when his vote could be critical not just for tax reform, but for the iran nuclear deal. president trump is supporting mike pence's decision after he left when players knelt. he tweeted -- the president echoed the
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sentiment it is on twitter saying he feels proud of mike pencil and his wife karen. carson wentz became the first in franchise history to throw three touchdowns in the first quarter of the game. wentz went deep here for tory smith, a 59-yard touchdown, the eagles won 34-7. wentz threw for 4td pass as career high. it'll are in full control of the nfc east. they face the panthers on thursday. we'll hear from coach peterson in the next half-hour. coming up, wild fires whipped up would you feel winds forcing residents out of their homes in northern california. a new app is making it easier for walmart online shoppers. we'll explain. karen rogers will have the
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exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast when we come right back. >> firefighters in california
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are battling ten wildfires fueled by high winds. the flames are burning through wine country in sonoma and napa counties. the fires broke out late last night. residents described feeling the heat of the flames as they drove away from the neighborhoods. people in areas nearby have been
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told to pack their bags in case they need to leave. the dangerous winds are expected to die down later today. we turn to new details this afternoon about stephen paddock only to intensify the mystery rounding the killer in las vegas. his friend said she knew the 60-year-old for more than a decade. crawford describes him as a generous goofy guy and cared about his tenants. he invited her to las vegas weeks before the shooting. paddock e-mailed crawford asking about friend in texas after hurricane harvey. crawford said when she heard about the shooting she was shocked. she assumed his identity had been stolen. jason aldean visited some of his victims in the hospital. he is on the stage at the time when the massacre began last weekend. a local team of special
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trained dogs and their handlers are on their way to las vegas. they gathered in cherry hill, new jersey before heading to the airport last night. the dogs will be staying at mandolay bay to offer support to staff and guests in the wake of the massacre. there are new reports that the weinstein company might change its name following the firing the of its co-founder. 89 fallout over the holy producer's ousting has been swift. new york times published the original report on thursday detailing several harassment claims made by women over three decades. there were 8 accusers over the years who settled. there's a there's a long lt of stores on black friday that
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will not open. we'll find out how germy it is to use the phone while you're in the bathroom. those stories and much more coming up next on "action news."
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>> walmart is making it easier to return items to the stores, you use the walmart app, you go to a mobile express lane scan the code and hand the item to an associate. row funds are credited the next day. black friday shopping has been moving into thanks day, but
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last year, the trend seemed to reverse. best black friday.com has a list of 75 retailers whole not be opening on the holiday this year. among them, home depot, ikea, neiman marcus, t.j. max and b.j. and costco will not open. the black friday website found 57% people dislike the idea of stores opening on the holiday. in "healthcheck," if you check your e-mail or facebook while you're in the, you might want to ditch that habit. a new study from london says touching your phone between using the toilet and washing your hands is a bad idea because toilet seats and handles and the sink are covered in germs like e. coli. researchers say wash your hands friendly in public toilets.
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the flu virus dies in minutes, but the norovirus takes 7 weeks to die. using additives in food cot metics and products. food coloring and sunscreens and cosmetics and paints. it's charactered safe to eat, but it request affect gut bacteria and change the ph both essential for proper die -- die die -- digestion. >> the view has a new co-host. meghan mccain made her official debut. she explores a wide range of topics. she will contribute to the abc news making appearance on "good morning america" and this week
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with george stephanopoulos. we'll be right back.
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>> "action news" team is out working on new stories tonight at 4:00 p.m. calling out the cat callers, one woman is stirring up a social media firestorm by snapping selfies with the men who harass her on the street. plus, love labels and louie vatons, you're newborn can share your passion for fashion baby red bottoms. that's coming up in big talkers. start them early, probably. what a miserable day outside. >> reporter: it's miserable, things are changing slightly for this afternoon, not entirely.
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>> was that harsh miserable? >> reporter: no, it felt that way. storm tracker 6 live double scan showing the stead rain we have for the past few hours is pushing out of here, let's go in close her with storm tracker 6 live double scan you can kind of see the pattern of this, we've watching some of that starting to break up a little bit. you're seeing the holes being punched in the rain here or there through the region. things are starting to improve as it kind of races out of the north and east, this is of course the remnants of nate that are moving out here. let's move on outside ourselves and see what it looks like outside, the action cam was outside earlier it was pouring. we needed the rain and we got it. 75 degrees, the dewpoint 72. 9 winds out of the south, pressure is falling. as the remnants of nate are racing out of here, the winds are picking up. 29-mile an hour in allentown. 25 in philadelphia.
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30 in atlantic city and 20 in beach haven of so you're feeling the wind, as well. satellite and radar kind of showing this in motion how it's pulling on how out of here are e have the steady rain for a few hours, now you get the idea looking to the southwest you'll be stuck with the clouds maybe a shower pops up not the kind of heavy rain we had earlier. you might get cells moving through, future tracker showing at 3:00 p.m. a shower or two popping up here and there. for the most part it will be a lingering shower, not a heavy rain that we had earlier, this is a look at 10:00 p.m. tonight as the clouds are breaking. how much rain did we get so far, this is just today. in the poconos, less than an i do. reading, .64. doylestown, .63. in millville, .08 of an inch of rain. a few more lingering showers in the afternoon not a whole lot.
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lots of clouds cover a shower or two at 2:00 p.m., 76. it's warm and muggy. 4:00 p.m., 78. 6:00 p.m., 78. 8:00 p.m., 76. it's warm and humid overnight tonight, 6 degrees. that means -- 68 degrees, that means tomorrow morning as you head out to work it will feel muggy and warm again. lingers showers this afternoon, but the steady rain is pushing north and east right now. 79 degrees for the high. tomorrow, warmer and less humid and dry, 84 for the high. wednesday mostly cloudy skies, 75. maybe a shower in the afternoon on wednesday, a stray shower or two on thursday, not a lot of rain, 70, but the pattern kind of changes after that. friday we get a bit more sunshine, nicer sun, 76 for the high. saturday for the temple game,
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warm partly sunny, not feeling like october, 80 degrees. sunday even warmer we're up to 82 alicia, you see the numbers it's feeling like summer, that's continuing, but the steady rain is moving out. >> meanwhile, my fall wardrobe is on standby. >> reporter: keep it on standby for a while. >> up next on "action news" at noon it was 40 years ago that director george lou can you -- s released his mega hit star wars. and fill with props has a tribute. a bizarre scene on a school bus in maryland. that's coming up next. eligible for medicare?
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apply for a medicare supplement insurance plan any time you want. so don't wait. call unitedhealthcare now to request your free decision guide. people were killed in a crash last night in gloucester county. vernon odem is live where officials gave an update in the last hour. vernon what can you tell us? >> reporter: police have released the identities of those killed and badly injured in yesterday afternoon's crash. they can not say why it happened. there's an irony here, as well. both drivers were killed in the
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crash. four perished two remain hospitalized at this hour after the collision at 5:00 p.m. there was a tragic irony after the two car collision in the area of sicklierville road in gloucester township. the driver of both cars lived on wilson road in winslow township. the driver 53-year-old richard mason was killed he was alone. there were five person in the blue cars, the driver was killed with two others, two passengers but stable condition.ritical, most in the second cars were relatives. they are releasing little in the way of further information at this hour. >> it was a head-on collision, i'm not able to release what vehicle crossed the road, there's no indication if texting was involved. >> reporter: alicia the police chief would not say how long or give a

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