you, 7:00 a.m., saturday, october 14. here's a look at some of the stories we're following on "action news." a search is on for a driver who hit a man and kept driving in north philadelphia overnight. parents have new information on what's plaguing their children's school in new jersey. details on what's forcing kids to attend other schools. plus, get ready for changes to healthcare. president trump is ending subsidies to insurance companies, we'll tell you what this means for you. those stories and more but first outside we go to meteorologist chris sowers tracking the forecast. chris i have shorts, should i keep them out? >> reporter: and the flip flops, as long as gray kept the flip

flops and sands out, we'll be fine. tomorrow afternoon we're back in the 80s. yesterday we managed a high of 66 and day before that it was 67. and priority that we were in the 80s. tomorrow, boom, back into summer. 67 in reading. philadelphia, 62. millville, 65. cape may, 64. we have patchy fog this morning and drizzle. right now i have a little mist taking place on city avenue. three miles is visibility report in dover and philadelphia. 8 miles in trenton. 5 in the poconos and 7 in allentown. just slow it down on the roads this morning, traffic is moving along just fine, but the roads are wet, sidewalks, everything is damp this morning. storm tracker 6 live showing the steadier rains are through ocean and monmouth counties just a little bit of light rains for the barrier islands stretching from point pleasant beach through sandy hook. everybody else else seeing clothed skies and drizzle and

mist. temple taking on ucon at the linc. start time, noon. 70 degrees the first quarter temperature, 4th quart, 73. somewhat on the cool side, but warmer than yesterday. speaking of warm weather, tomorrow back up into the 80s and most of next week is above average, as well. i'll have the details in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast in just a few minutes. gray? >> thank you for the update. happening right now philadelphia police are searching for the driver who hit and killed a man in port richmond earlier this morning. it happened along the 2100 block of allegheny avenue right near the csx freight tracks at 2:30 a.m. the man believed to be in his 40s was hit by a vehicle and thrown on to the sidewalk where he died. police say the driver kept going. they are working on a descrips of the car that hit -- description of the car that hit the victim. a man is accused of

stabbing his wife in their north philadelphia home. the happened on north orkney street. the man stabbed his wife after they got into an argument. the victim's husband was taken into custody. he is facing a long list of charges. time 7:03 a.m. if you're just waking up with us, pinelands regional high school shut down indefinitely. parents flocked to an urgent meeting where they learned air quality is no longer a concern. jeff chirico explains why school leaders closed the doors. >> i'm happy about that. >> reporter: parents were upbeat when they left an emergency meeting when they learned that the high school will be closed until further notice. the decision was made after a screw from the roof fell on a student. >> we have to ascertain what the issue was and check outline the screws that are in the roofing. the number of screws there are

tens of thousands of them. >> reporter: this comes zahree leaf for some parents who called for the school to be closed during air quality concerns. abest tows -- asbestos was found. >> my kids were having issues, we thought was seasonal, come to find out it may not have been. >> reporter: high school students will take classes at the junior high for four hours in the morning and junior high students 4 hours in the afternoon. >> they will be getting half the instruction time they are getting now. >> reporter: what do you make of that? >> i'm not happy about that. school officials say classes won't resume until the roofing work is done. despite the inconveniences, parents and students are glad classes will no longer be held in a construction zone. >> i believe it's better than being in the school with what's

happening. >> there's a lot of questions that need to be answered, but we're a community and we'll come together. >> reporter: the acting superintendent said the students will receive the mandated minimum of four hours of instruction daily. the roofing project was supposed to be complete in november, that will not happen. officials could not say when the school will reopen. in tuckerton, ocean county, jeff chirico channel 6 "action news." >> there's an update on the mold problem that has plagued schools in monroe township, gloucester county. some of the schools that were closed for a week because of the mold will be open on tuesday. holly glen elementary will remain closed. the students will attend classes in other schools for several months while the remediation project is underway. white hall students will not be back at their buildings for at least a week while cleaning is done to remove mold there. 7:05 a.m., there's

important information to tell you about, if you're traveling on the northeast extension of the pennsylvania turnpike this weekend. a major shut down north of allentown underway. crews are replacing the 60-year-old bridge over contractors -- cracker sport road. it will take 55 hours to replace the bridge. the northeast extension expected to reopen at 4:00 a.m. on monday. penndot planning some changes to the two-lane stretch of the blue route in delaware county. they are between i-95 and the commodore barry bridge. engineers they are designing a system to occasionally open the shoulder to traffic in order to alleviate that congestion, this is still about four years away. a similar system is already being used outside of washington. all right, so get ready for changes in your healthcare. president donald trump says that

payments for subsidies that reduce out of pocket costs for low income americans will come to an end. it is the biggest move yet by the trump administration to kill the affordable care act. serena marshall explains it has many consumers concerned. >> reporter: it could be a difference of hundreds of dollars a month for americans like marcy shelton. >> it scares me. >> reporter: the retired skin cancer survivor living with a fixed income worried that the end of the subsidies means shell no longer be able to afford her headlight insurance. the president taking on the promise to repeal and replace by himself. >> we're taking a different route than we hoped because getting congress, they forgot what their prejudices were. >> reporter: the white house said the insurance payments they were make be for months were

unlawful and did not have congressional funding. the attorney general said they cannot spend $7 billion a year without congressional approval. >> no reason except spite and cruelty. >> reporter: the congressional bucket office predicts premiums to climb to% by 2018. -- 20% by 2018. many working on a bipartisan solution to authorize the payments. the president said he will work with democrats on a deal. he argues that his decision hurts insurance companies. >> that was a payoff to nrs -- insurance companies. >> i am not a dead beat, i pay my bills, i've worked hard all of my life.

>> reporter: many argued to keep the payments show they can work an agreement. shah arena marshall, abc news washington. >> we have learned that half of the country has joined a lawsuit to stop the president from halting the subsidies. delaware and pennsylvania are two of 18 states that plan to sue the trump administration in federal court to keep the money flowing. 400,000 in pennsylvania could see premiums spike. 20% in new jersey, 252,000 people would be impacted by this. delaware governor said thousands of low income residents would be hurt by the president's move. 7:10 a.m., free at last, a family that was taken by the taliban in afghanistan is back home safe and sound in canada. we have the details on their release. plus a home used in a popular tv show being pelted with pizzas what?

why fans are using the pies to celebrate the show. >> what a waste of a good pizza. underneath mostly cloudy skies it's been difficult tore testers to climb over the last few days, yesterday we managed a high of 66. today, 67. our winds will be shifting tomorrow afternoon out of the southwest, skies clear and we're back in the 80s on sunday, i'll have the details details coming up in just a few minutes.

>> in north jersey a police officer was suspended after he was recorded on video grab ago teen girl by the hair. the 17-year-old twin sisters say they were getting pizza when the officer approached them. davis grabbed one of the girls by the hair, both girls ended up on the ground. the school's principal tried to intervene and was put in a head lock. students from orange high school marched to police headquarters yesterday to protest what they

say was excessive force. the family held hostage by the taliban for five years back in canada. caitlan coleman of stewart town york county went missing travel in afghanistan back in 2012. coleman was pregnant at the time anticipate had four children in the captivity. the birth of the 4th child was not known until they appeared before journalist at the toronto airport last night. he said screamist killed his infant daughter and raped his wife while in captivity. pakistani security forces rescued fat on wednesday. the show breaking bad they are going to extremes to keep the gawkers at a distance. they building a 6-foot fence around the property. they say they are sick and tired of a all the fans parking in the

driveway and snapping pictures reenacting the show's infamous scene where the actor threw a pizza on the roof. you can't throw a pizza on roof. >> reporter: a waist of good pizza. i've never seen the show. i don't know what it meant. 7:14 a.m., let's get you caught up on the forecast as you plan your weekend with chris sowers. you have good news. >> reporter: it's a 50/50 weekend. tomorrow being the better of the two weekend days. today is not bad, but tomorrow we'll see more in the way of sunshine. sky6 live hd looking at battleship new jersey on a gray, dreary morning around the delaware and lehigh valleys. we're seeing patchy fog, the humidity is come up a little bit, but temperatures are warmer. it will be difficult to break the clouds. similar to what we saw yesterday and the day before. part of the reason why we continue to see the easterly

wind. the moist easterly flow. when the winds shift off the water it's like the marine layer on the west coast. you get the low-level clouds. as soon as you take off cruel hit this cloud deck immediately. maybe you're only in it for ten seconds. once you break that low-level cloud deck, it's clear. if we could get the winds to shift out of the of the south or southwesterly direction we would see sunny skies. that's not going to happen today. we'll be stuck in the low-level clouds. perhaps a few peeks of sunshine. but it's tomorrow when the winds shift and we get into full sunshine and warmer temperatures. with that said let's go over to storm tracker 6 live, we have patchy drizzle out there this morning mainly across ocean and monmouth counties. a lot of this is close to the coast. everybody else seeing cloudy conditions with a little bit of

mist occasionally picking up drizzle, something like that, not a big deal. roads are wet, though, allentown, 60 degrees. philadelphia, 62. millville, 65. dover, 63, atlantic city, 65 degrees. the dewpoints have come up a little bit. anytime you get higher than 60 it's a little bit humid. most of the area sitting at 60 if not higher. millville, 65, dover, 62. you can see how low the clouds are, you can see low, they are not showing up on the satellite image. if we could get the winds to shift out of the of the southwest, the clouds would burn out quickly and we could get into sunshine. that will not happen today. it will happen tomorrow. future tracker 6 shows clouds and drizzle through midday. tomorrow morning, we'll see low level clouds and patchy fog and

drizzle, winds shift, boom, we clear everything outline -- out. with the southwesterly winds and all the sunshine temperatures get into the 70s and low 80s. overnights tonight, it's another mild night, temperatures in the 60s. tomorrow afternoon as soon as we get into the sunshine, upper 70s low 80s for most locations. and then a cold front slides in here, the numbers start to drop down. monday morning, 40s north and west, low 50s south and east, monday afternoon, 59, 60. 80 to 82 on sunday, 59 to 62 on monday. for today, 74 in philadelphia. 74 in wilmington, millville, 76. morning drizzle, lots of clouds around this afternoon. overnight tonight, more clouds, more fog, mid 60s for just about everybody. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, everything looks good for the temple game, maybe drizzle around for the tailgaters, 74.

sunday, summer-like, 82. monday, sunny, 64 monday, tuesday, wednesday, 71 through friday. a group from new jersey meet once a month for 63 years. tamala edwards with the story. >> reporter: they are a close-knit cousins club that grew up together and stay together. they rage from 70 to 93 years of age. once a month it's like they are at the kids table. >> we always got along, even as children. we always have fun when we got together and still do. >> it's good therapy through the years, my family is always

for me. >> they they can on each other, one goes to the farm stand and bring the other food. someone can't sew, the other sews for them. it's their own form of networking. >> reporter: the cousins never fought and still don't, but they do love to dish. >> we talk about many things at club, first it was boyfriends and husband's and children and let's see, medicine, now, and doctors. >> it's a great feeling to know you have family that you can have a good time with and laugh and cry sometimes. >> reporter: not every family can have this closeness, but for the cousins the payoff is well worth the effort. >> i know how lucky i am because i see people around who have no one. >> hail hail hail the gang is all here what the heck do we

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>> so glad you stayed with us here's a look at what's happening in and around the delaware and the lehigh valleys this weekend. celebrate oktoberfest at dilworth park. live music and a whole lot more. this happens from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. today. greater philadelphia expo center oaks montgomery county it will be filled with toys from the 60s, the 70s and the 90s, a whole lot of decades. there will be gaming systems from classics like nes. check it out today from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. tomorrow. craft show showing pieces

from ceramics to jewelry and furniture that's happening today from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and tomorrow 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. righten house fine craft show. enjoy. we'll see you after the break. >> reporter: welcome back

everyone, 7:25 a.m., saturday morning, forecast for today, more clouds and fog and drizzle this morning. peeks of sunshine this afternoon. jersey shore, 76. philadelphia, 74. poconos 68 degrees. a quick look at the water vapor shot. this is all high pressure right here, so, if we can manage to ease up on the easterly winds we would see clear skies. the jet stream looks like, this is all warm air. the cool stuff is out here. once we break the easterly win

tomorrow we'll get into a southern surge and temperatures are back in the 80s. >> 80s. okay chris, thank you so much. sports now, the flyers host the washington capitals in their home opener tonight. 76ers dominate as they finish up their preseason very strong. here's "action news" sports director ducis rogers. hello, again, the sixers had a final tuneup last night. they faced the heat in the preseason finale. they were in kansas missouri. ben simmons, a bad pass, joel embiid cleans it up. only bucket of the night. simmons passing may have been 0 off, but dunking on point. 9 of 11 shots. sixers win 119-95. season opener in washington. if wondering how the eagles are, thursday's win at carolina should have given you answers

comforting answer. the birds move 5-1 in the season. that's tops in the conference. carson wentz was sharp once again. he threw three touchdown passes. last year this was a game the eagles lost, instead they if i finished strong. >> we struggled with winning on the road and winning close ballgames and we have done that successfully the first 6 games. >> i have a lot to improve on. i wasn't perfect by the end of the game, defense picked us up at the end. we'll learn from that and get better. >> flyers open against the capitols. nhl was not too kind to the orange and black, the first four games were on the road. they came out of it okay, with a 2-2 record. they are ready to play in front of their home fans. >> we're excited to play at home. >> it's pretty crazy, i know myself obviously, but the young guys are in for an awakening

it's exciting it's going to be a neat experience for them, that's for sure. >> college football now, temple will host ucon this afternoon in the homecoming game. the owls should win this one. ucon has given up 38 points in four straight games, that said, coach collins is not taking anything for granted. >> we have respect for what they do defensively, they are a conference opponent up the road from us, we have to put our first performance out there, we talk about offers and get better every -- we talk about ourselves and get better every single week. we know they will bring their a game. >> temple football playbook airs in the 9:30 a.m. half-hour of "action news." that's sports, i'm ducis rogers. make it a terrific weekend.

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>> reporter: it's been very, very warm, the last couple of days have been chilly, but the weather pattern has been very, very mild. i'm surrounded by sugar maples we have no color on them at all in the middle of october. we have nothing on the maples as of yet. 58 degrees, that's up there in northern bucks county. quakertown, 58. bethlehem, 58. warminster, 60. media, 60. center city, 62. low to mid 60s in south jersey. fortescue, 63. dover, 63. blueberry countries in hammonton, 63 degrees. satellite and radar along with action radar. lots of moisture off the coast, all that is working north towards long island and southern new england getting into rhode island and eventually connecticut and places like boston. they will see the wet weather. for us we're stuck with an easterly winds. that means more clouds and

scattered drizzle. it's mainly a humid-type of day. 74 degrees is the forecasted high. we have an approaching cold front if we don't get a shower there, look what happens the rest of the week, high pressure takes control, wall-to-wall blue skies. lots of sunshine and no chance of wet weather if we don't get the shower on monday, most of next week is dry. m i will be back with the details in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> philadelphia police are investigating a shooting in the wissinoming section that left a man dead. it happened near a dollar tree on the 4,000 block of benefiter benefiter -- benner street. officers found a 48-year-old man shot in the chest. the victim was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. firefighters were called to

a two-alarm fire that damaged two apartments in haddon township, camden county. the fire was reported at the cedar court apartments on whitee horse pike and cuthbert boulevard. crews got it under control and no injuries were report. in california, the fight continues to douse killer fires. 35 people are dead. hundreds more are missing. firefighters are battling winds gusting up to 50 miles per hour. making it more challenge to bring the fires under control. >> sir, you have to go! >> that is a sheriff's deputy making a desperate rescue of a disabled resident and her husband in sonoma county, california as their home burned early monday morning. the flames all around them as

the officer makes the rescue. elizabeth hur has the latest. >> reporter: a dawngt -- daunting task for firefighters attacking wildfires. nearly 6,000 homes and businesses destroyed in area large than new york city burned to the ground. it will be weeks to determine the causes. more than 2800 homes were destroyed in santa rosa alone and surrounded by the devastation including cars, trucks and all the furniture. take a look at what we found. a hand. of homes still standing and the homeowners say they can't believe it. jean and mike overwhelmed by the instruction everywhere they -- by the destruction everywhere they look. >> i've been here 39 years. >> this is only three homes for three-quarters of a mile that way and one mile that way.

>> michael clemens not as lucky. he and his family making an middle of the night escape to avoid the flames. >> probably within a half-hour most of the houses were gone. in snowman in a crew of firefighters saving several homes in just a few hours. >> we were running from house to house, it's super smoky it's super hot you can't see very well. >> reporter: this house spared because it had roof irrigation. the exhausted firefighters resting where they can. they will be back on the front line again this weekend. elizabeth hur abc news santa rosa, california. a philadelphia man accused of raping two children in bucks county locked up in jail. the 21-year-old is being held on $2 million bail. he was arrested by police in falls township. investigators say his victims were under ten when the alleged

molestation started. the city of chester, delaware county has surpassed an on ominous milestone. there have been more murders in the city than all of 2016. a 30-year-old man was shot in a hail of bullets on thursday on sunny side avenue. he died from the injuries yesterday afternoon. he is the 27th homicide of 2017. police are asking anyone with information about that most recent shooting to give them a call. time 7:36 a.m., president donald trump did not rip the iran nuclear agreement as he promised, instead he accused iran of violating the landmark accord and directed lawmaker to say fix it. the president announced he would not certify the deal. it was negotiated under the obama administration. the president accuses iran of committing multiple violations of the agreement and wants congress to come up with solutions to approve the nuclear

deal. under the accord iran promised to freeze their nuclear program, and in exchange u.s. would lift sanctions. >> the iran deal was the worst one sided transactions that the united states has ever entered into. >> president said if lawmakers don't strengthen the deal he will terminate it. harvey weinstein may get kicked out of the academies of arts an sciences. the academy's 54 member board will meet to decide whether he should remain a member. weinstein has denied the accusations and reportedly seeking treatment for sexual addiction. the woman who claimed that rapper nelly remained her on his tour bus last weekend is

dropping the charming and refusing to testify in court. through her lawyer, the women said she believes the system would fail her. nelly was arrested last saturday night in seattle. he was released several hours later without being charged. the attorney called the rape claim fabricated. happening next week the radnor township board of commissioners will elect a new board president. the special meeting has been called for the election. phil are was in court wednesday on child pornography charges. by law he cannot be kicked off the board if he refuses to resign. albright college in reading has cut two players from its football team. they decided to demonstrate unity by kneeling together during the coin toss and stand together for the anthem. the two players did not fully

kneel, therefore they were in violation of the unitsy code. backup quarterback was cut from the team for refusing to stand during the national anthem. from our delaware newsroom, the first production brewery in wilmington in 60 years is under construction. wilmington brew works is set to open in the spring next year. it's built on the sight of the harper teal electroplating company. the owner of the brew works said they will offer ipas and craft loggers the specialty beverages will be wood fermented and wood aged sour beer. >> we don't focus on food. the focus will be on the beer. >> reporter: they hope to add a food hall on the other end of the buildings and looking for a

tenant. one midwest farmer dons a costume while harvesting. celebrating all hallow's eve. even furry animals are enjoying the evening. when we come back, meteorologist chris sowers will have the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. a "action news" on saturday morning returns after the break.

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stop an attempted car jacking at a michigan gas station. a woman was pumping gas, a man creeps into the car and drives off. the woman dives into the passenger side and puts the car into park. a truck driver saw what happens happening and grabbed the suspect by the shirt. he was able to getaway, the woman with as not hurt. >> okaying a farm worker in minnesota treating to spread joy by dressing up. tom harvested sugar beets. he wanted to make his co-worker smile, so he started buying costumes and wearing them in the field every single day. he said a near fatal car crash changed his outlook on life. he helps in the bean harvest and he has costumes ready for that,

too. >> making your co-workers smile. >> reporter: gray you make me smile every weekend. >> just plain old me. >> let's get caught up on the forecast. >> reporter: i think a lot of you will be smiling tomorrow. today is a little gray, tomorrow, sunshine. as we look live down sky6 live hd cape may, it'll a little gray and him gloomy. it's cloudy and humid, as well. tracker most of the moisture we had first thing this morning is up here, closing in on long island and southern new england. we're seeing mainly cloud cover and mist and drizzle. so light the radar is the no picking it up. fall foliage, it's interesting i was looking facebook reminds you of everything, a year ago i had pictures of my backyard, everything was yellow.

this year i have hardly any coloring at all. you have to go into the lehigh valley to get any kind of good color, the poconos you're near peak, the higher elevations you're peaking now. over the next week or two, things will get going as temperatures start to cool down hear. not today, though, 74 degrees is the forecasted high. you can see how the numbers today stack up against the normals, normally we should be around 67. the low temperature this morning was almost as warm as the normal high. we have cooling to go with befoe numbers get down to where they should be. allentown, 60. 61 in philadelphia. millville, 65. cape may, 64. we have fog developing across the outlying suburbs. millville, 1.3 miles. philadelphia, 2 1/2 miles. reading, 4 miles per hour and allentown, 7. satellite and radar this

disturbance here is pulling north into boston area. because of an easterly breeze we're pretty much stuck in the clouds today. tomorrow the winds shift out of the southwest, we break the marine layer and we'll see sunshine. all the clouds move north into new england. you can see the high. once we break the easterly wind this is all high pressure, all you have to do is going 6, 7,000 pete feet up. all of a sudden it's completely clear. if you're at the airport when you start taking off, when you hit the cloud deck, it only lasts 5 to 10 seconds you break its completely clear. that's what we'll see tomorrow, high pressure. frontal system approaches from the west on sunday, we're prefrontal winds shift out of the southwest that's a southwest win flow. we're in the 80s. cooler air arrives monday and tuesday, cloudy conditions today, drizzle this morning and cloudy throughout the remainder of the afternoon.

sunday, clouds and fog, and scattered drizzle. in the afternoon, southwesterly winds and everything clears out, sunday is a nice day. today, shades of granny -- gray, philadelphia, 76. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, high pressure tom nateing -- dominating the overall weather pattern. temple game at the linc not bad drizzle for the tailgaters. warm on sunday and sunny, 82. here comes the fall weather monday and tuesday, 64 and 63. wednesday, thursday, friday, 70s. not too bad, a little summer tomorrow, but not too bad. >> all right, chris, thank you so much. fall means a lot of pumpkin flavored food and drinks are available and some lemurs are

getting in the on the pumpkin craze. indianapolis zoo released the video of the lemurs snacking on the pumpkins. halloween just around the corner, "fyi philly" has all the spooks to give you thrils -- thrills and chills in the area. here's karen rogers and alicia vitarelli. >> reporter: it's that time of year, it's bone chilling, frightening, terrifying, but not really, sort of. it's not that carrey. it's -- it's not that scary. feel the scarce of local haunts. we take you inside the world of wizardry. and the first post apop -- it's

on our halloween spooktacular. we hope you join us.

>> so glad you stayed with us, "healthcheck" this morning appears the ups and downs of marriage could have an impact on the heart health of men. a 16 yearlong study on marital life stressors are linked to blood pressure, cholesterol and weight which can pose a risk of heart attack and stroke. when a couple's relationship improved so did the man's help. the women are not impacted the same, possibly because they have a larger social network in other ways to copy with stress. avacados are good for you high in good fats. if you're on a low fat diet. a spanish company created a low fat version of the traditional avacado. it has 30% less fat, but

nutritionists say they are not on board with this, because the avacados are good for you. if you're taking artificial sweeteners, you may be doing more harm than good. artificial sweeteners can trrg trigger hunger and chains the bacteria in the gut and precursor to diabetes. >> when you know when you're adding to the food it's fine. it's not the sugar that you add to your food or coffee that's the problem, it's the sugar that's added by the food industry. one can of soda has are 15 teaspoons of sugar. you would never put that in your coffee. >> you can satisfy your sweet tooth by eating natural foods. you'll feel better and improve your health. >> coming up next,

meteorologist chris sowers takes a final look at the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. we'll see you back here after the break.

after 8 years of chris christie, is kim guadagno the change new jersey really needs? guadagno is christie's hand-picked successor. says she's "proud to be part of the christie administration." guadagno was chris christie's right hand as our schools came under attack, critical services were underfunded, and our credit rating was downgraded...11 times. from the bridge to the beach, we've seen it all, and we've had enough. kim guadagno isn't the change we need.

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scheme. >> check it out. >> reporter: it's not looking too bad this morning, it's damp and patchy drizzle, that were warm and cloudy. tomorrow, breaking for sunshine, 82. it's feeling like fall again monday, 62. tuesday, 63. wednesday, temperatures in the 70s, it's gorgeous. payoff is tomorrow. >> folks 7:56 a.m., we're just a few minutes away from saying good morning to "good morning america." >> reporter: we're heading into a difficult day in the fight against the remaining wildfires in california. winds dry air moving in which will fuel the flames. the teams on the ground. rob in the studio with the forecast. we have the latest on president trump the reaction to the aggressive moves to dismantle obama care and pull out of the iran nuclear agreement.

a man attempting to car jack a woman's car with her inside. the good samaritan who swooped in. it's coming up on "g.m.a." we'll see you saturday. america's first animal shelter continues to rescue pets with the help of a mobile shelter unit. the details in this week's "shelter me rescue of the week." twitter is making it easier to save tweets without publicly liking them. we have the details for you. chris sowers has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. for chris sowers and the entire "action news" team, i'm gray hall. make it a great day.

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good morning, america. this morning, fierce fight. battle to save lives in california's raging wildfires. new video from inside the fire zone. a deputy driving through the flames to rescue people. >> watch your leg. watch your leg. >> why this situation could now be getting worse. the latest on the conditions. taking heat, president trump under fire for his blow to the affordable care act saying he's only interested in one thing. >> getting great health care for this country. >> what it could do to your insurance premium as he faces additional criticism with his new threat to pull out of the nuclear agreement with iran. what he wants congress to do now.