♪. ♪ . action news, delaware valley's leading news program, with gray hall, nydia han and meteorologist chris sowers. ♪. it's sunday, october 15th i'm nydia han along with gray hall >> here's a look at stories >> a 14-year-old run away is safe and a man under arrest after a sheriff's deputy was almost hit by car in south philadelphia. >> the number of dead continues to rise in california. where historic wildfires damaged hundreds of structures. a travel headache for drivers on the pennsylvania turnpike. we'll tell when you a stretch of northeast extension expected to reopen >> more in a moment but first outside we go to chris sowers, you're smiling, is the sun out there somewhere? >> it is just not on city avenue just yet. mostly cloudy condition, peaks of sun south and east but for

the most part cloudy here on city avenue. temperatures mild sitting at 70 now in philadelphia, 71 in millville, cape may 72, atlantic city 71, beach haven end reporting 71 at this midday hour, within speeds generally between ten and 15 miles per hour out of the southwest every now and then we're seeing gusts went to to 25. you can see over last few frames, couple of polls to the southwest and the east. but mainly cloudy conditions, accu weather said we will see gradual clearing and it will turn breezy, this is almost like a pressure cooker as soon as the clouds break the temperaturesw will soar and we're up to y as we take a look ahead, we're getting ready to in view of the fact a gorgeous weather pattern across the delaware and lehigh

valley, high pressure will set up shop across the eastern seaboard and there's basically no chance of cloud cover, yet little rain from monday on, mostly sunny and very, very comfortable. i'll be back along in just a few minutes and have the details in the accu weather seven-day forecast. guys? a man is in custody after police say he tried to run down a sheriff's deputy in south philadelphia overnight. >> investigators discover add 14-year-old run away girl was inside the suspect's vehicle at the time. bob brooks live with latest on this investigation. bob, what are you hearing about this? >> reporter:'s the good the deputy and sheriff are ok. police say it was around 11:30 last night. a philadelphia sheriff's deputy was attacked by man. the weapon of choice, a car. police say the suspect tried to run them over near the intersection of bigler and 7th in south philadelphia. at this point, police haven't seen a motive for why this happened or many details we do

know the suspect had a young lady in the car, a teenager just 14 years old. police say after the suspect tried to run over the sheriff's deputy they found his vehicle right here in the 900 block of johnson street. you'll see in the video, it's a white pontiac grant preand the side view mirror was knocked off. the suspect was caught, no word on who he is but he's facing aggravated assault charges. the good news is the deputy and sheriff were uninjured. now, again, police tell us that teen a run away, again, just 14 years old, but the good news is she's expected to be ok. that deputy expected to be ok. reporting live in south philadelphia bob brooks, channel 6 action news. >> thank you. >> police tell us that a 50-year-old man was shot and killed while sitting on a porch in the city's fair hill section. that victim was shot just after 11:30 last night. on the 200 block of east westmoreland street. police say he was shot once in chest and once in the face. he was taken to temple university hospital where he later died.

police were talking to witnesses to determine if the shooting was a result of an argument at a nearby bar >> so far no arrests have been made of a a man was shot twice in the back in germantown section. the victim was so the before 1:00 this morning. the victim was taken to einstein hospital where he is expected to be survive. so far, there's no information about a motive and no arrests have been made. historic and deadly wildfires continue to rage in california. dry conditions fueling the flame. >> while the number of dead continues to rise, many more families are being forced from their home abc llenas is on the ground. >> reporter: firefighters in an all-out battle to save lives and homes. >> let me get her feet. >> driving fresh fire storms, burning more buildings in the santa rosy area and near sonoma city. as an army of aircraft waged war

on the planes from above desperately trying to protect homes and wine engineer, on the ground, 10,000 firefighters tested by volatile conditions. >> they're take down trees >> the fire is forcing new emergency evacuations. police waking up residents hours before dawn on saturday. of >> evacuation order, leave your home. >> chaos and panic. >> people running out of their houses knocking on the neighbors's doors you have to leave. >> reporter: hundreds scrambled to get out only to find themselves in a traffic jam, 100,000 people now forced out of their homes since the disaster began a week ago. the >> i go to work every day and concerned but. >> reporter: this morning, the

death toll climbing to at least 40 people. >> this is truly one of the greatest if not the greatest tragedy california ever faced. >> reporter: that was abc's lens janice with that report. to the ongoing crisis in puerto rico. it's been more than three weeks since hurricane maria hit and still only 15% of the island has power. the governor says power may not be fully restored until mid december. authorities in the u.s. territory have raised the death toll from hurricane maria marry by three, that means 48 people have now lost their lives. while the island continues to struggle, more help has arrived. the army just set up a hospital southeast of san juan with hospitals the capacity and staff stretched thin the 44 bed makeshift hospital is a critical life line. >> a lot of music skeletal bone join injuries, congressman the ranking democrat on the homeland

security committee is asking for an investigation into the water situation on the island. following the reports that people are drinking water from a hazardous waste site >> four philadelphia officers are on their way to help with the relief effort, inspector sergeant and two deputy sheriff officers were given an official escort to the philadelphia international airport this morning. they're heading to rio in puerto rico to help get supplies to those in need. following the devastation of hurricane maria. all four of the men also have family there in puerto rico. >> some of our family members we've heard from. others we haven't heard from. we're hoping we can mac some contact while in the island. >> the group is expected to return to philadelphia on november 4. a long stretch of the northeast extension of the pennsylvania turnpike remains closed this afternoon, crews are replacing an old bridge. the speed limit is 70 but drivers are lucky if they're able to go 20 while approaching the tourist.

the map shows the closures in red and running from the mahoney evaluative exit 74 to the lehigh valleytive 56. the deviate in blue a takes drivers on route 2233 then interstate. he had a plan he hoped would keep his little boy from getting ansi >> give him the tablet and hope for the best >> this is video of a similar project being worked on in western pennsylvania. officials are hoping to complete the work in our area by tomorrow morning at 4:00. >> thankfully to relief on the way. so much more to come for the sunday afternoon, a homecoming celebration put on hold at a college in virginia after shots are fired. new health concerns about giving a certain medications to babies and meteorologist chris sowers will be back with the full accu weather forecast when action news continues.

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australia. welcome back, sun? oh, sun, where are you? >> meteorologist chris sowers tracking the forecast, a live look, sky 6. i don't see the sun, bunch of clouds but we're told the sun will eventually come out. >> i thought you were a man your word, chris. >> what's going on >> what happened. >> did we say 12:01 or 1:01. >> ok, we'll give you an hour >> clouds are hanging tough, we're seeing a few peaks out here in philadelphia just, there's the live shot in cape may. and still dealing with lots of clouds, the humidity has increased a little bit. temperatures are kind of holding steady. right now the numbers for the most part are right around 70, but as soon as this cloud cover begins to erode and pull away, the numbers probably will shoot up five, at the point degrees within like an hour or two.

the 50's are temperatures at 5,000 feet are is extremely mild. as soon as we get rid of the clouds it will be very warm. decreasing clouds will be the call from accu weather for the remainder of the afternoon, showers possible as a cold front approaches. then chilly monday and tuesday, as a matter of fact, tuesday morning could be some of the coldest air we've seen so far this season, with overnight lows into the mid 30's. north and west and sunny skies through friday afternoon, we get into this really nice weather pattern overall where high pressure sets up shop kind of the of the carolinas and when you get underneath those highs, again, the air sinks can't get any clouds, that's pretty much what we'll be dealing with, nice stuff is on the way, you just saw storm tracker 6 clear, temperatures mild, 70 right now in philadelphia with a due point of 64. wind are out of the south southwest at 15 miles per hour, wind speeds are actually increasing and visibility up to ten miles. let's go around the region, 59 in the poconos, allentown 68, keep in mind, numbers are kind of holding steady, all of these

numbers anywhere above the normal high for this time year, which usually kers around 4:00, 71 in millville, dover, 70, cape may 72 atlantic city 71, it's still a nice day temperature wise >> here's satellite 6, low level clouds, maybe if you look close enough you can see the breaks here there and especially south and east of philadelphia, that will be the trend over the next few hours or so. winds again shifting out of the south, clouds beginning to erode and lift to the north and pull away as we get to late afternoon and early evening hour, let's say combination of sun and clouds only to see those counselors lower and thicken overnight right around midnight, that's front right there pushing through reading and allentown, couple of showers possible as front pass, we get into tomorrow morning, starting out with a little bit of cloud cover through 6:00 or 7:00 a.m. then we get into the sunshine, 9:00 a.m. sunny, i was, by afternoon it's full sun, that's the setup for tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday and saturday. future tracker with the

temperatures, now, this 76 is assuming the models assuming we don't see that sun later this afternoon, accu weather says we'll get into a little bit of sunshine, we're still going 80. overnight, temperatures will cool down but still fairly mild, 59 in philadelphia for the middle of october. really not all that bad. low 50's north and west, poconos 43. tomorrow afternoon, temperatures holding steady, right around 60 to 62 as we see that northwestly breeze dry that colder air in from canada, tomorrow start to see at the chill, mid 30's and 40's in philadelphia, allentown 34, two degrees above freezing mark, well 38ing reading 35, millville 39 be then wednesday and fairly chilly, high temperatures just above 60, so for today, decreasing clouds, 77 in reading, 80 in in philadelphia, 81 in millville, allentown 76, dover 81 and cape may 78 becoming breezy overnight

maybe a couple of showers right around midnight, 52 degrees in allentown, 58 in philadelphia. the exclusive accu weather seven-day forecast, no changes from what we had this morning, most of the week looks absolutely stunning becoming sunny for tomorrow breezy 64. tuesday, sunny and cool 63 and then wednesday right through saturday, temperatures are going to warm a little bit through the mid 70's and a ton of sunshine. >> thank you so much for the update. police lifted a lockdown on virginia state university campus after a shooting injured one person. police found man with gunshots injuries that victim was taken to the hospital, but he is expected to survive. the campus is put on lockdown for about four hours. officers believed the shooting was an isolated incident and there's no further threat to that campus. the shooting happened during home coming weekend for the university. this time, not clear if that victim is a student. 6-year-old girl is ok after getting stuck between two walls in china. the girl was playing with friends at school when she

managed to get her upper body stuck between the walls, firefighters responded and at first tried to free the girl but it turned out to be load bear -- so they a instead used sand paper to create an opening. with the help of lubricating oils crews were able to free the girl unharm. >> glad. pope francis added 35 new thanks to the catholic church nearly all of them mar teres from past send release, the latest were preclaimed today during a mass celebrated in st. peter's square. several suffered anti-catholic persecution in 1625. since becoming pontiff, pope francis repeatedly paid tribute to christians >> hormone levels could be misleading women about infer till tea, brand new research.

. women having trouble getting pregnant pay collusion to the results of fertile tea tests. the research suggests those numbers may be misleading and cause women to lose hope unnecessarily. the study finds that high fhs and low ams levels were typically thought to be of concern may not be significantly tied to reduced fertile tea at all. the study involves 750 women between 30 and 44. >> contrary to popular belief, researchers found having an epidural does not slow down labor. researchers in boston examined more than 400 first time mothers. found that epidural medication had no effect on the time it took for the women to deliver their child. during the study, women were either given an epidural or placebo, durations and outcomes of labor were similar for both groups >> a study questions the use of those is up pursuing drug that

is keep infants from spitting up. recent years doctors prescribed power proton pump inhibitors but the journal of the american medical association said the drug don't really control and there are concerns that giving these drugs to babies under the age of six months can raise the risk of bone fractures in adulthood. >> you may want to add banana or of a ka do. foods that have hypo it has young man can lower the risk of hard disease, the morepotassic, the less likely they were to have built up in arteries. >> there's so much more on action news, the flyers gave their fan as lot to cheer about during the first home game of the season. that's next in sports.

off of a the flyers thrilled fans and their home opener >> it was an exciting opener for the national league championship series, chicago cubs in los angeles and dodgers had home feel advantage and showed when they made a startling come back in the sixth, the dodger rallied to a five two win over the champs in the al, astro to a two-nothing series lead. here's skref skversky with the rest of the sunday sports. >> is that worth the way the? flyers home sweet home the last team in the entire conference to display at home. it's worth the way the. flyers beat up on the washington capitols last night, claude giroux and the flyers lighting

it up. put on a show on their own ice, kicking up final minute on the first, scott laughton comes up with two steals and to scores. two one flyers, and vorachek, what move. ridiculous. passes it to wayne simmonds, three one flyers, seven minutes later, claude giroux, the captain, redirects and kicks it in. scores twice three goals in the second. three more in the in this regard, laughton, the laser, the former first rounder gets his second goal flyers win eight to two. most scored in a home opener in 35 years >> it's really big for our group >> playing a good game. i don't remember last time we won. '82 oh or something like that >> we were a they were a little bit tired and it was important for us first win at home

>> top line putting up ten points. with the much anticipated sixers season opener days away in washington on wednesday, the sixers trimming down the roster, among athlete guys cut, chris him frees and oakford. football eagles with the weekend back at it on monday night football against the washington redskins. tight end zach ertz said he's among those who could use the rest. he feels banged up, who would know? he's having a career year, ertz was all nfl tight end touchdowns in yards and catches, what's the difference ertz said he's way less stressed out this year. >> my mindset right now is so different before i'm not pressing i'm just letting the game come to me. i think that's basically the guys i've had around me kind of changed my mindset on life. carson, trey, jordan matthews and hicks. penn state fans will be happy about this, it's espn college game day is coming to

happy valley next saturday. the future the penn state michigan game will air on 6 abc saturday and by the way the lions could move up to second in the poles as well. temple fans putting their money yesterday. up 70 points last week third quarter. logan picks off. 34-yard pitch to temple runs out of time. owls lose 28-24 >> villanova and penn losses as well. that is sports. i'm jeff skversky. have a good day. a she would dog in nebraska got to spend the day as an honorary member of a police department, he was to be part of the police department's k9 cop for day program. the goal to get older less popular dogs out into the community and hopes of finding them a forever family. nick key got to ride in the cruiser and received his own

badge. hopefully he found a family. the >> good looking dog. another half hour ahead >> here are some stories >> a man found shot and killed in a recording studio in northern liberties. we have reaction from the studio's owner. >> it's new jersey artist is honored at the wood mere museum about her life and influence >> those stories and exclusive accu weather forecast, chris will let you know when we'll see the sun. action news continues after this.

injure. happying right now happening right now man accused of trying to run down a sheriff's deputy with a 14-year-old girl in the car >> what a shooting told police he was trying to do before hit by gunfire >> thousands of people took part in the walk run this morning to raise awareness and fun for hiv and aids research. >> those stories and more in just a minute, outside we go to chris sowers. hi, chris >> how are you? greg? >> the skies are brighter over here. no sun just yet here on city avenue but we're again to see sunshine next couple of hours r we're searching for that sun, you don't see too much of it that. looking back towards the center city skyline, low clouds hanging tough. we're seeing peaks of sun to the south especially across south jersey and delaware getting into let's say williamstown, fortescue area, dealing with a lot of clouds, at least the sun starting to peak through,

obviously that is not happening here. down in cape may, a little bit of a reflection there off the water, peaks of sun, south and east the waves look fairly calm, seeing a breeze out of the southwest ten to 20 miles per hour. in the more we see the more temperatures will respond, we're already sitting at 70 degrees underneath a mostly cloudy skies. as soon as the sun peaks through they're off to the race, media 66, malvern 66, warm minnesota, cinnaminson, blue berry country, 70 in vineland, 70 in tuckahoe and 70 in dover, 69 in fortescue. here's satellite 6 along with action radar. ever since thursday we've been locked in pretty good with the easterly flow. cold front approaching from the west if you look towards the left-hand part of your screen that will get in here overnight. once that front crosses the area first thing tomorrow morning, clears everything out.

and from tomorrow morning on, it is full sunshine. at least through saturday. at beautiful weather pattern we're moving into, good afternoon to you, gradual clearing and breezy, 80, that's the call from accu-weather forecast and we got chilly morning on the way, not so much tomorrow morning, it's going to be much cooler tomorrow morning than what we saw this morning, this morning lows in the mid 60's, tomorrow anywhere from 52 to 58 >> look at 42 for center city, you will definitely need an extra blanket on the bed. that's a quick check of the forecast for now. when i come back we're searching for the sunshine and try and find it for you in the accu weather seven-day. man charged after police say he tried to run over a sheriff's deputy with car in south philadelphia. >> bob brooks is live with the latest on this case and who police say was inside that car with the suspect. bob? >> i'll start with the good news, that is the sheriff's

deputy is ok. also, a teenager who was in the car with the suspect she is ok too. i want to bring up the video. this is the scene about 11:30 last night when this went down. the suspect is accused of trying to run over a philadelphia sheriff's deputy right near the intersection of seventh and bigler. that's where we are right now. as for a motive, that's unclear. police do say the suspect had a 14-year-old girl in the car with him at the time. they say she was a run away. after he tried to hit the deputy, they say the suspect was caught shortly thereafter in his car, a white pontiac grand prix was found in the 900 block of johnston street, again, he has been charged with aggravated assault. bob brooks action news >> a well-known recording studio in northern liberties became a crime scene. after a 30-year-old man was shot and killed there last night. right now, investigators are

trying to piece together what happened. >> reporter: usually opened around the clock, the recording studio to say inside this building are still off limits. earlier in the evening, homicide detectives were here to investigate the shooting death of a 30-year-old man, when police arrived 7:30 a.m. found man shot in the head and back died at the scene. a bloody screwdriver was found not far from the victim. according to his facebook page, spear sound studios rents out the recording booths to music cal artists. the studio owner wrote i don't know what happened at this time, i'm seeing the image of my life's dream being destroyed, i'm a little too distraught to talk. we saw several musicians arrive and were turned away, they were told the studio will remain closed until monday, police have not publicly named the suspect. in northern liberties, jeff chirico, action news a 47-year-old man hospitalized following a shooting in kensington section. the man was shot in the chest at

around 5:30 this morning, he was found a short time later on frankford u the victim told police he was to shot while trying to stoop woman from being robbed. investigator says he crashed his car into a parked vehicle after being shot. he was taken to temple university hospital where he's in stable condition. no arrests have been made following a double shooting in burlington county new jersey. shots rang out around 7:30 last night on the unit block of bermuda circle in willingboro. both victims were taken to local hospital, so far no word on the conditions or what led to the shooting. from our delaware newsroom, a woman died after a light rail train hit her car in maryland. police say 63-year-old ms. thomas tried to make a left turn across the tracks when the crash happened friday morning, officials say there were do no enter and no left turn signs posted. her 12-year-old grandson was in the car with her taken to the hospital with minor injuries.

. >> also in delaware, three teenagers were arrested for robbing a pizza delivery driver. investigators say 19-year-old john than snyder lured the domino's driver then two 17-year-olds wearing a halloween masks jumped out of bushes holding gun, the two demanded the pizza from the driver and cash from is snyder who police say pretended to be a victim. the three were arrested following an unrelated traffic offense. a small group of white supremists marched through the philadelphia fairmount park this weekend. some of those demonstrators had on masks they say rallied along boathouse row. counter protesters confronted that group, no violence broke out unlike the charlotteville virginia clashes, police tell us they knew this was going to takes place in advance and they were on hand to keep peace. the clock is ticking for voters in new jersey who need to register for the upcoming gubernatorial election, the cut-off to register is tuesday. a few things to remember you must be 17 years old to register and 18 by election day to vote and you can also apply for a

mail-in ballot by november 3rd, election day is november seventh, the final governor debate is wednesday. the aids walk philly 5 kraised more than $275,000 this morning, 10,000 people participated in the event, the money will be used to support nearly 30,000 people living with hiv disease in the greater philadelphia region, the event also aims to increase awareness and fight stigmas. it ended at aiken's oval >> free hiv tests were available during the walk and a timeline of the fight against hiv and aids was there. is. the action cam at st. peter and paul where archdiocese chaput. the catholic believes 100 years ago on october 15th, mary the

mother of jesus appeared for the sixth and last time in fat ma, porch cal. mary told them there would be a more horrible war than away one if the world did not return to god. much nor come, a bright line shines through the dark ashes. the heart a warming story of a family reuniteded with their dog after wildfire destroyed their home. they made a difference in the sports world and the world around them. now a documentary on their lives is about to take you to physical. taking a live look, via sky tracker 6 hd you're checking out the ben franklin bridge and we're still looking for that is sun, chris sowers. we'll be back with the full accu-weather forecast when action news continues.

. after a week of deadly and catastrophic fires >> everything is gone. >> reporter: some of the tiniest victims rescued dozens of animals injure after being left behind as their owners fled to safety of the this morning, an unexpected discovery. >> iz zy is here. come here. is he? hey, baby. >>reporter: the family dog, her tail wagging thought to have been lost in the fire found. they had been hiking miles desperately trying to reach his family's home to survey the damage. >> so much smoke i can't show you the view. >> reporter: after seeing the total loss, then overjoyed. is he is here, come here. >> we were just there to video the house, my parents, and see

what we could find and praying that she might be there and we came walking around the corner. didn't expect to see her, and she came out, and it was relationship tears happening. one of the greatest moments of my life. >> she's a lover. she just wants to kiss on everybody. >> iz zy making all of us smile >> let's get you outside, and we are looking for that sunshine. we're down there looking live from the city hall camera october fest. wind starting to pick up a little bit. they have those tents up in anticipation of the sun, you know, so they can keep everybody nice and cool under there. no sun just yet but starting to see breaks south and east, we flip it over to storm tracker 6. not too much going on, low level clouds, early morning drizzle and fog, all of it long gone, upstate new york and southern

new england, 80 is the forecasted high. normal is 67 started out at 65. so the low temperature this morning was pretty close to the normal high for this time of year. winds as anticipated starting to pick up now. out of the southwest you can see the arrows ten to 15 miles per hour, every now and then 20, they will increase throughout the afternoon and evening, and overnight. we'll see gusts to 20 or 25 miles per hour and it's warm shall temperatures are pretty close to 70, we still have a thick cloud deck, once the clouds pull away, these numbers will probably increase five, ten degrees within an hour or two, a lot of warmth above the surface here, all we have is to do is get the cloud deck. it's 75 in pittsburgh, 75 in buffalo. we're at 70, as soon as we get to the sunshine, we're taking off temperature-wise, clearly see how the numbers drop behind the front.

there it is 64 in dallas. 50 in bismarck, they dropped to the 20's this morning, chicago, 53. omaha 59 and st. louis 46. this gets here monday and tuesday and then temperatures start mod rating again. this is the only system we're watching a pretty good cold front, chillier air, not much moisture associated with it. all this front will do is knock the temperatures down. it will lower the due points, becomes very comfortable as we head into tomorrow afternoon. a tropical humidity that's suddenly resurfaced again here, that will pull off the coast and pull away. for today, cold front approaching, high pressure in control. it's a fairly quiet day, breezy but we should stay precipitation free and we get into overnight when the front crosses the area, touches off a shower around midnight and monday cooler turning sunny here winds out of the northwest, that's canadian air, high pressures only in the low to mid 60's. with the wind it will feel more

like the 50's. it's blustery tomorrow afternoon, future tracker 6 clouds beginning to lift and pull away. here comes the cold front right there, one or two showers, this isn't a wash, just a couple of showers and they will linger into the first part of the morning hours especially for south jersey, cape may, cumberland and atlantic counties. by 9:00 most is gone and afternoon mostly sunny, you can see the direction of that wind, that's a chilly northwesterly breeze, gradual clearing. breezy, temperatures up close to 80. winds out of the south southwest at 15 to 25 miles per hour, overnight becoming cloudy again with the approaching front, maybe a shower two around midnight, 52 chilly, 58 for center city, winds out of the northwest sustained ten to 20 miles per hour, gusting to 25. the exclusive accu weather seven-day forecast, chilly stuff for tomorrow, 64. tomorrow's light 42 degrees in

philadelphia, we're down into the 30's. north and west. tuesday sunny and chilly with a high of 63. lose the breeze too, monday, even though it's a warmer day it will feel cooler then we get into wednesday, thursday, friday and saturday. full sunshine every day and high temperatures in the 70's. >> it's ok, the sun is shining, just not here. you know we love you. 69-year-old grandmother in indiana spend free time doing this out there on the bmx track. her son, she became a competitor darer to get involved in this, she said ok, i'll do it. she's the oldest female bmx racer in the country and still winning championships. nice indeed. several years ago, she got both her hips and knees surgically replaced. that has the not even stopped her. she said she's going to keep on riding until she literally can't ride anymore. >> good for her.

the wood mere museum has a new exhibition that pays tribute to one of the region's most you be influential artists karen rogers has more on 6 abc loves the arts. >> reporter: it highlights 20th century artist violet okly who promoted equality of life through work and contributions to the city of philadelphia. violet okly was born new jersey in 1874 during the after math of the civil war. and she used her art to promote the platform of world peace and unity >> she could have been the mayor of the arts in her time. she lived through the first world war and the second. her life experiences told her that the world needed this coming together >> the exhibition features near the 100 work including paintings, stained glass window design, and the muellers she was most famous for >> she had projects that touched

the whole world? >> it shows the history of end slave suffered by >> she shows them being freed from the shackles around their ankles. she was an artist with a lot of guts. >> oh. >> reporter: she designed the metal for the philadelphia awards >> it's a beautiful gold metal prize in philadelphia. >> reporter: her work is particularly significant to the wood mere because her life partner edith emerson was the museum's director for 40 year >> edith made sure we had this collection of her work to steward her reputation. of violet oakly was an inspiration for professional women in the united states before women had the right to vote. that's what people will see in this show, somebody ground breaking >> >> a grand vision is on display through january 21 it's, for tickets and show times, visit

the arts in philly .org. i'm karen rogers.

six-day black bear hunt is over. eight new jersey counties took part that killed at least 189 bears. more than half were in sussex county. it began monday first three days reserved for bow hunting last three days open to bows and muzzle loaded guns. officials say those hunts help control the black bear population and minimize run ins

with humans however the opponents say the hunts are inhumane and unnecessary. >> senator john mccain will receive this year's coveted liberty metal. the senator from arizona was chosen for the honor before he was diagnosed with a brain cancer, forker vice president joe biden will present the medal during a ceremony tomorrow night at the national constitution center on independence mall. the award honors men and women of courage and conviction who strive to secure the blessings of liberty to people around the world, 6 abc is the broadcast partner of the event. if you find it rickying to be just feet away from sharks, then the venture aquarium has you covered. the aquarium held a special yoga class today as the organizers describe it, meets jaws, the hour long class right next to the 550,000 gallon shark exhibition caught by one of the aquariums animal biologists who is also a certified yoga instructor. guests were invited to stay

after to tack a tour. >> five legendry athletes a new documentary is making its debut. it's a homecoming for local film makers. >> some kids have to do something because they want to go to olympics. i didn't know too much about that because i was not too much exposure on tv about the olympics. you have to go by the book, which i did but i did a little, you know, extra i call it the touch. >> winning tells the story of several athletes who had made a remarkable impact on their sports, the sports world and the world around them. film tells story how they achieved greatness and the people who helped them along the way. winning was directed and produced by jaclyn joseph, a lower merion native winning will be screened wednesday october 18th at 7:00 at the bryn mawr institute includes a q and a session after the screening,

tickets are available for you right now. this is just one of self dozens local stories that make us really proud here. you can see more on what make action news philly proud online go to our website 6 abc.com/proud. >> so many of these. when action news continues an update of our top story >> a final look at the accu weather forecast. we'll see you after the break.

. recapping the top extended forecast police arrested a man they say tried to run down a sheriff's deputy at 7th and bigler in south philadelphia. investigators say the suspect tried to make a run for it but

was arrested. police say a 14-year-old run away girl was in the suspect's vehicle. both she and the sheriff's deputy are physically uninjured. a long stretch of the northeast extension will be closed until tomorrow morning, so crews can replace a bridge. the highway is closed between the lehigh valley interchange exit 56 and the mahoney valley interchange exit 74, it's expected to reopen tomorrow at 4:00. more than 275,000 dollars were raised at the 31st annual aids walking run philly 5k thanks to 10,000 participants. the money will be used to help people living with hiv in our area. the event began and ended at akins oval >> final check of the forecast. if you have sunglasses. >> remember i was saying maybe people have late lunch, some time around lunch. . >> i recall hearing 12:01.

>> it's 12:56, not that it matters. >> the exclusive seven-day forecast gradual clearing 80 degrees is the forecasted high. you will see sunshine 64 becoming sunny tomorrow, breezy tomorrow is blustery with that wind blowing it will feel like the 50's, tomorrow we're down to 42 in the city, 30's north and west, tuesday is chilly 63, wednesday thursday, friday and saturday in the 70's again and a ton of sunshine be a nice quiet week overall. >> gradual is one >> the sun >> we changed it slightly. >> thank you, chris >> a group of pace tree chefs in peru landed a spot in the guinness book of world records, they made the largest dark chocolate bar. the chocolate bar had 70% pure cocoa and covered in area of 226 square feet. was five centimeters thick. look at that. the bar included 44 pounds of

chestnut it's and was not but creating it didn't come cheap, it cost about $77,000. >> that's quite the price tag. >> i love chocolate. >> fyi philly is next. >> action news continues tonight at 6. for gray hall chris sowers i'm nydia han, if you find the sun, let us know.

>> i'm karen rogers. and i'm alicia vitarelli >> tonight on fyi philly. >> it's so real. >> it's our halloween spook-tacular. >> i know tae bo. >> feel the fears of some local haunts. >> gryfindooor. >> we take you inside the world of wizardry. >> wine and weapons. >> and a look inside philadelphia's first post-apocalyptic restaurant. >> (spooky laugh) >> hi everyone and welcome to fyi philly. >> we are at the fright factory in south philadelphia. >> this place is creepy. it's a 25-thousand square foot warehouse filled with haunts and these guys. >> before we start screaming, let's get started on our tour of halloween tricks and treats. >> we start in mullica hill, home of new jersey's largest haunted attraction. >> by day, creamy acres in