"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. good afternoon sara bloomquist is off, in the news a man is accused of planning an

attack after police find guns and explosives in his home in florida. and first responders rush to the scene of a south jersey highway after a vehicle crashes into some trees. but the big story on "action news" at noon is the racial tension' interrupting in gloucester and chester counties. and parents and students in both districts are dealing with the fallout. katherine scott is live now with the full story. >> reporter: there is concern here among parents that tensions could flair up again. the school district held an emergency meeting at the high school last night after students were suspended for fighting and racist social media posts. >> this morning students arrived at washington township high school and today once again to extra police presence. it comes after an emergency meeting was held for students and parents after racist messages surfaced this was the

thread laced with the "n" word said to be made by the football team. >> the local naacp is working with the district to provide cultural training for staff and students. >> going around the 1-866-978-4232 calling people [ bleep ]. eight students were involved in the incidents and three of them spoke to "action news." >> one of the kids out of the group felt bad for what he was saying. >> and using the "n" word in the mess an and screen shotsed it and sent it to one of my friends. >> and a teacher stepped in and they and two other friends were suspended. >> i knew i never threw a punch and he never threw a punch. >> all we did was get in their

face and say why did you say that. >> they held a you unity event linking arms and wearing all black. >> they posed by carved pumpkins, one with a swastika and one with kkk the unity event was for students and the school coordinated security with local police. we are live in washington township, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. we have video this noon of the vehicle that may have been involved in a deadly hit and run and police are looking for this van in connection to the incident monday night and that the van was speeding when it struck a 57-year-old man. he was crossing the 2300 block of 67th street in south philadelphia. the striking vehicle may be a

gray dodge caravan or chrysler town and country. chopper 6 hd was over a serious accident over route 42 in gloucester township. police say that a vehicle wept off the highway and crashed into trees on the northbound side of the road and a number of first responders were surrounding the car after getting reports that a person was trapped inside. and no word on the person's condition and what may have caused the driver to lose control. >> time to talk temperatures in for a repeat of yesterday's beautiful weather and warmer as we head into the weekend looking live outside sky 6 hd showing you the view of the beach in cape may. looking great. meteorologist, melissa magee, is in the weather center with the first check of your friday forecast. >> happy friday to you, and comfortable conditions in the delaware and lehigh valleys. as we head into the rest of the afternoon and weekend, right now in philadelphia 70 degrees 5 degrees above the typical high for this time of year.

70 in reading and at the coast in cape may, 68 and down in dover, 70 and beach haven a temperature of 69 degrees. as we go through the rest of the afternoon, 2:00 today plenty of sunshine and temperature of 70 and lower 70s on the way at 4:00. and 6:00 this evening, 66 and 60 at 8:00. and a mostly clear sky at 10:00 p.m. and a number of 58 degrees. another look at satellite 6 along with action radar you see high pressure is really dominating our region so no issues with precipitation. eventually this ridge of high pressure will slide to the east and as it does so we'll see more in the way of cloud cover and eventually tracking precipitation into the start of early next week. a look at the weather headlines, it's warm and a sunny weekend. temperatures well above average and great leaf peeping weather. we are tracking a front that will move on through and tracking rain next week. we'll take a closer look in the

full accuweather forecast. >> all right thank you. and as always keep up with changes to the forecast throughout the weekend. right on your phone or tablet. that includes real time views from storm tracker 6 and the 6 abc is a free download. and in other news a security guard came under fire in northeast philadelphia. police say that the shots were fired at the guard at 3:30 this morning on the 2800 block of mckinley street and they believe it was an attempted robbery of some sort. the security guard was not injured and police chased two on foot and took them in for questioning. and they may have stopped a massive and deadly attack when they discovered a large amount of weapons and a map inside of a home in florida. >> reporter: rick, authorities say this man was a total unknown.

not on anyone's radar and now even the fbi is involved. detectives investigating a separate crimes against childrens case and instead find there a large arsenal of weapons and ammunition side by side with two maps of schools and a water treatment plant. neighbors had no idea what they were live aring next to. >> you never know. you don't know your neighbors and the man 24-year-old randall drake was never on their radar. >> these really are the most concerning people because you don't know about them until they engage in devastating acts and kill a bunch of people. >> three explosive devices, 10 rifles, eight handguns and 15 niles and baseball bat with nails and even a cross bow. >> detectives say they also found notes on how to build bombs and this hand written note written, i will have my bloody

revenge and burn burn burn. >> they say he is too dangerous to be released and holding him in custody for a mental health evaluation. in washington the white house chief of staff is coming to president trump's defense this comes after florida congresswoman wilson says that he was disrespectful to the wife of a fallen sort. chief kelly who lost his own son to the war in afghanistan that he actually coun eled trump on what to say. and no perfect way to make the phone call. the state of pennsylvania is updating their efforts to meet licenses to meet real i.d. standards and pennsylvania is behind on implementing the technology and now another extension from the department of homeland security.

that means that pennsylvania residents can continue to use their current i.d.'s to board domestic flights through next october. there is an exciting night ahead in south philadelphia. as the sixers get ready for their home opener, joel embiid will host the boston celtics at the wells far go center, the sixers had a lot of positive moments despite their loss to the wizards, fan that attend the game tonight will get a free t-shirt. should be fun. still to come on "action news" at noon, a famous church is closed after a tourist dies inside. we have details on the deadly freak accident. also, saved at the last second. 16 children escape their school bus just before it goes up in flames and melissa magee is back with a closer look at the seven-day forecast. when "action news" continues in a moment. eligible for medicare?

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more than a dozen children are able to get off a school bus before it went up in flames. 16 students were on board in charlotte, north carolina and the bus driver helped them to

evacuate from the fire erupted. they believe it started in the engine and there was no serious injuries. police are investigating the death of a tourist at a famous church in italy. a decorative piece of masonry fell on a support beam and 60 feet on to the man's head. and it happened at one of the most popular attractions in florence and the church is closed as security does a safety check on the building. military troops in syria declare aid major victory over isis. a u.s. backed syrian force says that the city of roqqa is liberated from the group. and turned over the power of the city to local officials and tribal leaders. it was under the brutal regime since 2014. disgraced movie mogul harvey

winestein faces inquiry in three different cities. after a former model says he raped her in 2014. the unidentified woman says that winestein showed up to her hotel room without warning and bullying himself in. for than 40 women have accused the 65-year-old of harassment or abuse. two astronauts are in the middle of a space walk high above the other, the main job is to replace a camera on a new robotic hand on a space station and needs sharp focus to capture cargo ships at the space station, the next ship is arriving in a few weeks. nasa and google are teaming up to offer free virtual space exploring a. and it can transport you from your home to the living room. and it provides close up

discoveries made by the curiosity rover. still to come on "action news" at noon. with halloween around the corner there is a warning about cosmetic contracts. why the experts say you should just avoid them. and one of the region's largest halloween experiences, we'll show you the terror at every turn in mullica hill when we come right back. when you're a double-dipping pension-padder

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breaking news now from atlantic city. chopper 6 hd is live over a gas leak forcing evacuations in atlantic city. this is the intersection of tennessee and aid reetic avenues, a gas line was struck and the nearby school and local homes are evacuated. again, this is in atlantic city. stay with "action news" on air and online as the updates come in. and a gas leak is forcing evacuations in the atlanta city area. the fda is warning people about illegal spooky contracts. they can appear to give your eyes different shapes and they say they can seriously damage your vision. and to get a prescription from an eye doctor. it can scratch your eye and cause infections. a major new survey finds a number of americans without

health insurance is up 3.5 million this year and the index suggests that rising premiums and political turmoil over obama care undermined recent coverage gains and in adults it's striking when it comes at a time of economic growth and low unemployme unemployment. the amount of time that a child stays in front of a device tripled in the last four years, children 8 and younger now spent 48 minutes a day staring at a obile screen and that doesn't include television. in 2013 it was just 15 minutes a day more than reading or being read to. 40% of children in that age range have their own tablet and in 2011 only 1% did. $170 million is up for grabs in tomorrow's power ball jackpot. nobody matched all six numbers

durwednesday night's drawing and the next power ball draw is tomorrow night at 10:59 and we'll have the winning numbers here for you on "action news." good luck. the "action news" team is out working on news stories for 4:00, alicia vitarelli is live with the preview. >> happy friday. coming up today for all things 100% off we are talking about a free week of yoga at a popular yoga studio. we have great halloween freebies and free pizza with a twist. we'll talk about that in a moment. coming up ancient atmosphere. they say they just discovered the moon may have had a sky filled with volcanic smoke we'll break that down. and this may be your new instagram obsession, an adorable baby goes head to head with his hunky uncle to see who wore it

best. and back to freebie friday, it's free pizza for people that have a certain name. >> would that name be rick? >> no. >> richard? >> that is your only clue. >> richie? ricky? i'll keep trying. quick break and meteorologist, melissa magee, maybe melissa.

here in kensington people were busy planting seeds of hope. the pennsylvania horticultural society along with td bank took part along the anoka house, it's plan to make it home for needy families, part of td banks

so-called tree days program aimed at nurturing and expanding urban greenery in the city. very nice. a nice day for gardening. >> or running. >> not for me. >> just walking around outside. >> we'll show you the picture outside stormtracker 6 live double scan you can see that it is dry and we are not tracking any issues with precipitation and high pressure is dominating the region and a northwesterly wind and quiet outside. sky 6 hd looking at the ben franklin bridge on this friday afternoon a bright blue sky and not a cloud in the sky looking at the ben franklin bridge and comfortable conditions and in fact already in philadelphia we are above our average high, typically in the city we should max out at 65. right now in at 70. 69 for reading and allentown and lancaster, at the coast in cape may 68 and beach haven coming in at 68.

here is satellite 6 along with action radar it's dry from new england down to the mid-atlantic region, we have high pressure situationed to the south of our area and that return flow brings us that nice northwesterly wind coming outs of canada. and comfortable conditions in the eastern half of the u.s. and quiet and calm tonight but probably not if you are up in the stands as you watch high school football, it's all about the friday night lights, clear and comfortable and calm winds as the kickoff gets going the temperature 61 and fourth quarter at 48 degrees, a light sweater or jacket will be need if you had head out to football games tonight and remember you can watch the highlights on high school huddle coming up on "action news" after 11:00 p.m. here is the setup on friday, high pressure continues to stay in control and mild for fall and maxing out at 74 degrees in philadelphia and staying sunny as well. the high pressure really stays in control and starts to drift farther to the east throughout the weekend, and slightly warmer

by then and more in the way of sunshine and high temperature of 76 degrees and eventually we track the cold front off to the west and works its way eastward into tuesday and with that the heavy rain, it's all about the weekend and leaf peeping and the fall foliage is taking place across the area and low colors for the i 95 corridor and areas to the south and east. and moderate colors to the north and west for coatesville and allentown and peaking for allentown and poconos. and here is the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast lots of sunshine today, it is pleasant ain high temperature coming in at 74 and saturday mostly sunny ain high coming in at 76 degrees and still above average and still bright and warm on sunday. with a high temperature of 76 and sunshine and clouds on monday 77 and the eagles at home and monday night football we are looking good and dry for that game. then on tuesday, here comes the

change, periods of steady rain on the way, with a high temperature of 72 degrees and mostly cloudy on wednesday and 67 for a high. and partly sunny and cooler by thursday, the high at 62. it's mild but a comfortable weekend rick. >> looking dry. thank you. >> here is a question how much would you spend for a bagel. $1? $1,000. they are offering this masterpiece. and riesling jelly with golden leaves. you can just decide if you want it on the fly. the $1,000 bagel must be ordered 24 hours in advance. the good part is the proceeds go to new york city's largest soup kitchen. hope it's tasty. more ahead in our next half

hour of "action news" at 12:30. the home why johnny carson once lived is in malibu but only for the rich of richest. and the next generation apple store, what cool things you can do if you ever travel to dhaeg.

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

hello again, here are the stories we are following for you on "action news" at 12:30, racial tension sparks controversy at two schools and students at one school gathered this morning in protest. and an emotional surprise appearance by the white house chief of staff as he defended president trump and a diet soda bombshell saying they are likely to cause weight gain than shed pounds. first breaking news story out of atlantic city. chopper 6 hd is back live over the scene where utility crews are working to fix a gas leak near the intersection of tennessee and aid reetic avenue. and the line was struck while crews were doing work and the school was evacuateds about as a precaution but they have since been let back in. no injuries are reported but look for updates