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gray hall, nydia han has the day off. here's a look at some of the stories, the nation's top brass. a gun gets into the wrong hands in philadelphia, police have filed charge in the shooting that seriously injured a 5-year-old boy, hd giving you a live look over the ben franklin parkway. sunny change but cool changes are on the way. chris sowers has exclusive accu-weather forecast changes coming >> a little later but until then we'll enjoy another beautiful day. i can't believe how warm it is now. are you ready for these that you bes? fy i didn't know any better i'd think it was the beginning of september or middle or end of may, look how what were it is. 71 already in coatesville. 71 in longwood, warminster 72, new holland 70, center city 70, glassboro closing in on 70 be vineland is at 70. smyrna, 71, dover 72 and bring

began between area, 72 to 72: satellite 6 high thin clouds. that's about it and rest of the afternoon should be nice, similar to yesterday. sun be high clouds, call from accu-weather warm with a high of 77. good 12 degrees above the seasonal average of 65. yesterday we topped out at 79, both today, and yesterday, it's something that would he typically see by the end of september. not the middle of october. going a little bit wider here on satellite 6 along with action radar, lots oh of moisture to the south, all the heavy rain pushing through southeastern texas and louisiana, that system will be pulling north over the next 24 to 48 hours and it will make a b line to the philadelphia area, i'll be back

in a few minutes, we'll to take everything out on future tracker 6 and we'll talk about the cooler changes in the accu-weather seven-day forecast >> thank you charges have been filed in connection to clashes outside police chief convention more protests expected to happen today. action news reporter john rollins is live in center city with the latest. don, what's the update? >> reporter: well i'm at 12th and arch, it's a busy intersection on convention day. they will go across to the reading terminal, let lunch or breakfast and head on back in. today, no exception, given what happened yesterday with protesters, a considerable police presence here today, dozens of bike patrol officers and from the counter terrorism unit, as for the demonstrators or protesters, so far, they have not materialized.

yesterday's protest what about noon at 12th and arch. protesters permitted to ache over the intersection, one agitated man objectioned his remarks on african-american officers when asking them for being part of what protesters claim is a corrupt system of policing >> me personally cannot sleep at night, me as a black man cannot respect him. you must understand that. >> protesters began moving at 14th and jfk a. four were arrested for assault on police. two protesters were processed at the 15th police district in mayfair. a line of officers arrayed in front of the building as protesters shouted at them from across the street. those attending the four-day international association of chiefs of police convention say a major topic of conversation

inside, best way to handle street protests >> i had to do a large crowd control major incidents throughout the nation particularly as it pertains to the first amendment issues that our protesters want and saying that we have to grant the first amendment rights to the protesters, so that's a big topic. the protest video from yesterday, to recap four citations for disorderly conduct were issued yesterday, two individuals actually arrested for assault against police officers in at 14th and jfk. as for the -- 1400 jfk, as for the protesters or demonstration, so far they have not materialized. live from center city, john rollins. >> a philadelphia police officer working the protests was on his way home and he lost control of his motorcycle. and turned on to roosevelt boulevard in the city's mayfair section, this happened about

1:00 this morning, the officer was rush to aria torresdale to be treated for a broken leg. new information about the shooting of a 3-year-old boy inside of his north philadelphia home. police said the boy's father would endangering the welfare of a child. police say the gun belongs to the father's brother who lives in home. six your brother somehow got hold of the gun and fired. only other person inside the house was the boy's 12 your brother, neighbors they the children are good kids. >> to come home and hear about this is disturbing and i hope and pray that, you know, they will be all right. remains in critical condition with a gunshot injury to the forehead search for two gunmen who fired shots on a crowded believable court injuring four people. police believe the suspects

fired from a bridge. this happened around 6:00 last night. two men and two women were hurt in this, all the victims taken to the hospital. nonlife-threatening injuries. police say this could have been worse, because there were about 30 people on the basketball court. a rare and historic sight, the five living presidents made a joint appearance at a concert for hurricane relief. >> reporter: in this current bitter and bipartisan political climate, this rare and historic sight of unity. the five living former u.s. presidents side by side at one america appeal concert. president obama clinton be bush 43, bush 41 and carter hosted the star studded concert. a rare public appearance for the 93-year-old who had a couple of health scares earlier.

>> i want to thank you, president george w bush and most of all, president josh hw bush, we're so proud to be with him tonigh tonight. >> reporter: a fun night for the serious mission, a former president spotted grooving to the beat. surprise guest, lady gaga. and a long list of music stars also lent their voices. five former presidents joined forces after harvey hit texas. after irma slammed into florida and ma hurricane maria devastated puerto rico, the work continue. bill clinton made the comment about the current state of politics. >> if we just do what we ought to do, and prove that the heart of america without regard to race or religion or political parties is greater than our

problems. >> reporter: president trump made an appearance to thank his predecessors >> together we will recover, rebuild and we will come back stronger and better than ever before. >> reporter: and that was abc kenneth mode end with that report. the former president's son had already raised $31 million in funds. surgeons from hup successfully separated twin girls conjoined at birth. philly released new videos. erin and abby delaney. the girl who are 15 months old were conjoined at their top. they're successfully separated. the parents say it's miraculous to see their daughters rolling over and crawling

>> they're happy content little girls for what they've gone through, they've never listed outside hospital walls and they're still happy, there's no afraid of people. it's just amazing to see that they're so brave through all of this. >> we're almost done >> but i have to >> the twins will immediate additional plastic and reconstruction tough surgery but could go home to north carolina for the first time as soon as next month. hundreds of dogs did not know this this morning, but their morning walk turned into a real cash cow. their owners took them for a stroll around fox chase cancer cent center. it's expected to add a big children, of change to nearly $400,000 raised since inception. more to come on action news. afternoon a freight train

derails sending several cars directly into the path of someone's property. the latest on the clean-up efforts. it's time to listen to your mother and stand up straight. one simple change can drastically improve your help and chris sowers will be back with the full accu-weather forecast when action news returns.

check of the forecast. >> we were joking about this earlier. i said i'm not watching football i want to get outside. what a beautiful afternoon around the delaware and lehigh valleys and the eagles don't play until tomorrow, there's no excuse get on out and enjoy this, it's rare that we see this kind of warmth for so long for such an extended period of time during the month of october. yesterday's high, 79 degrees. today, we should reach 77.

if in the higher, some locations are already in the 70's and it's midday. high clouds possible this afternoon, mixed with the sunshine, stays warm through actually tuesday, tuesday looks fairly mild as well. it's tuesday night when the cold front slides through and we see cooler changes that system will bring a pocket of rain to the area, much needed rain but the bigger story will be cool-down, sitting at 70 now in philadelphia with a due point of 54. officially at the airport, the winds are calm and pressure reading rising now from 30.41 inches way up there. numbers 69 in allentown, millville 72, atlantic city 72, trenton 70. dover 72, cape may 70 and the poconos 67, and i just want to throw the due points in there quick, so it's warm out there. comfortable. all the due points in the 40's and 50's, as long as you're under 60, no problems as far as humidity is concern and there's a slightest breeze, perfect calm

day here in the philadelphia area. if you look at satellite 6, there's not much to talk about, high pressure firming in control. two more days of nice weather, tomorrow increase in clouds barely on the screen now. even though tomorrow is very nice with highs in the 70's we'll see more in the way of clouds than what you're seeing now. it's advance of this, from greenbay in chicago all the way down to new orleans heavier rain, lots of football games this afternoon, chicago, soldier field, there do couple showers, greenbay taking on new orleans, everybody else looks like you'll be ok, memphis seeing rain, new orleans again, heavier downpours all of that moisture lifting north, and over the next 24 to 48 hour, really starts to load up. so by 10:00 monday 98, we're here, nothing going on, the system is still well to the west. heavy at that but still well to the west. the eagles game looks ok against the redskins and as we get into tuesday morning, we'll see a lot

of clouds and a couple of showers and heavier downpours to the west. that will slowly push east over the afternoon hours, you can see these oranges and the reds here, some of that will come down at a pretty good clip, could see a gusty thunderstorm thrown in, you don't see that often for the end of october. by 5:30, the model showing a thunderstorm or two, by wednesday the winds will shift on back side of that departing fronts out of the northwest and that's what ushers in the air, for a remainder, a beautiful day, highs in the mid upper 70's sunshine mixed with high clouds, 77 in philadelphia, dover 73, cape may 70 and allentown 76 be overnight. it's mild with low, remember the normal low 65. only 60 in philadelphia, partly cloudy, allentown 53. cape may 61, and on the boards in atlantic city, 63 the exclusive accu-weather seven-day forecast really only one day we're watching and that's tuesday, sun unclouds 77. same thing for tomorrow 75,

periods of rain tuesday with a thunderstorm 72 and then wednesday, thursday, friday and saturday, the numbers drop down to more seasonal levels highs in the lows to mid 60's and a combination of sun and clouds gray >> thank you so much for the update. good posture for a better mood. memory and self esteem according to the university of maryland. poor back posture can cause back pain making it the second most common reason people go to the doctor. experts say there are thing you can do including deep belly breathing, neck stretches, using light weights and also yoga, they also recommend paying attention to how you sleep. the ideal position is on your side, because it puts the least amount of pressure on your spine. just ahead, a tornado clears out a concert in the headstart land. the search intensifies for a possible serial killer. police are going door to door.

a freight train derailed sending trains into cars at least in two buildings, it happened in knoxville overnight. they said some of the cars were carrying shipping containers, they also say no hazard materials were involved and nobody was hurt. police in tampa florida hoping surveillance video will help

them track down a killer. the man shot and killed three people in the past two weeks. the father of the latest victim anthony nayboie is overcome with grief. the young man was shot and killed on a sidewalk while walking home from work. >> waiting and waiting for your child to come home and they don't get home. >> two other violation were shot while walking alone in the neighborhood investigators have release surveillance video showing a possible witness walking near the first shooting. police say there's no apparent motive for killings but they have and they are convinced that one person is responsible for this. captured video of one of at least three tornados that form in oklahoma last night. damage add number of homes and buildings including a casino where the beach boys were performing. the governor who was attending the concert said the show was evacuated at least twice.

part of the roof was ripped off. the river wine total and casino, nobody was hurt.

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76ers still waiting on that the first win, jeff skversky breaks it down in sports. >> how about this run by saquon barkley at penn state. they won 16 straight regular season games since losing in michigan last year. and the run continues with another dominating performance over the wolferines. what a scene at state college last night a record 110,000 on hand and yes, there's a lot to cheer about, second play of the game. saquon barkley taking a direct snap to the end zone, barkley scores twice in the first five

minutes, this was 69 yards, and he's not done. he's the first in school history with 3,000 yards rushing and 1,000 yards receiving and a fourth follows and hangs on, penn state winning and winning big, 42-13 be they're seven and 0 for first time in nine years. monday night football can't get here soon enough. the eagles are sitting pretty with the best record in the nfl but let's face it. five and one is pretty meaningless this early into the season, that's the message carson wentz and the eagles has been telling themselves, wentz will not face redskins josh norman out with a rib injury. jordan hicks will play and he expects washington to run the ball a lot more than they did in the week one win >> i believe they want to establish the run. i believe that's something that put a premium on and makes sure they get going.

and obviously. last year, they can run the ball. so we got to do what we need to do to make sure that doesn't happen. >> eagles redskins on monday night football on's phl 17. we'll go one-on-one with carson wentz. no jo jo last night for the sixers, joel embiid is not playing back-to-back games, the sixers star is not happy and watching this last night will not cheer him up either. ben simmons trying to pick up the slack, second quart simmons, the slam. off to one of the greatest starts to nba history, a double double for the third straight game, 18 points against the rafters, markel fultz struggling, how about the free throw, he air balls it. third quarter gets ugly. sixers out scored by 18, 19 turnovers, sixers lost by 34, the look says it all. they are zero and three.

with a fourth straight year. to start a season. what a finish for the flyers, tied up 2:15 left, wayne simmons, simmer gets another game winner, four of five this career, flyers won two to one. game seven of the al cs, yankee astros will be judged by what happens for all eternity in this one, how about aaron. he will not get this one, jose other way, going going gone, astros going to the world series for the first time in 12 year, win game seven, four zip game one of the world series against chase utley and the dodgers tuesday, that is sports, i'm jeff skversky have great day. sometimes it can be pretty challenging to find the care to

waldo, despite the red and white shirt. 3,000 waldo's took part in the walk and run raising money. we'll be back after this.

what a beautiful afternoon between the delaware and lehigh valley, it's absolutely stunning on city avenue. couple of high thin clouds, otherwise the slightest breeze out of the southeast and warm temperature, thursday we shot all the way up to 72. friday, 74, yesterday, we were one degree shy of 80. look at the normal. normal we should be in the mid 60, we're a good ten to 15 degrees above seasonal averages and it's already 70 here in philadelphia. millville 72. dover 72, atlantic city 72. and 70's showing up for trenton and cape may ocean water temperature mild 66, satellite 6 along with action radar, mainly sunny, a couple of high thin clouds, that's about it and

forecast remainor of the afternoon, the union taking on orlando, expect to see mostly sunny skies with high thin clouds later on, a light breeze out of the south southeast at five to ten, start time temperature around 74. and by the 9th minute, eagles taking on the washington redskins mostly cloudy conditions monday night, very, very mild. 69 degrees during the first quarter, and by fourth quarter, 66 degrees, we are expecting a few showers after the game. so looks like the game itself will be dry but after midnight monday night and through the day tuesday, that's when this system gets going, it will cut right to the great lakes, bring a round of rain could be a the heft tea thunderstorm, isolated heavier amounts up to an inch and a half. especially east of the delaware river. if you look towards the left-hand part of your screen, you blue shade behind low,

that's the cooler air mass that will settle in from wednesday on, and it will be a fairly chilly halloween. we'll talk more about the timing of that next system and that cooler weather in accu-weather seven-day forecast in a few minutes. gray? >> thank you so much for the update. tensions high outside of a meeting for the nation's top police chiefs. the protests are calling for changes, action news reporter john rollins live from center city with the latest on this one. john, what is the update? >> high, gray, given what occurred yesterday, and there was a considerable number of protesters out on the streets yesterday, we had arrests as we'll get into into a second. there is a significant number of police officers on station right now. dozens of bike patrol officers as well as officers from the counter terrorism unit, the swat unit, the traffic unit. at this point as far as the demonstration, so far that has not materialized as of yet. yesterday's protest formed up about noontime at 12th and arch. protesters were permitted to

take over the intersection. one agitated man focused his remarks on african-american officers. asking them for being part of what protesters claim is a corrupt system of policing. >> how can you sleep at night. me personally cannot sleep at night. we as black man cannot respect you. it's not. >> at one point, protesters began moving at 14th and jfb a skirmish. of four protesters were issued citations for disorderly conduct. two arrested for assault on police. overnight. two protesters were processed at the 15th police district in mayfair, a line of officers arrayed in front of the building as protesters shouted at them from across the street. those attending the four-day international association of chiefs of police convention say a major topic of conversation since, the best way to handle street protests. >> i decided one it had to do

with large crowd control, major incidents throughout the nation, particularly as it pertains to the first amendment, issues that protesters want and the same that we have to grant. that's a big conflict today. >> reporter: also going to be a big topic today as well as the convention and some of the other meetings being hell around the city, which will draw some of the convention nears to them. protest video portions from yesterday, as we said four citations for disorderly conduct issued as well as those two actual arrests for assault. that was in the 1400 block of jfk. as for a protest today, so far, nothing has materialized here around the convention center. live in center city, john rollins, channel 6 action news. of >> thank you. a philadelphia police officer who had been working at the late night protests was hurt on his way home. action news learned the officer

lost control of his motorcycle as he was leaving the protest. it happened in the city's mayfair section. that happened about 1:00 in the morning, the officer returned was taken and rushed to torresdale hospital to be treated. we now know the details following a toddler that was shot in the head. he was shot in the head bay his father. police investigating. trish hartman with the latest. >> when i heard about it. i just broke down. >> reporter: people in tioga nicetown were shocked to learn that a 3-year-old had been shot in the head and rushed to the hospital. >> i'm feeling destroyed inside because we have to be more protective about children and things that we get involved with. >> reporter: police say it happened after 3:00 p.m. in the 3600 block of north 18th street. police say the victim's 6-year-old brother somehow got ahold of a gun and shot the 3-year-old in the forehead in the second floor bedroom. investigators say they believe a

12-year-old brother was also home at the time. but no adults. neighbors were stunned. >> they're sweet kids, you know, and i seen them the other day but i hadn't seen them today. >> reporter: charlene aikins lives next door and was out when the shooting happened >> to come here and hear about this is very disturbing. i hope and pray that, you know, he's going to be all right. >> reporter: people who didn't know the family gathered at the end of the street heart broken over what happened >> i feel hurt. was sad. to hear a child that got shot is bad. >> reporter: reporting at temple university hospital, trish hartman, channel 6 action news.

. about 12:38. high temperatures expected to top out in the mid to upper 70, normally we should be around 65 degrees. we're forecasting a comfortable high of 77. yesterday we topped out at 79. our low this morning was 53. normally should be around 46

degrees and just in case you were wondering, this started during the month of september, where we got into this warm pattern with high pressure sitting over us, temperatures ten to 15 degrees above seasonal as of, just in case you were wondering as of today, this is the warmest october ever for the city of philadelphia and we're a good two degrees warmer than the next up, which was back in 2007. that was 64.5, we're at 66.5. things will cool down from tuesday on right through halloween. with the cooler air moving in, we still should manage at least second or third warmest october ever for philadelphia, 70, look at these numbers, pottstown 71, coatesville, new holland, 73, 70 in center city, media 70, warminster 72, newtown, 71 and across south jersey and delaware, lots of low to mid 70's, smyrna 72, cinnaminson 72, tuckahoe 72, hammonton 71 and browns mills also 71 degrees. now, across the country, we go,

we do have cooler air out there but it's having a difficult time traveling east and this has been the setup over last three to five weeks, where we see this trough or pocket of cold air out west and then we have ridge or south westerly winds, and that's the same pattern we're seeing now, some cooler air will slide east once we get to wednesday but it will be short lived. it will pull back into canada by the time we get into a day past halloween. halloween might be chilly as soon as we get into november, we start to see this mild pattern take over again. just proof that there's cooler air out there have not we do have windchills to talk about north in the front range where it's 46 with the wind and rapid city 45. 20's and 30's out here across the higher elevations and the rocky, everybody else nice and spring like with temperatures in the 40's and 50's. satellite 6 along with action radar, we do have a formal system, lots of clouds and a couple of showers, handy even

thunderstorms across the gulf coast states. we're seeing heavy drenching downpours north and west of new orleans, lots of clouds lightening strikes through here pushing off to the southeast about 20 miles per hour, what will happen, an low pressure system will develop right around louisiana, and it will lift north right up the spine of the appalacians and that low is what we'll bring the wet weather to the area as we get into tuesday afternoon. so your surface maps look like this for the remainor of the day mostly sunny skies with a few high clouds, warm day, very, very comfortable. about 76 or 77. then from monday, the frontal system inches closer but still far enough to the west where we should stay dry with the rain hanging out across the southeastern part of the united states. it's monday night after midnight and then through the day tuesday, that's when we see our wet weather here. future tracker 6, 5:30 this afternoon, it's mostly sunny maybe a few high thin clouds that's about it. no big deal. overnight tonight, we cloud up. a couple of spritz or sprinkles are possible through the late morning hours monday, otherwise,

it's mainly just cloudy, and then through the day, should be all right. but once we get into monday and tuesday, after midnight, that's when the system approaches, some of this will be heavy at times, talking about drenches downpours be maybe a quit hitting thunderstorm, 4:30 in the afternoon, the model is suggesting a couple of thunderstorms possible for far eastern areas, let's say, wildwood, all the way up into lakehurst and ocean and monmouth counties, once we get into wednesday, all of this clears, winds will shift out of the northwest and everything starts cooling down. here's another quick look. as the system pulling out of the gulf coast and getting right oh ever top of us by the time we get into tuesday fan. rainfall totals anywhere from a good half inch less to an inch and a half east of the delaware. trenton about 1.8, the poconos 1.9, philadelphia 1.3, millville shy of an inch and a half. for the remainder, we're looking at sunny skies, high clouds mixed in, it's warm with a high of 77. winter whiteout of the south at

five to ten. and throughout the remainder of the afternoon, a lot of sunshine mixed with a few high thin clouds, 1:00 temperatures 71 and by 4:00, 75. 7:00, 67, overnight tonight, it's another mild night. 53 out lying suburbs, 60 for center city underneath a partly cloudy skies, winds light out of the southeast five to ten miles per hour, the exclusive accu-weather seven-day forecast sun and high clouds mixed today, 77, everything looks fine for union game taking on orlando at 4:00. clouds and sun for monday, 75, monday night football game, eagles taking on the redskins looks dry, the showers move in after midnight, tuesday, periods of rain, maybe a thunderstorm, 72. wednesday, breezy and cooler 66. thursday mostly sunny and we'll call it chilly, 60 wouldn't surprise me most locations are actually hanging out in the upper 50's by thursday, friday, sunny a nice 66 and saturday look for a combination of sun and clouds and 77 degrees. that is your exclusive

accu-weather seven-day forecast. the pennsylvania academy of fine arts has a new exhibition, karen rogers explains in this week's 6 abc loves the arts. >> reporter: contemporary artist chuck close is famous for his paintings and photographs are an important part of his process and his exhibition is the first ever to explore the role that pictures have played in his work. the exhibition is called chuck close photographs. >> one of our most important artist of our time, >> a painter a lot of people would call a photo realist >> paint to the exactly details he's known for close starts every portrait with a photograph >> what's interesting is the photograph can al be a stand alone work of art >> the exhibition features more than 90 of its photos taken since 1964. include celebrities like brad pitt >> i think that might be one of the more popular photographs in the exhibition >> you'll also see pictures of hillary and bill clinton, alec

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12:49 on sunday, you're looking live in cape may. what a gorgeous day, mainly sunny conditions and a tranquil breeze out of the southeast at five miles per hour, it's nice and calm on the water about three feet or higher, let's go live to center city and show you this view, a couple of high thin clouds up above. but generally speaking, it's mostly sunny, now eventually, these clouds will lower and thicken as we get into monday and that leads us into tuesday, the next system could produce pretty good rain for parts of delaware and lehigh valleys including a couple of thunderstorms. spring like thunderstorms. some of which could produce

winds up to 40, 45 miles per hour, and maybe rainfall totals between one and two inches, it's nice out there right now. but those conditions will deteriorate as we get into monday and tuesday. 70 degrees is the current temperature reading in philadelphia. and it's the middle of october. unbelievable to still see the 70's like, due point 54, there's no humidity out there. winds are calm, pressure is way up there, 30.41 inches. holding steady and the visibility is perfect. it's sitting at ten miles. as we take a look across the region, remember, we were having visibility issues first thing this morning when i drove into work, it was a nightmare. the fog was dense across south jersey. everything is cleared out nicely now. and with all the sunshine and numbers are responding we're sitting at 70 in philadelphia. trenton 70, millville 72, dover also sitting at 72 degrees. this is the only system that we're watching, actually for the entire week, right now, pushing across southeastern texas and louisiana to the northwest of luis louisiana from chicago and greenbay all the way down in a

straight line, through memphis and most of arkansas, you can clearly see the sudden eruption here, thunderstorm activity, all the green starting to fizzle out now, but now that we're getting into the heat, all of this will start to pop and some storms will lift to the north over the next 48 hour, speaking of storms lighting up like a christmas tree, look at the crowd to ground lightening strikes, this is taken in 15 minute increments and at some point, big cluster moving into mobile alabama, more showers and thunderstorms pushing off the coast working their way through the gulf of mexico, again, this is the next system we're watching almost like a conveyor belt of moisture this moisture will lift to the north, through the tennessee and the ohio valleys pushing through cleveland, and trenton by 10:00 monday, here we are in philadelphia, everything is quiet. and as we push along through night monday night into tuesday, that's when some of this starts to move on in. some will come down at a pretty good clip. drenching downpours again and as i'm earlier, some locations

picking up a quick hitting thunderstorms with gusts up to 40 or 45 miles per hour. so very summer like today, sunshine mixed with high thin clouds, high temperatures in the mid 70's, 77 in philadelphia, cape may 70, dover 73, and trenton 76. overnight, it's very mild, these overnight lows, at least for philadelphia, should be pretty close to where we should see our normal highs. 60 degrees right now is the low we're predicting for philadelphia, 56 trenton, reading, 54, toms river 56, cape may 61, eagles taking on the redskins looks pretty nice, tranquil, good game for tailgating, 69 degrees, first quarter temperature, fourth 66 underneath a mostly cloudy skies call it very mild, start time 8:30 tomorrow evening, the exclusive accu-weather seven-day forecast steady as she goes, 77 today, 75 for tomorrow, periods of rain on tuesday, really that's the only day we're watching at this point. 72 again could be a thunderstorm, wednesday, breezy and cooler 66. thursday mostly sunny and nice

with a high of 70. friday sunny and nice 56 and sun and clouds for saturday, 57 address. we'll be right back. stay right there.

i'm john rollins, it's live down in center city right now. the demonstration which we've been waiting for today and which we, of course, covered the same demonstration yesterday was

scheduled 2:00 to -- excuse me, from 12:00 to 2:00. the umbrella group on the facebook face updated its time from 2:00 to 4:00 this afternoon. it's the same organization that organized the protest yesterday. that began here outside the international association of chiefs of police's then took off through parts of center city, there was a minor scuffle apparently at one point about 2:45 in the afternoon, four people cite ford disorderly conduct. three people reported to have minor injuries, that group is going to be active today it says on its social media between 2:00 and 4:00 this afternoon, that is the update. it was to be between noon and 2:00 now been pushed back from 2:00 to 4:00. live in center city, john rollins be channel 6 action news. thank you, meteorologist chris sowers with another look at the beautiful forecast. >> it's hard to believe that it's the middle of october.

the accu-weather seven-day forecast. 79 degrees yesterday shooting for a high of 77 today. lots of sunshine mixed with high thin clouds during the afternoon, for monday, clouds and sun, 75, i think monday will be a day where it's cloudy with peaks of sun be maybe a sprinkle or two around most of the time it's dry, tuesday, tuesday we're watching a southern storm could bring a soaking rain to the delaware valley, 72 degrees, then wednesday, cool it down, 66. thursday, 60, friday, another 66 degrees. >> just want to say a lot of viewers have been a little concerned about gray, he's feeling a little under the weather, and so we'll keep you updated. >> he'll be fine. >> that's right. >> chris, thank you. next on channel 6, special rebroadcast of the 2017 liberty metal ceremony, action news continues at 5:00. for chris sowers, nydia han, gray hall, the entire action news team, i'm alicia vitarelli. have great day.

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>> welcome to the national constitution center in philadelphia and the presentation of the 2017 liberty medal, honoring senator john mccain. and now here's action news anchor jim gardner. >> hello. and welcome to the 2017 liberty medal ceremony, being bestowed this year on u.s. senator john mccain for the courage and heroism he has shown both as a pilot and pow in the vietnam war and in washington, where he has shown a willingness to cross the aisle to work on bipartisan solutions for the nation's most pressing problems. the national constitution center considers the liberty medal central to its commitment to bring together people of all perspectives as a reminder that the ideals that unite us are stronger than the issues that divide us. senator mccain joins a long list of previous medal winners, from civil rights icon and ng