started out on wednesday with high temperatures of 72 degrees in philadelphia. 74 for thursday, and friday's high, yesterday, we maxed out at 79 and today in philadelphia, still above average and it's 76 as you look at the numbers tonight, it's 70 in the city, same thing for allentown, trenton and reading. 68 degrees in lancaster, 62 in the poconos and 66 down in dover and millville. if you're stepping out on town, we got you covered with the evening planner, the partly cloudy, quiet, mild. 7:00 p.m. temperature of 68. 65 degrees at 8:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. we'll drop down to 64 and the lower 60's on the way at 10:00 and 11:00 tonight. but we will be tracking changes. here's storm tracker 6 live double scan radar 3d. tuesday rain arrived. cold front from the great lakes stretch back through the midwest. this heads our way as we get into tuesday. future tracker 6 showing you the change in our forecast by monday afternoon, things quickly cloud

over across the area. then we're watching the arrival of that precipitation from the west east direction, you can see tuesday morning, we got showers even a gusty thunderstorm popping up across the region. coming up we'll take a closer look at the forecast. let you know how much rain we're expecting and the cooler air that arrives and the wake of this front. details coming up in the exclusive accu-weather forecast. sending it back to you. an update on a shooting that ended with a toddler critically injured after he was shot in the head by his own 6-year-old brother. police charged the boy's father, 36-year-old haven williams with endangering the welfare of a child. investigators say the gun belonged to the children's uncle, who lives at the house in tioga nicetown, the boys were being watched by their 2012-year-old brother when the children found the gun oops r. the 3-year-old is listed in critical condition at temple university hospital.

. chester police still trying to track down people who opened fire on a basketball court leaving four young people injured. amazingly nonsuffered life-threatening injuries. gunfire came from the street above the court. at least two dozen people were on the basketball court at the time. a second day of protest outside a law enforcement convention in center city yesterday. two officers were injured during demonstrations and overnight, additional protests took place. action news reporter john rollins has the latest from center city. >> today's protests billed as not a rally but a teach in organized by philly for real justice, the message, the police are part of a racist repressive system and must be abolished >> the police are rot in >> participants were told not to talk to local tv crews. >> set up a construe our message. we're here for police abolition. >> gathering again at 12th and arch outside the convention of

international chiefs of police, yesterday one ap at any timed man focused his remarks at african-american officers. >> me personally cannot sleep at night. you're the reason me as a black man cannot respect you. >> reporter: the protesters took to the streets mere the msb, there was a physical clash, two officers and one protester were injured. four protesters were issued citations for disorderly conduct. two were arrested for assaulting police. overnight, the two arrested were processed to 15th police department in mayfair, a line of officers stood in front as protesters shouted at them from across the street. those attending the four-day iacp meeting say a major topic inside, the proper way to handle street protesters >> had to do with large crowd control, major incidents throughout the nation, particularly as it pertains to the first amendment >> the protesters have not said if they will return but it would

seem likely as u.s. attorney general jeff sessions will return to philadelphia monday to speak to to the conventionally general assembly. john rollins, channel 6 action news. a police officer from philadelphia working the protest was injured early this morning. the officer was on his way home when he lost control of his motorcycle as he turned on to roosevelt boulevard in the city's mayfair section. the officer suffered a broken leg from the delaware newsroom, two pedestrians were struck and killed last night in dewey beach. investigators say the driver who hit them suffered a medical emergency and lost control of his vehicle. the accident happened around 5:00 p.m. on coastal highway nearsals bury street. >> investigators say the driver was behind the wheel of a chevy when he blacked out. he careened into two men. the men, ages 53 and 58 were both from the washington, dc area. the driver of that vehicle was taken to a local hospital for treatment. important event is taking place at this hour in camden

county. designed to help people battling cancer's it's called a night of wigs and wishes and self celebrity are on hand to help support the patients and families. trish hartman is there and joins us live with more's trish? >> reporter: hi there, walter. this event got underway within the past hour lucien's minor. almost 100 expected. let's take you inside, this gala raises money for an organization called friends are by your side which gives wigs to children and women battling cancer. that charity and this event was founded by celebrity hairstylist. martino cartier. it's hosted by paula abdul and other celebrities. two queens of the night. women battling cancer will

receive make overs tonight including a professionally styled wig. we spoke with one of those women as she was getting ready. she is battling breast cancer. >> this is wonderful. this is absolutely wonderful. i feel great. i do. i feel very honored to be here. i don't feel deserving but it's an honor to be here. >> reporter: in the past organizers say this event raise more than $300,000 to help cancer patients and grant appear wishes in past year, 22,000 wigs have been given away in part because of the proceeds, paula abdul will be performing, everyone is looking forward to a night of fun, this continues until 11:00. live in berlin new jersey, trish hartman, channel 6 action news. sounds like it will be a great night. thanks, trish former action news anchor lisa thomas lori is launching a new career, these an author, her memoir is titled on camera and off when the news is good and when it's not. play on words refers to her

ground breaking career as a journalist right here at 6 abc and her struggles dealing with a difficult medical diagnosis, rare disorder. many of lee is that a former colleagues attended her book launch party in narrow birthday where lisa signed the books. lisa retired last career after 38 years here at the station. >> hard to say her name without the word beloved. much more on action news, new video of conjoined twin girl successfully separated. hear from her mother about the amazing medical fate. tribute to marines who lost their lives in a horrific attack in lebanon, how those men and women were honored today >> the birds and fans getting ready for a monday night match-up. jeff skversky has preview when action news comes right back.

a somber ceremony. 241 americans were killed during the 1983 bar ricks bombing in with renew lebanon, nine monitors were killed were from philadelphia. a plaque reads if you forget may death, i died in vein. >> getting an update on two girls successfully separated after they were conjoined at birth. children's hospital of philadelphia released videos of erin and abby delaney, they had surgery back in june and recently celebrated first birthday, the girls who are now 15 months old were born joined at the top of their heads successfully separated by a 30-member team an risky 12-hour surgery. the parents say it's miraculous to see their daughters hitting

milestones such as rolling over and crawling. >> they're such happy be content little girls for what they've gone through, they never lived outside hospital walls. and they're still happy, they're not afraid of people. it's just amazing to see that they're so brave through all of this. >> the twins will need additional plastic and reconstructive surgery over the next few years, but should go home to north carolina for the first time as soon as next month. >> good news, indeed. people in blackwood gloucester county hit the pavement for a great cause this morning, these folks from south jersey put on their walking shoes and raised nearly half million along the way for the fight against juvenile diabetes. and our very own karen rogers emceed the event. the money will be used to support juvenile diabetes research projects. hundreds of children did a hill old school trick or treating this afternoon in pens bumper remanner in bucks county. all while getting a little help

from actors dressed in costumes from the 17th century, the pens bury manner trick or treat event is eight year tradition. action news is helping you get ready for halloween. check out 6abc.com for costume ideas, the top candy cravings in the area and get an inside look at some of the region's best haunt haunted attractions. still to come, jeff skversky with sports >> eagles look to make it five in a row. we'll hear from carson wentz about his expectations for monday when action news comes right back. when you're a double-dipping pension-padder

like steve sweeney, it's important to maintain a certain... lifestyle. that's why sweeney spent over a hundred grand of his campaign funds on high-priced meals and other gifts. we're talking fine cigars, fancy watches, pricey restaurants, and expensive wines - all to charm the type of folks who helped him raise your taxes 145 times. too many in south jersey are struggling. but steve sweeney's looking out for himself, not for us.

officer is injured tonight in center city. it happened along 12th street near market. sources tell action news the highway patrol officer was injured riding his motorcycle. no word on the officer's

condition at the time. it happened just before 5:30 p.m. if you remember information can be found in the coming hours on 6abc.com and of course at 11:00 tonight. jeff here with sports. eagles getting ready for big stage under the lights monday night football >> they can get off to a six and one start for the first time in 13 years. do you remember 2004? they went to the super bowl. that's how good this team could potential be settled for nothing less than greatness. that's the message eagles quarterback carson wentz had for his eagles team mates in the huddle before practice this week, wentz wants to keep the eagles hungry for monday night and the redskins. wentz and the eagles looking to win the fifth straight. wentz said this eagles team can go far but they cannot overlook the redskins monday night at the linc >> you told at the team in the huddle getting ready for the redskins settle for nothing less, how great do you believe

this team can be. >> we have potential tore something dynamic. we're sitting five and one. it would be easy to fall asleep at that, at the end of the day we got to keep attacking keep getting better. >> my entire one-on-one with carson wentz tomorrow on monday night football pregame on phl 17 at 8:00. we'll take you right up to kickoff. the eagles all-time leading scorer david acres will score a spot in the hall of fame. he was sharing his memory of his 12 years, he's hoping this team can go further than they did in 2004. >> it's amazing to be back, surprisingly it's been seven years since i war an eagles uniform. obviously with all the hype going on with the birds and having the best record in the nfl kind of takes us back to the glory days when we were going to

those nfc championships. >> more on the eagles tonight on action news sports sunday at 1135. former eagles quarterback ron jaw ski will join in his studio. the eagles remain in first place. dallas will not go down without a fight. the cowboys are up 27-3 in the third. 's of course, coming up for the eagles next week, a week from today at the linc, the san francisco 49ers. eagles may be top of the nfc, packers and saints go head-to-head. without aaron rogers, greenbay struggles. 500th career touchdown, only the fourth player in nfl history, celebrate the packers drop their second straight to four and three. joel embiid is expected back on the court for the sixers tomorrow in detroit as they're still looking for that first victory. that's tough starts, sixers are zero and 45 to start the last four seasons combined.

celtics star khayree erving. he's fined $25,000 after he was caught on video cursing at a phillies fan friday night in the sixers home opener. this was in response to a fan saying, khayree, where is labron james? of course referring to his former team mate >> i take full responsibility for what i said, i don't have regrets for it. guy out there. kind of five seconds seeing and going viral. that's the platform we live on. take full responsibility what i said, excuse the kids at home. move on. >> moving on to soccer. season finally for the union tonight at home against orlando and what way to go out. union score four times in the first half. six goals altogether, that is right. they win 6-1, but for the sixth time in eight years they failed to make the playoffs, hopefully this can carry over with all these goals and a win.

they certainly need to get into playoffs regularly and start winning games here's an event making us philly proud. the kick ball tournament got underway in south philadelphia. the tournament gives members of the lgbtq community a chance to play sports while raising money for causes they care about. to date, stone wall sports donated more than $100,000 to local charities. this is one story that makes us proud to call the greater philadelphia area our home. for more on what makes us philly proud, visit our website, 6abc.com/proud. check on the work week accu-weather forecast when action news comes back >> taking a live look, sky 6 taking a pretty picture, melissa magee returns with your can exclusive accu-weather forecast. first here's a preview of what's ahead. >> good evening, coming up, ambush fall-out. lawmakers with growing questions

about what happened in those deaths of four special opsoldier, also, killer on the loose, police searching for a possible serial killer and the jfk assassination classified files about to be made public. what could be in those documents? coming up after action news. 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.

the gorgeous weather attract plenty of families to the fall festival in media. rose tree park and hosted by delaware county. the children enjoyed picking pumpkins hey ride fresh meants

and food >> it was gorgeous weekend for any kind of picking. apple picking, costume picking >> costume picking for halloween. we had really nice conditions and temperatures once again well above average. we'll show you the picture, the action cam outside earlier looking up there at independence hall and you can see we had plenty of sun, few more high and mid level clouds across the area this afternoon. here's a live shot down the shore in cape may. sky 6 is live. a lot of folks enjoying what's left of their beach day, earlier at the beach, temperatures were in the lower 70's. upper 60's. we'll talk about the weather headlines, mild tomorrow but a few more clouds will work their way into the delaware and lehigh valleys, rain arrives on tuesday, and cooler temperatures in the wake of that cold front as we get into the heart this week. our high today in philadelphia, still above average, we came in at 76 today. of right now, at 70 in the city. same thing for allentown, the lehigh valley, the upper 60's for lancaster and reading, down in beach haven 66 and in dover,

we're also in the upper 60's. we'll show you the month of october so far because it has been a very warm one with temperatures well above average if you look at the boxes here, the red shaded boxes, those are the number of days where temperatures have been above average. in fact, the month, is a good 7.2 degrees above where it should be this time of year and stays mild tomorrow few more clouds work their way into our area, here's satellite 6. high pressure has been dominating much of the weekend. that's why it was temperature with temperatures above average. this ridge of high pressure moves off the coast making way for the cold front across the great lakes and portions of the midwest. heads into the ohio valley tomorrow, hits our area as we get into tuesday. but for the rest of tonight, no issues, it's partly cloudy, it's comfortable. 54 and reading for the overnight low, 60 in philadelphia. down in dover, 58, drop down to 63 at the boardwalk. for the day tomorrow, it's a mostly cloudy day, limited sunshine. especially by the afternoon.

but temperatures for the most part will be in the lower 70's by day's end. it is cloudy, mild, it's still above average, and all eyes will be at the linc where our attention will be tomorrow as the eagles are taking on the redskins in a prime time match-up of monday night football. mostly cloudy very mild, first quarter, temperature 69 and as we get to the fourth, drop down to 66. so let's time out this precipitation for you. future tracker 6 showing you monday morning, 6:30, areas of fog will be around in a mostly cloudy start to the day. clouds quickly move in as we get into the afternoon hours, maybe a stray shower is likely. although i believe most spots should be dry and then we track that cold front from a west east direction as we get into tuesday morning, you can see showers and a gusty thunderstorm is likely and looks like this moisture wants to linger across the coastal communities until we get into tuesday evening. so we'll keep you posted. rain heavy at times on tuesday.

localized street flooding and we could find anywhere from half inch to inch on the way. here's the exclusive seven-day forecast. tomorrow, limited sunshine be cloudy, high temperature up to 75. periods of rain tuesday up to 74 for a high. and the wake of that front it's breezy and cooler on wednesday and at 66, feeling more like fall by then. sunshine and clouds on thursday, high to 60, a touch milder on friday and 66, saturday sunny and nice, temperature of 69, cloudy next sunday with the threat of showers, a high temperature of 64, still myself tomorrow, good for the eagles game and rain tuesday >> thank you, melissa. >> we can keep up with changes to the work week forecast, right there on your phone or tablet. real-time views from storm tracker 6ly. a free download for your mobile device >> finally tonight man's best friend took part in the 5k walk to save lives, it's called the bark for lives dogs and their

owners raise money for the american cancer society at each negotiation township park. some participants were cancer survivors themselves. there were plenty of offering for both k9s and their companions, including food and costume contest. >> world news sunday is next on channel 6's don't miss at 10:00 and then back on 6 abc at 11:00 >> now for jeff skversky, walter perez and the entire action news team, i'm sarah bloomquist. we'll see you back here at 11:00.

tonight, ambush fallout. growing questions about the deadly attack killing four american special ops soldiers in niger. republican lawmakers say there are conflicting stories as one of the fallen is laid to rest. killer on the loose. police taking extreme measures as they search for a possible serial killer. three victims shot in the same neighborhood. why authorities are looking for this mystery person seen on surveillance video. caught in the storm. devastating tornadoes ripping through the heartland, tearing the roof off of a casino. the crowd at a concert, including the governor, forced to evacuate. new harassment accusations. the movie director facing allegations from dozens of women. and the new bill o'reilly bombshell, reportedly paying $32 million to settle a claim.