>> good morning, it is 7:00 a.m., on this saturday, october 28. gray is off, i'm alicia vitarelli, here some of the stories we're following for you on "action news." new overnight, police are looking for a gunman after a man is shot twice on a north philadelphia street. more than a dozen football players at a delaware county school get sick after their friday night game. word of the first charges to be filed in the federal grand jury investigation into russian meddling of the 2016 election. meteorologist chris sowers kicks us off with the first look at the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. a nice looking saturday shaping up, fabulous, as you said,

chris. >> reporter: that's my word, fabulous saturday on tap for the delaware and lehigh valleys. hay rides and pumpkin patches today. tomorrow, rain gear. the seasonal high for this time of the year is 63. yesterday we topped out at 635 with a combination of sun and clouds. it's fairly mild this morning compared to where we were yesterday at this time. yesterday the numbers were in the 30s. cuts -- kutztown 46. malvern, 57. center city, 50 degrees. on the other side of the delaware river we go into south jersey, hammonton, 44. cinnaminson, 43. satellite and radar we'll see a lot of sunshine to start, but if you look toward the left-hand side of the screen that's the next system we're watching.

the clouds roll in overnight tonight. eventually some of the rain gets in here during the day on sunday. some of that will be heavy at times. the call from accuweather for the weekend. today be warm and comfortable with a high of 70. increasing high, thin clouds during the afternoon. on sunday, rain, heavy at times, it's going to be a soaker. 66 degrees, it there could flooding, as well, areas of poor drainage, low-lying areas. those are the areas we have to watch closely. national weather service issued a flood watch for lehigh valley and the poconos. through today and tomorrow and sunday night into monday morning for the possibility of two to four inches of rain up there. one to three in the immediate philadelphia area. i'll be back along in just a few minutes and have more details in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. alicia. >> all right, chris, thank you. we have an update on breaking news we've been following for you this morning. firefighters have just gotten a blaze under control in philadelphia's powton section.

flames poured from the home on 3900 block of fairmont avenue. firefighters were called at 5:40 a.m. we have learned that one resident has been taken to penn presbyterian hospital for smoke inhalation. it was a chaotic scene at penncrest high school in middletown township in delaware county last night. 13 football players got sick in the locker room following their game against radnor. several were taken to the hospital. officials say an ventilation system in the locker room malfunctioned. crews discovered what we suspect to be an ozone machine in the men's locker room creating an irritant to the a number of of the football players that played their game. the symptoms that we're seeing are watery eyes and coughing and mucous, as the kids get fresh air, everything is clearing up. so they will be in shape. >> some of the layers were taken to riddle memorial

hospital for treatment. the rest of the were treated in the school parking lot. their injuries were not serious. a 20-year-old man is in critical condition after a shoght -- shooting in north philadelphia. he was shot in the torso on north marshall street at 2:30 a.m. police have not given details on what may have sparked the shooting. 16-year-old suspect wanted for killing two other teens is in police custody. 16-year-old brandon oliveri surrendered last night. as family and friends say farewell to one of the victims. salvadore dinubile. jeff chirico has more. >> reporter: escorted by an attorney and two friends, brandon oliveri hid his face in what may have have been his last moments of freedom the 16-year-old hugged his friends before facing double murder

charges. >> there's a sense of relief they caught the person. >> reporter: earlier in the day, philadelphia police named him a person of interest in the shooting death of two 16-year-olds tuesday knight. in what may have been retaliation, someone fired shots into his parents' home on south juniper street. the hunt for the team led to an lock don at roman catholic high school. parents picked their kids up early after someone posted on social media saying he was heading to the high school. this stems from the shooting deaths of salvadore dinubile and caleer miller both 16 at shot ad killed on tuesday. meanwhile, neighbors are relieved and arrest has been made, but distraught that violence has once again destroyed three families. >> it's sad that this young kid's life is ruined, and the fact that he ruined two others

lives. >> it's horrible, it's got to stop, they have to talk and no more guns. >> reporter: salvadore dinubile's funeral will takes place later this morning. jeff chirico channel 6 "action news." >> a federal grand jury has approved the first charges in connection with to special counsel robert muller's investigation according to reporting from cnn. muller is looking into russian interference in the 2016 election. a federal judge ordered the charges to be sealed, we don't know what they are or whose involved. somebody could be taken into custody on monday. meanwhile, the white house is distancing itself from a decision to award an lucrative contract worth hundreds of millions of dollars to a small company to restore power to puerto rico. >> reporter: white fish energy

the company with strong ties to the trump discipline -- administration is restoring power to puerto rico. the lucrative deal awarded without the bidding process. >> this is something determined by the puerto rican government. >> reporter: interior secretary ryan zinke says he know the company's owner but denies any connection to the contract. energy secretary rick perry spokesperson said nobody in the energy department was involved. perry and the republican national committee received tens of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from the main financial backer of white fish energy. 8 different congressional committees are asking questions, federal auditors are reviewing

the contract as well as officials in puerto rico. >> if there is wrong doing they will be held accountable. >> reporter: a spokesman for white fish said there was no political moalt -- motivation in the awarding of the contract. >> good morning is next following "action news" at 8:00 a.m. and will have more. community members and other businesses are coming together to support a landmark restaurant on south street. a fire tore through bridge it foy's on wednesday. tonight a fundraiser hosted by philadelphia brewing company starts at 7:00 at second and pine in head house square. all donations go toward helping brigette foy's staff. streets in center city will be car free which means you can

run walk and play in the streets without worrying about traffic. a seven mile stretch at 3rd an chestnut and 5th and indiana fairhill will be closed to cars today. this is the second car-free day since the event was inspired by the car restrictions put in place by pope francis visit to philadelphia in 2015. 7:09 a.m. still ahead one lucky fan, a man was able to to go to the world series for less than the cost of a tankful gas. sheriff deputies help a pooch in trouble when it gets its head stuck in the gate. we'll tell you how they got that guy out. >> reporter: poor little guy. coming up alicia all is quiet right now, storm tracker 6 live heavy rain approaching from the west, details in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast

right after this >> in northern california a man

was rescued after he was trapped under a rock in a whole for three days. rescuers airlifted the man to safety after he called 911 arena led them to -- and led them to his location. the man said he was trying to hide from a mountain lion which he thought was stalking him. he crowd into the hole, one of the rocks falls over the opening and traps the guy inside. sheriff learn he was wanted for probation violation and he had run from police. he was treated at the hospital. new dash cam video from north carolina shows officers rushing to save a dog. the pup got his head stuck in a chain link fence. he waited patiently to get his head out. the officer said the rescue was all in a day's work.

true story when i was a kid at the mall, they have a railing on the second level. i stuck my head in the railing and they had to get your officials out to get it out. >> reporter: you look at the dog, you wonder how do he get his head in there? here we go, let's get you started with a live sky6 live hd. there's a beautiful shot. >> the sun is taking its time this morning. >> reporter: it officially rises at 7:25. a couple of more weekends have now, actually it might be next week, we actually fall back. nonetheless we have mainly clear conditions and the sun will be rising soon. warm for october, high temperatures, close to 70 degrees. if not a degree or two warmer than 70. heavy rains move in sunday,

powerful winds sunday night into monday. that will set up a chilly halloween forecast for the trick or treaters where the temperatures will be in the 50s when it comes time to do the trick or treating. getting back to the warm stuff. the month. october, when the month begins it's not odd to have highs in the 70s during the month of october. today will be the 20th time this month. high temperature, 65.3 degrees that's the warmest october. it's been a very mild year in the philadelphia area. not so mild right now. allentown, 43 chilly in the lehigh valley. that's mild for chilly, 50. 48 in cape may. millville, 47. atlantic city, 53. trenton, 54. most of the numbers are five to ten degrees milder than this time yesterday when we were

seeing all the patchy frost across the outlying suburbs, places like williams town, allentown anne -- and reading all had patchy frost. quiet up and down the east coast, rain approaches from the west. another storm system south of the florida straits heading up the east coast through the day today and setting up a miserable sunday for the delaware and the lehigh valleys. future tracker 6, later today we're starting out with sunshine, high, thin clouds overspread the area later on. overnight tonight, the clouds lower and thicken. if we get shower activity it will be well after midnight. it's raining by 1:00 p.m. as the eagles get things going against the 49ers. the rain becomes steady and heavy during the second half. look at the reds showing up during the late afternoon or early evening hours. the rain will be coming down at a good clip. the low is up in new england

this is wrap around on the backside like a nor'easter this is the wrap around version of it, this is when the winds start to howl monday morning when we could see gusts over 50 miles per hour. this past tuesday we had gusts 60 miles per hour. it could be the same setup with this system. one to three inches of rain. isolated 4 inches for the lehigh valley county poconos. localized flooding possible, we're talking about the gusty winds for sunday night and monday. highs today, 70 degrees, mostly sunny skies to start. afternoon high, thin clouds, overnight tonight, mild, with temperatures close to 60 degrees. showers developing late. forecast for the eagles game. looks miserable, bring and along the poncho. heavy rain, first quarter temperature, 65. 4th quarter temperature, same thing. winds out of the southeast/southeast 5 miles per hour. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, we've highlighted sundays, heavy rain and winds, 66.

halloween looks chilly, 60 degrees. >> fabulous today, sis miserable tomorrow. we meet a man who tracks missing people and animals in the wilderness. as tamala edwards extraneous he is teaching his survival skills to a younger generation. >> reporter: tom brown has attracted a lot of attention for tracking lost people and fugitives and writing books about it. >> how many people get lost in the woods and the last thing they have on them is matches. his knowledge is to chair it through the tom brown tracker school. >> tom's team ledgers by working to keep this part of the new jersey conservation foundation pris teen. >> teen -- pristine. we repair damaged areas and stop

the cutting of trees. >> reporter: kyle returned from the middle east with ptsd. >> when i found the school it was the biggest healing aspect for me. >> this is called a wigwam. you get the materials from cedar swamp. >> reporter: they have built sheds and meeting spaces so students can live in the words. >> it's getting into who you really are without the rush an din and chaos of society. they are no longer blind to sunsets or did you have to the sounds of butterfly winds, they get more out of life. tamala edwards channel 6 "action news."

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>> here's a look at what's happening in and around the delaware and lehigh valleys this week. treat for ghost or goblin to the health halloween celebration in fairmont park. families are invited to join in the fun in their halloween costumes and join the live music healthy treats and much more, the event is free for members and 10-dollar per child for nonmembers. love it. get into the spooky spirit of the bordentown halloween parade. there will be floats and marching bands and fire trucks, dress up in your halloween costume. get that costume and head tout to rittenhouse scwa irfor irfor -- square for the halloween celebration that takes place from 10:00 a.m. to

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everyone, 7:24 a.m. saturday morning forecast for today, a delightful afternoon increasing high, thin clouds during the day. otherwise we start with start ot with sunshine. temperatures near 70 for the jersey and philadelphia. poconos sun and clouds, 61 degrees. if you're a fan of cooler fall-like weather. we have cooler numbers out there, it's all out west. bismarck, 12 degrees that's cold for the month of october. it was snowing in the state of minnesota yesterday. all this cold air it will modify as it travels east and once it gets here doesn't last long it row treats north back into

canada. monday is a chilly day, and tuesday is a chilly day and wednesday, thursday and friday it's warm again. we break the numbers down week by week, high pressure here, for the month of the november. the jet stream will look like, this is all mild this is all chilly, so if you want that cold air, you have to travel west next month to the western great lakes and the high plains it looks downright balmy for the eastern half of united states. turning to sports, the eagles are gearing up for their matchup against the 49ers. plus a big game for penn state has they face ohio state. here's jamie apody with your saturday morning sports. >> reporter: good morning, the eagles putting in their final preps for winless san francisco. all eyes on who was protecting carson wentz with lane johnson right tackle big v becomes big target as he fills jason peters

big shows on the left-hand side. here's what peters told him. >> i did talk to him, he said have fun be loose, play like practice, don't hesitate. have fun. >> really right now lane johnson is playing extremely well at the right side, i didn't want to interrupt two positions, it made sense to keep v on the left side. sixers doing their version of a texas two step with game in the lonestar state. okafor will not be in the rotation. >> we're playing ahead of him, that's the situation. he doesn't let people know, he comes in and his head is good, his spirit is good, he and i talk all the time. that'sle bottom line he is not in the rotation.

>> the game that put the big in big ten. second ranked penn state is a 6 point underdog. >> we know what happened to the program in the past, we have to continue to stay the standard and push each other, and this win means we stay undefeated 8-0. last time a penn state team did that, it's been a long time. that will be one big time college football game. that's sports, have a great saturday. >> to see a world series game most people pay $1,000 a ticket. except for one lucky fan. jordon benedict found two seats on stub hub for less than ten dollars apiece. he bought the tickets and reached out to stub hub to make sure it was legit, the seller

listed the tickets at the wrong price. stub hub called him back and said they would give him two tickets in the similar area of stadium. how cool is that? stadium. how cool is that? lucky brtype 2 diabetes can make you twice as likely to die from a cardiovascular event, like a heart attack or stroke. and with heart disease, your risk is even higher. you didn't know that. no. yeah. but, wait, there's good news for adults who have type 2 diabetes and heart disease. jardiance is the only type 2 diabetes pill with a lifesaving cardiovascular benefit. jardiance is proven to both significantly reduce the chance of dying from a cardiovascular event in adults who have type 2 diabetes and heart disease and lower your a1c. jardiance can cause serious side effects including dehydration. this may cause you to feel dizzy, faint, or lightheaded, or weak upon standing.

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overnight. it's a 50/50 kind of weekend get out and enjoy today because tomorrow things take a nose dive. that's a gorgeous shot of the commodore barry bridge. the sun make aing an appearance for us. meteorologist chris sowers has a check of the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. a fabulous saturday. >> reporter: it's finally light out here alicia. i can finally see. we're talking about the storm all morning heading this way sunday. i'll be cleaning out the gutters i have large branches in my backyard from tuesday's eventful weekend more rain and wind on the way, now is the time to prep. clear the storm drains from any leaves, the halloween decorations it might be a good idea to bring those inside as the winds pick up sunday night into monday. temperatures, nice and quiet. in the 40s across the suburbs, 50 in center city. dover, 48. philadelphia, 50, the poconos 43 degrees. wind speeds are calm, every now and then a location picks up 3

to 5 miles per hour. creek the winds are calm out here. they should remain that way for the next 24 hours or so. satellite and radar we are zoomed into the southern gulf of mexico you can see the rains quickly pushing through the florida straits and the southern tips of florida. zoomed into cuba, havana is in the middle of the screen. it will race to the north and joins forces with an approaching cold front. the results will be this, a sunday soaker, rainfall totals one to three inches in philadelphia. isolated heavier amounts to 4 inches in the lehigh valley and the poconos. areas of flooding possible especially low-lying areas and poor drainage areas and flood watch ibd for -- issued for the lehigh valley county poconos. backside fortunate storm, sunday night into monday morning we could see winds up to 55 miles per hour. we'll have more details in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast in just a few minutes. alicia. >> all right, chris, thank you.

we continue to follow breaking news from the powton section of philadelphia. firefighters have a house fire under control around the 3900 block of fairmont avenue. we know it started in a vacant house where a squatter lived. when the action cam arrived on the scene at 6:00 a.m., the flames were shooting from the roof. firefighters went door to door excavating neighbors on both sides of the row home. >> i was knocking at the door, i smelled smoke. i feared something was happening at the same time. i left everything behind i ran on out the door. >> lucky to be alive. the fire spread and destroyed two other homes as well leaving four people without a place to live. that squatter is at penn presbyterian being treated for smoke inhalation. a woman lost her apartment, but came out of the tragedy with a please withing.

philadelphia firefighters managed to save her dock. she gave the pooch oxygen as firefighters knocked down the blaze north 11th street in hunting park. fire was shooting from the three story apartment buildings. the woman was placed. she is said to be okay along with the dog. a haz/mat situation led to a big response at penncrest high school in delaware county. officials tell "action news" they believe an ozone air purifying machine in the locker room is to blame. the players had irritated eyes they were couching they are expected to be okay. three people were injured when a new jersey transit bus crashed in burling the only county. chopper 6 hd was over the scene in pemberton township. the bus smashed into a utility pole and are ran off the road ia

ditch. two people were treated at the scene, one was taken to the hospital for minor injuries. the bus was heading from philadelphia to asbury park. the person suspected of shooting two teenagers in south philadelphia earlier this week is waking up behind bars. 16-year-old brandon oliveri surrendered charged in the murders of two 16-year-olds salvadore dinubile and caleer miller. the teens were shot before 8:30 p.m. tuesday night on 12th south street at hit and rir street. -- 12th street and ritner street. neighbors are relieved. >> it's sad that his life is ruined and the fact that he ruined two other lives. >> oliveri has not been formally arraigned. funeral for salvadore dinubile is scheduled to takes place

later this morning in south philadelphia. we have more on the search for the suspects in the violent carjacking of a pizza delivery man. philadelphia police have identified one of the people believed to be involved in the robbery and carjacking. police have charged this man, 22-year-old hayden and three juveniles in the incident. they are facing assault, robbery and carjacking. they say the person who pistol whipped the 56-year-old victim at the luk oil gas station is 13 years old. with -- in delaware, new ce county, a man is wanted in connection with two car jackings involving an 87-year-old man. jackson pointed a gun at him and forced him to drive around. the victim was dropped at naamans road and i-95.

jackson stole the car. >> he is considered armed and dangerous. we believe he is operating in a maroon kia. that was taken during the incident. >> jackson was involved in a carjacking in wilmington. shots were fired at the victim in that incident, but missed. police removed five children from a home in newark, delaware, after discovering they were living in squall lower. the children under -- squaller, the children under the age of 2 1/2 were taken to a. i. dupont hospital to be checked out. prosecutors have reinstated the charges against 11 members of the now shuttered penn state fraternity in the hazing death of one of its members. this stems from the death of timothy pizza following a night of drinking earlier this year.

the 11 defendants are among 18 who were initially charged in the death. the money saving measures are going into place in atlantic city, america's playground is getting new streetlights. 5600 streetlights will be replaced with energy efficient led bulbs. the $750,000 cost will be paid for thanks to a grant from the new jersey board of public utilities. work is set to start next month. if you're looking for a job, we have details on a majoring highering next week. we'll introduce you to the chicken that is not roaming the farm, but instead offering therapy to people. plus you heard about his generosity following hurricane harvey, now see how the money raised by jj watts is being put

to good use. meteorologist chris sowers will have the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast when "action news" continues this saturday morning. ♪ ♪ start your day with a new hash brown scramble bowl from chick-fil-a.

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raised money to help people after hurricane harvey. one of the nonprofits are buildings homes. volunteers are ripping this home down to the studies. the family evacuated when the

floodwaters were waist deep now the house is filled with mold. >> i feel it made me a better person by being out here and working with the people everyday. >> mime blessed, i'm crying and thank you god. >> reporter: those are the smiles we like to see following the devastation. the group is helping out with the all this based in new orleans. volunteers say they will be doing work like this for months. there's a lot of people who need help there. the goal is to rebuild 200 homes in the houston area. >> reporter: what a job he did, i remember his initial goal was to raise $500,000. what did he end up with, 37 million or something you said? >> amazing. >> reporter: let's go live on sky6 live hd. >> bright and shiny. >> reporter: the sun officially came up at 7:25 a.m. nice and shiny as aleash pointed

out -- alicia pointed out. conditions go downhill heading into sound. i guarantee tomorrow will not look like that not even close. point, 47. pressure is calm. it's fairly mild out there, remember yesterday at this time most of the numbers were in the mid 30s. we're a good five to eight degrees milder. satellite and radar it's quiet up and down the east coast. we have a frontal system approaching from the west an area of low pressure currently developing south of the florida straits. that comes up the coast and joins forces with the front, voila we have a mess on our hands was we head into sunday. future tracker 6 we'll set this in motion, hear comes the low across the peninsula of florida. it hits high pressure system, it

will develop the strong gusty winds as the storm pulls north into new england. we could see thunderstorms around here tomorrow afternoon. rainfall totals this is for sunday and sunday night. most of the models have at least two inches for philadelphia. we've seen a couple of models have more than this. this was a model that was putting out five inches for the lehigh valley county poconos. 2.33 according to the european model, 2, 2 1/2 for the american model, rpm less than a half inch of rain. generally speaking looks like one to three inches of rain with isolated heavier months. through the day on sunday, the rain is heavy in the afternoon and evening hours. we expect flooding in low lying small creeks and streams all the areas that flood during the heavy rain event. be careful and keep a close eye on the areas tomorrow. take today and use the opportunities to clear the leaves from the drains, clear

the leaves out of the gutter and put in the halloween decorations, like that. through the day on sunday, we're looking at gusts, sunday is quiet we're looking at 5 to 15 miles per hour. sunday evening, monday night 45 to 50-mile an hour gusts through the philadelphia area. 1:00 p.m. monday, 51 miles per hour for philadelphia. 62 for lakehurst. for today, it's quiet, nice and mild, sun an clouds, 70 degrees. overnight it's fairly quiet, the showers are well after midnight. 57 degrees, outlying suburbs, 61 tore center city. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, today looks lovely, tomorrow is a mess, 66, soaking driving rain.

it going to be breezy, as well. a miserable eagles game. for monday, morning rain afternoon clouds and sun, it's windy high of 58. halloween chill, sunny and cool, 60 degrees. low 50s for the trick or treaters. >> from fabulous to miserable. >> >> reporter: back to fabulous two days later. >> a brand new "fyi philly" is coming your way tonight, here's melissa magee and karen rogers to deliver the preview. >> reporter: "fyi philly" is back this weekend. we have a full slate of fun things to do around the city. we're moving on up to one of the newest highrises. we visit a restaurant founded by farmers. really, really good. and new mouth-watering cafes. plus a local business delivering wines to your front door. that's all this weekend on "fyi philly." i knew you would like that one. hope you join us. >> whole foods market plans to

firehouses of people on november 2 this coming thursday. the grocer will higher a lot of people at this national hiring event at all of its stores. the goal is to higher of thousand new employees. people can apply to be cashiers and culinary experts and prepared food specialists. candidates can apply november 2 and could be hired on the spot. how do you wash your apples before you eat them. if you just use water you're leaving pesticides on the skin. researchers tested ways to wash the chemicals off the produce. they tested bleach and baking soda and they found baking soda was the best. another option was to peel the

apples, but the key nutrients are in the skin. alcohol may improve your foreign language skills. researchers followed 50 german students who studied abroad they found students who drank alcohol before they spoke the foreign language were more fluent because alcohol reduced the anxiety. the date you give birth have an impact on whether you suffer from post postpartum depression those who deliver in the winters suffer than those who deliver in spring or fall. no an keisha such as an epidural

during delivery, as well. ? south jersey, a chicken is helping people. nora muchanic met this therapy chicken and she saw her in action. >> reporter: you may have heard of therapy dogs or horses, but rose bud a therapy chicken is a different breed. this ball of federal feathers we delivering the adult program in cherry hill where she is a hit. >> she is nonthreatening, most people enjoy the whole feel of her and the stroking of her calms them. >> my friend, you're so cute. >> reporter: 22-year-old stephen sings to rose bud. >> she is very soft. and cuddly. >> i like her calm doe american, and the way he had feels. >> reporter: her owner is a

retired nurse midwife and loves chickens and taken classes to be a therapy chicken handler. qwen said she new from the time rose bud was a chick she had the right stuff. >> i realized she liked to be held and on my lap and be cuddled. >> reporter: rose bud has her own facebook page and is a busy chicken, she visitors home and libraries and festivals, free of charge. she wears a diaper for inside visitors and there is hand sanitizer after. a few moments with the four pound hen can be a relaxing treat. >> she is like a miracle. a wonderful experience. >> reporter: in cherry hill, i'm nora muchanic channel 6 "action news." >> love that story.

delaware's craft beer and other notable spirits like wine is going mobile with the new app. the first state's brewery and wineries and distillers will be available on your cell phone. the free app will be valued de on tap. users can explore the state beverage industry and cup coming events more -- up coming events more quickly. meteorologist chris sowers will have the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast when we come right back. love this bright and shiny saturday morning.

a bridge shut down over politics. their biggest triumph was a traffic jam. chris christie and kim guadagno's failures shortchanged our future. after 8 years- incomes are down, costs are up and our economy is crawling. we are better than this. i'm phil murphy together we'll build a stronger, fairer economy that works for every new jersey family. christie and guadagno left new jersey stuck. i'm serious about moving new jersey forward. >> this is for you, these moldses are walking the run -- models are walking the runway

showing 0 off their chocolate dresses. it's an annual event in paris where they peer up with chocolatiers for fashion show. they did not shy away from gold dusting or admitter. >> what happens to the dresses afterwards, eat them or put them in the trick or treat basket. very chocolaty, very nice. speaking of very nice, today is beautiful, looking at sun and clouds it's warm and highs around 70 degrees. tomorrow, it's opposite. cloudy and damp, periods of rain, a soaking drive rain by afternoon. breezy, 66 degrees, one to three inches of rain expected. 2 to 4 inches for the lehigh valley and the poconos halloween sunny and cool high of 60. probably more like 50 to 53 for the trick or treaters.

>> 7:55 a.m. we're minutes away from saying good morning to "good morning america." here's dan harris with a preview. >> reporter: the russian investigation front and center, new reports that the first charges have been filed in the probe led by robert muller what we know and where the investigation is heading. plus the first round ever are winter weather slamming the midwest. heavy snow and conditions causing 200 car accidents. a coastal storm taking aim at the northeast. rob marciano tracking both storms. city pace tribute to the hears of -- pays tribute to the heros of hurricane harvey. we'll see you soon on "g.m.a." >> man's best friend is about to get a makeover ahead of what we know about sonny's robotic dog. the cost of the wonder and

beauty of experiencing some of the nation's national parks we'll have more on the rate increases. i'm alicia vitarelli have yourself a great saturday, we'll see you at 9:00 a.m.

steve sweeney's negative headlines keep piling up. why are south jerseyans so angry at sweeney? sweeney repeatedly sided with chris christie to underfund south jersey schools, increase standardized testing like parcc, cut take-home pay for teachers, and broke his promise to fund the pensions of hundreds of thousands of new jerseyans- all while padding his own. steve sweeney says a lot of things. but the truth is, he's not on our side.

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. good morning, america. breaking overnight, the russia investigation bombshell. reports that the first charges have now been filed from the probe led by special counsel robert mueller looking into russian meddling in the presidential election. is the first arrest now just days away? deadly storm. the first round of winter weather hitting hard in the midwest. blizzard-like conditions plus the big coastal storm ready to strike the northeast with heavy rain and high winds. who is in the bull's-eye. pulling ahead. the astros take the lead in the world series beating the dodgers in front of a thrilled home crowd. >> the astros take it. >> reporter: but the victory marred by this dugout gesture. the uproar and what this player is saying this morning.