>> breaking right now in the nation's capitol three people with ties to president trump are now facing charges in the russia investigation. his former campaign manager paul manafort and paul manafort's former business associate rick gates have surrendered to federal authorities. now we're getting word that a former trump campaign aid lied to the fbi. >> good morning, i'm sarah bloomquist. >> i'm rick williams abc's lana

zack is live in washington, d.c. with more. >> reporter: good afternoon, in just about an hour and a half we are expected to hear from the attorneys of paul manafort and rick gates who will be here answering questions that include among other things charges against conspiracy against the united states and false statements and money laud -- laud --laundering. paul manafort will be here with his attorney general. the 12 counts include conspiracy against the united states, false statements and composer to launder money saying they moved money through hidden bank

account and $75 million flowed through the offshore accounts it is unclear whether it has to do with anything with the collusion and the trump campaign. it does not mention trump or campaign meddling. he denied collusion including when he served as the campaign manager. >> are they ties between mr. trump and the campaign and putin and his regime. >> it's absurd. >> reporter: paul manafort was fired from the head of the campaign. gates continued on with the campaign after paul manafort left as chairman and served as deputy of the presidential inauguration committee. the president is wake in on twitter saying this was careers before paul manafort was part of the trump campaign, why are not crooked hillary and the dems the focus. the president went on to tweet,

no conspiracy, we're learning about another indictment that has become unsealed, george papadopoulos an early foreign policy advisor to trump pled guilty for lying to the fbi about interaction he had with rush quan agents. he is cooperate -- russian agents. he is reporting to investigators. >> you can stay up to date on the investigation and the charges against paul manafort and rick gates at 6abc.com, there you can also read the full text of the indictment. all right turning now to accuweather, and the rain that soaked the region is finally over, as we look live from sky6 live hd showing you the ben franklin bridge on a breezy and chilly afternoon. blue skies overhead. david murphy is at the weather center with the first check of the forecast. how was the weekend? >> reporter: it was wet on saturday, oh, sunday icialgd --

i should say. we're looking at a big change over the last four or five hours. we woke up with that the last bit of rain coming through. we had ponding and puddling with the heavier stuff coming through. it's cooler, 55 degrees in philadelphia. currently. 53 in allentown. 54 in trenton. 5 in wilmington, 54 in cape may. as we go through the rest of the afternoon we're looking at temperatures hovering close to 55 probably going up to 56 or so around 3:00 p.m. not much change there, lots of sunshine a few clouds. 6:00 p.m., 52. 8:00 p.m., 50, down in the upper 40s by 10:00 p.m. it will be a chilly overnight. what to expect for the rest of the afternoon, obviously the rain is gone, the sun is roaring back. it is breezy. we had a wind advisory with wind

gusts in the 40 to 50-mile an hour range. that will in not be an issue ths afternoon. look out for debris on roads. we had branches come down with the stronger winds. some branches might be weak enough where the lower branches may drop. be careful driving around. halloween is looking sunny and chilly. we'll have a warm up at the end of the weekly forecast. >> heavy downpours and the strong winds left their mark. "action news" reporter, katherine scott lab surveying the damage, she joins us live on the benjamin franklin parkway. katherine. >> reporter: hi, sarah, yeah the rain is gone. it's nice and sunny out here, we're seeing winds along the benjamin franklin parkway when the wind picks up, you can see the flags -- fluttering around.

>> i came out this morning to a sad sight. >> reporter: grass on the ground, roots smashed the tahoe was parked outside this man's west philadelphia home on north 56th street. wind and rain ripped through and toppled this utility pole on to his vehicle. he was waiting for a police report to the insurance company. >> damage from the door to the roof and it rolled back here and came off, and smashed the back of the radio. >> reporter: at suburban station this morning, the boards lit up with delays on regional rail lines. septa warned all regional rail commuters to check ahead due to slippery conditions on tracks and the potential for high winds to take down trees. >> a little early, get a heads up if there are any delays. >> the train is 25 minutes late i'm going to believe late to work, i'm together to have to work overtime. >> i didn't have any delays, but i know the trains going out

of the city some were delayed 40 to 80 minutes. >> reporter: in bristol borough a branch came down on val re's car. >> i was waken you mean at 5:00 a.m. the police telling me to come outside, when i came outside there was a tree on top of my car. >> lindsey a single mom reliesen on the vehicle to get to work. >> my car is totaled. the tree went through my windshield there's a big hole in my windshield, damage to the vehicle, all over and yeah, it's really bad. >> reporter: and back here live along the benjamin franklin parkway, the winds have left the leaves swirling at times. we should see the heavy gusts move away over the next few hours, but expect to be a bit blustery this afternoon, the wind won't go away completely. live along the parkway, katherine scott channel 6

"action news." >> a delaware family got a startling wake-up call when a large korea crashed -- tree crashed down on the house. this is the 100 block of west delaware avenue in claymont. the owners waiting for crews to removie the tree -- remove the tree to further assess the damage. a robbery suspect was shot in the king of prussia mall. happened yesterday afternoon when the mall was packed with shoppers. jeanette reyes is live with the latest. jennette. >> reporter: rick, as you mentioned, outside the d.a.'s office where charges could be announced within a matter of hours as the suspect is in the hospital recovering from at least one gunshot wounds that he got in a shootout with police yesterday afternoon. >> it's kind of scary. it's always been a safe area, i grew up around here. >> i was shocked because i've been coming here for years, i

felt safe here. >> reporter: the man suspected in four armed robberies spanning two states is recovering from gunshot wounds. the montgomery county district attorney's office is holding his identity until charges are filed. this was the violent end to the man's final alleged carjacking that occurred on the second floor of a parking garage off king of prussia mall outside lord and taylor sunday afternoon. >> he rammed two police cars and attempting to run down officers from merion township police that were on foot. >> reporter: this is police combing the area for evidence. a 89-millimeter handgun was recovered. police are looking to see if he is the same suspect that carjacked anle 7-year-old man in -- an 87-year-old man in delaware. >> during that robbery, the

suspect jumped into the back seat of the vehicle and put a gun to her head and demanded her purse. >> the mall confirmed no customers or employees were injured. >> i've been working here for ten years in king of prussia, i've never heard anything like that until now, he hopefully it's its own instance. >> reporter: we're told the officers involved in the shooting have been placed on administrative leave which is standard procedure for a situation like this. the investigation continues. jeanette reyes channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. now, to big news for philadelphia baseball fans a major league baseball source confirmed to "action news" that gabe kapler will be named the next manager of the phillies. he served as the director of development for the dodgers 2014. he will replace pete mccannon

who moved into the front office. it was a slow game ates ga. coach doug peterson is talking about his 7-1 team at the nova care center in philadelphia. we'll hear about his morning after news conference. >> kevin spacey is responding to allegations about his behavior from decades ago. why his apology is sparking backlash. a majority of school buses don't have seat belts, we're taking a look at the issue and new type of seat that could improve safety. david murphy is back with

accuweather when "action news" continues in a moment. >> the massive effort to

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vegas to be accessed without background check. >> reporter: it's easy for anyone to get their hands on a weapon called a ghost gun. >> these types of firearms are being purchased in an undercover capacity by under cover officers on the streets of philadelphia. , how felons can access the firearms they cost $600 and took four hours to assembly. some believe it is a national safety concern, but activists say it's a protected right. could the semi automatic weapons end up in the wrong hands? we investigate on "action news" tonight at 11:00 p

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is back now with a closer look at the forecast and some sunshine. >> reporter: yeah, how about it. what a difference a few hours make. it was gray and wet when you went out the door this morning. storm tracker 6 live double scan shows you we are in the pink.

lots of blue upstairs with a few clouds here and there. we transitions to sunshine and expecting it to stay sunny this afternoon. it's cool, 55 degrees and wind out of the west at 22 miles per hour. earlier this morning right up until a few minutes ago there was a wind advisory across the region with wind gusts 40 to 50 miles per hour that has expired we're seeing the winds drop off a little bit, it's going to be on the breezy side this afternoon, i would be careful of any additional brancheses that have been weakened by the stronger winds that might want to come. 53 in allentown. 54 in trenton. 53 in cape may. i don't expect the numbers to change a whole lot. this will be one, two, three degrees above the afternoon high. 40-mile an hour gusts down the ac airport. gusts around 30 and easing in the afternoon and evening.

there goes that rain, had a lot of it on sunday at times. kind of a steady, nuisance like to moderate rain during the eagles game. heavier stuff came in later on. lehigh valley sun is back, windy and chilly, high of 57. better than yesterday. same thing at the shore, sun in the process of returning, windy and chilly, high of 58. philadelphia, sun and clouds around windy and chilly, high of 56 degrees. the winds gusting up to 30 or so for the next several hours and again they will start to die down. overnight tonight we get southwest winds 5 to 10 miles per hour. 45 the overnight low in philadelphia. some suburbs getting down to 40 in the overnight hours. we get to halloween. halloween does look like it's still dry. mostly clear during the morning, afternoon and evening. chilly, might be a little bit breezy, not as bad as today, but breezy winds around.

10:00 a.m. in case you're kids are out in the school parking lot doing the parade that some schools like to do. 58 degrees. 6:00 p.m. as the little ones are chomping to get out the door, 56 degrees then. 9:00 p.m. maybe the kids are home starting to chomp on candy, 50 degrees. in the outlying suburbs it will be cooler than these numbers. the temperatures chilly to omaha and bismarck, it will be a few days before we get warmer air back in. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, 56, windy and chilly. tomorrow, halloween, cool and brisk, 58. sun to clouds on wednesday, cool, 5 degrees a late shower. shower bounces us into thursday morning engets out of here, clouds and sun, southerly flow improving to 68 for the high. nice weather for the temple game at home thursday night. 72 on friday, shower. 64 saturday, 65 sunday.

set your clocks back an hour on saturday night. it will be dry for the eagles. >> nice november weather. thank thank you, david. >> quick break, more "action news" when we come right back. 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. >> we begin at 12:30 p.m. with the latest out of our nation's capitol. the first charges from special

counsel robert muller were filed today as part of the on going investigation of russian interference in the election. >> a former campaign worker of president trump pled guilty of lying to fbi agents. george papadopoulos pled guilty about his interactions with foreign nationals. in the meantime, paul manafort and former business associate rick gates surrendered to federal authorities today and they are facing charges in muller's investigation. they are expected in court this afternoon. are there any ties between mr. trump you or your campaign and putin and his regime. >> there are not. it's absurd there's no basis to it. >> president trump responded to the charges on twitter this morning saying this was years ago and there is n