with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon, in the news this noon. rescuers are digging through collapsed buildings in mexico after yesterday's deadly earthquake. >> also, we have new information about the man charged with murdering a temple university student. >> but the big story on "action news" is hurricane maria making landfall in puerto rico. the island is getting pummeled with life-threatening winds and widespread flooding. as maria slowly crosses the u.s. territory it's toppling cell phone towers and snapping trees and tearing off rooftops. thousands of residents fled their homes for the safety of shelters. and hotel guests were forced into hallways to stay safe from the storm. >> reporter: sara, hurricane maria is blamed for death and destruction in the caribbean and now making landfall in puerto rico and the danger is not over yet. hurricane maria striking puerto rico head-on with winds topping 160 miles per hour. >> 7:15 in the morning and when you think we have experienced the peak of the fury, stronger winds, greater gusts --

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon in the news this moon. marchers rally against a controversial physical statue. >>> and a generator is blamed for a girl's death in hurricane ravaged florida. and a judge puts the bad boy of the drug industry behind bars. >>> and the big news is president trump is florida touring the devastation left behind after hurricane irma. he landed just after 10:00 on the florida west coast. it's the third time in recent weeks he is touring recent damage. >> reporter: good afternoon we are in bonita springs, between ft. myers and naples. and president trump flew over this exact area. checking out scenes like this. this was a street and now completely flooded. >> we are going down to florida we'll see you in florida. as he did after hurricane harvey. president trump and first lady melania flying down to florida for the day. first a briefing on the massive recovery efforts. an army on the streets hailing from 30 states and canada working around the clock. >> restoration workers which now members 20,000 is now

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon in the news the problems are piling up in florida as millions of residents spend another day without power in the wake of hurricane irma. and we are following the investigation in philadelphia after a man was struck and killed by a septa train. >>> but the big story on "action news" at noon, is a somber farewell to a father gunned down in front of his daughter in spring garden. thousands turned out for gerard grandzell's funeral. we are live outside of the service. >> reporter: rick, this is a story, a tragedy that has struck a lot of people. this man was loved by many. this cathedral holds 2,000 people and we are told it was standing room only. >> nearly two hours before the 10:30 funeral. hundreds of people form aid line that led into the cathedral basilica. known as jerry to loved ones, he was gunned down in front of his home, in a carjacking. he was protecting his daughter in the backseat. >> she called and said he was shot in the face and rushed to hahnemann, and ten minutes later shared he

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon, sara bloomquist is off and in the news a man is shot to death on a quiet chester county community and we have the latest on the investigation. also, a renewed call to rename 30th street station for a former philadelphia congressman. >>> but the big story is the investigation into a stabbing during the busy rush hour. we are live at the scene with the details. >> reporter: rick, this man suffered a horrific death. it happened earlier this morning. i want to show you where this is, across the street from the free library and not far from the franklin institute this is where his body was found lying in a pool of blood and open play area where children and family gather. >> andrew says he was getting coffee at wawa and saw two men approach a woman. >> i didn't think it was serious she was laughing and jovial. >> and suddenly the number of officers swelled to more than a dozen. >> i thought maybe it was shoplifting but then in a few minutes. 15 to 20 police officers showed up in various vehicles and they

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon the big story on "action news" is the death and destruction from hurricane irma. the powerful storm is now barrelling towards the bahamas and south florida after leaving some caribbean islands in shambles. officials say that 90% of the homes on anguilla and barbuda are destroyed. and at least 10 deaths are confirmed. and we are live in miami where people are evacuating ahead of a possible direct hit. >> this storm is no joke, it reduced the island of barbuda to rubble and is expected to head this way. florida's governor is telling people to leave their home as soon as the evacuation is in place. >> hurricane irma is suppose to be the most powerful storm to travel across the atlantic ocean. and half of puerto rico are without power. and on saint martin scenes of widespread devastation. 185 miles per hour winds tore through the island paradise. up to eight deaths being reported. and on the tiny island of barbuda, officials report 95% of the structures are damaged. >> the entire country has been decim

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon in the news this noon. the fbi was reportedly wiretapping former trump campaign manager, paul manafort for years. >> and police are investigating an attempted adduction in the northeast. >>> and hurricane jose continues to bring wind and rough surf and a lot of beach erosion along the knowledge and delaware shore lines. >> but a big worry is hurricane maria that slammed into several caribbean islands last night as a category five. it could still be category five when it hits puerto rico tomorrow. we have team coverage with meteorologist, david murphy, on the track of the hurricane but first lets go to new jersey corresponde correspondent, nora muchanic, live in ocean city. >> >> reporter: we have lots of wind kicking up and we are protecting because we are next to the music city pier. but no doubt contributing to the waves we have seen. a lot of people are coming to check out what the wild ocean is doing today. look at what hurricane jose is doing to the ocean at the jersey shore. we started at l

david murphy will join us in a moment but first gray hall in north wildwood with the situation there. >> reporter: well rick, i can tell you this is not a good situation, the erosion is bad here. and in fact, the worst the mayor has seen in 10 years and the crews are here and assessing the situation and hope to start to reneckish the sand here at low tide but the erosion is bad and the sea is really rough. >> it's hurricane season and that not only means worrying about storms in the tropics but people at the shore know its means beach erosion and flooding and north wildwood has seen their share. much could be blamed on hurricane jose. causing erosion that ate away at the beach. >> we met with our engineer and he is mobilizing contractors to do immediate work and structures in in this location to try to break down the wave action of future storms. >> photos of high storms shows waves breaking a sea wall watching a part of the beach away causing them to close the pavilion due to fear its would collapse and the cameras were rolling when the ocean caused minor flooding along jfk boulevard

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with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon. in the news the engineer from the deadly amtrak crash is back in court in pennsylvania. >>> and the villanova university community says good-bye to legendry basketball coach, rolly massimino. >>> and the big story is 25% of the homes in the florida keys are destroyed from hurricane irma. they are surveying the damage caused by the storm. fema is launching a stream of rescue efforts along the stream of islands. and people were lined up to return to their communes even though most are without power. we have more from a damaged hope in naples, florida. >> look at this roof completely collapsed. mangled electricity lines, the big challenge cleaning up while staying safe. now out of florida. and what remains of her is marching north but in her wake she has left a path of devastation and so many homes without power. this storm'sredi unstoppable. in jacksonville, florida this river spilled into downtown and the mayor offering this advice. >> i would remind folks put something like a white fl

. >>> nora muchanic is live at the shore, but let's go over to david murphy tracking the storm from the weather center. >> reporter: we're watching the storm watch in effect across the delaware and jersey coastlines, it is kicking in now and through tomorrow and wednesday morning him we'll have onshore winds and degree of rain and rip currents and heavy surf and flooding, as well from this. the wide view on satellite shows the center of jose continues to progress toward the north off the coast of the carolinas and a ways to go before it gets closer to us. already we're getting the outer cloud layer from the storm coming through and we'll see showers popping through, as well. we're kind of cloudy, 73 degrees in philadelphia. not too humid. 71 in allentown. 72 in trenton. 71 in cape may. as we roll through the rest of the way it will be warm and humid fairly cloudy for the next few hours abbey sunshine breaking through before we're done today. 79 degrees at 3:00 p.m. 76 by 6:00 p.m. and 70 by 10:00 p.m. in the mid to upper 60 across the region as we go into the evening hours. jose is a bi

>>> "action news" at 12:30 continues with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >> hello again, sara bloomquist is off. here are the stories we are following for you now at 12:30. murder in chester county. a usually quiet town is rocked by deadly gun fire and the person suspected of shooting and killing a man is at large. >>> and the crisis in puerto rico continues, theest to get the much needed supplies to the hurricane ravaged residents is still continuing and why one mother is told to vaccinate her son or go to jail. >> and breaking news from center city where a man in his 50s was stabbed multiple times in the face and neck and was killed. at 19th and vine streets, officers arrived to find the man lying on the grown and was pronounced dead minutes later. a suspect was taken into custody not long after authorities arrived and that the suspect was a woman and they retrieved a weapon from the scene. we'll cover this story and bring you information on air on and line from center city. >>> and a murder investigation in the quiet chester county town of phoenixville

>>> "action news" at 12:30 continues with rick williams, sara bloomquist and david murphy. >> here are the stories we are following for you. president trump arrived in florida to get an up close look at the cleanup process following hurricane irma and the damage done to homes and businesses there. also a deadly accident on a busy interstate in delaware causes commuter delays for hours. and the famous wall street bull in new york city is struck by vandals. >> now the details. president trump is in florida right now meeting with victims of hurricane irma hearing first hand from the people affected by the storm. this is his third trip to damaged areas following hurricanes harvey and irma. the first lady and vice president pence is heading to miami. he met with members of the military and got a briefing from officials. and from there travelled to naples to meet with residents. we have a live picture of president trump here shaking hands with people and first responders it looks like as well as people impacted by the storm. this is in naples, florida. the president and first lady on the gro

- can and earthquake in mexico. >> if you're wanting summer, you're getting your chance today, david murphy and karen rogers are tracking weather and traffic. >> david it's beach time. >> reporter: right noun we have clouds spilling in on post tropical storm jose, it's lost it's tropical characteristics, overhead we'll have clouds and sunny breaks. 71 in in philadelphia. 64 in allentown. 66 in trenton, wilmington, at this hour. cape may has dipped to 69. as we go through the afternoon, autumn arrives later today. it will be warm and feeling like summer. 78 degrees by noon. high of 85 degrees, we'll hit that at 4:00 p.m. this afternoon, those are warm numbers. the autumn signal equinox at two minutes past 4:00 p.m., autumn arrives that's the moment the sun's direct rays are over the equator and they shift south toward the tropic of capricorn and we move into our cooler season. we could be starting 0 late september heat wave as soon as sunday, wow. a late september heat wave coming up. >> reporter: looking live at i-95, delaware county as you're traveling southbound on i-95, you can see the v

with rick williams, sarah bloomquist and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> good afternoon.the news the nation pauses to commemorate the 16th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. >> and police have identified the suspected drunk driver who killed a 73-year-old man in philadelphia. >>> but the big story on "action news" this noon is the scope of damage being revealed as a downgraded tropical storm irma continues to swamp florida. let's go live now to abc's stephanie ramos live in miami with the latest on what's happening right now. stephanie. >> reporter: hurricane irma is now a tropical storm but left a trail of damage across south florida. as the sun rose, the first glimpse at the devastation. the monster storm made landfall not once but twice. first in the keys, then tearing up florida's west coast coming ashore on marco island. this mother daughter and granddaughter from naples rushing to safety just in time. >> pandemonium. we were very nervous, very scared. >> reporter: in naples gusts topping 142 miles an hour. >> there was a giant vacuum sucking everything out. >> reporte

meteorologist david murphy will have the seven-day forecast when we come right back. >> david baf theamy accuweather forecast. >> reporter: yeah, hot today, too, but getting a little bit more like fall by the end of the week. storm tracker 6 live double scan right now shows us that we are dry taking a look outside, cape may, new jersey. there are folks on the beach in beach chairs enjoying the warmth and the beautiful dramatic waves. you can see how they are staying out of the ocean that's a good idea because we have strong rip currents on account of all the tropical activity out there, maria would be the current cause. 85 degrees, the dewpoint in the mid 60s. it's humid out there, in some outlying areas it's more humid than philadelphia it's moderate humidity. winds southeast southeast 3 miles per hour. in the ocean, only your toes and angles. 85 in reading. 84 in wilmington. 85 in trenton. 85 in philadelphia and millville. 75 on the beach in cape may where we just showed you that pretty picture. satellite and radar shows you there's a little additional cloud cover pushing in off the

. >> let's head over to karen rogers and david murphy. we're feeling almost guilty with our weather with irma down there. >> reporter: i was the looking at facebook live, there are winds up are high along the coast of florida. we've got cloud cover, we have sunshine and additional clouds to the west along with sprinkles and showers that are falling a part at this point. if we see any rain it will be a light sprinkle or shower quickly in the northern suburbs. everybody else stays dry even in the northern areas it's not bad. 59 degrees in philadelphia. we're starting out cool in the city. 54 in trenton. 52 in allentown. 63 in beach haven. 54 in wilmington, 56 in dover, 66 in cape may. looks like it will be a nice day, a little bit below average with a high of 73 around 3:00 p.m. but fairly bright a few clouds at times, we'll call it partly sunny overall. a little bit breezy, too, kind of a cool comfortable day, 73 is the high. on the bus stop this morning, a reminder the kids might want a sweatshirt or light jacket just to get out the door,

>>> "action news" at 12:30 continues with rick williams, sara bloomquist and meteorologist, david murphy. >> we begin at 12:30 with the latest on hurricane irma. the powerful category five storm made landfall in the caribbean. this is one of the first looks at some of the destruction. this video captured in saint martin, a shot from the balcony from the beach plaza hotel. looking across the road to the marina. most of the vehicles under water there and every boat in the marina appears to have been destroyed. >> hurricane irma is the strongest atlantic ocean hurricane ever reported. the french islands of saint martin and saint barts have no electricity right now. now irma is heading on a path toward puerto rico and other islands, the hurricane could make a direct hit on south florida. lets go to maggie she s&p live with the latest on the damage done so far and how florida residents are preparing. >> reporter: -- rick and sara, the national hurricane center calling irma potentially cat trough. what we have seen so far out of the caribbean has baseball devastating. hurricane irma tearing th

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon in the news this noon, hurricane maria strengthens as it continues to batter the caribbean and organizations in philadelphia are raising money to help those impacted by hurricane maria and a massive earthquake in mexico. the big story on "action news" is the intense rescuests underway in mexico following that deadly earthquake, among those trapped in the debris and believed to be alive is a 12-year-old school girl. at least 245 people were killed in the quake. >> reporter: over 50 people have been rescued since that earthquake and some of those rescue efforts focused on two schools that collapsed during the quake and now on a young girl still trapped in the rubble who is a symbol of hope. desperate rescue efforts are a race against time in mexico city. >> we don't know yet. probably there are people there. rescuers tunnelling closer to the 12-year-old girl buried in debris and possibly two classmates trapped with her. >> rescue teams made contact with her. they talked to her. >> rescuers have giv

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david murphy outdoors on the terrace with the details from accuweather. >> we have sun breaking through the clouds and that is what most of you can expect for the majority of the afternoon. satellite right now along with radar showing you how the clouds make an impact on our skies today than yesterday. and farther to the south in washington and richmond and out to the southwest you can see bands of rain, they pop up around the area of low pressure that used to be irma. it looks like they will fall apart today and tomorrow is a different story. we'll get spotty shower activity. your temperatures now are warm. 73 degrees in philadelphia. and 73 in allentown and reading. 74 in trenton and 75 in wilmington and 76 in hillville and at the shore in cape may 74 degrees right now. keep into mind we have the strong rip currents down the shore. not a good idea to be in the water. here is where things go the rest of the way. this morning we were at 59 degrees, expecting to be up to 81 by 3:00, that is your high. and then 74 degrees by 7:00 beginning to dip into the 60s from there. and of course fut

meteorologist david murphy has the latest on their projected path. >> let's begin with john rawlins who is live in rehoboth beach with the latest. john. >> reporter: hello from rehoboth beach beach delaware we just got here a few minutes ago. this has been a generally gray over cast day, it's windy and at times rainy. as you look at the beach behind me here, this is, you can see there's still folks down here on the beach at this point in time, but there are red no swimming flags posted probably every 50, 60 yards along the beach. the surf is definitely churning up. local officials have been monitoring the storm along with officials from the county and the state here, they are looking at the potential for impacts. at this point, well, we spoke earlier with police chief keith banks about that as to what the progresses will be. >> we take all storms very serious. as far as rehoboth beach we don't see the concern we've had in the past years with the other hurricanes at this time. it could shift so we're constantly monitoring, state of delaware and sussex county state of operations emergency

. >>> david murphy is outside, pretty comfortable, right? >> reporter: cool, not much of a breeze compared to yesterday. as we look at tropical storm jose, the center of the storm is well off the coast. we're not getting rain today. some clouds are spilling through right now, but we are yourself expecting a decent -- overall expecting a decent amount of sunshine getting through the high clouds. 71 in philadelphia. 63 in allentown. 63 in reading. 65 in wilmington. 65 in trenton. 73 in cape may. a tad humid in some spots and staying on the low side through the a. afternoon. rip current risk high at the shore, if you have guards, swim near them, some beaches may not have them. extreme caution for those folks. 82 degrees by noon. 3:00 p.m., 86. 5:00 p.m., 84. 7:00 p.m. tonight still holding on to the low 80s. maria is churning up big problems in the carribean. up toward the north later next week we check the latest track. >> reporter: we have a bunch of accidents coming in, this is a big one, traffic crawling at 7 miles per hour in springfield t

. >> let's go outside to david murphy. >> reporter: the numbers summed up to 79 degrees. it's hot in the sun. 90 degrees is the high. a bit humid this afternoon. warm and humid, wednesday, 84. thursday a front approaches we may get up to 80 ahead of it. a front comes through trigger ago shower and behind it feels like fall. 75 friday closer to 70 on saturday and sunday. >> a fortunate ending for a puppy abandoned at an airport by a woman in an abusive relationship. the dog is getting a forever home. >>> "live with kelly and ryan" is up next. i'm matt o'donnell. have a great monday and great

. >> there were rain moving through, and now we have clouds around, david murphy. >> reporter: the sun was around about half-hour ago. 60 degrees in philadelphia. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast shows morning clouds breaking and give way to fair amount of sunshine this morning and this afternoon high of 74. tomorrow, partly sunny, nice, 74. the weekend bright pleasant on

david murphy sought doors on the terrace with the details from accuweather. a cloudy one today after a bit of sunshine this morning. a light mist on the terrace, more than a mist in spots, stormtracker 6 live double scan shows you while most of the area is not seeing heavy active rain there is one line pushing away from philadelphia with mist and drizzle behind it. and in some cases in southern bucks county and moving into areas close to trenton you see yellow and orange. it's possible that you get a steady shower that lasts for 10 to 15 minutes and moves past you. that speck of yellow is moderate rain and will take longer, quakertown and driving up and down the northeast extension of the pennsylvania tun pike green lane minneapolis county. and allentown you'll slow down a bit from the showers highlighted in yellow. there you see that heavier cell south of doylestown pushing through southern bucks county and putting a fair amount of rain down in a hurry. and that doesn't last long and all the ponding and puddling on the roadways should fade quickly. as we loo

let's get over to meteorologist, david murphy and karen rogers has traffic.d morning. >> what a tropic season this year. >> how about, yeah. we're getting rid of josÉ but maria is the next issue. let's go ahead and take a look at the coastal flood warning which is still in effect across our delaware and jersey coast lines. there's less area covered by this. the advisories are shooting closer to the shore. we have high tide between 8 o'clock and 9 o'clock this morning and we're looking at that coastal flood warning with the possibility of moderate flooding during times of high tide today. satellite and radar showing you that josÉ which is now a tropical storm, no longer a hurricane pretty much off our coast. there is the possibility of a little sprinkle or shower today but mainly it's just clouds and sun with that storm weakening and also starting to push away from us a little bit. 71 degrees in philadelphia. 71 in wilmington. 71 in allentown. 72 in beach haven and 72 cape may. pretty comfortable out there, a little bit humid. as we go through the afternoon it

let's head on over to meteorologist, david murphy.ew days -- these past 10 days and karen rogers has your traffic. good morning. >> it has been an amazingly difficult tropic season. >> it has. >> we've got maria that is a monster and josÉ has left us concerned. >> we'll be busy for another 10 days, too, the way things are looking. josÉ is the immediate concern around here. right now we have cloud cover spinning in off the ocean along with rain bands.

let's go over to david murphy and karen rogers has traffic. is this fall or summer? >> reporter: it feels like the height of summer. >> reporter: it will feel like the height of the summer over the next several days as we head toward the weekend. for now we're dealing with the effects of tropical storm jose it's churning up the surf and giving us a rip current risk at the shore. we'll have sunny skies and occasional sweep of clouds. 64 in reading. 66 degrees in trenton, 73 in cape may. 65 in wilmington, 70 degrees in philadelphia. feeling pretty nice out there. as we roll through the afternoon it's going to be warm. 82 degrees by noon. 3:00 p.m., 86 degrees. 84 degrees by 5:00 p.m., 81 degrees on the temperature dial at 7:00 p.m. the kids looking good heading out the door this morning. 66 in some suburbs, 69 in center city. no worse than partly cloudy skies, a lot of you looking at sun coming up over the next couple of hours. 69 degrees in center city. karen rogers as we head toward the weekend it gets warmer. at the same time we're keeping our eyes on maria as it he

. >> let's go over to david murphy and karen rogers has traffic. >> reporter: first day of fall, we'll be sweating it out. >> reporter: it will be comfortable overall, satellite and radar shows we have cloud cover across the region right now. there is some sunny break here and there, as we go through the afternoon and we are looking at a pretty decent day overall today. it's the first day of autumn, and that is also as karen said coming in at 4:02 p.m. this afternoon and not feeling like autumn. guys i apologize i do not have my extra stuff showing here. let me tell you today's high is going to be 85. we have a decent day, with sun and clouds, marie is up next week, it will continue to churn up the surf we'll have the latest track for that and the weekend call. getting hot this weekend by the time we hit sunday afternoon. >> reporter: let's talk about the roads, we're starting live in ridley park i-95 at ridley park in delaware county we have fire and ambulance out here with an dissent that's blocking the left lane and blocking southbound on i-95 the shoulder with more emergency crews

. >> let's get weather and traffic with david murphy and karen rogers. >> reporter: going back to school it's hot, there's no air-conditioning in schools. it's a hot week. monday and tuesday, it's on the hot side. today we have more cloud cover because of the remnants of ex-tropical storm jose it's an extra tropical low. i expect clouds to mix with more sun later this morning and this afternoon. 71 degrees currently in philadelphia. 64 in allentown. 67 in trenton. 69 in beach haven. 67 in wilmington. 72 in cape may. it's not all that humid today, so it's going to be a nice one overall. 70 degrees by noon. 3:00 p.m., 84. i expect a high of 85 around 4:00 p.m. we'll be at 84 by 5:00 p.m., 7:00 p.m., 80 degrees, a very warm afternoon ahead. autumn does arrive at 4 -- 4:02 p.m. this afternoon. the normal hydrops 33 degrees as we go through -- the normal high drops 33 degrees, daylight we lose an hour of date. the average first frost is october 29. >> first snow, december. hard to think frost and snow when it's so hot. ridley park i-95 northbound left lane blocked in delaware county. you want

. >> david murphy is tracking weather and karen rogers traffic as we say hello to the first day of fall. >> reporter: storm tracker 6 live showing we're dry mainly today as the wide view in the weather center shows the remnants of tropical storm jose, it's an extra tropical low now. it's spinning moisture off the coast, some of you might be picking up a brief shower off the coast. everybody else is looking at cloud cover and there will be sunny breaks as the day goes on. 64 in allentown. 68 in beach haven. 67 in wilmington, 71 in cape may. these are comfortable numbers and the humidity is low. 78 degrees by noon, a mix of sun and clouds at 3:00 p.m. temperature of 84. i expect a high of 85 around 3:30 p.m. or 4:00 p.m. by 7:00 p.m. we're holding 80 degrees. as we look at the kids looks like a nice morning on the bus stop for all. 66 in the suburbs, 69 and comfortable enough with partly cloudy skies overall. remember this is the beginning of autumn even though it will in the feel like it. autumn arrives at 2 minutes past 4:00 p.m. the autumnal equinox when the sun's rays are over the equ

. >>> first up, weather and traffic with david murphy and matt pellman in for karen rogers. >> reporter: we're turning toward improvement, right? >> reporter: as you look at the weather center you see clouds and rain coming through, it is in the process of clearing out now. storm tracker 6 live double scan a little bit of rain left by the coast most of that getting away from us, there might be a sprinkle by harrisburg and in the process of pushing away. burlington county and ocean counties have sprinkles. the roads are damp out there yet. 55 in allentown. 60 in trenton. 63 in beach haven, 64 in cape may. 61 in dover. as we roll through the afternoon it's going to be a nice one, we'll see sunshine giving -- clouds giving way to increasing sunshine. 73 degrees by noon. 74 is the high with clouds generally breaking as we go through the day, breezy at times. the bus stop forecast well it looks like it will be a decent one this afternoon this morning we're looking at temperatures in the 60s for the most part. matt when we come back we'll give you the latest on irma, a very powerful hurricane

let's go over to david murphy and karen rogers has traffic. is this fall or summer?> reporter: it feels like the height of summer. >> reporter: it will feel like the height of the summer over the next several days as we head toward the weekend. for now we're dealing with the effects of tropical storm jose it's churning up the surf and giving us a rip current risk at the shore. we'll hav

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> in the news this noon, president trump makes a major announcement about puerto rico as the island's governor declares a humanitarian crisis. >> and the big story on "action news" is the triple shoot that left one person dead outside of an apartment complex in north philadelphia. this noon police are searching for at least two gunmen. katherine scott is live with what we know so far about the shooting. >> sara i'm speaking about neighbors today, that everything is relatively quiet last night before a does shots rang out here. three people were hit and two people were in the hospital in stable condition. a third man lost his life. >> a 36-year-old man fatally shot. two more men wounded in a triple shooting in north philadelphia. >> 16, 17, 18, 19 shots. like everybody was shooting. called to a shooting to a spring garden apartments on the 700 block of green. arriving officers found two men ages 28 and 56. they were in a courtyard and both shot both rushed to hahnemann hospital. as they were gathering evidence while two

stick to route 100. >>> david murphy has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. impact. this afternoon it will not be as warm as recently. high of 72. bright conditions and not all that breezy. yom kippur at sundown. saturday and sun, isolated shower, breezy and cool, great for temple football, though, that's good football weather. sunday, october sunshine high of 71. phillies wrapping up the season union at home, as well. getting warmer next week. >> we continue to follow the manhunt in chester county. police know who shot and killed a 20-year-old man in phenomenon phenomenon -- phoenixville. they have to find him. >>> "live with kelly and ryan" is next. tom celek is a guest. i'm matt o'donnell. have a great friday and great weekend! paulsboro's a very proud community. it's been on the decline with the closing of the refineries and there's no jobs in the community. if there's no jobs, there's no education, there's no food on the table. what's important is the children. steve sweeney... he fought for 'em. this is where he's from. steve sweeney's been here since th

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> we are getting you to breaking news right now. shop-of the scene of a shooting at 16th and arch streets. police tell "action news" that a man in his 20s was shot twice in the shoulder and the man was taken to hahnemann hospital. no word on his condition at this time. a motive for the shooting is not known and no arrests were made. we'll update the story as information becomes available. >>> and to the weather and summer like end to the start of fall. autumn officials arrives later today but you can't tell if you head outside. sky 6 hd looking at the commodore barry bridge for you temperatures for the start of fall will be imagine this, in the 80s and not cooling down any time soon. meteorologist, melissa magee, is in the weather center with a first check of your accuweather forecast. >> mother nature is not ready to let up summer just yet. sky 6 hd looking at philadelphia international airport you should be okay if you catch a flight. the weather looks to be calm across the region. a look at the weather headlines,

lets get the latest from jose and maria from david murphy in the weather center. >> jose a pretty big storm. still a category one, and you see the center of the storm pushes foreign and forth to the northern and off the coast of norfolk, virginia and over the next several days it will spin out and become a tropical storm and that could happen today or tonight and then an extra tropical low that will not cause much damage. we see the rain brands and clouds. and coastal flood warning in effect is basically representing a good portion of the problems we are getting from this storm. winds are not strong enough for a watch. but we see enough water pile up with the high tide. we are heading toward a full moon and giving us rod rate coastal flooding especially times of high tide between 7:30 tonight and 8:30 tonight and this is the shore and back bays and up into the delaware bay and the upper bay has around delaware city there an advisory. a lot of rising water as we go into the early evening hours. the wind gusts right now 29 miles per hour at the airport in atlantic city. 25 in cape may a

good morning, september 25th, 5:30 a.m., we'll go over to david murphy and karen rogers good morning. >> reporter: we're ready to go, it's monday let's get going. >> reporter: that's my mirror over there. looking at cloud cover and we have sun coming up over the hydrogens in just a little bit. 66 in allentown, 6 in reading, 70 in philadelphia. down the pike in wilmington, 66. down the shore in cape may, 67. these are comfortable numbers, a little bit humid, but not too bad. as we go through the day, keep the cool drinks going, 85 degrees by noon. 3:00 p.m., a high of 90 hot, a little bit on the humid side. 85 degrees by 5:00. 7:00 p.m., 81. we'll wind up in the suburbs, 67 degrees and 70 in philadelphia. again as you look at dewpoints we're looking at numbers in the 60s. 67 in philadelphia, remember anything over 60 indicates humid air and we don't have any 70s, so it's not oppressive, definitely noticeably humid today. karen, things get cooler toward the end of the week, it will feel like autumn before too much longer. we had a jam on the schuylkill expressway earlier when constructi

with bonnie, i'm david murphy channel 6 "action news." >> welcome back everybody, 9:27 a.m., saturday. sky6 live hd via term university camera giving you the glimpse. center city skyline. meteorologist chris sowers says fall is here, but it feels like summer. >>> eagles fans are getting ready for tomorrow's home opener. septa is helping you get to the game for free. the free rides will be available from 9:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. tomorrow. there will be extra sports express trips to the linc they will run every ten minutes so you can make it to the game. eagles face off against division rivals new york giants at 1:00 p.m., go eagles! happening today you can see the philadelphia union in action they take on the philadelphia fire tonight at talen energy stadium at 7:00 p.m. penn state plays iowa, they will participate in a new tradition that's bringing smiles to the faces of can e children -- of children, because the said yum is next to the new children's hospital. they look up and wave to fans. it's a tradition to let the kids know the fans are rooting for them, too. >> you can watch th

for karen rogers, matt o'donnell, david murphy i'm tamala edwards. ♪ it's here. first night your teenage daughter stays out way too late. but after three years of specialist cancer care, to guide her into remission, you couldn't be happier about it. aetna. you don't join us, we join you. >>> good morning, america. happening now, double threat. two storms brewing in the atlantic. hurricane maria threatens those devastated caribbean islands and the carolinas. plus, jose moves in on the east coast, tropical storm watches from delaware to massachusetts bringing heavy rain, strong winds and flooding. >>> breaking overnight, violence erupting in st. louis. police clashing with protesters. these weapons confiscated. at least 80 arrested. [ chanting "hands up, don't shoot" ] >> the new rally over the acquittal of that police officer. >>> four boston college students assaulted while studying abroad in france. a suspect flows chemicals at their faces. they are speaking out this morning. ♪

. >> let's go outside to david murphy with accuweather and karen rogers with traffic. >> reporter: we have clouds over the terrace right now and satellite mimicking that idea. a few clouds locally. there are clouds out to the north and west. showers near pittsburgh may make it into the poconos and brief sprinkle into the closer northern suburbs, but not a big deal. 58 degrees on the bus stop in philadelphia. temperature keeps on sliding. 52 in allentown and reading. 65 in cape may. this afternoon well, it looks good, we'll be cool by 7:00. 56 but by lunchtime, 6. not a bad afternoon for recess. 73 on the way home from school this afternoon that's the high with partly sunny skies overall. pretty nice. 72 degrees by 5:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m., 69 there will be a breeze blowing at times. hurricane irma is a category four as it pultz -- pulls away from the turks and caicos. the latest numbers coming up from the national hurricane center and accuweather. what you got there, karen. >> reporter: it's a shot where you can see the flashing lights. penndot is zooming all around. we have an accident wi

. >> david murphy has the forecast. >> reporter: stars, planes and planets above me, we have clear skies and the promise of plenty of sunshine. we have cloud cover off to the west by pittsburgh and trying to creep into the delaware coastline. we'll see if it makes it. 70 degrees in philadelphia. 67 in trenton. 635 in allentown. 65 in reading. 67 in wilmington, down the shore in cape may, 68 degrees. once the sun comes up you'll feel it's a little bit humid, dewpoints in the mid 60s across the region. 62 in allentown. you'll not feel too much humidity to start out up there. moderate humidity across the region with the mid 60s. it's going to be on the hot side for at least a brief time this afternoon. 70 degrees by 7:00. noon, 85. pretty warm there, 90 is the high today at 3:00 p.m. that's two off the record high. it will be a little bit on the humid side as we go through the afternoon. you will feel it especially if you're out there walking or running or doing outdoor labor. 7:00 p.m., 81 degrees. this warm enjoy it, because the end fortunate week twelve like fall i have have that in the

. >> let's head outside to david murphy and matt pellman in for karen rogers good morning. >> reporter: the clouds are disappearing satellite showing you the clouds are thinning out after overnight showers. the sidewalks and side streets might be wet, but we are expecting the return of sunshine. 59 degrees, it's cool as you stepped outside. 57 in allentown. 56 in wilmington, 59 in trenton. 57 in reading, 62 in millville. 63 in cape may. the dewpoints are in the low 60s in millville. so not very humid and going to feel comfortable as he move through the morning and afternoon. looks like 59 degrees by 7:00 a.m. noon, 70. 3:00 p.m., 74 degrees is the high today. clouds breaking quickly this morning, 73 degrees by 5:00. low humidity, a little bit breezy as we go through the afternoon. nice weather continues in the afternoon straight through the weekend i'll have the details in the seven day, of course the latest on irma which is still a monster and heading toward the southeastern united states. >> reporter: it's a big story. good morning, david, good morning, everybody, we're "live with ke

. >>> it is 5:30 on september 11th, let's go to david murphy and karen rogers, good morning to both of you >> my daughter is singing the national anthem for 911 today. >> she has such a lovely voice, as we take a look at the weather center, another nice one, a continuation of that beautiful weather we had over the weekend. you can see there are clouds to the south and farther there's rain all because of irma, but that's all staying to the south, probably for another couple of days before we get any showers around here. 53 degrees in front be 51 in wilmington, 57 currently in philadelphia. pretty chilly as you step outside. 40's in allentown, reading and lancaster and 56 down in dover, delaware. as we roll through the day, it will be a good one, 72 for recess at lunch time, by 3:00, 78, few clouds popping up, generally speaking mostly sunny, boy 5:0077, worry looking at a cool one to start out with temperatures in suburbs in the 40's, between 6:00 and 8:00 and in philadelphia, averaging about 55 degrees, not a lot of wind, we're looking at hurricane irma deteriorating a little bit, it's

meteorologist, david murphy outside on the terrace with our forecast here, david. >> eventually we get some effects from irma. we have to wait. it won't be until tomorrow or wednesday as we see any of. that improvement with irma. it is no longer a hurricane. it has been downgraded as of 8 o'clock this morning to a tropical storm and you can see that florida so battered and put under the gun really over the last 48 to 72 hours is now clearing the rain pushing off to the north. what you're seeing is an infrared imagery of cloud cover and those reds indicate tall clouds that are capable of producing drenching downpours and that's what we've got now just to the north of charleston and also pushing in through atlanta where there is a tropical storm warning for the first time in atlanta's history, at least since the national weather service has been issuing that sort of thing. around here we have plenty of sunshine, although you can see the first clouds from irma creeping up through richmond, virginia and up towards washington, d.c. later tonight we'll probably see a little bit more of that

with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> good morning's 4:30 on this tuesday, september 12th. >> and we're following breaking news. a woman jumps to escape a fire in delaware. >> getting ready to assess the damage and the start the cleanup from hurricane irma's devastation. >> today is the final farewell for villanova coaching legend rollie massimino. >> let's find out what we can expect with your accuweather and traffic and go over to karen rogers and dave murphy. good morning. >> good morning. not quite as chilly out there this morning. >> not quite. satellite looking a little bit different, too in the weather center. there's plenty of cloud cover sweeping across the region. not that we won't see some sun breaking through at times but high clouds begin to filter in and there's what's left of irma, no longer a tropical storm and anything we get out of this is probably going to be falling apart today. tomorrow i think there's a better chance of some spotty brief showers popping through. 62 degrees in philadelphia, 52 in allentown, karen'

with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> hello, everyone is 4:30 a.m. on this wednesday september 27th. >> we're following a developing story. a gun fight on a philadelphia street kills a teenaged boy. two other teens and an 11-year-old girl are also shot. >> shipping crews and military personnel are headed to puerto rico to address the growing humanitarian crisis from hurricane maria. >> a philadelphia carriage horse company is appealing scathing animal violations. >> we're still looking for fall. david is off. meteorologist karen rogers is here along with matt pelman. good morning. >> one more day of fall summer. >> that's right. today is going to feel kind of sticky once again. even though the temperatures are in the 80's it will feel like the 90's. let's take a look at satellite and radar. the one thing i think you notice pretty quickly is what is now tropical storm maria still sitting and spinning off the coastline. we are starting today with a fair amount of clouds spining into south jersey. the rest of the day will be part to mostly

with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> good morning's 4:30 on this tuesday september 26th. >> good morning. we're following breaking news. police are on the scene of a shooting where neighbor finds another dead in the bushes. >> the city of philadelphia is unveiling the statue of an activist. >> hurricane matthew -- maria is churning up rip currents at our beaches. >> yesterday it was a hot one. we were sweating it out. >> today we're going sweat again but maybe not quite as much. you have the cloud cover and rotation in the winds from hurricane maria evident on the wide picture and we are getting some occasional clouds. overall yeah today we're expecting sun and clouds. 67 degrees right now, though. temperature not too bad in philadelphia. 68 trenton, 66 in allentown, 66 in wilmington and 68 degrees in cape may. as we roll through the day, it is going to be warm again. we're going to be up 80 degrees by noon. by 3 o'clock, 85 and i expect a high of 86 probably around 4 o'clock so a little bit later in the afternoon. 84 by 5 o'clock an