on phl 17 with brian taff, adam joseph, and ducis rogers. and then joan join us for a special report. >> a delaware man says he was defrauded by this moving company and he wants to warn others. >> i knew they had me, i knew i had been taken. what you need to know when you hire a mover. tonight on "action news" at 11:00. for jim gardner, cecily tynan, ducis rogers and the entire "action news" team i'm monica malpass hope to see you tonight at 11:00. >>> breaking news tonight, you'll see the showdown, the count clerk now hauled off to jail. tonight that clerk behind bars after refusing to grant marriage licenses to gay couples. the explosive moments inside the clerk's office, and tonight the strong reaction coming in outside. >>> also breaking, a major development in the hunt for three suspects they call armed and dangerous after the cop who they say was killed. now word coming in of a new video. >>> donald trump and his bold pledge tonight, what is he signaling now? >>> quarterback tom brady and the judge tonight, his decision, will brady be

"action news" continues at 10:00 on phl 17 with brian taff, sharrie williams, adam joseph and ducis rogers. and then please join us for "action news" at 11:00 here on channel 6, for cecily tynan, jaime apody, ducis rogers and the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner, we hope you'll join us for "action news" at 11:00. >>> tonight, who won? after fight night, donald trump set to speak, and who was the real winner on that stage? some now pointing to the only woman running for the republican nomination and that one moment. >>> breaking developments. we are just learning, authorities say a man tried to steal a jet from a texas airport. senior justice correspondent pierre thomas standing by. >>> the deadly earthquake and tsunami advisories triggered for the american coastline. the sirens going off, the grocery store shelves tumbling down. the 8.3 quake, the biggest this year. >>> the major headline for american drivers tonight. one of the largest settlements ever from an american automaker after a deadly defect. >>> and elton john breaking his silence tonight after that radio prank. he tho

for cecily tynan, adam joseph, ducis rogers and the entire "action news" team i'm jim gardner we hope'll join us at 11:00. >>> tonight, breaking developments. exclusive video from inside that boeing 777. the engine exploding into flames during takeoff. pilots rushing to bring the plane to a halt. the race to get off. one passenger saying it was like a river of fire. >>> and late reports of yet another shooting. authorities calling it an act of domestic terrorism. >> the protest in the capitol against the iran nuclear deal. and we ask hillary clinton, do they have a right to be concerned? >>> and the big headline from apple. the tv

for cecily tynan, ducis rogers, and the entire "action news" team i'm jim gardner, we hope you'll join us for "action news" at 11:00. ñÑ >>> breaking news tonight. now officially a hurricane and growing. several possible tracks. north carolina, up to new jersey, new york, straight to boston. all bracing for a possible hit. it could grow to a category 3 hurricane. >>> the secret meeting we now learned. the county clerk who refused marriage licenses to gays was invited to a secret meeting with pope francis. what did he say? >>> american war planes suddenly put on notice. given only a one-hour warning about the air space, as russia unleashes strikes over syria. martha raddatz, standing by tonight. >>> the manhunt in this country. the convicted killer, set free by accident. he's been on the run for five days now. >>> and the alarming headline about taking calcium. are the side effects worse than the help? dr. besser says women and men should take note tonight.

>> for cecily tynan and ducis rogers i'm jim gardner, we hope you'll join us at 11:00. >>> tonight, a special edition of "world news tonight" from hungary. exodus -- moment of crisis. europe since the second world war. tonight, the breaking development. the white house now says it is preparing to accept thousands of syrian refugees in the u.s. here in europe, the wall being built to halt the exodus. but can they really stop the hundreds of thousands of refugees risking their lives to escape war? our team along the entire route tonight, as we also go back to find the little syrian girl who moved so many viewers to act, one year ago this week. >>> also tonight, the possible highway sniper taking aim at new targets. >>> narrow escape. new images of that british airways plane on fire. >>> and, the police apol

. >>> well we hoped had seen the end of negativive stories concerning the eagles, ducis rogers has the detail. we don't want to hear this. >> this may not be good, the eagles situation is bad and may get worse, demarco murray leaves practice early with a hamstring issue, he looked fine at the beginning of practice, there is no word on how severe the hamstring is or if he will be able to play sunday against the new york jets, jason kelly says if murray is out life will have to go on. >> we have two other great backs to be able to get the job done. i mean, the bottom line is, whoever is carrying the ball behind us we have to do a better job up front. >> the eagles made mental mistakes, despite the 0-2 record, sam bradford says the team's confidence has not waivered. >> it has not done anything to our confidence, there is up's and down's in this league, do we want to start 2-0, absolutely. we can't lose confidence in what we are doing and what our system is, we all still believe in it. >> less than 2% of teams that start 2-0, to on to make the playoff sfwlz is this a must win for the phil

"action news" continues at 10:00 on phl 17 with brian taff and sharrie williams and ducis rogers and please join us for "action news" at 11:00 here on channel 6. for cecily tynan, ducis rogers and the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner, we hope you'll join us at 11:00. >>> tonight, we're tracking two storms. one set to become a hurricane. the major system hitting. flash flood alerts stretching 1,000 miles. d.c., philly, new york and new england in the path. and then, the tropical storm strengthening at this hour, swirling off the coast. >>> the breaking news tonight. the mother, minutes away from execution here in the u.s. the plea from pope francis to spare her life. the parole board's decision. >>> the showdown. the head of planned parenthood in the hot seat. after what was captured on those controversial videos. and that moment at the debate. >> its heart beating, its kicking. >> tonight, questions about that video now answered. >>> the midair scare. the passenger plane forced to land. the brakes igniting a fire at jfk airport. >>> and the new iphone, for $1?

ducis rogers has what to expect from the team's new quarterback. >> we hit 93 degrees today making it the second day and tomorrow will be in the 90s. i'll have detales in the accuweather forecast. let's clear the air. there are no limits on the amount of carbon pollution power plants can... release. and our senator, pat toomey, led the fight to keep it that way. carbon pollution, a major cause of climate change, leads to more asthma attacks in children. over a million pennsylvanians now suffer from asthma. and senator toomey took over a million dollars from polluters. tell senator toomey: it's time to clear the air. vote for the clean power plan. >>> school bells rang for the first time in the delaware valley this morning. in philadelphia, mayor michael nutter, and superintendant william hite went back to school and toured the tillman middle cool school in philadelphia, they joined eighth grade students for lunch today. the first day of school is one of excitement and nervousness in thousands of homes, we hope this is a great school year for everybody in the tri-state area. katherine

that's a look at sports, i'm ducis rogers you have yourself a terrific day. >> we have much more comingtion news" saturday morning, stay with us, we'll >> there's no room at the inn so to speak. secret service reveals how many people will see the pope celebrate mass on the parkway. >> we have picture of the suspect arrested in the shootings in arizona. a dreary start to the weekend, as fog covers the center city skyline. when will the sun come out? it will come out. >> reporter: don't use that word dreary, no, murky. that's kind of a better wood. >> like my coffee this morning. >> reporter: like your coffee [laughter]. there's the view as we look live in cape may. there's deceiving on the water. doesn't appear to be much fog, you go inland all of a sudden you can't see a thing. look at the numbers, millville to wildwood we're down to zero in the visibility department. .3 in atlantic city. that's the number at the airport. .3 in wilmington. half mile in dover, .3 in lancaster and it is especially those rural areas you get into the open field and suddenly that fog covers up everything. ov

with ducis rogers. cecily tynan and jim gardner. >>> tuesday night a former traffic judge faces tax charges ain mercer county woman missing for a week is found alive this afternoon. >> but the big story on "action news" tonight is a hot ticket to see the pope, the world meeting of families released 10,000 tickets today for the pope's appearance at independence hall and they did not last but a couple of minutes. david henry is live now. a big ticket item today and more coming up tomorrow. >> reporter: those red hot tickets sold out in a flash and landed on the black market almost immediately, scalpers were online trying to sell them for hundreds of dollars a piece. >> that is like trifling. >> that was mayor nutter's reaction. the world meeting of families made 10,000 tickets available and all the tickets were snatched up in two minutes and within minutes they were selling them online, ebay says they are removing all papal offers because they violate policy but they are selling them on other sites. >> yo

that's a look at sports this morning, i'm ducis rogers.ave yourself a terrific day. >> you heard the phrase if it looks like a duck, this looks like a duck, but it's not going to quack like one, because it's a tomato. she picked the odd-shaped tomato from her garden in michigan. she has no plains to cut it up and eat it. she wants to enjoy it's odd shape and hopes it brings smiles to some i was about to head to thecheck. bank, but out of nowhere it just started to rain. like really rain. [clap of thunder] i did not want to go out. [clap of thunder] but then i was like duh, just use your phone. mobile-deposit-techno-thingy to the rescue. i'm rayna. and i bank human at td bank. >> there's no room at the inn so to speak. the secret service reveals how many people will see the pope celebrate mass on the parkway. >> also ahead we have pictures of suspect arrested in the highway shootings in arizona. >>> it's the final weekend of summer, it still feels that way, at least now, how long does it last? meteorologist chris sowers is outside with a lo

for cecily tynan, ducis rogers and entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner, have a rogers and entiretion news" team, i'm jim gardner, have a good night and a great weekend. >> cecily that arm is getting stronger every week. she must be working out. welcome to 6abc high school hudzle i'm jeff skversky and a lot of games to get to from the city to shore to burbs you name it including game of week. plymouth whitemarsh and norristown an a star athlete getting national attention on the gridiron and on the diamond. the gridiron and on the diamond. huddle kicks off in 60 seconds.

news tonight is next on channel 6 and "action news" continues on channel 17 with brian taff, and ducis rogers, and join us for "action news" at 11:00 here on 6 abc. and for the entire "action news" team i'm rick williams, have a nice evening. we'll see you here at 11:00. >>> tonight, we're on the scene, the deadly floods. mothers and their children swept away, trying to get out of their cars. it happened in just moments. >>> also, the rescues tonight. families and their pets pulled from rushing water. >>> the deadly plunge. the school bus sent over an overpass. now we learn what the bus driver was trying to avoid. >>> the air scare. the flight to chicago. the unruly passenger and the takedown. >>> new details. the alleged plot against the pope. the arrest here in america. pierre thomas standing by. >>> and the high speed scare for an american neighborhood. the license plate. police says he claims he has diplomatic immunity. tonight, the confrontation. >> get out. >>> good evening. and it's great t

and ducis rogers has sports and much more when "action news" at 6:00 continues in just a moment. >>> one direct takes the stage tonight at lincoln financial field and one the boy band stars arrived in the delaware valley early and very hungry. walter perez is live in south philadelphia tonight and he started the buzz on social media today. >> reporter: absolutely, we spoke to one young lady about the situation, we said how big of a deal is one direction, she said oh my goodness you have to idea. band member, harry stiles and his entourage stopped by a local pizza place last night. >> there are people out there that don't know that one direction is one of the biggest musical acts in the world. one of them was beth who works at corner pizza who did not know who she was serving last night. >> they said that is harry stiles and i was like who is harry stiles. >> i would have had the same reaction. >> i found out quickly who he was. >> and then it started to pop up on social media, and it caught the attention of adoring fans at villanova university. >> it was all over twitter instagram an

now for jim gardner, cecily tynan, ducis rogers, the entire "action news" team, i'm rick williams, we hope to see you tonight at 11:00. yeah, i'm married. does it matter? you'd do that for me? really? yeah i'd like that. who are you talking to? uh, it's jake from state farm. sounds like a really good deal. jake from state farm, at three in the morning? who is this? it's jake from state farm. what are you wearing jake from state farm? uh, khakis. she sounds hideous. well, she's a guy so... another reason more people stay with state farm. get to a better state. >>> tonight, the urgent manhunt widening, the officer ambushed and killed and just now the audio. you will hear the officer's final call. three suspects armed and dangerous, families told to stay indoors. seven schools closed. >>> the war of words tonight, donald trump telling jeb bush to stop speaking spanish. >>> and vice-president joe biden speaking late today. will he take on hillary clinton? >>> the school scare, the student pulling out a gun, face-to-face with his teacher, saying he was going to kill. and now we learn of th

for cecily tynan, ducis rogers and entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner, have a rogers and entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner, have a good night and a great weekend. so trav asked me if i thought it was a problem that all we do on the weekends is sit around and drink wine. whoa. whoa. whoa. wait. are we only drinking on the weekends now? because we need to vote on that. guys? (all) no! wow. democracy works. but still, maybe we shouldn't just sit with our wine glasses in our hands, doing nothing. you know? so... i got us these. now our hands are free to do stuff. but i-i liked holding my glass. i feel like an animal. get it off! hate it! okay. whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. guys, wait. fine. what if we think of these necklaces as our "on deck circle"? hmm? that way, we don't have to get up so much. i don't like getting up. cheers, everyone. (glasses clink) ♪

. >> and ducis rogers speaking of frustration, the phillies taking a step to help ease some of that, tonight when they take on the marlins therk have a full flenled manager, pete mccannon has shed the interim tag, the contract calls for a club option for 2017, the phils have gone 30-36 since taking over for ryan sandberg and he was commended for his repore. it's energy level has picked up a bit and i think they recognize the fact that they didn't lay down and we are still try ourg best and working as hard as we ever did. >> week three must win, you better believe it, the eagles visit the 2-0 jets and the 0-2 birds are a mess. jaime apody has more. >> bradford did not see it coming. >> the coaches analyzed the game tape -- >> we didn't do anything well. >> the quarterback looks bewildered and the offensive line is pushed all over the place and now the line backers are all blank banged up but early in the season there is still a sense of urgency. you start to look the season wholistically and you don't start to panic, you don't want to start 0-2, though they beat andrew luck and the co

lets go to ducis rogers and the latest on the eagles, it seems unlikely to say something like this, butecond game of the season it's almost a must win game. >> you took the words out of my mouth but i'll go with it. the eagles cannot afford to fall 2-0 with the next two games on the road and nobody wants to lose to the dallas cowboys. >> a little cowboy week karma? >> whoa. not top ten. >> a banner blunder for the guy that had a banner year for dallas last season, demarco murray goes against the team that let him walk last season. murray swears it's no big deal, this is a true business and i'm very emotionless when it comes to a lot of things, i feel like you know i'm here and this is where i want to be, and this is the team. >> we have people on the team, he has some emotions he does not show you guys but i'm sure he will be fired up to play this game. >> so good sam bradford, his first taste of the eagles dallas rivalry. >> i'm learning quick there is not a lot of love lost between these two guys. this is an important game. >> he did not feel he played well and this is a game on many

"action news" continues at 5:30 for cecily tynan, jamie apody, ducis rogers and the entire "action newsam, i'm jim gardner. good night. gardner. good night. have a great weekend are you two dummies out in the yard again playing human whac-a-mole? (makes whacking noise) (makes buzzing noise) (laughs) i'm digging up that old time capsule we buried for trav when he was a baby. ohh. lame. i preserved his past, ellie. it is a mother's greatest gift. so when do i get to open it? on your 18th birthday. i know you're 19, but i forgot about the stupid thing until a couple seconds ago. oh, yeah. that capsule is full of stuff that we wanted you to have. (sniffs) it's got old photos, um, your teddy ruxpin bear... my grandmother's engagement ring, 38 special cassettes... i'm assuming those are from you? you need to carry on their message, bud. whoo. i'll devote my life to it. look, i just need to borrow my lucky visor out of there. with my golf tourney coming up, i need some cash for expenses.

. >> welcome to sports sunday i'm ducis rogers eagles linebacker brandon graham.hank you for joining us. i have to ask you don't you wish you were playing tomorrow instead of eight days from now. >>man i'm tell you i'm excited we have eight days. so you know i'll try not to be overly excited until actual game come but yeah i wish it was tomorrow. >> let's get to the news of the day. the eagles have added a new quarterback and day after cutting tim tebow the birds snag steven morris off waive from jacksonville. quarterback spent last season on the jags spot. he yet to play in the nfl game. he played college ball university of miami and he is a mobile quarterback. brandon dep isn't important at every position how important it it at quarterback position. >> you have to have the quarterback ready all times you never know it's a long season. i'm excited man chip has not steered us wrong yet. it stubs sore tebow but hey i'll welcome the new guy. >> were you surprised debow was released. i thut he would be part of the team. obviously he did good stuff out there. but chip

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brandon graham, sal palantonio and jamie apody and jeff skversky i'm ducis rogers thanks for watchinge'll talk to you next week hopefully thanks for watching we'll talk to you next week hopefully after a (plays throughout) ♪ sometimes, at last doesn't happen at first. ♪ ♪ your dad just kissed my mom. ♪ turning two worlds into one takes love. ♪ helping protect that world takes state farm. i'm ilia garcia and i'm walter perez. tonight on visions 2015 (cheers) the first latin american pope visits philadelphia. we take a look at his impact. (singing) from a congregation of followers to a center city kitchen with big plans. nat empinadas "culture" is a big word around the philadelphia eagles. see how the hispanic culture is influencing the eagles locker room. touchdown eagles plus the largest public arts exhibition in philadelphia history takes on some important issues. it's a special visions 2015 celebrating hispanic heritage month. hello and welcome to visions m walter perez. and i'm ilia garcia you usually see ilia on our sister station, univision. we're happy to have her join us for to

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with ducis rogers, meteorologist, cecily tynan, and jim gardner.>>> he has arrive i city, shepherd oneouched down at jfk airport less than 45 minutes ago and the plane came to a stop. and the smiling pope francis came down to greet the waiting and adoring crowd. this is the second leg of his journey, a journey that will bring him to philadelphia. it's thursday night and the big story on "action news" tonight is the latest on the pope's journey to america, and before coming to new york pope francis did something in washington today that a few other people that have been able to do before him p he was able to tame congressional leaders, as he spoke to a joint meeting of congress, he gave both sides plenty to feel good about. the democrats appreciated his call to embrace the stranger in our midst, immigrants legal and illegal. >> we the people of this continent are not fearful of foreigners. because most of us were once

with ducis rogers, meteorologist, cecily tynan and jim gardner. >>> wednesday night a montgomery county college slashes tuition and work begins on a historic philadelphia hotel to give it new life. but the big story on "action news" tonight is the city of philadelphia moving one day closer to its appointment with the pope, and this is the way it looked today on the ben franklin parkway, crews were up in the air building the stage that will contain the papal alter for sunday's giant mass, on the pash way is david henry. bring us up to date on the papal preparation. >> the work you just mentioned is still underway on the parkway, the super structure and the pope's alter is still underway, millions of people are expected to be out here for the two events, but what happens when people use their phones to make calls and send their pictures out on social media. >> this is an unheard of type of event and a once in a lifetime events and people want to share their moment with the world, that is why technicians turn it's parkway into a giant hot spot, 37

were ducis rogers, meteorologist cecily tynan, and jim gardner. >>> tuesday night and jim is on assignmentng tonight, i'm rick williams, and in the news a westchester man is sentenced on charges that he injected a kitten with heroin. >>> but the big story in philadelphia, is scary moments in salem county, new jersey, following a gas explosion that leveled a home and business this morning. it happened on north broadway in pennsville knowledge, not far from route 49 and delaware avenue, a local lawyer's office and neighboring apartment were both destroyed. but there are no injuries, plenty of neighbors remain on edge and walter perez is live from pennsville with more on what happened and why. >> reporter: rick, we'll give you a live look at the scene as you can see demolition crews leveled what remained behind and investigators believe that utility contractors working to replace lines clipped the main and that sent gas to the basement and that came in contact with the pilot light and heater setting off a names that came close to his

with ducis rogers meteorologist cecily tynan and jim gardner. >>> it is thursday night and the big story on "action news" tonight is the search for survivors in the crash of a small plane. the single engine aircraft went down into the atlantic ocean 7 miles southeast of atlantic city, it happened at 2:45 this afternoon. dann cuellar is live now in atlantic city. the plane was bound for atlantic city from michigan, what do we know about the flight and its fate. >> that is the unknown thing, they believe it crashed into the ocean, it never made it into the airport here, the coast guard and marine corps is looking for survivors of this plane crash, it remains unclear how many people were on board the plane, the faa says that a single engine, mooney m 20 crashed southeast of atlantic city in the atlantic ocean, the plane is designed to carry four people and it departed gaylord, michigan, and was headed to atlantic city airport when something went terribly wrong, the coast guard has confirmed the wreckage and they see a trail of debris where they are looking for survivors, they have three ves

with ducis rogers, meteorologist, cecily tynan, and jim gardner. >>> wednesday night, six correction officers are charged with smuggling drugs into philadelphia prisons and congressman chaka fattah turns to the internet to finance his legal defense, but the big story is 10,000 more papal tickets in now in circulation, just after 4:00 this afternoon, 10,000 tickets were released for the festival of families, and tickets to the mass on the mark way will be put online for sale tonight and they started to sell pope francis merchandise tonight in center city. this is a means to help pay for the cost of world meeting of families. live on the parkway is david henry, what about the tickets released late this afternoon. >> reporter: you know 85% of the parkway is open to the public but you need the tickets to get in the secure zone down there, where the 10,000 tickets were up for grabs at 4:00 and they went within two minutes, 10,000 tickets for the saturday event

with are ducis rogers, meteorologist cecily tynan, and jim gardner. >>> wednesday night, jim is off and i'm rick williams, in the news authorities arrest a former north penn high school student behind a nude photo scandal. and new security information just released by the secret service for the pope's visit. and it includes a ticketed area for the pope's mass on september 27th, john rawlins live now with more on the story. >> reporter: hi rick, we have some clarity today that is for sure on the two big parkway events, some folks are going to get a lot closer to the action than others, because they will have tickets, they go to the parishes, the 219 parishes and some faith based groups as well. here is the parkway split into the work zone at the art museum and the purple zone to city hall. no ticket needed for the more distance purple zone, but everybody has to go through airport type secuit

that's a look at sports this morning, i'm ducis rogers you have yourself a terrific day. >> a new dinosaurcies is display in colorado. this is ava they found her three years ago. finding a new species is rare. the dinosaur research center said in the 24 hours it's been uncovering dinosaurs only three or four have been brand new. >> it's cool when you are the first person that figure out this is the way it's supposed to look. 85% of the bones were found, scientists made the rest with the help of 3d printer. >> much more to come on "action news" including "shelter me rescue of the week." >> reporter: i'm david murphy this is one of the dogs rescued by diamonds in the rough. on this he week's "shelter me rescue of the week." you'll here more about athen in a coming up on "action happening on "action news" saturday at 9:00. police in arizona make an arrest with the recent rash of highway shootings, but they warn that the investigation is far from over. >>> another patient death is linked to mold outbreak at a pittsburgh hospital. >>> one and one with richard gere. he is sitting down with "acti

. >>> "action news" delaware valleys leading news program, with ducis rogers, meteorologist, cecily tynanand jim gardner. >> jim is off i'm rick williams, two local senators add your support to the iran nuclear deal, and the pope relaxes tis stance on abortion. >>> and now the arrest a wrestler after the death of his girlfriend 30 years ago. chad pradelli is live now with the story. the question is, why now after a local newspaper uncovered new potential evidence, the district attorney decided to reopen the case and took it to a grand jury and decided to arrest who was once known as super fly with murder. >> the 23-year-old was found in an allentown hotel struggling to breathe, she later died at a local hospital, authorities said an autopsy showed traumatic brain injuries, he wrote in an auto biography he was innocent in her death and allegations he may have been involved ruined his life and was taken to civil court by her family. >> bail is set at

. >>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program, with ducis rogers, meteorologist, cecilyand jim gardner. >>> the people's pope is on parade, on his first full day in america, we got a sense of what pope francis' visit to philadelphia will look like this the scene in washington, d.c., as crowds reach out their hand and pope francis returned the favor, it's wednesday night and jim is along at 11:00, i'm brian taff, today is the day that saw pope francis greet his fellow bishops and the president and greet the public. it happened in washington, d.c. and right now the pope is still celebrating his first mass in the united states, the first canonization on american soil, we look inside of the basilica of the national shrine of the immaculate conception in washington, d.c. it's a busy day for pope francis, rick williams and monica malpass are there watching it right now and filed this report. >> this is the last public event for today for pope francis, he will go back to the vatican embassy and relax for the evening, tomorrow he will address a joints session of congress the fir

with ducis rogers, meteorologist, cecily tynan, and jim gardner. >>> wednesday night, thieves steal alag from outside of a philadelphia home, and authorities arrest a suspect wanted for torching a center city construction site. >>> but the big story on "action news" tonight is hurricane joaquin, it is currently bearing down on the bahamas and we are tracking this storm closely because it has the potential of having a major impact on us come sunday and monday. lets get the latest information from cecily tynan. >> joaquin has strengthened dramatically in the last 24 hours. >> was a tropical storm and now a category one hurricane with sustained winds of 85 miles per hour. there is good symmetry and an eye wall form, what is going on is there is warm water there and a lot of moisture available so the atmosphere conditions are favorable for this to ramp up to a category three hurricane by tomorrow, that is a major hurricane, now there is still a

with ducis rogers, meteorologist, cecily tynan and jim gardner. >>> a historic moment and this is onlyope francis has arrived in the suts for the first time in his life. on hand to welcome him today personally at joint base andrews, president obama. and we are just days away from the papal visit to philadelphia. it is tuesday night and jim is off and i'm brian taff and the big story on "action news" tonight is the pope's journey to america, he is resting now at the vatican embassy, arriving this past hour. the pressure is on for the crews in philadelphia that have just three days to finish building and get that papal stage set. we have team coverage of the papal visit tonight and you'll hear from all of our reports, first we hear from anchors rick williams and monica malpass in washington to kick off our coverage. >> hi brian, thank you. that is right preparations continue at catholic university also home to the national cathedral, preparing for tomorrow's big papal mass, of course the pontiff will preside over it and there is a canonization

hope you join me with sharrie and ducis rogers and the whole gang tonight and every night for a fullaction news" at 10:00 on phl 17. >> here is monica malpass with a look ahead at 5:00. >> hi there, coming up next at 5:00, the search is on for the vandals after police found this terrible sight at a delaware cemetery and the ben franklin parkway remains closed after the papal visit this weekend and a funding site on capitol hill, a harsh battle of words with funding planned parenthood. >>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >>> looking live at the ben franklin bridge on sky 6 hd, it's the calm before the storm at the delaware valley, looking live at double scan live radar seeing storm heading our way, it's expecting to soak our streets tonight. tuesday night rick is off, and the big story on "action news" is the rain bearing down on the tri-state area, cecily tynan is keeping a close eye on double scan live radar. >> hi rick and monica, you can feel the hoist your in the air and it feel

hope you'll join me along with sharrie and ducis rogers and adam for an hour of "action news" on phl 17. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ geico motorcycle, great rates for great rides. >>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >>> thursday night and the big story on "action news" is the start of closures along the ben franklin parkway as the preparations for the visit of pope francis are now underway, chopper 6 hd is live on the parkway now where the inner drives are now closed. this is making a huge impact on the commute. they are closed from a akins oval to the inner drive, this gives them the space they need to set up for the papal events, matt pellman will have more in the traffic report in just a moment. >>> pope francis arrives next saturday and one concern that residents still have for the visit, city council talked about that today. vernon odom has more. >> reporter: good evening, rick and monica, a lot of city council members tell me now that their regular session is canceled for next week because of all

with ducis rogers, cecily tynan and jim gardner. >> tuesday night a gun scare forces the lockdown ofhester high school. but the big story on "action news" is the late and wet words from accuweather, we are looking ahead to a night of much needed rain, cecily tynan is live at the big board. what is the story. >> by the end of week we are looking ahead to dry weather again, this is just the first round of heavy rain this week, double scan live radar showing what is going on, you see this plume of moisture thanks to low pressure over kentucky, what this low pressure will do is track across central pennsylvania, that is the access of the heaviest rain but we'll get a round of rain throughout the overnight hours, future tracker 6 showing at 2:00 this is when the heaviest rain occurs north and west of philadelphia and could have a rumble of thunder. heading into the morning commute, the heaviest rain lifts to the north and we'll have lingering showers and it will still be warm and humid and temperatures nose dive for thursday and friday. >> this is what to expect the next 12 hours again wi

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