. >> reporter: crystal's uncle jeff walters also heard from her that morning. >> i received a message friday from her stating that -- about a billboard her boyfriend had put up for her. >> reporter: hargrave had put up a billboard advertisement showcasing mcdowell as a real estate broker. seen here in a text exchange given to us by hargrave, crystal sends him an image of the billboard and says, "and you are so sweet." to which he replies, "i love you and i'll always support you." with the storm approaching, hargrave says he grew concerned when he realized he had not heard from crystal after a few hours. >> that's not like crystal not to reply back very quickly. so i thought that was kind of weird. but maybe she was with family getting things ready. >> reporter: no one would hear from her again. the next day, saturday, hurricane harvey inundated houston. and three days later, on tuesday, crystal's black mercedes-benz was found in the flooded parking lot of a motel 6, seven miles from her home. crystal was nowhere to be found and immediately there were suspicions. >> we don't believe sh

with meteorologist melissa mcgee, jeff skversky, sarah bloomquist and walter perez. >>> a day of demonstrationscross the nfl. in the wake of president trump's comments denouncing players who take a knee during the national anthem. athletes, coaches and team owners link arms in a show of solidarity against mr. trump's statements. some took a knee while other teams didn't even take to the field until after the national anthem was performed. >>> sunday night, the big story on action news is the convergence of sports and politics in the national football league. >> it was an unprecedented show of solidarity as the nfl took a stand and sent a message to the president. >> please join us in singing the national anthem. >>> the eagles joined other teams to send a message to president trump. at lincoln financial field, players linked arms. owner jeffrey lurie joined them. >> we're going to be united and the owner was down there as well. says a lot about him and the change he's trying to create in the city. >> wide receiver smith stood just mind him with malcolm jenkins, fists raised. chris long was at t

jeff skversky. sara bloomquist. and walter perez. >>> the waves are kicking up at the jersey shore. tropical storm watch has been issued for the coast from delaware to cape cod. hurricane jose is tracking north, bringing wind and rain that could mean rough surf and even some flooding at the shore. sunday night and the big story on action news tonight is the approach of hurricane jose. >> that's right. the storm is now a category one and while the current track has it moving well off the coast, jose's effects will be felt. >> meteorologist melissa mcgee has been tracking this storm for the last few days and joins us now with the latest on the path. >> yes, sarah and walter, we are tracking jose. and the latest update has the storm as a category one hurricane with maximum sustained winds at 90 miles per hour. it's about 305 miles to the southeast of north carolina. so it's moving to the north at about 9 miles per hour. right now it is in the gulf stream. it is in water that is fairly warmer than at our latitude. so as we put this into motion and it moves to the north, it will start to

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mcdowell's unz kel jeff walters reported her missing. >> her parents died when she was young, and i guess i'm the closest one to her in the family. she's like my daughter. >> reporter: the sheriff does not believe that her children actually witnessed her death. they're now in custody of some other relatives. her autopsy was performed yesterday and right now we still don't have a motive. charlie? >> oh, omar, thanksing. >> she did yesterday in new york at 88. challenged the marriage act. that blocked lesbian and gay couples from receiving the same benefits as married couple. jan crawford is with us. she spoke to her in 2013. >> reporter: her case marked history. when i talked to her back in 2013 we discussed her case, her love for her late wife, and her legacy. >> it was a great love affair. that's all i know to say about it. it was everything. >> reporter: edy spent her in the 1960s. they spejts 40 years together, waiting for the right to marry. >> we didn't have the managic of the word. >> right. >> of the marriage. you had the but not the marriage. >> right. >> the couple decided to mar

news", delaware valley's leading news program, with meteorologist medical list a magee, jeff skversky and walter perez. >>> saturday night i'm walter perez, search is on for person who shot a man at penns landing. we are live with the very latest on the investigation. >>> plus almost time for six abc dunkin' donuts thanksgiving day parade and floats are already on the move , getting ready for the big day. >>> but the big story on "action news" is crisis in the caribbean. millions in puerto rico are trying to simply survive many still lacking food, water and power, president trump spent the morning tweeting. first attacked mayor of san juan and lashed out at media, again. but people on the island are not even aware of what the president is communicating, many are also still without a way of communicating with the outside world. we will get the ratees from abc chuck steve even son. >> reporter: as millions of the american citizens line up, desperate for food and fuel, and thousands of troops officials, and volunteers, raced to hand out life saving supplies. >> it is a life or death struggle. >> re

. >> for melissa magee, jamie apody, jeff skversky, walter perez and the entire "action news" team, i'm we will see you right back here at 11:00 o'clock. >> ♪ fios is not cable. we're a 100% fiber optic network. and with the new fios gigabit connection... you get our fastest... internet ever. with download speeds up to 940 megs - 20 times faster than most people have. switch to fios gigabit connection with tv and phone for $79.99 a month online for the first year. plus hbo for one year and multi-room dvr service for two years, all with a two-year agreement. and switching has never been easier. get out of your contract with up to a $500 credit to help cover your early termination fee. go to fiosgigabit.com >>> tonight, a special edition of "world news tonight." hurricane irma slams florida. the monster hurricane first making landfall in the florida keys. and then barrelling up the coast of florida. >> it's horrifying. it is absolutely horrifying. >> winds more than 100 miles per hour, spawning tornadoes. the hurricane slamming into markle island. then right here in naples. and the storm

"action news", delaware valley's leading news program, with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky and walter perez. >>> saturday night i'm walter perez septa train goes off the track and two dogs are fleeing after being rescued from the storm drain in bucks county. >>> but the big story on "action news" is developing news, her kaine jose. east coast tonight there is good news, the storm is shifting east but still will remain on the look out for high waves along the jersey shore this was the scene in ocean city, where the waves are already kicking up, we have a surfer who decided no use in ideal surfing conditions. meteorologist melissa magee is here tracking jose with the very latest on the situation, melissa. >> we will track jose as we go throughout the rest of our weekend and early next week. jose is still a hurricane, jose is a hurricane i should say, it is about to the southwest of bermuda and 480 miles to the south/ southeast of cape hatteras, north carolina what we have noticed, two noticeable changes with the track of jose. one it is starting to shift to the east and also by the time

. >> reporter: crystal's uncle jeff walters works in the same real estate office.to her? >> i don't know. but i know she's not one to leave and she's -- she would always be in contact with us and her children. >> reporter: chambers county sheriff brian hawthorne says the investigation began before the storm but harvey's aftermath has made the efforts more challenging. >> we are hampered by some of the flood issues, but we are as aggressive as ever trying to locate and find crystal mcdowell. >> reporter: the 38-year-old mother of two was divorced in june but still shared a home with her exhusband. our calls to him went unanswered but he told crystal's she intended to pick up the kids and ride out the storm in dallas. >> i think she was concerned for her well-being. >> reporter: paul hargrave said he and crystal started dating and suggested her relationship with her exhusband was not ideal. >> i think she wanted to get out of the situation and move forward. >> i think there was probably some animosity between boyfriends and husbands and husband probably might think t

. ♪ ♪ "action news," delaware valley's leading news program with melissa magee, jeff skversky and walterez. ♪ ♪ >> protecting life is our top priority. no resource or expense will be spared to protect families. >> hurricane irma is battered south florida, with strong winds and rain and the worst to come. florida's west coast is expected to have the worst storm in its history. a potential deadly storm surge and possibility of tornadoes. >> this is a look from palm beach florida where the darkness serves as a bray lude of things to come. it's saturday night. i'm walter perez. 6,000,000 people have been told to evacuate florida. if they have not now, it's too late. the window has closed and the only thing to do is find the safest place. 75,000 people are spending the night in shelters. it's unlikely they'll sleep. we have team coverage of irma tonight. brian taff is in naples which seems to be in the storm's cross hairs. we begin with melissa magee. we'll track irma tonight and during the overnight hours. you can see irma has for most of the day been flirting with the north coast of cuba an

mcdowell's uncle, jeff walters, had reported her missing. >> her parents died when she was young and guess i'm the closest one to her and the family. she's like my daughter. >> reporter: the sheriff doesn't believe mcdowell's children actually witnessed her death. they are now with other relatives. the autopsy was performed yesterday, but at this point there's no word on any motive. >> omar, thanks. >>> gay rights pioneer edith windsor is being remembered this morning for paving the way for the legalization of same-sex marriage. she died yesterday in new york at 88. in a landmark supreme court case, windsor challenged the constitutionality of the defense of marriage act. that blocked couples from receiving the same benefits as heterosexual couples. jan crawford spoke with her in 2013. >> reporter: her case really marked a turning point paving the way for same-sex marriage. when i talked to her in 2013, we discussed her case, her love for her late wife, and her legacy. >> it was a great love affair. that's all i know to say about it. it was everything. >> reporter: edie windsor met he

"action news," with jeff skversky and walter perez. >> trump ignites a fire storm after picking a fighttop athletes and some are giving him a peels of their mind. saturday night. i'm walter perez. president trump has a war on words with thee president calling on players to be fired that disrespect the national anthem. we have the latest from abc linda lopez. >> the warriors at the center of a feud with the president of the united states. >> stephen curry talking about whether his team will accept a white house invitation to celebrate the championship. >> i don't want to go. >> president trump responded on twitter. going to the white house is a imreat honor. stephen curry is hesitating. therefore, the invitation the gone. lebron james tweeting at president trump, you bum. going to the white house was an honor until you showed up. >> he's using sports as a platform to divide us. >> lebron james commenting about nhl players taking a knee to the national anthem. >> wouldn't you like to say get that son of a [bleep] off the field. he's fired. >> calling every player that took a knee a son of

"action news," delaware valley's leading news program with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky and waltercane jose is moving north. folks at rah ho the beach are fg large waves. >> tonight, good new, the latest track shows it moving away from shore. melissa magee has been following the storm. she has the first check of the forecast. >> jose is northeast of cape hatteras, north carolina. it's a category one storm maximum winds at # 0 miles per r hour. the storm shifted east as far as the track is concerned. when we look at the movement, it's moving north seven miles per hour. as we put it into motion, it stays a hurricane one category and will be downgraded to a tropical storm. the the intensity gets closer to our region. the track of the storm is well offshore of the jersey shore and delaware beaches. as far as tropical storm winds with this, as we zoom in closer, 10% chance jersey beaches into delaware. tonight, 72 in philadelphia, 69 allentown, 63 poconos and 68 dover. throughout the rest of tonight, skies clear out. there will be a lot of low level moisture. fog develops throughout the

news", delaware valley's leading news program, with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky, sarah bloomquist and walter perez. >>> sunday night, local power crews return home after helping her kaine victims in florida. >>> also, an amazing, amazing finish at the link as eagles beat the giants with an unbelievable last second, 61- yard field goal. >>> but the big story on "action news" is massive show of solidarity, by nfl players and owners, the game's all across the kent troy kay. >> those demonstration where is in response to the president's comments that denounce players who protest racial and social injustice by taking a knee during the national anthem. >> today that message was louder than ever as even more players over 130 took a knee while others like the eagles, including owner jeffery lurie stood arm and arm. >> ♪ oh, say can you see, by the dawn's early light ♪ >> and that image was a common one today as players, all across the country linked arms , others need, but pittsburgh steeler, seattle seahawks and tennessee titans didn't even take the field until after the national anthem was played.

with meteorologist melissa mcgee, jeff skversky, sarah bloomquist and walter perez. >>> a day of destructionn the state of florida. hurricane irma made land fall with winds of more than 100 miles an hour in the keys. homes have been reduced to piles of wood. parts of the city of miami now under water. and now irma is targeting tampa. which hasn't been hit by a hurricane in 90 years. >> and tonight much of the state of florida is in complete darkness as the storm rolls through. nearly three and a half million people are without power thanks to irma. and we're told it will be weeks, maybe months before all the power is restored across florida. >> sunday night and the big story on action news is the devastating impact of hurricane irma. >> the storm has been battering florida all day long with the worst at this point right now in north florida. >> team coverage of the storm's impact. meteorologist melissa mcgee is tracking the path. >> and christie ileto spoke to a couple who survived the storm in the caribbean. but brian taff in naples once again that took the brunt of the storm. >> reporter:

news", delaware valley's leading news program, with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky, sarah bloomquist and walter perez. >>> hurricane irma is battering south florida, just 90 minutes ago the hurricane made land fall for the second time bringing with it 135-mile an hour winds. at this hour, millions are without power, and this storm is, far from over. >>> welcome to "action news" at 5:00, our extending coverage of the hurricane irma >> right now irma remains a category three hurricane bearing down on naples. south florida, trees are down, and streets were flooded and irma has spawned tornadoes across the region this storm is massive effecting one even of the sunshine state to the other. tonight we have team coverage, meteorologist melissa magee has the latest on the storm's path but we will begin with brian taff in naples in the eye of the storm is passing, brian. >> reporter: walter and sarah this has been a absolutely surreal hour or two hours, here in naples florida right now. forgive me as lie around as i stay out of the path of flying debris. we just passed through eye wall, the strongest wi

news", delaware valley's leading news program with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff sky verse ski, sarah bloomquist and walter perez. >>> the east coast is again, on hurricane watch, hurricane jose is moving through the atlantic and storm is expect to kick off some rough surf but so far, it looks like help say will stay off shore. >>> sunday evening, big story on "action news" is tracking hurricane jose. >> even though it is well off shore coast could see dramatic effects. lets get over to meteorologist melissa magee with the latest track. >> we have been tracking jose since early last week and we're still tracking it into early this week as well. right now jose is a category one hurricane winds sustained at 90 miles an hour. it is 305 miles to the south/ southe of cape hatteras north carolina we will put this into motion here. movement right now to the north at 9 miles per hour, as we go throughout the next several days, jose will continue to parallel the east coast but you notice even on its most western patties still well off shore of the new jersey beaches and also the delaware beaches, as well. so the mo

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one says, i wonder if righties thought walter cronkite was playing it right down the middle when he got real about vietnam. we hear next from north carolina, jeffn the republican line. caller: i have got to concerns. good morning. of voter id. i think there is a lot of illegal voting going on from illegal immigrants. i think you have a lot of dead people voting, a lot of felons. you have a lot of people voting who should not be voting. i think photo id would fix that problem. however, you democrats do not want to allow it. they think your blacks and minorities are too stupid to go out and get in id, which i find extremely insulting. host: you are saying those people are too stupid to get a photo id? caller: i am saying the democrats think those people are too stupid, too dumb to go out and get photo id. host: do you think some people have transportation issues or access to places where they can get an official drivers license or state id? is that a legitimate concern? caller: you have a lot of these cities providing public transportation to transport these people to get voter ids. that is not an excuse. that is .02% of the people that effects.

walter reed as fast as possible. >> reporter: living overseas while dad jeff served in the military, a.j.was so intense. alexa and i were shifting each other out at the hospital. >> eventually he did reach remission. >> reporter: unfortunately in the summer of 2015 a.j. relapsed. it was another setback. >> it came back in two locations so that's a clear indication that the treatment wasn't working. >> reporter: at that point we knew that a transplant was really his only option. the f to be tested. and none of us were a match. >> reporter: the family turned to be the match, an organization that helps patients find their life-saving donors. and thankfully they found a.j. a match. a 22-year-old woman, that's all the family knew at the time. meanwhile, a.j. kept on fighting. >> felt like a very long road leading up to his transplant day. he went through a lot of heavy-duty chemotherapy. >> reporter: throughout the difficult process like a typical kid a.j. found small moments of joy in his toys and even dancing. >> woo. a.j. ♪ >> reporter: for a.j.'s mom it was a glimmer of hope she needed. wr