it appeared on the beaches in sea isle city this afternoon, drew crowds of people as the news spread. nbc 10's brandon hudson is there and found out what's going to happen next. >> reporter: police will be out here overnight to watch this whale. even at this hour, it's got somewhat of a crowd out here. the big question tonight is how did it die, and wash up here? it's as sad as it is unbelievable, a 33 foot long body of a humpback whale washed ashore in sea isle city, attracting a large crowd to the shore this evening. have you seen anything like this before? >> never, and i've been here 22 years. >> reporter: a long line of parked cars stretched down landis avenue as families came out for this rare photo opp. the news spread quickly. >> my son called me from up in pennsylvania. >> reporter: michael leighton told us it's surprising to see the whale on the beach, but he noticed the whales getting closer to the shore last winter. >> the guys were kind of squaca last year. >> the marine mammal stranding center says the whale is a young male and appears emaciated but not injured. although

here is the closer view on radar, cape may and sea isle city and lewes, delaware.ry now and then a steadier cell coming through and the same time this comes up to the northeast it is slowly shifting to the east and you can detect a bit of that, and we hope that over the next couple of hours we can get that off the coast. down to 57 and an indication of how the air dried out east of the philadelphia, winds are light now at 3 miles per hour. could get breezy later in the afternoon not extremely so, 71 in philadelphia and 68 in allentown and down the shore we have the rain stuck in the upper 60s currently. satellite 6 along with action radar showing you how the first batch of rain came through in the early morning commute. and we have dried out in most of the region and the shore area is the exception and see how the clouds are really thinning and that line of sunshine getting closer and closer to philadelphia and things in the process of brightening up. in the lehigh valley a clouds and sun mix, already breaking out sunshine in the north and breezy and 74 is your hig

ahead, hear why experts say humans are the reason this whale died in sea isle city. >>> plus, the eaglesll be under the primetime lights for "monday night football." hear why the team could be making headlines before they even take the field. y24kmy y5yy >>> at a:47. we continue to follow breaking news. we just got new video of the explosion that shut down the northeast corridor overnight. the mayor of elizabeth said one of several devices inside of a backpack exploded whil a robot was trying to disarm it. no one was hurt. amtrak trains will run on a modified schedule today because of the explosive devices. also, train service on new jersey transit was scheduled to resume just minutes ago. nbc 10's matt delucia has our next live report coming up at 6:00. >> from our jersey shore bureau this morning, we now know why a humpback whale washed up dead in sea isle city on friday morning. the young whale was injured when it got entangled in fishing line. that provided the 20-ton mammal from eating and likely caused its death. crews buried it on saturday. >>> warning signs are up on beaches in c

we are here in sea isle city. we have been talking yesterday to some hotel owners who were saying that they are dealing with some cancellations at this point but a lot of beach hopefuls i'm seeing right now. we will send it back to you guys. >>> stay with "eyewitness news" as we continue to track tropical storm hermine. we will have updates on tv and our web site at cbs philly.com. >>> campaign 2016 comes rolling through philadelphia, again, this time, the donald trump campaign comes to town. our anita oh is live in north philadelphia where some anti truck demonstrators, want their voices heard. anita, good afternoon. >> reporter: for the past hour protesters have been gathering here on north broad street ahead of the donald trump's expected visit with african-american community leaders. is there already a police presence here and a crowd forming, with a dozen protesters that you can see, and across the street that says slavery made america great and one of the organizers here tells me that is a dig at trump's cam

. >> we now know what killed this 20-ton humpback while in sea isle city.ahead, hear why humans are to blame for the mammal's death. >>> prime time showdown. tonight, carson wentz and the eagles take on the bears on "monday night football." ahead, hear from the team about that matchup. third president? male teacher: and the largest planet? someone we haven't heard from. female teacher: anyone else? through internet essentials, comcast has connected more than 3 million people in need to low-cost, high speed internet at home, helping to make sure that every hand in the classroom goes up. male teacher: okay, veronica. amphibian. male teacher: excellent. welcome to a brighter future. comcast. >>> good morning, everyone. jessica boyington with a check on the roads. starting out this morning on the vine street expressway. we're open this morning, not dealing with construction, closing it in both directions. typically that's what we deal with in the morning, east and westbound in between broad street and the schuylkill. you're good to go no alternates there. this

now couple years ago i found my friend andrew, right here, in sea isle city. you. >> good morning. >> media's own. >> springfield? same thing. >> we have cousin ryan here you. >> are media. >> yes you let him hang out with you you in media. >> yeah. >> what will do you today to take advantage of the last great day of summer vacation. >> i love the arcade. >> go inside. >> i know, but i need aa, arcade a none house, i always say that but i love going on the beach, and the waves it is awesome. >> i said to you people need to stock up, pretend you are not here. if you are a parent, go to the liquor store and the people at gleeson's says they are ready for you. you know there is a storm coming, what are they go to go buy for labor day weekend and storm. >> they will buy their usual products, which is beer, wine, or spirits. but what they tend to do is they buy more of it because they dent know when they will be able to get back out here if they are coming from sea isle especially. we have a lot of local people here and they will stock up too. they are not affect b

sea isle has been shut down because of high water. i touched base with the police in wildwood and they all say there have been no reports of significant flooding. live in sea isle cityl 6 "action news." walter? >> let's move the to where bob brooks is live and another example of why people should stay out of the water. bob? >> reporter: walter, good evening. i spoke with control today and off limits. if you go out into this water, you have successfully pushed the limit too far. that's exactly what a man did this evening. he went out there and it almost cost him his life. beach waters were off limit today. there was good reason for that. just look at the waves. >> the wind is blowing from the east. it's 40 plus. dangerous and big waves crashing. >> reporter: as soon as beach patrol shift was over, people went in. sure enough, within minutes, this man was being pulled under. >> swimming against a -- to the beach -- >> reporter: he didn't want to give us his name. he was visibly shaken. his ego battered, too. >> i guess after that -- wooden piece over there. >> reporter: luckily guards were still hanging around and probably saved his life. >> he couldn't get back in. y

this is a dead whale that's washed up on the beach in sea isle city, new jersey. sky force 10 live over the scene right now. this is near 22 and street on the beach, its unclear how long the whale has been there, how the whale died. >>> the break of a case of an 8-year-old's murder in camden. police arrested a woman who's connected to the shooting death of gabriel hill carter. >> you just heard from police within the last hour, what are they telling you about this arrest? >> the police chief was just out here, saying this arrest sends a message that this department will not put up with people lying to the police, he says they have a strong idea who the people are behind this killing and the woman in jail right now misled detectives, about a person of interest in this case. >> police are still keeping a visible presence on the block where a stray bullet hit gabrielle carter in the head. now police are looking for a 35-year-old woman not accused of pulling the trigger, but griff giving a false alibi. >> reporter: the charge can carry a year and a half in prison. >>

we have flooding happening here, landis avenue in sea isle city at ocean drive it is shut down. is is affecting new jersey bus route 313, 315, 319 they are not serving this area of sea isle city because of the flooding. >> developing now, a man is dead shot overnight by philadelphia police. they say they stopped him in the middle of a terrible rampage. he stabbed two children including his own son and attacked two adults. annie mccormick is live outside children's hospital of philadelphia where the young victims are recovering. good morning, annie. >> reporter: good morning, tam, that's right, police shot and killed that suspect after he is accused of a violent string of attacks including one -- two on his own children, rather. two children remain at chop at this hour, his 8-year-old son and his son's friend who is 13 years old. both are in critical condition. the rampage started in the 6200 block of hazel. the calls started coming into 911 a man with a gun. there are reports of screams and gunshots. inside the 15-year-old daughter was assault the and let go. the 8-year-old son's

again i commend council for thinking outside of the box, but this is not going to move forward. >> sea isle city mayor says there is work being done on the sea isle causeway and moving into phase two and fall family festival is this weekend. >>> we have an update for you as we cover the breaking news out of franconia. this is near bartlett court in franconia, again the situation started at 2:30 this afternoon where police were called after being told that a man barricaded himself in a home and nearby schools held on to the children because they didn't want anyone to be injured. now all the students are picked up and are safe. so no injuries are reported, all the students are safe back in their own homes, "action news" has a crew there, as they continue to have police try to work with the man barricaded inside of a separate home. we'll updates on that when we get them. >>> in the meantime, matt pellman has an update on the commute home. >> how is it rolling matt? >> not so well. after the presidential motorcade went through and they closed the highways for 15 to 20 minutes we have still not recov

the 20 ton mammal washed up in sea isle city. beach goers couldn't believe what they were seeing. >> reporter: it was a grim task as workers removed the remains of a young humpback whale from the surf in sea isle. >> we don't know why. we hadn't seen any cause of death at this point, but we're going to look at that tomorrow morning when we turn the animal over. >> at 30 feet long and 20 feet long, the young humpback is only half the size of an adult. it's possible it was hit by a ship. >> it would have been with its mother. >> reporter: hundreds of people came to see the whale, curious, ama amaze and sad. >> it's a terrible thing to see. >> it's too bad if it's a young whale that it would wash up on a beach. >> reporter: officials said they plan to take some samples from the whale to try to determine the cause of death. most likely it will be saturday morning when the whale is removed. of course they want people to stay away from it. keep yourself safe and stay out of the way as people are working. in sea isle. >> philadelphia pol

the 20 ton mammal washed up in sea isle city. beach goers couldn't believe what they were seeing. >> reporter: it was a grim task as workers removed the remains of a young humpback whale from the surf in sea isle. >> we don't know why. we hadn't seen any cause of death at this point, but we're going to look at that tomorrow morning when we turn the animal over. >> at 30 feet long and 20 feet long, the young humpback is only half the size of an adult. it's possible it was hit by a ship. >> it would have been with its mother. >> reporter: hundreds of people came to see the whale, curious, ama amaze and sad. >> it's a terrible thing to see. >> it's too bad if it's a young whale that it would wash up on a beach. >> reporter: officials said they plan to take some samples from the whale to try to determine the cause of death. most likely it will be saturday morning when the whale is removed. of course they want people to stay away from it. keep yourself safe and stay out of the way as people are working. in sea isle. >> philadelphia pol

that is where the rain hits more moderate, from sea isle city to cape may. and looking at sky 6 hd from cape may the washing machine type of effect with the angry seas and the trees in the foreground swaying back and forth and the next round of high tide of concern, 7:00 until 9:00 p.m. rainfall totals depending on location, closing in on a half inch for millville. 2 inches for glassboro. and dover over 3 inches of rain. and they could add an additional 2 to 3 inches of rain in the southern areas. the winds again that is the other problem as they pile up at the shore. speeds of 40 miles per hour and gusting higher than that. 10:00 tonight 31 miles per hour in philadelphia and going into tomorrow morning, still dealing with the strong northeasterly wind gusting over 30 in the city and 40s at the shore and then it starts to ease a bit as we get into tomorrow afternoon as the wind speeds start to decrease, as they lift to the north and east. when we come back we'll chat about the upcoming weekend and see if we can dry out. and see a little sun maybe? >> a littl

sea isle city, 73. on the boards in atlantic city right now showing 69.atellite and radar there's the cold front right there. that's a canadian air mass speak running through. for the most part there's not much moisture associated with it, just a couple of spritzes and sprinkles. we have water vapor image, the different air mass sinking as far south as the virginias and the carolinas, once it locks in it will stay there for sometime. as a matter of fact all week the temperatures will be in the 70s. forecast for today, there's the front dropping to the south, it pretty much sits there as we head into sunday, we'll call it comfortably cool, perfect weather fore the eagles, steelers game. the weather this weekend looks picture-perfect. there's the front dropping to the south, one or two sprinkles are possible, most of us staying dry, later this afternoon, clouds giving way to some sunshine, it's no not a completely cloudy day. we'll go mainly clear overnight tonight. that will allow the temperatures to drop off. wait until you see the morning lows in a secon

davids. 67 in chester. 69 in center city. 65 in browns mills, we're at 70 at the boardwalk and sea isle city. 69 in dover where the front is lingering it feels sticky in south jersey and delaware. the next 12 hours looking good for us. lots of clouds, but more and more sunshine filling in, especially in areas north and west. 7:00 a.m., 67. 10:00 a.m., 70. lunchtime, 74. low humidity, lots of sun and clouds, not bad, 3:00 p.m., 80 degrees that's the high today. we'll hit it around 3:00 p.m. most of the day in the 70s. 5:00 p.m., 78 degrees. feeling comfortable. we are not done with temperatures well above average, wait until you see the seven day coming up. >> reporter: i like a little bit of today feels like refreshment. an accident on the new jersey turnpike, a may flower truck, and suv rolled over. the accident happened at 1:00 a.m., but at 5:30 a.m. they are still cleaning up. this is south of exit 4 for route 73. the right lane is blocked as emergency crews remain on the scene. coming back out here, speeds are not too bad. we're in the mid 50s, however if you want to stay on 295 southbou

you of seeing that sun, back to the shore and there is a pretty heavy cell just getting north of sea isle city, pushing into areas close to ocean city, it looks to be off the coast before it clips atlantic city, you have more steady rain to the south and milford delaware starting to dry and lewes, delaware were not too much longer. hang in there until 2:00 to 3:00 period and hopefully we are done at that point. 71 is the current temperature in philadelphia and the dew point inland has dropped below 60 and it doesn't feel humid anymore as the dry air comes in. winds west northwest 3 miles per hour not all that strong yet. we got some rain this afternoon and the tail end of it is pushing in this direction and off the coast before too much longer, look at all the clearing. some northern and western suburbs breaking out into the sun currently. 75 is your high in philadelphia this afternoon, 75 in trenton and more of the same in allentown and reading and wilmington and cooler next to the shore where some spots may not get out of low 70s. be a little bit on the breezy side and not as much as yesterd

> human interaction caused the death of a humble back whale that washed up on the the beach in sea isle city. the medical exam shows the whale became entangled in a commercial fishing line likely unable to eat. >>> eagles quarterback carson wentz makes his prime time debut tonight. wentz could become the 5th rookie quarterback to start the season 2-0 in 50 years. the action cam was in chicago as the birds arrived yesterday. the eagles face the bears tonight on monday night football. we're teaming up with phl17 to begin live coverage with our pregame show countdown to kickoff on phl17. >> a sound of music star has passed away. >> abc is getting ready for the live "dancing with the stars" which was interrupted last week. david. >> reporter: parts of the area looking at rain heavy at times this morning. arm the kids with umbrellas for the way to school and the way home in case they get caught in some of this stuff. live radar and day planner forecast coming up next. >> sharks attacked three sufferers off florida's atlantic coast. it happened near smyrna beach. beachgoers saw an uptick in shark

closer to 70 in sea isle city. mid 50s in central delaware. it will get warm everywhere this afternoon. 63 by 8:00 a.m. 72 by 10:00 a.m. if you have errands to run or apples to buy. maybe you get that done in the morning. noon, 81. 3:00 p.m., 88 degrees, high of 89 that clocks in around 4:00 p.m. it will be more humid as we go later in the day. get your stuff early and i don't know is it too late in the year for ac. >> you could do that, sure or save money and open up the windows and when david is not here go to 6abc.com/weather get the forecast at any time. hey, david, how about them apples. >>> a trenton mother of two said she is holding on to both of her nursing jobs even though she'll receive $1,000 a day for life. dawn jones won the cash for life game. she plans to pay off her car and loans and relocate, but keeping her jobs. >> nursing is the promise to show up for work. it's a hardship if we call out. >> good for her, when she eventually stops working she wants to travel. >>> a world which he is champion went head to head with 11 other

and then down by the shore it tries to come in off the water, so the disappoints are higher in sea isle city and dover most of us us looking at dry air and comfortable conditions. 79 in washington, d.c. 75 in central park. let's check out dewpoints, anybody feeling the heat and the human? nope you got to go to richmond virginia to feel humid. southern delaware and extreme southern delaware along the coast, low 60s. we'll get our high of 83 around 4:00 p.m. by 6:00 p.m. we're down in the upper 70s and dropping from there, but 10:00 p.m. we could be down to 68 degrees in philadelphia cool and comfortable. sarah when i step inside we'll set you up for the rest of the workweek. there's a climb midweek and eventually it will get more humid and there's a brand new tropical storm in the atlantic in case you just joined us, details coming coming up. >> 6abc.com/weather is your resource as we begin the long transition into fall. we invite you to stay connected with our meteorologists by following them on facebook and twitter. >>> the dramatic show of unit in professional football continued on the fir

an autopsy is planned today an hump back whale that washed up dead on the beach in sea isle city. experts from the marine mammal stranding center said appears the whale was dead for several days and had no apparent injuries. it is 30 feet long and weighs 20 tons. >>> researchers say changes are made in sex education classes around the world with many teens saying it's out of touch. researchers found the classes are out dated, students find the programs are negative and ignore gay and bisexual and transgendered issues. this reminds all parents that sex education should be discussed at home. >>> treating ear indexes may soon be easier, researchers have tried special drops on chinchillas they found that the antibiotic gel coated the eardrum. they are used now and help with the development of antibiotic resistant infection. >>> parents raising a child with autism, they know how difficult it is to find resources and the right care. they found jaden's voice in honor of their son. they host an autism conference called is it only me? >> you don't have enough money to fix autism, because t

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you can see breaks of sunshine at sea isle city.at it looks like at the shore on the last day of summer. sunshine will break through the clouds. the clouds are not going to clear out completely at the shore. less likely to see showers today and pretty likely that it's going to stay cool as the winds are coming in off the ocean at the shore. inland, headed for the 80s this afternoon. light northeasterly wind, still clouds around. but we will stay shower-free for philadelphia, trenton and wilmington. the clouds rolling in from the showers that are still to the south, those clouds will thin out and we will warm into the 80s this afternoon. right now, 69 degrees, mostly cloudy skies in the city. 70s this morning. you'll see breaks of sunshine for philadelphia and it's into the 80s this afternoon. the suburbs, more sunshine here. a few fair weather clouds and 79 degrees at lunch time. 80s this afternoon. and during the day today, you'll notice the humidity is dropping for the suburbs and for the lehigh valley. a cool start, 61 degrees. m

for warrington and center city and coatesville and 76 in new holland. 75 at the boardwalk and sea isle city in the middle 70s and upper 70s for vineland and out to the west in smyrna and dover temperatures in the middle to upper 70s. here is what is going on satellite 6 along with action radar we have dry and quiet conditions across the region thanks to the dominating ridge of high pressure and the clouds are building to the south and we widen out the picture and it's all because of tropical storm hermine. it made landfall in florida earlier this morning in the overnight hours. it has weakened as it comes on land here, winds sustained at 50 miles per hour pressing over to georgia and riding into the carolinas later tonight, this is the latest with the track of hermine, moving east at 18 miles per hour. and moving off the coast and essentially stalling. what we have been saying from the national hurricane center is that the storm essentially strengthens sunday night into early monday morning into a category 1 hurricane and it sits and spins off our coastline from saturday really into early n

. >> happening today, there are plenty of places to eat and in sea isle city, just find the food truck city food truck festival is now underway. more than dozen trucks are parked at 53rd street and ladies avenue. all competing for awards including one for the best food truck. today from noon to 8:00 then again tomorrow noon to 5:00. >>> i'm hungry. still ahead on "eyewitness news", it is the video that takes your breath away. a car dangling over the edge after parking garage, and hard to imagine, but we'll tell you how the driver got out of this safely. >> and it is technology that is changing the lives of people who need prosthetics that helped them in their daily lives. health reporter stephanie stahl has details. >> and the friday football frenzy is back. a recap from the high school gridiron coming up in sports. >> and sorry to say but the heat is sticking with us for the start of the weekends. but, justin returns to tell us when more september-like conditions return to the forecast. we're back in a moment. fit me matte + poreless foundation make fit happen! from maybelline new yor

jersey, upper 50s in browns mills and toms river, hammonton, 65 on the boardwalk in ac. 66 in sea isle city, 58 degrees right now in dover, delaware. here's what you can expect satellite and radar saying we have a lot of clouds along the coast associated with hermine. the rest of the area bright and sunny. we're going to see today. at the shore 76 is the high. it will be windy at times, with sunshine as david mentioned the potential for a shower. in the city 85. lots of sunshine, feeling good just a little bit warmer than average. in the lehigh valley 84 degrees under mostly sunny skies, bright and sunny today, heating up tomorrow. matt pellman is out there checking the traffic for us, matt. >> reporter: nice, dry conditions this morning, karen, it's a holiday, but you'll be less than shocked we still had issues early on this monday, including a crash for a while that was blocking a ramp from the boulevard northbound to wissahickon avenue, the crash is gone everything is open at the boulevard in east falls. the vehicle into the pole route 1 baltimore pike is gone, go ahead at hank's place f

allentown and trenton and sea isle city all temperatures in the 70s. big change from yesterday with temperatures in the 90s. tonight is the coolest night in three months, normal low is 61 and a couple of degrees cooler than that. 59 in philadelphia and lehigh valley dropping down to 49 degrees, tomorrow morning you may want to have a sweatshirt or a light jacket or sweater definitely on the chilly side. right now beautiful, 77 in philadelphia and 74 in allentown and trenton and the wind off the ocean along the beaches, temperatures dropping down into the upper 60s. satellite 6 along with action radar showing we are in a holding pattern, high pressure over us that is keeping any moisture from tropical storm julia from moving up from the south and the next chance of rain comes with a cold front slicing through the plains and that will not be arriving until late sunday into monday. until then we stay dry and we'll be cool tomorrow morning, the bus stop forecast a cool start to the day, the kids may want to wear a sweatshirt or light jacket. 8:00, 59 and t

very refreshing and cool numbers. 60 in vineland. 61 in woodbine, 65 in sea isle city, low 60 up and down the state of delaware. if you have plans to head out later on, if you get shopping down or errand. it's a great day to do that from start to finish. early will be cool and comfortable. 10:00 a.m., upper 60s. 75 at noon. it will get warm this afternoon, high of 83 around 4:00 p.m. this afternoon, back into the upper 70s by 6:00 p.m. you can get the hourly forecast by heading to 6abc.com/weather anytime you want. >> a maryland woman has an unusual theft charge against her. a washington, d.c. officer charged her with second degree theft for stealing three french fries from his plate. the officer said the 26-year-old woman approached him and ate one of his fries and continued to eat them. she refused to stop and reportedly said you might as well take me to jail. >> i don't know that he needs to arrest her, but that was definitely very strange on her part. >> some wondered if the woman was trying to flirt with the officer, it does not seem to have worked in her favor. >> breaking this

and kennett square, and new holland, 67 in sea isle city and 64 degrees in smyrna and dover. and parts of delaware are still underneath a flood warning because some pockets have seen 8 inches of rain or higher and that stays up until 2:30 this afternoon. visibility is a concern if are you out on the roadways or catching a flight by air. down to 2 miles in philadelphia and 3 in lancaster and 1.3 miles in a.c. give yourself extra time. here is satellite 6 along with action radar we have the upper level low in the ohio valley retro grading to the west and areas like st. louis getting in on the wet weather. with this overhead we have all the moisture coming in from the atlantic streaming northward that is why we are in and out of the wet weather and now pushing into long and the northeast. the call from accuweather, cloudy and windy and cool temperature of just 66 and tonight cloudy and breezy and spotty showers overhead and dropping down to 60 degrees with the constant northeasterly wind 10 to 20 miles per hour. the phils had r home and first pitch 62. not a washout but the clou

this is video of people in sea isle city, dealing with a very wet and dreary day. i'm jim rosen field. here in philadelphia, didn't see flooding, didn't rain off and on, but we saw plenty of wind. whatever it rains just a little bit, that means you can expect your loved one to get home a little bit late. if you can see it down there, that's a look at the schuylkill expressway with the vine traffic moving along slowly s glenn "hurricane" schwartz is tracking the weekend for us. >> the first half of the weekend, even though it's not going to be as wet as we have seen in the last couple of days. also live radar not showing much in the way of significant rain. got a little bit of drizzle, some sprinkles and bucks county and burlington county in south jersey, we do have some heavier activity in virginia, but that looks like it's moving perhaps to the west of us. that may -- no there's been way too much rain in kent county and sussex county, delaware, the flood warning continues until midnight tonight. it had about 15 inches of rain in that area. as you see, the future c

. >> we've been talking about this whale that watched a shore on 20th street in the beach in sea isle cityearlier we showed you what it look like from sky fox but fresco user janine brown got up close. lots of people gathering on the beach for this one. a very unusual site. sadly, marine scientists say the whale had died several days before it washed up. still no word on how it died. >>> now hatfield, new jersey, fresco users happen herd this car fire. crews on the scene 309 by church row 2:30 this afternoon. traffic detoured after the car went up in flames. tonight no word on any injuries or what caused that fire. >>> and officials cutting the ribbon today on brand newtown homes in port richmond the women's community revitalization project ago with the firm hope baptist church celebrating the commotion of these new arthritic homes. they will be available for rent to low to income -- low income family with an option for eventual ownership. >>> now when you see news happening in your neighborhood, make sure you take out your phone, shoot it make sure you use the fresco app to send it to our

experts say human interaction caused the death of a humpback whale that washed up on the beach in sea isle city. at some point the whale was entangled in commercial fishing line. because of that, the whale was not eating and died. the whale had been hit by a ship, which probably happened after it died. the whale washed on shore friday and was buried there yesterday. >>> much more to come on "action news." a fire ball lights up the sky in arizona. it was a plane on fire with passengers inside. unbelievable way they made it out uninjured. >>> a birthday. the battleship new jersey for this celebration. >>> the eagles prepare to face the bears for monday night football. jeff skversky has sports whep we come back. third president? male teacher: and the largest planet? male teacher: someone we haven't heard from. female teacher: anyone else? through internet essentials, comcast has connected more than 3 million people in need to low cost, high speed internet at home, helping to make sure that every hand in the classroom goes up. male teacher: okay, veronica. amphibian. male teacher: excellent. welcom

sea isle city, long beach island getting quite a bit of rain over the last few hours. and that is the first rain from hermine in many of those areas. we have a few places getting wind gusts now. not as many. the places that are blank are not reporting strong wind gusts. mount holly at 28, wilmington at 26. it's a good thing hermine has weakened quite a bit, because it's closer to the coast than it's been at any time. we're still following that thing. got another heat wave, though. not today. got up to 88 today. the average high is 81. 90 tomorrow. 95 thursday. that's when the real heat starts. those three days, thursday, friday, saturday look like they're going to be mighty hot around here. and we could even be breaking some records. philadelphia's record, 96 degrees on thursday. predicting 95. i think saturday's record is going to be very close. places like mount holly, millville, may break records, too. last year this time it was really hot. but it didn't last like it is lasting now. the other thing that happens is, when it gets hot, you're drying out the ground. so

sea isle city, there's not enough light to see the ocean but you can see the brush blowing and a strongernd this morning. 19 mile-an-hour winds are steady at atlantic city.ó0@r(t&háhp &hc gusts to 25 miles an hour at the shore. and even inland we're seeing the wind. 16 miles an hour, the forecast for today. in philadelphia, the forecast is for 60 mile-an-hour winds this afternoon in wilmington, too. with the winds and hermine nearing the coast, we'll also see more clouds. the showers are just offshore, reaching into new england and eastern long island. that's still a strong storm. hasn't weakened much. 56 miles an hour, moving now to the west at 8 miles an hour. it's made a major turn and still coming closer to the east coast. so we'll likely see more of a threat from hermine today than what we saw during the day yesterday. rain, isolated showers right at the shore. tidal flooding doesn't look likely for our area. don't think that will happen. winds gusting to 25 miles an hour, already seeing that. the rip current risk will remain high with surf height of 6 to 10 feet. inland, well, the w

south injuries blaming human interaction for the death of a hump back whale that washed ashore in sea isle city. the marine mammal stranding center says the whale was at some point tangled in commercial fishing line and 93 crop see uncovered scarring on the mammal's body and marines experts say the whale had been hit by ship. they think it had been dead for several days before it washed ashore. >>> you decide the bombings in new york city area over the weekend are driving national security to the forefront presidential race. >> after praising first responders, candidates are attacking each other's policies. before heading to north philadelphia today clinton spoke, hillary clinton spoke about the attacks before taking off for new york. donald trump delivered remarks to a crowd in flor. trump argues that our current immigration policy is making america dangerous. clinton says her arrival is just making the problem worse. >> these are attacks and many others were made possible because of our extremely open immigration system. >> we know that a lot of the rhetoric we've heard from donald trump has

our team coverage continuing with "eyewitness news" reporter alexandria hoff in sea isle city where emergency responders, residents and visitors alike are preparing for the worst, but hoping for the best, alex. >> reporter: ukee, that is right, it has been wind which extra heavy surf so that is indicated that there is something brewing but outside of that it has been a picture perfect prelude to the labor day weekend if only this would stick around. with the shore day like this many beach goers, in sea isle could not help but hold out hope for the best. something that many others just can't do. >> high water vehicles. we are getting those all prepared and loaded up with emergency equipment we will need. >> reporter: whether hermine hit or not is not the question, it is how hard. >> we will put the boat out of the water to be safe. >> reporter: officials are asking residents and renters to be prepared with a plan for high wind, heavy rain and tidal flooding. >> inside of mike's sea food they are dealing with an over abundance of labor day weekend food ordered before weather became an issue. >>

just 58 in cinnaminson. 54 vineland. 70 in sea isle city and close to 60 from hockessin down to doverelaware f you're running errands or something like yesterday the morning might be better than the afternoon because we're going to and what up. 63 he by 8 o'clock. 71 by 10 o'clock. 3 o'clock that's your high 85 degrees only just a smack humid today, not all that bad matt. it's going to be pretty comfortable. >> thank you david. >>> an arson set at the same mosque that the orlando nightclub shooter attended is being investigated as a hate crime. surveillance video shows what appears to be a white or hispanic male arriving at florida's islamic center on fort pierce on a motorcycle late sunday night. you can see a bright flash near the building. the fire was set at the mosque one day beltway muslim holiday of festival of sacrifice. omar mateen the orlando mass murderer was killed in a shootout with police. >>> a dark reminder of a deadly police shooting is set to be removed from a cleveland park tomorrow. tamir rice was shot and killed in a gazebo while holding a pellet gun in 2014. the

at the shore, sea isle city, there's still issues as hermine is spinning offshore.an't see it just yet. that is going to be an ocean that's dhuchurning with rough s. the rip current threat may still be there. may even see a late-day shower at the shore. a little bit stronger. they will be diminishing tomorrow. you'll feel that extra wind during the day. today in fact that forecast wind, as the winds are reaching into philadelphia, 17ç miles a hour. a bit stronger at the shore. the wind is gusting at 25 miles. steady at 19 miles an hour at the shore. it's a closer storm to us this morning than yesterday. the clouds are still offshore. we saw those clouds come inland yesterday. that will likely happen again this afternoon. you will likely see the clouds move in at the shore. there's even a chance of a shower while inland, likely it will stay dry but we will see some clouds later in the day today. there you can see the showers not look as impressive as yesterday. this is new information just in, just updated. 65 mile-an-hour winds. still a strong strong but it's now m

now say human interaction caused the death of a hump back whale that washed up on the beach, in sea isle city. a autopsy was completed this weekend and shows that at some point the whale was entangled in commercial fishing line. because of that the 20-ton whale likely was not eating and died. whale had also been hit the by a ship which probably happened after it died. the whale washed a shore on friday, and was buried there, yesterday. >>> moving on to the accu weather forecast, it was kind of gray, kind of glummy but it hasn't rain much at least not yet. start of your workweek might be a soggy one. meteorologist melissa magee joins us with our first check of the accu weather forecast, melissa. >> walter, make sure you have umbrellas on stand bias we get in the start of the workweek on monday. big difference today was that the humidity certainly increasing from where it was yesterday. right now in philadelphia, it is coming in at 85. eighty-three in allentown. seventy-two in the poconos. at the knows cape may coming in at 77 degrees. dew point numbers are on the high side, right now, every wh

brandon hudson checked out some preparations in sea isle city. >> reporter: you can get a feel for how windy it is by looking at how the street sign is moving and the wag is waving right above us. some of these storefronts are already preparing for the bad weather that's expected this weekend. an arcade room full of families at the boardwalk casino, staff says it's usually a lot busier on friday night. >> yesterday was more busy because i guess people that the storm was coming. >> hermine is putting businesses jersey shore dodges a bullet. >> maybe a drizzly day and if that's the case the people will walk the boardwalk and respond to the stores. >> reporter: along the beach families made the most of the day which may be the best chance to play in the sand and water all weekend. >> you can tell that the rip current is starting to pick up a little bit. >> reporter: sea isle is no stranger to storm. earlier this year it was hit with a nor'easter. while there is concern again people who are visiting told us they aren't going anywhere. >> i think we're going to stick it out unless we're tol

. >> well we now know what caused the death of 33-foot hump back whale that washed ashore in sea isle cityiday. the report shows that the whale sustained an injury after becoming entangled in a fishing line, as result, the whale was not eating which officials believe led to it death. the whale was burried on the beach in the same spot where it washed ashore. >> well, the prime time emmy take place in los angeles. >> and we'll tell you two of the shows that were big winners being and highlight of the awards ceremony when we come back. why let someone else have all the fun? the sometimes haphazard, never boring ...fun. the why can't it smell like this all the time ...fun. the learning the virtue of sharing ...fun. why let someone else have all the fun? that's no fun. it's baking season. warm up with pillsbury. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> i got to tell you, a popular game of thrown cleaned up big at last night's emmy awards, broke the record for the highest number of emmy awards won by any show, taking home 12 trophies, including best drama series. another hbo show also won their second straight best comedy

they're losing a lot of their gust tow but light showers across tuckahoe he sea isle city cape may rollingthe garden state parkway and the accuweather highlights will show that you yes, this is much needed rain. philadelphia so far this month until today we had less than a half inch of rain. today 1.29. west cape may close to 5-inches of rain. caused localized flooding. estell manor about 3-inches, harrington three and a half hamburg 3-inches of rain. the problem is that the atmosphere is very moist and with that in a lot of ground level moisture, a lot of fog could be developing overnight so this means there is a potential for some morning delays, a good idea to allow extra time, watch "action news" beginning at 4:30 in the morning. some of that fog could be dense. temperature-wise, it was cool today. 71 degrees currently down in from a high of 76. coolest day of three months. it's close to normal. north high is 77. allentown 74. cape may 71 and wilmington 72. satellite6 along with action radar showing this front is slow mover. most of that rain has moved along. the problem though is that

i'm calling from sea isle city new jersey.o make new friendly i only have three friends. i'm very loan from aj wilson but there's nothing else if anybody knows aj wilson tell him eels got five new friends in gibbstown new jersey. >> aj. the family has posted the note on social media and is hoping to spread the word to help track down the person who left that message in a bottle. they say as you heard there he does not have to be lonely. >> this is new on "action news". punxsutawney phil has a weather predicting companion in new england. belfast maine holds a ground hog day style ceremony on labor day. the folks pull a lobster named passe pete from the ocean that's what they did yesterday and the shellfish picks up a scroll from a lobster trap that declared there will be six more weeks of summer. that was passe pete's seconds consecutive prediction. last year the lobster successfully predicted a longer summer as well so we'll see. >> so little odds. all right, it's 4:57. still ahead on "action news" don't get in formation quite

sea isle city, 73. on the boards in atlantic city, it's a muggy 74 with sunshine. satellite and radar if you're down the jersey shore waking up to clear skies travel 30, 40 miles inland, all of a sudden we have the thick overcast overspreading the region. all areas north and west are cloudy. there are a few spritzes and sprinkles in the lehigh valley with storms across central pennsylvania harrisburg and williams port. not as nice as yesterday, not a bad afternoon, not as pretty, that's for sure, humid, very warm, show thunderstorm possible under mostly cloudy skies. high temperatures 87 degrees. all that humidity building up will lead to this heavy, drenching downpours tomorrow morning. the timing on this is absolutely lousy. its in time for the tail end of the commute. some of the models pricking heavy drenching downpours to the tune of 2 to 3 inches. that's a lot of of rain in a short period of time. it's all needed but not all at once. when i come back we'll focus on that and another warm up in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> developing on "act

lower than that in vineland and hammonton. 63 in sea isle city. 567 in dover. 59 by 8:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m., 68. we'll warm up this afternoon not bad 74 at noon, in case you're considering lunch outside, 3:00 p.m., that's the high, 80 degrees, low humidity lots of sun getting back into the 70s by 7:00 p.m. >>> brain cancer is the most child cancer in the u.s. in 2014, 445 why would deaths were from leukemia, 534 deaths were from brain cancer. >>> toddlers are likely to burn their eyes in chemicals you find in household supplies. while getting your child to a professional for help is not the immediate priority. get the child under the faucet and flush out the eyes for 20 minutes. the harmful clearance to look out for are detergents and hand sanitizers. >>> zack ertz continues to nurse a rib injury. carson wentz is set to make his second nfl start, the eagles face the birds in chicago on monday night football. the pittsburgh pirates hit five home runs crushing the phillies, final score 15-2. the phillies start a home series tonight with the marlins. >> 6:22. a fall tradition in philadelphia

this is video of people in sea isle city, dealing with a very wet and dreary day. i'm jim rosen field. here in philadelphia, didn't see flooding, didn't rain off and on, but we saw plenty of wind. whatever it rains just a little bit, that means you can expect your loved one to get home a little bit late. if you can see it down there, that's a look at the schuylkill expressway with the vine traffic moving along slowly s glenn "hurricane" schwartz is tracking the weekend for us. >> the first half of the weekend, even though it's not going to be as wet as we have seen in the last couple of days. also live radar not showing much in the way of significant rain. got a little bit of drizzle, some sprinkles and bucks county and burlington county in south jersey, we do have some heavier activity in virginia, but that looks like it's moving perhaps

browns mill and cinnaminson, 69. 66 degrees in sea isle city. here's what to expect today. we'll see lots of sunshine for most of the region, you can see the clouds pulling in as we see hermine although a few hundred miles off the coast, it is impacting us with cloud cover and interior parts of south jersey, looking for that. at the shore, 76 for the high, windy at times, sunshine, a shower possible. in the city, bright sunshine staying dry, a nice high of 85 degrees, feeling warm this afternoon. in the lehigh valley, warm with a high of 84 under mostly sunny skies, we're starting to heat up tomorrow in the seven-day forecast we'll talk about another heat wave coming our way, matt. >> >> reporter: starting the school bus in a few spots tomorrow, this morning we're not seeing school buses or trucks or cars along the schuylkill expressway. it's nice and quiet where the schuylkill expressway meets up with route 1 the boulevard, no problems on 76, i-95 the boulevard or the vine so far this morning. this is a live look at the vine street expressway, up top there's the benjamin f

this is near 22nd street in sea isle city. this is a young male humpback, it's about 33 feet long and weighs 20 tons. experts tell us the whale had no injuries and had been dead for at least several days. we do have a crew on their way to sea isle, we'll bring you updates as soon as they become available. >>> a local police department shows their gratitude to the son of a fallen officer. >> the vorhees police department dedicated their summer junior police academy to explain police officer justin martin. after martin's 13-year-old son met the officers at vorhees, tyler and his family are now headed to new jersey and this weekend they'll meet with the academy recruits who dedicated their hard work this summer to the fallen officer. >> every time we were struggling and we do physical fitness training on them. every time we reminded them what they were doing it for. >> the family and the houston police department will be given a junior academy flag signed by the young recruits. tyler will then head to tomorrow's phillies game whe

cape may sea isle city atlantic city you'll be getting some of this action as that front continues to off the eastern seaboard. but this was the heaviest rain in months. so far this september until today, we had less than a half inch of rain. today philadelphia 1.29 but some areas getting even more west cape may close to 5-inches of rain. that did cause some localized flooding. estell manor close to 3-inches, harrington delaware about three and a half inches and hamburg in berks county about 3-inches of rain. that also caused localized flooding this morning. temperature-wise definitely on the cool side thanks to the clouds and rain. normal high for this time of year is now down to 77. philadelphia currently only 71. dover 72. cape may 71. you can see where the clouds are the thinnest. temperatures are little bit warmer allentown 75, and reading currently 74. satellite6 along with action radar showing that the rain is pushing off but if you look at the cloud cover, this is going to be stubborn to clear out. and part of the problem overnight is the fact that winds will be light. the gro

on there at the parkway, hello down the shore, live look at the garden state parkway, between sea isle city, and ocean city, right by the cape may tolls there. no problems or delays at all, road are dry, get ready for work crews, coming our way, closing the martin luther king drive, out bound side today, from about 9:00 to 3:00 right from the spring garden street bridge down to sweet briar. so traffic will be pushed on to the kelly drive, again, just the out bound lanes leaving center city, heads up there, and south on 995, crews out today between cottman and the betsy ross all during the day. >> developing story out of northeast philadelphia, police say they found man and woman stabbed to death inside a home. along the 12,000 block of he will energy road. just past noon yesterday. police tell us they found the weapon used. investigators have not yet released any other details. >> catholic priest in lehigh county facing charges after prosecutors say he downloaded and viewed child pornography. monsignor john steven was a pastor at saint ann's church in emmaus. the d.a. says the 66 year old p