To make Peanut Butter so deliciously creamy. It always makes the home team cheer. Thats why choosy moms and dads choose jif. Action news, delaware valleys leading news program with jim gardner. Chopper 6 hd over this intense forest fire. It is growing larger as the night wears on. Walls of flames cuts lines through the dense new jersey pinelands in burlington county. This is near the border with ocean county. Monday night, jim is off im monica malpass. The big story on action news tonight is the raging forest fire. We first told you about it on action news today at 4 00. At that time it was only 60 to 80 acres. But tonight there are reports that it has burned into hundreds of acres of woodland. They were expecting it to grow rapidly because the forest floor is dry because of our lack of rain. No homes or structures are in danger but many driving along route 72 can already smell the smoke. Fortunately nobody has been reported hurt. And they do not know what sparked it but we will monitor the situation and have the latest on 6abc. Com and action news tomorrow morning start agent 4 30 a. M. Well a big night for 140,000 students in the Philadelphia School district. They are going back to school tomorrow. But it is going to be a scorcher as the sunset tonight over the center city skyline. We have some arithmetic that the Accuweather Team is focusing on. Three Straight Days of 90degree temperatures equals our expected sixth heat wave of the year. Meteorologist adam joseph outside the 6abc studios with the latest, and hearing from students and parents on this backtoschool eve. Starting with you, adam. Hot holiday. And 90 degrees in some places and Lehigh Valley recordtying, and recordtying in the poconos 85, 91 in wilmington, 91 in reading. And the sea breeze helped at the shore today if you squeezed one last day in. 83 in beach haven. High pressure to the south and west. That is never a good position if you dont like heat and humid. It acts like a heat pump. And it wraps around the high and you see the downpours and storms on the u. S. Canadian border and thats where they stay the next couple of days. As many students are welcomed back tomorrow it is a hot one. Mostly sunny, very warm in the morning, and by lunchtime 88 degrees. By 4 00 in the afternoon, topping off at 93 degrees. And our forecast high tomorrow in the city will be 94, which is 2 degrees high of the record set back in 1939. And on wednesday were at 92 degrees, but that will be oppressively humid as well. 2 degrees high of that record of 94 set back in 1884. And as mentioned at the top of the news cast three Straight Days 90 or above does make it heat wave number six. We break it with muchneeded rainfall without the Severe Weather, it is a winwin. By the end of the week we have all the details of when the rain is expected in the full accuweather forecast. Thank you. And back to school for the Public School children. Alarm clocks ringing extra early in the morning. And many dont from backpacks. And many are headed home from the lastminute shopping trip for school. Thats right. The Philadelphia Schools back to wool and lower merion. And target closed up a few minutes ago, one of the places where we found students and parents picking up lastminute School Supplies on the last night of summer vacation. Are you sad summer is over . Yes. Very sad. That was the general sentiment outside of the staples where the parking lot was packed with kids and parents and bags full of School Supplies. I have notebooks and erasable stuff and glue. And many didnt plan to procrastinate they were just enjoying the last weeks of summer. We were supposed to do it last week and we kept pushing it off and pushing is off and here we are today. And to be fair he started shopping saturday but had to come back for one thing. They didnt have this yesterday. What are these . These are for hold like pencils and stuff. And you had to have those . Yeah. Were they on a list of some kind . Yes. It is summer, we never got around to it. And packing target, and tess admits she is not looking forward to going back. It is progress, development, growth. My son will be a senior in high school, thats pretty wild. Thats a big deal. 11yearold already has the school bag packed picking up lastminute supplies with her sister. Her family moved here last year from israel. Everything is still new. It is exciting for everyone, but especially for us. For some it is not the end of summer but the price tag that hurts the most. How are you feeling on this night before the first day of school . I feel i am spending a lot of money. And she is not kidding. The average family with kids k2 spend 630 on supplies and clotheses as the kids head back to school this year. Thank you, trish. Of course our website a great resource for parents. We have everything you will need from study tips to Healthy Breakfast discussions, and even discussions on getting children back in the early routines and much more. Philadelphia police say they do have a suspect in custody tonight who sexually assaulted one victim and tried to carjack another. The frightening attacked happened tonight in the 400 block of the olney session of the city. A 42yearold woman says the attacker forced her out of her car and sexually assaulted her. And he fled and tried to carjack someone else and was not successful before being apprehended by police. The woman taken to the hospital for treatment. The Philadelphia Police yet to rule on the cause of todays taxi tragedy. And dann joins us live at broad and arch. We are learning more about one of the victims of the double fatal accident. The witnesses say that speed may have been a factor that claimed the lives of two attendees of this weekends made in america concert. Police now identifying the michael vick times as 25yearold Amanda Digirolomo and bryan botti who was also 25. About 4 40 this morning at one time were crossing broad street near arch and were struck by a 41yearold man driving a rose rosemont taxi cab. And it spent him airborne landing about 150 feet away. Witnesses say the car driver was traveling about 50 miles per hour, twice the limit. And the witness estimated the speed as over the speed limit. Amanda pronounced dead at the scene and bryan died later at the hospital. The cabdriver stopped at the scene but also taken to the hospital complaining of chest pains. The good thing, he didnt leave the scene. We have a lot more than we would have for all of those that leave. He didnt make it an apparent crime by leaving, he stayed. And amanda working at the freedom value value ymca. She will be missed and she werent to work for vanguard financing to work at the y parttime. And her mom and two sisters worked there. Amanda was a smart hard working out growing woman. She had a future. And her caring smile and personality will be terribly missed. The loss of such an adult brings Great Sadness to our y family. The police say the investigation is continuing, but as of right now to charges have been filed in connection with this deadly accident. Ca. And a fire got the attention of many enjoying the last hours of their vacation. And the twoalarm fire, on the kculdesa culdesac. And pictures of the water as smoke was pouring from the home. Four families forced out of their homes after smoke and flames damaged where they live. In all, the fastmoving fire damaged five hourses in the 4900 block in southwest philadelphia before the firefighters got it out. One person transported to the hospital and it broke out about the 9 20 this morning. We are still waiting to hear thes cause. The red cross is now helping the displaced families. The paper papal visit about two weeks away. 10,000 free tickets made available to the general public for the popes speech at Independence Hall saturday, september 26th. The ticket released at noon on the world meeting of families website. It is first come, first serve, but limited to four tickets her person. But they are free. And wednesday they will release other tickets to the mass and festival of families. The majority of the redticket area reserved from parishioners from local diocese and workers as well as attendees of the world meeting of families. Follow our free 6abc pope twitter account. It is one of the first places we inform you about the papal news and photos as soon as new details are released. Still to come on action news, a fond farewell to the season. There for the final moments of the Labor Day Holiday and closing the summer at the shore. And a new mystery revealed a couple of files from stonehenge. Even more enormous records they are calling super henge. The hottest day of the year for places like burlington and boston. And invading the midatlantic and the northeast. More typical septemberlike weather on the way, letting you know when in accuweather. And the phillies and braves not exactly the best records in baseball. Jeff skversky with tonights game when action news continues in a moment. Again we have come to the end of summer, at least unofficially. Tonight the last stragglers are trying to enjoy the break. And Sharrie Williams with the story. The shore full of people all day and tonight was no different. There are technically two more full weeks of summer, but people were living it up at the beach like today was their last day. As daytime at the shore turned into nightfall on the boardwalk, the crowds were still soaking up the last unofficial weekend of summer. It was a beautiful summer. Weatherwise amading, and great days on the beach. Lots of fun and great memories. No shortage of things to do. We went to the water park. We did basketball and the all types of stuff. The Labor Day Weekend has many asking where did summer go . This little one has no idea that mommy wont be bringing him back for the ice cream cones until next year. It was awesome. We had warm weather and hung out on the beach most of the time. Well be back next year. While some are feeling summers swan song, others are toasting their ice cream. Cheers happy labor day. Having a great time. A good way to end the summer. Coming to ocean city is the tradition for harry and his family. His grandson was born in december and is making his very first trip. Harry says he views the summer winding down as glass half full. I like the fall. I am ready for football season. Another great summer at the shore in the books. Of course, there are those hoping to stretch it out as long as possible. We are here until october. We hope to have more good times. Good times ahead very likely. Labor day, of course, isnt only about time at the beach. The holiday is a time to honor the American Labor movement. And this parade held today in wilmington. A similar scene in philadelphia as well today as Union Members also took to the streets to mark the holiday. Governor tom wolf on hand marking the occasion. And he took a moment to push his button when he said it is time to raise the minimum wage. Thank you. President obama spend this labor day getting sick leave, signing an executive order. And it will make it harder for Small Businesses to keep union workers. And speculation continues to grow over vicepresident joe bidens possible run for president. Today he attended labor day parade, running along the route and shaking hands. They were cheering run joe run. Are a lot of people asking you to run . I have a lot of nice friends here. People close to biden say he will likely make a decision at the end of the month. Coming as Hillary Clinton is losing support in two critical states. In New Hampshire losing to Bernie Sanders and he is gaining in iowa. And donald trump continues to be the republican frontrunner. Lawyers filed an appeal for this women, the kentucky clerk jailed. And the motion filed for kim davis asking the governor to accommodate davis religious conviction. The same injunction was denied last month by a u. S. District judge. If the governor degrees she could be released from jail immediately. A tackle at High School Football game now the center of a criminal investigation. Take a look. Video from the game in texas shows two players targeting the referee. You can see run player runs directly at the ref and another dives into him headfirst. And the players were ejected from the game and suspended from school. The police are now investigating the attack and the students could be charged. Researchers have announced a groundbreaking discovery near stonehenge, another area of enormous stones. In an area some refer to as superhenge. And the animation shows what the researchers think that the site may have looked like when it was together. The stones are now buried three feet deep. Without needing to dig they used groundpenetrating sensors to find evidence of a cshaped monument. Could be 90 stones, some of them standing 15 feet tall in their hayday. Check this out, astronaut kelly got this view. The bright reds and greens are caused from particles from the sun interacting with the magnetic field. The weather getting a little old, heat wave number six. It is a short heat wave but intense the next couple of days. And muchneeded rain, i call it liquid gold on tuesday. And the double scan live radar, all quiet out there this evening. In fact, the sunsetting earlier and earliyer if you havent noticed. We look at the time lapse from sky 6. And now setting sun around 7 23 in the evening. Look at the glow, hardly a cloud in the sky and getting deep reds and oranges, a beautiful way to end this holiday. As we look at some of the numbers, it is balmy, warm, however you want to call it. 77 reading, 77 philadelphia, as well as trenton. 74 dover and also at the shore right now the sorth southerly wind keeping the temperatures where they are as in inland. And the heat is coming back in, 63 the dewpoint. And temperatures typical of july and august, and then quickly dropping off at the end of the week after the cold front passes early on friday morning. Going back into the 50s, which it will feel a little more falllike around here. As we look at satellite and raid arc the High Pressure in control. A big void of any precipitation and cloud cover. There the river of area long the u. S. Canadian border with all of the storms. It eventually will collapse to the south but will take a couple of days before it pulls into the midatlantic. So that bus stop forecast for tomorrow morning is clear, but very warm are and muggy. And the High Pressure real really bringing the blazing sunshine in here 2 degrees shy of the record in philadelphia. Hitting 94 degrees. And the low will round around the high as it heads north and east wednesday. And its trailing cold front will linger through the ohio valley on wednesday. The High Pressure behind it also helping to push to the east on thursday. But more wednesday, we get a surge of the humidity. 92 degrees. Maybe an evening thunderstorm north and west of philadelphia. If you are lucky enough to be at the shore one more take, getting the sea breeze and 84 at the shore, sunny and nice. And inlapped we inland baking in the low to mid 90s. And 90s the next couple of days, and the summer swelter with oppressive humidity, especially wednesday at 92. And the humidity high thursday, dropping it to 85 with the front and muchneeded rain coming in. Maybe 12 inches of rain. But we wont have any Severe Weather as it looks with it right now. Thats a winwin. And clearing out friday, 83. Above normal saturday, dry with low humidity. And Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown on sunday, early on sunday there can be a little round of rain. And monday, finally closer to normal for this time of year as we go into the upper 70s for highs. All right, well be ready. Yes, we will. Thank you. Tonight, some folks giving back, and the volunteers at the chosen 300 ministry on lancaster avenue serving meals to folks out of work. Homeless people and familiar littles families in need shared food. Patriotic music filled the air tonight the fifth annual labor day concert. It was honoring the military. It sounds great. Sports and jeff skversky. Unfortunately our team lost. Can it get any worse than that . No, it cant. But you have to watch, everyone at home. Do you think the phillies have their problems . Have you seen the Atlanta Braves lately . The braves lost 19 of the last 20 games coming into play tonight at Citizens Bank park. And the smallest crowd in the history of the ballpark tonight. Barely 15,000. Pol polly want a win, good luck. And 2 run shot. And harang allows 3 more in the forth and walking the batter to get to olivera. Bad idea. Harang the most losses in baseball, so do the phills. They dropped 11 of 14 including five in a row. Just a week away from thes eagles monday night opener in atlanta. Can you wait . Bradford and the offense, how they looked in the preseason, will it carry over into when the games really count . Lets hope so. Theres a lot of hype surrounding your football team. Have you heard it . I mean i heard a little bit but i into the try to get into it because there is always a lot of hype before the season and everybody is emotional right now because football is back. And i just want to take it one game at a time and just continue to keep doing what we have been doing, thats win. Should we believe the hype . Yes, you should believe the hype. Why . Because we work hard. And, you know, it is showing up on the field. And its no fake. This is for real. A lot of guys, even if its preseason people come and play in preseason. I really believe its for real. Graham says believe the hype, you have to love it. Teaming up to bring you the eagles monday opener in atlanta. Coverage kicks off at 6 30 blinds to gos Summer Celebration sales so hot youre gonna need shades. Not those shades. These shades take a cool 2035 off all sun shades, cascade shades, basswood and more. Shades on sale. Theres nothing cooler than that. Blinds to go. Blinds for life. Blinds to gos Summer Celebration sale is going on now make a splash with new sun shades, cascade shades, basswood and more, all at 2035 off its the hottest sale of the year. Just when you need to cool off most. Blinds to go. Blinds for life. After taking down and shutting down penn state linebacker, named american athletic conference defense riff player of the week. 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