Now, we spoke with the mayor of chester just a few moments ago and he is pleading with the driver of that vehicle to come forward. They still have a chance. They can come, turn themselves in and make it easier on everybody and especially them if they come and do the responsible thing. So, again, our Police Officers are out there putting their life on the line every day and this is a perfect example of what they have to face when theyre out there. Reporter police tell me that that burgundy pontiac went north on morton avenue. They also say that burgundy pontiac is around a year 2000. It has a green hood and a green trunk, which should make it very noticeable. Of course, if you know anything about that pontiac or who may have been behind the wheel police ask you to call them. You can call 911. Were live in chester, jeff chirico. An fbi morning raid turned deadly in chester. Agents went to a home on highland avenue to serve a child pornography warrant when the man inside pulled a gun. Now, there were shots exchanged. The man was killed. Agents have been on the scene collecting evidence from that house all day. The fbi says a team from washington, d. C. Does investigate agentinvolved shootings and that review could take several months. Now to the latest on the upcoming visit of pope francis. As we get closer to his arrival, the anxiety is building for several City Residents who are still trying to figure out what theyll do with their vehicles so it doesnt get towed. Action News Reporter david henry is live along the ben franklin parkway tonight with that story. David. Reporter yeah, rick in a little more than two weeks a Million People will be crowding the parkway here. Now, construction workers have been on the scene throughout the day assembling the area where the pope will celebrate mass. A joyful occasion but theres not much joy in the surrounding neighborhoods for people who live in the vehicle security zone. Tell you the truth were already missing work. Yeah, were just going have to wing it. Reporter the cars parked on these streets in Spring Garden will have to be off the street by 9 00 a. M. Monday the 21st. Thats when the city starts together. Violators will get a 76 ticket and will have to pay another 175 for the tow. We think its a terrible inconvenience. Its not fair. Reporter workers have begun laying the groundwork for the altar in the front of the Washington Statue on eakins oval. The city says it needs the cars off the streets five days before the pope gets here to start setting up the security perimeter. The neighborhoods are tightly packed with row homes and parking is at a premium all year. Residents dont know where theyll go. My office is closed. Theyre closing a little bit early on thursday night and actually closed on friday so im hoping to come home a little bit early on thursday and find parking i guess a little bit north of where we are. Reporter the city is offering alternatives. The Parking Authority is opening 2,000 spaces in six lots and garages like this one at 16th and vine but its eight to 12 blocks from the homes in the security zone and residents will have to pay 20 for the weekend or theres free parking for 1500 cards at the Naval Hospital in south philadelphia. It wouldnt be inconvenient. Our daughter has to be taken to school and to work. So reporter those garages are too far away. Well theres one in south philadelphia. Thats ridiculous. Reporter if residents choose the garages theyll have to go to the Parking Authority Customer Service center on this eighth street to pick up a placard. That placard railroad allow them to stay parked until 10 00 p. M. Thursday instead of moving out tuesday morning. Vince thompson runs a plumbing business out of his home and says it will be a real hardship for him. I thought that i could at least, you know, maintain my business until thursday by parking on the street and now i have to move out sunday so ill actually lose a whole week of work. Reporter at least weve gotten a little bit of good news. The Parking Authority has just now informed us that if you already have a Residential Permit for parking in your neighborhood, they will waive that 20 fee for parking in the garages over the papal weekend. Live on the parkway, david henry, channel6 action news. Rick. David, thank you. By the way, you can get continued updates on the popes visit by following at 6abc pope on twitter. Were posting the latest news, tips and pictures as we prepare for the arrival of pope francis in just two weeks. All across the country americans paused today to mark 14 years since the attacks of september 11th. Once again, relatives of 9 11 victims and others gathered at ground zero in new york to mark the anniversary. There were moments of silence to mark the times that those two planes hit the twin towers. Many flags and flowers decorated the sites reflecting pools that are surrounded by the victims names. President barack obama and the first lady stepped out of the white house this morning to observe a moment of silence for the victims as well. American Airlines Flight 77 was flying from washington to los angeles when it was highjacked and flown into the pentagon on september 11th 2001. And in shanksville, pennsylvania, the names of passengers and crew killed in the highjacking of united flight 93 he were read. Hundreds gathered here for a ceremony to honor those 33 lives lost. September 11th also weighed heavily on the hearts and minds of people in delaware county. County officials held their annual Memorial Service at Rose Tree Park in media this morning. Pennsylvania senator pat toomey was on hand to speak. Wreaths were laid during the ceremony, one each at the parks Law Enforcement memorial and the parks firefighter and ems memorials. A third wreath honored the victims of september 11th and the men and women who have died fighting the war on terror since the attacks. And they gathered to remember here in northeast philadelphia today. Local members of the military, police, Fire Departments and many others took part in a ceremony outside of the Mission Barbecue restaurant. As a way to say thanks to those who serve, all First Responders were given a free sandwich today. In other news, when pope francis comes to philadelphia in a few weeks, hell be greeted in many different ways including by a special choir. Its its chosen members are from across the area and they are now into serious reelers sarehearsaltime. New jerseys correspondent Nora Muchanic caught up with the singers from Mercer County. Reporter their voices are beautiful so good in fact that these four members from saint gregory the church in Hamilton Township have been selected to sing in the papal choir during the popes visit. I didnt sleep for three days. I think this pope really has special gifts and i think it really adds to the excitement of it is that were getting to sing for pope francis. Reporter susie is a cant tore at saint gregorys. Her husband john is the director of sacred music and he too is delighted to be singing for the holy father. I dont think its nervous. Its a joyous adventure or really the rehearsals have been really wonderful. Reporter the four singers from saint gregorys have been rehearsing every monday night with the full papal choir and say the pace is demanding. The choir is learning 20 songs, some are in different languages, some have never been heard before. Particularly excited that we have a couple of pieces that were composed especially for the event so we get to have that honor premiering those pieces. Reporter tenor david a College Student says his brother sang for Pope Benedict when he visited the u. S. In 2008. Now he will sing for the holy father. Its going to be real just surreal. I cant even imagine like ive never sang for anywhere near 2 Million People. Reporter the four folks from saint gregorys say they love singing together and with the papal choir as a whole and they consider it their mission to make the mass on the parkway one of the most beautiful ever attended. When were singing, were praying. Reporter in Hamilton Township, im Nora Muchanic, channel6 action news. Beautiful. Uhhuh. Time for a check of our action news traffic report friday night will lets get live to autumn marisa. Hi, monica and rick. We have a lot of volume out there right now which is good news because we had a lot of accidents popping up on our majors earlier. We had one on the westbound lanes of the schuylkill expressway around the vine street expresswayy vine street expressway, one on 95 and one on the vine street expressway. All cleared so again just volume out there. Taking a look at speeds across the region, nice and low, a lot in the teens out there. Very slow going if youre on the blue route southbound from villanova down to media right now. 95 if youre making your way southbound from woodhaven down to the vine it is a slow crawl there as well and also the eastbound lanes of the schuylkill expressway from the turnpike through the blue route and again around the conshohocken curve, again youll be tapping the brakes there as well. Three incidents to tell you about. The first one is in chester. This is the hit and run theyre investigating at fourth and morton avenue. Stick to third or Fourth Street to get around that. On the pennsylvania turnpike northeast extension right lane blocked because of a accident involving a motorcycle. Well bring you an update in the 5 oclock hour. Back to you rick and monica. Sounds good. Thank you so much autumn. Much more to come on action news at 5 00. Could be a big change in the way folks with high Blood Pressure are treated. Al gorman talks way local doctor involved in a government study next. Cecily. Dry comfortable air returns today but for the first time in more than two months im tracking weekend rain on the way. Ill have details on the timing in the accuweather forecast. Rick. All right, cecily. There and much more when action news at 5 00 continues in just a moment. Stay with us. Two people are in Police Police custody following a string of shootings in and around phoenix, arizona. Officers swarmed a Convenience Store parking lot this morning. Witnesses said a plan and a woman were both handcuffed. According to police, the man is of interest to investigators. 11 cars have been shot along the roadway in the past two weeks. No one has been seriously injured. Baltimores mayor announced today that she will not seek reelection. Stephanie rawlingsblake says she thinks she could have won another term but there not running is the best decision. Many have scrutinized way she handled the unrest that turned into riots after freddie grays death. Gray died from spinal injuries while in Police Custody back in april. This news comes just days after the city settled a civil lawsuit awarding grays family more than 6 million. Health check tonight. If you have high Blood Pressure, your treatment could be changing soon. Government Health Officials released early results from a study they did that shows more aggressive treatment of high Blood Pressure could save thousands of lives. Health reporter and registered nurse ali gorman joins us from the big board with what people need to know. Ali. This is significant. They stopped the Clinical Trial early because they were seeing such strong results. Now, the basic goal was to answer this question, how low he should Blood Pressure go. I spoke with a local doctor involved with the study today. Dr. Crystal was the Principal Investigator at the Temple University hospital for the sprint trial. Temple along with 100 other centers followed more than 9,000 adults over aged 50 at risk for heart disease. For some the goal was to keep the systolic or top number of their Blood Pressure below 140. Thats the current guideline. But the target for the other more Aggressive Group was to keep that number under 120. The doctor says the results show overall the Aggressive Group was found to have a 30 percent lower risk for heart problems. And a 25 percent lower risk for death. For disease that affects one in three people, hypertension, this is a major, major finding. Reporter but there are still questions. Such aside effects from medication and will the benefits of aggressive treatment outweigh the risks. So far overall the answer seems to be yes. But because the study was stopped early, the final comprehensive report looking at all subgroups such as the elderly or people with Kidney Disease isnt out yet. Researchers say for now, well have to wait but if you have high Blood Pressure, you should Start Talking about possible changes with your healthcare provider. Because when it comes down to it the physician is going have to look at the individual patient and make a decision but this certainly is a step forward in understanding how to manage Blood Pressure. Reporter now, some cardiologists say that these results shouldnt have been released because the study hasnt been reviewed by peers yet but researchers with the trials say it wouldnt be ethical to sit on the results after seeing this treatment could potentially save lives. So ill continue to follow this story and let you know when these full report is out. Rick and monica. Thank you so much ali. Terrific. Action news at 5 00 will continue coming up. Okay. plays throughout sometimes, at last doesnt happen at first. Your dad just kissed my mom. Turning two worlds into one takes love. Helping protect that world takes state farm. Veterans in need of jobs got a helping hand in coatesville Chester County today. Employers came to the Va Medical Center great haul for the welcome home job fair on this patriot day. Dozens of bosses took resumes, did interviews and looked at College Transcripts for civilian and federal government jobs. There are also seminars on healthcare and other veteran benefits. A special dedication today at the Ronald Mcdonald house in delaware. At a News Conference in wilmington this morning, officials with the Ronald Mcdonald house announced opening of a new overnight room that will be used strictly by families whose children are seriously ill and receiving care at Nemours Alfred i dupont lop nearby. Its all part of the adopt a room program for caregivers. The room made possible thanks to a donation from the Delaware Branch of the aarp. Pennington Mercer County home to a fully Solar Hydrogen powered house thats also off the grid. The nonprofit Hydrogen House project says this is the first such Affordable House in the world. Its also fully permitted. The Inventor Michael stiske says hes ready to make the technology more mainstream. He says his customizable system will set you back 65 to 135,000. It pays itself off after seven years. If youre looking for something to do this weekend you can head to wilmington for the brandywine festival of the arts. The action cam was at Brandywine Park as organizers started setting up today. More than 200 artists and crafters will be there tomorrow starting at 10 00 a. M. There will also be live music food and activities for your children. Admission is five dollars per adult. Introducing the oneandonly Volkswagen Golf sportwagen. The sportier utility vehicle. 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 its time to clear the air. Vote for the clean power plan. Time for accuweather at the action news big board. The weekend is upon us. Lets find out whats in store cecily. That rain, how about that. Nah. I know, we havent had a rainy weekend in two and a half months but i am tracking some rain on the way. But certainly a gorgeous start to the weekend. We are live on sky6 taking a look at Philadelphia International airport where nothing more than a few fair weather cumulus clouds. Where the records are kept though at the airport show you just how much rain we had yesterday. When you consider the fact that july 1st through september 9th, thats 71 days, we had 4. 14inches rain. Yesterday we had more than that, 4. 76inches and some areas even more than 5inches and that did cause some of that flash flooding. What a difference a day makes, though. Very comfortable out there. Partly sunny skies, 83 degrees in philadelphia, allentown 81, trenton 80, millville 79, wilmington 80, cape may 76 degrees and with those winds out of the northwest, thats a dry flow of air so the humidity has been cut down substantially. Philadelphia and areas to the south and east generally in the 60s. If you look to the north and west, though, dewpoints are in the 50s, a very dry air mass, so we will stay comfortable right through tonight. Satellite6 along with action radar showing we have kind of a sunshine sandwich. The rain from yesterday has pulled off over danny canada. Now we have the clear skies. If you look to the west, though, over the ohio valley, thats our next round of rain that will be moving in tomorrow afternoon. But tonight a great night for friday night football. The game of the week on the High School Huddle is north penn versus west catholic. Looking real nice, partly cloudy and comfortable. 7 oclock 78 degrees. By 10 oclock, 71. First well have the highlights of the game on High School Huddle after action news at 11 00. I got to work on my throwing arm. Monica apparently had a great throw. [laughter] well, thank you. So tonight partly cloudy and comfortable, 66 in philadelphia, millville 60, wilmington 61 and allentown 58 degrees. A great friday night. Future tracker showing our weather will be going downhill during the day. Saturday at 8 oclock, mostly sunny skies, cant rule out the possibility of a sprinkle but this is what happens in the afternoon. Around 3 oclock you can see the showers developing mainly west of the i95 corridor but they really fill in saturday night. Could even see severe thunderstorms across the coast and then on sunday, definitely more clouds than sunshine. Society five day at 5 00 showing tomorrow if you want to get outside enjoy the weather do it the first half of the day. Some sunshine in the morning. In the afternoon some showers and thunderstorms. Take the rain gear to the union game tomorrow night. 82 degrees the high. On sunday lots of clouds and instability shower possible and a cool day, 77 degrees. Rosh hashanah begins at sundown. Monday a taste of fall, 76 degrees, low humidity, mostly sunny and then we warm up to 82 degrees on tuesday and wednesday up to 86 and adam will talk about if that warmup continues into the latter part of the week coming up in the full accuweather 7day forecast. Not one of the best weekends weve had. No. We have to have one sometime. I need to run maybe next week. Tomorrow morning get up and run. Much more to come on action news at 5 00. New video just released of the police takedown of former tennis star james blake. A postal carrier caught dumping dozens of pieces of mail. Wendy saltzman with details. Scammers looking to cash in on your desire to see pope francis in philadelphia. Sharrie williams has that story. Those stories and more when action news comes right back. Action news at 5 00 continues tonight with the latest on our developing news out of delaware county. A Chester Police officer recovering after being struck by a hit and run driver. Chopper six was over the scene near the intersection of morton and Fourth Streets in chester. That officer was taken to crozer hospital for treatment of cuts and bruises. Police are looking for the suspects vehicle. It is described as a late 90s or early 2000 burgundy pontiac with a green trunk and hood. And well continue to follow this story. Well have the very latest for you in a live report coming up at 6 00. Now to a story youll only see here on action news. An action news viewer says he caught a mailman making a massive delivery somewhere other than to the appropriate mailboxes. And he has the pictures to prove it. Investigative reporter wendy salts plasaltzman has the story. Reporter Brian Mcloughlin came upon this mailman who he saw which you canning other peoples property into the trash. I saw the post office truck here and he was getting happened fulls of mail throwing them into the dumpster by piles at a time. Reporter ryan says it was an odd day last friday when going into the Labor Day Weekend he got home early at 5 45 and saw something that just didnt seem right. So i came around and parked and came back and got a picture and when he pulled off i took a picture of the trash and there was legitimate actual mail with names and addresses on it from different banks and stores. Reporter he snapped a shot and tweeted action news. The u. S. Postal service and posted pictures on main line alert that he says showed not just advertisements but actual mail, bills and catalogs. He was just chucking piles of massive mail into the trash. Reporter all mcloughlin could guess is that the delivery man wanted to it his shift short but his deliveries were still not done. From that amount of stuff in there i assume it takes him a good amount of time to do it. Reporter mcloughlin questions how many times this has happened in the past. Neighbor tell us theres a bank letter in there, theres one catalog somebodys ordered that was in there and then weve will stuff not show up in the past from pnc bank, from other institutions. Reporter also tossed coupons so many families wont be saving any cash this week, either. Im sure he makes a good salary with the government and just didnt feel like dosy doing this job. Reporter the trash man he speculates dumped the trash and all the deliveries with it the next day. Mcloughlin says the u. S. Postal Service Never responded to his tweet but Inspector General did respond to action news in a statement saying they interviewed the employee and the employee took responsibility for his actions and is no longer employed by the postal as much. The Postal Service says the majority of their 500,000 employees nationwide are dedicated but in this case where one of them betrayed the public trust he threw a way not only the mail, he also threw away his career. In radnor township, im wendy saltzman, channel6 action news. Former youth football coach will spend the rest of his life in prison for sexually assaulting several children in north philadelphia. Today a judge sentence lee he onwatson to 114 to 228 years behind bars. Prosecutors said he met his victims while coaching for two teams. He was convicted of molesting five young boys along with a 21yearold mentally disabled person. Philadelphia police asking for your help to grabbed another man walking down the street in East Oak Lane and forced him to give up his money. It happened wednesday night about 7 00 p. M. This is Surveillance Video from inside a store at fifth and oak lane. Well, before this was taken the suspects pulled a gun on the victim and robbed him. They forced him to go into the store and withdraw 120 and it didnt stop there. The suspects then took the victim back to his house and grabbed his laptop and two bicycles before taking off. Fortunately the man was not hurt. At the action news big board this friday, we are just 14 days away from the highly anticipated visit from pope francis for the world meeting of families. The free tickets to the several papal events were claimed almost instantly but now those same tickets are popping up for sale. A quick search on craigslist reveals post after post of people selling tickets to papal events that are meant to be free. Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams says it is illegal for individuals to scalp tickets. He says only licensed ticketing agencies will ensure that the tickets are valid and will issue a refund if the event is canceled. Want to protect buyers. Just be sure you go to a credible web site and you purchase your tickets from places that will protect you. The archdiocese issued the following statement on the matter. It reads in part papal tickets are never intended to be sold. When we became aware, we reported the matter to local Law Enforcement. We also reached out to ebay and craigslist asking there any sales be halted. We are delighted to see that ebay has halted sale of these tickets. Scalping of tickets for papal events is shameful and reprehensible. Organizers add that there will still be plenty of chances to see the pope without a ticket to an event with dozens of jumbo screens placed along the Festival Grounds and of course the papal parades are set for saturday and sunday. Over to rick. All right, sharrie, thank you. Speaking of ways to experience pope francis visit, philadelphia officials are reiterating that there is space to stay and play. Today mayor Michael Nutter announced that there are Hotel Rooms Still Available and at competitive prices. Many are also offering socalled pope packages that include goody bags and souvenirs. When asked if the city had overestimated the demand, mayor Michael Nutter said people are still making plans. The executive director of the Greater Philadelphia Hotel Association agrees. People are just going to show up so we didnt really know what to expect. However, i will say that were very excited, were seeing were seeing people book rooms, were seeing people make their plans. The folks at septa have done a phenomenal job of make, the city very accessible so were really looking forward to the weekend. Reporter officials added that folks who Book Hotel Rooms may find they have an even Better Vantage Point to all of the papal festivities. Officials in delaware laid out new plans to keep folks moving through wilmington the weekend that pope francis is in town. Both amtrak and septa run from wilmington to 30th street station in philadelphia. Septa has sold 5,000 tickets for the wilmingtonnewark line that weekend. Amtrak is leasing computer commuter trains to keep up with the demand and are calling in extra help in case anything goes wrong. Extra staffing coming in so in the event we have some type of problem well have some Quick Response times to keep everybody moving to get them to the events on time. Delaware officials said 5800 parking spots will also be available around the wilmington station but not all the parking is free. They also encouraged folks to carpool to keep traffic problems around the train station to a minimum. And dont forget we have all the details about those parking restrictions in center city for you posted at 6abc. Com pope. We also have all the details you need to help you navigate the papal visit now just two weeks away. It was 14 years ago today when the United States was attacked by terrorists in new york city, washington, d. C. And outside shanksville, pennsylvania. More than 3,000 people died on that september 11th, most were lost at the World Trade Center where the Freedom Tower stands. Today folks in our area paused to honor the victims. [bell tolls] family and Community Members gathered for a service this morning at the garden of reflection in lower makefield township. The program included honorary poems and songs. They also read the names of the 18 victims who were from bucks county. Later tonight at around 7 15 there will be a reflective prayer for anyone who would like to attend. Mercer county community 11 held its annual ceremony of remembrance of september 11th. A number of county executives attended here at the west windsor campus. They placed a wreath on the colleges memorial bench. And the action cam was also there as a number of First Responders participated in Hamilton Townships annual remembrance ceremony. The program was held at the september 11th memorial grove. The grove area is home to a steel beam from the World Trade Center ground zero. Theres also a firefighter monument there and a memorial for hamilton residents who lost their lives in the terror attack. And flags across the country he are flying at halfstaff today thanks to a special proclamation from president obama. The flags were lowered in honor of patriot day which is the official name for september 11th each year. These were flying over center city philadelphia. The president also asked everyone to participate in Community Service today in remembrance of those who lost their lives in the 2001 attacks. Time now to get an update on the commute home on a friday night. All right. Lets go to autumn marisa in for matt pelman to see whats up. Hi, monica and rick. Were at a slow crawl across the region. 95 at girard, these are the southbound lanes looking like this much on all the other roadways right now. If youre heading from woodhaven down to vine taking about 30 minutes and the same in the northbound lanes. Taking a look at the big picture, very slow going on the blue route as you make your way from villanova southbound do you know through media, very slow on the eastbound lanes of the schuylkill expressway, from the turnpike out through the conshohocken curve. You get the picture. Its a friday afternoon. Taking a look outside were waiting for the burlington bristol bridge to open so you can expect some delays there. And taking a look at some of the other area bridges, nice and slow there walt whitman bridge, ben franklin bridge, busy afternoon commute right now. Mass transit all services on time with no reported delays which is always good. And taking a look outside at the 42 freeway, very slow he if youre heading up towards the walt whitman bridge. Have a great weekend, rick and monica. Thank you. You, too. Thank you, autumn. Much more still to come on action news this evening. The Police Department has just released video of that strong armed arrest of former tennis star james blake in a case of mistaken identity. And one moment a california familys relaxing at home, the next a giant piece of ice slices through their roof. Well tell you where police think it came from. Lets go to adam. Monica, were in between the rain, the first system departed, weve seen some sunshine this afternoon and were tracking another low which could bring some Severe Weather for some of us on saturday. Ill have the timing coming up in accuweather. Those stories plus jaime apody with eagles and a major upset at the u. S. Open when action news comes right back. Hal mmmmmm. Breathe. I love it here. We are never moving to the suburbs. We are never getting one of those minivan . We are never having another kid. Im pregnant. I am never letting go. For all the nevers in life, state farm is there. We have breaking news tonight. The crowded republican field for president just got a little smaller. Word just came in that former Texas Governor rick perry is dropping out of the race. Hes the first major candidate in the 2016 race to bow out. Perrys campaign has struggled with fundraising and gaining traction in polls. He made it official just minutes ago in saint louis. Meantime the new york Police Department has just released Surveillance Video showing the strong armed takedown of former tennis star james blake. Happened wednesday night as blake was waiting outside of a luxury hotel for his ride to the u. S. Open when all of a sudden a plainclothes officer rushed up to him and tackled him right there. The officer then threw james to the ground held him down and put handcuffs on him. According to officials detectives were investigating a credit card fraud ring in the area and blake apparently looked like one of the suspects. Well, the nypd apologized to blake and the arresting officer is on desk duty pending the outcome of an investigation. Turning to sports eagles are getting fired up for the monday night matchup against the falcons and heres jamie. Im fired up. Yeah, of course. Totally. No you seem kind of relaxed. Monday i will be lets hone hes right. He had been silent for so long. Today we finally actually hear from eagles owner jeffrey lurie. One nugget. He was asked about lesean mccoy who continues to bash the birds in the press and lurie said people say things they regret when theyre rejected. Hear from the owner at 6 00 clip chip with a lot of love for his number one guy. Monday night the world will be keyed in on sam bradford and how he performs in his first regular season game in the nfl in 694 days. He didnt play much in the preseason but all four of his drives led to such downs. Chip kelly says it was enough. Confident in sams condition and we monitor our guys every day. Did a great job. He was in great shape when he got here in august passed the conditioning test so not concerned at all with the amount of snaps sam will take. More than any other Season Opener im more excited to get back on the field. Something that ive been waiting a long time for. I columnly didnt get the opportunity to do it last year so its been awhile and im looking forward to it. Interesting stats that nobody is talking about. Given that the birds are a favorite in this game falcons quarterback matt ryan is pen charter is undefeated. Ay ask ron jaworski who remains cautious. Chip kelly did a tremendous job of procuring talent which is what the nfl business is about. And now we got to find out if that talent can play together. Football is the consummate team game. 11 players going hand in hand on every single play. When you have this kind of turnover, its very difficult to develop that chemistry early in the season. I think this team will be much better in the second half of the season but its going to take some time for this team to gel in my opinion. We are teaming up with phl17 to bring you complete coverage of mondays opener. Our pregame slow countdown to kickoff is at 6 30. Eagles and falcons at 7 00 both on p. Hl17. First day of the postruben amaro era for the phillies. Game one under way against the cubs in south philadelphia. Aaron al tear ensures he wont throw a nono. Phillies have a onenothing lead. They still have that in the bottom of the third. Its quite possibly the greatest upset in tennis history. Serena williams quest for the calendar grand slam ends today when shes beaten by italys roberta vin cle, a 321 underdog. Serena even took the first set sixtwo before losing the next 24six, foursix. In four previous meetings with williams vin cle failed to take a single set. This goes to show you anything can happen on any given day. I thought she played the best tennis had her career. You know, shes 33 and, you know, shes going for it at a late age so thats good for her to keep going for it and playing so well and actually i guess its inspiring, so, yeah, i think she played literally out of her mind. Wow. Well, you wonder if beating her sister venus took everything out of her, you wonder if she overlooked vin cle anvinciand was looking ahea. Thanks jamie. Meantime a basketball sized chunk of ice crashed through a Central California home today from an airplane flying over. They were in the living room when they heard what they he said sounded like a bomb hitting the garage roof. It was clear ice, not the blue colored type of ice from a planes toilet. Fortunately nobody was hurt but officials think frozen moisture just broke loose from an overhead plane. So everyone is saying, hey you gotta get fios but why . Well, fios is a 100 Percent Fiber Optic Network to the home, so you can get access to the Fastest Internet and inhome wifi available. And fios gives you big capacity too. So everyone in the house can get online. But the main reason to get fios . Were rated number 1 in customer satisfaction. Ultimately, thats why. Get 25 meg fios internet, tv phone starting at 79. 99 a month. Plus get 350 back. Hurry, offer ends september 19th. Get out of the past. Get fios. South jersey man got a magical surprise on Good Morning America today. 27yearold chad juros from Egg Harbor Township spends his free time using magic to cheer up Sick Children at local hospitals. He had cancer himself as a child and his dad used magic to help him get through the tough times. But then cancer struck again to his father and when his dad died later, chris friends decided to give him the kind of smile hes brought to so many. So with a little help from his idol David Copperfield he got this surprise of a lifetime. The action cam was there as friends and family set up on the beach outside ballys casino. They all laid in the sand to form a picture of juros and his dad. Then he was given a trip to las vegas to be David Copperfields special guest at one of his famous shows. How about that . Wow. Thats great. Those are some good friends. He deserves it. Yes, sir. Meteorologist adam joseph here now. Not much of a magical weekend weatherwise. No, but weve had such a dry stretch. Yes, we need the rain. Bound to happen at some point. I know, rick, youre crushed over there. Se as we take a look at double scan live radar all is quiet after a wet thursday so this is kind of a transition day between two rounds of rain. As we look at the action cam, the waterways got a good drink of water yesterday. The flow has come down quite a bit after seeing some flooding rains in parts of the area. As we look at the temperatures to the north and west right now, it is very pleasant in the upper 70s to near 80 degrees. Martins creek the warm spot at 84, kennett square, chester both around that 80degree mark and to the south and east its a little cooler. We still have that northwesterly wind but its cooler because we had more cloud cover this afternoon. The boardwalk 74, vineland 75 degrees, hockessin delaware 79 and toms river double sevens on the board. Were tracking low pressure. You can see in the Tennessee Valley some thunderstorms. Ahead of it, that low will work to our north and west and when low pressure is to the west, southerly winds take over so its going to increase the humidity tomorrow and that also will help aid in some of the heavy downpours and a few thunderstorms. But for tonight, its quiet. Patchy clouds, very comfortable, visits in the suburbs, 66 degrees for center city. And future tracker will show it is fairly dry tomorrow morning with a decent amount of sunshine out there but the clouds will quickly increase mid to late morning and by the early afternoon hours, well start to see those heavy downpours breaking out especially west of philadelphia closer to that approaching low, a little later if youre going to be down the shore. Then during the Late Afternoon and evening hours its periods of heavy rain and it could even be some severe thunderstorms with the atmosphere being more unstable to the south and east. So, if youre heading to the shore with those persist tender winds coming in out of the south, there will be an increased risk for rip currents. A lot of lifeguards back at school, not on duty any so be very cautious if youre going to venture in the water. Afternoon thunderstorms developing. Not beltway evident of beach days, 80 degrees. Sunday 77 degrees with clouds and some sunshine. Afternoon downpours and thunderstorms developing at 82 degrees. Some of us could see anywhere between a half inch and an inch of rain overall and then its rather cloudy even the second half of the weekend on sunday, maybe a scattered afternoon shower of 77. But then we grab that sunshine back and full force on monday, very pleasant, 76 degrees. And we quickly warm again on tuesday. Another dry stretch developing for the entire work week and temperatures once again well above normal. Were looking at 86 degrees for wednesday, thursday and friday, so the two socalled worse days of the next seven unfortunately are the weekend. Okay. Thank you sir. We will make the best. Quick break. More news when we come right back. Stay with us. Hey let me help with that. Oh, thank you introducing the oneandonly Volkswagen Golf sportwagen. The sportier utility vehicle. In northeast Philadelphia Catholic School students putting the finishing touches on a mural that will honor pope francis and his visit to philadelphia. Students from Saint Huberts high school for girls and father judge high school for boys have been working on the mural for several weeks. When finished it will consist of 153 individual panels painted by the students and measure more than 4200 square feet. It will be called the sacred now faith and family in the 21st century. Very nice. And right now jim gardner and the Action News Team are standing by with these stories and more flex at 6 00 we are following developing news from chester where a motorcycle Police Officer was struck by a hit and run driver. Plus, new information about parking during the papal visit for those who already have ppa permits. Well show you the national and local remembrances there mark the 14th anniversary of the september 11th attacks. Now for meteorologist adam joseph cecily tynan jaime apody sharrie williams, monica malpass, the entire Action News Team, im rick williams. Have a nice weekend. Good night. Good night. Lets 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 its time to clear the air. Vote for the clean power plan. Action news. Delaware valleys leading news program. With ducis rodgers, meteorologist cecily tynan and jim gardner. It is friday night and the big story on action news tonight is hit and run in the city of chester and the victim was a Police Officer. This was the scene late today at morton and fourth. This is where a motorcycle cop was struck by a car and the Police Officer is now in the hospital. The search for the driver is now on. Action News Reporter jeff chirico is lie at the accident scene tonight. Jeff. Reporter jim, the good news here is that this Police Officer is going to be okay. Were told he has some scrapes on his knuckles and knees but otherwise, will be in okay shape. Meanwhile Police Searching for a burgundy pontiac and ill tell you more about that in just a moment but first lets show you what it looked like a couple hours ago. Chopper six over the scene. This accident happened just before 3 oclock. Were told the driver of that burgundy car passed another car in order to turn left from east fourth onto morton. Thats when he clipped the motorcycle knocking the officer off and sending the bike riding by on its own for a short while before hitting another car. Now, the car then took off north on morton without stopping. We spoke with the Police Commissioner a short time ago. He he believes this driver absolutely knows what he did. These motorcycles, theres no doubt, you know, that you can see he what they are with their lights. Its not a small what they call rice burner
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