You see it on stormtracker 6 live double scan radar, the upper level low is off to the west, you see the moisture moving across syracuse and portions of long island there in new york. Its actually lifting to the north as we go throughout the rest of the afternoon. But having said that we are still in and out of the wet weather. The Flash Flood Watch in our region has since expired. We are underneath a Flood Warning for areas in delaware. Milford all wait down to allen dale included in the Flood Warning staying up until 2 30 this afternoon. Pockets of delaware have seen 4 to as high as 12 inches of rainfall. All of that moisture i mentioned lifting off to the north. The constant northeasterly wind stays with us however 55 in reading and 50 in the poconos and 57 in lancaster, here in philadelphia 60, and the coast in cape may coming in at 67. Sustained wind speeds 9 in reading and 23 Miles Per Hour wind speed in dover with higher gusts at this hour. Something to keep in mind, we have a lot of clouds around and a lot of low level moisture, if you travel by air in philadelphia, we have big delays, 96 minute delays there and 26 minute delays in boston because of that moisture and that constant flow of rain moving on in. As we look at the weekend call, saturday 71 and cloudy with a few showers around and a few more sunny breaks on sunday with a high of 75. And some sun likely to the south. Well take a closer look at the system coming up and an update on nascar weekend. And an update on Hurricane Matthew that is gaining strength. All right melissa thank you. Stay with 6abc. Com weather for the weekend and updates to the rainy forecast. Check stormtracker 6 live double scan radar before heading out. In other news, family, friends and colleagues and strangers, are gathering many delaware to pay respects to two firefighters killed in the line of duty. Christopher leak and jerry fickes died on saturday while battling a house fire in wilmington. Lets take a live look at Saint ElizabethCatholic Church in wilmington. They are gathering for lieutenant leach, just before hundreds gathered outside as his flag draped coffin was brought to the service. Hundreds of police and First Responders stood silencely as fellow firefighters carried his body into the church as bag pipes played. This is an amazing tribute, guys from boston and new york, they are coming from everywhere like we always do. Its a sad day but it does make you feel awkward when you look behind you and see a sea of blue. They are here to celebrate the great life of a passionate firefighter and an even better dad. And senior firefighter jerry fickes will be laid to rest this afternoon. His service is private. The fire that killed both men was intentionally set and this woman, beat fana ruiz is facing charges. We are going at a decent rate of speed and then didnt stop. There was a sudden jolt and we got jolted out of our seats. I want to give a tribute to the people of the new york and new jersey region, we are now a truly resilient folk. Investigators from the ntsb and other agencies are digging through piles of rubble at Hoboken Terminal hoping to find out why a new Jersey Transit train barrelled into the station. One recorder was pulled from the locomotive from the rear of the train and now they are looking for the second one near the front of the train. However the terminals roof collapsed and is sitting on the wreckage. The family and friends are remembering fabiola de kroon bittar, she was waiting for a train and suddenly hit with debris. She was loveable and loved her daughter and always had a smile on her face and wanted to do everything she could for her daughter. Her whole life changed. A few hours ago. The ntsb requested an interview with the engineer that was injured but has since been released from the hospital. Our 6 abc app is a good resource for updates on the hoboken crash investigation, a Free Download for your mobile device. Turning to the politics now. Another major newspaper is not endorsing Donald Trumps president ial bid and not supporting Hillary Clinton either. Lana zach is live in washington, d. C. Following the twists on the campaign trail today. Reporter good afternoon rick, so many twists on this particular campaign trail. Just a little bit ago donald trump warned newspapers especially the conservative ones that didnt endorse him to risk losing readers but it doesnt seem to stop them. The annual board of the usa today did what they have never done. They are urging voters to not cast their ballots for donald trump calling him a serial by your they did to the endorse Hillary Clinton. The wall street journal writer, warning today that trump would be the most unstable and proudly uninformed unfit president to ever enter the white house. Donald trump defended himself by talking about the very Dishonest Media and Hillary Clinton and the former miss usa. Did you reprimand him for that. Say to him listen why are you calling women fat pigs . Yes, that is beside the point, he gave that particular woman a second chance. And early voting began in states like iowa the candidates are gearing up for their next faceoff. Putting a spin on the debate he claimed to have won. I had to put up with the anchor and fight the anchor all the time. What a rigged deal. We are in such a rigged system it is terrible. And the post debate polls in florida, new hampshire, and michigan have shown Hillary Clinton has opened up at least a small lead in those states. Both and trump and clinton will campaign in two of those states today. Lana zach, channel 6 action news. Thank you for that report. Donald Trumps Campaign office opens a new office this afternoon in philadelphia. Its on the 800 block of south street. Trump is posing a challenge to Hillary Clinton in pennsylvania. And analysts believe he needs to win votes from democrat dominate philadelphia. To put him in the win column next month. And now they are pushing to get out of the vote especially when it comes to the young voters. Reporter this is a day lonnie vent about 800 people are expected to participate. The whole goal of it is to get more young people out there to cast their vote. This is Opportunity Youth united first Civic Engagement summit. Its geared towards young people specifically urban and tribal communities. Why should i . That is a similar response he gets from unregistered young people. Im not trying to push someone on them. But this policy talks to us juveniles and its up to us in the leadership conference. We need strategies to connect them and make sure they reach their biggest potential. The accessible for information from people that grow up in the low income communities. Workshops across city including the commune college and the School District headquarters will take place throughout the day and mayor kenney veered off the partisan tone and spoke with passion about those before that lost their lives to give us this right. The people that made this country work and save it from naziism and fascism never got the credit we deserve and we need to honor those folks the best way to honor them is to vote. If you were unable to attend the event. They say its not just about casting your ballot at this upcoming election, its about staying involved. Annie mccormick can channel 6 action news. There is still more ahead on action news at 12 30. World leaders gather to say goodbye to shimon peres and a man gets stuck upside down. How he got into this pickle is quite embarrassing. Well tell you about it when we come right back. The power is back on at orlando studios after the outage lasted more than an hour. Two people had to be helped off of rides by the orlando fire department. Other guests got off the rides by themselves. The cause of outage was not a local company but a problem with the parks infrastructure. World leaders joined family and friends to say farewell to shimon peres. President obama and bill clinton gave a eulogy, he spoke of his vision to see the best of what the world could be. He imagined all the things the rest of us could do. He started off life as israels brightest student. Became its best teacher and ended up its biggest dreamer. And palestinian president attended and shook hands with current prime minister, benjamin, netanyahu. And he shared a peace prize in 1994 and received the Liberty Medal here in philadelphia two years later and died on wednesday after a stroke at the age of 93. Daytimes queen of drama will be remembered tonight for soap opera creator, agnes nixon. At mcconaughey funeral home in ardmore, a funeral mass will be held at rosemont chapel in rosemont. She created abcs all my children and one life to live. They were each set in fictional towns in the philadelphia suburbs. Nixon was 93 years old. A detroit man spent 13 hours hanging upside down after trying to break in his own home. The man lost his keys and was trying to get into the house through a basement window, his ankle caught on the window and could not come loose. It was raining and water filled the base. The neighbor came for help just in time. A petition to limit homework at a texas homework is gaining support. Luke says he spends four to six hour a night on his assignments, he is calling on one homework free night every six weeks. He collected thousands of online signatures to far. Well, this weekend is fyi phillies food truck special and Melissa Magee is getting on one that is making the scene healthier than ever before. Reporter shay serves lunch every day on walnut street in center city. How did you locate in this spot . I used work there. He was aresearcher for 25 years and got burned out. Wanted to open a food truck because i was eating from the food truck. His cart is certified healthy. If you see this sticker its a healthy option. Its a healthy option and everything is fresh. Its gourmet salads and sandwiches with international flavors. That is the swedish salad with caviar. And it has sauteed mushrooms avocado and brie. This is good. Okay you can see f i philly tomorrow item after action news. And an and corbegins at midnight on sunday. Another check of the accuweather forecast coming up looking live at sky 6 hd showing a dreary Philadelphia International airport no problems to report though. As far as going in or going out. Melissa magee has your update from accuweather. And we are looking live from sky 6 hd at penns landing. A dreary penns landing on friday, good idea to have the umbrella handy address you head out and about over the weekend. You wont see a lot of sunshine this weekend but its not a total washout . Not a total washout but misty and drizzly and it will continue for the first half of the weekend. Real show you what is going on with stormtracker 6 live double scan light rain south and east in philadelphia. Across interior sections of south jersey, all in all the heaviest rain we had earlier today and over the past 48 hours, lifting off to the north. The picture outside sky 6 hd down the shore in a. C. You can see a couple of rain drops on the lens there. We have cloudy conditions there at the coast and some windy conditions as well. It is a cooler afternoon most spots right now are in the 40s and 50s. 56 in Martins Creek and 54 in slatington and 56 in warrington and 56 in center city. 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 clouds and moisture lingers for the first half of the weekend. And Hurricane Matthew, keeping a close eye on this one, now a category 3 storm. Winds sustained at 115 Miles Per Hour moving southsouthwest at 12 Miles Per Hour and over the weekend into early next week this comes close to jamaica, well have to keep a watchful eye on this storm and into the middle half of this week and streaming northward and keeping you posted on what happens with Hurricane Matthew, the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast a windy one today and High Temperature coming in at 66 degrees and on saturday, a spotty shower is around and a High Temperature of 71. Sunday its mostly cloudy and a sprinkle or two, and there could be sunnier breaks to the south of philadelphia by sunday otherwise a high of 75. Partly sunny a nice one sunday with the sunshine returning with a high of 77 and mostly cloudy skies on tuesday and 72 and cool and pleasant next wednesday at 70 and partly sunny on thursday with a high of 70. Not a washout and sunnier breaks by the end of the weekend on sunday. And the phillies open their final series of the season at home against the mets. Bitter sweet and sweet as well. Because ryan howard may play his final game in a phillies uniform. His contract could be bought out. A ceremony is planned before sundays first pitch. As for the sweet part. The phillies could end the mets playoff hopes with a few wins this weekend. As we talk sports, temple football play book comes your way at 9 45 during action news on saturday, as we get you set for the owls kickoff against smu. And a new line of star wars toys hits the stores overnight. The action cam was at toys r us, people were anxious to get their hands on the rogue one toys. Disney the producer of star wars is the Parent Company of 6 abc. When pat toomey went to washington, he didnt stop. Working for wall street. Toomeys plan would risk Social Security on the stock market, lining bankers pockets with fees from our benefits that. Could total billions, even if the market crashes, and seniors lose everything. Katie mcginty is working for us. A mother of three, and ninth of ten kids, mcginty knows what matters. Shell fight for equal pay, affordable college, and. Shell always protect Social Security. Dscc is responsible for the content of this advertising. Let get one last check of the forecast with Melissa Magee. Youll need the umbrella later on. Im looking for it. Clouded and windy and drizzle around and a high of 66. 60 in allentown un68 in cape may and 70 in dover. Not a washout over the weekend but mostly cloudy with spotty drizzle around and some improvement as we get into the second half of the weekend. First weekend of october too. Thank you melissa. Later today on action news at 4 00 its freebie friday and we have a gift for all the wonderful teachers out there. Free coffee and tea for the entire school year. And she is only 8 but her passion for education got her an amazing gift. How this third grader from texas was given admission to college a decade early and a scholarship. Nice. Dont forget action news at 4 00, 5 00 and 6 00. For sara bloomquist, Melissa Magee, im Rick Williams have a good, dry afternoon. Well see you later on action news beginning at 4 00. Z24knz z5yz y24kny y5yy announcer today, its an hour of the chews classic combinations. Clintons in the kitchen with the fabulous fran drescher. Mario and carla have the perfect snack and drink combo and an amazing gift for one incredible teacher. The party starts, right now, on the chew. [ cheers and applause ] good afternoon and welcome to the chew, everybody. So, what do thelma and louise, wine and cheese, and dinner and dancing all have in common . Audience what . 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