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This is getting stuck is you have High Pressure to the north. A really expansive high. This acts as a wall so hermine cannot bust through that high so it essentially slows down, stalls and gets stuck off of our coastline and that is why youre going have a continuous flow around that low and the high to the north to pound the jersey shore as well as the delaware beaches. So, Tropical Storm warnings are in effect for pretty much all the way from georgia the carolinas and into virginia. At this point were still under a Tropical Storm watch meaning the potential is there for Tropical Storm conditions all the way up through long island but more than likely in our area this is either going to be put to a warning within an hour or even a hurricane watch. Meteorologist Melissa Magee is here to talk about the effects at the shore which are going to be damaging and significant. Yeah, this is going to be a big storm especially for our coastal communities adam as we go throughout the rest of our Holiday Weekend so well talk about the coastal threats. Heavy rain certainly a moderate concern when you have got the potential of a hurricane sitting just off of our coastline and just off shore. Coastal flooding however certainly remains on the high side. Same thing holds true for beach erosion at the coach and Power Outages because you get that constant onshore flow of moisture leading to not only coastal flooding but also the potential of some gusty winds. Expected wind gusts late saturday right into monday right along the immediate coastline 60 Miles Per Hour or higher inland locations could find 50 to 60 Miles Per Hour gusts and right along that 95 corridor youre close to about 40 to 50 Miles Per Hour wind gusts. As you move to the poconos and our northwest suburbs gusts from 40 Miles Per Hour or lower. So well talk about the impacts at the shore and the timing with this system. Weve changed the time line with this. Saturday morning looks to be low concern. Saturday afternoon the rain and the wind will really start to increase at that point. High concern as we get into sunday. Last thing into the holiday on monday before the storm system essentially rains itself out and weakens as we get into the day on tuesday. The key points and the take away points with this system minimal rain inland no big impacts along the i95 corridor and areas to the north and west. The shore however gets battered and this could lead to low lying evacuations. Well take a closer look at that and time out the rest of the system with the full and exclusive accuWeather Forecast. Back to you brian. Melissa thank you. With some uncertainty in the forecast people at the jersey shore are getting ready for anything and everything. Action News Reporter Jeanette Reyes live in ventnor where hermine is on everyones mind this Labor Day Weekend. Reporter it certainly is brian. Melissa was just describing some of the impact that we might see along the shore line and its hard to imagine that considering how gorgeous of a day its been and although there have been fewer people along the shore today the people that are here say theyre going to get their Holiday Plans in now since the weekend isnt looking too good. We plan to catch the fantasy fish we hope. Brian how big is the fish youre going to catch today. 5 pounds i hope. Reporter its a gorgeous day out here at the shore perfect for this fishing trio. Larry white says its been a tradition every friday for the past 12 years and this weekend is no different. Were expecting good things. Great tale. Well all going to catch keepers. Reporter you would never guess that soon these sunny skies will darken and blustery winds will pick up as hermine arrives. Right now its barreling up the coast and possibly becoming a hurricane again by labor day. Today is our best day after today i dont think well be going out the water is going to be too rough. Reporter and while other beach goers can pack things up and leave Business Owners have a lot more to be concerned about from their property to bottom line. Little worried about the high winds that could destroy one of my boats. The high roller and the fishing fun their life boats pontoon boats tie everything down double rope everything. Reporter Atlantic City resident Anita Robinson and her husband are hoping Mother Nature has mercy not so much for them but for the local businesses that were depending on a big money making weekend. Hear this horrible Weather Forecast they dont come down. Reporter and you know we have to be pretty serious about this. This isnt just an inconvenience. It could be a safety issue as well. Will you have some brave souls who will try to come out along the shore line. It is simply not worth it. Stay home and hopefully there will be better days ahead to get the beach in before the summer is officially over and if you dont have it already download the 6abc app. Well keep you posted on everything hermine related. Reporting live in ventnor Jeanette Reyes channel6 action news. Great advice there and of course as we track hermines path up the east coast florida was the first to get hit. Early this morning hermine made landfall as the first hurricane to hit florida in 11 years and the panhandle got pummeled. Oh heavy rains and strong winds tore through some homes in the big bend area and left entire towns under water. Now millions of americans are bracing for impact as hermine roars inland. The storm is moving up the eastern seaboard georgias governor has declared a state of emergency there with more than 45,000 people already without power in that state. In the carolinas, theyre also preparing for impact. We also had 96 other Swift Water Rescue Team technicians along with 27 boats on alert if needed. And back in florida you can he see the impact of this system that is moving our way. The roads simply buckling in the wake of that storm. Hermine is also being blamed for one death near the town of gainsville. A homeless man was killed when he was hit by a tree that came down with the winds and rain. Sharrie. All right, the storm gripping so much of the u. S. At this point alicia. Much more still ahead as we move through the evening including a trip to the delaware beaches which are also in the possible path of hermine. At 4 30 well go live to Trish Hartman in ocean city where people are trying to balance fun on the boardwalk with preparations for the storm and at 5 00 new jersey correspondent Nora Muchanic will have a live report from lbi. Of course well stay ahead of hermine throughout the weekend at 6abc. Com weather. Our interactive map not only shows you the conditions in our area, you can also use it to check the path of the storm as it moves up the coast and of course follow our action news meteorologists on social media for updates as they happen. Breaking news right now and some incredible video here. A car slammed through a fence went over a pool somehow and crashed into a deck in northeast philadelphia. It happened just within the last hour on jamison avenue. You can see the deck there partially collapsed. The car still beneath it. We are working to find out right now if anyone was seriously hurt as a result of this. And just how it happened. Of course well keep following all the latest details and bring you an update as soon as we get it. Donald trump is in philadelphia right now as he continues his push to Court Minority voters. Hes at a private event in north philadelphia but not everyone is happy to have him there. Action News Reporter john rawlins now live with the details on what has been an eventful day in that neighborhood, john. Reporter hi, brian to say the least. Donald trump came to north philadelphia. He arrived at about 2 oclock outside protestors gathered inside a social that was he rented the gop candidate met with invited black leaders and heard from a woman who told him that her daughter was killed by illegal immigrants. Im very honored to meet you and i think its a horrible story but its a story that a lot of people are going through. Same story. Reporter the protestors never saw donald trump arrive. His motorcade whisked him up a side street away from the main entrance. Insides he settled in with a dozen africanamerican leaders including Calvin Tucker the head of the Germantown Republican Club a trump delegate. Outside anger directed at those who were on the inside. In my opinion, meeting with this racist bigot is master back in the slave house. They should be embarrassed. Reporter there were other views. This man lives nearby. He didnt seat harm. I hope you coming here to do something for the community doing something right for the community. Reporter something good. Stop all the violence get more jobs. Reporter but others skeptical thinking trump the master show man came here for a photo op with leaders but wouldnt dream of coming out and meeting just people. Because hes close to the hood and he kind of want to fake and have the facade like hes for us but if you for us why we cant come in. Reporter police had to separate one lone trump supporter who had his sign ripped up by a protestor. He wanted police to arrest someone. But that didnt happen. And this would be trump supporter who says she is the daughter of milton street and had been given a role in trumps Diversity Coalition says she was denied access to todays visit. She declared trumps outrage to blacks a sham. Its a sham. Clinton is not the answer but trump is definitely not the answer and we need answers. Reporter now, speak of exits that was quite an exit. Donald trump just left this area a few minutes ago on his way back to the airport. An emotional day for a number of people at a number of levels when donald trump visited north philadelphia. Live in north philadelphia, john rawlins channel6 action news. Brian. All right, we said it was eventful and it was indeed that john. Thank you. Representatives for Hillary Clintons campaign blasted trumps appearance here today as insincere. Meanwhile the fbi took the rare step today of releasing dozens of documents from its recently closed investigation into clintons use of a private email server as secretary of state. That investigation did not result in any charges but the documents do reveal that clinton never sought permission to use that unsecured server over which she sent classified information. Now thats not illegal but it is a violation of federal recordkeeping policies. It is time for the action news traffic report on this friday. Friday before a Holiday Weekend bound to be busy. Matt pelman keeping tabs on things in the action news traffic center. Traditionally this is one of the busiest friday afternoons of the summer before the Labor Day Holiday but thanks to that pesky hermine were not seeing quite as many people as normal heading down the shore. Dont worry, though, there are still jams across the walt whitman bridge onto 42 southbound here passing 130 headed on down toward 295. The bigger problems come in farther along down around vineland. If youre getting onto 55 southbound watch out, there is a vehicle fire past route 40 taking out the right lane. So just single digit speeds there as you come away from elmer and head down toward vineland on 55 southbound, thats probably not a spot in which you want to be this afternoon. 47 the delsea drive could be a better bet. Some of you of course take the black horse pike or the white horse pike down the shore instead of the a. C. Expressway. Theres a crash on the white horse pike route 30 this afternoon at fleming pike so that also might not be the best choice. Back live in center city plenty of traffic here along the vine street expressway in both directions. And dont forget the off ramp from the westbound side of the ben franklin parkway is blocked now because of the made in america preparations. Inner drives of the parkway itself are also shut down of course. And theres a fire location this afternoon out in Chester County blocking 926 street road. If you wander to use route one Baltimore Pike no probe big problems reported there. Lets do the commuter report on this friday afternoon. Happy friday. Crash reported just minor on the westbound schuylkill near king of prussia. The lanes are opened but there is plenty of traffic on 76 as well. Well check it again brian and sharrie coming up in the next half hour. All right matt thank you. Still ahead here on a friday afternoon new details on a deadly hitandrun. Police say they know the name of the victim and now they have the car that hit him. Plus, well check in on the ben franklin parkway where crews are putting the finishing touches on the setup for made in america. And local teacher gets an incredible surprise inside her school. The reward that will give her quite a boost for the Upcoming School year. A john deere 1 family tractor there nevwith quikparkt . Lets you attach and go. Imatch quickhitch gives you more time for what you love, so it takes less work to do more work. Autoconnect driveover mower deck . Done. Theyre not making any more land. But theres plenty of time if you know where to look. Now you can own a 1e subcompact tractor for just 99 a month. Learn more at your john deere dealer. Dear fellow citizen, i know what its like to live a full life. 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Now, the driver took off but hours later this Afternoon Police interviewing a person of interest. Person approached two Septa Police Officers at 5300 bustleton avenue and said he was in an accident last night. He then showed the officers where the car was located. We recovered the car and were in the process of interviewing that person as we speak. And officers recovered that car a Buick Century on van kirk street. Again, brought to it by the person who says he left it there. The investigation is under way and officers say they are also working to determine whether drugs or alcohol were involved but again today a possible break in the case police have been working since the overnight hours. Sharrie. Good news for those investigators. The made in america Music Festival is moving forward as planned despite the threat of weekend rain. The stages are set on the ben franklin parkway. Rihanna is the headliner tomorrow night while coldplay is the big act come sunday. As of now, there is no weather contingency plan but organizers are keeping a close eye on hermine. Of course we are also keeping a very close eye on that storm which is a Tropical Storm right now but could become a hurricane once again. And thats the concern. Meteorologist adam Joseph Standing by with the latest on hermine. Hi adam. Guys it looks like it will transition back to a category one hurricane when its just off of the delaware and new jersey coast early on monday morning. Tropical storm the watches remain in effect for the entire Shore Community and the delaware beaches throughout the entire the weekend meaning Tropical Storm conditions are expected along with the possibility of many Power Outages along the shore and more than likely this watch will be upgraded to a warning or maybe even a hurricane watch as we get into the next hour. As we look at Tropical Storm hermine, the spin is still over south carolina. You can see all the tornado watches marching up the eastern seaboard as the circulation continues to ride right along the coastline but at this point the center of the storm is still inland and will remain inland until tomorrow morning when it will merge off the coast of North Carolina and southern virginia. This is 7 30 tomorrow morning when the clouds will start to increase in our area from the south to the north. Then it hits that very warm water off of the atlantic here. This is saturday 10 oclock at night when most of our area could still be dry so you may be saying where is the rain . The rain could hold off here until late saturday night or sunday. Then as the storm deepens and intensifies and closes in, thats when some of the rain starts to move in 8 oclock on sunday morning at the shore, cloudy philadelphia to the north and west and there you can see some of the bands wrapping around the center of hermine. At this point starting to turn into that hurricane at 10 30 and then as we get into sunday night and into monday morning, that is when well start to see again that circulation wrapping up, some showers working into philadelphia to the north and west and the coast taking the hardest hit. So as we take a look at future tracker rainfall totals on where were going to see most of the rain, it hugs the coast between about two and 4inches from Rehoboth Beach up to Atlantic City and even northern new jersey. In philadelphia we could see about threequarters of an inch so its not going to be that typical tropical rain far inland where were going to look at flooding in philadelphia or north and west. All the flooding looks to be confined to the shore communities. Now we look at the winds. Saturday at 4 oclock in the afternoon 41 miles an hour gusting winds at the shore coming in right off the water 24 in philadelphia. As we get into sunday morning those winds continue around that 40 miles an hour range at the shore, 20s in the city and then the winds start to crank up here during the day on sunday, sunday night 55, lakehurst 46 millville in the mid 30s for philadelphia and as we get into monday at t ha itself itself thats when the winds could hit 60 at the shore. So at the shore youre looking at 48 hours of a constant Tropical Storm force wind. That will create moderate to major flooding. The times of high tide were worried about saturday 9 40, sunday 10 07 and sunday night at 10 1717 p. M. Northwest suburbs for this Holiday Weekends some sun a shower breezy doesnt look bad north and west of philadelphia. I95 clouds period of rain and wind and at the shore for delaware new jersey rain strong winds and some serious flooding. The four day at 4 00 forecast temperatures tomorrow 79 degrees. Pretty decent day across the area with sun increasing to clouds. Then the storm closes in and stalls sunday monday at the shore, windy rainy, upper 70s for highs inland locations a lot of clouds, breezy with on and off showers. And then everything kicks out of here even for the shore on tuesday as we warm it up to 87 degrees. Well keep an eye on those watches and warnings Storm Tracker six and well have the latest in the next half hour. All right. Lots to keep tabs on adam thank you. Up next a local teacher gets a special surprise inside her own classroom. And coming up at 4 30 well continue our live coverage at the jersey shore and check in with Trish Hartman live in ocean city. And later in whats the deal, it is freebie friday. Everything from activities to free kids meals, even free magazine subscriptions. Well break it all down for you coming up. Big oil polluters. They have a friend in pennsylvania. Millionaire pat toomey. Toomey voted to protect their special tax breaks. Saving Oil Companies twentyfour billion dollars. 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Delaware governor jack markell and senator tom carper spoke at todays opening ceremony. And still ahead here on action news today, we are live in ocean city where businesses and vacationers alike are getting ready for whatever hermine might bring our way. Plus a local brewery celebrates 20 years in a uniquely jersey way. We check out their newest drink on tap ahead in big talkers. Meningococcal meningitis vaccine he had received. Until 2014 there were no vaccines for meningitis b in the u. S. Now there are. While uncommon, meningitis b can lead to death within 24 hours. Trumenba is a vaccine for 10 through 25 year olds to help prevent group b meningococcal disease. Trumenba should not be given if you had a severe allergic reaction after a previous dose. Most common side effects were injectionsite pain, fatigue. Headache, muscle pain, and chills. Ask your doctor or pharmacist about all the risks and benefits of trumenba and tell them if youve received any other meningitis b vaccines. 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This system left hundreds of thousands of people without power as it passed through florida and georgia overnight and of course action news is keeping a very close eye on how hermine will impact our Labor Day Weekend here. Yeah, lets get right over to meteorologist adam joseph at the big board with the latest from accuweather. Adam. Thats where the center of hermine is right now near Charleston South Carolina. You can see all the rain extending any other only from southern georgia but right into North Carolina. It is a Tropical Storm. Winds sustained at 50 miles an hour right now as it remains inland and should stay inland as we go through the overnight hours tonight and through tomorrow. In fact we close in closer to the outer banks of North Carolina where you can see the heavy bands of rain coming in. All of these white lines here are lightning strikes so some severe storms now beginning to push in. There are tornado watches for here. This is the outer banks right about there and we have the camera set here at Kill Devil Hills North Carolina and you can see the wet jetty here, the rough surf as well as the flag here that is blowing directly from right to left so some nasty weather all along the carolinas and well continue to track hermine as it moves to the northeast at 18 miles an hour. It will emerge off of that North Carolina coast just after 8 oclock tomorrow morning with winds of 50 miles an hour. Then watch what happens saturday going into sunday and monday. Those winds increase and by monday, it becomes a hurricane once again at t as it looks right now just off the coast of delaware and new jersey and two days later it is still almost in that same exact position so the problem here is theres a wall to the north of High Pressure so it gets blocked. It gets stuck. And thats going to churn the waters, churn the wind and that is going to create some damaging effects for all of our shore line. Well talk more about what that means for storm surge, for the flooding and how strong those winds will be coming up in full accuWeather Forecast. Brian. Adam see you shortly. As hermine heads in our direction businesses along the jersey shore are preparing for the worst but hoping for the best. This is usually one of their busiest weekends. Action News Reporter Trish Hartman spent the day talking to folks in ocean city and she joins us live on the boardwalk on what is a beautiful day, trish. Reporter it is gorgeous down here brian. Some folks are cutting their trip short, some folks are sticking it out and planning to spend the whole weekends down here. Everyone here seems to be enjoying this beautiful beach day including the businesses who are preparing to take a hit this weekend. I was planning on coming down for the weekend to rent but after today i think im going to go homism thats what businesses in ocean city dont want to hear as hermine approaches. Many people are taking advantage of this beautiful beach day and then going home but workers say it comes with the territory. The weather affects everything a lot but were going to be here and well see what happens. Reporter boardwalk shops like the islander a clothing and accessory store rarely close even way storm like this in the forecast and especially on a Holiday Weekends. You never really know what the weather is going to be, so were just ready for anything. Reporter same goes for manco and manco pizza where managers say someone always ventures out for a slice even in a storm. Rain or shine always opened. This one will be opened for sure if the store comes. If not well close down 12th street. Well be opened all weekend. Reporter we did find people stick argue round town even if their weekends arent turning out exactly as planned. We are here supposed to to have fun and enjoy family but were also here to make sure that everything is safe, batten down. Reporter now, for those folks who are sticking around this weekend ocean city Emergency Management is urging folks to be prepared. Keep an eye on the forecast. Secure any loose items around your property and move any vehicles to Higher Ground before high tide on saturday night. Reporting live in ocean city, Trish Hartman channel6 action news. Sharrie. In the meantime enjoy this day. Trish, thank you. Beaches to the south in delaware are doing what they can to get ready for hermine as well. Rehoboth bay marina and dewey beach isnt taking any chances. The action cam was there today as workers took boats to Higher Ground for fear that they would be tossed around or come loose during rough surf. We have a few. We have a few that are smart they want to be safe so we just go ahead and pull them out and get them all ready. Also the beach patrol wants to remind people to listen to the lifeguards who will be keeping a close eye on dangerous swimming conditions. Of course we will stay ahead of Tropical Storm hermine throughout the weekend at 6abc. Com weather. Our interactive map shows you the conditions in our area. You can also use it to check the path of the storm as it moves up the coast. And of course follow our action news meteorologists on social media for updates as they happen. All the news this afternoon a house fire caused evacuations late this morning in Norristown Montgomery county. Chopper6 was overhead as firefighters responded to the 600 block of chain street. Crews were focusing on the third story of a row home there. No one was hurt and so far we do not know just what sparked the flames. A man was stabbed to death this morning in north philadelphia. Investigators say they found the 46yearold victim stabbed in the chest inside of a home along the 1200 block of lehigh avenue. Police took one person into custody and are continuing their investigation. So far, though, no charges have been filed. Well, something caused a driver to veer off of route 42 in Camden County earlier today. The car ended up being buried under brush after witnesses say it flipped over. The driver had been headed southbound through gloucester township at the time. New Jersey State Police tell action news the person involved did not suffer any serious injuries. A homeowners surveillance camera captured video of two men breaking into his home in philadelphias north woods neighborhood. At first, one thief got inside through a window on on the 1000 block of Bridge Street 678 he then left and came back with a second suspect. Police say the two of them ended up stealing several items including a gun. They then jump need a getaway car. The hope is that this video will help lead to an arrest in this case. If you have antibacterial soap at your home or you buy it at the store chances are you will wander to know about a new ban put in place today by the fda. Action news anchor Monica Malpass is live in the news room with more on this story today. Hi, monica. Hi sharrie. Thats right antibacterial soaps have been under scrutiny by officials for some time now. Tonight a ban is now in effect for some critical ingredients found in many of these products. Ahead at 5 00 well explain what has been outlawed now and why. Also coming up tonight it is fitness friday. New at 5 00 ali gorman takes us inside the workout that relies on physics to get you fit and lean. Well have those stories and more coming up on action news at 5 00. Brian back to you. Monica see you then. Dozens of kids will be looking fresh when they head back to school. Thats because they got their hair done for free today at the star career academys campus in northeast philadelphia. Students could also get their face painted or enjoy free water ice if they so chose and there was something for parents to do as well. They could attend health and wellness classes and learn cpr, a vital skill as the school year gets under way. Pretty cool there. Still ahead on action news, nba star dwyane wade opens up about that deadly gun violence that affected his cousin in chicago and took his cousins life. His exclusive interview is up next. Plus, Georgetown University is apologizing today for its role in slavery. Its doing so with an unprecedented idea that changes its admission policy. Well explain coming up in big talkers. And meteorologist adam joseph will be back with that full forecast and of course tracking hermine when accuweather comes back in just a moment. Nba star dwyane wade is speaking about the death of his cousin who was killed by a stray bullet while she was pushing a baby stroll interchicago. The two brothers charged with nikias murder were out on parole when they allegedly died her. She died just as wade is coming back to chicago to play for the slick bulls. During an exclusive interview with abc news dwyane wade criticized the citys gun laws but acknowledged that police need more support as they fight a war against violence. They can do a lot better but they can get more help to do better. We have weak gun laws and, you know, we have to do a better job of being leaders. Wades cousin nikia was among 90 murder victims across chicago in august. Well, you might not know his name but you most certainly know his work. Actor john poleate tow died today after a battle with cancer. The philadelphia native and villanova graduate had more than 200 film and television credits from homicide life on the street to seinfeld, the big lebowski. Poleate tow most recently played jake pritchards rifle on modern family. He was 65 years oldly. A driver wareless queued early this morning from a nasty crash in gettysburg. The pickup truck crashed into a restaurant around 3 00 this morning. That restaurant then caught fire and you can see the building which stands on a corner is heavily damaged there. It took firefighters 90 minutes to free the trucks driver. He was taken to the hospital. Police say there was a passenger in the car as well but that person ran from the scene. Samsung is suspending sales of its latest smartphone because the batteries could explode while that device is charging. The company has confirmed 35 reports of the galaxy note sevens catching fire because of the faulty batteries. Those new phones have only been on sale for a month. The 1 million customers who bought them will be able to swap them in for a new phone. Georgetown university is making a big move to address its ties to slavery. The university is giving admissions preference to the descendants of the slaves from whom the sale of the school profited back in 1838. Now, in order to address the schools early ties to slavery the family members of those 272 slaves, the descendants will receive whats being called an advantage in the admissions process. The university is also renaming several buildings on campus creating a public memorial to those who were enslaved and establishing a new institute for the study of slavery there at the school. Students say the jess commerce are felt across campus. Im actually pretty impressed that very early on in the year georgetown starting off by opening up the doors to all these conversations about race. I think it really reavenue officials its commitment to jesuit values and inclusivity. And just a bet of the back story. Part of the payment received from the sale of those slaves back in 1838 was used to pay down debt at the college. The school says this is a way of making amends in whatever way they can. Finally, it is friday. We end on a light note. It is new jerseys iconic breakfast meat pork roll and if you are a die hard fan and you like beer, you are in business. Could pork roll beer be the next Peanut Butter and jelly . Peace and carrots . Yes, its true this week Flying Fish Brewing Company Released a pork roll porter beer. Its called exit seven and its described as a dark brown Carmel Porter and real pork roll was added to the kettle. Flying fish says it has hints of cocoa carmel maple and smoke. Do you see the pig ears on the keg. Flying fish will introduce it and two other beers that are part of their exit series bruce today at their headquarters in somerdale Camden County and, yeah, pork roll. Interestingly enough exit seven, which the the name of this beer is the Bordentown Trenton exit and sort of marks the line of demarcation where folks to the south in our area call it pork roll. North of that its called taylor ham just in case. Little bit of jersey trivia for you. There you go. I will reserve comment until i until we taste it. Yes, you try first. You got it. Alicia, thank you. Lets get another check on the roads right now. All right, matt is standing by with the update for us. Hi, matt. Trouble brewing in a few spots this afternoon thats keeping us from rolling as smoothly as wed like thats for sure brian and sharrie but ill tell you look at the 42 freeway. This is the scene by creek road and at times we are seeing some southbound volume but it is not looking nearly as heavy as it normally would on the friday afternoon before labor day. Still though there are slow speeds on southbound 42. Many of them in the 30s right now coming off the walt whitman bridge. Bigger deal on the black horse pike. A lot of slowing there along 168 and its due in part to the fact that clues Chews Landing road is shut down for emergency construction. A short chunk offer the black horse pike by the American Legion post. Its going to be closed possibly until tuesday and it is causing delays to spill back onto 168 the black horse pike. You want to stay up on evesham road as an alternate 98 to clues landing that looks okay. As does the white horse pike. We had an accident at fleming pike. That has cleared out as has our vehicle fire on 55 southbound as you were coming down from elmer toward Vice President you were seeing big delays. Now speeds in the 30s on site southbound but the vehicle fire luck is gone. Headed northbound on the new jersey turnpike as many of you do on a holiday friday afternoon watch out for a vehicle fire approaching exit nine taking out the right lane and the in the car lanes. That could slow you down. Plenty of slowdowns on the ben franklin parkway which is all closed this afternoon because of made in america preparations. All that traffic being forced onto the one lane of 20th street headed northbound. Look at the local vine. An absolute parking lot here by the new mormon temple. It is gridlock all around the parkway because of made in america preparations. Stay as far away as you can and well check it again brian and sharrie in the 5 oclock hour. Call your friends avoid the parkway. Exactly. Thanks matt. Meteorologist adam joseph has the Holiday Weekend forecast and the latest on Tropical Storm hermine next. Katie on crime, pat toomeys attacks on me are shameful. Hes making it up. Of course, anyone who commits a Violent Crime needs to be prosecuted and put behind bars. Narrator Katie Mcginty will keep us safe more police on the streets, better training and equipment, and take on the gun lobby for gun safety laws. Katie im the daughter of a police officer, and the mother of three. Ill stand with Law Enforcement to fight crime, and protect our families. Im Katie Mcginty, and i approve this message. Meteorologist adam joseph you were talk about the fact this is a Tropical Storm spending so much time over land. You said the conditions are perfect to reform as a hurricane. As a hurricane once it leaves the coast of North Carolina and hits very warm waters just off of the virginia coast and thats whats going to deepen and strengthen this storm yet again. As we take a look at the very latest, this just in, the Tropical Storm watches, no longer in effect. Tropical storm warnings now in effect warning mean yes, it is definitely youre going to feel the effects of a Tropical Storm along the shore here all the way from new jersey of ocean county southern Burlington County Atlantic County cape may county, even as you go into salem, Cumberland County and all of delaware throughout the upcoming weekend. These are the areas that have the high likelihood of seeing Power Outages because of very strong winds. Storm tracker6 live double scan the center of the storm right now between Savannah Georgia and Charleston South Carolina. Winds sustained at 50 miles an hour. A lot of rain still ahead of the Actual Center of the storm and that storm will continue to carve its way through the carolinas over the next 12 to 18 hours. But for us here tomorrow morning youre going to see some breaks of sun so youre going to wake up tomorrow and say its not a bad start to the Holiday Weekend but then the clouds start to increase here tomorrow afternoon with the first area of rain starting to develop in southern delaware and the southern tip of new jersey. Then as the storm starts to crank up to our south and east, the heaviest rain is really going to hold off until sunday morning at the shore. Thats when we start to see those bands of heavy rain come in but notice its still cloudy and dry in the inland locations on sunday morning. Even throughout the day on sunday inland locations it is cloudy, it is fairly dry. Its not until sunday evening, sunday night that we start to see the rain pull back into that i95 corridor and there will be a sharp cutoff. You may not see much in the way of rain allentown into the poconos throughout the upcoming weekend and then as that storm sits there off of the coast monday morning it is still seeing some rain and showers philadelphia heavier to the south and to the east. So, future tracker rainfall totals will show again the farther north and west you are, the better likelihood youre going to see very little in the rain this Holiday Weekend. About a tenth of an inch in allentown. The same for reading and the poconos. Around threequarters to an inch for philadelphia so were not looking at flooding right now in inland locations. Its all going to be confined to their shore where we could see between two and 4inches of rain. So, at the shore, this is the biggest problem. Late saturday through monday, 48 hours or more of heavy surf with that on shore wind because the storm is going to stall. Waves will be nine to 12 feet breaking on the sand. Winds gusting over 60 miles an hour for over two days straight. The worst will be sunday night into the day on monday. On top of that, we are looking at a storm surge all along the atlantic of two to 4 feet above the ground meaning if youre standing at the edge of the water you can expect a rise of two to 4 feet of the water just by that wind pulling it in around hermine. But for tonight lets talk about the good here as well. Beautiful night, very comfy, 58 to 67 degrees and again, for your saturday tomorrow, temperatures in the 70s, low humidity. It starts to turn windy along the shore in the afternoon but overall north and west of philadelphia fairly bright so if you have outdoor plans tomorrow across much of the area it looks rain free. The exclusive accuweather 7day forecast it all goes downhill, though. Saturday night into sunday and especially monday from the shore backing into philadelphia, again the biggest effects will be along the shore especially sunday into monday and then that Tropical Storm or hurricane, whatever it may be by tuesday starts to weaken and move away. 87 degrees. And then we have a heat wave on the way. At the middle to end of next week way above average humid as well with temps in the lower 90s. This is going to continue to change with the track. Well have updates every newscast on channel6 and im constantly giving you updates on my Facebook Page with live video chats to let you know what happens when were not on the air. Thanks adam. Okay. Freebie friday is coming up next. It is freebie friday and lets starter with the free food cause we know thats what you guys are all about here. When you download our update the free chickfila app on your phone and you create an account, you will get a free breakfast item anything from the egg white grille to the chicken minis, chicken biscuit. You can cash in on this and the offer is good through the end of september. So, heads up there. Now, chipotle offering a free kids meal every sunday this month. There is one catch. You do have to purchase an adult meal first. So theres a heads up there. But this one has proven to be very popular. A lot of people talking about that. Perfect for those back to School Pictures wait. Is that jim gardner . Hes coming hes coming back to school on tuesday right here on action news. I like that very cute. Through monday september 5th walgreens is offering you a free eight by 10 photo print in store. We have the code that youll need when you order it if you would like to print the picture of your children or of jim gardner as well. We can get that you link on our web site. For Health Fitness fashion and beauty advice weight watch sers offering a free one year subscription to its magazine. Finally this is super cool stuff as part of our citys buns upon a nation event series there are free programs including free story telling benches happening all throughout philadelphias historic district. You can check it out. Its free all weekend long. Details on 6abc. Com. Still loving that picture of jim that they put in there. Thats a bonus this freebie friday. All right leash shag finally at 4 00 shes said to be a fun and friendly dinosaur but shes so prehistoric she needs a tune upfrom time to time. Dollar dolly the t rex was taken in for repairs. Shes operated by jungle john used at birthday parties and socials to educate kids and adults about the era when dinosaurs walked the earth. Dolly has break handles and cables inside that operate her eyes, her mouth and also her voice. The bike line bicycle shop in newark delaware helps get dolly back into tiptop shape today. Dolly just gave birth to a full grown man. [laughter] did you see it happen. I saw it come from under there. Unbelievable. Pretty cool. You saw it here first. That will do it for action news at 4 00 for Sharrie Williams Alicia Vitarelli adam joseph im brian taff. Hope youll join me along with sharrie adam and Ducis Rodgers tonight and every night for a full hour of action news at 10 00 on phl17. Now here are Rick Williams and Monica Malpass with a look at whats ahead at 5 oclock. Hi guys. Coming up next at 5 00 were continuing to track the path of Tropical Storm hermine. Also Philadelphia Police have a person of interest in a deadly hitandrun investigation in frankford. New add 5 00 well show you the Surveillance Video just into action news. Those stories and much more coming up next at 5 00. Big oil polluters. They have a friend in pennsylvania. Millionaire pat toomey. 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Now theres a chance hermine could become a hurricane again before heading out to sea. Friday night, the big story on action news is the track of hermine and the preparations now under way in our area. This was the scene along the beaches of the Florida Panhandle as the storm made its way over the gulf coast. One person was killed in florida when a tree fell on him. And schools in 35 counties were closed today because of the wind and rain. In georgia officials are investigating if hermine spawned tornadoes that destroyed several buildings. Now people from the midatlantic to connecticut are being put on alert as Tropical Storm hermine continues to make its way up the coast. We have Live Team Coverage tonight watching where the storm is now, where it will be this week and of course how it could impact your Holiday Plans. Lets start with meteorologist adam joseph at the big board. Adam. Yeah, the very latest information is that our Tropical Storm watch is now a tropical