Into delaware and south jersey. Now, lets talk about irma. This storm bombed out over the past 24 hours. Maximum sustained winds 185 miles per hour. This is a strong category five hurricane. If you look at it you can see the eye of the storm clearly well defined wraparound convection thunderstorms and its very close to antigua. Its only about 135 miles east of the northern Leeward Islands continuing to move to the west. To put this in perspective weve only had one storm in recorded history stronger than irma. That was allen back in 1980. Ill talk about the latest path of irma and what it means for the u. S. Coming up in the full accuweather forecast. Monica and rick. Thank you, cecily. With irma bearing down on the united states, preparations are well under way in the miami area tonight. Folks are stocking up onas, water, food and the cash in the event that south florida does take a direct hit. And in texas, the recovery continues more than a week after Hurricane Harvey hits gulf coast. Abcs brad milke is tracking both stories from the houston area tonight. Reporter Hurricane Irma is now a dangerous category five storm and the most powerful seen in the atlantic in over a decade. Bearing down on puerto rico and could potentially hit florida later this week. In the keys, visitors are under a mandatory Evacuation Order starting at sunrise wednesday. This hurricane is far too powerful poses far too great a threat for us to delay actions any longer. Reporter with the devastation from Hurricane Harvey still fresh in peoples minds residents in florida are preparing for the worst. Supermarket shelves are being emptied with lines stretching out the door at some stores. We decided whether it comes or not this is stuff we need and we can use for future so we dont have to go through this again. Reporter even with the storm track uncertain fema is getting ready stockpiling more than 700,000 liters of water and 500,000 meals. The National Guard has been activated. Some schools are already planning to close and airlines have added flights to get tourists out early. Well just have to wait for that the details of that to come into focus later in the week. Reporter while major flooding continues in texas after harvey some cities are starting to get financial help as cleanup continues. Residents are worried about mold, mosquitos breeding in standing water and snakes along with other wildlife and receding water. Another cause for concern in texas is the status of 11 toxic epa Super Fund Sites that were inundated with water and could potentially leak dangerous chemicals. We are unaware of any damage or danger that has occurred. Reporter and with all of the work still to be done in neighborhoods like this, Governor Abbott is telling congress not to forget about him. He says this disaster still requires a texas sized response. Brad milke, abc news, belair, texas. Local help was on hand in texas to get Harvey Victims to safety. A crew from the delaware National Guard flew down to texas last tuesday to deliver supplies. The crew ended up helping more than 180 people evacuate from beaumont, texas, flying them safely to dallas. They were not in good shape. If you can imagine losing your hows everything you had. They had their pets with them, their children with them and they were having hadnt eaten in days and we were grateful there to help. Local organizations are stepping into collect donations as well. Dover International Speed way and dover downs casino are requesting canned foods and bottled water along with personal hygiene items and baby items, cleaning materials and pet supplies. All of it can be dropped off at the dover speed way ticket office, thats on north dupont highway tomorrow between 8 00 a. M. And 5 00 p. M. All donations will be shipped to the gulf coast. Now to a developing story out of washington tonight. In the past hour, President Trump spoke about his controversial decision to rescind the deferred action for childhood arrivals or daca program. Have a great heart for the folks were talking about, a great love for them and people think in terms of children but theyre really young adults. I have a love for these people and hopefully now congress will be able to help them and do it properly. That program founded by the Obama Administration protects certain immigrants who entered the u. S. As minors. Estimates say nearly 800,000 people would be affected. And the decision is spurring blowback be in washington and across the country. Well have much more on the fallout coming up tonight at 5 30. The owner and operator of a Boys Dance Group in philadelphia has been arrested on Sexual Assault charges. 28yearold tyree dumas of West Philadelphia has ron dollar boys out of a studio at 54th and market for years. Police say hes now charged with an assault from this past summer and two cases of abuse from 2008. All involve boys connected to the dance team. The headquarters for dollar boys is also where dumas lives. Neighbors say theyre surprised at the charges. Been hearing about the dollar boys over 10 years now and theyve been nothing but a positive group for the community. They dance. They pretty much keep the kids out of trouble. So, to hear Something Like this is really shocking. Philadelphia police say there may be other victims out there and theyre asking anyone with information to call the special victims unit. The Investigation Continues tonight after a Temple University student was found dead at a home in northeast pennsylvania. Tonight police are still trying to piece together why and if the suspect had help. Action News ReporterSarah Bloomquist is live on temples campus where a memorial to the victim is growing this evening. Sarah. Reporter rick, thats right, here on temples campus students are leaving notes of remembrance, kind words for 22yearold Jenna Burleigh and condolences for her grieving family. Late this afternoon we did learn from the funeral home the details of the upcoming viewing and funeral set for later on this week. A 29yearold man is charged with killing jenna but this is hardly case closed. Here at founders garden in the heart of temples campus students have left index cards with thoughts about the murder of 22yearold Jenna Burleigh a temple junior. Bouquets of flowers sit nearby. Its a somber reminder of what happened just off campus a few days ago right at the start of a new academic year. Police tell action news burleigh who had just started at temple as a commuter student was seen at pub web around 2 00 a. M. Thursday. They believe thats where she met up with 29yearold Joshua Hupperterz a man she didnt know prior. She ended up at his home in the 1700 block of north 16th street. There they say hupperterz killed her after the murder hupperterz transferred body to his mothers jenkintown home. They say he returned later with a lyft driver who transported him and unknowingly the body to his grandmothers lake front home over three hours away in northeastern pennsylvania. Thats where police eventually discovered burleighs remains. Hupperterz remains in custody charged with a long list of crimes including murder abuse of corporation tampering with evidence and possession of an instrument of crime. We heard a viewing will be held for Jenna Burleigh in telford pennsylvania thursday evening. Another viewing will take place friday morning at Saint Maria Goretti Catholic Church in hatfield. Prior to the funeral at 11 00 a. M. So far hupperterz is the only person charged in connection with the crime. Police do want to talk to others to determine if he had any accomplices either in the murder or in the removal of jennas body. Live on temples campus in north philadelphia, im Sarah Bloomquist, channel6 action news. Thank you, sarah. Delaware governor john carney has established a group to study the impact of Driverless Cars on the first state. The governor signed an executive order today creating a 19 member council. It will develop recommendations for delaware as the Auto Industry makes advances in these connected and Autonomous Technology cars. The council will report back next year. Time tour a check of for a check of our action news report. Over to matt pelman. It feels like a monday we understand. Back to work, back to school today and the backups are back although not that they really went anywhere over the summer, rick and monica but theyre just a little heavier today. 95 northbound side backing up here by the vine street expressway headed up to the work zone at girard avenue. As you get into the burbs a bunch of abnormal situations this afternoon. Near downingtown Chester County, a vehicle overturned into a gas meter. Now theres a gas leak blocking off Chestnut Street by marinelli park. Sounds like a mess. Brandywine avenue would be an alternate. In hatfield township a crash involving two public works employees. They were struck by a vehicle along west broad street. You want to avoid that. Cowpath road would be an alternate there. And in bustleton a vehicle flipped over and mowed down a pole and wires by cruise town beer and beverage along krewstown road at bloomfield avenue. Veree read rode could get you around that. Burlington bristol bridge going up. Head for the turnpike connector instead and in Burlington County big delays on southbound 295 because of an overturned truck around the bordentown exit. Well check it again rick and monica on this tuesday. It feels like a monday to me. Yeah, okay. Its all in your head. He knows the right people. She needs a better agent. At 5 00 tonight studies have already touted the Health Benefits of getting kids to school later but now a new study is talking about new impacts of a time change. Ali gorman breaks down the research coming up in health check in plus a chill competition in south jersey. Meet some of the local butchers hoping to make their name on a National Stage when action news comes right back. Before they can stand tall. They must first learn to stand out. Get everything they need to shine, for less. This week at staples, shop our fifty cent deals. Staples. Its pro time. If youd have told me three years ago. That wed be downloading in seconds, what used to take. Minutes. 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A new one in the works could be a game changer. Ali gorman with details on this unique technology. Yeah, the test is being developed at a British University but its getting attention here in the u. S. From the National Academy of sciences. Researchers say its up to 86 percent accurate in detecting alzheimers disease and it can differentiate between alzheimers and other kinds of dementia. It uses light passing through a diamond to reveal chemical bonds in the blood. Now those bonds show traces of degenerative brain disease. Right now alzheimers is diagnosed by brain scans and mental testing but can only be confirmed with an autopsy after someone dies. A new Health Concern has come up in texas in the wake of Hurricane Harvey theres a significant risk of tetanus from contaminated flood waters and mud. Several neighborhood associations are offering free booster shots and people are lining up to get them. People going into the water with a cut or who got cut going through the water are at risk. Residents are taking advantage of those vaccinations. A sore on the etch of the fingernail and it started hurting more as the day went along and i putney yo sporing on it yesterday and last night and but still sore but not as much as yesterday. He needs that tetanus. All adults shou a booster shot of tetanus vaccine every 10 years but many people are not up to date. The Texas Health Department is sending extra supplies of the vaccine to the flood areas. And this will probably be music to the ears of kids in high school. Theres now more support for pushing the School Start Time back. A new report says it would give a major boost to the economy. And thats on top of the Health Benefits. The American Academy of pediatrics recommends high School Starts no earlier than 8 30. That helps compensate for when a teenagers body clock starts to shift later. Many schools say it would be too expensive to reschedule buses but a new study from the Rand Corporation says overall, it would lead to better academic performance and fewer Car Accidents and they say that the economic gains would be more than 80 billion within a decade. And i bet, guys, that it would make things a lot easier in the morning for both students and parents. Absolutely. Not in my house. Thank you. Thank you ali. Local meat cutters showed off their slicing skills today in the flyers skate zone voorhees. 15 competitors took part in the first round of the qualifier meat cutting challenge. Each participant got between 25 and 30 pounds of beef to carve up. The two winners advance to the semifinals. The National Meat cutter of the year wins 20,000. Pretty sweet. Uhhuh. Still ahead a shakeup on the hot 100. A new song to hit number one in the u. S. After a record tying reign. Plus. Guy sounds like me. American idol looking for the next big name in music. 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Look what you made me do has set sales and streaming records since its release about a week ago. Today it dethroned despacito as the top song in the country which has held the top spot for four months. Swift is the first woman to top the 100 chart this year. The search for americas next superstar is on. American idol makes its return to tv right here on 6abc next year. Today the show is looking for the best of the best in the midlantic. Alicia vitarelli has that story for from us annapolis, maryland. Reporter or a shot at stardom. Thousands of hopefuls wrapped around the westfield mall in annapolis. Excitement was high. And so were emotions. Breathe, do you always do. Reporter tyaina got a heart felt pep talk from dad. Scary. I mean, i sing in front of people before, its just i dont know why this time. Its american idol. Yeah, i guessism its because its american idol. Because its american idol. Reporter this is michael heartilys third and final time auditioning for the show. Actually my last time that i can be on the show so im going to go out there and give it my shot. Reporter and the third time just might be the charm. Hes moving on. So is emory barton. A few of her best cheerleaders traveled with her all the way from North Carolina. Who is this. My grandma. Reporter three generations came from North Carolina taking a a chance ton your little girl. Always taking a chance on these babies. Reporter deja burnett from annapolis usually plays a local set on monday night. Now she has her eyes set on the idol stage. One step closer. Yes, maam. I guess its just gods plan. Im following every step of the way and just enjoying itism idols first season premiers next year with Ryan Seacrest back as the host and superstar katy perry signed on as a judge. Now its all about those idols. The show does have a longstanding history of producing amaze names like Carrie Underwood fantasia jennifer hudson. Were looking for the person to carry on the legacy of the show. Reporter the idol bus still has a few more stops. The next one is in boston. In annapolis Alicia Vitarelli channel6 action news. Exciting times. A lot of could and test taints had their own guitars. Yes. Maybe i should take lessons. A little late. I guess its never too late. [laughter] still to come on action news at 5 00 a check of that accuweather forecast. Looking live at the cam barry bridge tonight. Things are clear for now. Were under an accuweather alert. Meteorologist cecily tynan has the details when action news continues tonight. Time for a check of that accuweather forecast. Meteorologist cecily tynan is here now with the details. Lots going on in the weather world tonight. We do have Severe Weather hitting our north and west counties right now. Headed over to the Action News Weather Center and we have a Flash Flood Warning now in effect for central berks county until 9 15. This area has received up to about 3inches of rain so as i always say, turn around, dont drown if you live in central berks county be very careful. Flooding is already happening. The reason why. This pretty vicious line of storms thats moving right now. Its still west of reading. Its moved through hamburg. Its crossing 222. This view alone weve had 218 light thing strikes heavy downpours and also gusty winds and we can zoom in on one part that ive been watching. It moved just through lancaster, downtown lancaster about 10 minutes ago. Its crossing 222 right now. Its right over route 30 and this is the hail swath. This is hail up to about a quarter size and this continued to press to the east and this is all associated with the same cell that spawned the Tornado Warning for york county so that is continuing to push to the east so we now have Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in addition to lancaster, berks and lancaster and lehigh county, also parts of Montgomery County and Chester County until 6 oclock tonight because any of these storms can contain the damaging winds and the hail. Part of the reason why we have plenty of fuel for these storms. Its hot, its humid. The heat index in philadelphia right now 88, feels like 91 in millville. Once the storms roll through, you do get a big drop in the temperatures back into the 70s. So, satellite and radar showing this line of storms, that severe thunderstorm watch in effect for philadelphia, all areas northwest until 9 oclock. This actual front will be stalling over us tomorrow. So, what this means, it will be cloudy and cool with occasional rain tomorrow. Future tracker showing around 8 oclock tonight continues to push and then around 11 30, looks like we have kind of a regeneration of the storms around philadelphia, south jersey and delaware. It pushes off the coast and stalls. More rain moves in tomorrow and in addition to that its cloudy and its very cool. The latest on category five Hurricane Irma. This is a monster storm, maximum sustained winds 185 miles per hour. Its 130 miles east of antigua moving pretty quickly to the west at 15 miles per hour. Burr buddha antigua worth of puerto rico. A lot of people have been asking me about puerto rico. Even if the official track is north this storm is the size of ohio. They will still experience Hurricane Force winds and flooding and the latest track does bring it very close to the florida keys by sunday afternoon but you really have to look at that cone of uncertainty. Anyone in florida really needs to make preparations. The five day at 5 00 back at home tomorrow cloudy occasional rain cool, 72 degrees. Sunshine back by the afternoon on thursday, 74. High pressure right into the weekend. Its sunny but its cool. Ill let you know if you warm up next week in the sevenday forecast. Back to you guys. Thanks cecily. Thank you cecily. Quick break. More news when we come right back. Stay with us. Do you really use head shoulders . No, not really. I knew that not the one you think you know the tri action formula cleans removing up to 100 of flakes protects and even moisturizes for Sofia Vergara hair cough im never gonna ill take a sick day tomorrow. On our daughters birthday . Moms dont take sick days moms take nyquil severe. The nighttime sniffling, sneezing, coughing, aching, fever, best sleep with a cold medicine. Action news continues with meteorologist adam joseph, jaime apody, Rick Williams and monica malpass. Hello again and heres whats happening on action news tonight. President trump says he is doing away with the daca program to protect children of Illegal Immigrants and the reaction is swift and strong. A resident is attacked by three armed men demanding money. Luckily Authorities Say they captured the thieves on surveillance camera. And it was back to school today for thousands of children in our area. Well take you to abington township where there were plenty of hugs and a new nervous first day jitters for students and parents. Now the details. The Trump Administration announcing today it will be phasing out the daca program that provides Legal Protections for some 800,000 young people illegally brought to the u. S. As children. Protests opposing that decision began even before the announcement and have intensified since. Abcs emily rau is live in washington tonight with more on that. Emily. Reporter rick, President Trump says he has a lot of heart for the dreamers saying that as recent as this afternoon. The white house insisting that he made the responsible choice here but as the reaction rolls in, many people are calling it quite the opposite. Reporter from the white house in washington to the trump tower in new york, High Schoolers in denver even staging a walkout, thousands of people protesting President Trumps decision. This is an attack against the entire immigrant community. Reporter the president didnt make the announcement himself on camera. Instead it was attorney general Jeff Sessions who called daca an unconstitutional overreach of executive power by president obama. And it also denied jobs to hundreds of thousands of americans by allowing those same illegal aliens to take those jobs. Reporter daca protected some 800,000 young immigrants from deportation. The socalled dreamers will start losing their legal status after a six month grace period, many already fearing what comes next. What i do. Reporter what a statement today, President Trump said the dreamers will not be a priority for deportation, then punted the problem to lawmakers. Its congress job to legislate its not the president s . Be job to create law. Its time for us in congress to do the right thing for america, the right thing for these young people and their families. And to pass the dream act, to make it the law of the land and to do it now. Reporter but the political football offering little comfort to the hundreds of thousands of immigrants, some now facing a forced return to a country theyve never known. We are humans, too. We live here. This is our homeland. Reporter and former president obama promised to weigh in if daca was ever rescinded and he did just that on facebook this afternoon calling it a cruel decision and saying its time for congress to protect the dreamers. In washington, emily rau channel6 action news. Thank you emily. Pennsylvania senator democratic bob casey talked about that daca decision. He says he believes President Trumps decision goes against a promise that americans made to the dreamers. However, casey says hes hopeful for the future. I think theres mounting bipartisan opposition to what the president is doing and im one of many i think in congress who warrant want to work to fix this problem and make sure that the administrations word on this is not the last word. As we mentioned congress has six months to come up with workable legislation to help the dreamers. However, republicans have struggled in the past to find consensus on immigration. Were following the fallout from the president s decision for you on our 6abc app. Right now you can get full details about how this move impacts dreamers and get more on the reaction from our philadelphia viewers, the 6abc app a Free Download for your mobile device. World news tonight with david muir will have much more on President Trumps decision to repeal daca and what challenges lawmakers have ahead of them. Watch that following action news at 6 00. Back here police are searching for three suspects who robbed a man at his own doorstep in north philadelphia. Investigators released new Surveillance Video showing the robbers in whats believed to be the get away cars. The 55yearold victim tim told he was walking to his house when the men approached him. They held him up at gunpoint. Firefighters made quick work of a house fire in germantown. Chopper six was over the scene this is the 5400 block of haskell street where fire sparked on the second floor just after 3 30 this afternoon. Firefighters got it under control in about a half hour. Fo was hurt. Investigators are still looking for a cause tonight. Philadelphia police asking for the publics help identifying man who broke into a trucking ness in port richmond. Surveillance video shows the accused thief inside the facility on the 2400 block of east venango sometime between august 30th and september 3rd. Police say the man stole more than 2,000 worth of power tools. If you have any information on the break in, youre asked to contact east detectives. Penn state is suing Jerry Sanduskys charity in the latest fallout from the child sexual abuse case that rocked the university. Sanduskys former assistant coach serving prison time for molesting young boys some of them on campus. His charity called the second mile was dissolved but it still does have assets. Penn state isow hoping to get some of that money to defray millions of dollars in legal bills from the case. A water main break caused part of a road and parking lot to give way here in king of prussia. Chopper6 overhead as workers blocked off parts of shafer roosevelt boulevard you can see part of a submerged stop sign and a oneway street sign in the water. Switching now to drone6 flying live over the scene right now. The section of shafer road is still blocked off while repairs continue. Its not clear how long that will take. Summer vacations are over. Its time to hit the books for the first day of school and today was the day for Abington School district in Montgomery County. Action News ReporterJeanette Reyes was with students and parents at Roslyn Elementary School this morning. Reporter are you ready . Yes. Reporter summer is that officially ohio river valley for Abington School district students. We have a whole super hero theme day going on today and were going to do a lot of meet and greet. Reporter here at roslyn elementary it was a day filled with joyous reunions. I havent seen her in awhile and last year she went to peru and between in between the year so it was like a big reunion. Reporter a small dose of first day jitters. Im feeling good for my new day at school. Kind of nervous, kind of not. I cant really tell how im feeling. Goodbyes. Er and tearful little ryan just needed a little mor starting kindergarten and maybe his mom did, too. Mixed feelings. Excited but really really proud of him, so. Reporter how about you, dad, how are you feeling . I dont know. Both of them are crying. [laughter] reporter but you got to be the strong one here. Im trying to be. [laughter] reporter it was a mixed bag of emotions for other parents, too, who kissed their small ones goodbye. Though some adults reassured us they will find a way to make it through the day without their little ones. How are you feeling today. Happy. [laughter] reporter and back to School Festivities arent over yet. Roslyn elementary will hold a welcome back picnic this friday at 5 oclock in the afternoon to get the students well acquainted with one at as well as their parents. Reporting in abington township Jeanette Reyes channel6 action news. Time for a check of our action news traffic report tuesday. All right, lets go to matt pelman in the action News Traffic Center to see whats rolling. Hey, matt. Some parents and students having a harder time than others for sure. Good evening, monica and rick. The same is truitt drivers this evening. Some having a tougher time than others. On the schuylkill its just a lot of volume were watching but you are hitting the brakes especially if youre heading eastbound by the conshohocken curve and warning reminder the construction crews theyre going to be back out here tonight after the holiday break starting around 9 oclock well have restrictions in both directions along 76. Just a bit to the north theyre still working on a motorcycle crash in whitemarsh township by the cedar Grove Recreation Center along cedar grove road near spring mill road. I would still avoid that area this evening and in downingtown we have that crazy accident where the vehicle flipped over into a gas meter causing a gas leak so its kind of a mess along Chestnut Street close to marinelli park. I would stay over on brandywine avenue to avoid that situation. In hatfield a crash involving a couple of pedestrians along west broad street by the elementary school. Cowpath road could be a possible alternate. In bustleton a vehicle flipped over, mowed down a pole and wires earlier this afternoon by cruise town beer and beverage. Veree road can get you along that blockage along krewstown road. In Burlington County big delays on the southbound side of 295. Speeds in the teens. A truck flipped over earlier this afternoon around the exit for 130, the bordentown exit so the ramps there are partially blocked and coming from 195 youre getting big delays at this hour. Rick and monica, back over to you. All right. Thank you sir. Thank you, matt. A plane headed halfway across the world had to turn right back around literally minutes into the flight. Still to come on action news why pilots were forced to make this Emergency Landing right after takeoff. We have video of what happened. A day after making a big announcement about their family Prince William duchess kate learned big news about the paparazzi. Strong storms heading our way. Theyre feeding off the heat and humidity that we had today and theyll continue to move from from the western suburbs as we look at storm tracker6 live 3d, theyre severe packing quite a punch in the northwestern suburbs. Well take a look at the very latest as we zoom in on storm tracker6 coming up including irma in accuweather forecast. Well have those stories and more plus Ducis Rodgers with a preview of the eaglesskins game when we come back. Health, is having the freedom to do what you want to do with your life, every single day. So at aetna, we promise to keep finding new ways to join you so nothing gets in your way. Because no matter where it is youre going, or whatever stage of life youre in. We believe that when it comes to health. You dont join us. We join you. A camera captures a moment it believes a Japan Airlines flight experienced a bird strike during takeoff. The video shows a quick burst of flames out of one of the engines. The pilot of the boeing 777 requested Emergency Landing minutes after taking off from tokyos international airport. No injuries were reported. More Evacuation Orders issued and schools canceled classes as two major wildfires continue to burn in california. Firefighters said five homes and five historical buildings have been destroyed in madera county. The Railroad Fire was 23 percent contained and the mission fire only 5 percent contained. Wildfires are burning in oregon and utah. Ducis here with sports. Five days and counting to Serious Business for our birds. Getting ready to start the season against the washington redskins. Hard to call it must win but given the eagles schedule this is one they need to get. Sunday the birds visit the redskins. This game is on the road. Its a divisional contest against a team they have lost five straight games to. In fact the eagles havent won at washington since 2013. In the two games against washington last year the eagles offense scored just one touchdown. Offensive coordinator frank wright knows why. They played well. They put pressure on us. They put pressure on the quarterback. We were in a lot of long yardage situations, we werent in sync in really any of our phases so we have to be better in all areas against this team. They can be a good defense. They have some good players. They had a good plan against us last year. We just need to be better this year. The Dallas Cowboys are still waiting for word from the arbitrator in the Ezekial Elliott case. The decision was expected to come down at some point today. Elliott is appealing his six game us a suspension. The cowboys have said theyre preparing as if he will be available. The phillies resume their series with the mets tonight in new york and theyll have reinforce. S. Jp crawford has been called up. Hell make his Major League Debut with the phillies tonight. Crawford a short stop by trade will start at third base. He will bat seventh. The 22yearold was the 16th overall pick in the 2013 Major League Baseball draft. He batted. 243 for Lehigh Valley but since mid june hes been batting. 280. Manage Pete Mackanin says crawford will see time at short stop and second base throughout the month of september. Latest Ap College Football poll is out and penn state is up to number four in the country. The Nittany Lions had been ranked sixth. Its their highest ranking in nearly nine years. Penn state will host pittsburgh saturday at 3 30 here on 6abc. Temple will clash with villanova. That game will be at the linc. 4916 was the final. That game was over early thanks to a porous defense. The defense plans to learn from that defeat and move forward. It was embarrassing what happened on saturday but were watching films, like get more detail and we should be good. I would focus on villanova. Its on to the next week. You got to have the mental toughness to transition from one week to another week. I mean, even if you have a bad week you know we got to look forward to villanova. Thats where our main focuses are right now. Theres no layover from last game. We got mature guys on our team so were ready to move on. Me have much more on the owls o temple football playbook. Coach Geoff Collins will talk about how the team will move past last weeks loss. Thats at 9 30 and villanova top 10 should be a good battle. Thank you so much. The alarm clock rang for thousands of students this morning announcing the start of a Brand New School year. Superintendent of philadelphia schools dr. William hite was in the halls at Joseph Pennell elementary today. He toured the school and met with a sixth grade social studies class. The school got a brand new reading room this year. Connection. You get our fastest. Internet ever. With download speeds up to 940 megs 20 times faster than most people have. Switch to fios gigabit connection with tv and phone for 79. 99 a month online for the first year. Plus hbo for one year and multiroom dvr service for two years, all with a twoyear agreement. And switching has never been easier. Get out of your contract with up to a 500 credit to help cover your early termination fee. Go to fiosgigabit. Com youre danny . Im steve. Joseph, im steve. How are you . Nice to meet you sir. No different from everyone else. They just want a job. They want respect and they want dignity. You know, he had a premature baby and i think he had just been given the diagnosis that she had down syndrome. Lauren brought out the best in me. She made me a different person. Laurens the spark that started the fire. The goal is keep places like this open so all people, regardless of disability, have an opportunity for employment. Supermarket shelves in florida are being emptied as residents prepare for Hurricane Irma. The lines at this Costco Warehouse in tallahassee were out the door today. People were buying up supplies like water food and toilet paper. As we told you irma is now a category five storm and is going towards the caribbean and could eventually hit florida. We have different Severe Weather headed our way as predicted from adam. We have light ling, lightning, wind, hail. You can see a solid line through eastern Lancaster County, southern parts of berks county and extending into the Lehigh Valley in the poconos and theyve had a history of producing flooding rain, hail as well as strong winds and in addition we have Flash Flood Warnings for northwestern berks county where more than 3inches of rain has already fallen. The problem is the storms are moving from the west to east so theyre training over the same locations. If you encounter any roads covered by water turn around and obviously find an alternate route. Also Severe Thunderstorm Warnings ongoing and at least until 6 15 for Lancaster County northwestern Montgomery County as well as bucks county into the Lehigh Valley, winds near 60 miles an hour with some of these storms and hail up to 1 inch in diameter. As we take a look at this line, anywhere south of honey brook its still a nasty line with strong winds but not much in the way of lightning right now. Theres more concentrated between reading and fleetwood. You can see the radar being blinded by over 200 lightning strikes in the last 15 minutes moving to the northeast at around 30 miles an hour, north of pottstown green lane quakertown be on the outlook for this. Theres the towns and the times, red line just before 6 oclock expecting the line to push to the east and there is a severe thunderstorm watch box up for southeastern pennsylvania until 9 oclock but most of these storms should start to fall apart once we get past sunset as they sink south of the city of philadelphia. But where they have rocked through the heat indexes have fallen back into the 60 ahead of it. Prime atmosphere feeling like 90 degrees or so at the present hour. It is a cold front thats coming from the west here. There you can see the severe thunderstorm watch box for north and west of philadelphia including the city itself. As we look at future tracker by 8 30 tonight the line on future tracker completely falls apart here. It doesnt mean that is definitely the case. Well watch [inaudible] some heavy downpours lightning and thunder and tomorrow morning the clouds are around scattered showers and downpours throughout the day tomorrow overy unsettled as the front stalls across our region. Hurricane irma, it is a powerful category five winds sustained at 185 miles per hour. Take a look at the satellite itch match. It almost looks like a buzz saw here. You got that perfect circular eye in the middle and then that good outflow ahead of it heading towards the Leeward Islands about 130 miles or so from the tip of the Leeward Islands and continues to go on a trajectory that puts it over most of the time hitting a few islands as a category five down to category four and heading somewhere in south florida still as a category four hurricane but as you know with hurricanes the tracks always are changing its something well continue to follow but no matter if its the caribbean or the u. S. Mainland someone will get whacked by a very powerful storm. In fact, a historical storm in the atlantic. Periods of rain tomorrow much cooler. Start to dry out thursday, turns less humid at 74. Then friday through next tuesday, really not bad. Sun and clouds, low humidity temperatures well below average. They stretch in the 70s so well continue to track the Severe Weather this evening and obviously tonight at 10 00 and 11 00 p. M. Well have much more on irma and the very latest from the National Hurricane center. Thank you adam. Were tracking the path of Hurricane Irma for you on our 6abc app. Get alerts and updates as the storm moves west. Well get you the latest from our team of meteorologists on any possible impact here. The 6abc app is a Free Download for your mobile device. Prince william and duchess kate won their lawsuit against french journalists who published topless photos of kate in 2012. The court today ruled that each of those defendants must pay fines between 53,000 and 60,000. The photos of kate were taken while she was on vacation with william in france. The ruling comes one day after the royal couple announced theyre expecting baby number three. Politicians playing gameston while south jersey gets short changed . Then vote fran grenier. Think its time we had a regular guy, not a lifelong politician . Thats fran grenier. Looking for a fighter to take on the tax hikes and job killing regulations . Elect fran grenier. Want a leader wholl actually stand up for south Jersey Schools and communities . If you answered yes to any of these questions, theres only one way fran grenier. Phase out the daca program. Dreamers here in the Delaware Valley are speaking out about that decision. Also Philadelphia Police arrest a dance troupe leader for Sexual Assault of children. Action news goes along as philadelphia students head back to school for the new year. Well have those stories and more up next. For adam joseph, cecily tynan jaime apody Rick Williams the entire Action News Team im monica malpass. Have a good night. Action news at 6 00 next. Good night. Copd makes it hard to breathe. So to breathe better, i go with anoro. Go your own way copd tries to say, go this way. I say, ill go my own way with anoro. 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Police arrest a philadelphia dance troupe leader for sex assault against children and a driver hits two public works employees in Montgomery County. But the big story on action news tonight is an accuweather alert. Storm trackers picture is worth a thousand words but three words are worth saying. Severe thunderstorm watch. Meteorologist cecily tynan has the latest information from accuweather. Cecily, whats headed our way. Jim, we have some Severe Thunderstorm Warnings as well. Double scan live showing this line of thunderstorms pushing to the east. They have a history of damaging winds, hail, vivid lightning and hail and flooding rains. We have Severe Thunderstorm Warning in effect in parts of the lehigh bucks Montgomery County chester and berks county until 6 30. Any storm can contain hail and damaging winds. This is the line that im tracking. This view alone the past 15 minutes weve had 150 lightning strikes. The individual cells are moving northeast pretty quickly, about 30 to 40 miles per hour. Weve seen some of this boeing out near pottstown. Thats an indication of rushing wind and we can also flip this over and show you that this particular cell does have a history of hail. This is the hail swath as it continues to push to the east and weve had hail reported as