International space station and finally this is irmas eye as seen from a nasa satellite three different views but all say the same thing, this is a potentially catastrophic storm and its headed towards the united states. It is tuesday night the big story on action news Hurricane Irma preparing for landfall as a category five storm. People in puerto rico and florida are seriously battening down the hatches with irma producing the most powerful winds ever recorded in the atlantic ocean. The storm could reach florida by the weekend shells are already emptying out in grocery and home stores. Authorities are readying evacuation orders and Florida Governor rick scott has declared a state of emergency for all 67 counties before irma gets to florida she will pumpel small caribbean islands like anguila and here is the most frightening thing we heard the governor of puerto rico is calling it more dangerous than harvey and go to cecily tynan for the latest on the storm. No doubt about in this is a life threatening storm irma is 50 miles east of barbuda right now and if you look at this you can see just how big it is. Irma is about 400 miles across that is like driving from philadelphia to cleveland and the actual eye of the storm is almost as big as some of the islands it is heading towards and its 25 miles across and anguia and nevis, 35 miles across and heading to the west and northwest about 15 Miles Per Hour and its starting to make that slight jog to the north, now not only is it enormous its also one of the strongest storms ever recorded in the atlantic, its a four way tie for second place, the only storm stronger as far as wednesday speed was allen back in 1980. So this storm has everything, it has got storm surge up to about 20 miles, it has Hurricane Force winds 185 Miles Per Hour winds right along the eye and looks like anguila will be hit directly with that storm that is a low lying island only about 15,000 inhabitants and the island will be swallowed by the storm tomorrow morning and looks like it will continue to push to the north, northwest and British Virgin islands and the latest path has the strongest winds passing north of puerto rico and dealing with Tropical Storm force winds and potential for flooding rain so this storm will continue to move through the caribbean and turks and caicos will be hit and north of cuba the big question where will it hit in the u. S. More details on that coming up, in the full accuweather forecast skrim. Thank you cecily of course check our 6abc app to follow the latest track of Hurricane Irma. We will also update you on the storm as it moves closer to florida and if its path will impact the try state area and 6abc app a Free Download for your mobile device. The owner of the West Philadelphia dance troop faces charges of sexually assaulting three boys dating back to 2008 including an 8yearold who was recently involved in the program. 28yearold tyree dumas found the dancing ensemble dollarboyz inc on 54 and market and seen in several promotional videos for the group on line and now new at 11 00 we are hearing from the mother of one of the accusers. It hurts my heart and spreading rumors we want money no we want justice for our kids because no child needs to get touched on by no man. Reporter investigators asking anyone else who may have been a victim to come forward dumas is free on bail tonight. One of the two workers hit by a vehicle this afternoon in frankconia and what is the latest report there. Reporter the worker is listed in critical but stable at temple with family members by his bedside and Small Community mourning the loss of his coworker who was killed in the tragic accident. Franconia says at 2 30 this afternoon two men who worked for the township Highway Department were using a stripe machine to paint the stripes on west broad and lion scape circle and a driver of a silver sedan plowed into them and the chopper was over it and it was damaged and the windshield smashed and the roof by the impact and the striping machine knocked on its side spewing paint all over the street and one went to Grand View Hospital where he later died and the other flown to itemel University Hospital the driver of the vehicle remained on the scene but no word on how he or she failed to see the workers and then ended up crashing into them. A Crisis Intervention Team was brought in to help First Responders and other employee whose knew the victims deal with the tragedy the names of the victims and driver are not being released at this time live at temple im dan cuellar channel six action news. Thank you dan new tonight Philadelphia Police released this mug shot of Monique Mcknight the woman who drove into nine pedestrians at a Labor Day Block Party yesterday the victims range from a sixyearold to a woman in her 90s. Action news obtained exclusive Surveillance Video of the suv going around a parked car and tape blocking the 1500 block of ringgold in south philadelphia. 22yearold mcknight is charged with nine counts of aggravated assault and driving under the influence of some kind of drug. Philadelphia homicide detectives are looking for two killers tonight involved in separate deadly shootings. The latest happened at 9 00 at 38 and reno and police say the victim a 50yearold man who was shot in the head and torso investigators recovered a gun believes to be connected to the crime and also trying to track down the gunman who shot a 24yearold man twice in the head tonight in sugar mansion that deadly violence erupted at 7 00 on 3800 north stillman street and police dont have a motive. Thousands of so called dreamers are having a nightmarish night tonight that after President Trump began the process of dismantling daca, that is the Obama Era Program that protects almost 800,000 young immigrants who were brought to america illegally as children. Speaking through a tweet and then his attorney general trump said daca will cease to exist in six months but that will give Congress Time to figure out a way to give the dreamers protection from deportation. This was trump today speaking of the dreamers. I have a love for these people and hopefully now congress will be able to help them and do it properly and i can tell you in speaking to members of congress they want to be able to do something and do it right. Reporter but tonight trump seemed to muddy the waters a bit with a tweet that suggested that even if congress doesnt act all might not be lost for the dreamers. Quote congress now has six months to legalize daca, something the Obama Administration was unable to do. If they cant i will revisit the issue. We will have to wait and find out what revisiting the issue would really mean. Annie mccormick is live in the Satellite Center and you spoke with some local dreamers tonight how were they reacting to these developments today . And jim a lot of those recipients of daca are going to local organizations luckily the local organizations are opening their doors extending hours to answer those burning questions that those recipients now have. South Philadelphia OfficeOlivia Vasquez and coworkers trying to ease the worries of Daca Recipients and did not want her name used is working for a green card and has three daughters and a son who children are daca recipien recipients. Through that she told us her biggest concern. The oldest one is attending college so im afraid that with daca being removed that she is going to lose that scholarship and that she is not going to be able to fill full her dream. Reporter she and her team were able to calm her worries. Removing of daca is not going to affect her daughter losing her scholarship. Reporter she should know three years ago she became a daca recipient and born in mexico and her mom who is undocumented brought her to philadelphia. A lot of the families are extended families and that means that somebody might have to be a daca recipient or a u. S. Citizen and somebody in the family may also be undocumented. Reporter at a rally outside the department of justice in philadelphia speakers stated the repeal will do more harm than good. Dreamers would lose deportation protection and the ability to work legally. New applications will be rejected and the program rescinded but recipients can still renew existing two year work permits for the next six months. At least for myself from going with our without daca we have to keep living our normal lives so yes daca was taken away but i think that as i mentioned before we have no other option but to keep on fighting. Reporter and jim a group from philadelphia is actually headed down tonight to washington d. C. So they can be in place for a rally that is scheduled tomorrow in dc where other local organizations like theirs will join together to oppose the decision live the Satellite CenterAnnie Mccormick with action news and jim back to you have. Thank you middletown township bucks county asking for help find agree racist vandal who carved the n word into someones car and happened at the middletown trace apartments in lang horn and happened overnight sunday into monday and temple students returned to school after learning one of their classmates have been murdered and leaving notes for remembering for 22yearold Jenna Burleigh and accused 29yearold Joshua Hupperterz of killing her in his apartment not far from campus last thursday and then transporting the body to far northeast pennsylvania. A body found in a bag in trenton and police now identified the victim as 43yearold Lillian Duran and found at 5 00 yesterday afternoon inside a plastic bag which was left on the sidewalk in the 400 lamberton street detectives are waiting on results of an autopsy which was performed today for determination how she died. Still to come on action news tonight a medical study explores a link between cell phone use and babies in the womb and stop in its tracks a sinkhole opens up across the street from the king of prussia mall. A man overdosed on a septa bus and quick action to save his life when action news returns. Strong and severe storms across western suburbs this evening and tapered off to some showers but the wet weather lingers through the day tomorrow and details and the track of Hurricane Irma in the accuweather sevenday forecast. Jp crawford makes his Major League Debut and got a base hit and Ducis Rodgers with that story and more when action news continues tonight. What if there was a paint. That had the power to awaken something old. Or painfully dated. Or something you simply thought was lost forever. Because it could form a strong bond, regardless of age. If a paint could give any timeworn surface stunning new life. You have to wonder. Is it still paint . Regal select exterior from benjamin moore®. Only available at independently owned paint and hardware stores. When they expect to fix a giant sinkhole in king of prussia and swallowed a part of schaffer road on busy 202 across from the mall and happened this morning and a stop side and one way side succumbed to the cave in and the workers pumped out the water and drone six watched from overhead as they filled the sinkhole with sand and schaffer road remains blocked from king wood to 202. It happened on a septa bus in colling dale county and a man had to be rezondlaked after overdosing as the bus weekend on mcdade boulevard and action reporter Christie Ileto has the story. Woke up completely out of it and had no idea where he was at. Reporter disoriented from an appare apparent opioid overdose. They already administered two four milligram doses of narcan. Reporter one dose was not enough to jolt back the 40yearold and seemed comatose minutes in the back seat. Cannot tell if he was unconscious or slumped over doing drugs and he was down on the bus. Had to wake him up and see what was going on. Reporter Police Caught the 113 from Chester Gonzales was heading into West Philadelphia. A couple of stops later his bus ride was cut short police and paramedics were suddenly on board trying to revive him. He was found to have some drugs on him. He had a cigarette box and there were some drugs this there. Reporter admitted to officers he smoked a joint prior to passing out on the bus but Officials Say his unresponsiveness was signs of a more powerful drug overdose. Upper dar by and down chester and this corridor its everyday, everyday you are hearing overdoses opiate. Reporter a program by the delaware counties District Attorneys Office every police car in the street in the county has narcan for incidents like this. As for gonzales he is facing narcotics charges for the drugs found on him, Christie Ileto channel six action news. New images out of galveston tshs and the coastal city remains under water a week after Hurricane Harvey and some cities are getting financial help as cleanup continues and residents worried about mold and mosquitos breeding in standing water and snakes and another cause for concern is 11 toxic epa Super Fund Sites inundated with water and can potentially leak dangerous chemicals. Hold the phone can they harm babys developing in the womb and they say dial back your concern scientists in norway studied more than 45,000 mothers and their children were tested at ages 3 and 5 for language, communication and motor skills, the study found no evidence of harmful effects for mothers using cell phones while they were pregnant. Many students are sound asleep after an exciting first day of school. A second grader at panell elementary in logan section of philadelphia she got to walk to school with Superintendent William hide the two were then later joined by major jim kenney and classmates to officially ring in the new school year. While some kids went back to school today others in the Delaware Valley will start tomorrow. For instance students in camden head back to School Tomorrow and some will be sporting brand new hair cuts and barbers at the classic barber shop spent the day giving free air cuts today and afterwards the kids were treated to cotton candy and one parent said they wouldnt be able to send their kids to school with a fresh haircut and were thankful for this community event. A fundraiser in Center City Philadelphia for families and their pets affected by Hurricane Harvey. Hold your paw vintage barn which is a new store opens on 13th street asked people to drop by with pet supplies and food. The donations will be sent to relief organizations in houston. Lets get the latest from cecily tynan at accuweather for the Delaware Valley try state area. So i dont talk more about Hurricane Irma look at the scene over center city skyline and we have quite a bit of low clouds hanging on, its very humid, its damp and that is the way its going to stay tomorrow, double scan live showing the storm system that brought some of the Severe Weather out to the West Lancaster and hail the size of golf balls and no Severe Weather but stuck in the moisture and show you goodbye summer temperatures and today 88 degrees next week we will be stuck in the 70s. Tomorrow keep the umbrellas on hand it will be rainy it will be cool we are looking generally about three quarters of an inch of rain to about an inch of half and clearing out on thursday and heading into a sunny but cool weekend. Speaking of Cool Temperatures have really dropped off from earlier today, it was warm and humid now behind some of that rain we dropped down to 69 degrees in philadelphia allentown 66, trenton 68, cape may 73 and wilmington 69 so satellite and radar showing the thunderstorms west of philadelphia this evening stalled so if you look across central pennsylvania and western pennsylvania plenty of clouds and we have some impulses of moisture moving along this front so tomorrow bus stop forecast if you can get your kids to wear rain jackets i cant but if you can its a good idea with scattered showers and it will be cloudy and cool in the suburbs about 63 degrees and philadelphia about 69 so future tracker showing its not all day heavy rain but a batch in the morning around 7 00, a little break in the action and it reloads in the afternoon and evening hours not looking at Severe Weather but it will be rainy, it will be cool. So this is really the big weather story Hurricane Irma max sustained winds 185 Miles Per Hour. This is a strong hurricane, its category five hurricane and you can see just how close it is. Its only about 15 miles east of barbuda and moving west, northwest and it will be heading north of barbudo overnight and probably a district hit of antigua north of puerto rico and doesnt look to be interacting with land and its hard to have it and a top and could weaken to a cat four and heading to the florida keys the latest track from the National Hurricane center and have to look at the entire cone of uncertainty and could shift a little to the east and could shift to the west and anyone in south florida has to be getting prepared for the strike of a major hurricane. So back at home the exclusive accuweather seven dday forecas its gloomy and wet and periods of rain 72 thursday the sunshine is back by the afternoon less humid 74 friday 73 degrees heading to the weekend saturday great football weather at the link and stays cool on sunday, 75 on tuesday and clouds thicken with a high of 76 degrees and getting another update from the National Hurricane center on irma and we will have that on action news beginning at 5 00. Thank you cecily and the search is on for americas next superstar American Idol audition held in annapolis maryland today. She is one of many people who showed up and sang their hearts off and Ryan Seacrest will host when it debuts next year on channel six and katy perry has signed on as a judge and waiting to find out who will join her. This week at staples, shop our fifty cent deals. Staples. Its pro time. Been trying to prepare for this day. And im still not ready. 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The eagles opener is fast approaching we are less than five days away with their game of washington during the off season they used the draft and trades to up grade the defense and last year it was top 15 in yards against and scoring defense, that is decent. But that is not nearly good enough for defensive coordinator jim schwartz. Please dont put on my resume i elevated this to a top 15, that is participation trophy in my mind on paper we are better and have that not only depth but added some key components to the defense and we can say all the right things we can you know from having the greatest plans and we have to execute it. Reporter a trader upheld ezekiel elbow yet 16 suspension but cow boys running back is not sidelined and due to the ruling the nfl is allowing him to play in the opener sunday night against the giants and a federal judge is hearing arguments to issue a temporary injunction on elliots behalf still ahead hear from temple and penn state is rising in the College Football ranks. Tomorrow on action news morning back to school means back to more traffic headaches and help you get to work on time. A school start in the morning and a bit wet and get Storm Tracker six live double scan look at that and wake up to everything that is going on tomorrow. End of throat surgery. Guided you through recovery. Joe tastes just as sweet to us, as it does to you. We join you. Im danny. 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. Steve called fairly frantic. 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Reporter dont sleep on villanova and should be a good battle at the link on saturday. Jimmy kimmel live next followed by night line and his guest is steve harvey and bill and music from anderson east action news continues at 4 30 with Pamela Edwards and Matt Odonnell and karen rogers and dave murphy and for cecily tynan and Ducis Rodgers and the rest of the action News News Team im jim gardner. Action news is brought by barbara on the boulevard where they do is discurrent dodge and ram are they the best boy i guess. Teve harvey. From it, bill skarsgard. Baby bachelor in paradise. And music from ander [ cheers and applause ] jimmy thats very nice. Im jimmy. Im the host of the show. Thanks for watching. Thanks to all of you for coming. [ cheers and applause ] i hope you had a good labor day. Labor day, in case you dont know history, labor day was established all the way back in 1894 as a way to give americans an extra