Karen rogers with traffic. Reporter we have clouds over the terrace right now and satellite mimicking that idea. A few clouds locally. There are clouds out to the north and west. Showers near pittsburgh may make it into the poconos and brief sprinkle into the closer northern suburbs, but not a big deal. 58 degrees on the bus stop in philadelphia. Temperature keeps on sliding. 52 in allentown and reading. 65 in cape may. This afternoon well, it looks good, well be cool by 7 00. 56 but by lunchtime, 6. Not a bad afternoon for recess. 73 on the way home from school this afternoon thats the high with partly sunny skies overall. Pretty nice. 72 degrees by 5 00 p. M. 7 00 p. M. , 69 there will be a breeze blowing at times. Hurricane irma is a category four as it pultz pulls away from the turks and caicos. The latest numbers coming up from the National Hurricane center and accuweather. What you got there, karen. Reporter its a shot where you can see the flashing lights. Penndot is zooming all around. We have an accident with a fuel spill blocking the intersection of 202 at lime kiln pike. Watch for that one. On the big picture so far so good, look at all the green we have. Green means go. Traffic is moving all right. We have a trash fire on columbus boulevard from oregon avenue. You may smell the smoke traveling over the walt whitman bridge. You can see the green traffic flow over the walt whitman bridge and i95 youre moving okay. Vine street expressway no overnight construction, everything open moving fine. Eastbound were noticing volume building eastbound on the vine street expressway. We have two lanes blocked this will last until 7 00 p. M. That will cause slowing on 495 northbound near edgemore road. In new jersey, looking at 42 moving fine so far. First up, breaking overnight, a large earthquake in mexico killing five people, two were children. 8. 2 Strong Enough to topple buildings and homes. Theres a warning about potentially tsunami waves along the coast of several Central American countries. And now, it is on to the latest on our other big story, that, of course, is Hurricane Irma. Right now the category four storm is heading toward the bahamas and south florida is officially now under hurricane warning. Were waiting to get new video showing the damage left in turks and caicos, the eye of the storm grazed the islands. The storm has killed 12 people. This was video taken a few hours before the storm 165mile an hour winds pummeled the small island chain. Every home is almost uninhabitable. We have destruction across the u. S. Virgin islands. Authorities are calling the damage catastrophic. Many families are worried about relative trapped on caribbean islands where irma unleashed its fury. Relatives say its impossible to reach their loved ones. This new jersey man said he didnt hear from his parents for 24 hours. It was them saying were alive and were okay, but the elements here really bad we dont know when or how well get home. There are also concerns about people returning and aid being brought to the island since most of the airports on the islands were so badly damaged in the storm. Here in florida and coastal georgia, the race is on to leave before the storm hits. More than half a Million People in the southern part of florida have been told to evacuate by the weekend. Shelters in both states have opened up for people who can not evacuate. Schools in florida will be closed through monday. Well have more on the preps in florida coming up in a live report in the next halfhour. Action news anchor brian taff is heading south to cover Hurricane Irma. His live reports from south florida will begin later today right here on action news. Switching gears we want to go to breaking news blocks away from Lasalle University. A young woman was chased and attack by two men in a park. Action news reporter, Katherine Scott is live in logan with more. Katherine a disturbing incident. Reporter thats right, jennette. Detectives are investigate this as a Sexual Assault. The victim was taken to the hospital for treatment and was expected to speak with police. Police were hear overnight gathering evidence they have since cleared the scene, but the investigation continues. This happened around midnight near the 5600 block of ogontz avenue. The victim was walking near kemball park blocks from the campus. Two suspects approached and chased her. She was assaulted near a Basketball Court in the park. The suspects fled the police were called out, the victim was taken to the hospital. The area was flooded with light overnight as detectives worked to gather evidence. At this point no description of the suspect has been released. Police are looking for Surveillance Footage and anyone who may have information about what happened. Call the special victims unit if you have any tips. The search for the two suspects continues. Live in logan, Katherine Scott channel 6 action news. New this morning, firefighters are working to find out what started a fire in the citys parkside neighborhood. Flames were shooting out of the homes after 1 00 a. M. On the 5000 block of master street. When crews arrived they were focused on the back of the property and first floor. Fortunately no injuries were reported. 6 06 a. M. , another day, another security breach, but this is a monster potentially affecting half of the country. Maribel aber is live in new york with the market watch report. This scarce you. Good morning, tam, equifax is reporting a giant data breach hackers gained access to systems potentially compromising personal information of 143 Million People. Circumstantial security numbers and Social Security numbers and driver licenses have been exposed. Equifax security 2017. Com is the website to check if you were affect the. Looks like futures are pointing to a lower open. We have a report on Consumer Credit due out today. Theres a new colonel sanderses, ray liota will take over the roll for his ability to play multifaceted characters. All i can think of is goodfellows. It will have a very different look not nearly as leading man as goodfellows. Did kfc turn up in goodfellows . Fried chicken was the only thing that did not. Reporter live with kelly and ryan we have sunshine coming live on sky6 live hd, we have sunshine coming up over the ben franklin bridge. 535 in wilmington and philadelphia or millville. And philadelphia, 58 degrees. Cape may at 65 degrees. Maybe a light jacket for some of you as you head out to the bus stop or to get your day going. Future tracker 6 shows sunshine early. 1 00, fairly bright. This afternoon there could g. Ouds develop were on the look out for a spotty sprinkle in the northern suburbs this afternoon and into early this evening, most of you dont see that if you do its a spritz on the windshield not a big deal. In the lehigh valley, breezy, 71 cant rule out a spotty sprinkle here or there. Down the shore no lifeguards moderate risk of rip currents. Because of irma and jose off the coast youre looking at the problems of rip currents for anothe without lifeguards its not a good idea to get in the water. 74 if you want to sit on the beach in atlantic city. Breezy,thany beach. Winds up to 10, 20 Miles Per Hour. If youre heading out to high t, 68 degrees for kickoffs for games in philadelphia. In the 4th quarter, 62. You can sub Storm Tracker 6 livr 4 degrees if youre suburbs. Overnight tonight, 56 in philadelphia. The outlying suburbs in the upper 40s overnight tonight that means it will be chilly tomorrow, nice afternoon tomorrow, though, as you will see in a moment. Hurricane irma is a category four. A major hurricane. The eye and the strongest winds getting close to the islands in the southern bahamas. Looks like the storm will maintain category strength as it turns the corner and cuts into the southern edge of florida or west of miami if that mostly likely track holds through. The winds gusts will be strong in places like miami and Fort Lauderdale as the storm passes through. If the current track stays true. The storm stays over land instead of yesterdays track that has it out over the water. That would diminish the strength of the storm, thats a category two around orlando and Tropical Storm south of atlanta, after that it dies away. The spaghetti plot models are shifting further to the west. Looks like it will be in florida that pops up. I dont think that one little outlier in our direction is going to be the deal. Bright and pleasant tomorrow to start out tomorrow, 71, great afternoon for temple football in south philadelphia. Mostly sunny and nice on sunday, high of 74. Even monday looks great, partly sunny, 76. 73 more clouds on tuesday, if irma winds up close enough to us, we could winds up with afternoon and evening rain showers, maybe more of that under the clouds on wednesday, lingering shower on thursday. Well keep an eye out thank you, david. 6 11 a. M. , a win for drivers in the philadelphia parking wars. The cars in the median in south philadelphia, wont be going anywhere anytime soon. Amazon is shopping around for a new city to build their headquarters and philadelphia is hoping to be on the wish list. Reporter busy on the schuylkill expressway, live on city avenue. Thats westbound traffic jamming up as you head toward king of prussia. Not an overall delay, but a jam on the schuylkill expressway. Well take you to an accident with a fuel spill on 202 coming up next. 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. Breaking news in south philadelphia. Firefighters are still battling a large trash fire on columbus boulevard near packer avenue. This is a live look from the action cam, you can see its very busy there, several engines there. Were told a large pile of rerecyclable trash caught fire. Its been going on for hours. A heads up if youre heading that way. Lets go over to karen rogers who has everything you need to know about traffic good morning. Reporter you see the fire crews by oregon. You see the action cam panning up to the walt whitman bridge. Not a lot of smoke blowing in the area. Something to watch for in south philadelphia. We have a shot of 202 happening at lime kiln pike. We have an accident and fuel spill. The way penndot has the camera framed you can get a hint of the emergency crews off to the side. Watch for that partially blocking the ramble. The intersection is blocked there. Police on the scene 202 lime kiln pike a fuel spill thats causing problems this morning. Overnight construction cleared early traffic is moving better there, grateful for the early wrap up time. Looking live in new jersey, building volume as you come up from turnersville or deptford. Heres a look at 42 northbound at creek road. Lets check the travel times at this hour, were in the green, green traffic flow on i95 the schuylkill expressway no major delays as you head out this morning. Weve had a lot of tough rides in the morning, this morning looking good. 49 degrees in pottstown and quakertown. 50 in bethlehem. 49 in kirkwood. 51 in coatsville. 51 in media. 58 in center city. The suburbs in new jersey, waking up in browns mills or ewing, 51. 50 in toms river. 62 in brigantine. 5 in tuckahoe. 51 in glassboro. Temperatures are 8 degrees below average, 73 for the high, nice and partly sunny skies, jennette. Police in ohio are searching for a carjacker who ran over a man as he sped away. It happened outside a gas station in toledo late last month. Surveillance video shows the driver go into the Convenience Store another man walks up to a car and gets in. The driver runs out to stop the thief, but was knocked down. Top white house officials will try to convince House Republicans to vote for the harvey aid debt limit package this morning. The Senate Passed the measure yesterday. Many conservatives are upset the 3 month debt ceiling increase does not include spending cuts. Philadelphia officials are working hard to submit a proposal to amazon to get their headquarters built here. They are looking for a city that has easy access to mass transit and universities and hitech talent. Were done, philadelphia has all that. The place where the center should go. The Economic Impact of 50,000 jobs would be great, and said philadelphia offers more. Its the perfect city for it, were millennial heavy and it tech start up heavy and we have great spaces in the city that would be attractive for them being here. Looking forward to putting our best foot forward and being successful. The city has until october to submit a proposal. When i walked through a snowstorm for a cigarette, thats when i knew i had to quit. For real this time. Thats why im using nicorette. On nicorette gum has patented dualcoated technology for great tast plus intense craving relief. Every great why needs a great how. Ntaking over 7,000 marias steps each day. O, and she does it in any shoes she wants, with lasting comfort. Only dr. Scholls stylish step has insoles that are clinically proven to provide allday comfort. Dr. Scholls. Born to move. Been trying to prepare for this day. And im still not ready. The reason im telling you this is that there will be moments in your life that. Youll never be ready for. Your little girl getting married being one of them. Of adults find it impossible to enjoy at that holiday without alcohol. 10 of the people spent more on alcohol than they did on their flights and accommodations. Reporter really . I guess you want around the corner, because i dont know half half. [laughter]. Alcohol has contributed to other problems and 7 of the people admit to suffering an injury. Maybe im not having enough fun in life. Reporter small children youll need that wine, just saying. Lets take you out here in upper providence, tam knows. This is egypt road at mill road. Lets check mass transit, we had problems earlier with mass transit, everything is on time, dave. Reporter sunny start today. In the Weather Center you can see cloud cover off to the west, eroding showers and sprinkle in the northern and western suburbs, basically were dry. 58 in philadelphia. 52 in allentown. Cool on the bus stop out there. Some of the kids might want a light jacket. This afternoon looks good. 68 degrees by noon, 3 00 p. M. , the high 73 degrees partly sunny and nice, breezy out there. If youre traveling out of town today at the airport no major delays, we had some rain out in chicago, looks like maybe its drying out in shy town. Jeffrey lori said he is is excited for the sunday opener against washington. The birds are a slight favorite despite the game being on the road. They have lost five straight games to their division rivals. Coming up at 6 30 a live report from miami as Hurricane Irma churns. Katherine scott has more on the sex assault near Lasalle University. Reporter thats right, police are investigating a Sexual Assault report near Lasalle University, were live with the details at 6 30 a. M. Fios is not cable. Were a 100 fiber optic network. And with the new fios gigabit 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 someone tried to sue to stop people from parking in the median on South Broad Street in south philadelphia. The judge dismissed the lawsuit with prejudice that means the lawsuit cannot be refiled. Court documents did not reveal why he made the decision. Its technically against the law to park in the median, but the ppa and the police never ticket cars. You see cars ticketed at the meters meanwhile, cars parked months on end in the median are given a blind eye. Party 100 years in the making. The Benjamin Franklin parkway centennial tunnel kicks off today with the we are the festival. Franklin institute is offering deals to celebrate. There will be special events to celebrate the Benjamin Franklin parkway through 2018. Tune in for our one hour special on the centennial. Parkway 100 airs wednesday september 20th at 8 00 p. M. Well tell you about the celebrations on the Benjamin Franklin parkway all yearlong. 6 27 a. M. , were following several breaking stories including an attack on a local woman near a college campus. There a desperate search for a cold blooded killer who gunned down a father in front of his infant child. Well hear from the neighbor who ran to help the victim. So let me get this straight. Youre a rabbit . Im vern, the orange money retirement rabbit, from voya. Ririiight. And tt means. . Im the money you save for retirement. I help you get organized so your money could multiply. See . Got it. Whos he . Hes green money for spending today. You know, paying bills, maybe a little online shopping. Makes it easy to tell you apart. That, and i am better looking. I heard that. When its time to get organized for retirement, its time to get voya. News, a deadly earthquake strikes the mexican coastline. People are feeling the effects hundreds of miles away. A woman is ambushed and sexually assaulted near a Philadelphia College campus. Hurricane irma batters turks and caicos on a direct path toward florida. The governor of florida has given orders to shut down nonemerge services today. Youyou can imagine the fear and tension in the Sunshine State this morning. Good morning, Matt Odonnell is off, Jeanette Reyes joins us. David murphy is tracking Hurricane Irma, as well. Reporter its cool as you step outside, some of you might want to a light jacket. We have cloud cover and sprinkles to the north and west. Its possible that the northern suburbs pick up a sprinkle this afternoon. Its going to be mainly dry, though. 58 in the city. 52 in allentown and reading. 54 in wilmington. 55 in trenton. 54 in millville as you get in the car and plow up to work. 66 degrees in cape may. 68 degrees by noon, high today of 73. A little below average, but still comfortable, breezy conditions this afternoon. Hurricane irma as you guys have been mentioning, its an issue in the tropics, of course if youre planning flying toward orlando or miami you better get there in a in a in a hurry. When i come inside well talk about Hurricane Irma which will be a major hurricane as it strikes florida. Reporter this is egypt road at cider mill road watch out for a big accident. We have a trash fire columbus boulevard at oregon avenue. Were not seeing slowing on i95 or the walt whitman bridge. Its not impacting nearby traffic, but on columbus boulevard you have issues. Other than that, look at the big picture. Where is everybody . Are they not going to work. Blue route, 55 Miles Per Hour, nice and easy. Youre a little slow on the schuylkill expressway, 19 Miles Per Hour westbound near the boulevard. 21 Miles Per Hour on i95. We can take you there live. Heres a look at i95 we have volume here heading toward center city approaching girl. You see an easy travel time. For the most part its good. We have a problem in warrington, 202 at lime kiln pike an accident an fuel spill. The intersection is partially blocked. Police on the scene. Other than that fairly light volume around the area. We begin with breaking news, a terrifying Sexual Assault near La Salle University overnight. A woman was walking near a park when two men chased her down. Lets go over to Katherine Scott live in logan 6600 block of ogontz avenue. Good morning, katherine. Reporter good morning, tam, police are investigating the case as a Sexual Assault. The victim was taken to the local hospital for treatment and expected to speak to the detectives from the special victims units. Police and detectives were on the scene overnight gathering evidence. They have cleared the scene, but the search continues for the two responsible. It happened near the 5600 block of ogontz avenue in logan. The victim was walking near kemball park close to the la salle campus. The victim was chased by two suspects and assaulted near a Basketball Court in the park. The suspects fled the scene. Police were called out, the victim was taken to the hospital. At this point no description of the suspects have been released. Police will check surveillance cameras to see if theres footage that could help in the investigation. If you have any information call the special victims unit. Katherine Scott Channel 6 action news. More breaking news, a powerful 8. 2 powerful earthquake hit off the mexican coast near guatemala. The quake was so strong it caused buildings to sway violent in the mexico capitol 650 miles away from the epicenter. Others were caught in traffic jams as this was going on. The president said this is the strongest quake in a century to hit mexico. Now to the latest on Hurricane Irma. Theres a massive exodus underway right now in florida. The monster storm is heading north toward the Sunshine State. Turks and caicos is in the cross hairs and it is heading for the bahamas now. Stephanie ramos live in miami, a lot of people rushing to get out. Reporter absolutely, jennette because the deadly storm is getting closer to south florida. More than a Million People have been ordered to evacuate as Hurricane Irma barrels through the caribbean leaving a mess of devastation behind. Hurricane irma is the strongest storm to churn in the Atlantic Ocean and it is plowing its way through the caribbean. It was the worst time of my life. I would not like to experience a hurricane like this again. Reporter Hurricane Irma ravaged small caribbean islands. In port rocky co, the storm newport reek in puerto rico the storm left a Million People without power for at least a month. In florida, the governor stressing this could be a historic disaster and residents should listen to emergency evacuations. Hurricane andrew was the wester storm in floridas history, this storm is worst. Everyone in south florida should prepare for a landfall of a catastrophic major hurricane. Reporter thousands are clogging highways, some lining up for miles trying to fuel up as gas stations run dry. Were trying to get out of harms way. Reporter others are riding out the storm stocking up on water supplies, sands bags. While airports are packed with people trying to get out of dodge. Major airlines canceling more than 4,000 flights in irmas path. Hurricane irma is expected to cover the entire state of florida, but the storm doesnt stop here, current weather models have it heading up north toward georgia. Its time to heed the warpings. Thank you, stephanie. 100 members of the Army National guard in new jersey are shipping out for the storm they are outfitted with highwheel military vehicles to get through flooding. New Jersey Task Force one has been deployed after returning from active duty with Hurricane Harvey. Brian taff is heading to florida to report on Hurricane Irma. You can see his reports later today. A father was gunned down in front of his 2yearold daughter during a robbery. The father parked his suv on the 5000 block of mellon street when it happened. Neighbors rushed to the side of 38yearold man. People were bandsaging and holding bandaging him and holding him. Reporter where was he shot. In the face and head. Reporter anyone with information is under to contact philadelphia police. A Police Officer is among those injured in a north philadelphia house fire. Chopper 6 hd was over the 2900 block of north 6th street after 10 00 p. M. The Police Officer and another man was treated for smoke inhalation at the hospital. Crews quickly brought the fire under control. There is still no word on a cause. Lets turn to david murphy, beautiful days here, not so beautiful in florida. Reporter thats pretty much the story. Storm tracker 6 live double scan shows you we are dry as we take a look outside, we have sky6 live hd theres the bright ball of sunshine coming up over the horizon. You see a couple of clouds high in the sky. But generally speaking were looking at a bright start and partly sunny finish. The temperature, 58 degrees currently. Its cool out there. A lot of suburbs chillier than that with low 50s in spots. Winds of light at 5 Miles Per Hour. 71 in the ocean. Future tracker 6 shows you the bright start between now an noon. In the afternoon, a few clouds pop in. In the northern and western suburbs, 3, 4, 5 00 p. M. There could be sprinkles here and there. Doesnt amount to much. Most of you miss out on all that. Todays forecast includes a cool start, 55 degrees by 8 00. 10 00, 62. Noon, 68 degrees, nice teachers if youre thinking of taking the kids out to recess. 3 00 p. M. , 73 degrees. On the way kids might want a light jacket or sweatshirt. 71 in allentown. 72 in reading and trenton. 74 in wilmington. Millville leads the pack at 75. If youre down the shore, 73 in cape may. 73 on the boardwalk in ac. Nice enough on the beach, remember the lifeguards are done for the season we have moderate risk of rip currents in the water today probably staying that way for another week or so. Friday night football a few clouds out there, but a lot of stars, winds slackening off, but its going to be cool. Temperatures in the stands kickoff temperature 68. 4th quarter 62 degrees. Thats around philadelphia. In the suburbs subtract 3 degrees from the numbers. Hurricane irma is a category four hurricane moving away from the turks and caicos and heading into the southern bahamas packing winds of 155 Miles Per Hour. Looks like Hurricane Irma will maintain that general strength as it makes the turn to the north over the weekend and cuts into areas around southern florida near the keys and miami. It could be a category four with a 150mile an hour winds at the core and gusts 120 mile an hour range coming in near miami. If the Storm Centers over lands it will diminish to a category two strengths near orlando and Tropical Storm around atlanta. The track could wind up near that cone, but in general were seeing a shift farther to the west today. As you look at wind gusts 3 30 p. M. As the storm is approaching florida. Key largo62 thats what we would see from a severe thunderstorm. 11 00 p. M. , the gusts are stronger. 8 30 a. M. Sunday morning, 127mile an hour gusts in key largo that will cause major damage and similar numbers in miami and west palm beach. 73 partly sunny and nice around here. Tomorrow, bright and pleasant on saturday, chilly in the morning, 71 in the afternoon. Great weather for Temple Villanova football. 74 on sunday. Monday looks good, 76 degrees. If we get rain from irma it will be in the afternoon tuesday and wednesday mainly. It will depend on the track of the storm and where it winds up to the southwest. 73 is a tuesdays high, wednesday, 74. 75 on thursday. Chaos in florida theres been a Violent Police encounter at the miami paper. Later a massive pile of drugs seized during a raid goes up in smoke in dramatic fashion. Reporter live on the schuylkill expressway at belmont thats the westbound jam heading toward king of prussia jammed from the bull very good to gladwyn. Well take you to 422 and see whats happening there coming up. Welcome back taking a live look at a beautiful sunrise in the delaware valley. It is 6 44 a. M. , 58 degrees, make it a good day, because the weather is on your side and have a little sunshine on your shoulder. Lets get a look at the morning commute. The only thing better than a great sunrise is decent traffic. Reporter we have it today, a lot of people are taking the day off your sleeping a little late. This is 422 you can see the eastbound traffic at trooper slowing heading toward king of prussia, but an easy 6 minute ride overall on 422. Not bad at all. This guy is going for a morning walk on trooper road. Hopefully he is okay out there. 206 Trenton Mercer county we have an accident blocking the left lane. The other one in warrington bucks county, 202 at lime kiln pike this morning blocking the intersection it has a fuel spill. Theres a tow truck on the scene they are getting ready to clean it up. Travel times, not bad, often times were in the red not today. Its slowing i95 woodhaven to the vine. 20 minutes between the blue route and the vine. Easy ten minutes from the ac expressway to 295. Nothing on the majors. Commuter traffic report on the waze app said a vehicle stopped on the road 30 eastbound near coatsville, 49 degrees in bethlehem. 50 in quakertown and pottstown. 58 degrees in center city. 51 in browns mills and vineland. It cool out there, chilly in spots. 52 in smyrna, delaware. Heading up to 73. Normally this time of the year we would be in the low 80s. Not today. New this Morning Police shot a knife wielding man who breached security at the miami airport. It happened as travelers were trying to leave florida ahead of Hurricane Irma last night. Authorities say the man snuck into the tarmac and tried to get back into the terminal through the ceiling. Thats when officers confronted him and shot him. He was taken to the hospital in stable condition. Philadelphia Police Officer was fired for fatally shooting a flee suspect in the back. Officer ryan clearly violated the Department Policy several times during a confrontation with david jones back in june. He pulled over jones in hunting park while already transporting another suspect which should not have been done. During an initial struggle with jones who was armed, the officers gun jammed. Jones used that moment to flee. The officer shot jones twice as he ran away. He should have re reassessed and held fire. Black lives matter matter which supported jones called this a good start. The police union had no comment. Betsy devos wants to change the way universities handle allegations of Sexual Assault saying the current guidance is not working and the rights of all parties must be taken into account. She did not detail how the rains will change, but will seek feedback from the public and universities to develop new rules. Coney island has been around for a long, long time. Reminds me of how geico has been saving people money for over 75 years. Hey, big guy come on in let me guess your weight win a prize sure, why not. 12 ounces sorry, mate. Four ounces. Ive been taking the stairs lately. You win, big guy. Sorry, scuse me oh, he looks so much more real on tv. Yeah. Over 75 years of savings and service. Get your rate quote today. Fios is not cable. Were a 100 fiber optic network. And with the new fios gigabit 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 morning america. Robin roberts is joining us for a look at whats going on. Robin i think all around the country, were watching florida and putting our arms around those people worried about whats to come. Reporter there are so many people who have grandparents and family members who live in florida. Hurricane irma has caused havoc in turks and caicos overnight. The monster category four storm still bringing winds of 155 Miles Per Hour flattening buildings, thousands unable to evacuate this as we talk about the storm heading toward florida. Shelters packed to capacity as mandatory evacuations are in effect and the state is preparing for the worst. But hoping and praying for the best. Rick scott is join us again to speak about what the state expects as we have full Team Coverage on the ground tracking the very latest. Tam you said it best. I think the entire country especially after Hurricane Harvey our hearts go out to what could happen in florida and what has happened in the caribbean islands. Well keep a close watch and keep praying and keep our fingers crossed and get out on the other side better. Thank you, robin. Reporter my sister is in southern florida. Im nervous every time i look at the models. I95 lets check the commute. Ive got to say. Weve got sunshine and dry roads, nothing major happening. I95 southbound at the betsy ross bridge jammed past cot mannor to girard. Reporter we have chilly weather, 58 in philadelphia, 5 in allentown. We roll through the day, 68 degrees by noon. High of 73 by 3 00 p. M. , 72 by 5 00 p. M. Its going to be a breezy, but fairly comfortable afternoon. On the bus stop this morning it is on the cool side however, so we do want to remind to dress the kids with a light jacket. 52 in the suburbs, 60 on the bus stop in philadelphia, jennette. More than 330,000 worth of marijuana went up in smoke in ohio. Investigators burned a big pile of the plant as part of three day eradication operation tam isic tam is making gestures here. Police say the marijuana was growing on vacant property or farmlands. To stand out. Get everything they need to shine, for less. This week at staples, shop our fifty cent deals. Staples. Its pro time. They must first learn before tto stand out. Tall. Get everything they need to shine, for less. This week at staples, shop our fifty cent deals. Staples. Its pro time. And assaulted a young woman blocks away from the Lasalle University campus it happened on ogontz avenue overnight. A father was shot and killed in front of his 2yearold daughter during the robbery in the Spring Garden section. Police say the 38yearold victim gave up his money, but the thieves opened fire anyway. Reporter were jammed on the schuylkill expressway, you see the beautiful sunshine, schuylkill expressway at belmont, westbound jammed to past the curve. Overall traffic is good. Reporter chilly in most parts. This afternoon, breezy and sunny, high of 73. The weekend looks nice, 71 saturday, 74 on sunday. Florida a different story, of course, irma coming ashore in south florida later tomorrow and overnight into sunday morning. We want to remind everybody brian taff is on his way down there, hell be bringing you reports throughout the day and over the weekend. 6abc and abc will bring you the latest. If youre somebody who has friends and family down there, of course, our hearts are with you. Well see you in 30 for updates. 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. 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. And we slide whoo nah. Like this. Grab a large or extra large freshly ground, freshly brewed hot coffee for your chance to win. Get your celebration ready. Dunkin donuts. This is coffee. This is winning. Good morning, america. Breaking news as we come on the air, the brandnew update. Florida and Hurricane Irma now closing in. 35 million in its path from florida to tennessee, the mad rush to escape. Overnight, people sleeping on cots at airports and thousands of americans stuck in one of the hardest hit islands trying to evacuate as the u. S. Military rescues critically injured patients. David muir and amy robach are on the ground as the category 4 storm targets the southeast. The biggest earthquake in a century hits mexico. Buildings collapse as the deadly 8. 1 magnitude quake sparks a tsunami warning. Massive hack. More than 140 million americans at risk of having their Social Security numbers, credit card information and identities stolen