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Good afternoon. In the news the engineer from the deadly amtrak crash is back in court in pennsylvania. And the Villanova University Community Says goodbye to legendry basketball coach, rolly massimino. And the big story is 25 of the homes in the florida keys are destroyed from hurricane irma. They are surveying the damage caused by the storm. Fema is launching a stream of rescue efforts along the stream of islands. And people were lined up to return to their communes even though most are without power. We have more from a damaged hope in naples, florida. Look at this roof completely collapsed. Mangled electricity lines, the big challenge cleaning up while staying safe. Now out of florida. And what remains of her is marching north but in her wake she has left a path of devastation and so many homes without power. This stormsredi unstoppable. In jacksonville, florida this river spilled into downtown and the mayor offering this advice. I would remind folks put Something Like a white flag if we need to get you out. Even farther north in charleston, South Carolina. This lake overflowing. This is where the lake was and here is where it is now. And in georgia more than 1,000 flights canceled. In florida it made lan fall not once but twice. Damaging homes in the key as far as the eyes can see. And ships wreck zbrd this is zef stating. The second time on marco island no Running Water two days later. We are encouraging people if you dont have to come back now. Dont. And wreckage like these billboards toppled at the side of the road. This storm tore up the west coast and for some relief. Some trees down and power lines, but i think i have a house and i am so grateful. The entire state soaked and battered and largely in the dark. Irma has weakened to a Tropical Storm but nearly 7 Million People across five states are without power. Utility workers are working 24 7 to get this state back up and running. Molly hunter, channel 6 action news. Military planes loaded with supplies are beginning to arrive in parts of the caribbean stricken by the hurricane. Coming from the u. S. , british and french governments to the islands now in ruins. Hundreds of tourists are still trying to leave saint martin. As they rush to get out the locals trying to find the basics, including food water and shelter. The engineer of that deadly amtrak derailment is back in court for the preliminary hearing. Breaking news now from the frankford section of philadelphia there has been a shooting. This happened at 11 00 this morning on the 5100 block of frankford avenue. Right there on the street you see the crime scene tape is up. We are told that a 24yearold man was shot one time transported to temple hospital and the scene is being held here as the crime scene unit will be arriving and so far no arrests. It happened on the 5100 block of frank ford avenue and police are on the scene of the shooting. Well monitor this throughout the newscast. The engineer in the deadly amtrak derailment back in court for the preliminary hearing this morning. Brandon bostian arrived for the hearing and they rejected the defense teams request to dismiss the case. For the may 16 and crash that killed two people. Action News Reporter john rawlins will have the latest from a live report in the next half hour. A fire tragedy is under investigation in delaware. Family members say that a man died while trying to save his life from a burning home. Wilmington fire officials are investigating the first fire fatality of the year this as family and friends come to terms with this unthinkable tragedy. A man went inside to save his wife of 30 years, not knowing she had already gotten out of the burning home. And now investigators trying to find the cause of a fire that consumed this home of west 37th street. Trapping a man inside and seriously injured his wife. They banged on the door and i ran up the street. That man was georgina watsons stepfather, her mothers husband of more than 30 years. Dennis watson bolted out of the home to what looked like a raging ball of fire and smoke. I was running up the street yelling where is my mom. And a neighbor said she is here, she is here. How did it feel hearing that . Amazing but i was trying to figure out where my stepdad was and they said he ran in to get your mom. He ran in to rescue his wife but she already jumped out of a second story window into the arms of a neighbor waiting to catch her below and the flames trapped him inside. By the time fire crews rescued him he was in critical condition. They found a pulse and performed cpr and he was pronounced dead at the hospital. He took good care of her and loved her and they love their family and always doing things with their family. Investigators dont know if there were working smoke debtors inside of the home. And they will be out in the neighborhood checking for spoke detectors and handing them out as well. Turning to accuweather now more clouds are moving in and its a little warmer than the past few days. Looking live outside sky 6 hd with the view from penns landing. David murphy is in the Weather Center with a first check of the forecast. On the Weather Center big board the clouds are much move pronounced today than yesterday. And getting sunny breaks and the same time showers are pushing up to the south and they stay to the south tomorrow in all likelihood. Comfortable beneath the partly cloudy sky cover. 63 in trenton and 75 in wilmington and cape may, new jersey, 71 degrees. As we go through the afternoon we look at a warm one we expect to get up to 80 by 2 00, and a high of 81 at 3 00 and Still Holding a similar number by 4 00. We start to zip down quickly, 8 00 down to 72 and 10 00, 67 degrees going down to the mid60s in philadelphia and upper 50s in some suburbs. Tomorrow we start to see the cloud cover and some precipitation moving into. By 10 30 in the morning clouds pushing in from the southwest and off and on you see some of this and you see the remnants of Tropical Storm irma, that is no longer a Tropical Storm but we have the wide band of moisture to the east of the storm covering several states including our neck of the woods, on thursday we start to increase the human one for time this season and that may stick with us for several days. When i come back well talk about that. Thank you. Family friends and former villanova basketball players are saying their goodbyes to coaching legend, olli massimino. A funeral mass today at a church on villanova campus. He lost his battle with cancer at the age of 82. He won more than 800 games throughout his long career and let villanova to the championship. There is limited access to the facilities and significant delays at the gates. Todays exercise was organized by military officials in partnership with delaware state police. The Philadelphia School district launched a new initiative to improve better attendance. Hashtag attendance hero was introduced this morning. The Initiative Includes radio psas and robo calls and athletes encouraging students to go to school and learn. Children attend school and we know that children learn to read, and when children attend school they are more likely to graduate. When children attend school they are more likely to be successful later in life. The first ever hashtag attendance award was given to malik ferez. Up next a newborn child is found safe after a man stole the car with the baby inside of it. Plus a Marriage Proposal will be extra special after the diamond ring falls into the water below the bridge. David murphy has your sevenday forecast when action news comes right back. 60yearold convicted sex plead guilty to killing two sisters more than 40 years ago. Sheila and katherine lyons. He waswo prison terms. Welch was already serving a prison term in daware for sexually molesting a 10yearold girl. Parents are suing the boy scouts after their 15yearold son died from a heat stroke during a hike. He was sent on an aggressive hike on more than 100 degree heat before he was trained to do so. The wrongful death lawsuit claims he was with two other teens when he died. A violation of safety rules. His troop posthumously awarded him the eagle scout hon sneer new video shows this 7yearold being taken to the hospital after police rescued the child from a stolen vehicle in california. The woman left the car running and went into the restaurant to pick up food. The man jumped into the car and sped off. The police found the vehicle 20 miles from where it was taken. The child is expected to be okay. P the pilot of a small plane survived when his plane crashed into a tree in connecticut. The tree padded his landing allowing him to walk away without any serious injuries. Police in plainfield, released the surveillance video, and they are working to determine what caused the plane to crash. Theriage proposal is one of the most memorable moments a couple can have. This is true for this couple. Seth presented the ring on one knee and dropped the Engagement Ring it plopped into the water below. I looked over the bridge, and i heard the plop and said oh, no. About 30 of the couples friends jumped into the water the next day and could not find the ring, they are launching a go fund me page to raise money for a new ring and now ruth is hoping for another proposal. That stinks. Ha, ha, ha. All right. Still to come on action news at noon, the new iphone is expected to be revealed in the next a hour. And guidelines are changing for Cervical Cancer screening. Well explain in health check. If youve been struggling with belly pain and constipation, and youre overwhelmed by everything youve tried all those laxatives, daily probiotics, endless fiber it could be wearing on you. Tell your doctor what youve tried, and how long youve been at it. Linzess works differently from laxatives. Linzess treats adults with ibs with constipation or chronic constipation. It can help relieve your belly pain and lets you have more frequent and complete bowel movements that are easier to pass. Do not give linzess to children less than six and it should not be given to children six to less than eighteen. It may harm them. Dont take linzess if you have a bowel blockage. Get immediate help if you develop unusual or severe stomach pain, especially with bloody or black stools. The most common side effect is diarrhea, sometimes severe. If its severe, stop taking linzess and call your doctor right away. Other side effects include gas, stomacharea pain and swelling. Talk to your doctor about managing your symptoms proactively with linzess. In health check. New guidelines are proposed for Cervical Cancer screenings and that could mean fewer pap tests. Women age of 30 would still get regular pap tests but because the hpv vaccine cut Cervical Cancer rates, women 30 and over could get hpv testing once every five years. The federal government is tracking an illness outbreak linked to puppies, so for the national pet store chain, pet land. The bacteria can transfer to humans and 39 people have gotten sick in seven states including pennsylvania pet land has four stores in pennsylvania. And contract your veterinarian if you notice signs of illness in your pet. The new iphone is among the gadgets they are expecting to unveil at their headquarters in cupertino. No official details are released by apple, but as we told you yesterday the new phone is expected to be the most expensive one yet with a price tag of nearly 1,000. Walt disney world and neighboring attractions in universal orlando is back open after escaping a major hit from hurricane irma. They are owned by the Parent Company of 6 abc reopened at 9 00 this morning. Only the fifth time the resort ordered full day closures all of them due to hurricanes. It past west of orlando yesterday morning and weakened to a category one storm. The Action News Team is working on stories for today at 4 00. Here is Alicia Vitarelli with a preview. Reporter coming up today at 4 00 we are helping you protect your identity in the wake of the big equa fax hack. And a teacher is on leave for a quiz she handed out in the classroom. The reason, it asked teens about their criminal and sexual histories and you would not believe the questions. And offensive and irresponsible, just some adjectives used to describe kate hudson today after her comments about csections. David is back with another check of the accuweather forecast. Still feeling summer like out there. Stormtracker 6 live double scan now shows you we are dry and that green blip in the middle is ground cover. As we take a look outside we have sky 6 hd at the beach and you look at this picture its pretty gray. But there is a hint of brightness showing through the clouds and that is what youll see today. Occasionally sunshine poking through. Nice shot of the boat going by there. 73 degrees in philadelphia. Your dew point is low. Wind out of the south at 5. If you have plans to be on the beach today stay out of the water a high risk of rip currents today and frankly for the rest of the week. 73 in philadelphia and 75 in wilmington and 75 in allentown and read prognosis 69 degrees, and 74 in trenton and 73 in cape may on the beach. Satellite shows you the increase in cloud cover, not that you cant see sunshine and we have had some of that in the morning and you notice the showers down to the south of us on radar continuing to fall apart in washington. And d. C. Gets a sprinkle every now and then than is the pattern today and most of tonight. We have a better chance of seeing showers around here and that is the arm of irma coming up. Irma no longer a tropical depression. Warm in the lehigh valley. 79. And down the shore keep in mind rip currents are a big issue, nice enough and high of 7374 in the water. Some sun is breaking through and cloudier today than yesterday. For the phillies, typical september weather as the phillies and marlins as they start up a series. 74 in the first pitch and ninth inning, 67 degrees. Tonight cloudy and winds remain on the light side. Here is the wide view of what is left of irma. You see the rain is dying down and getting fairly scattered and there is that shower activity pushing up into our neck of the woods and future tracker 6 by noon there could be sprinkles and showers before that. Not a lot of this though, just scattered stuff popping through and every now and then you may get a 15 minute burst of steadier rain and hurricane jose down in the caribbean and producing rip currents for the u. S. And it looks like the storm will loop around and become a Tropical Storm and refire to a category one and by sun morning its probably out away from florida. The spaghetti plot models are all over the place, several of them have it going into florida and we are banking on this idea. Going into the atlanticic and staying off the coast. Warm and comfortable today. And tomorrow clouds and sun and a shower and starting thursday youll see and uptick in humidity and still spotty showers or even a thundershowers around on thursday. That is the pattern the rest of the weekend into the weekend. Highs of 87 and 80s on friday and saturday. And 79 on surround. Similar high temperatures and spotty showers for the most part this week. Okay david. In cinnaminson, new jersey, a kickoff for the Big Fund Raiser called golf for a cure. Participants play all day at the River Country club for a rare disease known as spg 47. There are only four confirmed cases in the u. S. And one victim is a little girl named, molly, whose father works at the country club. Today a rafflele to find a cure to save mollys life. Nice day and good cause. More ahead in the next half hour of action news. Another bachelor Love Connection leads to a proposal. Find out what is next for taylor and derek. And those at the shore known for their crazy cocktail concoctions. Action news at 12 30 continues with rick williams, sara bloomquist and meteorologist, david murphy. Here is the stories we are following for you now on action news at 12 30. We are getting a look at damage from hurricane irma. Also, he was charged in the amtrak crash that took eight lives more than two years ago. Today the trains engineer was back in court in philadelphia. And tragedy in wilmington when a man tried to save his wife when their house caught fire. Now the details. The tale of misery caused by irma continues to grow and so does the human toll. It has claimed the lives of dozens of people in the caribbean and southeastern united states. Despite being downgraded it sent four feet of ocean water into charleston, South Carolina yesterday. And that the florida keys took the brunt of irma. That 25 of all the h

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