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Of that front temperatures in the 60s and 50s so much cooler air will be arriving but it really doesnt get here until the end of the week. Next two days still very warm and humid. Hurricane maria continues to roll very slowly just off the coast of Cape Hatteras and what will happen with that storm, that same cold front that brings us the cool air will kick maria out to sea but for the next three days with maria so close that high rip current risk continues. Be very careful, do not get in the weather. Those rip currents have proved deadly over the past weekend. Ill talk more about maria, also talk about the big cooldown on the way coming up in the full accuweather forecast. Jim. Thank you cecily. Investigators scouring the wreckage of a Small Plane Crash that narrowly missed a home in whitpain township. Part of the planes wing wound up on the roof the rest of it in the front yard on meade road. The two seater went down shortly after taking off from nearby wings field. The pilot 29yearold Philip Beckner from maryland remains in critical condition. Authorities are hoping that a new reward will hope them capture a man considered armed and dangerous. 30yearold Gregory Feldman has been on the run since friday. Police say he shot his former girlfriends mother at her home on longmeadow drive in limerick. The 48yearold victim is still recovering but she is expected to survive. The Montgomery County District Attorneys Office is now offering 1,000 for information leading to feldmans arrest. This is barry baker. He coldcocked a man with Cerebral Palsy back on may tenth in west chester and today he finally pleaded guilty. Action News Reporter john rawlins is live at the Chester County courthouse. John, youve got the details. Thats right, jim. Well, authorities here had been preparing for a jury trial today. The defendants claim was that the punch which was captured on video only told part of the story, that the two men had had a prior dustup at a particular night spot earlier that evening. But then came evidence that seemed to shut that theory down. It was a video that caused a stir, a 7eleven shortly after 2 00 a. M. , a young disabled man targeted, mocked, then punched in the face by a man he never met before defendant barry baker. Today michael ryan the target of that attack glad baker finally pleaded guilty. Just happy its over. You know, the fact that its over. Reporter as late as last week baker claimed the video didnt tell the story. His defense the two men confronted one another earlier at a nearby bar barnabys and the 7eleven incident was a continuation of that spat. Barnabys face haas a photo system. They keep that record as a running record of who their patrons were. Reporter it showed mr. Baker there was. Yes. Reporter and mr. Ryan was not. Thats correct. Reporter ryan was not there because he was working the the Family Business bartending at ryans pub until 2 00 a. M. His father was asked today how michael handled what occurred. I dont think he wants the attention. He never wanted any attention about any and disabilities he has. He doesnt claim disabilities, hes a hard working kid, you know, and im very proud of the way hes handled himself. Reporter well, meanwhile baker the defendant is expected to be sentenced sometime in the next one to two months. In has to be a presentencing report made first. His attorney said though it is possible he could face a sentence of two to four years because of what happened. Live in west chester, john rawlins channel6 action news. Jim. Thank you, john. A wilmington Delaware School community is protesting the removal of their principal. Salome thomas el wall placed on a leave of absence from Thomas Edison Charter School but the school board has not disclosed why. Today parents were busy making signs ahead of a rally in support of thomas el tonight. They say he was loved and respected by his students and his staff. We want answers to why this happened, why the embarrassment to this principal, okay. I dont know what theyre going to say but they better have a good one because this is not right. The school which is well known for its Champion Chess Team says it does not comment on personal matter on personnel matters. A somber ceremony this afternoon marking the one Year Anniversary of a house fire that killed three wilmington firefighters. The day of the blaze september 24th has officially been declared a day of remembrance for lieutenant christopher leach, senior firefighter jerry fickes and ardythe hope. Three portraits were unveiled that will hang at each station where these men and women served. Leach and fickes died at the scene after the first floor collapsed. Hope was critically injured and died several weeks later. Tonight some residents at the jersey shore have been asked to conserve water. Its because of the 40yearold pipe that broke sometime over the weekend at baeder field in atlantic city. At one point it was leaking sewage on the old airport grounds and into the surrounding bodies of water. The Atlantic County Utilities Authority is on the scene making repairs. The utility wants people in atlantic city, margate, ventnor and longport to conserve water to minimize flow through the damaged line. A family from richboro bucks county is back home tonight. That after an emotional reunion at Philadelphia International airport. Their daughter withstood the onslaught of Hurricane Maria while she was in the caribbean and boy, is she thrilled to be back home. Action News Reporter Jeanette Reyes has the story. Reporter for a minute this mother and daughter embraced emotional and grateful beyond words for moments they feared would never come to be. The students were more worried about the fact that the parents didnt know that we were okay. Reporter shes a med student at roth University School of medicine in the caribbean island of dominica. The nation of 75,000 was ravaged by a ferocious category five hurricane that killed over two dozen people. It turned into a category five so quickly that i think no one was really expecting any of this to happen. Reporter she and her friends hunk kerred down on the University Campus bracing for Hurricane Maria. She still remembers the haunting sound of the wind whistling and howling. This is what she walked out to. You dont really understand it until youre there. Reporter meanwhile back at home her mother said her world came to a halt. She lost connection with her daughter. Three seemingly never ending days dragged on. She stayed home from work, sobbed much of the time and prayed. There would be times that i would be crying for like i dont know how long and like my other kids at home will come and they will, you know, try to give me strength. Reporter the 24yearold was able to evacuate on a ferry and took a 14 hour trip to saint lucia then took a plane to miami. Eventually she was able to call home. I didnt get to talk to her until friday for hardly about 10 seconds. And that was the best, best ever 10 seconds of my life. Reporter the sardar family shared with me that their thoughts and prayers are for Puerto Ricans who still have not heard back from their family members. They are hoping that more donations will pour in for the caribbean islands to help them rebuild. Reporting at Philadelphia International airport, Jeanette Reyes channel6 action news. And coming up on action news tonight, kindness comes back to a woman in willow grove in the form of a new roof over her head. And injuries put a damper on all the eagles excitement after word that Darren Sproles is out for the season. Those stories and much more when action news continues tonight. Police in mount laurel are still investigating the cause of a deadly collision between a motorcycle and a school bus. The motorcyclist was killed in the crash at 8 00 this morning on south Church Street near country lane. Fortunately no students on the bus were injured. The parents of convicted cop killer eric frein are facing a wrongful death lawsuit. Frein was living with his parents in 2014 when he ambushed a State Police Barracks killing Corporal Bryan dickson and wounding a second trooper. Dixons widow has filed a lawsuit against the freins claiming they psychologically manipulated their son into developing a strong dislike for police and acting on that dislike. Frein was sentenced to death in april. One of delawares busiest roads is now dedicated to the families of Fallen Service members. A section of route 202 has been designated a gold star highway. Military veterans and delaware governor john carney were part of the ceremony in wilmington today. A family in willow grove has long been known for giving of itself to others especially members of the service and veterans but this family that has given so much is now being given to. And what a reaction. Action News Reporter Katherine Scott has that story. Reporter a new roof to top the lewis family home in willow grove. A gift they appreciate from the bottom of their heart. This is like a gift from god to us. This is like a miracle. Reporter patty lewis the founder of america for our veterans has helped thousands of Service Members and veterans for more than a decade. Her son is a marine vet with past tours in iraq and afghanistan. My son was on his third deployment in four years and i knew the kind of support the guys needed and what they needed. Reporter now its her family who needs help even though she explains shed much rather be giving it. It all started when her husband lost his job in 2008. I know that people that went through this with the recession at our age are still going through it now because the repercussions of what we had to do to stay alive weve used everything. Reporter she was diagnosed with noncancerous brain tumors and this past year her husband was diagnosed with cancer. Through it all she has still given back now working with veterans with post Traumatic Stress and traumatic brain injury. Their roof has been leaking for seven years but they havent had the means to fix it. Thats where the owenscorning comes. You can buy a new kitchen or new bath. If you dont have a roof thats not thats leaking, or a roof thats not performing properly, it kind of affects your own house. Reporter owenscorning works with habitat for humanity. Owens corning is providing the materials. Their contractor mark j. Fisher roofing the labor and this 15,000 plus project is free for the family. This family has given so much and the gratitude they have for receiving this help is unmatched. Its unbelievable. Its truly appreciated. Reporter in willow grove, Katherine Scott, channel6 action news. In precision cancer treatment. Using tools like advanced Genomic Testing and immunotherapy to bring more options to our patients. Cancer Treatment Centers of america. Were not just fighting cancer any more. Were outsmarting it. Visit cancercenter. Com outsmart to learn more. After 8 years of chris christie, is kim guadagno the change new jersey really needs . Guadagno is christies handpicked successor. Says shes proud to be part of the christie administration. Guadagno was Chris Christies right hand as our schools came under attack, Critical Services were underfunded, and our Credit Rating was downgraded. 11 times. From the bridge to the beach, weve seen it all, and weve had enough. Kim guadagno isnt the change we need. Kim guadagno isnt tmobiles unlimited now includes netflix on us. Thats right, netflix on us. Get four unlimited lines for just forty bucks each. Taxes and fees included. And now, netflix included. So go ahead, binge on us. Another reason why tmobile is americas best unlimited network. Incredible being at the linc yesterday watching that 61yard field goal go through the goal posts and today some of the bloom is off the rose. Like a hangover today. The euphoria has subsided. The eagles came out of the win banged up. Darren sproles is out for the season. As for fletcher coxs calf injury and jordan hicks ankle injury both are listed day to day. The injuries to sproles both require surgery. The 34yearold sproles had said this might be his last. Sproles made the pro bowl the last three seasons as a punt returner. Coach pederson concedes the birds will lose a lot with sproles out. Hes a great man, hes a great leader, well liked obviously on this team and in this locker room and in this community. Hes a lost energy and its hard to replace. Its hard to replace and so, you know, guys are just going to have to rally and pick up, you know, pick up that spot. Its unfortunate that, you know, the injury has to happen and sometimes it happens to great people and great men and its just the unfortunate side of the business. More from that game in just a second. Whos ready to hoop it up right now. The sixers open Training Camp tomorrow. Today this optimistic team met with the media in camden. Jaime apody was there. Reporter if this sight doesnt get you excited then youre not a sixers fan. The big three, the teams future together for the first time. Joel embiid says his timetable for being good to go is the first regular season game. Hes taking it slow. Its not just about where i been its also about like being in the best shape possible which im not yet at that level. Reporter someone who is finally is ben simmons after missing his entire rookie season with a broken foot. Im ready to go. So, a hundred percent cleared to play and just been working out playing five on five pickup so back where i was before and im a lot better now. Playing pretty well compared to last year. Im a much better player. Its not even close. Reporter simmons will have some competition for rookie of the year with his newest back court mate Markelle Fultz who has some big plans. Getting back to the playoffs. Reporter yesterday a bunch of sixers took in an eagles game embiid with surely the largest celebration of jake elliotts game winning field goal. People screaming my name, trust the process, all over the place. It was amazing. Reporter and he hopes to be amazing this year, too. In camden, new jersey, jaime apody channel6 action news. The nhl preseason continues tonight the flyers will visit the rangers. The phillies are back home for their final home stand of the year. The nats are in town tonight much the phillies need one win over their final six games to avoid a 100 loss season. To me its just a number, you know, 99, 98, a hundred, i mean, we are who we are. We played very well much better the second half than we did in the first half so im pleased with that. Finally back to the last second eagles victory from yesterday. You need to hear and see merrill reeses call. The kick is away and the kick is its good. And the eagles win 61 yards. The longest kick in eagles history. Oh, my goodness. 61 yards. What a game. Did you love it . What a game. You got to love him. He needs to get a little energy. Yeah, pump it a little bit. All right, merrill. Thank you. Meteorologist cecily tynan with the accuweather forecast when we continue in just a moment. Did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back . Say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backups, slow everything. 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Thats a tropical air mass. We will be staying humid through tonight and really through the next two days. Although temperatures will begin to ease back a little bit but right now the heat index makes it feel like 89 in philadelphia, feels like 93 in allentown, allentown tying a record high today of 92 and reading currently feels like 91. A lot cooler at the shore with that sea breeze. Temperatures only in the 70s but you do want to be careful if youre at the shore and the delaware beaches. Thanks to Hurricane Maria satellite and action radar showing this storm is slowly moving north off the southeast coast. It will continue to do that for the next couple of days and the actual cold front that will bring us relief from the heat, its still well to the west across the plains. So we have two more days of warm humid air although winds will shift tomorrow out of the east. So, we wont be in the 90s but well still be well up into the 80s. Tonight mostly clear warm and sticky. 69 in philadelphia. Allentown 65. Wilmington 67 and cape may 68 degrees. Tomar ya continues to slowly drift to the north. We have this ridge of high pressure, winds out of the east so its going to be humid. Its going to be warm with a high of 86 degrees. On wednesday, one more day really feeling like summer. 88 degrees. Then that cold front sweeps through. That cools us off. It also will kick maria out to sea. So that will not be reaching our latitude. Right now its 280 miles southsoutheast of Cape Hatteras North Carolina maximum sustained winds 80 miles per hour. This has weakened to a category one hurricane drifting north at 7 miles per hour. It gets close to Cape Hatteras by wednesday and then when that cold front it does kick it out to sea. The problem again, though, next three days rip currents will be a high risk so you really do want to be careful. So, the exclusive accuweather 7day forecast, tomorrow good amount of sunshine. Its warm, its muggy but not as hot as today, a high of 86 degrees. On wednesday, ahead of that cold front, bump it up to 88 degrees. That front moves through wednesday night into thursday morning. Could have a few showers thursday morning. I think most areas the front passes through dry. The humidity drops. Its breezy, its a pretty nice day on thursday, 82 degrees. Friday 75 degrees. Much cooler conditions. It will be dry and then as we head into saturday, a piece of upper level energy will roll through. That will bring us a mixture of clouds and sunshine, possibility of some showers, 69 degrees. On sunday, sun with a few clouds, a high of 71 degrees. And monday feeling like fall with a high of 73. So, it stays warm and humid the next few days. Friday it will feel like fall. So, fall weather arriving just a week behind schedule. Thanks, cecily. Finally tonight a tech billionaire is stirring up philadelphias great cheesesteak debate. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg rolled up in his limo to pats in south philadelphia last night and ordered mistakes with whiz. In his Facebook Post he writes he traveled all the way to philadelphia for the best cheesesteaks in the land. His proclamation earned him thousands of comments with many questioning how and why he chose pats over genos and others. While that question remains unanswered one thing is clear, he does know how to order like a local. Absolutely. Abcs world news tonight with david muir next on channel6. Action news continues at 10 00 on phl 17 with brian taff, sharrie williams, adam joseph and ducis rodgers. Then please join us at 11 00 here on channel6 for a special report. A notorious drug haven that sat in philadelphias kensington has now been cleaned up and shut down. Tonight Investigative Reporter Wendy Saltzman goes back to the area once known as the bad lands. She has an exclusive first look at the remarkable improvements made to the area an area that addicts once called home. That is tonight only on action news at 11 00. For cecily tynan, ducis rodgers, and the entire action news team, im jim gardner. We hope youll join us for action news at 11 00. Fran grenier. New jersey born and raised. Like his father before him, he served our country with honor in the navy. Came home and worked his way up from floor technician to supervisor at the salem power plant. As a husband and father, grenier knows how families struggle to make ends meet. Thats why hell fight to cut our taxes, and stand up to career politicians like steve sweeney. If we want to change trenton, theres only one way. Fran grenier. Sweet 4k tv, mr. Peterson. Thanks. Pretty psyched. Did you get fios too . No. Mr. Peterson, fios is a 100 fiber opticnetwork. What does that mean . Think about it. If you got an awesome new car youd put the best gas in it, right. 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Chaos and arrests on the hill tonight. Protesters worried about losing their Health Insurance hauled off. Republicans can only afford to