The big four lottery drawings and horse races. Players could cast bets between 10 cents and 20 depending on the game and creigh paid winners a greater value for the winning number 700 to one compared to the commonwealths legal lottery that pays 500 to one. Reporter the d. A. Says the reason the arrest took so long is that creigh was well insulated and the operations were highly organized and located in unmarked buildings. The detectives conducted undercover and surveillance operations at numerous betting locations and they say they all led back to creigh. People that place bets at these locations were on fixed incomes and taking a loss of that money, you know, on a daily basis or from day to day i think it affects their income and could affect them negatively overall. Reporter so back out live we can tell that you we did speak to creighs attorney by phone. He tells us that his client is a nice guy with a nice family. He looked forward to facing these charges and coming to a resolution. We can also tell you that a Pretrial Hearing is scheduled for october 25th. Live in center city, gray hall channel6 action news. Rick. All right, gray, thank you. Also developing at this hour a pedestrian was struck and killed on the train tracks in jenkintown at the start of rush hour this evening. Chopper6 was over the scene just a short time ago. Service had to be shut down on both the Lansdale Doylestown and warminster lines north of the jenkintown stations. Now back up and running were told now. Police are on the scene investigating as to what happened. Philadelphia police have released new video in a deadly hitandrun last weekend in southWest Philadelphia. Investigators say this van struck a 57yearold man who was crossing the 2300 block of 67th street sunday night. This is likely a gray Dodge Caravan or a chrysler town and country. It may have front end damage and a broken windshield. Police say it was traveling at a high rate of speed. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. Turning to our weather now, it was a sunny day with mild temperatures and taking a look from sky6 right now over center city we have a little while left until the sun sets but it feels like a summer evening out there. How nice. Even better, the weekend will be much the same. Meteorologist cecily tynan enjoying the lovely weather and joining us now with the latest. Hi, cecily. Hi, monica. Just a great afternoon to be outside. Loads of sunshine, a little bit on the breezy side and temperatures not feeling at all like october. The past two days made it up to 72 degrees. Today so far 74. Thats 9 degrees above the normal high for this time of the year and we will be warming up even more as we head into saturday. If you look at the temperatures across the eastern half of the country you can see areas out to the west even warmer than here. Chicago 78, bismarck, north dakota 76 degrees. That air mass continues to migrate to the east and will keep warming up. So satellite and radar showing that dominant High Pressure. Thats what brought us the sunshine all week long, the High Temperatures. That will be scooting to the east and that brings a return flow. Not only warmer air but also a little bit more cloud cover developing as we head through the weekend. But tonight high school football, friday night lights, if youre heading out, clear skies. Once the winds once the sun sets, the winds will really diminish. Kickoff temperature is 61 degrees by the Fourth Quarter still pretty mild just a light jacket, 58 degrees and of course we will have highlights on High School Huddle tonight after the 11 oclock news tonight and also next week ill talk about rain on the way and much cooler air actually ill talk about that in a few minutes coming next week in the accuweather forecast. Back to you guys. All right, thank you cecily. Meantime well, theres jamie but in the meantime were going to talk whew. Wait a minute. Push that button did you see that. Taste of revenge in happy valley as number two penn state takes on michigan tomorrow night. Nittany lions were embarrassed by michigan last year 49 to 10 but jamie is here with a preview of how tough this is going to be. Now its your turn. Why, thank you. I will gladly take it guys. Revenge sure is sweet and unlike last year penn state is undefeated and ranked second in the nation plus this game is at their house. The Nittany Lions have not lost at beefer stadium since 2015. Its the whiteout game. Theres nothing like a visiting team being blinded by over 100,000 people. Im jacked up like i am every year cause the environment is special. I think Beaver Stadium on a normal game day is a top five atmosphere and i think a whiteout a whiteout game day is something i think you dont really understand unless you can come experience it for yourself. But if you cant experience it for yourself the best part is you can hide your remote and watch the game right here channel6 proud to show you penn state and michigan. Kickoff at 7 30. Just wear white while youre sitting at home on your couch. Youll peek like youre at the white out. Lets make it 15 right on our air. Its huge. Every time i how wide the remote i cant find it so i just but well be watching. Thank you jamie. A Class Action Lawsuit targeting the worlds top soda makers for their use of the word diet. The suit alleges consumers could mistakenly think drinking diet soda could help them lose wait. Ali gorman joins us live with those details. I think most people drink diet soda to avoid the extra sugar and calories to help prevent weight gain but that belief is being questioned. Some support the lawsuit. On thes are calling it frivolous i spoke with a local weight loss expert about the Science Behind the claims. Cocacola pepsi dr. Pepper are facing lawsuits alleging the marketing of their diet sodas are false misleading. Products marketed as diet should be helpful in helping people lose weight and these products are not helpful in losing weight. They may in fact do exactly the opposite. The suits also claim aspartame the artificial sweetener used in the soda is likely to cause weight gain rather than to help in weight loss or healthy weight management. But dr. Charlie seltzer a weight loss expert in center city believes the lawsuit isnt based on science. The people who are bringing the suit believe that its the diet soda thats causing the weight gain when its merely just a correlation. People who are overweight tend to go to diet soda more in an effort to fix the problem they had in the first place. And he says as for the aspartame. Once in awhile somebody who drinks a diet soda will get an increased craving for sweets but most of the time the opposite is the case. Opinion on social media and on the street system mixed. Some calling the lawsuit absurd or a total joke. Others saying the marketing is misleading and should be clearer. I think a number of people actually use diet products with the conviction that theyre going to lose weight from it. I think that the issue is probably about how we define things like words like diet or healthy. And in a statement to abc news, the American Beverage Association which represents the three companies calls the lawsuits meritless saying diet beverages that contain zero or barely any calories at all have repeatedly been shown to help people manage their diets and weight. Now, if you would like to share your opinion, go to my facebook page. Rick and monica, already getting a lot of comments there. I bet. All right, thank you ali. State Police Across our area are on a twoday Traffic Safety blitz to reduce serious and fatal crashes. Theyre putting extra patrols along 1900 miles of i95 and other roads today and tomorrow. Delaware state police are out in force here in newark this afternoon. The enforcement initiatives include speeding, aggressive driving, distracted driving, seat belt use and more. Its all part of the National Drive to save lives campaign. I95 is the fifth most dangerous interstate in the u. S. All right, speaking of highways and byways tonight, lets check our action news traffic report for you. All right, lets take it live to matt pelman. T. G. I. F. Matt. This afternoon we have a number of really serious accidents rick and monica, the latest of which is here on 422. Its a motorcycle crash in the westbound lanes approaching royersford, both of those westbound lanes are blocked. You can see what this is doing to the westbound traffic. It is a parking lot coming westbound especially from oaks, egypt road, through this point at 29 on out to royersford where, again, no traffic is getting by that motorcycle crash. So, you want no parts of this. Bail from 422 westbound at least by the time you reach oaks. Stay over on ridge pike, even 724 through spring city. But 422 westbound is not where you want to be this afternoon. Had a crash on the turnpike eastbound approaching norristown. Thats now off to the side but damage is done. Still just 18 Miles Per Hour as you come east of valley forge. And the medical chopper has left the scene of the pedestrian crash in hatfield but i would still avoid vine street at edgewood drive there in montgomery county. In new castle county, several major issues. 95 southbound theres a crash near mlk. Couple lanes blocked. Single digit speeds coming down from 202 to the concorde pike. Northbound side is backing up because of the worked by talley road. Overturned vehicle along shipley road near the washington street extension. Marsh road would be a better bet. In new jersey disabled vehicle on 295 jammed because of a earlier crash by the black horse pike. Its busy rick and monica. Well check it again in the next half hour. But at least its friday. Yes. Julia luis dreyfus updates fans on her struggle with breast cancerly well show you the Instagram Post that shows shes fighting her battle with her sense of humor still in fact tact. How burger king is using its own food to stand up for others that and more when action news comes right back. Actress Julia Louisdreyfus announced shes officially done with chemotherapy with her characteristic humor she posted this photo on instagram wearing a hoodie sunglasses an drawn on mustache. The actress quoted the katy perry song roar. Health check tonight a free flu shot clinic was held today in delaware county. Dozens of people showed up to get their shots at the haverford ymca. Experts say australia is experiencing one of its worst flu outbreaks on record which could mean a bad flu season in our area. New this year, the cdc is recommending only getting the injection and not the nasal spray. If you are unable to attend todays free clinic but still want to get your flu shot a free drive through clinic is planned for friday november 3rd at the tinicum fire station. New survey finds the number of Adults Without Health Insurance is up nearly three and a half mill onto this year. The Study Suggests that rising premiums and political turmoil over obamacare are partially to blame. Experts predict that the number of uninsured will that continue to grow. The signup season for the Affordable Care act starts november 1st. A new report shows that environmental pollution is killing more people every year than all of the wars and violence around the world. A Study Released in the middleone nell lancet says one of every six premature deaths were you attributed to diseases from toxic exposure. The financial cost from pollution related illness is more than 4. 5 trillion and that is more than 6 percent of the entire global economy. Report showing the impact of toxic exposure on communities there. This report shows seven neighborhoods in the wilmington area face a higher risk of developing illnesses linked to toxic pollution. Authors say the neighborhoods have higher ratios of people of color and People Living in poverty. The study specifically cites the south ridge neighborhood which has 48ep alistd brown fields. Well, an eightyearold girl in denver, colorado is taking her own frightening experience and turning it into something that will help other children. Destiny martinez loves stuffed animals and collects as many as she can. Well, recent the destiny was in a car accident. She wasnt badly hurt but the crash left her shaken. After that she decided to donate many of her beloved stuffed animals to the local Police Station to help other children who go through traumatic events. Just give them the stuffed animal and tell them youre all right, you got to stuffed animal, just calm down. Several officers say the stuffed animals have already given comfort to several children during crime scene investigations. When asked why she gave her animals away destiny said she just wants to be kind. Aww. Love that. Still to come on action news, Apple Unveils a new state of the art store in chicago. Well give you a look inside. A new Consumer Reports survey shows what drivers think are the most reliable cars out there. That and much more when action news continues in a moment. I no longer live with the uncertainties of hep c. Wondering, what if . I let go of all those feelings. Because i am cured with harvoni. Harvoni is a revolutionary treatment for the most common type of chronic hepatitis c. 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Apple said it reimagined the in store Shopping Experience and when you walk in, it starts with a giant lcd monitor where you can do everything from create your own music to design your own artwork. They have a space where you can experience augmented reality to. Apple is offering an array of classes like coding. Wow. The new survey from Consumer Reports shows what vehicles people think are the most reliable. Coming in first place, out of 12 brands, toyota, second lexus, the third, kia. International brands dominated the top tennessee. Buick was the only one to crack the top 10 at nine. Its been hard for me to stand up to other people cause i feel like im already a target. Just easier to do nothing. The company hired actors to pretend they were bullying a teenager inside of a restaurant. Real customers sat by and watched but few spoke up. Meantime behind the counter actors playing employees served mangled burgers to customers who promptly spoke up about their food. Those customers meantime remained silent about the bullied teens. The ads are encouraged people to Say Something when they see something. A check of that forecast for you. Looking live outside sky6 hd showing you the center city skyline on a friday night looking good. Meteorologist cecily tynan has your exclusive accuweather five day when we come right back. He old iron sides setting e again. The newly refurbished u. S. S. Constitution left the Charleston Navy yard in boston. Part of the Birthday Celebration as well as the 220th anniversary of this vessels maiden voyage. Happy birthday. Wow. We are smooth sailing into the weekend. Meteorologist cecily tynan has all of the details from accuweather. I like that segue. You like that. Really nice. I like that a lot. And speaking of being on the water lets head over to the action news weather center. This is where i want rick to be with me next week. Jet ski on the Schuylkill River at gladwyne. Had to do some waterskiing today. Water a little bit on the choppy side with the winds. The water temperature 62 degrees. The air temperature more than 10 Degrees Higher than that. Right now philadelphia 73 degrees. We hit a high of 74. Thats 9 degrees above normal. Allentown 72. Trenton 73. And cape may currently 69 degrees. So, your friday night if youre out and about its going to be a beautiful friday night. Clear skies, mild conditions, temps holding in the 60s right up to 11 oclock. So maybe just a light jacket if youre heading out tonight certainly not feeling at all like october. And satellite and radar yet again almost looking like a base map. We have High Pressure over us and thats keeping our skies clear. Three days in a row of bright sunshine, cloudless skies and that will continue overnight tonight t once the sun sets, the winds will really diminish temperatures slightly above normal. The normal low for this time of the year, 47 for philadelphia. Well hit a low of 52 allentown 42, cape may 51 and wilmington 48 degrees. So, the clear skies tonight really great timing because the orionid meteor shower peeks. Not that many meteors only about 20 per hour but theyre among the brightest of the season. Best viewing late tonight. If youre a night owl look up between midnight and dawn. The good news with the moon were in a new moon so we dont have any moonlight to obscure the meteors. Good idea to get away from city lights. The city Light Pollution really can dim the viewing. Tomorrow loads of sunshine yet again and temperatures even a little bit warmer than today. At 8 oclock, 52. By lunchtime already 72. By 4 oclock, 76 degrees reaching a high of about 77. A few high thin clouds but more clouds drift in on sunday. Future tracker showing already 59 degrees by 10 oclock. Well make it up into the 70s again but generally overcast skies and temperatures reaching a high of about 74 degrees. So, saturday the warmer of the two days this weekend but both days very mild. The five day at 5 00 tomorrow mostly sunny warm with a high of 77. On sunday not too bright. Again, lots of high thin clouds, the temperature still very mild, 74 degrees for the union game. Monday 77 degrees, a warm night for monday night football. But then a cold front pushes in on tuesday. That will bring us periods of rain, gusty winds. The high 72. Wednesday we drop down to 66. Gets even cooler on thursday. Meteorologist Melissa Magee will talk about that in the sevenday forecast. By friday, though, rick, i think you and i can go waterskiing. That ill pay to see. You start and ill catch up with you. [laughter] thanks, cecily. Yeah, that will never happen. More to come on our next half hour of action news at 5 00. Okay. And action news continues with meteorologist adam joseph, jaime apody, Rick Williams and monica malpass. Hello again. Heres whats happening on action news friday night. Its been a month since Hurricane Maria pummeled puerto rico. 86 percent of customers are still without power and once again the mayor of san juan is slamming the president. Also authorities in florida make a disturbing discovery while investigating child porn allegations. A cache of guns ammunition and maps to schools. Also questions still linger about the deadly ambush in niger that left four and special forces soldiers dead. Now the details. Defense secretary james mattis meeting with lawmakers today after a Top Republican threatens subpoenaes to get more information in the deadly attack in niger. Janai norman joins us live with the latest. Good evening. Reporter good evening, monica. The pentagon launched an official investigation just yesterday. Thats more than two weeks after the ambush and calls have grown louder to find out how a train and assist mission turned deadly. Members of Congress Accusing the Trump Administration of not being forthcoming with information about a deadly ambush in a remote part of the african nation of niger. Communication thats exactly what well do. Reporter chairman of the Senate Armed Services committee senator john mccain saying it may take subpoenaes to gather details of what happened to the american soldiers assigned to train and assist nigers army in fighting terrorists. Just because its called train and assist doesnt mean that its not dangerous. Reporter u. S. Forces have been in the country for the last four years. The four soldiers were part of a green beret battalion. Officials say the unit didnt expect to be in combat but became overwhelmed by a force of about 50 isis militants. Theres a reason we have u. S. Army soldiers there and not the peace corps because we carry guns. Reporter defense secretary james mattis ignored questions about the attack today but two key questions remain did the unit have the proper advance intelligence and backup support in case something went wrong and was Sergeant La David Johnson whose body wasnt recovered for at least 20 hours, left behind. Took us a little while to do that. We didnt leave him behind and we search until we found him and we brought him home. Reporter and general mattis met with senators Lindsey Graham and john mccain today just one day after pentagon officials said the department of defense would do everything they can to provide as much information as possible. Reporting live in washington, janai norman channel6 action news. Rick, back to you. Thank you for that report. Now to the crisis in the caribbean. Today marks a month since Hurricane Maria hit puerto rico. The Governors Office released new numbers today. The storm has claimed 49 lives, 76 people remain missing. The administration has been unresponsive. They go back and forth. The president first says katrina was a real disaster and yesterday said this is worse. That was the mayor of san juan tonight. Meanwhile theres still 4200 People Living in shelters across the island. Well, a couple is warranted in northampton wanted in northampton for stealing lobster muse next and more. Slate bell Police Released this image of the man and women. They say the two walked into the giant on mail road yesterday and stole 1,500 worth of items. In addition to stealing seafood and Cold Medicine they also took meat. They left the store in a new model black ford explorer. Atlantic city Police Looking for this man wanted for burglarizing a convenience store. Philip campos who also goes by willie is wanted for striking the the cedar Market Convenience store on north rhode island avenue. Police say he stole cash and cigarettes back on october 1st. If anyone knows of his whereabouts youre asked to contact police. Well, a grim reminder today on the importance of the move over law. The spirit ride is making its way across the country and today it went from burlington to cinnaminson. There was a ceremonial casket representing all of the First Responders whose lives have been lost while working on the side of the road. The spirit ride has been on a nonstop journey since last spring. Time right now for a check of the action news traffic report friday night. For that we go to matt pelman in the action news traffic center. How we looking. Difficult to find any clouds in the sky this evening, which is a nice thing but dont worry i can be your dark cloud because theyre hanging over the roadways. Weve had a whole bunch of accidents, rick and monica, including a bad one up ahead along 422. This is the scene by oaks, egypt road. You can see the westbound traffic barely moving here. This is just where it starts. Its been a long slow crawl the whole way out past 29, Phoenixville Collegeville approaching royersford. Thats where theres a motorcycle accident still blocking both lanes. So, no traffic is getting by whatsoever on 422 westbound. It is a mess with single digit speeds. You really need to avoid it. Stick with maybe ridge pike or else head out 724 through spring city. 422 westbound not where you want to be this afternoon. Earlier crash on the pennsylvania turnpike eastbound near norristown is off to the side but still just 11 Miles Per Hour coming east of valley forge. Getting word of a crash in eddystone along 291 thats industrial highway by seville highway. One coming in of one on the Ben Franklin Park by the irish pub. Crash on the schuylkill westbound site. Plenty of traffic especially eastbound as you head towards the sixers home opener. A crash in wilmington cleared. Still a long slow moving line of traffic there as well. But have a good he could woo, weekend, rick and monica. Yeah, once we get home. A group of local kids is learning the importance of Healthy Eating habits. Its the little feet big heart walk. They strolled around children of america day care in chestnut hill. They are learning about exercise and the importance of Healthy Eating. This event leads up to the american heart associations heart walk on november 4th. Seniors packed temple universitys mitten hall for the golden lights senior fair. Council president Darrell Clarke was there hosting the event. There were Healthcare Providers check, Blood Pressure levels and more. Seniors could also play games and there were plenty of freebies. Very nice. Uhhuh. Much more still ahead on action news tonight. Sean penn reacts about a new netflix docuseries. Well hear from the actress who was with penn and el chapo. Police duct a child porn investigation and find a whole lot more. Also were going to check in with meteorologist Melissa Magee tracking the latest in that action news weather center. Hi, melissa. Hi, monica and rick. Temperatures nice and comfortable and it stays that way as we head into the week. Looking at the numbers most places in the lower 70s. It gets a little warmer as we get into saturday. Weve got the details coming up in the full and exclusive accuweather forecast. That and much more when action news continues in just a moment. She never let anything slow her down. Even now. And aetna is moving medicare forward right along with her, starting with the medicare rx select Prescription Drug plan. Featuring 18 dollar average plan premiums. And zero dollar tier 1 generic drug copays at preferred pharmacies like cvs pharmacy and shoprite. Aetnas Medicare Part d drug Coverage Options are helping her enjoy life her way. Call aetna and enroll today. Because getting older clearly isnt what it used to be. When youre a doubledipping like steve sweeney, its important to maintain a certain. Lifestyle. Thats why sweeney spent over a hundred grand of his Campaign Funds on highpriced meals and other gifts. Were talking fine cigars, fancy watches, pricey restaurants, and expensive wines all to charm the type of folks who helped him raise your taxes 145 times. Too many in south jersey are struggling. But steve sweeneys looking out for himself, not for us. Florida Police Believe they may have thwarted a massive attack. They discovered an arsenal of weapons while investigating a child pornography case. While searching 24yearold randall drakes home they found 10 rifles eight handguns two shot guns knives a baseball bat with nails even a crossbow. They also found explosives and ammunition sitting next to maps of two schools and a Water Treatment plant. Along with a handwritten note that read, i shall have my bloody revenge and then the world will burn, burn. Drake posted bond overnight but Officials Say hes too dangerous to be released. Hes being held for a Mental Health evaluation. A school bus carrying High School Students burst into flames and it was all caught on camera. You can barely see the school bus through all the flames right here. Within minutes the driver and 16 students from charlotte, north carolina, were all rushed to safety. A student says the bus broke down but the driver was able to restart it and they kept going. Moments later a fire in the engine broke out and quickly consumed the bus. One person was treated for smoke inhalation. Otherwise, everyone on board was okay. Television academy has voted to begin Disciplinary Proceedings against disgraced film mogul harvey weinstein. A hearing scheduled for next month he could be terminated from the academy which of course awards the emmy awards. More than 40 women have accused him of Sexual Harassment or abuse of the the latest is oscar inwerer lupita nyongo. She says in 2011 weinstein offered her a massage at his connecticut home. She says instead he offered to give him one until he said he wanted to take his pants off. She said there were also propositions over the years and she even declined an offer to appear in one of his movies now to the controversy surrounding a new Netflix Series about a meeting between movie star sean penn and mexican actress and el chapo. The day i met el chapo was the name of it. It was released today. Three months after a secret encounter and one day before penn published his story in rolling stone, the dangerous fugitive was arrested. Penns lawyer says he believes the docuseries implies that he helped the department of justice with the capture, something he strongly denies. Well, now were hearing from actress Kate Castillo who was also there. He has seen this documentary and in variety was quoted as saying that there are profound inaccuracies. Whats your reaction to that. I said the same thing about his article, so he has probably a point of view, i have another point of view. What is the truth. That i have nothing to do with him getting caught. Netflix says details of the infamous meeting have been well documented and the only new ground that they are breaking is giving kate del castillo is chance to tell her side. Hugh hefner will grace the cover of playboy with no one at his side. The magazine is giving its founder a cover solo in the wake of his death. After he passed away last month at the age of 91, the novemberdecember issue will honor him with a side Profile Photo taken back in 1965. At the time he was 39 years old. The first six pages of the issue will celebrate the late publishers life. It will include a piece from his son cooper. Jaime apody here with sports and lets talk about our hot sixers. Yeah, theyre looking for their first win and tonight lets see if they can get it at home. The process comes home. The much anticipated sixers and their big three debuting in front of the philadelphia fans for the first time this season. They lost their opener but they shouldnt have and now a chance for their first win of the year. Jeff skversky court side at the Wells Fargo Center sixersceltics here we go, jeff. Reporter cant wait. This place will be deafening tonight. Joel embiid and the sixers warming up behind me. Were here with sixers president chris hecht. Do you remember this time there was this much buzz, this much excitement for a sixers home opener an sixers season. The home opener always adds Something Special to it but whats going on right now is something that maybe half the people in here havent experienced in their lifetime. In washington, in the Season Opener wednesday, sixers fans were down there chanting trust the process. What do you expect this atmosphere to be like. I think youre going to see that times 15. It is i was there in washington and i felt like i was in a home game in philadelphia when the lights go out tonight, this place is going to take off. I truly expect the building to be rocking and shaking right in front of us. You have the easy job of selling this place out. Over 14,000 season tickets, easy job with this team, right. Well, you know what, nothings easy but its been a four year overnight success, so we have taken a long time. Weve had great loyal fans in philadelphia, always seems to deliver in the end and we have a product now that is special. Good luck tonight. Sixersceltics. Sixers president chris hecht. Lets go back live to you jamie in the studio. Thanks jeff. All right, its been a long time also since the eagles played a football game. We have to wait a couple more days but monday night matchup makes it worth it. Eagles prepare to host the redskins on monday night football its a game Nigel Branham called a championship game with a nice chance to bury the skins who sit behind the birds in second place in the nfc east. The best part of this one the teams will have the fans on their side as the linc has become quite the home field advantage. Its great. Especially for the away teams. The fans make it that way. Make it a tough place to play in and when you got when you got the stadium is rocking really loud which is always that makes us really play to another level. We are teaming up with phl17 to bring you a full night of football monday night. Our special countdown to kickoff airs at 8 00 p. M. The game at 8 30, eaglesredskins, monday night on phl17. Its a big second rank set to host 19th ranked michigan. Nittany lions havent lost in Beaver Stadium since 2015 when they fell to michigan. I love standing at that tunnel feeling the energy and the electricity in the stadium and then running out and then after that you really dont kind of realize it again until the games over. But want to thank our fans, want to thank the community. 6abc is the place to be for penn state and michigan. If you cant get to happy valley do your part, wear white and watch it on your couch. Tomorrow at 7 30 right here on channel6. That should be a great football game. Tough matchup. Absolutely. Will be fun to watch. Thank you jamie. Thank you. Meantime the first ladys inaugural gown is now at the smithsonian. She talks about what went into designing and picking that dress. Looking live from sky6 hd a pretty picture of the center city skyline as the sun begins to set. Meteorologist Melissa Magee has your exclusive accuweather 7day forecast when we come right back. Pretty psyched. Did you get fios too . No, was i supposed to get fios . Mr. Peterson. Fios is a 100 fiberoptic network. Its like it was invented to stream 4k movies and shows. How do you know so much about tv and internet . The internet. Right. Streaming is only as good as your internet. So get the best internet with the 100 fiberoptic network get fios now just 79. 99 per month for fios gigabit connection plus tv and phone. First Lady Melania Trump presented her inaugural gown to the smithsonian today. Shes donating it to the American History museums first ladies collection. This has been a tradition for more than a century. The collections curator says it started with first Lady Helen Taft in 1912. Miss trump collaborated on the gown with designer herve pierre. I must tell you that it can be a daunting task to choose an outfit that will be part of our nations story. And forever history. Nearly 4 million visitors passed through the first ladys collection last year. All right, in the meantime meteorologist Melissa Magee is in for adam and if you liked today, youll love the weekend. Uhhuh. Gets even warmer as we get into saturday, temperatures staying well above average. Show you the picture outside as we walk over to the weather sent you could see weve got a gorgeous shot of chester and Talen Energy Stadium is going to be a lot of activity going on as we head into the weekend especially on sunday as Philadelphia Union take on orlando city and as we look at the forecast for that game, weve got a bit of a milky sky by sunday. A south to southeasterly wind at five to 10 Miles Per Hour, 4 00 p. M. For the start a temperature of 74 and as we get to 7 00 p. M. Sunday night a temperature coming in at 70 degrees. Heres sky6 live in hd. Theres a live shot of Talen Energy Stadium and you can see calm conditions, not a cloud in the sky here at this 5 oclock hour. Right now in philadelphia, most spots still above average. 73 in philadelphia, 64 in the poconos, 72 for reading. 70 in lancaster at the coast in cape may, 68 up in beach haven and at 69. Satellite6 along with action radar showing you weve got a dominating ridge of High Pressure across much of new england down across the midatlantic region and the winds today out of the northwest. With the northwesterly wind it suppresses that cloud cover. Thats why weve got a bright blue sky overhead and very little clouds as well and no moisture to talk about for now. So for the rest of tonight mostly clear, comfortable, a drop down to 42 in the suburbs and 52 degrees in philadelphia for the overnight low. As we get into the start of the weekend on saturday, sunshine, a few clouds, temperatures a bit 12 degrees above average, 77 in the city, 77 in reading for a High Temperature up in allentown, the lehigh valley, 76 down in dover, tomorrow 74 and at the coast at the boardwalk in at 72. So that weekend warmth continues. The ridge of High Pressure will slowly move to the east. We tap into a return flow with that south to southwesterly wind. Numbers 10 to 15 degrees above average in some spots. But then were tracking a bit of a pattern change. You can see this trough of low pressure moving through allowing for all of that cold air from canada spilling southward and then were tracking this area of low pressure that will move through as we get into tuesday. So, that will provide us with some rain, some spots cop find anywhere from a half inch to an inch of precipitation on the way. The exclusive accuweather 7day forecast showing its sunny and warm tomorrow. High temperature at 77. Not as bright, still mild with a bit of a milky sky. By sunday a High Temperature in at 74. Its warm on monday, clouds and sun, and at 77 for the high. And then its all about monday night football as the eagles get home at the linc in a prime time matchup taking on the redskins, 8 30 is the kickoff, partly cloudy, very mild, First Quarter temperature in at 69 and we drop down to 66 as we get into the Fourth Quarter. Then were tracking that rain by tuesday with some gusty winds, High Temperature at 72. Partly sunny on wednesday with a high of 66. Its cool on thursday with limited sunshine at 62. And turning milder next friday with a High Temperature in at 69 degrees so weve got a nice stretch and even nice on monday for the eagles, guys. Wonderful. Thank you so much. You can keep up with all the changes to the forecast yourself throughout the weekend right here on your phone or tablet and that includes realtime views from storm tracker6, the 6abc app is a Free Download for your mobile device. Two astronauts headed outside for six and a half hour space walk. Thats right. I had to do a double take on that. Randy bresnick and joe acab ventured out to conduct maintenance on the space stations robotic arm. An inspection. The maintenance included lubricating recently replaced hardware on the arm. They were also set to replace some of the stations external cameras. This was the third space walk in two weeks for the space station american residence. Still ahead, a heartwarming story for you. The kind gesture from a Police Officer thats helping one teenager get closer to his dream of playing hoops on his high school team. Well be right back. 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. Chicago area teens quite the lucky one. His membership lapsed at a local gym but employees said he just kept coming even though all the entrances were blocked to him. They warned him if it happened again they would call the police. He did show up again and then so did an officer. After 23 years on the job you kind of size up people pretty quickly. And i could tell he was he seemed like he was kind of a gentle type of kid. Well, officer valenti liked him so much he offered the club 150 so Vincent Gonzalez could have a place to keep playing basketball. The child had been practicing in hopes of making his New High School team. The point guard understands his interaction with the officer could have gone differently. I texted him. I said thank you. That meant a lot. Gonzalezs mom says shes extremely grateful for the officers gesture and the gym found out. They then offered the teen a two year membership. Very nice. Thats great. Right now the Action News Team standing by with these stories and much more coming up next at 6 00. A show of solidarity at one Chester County high school after racially insensitive photos circulated on social media. Plus. How much is too much when it comes to halloween displays . Im Nora Muchanic in ocean county where one waretown family is getting some grief over a pretty graphic halloween display. Ill have that story coming up next. Also new at 6 00 a generous donation for a West Philadelphia school thats giving students with special needs a new place to learn. Well have those stories and more coming up. Now for Melissa Magee adam joseph cecily tynan jaime apody Rick Williams, all of us at action news, im monica malpass. Join me next for action news at 6 00. Good night. When youre a doubledipping pensionpadder like steve sweeney, its important to maintain a certain. Lifestyle. Thats why sweeney spent over a hundred grand of his Campaign Funds on highpriced meals and other gifts. Were talking fine cigars, fancy watches, pricey restaurants, and expensive wines all to charm the type of folks who helped him raise your taxes 145 times. Too many in south jersey are struggling. But steve sweeneys looking out for himself, not for us. Action news. Delaware valleys leading news program with ducis rodgers, meteorologist cecily tynan and jim gardner. Friday night. Jim is off. Im monica malpass. Officials in philadelphia bust a major Illegal Gambling Ring that was a family affair. And the sixers host boston tonight for their regular season home opener. Were live in south philadelphia. But the big story on action news is the show of solidarity among students today at coatesville area high school. It comes after a series of racially insensitive pictures on social media. Today students stood side by side as a sign of protest and unity saying the School Administration is not doing enough. Action News Reporter vernon odom live in coatesville with details for us. Good evening, vernon. Reporter good evening, monica. Hundreds of students here boycotted classes all day today knowing there will be penalties for doing so according to the principal but they told me theyll suffer the punishment to make their point. Hundreds of coatesville area high students boycotted classes today. Protesting what they say is a pattern of Racial Discrimination tolerated by the administration and present in the classrooms. Enrolled in advanced placement courses. I feel like im an outcast. I feel like im getting looked at a certain way because of my skin tone. I feel like when i walk i