they had been talking about the eclipse for months. >> we have been waiting for this for a long time. >> it's amazing. i've been typing it up and looking all about it and i'm like oh, my god it's so cool like i'm like wow mom like i can't believe we're seeing this. >> reporter: everybody was like that, wow mom, i can't believe i'm seeing this. this is the lark ken family. they came from pottstown to see the eclipse and experience all of this here at the franklin institute. why did you make the trip? why did you need to be here. >> well, we thought this would be a super fun place to see where real live science goes down. what's happening in the sky behind us and this is science. what is science. >> science is amazing. >> reporter: what was it cool to be here with so many others. >> it was really fun. i've never seen anything like this. i love science. >> reporter: so cool. >> reporter: does this enhance your love of science more. >> it was really fun. >> reporter: will you tell your friends at school about it. >> it was really fun. it was really cool how they line up and stuff. >> reporter: it was cool. memories for everybody here at the franklin institute today. reporting live in center city, i'm sarah bloomquist channel6 "action news." back to you. >> all right sarah thank you so much. science is cool. what a great sentence. they set up a viewing area on wilmington. nasa space ambassador and wilmington university carry blanche the professor there was on hand to lead a question-and-answer session. in south jersey, people gathered on the campus of rowan university to watch the eclipse. chopper6 hd was over the campus in glassboro where they handed out glasses to everyone who gathered there outside the university science building and planetarium. >> in our area we had about 80 percent of viewing of this total solar eclipse but we really needed the weather to cooperate to make that happen. >> it did for the most part. meteorologist cecily tynan live outside this afternoon. cecily i would say we did pretty well. >> for the most part. we did have intermittent clouds and the marine influence did bring at more clouds on shore than inland. in philadelphia we would have a cloud that would cover it and then it would move on and you could see it. i want to show you this satellite imagery. this is visible satellite. it depends on the sun so if you look, this is noon. as i put this in motion, look at the west coast towards the east, and you can actually see, see how there's a void in those clouds and that is the shadow of the moon as it was crossing from the west coast to the east coast and the united states, the only country, the north america area the only land mailings in the path of totality so this was our eclipse and it was pretty interesting to watch it here even though we just had partial. the last total eclipse for philadelphia was way back in 1478. the next one won't be until 2079 my kids are excited about that one but this is a drought of 601 years. the average for a total eclipse anyplace on the planet is 375 years. we have to wait 601 years between total eclipses. let's talk about what's happening in the moment now. double scan live showing that we are seeing some showers and thunderstorms beginning to break out to the west, a few of those will be sneaking through overnight with a warm front and what this warm front will bring us is oppressive heat and humidity. we have a heat advisory posted tomorrow for the urbanized areas along i-95. this is where the heat index, the combination of the heat and humidity will be climbing up around 100 degrees. so, it's dangerous for a lot of people, uncomfortable for most but the heat and humidity will not last very long. i'll talk about that and talk about the storms on the way coming up in the full accuweather forecast. back to you. >> cecily, thank you. well the town of saint joseph missouri was one of many in the path of totality for the solar eclipse. >> that's where we sent meteorologist adam joseph to get one of the best views. he got to see the big event just after 2 o'clock our time, 1 o'clock there with the time difference. >> adam joins us live to tell us about that up close and personal experience. hey, adam. >> reporter: you know, my heart is still beating the moment that totality hit. number one, because of totality and number two what you're seeing weather-wise right now is extremely deceiving because leading up to the eclipse, it was storming, it was cloudy. we were like we're not going to be able to see this at all but you know what, everything came in line perfectly to get a little bit of a glimpse of it and derek pitts come over here he's from the franklin institute, he's the chief astronomer over there. it was 20,000 people here, packed for days, most of them left because that thunderstorm came in right before totality and they said we're calling it a day it isn't going to happen. >> right. >> reporter: then in that two minute 38 second minute we had of totality there it came. >> had to be the most dramatic astronomical experience i've had 18th of other solar eclipses like this because it was raining 10, 15 minutes before we got this great break in the crowds and they justin enough we could see the last 10 percent of the sun as it was being covered by the moon and then that beautiful opening that let us see totality just for those few seconds. we could see the corona, we could see prominences and you could hear the yelps and cheers. >> reporter: cheers and goose bumps and tears in people's eyes. did you expect it to be that dark. it was pitch black here. >> i did expect it to be really dark. the cloud cover helped to make it even darker so that added to the drama and really felt like something momentous was happening. >> reporter: and you saw one totality in the black sea prior to this. but this is your -- how many attempts did you try to witness totality across the world. >> this is my fifth attempt and three clouded out. the one in the black sea was totally clear and this one ranks as the moment dramatic i've ever seen. >> reporter: it was unbelievable to experience, you know, that moment that everyone came to from across the world here in this one field. >> in this one spot sure because everybody recognized that this is the place where we'll get the greatest amount of duration of time, nearly the greatest duration of time. we all expected we would have a really great experience but the clouds and weather added to the drama. it gave it a sense of three dimension with the clouds in between. >> reporter: derek i'm so glad we made the 1400-mile journey with you across the country. back at home we have john rawlins in cape may new jersey which was another place to have a beautiful shot of 80 percent of that moon blocking the sun back at home. >> reporter: indeed it was. this was definitely not just another day at the beach here for the folks in cape may. now most of them obviously came down to enjoy the sun. this is august in cape may but as a bonus they got to watch the sun today. this day at the beach started hot, sunny and clear. many in cape may looking for those hard to find eclipse glasses. luckily, chris bakely a local astro photographer brought 200 glasses with his own money to give away. >> we are ready for this. thanks chris for making this happen. >> reporter: he also set up a camera with a 1600-millimeter lens so those without the glasses could share the view. >> also you know, they always say on tv that one person can change the world. now i may not be changing the world today but i will have helped as many people as possible see this eclipse. >> reporter: out on the beach we didn't find anyone who came here expressly for the eclipse. but many said they were ready to gaze upwards. the first hint of heavenly changes came at about 1:20. >> i feel like the moon coming into -- in front of the sun like it's almost incredible. >> reporter: just starting isn't it. >> yeah, just started. >> reporter: the maximum shadow was 2:46. it was hard to tell if the darkening was because of the lunar shadow or gathering cloud cover that at times obscured the sun. whichever the case those who did kept gazing upwards felt rewarded. >> we thought about going down to south carolina for the total eclipse. this is just as cool. partial eclipse is really amazing. i made a pin hole camera but i'm really glad i got these glasses. >> reporter: quite a show overhead here in cape may. the only distraction i think was probably that cloud cover which seemed to appear just key times during some of the critical minutes but i think overall everybody enjoyed the show. live in cape may, john rawlins channel6 "action news." >> john we enjoyed it here too right outside the 6abc studios and you have been sharing your eclipse memories with us today. let's start with these pretty incredible pictures taken by a viewer named daniel john. he shared them with us on twitter using the #6abcaction so he got these shots above the skies in norristown, pennsylvania. i asked him how, was this an iphone. he says i took a picture every 25 seconds with a cannon camera on a tripod, a neutral density filter made specifically for eclipses. needless to stay he was ready to get these shots and pretty professional looking stuff here. more magnificent pictures from bear delaware, niah snapping the scene from right outside her home there. really great stuff. you saw people making their own viewers if you couldn't find those glasses mom nia took this picture of her daughter thalia their homemade viewer. looks like she's got two working there. they are ready to go. brittany sims, and i asked her did this work and she said, yes she said she went with the nine stacked sunglasses approach. i can't imagine it was very comfortable but, you know, when you can't find those glasses they were in high demand, you got creative and finally, celeste tells us rookie was also ready for the big eclipse day with total eclipse cereal. his little viewer there, sun chips and the sunglasses. even the four legged friends getting in on the action but with eye protection of course. >> of course. that is a must, a priority. all right alicia. you can relive the great american eclipse any time on our web site at 6abc.com/eclipse. there you can watch video of our "action news" team all across the country as well as see photos on prepare for the next eclipse which is coming up in 2024. >> all right. start the countdown clock. >> start it. >> it is time for a first check on the traffic. >> i'll start looking for another pair of glasses right now. good afternoon brian and sharrie. looks like the need to drive eclipsed the desire to watch the eclipse for a lot of people. we're still seeing a bunch of people on the roads on this monday afternoon. schuylkill expressway eastbound backing up from girard through this point approaching spring garden into south street. we had a broken down vehicle that was blocking a lane for a time. they just got it pushed out of the way. extra slow on the eastbound side of the schuylkill with speeds like 11 miles per hour. then farther along as you head eastbound you're seeing a jam on the walt whitman bridge from the upside onto into southbound. there's a crash southbound at 295 that also just got pushed off to the side. and let's check this situation. you guessed it. it's an opening at the tacony-palmyra bridge. bridge is back down t now we set our sights on the burlington bristol bridge. start heading for that turnpike connector. winslow township investigating a motorcycle crash blocking the white horse pike this afternoon. old white horse pike gets you around it. let's grab the ipad check your ways home with the waze app. 295 northbound in bellmawr reports of a crash north of 42 so jammed there as well as you come off of the north-south freeway. we'll check it again brian and sharrie in the next half hour. >> thanks my friend. >> thank you. >> more "action news" coming up right after this. >> ♪♪ ♪ ♪ health, is having the freedom to do what you want to do with your life, every single day. so at aetna, we promise to keep finding new ways to join you so nothing gets in your way. because no matter where it is you're going or whatever stage of life you're in. we believe that when it comes to health. you don't join us. we join you. today, we spend a whole lot of time like this. so at citizens bank, we've created banking tools that fit how you're living today. from advanced atms... to online banking... to our award winning mobile app. and if you prefer face-to-face we have that too. ask me, terry goggans, how our balance of technology and people can help you. >> ♪♪ >> the controversy over the statue of former philadelphia mayor frank rizzo continues tonight with supporters meeting with the mayor and opponents planning to protest. "action news" reporter bob brooks live now at city hall for the latest on this back and forth. bob. >> reporter: hey, sharrie the good news is this protest is sort of happening right now with these people who want the statue to come down has stayed peaceful. there's behind me a few hundred people in the crowd right now and again it has remained peaceful. kudos to the philadelphia police department in doing such a good job in planning for this to happen. while groups gathered to watch the eclipse some members of the philadelphia police department didn't have that luxury. they were busy blocking off the frank rizzo statue. it was around 2 o'clock when officers began to section it off with steel fencing. police tell us they're expecting the crowd of anti-statue protesters to grow beyond 300. today we caught up with mayor jim kenney. he says right now he's listening to all sides but at this point no decision on whether to take the statue down keep it or move it to a different location has been made. >> i don't know at this moment what the right thing is to do for everybody and it won't be the lightning for everybody in the end. >> reporter: though he himself is not a fan of it. >> there are no statues of mayors. if you look back at some of our history richardson dillworth great mayor jim tate the fires -- first irish american mayor. >> reporter: there was a closed door meeting with those who want to keep the statue. the reason for that safety. now today mayor kenney said a decision on the statue is going to come soon. he says the greater chance there is for violence breaking out here. all day we spoke with philadelphians wondering what's going to happen. one young man told me he would like to see it go. in his opinion he doesn't represent philadelphia now. >> i think the statue should be removed at some point because i feel as though we've made progression away from some of the actions that mayor rizzo made in the past. >> reporter: one woman we spoke with says she watched rizzo throughout his career and thinks the city has bigger issues than a statue. >> he's a party of our history. he's a part of the history of philadelphia. >> reporter: you think the statue should. >> i think the statue should stay where it is to be perfectly honest. >> reporter: you have to applaud both sides both for the statues those against it especially the philadelphia police department because at this point we know the protests like this can sometimes get violent. today that's not the case. reporting live in center city, bob brooks channel6 "action news." brian. >> we'll keep our eyes on that bob. thank you. in spain police confirmed that the fugitive barcelona van attack suspect has been shot dead in a small town outside the city. the man was wearing an explosive belt when he was shot. the suspect had been the focus of an intense manhunt after authorities say he used a have a and to mow down pedestrians in barcelona's famous las ramblas promenade on thursday. 13 people were killed more than 120 others injured. >> a search and rescue mission is under way at this hour for 10 missing u.s. soldiers after the u.s.s. john s. mccain collided with a 600-foot oil tanker. others were injured in this collision which happened near singapore in the south china sea. the u.s. navy is now investigating. this is the second time a u.s. naval destroyer crashed with another vessel in the pacific in the past two months. this latest collision happened in a busy shipping lane. the ship was so badly damaged there is a gaping hole in the hull water pouring from the wrecked destroyer. the crews sleeping quarters are among the compartments just completely flooded. four sailors were airlifted to a singapore hospital but it's those 10 missing sailors that are the greatest current concern. the u.s. john mccain bears the name of john mccain's father and grandfather. the senator tweeted cindy and i are keeping the sailors in our prayer and president donald trump weighing in as well. thoughts and prayers are with the u.s. navy sailors aboard the u.s.s. john s. mccain. again a search and rescue operation is very much under way at this hour for those 10 missing sailors and an investigation is ramping up as well. brian and sharrie. >> alicia, thank you. >> ♪♪ >> all eyes of course have been to the skies today as we took in that incredible and beautiful solar eclipse. >> yeah. >> not too long ago. >> it was really fun because most of the station wall outside. >> yeah. >> and the clouds would come and even with the glasses, i have a splitting headache right now. >> from staring up. >> from staring up and i took breaks and everything and we have seven years before we get to do this all over again. >> can't wait. >> let's head over to the "action news" weather center and i love this shot. bob watts "action news" editor and he's also a great still photographer took this with a special lens right outside the station. what i like about out is you can see the solar eclipse close to maximum here in philadelphia and also you can see how it did have to battle with some clouds. intermittent clouds through the afternoon and actually the clouds will be thickening a little bit tonight. could get a spotty shower or thunderstorm as much warmer air moves in. so the accuweather highlights show you summer heat returns tomorrow. heat and humidity. if you don't like it, though you don't have to wait long. big changes by the middle of the week. it's actually going to feel like fall by the end of the week and the weekend and yes in seven years, we have our next eclipse so i like this map because it shows you all of the solar eclipses in the 21st century. this is the path of the eclipse that happened today. this is april 8th 2024. it's a lot closer to philadelphia so we'll actually be close to 90 percent and if you want to see it, if you go to far northwest corner of pennsylvania, that will be in the path of totality. there's also one more, come in a little closer so i can show you, you see this right here? this is what might kids are excited about. may first 2079, we have a total solar eclipse that starts basically in philadelphia. the path begins here so tell your kids about it. a lot of us won't be here for that and hopefully the weather will cooperate. right now double scan live showing that we do have is a few thunderstorms beginning to break out in maryland. they're drifting to the east. they could clip parts of kent and new castle county delaware and temperatures right now definitely on the warm side. philadelphia 84 degrees. typically warm for august. allentown and reading 85. wilmington 83. notice though, along the beaches you get that sea breeze in atlantic city 79. satellite and radar showing you see how the satellite watch, see it again see how it disappears for a second. that was our eclipse right there but now you can see we do have some cloud cover a few showers beginning to pop up and that is that warm air moving in. so tonight partly cloudy, a spotty thunderstorm possible, 74 degrees in philadelphia. cape may 74. allentown 70 and wilmington 73 degrees. tomorrow the heat is on. this is the heat index tracker. it shows you by 2 o'clock in the afternoon, that heat index close to 100 degrees so we do have an excessive heat advisory posted and future tracker showing as we get a cold front moving closer, tomorrow night could get some thunderstorms, the best chance appears to be up in the poconos. so the four day at 4:00 tomorrow the heat is on. that heat index close to 100 degrees. 93 degrees and isolated thunderstorm possible tomorrow night. wednesday transition day t morning clouds, maybe a lingering shower at the shore then sunshine, 86 degrees. we drop to 82 on thursday. friday 79 degrees. that fall-like air sticks around for the weekend. we'll talk more about that in the seven-day forecast. "action news" continues after this. >> ♪♪ >> ♪♪ >> philadelphia mayor jim kenney here today about how art is helping give people a second chance. the mayor spent some time in feltonville talking with people from the mural arts guild program. the guild is a paid once incarcerated people the chance to develop job s the m continue the program if funded is supported. >> it was a day on the links in west chester. all for a good cause. the cheney see club hosted its wade wilson golf tournament today. the eighth annual charity event was held at poaks country club its a fundraiser that provides cheney university studentps. as t eight yent has than $250,000 and supported dozens tudents. the next half hour of "actionnews" at 4:00 after >> ♪♪ >> ♪♪ >> "action news" continues with meteorologist adam joseph, alicia vitarelli sharrie williams and brian taff. >> ♪♪ >> hello again. 4:30 now and "action news" continues with an event decades in the making. the great american eclipse. hundreds of millions of people from coast to coast watched day turn to night as the moon passed right in front of the sun, the first time that's happened in the continental united states in years. cities in 14 states experienced several minutes of total darkness as the lunar shadow raced across the country. >> though it did not look that dramatic across the delaware valley people were not disappointed locally. droves turned out to watch the out of this world phenomenon. one of those people was our very own melissa magee who watched the eclipse from the nasa observation site in wayne and that's where we find melissa live right now. a lot of oohing and ahh hing, hm melissa. >> reporter: that's right sharrie and brian. that's what it was all about. this spot was packed with people earlier today at the mckaig education center. as you mentioned this was chosen by nasa as an official observation site. they wanted students to record the wind speed today during the solar eclipse. overall this was a family gathering that certainly didn't disappoint. it was the show in the tie skyy that had everyone looking up today. fingers point, in the air and faces aimed high as the moon passed in front of the sun during this rare solar eclipse. >> wow 'cause i never seen one before and it's a really rare sight to actually see. quite interesting. >> when i first saw it it almost looked like animated and then it also looked like a halloween moon like all the clouds like over it and everything. >> reporter: 300 people were in attendance during the great americans of american eclipse watch party at the mckaig education center. while it was a family affair in wayne it was also a chance to get young students involved in science. 10-year-old jada was busy collecting the time, temperature and wind during the eclipse. did you notice the change during the eclipse with the temperature. >> yeah. >> reporter: what did you notice? >> it got a little cooler but then it kind of raise the up back again. >> reporter: all of the weather information jada and other students collected will be sent back to nasa for more observation. >> very cool thing i thought was that the community got together. there was 300 of us from this area that got together and just had a wonderful time togetherds andneighbors. >> reporter: and some little expect kell inpectacle in the sky. >> i thought the moon looked like cheese and the color was like the really dark orange cheese just like a slice of it and then the crowds looked like a cracker behind it like hey, i'm ready for you to eat me. >> reporter: are you hungry by chance. >> no. [laughter] >> reporter: so that sandy. she was having a lot of fun out here today and i tell you what leading up to the solar eclipse these glasses were a hot commodity. you might want to keep them on stand by because the next total solar eclipse is seven years from now in 2024. reporting live from the mckaig education nature center in wayne where we had a little slice of history today melissa magee, channel6 "action news." we'll send it back inside to you sharrie. >> all right we're already ready for the next one. that's how greedy we are around here. let's switch now to meteorologist adam joseph live in saint joseph, missouri. adam you were in the path of totality during the eclipse and what did you think? >> reporter: oh, what did i think? i could talk for hours talking about what i think. i'm glad i made this trip. i'm glad we had this opportunity and now i understand why people say you should travel to the path of totality. we're in the rolled of rose kranz airport. it is clearing out pretty quickly. you see all those cars lined up along the levy leaving and exiting after watching quite a spectacular atmospheric show and most of these people planned the stay from more than a year ago. total eclipse watchers came from across the country and the world in hopes of seeing totality in a field on the edge of kansas and missouri. people got in position awaiting a moment that would only last two minutes and 38 seconds. just before the moon covered the sun a storm rolled in, clouds took over, rain started falling, lightning shot across the sky and half of the people packed up got in their cars and exited this location but for those who had a little bit of hope it did pay off. within the two minutes and 38 second window a break in the storm allowed us to see totality even if it was just for a few seconds and truly it was an outer body experience witness and feel that we all took in. darkness at 1:06 p.m. in the afternoon along with cheers, tears and goosebumps and let me tell you i can still feel those goose bumps. i think they're permanently on me here and guys i am a man who is very comfortable in his own skin and i will admit that i dy cry a little bit when it happen e because yo you felt when that moo sun and you could see it and the corona, the atmosphere and the sun in complete darkness only with a little bit of light on the horizon guys. it was really awesome to witness here in missouri. so hopefully one day you guys get to witness there totality in seven years from now because i can completely say go to where it is. whatever you are doing plan it right now. seven years in advance. totally worth it. your excitement through the screen so we're so glad that you were there and i hear real men cry so it's all good adam. we'll see you later. the campus of bucks county community college looked more like a beach today. people camped out under umbrellas or laid out waiting for the eclipse. some of them brought along telescopes to get a great view of the moon passing between the earth and the sun. seniors in jenkintown montgomery county gazed up at the sky to take in the beautiful show. all of these men and women are at the rydal park community home there. well they saw the last total solar eclipse in 1979 and many of them apparently were there to see it and now they have even more stories to share. >> all of this is so cool. in wilmington, take a look at the image of the eclipse captured by one of those homemade viewers we have been telling you about. most people had those glasses on now made famous by this event. some people recorded the history making moments in a vintage 2017 way on their cell phone. i'm sure they sent videos to facebook and twitter. two other things that did not exist back in 1979. the celestial event brought out quite the crowd in darby today. the free library handed out viewing glasses at its eclipse viewing party. they hosted science exhibits and quizzes and provided the sky ward gazing crowd a live feed from nasa. >> the big story the eclipse today and for good reason. we have seen video after video image after image of people taking it in. >> never pets old. really special moment. meteorologist cecily tynan joining us in studio. cecily i imagine your kids will be talking about this when the next one rolls around. >> my kids are talk about the 2791 because they're young. they'll probably be around for that. weather for the most part cooperated. we had a little bit of cloud cover here or there. temperatures not bad but that's going to change because tomorrow things really, really heat up. in fact, we do hav excessive heat advisory in effect for tomorrow between 1 o'clock and 8 o'clock in the afternoon for really the highly urbanized areas along i-95. this is where the heat index, the combination of the heat and humidity will make it feel like 100 degrees. so fortunately we didn't get that kind of heat and humidity today. it was a lot more comfortable outside. we're live on sky6 right now taking a look in center city and there's a little bit of a haze out there as the humidity begins to creep up, we had dewpoints in the 50's yesterday. now it's getting a little bit more muggy. the temperature 84 degrees. that dewpoint 66. winds out of the south at 10 miles an hour. that's what's pulling up that higher humidity. the heat index couple degrees higher than the current temperature, 86. that ocean temperature pretty comfortable, 75. so, future tracker showing as we head into the afternoon the heat is on. you can see that heat index close to 100 degrees in philadelphia. but it doesn't last long. would you believe i'm tracking several days that will feel like fall. i'll talk about that in the seven-day forecast. sharrie. >> fall? >> yes. believe it or not. >> i believe you. thank you cecily. from coast to coast millions of americans took in today's solar eclipse like we've been mentioning all day. that included plenty of celebrations right here in our area. "action news" anchor monica malpass live now in the news room with more on that. hi monica. >> hi, sharrie that's right. if you got a chance to see it of course you know it was a spectacular sight not to be missed. today's rare event did have one local university bringing back a very special alumnus. there he is next at 5:00 we'll take you to wilmington for the expert who was on hand to guide these students through the eclipse. plus, we've been talking about the eclipse from the ground but how about from 35,000 feet, some lucky folks got to be among the first to see today's solar eclipse and we'll show you their vantage point and tell you how it worked out coming up. those stories and more next at 5:00. brian we'll see you then. >> see you shortly monica. thank you. from kids to pets to the sky our viewers have been generously sharing their eclipse experiences with us. all day and we would love you to do the same by joining the action. if you have photos or video from today's celestial celebration post them to social media using the #6abcaction and you might just see them on our newscast tonight. and you can relive the great american eclipse any time on 6abc.com/eclipse. and there you can watch video of our "action news" team all across the country as well as see photos and prepare for the next eclipse which we've been telling you is now 2024. >> pretty cool. other news of the day still ahead on "action news" at 4:00. bill cosby has not one not two but three new defense lawyers and one of them has a history of representing some very big names. >> and a father's horror. what he discovered on an app so many kids use every day. >> plus, from lunch boxes to back packs we're helping you green your back to school supplies. we'll run down a list of things good for your kids and good for our planet. >> ♪♪ >> ♪♪ >> a shooting inside of a funeral home today in delaware county is now being investigated as a murder-suicide. the call came in for shots fired around 1:15 this afternoon at the carr funeral home. that's on the 900 block of south providence road. when nether providence police arrived they found one person dead from a gunshot wound and a second person suffering from a gunshot wound. that person was transported to crozer chester medical center but did not survive. detectives are still on scene investigating. >> embattled comedian bill cosby has hired not one but three new attorneys for his upcoming retrial including one who represented michael jackson. that attorney tom. he believed cosby's retooled defense team the 80-year-old comedian's first and sexual assault trial you'll remember ended in mistrial and the retrial begins november 6th. >> now and we'll start with a major warning about an app that's pretty popular with kids. the warning comes from a very shocked very disgusted and yet very proactive dad who is using social media to alert parents everywhere. brad somers seven-year-old daughter loves an app called musically. his daughter creates duets it with her cousins but apparently this app has a messaging component and his family found out the hard way when the little girl who goes by jessie started getting notes like this. how are you? how old are you? then this man as they came to find out starts asking for photos. so she sends a few assuming this is someone her age. and now they start asking her for pictures with no shirt on. repeatedly. asking her for nude photos saying it will be a secret between them. the little girl wise to what's happening here alerts her father. he gets right on the case and right on the horn saying he's a police officer. they have documented his ip address and location and that's exactly what they did by the way in an update that's now viral post all over social media. this dad brad, says he wants people to know his little girl does not have a phone of her she is closely monitored when she uses any kind of app. this is not a social networking siteet she was preyed upon. his message let's work together to give our children their safety brad summer by the way told me i t post paw they want to put a story and get the message out. to the lighter side of parenting a little laugh from a mom who gets it. a clever word smith uniting parents on this journey one letter from a time with inspirational ones like be kind be humorous, you is tired, you is broke you is apparent. danielle is laughing out loud about things she says most people hide on social media. she's known for her weakly letter boards. she makes them. some are birth announcements like that cutie right there and she even started a business called letter folk. she has some that really do speak to all of us or maybe just me like this one, i don't want to look back one day and think i could have eaten that. and this one i'm in a dark place right now. not emotionally just that i'm in the closet hiding from my kids and i share this because that did give me a little idea, a little inspiration. >> if you go in there tell us how long it takes. >> and then they find you underneath the clothes. >> tell me how it worked out. alicia thank you. let's get another check on the roads. >> matt here with an update. >> a little game of hide and seek and we've been seeking out the delays this afternoon on the roadways brian and sharrie finding some here along 295 but we're not seeing anymore is the northbound accident here by the black horse pike in bellmawr. it just cleared a couple minutes ago but the slow speeds in the wake of it have not cleared. still just 5 miles per hour as you come northbound on 295 out of gloucester county into camden county this afternoon. our crash on 42 southbound approaching 295 has also cleared out of the way so the accidents are gone. delays resulting from them are not. and they're still investigating a motorcycle accident in winslow township camden county. route 30 the white horse pike blocked for a stretch pump branch road and waterford blue anchor road. use the old white horse pike or else 73 as another alternate. also have a crash in williamstown this afternoon along sicklerville road at radix road. our opening of the tacony-palmyra bridge has wrapped up. i would expect one at the burlington bristol in just a bit. now we're watching a crash in bryn mawr close to ash ridge park along montgomery avenue at airedale road. broken down vehicle on the schuylkill eastbound past south street is gone. now we're just left with delays like the one here on the westbound side by city avenue. normal stuff here. we'll check it again brian and sharrie, in the next half hour. >> all right see you then my friend. thank you. meteorologist cecily tynan standing by with in exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast next. >> ♪♪ >> ♪♪ >> meteorologist cecily tynan along now. certainly some clouds out there this afternoon. but i say the timing worked out quite well when we consider you're now tracking some storms. >> yeah, we could have had a real dark rainy day here. all in all pretty nice. taking a look in cape may where a lot of folks were out on the beach today enjoying a pretty nice beach day and taking a look at the eclipse. we did have some cloud cover along the shore points but if you missed it, i want to show you this. jackie posted this. this is from north wildwood. so she had a really good view and if you had the solar eclipse glasses that's exactly what it looked like at maximum near 80 percent coverage at 2:44 in the afternoon. it was pretty spectacular. all in all the weather pretty much cooperated. right now temperatures not that bad for this time of the year. that will change tomorrow. 84 degrees in philadelphia. allentown 85. wilmington 83. atlantic city airport 81 and cape may currently 80 degrees. the evening planner shows that we will see a mixture of clouds and clear skies and there could be a spotty thunderstorm developing but there will be more humidity as we head through the evening hours and with the cloud cover winds out of the south temperatures really not dropping much, generally dropping from 80 degrees at 8 o'clock to 78 degrees by 11 o'clock and the heat will be on tomorrow. in fact, we do have an excessive heat advisory posted for 1 o'clock to 8 o'clock tomorrow. this is for the highly urbanized areas along i-95 and this is where the combination of the humidity and the temperature will make it feel close to 100 degrees. kind of a shock to the system especially after yesterday when it was just so comfortable. right now the heat index in philadelphia 2 degrees higher than the current temperature 86 degrees but you can see how it's really building out to the west. lancaster and reading, the heat index 95 degrees and this warmer more humid air will continue invec ting. if you look at lunchtime at noon you can see lots of clouds and then you can actually see that void in the clouds has the shadow -- i can watch this all day there we go, pass over the moon and work across the country really nice looking shot there. tomorrow as the front gets closer this cold front with winds out of the south it's going to be hot it's going to be humid. 93 degrees. could have an evening thunderstorm. i think the best chance of that would be areas up to the north. behind it wednesday transition day, morning clouds, afternoon sunshine humidity drops seasonably warm, 86 degrees. but what this front does, it opens the door for a big area of high pressure from can do to move in right in time for the weekend and this will really bring us a fall feeling with temperatures only in the 70's. big change from tomorrow. tomorrow if you are down the shore mixture of sun and clouds. it's going to be oppressive. it will be very humid. 84 degrees atlantic city. high risk of rip currents. be very careful listen to the lifeguards. the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast, 93 feeling like 100 isolated thunderstorm possible. wednesday morning clouds and afternoon sunshine, 86. thursday beautiful for the eagles preseason game low humidity 82 degrees and look at this. i need to find a sweatshirt. friday saturday, sunday and monday temperatures only in the upper 70's, loads of sunshine, low humidity and overnight lows down to about 60 degrees. so, a little bit of an autumnal air mass moving in right in time for the weekend. i'm happy i don't need my air conditioner. going to make me kind of sad. >> i'm not ready yet. >> i don't want to think about fall yet. >> all right cecily. how to go green with your back to school supplies coming up in what's the deal. >> ♪♪ every year south jersey sends more and more tax money to trenton, but gets less and less back thanks to steve sweeney and chris christie. here's the sweeney-christie record eight years of underfunded schools. huge tax breaks for themselves and their rich friends while we pay more. and homestead rebate funding for seniors cut in half next year. don't believe the fake news from his wealthy donors. steve sweeney stands with chris christie, not with south jersey. >> if you're checking off those back to school shopping lists and you're eco conscious take note. one mom and green activist shows us a few ways you can do that. >> it's important that things in the classroom are as environmentally health friendly as they can be. a lot of kids now have asthma and sensitivity have thes. >> page wolf is a mom of two and the author of get that out. >> it is the overly informed parent's guide to raising children in the age of environmental guilt. >> she's all about finding quick easy and cost effective ways to live a green life one that's healthier for you and mother earth and she takes that same approach when that checking offer the school supply list. >> what you're seeing a lot on the lists from year to year are things like disinfectant wipes hand sanitizers and even hands soap. >> she says traditional sanitizers contain alcohol or bleach but right next to them on the store shelves you'll find items like these. >> they tone contain harmful chemicals like phthalate, artificial fragrance. they are more environmentally conscious in a lot of ways. >> while you're looking at what you're sending your kids to school with wolf says consider the lunch box and water bottles. also food containers that are chemical free and reusable. sending less to the landfills. >> i like to use the aluminum ones you can. >> find these at drug tours or on line market places like amazon. >> it's about making healthy living manageable practical and affordable. >> another way to green that school supply list when it comes to paper supplies check for anything made from recycled materials. guys when shopping for clothes shop secondhand. reduce your carbon footprint. >> you got it on the day when the earth is top of mind. that will do it for "action news" at 4:00 for sharrie williams alicia vitarelli cecily tynan adam joseph i'm brian taff. hope you'll join me along with sharrie adam and ducis rodgers tonight and every night for a full hour of "action news" at 10:00 on phl17. >> first "action news" continues next at 5:00 with continuing coverage of today's solar eclipse. we are live around the delaware valley with reaction to today's unique event and some of the very creative ways that sky watchers chose to celebrate the occasion. plus the big donation from a banking giant ho help fight acts of hate around the country. >> those stories and much more next at 5:00. >> ♪♪ "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody rick williams and monica malpass. >> ♪♪ [cheers and applause] >> it is a sight that has not been seen in the contiguous united states in nearly four decades. today people from coast to coast looked up to the sky to see a rare event a total solar eclipse and there it is, monday night rick is off walter perez joins us this evening and the big story on "action news" is today's great american eclipse. >> although delaware valley is a was in the in the path of totality. millions of us paused this afternoon to watch as the moon moved in right in front of the sun. we have live team coverage tonight from across the region and from one of the best viewing spots in the country but we begin with new jersey correspondent nora muchanic live near princeton university. nora. >> reporter: hi there walter. we're right across the street from princeton at palmer square the main viewing site in this area today. thousands of people showed up here to watch the eclipse and i can tell you they were not disappointed. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: palmer square in princeton was the place to be at new jersey new jerseyans what happened the eclipse. >> you see something blocking the sun that you know is the