Structures are damaged. The entire country is decimated. I have never seen anything like this before. And now rick scott warns this could be worse than the worst hurricane to ever hit the state. The storm is bigger and faster and stronger than hurricane andrew. And evacuation is in place in low lying and coastal south florida. Everyone in the keys ordered out. If you are staying and being irresponsible. Dont expect us to risk the lives of our First Responders for your irresponsibility. And traffic is stretching for miles, lines for gas in places hours long with stations running out. Im very nervous, i am driving around for 30 minutes and my car is on e for the last hour. And more lines tore plywood and water, and the rush to get ready for the monstrous storm. The part of that people are busy today boarding up their homes, others plan to do so tomorrow when schools and businesses are be closed to give families time to prepare and evacuate. Live in new smyrna beach, florida. Channel 6 action news. Back to you. Thank you. Lets switch live now to cecily tynan in the action news weather center. You have the track of the storm . Yes and this storm looks to head to south florida and the east coast. Its as big as systems get the size of texas and maintained its strength at a record amount of time and now head to the turks and caicos islands. The outer bands are beginning to interact with the large mountains over the Dominican Republic but has dropped to 175 Miles Per Hour. Its a strong category five hurricane. And moving into warm waters and likely will not weaken much and the well defined eye bearing down on grand turk and you saw the damage on barbuda, and it could be worse on turks and caicos. This will likely wall oh that island chain. We have the hurricane warning in effect from turks and caicos through the bahamas. The hurricane warnings are posted from south florida to key west. The watch means that hurricane conditions are expected in the next 48 hours and future tracker shows that is the case. By saturday night we are looking at wind gusts, key largo 1 14, Miami Hurricane force wind gusts pushing up the coast sunday morning and the Hurricane Force winds extend 120 miles across the and that is actually the size of the entire peninsula of florida. More details on the ultimate track we are expecting coming up in the full accuweather forecast. Thank you. Meantime, adrian is a disaster worker with the red cross of pennsylvania and flew out of Philadelphia International airport today heading to south carolina. That is where he will join other emergency relief workers to prepare for Hurricane Irmas arrival next week. He says they have got red cross representatives in florida already and many still in texas. We are stretched potentially over five or six states and we have the wild fires still in california. And we have a couple of folks still supporting the canadian red cross with the wild fires up there. Its a stretch on our human and Material Resources but the red cross plans for this, this is what we do. We are ready if and when irma strikes. The red crosss main priority is to help people displaced get shelter and food. There are countless stories now of loved ones, people with loved ones stranded on the caribbean islands. Many could not get out in time. Vernon odom is live in king of prussia this evening. You spoke with two separate families in our area that are very concerned today. Reporter i did indeed. Their family members are stuck in saint martin a lovely place and favorite he people in the Delaware Valley. They are happy their loved one are alive but uncertain when they can get out of there. The video of all the wind and rain damage is horrifying, especially for loved one vacationing there. Saint martin is devastated. No power and airport wiped out. Malcolm of long side, new jersey spent hours praying he would hear from his parents. Watching the news online and on the phone and tv. And trying to call or email. Just the little bit of hope they might respond. Finally in the wee hours this morning. A one minute phone call from malcolm senior and his wife sandra they are safe in their resort for now. Its a blessing to know they are still alive. There is no experience like it to know you have your child or family members in harms way. You feel helpless. For karen of pottstown the same waiting game of fear. Her boyfriend and grandparents are marooned on their Saint Martins resort. Karen got a brief call this morning letting her know they are all okay. During this lifethreatening experience. We got the first phone call, just the fact they were alive was amazing and a miracle. From there it was, well get them out and do what we have to do. Reporter they have to do something they fear quickly. Both families we spoke today are keenly aware that there are other hurricanes including jose looming out there that could devastate that region even more. Im vernon odom, channel 6 action news. Thank you. And ill be heading down to florida ahead of Hurricane Irma, look for my live reports starting here on action news tomorrow in the afternoon. Turning now to the ongoing recovery in texas from hurricane harvey. Lawmakers are poised to approve a 15 billion aid package that just passed the senate and goes to the house for a vote on mr. This comes as more crews from our region go to the gulf coast to help the rebuilding process. Aaa sent a truck convey to assist in the removal of so many flood damaged cars and they were loaded with bottled water for flood victims. A texas family left homeless is about to accept a giant donation in the form of this rv you see behind me over the last week mary and her dad bill raised money to renovate their old house on wheels to make it like new and now its outfitted with Hardwood Floors and new paint job and kitchen. And they showed us the finished problem after getting a big sendoff. They are driving that av all the way to houston to give it to someone that needs it more. It will sleep a family of of three, a Perfect Little home for the family of three. And there is surprises for vivian the little girl and stuff for mom and dad and enough for a couple of weeks to get them going. Once they get to texas they plann donations they have collected. That will go to others that also lost their home. Now to developing news out of Montgomery County where there is a barricade situation. One person is holed up at the linwood apartments at ashborn road. Officers first responded to the scene at 1 00 today. And still preventing anyone from going in or out of that complex. It includes the number of students from the Cheltenham School district. And school buses brought the children affected by the lock down to the clubhouse rather than their normal location. A Philadelphia Police officer that shot a man in the back will be fired. Up next we are live with the details of the new update in the shooting of david jones. And a man on a construction site is killed after being hit by a bulldozer. That and more when action news comes back. At longhorn, tonights special, the Great American steak dinner for 12. 99. A centercut sirloin with a side, plus a starter, or dessert. And for lunch, try one of our new burgers. Like the bbq bacon burger. You cant fake steak. Fios is not cable. Were a 100 fiber optic network. And with the new fios gigabit connection. You get our fastest. Internet ever. With download speeds up to 940 megs 20 times faster than most people have. 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The shooting happened on june 8th on whitaker and officer parnell stopped jones. He felt a gun in his waist band, and he pulled his gun and told the male not to move but the male kept reaching under his hoody and broke free from the officer and pulled the gun from his waist band. That pernell attempted to fire his weapon but it jammed. And he then ran off and then pernell cleared the jam, and fired two more times and hitting him. The first attempted shot justified but once jones ran away the 12 year veteran should have taken cover and assessed the situation. It shows jones clearly didnt have his weapon. And ross acknowledged that it appears that pernell believe that jones was armed. Just because you had an opportunity and had the right to fire at one point during and encounter doesnt mean you have the same right to do so flute throughout the encounter. Pernell shot another suspect but that did not play in the decision. And they are handling the decision and they had no comment and attempts to reach the officer were unsuccessful. Live outside, chad pradelli, channel 6 action news. All right chad thank you. An upper darby man was killed today at a construction site in northeast philadelphia, police have now identified the victim as 59yearold barry jones. He died when he was hit by a bulldozer operated by another employee, it happened around 6 00 a. M. On the 5100 block of pennypack street. Its not clear just yet how jones wound up in the equipments path. Time for the action news traffic report. Matt pellman is standing by with a first check today. Turning out to be another commute that frays the nerves. As we look live an accident in the eastbound lane as approaching the conshohocken curve and blocking the left lane and pushed off to the side but damage is done. Its now a parking lot coming eastbound from 202 in king of prussia through this point approaching the curve and starting the afternoon with a crash on the vine street expressway westbound side approaching the schuylkill, mostly on the right shoulder now and still extra heavy coming westbound from broad street and eastbound the normal afternoon volume toward 95. The starting to kick in. Meanwhile in concordville one at Baltimore Pike where the Dunkin Donuts is on the southbound side. And construction on 202 heading toward delaware is jamming us up because of the left lane jamming bridge road. And 202 you can get by just fine that is the way to go. And Chestnut Hill road at chapel road in newark that is in the process he clearing out but in elmer a truck fire blocking Heritage Dairy store. Lets grab the ipad and look at the waze app. In the lehigh valley, 22 east of township line road. Stay on 78 you will be better off there. Well check it again in the next half hour. Live with kelly and ryan just kicked off the first full season this week with rip and seacrest at the helm. We had a chance to visit the cohosts and while they may be a relatively new tv pairing you would hardly know it. They are all about the whole live thing. Welcome to live facebook. We are live on live online. These two tv powerhouses are taking live to a whole new level and broadcasting the walk down the famous hallway down Facebook Live. When you do a live facebook or instagram. You can take questions in real time that pop up. And one of the most hat color nail polish was kelly wearing today . And they have a comfort and ease that is contagious. What is your name . Karen. Nice to meet you. And the live studio audience gets a lot of love, high fives and selfies. If feels like we are having coffee and hanging out with friends. That is probably because they are friends and have been for 20 years with the mution you can feel. Ryan is someone i admired his entire career and such a hard has not lost his humanity. You know what i mean when i say that. She is so smart and quick and grateful and grash. A pairing they say is perfect and obvious. The two of them together is magic because you have two great broadcasters, bot different personalities and friendly. Quite the multitasker ryan can do the radio show there in new york. And when job as host of American Idol he will fry back and forth. I will not miss a show with her and fly back from the airport on the air in the same suit. Coffee and concealer. Deoderant and coffee. Deoderant you have to have that. And taking the live element beyond facebook and on air broadcasting on facebook after the show. And we did a Facebook Live from my own page and gelman took my phone and was filming it. It looks like you had a good time . I did. And i love that studio audience. Bring it on here. Thanks. How about a check of the accuweather forecast. Lets bring in cecily tynan. Keeping a close eye on irma. Lets head to the action news weather center. The satellite image of irma it remains a strong category five hurricane and the winds dropped 10 Miles Per Hour because it is acting with the Dominican Republic. Category five starts at 150 Miles Per Hour. If we had a category six this would be one. The pressure now is 922 millibars and that is low, and when you have a strong hurricane with low pressure, it acts like a straw and pulls up the water and that creates the tremendous wind surge moving west northwest at 16 Miles Per Hour. And maximum gusts 215 Miles Per Hour. And we have hurricane katia and hurricane jose if the atlantic basin. Very active that is pretty typical if you look at when tropical season spikes, september 10th, and that is sunday. That is potentially when irma will make the first of two possible landfalls in the u. S. And the spaghetti plots, they are the individual computer models. The remarkable consensus is rolling up eastern florida and rolling up miami first and making a second landfall in savannah or hilton head. This will likely be the worst damage and even worse than hurricane andrew in 1992, the storm surge the winds will make many places, and homes uninhabitable. And escape routes will likely be washed out and people are running out of time to evacuate. Back at home a beautiful day. 73 in philadelphia and allentown 71 and cape may 72 and wilmington 70. Satellite 6 along with action radar showing a few clouds bubbling up and instability clouds and another front rolling through tomorrow. This brings us a reinforcing shot of cool air. Tonight a great night for sleeping, 56 in philadelphia and allentown 50 and cape may 58 and wilmington 53. Under a moonlit sky and temperatures tomorrow definitely cool. Only rising into the low 70s. 10 degrees below normal and Building Clouds with the front could get a sprinkle north and west of philadelphia and that brings us cooler air on saturday. The four day at 4 00 showing a mixture of sun and clouds, 73 degrees and saturday temple takes on villanova at the linc and great football weather and monday 76 and by the middle of next week we could feel impacts from irma. Back to you. Thank you. Action news at 4 00 continues right after this break. 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 youre going, or whatever stage of life youre in. We believe that when it comes to health. You dont join us. We join you. The ben franklin parkway is about to celebrate a very big birthday. Its turning 100. And the city of philadelphia is hosting a festival that will last more than a year. 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Still ahead at 4 00, a florida sheriff is under fire for issuing a harsh ultimatum for fugitives who show up at sheeters will ride out the storm in prisons. And you dont want to miss how they flew 170 passengers into irma and why. Leave it to the pros . I am a pro. I made this lawn from seed pride, and less water than youd think. To those whod say the grass is greener on the other side. I politely disagree. Pennington smart seed. Guaranteed to grow with 30 less water. Reclaim your turf. Action news continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, Alicia Vitarelli, Sharrie Williams and brian taff. It is 4 30 and action news continues now with devastating new images showing what Hurricane Irma is capable of. The powerful category five ravaged the