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WPVI Action News 5PM August 29, 2016

Six. This is day four of our heat wave. It starter out on friday with a high of 93. Saturdays high 93. Yesterday we maxed out at 90 and today coming in at 93 degrees here in philadelphia. Well above normal. Average for us this time of year is 84 degrees well above that mark today. When you look at the current heat index not much to take in. It feels like 94 in the city, 87 in allentown. You notice as this cold front continues to move through were tapping into a drier wind as we get that north to northwesterly wind but still feeling like 97 in millville, same thing in Atlantic City at the coast and 89 degrees in beach haven. Lets talk about the tropics because we essentially have a tropical trio, three areas that we are watching. Well take you down to the south first because we have tropical depression number nine just to the south of florida. This will more than likely strengthen into a Tropical Storm later on tonight or into the day on tuesday and we also have hurricane gaston thats a category two storm and tropical depression number eight. Well go in a little tighter on storm tracker6 live double scan radar 3d and with the center of the storm with gaston we have winds and wave heights as high as 34 feet so were dealing with these long period swells that get closer and closer to our coastline. That is adding to the rip current risk across our region in combination with tropical depression number eight just off the coast of the carolinas and this will more than likely hit the outer banks of North Carolina before it curves out to sea later this week. Well talk about our concern back here at home. There is a rip current danger. You never wander to fight a rip current if you get stuck in one, let it take you out swim parallel to the shore then when youre free come back in. Its always a good idea to swim where those lifeguards are on duty as all of that water piles up on shore. Then it rushes on out. Coming up were going to take a closer look at the forecast talk about the tropics and also let you know when the cooler air will arrive this week. Those details sharrie in the full and exclusive accuweather forecast. A lot to cover. Melissa thank you. Remember to check in with 6abc. Com weather for the updated hourly forecasts and realtime views of any changes from storm tracker6 live. Follow of course our meteorologists on facebook and twitter. Thats always a great way to stay connected. In other news tonight a Philadelphia Church that has stood for more than a century is destroyed after a large fire ripped through it this morning. The fire at Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church in overbrook reached four alarms as flames shot high into the sky today. And heres a look at the fiery scene from the ground taken by an action news viewer. Two people were inside the church at the time. Both of them made it out safely. One of them was 81yearold Charles Adams who lives and works in the church and is also the brother of the churchs pastor. Ran outside, saw smoke billowing from both of the chimney, ran in grabbed my computer, i knew where it was, it was pretty smoky so i really was going by feel. Well, five other congregations rent the church for their services so they are all now without a place to worship. The cause of the fire is under investigation. Also today, a pickup truck plowed into a church in Mercer County new jersey. Chopper6 was overhead around noontime today. The truck ended up almost halfway inside the house of worship on south moore road in west windsor township. Police are working to learn what caused this accident but no one was hurt. Police say the death of a toddler who was hit by a vehicle in West Philadelphia was a tragic accident. Officials say 23yearold ameen rory was outside playing when he ran out into the street and was hit. Happened around 7 oclock last night here on the 4800 block of merion avenue. The driver is cooperating with police. Well, an investigation is under way in trenton tonight after a weekend shooting involving an off duty Trenton Police officer happened. One of two brothers who were trying to watch out for each other this all when a fight broke out. One of those brothers is now dead. New jersey correspondent Nora Muchanic is live for us near the scene of where this happened on roosevelt street in trenton. Nora, you spoke to the father of the man who was killed. Reporter sharrie i spoke to the father and to some friends who are extremely upset over the death of albert toe. Now it started when toe was swinging a gun around saturday night in an alley across the street from here. When toes brother tried to stop him he was accidentally shot and moments later albert toe was dead. Buried this little girl. Now we taking another body to be buried. Reporter members of trentons Liberian Community are upset after the shooting of alberto by an off duty city Police Officer. It happened on roosevelt street during a party after a funeral. I cant describe it because you cannot replace a human being and no one can replace a child. Reporter prosecutors say alfred toes brother constantine seen here in the cast was shot in the hand trying to wrestle a gun away from alfred at the party. Responding to the gunfire off duty officer shaheen miles who was at the party in casual clothes pulled his own weapon and subdued constantine and the weapon he had taken away from alfred but when alfred toe saw his brother held on the ground with a we none each hand he went after the officer. That was a struggle that occurred seemingly with alfred trying to get one of the weapons and then the gun one of the guns was discharge the and alfred toe was shot in the chest. Reporter did he identify himself as a Police Officer. The one he arrested. Meaning constantine but its unclear yet if the officer also identified himself to alfred toe whom he shot. Toes nickname was yobo an Army Mechanic he was a married father with a fouryearold an child on the way home on leave from hawaii. His friends claim officer shaheen miles who shot him was drinking with them all day at the party before the shooting. It tells you not to drink when you driving. Your judgment is off. Why are you a Police Officer you drink wind gust a gun on you. Your judgment is off. You dont know who is who. Reporter now, the Prosecutor Says someone who was with the officer says he drank very little on saturday. An autopsy was to be performed today on toe. The officer who is involved has been placed on paid leave and the investigation is continuing and when the results come in, theyll be reviewed by the Attorney Generals Office which is typically the case in all Police Involved shootings. Live in trenton, im Nora Muchanic channel6 action news. Rick. Nora thank you. Police released photos of man wanted for robbing and assaulting a gas station worker in ewing, new jersey. Take a look. The photos are of the suspect who went into the hess gas station on princeton avenue back on august 21st. Detectives say the man was punched kicked and knocked an employee to the ground. The suspect stole the entire Cash Register and the workers wallet. If you recognize the man in these photos youre asked to call ewing police. Well school is back in session for students across our region and today teachers welcomed a new class at Valley Forge Elementary School in wayne. Action News Reporter Katherine Scott caught up with the excited youngsters as they arrived for a Brand New School year. Im really, really excited for a new grade. A new grade a new school year at valley forge elementary in wayne. After the flag raising. Reporter the school song was soon in the air and smiles were wide on students faces. Im happy. Get to meet your new teachers and new friends. Reporter teachers have been here for the last week. Now the students are in their seats and its their turn to get acclimated. The year will be jam packed. Sure its not always easy to let summer go. I wanted to stay home and sleep in. Reporter but theres nothing like seeing Friendly Faces to cheer you up. Im going to see my friend siobhan and vanu. Reporter as the start of school edged closer many families began to prepare. My mom just helped me practice pack all my stuff for school. I got everything i need for the school. We read a book about going back to school and what the summer was about and they wrote in their journals what a great summer they had. Reporter plenty of parents came along cameras in hand to document the start of this new chapter. My morning was crazy. I have four kids on four different schools so it was absolutely insane but it was fun. I look forward to it every day as im standing here with my camera taking pictures. Its always like the new year. Instead of new years being on january 1st we always feel like our new year is the first day of school. Reporter theres learning lessons but also the fun. From the sounds of it theres plenty of that to look forward to in the coming days. In wayne Katherine Scott channel6 action news. It is time for the action news traffic report. Monday night lets go live to autumn marisa in the action News Traffic Center. Hi, rick and sharrie. Going to take a look at 95. We had a disabled vehicle. You can see things moving along there nicely now. Our bigger delay is in those northbound lanes. Youll tap the brakes from penns landing up through woodhaven. Taking a look at speeds across the region dropping down into the teens on the schuylkill expressway. Very slow going eastbound and also from the pennsylvania turnpike through the blue route really at a crawl right now taking almost 20 minutes to do that commute. Taking a look at one of our larger delays also the vine street expressway, the eastbound lanes heading up towards 95 at a crawl because of a disabled vehicle right around eighth street. It had been cleared out of the way but the damage is still done and the westbound lanes heading up to the schuylkill nice and slow as well. Few incidents to tell you about. The first one on the garden state parkway northbound past Atlantic City expressway. Thats because of the shooting at the Egg Harbor Township earlier today. Well keep an eye on things and bring you an update in the next half hour. Back to you rick and sharrie. All right autumn see you then. Much more still ahead on action news at 5 00 tonight. As the epipen controversy continues the maker of the life saving device says they have a different way users can save money on them. Ali gorman has details coming up in health check. And he is being remembered as one of the great. The charming candy man in the childrens favorite willy wonka and the Chocolate Factory has died. Well have those stories and more when we return. To developing story now. Hollywood is mourning the death of legendary actor gene wilder. The star of willy wonka died at the age of 83. Family of wilder said he died yesterday in connecticut if complications of alzheimers disease. Wilder is also known for his comedy roles in mel brooks movies such as Young Frankenstein blazing saddle. After more than a week of controversy over its high cost, the maker of the epipen allergy device is making a new move to curb the criticism. Health reporter and registered nurse ali gorman has details at the big board tonight. Ali. Hi guys. The maker of epipen announced it will start selling its first generic version of the emergency medication in a few weeks. That will cost 300. That is half the price of the brand name version. But critics say thats not good enough for a device that contains less than a dollars worth of epinephrine. Still the generic epipens will be available in the same dosages as the brand name. Last week the maker also said its doubling its eligibility limits for the Assistance Program and expanding access to the discounter card. Now the discounter card wont apply to the generic version just the brand name. Right now the much less expensive adreni click is the only competition on the market. At least two more companies are trying to get federal approval for their versions. Also today theres a debate under way about the rising use of the drugarcan. Some critics say its an enabler and isnt helping to break the cycle of addiction for many people. Law enforcers say right now all they can do is revive the addicts then release them possibly to overdose again. Why cant be there something that says we he cant walk away from that person. Emergency responders say they would rather take the attorney treatment but the number of beds available is not keeping pace with the number of addicts that they revive. Two new activity trackers were revealed today, one solved a major complaint among fitness buffs. The fitbit company has added a swim proof device to its lineup with a fitbit flex two you can swim laps. The company also updated its most popular tracker making the screen larger and adding a few new features. Now there are dozens of different activity trackers made by a handful of different companies. They can measure your steps, your heart rate and even your sleep. Now many people ask me whats the best activity tracker. I cant really answer it because it all depends on what youre looking for. So, some things that you want to consider functions, what you want the device to be able to do, complexity, how user friendly you want it to be, of course the size and then also the cost. It can range from 50 to about 250 and go online and compare. Rick and sharrie, back over to you. I need a track they are talks to you and kind of convince you to go work out. It does give you motivation, doesnt it. Yeah, but i need one that says you need a lot. Rick, its time to run. Is there one that does that . No. Let us know when that one comes out. Not yet. Thanks ali. Much more still ahead on action news at 5 00. You could soon see more drones flying over your head and well tell you why. Plus the founder of facebook meets with pope francis to Talk Communications technology. Find out what Mark Zuckerberg gave the pontiff when we come back. Hey hows it going, hotcakes . Hotcakes. This place has hotcakes. So why arent they selling like hotcakes . With comcast Business Internet and wifi pro, they could be. Just add a customized message to your wifi pro splash page and youll reach your customers where their eyes are already on their devices. Order up. 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The faa says the drone must have to remain in the sight of the operator at all times and that one time rule that you need a pilots license to operate a drone is no longer necessary but do you need to pass an aeronautical exam. Facebook founder and ceo Mark Zuckerberg traveled to the vatican today to meet face to face with pope francis. Zuckerberg was that joined by his wife priscilla. The meeting was very casual and happened in the guest house in vatican city where the pope lives. They talked about how to use Communication Technologies to alleviate poverty. Zuckerberg gave the pope a model of aquila a solo powered aircraft that facebook hopes will expand Internet Access in developing countries. It was back to class for students in one Chester County school district. They filed off the buses here just outside kb markley Elementary School in malvern. The kids wore name tags to be sure everyone got to the right classroom today. Principal mrs. Morris says the teachers are just as excited as the kids to get another school year under way. Time for accuweather at the action news big board. Meteorologist Melissa Magee is taking a look at the forecast. Nice shot at the beach behind you though. Yeah, thats right, sharrie and rick. In fact well show you the picture outside sky6 live in hd. We are down the snore cape may, new jersey. Its a beautiful picture but a reminder to make sure you swim where lifeguards are on duty. You can see some of the waves breaking on shore. A rip current risk for the next several days because of the long period swells thanks to hurricane gaston and tropical depression number eight just up the coast in the carolinas. Back at home certainly another hot day, day four of heat wave number six. In philadelphia 93. Its 88 for allentown, 88 in reading. At coast in cape may 84 degrees. Had a cold front that came through believe it or not. Not much fanfare with it. No precipitation but those winds are shifting coming out of the north or northwesterly direction drying out the atmosphere. In fact, the dewpoint numbers really tell the story. Weve got this cold front thats coming on through sagging offer to the off to the south, dewpoint numbers to the north of that front in the lower 50s and 60 but stilt humidity lurks and lingers to the south and west. It will start to dry out as we get into the rest of tonight and into the day on tuesday. Heres satellite6 along with action radar. Its d

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