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WPVI Action News 5PM September 9, 2016

That stood for 132 years. Now, the heat index shows you not quite as intense as yesterday. Our dewpoints did drop a little bit but still its uncomfortably warm. Feels like 99 in philadelphia, feels like 100 at the Atlantic City airport, 101 in dover, 102 in millville. Feels like 98 degrees in lancaster. Satellite6 along with action radar showing theres a cold front thats stalled up to the north and closer to it we are seeing some scattered showers breaking out in the Lehigh Valley. Now, what will happen with that front, it will advance farther up to the north as a warm front tomorrow and that will bring back high dewpoints and High Temperatures and that heat advisory has not only been extended until 7 oclock tomorrow evening, its also been expanded across our entire viewing area except for the immediate coastline right on the beaches you will get a little bit of a break with temperatures in the 80s there. However, future tracker showing that tomorrow afternoon inland locations it is going to be brutal. Philadelphia 102. Trenton the same. Wilmington 101 am i. Tracking the return of much cooler air as well as a chance of some storms over the weekend. Ill have he details on that in the accuweather 7day forecast. Monica. Thank you essential with todays hot weather one of the best places to cool off is in the water at the shore. In Atlantic City theres a lot to enjoy besides this weekend and thats where action News Reporter jeff chirico is joining us live with that part of our coverage. Hi jeff. Reporter its a scorcher here in Atlantic City. My 6abc weather app now reads 95 degrees but thats not stopping the thousands from flocking here for the annual miss America Pageant. It was so hot these ladies in town for the miss America Pageant didnt even bother getting out of their yoga clothes before taking a plunge. So we just got all sweaty on the beach and opted to go for it. Instead of waiting for the official toe dip after the miss America Pageant we decided to do a full body dip. Reporter there was barely a breeze to cool things off as temperatures climbed into the 90s. This couple from long island was one of the few who planned a beach day. Its warm in factor maybe a little bit too hot and humid but well be under our umbrella so it will be fine. Reporter on the boardwalk crews prepared for saturdays miss america show us your shoes parade. Thousands from across the country are expected in ac for this weekends pageant. As you can imagine miss alaskas dad says the heat has been a bit of a shock. I feel like im in a sauna right now, so its nice, though. Its news. Its a big difference. Big change. Reporter many boardwalk merchants are hoping the extra pageant visitors will be good for business. Last weekends false alarm over hurricane hermine mean led the city to pull the plug on beach concerts and hurt businesses large and small. Canceled the concert. People not coming here. A lot of people lose. Reporter how much did you lose . I no make nothing. Windy, cold. Reporter heat or not the show us your shoes parade steps off at 5 00 p. M. Saturday and of course you can watch the pageant sunday at 9 00 on 6abc. Reporting live here in Atlantic City, jeff chirico channel6 action news. Jeff, thank you. Of course stay with 6abc. Com weather throughout the weekend as extreme heat pushes through. Storm tracker6 live will show popup storms the minute they form and use twitter and facebook to follow our meteorologists and share your weather pics with us. From our new jersey news room tonight, Trenton Police are investigating a shooting this morning that led to the death of a woman. Police arrived here at the 200 block of spring street where they discovered a woman suffering from a gunshot wound to the stomach. She was later pronounced dead. A Homicide Investigation is under way. So far no arrests have been made. The United Nations Security Council has scheduled an emergency meeting on north koreas latest nuclear test. Members could discuss sanctions against that country. North korea said it conducted a High Level Nuclear test explosion today. That is its fifth atomic test and the seconds in just eight months. The un Security Council secretary general is condemning the tests and is urging the council to take action. Well, just days before the 15th anniversary of the 9 11 the house has passed a bill that would let families of victims sue the government of saudia arabia. President obama has threatened to veto it. The bill was passed by the senate back in may despite objections from the saudi government. 15 of the 19 highjackers on 9 11 were saudi nationals. The Obama Administration has warned that the legislation sets a dangerous press dent saying if u. S. Citizens can take the saudis to court then a foreign country could in turn sue the united states. For the first time members of the nypd held a procession through lower manhattan. This solemn event was held to highlight the 15th anniversary of the 9 11 attacks. Hundreds of officers marched to the footprints of ground zero as thousands lined the streets to watch. 71 Police Officers were killed when the World Trade Center building collapsed. Dozens more have since died from illnesses contracted while working in the Hazardous Conditions immediately after the attack. Communities in our area are also remembering the victims of 9 11. In wilmington this morning students at the Delaware Military Academy laid a wreath to honor those who died that day. Delaware governor jack markell commended students for carrying outtrade activities hundreds of cadets lined up to salute the flag and pay tribute to those who lost their lives. All right. Turn to politics its a david and goliath matchup for an iconic local seat in congress. The second Congressional District seat is vacant for the first time in years after congressman chaka fattah stepped down. Action News Reporter vernon odom has more on the race and the candidates. If you look at david and goliath david took out goliathism james jones concedes hes a long shot here. The hand picked republican nominee for congress is david in this Political Drama going oneonone with 18 term state lawmaker dwight evans vying for the newly vacant second Congressional District seat now vacant after chaka fattah was convicted of corruption. Jones a vietnam and gulf veteran claims evans should also be viewed with a jaundiced eye. I understand hes received some papers. Thats what my sources have told me from the Law Enforcement agencies. Not worrying about any corruption probes many i focusing on the issues that are important with the people in this district. I think that its the kind of politics we dont need mud slinging but we should focus on issues. Reporter his resume is long in terms of unit development. Today hes meeting and strategizing with powerful city councilman and westward leader curtis jones. Hes been traveling across the Second District which runs from northWest Philadelphia his long time Political Base to zest philadelphia and includes suburban pieces like lower merion in montgomery county. And this is something that i have spotted meeting with all of the various elected officials in the districts. Reporter jones was one of the local africanamericans who met with gop nominee ton trump. Hes willing to do the same thing that im willing to do bring in jobs address crime and corruption in our communities. Reporter in a president ial Election Year voter turn jute in the second Congressional District is always enormous. All signs are it will be the same this november. Registered democrats outnumber the republicans here seven to one. In West Philadelphia, im vernon odom, channel6 action news. A wilmington Catholic Church hosted a Prayer Service today promoting the national day of prayer for peace in our communities. The most reverend w francis maloly led mass. Community members joined in song and prayer. The national day is in response to violence and racial tension. Time right now for a check of the action news traffic report friday night. It is friday. Autumn marisa is here in for matt pelman in the action news traffic center. Hi, autumn. How are you. Hi rick and monica. Doing well thank you. Typical friday afternoon commute very busy. Well start in bucks county. This is route one southbound lanes approaching neshaminy. We had an accident both lanes were shut down. That tow truck has just pulled out of the way and these vehicles are going rather slowly because theyre still following the tow trucks in those southbound lanes. Thats clearing out there. We expect to see that looking better soon. You can see 95 we are very slow going on those southbound lanes. Its because of a disabled vehicle in the southbound lanes up by allegheny. The northbound lanes by Bridge Street we have Police Activity and the northbound lanes right at washington avenue we have an accident. Now, lower down more southbound lanes down by broad street on 95 keep in mind we have two concerts out there tonight, bruce and adele so its going to be very busy. A few incidents to tell you about too. Pennsylvania turnpike westbound at downingtown we have that to report to you as well as 195 eastbound approaching 537 we have an overturned vehicle to report as well. Things are looking good on the 42 freeway. If youre heading down to southern shore points. Well keep an eye on things and bring you an update in the next half hour. Back to you rick and monica. Thank you. Still to come, the tv networks are teaming up to help fight cancer this evening. And the dollars from those donations have already funded some major advances right here in our area. Coming up youll meek the doctors who some are calling a dream team of science. Plus if you have a Samsung Galaxy note seven we have a important new warning pennsylvania to pass along. Power it down. Government Officials Say it could actually explode. That and more when action news comes right back. Galaxy today the government is running out of money to combat the zika virus and a Top Health Official says that could mean more and more babies will be born with birth defects. The centers for Disease Control and prevention director Thomas Frieden announced today the remaining funds are dwindling. Frieden warned spike in micro he cephaly where babies are born with brain defects are coming. Lawmakers have been unable to agree on a bill that sets aside money to combat the virus. Medical marijuana programs in pennsylvania should be fully up and running by 2018. Today inside Philadelphia City hall the committee on Public Health and Human Services held meteorologist to talk about the implementation of the medical marijuana act. Pennsylvania Governor Wolf signed the bill into law back in april. It will allow for qualifying patients to access the drug in pill or other forms. The city is still working out zoning and Planning Issues for the medical marijuana dispensaries. Health check tonight. Major Television Networks teaming up for the annual stand up to cancer telethon tonight. Thats right. The allstar telecast will air at 8 oclock on more than 60 networks including right here on 6abc. Action News Health Reporter and registered nurse ali gorman has more on the initiative and how the money raised can save lives. Crazy dogs. Vanessa goods life took an abrupt turn laughter march when a nagging stomach problem turned out to be pancreatic cancer. It just pulled the rug out from under us. While survival for many cancers is going up, pancreatic cancer now claims more lives than breast cancer. Its become the third leading cause of cancer death in this country on track to become the second leading cause. An aging population obesity and a rising raider of diabetes are driving the increase. Dr. Robert von der hide of penn medicine says its a very tough cancer to fight. Surgery doesnt work well. Pancreatic cancer spreads very quickly to other parts of the body. And the cells often have genetic mutations that block the effectiveness of chemotherapy radiation and even immune boosting drugs. Pancreatic cancer suppresses the immune system massively. Thanks to donations from pastel tons, from van der how wide is now coleader of a dream team of scientists focused on beating this disease. Its already got tests under way here and in the United Kingdom on five new drugs, each channeling the immune system in different ways. At penn the truck tricks the cells into letting chemotherapy and the immune system attack. Vanessa says shes thrilled to be among the first to get the drug not just for herself but also for others. It gives me hope. This is something that we werent able to do without funding from stand up to cancer. The American Association for Cancer Research distributes the money raised by stand up to cancer. So far the telethons have funded 25 dream teams, two treatments from those teams have already won fda approval and there are more in the pipeline. Ali gorman channel6 action news. Much more still to come on action news tonight. An important new warning about a popular phone. If you have the galaxy note seven Officials Say shut it down. Plus a group of young women who urging teens to shut down selfies. How they took that message to the jersey shore today and what theyre hoping teens will do instead. That and more when action news comes right back. Few others have. Toomey steps up on checks. 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Owner carl icahn formally filed paperwork to close the casino which would start with winding down table games and disconnecting slot machines as soon as september 26th. Icahn says the casino he is losing millions of dollars a month. He wants the casino he to close its doors at 6 00 a. M. On october 10th. Mercer county is helping young adults get into the working world. The countys youth career connection announce the its partnerships with businesses educational institutions and other agencies today. They he will target 18 to 24yearolds that are economically disadvantaged. Phase one of the program will start with three weeks of job readiness instruction and then entry into an internship. Still ahead on action news well get a check of that accuweather forecast for your weekend. Looking live outside, sky6 hd showing you the beaches at cape may looking pretty. Meteorologist cecily tynan has your exclusive accuweather five day forecast. 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