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WPVI Action News Weekend 7AM October 21, 2017

Over my shoulder. Can you hear him . Temperature wise, kind of comfortable out here right now, temperatures in the far western suburbs in the low to mid 40s. Cruel need a jacket. Wednesday, thursday, high temperatures 72 degrees, yesterday we shot up to 74. Look at the normal we should be around 64, 75. Were ten degrees above seasonal averages. Today, 77. It will get better, 37 in the poconos. 491 in allentown. 50 in philadelphia. Millville, 44. Cape may, checking in at 55. As you can see on satellite and radar just like yesterday and the day before and the day before that, were looking at mainly clear skies today, mostly sunny conditions. Should be a nice start to the weekend. Mostly sunny and warm thats the call from accuweather, 77 degrees is todays forecasted high. Now, tomorrow well see a little bit more in the way of high, thin clouds overspreading the stay. That will keep the temperatures cooler, maybe 73, 74 thats absolutely balmy for this time of the year. When i come back well focus on the wet weather heading this way on tuesday. Rainfall totals close to an inch in some locations. Ill have the details in the sevenday forecast in just a few minutes. Thank you for the update. 7 02 a. M. Breaking news coming in from delaware, firefighters rescued an he elder i man and his dog bh rushed to the hospital in Critical Condition. Firefighters were called to mill creek after 3 30 a. M. , they found flames shooting from the first floor of the home. An elderly man and his dog were rescued from the second floor. The man was taken to christiana hospital in Critical Condition. The dog was taken to a local vet to be treated. The cause is under investigation. A section of i95 back open this morning after fatal motorcycle crash in south philadelphia. This happened last night in the southbound lanes near the exit ranch for the walt whitman bridge just after 11 00 p. M. The 26yearold victim was riding at a high rate of speed when he lost control and hit a guardrail. Police shut down the highway for just one lane as the investigated the scene there. They were told that the things cleared up at 3 00 a. M. Well, this morning the Investigation Continues after three teenagers were shot by bb guns this week. One of the teenagers was shot nine times on a school bus. Police arrested the suspect. Right now they want to know if he is responsible for the other two attacks. Jeff chirico has all the details. Im completely in shock, im devastated. Im trying to hold it together. Reporter this mom who asks we not identify her fears horror fur 16yearolds son safety after he was target practice for a classmate with a bb gun. Her son was riding a school bus Tuesday Morning when another student sat near him. He took out a bb gun and started shooting at him. Reporter he was struck nine times on the left leg and arm. He was intimated by the guy and the friends that he had all of them were carrying bb guns in school bags. Reporter police say the this is the third bb gun shooting in cheltenham township this weekend on tuesday evening a 14yearold boy was shot three times in elkins park. The neck day a 19yearold was struck in the eye a block from the high school in wyncote. Our patrol officers have the description of the vehicle, were conducting heavy sawyer veilance in the area where the juveniles were injured. Reporter chief fry said investigators identified the 16yearold who fired the gun on the bus and working to see if he is connected to the other two. Meanwhile, the parents question whether the school is taking it seriously. They say the suspect was permitted to ride the bus to School Friday morning. They were notified about the incident it seems to me you would stop a predator or bully from going to school and shooting someone else. Reporter our calls to School Officials were not returned. The boy who was injured by the shooting his parents said they dont know if he will run return or take the bus again. Jeff chirico channel 6 action news. Another School Community is mired in protests after racial incidents this week. Students walked out of their classrooms saying the administration is not doing enough for racial insensitivity after pumpkins were carved with clan and nazi symbols. Police busted an Illegal Gambling Ring in philadelphia. Nine people were behind one of the largest street lottery organizations in the city. They say the ring leader is this guy here, gary creigh. He employed his son and daughter and nephew. Police say the family operated the illegal lottery for 20 years and raked in millions of dollars. Over a 30 month period between 2011 and 2014. He deposited 3 million into his personal account. Police say the operations were highly organized, located in unmarked buildings, most of them this low income neighborhoods. If convicted, the suspects could face up to 65 years behind bars. Delaware High School Students are getting a freeb freebie on the road to higher education. Seniors can apply to select colleges in october and november at no charge. The fees are being waived as part of the states if it annual College Application month. To quaff you must submit the application by november 17. The time 7 07 a. M. Sixers kipped off the Season Opener at the Wells Fargo Center last night while they are looking for the first win. They seem to be leading the league in buzz as the sixers rookie sensations and multimillion dollar stars hit the hard court. Fans got to see joald joel embiid and ben simmons and markell fultz. They fell to the celtics 10292. Despite a disappointing start fans say they are hopeful that this is the season the team will go far, well be watching and rooting. The sixers seem to be giving off the same vibe because last night the front office handed out the tshirts to everyone announced great expect takes, welcome to the expectations. Welcome to the moment. Fans hopeful for a rebound. Reporter when was it of the this good about the sixers . What was you felt this good about the sixers . In 2009. We have a picture of a white supremacist and africanamerican hugging during a White Nationalist protest. When is this . The first snowfall of season left a beautiful landscape in california. Its beautiful, got to get here sometime. Its a little chilly out here this morning, but temperatures overall have been extremely mild over the last couple of days. Watch how the numbers will climb this afternoon, by 1 00 p. M. Up to 72 degrees shooting for a high of 77. When i come back ill let you know how long the warm weather lasts and well talk a little rain in the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast. It was an unusual moment outside a White Nationalist speech at the university of florida. The cell phone video shows an africanamerican man hugging a man in a white shirt with a nazi shirt. That moment of peace shortlived because the nazi support was punched by a random protester. I would be afraid, too. This Nora Muchanic new mexico Highway Patrol officers moved to tears after stopping a woman for dui, because the womans niece was unbuckled in the front seat. The driver was going 90 Miles Per Hour and weaving in and out of traffic. He had a difficult time standing on her owns as you saw. The officer said he was struck by the a gravity of the moment when the young child in the car. Its one months since Hurricane Maria made landfall in puerto rico. As the island struggles to recover, only 14 of the customers have power back on. 30 dont have running water. Inif is doing better. 49 people died from the storm. 76 missing. 4,000 are living in shelters. Why do we put this story in the new cast. It may be fall, but the first snow of the season has fallen in parts of california. Chris sowers is dancing over here. Its causing a mess for drivers in the sierras. Conditions caused accidents on the interstate yesterday. None of the accidents were serious, that snow can stay out there in california. Reporter old man winter will drop the hammer on us this year, gray. Get ready for it. What about today . Reporter come on, that was as easy as it gets. Easy peasy lemon squeezy. Theres the view from the center city skyline from our Temple University camera. We have clear conditions, theres a shocker. The last several days have been Crystal Clear and walltowall blue skies and sunshine. Today same thing. Tomorrow you see the high, thin clouds overspread the area. Look at the call from accuweather. A beautiful forecast. Warm today, sunshine, 77. Mostly sunny skies to start with, high, thin afternoon clouds and comfortable high of 74. Very rare for the month of october to see this money many warm days, as of today this is the warmest october on record for the philadelphia area. Well see if we continue that because we have cool air in the sevenday forecast. As of now this is number one on the scale. Temperature 50 degrees, dewpoint, 46. Winds are calm, the pressure is 30. 30 inches holding stealed. The winds are calm everywhere, every now and then we pick up 3 or 4mile an hour wind speed. 37 in the poconos. Allentown and reading, 41. Trenton, 47. Dover, 48. Cape may youre stuck on 55. Beach haven, same thing. Philadelphia, 50 and 49 in atlantic city. Satellite and radar High Pressure holding on for another day or two on the eastern seaboard. You see that from maine to florida, clear skies, at the same time winds have shifted out of the is on the southwest. Moisture out of the gulf of mexico, clouds are buildings already and building all right, clouds get in here and rain on tuesday, future tracker 6 mostly sunny skies, tomorrow morning, more sunshine. Here come the high, thin clouds, very nice day. Monday pretty much same thing. 75 to 77. Overnight tonight, temperatures are milder than what were seeing right now. 50 in philadelphia. Mid 0 40s in the north and west, where as youre in the low 40s. Poconos not as chilly up there tomorrow morning. Sunday afternoon, 74. 75 the high. Monday is another very mild day, high around 75 or 76 degrees. Really nice stuff. 77 today thats the call from accuweather. Mostly sunny, breeze out of the South Southwest 510 Miles Per Hour. Wall to wall 5 to 10 Miles Per Hour. Walltowall blue skies. 4 00 p. M. , 76 degrees. 5 00 p. M. , 69. Overnight tonight, partly cloudy and calm, 46 degrees outlying suburbs. 56 for center city. The eagles take on the redskins monday night football. 69 degrees by the first quarter, thats warmer than the normal high for this time of the year. 4th quarter, 56. 77 today, sun and clouds, 74. Monday nice, 77. Rain at times. Tuesday not a pretty day, 71. Wednesday, thursday, friday, canadian air moves in, feeling like fall with highs in the 60s. 7 17 a. M. , in the art of aging seniors hear about staying fit, but not weight training. Tamala edwards introduce us to a man who is still pumping iron at a certain age. Reporter Sports Performance coach tim has been lifting weights since he was 11 years old. In his late 50s he has written the book on the value of weight training. It helps your metabolism. It buildings muscle mass and bone density. Reporter at the Philadelphia Sports Club he walked us through a workout that he said should start with a five to ten minute cardio warmup. Get the screwses flowing, stretch out. Reporter tim said the fullbody Workout Program is for all programs. He is geared toward older lifters. It will build your body and legs, having strong legs is number one. Reporter he recommends back squats to strengthen your lower body an back and protect shoulders hang from a bar. Bench press will build your body, pull down works your arms and shoulder and back. Compound exercises that work more than one muscle group are the key. If you do these compound exercises, you wont have to do any little stuff because youre buildings your body in a comprehensive manner. Its not just vanity muscles that youre buildings older adults who use strength terraining twice a week are likely to live longer. Tamala edwards channel 6 action news. So glad you stayed with us, 7 21 a. M. , heres a look at whats happening in and around the delaware and lehigh valleys this weekend. Potter chest is taking over chestnut hill. The events starts today 10 00 a. M. To 4 00 p. M. You can watch the brotherly love cup quibbage tournament at philadelphia college. Food truck festival 11 00 a. M. To 6 00 p. M. Theres a beer biergarten and a whole lot more. Thousands are expected to attend the river fest in Burlington County from noon to 10 00 p. M. Tonight bordentown city beach along the delaware river. It features a four acre biergarten and live bands and kid area. See you after the break. Hes a husband, father, veteran. But most of all, hes a fighter. Chris brown has never been afraid to take on the big fights. Thats why he stood up to republicans and democrats alike to fight the north jersey casinos and the takeover of atlantic city. Chris brown is fighting to protect jobs in our region. A true champion for the working men and women of atlantic county. On november 7th, lets keep him fighting for us. Chris brown for state senate, hes on our side. Everyone, 7 24 a. M. , saturday morning, what a gorgeous day coming up. 72 degrees down the jersey shore. Sunny skies. Philadelphia, 77. Poconos, sunny conditions, 72 degrees. Taking a look at the water vapor shot High Pressure has been in control for the last four or five days. It is slowly drifting out to sea. This is all sinking air, the yellows here, this is where the high is sitting like this. Thats interesting. There we go, the high is slowly starting to shift this way which is allowing the moisture to come out of the gulf of mexico. Eventually well tap into these clouds as early as sunday night and eventually the rain moves in on tuesday. Essentially whats happening theres a frontal system out to the west, now this is tuesday, we have chilly air out here, and this is going to be barreling to the east, so youre set up on monday, looks like this and by tuesday, low pressure develops here and that runs up the east coast and brings with it a round of wet weather by wednesday. Some of the chilly stuff fall temperatures moving into the area. Gray. About time. Thank you so much, chris. 7 25 a. M. , big game day in happy valley as the penn state Nittany Lions prepare to take on michigan. Plus the eagles gearing up for monday night football. Heres jamie apody with all your saturday morning sports. Reporter well we have been trusting the process and yesterday it came full circle as the sold out crowd got to see the sixers top talent. Unfortunately it was the same result. Ben simmons had a 11 points. Sixers up nine the largest lead. Game got away from them in the 4th. The 6ers lost 10292. We let one go, we were up 7 in the third period and you felt like you know with a few more baskets that they might have gone away. I give the celtics credit, but i feel like we let one slip. Reporter eagles preparing to host the redskins on monday night football. It would be a nice chance to bury the skins who sit behind the birds in the nfc east. Week one we did things well, we left a lot of plays on the field they did good things too. It comes down to making plays and hopefully we can make more of them. Teenage up with phl17 to bring you monday night football. Our pregame show 8 00 p. M. , and game 8 30 p. M. Monday night football. Penn state hosting number 19 michigan tonight. They lost to michigan by 39 points a year ago. I really dont think last seasons game has a whole lot to do with this saturdays game. What we got to do is prepare like crazy for a team and program and university we have tremendous respect for. Reporter 6abc the place to be for penn state and michigan thats tonight at 7 30 on channel 6. For temple time to get back on track they lost to ucon dropping under 500. Coach likes the game and mentality. They were dewpointed after the dewpointed disappointed after the loss, but wednesday we have to finish the season strong. Reporter temple football playbook comes up during the 9 30 a. M. Halfhour of action news this morning. Thats sports, go on out and have a great start. For less. At homegoods. A person who shot a teenager in the neck who is Critical Condition in the hospital. Yes it is october, not may, Mother Nature is giving us another gorgeous weekend with above average temperature. Look at this, the sun is coming out. Lets go outside to meteorologist chris sowers, good to see the sun. Reporter it feels like october now, temperatures are chilly, but it will feel like may this afternoon. Lets flip it over to the numbers, 37 in the poconos. Allentown and reading, 41. 50 in the city. Trenton, 47. Millville, 44. Atlantic city, 49 and cape may, are 55. Beach haven up to 56. Satellite and radar another day of full sunshine. There could a few high, thin clouds later on, but generally speaking its another clear day, a day where you will see bright blue upstairs. All the cloud cover you can see on future tracker hanks to the west today hangs to the west today. We wont see that until tomorrow, high, thin clouds spread over the area first and thats in advance of the storm on tuesday. 60 degrees by 9 00 a. M. 1 00 p. M. , 75. 4 00 p. M. , 76. 7 00 p. M. , 69 degrees. Mostly sunny conditions and warm high of 77. Big game tonight in happy valley where the number two ranked penn state Nittany Lions are taking on the michigan wolverenes you will see a capacity crowd of 160,000 strong decked out in white. Its the whiteout game. 60 degrees by the first quarter. 4th quart winds out of the seat at 5 to 10, with temperatures in the upper 50s. I cant wait to watch the game its going to be are a great one. Well talk about the wet weather heading this way on tuesday, and the falllike terms on temperatures on wednesday. Happening Philadelphia Police are looking for a person who shot a teenager in the neck and left him to die. Police were called to the 7700 block of cedar brook avenue in the West Oak Lane section before

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