"action news" continues with adam joseph, jaime apody, rick williams and monica malpass. ith hello again, here is what is happening on "action news" tonight. camden county authorities swarm a gloucester county neighborhood and puts schools on lockdown. several customers including a child are terrorized by a gun toting thief in a local food star. plus, a proposed medical marijuana bill. we are continuing to track a coastal storm that will bring much needed rain and windy conditions to our area tonight

monica, the latest live imagery shows the rain is creeping upright now and the heaviest from the virginias and the carolinas, it's a weak one off the coast of south carolina, so it will be sometime before it pulls up the eastern seaboard and whacks us with some much needed drenching downpours. the rain's arriveal you can expect it in southern parts of new jersey from now until 9:00. the i-95 area from wilmington to trenton it's not until between 9:00 and midnight and the western parts of the area m midnight before it pushes in and it's heavier for the commute tomorrow and over the next 24 hours, 1 to 2 inches of rain and this is a good soaking and some areas could see close to 3 inches at the shore. when we come back we'll talk

about the timing rick and the brighter future ahead for the weekend. >> thank you adam. be sure to download the storm tracker 6 app to your smart phone. you'll have access to life radar and watches and warnings posted to your area to people are under arrest are as police search the area when an and several areas broke into the house and salted him, two suspects were taken into custody a third suspect fled on food. that prompted the search for several nearby schools that were locked down as a precaution. no other suspect was found and after an hour, police lifted the lock down. chopper 6 hd was over head when

paramedics treated a motorcyclist sit by an suv. here in the fishtown section of the city, witnesses told police that the suv slammed into the man and drove off. the man was conscious when he loaded him into the blanks. a theater director is arrested for allegedly sexually abusing one of his actresses. the director of the play out in birdsboro, is accused of inappropriately sexting and touching a 14-year-old boy. he sent naked photos to the boy and asked for some in return. meanwhile, investigators north of read rg looking for a young man that held up two gas stations in bethel township using something called a fantasy sword.

police released these photos from redner's quick mart sunday night. the same man used the same decorative knife used in costume role playing games at the gas station sunday evening. a search is on for an armed gunman that robbed a southwest deli and he did it with a child standing just a few feet away. >> right now. hurry up. this surveillance video from inside of the j and a deli, inside of elm wood avenue, the suspect pulled out a gun and pointed it at the clerk, and the suspect got away with the cash and fortunately nobody was hurt. this is 34-year-old steven williams, delaware state police charged him with his fifth dui and someone reported him slumped over his steering wheel in dover yesterday. when a trooper woke him up

williams allegedly sped off and smashed into several police officers and ran on foot before he was allegedly caught. is he currently held on $15,000 bond. now, to the upcoming mid turn election, two candidates are vying for the sixth congressional seat, the democrat faces off with ryan costello, vernon odom spoke with both candidates today. >> he is taking his third shot at congress, the physician and decorated iraq war veteran was a surgeon on the frontline, he supports president obama's strategy to destroy isis. >> i want to make sure we learned from mistakes in the past in afghanistan and iraq, and have a well defined strategy. ryan costello is the republican nominee and like many candidates, he has backed away

from hammering the affordable care act. >> more people have access to health insurance, the question is do more people have access to care and the quality of care, and the challenge is, is it more costly. >> he has a 2-1 advantage for fundraising, is he steadily -- >> these are vendors long before i became county commissioner, there is really no substance to the accusation. >> these guys have given thousands of dollars to his campaigns and then he and his group dole out nearly $30 million in contracts. after the last census, the sixth district lines were drawn for a safe seat for jim gerlach who is not running again. the republicans have a 44-40 advantage. much here depends on turnout and

they believe he has a better shot this time than ever before. a lot could turn on governor corbett's numbers at the top of the ticket. vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." in other news this wednesday after an emotionally charged debate, the pennsylvania senate has passed a bill legalizing several forms of medical marijuana, residents would need an access card from the health department proving a medical condition and a doctor-patient relationship. and it moves into the house where it faces strong operation from republicans and from governor corbett. >> thank you. time for a check of the "action news" traffic report, maybe matt pellman has better news this time. >> we can always hope for better news, it's not getting a whole lot better, the blue route 476,

it's quite slow from the schuylkill to mid county, it appears that there is a broken down vehicle here on the northbound shoulder as you come away from the schuylkill expressway, it's spilling to the schuylkill itself. just 14 miles per hour around the conshohocken curve, the crash on the eastbound side is on the side and still heavy from king of prussia on the eastbound span. in cheltenham, a wreck at oh gons avenue at the queens buffet, and at the route 1 media bypass and one along baltimore pike at beatty road and one in the heart of wilmington, second street and jackson street is the intersection to avoid. still some problems out there. >> thanks matt, see you tomorrow. more to come on "action news" tonight, new developments in the ongoing search in the missing student hannah graham, what

police have aing about the person of interest in the case. and a grand jury decide fz nascar racer, tony stewart will face charges in the death of another driver. we continue to watch double scan live radar, we'll talk about the wind and rain and minor flooding. and jaime apody has eagles news including shady mccoy talking about his performance so far this season.

now to the latest in the search for missing university student hannah graham. authorities have officially charged jessie matthew with abduction and attempt to defile in graham's disappear an. police have hire eye on him ever since detectives showed video showing him with graham shortly before he vanished. he left without speaking to investigators and took off when he realized that police were following him. police have searched his home and car several times since

grahams disappear an on september 15th. now they are tight-lipped as to why they are now charging matthew. >> it reached the point where the commonwealth felt we had sufficient probable cause to issue a search warrant. we have to be sensitive about the information we share. matthew's family hired a lawyer and are not ready to comment at this time. and the university of virginia are addressing safety concerns in the disappearance. >> thank you sharrie. new information tonight about another round of protests in ferguson, missouri, the town is simmering after last month's shooting of michael brown. a store was lootding and an art cyst tried to torch another

business and some threw rocks at police. >> two st. louis county police officers were injured and one could have awake anded this morning blind. >> protesters were upset about a fire that destroyed a roadside memorial for brown and felt police did not respond to the fire fast enough. race car driver, tony stewart will not face charges for the death on the track. kevin ward jr. they said was under the influence of marijuana. the d.a. said that was enough to impair judgment. ward's car spun out alongside stewart in a sprint car race. and turning to the eagles, lesean mccoy is talking about his performance so far this season. jaime apody is here with more on that. >> it's hard to believe that the

eagles are 3-0 with a run game that is not working, lesean mccoy is frustrated, he admitted he was, and his numbers are way down from last year, for three games last year he rushed for 290 yards and this year only 175, and he carried the ball 19 times. and he is running behind an offensive line held together which duct tape. >> you want to go out there and play your best, and put the stats up and do all the great things but we are winning games and that is what is important. >> last year we jumped out real early and we when what? 1-3 and it's mixed emotions and we are 3-0, it could be worse. >> lets revisit the hit on nick

foles on sunday. the nfl ruled it was a legal hit, that was news to chip kelly and he would touch base with officials, as far as he knows you can't blindside a player whether it's a quarterback or not. he looked at nick first before he hit him. >> are you surprised they said the hit was legal. i am surprised my understand is that you can't just hit starting quarterbacks that hard unless they are throwing the ball. i was surprised to see that. >> the nfl has their own rules and i'm sure they looked at it and it looked dirty to me though. >> we'll have you covered as the eagles face the niners, as they play live at levi stadium.

and we'll wrap it up here at 11:30 here on 6 abc. and the phillies, five games left of this dreadful season. cole hamels was great but his offense gave him anything. cole had a great season, in the ninth the winning run was at the plate and a strikeout. and cole hamels the fourth bester. hsh it's awkward enough for a dodger fan to be dating a rival fan but there is only way to settle this. and then there is actor cuba going jr. competing on the shoot the puck challenge and on the

third try he nails it and takes off his clothes, that is more like show me the tummy. thank you for that one. that is sports back to you. >> all right. don't you try that. >> don't worry. >> who is laughing? why is that funny? >> thanks monica. to prove a point about internet speeds, we slowed down an up escalator. this is crazy i don't get it, this one is working ladies, shouldn't up be as fast as down? yeah. shouldn't internet speeds match as well? yes. do your socks match? my socks match. do your eyeballs match? yes. cable does not match the speeds. makes you want to go mad. erggggh. only verizon fios comes with speedmatch - upload speeds as fast as your download speeds join now at fiosspeedmatch.com

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it's almost a month since the last good soaking of rain? >> finally stormtracker 6 live double scan shows the edge of the rain is pushing into the south near dover and cape may, but it's slowly progressing to the north and light showers are breaking out near dover and generally dry near the central part of kent county, going south of milford, in lewes delaware, and on the tip of cape may, rain is barking in from the ocean in the next half hour. temperature-wise though we are still below normal. 70 in allentown, 66 in millville. 68 in dover and it will be one of those raw, cool, rainy nights and tluts the day on thursday, especially with the wind coming in, with the easterly direct and

the winds are 16 in philadelphia and up to 18 miles at the shore and a persistent effortly wind piling up the water with the coastal storm to the south. that is why we see minor tidal flooding at the times of high tide. we have the wind tunnel affect going on high pressure to the north and coastal storm to the south and it wraps around a high and enter a low and it continues to funnel in and wraps around the storm and it stays on the windy side through thursday morning and then the low pulls to the north and east and it eases the wind speeds by tomorrow afternoon. satellite and radar, the actual low is near charleston, south carolina and starting to spill in virginia and north carolina. and the clouds are in play now and it's not until midnight when the heavy rain punctures the i-95 corridor and heavy rain and

unfortunately for the morning rush, you can see the bright colors on future tracker and the heavy rain lifts north of philadelphia at 10:00 tomorrow morning and down to the south and in the afternoon tomorrow, the heavy rain pull as way and lingering showers in the afternoon and evening rush hour, the main impacts with this coastal storm, rain 1 to 2 inches and locally up to 3 inches, and wind gusts add 10 miles per hour to the wind and that causes minor tidal flooding from cape may county, cumberland county and anywhere in southern delaware county and ocean city to the north of atlantic city, the high tide of concern for minor flooding is tomorrow morning. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, it's a rainy, windy cool thursday of just 66 degrees, the heaviest in the morning and light you are showers in the afternoon and then rewarded come friday and

the sun returns at 75 and a summer-like weekend is in store. saturday and sunday low 80s for highs and wall-to-wall sunshine and it continues on the mild side for monday at 80 degrees, then the cold front comes through and a couple of clouds and showers and temperatures are back to normal in the lower 70s, a win win here going on and much needed rain and we'll get one of those spectacular weekends right after. ta

i've lived hewith my mother, forty--four who is ninety--nine. people who do not live in delaware county need to know that tom mcgarrigle raised our taxes five times. five times in seven years. meanwhile tom mcgarrigle gave a million dollar subsidy to an energy company. tom mcgarrigle is not looking out for regular families or seniors at all. we need john kane in the senate. he gets regular families. another big night for season premieres on 6 abc prime time. >> and auto new comedy is in the lineup. it take a look at what it means to be black in america today. it's called, "blackish" with

lawrence fishburn. how they deal with the stereotypes often experienced by mixed race families. the goal is to take an authentic look at our world. >> it kick ofz with the middle and the goldbergs and then modern family and blackish and then nashville. and "action news" at 11:00. coming up next at 6:00, gun fire erupts outside of a philadelphia school causing students and parents to panic. and new details emerge for a man wanted for killing a pennsylvania state trooper. and a feat that my golf fans will envy. for the entire "action

"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers, meteorologist, cecily tynan, and jim gardner. wednesday night, in the news a new cigarette tax is officially headed for philadelphia and three suspects on an attack on a gay couple await arrangement. and there is much needed heavy rain moving into our area tonight and no severe weather warnings to worry about except the steady rainfall. sky 6 hd is over the skyline and cloud cover moves in as we get ready for the rain to move in. lets go to cecily tynan at the big board.

>> stormtracker 6 live double scan showing that this system is loaded with moisture and it's moving very slowly. the actual center of the low is off the carolina coast and this is hugging the eastern seaboard and being held back by high pressure and the rain will not given to fall in philadelphia until later on tonight. zooming in you can see in dover there is light rain and we have all the buoys and we can get live data from the buoys, this is lewes, delaware and these are wind gusts, along the shore we could have wind gusts of 40 to 45 miles per hour tomorrow. and this could cause minor tidal flooding, the big story is the rain, we haven't had a soaker like this in more than a month. southern new jersey, it's moving in between now and 9:00, for the philadelphia and metro area, between 9:00 and midnight. most of evening is rain free, and the rain is