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with a violent crash. police say it started with a used car ad. >> masked men forced employees into a freezer at a popular sports bar. >> waking up this morning we're close to the freezing mark. >> david murphy, summer is really gone. >> reporter: we're pushing into middle of the october. we have cloud cover overnight and it's sweeping back through. it's chilly enough at the surface, where we are looking at temperatures in the 30s. we have a freeze warning in effect in central south jersey and the area also highlighted in purple. virtually everywhere outside philadelphia county and delaware county. you want to bring them in. 41 degrees in the city. not too bad in the immediate region. look at the 30s across the
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region. 32 in the poconos. 36 in allentown, millville, 34. keep in mind these are the official reporting stations. in between these numbers there could areas that could cooler. frost possible on some of your windshields and outdoor potted plants. 46 degrees by 6:00 a.m. -- 40 degrees by 6:00, 8:00 a.m., 42 degrees, 3:00 p.m., 61. looks like that high of 62 will slide in there around 4:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m., we're back down to 59. notice how clouds are thicker. overnight tonight, there could sprinkles around, we get into a somewhat damp and cloudy pattern as we get into the next several days. >> reporter: by my count we're almost 8 months away from the summer seasonal. let's start counting down. good morning, everybody, we're downgt down toward the --
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counting down to the morning commute. this is 202 where we had construction in the southbound lanes heading toward 29 and 401. all lanes are open. you funnel down into the two up ahead. no delays along 202 through chester county. construction continues on the pennsylvania turnpike, eastbound side by the willow grove interchange. the westbound headed toward fort washington, everything is open at this point. no issues so far this morning on the big picture along the blue route, 476, the schuylkill expressway, the roosevelt boulevard, vine and everything else is clear. the burial ton bristol bridge is closed for construction happening each night this week from 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. stick with the turnpike connector bridge instead. tam. >> thank you matt. developing this morning a
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robbery attempt triggered a police pursuit through two counties overnight and then it came to a crashing end. katherine scott is live in wynfield where the ordeal started overnight. good morning, katherine. >> reporter: good morning, tam, the victim thought of those supposed to be a car sale and ended up being trapped in a vehicle with two men who tried to rob him. it started in wynnfield on the 6000 block of city avenue near saint joseph's campus. it ended in landsdown where one person was taken into custody. yesterday the victim had seen a car he wanted to buy and september up a meeting. he connected with the suspect around 11:00 p.m. on city avenue. the victim wanted to test drive the car, that's when the seller and the other man wanted to rob him. the victim couldn't get out of the car, the car sped off, all three people inside, police started pursuing them and that chase continued into delaware county. the car lost control and crashed
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into a fence on the 1600 block of wycomb in landsdown. one suspect fled on foot. the other is in custody. the victim was not injured in all this. if you have any tips police want to hear from you. >> police are looking for armed robbers who terrorized employees of chickee and pete's. one suspect is wearing a chickee and pete's shirt. they forced the manager to empty $16,000 from the saif. and then they ordered the manager and three employees into the freezer. they tossed employee cell phones from the getaway cars. police are looking for a man in a deadly attack in upper darby. esclon stabbed another man in the neck at a bar earlier this
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month. the victim later died. heesclon is from honor door -- honor honduras and in the u.s. illegally. could workers will check each other's safeguards as they go in and out of the affected areas. two nurses contracted ebola while treating thomas eric duncan. others who came in contact with duncan came out of guarden teen, they are no longer at risk of having ebola. more is at 6abc.com, we have more on ebola and how it spreads. >> being caught with small amounts of pot will no longer send a people to jail. anyone caught with marijuana or less will be find. using the drug in public will
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get people an additional 100-dollar fine or community service. you'll want to pull out the coat for yourself and the kids and warm up the car and get the seat warmers on. >> reporter: it was the first day for that, yeah, nice to have that in the car. storm tracker 6 live double scan showing we're dry, we have some clearing overhead with clouds, it's sort of mix. i had stars out a while back whistles getting outside in delaware county. either way you're looking at chilly conditions across the region. take a look at the temperatures. right now, 41 degrees in philadelphia. up in allentown we dipped to 36 degrees, just above the freezing mark in trenton, new jersey, right now. reading is looking 38 degrees, kind of chilly. lancaster, 5 degrees. millville, 34. 46 in sea isle city and at the boardwalk in atlantic city. a cool start and in between some
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of the reporting stations we are looking at some numbers that are going cooler closer to the freezing mark, that's why we have frost advisories and freeze warnings across the region. you can seem the clouds spilling through overnight. but generally speaking we have a fair amount of stars out across the region. as we go through the day we have increase of sun and clouds during the day. 57 degrees is the forecasted high in allentown and down the shore. it will be better than yesterday, but on the cool side, 63 degrees, a mix of sun and increasing clouds durpght day. a bit -- during the day, a bit milder than yesterday. in philadelphia, 62, sun and clouds, a bit milder than it was, wind light 6 to 12 miles per hour. here's how the numbers climb today. 42 degrees by 8 can a.m. 51 by 11.
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2:00 p.m., 59. 62 the high stricting around 3:30, 4:00. sprinkles and showers tomorrow through the day, and tomorrow night there's a better chance of spotty sprinkles and showers around. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, we're going for a high of 62 degrees, a mix of sun and clouds today. mostly cloudy on tuesday, 67 degrees. there's that chance of a spotty sprinkle or shower especially later in the day. wednesday intermittent rain and drizzle on wednesday, not all the time, but a little chance of rain and drizzle. cloudy and damp spotty showers thursday, 59 degrees, today we have sun and increasing clouds. the next three days you're looking at instability sprinkles and showers around. friday, 64 degrees, partly sunny, getting better there. the for the coming weekend not bad, nice and breeze on
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welcome back you're taking a live look right now into atlantic city. if only those lights gave off heat, as well as light. if you're out there on the boardwalk right now you're going to need a little heat. it is 5:12, 43 degrees. let's head to the suburbs with matt pellman. >> reporter: you could try warming your hands by the neon lights. i'm not sure how that will work out. maybe a camp fire is better than one of them. as we head into the office in lie i don't knowville chester county, 100 at 113. nice, light volume here and across the region. during the midday i like to let you know where the work zone will be, route 100 will be a
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work zone at worthington road. another work zone. they are working on the bridge along fern hill road over 202. fern hill will close between turner lane there in west chester and 5 points road on the east side of the 202. stay on paoli pike as the easy alternate. eastbound side by willow grove, west and center lane is out of commission, it's not impacting speeds. lane is blocked northbound direction northeast extension between lansdale and quakertown. southbound everything is open and clear as you head toward plymouth meeting. time for the commuter report brought to you by the waze app. heading to the new castle burbs
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throngs. 202 at the concord pike that work zone should clear out before the morning rush. developing right a woman said her boyfriend was shot twice in the head after he went out to buy food. this is new video of the scene just into the newsroom. it happened on the 1800 block of east ontario street. the woman told police her boyfriend went to the store and when he didn't return she found him shot. the victim is in critical condition. the remains found in virginia have not been identified as hannah graham. the remains were found saturday on a abandoned property south of charlottesville virginia. jesse leroy matthew is charged with abduction with intent to
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defile. investigators say it could take days to determine how a deadly house fire started outside of pittsburgh. 6 people died in the fire early saturday morning, officials say a newly married couple managed to escape, but they want back inside to save the four children and the man's father. in the end, the hulls made it back out alive. he is in the hospital with the burns covering of a half his body. the eagles are back from the bye and they are now in second place in the nfc east behind the dallas cowboys. the boys rallied to beat the giants 31-21. tony roam mow threw 3td passes to marcus murray the first to have 3 touch downers in his rookie season. peyton manning made history
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passed brett farve's all time touchdown passes. he now has 510td passes in his career. he reached the milestone in 246 regular season games. that's 56 fewer than farve. >> agreement among helpedders may make it easier to get a mortgage. >> a common medical mistake parents make with their children. >> reporter: we're bundling up with sweatshirts and maybe hoods. this afternoon it's cool enough for a jacket. i'll have the day-park forecast
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a robotic apparatus helped him walked down the aisle. >> are you ready to do this again? another workweek on a monday morning, we're live in morrisville, bucks county. not a whole lot of traffic out and about this morning. tail lights heading southbound toward i-95. we are having overnight work along route 1 and i-95 and bell view avenue, but those crews are cleared out this morning. you need not worry about it at this point, worry about it at 9:00 p.m. we have a crash at haverford road and wynnewood road. shuttle busing over the media/elwyn line that came to an end, everything is back to normal for the morning commute. >> reporter: it's one of those days when you head out in the morning you might want the coat.
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but on the way home not so bad. philadelphia, 41. 33 just about the freezing mark in trenton. 38 in wilmington. 36 in allentown and 34 in millville. we have frost advisories and freeze warnings across the region outside of delaware county and philadelphia. bring in those potted plants. as you head into the el station and bus stop, 45 degrees by 9:00. 55 by noon, this afternoon not bad, 61 by 3:00. a high of 62 around 3:30 or 4:00. 59 degrees by 6:00. if you're heading to the airport, we're hoping for all green aircraft on the big board that's what we got this morning. no rain in our most frequently traveled destinations. nydia, tam. >> going on to headlights -- "healthcheck," research shows most medical areas are made by
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your iphone and ipad. lincoln said it has sold 13% more vehicles this year than last year. fury blasted gone girl out of the top spot earning $23.5 million. gone girl dropped to second place followed by the fantasy adventure, the book of life. that's america's money. i'm t.j. holmes. >> i like t.j. >> a big break in a case of a commercial robberies. details at 5:30. >> plus a potential car sale ends in a hold up and police chase. we're live on the search for a suspect ahead
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heavy rains are causing mudslides in mexico. 6 people have been killed. states of emergencies have been declared in 36 municipalities and 4,000 people evacuated to shelters. >> this is a win for the ladies, 117 of the most skilled female skydivers broke two world records at paris center of skydiving in california. the first record, that went for largest subsequential formation, this means they made not one formation, but two formations within a single jump and set the world record for all female subsequential formation. the planning it takes for them to do that. look at that. >> developing this morning, one person is under arrest another remains on the loose accused of luring a victim with a cruised
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snoom developing right now on "action news," police surrounded a suspect vehicle after a test drive takes a dangerous turn. >> some of the suburbs are waking up to an early morning frost. accuweather is tracking the chilly start. >> a woman says she came face-to-face with accused cop killer eric frein and that witness is only talking to "action news." can you imagine? good morning, 5:30, october 20. matt is off, nydia han is here along with david murphy talking about the very cold start to the week. matt pellman is here, good morning. >> reporter: we have some cloud cover out there, but a lot of clear skies, that's been part of
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the problem for the a good portion of the overnight helping us to lose the heat at the surface. saturday we're cold enough for freeze warnings and frost advisories. the freeze warning are the blood counties, delaware county, new castle county not included. everybody else is. if you have potted plant bring them in. trenton 33 degrees, very close to the freezing mark officially. millville, 34. 36 in allentown, 39 in reading, philadelphia is 49 degrees, keep in mind those are the official reporting station numbers in between those places. there could cooler spots. in philadelphia, low 40s the suburbs upper 30s. if are heading to school with the smart phone, 41 degrees in philadelphia. 42 by 8:00. 55 by noon, 61 at #-- 3:00 p.m. with a high of 62.
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