here is what is happening on "action news" with a gun, that is what a serial robber is using across philadelphia, we are live with the stories. plus, new information behind the wheel of the corvette launched into the delaware river, it only took ten years and 300 million miles but history in space today for the first ever landing on a comet and sharrie williams has details. now, the latest tonight, a female thief is terrorizing businesses across the city. according to police she has hit seven times and targeted retailers and even a person walking down the street. kenneth moton is live now where a store was hit twice. >> reporter: rick, that store is angela's mini market robbed

twice in a ten day period. new information this evening, police believe it's possible that the woman in these robberies was recruited by a man to commit the crimes, sometimes armed with a large knife and other times a handgun. she covered a lot of ground in south and southeast philadelphia hitting seven businesses in the last month. >> it gets more aggressive especially this time of your as we head towards the holidays. they captured the same female robber, dark hoody and a mask grabbing cash and leaving with the money. the most recent during the day at 1:00 p.m. last monday at the 50th street market. they identified an accomplice of

29-year-old antoine burgess, who can be seen on video giving the woman instructions before one of the robberies. >> in one of the videos she appears shaky. this male is a person of interest, we are looking for the public's help in getting mr. burgess into custody. >> they hope that the man will lead them to the woman that is terrorizing businesses. >> were you scared? >> i couldn't breathe. >> this 15-year-old girl was working the register at her family's store, angela's market, the business was hit twice and the team was there both times. >> she is greedy. >> during these robberies nobody was injured including a teenager who was walking down the street when the knife-wielding robber

walked up. she got away with about $1200s from both businesses and is described as having a raspy voice. they left one scene in a town and country minivan. >> thank you. this is 33-year-old marcos ortega, he was driving south on route 9 when he hit a pedestrian and authorities say he drof more than a mile with the man stuck there before an officer pulled him over the victim was rushed to the hospital in critical condition. two people were injured in a fast moving fire in north philadelphia today, chopper 6 hd overhead as firefighters tackled the flames on the roof on the 4700 block of north franklin street. one man was rushed to the hospital with burns off his body and the other person was taken

to the hospital with unknown injuries. a man wanted for robbing and sexually assaulting a woman at gun point. geovany ortiz is the man seen in this video, police say he followed the victim from the golden dragon chinese take yourt and the victim was forced into his own home where he was attacked. we have an update to a story that "action news" brought you monday about the corvette that plunged into the delaware river, the man behind the wheel is now under arrest. 49-year-old john cramer was taken into custody this afternoon. witnesses tell police that cramer intensionally drove the car into the water and told by standers that it was a family matter.

after traveling more than 300 million miles a spacecraft lanes on a comet. >> this is a landmark in space exploration, and it's happening as we speak and it may unlock the secrets of the universe. >> this is now science reality, a spacecraft landing on a comet for the first time ever. >> it landed on the surface and it is talking to us, we are on the comet. >> since blasting into space in 2004, the european space agency's rosetta spacecraft is racing around to catch up with comet 67 p, as old as the solar

system and scientists believe it may hold answers to some of the big of the mysteries. >> if life emerged on earth or brought to earth by a comet many billion years in the past. >> to collect data, this morning rosetta launched a small lander called filla. it's the size of a small washing machine and landed on the comet that is 2.35 miles wide and speeding at 48,000 miles per hour. >> we have a go from the flight control team. already picking up this unexplained noise from the comet and sending back what is being described as comet selfies. >> that was real audio from space and filla is transmitting information from the comet. scientists call the success a big step for human civilization

and that project cost almost $2 billion. two american sailors were roughed up in turkey and the video went viral. >> go home! >> the sailors who were not in uniform, briefly had white sacks over their heads and they got away and ran to the uss ross, that was nearby. at first they called the americans killers and pelted them with red paint and the u.s. embassy in turkey condemned the attack. world news will have more on these attacks in turkey as well as the historic comet landing. you can watch that following "action news" at 6:00. time for a look outside at the traffic scene. matt pellman with the latest on the highways and byways. >> we are heading home to the

sunset here in chestier county. are you sitting in a backlog approaching this point at 29 down to 401, normal afternoon slowing here on 202, upper providence look for a bad crash fire and police helping you around it and bridge street near sauers as in chris. and old 44 foot road. is a good section to avoid and a crash by oxford circle by oxford avenue and a house fire at 7th and butler. a wreck at union mill road and academy drive. a warning for tonight closing the triple b, with restrictions after that, stay on the turnpike connecter bridge after that. >> rick and monica over to you. >> still ahead on "action news," learning valuable lessons from

real pros. we'll take to you east falls with the harlem globetrotters. and melissa magee with this week's outdoor adventure. doing some fruit shopping? >> just in time for the holiday season, more specifically, apple picking because i have my apple cider donuts and my apple cider, all things apple at weaver's orchard. you need to get your orderers in, we are talking about apple pie and the all important accuweather forecast. and it's another packed night on prime time, including an all new episode of nashville, we'll go behind the scenes and talk to the actors when the story line mirrors real life: ♪this holiday season, my good friend gave to me♪

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charter school in east falls, he was doing more than showing off his impressive ball handling, the program shows children how to prevent bullying and violence. now time for sports. mark sanchez is getting ready for his second start against the packers on sunday. >> the next game is the most important game and probably the most toughest game on the schedule to date. eagles sun at green bay. mark sanchez hopes to ride the momentum from his stellar performance on monday. but weather could be a factor. temperatures notice low 20s, and it is green bay, it might snow. >> i heard talk about that, we'll worry about that in the next couple days, but this team can play in the snow and i saw it last year on tv and i watched the game and they looked sharp and coach kelly's biggest thing

is control, and unless someone is in the locker room that can control the weather, we just go play. >> aaron rogers threw six touch downs against chicago last week, all in the first happen. he might be the best quarterback in football right now. >> we are excited about the challenge and it will be a heck of a test to see where we are as a defense against them. this is what you want to documents in the nfl you play the best. oh we have to play these guys? no, lets go play these guys and see where we stan. >> last year this time i didn't get a chance to play them. and he was out and i'm sure he has things up his sleeves he wants to show us, he is definitely in the swing of things and a great quarterback. >> deja vu all over again,

darren sproles is the nfc special teams player of the week. the second time this season he is honored with a player of the week award. penn state and temple, where do your allegiances lie? they will meet in happy valley. temple and football coach matt rule played line backer for penn state but this is not about the coaches, both teams sits at 5-4 and both need a victory to be bowl eligible. >> its a great stadium and a great crowd and all of that, but at the send of the day it comes down to blocking and running and catching. if any of our guys are saying this is pen state, i can promise you penn state is not saying this is temple week. tonight's prime time lineup is packed with laughs, drama and music and romance, it kicks off

at 8:00 with episodes of the middle and the goldbergs and at 9:00 an all new modern family. >> i think french is a better fit for you -- >> this show is so funny. gloria is trying to expand manny's knowledge of the his heritage. plus, jay and gloria's anniversary is coming up and the pressure is on to find the perfect gift. that is modern family tonight at 9:00 and then at 10:00 here comes "nashville" raina makes an appearance on "dancing with the stars" and realizes she may have let too much public access into her lives. they say that the story lines often blur with real life. >> for a while haden was hiding the fact she was pregnant and

then juliet was hiding the fact she was pregnant so the line of fact and reality is always blurred. >> that is tonight on an all new nashville at 10:00. don't forget of course you nashville fans, alicia vitarelli is hosting a live twitter party during the show, talk to the stars and tweet your thoughts using #~ 6 abc and #- nashville. that starts at 10:00, before that prime time kicks off at 8:00 followed by the gold's bergs and then modern family and blackish. and then at 11:00 it's "action news" at 11:00. merry christmas! thanks but this gift, it's kind of half-fast.

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philadelphia director's next project hits the theaters next year. it's called "the visit" it's set in the philadelphia reason tells the story that two children visit their parents for the weekend and realize something evil is going on. >> the last two movies i made were big, giant studio movies

and they come with their own challenges and opportunities. but i really wanted to get away from that. so i when away and made a movie with a small cast of world class actors in a very, very scary thriller. >> we'll have more of jim gardner's interview with the interview in the coming weeks. it hits theaters in 2015. now lets go to melissa magee, at weaver's orchard for this week's outdoor adventure. >> i do know your favorite flavors of pie. but lets start with the apple cider donuts. can you pick your apples until november 18th. rick likes sweet potato and apple and monica your favorite

is pecan. so we are going to bring these back for you guys and also have the all important accuweather forecast coming to you. in philadelphia things are starting to cool down and a high temperature today of 70 degrees, and currently we are at 61 degrees, cooler air arriving into wilmington as well. and 56 in reading and along the coast at the boardwalk 59. here is satellite 6 along with action radar still fairly clear skies across much of the delaware and lehigh valleys, if you look to the west, pittsburgh westward to the ohio valley, we have clouds moving on in, that is the leading edge of the colder air, that is working its way eastward and settling in for sometime. the call from accuweather for the rest of the tonight, in allentown we drop down to 30 degrees, and philadelphia 38. and we have winds out of the

northwest and the northwest breeze sticks around. future tracker 6 showing you a mostly sunny start to your day, 5:00 in the afternoon however we are tracking the cold air that is plunging southward and a short wave moving on through and showers are likely into 5:00 in the evening and by 9:00 we have rain showers but also snow showers and the best bet of finding that activity is along the i-95 corridor north and west. we are talking about snow showers and could this be the first flakes of the season, i done think anything will stick in philadelphia but a reminder that winter is not too far away. the best time period to find that is 8:00 tomorrow night into 2:00 in the morning and rain showers are possible. a koecoating if you are up in t poconos. the exclusive accuweather forecast, showing you cloudy and a high temperature of 49 degrees on thursday and friday keep in

mind windchills are in the 20s and once we get into the afternoon hours, only in the middle 30s so extra layers on needed. saturday 44 and sunny and dry and sunday mostly cloudy and 47, that is good news because the models are trending a touch warmer on sunday as we track the coastal storm that works its way eastward. sunday night into monday, a soaking rain and 52 degrees and tuesday clearing and colder and 42 and a taste of january on the way as we get into wednesday with the high temperature of 39 degrees. guys we are here at weaver's orchard, this is a fun place to visit if you happen to be in morgan town, it's a family owned business that goes back four generations, pie orders are coming in, on arrange this place

gets 1400 pie orders in advance for thanksgiving and you can also come up and pick out your own pie, they have all kinds of varieties and my favorite just came out. apple caramel and pecans. i'll try to bring this back to the station. i know you like pecan. and apple pie for rick on the way. make sure you get the orders in, because thanksgiving is two weeks and a day away. >> we'll never see the pies. she is eating them already all right.

right now jim gardner and the "action news" team is tannig

by with these stories next at 6:00. >> cumberland county officials investigate the death of a toddler at a millville day care. >> for cecily tynan, melissa magee, sharrie williams i'm monica malpass have a good night.

"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers meteorologist, cecily tynan and jim gardner. >> wednesday night and accused kidnapper delvin barnes appears in court and a vandal smashes

the windows on cars in delaware. but the big story is police investigating the drowning of a 15-month-old boy in a backyard gold fish pond, it happened at sunshine day care on shar lane. sara bloomquist is live at the day care center tonight. who do investigators think happened here? >> this is where roxanne lacey lives and she was caring for six small children, yesterday that 15-month-old boy got into the backyard and fell into a fish pond, about a foot deep. police say he did drown and the death appears to be an accident but tonight an investigation is underway. neighbors tell us that roxanne lacey cared for children in her home called sunshine day care for years and they called