smoke. and dozens of cats after what kittens were tested for. and now the detailt? the philadelphia cigarette tax has driven up the price her pack and o nriving smoweirs to stop elsewhere. and good business to know welcricing counties, welcoming nicotine addicts. and the shops within the district say they are hurtin00 and john rawlins with more on the story. >> hi, rick. critics of the new tax say this is basically becricing a story f critics of the new tax say this is basically becricing a story f small retailers, corner stores -- rt as smowei in in the city flee the pwhty's higher price which s is why we are in upper darby across the border. . eeting michael today on his way to buy cigarettes in upper darby. nothing unusual except he lives in weinsin 10on. that's right, using his transpass he jumped on the l

road the8 0 miles to esc3 cle philadelphia's $2 a pack surcharge. in philadelphia his fcriorite brand goes forgai- >> for a pack newport, $9.50, 9.70. here 6 .50.

>> what did you get today? >> five packs. >> worth the train ride? >> worth the train ride, yep. >> we are told some folks, some small retailers and other in the retailing business approached some city councilmembers to see if they can get a hearing on some of their problems here. at this point, too early to tell if they have the political muscle to get the kind of traction they need in city hall. live in upper darby, john rawlins channel 6 "action news." back to you. >> thank you. the philadelphia police identified one of three men wanted for a carjacking and abduction ending in germantown last week. this is omar johnson. he and two accomplices forcing two into the car.

and the sunoco on west queen lane they withdrew cash from the account, getaway with about $4600. and call with tips on johnson's wheres about. knowing more about the manhunt for killer eric frein and the total more than $11 million. $10.5 million foreperson he will costs. the around-the-clock search ran up nearly $7 million in overtime. he alluded police for more than 40 days after the ambush at the sit police barracks leading a trooper dead. he is held without bail. dozens of cats euthanized in delaware after a kitten tested positive for rabies. the kitten lived in the moment in the buckley subdivision in bear, delaware. it was clear the animal was infected when the kitten bit a vet. animal officers went to the home and found more than 50 cats, some allowed to roam outside. >> the vet records show some of

the animals were fixed or spade and neutered and had rabie shots, some expired. and the owner could not positively identified which cats were current on rabies and write -- and which were not. >> and rabies is easily spread and always fatal in animals. make sure your animals are up-to-date on the rabies spots. the movie "fox catcher" opens nationwide the story of the 1966 murder of the olympic gold medallist here in the delaware valley. and david henry talked to the filmmaker bringing this haunting local tragedy to the big screen. >> actor of dupont. and he died in prison years ago

but he is brought back to life in the dissent to madness and finally murder. killing dave schultz and his brother. he and his brother mark lived on the states with dozens of wrestlers training for the olympics. it is a film that bennett miller is trying to make for eight years. >> i just knew that it was something i wanted to do i knew it was so bizarre, these characters were so bizarre. >> not sure he wants to see the film is dupont's lawyer and confident who often spoke with him three times a way. and his wife broke the news of the shooting at fox catcher. >> i stayed is john ok? and she said no, they're saying that he shot dave. i said what? >> a two-day standoff at fox catcher followed with dupont barricaded inside. the police tackled him as he finally emerged to check on furnas they shut off. and they witnessed his bizarre

behavior the years leading up to the murder. >> ungrateful ape. >> they tried to get themselves psychiatric help but they never thought it would end with murder. >> i am not sure that i or anyone else would have been able to put pieces together and say, you know, this is a program for a killing. nobody thought that. >> dupont eventually found guilty but mentally ill and sentenced to 13 to 30 years in prison. he died in 2010, but the saga continues. dupont left 80% of his vast estate to bulgarian wrestler. and the other 20% controlled by trustees. they will use it to set up a mental health foundation to head off tragedies. and suing dupont they won a

multimillion dollar settlement. and i am told watching screenings of the movie, sitting alone and crying every time. and fixtures in the philadelphia skyline, the letters atop of the 1 south broad building. chopper 6 flying overhead this afternoon giving us this view. today we learned crews are planning to remove the massive letters this weekend. and this will be their second go at it. you may remember in august they tried to remove the letters but the operation hit a snag. ment the idea was to get the letters down one by one. they want to are you ever to the 1930 design. each letter weighs 3,000 pounds. a powerful helicopter with a steel cable gently lifted each one until the workers were concerned that the 60-year-old structure could fall apart in

midair. that's when the crews called it a day. they are set to try again in sunday so you can expect a number of road closures around city hall beginning at 6:00 a.m. until at least 4:00 p.m. this sunday. over to rick and monica. >> ok. time for an update on the commute home on a friday night. >> and what matt pellman has in store for us. any good news, matt? >> nothing good on a friday night. crank up the heaters and get ready to sit on wait home this evening. parked on the schuylkill westbound idea the conshohocken curve. a nasty crash and a tow truck pulled up on the scene. the left lane is blocked and barely moving west on 76. eastbound not a whole lot better. also forced off of 422 westbound because of a crash. seems like 6 miles per hour approaching the blockage. stick with ridge pike or high street. and delco a crash taking out the left lane. the jam starts in delaware at

harvey road that is still closed because of the police activity. silverside road an alternate there. and gloucester county construction still going on on the new jersey turnpike. speeds in the teens in both directions. 295 a much better bet in that neck. woods. lots of detouring this evening. >> all right, thank so much. immigrants hoping to pass the test in philadelphia are getting some help tonight from one of their own. a new tour called the philadelphia new americans tour launched today. a self-guided tour of 13 different local historic and cultural attractions. it was designed by a local immigrant who realized that 2/3 of the area questions on the citizenship test are about philadelphia events. in center city, some 10,000 letters are ready to be shipped off to the vatican for pope francis. the letters were written by catholic school students throughout philadelphia inviting the pope to come to the city of brotherly love there is a possibility the pontiff will visit next year as part of the world meeting of families

conference, and the die sees encouraged students to start a letter-writing campaign a month ago. that project as you now see is complete. >> very nice. still ahead on "action news," crews searching for a tiger on a loose outside of paris have another problem on their hands. it is not a tiger, now they say they don't know what they are really dealing with. and cecily in for adam with a look ahead for the weekend. >> certainly going to be a cold weekend. wind chills in the 30s. get ready for the coldest night this season. tracking colder air next week inment seven-day forecast. and people in new jersey still have a lot of pride. apparently residents of some towns with a few more reasons to smile. see if your town is on the happiest list in the garden state. ♪ music

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searchers near paris have not been able to track down what they thought was a tiger on the loose. it is not a tiger, some thing it is a lynx. fresh tracks mere a highway and residents of three towns urged to stay indoors. >> absolutely.

and time to check sports and jamie apody live in the sport center and checking everything, including our eagles. >> hey, we are talking eagles in a minute. how about this? from crazy hair to charitable efforts, the ultimate fan favorite in philadelphia and tonight scott hartnell is back. thank you, jeff skversky, but not in orange and black. and tonight he is back as a member of the columbus blue jackets. a strange sight to see him walk out of the visitor's huddle. he was traded in june and 13 points in 15 games. last night met up with teammates for pasta and it was a blast catching up. >> at dinner last night it was almost like the long weekend. you go away for the long weekend and you come back and nothing changed. having dinner, cracking jokes and telling stories about stuff that happened throughout the whole year. and it is nice to see them. and it was just a very, very

nice evening. >> not many players like him. he is around the net, he can get under your nerves. and like i say, it is going to be fun to play against him. >> and a video tribute for hartnell tonight. and he joked he wants to play a hit on his buddy, claude giricek. and lambeau field will be cold. practicing outside but nothing like green bay. sunday a high of 30. and it will dip closer to the low of 13. and trent said he is pushing them to go sleeveless. keeping up the hot streak. >> cold is not cold. you have to play regardless. we are out there not thinking about how cold it is, you are thinking about executing and playing football. yeah, we just have to be on top

of everything this week. because like i was saying, all of the mistakes we made, expose them. we have to be on top of everything. >> it will be a tough task in any weather against aaron rodgers and the backers p -- packers. and ron jaworski said it is a tough test for the birds. ♪ i really think the key is you have to out score the greebe packe -- green bay packers. i think this game will be in the high 20s to 30s with scoring. i think mark sanchez and the eagles' offense has to out score the packers and their offense. it is a barometer game. a great team they are playing against. the eagles are playing good football. going upon the road to inclement weather.

it is an a big picture of where they are. >> and join us for eagles game day kickoff from lambeau at 11:30 a.m. and back to break it down on the final at 11:35 p.m. after "action news" at 11:00. over to you. the list you want your hometown to be on, the happiest cities in new jersey. web site graded the communities on seven categories including the number of restaurants, crime rate and residents' commute. several from south jersey made the cut. starting with vineland, it is on the list at number 10. the study found the median income is $53,000. so they liked the payday there. coming in at number 9 on the list is millville. also making the list in cumberland county. if you don't like the long drive to work the average commute is the lowest, 21 minutes long. the next city on the list is

glocuester city. and it holds the number 8 spot followed by woodbury at 6 and they were both noted for low crime rates. and hammington at number 2. and representing southersy at the number two spot. known as the blueberry capital of the world. if you're wondering, summit in union county ranked number one. >> all right, happy to hear those things. still to coming on "action news" tonight, a look at the forecast heading into the weekend. and a live look at the folks enjoying the ice at the they rothman institute ice rink. and 6abc a proud media and sponsor. fun tonight, but bundle up. and cecily tynan tells you why in the seven-day next. merry christmas! thanks but this gift, it's kind of half-fast.

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>> meteorologist cecily tynan here now with a closer look at that weekend, and any outdoor activities should be indoor activities perhaps. >> my daughter has a soccer game tomorrow. >> i hope going to bundle in like three layers. >> there is indoor soccer she can play, too. >> she will be doing that in a few weeks. going live on stormtracker 6 double scan, you see a little bit of the gray there. we do have a few flurries

through the air not amounting to anything. an identification of cold air mass and winds out of the northwest. lake-effect flurries. in philadelphia 40 degrees, but it dropped down to 36 in wilmington. allentown and reading 37. millville 37. sea isle city 38. the winds generally only 5-10 miles per hour, but even with the light winds when temperatures are that low you do get a wind chill effect. it feels like 37 until allentown. 34 in trenton. feels like 31 in sea isle city and feels like 29 in wilmington. you definitely want the winter coat tonight. satellite 6 along with action radar showing the system bringing the first snowflakes of the year moves off and really a dominant feature is the arctic high pressure bringing cold air to the eastern half of the nation. this high pressure brings us loads of sunshine tomorrow but chilly. the high only 43 degrees. winds generally the light side.

heading into sunday, the high pressure slips off the coast and a cold front approaches out of the west. this shifts the winds out of the southwest. it will still be cool, but a little bit milder than tomorrow. 49 degrees. the flip side it is clouding up, not as sunny as tomorrow. and wednesday, the low pressure rides along the front bringing us damp and dreary conditions. you can the umbrella monday. futuretracker shows 10:00 monday morning the rain is here. you'll notice any snow missing as well to the north, so really on the milder side of the storm system. as i understand the h his -- system on tuesday, temperatures 20 degrees below normal with a big dip in the jet stream. and wind gusts, 35-40 miles per hour. so afternoon wind chills likely around 20 degrees. tuesday is going to be pretty brutal. next 12 hours tonight, the coldest night since march. 22 degrees in the cooler

suburbs, 29 degrees for center city. definitely a cold start to the saturday. and the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast sunny and cold tomorrow. 43 degrees. we cloud up, bump the temperature to about 49 on sunday. and monday, periods of rain, a high of 47 degrees. tuesday behind the system 36 the high. wicked kinwinds. thursday not as brute i can'ting -- brutal, 44. and friday, below normal but temperature up to 46 degrees. the coldest day of the seven-days is tuesday. compared to that this weekend not that bad. >> oh, sure. it is balmy compared to that. >> bring out the shorts. >> thank you, cecily. lovely. tonight on "20/20" meet a man who says he donated his sperm to father 30 children. here's the children, it's not through artificial sem nation.

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♪ right now jim gardner and the "action news" team with these stories and more next at 6:00. continuing to follow breaking news from claymont, delaware. a live report on the chase and police-involved shooting. also, five adults arrested for abusing five children. the horrific crimes the police say went on in a darby borough home. tackling opponents on the field as an eagles' linebacker and continued to do the same as a cokocome camden county dedetective. and more adam joseph, cecily tynan, jamie apody, sharrie williams, monica malpass, the entire newz team i'm rick williams. good night.

♪ "action news." delaware valley's leading news program with ducis rodgers, meteorologist cecily tynan and jim gardner. >> it is friday night. the big story on "action news" tonight is a state trooper opening fire on a criminal suspect late today in claymont, delaware. the suspect is now in the hospital in critical condition. the gunfire came after a chase, and police have shutdown the roads in the area. live at the scene tonight is it "action news" reporter, annie mccormick. >> jim, this is still a very

fresh investigation. still waiting to find out a number of details, including if there was an exchange of gunfire. who fired first. what we do know, what is confirmed by the delaware state police is an adult male suspect was shot by a trooper. and at this hour remains at christiana hospital in critical condition. robert there zoom in there by garfield and harvey. that is the scene where it did unfold. a number of cop cars are lighting up this residential neighborhood in claymont, delaware as they investigate the scene. the video from chopper 6 hd, what we do know so far, this was a short pursuit which began around 4:15 at wilson road and maple lane. it moved towards i-95 and shots fired not far from where we are at harvey and garfield where the shots were fired by the state trooperment closed between i-95 and the philadelphia turnpike,