use. just sayin'! blinds to go. blinds for life. >> good afternoon, sunday, november 16 i'm nydia han along with eva pilgrim. >> here's some of the stories we're following on "action news," white house officials are working on confirming an isis video which claims to show another beheading of an american. >> the iconic pnb letters on top of the 1 south broad building have been removed this morning. >> "action news" is taking a live look at lambeau field in green bay,s ducis rogers will have a live report on the eagles/packers matchup. >> reporter: looks like the frozen tundra, it's cold here, but not as cold as out west.

there's 15 different states that are seeing measurable snow falling. it's an unbelievable pattern we're seeing across the lower 48. we're dealing with the cold weather right now, but this will pale in comparison to what's on the table this week. millville, 44. poconos at the freezing mark of 32. ful wilmington and dover, 43. locally we're seeing cloud cover over the mid atlantic states this afternoon all in advance of the system we're watching just now pushing through the tennessee valley. that precipitation will start to increase from southwest to northeast after 7 or 8:00. the remainder of the afternoon, mostly cloudy. yesterday we had a high of 44. today we have a high 58 degrees. south and east could reach 50. here's what's on the way tuesday and wednesday. the leading edge of the arctic invasion, it's only 14 in omaha and 17 in wichita, windchills

easily 5 to 15 degrees below zero. i'll let you know when this air mass arrives and all the changes ahead in ten minutes. >> now to the latest on the developing story, the u.s. government is working to authenticate a video that claims to show isis beheading peter kassig. the 26-year-old former army ranger from indiana was captured in syria while doing charity work. during his captivity he converted to islam. meantime from their indiana home his parents pleaded for his life. even al qaeda call for the release of peter kassig. if his death is confirmed he would be the third american to be murdered by isis since august. we'll have more details in a full report from beruit. >> the famed pnb letters atop 1

south broad building are no more. they were removed forever changerring the philadelphia skyline. nora muchanic is live at the scene with more on today's efforts. >> reporter: it was a big morning here, streets were sealed off, sidewalks were roped off for a several block aid outlines around city hall as the helicopter moved in and carefully picked you mean and removed every one of those giant letters 28 stories off the ground. pnb was start of the center city land scale for decades. now the letters have been taken town and hauled away leaving the top of the buildings bear. >> i think it's amazing. to bring that into the city, that's amazing. >> reporter: all eyes were sky ward in center city as crews worked with the helicopter pilot safely removing the iconic pnb letters from 1 south broad

street. >> we live on the 12th floor, it was wild seeing the letters come across the balcony. >> pulling this off was no easy task. crews tried this back in august, but had a hard time because the letters were deteriorating. flying them down to the ground was difficult even though it didn't look that way. >> we tightened them up, everything went great. >> reporter: pnb stands for philadelphia national bank. the letters were part of the skyline since 19 50s. well fargo deemed them unsafe to stay 20 stories off the ground and the folks got a show. >> we brought our kids ice skating and almost got successed

as you as you sucked into the wind tunnel. >> we came into center city and we saw the guys work, it was kind of cool. >> reporter: back live you're looking at 1 south broad. workers are up there making sure nothing could be blown off the buildings. we got mix recreation, some people were upset about it, but others are saying it's progress, hats off to the crew who pulled off the job, the job like this has the potential for lots of things to go wrong, but it went off without a hitch. nora muchanic channel 6 "action news." >> good execution on a tricky procedure. 12:05. a 10-year-old boy is in critical condition at children's hospital after he accidentally shot himself in the face with his father's gun. police received a report of

child shot at 10:30. when officer arrived they found the boy to the gunshot wound to the face. they rushed him to the hospital. that's not all. >> thanks to the alertness of the first arriving officers on scene. they scooped the child right away, he was lifeless at the time we arrived. one officer drove, the other performed cpr in the back of the car. they got him to the nearest trauma center which was fitzgerald mercy, he was revived at the time they got him there. >> the boy and his sister were dropped off at his father's job because the mother had to go to work. the boy found the gun under the drivers seat. an early morning one car crash on a manage money

gormry county road driver went out of control and hit a utility pole. the police are trying to determine what caused the car to go out of control. one person was killed overnight when their car slammed into a utility pole. it happened on the southbound side of delaware avenue north of oregon avenue in south philadelphia at 2:30 a.m. police say the 32-year-old driver was killed. police are now looking into what caused the driver to lose control of the vehicle. a catholic church in west philadelphia paused today to pay special tribute to america's servicemen and women. the action cam was at the 600 block of north 43rd street. dozens of reservists and veterans joined parishners, they offered prayers of thanks and for those serving now. >> the eagles are in green bay this afternoon. they are looking for another win

under qb mark sanchez. he was impressive in his first start as he stepped in for the injured nick foles monday night. ducis rogers is live at lambeau field and joins us with a live preview of the game and the weather. >> reporter: we'll start off with the game it's a big game for both teams. both teams are fighting for playoff positioning. the eagles coming in 7-2. the packers 6-3. mark sanchez will be making his second straight start. he looked so good last week, mistake-free football. >> they are tough at home, a lot of that is due to the fans the system, the enthusiasm and energy that will be a challenge for us, but, yet, again it's for sports fans and players to get an opportunity to play there, it's cool. >> a stadium with a little

tradition and history. it's an experience if you never played there, because of that, all the highlight reels you see on lambeau field all that stuff, you see the crowd, they have a great fan base. it's definitely an experience, but once the ball is snapped it's just football. >> reporter: yes, indeed, once again, we'll join you tonight at 11:35 on channel 6. mike quick and i will be eagles game day final. i need you to pass along a message to chris sowers, i don't have a fancy degree like he does, it's cold here, windchill it will be 19 degrees somebody just threw a snowball at me. >> ducis he said it's technically 25 degrees there right now. just so you know. >> else smarter than i am.

>> i like it that you're wearing two hats. thank you, ducis. >> reporter: celebrities banded together for the remake of an 80s classic for those in need. >> eva, look at this, the cold weather will be following ducis back to the delaware valley. these are predicted highs for tomorrow and predicted windchills by tuesday morning, i'll have the details in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast when we come right back.

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below snow created a problem in some areas last night. snow fell across parts of kansas. two to four inches accumulated in the northern part of the state. driving was difficult on snow-covered roads there, as well. >> ducis rogers was gunning for your job. >> reporter: i do not want to be in green bay right now. it's the strangest thing, it's 17 degrees in northern texas, snowing in oklahoma. something good to be home. >> reporter: let's get you started on sky 6. we're looking at the cape may skyline. we'll see rain from the next system. temperatures will be too mild, even though it's chilly out there right now. the system we're watching will track to the west bringing in milder air to the south we'll see rain not snow. storm tracker 6 live double scan no precipitation out there, we had a few spritzes and sprinkles later on, even a couple of passing flurries in the poconos.

43 degrees in philadelphia. that's close to yesterday's high, wilmington the same number, allentown, 40, 32 in the poconos. satellite and the radar there's the leading edge of our rainmaker, that will get in here first thing tomorrow morning. snow will fly across the great lake states. it shows you how far west the cold air is to support the snow. you have to go 3 to 400 miles to the west to pick up the white stuff. we'll see liquid not snow. there's the wider view. some of the snow i was talking about for oklahoma. look at the heavy bands, amarillo, texas reporting snow. dallas down to 28 degrees, omaha, bismarck seeing windchills 35 to 15 degrees below zero. quite an impressive air mass. look at the windchills. 2 in bismarck, 2 in omaha. 6 in wichita, 74 degrees in new

orleans. future tracker 6 it's a nice, quite finish to the weekend. it's a little gray, but we're not expecting any precipitation. it should off off until the evening hours, this is 9:30, the far western suburbs will pick up moisture, it will expand in cover annual in the overnight night. tomorrow morning, the rain will overspread the region and pick up in intensity by late morning. it will be in the lehigh valley and shifts east and moves into the heart of the delaware valley in the afternoon, the cold front slams through and tuesday will be bone-chilling cold. forecast for the remainder afternoon, 48 degrees for philadelphia. 49 in millville. 52 in dover. -- 45 in allen be -- allentown. periods of rain west to east,

overnight tonight, 35 for suburbs, 41 center city. we have a winter weather warning in the poconos. we'll see rain in the delaware valley. poconos it's start out as snow and going over to sleet and freezing rain and all rain tomorrow morning. tomorrow i felt is a rain day, it will be warm, periods of rain, some of it heavy at times, it will lead to ponding on roads, that will slow down the morning commute and the evening commute and be on the look out for poor drainage areas, especially areas that see a lot of leaves clogging the drains. we'll have to deal with that, as well. along with that there will be poor visibility issues monday. monday looks like a miserable day. 60 monday, that's the only good news for monday. tuesday, upper teens, low 20s in thehills.

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>> welcome back, it is 12:21, sunday, sky6 live hd taking a live look at the skyline of center city which looks a little different now, take a look at the bottom. screen, the pnb letters that

cruised to sit at the top of the 1 south broad buildings are gone. the other than said the letters had to be removed because of the safety of the public. pop stars are trying to raise awareness for the ebola victims in west africa. bono and one direction have joined forces to create a charity song. do they know it is christmas, it was created 30 years ago to raise money in ethiopia. >> a new vending machine is set to make it's debut on the university campus, it fills prescriptions, it will start to dispense farmeuticals. the new addition comes after the school pharmacy closed back in

december. >> this is a great solution for students who want to access their medications after their appointment. it allows for them to have convenient medications filled on campus. >> school officials wouldn't say what medication indication is available for the machine. the machine mostly sell medications patients need you are gently such as antibiotics. it's 1500 pounds and like a evaluate it is remotely alerted to any templarring attempts. -- tampering attempts. don't forget you can take 6abc.com with you. the new smart design fits any device you have, whether it's your tablet or smart phone, no matter how large or small that screen. check it out by visiting 6abc.com anytime anywhere.

>> as far as the eagles will have to weather the packers and the brutal cold, jeff skeverski has that and the flyers facing off in montreal. >> reporter: the eagles better be ready, good luck defending this. aaron rodgers has thrown 26 straight touchdowns at home without an interception. it's the longest streak in nfl history, ducis rogers no relation is with the eagles. >> reporter: as you can tell it is cold here in appleton, wisconsin. but i'm not wearing a coat, why? because the eagles tell us weather is the not going to be a factor. >> we'll all be dealing with it. >> everyone is talking about the weather here got to respect you showing up in the short sleeves. >> i just got off the bus, are i don't know, i wasn't planning on being outside that long. >> i like playing in the cold.

i can vouch for a lot of guys. it's one of them things you don't get tired as much, you just have to stay warm. >> reporter: the eagles are 7-2 coming off a victory over carolina monday night, but they know that the packers are a much better opponent. >> we're going to lambeau field. you have a quarterback who can control the crowd. >> it's a challenge and we're up to the challenge and be lieuing forward to the game. >> reporter: on second thought i think i'll go inside and get a coat. with the birds, i'm ducis rogers. >> reporter: more on the game this morning on eagles game day kickoff at 11:30. and we'll recap on game day final after "action news" at 11:00. flyers coach said they couldn't keep up with column because last -- column -- colum,

looks like they couldn't keep up with montreal last night. they fell behind 3-0. brayden schenn made it interesting to get bakhtiari. where is the puck, where is it? , matt reid scores, flyers down 1. canadians close the door seven minutes to go in the game. flyers lost 6-3. they have dropped back-to-back games. this is sports, i'm jeff skeverski have a great day! >> another half-hour of "action news" is just ahead. >> stay with us, we'll be right back.

happening right now on "action news," we'll have the latest on isis. and philadelphians will no longer see the pnb letters on the philadelphia skyline. we'll have a live report on their removal. bill cosby's lawyer is addressing rape allegations made by the comedian. >> more on those stories in just a moment, but first let's check the accuweather forecast with meteorologist chris sowers who is outside. >> reporter: good afternoon, nydia, it's a chilly afternoon with temperatures close to where they were yesterday at this time, but we are expecting the

numbers to climb into the upper 50s before all is said and done. 43 in philadelphia. football weather, reading, 42. allentown, 40. poconos, 32 that's the freezing mark that's why they will see snow from the system at least to start. everyone else will be rain. dover, 43, millville, 44. satellite and radar, nothing together going on in the immediate future. you go towards pittsburgh they are clear. a couple of miles to the south, they are clear, as well. you have to go to the ohio and tennessee valleys to pick unthe moisture. some of this is coming down at a good clip. nashville getting walloped at this point hour. on the left-hand side of the screen that's where the heavier snows are flying southwestern portions of missouri and kansas that's shifting into saint louis. oklahoma reporting moderate snow.

fortunately this snow will track west of the delaware valley as it pulls north into new england. the next couple of days, expect mostly cloudy and milder, 48 degrees, rain heavy at times tomorrow, 60 degrees, here's the issue as we look at temperatures monday evening. before the front comes through, reading, lancaster, allentown, 44 degrees, look how quickly the numbers drop in an hour, i actually expect them to drop a little bit more so than what you're seeing there. the issue will be with wet roads and puddles and quick temperature drop excuse me like that we could have issues of icing developing in the far western suburbs. i'll talk about and have a look at the seven-day forecast when i step back inside in just a bit. >> the famed pnc letters atop the 1 south broad buildings are no more. the letters were lifted up and set on the grounds forever changing the philadelphia

skyline. nora muchanic has more on the changing efforts. >> reporter: it was like a movie scene watching a helicopter land several times in front of city hall. you don't see this everyday that's for sure. as we go up to the top of 1 south broad. i want you to take a look because the old pnb buildings looks bear. here's why, a cracker jack helicopter pilot went up and removed the 9pnb letters, they are 16 feet tall and weigh 3,000 pounds, getting it right was crucial. crews attempted to do this back in august, but the letters were rusted and deteriorating. they did a little different prep work unscrewing the old square bolts so the chopper could lift the letters and the scaffolding and dropping them one by one in front of city hall where they

were transferred on to flat bed trucks. we talked to man who was watching them as the job progdz. >> progdz -- progressed. i was here when they took the first three letters down, they had problems with that, i came out to see if they can make it work, they did, it took 40 minutes to get the other nine letters down, it took four hours to get three. whatever the problem was they fixed it. >> it was sad, it's a part of your skyline, part of your childhood, you drive into center city, you see city hall, and you see the pnb letters, now they are not there any more. >> reporter: now the project manager for philadelphia sign company said everything went perfectly. they had to get approval from the faa to fly the chopper so slow, several streets were sealed off for hours, but the job got down. as we come back live and look at the skyline without the iconic

letters. looks like something is missing. crews were up there after the letters were removed, making sure everything up there was secure and nothing left. thankfully the weather cooperated no winds to speak of and the project manager said that made life easier. something missing from the skyline, i guess that's progress. nora muchanic channel 6 "action news." >> a change, anyway. thank you very much, nora. >> the white house is working to confirm today's claims of isis militants of the beheading of another american captive. 26-year-old peter kassig a former army ranger was captured by the militants last year. he would be the third american killed by isis and the 5th westerner. in the most gruesome video released yet by isis the terrorist group claims to have beheaded american aid worker peter kassig.

isis warned several weeks ago that peter kassig like two american journalists before him would be executed for military action in iraq and syria. since his capture, peter kassig converted to islam and changed his name. his parents pleaded with isis leaders not to harm their son. the 26-year-old served as an army ranger in iraq. he moorveldz to the middle east in -- moved to the middle east in 2012 and formed a medical aid mission. he wrote to his father, if i do go, i won't go thinking anything but whain to be -- what i know to be true that you and mom love me more than the moon and the stars. a passionate young man dedicated to helping others. isis is holding another female

aid worker, but no threats have been made to her life. philadelphia police are investigating a deadly shooting. crime scene tape was spread across north 21st street in north philadelphia. a man was shot several times. he was rushed to temple university hospital where he died from his wounds. >> two drivers were in the hospital where they got into a fight in the middle of a busy bucks county intersection. i tell happened at street roads and warminster. 45-year-old man from hat borough and 47-year-old man from warminster pulled over and started arguing and chasing each other around the vehicle. one was stabbed in the stomach and the other suffered cuts to his face. worker at the sunoco locked the doors when they try to to get inside. diners tell "action news" the two men continued to fight even as a good samaritan tried to break them up. >> i can't believe someone had the nerve to schmidt such a

vicious crime. that's pretty personal, don't you think, stabbing somebody? >> the men were taken to two separate hospitals with non-life threatening injuries. charges are pending in the case. >> penn state's football team earned bowl eligibility this weekend. it's the first time the it in need lions are a-- nittany lions arrest allowed to go to a bowl game. the sandusky is casting a shadow over the school. the school's president said he'll take another look at the freeh report that concluded that top discipline strairlts -- administrators tried to cover up what penn state did. when penn 125eu9 beat temple the -- beat temple, the talk was in the sandusky. >> the fact that we had 49 seniors that stayed around the program when the community and

the program needed them the most. >> the school president said he hopes to quickly completely his review. rape allegations against bill cosby has reassure faced. a former actress wrote in an washington post-op heed, she claimed that could also bee drugged and rape her. he was asked about the allegations on npr's weekend edition. >> >> cosby's attorney said he would not dignify decades old discredited abuse. cosby canceled his appearances

on david letterman show. cosby has never been criminally charged. the parents of michael brown are reacting to new video released the day their son was shot and killed by a saint louis police officer. the video shows the police officer who shot michael brown. police say his face was swollen after shooting, saying he had been hit. the attorney said wilson was not seriously injured. >> the lack of evidence injuries on his face, demonstrates they exaggerated his injuries. >> a grand jury is expected to make a recommendation is to whether wilson should be charged in the shooting death of brown. brown was unarmed when he was killed. >> the boy scouts continue a

holiday tradition to help free the hungry over the holiday season. the scouts fanned across the area to pick up the bags they left last week filled with food. coordinator david craig remembers the moment the meaning the scouting for food program hit him. >> the first it was doing something for the troops, and then i got to see the recipients of it and i saw that these people needed it, i was thinking about thanksgiving they were thinking about the next meal. >> i think we have to give back to those who can't have it all the time. >> if you're bag was not picked up, contact philabundance or donate it to a local food bank. here's another way to help fight hunger in the delaware valley. join 6abc on wednesday the 19 to

benefit philabundance. go online for a link to the philabundance donation page. >> much more to come on "action news" this sunday, broadcast pioneer donates his radios to a new exhibit in philadelphia. 6abc loves the arts goes down memoriry lane -- memory lane. with the winters season coming up, the fear of power outages has people making a backup plan. lisa thomas-laurey has their story. and chris sowers has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast when "action news" continues.

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into the teens as the birds play. >> ducis will have to double the ear things and the hat on today. >> reporter: they are so used to it out there, you'll see the cheese heads in the stands with no shirt on and the beer belly hanging out. that's how they do it out there. let's go live on sky 6. atlantic city, gray skies, that's the theme of the afternoon and chilly temperatures. we're hanging out in the low 40s, but we are checking highs in the 50s. chester and center city, 44. a little bit milder south and east, gandys beach, 44. hammonton, 44. earn cinnaminsoning -- and cinnaminson, 45. we're watching an area of low pressure developing rather rapidly. because of the ways the winds blow around the system, we'll

see rain and not snow. if the winds were out of the northwest, it would have taken the cold air and drove it into the delaware valley. because it's out of here, the winds are out of the southeast the conditions will be way too mild. actually we'll be close to 60 degrees, we'll see rain out of this not snow. it will be developing west to east at 9:00 p.m. as we advance this you'll notice it picks up in intensity and coverage monday morning into monday afternoon. monday is a rain day, periods of rain will be heavy at times. expect quite a bit of ponding on area roads. visibility will be reduced at times, a miserable start to the workweek. 3:30, pockets of heavy rain. the front barrels through 8:00, 9:00. here is when it gets tricky.

monday, 9:30, 44 degrees in reading, lancaster and allentown. in one hour it drops reading to 36 and same number for lancaster and allentown, 38. i think the numbers will drop off more than you're seeing here. which means if the surfaces are wet, meaning parking lot and back roads, with the temperatures plunging they could be freeze. we could be dealing with black ice first thing tuesday morning. there could some slick spots out there, it's important to stay tuned to the forecast over the next couple of days. 48 degrees that's the high, winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 miles per hour. overnight tonight, periods of rain, it will be a mild night compared to perceives -- previous nights. the poconos close to freezing, your precipitation will start as snow, everyone else rain. periods of rain, 60 degrees, windy and colder, tuesday, 34,

wednesday, stays cold, 35, thursday, 47. temperatures are well below average for this time of the year. >> with december-like weather setting in lots of folks are shopping for generators even before the big storms. lisa thomas-laurey has that story. >> we're too old to rough it. >> reporter: howard cohen knew before he moved to haverford, pennsylvania he wanted a generator. >> we know from lose our previous home losing power so many times. >> so last winter he made the move. >> we had a two day outage, it was very annoying. we decided we had enough. >> his neighbor was familiar with winter power outages. >> when we moved to this area, we found the same thing happening. we decided since we were moving

to a new home it was a good time to put in the generator to back us up. >> reporter: the power outages more than last winter's severe storm were more than an inconvenience. it cost homeowners thousands of dollars. storms sent families to hotels for days and weeks. food spoiled. home supply stores are selling full home generators sooner than usual. >> this is a shell of a 20 killowat generator. most are buying portable. >> it's 30 amps. >> we're tawrking about enough power to keep a fridge going. >> but not everyone is jumping on the bandwagon.

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>> welcome back sky6 live hd taking a live look over center city, this is souths street right there. even though it's cold outside, there are a lot of cars parked and people walking around, bundle up as you head outside. 44 degrees. in a world that's dominated by ipads an mp3s. we take a look at the device that started it all. karen rogers has 6abc loves the arts. >> reporter: the philadelphia history museum has made it a mission to tell the story of philadelphia from the late 1600s through today and a new exhibit looks at the history of radios. it's called made to be played. looking at vintage radios dating

back to the 1920s, philadelphia broadcast pioneer roy shapiro donated them before his death last year. >> he gave us 31 radios from his collection. he understood that we had radios and philcos and rcas. he wanted to add to our collection. the exhibits features classic pieces and explores what they meant to the people they served. >> they say are original works of art that art -- atwater kent produced. radios became pieces of furniture. people gathered around it and listened to the news or radio plays, the long ranger the green hornet. >> reporter: it features a montage that the radio played in major motion pictures. >> young people who may have

not been around when the radios were used or created, they know the movies and make it much more relevant. >> reporter: for tickets for museum hours, go to philly.org or 6abc loves the arts. this is genuine eye care, right in your neighborhood. this is pearle vision.

>> recapping our top stories, the u.s. is trying to authenticate the claim made by isis that it beheaded another

american. the terrorist group claims they executed peter kassig in syria. he would be the third american beheaded by isis since august. a landmark in philadelphia is no more. the pnb letters that stood atop the south broad building for 60 years were removed. the last 9 letters were removed. the helicopter lowered the final one at 8:10. >> they had no wind for that. >> reporter: same this afternoon, calm conditions, chilly weather. we have winter weather advisory in the poconos only. they will start out with snow, change changing over to sleet and rain. for everybody else this will be a complete rain event. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast 60 degrees tomorrow, periods of rain, tuesday and wednesday, icy cold

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narrator: on today's outback adventures, rookie keeper kyle has his hands full. kyle: gotcha. oh, that's scary. narrator: there's a surprise delivery in the venom room. tim: very cool to see that. (tortoise growling) narrator: and hugo, the tortoise, hits the scales, eventually. (squish) tim: i'm tim faulkner. australia is my home, and animals of every shape and size are my life. i wear lots of hats, as an animal expert. look at that! look at this guy. just awesome, aren't they? join me on this spectacular journey on today's outback adventure. tim: tonight, i'm heading out to conduct my own small survey of