former vikings player, adrian peterson, petitions to get back on the field as professional sports experts weigh in on domestic violence on capitol hill. and authorities are looking for a thief that targeting a woman getting cash. now the details. former player, adrian peterson, says he has a right to be back on the playing field especially in the light of ray rice's case. he pled no contest to child abuse charges against the his on. marcy gonzales has more. >> domestic violence was something weigh auto growing up in our home. >> personal testimony. >> i relate to the 20 million

victims, survivors of domestic violence. >> a senate committee addressing domestic violence in professal sports, hearing from representatives of the mlb, the nfl and the nba. >> will you effectively punish players in what we -- one player says his punishment goes too far. after agreeing to a plea deal after hitting his son with a free branch, vikings star adrian peterson is in new york appealing a decision for the nfl to suspend him indefinately. this after raven's star, ray rice, was thrown out. >> that is part of what fueled

the discussion on capitol hill. there needs to be consequences even when there is not a criminal conviction. authorities in washington say that a suspect tried to rob a sporting goods store after running his car through a door. eventually tactical team went in and brought the suspect out in handcuffs. they believe that the man was going after a large gun selection that was offered in the store. the latest on the hearing for president obama's executive order protecting millions of undocumented immigrants got underway, he wants the individuals to become eligible for work permits and save them from deportation. jay johnson told the house committee that he acted within his authority.

and the republicans say that the order was unconstitutional. >> as a lawyer myself and someone that has been a lawyer for a government agency, i am comfortable with what is in here. i know i'm going to be the one here to defend it. >> the house will move to undue the executive order, mostly a symbolic move because mr. obama will most certainly veto it. president obama decided to nominate former assistant defense secretary, ashton carter. he graduated from abington high school and top republicans said they would support carter's appointment. and if confirmed he will replace chuck hagel. world news tonight with david muir will have more on today's emotional testimony on capitol hill both on immigration

and domestic abuse in professional sports. a philadelphia house guest accused of murdering a popular jewish canter, will be on trial. william james is held for trial in his preliminary hearing today. is he accused of killing ronald fishman at his home in mt. airy. he was staying with fishman but was recently tloep out. police say that on november 24th, this suspect approached a 57-year-old woman at the wells fargo atm, before 11:30 at night. the suspect was armed with a handgun and demanded money from the woman and fled on foot. mercer county health officials are issuing a warning

for restaurant patrons, after a worker tested positive for hepatitis a. the employee apparently worked in food preparations for rose's bakery. symptoms include fever and loss of appetite and nausea and stomach pain among others, officials say that everyone should be evacuated if they haven't already. a house fire in trenton broke out shortly before 11:00 this morning, it happened on fulton street in a vacant building. no injuries were reported. new jersey is investing at least $50 million to renovate camden high school. governor chris christie

announced they would be rehabbing the building, with new heating but most importantly technology will be updated for students and teachers, christie says that the out dated facility is a major hindrance. >> the building has held them back, not the quality of the students or the teachers or the interest of the parents, it's the building that has held them back. no word on when the rehab will begin, new jersey took over camden's struggling school district and put a superintendant in place. and now cooper care now opened up shop today inside of the shop-rite on route 70, it put a nurse practiceticionner on side with the ability to diagnose minor illnesses and

administer flu shots. time for traffic now, lets see what is rolling out there. lets go to matt pellman. >> a vehicle ran into a sign and we have slip sliding in a few spots. on the wet road surfaces, is it looks like the vehicle slipped into this sign to the vine street express bound. it's the northbound travel time on 95 that is nasty though, 42 minutes is three times what it ideally should be to get from new york city to philadelphia, and a crash in shanksville near park avenue, one in new london, chester county, avoid 96 at oxford road, down in newcastle county, one along 41 in lancaster pike, northbound lanes near 273, and camden county, more accidents there this

afternoon, one in waterford near bar tram avenue. take it easy getting home. back to you. >> still ahead on "action news," a cute, cuddly and even good for your health, we'll take you to university city about a story of them. >> and now a group of students, a group dedicated to learning is paying off in spades. and melissa is in for adam. >> hey, we are tracking a batch of moisture moving on out and north batch moving in. >> plus, jaime apody with eagles news heading into the match-up with the seahawks. >> but first another holiday greeting from a local serviceman serving overseas. >> hi i'm specialist currently

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camden, new jersey, students were at a program that could provide scholarships to rutgers new jersey. >> the leader of the leap academy promised students in they did their best in school -- >> you could be the next leaders in this country. >> college became accessible for all of these kindergartners to only graders as they were inconducted into the scholars program, that offer full scholarships to rutgers for students that get a 3.0 gpa, from birth to college graduation, it was the dream of her husband who died in 19 6. >> he always used to say to me to find ways to set up an endowment for the children. and when he passed away, that

was the first thing that came to mind. this ceremony consists of 7th through 9th graders all of whom will have an opportunity for a scholarship for rutgers. >> very a 4.28 right now. >> what do you want to study in college? >> biology. >> what did you hear? >> i was excited, it benefits me a lot. >> dean was inducted his first year and then his grades fell. now the scholarship program made it possible for 82 students from camden to attend college, lisa thomas-laury, channel 6 "action news." >> well, a boxing champ was in south philadelphia today to give back, wba super light weight danny garcia was at the charter school on this giving tuesday to

empower kids to follow their dreams, and he started at the young age of 10. we started with a clothing distribution for students in need. >> could be a tough task this weekend for the eagles. jaime apody is here now with more on that. >> the birds got back to work today and said it felt like a mini bye week, and now they are back to take off the defending champs. jordan matthews didn't have any, that is using your head, and then runs full speed to the end zone, you got to love the way this plays. this game has huge playoff implications, and malcolm jenkins says bring it on. >> this is the national football league and a league made up of grown men and a team like us, we enjoy going against the best and competing against the best and

we work hard all week and all year and we don't want to go out and just go out and beat teams we know we with beat we want to see where we stand. >> everybody is just ready to go. i know everybody will be excited, to be back in the linc this week and the fans are with us and everybody is excited. >> a side note is that mark sanchez gets to face-off against his college coach, pete carol. >> what kind of program did he run? >> similar to coach kelly, the at atmosphere, they emphasized that you work your butt off all week and then when you get to game day you relax and have the time of your life. that is what it feels like here than is what it was like at ufc. >> he says he can't wait to play

against carroll, we'll have more on this coming up at 6:00. the defending champs lost 3 of 5 earlier in the season but have found their comfort zone and they hope to further secure their playoff conditioning. >> there is frustration because we knew we could play better and the fact that we are just starting to hit stride, i think our best football is ahead of us. we continue to grow and it's a beautiful thing this time of year. >> the flyers, what a mess, they lost seven straight road games in san jose, ed schneider was disappointed with their lack of scoring. and nothing like the sixers lack of, well everything. they are approaching a record in in the nba for futility. they are 0-17 and one more loss will equal the worst start to a season in nba history. part of their trouble last night, the defending champs.

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folks who love the holidays have new bright and beautiful ways to celebrate. more than 2,000 point set sets a in newcastle. young people involved in the bright spot program, have grown the plants in a variety of colors. meteorologist, melissa magee, is here and we are talking about a warm-up. it's a better day and we have wintry precipitation and light rain moving through. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing you that for the most part, it is dry, and there is light rain and drizzle outside and north and west of the i-95

corridor, we have mixed precipitation that we are tracking for you, stormtracker 6 live double scan street level showing you in northwestern berks county, south of i-78 and south of hamburg, north of lees port, we have mixed precipitation, and earlier this evening, north and west of town, you can find an icy glaze before the warmer air moves in for the rest of tonight. the winter weather advisory is posted for the suburbs along the 95 corridor from the north and west from the poconos to easton and exton and we have freezing rain until 10:00 tonight and then warmer air moves into, just 28 in the poconos and allentown 31 and 32 in many montgomery. and temperatures in the 40s and 50s and down into the 30s tonight. beach haven 47 degrees and sea isle city 48 and warmer along the atlantic with the moisture

coming in with the northeasterly fetch. and stormtracker 6 live double scan the first batch of moisture moving on out and then a frontal boundary is draped to the south and west and we have mixed precipitation on the move on it's making its way eastward and the liquid precipitation moves into from a southwest direction, and any quick icy glaze you find will quickly turn to rain. you notice precipitation and at that point it turns to rain in the poconos and dover, in the city you won't have concerns with mixed precipitation and all rain tonight. you wake up tomorrow morning and 7:30 in the morning, it's mostly cloudy and maybe a passing morning shower and holes in the clouds and breaks of sunshine as you get into wednesday morning and wednesday afternoon. here is the setup for us, the middle half of the week, we'll max out at 55 degrees, so a mild

day tomorrow but the warmth is not sticking around too long, tomorrow partly sunny and the december chill sets in with a high of 46 degrees, high pressure is overhead and it will be a cooler day and it will be a drier and brighter day, if you had to pick it would be my pick of the week, because as you look at the rest of the forecast, it will go downhill as you look at the precipitation. >> the call from accuweather, rising temperatures and changing to rain and we bottom out at 37 and the southwesterly wind pours in rain for wednesday, on wednesday it's milder and a passing shower and 55, the cold front moves on through on thursday and the bright of the day of the week, 46 degrees, and clouds move in on friday and periods of rain develop and a high temperature of 52 degrees. you'll have to watch the path earn closely because the moisture could block up the area, and even for the eagles at

the linc, a home game on sunday. monday, occasional rain 54 degrees or drying out next tuesday. we watch the precip, temperatures improve a bit tomorrow, thank you guys. >> 6abc.com/weather is always there for you. you can check the live radar and the seven day and hourly forecast, and get the updates from our team of meteorologists, it's all right there right now at 6abc.com/weather.

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jim gardner. tuesday night and more wintry weather is moving through parts of the region, and a lucky break it was for people working inside of this new jersey flower shop when the car slammed into the building, but the big story on "action news" tonight is new and exclusive video of a hit and run accident as police try to track down the driver. police obtained the surveillance video of the accident at 59th and market. the victim is being treated for massive injuries at hup. live at the hit and run scene is david henry. have you the full story david. >> reporter: jim, we are on the corner of 59th and market. the victim was crossing 59th in that direction when the car came threeing southbound on 59th street, we have the video and

it's chilling video so we won't show all of it, because you can see the actual moment of impact. >> the victim can be seen entering the intersection under the l tracks, minutes later the volvo station wagon comes into the intersection and mows him down and bystanders immediately run to the victim, 11 seconds later the police car arrives on the scene with its lights flashing, the victim has traumatic injuries to the neck and head and chest, and is in critical condition. he had no i.d. on him, and he is a black man appearing to be in his mid-20s, this morning one of his shoes was in the street where he was hit. police were back on the streets looking for surveillance