tv Action News ABC December 4, 2014 5:30am-6:01am EST
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karen. >> reporter: all right, matt we're off to a cloudy start, although the clouds are thin enough where we could get early sunshine. obviously thicker clouds out to the west by pittsburgh they will be rolling east. we're starting out chilly, 36 degrees in philadelphia right now. 30 in allentown and the poconos and millville. 33 in wilmington, trenton, dover a little bit better up closer to 40 in sea isle city and up the coast on the boardwalk in atlantic city. look for temperatures in the 30s, not a lot of wind, but on the chilly side and 35. 36 degrees is the current temperatures on the storm tracker 6 live app. 35 bye-bye 8:00. noon, 42 on the way home from school looks like 44 degrees between 2:00 and 3:00 and back down to 42 by 6:00 p.m. rain is on the way and the looks
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like it will last the first half of the weekend. >> reporter: chapter 25 got to be getting near the end of the book. >> reporter: they ended the construction in king of prussia, david. they had crews working in the westbound laidges of route -- lanes of route 23. we have an on going zone where the accident happened north cover tree, chester county. route 202 between stowe. you need to drop the speeds and expect delays, expect to use 724 as an alternate. we have a traffic light troubles along the boulevard, both ways the at welsh road by the tiffany diner, no cross traffic allowed. watch out for a broken down
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vehicle at route 41 blocking the acceleration lanes. >> emotions are running high in philadelphia and across the nation over another grand jury decision about a police choke hold death of an unarmed man. >> this comes after the controversy decision in ferguson, missouri. we go to carolyn costello live in new york city. >> reporter: matt this is where the deadly encounter occurred. candle lit a sign posted that said, no problems just justice. >> new york city, protesters blocked part of a major highway facing off with police in protective gear. some marched through the streets of midtown. other lay on the floor of grand central station.
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the arrest caught on tape, a white new york city police officer putting garner an african-american in an apparent choke hold as he try to to take him into custody. police confronting the unarmed father of 6 who suffered from asthma for selling loose cigarettes. the medical examiner ruled the death a homicide caused by pressure to the throat and chest. but the grand jury decided he did nothing illegal. >> he did it a video. it didn't mean nothing. >> reporter: less than two weeks after the decision in ferguson, protests erupting across the country. president obama addressing widespread anger for a second time and attorney general eric holder announcing this case is not over yet. >> i'm here to announce the justice department will proceed with a federal civil rights
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investigation into the death. >> reporter: the nypd officer issued a statement saying i feel very bad about the death of mr. garner. >> no i don't accept as apology, else still feeding his kids and my husband is 6 feet under. >> that nypd officer remains suspended from the department. he could face disciplinary action. we're live in staten island, new york, channel 6 "action news." >> back to you. >> thanks, carolyn. john rawlins is live at city hall the scene of christmas and protests. >> reporter: hi matt, one person arrested here last night. the demonstrators marched from west philadelphia. now, reportedly they tried to march on the schuylkill expressway and the vine expressway they were rebuffed they ended up at city hall at the tree lighting ceremony. we demand attention on issues.
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protesters some with their hands up moved from the streets to the city hall courtyard during last night's christmas tree lighting ceremonies. the protesters outraged by the lack of indictments by police officers in michael brown and eric garner deaths. >> it's a miscarriage of justice, i cry. >> reporter: some performers were booed and others showed solidarity with protesters. him. >> they have a right to protest and occasionally it conflicts with something else going on. our job is to allow them to 0 protest, but allow the event to takes place at the same time. >> reporter: several hundred protesters, that was the
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estimate, one arrest made last night when protesters disbanded for the evening. john rawlins channel 6 "action news." >> we're following a developing story we learned that a construction worker was hit and killed on a chester county highway overnight. police identified the worker as lee boyer of liberty pennsylvania. he was setting down cones for a lane closures in an active construction zone when he was hit by a jeep it happened at the 422 and route 100 in north coventry township. so far no charges have been filed. new this morning, a gunman fired multiple shots into a car in northeast philadelphia hitting the driver at least three times. the action cam with as on the 6600 block of caster where police say gunfire erupted after
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1:30. no word on the motive for the shooting, that victim is in stable condition. overnight we learned that apartments were damaged or destroyed in this wynnfield buildings fire. chopper 6 flew overhead as flames tore through the building. the fire broke out on west montgomery avenue and raged on for an hour and a half. an "action news" viewer shot this scene in the early going, nobody was hurt. >> happening today, the new jersey state committee investigate bridgegate will receive an interim report. the committee has spent a year trying to determine who is to blame for the traffic jams on the girard point bridge from last year. e-mails -- george washington bridge from last year. e-mails indicate that it was retaliation for the democratic mayor who did not endorse the
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republican govenor. a happening today, camden will light up the city with the annual christmas tree ceremony. mayor dana redd will flick the switch to light up the giant christmas tree. carolers will sing and there will be free hot cocoa. >> you need the hot cocoa and need to be bundled up for santa claus. >> reporter: it will be windy and chilly, and dry tonight. storm tracker 6 live double scan showing we're dry for the morning commute, as well. sky 6 is showing us cameras across the region including the shore that are not shaking all that much because we do not have a lot of the wind in play. 46 degrees, dewpoint, 27. the winds out of the southwest at 9 miles per hour city early hoyer and in some cases it's
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less than that. 5 in millville. 5 in dover, 7 in wilmington, 8 in reading, 5 in trenton and 5 at the airport in atlantic city. those are your winds. satellite shows you the cloud cover is getting a little bit thicker out there, we'll see early sunshine, but the thicker clouds start to build in during the day and we wind up giving way to mostly cloudy skies as we roll from morning to afternoon. 35 degrees by 8:00 a.m. 41 by 11 and 44 is the high. high temperatures not too big of a range today, 42 in allentown, 43 in reading and 44 down the shore and cape may and atlantic city. tomorrow looks like cloud cover throughout the day, there might be afternoon drizzle or light sprinkle or shower showing up on radar. later on in the evening the rain is going to arrive. if you head out for a movie or
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dinner, if it is not raining keep the umbrella handy or some sort of water resistant covering because we'll see rain later on. that's the 11:00 p.m. view that's what cecily will be showing you tomorrow night. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, sun giving way to clouds, 44 is the high, chilly and not all that windy. tomorrow, mostly cloudy, 46. the rain will likely hold off until later on in the evening tomorrow night. unfortunately that same system is with us all day on saturday, it will be cloudy with periods of rain, a milder high of 53. better change in the forecast, it now looks as though as thougf the models want to take it off the coast for sunday. if it is off the coast, we'll be dry for the eelingsdz game. monday, 44. back to 48 on tuesday, the neck chance of rain appears to be wednesday. >> no big swings in
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temperatures. >> reporter: no we're seasonable chilly. >> 5:41, newly released information raises confess about a cleveland -- questions about a cleave landslide police officer who shot a 1-year-old who had a toy gun. >> a driver takes off in hot pursuit. >> reporter: hear about the tractor-trailer that overturned carrying newspapers in king of prussia that's on the ramp. we'll talk about it and the restrictions it's causing. >> a cat survives a month long trip in a moving box from virginia hawaii. how did this happen? that's coming up on "action news." ♪
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>> welcome back you're taking a live look here out across center city, 5:44, 38 degrees, clear out there, but chilly. >> what you got going on in the suburbs. >> reporter: it is less clear in the suburbs, not in terms of of the skies, but in terms of of the roads. let's do the suburban traffic report we have a new issue an overturned tractor-trailer that was carrying newspapers in king of prussia it's on the ramp from the 76 eastbound to the northbound lanes of 202 toward the mall. this is after you come out of the toll plaza valley forge and
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going ton the schuylkill expressway toward gulph mills. if you're using the ramp you'll have a tough time getting by, they have it mostly blocked off, i see traffic squeezing by on the right shoulder of the ramp. but the truck is overturned in the grassy area. let's use the waze app and how to get around it. coming out of the toll plaza from the pennsylvania turnpike, there's the toll plaza right there. there's an exit after that, guferl -- bufl -- gulph road, take goddard road. they will block the ramp from the schuylkill expressway eastbound to 202 northbound. we'll keep an eye on that, we're watching a crash in trap montgomery at the gety station. wool rich township new jersey
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turnpike southbound right lane is blocked there. broken down vehicle 42 southbound at 41. the lane from the on-ramp is blocked in that location. >> we have new information on the leave land police officer who shot and killed a 12-year-old boy who turned out to be holding a toy gun. cleveland police did not review officer timothy loman's file before hiring him. lowman resign before any action was taken against him. a grand jury is trying to determine if loman should face any charges. they thought the 1-year-old was waving around a real gun, it turned out to be a pellet gun. >> a michigan man stole a ambulance, why did he need a ambulance? to get to the strip club.
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this happened sunday night after he stole an ambulance from outside the emergency room with the keys inside. the video shows the ems vehicle swerve into the wrong lane. he said he was en route to the place called the booby trap strip club. a boston logan passenger he is accused of attacking a 70-year-old tsa agent. he was told to head back to ticketing to check the bag. he deliberately struck the victim sending her to the floor. he was arrested after the assault. a free vaccination clinic for anyone who ate at a new jersey restaurant that is the scene of a hepatitis a scare. anyone who ate at rose's restaurant, a restaurant
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employee tested positive for the infection. >> time almost ran out for a cat after the owners decided to move to hawaii. rain to blame for the gaping hole on a san francisco street. >> reporter: we have coats on the kids because we have temperatures in the 0s. i'll have the day planner next. trading-in or selling your car, truck or suv? webuyanycar.com takes the hassle out of selling in just 3 easy steps. one, get your free online valuation. two, book an appointment. and three, pick up a check at your nearest buying center. ♪ find out how much your car is worth ♪ ♪ at webuyanycar.com
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110 vehicles made the trip from king of prussia to south philadelphia. each veak called 50 pounds of nonperishable food. they got there in style. >> i wonder if they are getting stinky by now, because it's thursday. >> it's a long time to camp. >> reporter: hopeful they are bringing in lots of food. thanks goodness we have the cookies this morning, national cookie day. settle in king of prussia we have an overturned tractor-trailer from 76 eastbound to 202 northbound that ramp mostly blocked at this point, emergency crews are on the scene. and chopper 6 is heading to the scene, so we'll have better pictures for you before too long. this is the east falls, the boulevard movings -- moving fine. welsh road no cross traffic there. the trains and buses on time. >> reporter: lots of chilly numbers out there. 36 degrees in pottstown, 31 in
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coatsville, 30 in oxford. 31 in martins creek, 33 in quakertown and below the freezing mark in center city. 30s and 31 in south jersey. 21 in hammonton and up closer to 40 in avalon and the boardwalk. if you're running errands wait until later this afternoon. the clouds will increase, but it stays dry, winds are light, later on you'll be at the high water mark at 44 degrees, that's the high today. there's a 1,000-dollar reward to catch the attackers who broke the teenagers jaw during a beating in the kensington section. surveillance video captured three men ambushing the 17-year-old back ton november 16. the victim had just left a friend's house when he was waiting for a ride he was punched and kicked repeatedly. it was a saddened for a
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>> a big sinkhole opened up in the middle of an intersection in san francisco. officials believe a water line may have ruptured, but they are not sure if that caused the sinkhole. people living nearby say it started as a pothole and kept growing. new pictures show tracy morgan's condition 6 months after being involved in a car crash. he was seen police limping intot office. this is the third time, the actor has been seen out in public since he was involved in a car accident this past june. he suffered a traumatic brain injury and broken leg and broken rib. real housewives of new jersey
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star is suing her lawyer. she claims the lawyer never left with her before filing bankruptcy documents. she claimed he got busted for bankruptcy fraud. once she is done serving her time, her husband joe will report to prison. a family from the state of virginia virginia was moving to hawaii and was leaving the cat with family. when they got to hawaii, the cat was packed in a box. the cat at medical recovery could be up to $4,000. >> newly released dramatic
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