>> good morning, it is 5:30, saturday, december 6. here's some of the stories we're following on "action news." a row home is gutted by fire forcing a family out into the cold night air, a fire battalion chief is hurt while responding to the scene. a taxi driver and his passenger are hurt on i-95 yoacht and landing in bushes. plus we're tracking rain in the delaware valley, as the

weekend begins. that rain is already moving in, chris sowers has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> reporter: this will probably be the dryest part of the day. let's go live on sky 6. it will be a miserable start to the weekend. the second half of the weekend doesn't look that bad. we'll see a breeze and decent amount of sunshine. there's the view the center city skyline. we have patchy fog and drizzle and showers north and west, but temperatures are on the mild side. this is key. this time around this will not be snow because the numbers are way too warm. 36 degrees in allentown. 33 in the poconos. the higher elevations. everything up there, looking at above freezing temperatures, 42 in wilmington, millville, 44. sea isle city, 47. again we'll see liquid precipitation, no frozen stuff. showers overspreading the area, southwest to northeast. we extend out into the ohio

valley. the center of the storm system is sitting to the west of charleston. we have to get this guy through before that rain shut off. periods of drizzle transitioning over to a steady, soaking rain later this afternoon. we're mild, but it will be miserable. lunchtime, 52, 3:00 p.m., the high of 54. when i come back in a few minutes we'll take a closer look at future tracker 6. i'll time it out for you. we have a coastal system tuesday. >> you can stay on top of the weather conditions anytime with our new 6abc.com the smart design changes the lawout to fit -- layout to fit stab -- tablets. check it out anytime anywhere. a fire broke out in a row home and there was a close call for a fire chief before he got

to the flames. 3 adults and two teens made it out unharmed, the fire is under control. the red cross is helping the five people displaced. no word on what sparked the fire. on the way to the call, a fire chief was involved in a crash, the car ran a stop sign and hit the chief on atlantic avenue. the laptop hit the chief in the chest. a woman faces the summons for running the stop sign and driving without a license. new this morning, a taxi carrying a passenger careens off i-95 and the driver says this was no accident. the taxi ended up in a marsh along the northbound labels in up land, delaware county. the driver said he was run off the road by a tractor-trailer that never stopped. state police are looking into the claim. the driver and passenger were

taken to chester-crozer medical center. both are expected to be okay. the search is on for a gunman in a late-night shooting in chester. the victim was rushed to crozer-chester, who pulled the trigger and why is still under investigation. philadelphia police are trying to figure out who opened fire on a man driving down the 1500 block of south cleveland street. witnesses say the 46-year-old man was going southbound when someone opened fire. the man was hit 14 times before crashing his car into the front stoop of a home. he was rushed to the hospital and pronounced dead. investigators don't have think the attack is random and questioned the witnesses in the suiting. philadelphia-based rapper, is in critical condition after being shot outside his home in atlantic county. he was hit in the stomach yesterday after he dropped his

children off at school. despite prior rushes with gun violence, he was not the intended victim. search efforts continue this weekend for shane montgomery, the 21-year-old college student has been missing for a week 1/2 and there is no trace of him. family friends and volunteers expanded their search to south street. sharrie williams has the latest. >> reporter: with flyers and tape in hand, family, friends and volunteers expanded their efforts to find shane montgomery. >> there's one kid who thinks they may know something or seen something. >> reporter: until now the search focused mainly in manayunk where the 21-year-old was last scene. he disappeared before leaving kildare's tuesday morning. >> we hope this is the day to find him. >> reporter: but the search has taken on a new approach.

dozens of volunteers hit the streets and posted flyers where the young college groups hang out, not just in manayunk, but in bars and lounges in center city and south street and college campuses. now this, asking people to check their cell phones for any selfies they may have taken while they were out wednesday into thanksgiving. >> if you took any selfies look in the background and see if you have a picture of shane that the police can take and pinpoint a time. >> reporter: st. john church in manayunk is headquarters for the search. volunteers continue to crank out pictures with shane's pictures, his facebook page continues to grow. >> we holding up, things that get us up out of bed every day,

we're on mission to find shane and well we will. >> police and fbi task force are pressing on with their search efforts that is requesting surveillance videos from businesses and private owners. the reward is up to $40,000. >> breaking news, american hostage, luke somers is dead. his sister said he was killed in a failed rescue attempt in yemen. she said the fbi delivered the heartbreaking news overnight. somers was born in england, but carried american citizenship. he was captured while working as a photo journalist. drone strikes killed 9 al qaeda militants in yemen. a man is behind bars for stabbing four people on a packed amtrak train in michigan. police say the attacker was

agitated and traveling alone. the conductor called security in chicago where the train left from. before the train stopped and local police arrived, the suspect was stabbing an orderly gentleman in the chest, an amtrak employee and two other passengers were stabbed. police tasered the suspect and took him in for questioning. 172 passengers were put on another train. >> the family of a 12-year-old who was shot and killed by cleveland police is suing the city and two officers involved. tamir riles had a pellet gun on october 22. he died the next day, the police say the officer thought he had a real firearm. police say the orange cap on the front of the gun that signifies it was a toy has been removed. the suit said the officers acted recklessly and claims there was

a delay in providing medical assistance. voices he can -- echoed in the missouri capitol as protesters called for change. this is the naacp journey for justice, after michael brown was shot and killed by a white police officer. the protesters say they are demanding an end to racial profile and police misconduct. >> the past few nights, protesters in new york city shut down streets, bridges and tunnels. they are demonstrating against a grand jury decision to not indict a white police officer in the death of eric garner. larvelt hundreds of people march and many briefly laid down in mace at flagship store and grand central terminal and an apple

school. this was the scene of a science leadership academy in center city. the students joined the nationwide movement that's criticizing the handling of garner's case. students tell "action news" they were moved to take action. >> i felt like i had to do something, i had to be part of the movement to show this is not right and texted jamie we have to have a dye-in in our school. >> these are foaforts from -- photos from a dye-in from masterman high school. all the protests were peaceful. philadelphia parking authority said it's trying to fix a problem with its kiosks in center city. anyone paying on the streets will have to use cash, because the machines are unable to use credit cards, coins and dollar bills are accepted. an alternative to surgery

that treats scoliosis. coming up in weather we're expecting quite a bit of rain, if you're doing your christmas shopping later this afternoon, the earlier you get it done, the better off you'll be, i'll have the details in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast when we come right back. what's possible today?

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fogger, north dakota is feeding the beast. public works -- fargo, north dakota is feeding the beast. workers learning to melt snow, workers are having so much fun on this machine they are hauling in snow from out of town just to use it. >> a place like fargo didn't come up with something like that, maybe 30, 40 years ago, they get 350 inches a year, i've seen storms drop 20 inches at a pop. low -- they get crazy weather in fargo. speaking of crazy weather, we have some of that in the delaware valley. first come the rain and the winds and maybe snow early next week. i'll talk about that when i have to do this weather. philadelphia international

airport, it looks rather dreary. we have cloudy skies and patchy drizzle and areas of fog developing. 43 degrees right now in philadelphia. there's a silver lining the fact that we're well above freezing. that would be it. dewpoint, 40. pressure reading 37.27 inches. storm tracker 6 live double scan a little bit of light rain is falling north and west. most of south jersey and delaware will change at this point as the air moves on. every now and then if you're north and west of the city, you start to run into a heavier batch, most of this is on the lighter side. 43 in philadelphia. above freezing. 36 in allentown. same thing for the poconos, 33. the freezing mark is 32. since we're above freezing the numbers will climb throughout the course of the day we're in the expecting frozen precipitation out of the this. sea isle, 47, millville, 44.

everybody later on, will see the reduced visibility, the ponding on the roads, dreary conditions and low level clouds and rain. center of low pressure is sitting over charlie ton, west virginia, this pulls through the mid atlantic during the afternoon, it brings periods of rain, waves of rain throughout the day. the whole system will clear the coast as we head into sunday. a cooler canadian high moves in. we'll see gusts as high as 30, 40 miles per hour as we get into sunday, cooler temperatures highs in the 40s. things get interesting next week we'll see a coastal system develop off the coast of georgia, monday we start out with a sliver of sunshine, clouds are on the increase this system joins forces with that one cutting accuracy the great lakes that brings us a coastal threat tuesday and wednesday. future tracker 6, periods of

rain, some of it will come down heavy at times, always indicated by the yellows even oranges, this is at 8:00 p.m. the good news it is pulling out quickly, sunday we're left with maybe morning cloudsological give -- clouds which will give way to afternoon sun. take it easy if you're traveling doing your christmas shopping there would heavy rains on roads ways. periods of rain, 54 is the high. overnight tonight, 30 in the suburbs, 38 for center city. eagles take on seattle. look all right, windy, gusts as high as 30 to 40 miles per hour. temperatures 43. kickoff, 38 degrees in the 4th quarter, the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, 54 today we're down ten for sunday, 44. 40 as we head into monday,

turning cloudy here comes the coastal threat for tuesday, temperatures are be on the mild side at least that's the way it appears right now, rainy and breezy, 46. clouds and breezy, 44. thursday is chilly, friday, is chilly, but the return of sunshine. it's like a 50/50 weekend, today is dreary tomorrow we see sun. >> the tree lighting ceremony was held last night in germantown. salvation army brals band got -- brass band got everybody in the spirit and encouraged a coralling session.

>> good good morning, on this saturday, sky6 live hd taking a live look over atlantic city, 4 # degrees outside, 5:50 right now. in "healthcheck" a vaccine that fights breast cancer is showing success in early trial.

it causes the patient's immune system to target a particular protein. the protein is not found in most other tissues meaning fewer expected side effects. a small trial of woman found the vaccine to be safe. researchers at washington university who developed the vaccine hope to move to larger clinical trials. doctors have a new way to treat kids with severe scoliosis. ali gorman has the details. >> reporter: 7-year-old brady is always moving. >> he is going 24/7. >> reporter: but when brady was four, his doctors noticed a blugeon in his back and x-ray showed a sideways curve to his spine indicating scoliosis. if it isn't control it can cause

back train and affect a child's breathing. braces and body casts wasn't the solution, another option could be traditional surgery where doctors implant metal rod we side the spine. having 20 or more of these surgeries can take a toll. >> the fear and anxiety of having to back and forth into into the operating rooms. >> reporter: now they have the magnetic expansion control system they use rod that are lengthened from outside the body. brady got them in august at the ai dupont hospital in

delaware. >> reporter: annie has scoliosis, she got hers at shriners and she is back for her second adjustment. the doctor activates them with remote control. the rod are lengthen about a quarter of an inch every 3 months, a small amount close to the way the kids grow. >> she doesn't have to be put to sleep, she is just sitting there. it's so much better. >> reporter: they don't feel the change and the doctors say there haven't been any infections or serious problems with magic. as children grow they will need surgery to get longer magic rod, but the overall number of operations is reduced from 20 to 4. the system is for kids with severe scoliosis who are still growing. the children's hospital of philadelphia is using the

system. as for braid he -- brady he hads first adjustment and we we are d it went well. ali gorman channel 6 "action news"

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or more. anne taylor is offering 50% off on shoes. the coupon code is merry 50. at pottery barn kids, 30% of off all table top items. last, but not least, john lynn is doing his annual studio sale through sunday. if you can get to the studio you can get merchandise up to 75% off. his jewelry is sold all over the county. this sale will include samples and one of kind jewelry and discontinued styles. if you go this weekend you'll get a gift with a purchase over $100. the studio is in as p-a.

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>> good morning, it is 6:00 a.m. saturday, december 6. here's some of the stories we're following on "action news." philadelphia police aree're investigating a deadly accident involving a pedestrian on the boulevard overnight. final farewell today for three children who were killed by their mother inside a home in the new jersey pinelands. it's a soggy start to the weekend, will it be a complete washout? we hope not, meteorologist chris sowers joins us for a look at the accuweather forecast. it's drizzeling right now. >> reporter: drizzeling right now, but more of a washout later in the afternoon. things will turn downhill as the afternoon wears on. in the meantime there's the view as we look at philadelphia international airport. you can see the wet runways, i haven't seen any major delays at philadelphia international