>> a look they at the "action news" double radar tells the story tonight rain a whole lot of it is drenching the region and not done yet. saturday night, i'm walter perez and the big story is truly soggy start to the weekend. you're out of uniform without umbrella, waterproof coat and hat if you venture outside. outside manayunk this tavrn may be raining but christmas is 19 days away. so we caught these folks squeezing in shopping. is it too late to ask santa for rubber boots. i think so. p looking at the conditions at philadelphia international

airport we're not hearing of any major delays coming or going. that can change. it's a great idea to check with the airline before heading to the airport. let's go to the "action news" big board with meteorologist melissa magee has the latest from accuweather, melissa. >> walter, we've been tracking the rain most of the day and it will continue the rest of the early evening hours and tonight. here's stormtracker 6 double scan radar rainfall across the delaware and lehigh valleys and in fact heavier pockets north and east we go in tighter street-level. medford lakes, ma'am hon ton andelmer we have yellow that's indication of moderate pockets of heavy rain moving to south jersey. as you look north and west we're inundated with moylingt tour overhead. it's all because of the system coming in southwest to north east direction. it's been raining since friday night. as you look at the rainfall so far wrightstown more than three quarters of an inch. philadelphia, .65 and more than half an inch of rainfall for mill vel and allentown and that

moisture continues the rest of tonight. in fact we'll talk about what we can expect as we break it down the rest of tonight into the overnight hours. now, right through the early half of the evening hours we're tracking steady and pockets of heavy rainfall across the region. 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. we have showers that linger. rain tapers off and showers linger fort rest of tonight. as we get into the over nights hours winds pick up. which means sun makes a come back second half of the weekend. we'll take a closer look at that with the full and exclusive accuweather forecast. >> melissa, we'll keep track of changing weather conditions 2 hours a day 7 days a week with the stromtracker app. it gives you access to live radar tracking storms coming our way and hourly forecast. it is free to download to your smart phone. >> a community in chester pulled together after callous act of vandalism. this is what this year's phoenixville fire bird looked like yesterday built by volunteers as crown jewel for

annual celebration and was supposed to be used for celebration of bonfire tonight and vandals torched it early this morning. still this story has a happy ending. >> ken is live in phoenixville with detail, kenneth ♪ >> walter, as you listen to the festival of music behind me. to be honest it's strange to say there's arson investigation for something eventually and intentionally set on fire. but that's the case here. organizer say neeminger rain or vandals will stop them from rebuilding and retorching their mystical bird. >> volunteers have been hard at work building the wooden structure of a bird due to be lit 8:00 tonight. this is 2012 festival and friendship film franklin and fillmore. this was this year's structure. four months of craft manship and 2,000 and tons of wood. but in a strange bizarre and

criminal twist someone beat them to the torch. overnight around 3:30 a.m. phoenixville police say vandals intentionally set the bird on fire. >> i was shocked when i heard the bird was burned. but it is the whole thing we want to not hold on. and so i spread hats and did not hold on. >> sparked sdo nations of word an manpower word spread. >> i got a call saying the bird was burning i was devastated. we came together. >> meanwhile this 11th annual music and arts festival and celebration of the phoenix is in full swing. dozens of performers, businesses and those who attend this community event yearly are determined not to let the bad actions of others dampen their spirits. >> it's fire bird festival all about phoenix rises from the ashes the community rose up and met the challenge, too. >> and here is your live look as

this festival continues so does the arson investigation. as you heard so many organizeers and others say they're not holding a grubling they will let it go walter. reporting live. ken, "channel 6 action news." >> thank you, kenneth. >> the reward for information leading to why about of missing college student shane montgomery stand at $50,000. the 21-year-old was last seen leaving kildare's in manayunk early thursday morning. so far efforts to find the west chester university undergraduate proved fruitless. his mother today made another public plea of helpp. >> we're looking for any selfies, video, from anywhere on main street that might have somebody in the background resembling shane. the fbi is still looking for that information. >> and shane's family is also asking that supporters wear green ribbons in the show solidarity. >> two separate vehicles hit and

killed a pedestrian in bridgeport, montgomery county late last night and authorities say neither driver bothered to help the victim left lying on the street. "action news" reporter annie mccormick has that story. >> friday night just after 11:30 police shut down the bridgeport intersection ram bow and ford after a pedestrian was struck and killed. the hunt is on for not one but two drivers who investigators say struck 54-year-old tom daily. >> help us to find these people. >> married 20 years eileen daily surrounded by family on bridgeport front porched tried to comprehend who could hit her husband and leave them to die. >> i think what they does was inhumane and cruel. how could you leave my husband like that he was a good guy and wonderful father and terrific husband. >> i was inside putting my baby to sleep and heard the loud bang. >> chris pounds ran out of his home and saw the driver of the first vehicle get out and survey the scene. pounds wife called 911 and he

ran out to the street only to witness the unthinkable. >> as i'm coming outside to see if he's okay another suv coming down the street ran him over again right in front of me. >> pound says the driver that got out then fled. the driver of the second vehicle never stopped. he was rushed to einstein medical center montgomery where he was pronounced dead h he was leaving a nearly family member's house walking westbound on ram boa attempting to cross ford. they described the first vehicle late 90s black ford explorer with passenger side damage around the headlight. they believe it was operated by a hispanic male. the second striking vehicle was green cadillac or lincoln suv with decall on rear window of family of stick figures. >> and again this happened between 11:30 and midnight friday. police are asking for witnesses to come forward. and also for any people that may have surveillance oween their

property that may have caught this on tape. reporting in bridgeport, annie mccormick, "channel 6 action news." >> mourners gathered in tabernacle, new jersey today to say good-bye to three young children allegedly shot to death by their own mother. funeral services were held at the church of christ holy eucharist for nicholas harpman and brother and sister. their mother janine la page died ofself inflicted gun shot wound november 0th. they may never know the motive behind this unspeakable tragedy. >> american journalist and al-qaeda captive luke summers was killed during a rescue from special forces in yemen. it was the scene of a rescue attempt to free nrim his captors. he was abducted last year and issued a plea of help by way of videotape posted on al qaeda web site. they set a deadline of this weekend for president obama to meet demand. white house says the president did sign off on the raid.

>> world news tonight will have more on the operation to rescue luke summers and what's ahead for other americans being held hostage. you can watch that following the newscast. >> much more to come on "action news" tonight a group of children from south jersey got a helping hand with this year's wish list. plus nothing says holiday season quite like a care package from home. we'll tell you where these boxes are headed. melissa. >> walter, we had a soggy start to the saturday with soaking rain for some across the delaware and lehigh valleys. good news, things will turn brighter for the second half of the weekend. details in the the accuweather forecast. >> jeff skversky has a busy day in sports including flyers and eagles preview and college highlights when "action news" eagles preview and college highlights when "action news" comes right

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it's called the nest "learning" thermostat. it learns the temperature you like and programs itself to save you money. now my parents keep saying, "why can't you be more like the thermostat." not a confidence booster. the nest learning thermostat. welcome to a more thoughtful home. during this crash in cherry hill, new jersey this afternoon it happened along route 295

northbound near route 70 detectives say the driver lost control of a car and slid off the road and ended up in wooded area as you can see there. the people inside the vehicle were taken to cooper medical center for treatment. nobody else was injured. the philadelphia naacp elected new pre. our president was there as voters made selections in north philadelphia today. minister rodney hoe hamad will be the civil rights organization new leader. he was national naacp suspended jerry 346789 ondesire and questions overhandling of group's finances. >> law enforcement officials from south jersey took time from their busy schedules to do a little shopping for a great cause. the fourth annual shop with a cop took place in egg harbor township today and the event pairs uniform police officers with disadvantaged children to help them with holiday shopping free of charge. the morning ended with nice group picture along with santa claus. >> group called sisters for the cure dedicated to helping fight

against breast cancer hosted free breakfast event this morning in center city philadelphia. no other demographic has a higher death rate from breast cancer than african-american women. this was to establish healthy life practices to reduce that statistic. it included free mammogram signups for eligible women. >> volunteers spent time boxing up care packages for troops in the middle east. operation joel owe ribbon organized this event. organizeers say the packages are simple and effective way to thank the many men and women serving overseas during the thank the many men and women serving overseas during the holiday

>> okay jeff skversky has a check on sports we have a silver lining for flyers fans they're whipping now. >> it would be nice if they could hold on to that against the defending champs. >> hold on to. it yes, that is flyers have been general manager ron exel has no plans to fire the coach but they desperately need something, anything to fire them up. flyers lost ten of last 11 games and it's been a wheel of of misfortune for the flyers as pat sajack on happened in la today. first period. claude giroux scores. 1-0 flyers up on the kings two minutes into the second and how about on the power play, wayne simmonds shoots and squeezes it in. flyers have a lead in the third period.. trying to avoid their seventh straight loss. >> what a battle this will be eagles and seahawks tomorrow 4:25 seattle has best defense in nfl and best on running the ball. marshon lynch is not eating up skittles but opposing defence.

he jokes he'll eat reeseyes to bring down marshawn lichbch he's one of the best in the league to tacking. he has 253 yards and two touchdowns in two games against eagles. >> i think he's a great, back, focus back, somebody who don't talk a lot goes out and plays and we definitely got to make sure we stay focused and get after him. >> everybody is ready to go. i know everybody will be excited. back in the link this week. and the fans will be with us. and everybody willing excited. ready to roll. >> and we'll get you excited for eagles seahawks on eagles game day kickoff tomorrow morning 11:30 and wrap it up on postgame show eagles game day final after "action news" at 11. >> college football temple gets one last shot this become bowl eligible tonight. needs a win. taking on tulane 7:30 on the road. >> villanova second roud of

playoffs claw back from 13-0 deficit against liberty. austin scores. 'nova up one. but liberty comes back and retakes the lead. 'nova down 19-14 now at the half and it seems like any coach or any player you talk to will say they treat every game the same way. i don't think so. not a game like this. holy war ten villanova and st. joe's one of biggest rivalries in college basketball. villanova beat st. joe's by 0. this year, not close either, all 'nova, darren hiliard off the inbound. cats up 17. nine minutes into the game. later in the first daniel o'shev picks off the key and rolls by everyone. villanova wins by 28. 74-46 final and cats are 8-0. temple lasalle at the po lest ra. there you go. streamers flying all over the place. first half temple quintin

throwing up baskets all over the place. knocked down three. fran dumbfy and the owls up early. back comes lasalle three minutes ago. jerell with the slam. lasalle within 2. lasalle can tie or take the lead. bad shot by jordan price. lasalle shooting themselves in the foot tonight. temple happening in there. and fired up as he gets and they've lost four straight. and there may not be many games on the sixers schedule or you're thinking all right this say lay-up. but tonight is one of them. sixers are mowtown against detroit pistons and second first team in the nba. high school football playoffs st. joe prep runs away can with state semi-final game against pensbury. deandre cliff for 24. 37-7. they're going to sureshy. play in the state title game. >> and it's been a while since philly he's something to be jolly about.

center fielder ben revere in the ballpark today for tree lighting festivities revere is just as curious as you are if the phillies will gift wrap the two biggest stars and tre ryan howard cole hamels is winning. >> those guys are just you know a big part of this team you know big howard you know he's rbi guy and had 100. hamlees is down right filthy. it's definitely going to hurt to see that. but, it's all about the business. >> and the baseball meeting starts up monday. reuben amaro is doing everything to rejust the aging roster. >> they need help. >> they do we'll see what happens. >> thank you, jeff. they dressed up trucks and suvs, semi-s and much more in holiday finery for 15 annual toy truck parade. dozens gathered in bala-cynwyd not only to show off detective skills but to help needy children at happy holiday season

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>> look it's matt o'donnell reading to school kids in west chester, chester county. read to dream gift of litcy event is result of collaborative effort involving local teachers and authors and enter takenment. each family went home with a stack of new books. >> time for a check of the accuweather forecast. meteorologist melissa magee is here. it's been raining a lot.

>> it's been raining all day. >> past couple months. >> it's been raining this past friday night. and brighter skies on the way. stormtracker 6 double scan showing moisture overhead and pocket north and west of 95 corridor. coatsville rain there same for malvern and doylestown and you move over to allentown and pen argyl we have wet weather overhead. this will continue at least steady for the early half of the evening hours. then hours will be tapering off as we get into the rest of tonight. and down around south jersey and delaware you can see a strong pocket of rain moving across atlantic city and southward to cape may. you move to west in delaware and smearia rather and dover and milford we're tracking moisture overhead. and we'll show you picture outside because not only do we have wet weather but a lot of fog, visibility reduced in some

spots looking at foggy shot of the schuylkill river there at fairmont park it's mostly cloudy with reduced visibility across the region especially where are you picking up heavy rainfall. high today in the city climbs up to 50 degrees and right now we're still sitting at 50. poconos chilly rain just 36 there. and lower 40s from allentown down to reading and sea isle city 51 and beach haven 52 and millville 5 1, looking at visibility we're picking up heavy amounts of rainfall and visibility reduce add long the 95 corridor and areas south and east. down to a mile and a half in dover. up to 10 miles in allentown and just light rain there. down to two miles visibility in philadelphia. and satellite 6 along with action radar shows you the system we're tracking and area of low pressure center of that storm currently moving over the virginias so we're tapping into the moisture coming in from a southwest to northeast direction and good news it clears out as we get to second half of the weekend. timing it out for you future tracker 6, 8:00 tonight pockets

if not steady and moderate rain fall overhead. 10:00 tonight moisture tapers west to east direction and lingers along the 95 corridor and areas south and east. around 1:00 in the morning during the overnight hours clearing out in philadelphia. staying cloudy. areas north and west. but showers will linger lakehurst down to dover, delaware. and the wake of the system departing later on tonight you move into the day on sunday. the winds will pick up. early tomorrow morning we could have winds gusting as high as 30 if not 35 in some locations and gusts in the poconos tomorrow morning at 34 miles an hour. the best part of forecast is eagles at home at the linc and will be dry for that game. kickoff 4:25. air temperatures will number the 40s for the start. but you do want to factor in blustery winds out of north, northeast sustained anywhere from 12 to 25 with wind chills in the 30s. call from accuweather for the rest of tonight rain tapers and it will be turning wind yoyvr

night. forecast showing you for sunday it's better day it's brighter day up to 44 and turning cloudy monday 41. and late noon tuesday we're tracking possible nor'easter. rain in the city with mixed north and west. high of 48. maybe snow up in the poconos and showers linger as we get to midweek walter high of 4>> cradd second annual ungala in west conshohocken. this was the organizations largest fundraiser and helps them provide every day senlz for 50,000 children each and every year. all event are family friendly. anyone can come out have fun and make a difference. tom davis and wife and kids were among those there lending a helping hand. >> world news tonight is next on channel 6. "action news" returns after prime time college football tonight. for everyone here at "action news" i'm walter perez, have a for everyone here at "action news" i'm walter perez, have a great night

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