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lasting legacy of charity behind, as well. wednesday night jim's off, i'm monica malpass. big story on "action news" tonight is jimmy rollins trade to the dodgers and a farewell, to a fan favorite. sports director ducis rodgers is here with what it all means for the phillies. here we go. >> this means that the the rebuilding has begun. he is first of perhaps many players that will be moving on. jimmy rollins has a full no trade clause. that is at the end of the season he indicated he was not willing to wave that. he said he would be back next season. he will be, when l.a. dodgers vice tonight august. according to multiple reports phillies and dodgers have agreed on a deal. there is no word yet on what phillies would get in return for rollins but they are in need of young pitching. rollins is longest tenured athlete in town. he is phillies all time hits leader n2007 he won the national league most valuable player award, the following year, rollins led phillies to a world series title will. he is the franchise's all time leader in both hits and in
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doubles. rollins recently turned 36 years old. yesterday, general manager reuben amaro, junior at baseball meetings in san diego told the media that he wants to get phillies younger and this is step one in that process. >> all right, thanks ducis. lets go to "action news" reporter sharrie williams at citizens bank park tonight, phillies fans considered rollins a class act a on and off the field. >> reporter: jimmy rollins was praised a as a professional and also a philanthropist, it was his leadership and his confidence back in 2006 that led him to famously say that the phillies were the team to beat. well, he turned out to be right, and fans will never for get that. >> it is sad to see him go, end of an era. >> reporter: end of an another ace one way to put it as phillies fans say good bye to one of their good guys jimmy rollins. >> every day at short stop, reliable as could be, good
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guy, never any legal problems. just a stand up guy, for kids to look up to. we will miss him. >> reporter: at this temple basketball game sports fans were talking baseball, and all that number 11 has meant to the delaware valley. >> it is sad because i like jimmy rollins. i enjoy watching him play. >> reporter: california native became engrained in the phillies sports culture playing 15 seasons. he is a three time all-star and a four time gold glove winners and phillies fans won't forget magic of 2008 and short stop who helped bring home a world series championship. >> he is only one i have seen. we will remember that team. >> reporter: off the field rollins had had tremendous impact through his jimmy rollins family foundation fighting against juvenile arthritis and working to prevent child abuse. >> my best sense is that jimmy rollins will always feel very, very good about his team in philadelphia, he will always be a fan favorite. >> reporter: in south philadelphia, fans at chickie and pete's watched as the news
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of a trade flashed across the big screens. they thanked rollins for his time in philadelphia a. >> he got us to the world series in 2008. i'm happy for him. it is 204. time to move on. we have to move on, rebuild, and i'm looking forward to the future. >> fans optimistic and looking to the future but first, pause to go look back over the career of jimmy rollins and thanking him for all that he has done for the phillies organization. we are live from south philadelphia a at sittens bank park, sharrie williams for channel six "action news", monica. >> thanks, sharrie. damp, dreary in downtown allentown tonight as wet flakes are falling along hamilton street. the there is more wintry weather in store for our area meteorologist cecily tynan tracking it live with double scan radar tonight, hi cecily. >> storm tracker six live double scan showing we have snow showers around, most of the activity is west of philadelphia, but we do have have some beginning to sneak
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into wilmington as well. you can see this one batch near chadds ford near wilmington, newark delaware as well, more over oxford. there are light showers but we have had enough to cause coating in our northern and western suburbs. you you want to be careful, poconos and albrightville reporting 3.2 inches of snow, west rock hilltown ship and elverson chester county .6, allentown .4, graterford, montgomery county just dusting at .2 inches. problem is that temperatures are dropping quickly. in allentown it is 32. trenton 32. poconos 24 degrees. philadelphia still 36 degrees. temperatures in philadelphia will drop near the freezing point, so unlike last night when anything that fell, just melted, untreated roads there could be a bit of the problem. this is what to expect overnight primarily north and west of philadelphia we will see scattered snow showers. temperatures will be dropping down into the 20's. so that means we're already getting a quick coating in spots, and the untreated roads
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there could be some icy patches in the early morning. so you definitely want to allow plenty of extra time. i will talk more about the low pressure that doesn't wanting to and what to expect for the weekend in the full accu weather seven day forecast, monica. from our delaware news room tonight ntw castle county police investigating a deadly accident that claimed the life of the pedestrian. victim was struck at delaware park boulevard and stanton, ogeltown road in christiana just before 6:00. medics pronounced the 30 year-old man dead at the scene. authorities have not yet released his name. well, they marched in the cold rain and snow tonight to pray for answers in a different deadly hit and run. nineteen year-old keisha gray was killed last friday night in caln township along the 3400 block of lincoln highway. this memorial now marks the spot and it served as a gathering point for a candle light vigil tonight. >> we wish that whoever did this, please, please come
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forward. >> police did find a damaged honda pilot, believed to be the striking vehicle but they have in the yet made an arrest. now to the latest on fallen fire fighters joyce craig, first female killed in the line of duty in philadelphia federal investigators joined the fire marshall today inside scorched basement of 1655 middletown street. they know that is where the fire started but they still don't know why and they now know craig hit her distress mayday signal but they still don't know why she became trapped. craig was a mother of two, a teenage son and little toddler/daughter. funeral arrangements have been scheduled for this weekend. viewings will be held at bachelor's brother funeral home on north broad street friday evening and saturday morning with the funeral following at 10:00 a.m. fallen fire fighter will be intered at ivy hill cemetery. a major break in the shane montgomery case tonight, police marine units are scouring schuylkill river for the student after a new video
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clip of him emerged. he has been missing since thanksgiving morning. lets go live to kenneth moton in manayunk with the update, good evening, kenneth. >> reporter: let he me get right to it. the here's that surveillance camera. sources say shane montgomery crossing this bridge, what happened after that, we still don't know. tonight officers with the philadelphia marine june writ back in manayunk and on the banks of the schuylkill. they were retrieving a piece of equipment after search earlier in the day related to the disappearance of shane montgomery. unit will be back thursday morning after a new piece of surveillance video sources say shows shane stumbling a across this bridge after having drinks at kildares irish pub early thanksgiving morning. bridge near the business leads over canal to a parking lot which is next to the river. >> up to this point they didn't have much to go on. there is at least some evidence he was not a area and new we know which direction he went and focus the the search.
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>> cameras, and, check their system several times but this morning they tried different time frame and spotted shane. we have in the been able to confirm the exact time, but family friend courtney jay doesn't want to be believe in shane. >> knowing him did he in the just go stumbling across and just difficulties a peer. >> kildares has said that the 21 year-old west chester university student quote didn't appear to be over served when the bouncer escorted him out around closing time, and kildares or shane's family commented about this latest development, monday contact reporting live tonight, kenneth moton for channel six "action news". >> thanks, kenneth. one of the women who accused bill cosby of sexually assaulting her is now you suing him for calling her a lawyer. tamara gray said after she went public with the allegations cosby a's lawyer called her claims absolutely false and made statements intended to expose her to publish contempt. green says cosby drugged and
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assaulted her when she was an aspiring model in the early 70's. she spoke publicly about the attack in 2005. the lawsuit was filed in massachusetts where cosby now lives. dozens of ardmore folks showed up to a township meet to go protest plan to develop an eight story building on a cricket avenue parking lot. it would be called one ardmore place and it includes more than 100 apartment and space for shops and restaurants. opponents say development the is in the in line with ardmore's small town feelings. but developers say it will pump more than a hundred million dollars in the local economy. a new class of police recruits is proudly wearing uniforms tonight a across south jersey. thirty-five men and women from atlantic, burlington, camden, cumberland, gloucester and salem counties. thinks forty-fifth class to graduate from the gloucester county police department in sewell and special award giving for academics, and
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marksmanship. >> congratulations ladies and gentlemen. >> taking an oath tonight, 62 residents of delaware county became official u.s. citizens they were sworn in at a naturalization ceremony a at county courthouse. these new americans immigrated from 28 different countries, around the world. still to come we are along for a ride on the tweet in the city of camden tonight, but this clean up is about more than just making arrests. also hit me with your best shot u.s. military, dereplys its first combat laser, also, over exposed, penn researchers say doctors are giving breast cancer patients more radiation then they need and now they have to figure out why. cecily. our stalled nor'easter continues to bring us cloudy cool, windy conditions with snow showers but do i see light at the end of the tunnel. i'll let you know when in the forecast. plus ducis rodgers back with more jimmy rollins and his record career in philadelphia, when "action news" continues tonight.
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prostitution sting operation tonight looking for johns as part of their effort to clean up the streets now that the murder and assault rates have dropped dramatically. as dann cuellar reports tonight quality of life is key, before, four major corporations come to town. >> reporter: under cover camden officer may be passing through forces, four men in a car to throw a gun out the window it is a new day in camden city. that happened tonight as we were ride ago long with camden county officers when one of the men allegedly threw a 9-millimeter on to a grassy feel. around the corner under cover officers were targeting johns coming into town looking for sex. >> we have had guys from down
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the shore, you know, delaware, men from every where, come here and in an attempt to buy sex. >> reporter: tonight a guy in the tanker truck from illinois, was caught soliciting an undercover officer after trying unsuccessfully to lure her in the truck, he tried to flee but was later stopped in his rig down the road. >> get out of the car. get out the the car. >> reporter: admitly these are small nuisance crimes compared to the big fish that force has been going after since this came in existence in 2012. >> small things occurring on the street, small nuisance crimes lead to bigger things. >> reporter: since new force was formed murder, manslaughter is down 49 percent, total violent crimes down 21 percent but that is half of the story of is what had happening in camden. >> number one problem is poverty. >> 300 million-dollar in, attract development of subaru corporate headquarters, a international manufacturing facility, and lock heed laboratory, and a 76ers new
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practice facility. unlike broken promises of the past officials say these companies have vowed to create jobs of the people of camden. >> all of them so far have expressed an interest in hiring residents from the city. they are speaking to our county work, training force, to begin preparing for residents of the city for employment. >> reporter: admitly they have a long way to go in camden but good news is they seem to be making big progress and for once, turning things around. in camden, new jersey, i'm dann cuellar for channel six "action news". nfl owners have approved the league's new personal conduct policy for players that includes a more extensive list of prohibited actions. players charged with assault, sexual assault, domestic violence and child abuse will be suspended for six games. players union has not yet weighed in on the changes. the players believe any changes to the personal conduct policy should be part of collective bargaining. health check at 11:00 now penn researchers say many breast cancer patients are
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getting more radiation then they need. university of pennsylvania study found 80 percent of women are getting up five to seven week course of radiation therapy even though recent expert guidelines say that they only need three to five weeks. the longer duration of treatment does not pose a significant health risk, or cost the patient anymore, but it may be inconvenient and unnecessary burden. study find doctors may prefer longer course of action because they get paid more while those cost add up for the insurance company. u.s. navy ready to shoot down tarring with the laser beam, it is deployed aboard the u.s.s. p.o. nce in the persian gulf and troop's commander was given okay to use it for defense. they showed how it works against speed boats and drones. the operator uses a video game-like controllers to direct the the laser beam, and navy plans to test even more powerful energy weapons in the coming years. it seems futuristic.
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the lets see what the future is for our weather. >> i'll look into the next seven days. >> perfect. >> it will be improving but tonight we still have some snow showers around, say that twice fast, storm tracker six live double scan, showing that we've got some scattered snow showers, primarily west of philadelphia and actually, they have a little bit of umph to them across berks county. we will look at kutztown crossing 222 right now and there is another batch waiting in the wings in pottsville and has had a lot of "action news" viewers posting on my facebook page that there are a lot of roads icy, quakertown, route 309, a lot of accidents there. this is why. temperatures are dropping. last night we were above freezing but now we have dropped to 32 degrees in allentown. reading is close to that 33 degrees. philadelphia 36. poconos 24 degrees. temperatures will be dropping below freezing. it certainly feels colder because it is a blustery
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night. win gusts at 26 miles an hour in philadelphia a. twenty-three in allentown. wildwood 23 miles an hour and poconos win gusts up to near 30 miles an hour. factor that in, and wind chill makes it feel like 27 in philadelphia, 23 al-zawahiri even town. twenty-two in reading. it feels like 17 degrees in the poconos. it is windy, it is cold, and it is unsettled. the reason why satellite six with action radar you can see this big pin wheel in the a atmosphere, that is low pressure, our nor'easter and it stalled near nantucket and pulling in moisture from the atlantic, all of the heavy stuff up to the north across northern new england, upstate insuring but we are getting left overs and this is what is producing the clouds and the snow showers. future tracker showing at 7:00 o'clock tomorrow morning lots of clouds, a few more snow showers west of philadelphia and as we head through the day it will be very similar to today where it is cloudy, breezy, cool with a
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few showers cropping up, anytime during the day and some of them will be snow showers. so very unsettled for your thursday, 39 degrees the high, cloudy, breezy, with some snow showers. good news is weather starts to get a little bit better by friday as low pressure moves to the east and this means we will see sunshine, breezy, but not as windy and cold, 42 degrees and high pressure takes over for the weekend. that high pressure will squeeze moisture out of the atmosphere bring us more sunshine and bring us warmer temperatures. call from accu weather for tonight snow showers north and west of philadelphia mainly, a a few slick spots 32 degrees in philadelphia, 30 millville. twenty-six in allentown. twenty-seven in reading. rule of thumb anything that looks wet on the roads tomorrow morning could be black ice. so do be careful. the exclusive accu weather seven day forecast, breeze which snow showers tomorrow, 39 degrees, friday lots of clouds waiting for some sunshine 42. look at the weekend looking nice, skies brighter on
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saturday, 44 degrees. sunday we will bump up to 46 degrees. dry weather for eagles at the link sunday night, temperatures in the 30's for the game. monday stays sunny 48 degrees, some clouds drift in on tuesday, 48 degrees and hanukkah begins, we could have a few showers and wednesday mostly cloud which a few showers and a high of 44 degrees. within more glummy day and looking much better right new for weekend. >> ready for the sunshine, thanks, cecily. >> it was an early christmas for dozens of children in port richmond. santa himself was on hand as rizzo pal on clear field street and is what vice from it santa without him. kids got to pick out their own new toys from shell shelves lined with everything from action figures to game and plenty of pizza. it was hosted by police athletic league with help from amazon.com. it wasn't santa but community clause on hand at bartram gardens in southwest philadelphia this evening. hi mr. clause. he is known by day as paul
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earthquake more more brought along a bag of toys and handed them out to the kid. children got a sweet treat as well, a along with that new toy. all-star line up hits the stage at wells fargo center for q102 jingle will ball. >> ♪ >> that is mega trayn or who proved with grande, one republic, sam smith and iggy a sale y it is part of the jingle ball tour which hits about a dozen cities, very fun. jimmy kimmel live at 11:35 right after "action news" and here's jimmy with a preview of tonight a's show. >> thanks, monday cars, hello philadelphia a here's what is coming your way, if you are still awake after the news. >> on the 12th day of christmas we got 12 whines from we, ten tell percent flaring, 900 experts, eight balls of busting...
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will be hard to say bye to j roll. >> very popular player with the phillies, been here a long time. phillies were a game of jenga pulling the jimmy rollins piece was the beginning of the whole thing coming down. jimmy rollins is heading to the l.a. dodgers. this would end a great era in philadelphia sports. there has been nothing official from the phillies and there is no word yet which players might come this way but phillies are seeking young pitching. as recently as september rollins said he would be back next season. he has full no trade rights but apparently he is willing to wave it. that may have something to do with it. phillies are in full rebuild mode so that may have something to do with it, as well. important categories with the phillies, he passed mike schmidt in first place in hits this past season, tops in
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doubles, 216 home runs ranked him ninth in franchise history, rollins also has four gold gloves. the phillies have officially announced this trade of antonio bastardo, he hits to the pirates for pitcher joe he will rodriguez. the 23 year-old rodriguez had a 2.38 era in the arizona fall league this past season. the eagles have another date with dallas this week, sunday night, their second meeting in three weeks. just like in the first meeting first place will be on the line. the birds take it to dallas thanksgiving day. eagles had 256 yards rushing, lesean mccoy had 159 yards and a touchdown. what will eagles game plan be this time around? well, chip could try to confuse cowboys the same way he confused us during his press conference. >> i think you can paralyze yourself by trying to over analyze it. they think that we know that they think this so that we think that they think that this will, you know, we will go play. >> who is on first?
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numbers, the sixers of more wins than the eagles. they are in atlanta tonight. first quarter kj mcdaniel as part of the eight-zero sixers run are. he had two of his ten. sixers down four after one. moving to the fourth quarter, the ball will find former sixers kyle korver, five, three's from him, 17 points, sixers lose 95-79. brooklyn up next friday night. college basketball, temple and towson, fran dunphy, late first half will cummings, three ball, temple wins by a
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dozens, 76-64. that is sports. thanks, sir. and finally tonight, with visions of sugar plums dance nothing their head the the pennsylvania ballet officially opened up the nut crack market tonight. this is second year for the in door shopping destination at kimmel center. features 70 convenientors, spread across all three floors with food, drinks, entertainment and chance to meet some of the dancers. jimmy kimmel live next on channel six followed by night line. jimmy's guest are maris a tomei, music from the smashing pumpkins and more. "action news" continues at 4:30 with tamala edwards, matt o'donnell, david murphy and karen rodgers on traffic. for cecily tynan, ducis rodgers, for jim gardner and the entire "action news" team, i'm monica malpass, have a great night tonight. >> ♪
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>> dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live"! tonight -- marisa tomei. from "blackish", marcus scribner. and music from the smashing pumpkins. with cleto and the cletones and now, with all due respect, here's jimmy kimmel! ♪ it's "jimmy kimmel live" [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: hi, everybody. thank you, cleto. welcome. thank you, i'm jimmy, i'm the host of the show. thank you for coming. thank you for watching. i'm glad you could put me i
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