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children. the tonight his family is hurling his bravery, as they mourn the life of one lost. saturday night i'm walter perez. big story an "action news" is a family tragedy that claimed the life of the beloved grandmother. while her friends and relatives mourn her death they are praising bravery of the man who risked his own life to save so many others. kenneth moton is live in lower chichester delaware count which this emotional story, kenneth. >> reporter: and walter, new information tonight, the causes under investigation but it appears that this fire started in the back of this house. the that is also where those children, and their grandmother were sleeping. smart phone video captured intensity of this raging fire in lower chichester township but not chaos as father worked to save his five children, and their grandmother, six two-year old dorris morgan. >> i raced to the scene because my brother called me because my sister called him and said mommies stuck in the house and they cannot get her out.

>> reporter: morgan, living with multiple sclerosis was trapped in the back bedroom of this burning home on the 100 block of funfield avenue around 7:30a in m saturday. her daughter she hara martin ran for help while her husband, and neighbor wells, rescued children from the basement bedroom. >> one of the things you can never gets out of your head the look at the kids faces, the look at her running around, fire shooting out of the back. it is one of the worst things that i have ever seen. >> reporter: the children age eight, six, five, three and one, suffered some injuries. their father, severe burns. but everyone made it to safety, except morgan. >> he risked his own life to save his kids life and tried his best to save my mother's life. i love and respect that man, so much. >> reporter: there is more to this story a few posts on social media by donna limbaugh resulted in this, donations for fire victims are being gathered a at lower chichester

volunteer fire department. clothes and toys also filled up limbaugh's living room. >> it warms my heart that there is so many people that come together, at a time like this. >> reporter: morgan's daughter and son are thankful for support and lives of their grandchildren. >> she will be happy, she would be happen that i they were safe, and she would rather herself go, then let the kids go. >> reporter: family members say there was a space heater in this home but again, the causes under investigation. that father a mad martin is in critical but stable condition at crozer-chester medical. three of his five children are also still recovering in that hospital, tonight, and to find out how donation to this family head to our web site at six abc.com. reporting live from lower chichester delaware county tonight, kenneth moton for channel six "action news", walter. >> thanks, kenneth. well, thousands turned out

today for moving trin boot to the city fire fight her gave her life in service to the city that she loved. joyce craig was laid to rest today but first her brother and sisters in the department and across the nation, pause todd say good bye. "action news" reporter annie mccormack has the story. >> reporter: casket of joyce craig arrived on top of engine 64 draped with an american flag. today she received a posthumous promotion to lieutenant, and later full honors in a procession to her final resting place. the hundreds came to saturday's funeral, many stayed in the cold to watch the services televised outside >> i'm free. high spirited. gutsy, and last one. >> reporter: inside collogues describe craig who died early tuesday morning while fighting a fire in west oak lane. highly decorated 11 year veteran received citation force heroism and suffered serious injury early in her career. she served at four fire stations and was within of 150 female officers in the

philadelphia fire department. now she's the first philadelphia female fire fighter to die in the line of duty. >> ii was with joy the the first time she got hurt on the job. i was with her the last time. i was mad at god that take. >> craig's family did not want to appear on camera. her brother spoke at the five years old his sister knew her calling. she was a devoted mother of two children a 16 year-old son and a 16 month-old daughter. commissioner derek sawyer made a promise to them today. >> what i want you to know is just as i said earlier, joyce had two families, now you have two families. we are here for you. never forget that. >> reporter: fire fighters from companies across the country paid their respects including wilmington delaware fire chief anthony goode. goode lost his fire to fighting fires when he was just 16 too. he said this to craigs son

this week. >> after all this passes over and you start to get backgrounded again and i will take to you and let you know what is going on. it is a long road. >> reporter: city still plans to honor lieutenant craig with the memorial services, flags remain at half staff across the city for at least 30 days. reporting from west oak lane, ann and mccormack for channel six "action news". across the the nation it was a national the day of protest and bunch of big cities, tens of thousands of people took to the streets voicing their concerns about police brutality and racism. protesters in new york city briefly shut down brooklyn bridge snarling traffic. protesters included family members, of people, killed by police officer throughout the years. 3,000 miles away in oakland, california a similar scene, and a similar message. there though campus police from the university of california/berkley, removed life sized photographs of lynching victims put up on campus. graphic displays including the names of lynching victims and dates of their deaths were posted across campus.

finally to washington d.c. where a march took place from the white house all the way to the capitol. michael brown's family, and eric garner's mother were among those in attendance. brown was killed by a police officer in ferguson, missouri, garner died after being taken to the ground by a new york city police officer. protesters called for new legislation and for justice. that call was echoed during rallies and locations including boston and in new york. in california, the the clean up is underway this weekend after severe rains cause aid whole lot of damage. cruits in camrill o springs needed to work quickly to clear tremendous amount of mud and rock that encased homes after their heavy rains triggered mud slides. it is a struggle to say the least. crews had to dig out an excavator also buried beneath the mud. moving on to weather here and nothing dramatic to report. it was cold outside but milder conditions are heading our way. meteorologist melissa magee is at the big board for first check of the accu weather forecast, melissa. >> it was not a bad start to the day on saturday.

we have had plenty of sun to get the day started. sun giving way to partly cloudy sky, overhead tonight. temperatures, however, they are chilly, only in the 30's across most of the delaware and lehigh valleys, from trenton down to wilmington. temperatures in the upper 30's. 31 degrees currently in the poconos and beach haven coming in at 36 degrees. the winds however, are coming in out of the west and northwest, you can see the win direction with that arrow here coming from the northwest ter liz direction, and it drains down that cooler air. they are sustained from 7 miles per hour, in atlantic city to 14 miles an hour, in the poconos, so not much of a wind chill to factor in even though down the coast, it does feel like temperatures are only in the lower 30's. the satellite six with action radar shows you partly cloudy skies, the skies will continue to clear out, and thin out, as we get in the rest of tonight and into the second half of our weekend. we will talk about what ace head, more sunshine coming our waste for sunday, moderating, temperatures, up ahead this week, we will also give you a preview what you can expect for eagles game at the link come sunday night.

all that with the accu weather seven day forecast, walter. stay on top of the changing weather situation with six abc.com. visit six abc.com/weather forstrom tracker six radar, both hourly and seven day forecast, and the latest video from our "action news" meteorologists and our collection of weather related photos and videos. a family from lower merion has turned a personal battle in tie nationwide movement. their group called emily's entourage, celebrated three years of success tonight at the baldwin school. back in 2011, the crammer family started the organization, to raise money for cystic fibrosis research in honor of their daughter, emily. the since then, they have raised $660,000, since emily's story has inspired people all around the world. maestro singersed that had their carol event at coatsville high school. >> ♪ >> and the group was joined by nine three-year old marshall

marty connor. he was invited back to serenade the crowd at his alma matter during this holiday tradition that goes back decades. in fact, connor was first mistressinger back in 1937. all right. much more to come on "action news" search is on for three dangerous inmates who escaped from a prison using a can of lie sol, we will explain. and a "action news" viewer spots a famous face at a trampoline park in delaware. do you recognize him? what kanye west was doing in our area. eagles get ready for one big game, jeff skversky has sports when "action news" comes right back.

are searching for a fire near will mink ton that ended with 12 people without a place to live. fire broke out a at 2:00 in the morning on the 24 hundred block of ham on place in kirkwood gardens. fire fighters arrived to find heavy flames and smoke inside a single story home. they say there were no working smoke detectors inside but everybody was able to escape among them were eight children and four adults who are being helped out by american red cross. home over in darby, delaware county was destroyed by fire overnight, crews were called to the hundred block of north ninth street before 5:00a m. five people inside escaped unharmed, home next door was also seriously damage.

in word on how the whole thing started. two accused murderers were among three inmates that escaped from the prison in alabama and police say they used a can of lysol to break through. demarcus woodard, kobe cull burt and justin terrell gordon escaped after assaulting a guard. they were locked down together when one man began to scream saying the other was sick. when the guard opened up, one fled while other two sprayed the guard's face with ly sol and ran out. more than 100 officers, and police dogs are part of the huge manhunt tonight. the fbi has opened an investigation into the mysterious hanging death of a teenager in north carolina lenon laci, a promising 17 year-old football player was discovered hanged on a play ground swing in a predominantly white trailer park. investigators ruled his death a you side but in members of the family says he was murdered, a possible victim of racial hate crime. they say belt used was not his, and, when his body was discovered he was wearing shoes that his family had

never seen before. but local, and state authorities say, that they have yet to find any signs of foul play. the senate works during a rare saturday night session, and clear the the way for passage of the $1.1 trillion spending plan. bill passed a short time ago and the the president has said he will sign it. bill provides the the money needed to keep the the most of the federal government running through the end of the budget year. one exception, the department of home land security which is funded only through february. the republicans are expect to use negotiations for that money to force president obama to roll role back his immigration reforms. there was a kanye west sighting tonight in the delaware valley. "action news" viewer sent us this picture from stratus fear trampoline park in wilmington, delaware tonight. a manager confirms that kanye was there for a birthday party for one of his relatives. no word if his wife kim kardashian was there or if he was traveling solo. if you simply a adore the british royal family, and let me start this story by saying

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each lit a christmas tree outside st. peters church in merchantville to remember family members and friends who have passed. family of long time "action news" photographer len lannon place aid plaque in front of history with his favorite saying it is nice to be nice. len passed away in 2008 after complications following surgery. ♪ in wilmington, delaware families shared spirit of the season with their neighbors with song. it doesens of people showed up on the steps of saint hedgewick's church to take part in the annual tradition of singing christmas carols. time for a check of the accu weather forecast with meteorologist melissa magee and tomorrow should be relatively mild from what i gather. >> you gathered correctly. >> i listen. >> always paying attention, i like that about you, walter. temperatures get better tomorrow. we will show you is what going on. storm tracker six live double scan radar is showing dry and quiet. but it was cooler than average for this start of the weekend. we will show you the picture,

outside, and action cam was outside, earlier tonight, for a nice shot of the schuylkill river as you are looking at the art museum there, and we have got a partly cloud i sky, overhead, and with that, we've got cooler, temperatures as well as those wind coming out of the west northwest. as we look at the the accu weather live line up, we will talk about the high temperature today and let you know if is there any least coverry as we get in the rest of the weekend and into the week ahead. high today in the city 42 degrees. average for this time of the year is 45. 3 degrees shy of average, and the reason why it was cooler then normal we will get wind to daze coming from the west northwest. we will have wind chills earlier today in the lower 30's, even upper 20's. right now winds are pretty calm so not much of a child to factor in. in the poconos 31 degrees. philadelphia, 39. sea isle city, 37. beach haven at this hour 36 degrees. the reading 35. lower 30's there in lancaster. the here's satellite six with action radar, we have got dry conditions from new england

down to the mid-atlantic region. we have high pressure to the south and west. you can see clouds are starting to spread out across areas of virginias and carolinas, what has happened to this dryer eras we get in the second half of the weekend. we will fly you out to the west coast, because things are pretty soaking, out across areas in california, and we had soaking rain for days on in, across this region. now that moisture you can see is inland but with some locations pick up a month's worth of rain and just a few days and is there another round of precipitation on the way, for areas in california, and here's a water vapor imagery that gives you an idea how much moisture is not at months fear. you can so counter enclose clockwise rotation, with that trailing cold front pushing inland and more rain is on the way for this region as they get into weather-related monday and then tuesday. back here at home for second half of the weekend for sunday, high pressure in control over ohio valley that works its way eastward. partly sunny, light breeze in philadelphia temperatures near normal up to 47 degrees, on sunday. the as we get into sunday night it is all about the

eagles at home at the link as they take on the cowboys in that kick off around 8:30 tomorrow night. it is partly cloudy. we have a chilly wind. that kick off temperature is 39 degrees, and once we get in the fourth quarter, temperatures will stay, into the upper 30's so at least it will be dry for all of those tailgating and attending the game but it will be chilly. in the exclusive accu weather seven day forecast on sunday high temperature to 47 degrees. a mixture of sunshine and clouds. on monday clouds and sunshine on the way. high temperature of 46. fifty on tuesday. it is a milder day, but afternoon showers are likely, could even see some showers, as we get into sundown with the beginning of hanukkah by then. on wednesday, breezy near normal at 47, and chilly breeze on thursday, 42, and lower 40's as we get in the next friday, and even showers, into next saturday, walter. >> it gets dark really early. >> yes. >> it is december. >> thanks, melissa. up next on "action news" jeff skversky have sports, cowboys landed in oz tile territory, eagles prepare for a huge game tomorrow night but

coach chip kelly is saying about the match up when "action news" comes right back but now tonight's power ball numbers.

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on the line. tis the season to beat up on the boys. eagles won nine out of their last ten games against cowboys in the month of december including winning the nfc east title last year again on the line, tomorrow. here's cowboys owner jerry jones signing autographs. what are you doing asking for his autograph? dallas, comes to town with the best road record in football. a perfect six and zero. chip kelly expects a better fight from tony romo and dimarco murray tomorrow after they shut them down on thanksgiving. >> not about one individual player it is with about the team and defending them. i think if we focus attention on murray and romo and not worry about bryant and not worry about witten and williams and other guys then these guys will beat you because they are talented in other positions. >> birds and boys, tomorrow night, we will get you ready for biggest game of the season on eagles game day kick off sunday night, or sunday morning at 11:30 a.m. the flyers game such a blow out today flyers fans

started eagles chants. maybe time to get excited for hockey team too. they won two straight for first time in a movement flyers fans, they are happy to day, all right as they beat up on carolina they scored three goals in the five minute span in the second, jake or second scoring, and most points in hockey 36789 to nothing flyers. even rookie scott lawton gets on the action. his first n hl goal, what a reaction by the rookie. flyers win five-one. they have eight points in the last five games. sixers looking for their first win at home, will smith the in the house as they get with it a against memphis. the fourth quarter tony wroten sixers up 18, largest lead of the year, but they blow it, grizzlies come all the way backup three, no time left, mike connolly, wow. at the buzzer, are you kidding me. they can't believe it at wells fargo. in overtime, sixers without a basket until final seconds. connolly again, scores 22 of his 36 points, in the fourth quarter on, and sixers lose

120-115, only team in the nba without a w at home. >> it is a get run muching loss, that is a fact and i feel for those guys. >> yes, you do. >> college hoops, lasalle ends their season long four game losing streak beating drexel by ten, we're right back with more sports. you used to sleep like a champ.

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