>> a packed mall is evacuated during the height of holiday shopping and two nwpd officers during the height of holiday shopping and two nwpd officers are ambushed.

>> today two of new york's finest was shot and killed with no warning and no provocation. they were quite simply assassinated. >> the nypz in mourning tonight after two officers were ambushed and shot at pointblank range sittinged in a patrol car they may not have each the killing coming. saturday night i'm walter perez and the big story is killing of two nypd officers in brooklyn. officers were ambushed in an assassination alleged gunman dead as well. hundreds swormd the street in bedford section of brooklyn this afternoon. investigators say a man named ismaaiyl brinsley walked up to the car and opened fire. two officers were struck in the head and did not survive. they're identified as rafael ramos and wenjian liu.

he issued a warning about the attack citing revenge for police killing black men. he wrote, we take one of ours let's take two of one of theirs. >> today, two of new york's finest were shot and killed with no warning. no provocation. they were quite simply assassinated targeted for their uniform and for the responsibility they embraced to keep the people of this city safe. >> brinsley took off running a nearby subway station where he shot himself and he shot his girl nrepd baltimore hours before the ambush in brooklyn. >> tensions remain high for law enforcement officials across the region as thousands across the country protest recent police killings and today it appears the killer may have broadcast up tensions on social media before ambush. kenneth moton is live in the satellite center tonight with

that part of the story. kenneth. walter we checked in with philadelphia police tonight and says the department continuously reit grates officer safety any time any officer is killed in line of duty in this country. >> philadelphia police are each more on alert after the am bish killings of two new york city police officers. the tensions and rhetoric have been increasing for months with protests like the one we saw at king of prussia saturday. demonstrateers upset over death of eric garner staten island and michael brown in furgeson at the hands of police. two police officers rafael ramos and wenjian lui have officers scouring social media of threats made by ismaaiyl brinsley with references to garner and brown and let's shoot police. >> it's been throughout the country very strong anti-police, ants eye criminal justice

system. and one of the unfortunate aspects sometimes, spoo some people get caught newspaper these and go in directions they should not. >> philadelphia police leased a statement saturday. this is say horrible act of terror and instengs alley murdering a police officer is not the way to solve anything. and in fact it destroyed lives of two families and those of these officers that have absolutely nothing to do with the events taking place across this country. sentiment is echoed by community activists in new york who deannounce whad they call a tragic act of stupidity. >> they're not representative of those protesting issues of police brutality. what we're seeing this point in time this sun acceptable behavior of anybody to shoot innocent police officers. >> there's a notion police always monitor social media threats but new york's mayor and philadelphia police say that is not always the case so if you see something, say something, and report it. reporting live in the satellite center tonight, kenneth moton, "channel 6 action news," walt

her. >> thank you kenneth. moving on to other news a small fire disrupted holiday shopping rush at the cherry hill mall tonight. the blaze broke out p.m. inside the michael kohrs store. they had to force the last minute shoppers to wait outside for a stretch. the cause of fire remains under investigation. no injuries reported. a group gathered in montgomery county tonight to remember the six family members killed during a murderous rampage this past week. mourners reflected by candlelight at the pheasant run apartments. bradley stone allegedly killed his ex-wife nicole hill on monday morning. hill's mother, brand mother and three members of her sister's family were all murdered at other locations. hill's nephew, 17-year-old anthony flick was only survive. brad stone was found dead tuesday apparent suicide in pensburg. stone and hill were embroiled in a bitter child custody dispute. from our delaware newsroom a

78-year-old woman was struck and killed by a car in delaware city this evening it happened before 6 p.m. at cox neck road in south do you point highway the vehicle that hit her stoppedch the victim identified as jean karicio was pronounced dead at the scene. new castle county investigators are trying to figure out what sparked a massive place on the 45 0 0 block of wickwick drive before 6. you see the flames straed spread to one vehicle parked outside on the driveway. we're told people inside escaped unharmed. meanwhile a firefighter was treated on the scene for a minor injury. >> playoff hopes are fading for the eagles tonight the birds drop a hidious game for redskins today. jeff skversky has the details and jeff this was hart to watch. >> really hard to watch. how about 102 yards of penalties and 13 penalties and two more turnovers and after a 9-3 start the eagles probably will not make the playoffs. eagles heading home tonight following a devastating loss and

now they're on the verneth of going home without a trip to the playoffs. if dallas wins tomorrow, the eagles are out. chip kelly and eagles down 10. to washington to start the fourth. back they come. sanchez to cooper. second of the game. eagles tie at 24. 96 seconds left, eagle can win it. sanchez, picked off. wow, eagles have most turnovers in the football. sanchez 13, the most in nfl over the last two months. redskins run down the clock. field go to give washington the lead. eagles down three. one last shot. no time left. sanchez throws up a prayer and eagles now need a prayer to make the playoffs. they lose 27-24 they need major luck now to get involved and in the playoffs. >> you're not going to win a football game that way left them on the field to many times at 3rd down we got penalties and

you felt like i had to stop 13 penalties and two turnovers will not win a football game in the league. >> it's tough to follow you want to get a win especially with outstanding performances we had. >> this is frustrating and you know, we -- this is three weeks ago. you know we were sitting pretty. now we need a lot of stuff to happen. so we have nobody to blame but ourselves. >> now hope and pray we can get in there and hope for dal is and help us out. >> so the only way the eagle can make the playoffs is if they win next week against new york and if dallas losses both of the remaining two games. so walter it does not look good for philadelphia eagles after 9-3 start. >> that was stunning nothing short of stunning thank you jeff. >> christmas arrives in just a few days and some children at children's hospital of philadelphia are getting early surprise thanks to the deptford township police department. "action news" reporter wendy saltzman has the story. >> awesome.

great. nrad to be a part of it. >> donations continued up until the last minute. presents pouring in and filling up fire trucks and police cars with little something special for children who are in the most need of something to smile about. >> not many people have a lot during this holiday season and we just need to give a lot more. >> with medical bills piling up many familys with children at chop may be struggling to make ends meet this christmas. >> they're stuck in the hospitals and it's a nice thing that you know we fwet to do as an organization. >> these families spent today giving up part of their holidays to give something back to those in need. >> bring as much joy and happiness to them as possible. >> it's something that means a lot to them. >> some of these children at chop won't be able to go home for christmas. so, today the deptford township police and fire departments brought christmas here to them. as the fire trucks and police cars rolled up they had bins full of hundreds and hundreds of

toys. >> we love the kids we're public servants and this is what it about. we love what we do. >> bob jones' daughter was hospitalized here when 10 months old and today his kids got in on the gift of giving back. >> i'm giving toys to get people -- give to people who are sick and donate to the kids who have toys because some people don't have toys. >> this is the 8 plg year of the deptford township police department that has organized a toy drive and each year they say it gets big he and support from business in town and members of the community are opening up their heart and wallets to bring a little joy to some very deserving little patients. >> it's just nice to see that the community comes together and helps us bring to the kids. >> in university city, wendy saltzman, "channel 6 action news." >> all right. much more to come on "action news" tonight. volunteers take a new track in the effort to find shane montgomery. how this run helps the effort. >> first a septa police officer

is being called a hero after saving a man's life. his quick reaction to scary situation coming up. >> melissa. >> walter, we're still in the 30s across much of the delaware and lehigh valleys with lots of clouds sting around tonight. intervals of sun shipz on the way tomorrow. we're tracking mild and wet changes. details with the accuweather forecast. >> plus ducis rogers and land-over maryland with more on eagles hid cross loss to the redskins when "action news" eagles hid cross loss to the redskins when "action news" comes right

>> step ta police officer matthew vine called a hero tonight. he saved a man's life 69 street station before 1:00. he was running to catch a train and tumbled down the stairs on to a platform. officer ryan says he noticed what certainly appeared to be classic signs of heart attack. >> i was restoppeding an he did not have a pulse had lips turned blue and he was not braenl breathing finger swept his airway he was not choke egg and di cpr with chest compressions. >> officer ryan performed cpr until paramedics arrived a decision that likely kept the maybe alive. the victim was taken to the hospital in critical company and officer ryan says he was doing his job. >> police in philadelphia need help identifying a john doe admitted to the hospital in

critical condition. they think he choked on sfood. there's a picture. there before he was brought to temple last friday december 1. he remains unconscious and neither hospital staff nor police are able to establish the man's identity. anyone who recognize this man should contact philadelphia police. >> it's been nearly a month since shane montgomery seemingly disappeared to thin air and today a renewed effort to find him was launched. a 5 k fundraise began this morning 9 a.m. main street manayunk. runners wore green and located donations in search for a son. the 21-year-old disappeared early thanksgiving morning. >> two sitters are hoping to find the person responsible of taking their brother's life. here is rick williams with tonight's crime fighter's report. >> andrew was a funny guy.

he loved kids. he loved to joke and play with friend and family. >> 31-year-old andrew perez is remembered fopdly by his sisters. >> he was a fun loving sarcastic person and he always kept people siling 'laughing. >> friday, june 6 the young father of four was out really early in the morning. >> to this day i don't know why andrew was out that time of day. >> after 3 a.m. perez was sitting in driver's seat of silver 2005 honda civic south 9 and atlantic avenue in cam. >> responding officers lobe aid vehicle crashed and located inside was andrew perez. >> perez was shot multiple times and pronounced dead at the hospital. investigators say they have surveillance video from the area. >> with a little hope from the individuals and witnesses and community members we might be able to bring this one in. >> citizen crimes commission is administering 1,000 reward for information that leads to arrest and conviction of the person

responsibility. al you have to do is call 215-546-tips. all calls will remain anonymous. >> my family believes in the justice system and we believe eventually this case will be solved for crime fighter i'm rick williams "channel 6 action for crime fighter i'm rick williams "channel 6 action news."

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>> time for a check of the accuweather forecast. winter begins tomorrow, melissa. >> walter perez. >> i'm sad to. >> reporter:

>> it will be one of the longest night of the season. >> yeah. >> there you go. >> plunging into darkness. >> and now days get longer. >> right. >> after sunday you have something to look forward to. the length of daylight increasing. stormtracker 6 double scan radar showing you there is something for everybody. it's nice and dry across much of the delaware and lehigh valleys. cool shot to show you. check this out. action cam was outside earlier tonight on 100 block of south 13 in south philadelphia and miracle on south 13 street. every house on that block is lit up nicely in time for holiday season and christmas next week and as we get into the day before christmas we're tracking wet weather. more of that in a moment. high temperatures tractor-trailer today across the delaware and lehigh valleys. we were stuck overhead. philadelphia 35. eight shiv average today. atlantic city 35 at the freezing mark in doyles up to and 32, 26 for the high temperature of

poconos. outside tonight 34 in philadelphia with current wind chill 29, 24 currently in poconos and 32 reading and sea isle city 3 1. same in dover and atlantic city at the boardwalk 32 beach haechb. here's satellite 6 and action radar lots of clouds around. a few more locals in the clouds as we get to tomorrow afternoon with intervals of sunshine. moisture across the south east staying well south and east of region and pushing offshore for rest of tonight. we're looking dry and also looking pretty chilly. surpriseably cold one can say s high pressure in control. light winds overhead high temperature tomorrow in philadelphia 42. 43 average for us this time of year. we fast forward to sunday evening with winter solstice arriving when sun direct raise are over the tropic of capper corn. longest night of the season and shortest day and at this point the sun is at the lowest point in the sky i should say. fast forward wednesday tracking

storm system coming to the west of us coming from south to northwest direction. soaking rain wednesday. not the best travel days. winds gusting 40 to 50 at the cost and snow will set up on the backside of the system. here's the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast. on sunday, clouds and sunshine. pockets of sun in the afternoon hours. high temperature 4 2. monday that rain develops as we goat afternoon and evening hours with high temperature of 45. on tuesday it's mild. up to 53. stays damp with drizzle on and off throughout the day and tuesday night into wednesday we'll track storm system that will develop from south to west direction and wednesday it's wet, windy for christmas eve. high temperature of up to 60. very mild. on thursday, for christmas day, much cooler and windy with high of 50 degrees. at least we'll be dry for friday, sunshine and clouds and 48. upper 40s as we get to next saturday and surpriseable conditions overhead by then. watching out for it tomorrow and

wet weather on the way as we get to christmas eve. >> up next on "action news" jeff skversky has sports. but, first, tonight's powerball skversky has sports. but, first, tonight's powerball numbers

merry christmas! thanks but this gift, it's kind of half-fast. what's wrong? we still have cable internet, so our uploads are half the speed of our downloads. so i'll be half-fast when i share my photos. and i'll do a half-fast job updating my blog. wait, is everything under this tree half-fast? who wants eggnog? don't settle for half fast cable internet. only verizon fios comes with speedmatch. uploads as fast as downloads. get this great price online guaranteed for two full years plus $400 back with a 2-year agreement. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800.974.6006 tty/v >> all right. time for a check on sports. jeff skversky is here. we said it before. this was ugly, jeff. >> really ugly. ugly finish to the football season. safety malcolm jenkins said they

could get punched in the face if they didn't show newspaper washington no question this is a punch to the guts they're on the veryth of missing playoffs. ugly game against the worst game in the division. kicker cody parkey miss two fieldgoals this in the third to tie it. no. guess who does not field bad. desean jackson. robert griffin iii over bradley fletcher. villanova darryl young scores. skins score 14 unanswered deeinglees down 10. fourth quarter riley cooper trying to come to rescue. touchdown from mark sanchez his seconds of the game. birds in business. they would tie at 24. then 96 seconds left eagles can win it. sanchez, picked off. wow. he's 13 turnovers most in nfl over last two months. redskins run down the clock. field goal to give washington the lead. eagles down 3.

one last shot. no time left. sanchez throws it up. eagles are going to need a prayer to make the playoffs. eagles lose, 27-2 4 ducis rodgers has more from fedex field. >> in a spap of three weeks eagles season fwrent great to good to dire and they know they blew it in this one. >> frustrating. >> you know we deposit get the job done. we had a chance to extend the lead there and kind of runaway with the game. that's what happens when you keep any team, not even -- it doesn't matter who you play any time you let somebody stick around that's what happens. >> we had too many crucial miss mistakes in inopener tune times. >> giveaways it's a category you don't want to lead nfl in. birds to. two more today to bring season total 35. >> we won fortune-overs you can't win games like that. especially in crucial time of

the game. today we got it when it needed most. >> one game off we have to get ready and focused for new york giants and have to win that game and there's a lot of other thing that have to happen that we have no control over. the only thing we control is getting ready for new york. >> they have to hope dallas losses so game against giants have meaning. ducis rogers "channel 6 action news". so the only way eagle can make playoffs if dallas losses final two and eagles beat new york next sunday. cowboys can eliminate eagles with win or tie tomorrow and how about desean jackson rubbing it in tonight. >> get him out of here. get philly out of here. >> jack sop playing role of grinch tonight. perhaps pay back for eagles cutting him. jack sop says eagles players tell him all the time they miss him. much more on "eagles game day final" in a few minutes. much more on "eagles game day final" in a few minutes. back with flyers after this

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>> "eagles game day final" is next on channel 6 and "action news" continues at 6 with eva pilgrim, nydia han and chris sauers. for jeff skversky and the entire "action news" team i'm walter perez. have a great knight and perez. have a great knight and wonderful weekend.

>> 15 men 'tis and two turnovers will not win in this league. >> biggest game of the season and eagle where not up to the challenge they made mistake after mistake and turned the football over and made mistakes in the red zone yeah they moved ball and had the game going but playoff teams do not make the mistakes the eagles have made this afternoon. >> you know we have to get another one try get to ten wins and other than that we cannot control anything opt outside. >> this is going to easily be the most painful defeat of the chip kelly era