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police officer and he was he is a hero. >> steps of thousands of police officers turn out today to pay tribute to officer rafael ramos. he was laid to rest a week after being gunned down inside his patrol car. he was remembered as devoted father, husband and of course, a hero. saturday night and the big story on action in news is emotional farewell to slain new york city police officer. the funeral for rafael ramos took place in queens inside a church where the father of two served as usher. ramos was remembered for dedication to his family, job and faith. "action news" reporter kenneth moton joins us live in the satellite september were more kenneth. >> walter, officer ramos was called a peace maker and a dedicated public servant. it was extraordinary show of solidarity as one of new york city's finest was laid to rest.

>> they marched to the same beat their heart heavy with grief as they honored new york city police officer rafael ramos. >> he represented men and women of the new york city police department. he was the embodiment of our motto faithful, unto death. >> outside christ tabernacle a sea of law enforcement from coast to coast. brothers and sitters in blue. and inside a somber ceremony where a host of local leaders and dignitaries spoke about the public servant that was gunned down last week next to his partner liu. the shooter had a hatred for police and later killed himself. >> when an assassin's bullet targeted to officers it targeted the city and touched the soul of the entire nation. ramos a 40-year-old husband and father of two was a deeply religious man who was studying to be a police chaplain. >> he did not just have a bible in his locker.

he lived it in his heart. he was a cop for all all the right reasons. >> saturday, raim ocean's was made honourary chaplain at the precinct he worked and known for giving words of comfort during difficult times. undoubtedly words the fellow officers needed to hear at his funeral and instead heard phlegm others. >> i extend my condolences to the nwpd hurting so deeply right now. >> ramos's widow and two sons were presented with a flag 2459 draped his coffin. as that thin blue line gave a final salute. >> officers ramos and liu were promoted posthumously to detickettive an honor that will increase benefits for their families walter. reporting live in the satellite center kenneth moton "channel 6 action news." >> thank you, kenneth. one of the day's most stunning images though came outside service

where thousands of police officers gathered to watch the service and then turn their backs as new york city mayor bill deblaseo spoke. officers are angry over what they see as deblaseo support of recent cop killings. it was show of solidarity showing officers including philadelphia. annie mccormick has that part of the story. >> if queens new york an estimated 25,000 men and fwhem blue stood to honor fallen nypd officer rafael ramos hours before the 10 a.m. service police officers from our area traveled to show their respingts including philadelphia police who took two buses at the pop lodge in the northeast. >> if anything were to happen to one of us we would expect the same thing. >> whether we're philadelphia police department nypd or lapd all brothers and sisters in blue. >> members of the bensalem open or guard placed the back band

over their shield and collingswood sent us these photos. crowded funeral so packed they stood two problems away. it was just a week ago a gunman reportedly angry with police ambushed ramos and partner liu killing both. protests of unarmed black men killed by officers led up to this including in center city today where muslims peacefully protested againstp police brutality and during saturday farewell hundreds turned backs on deplazao in show of disrespect for what they see as his it up support for ants eye police protesters. and philadelphia police telling us today they are focused on honoring their fallen brothers and serving the community. >> regardless of how the public views police whether it's in negative light or whether it's in positive light we're going to continue serving the community that we serve to our fullest

extent. >> this is what we do. our liverly hood. we protect and serve. that's our jobs. we don't go to work to get killed. >> funeral arrangements for officer liu are pending and several officers from here that we spoke to today say they plan top attend his funeral as well. reporting in northeast philadelphia annie mccormick "channel 6 action news." >> we have breaking news from overseas now where air asia flight with 16 people on board as gone missing. the plane took off from indonesia bound for singapore when it lost contact with air traffic control. plane air bus a 32200 air asia established a call center for families and we'll keep you posted as more information becomes available. in other news tonight an off duty philadelphia police officer sergeants, shot and killed a dog which was reportedly attacking his own dog. investigators tell "action news" the officer was walking his small dog along the 4500 block of pine tonight when a larger

dog got loose from ownerch the dog goon attack the officer's dog and when he tried to separate the two he was bitten. the officer then shot and killed the attacking dog. the officer's dog suffered severe injuries and no further information has been released. investigators are serving for cause of a fast-moving fire that ended with a man seriously injured in hunting park. it happened before 4 p.m. on the 4400 block of north 8th street. it took firefighters 15 minutes get this under control. but 25-year-old dimitrius gordon was rushed to temple university hospital where he's being treated for serious burns to his hands and face. >> a follow up tonight to a hit-and-run in bristol bucks county earlier yesterday. medical examiner says 93-year-old jenry russo died of natural causes not from the crash it self. yesterday morning a truck slammed into russo's home and fled the scene. the coroner report stated russo did not endure any form of physical trauma she was in

hospice car suffering from lung disease. driver of truck surrenderederd to place later that day. formal charges yet to be sglild it appears another struggling charter school in philadelphia will shut down for good next week. bored of trustees posted notice on walter d. palmer school web site stating the school will permanent natalie close on wednesday. parents got news over winter break and now have to find new schools for their children to attend. the gesture's new year's bringing grade will wear something special on their costumes this year green ribbons in support of shane montgomery's familych the missing college student's mother and uncle brought hundreds of ribbons tractor-trailer gesture club house in south philadelphia today. shane of course has been missing since thanksgiving morning and he left a bar in manayunk and has not been seen sglins dinner table deliveryes fed dozens across philadelphia tonightch the food was dropped off at project home in spring garden and several other locations including st. john's hospice and

station house. philly food connection collected and districted leftover meals with help from edible dliingts catering and relish restaurant. today ace new charity drive marked the very first annual holiday connection. >> the iconic fountain restaurant at the four seasons served the final dinner tonight. the fountain which has been awarded repeatedly over the years has been staple of fine type dining in philadelphia for more than three decades. four seasons is moving to top of the new comcast center in 20 17. many of the employees here who worked here wore decades say they are proud to have been part of philadelphia history. >> the city is moving on and things are iching chaing and 4 seasons is moving on and that's the way life goes. it's nothing is forever the building is not forever and people represent forever. it's very transitory just like life. >> to be clear the fountain will continue to serve brunch and lunch until june. a steak house called urban farmer will eventually take the

fountain's place. >> a new holiday tradition was established today the first annual kwanzaa festival was held at the west philadelphia achievement charter skoom. dance forever studios organized the celebration featuring traditional african-american marketplace and live performances. more to come on "action news" tonight an 8-year-old spends saturday thanking local firefighters for their kindness. what these men did that meant so much to the youngster. >> plus a brawl inside a mall inside western pa forces shoppers to scatter for safety. more on the injuries and arrests. melissa. >> walter, lots of clouds around much of the delaware and lehigh valley. we're tracking some minor wet changes as we get to the second half of the weekend. we'll go overall of the details with the full and exclusive aaccuweather forecast. >> thank you melissa. penn state plays in the first goal became in nearly three years and this one was one for the books. jeff skversky has details in sports when "action news" comes right

e man who shot and wounded pope john paul are laid flowers at his tom today. he shot the be loved pope twice at close range leaving him seriously wounded and john paul later visited him in it prison and interest veepd with italian authorities to secure his release after 19 years. aka asked to meet with pope

francis and vatican officials denied that request. >> good news for former president george h.w. bush his doctors say he's improved so much they expect to discharge him from the hospital sometime soon. mr. bush was type houston methodist hospital tuesday night after experiencing shortsness of breath. a statement from his office says he'll remain in the hospital through the weekend as a precaution. >> daughters of former virginia governor bob mcdonald's says one spern to plame for his downfall their mother. the daughters wrote a scathing letter to the jm saying her materiallism and mental health issues are to blame. mcdonald's and his wife were convicted of using governor office to promote a dmp exchange for lavish gifts and loans and their daughters say the mother has always been preoccupied with getting freebies and discounts. a mall in western pennsylvania was forced to shut down early yesterday after several fights broke out involving teenagers. a shopper at the monroeville mall captured the scene on camera phone.

you see right there. hundreds of young people were involved and at least two were hospitalized and investigators say the teenagers began showing up right around 5:00 and at one point the crowd swelled to as many as 1,000. >> a grieving father gathers courage to reach out you to for help. here's rick williams with tonight's crime fighter's report he smiled a lot. >> reporter: philadelphia money is honest about his son amir money. >> my son was not perfect period.. he was a typical young man but i know in the end he was up right guy. >> reporter: at about 4:40 in the morning sunday november 9 police were called to front and vine snret camden for reports ever a shooting. when they arrived they could not locate a victim. a short time later they were told a gunshot victim had arrived at cooper university hospital. >> that victim was 24-year-old amir pronounced dead before 6

a.m. and investigators say they have surveillance video of amir going in and out of after hours club just before he was shot. >> we're hoping that someone watches who is watching this will call and give us information to who was at the after hours spot and could give us information as to what happened out there. the citizens crime commission is administering 1 thours le ward for arrests and conviction of the person responsible. call 215-546-tips aim r all calls will remain anonymous. philip gets choked up when he talks about amir's 7 weekend ol taught daughter. >> he pass away before he could even experience the 8th week. and that troubles me. >> reporter: he just wants someone to come forward. >> the bottom shrine that why you're not telling it's happening to another family and then one day when it knocks on your door then you wish you did the right thing. >> for "crime fighters" i'm rick

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>> the highland park fire company received a thank you after an important res okay this morning. ter reps patterson stopped bit firehouse to meet with a man that saved his favorite christmas gift of the crew heard he was in tears because the toy helicopter got stuck in a tree 50 feet in the air the firefighters volunteered their time and showed up with truck

and ladder to get it down. >> i was so happy that the airplane was safe and i got it back. >> how about that. not only did terrence get his favorite toy back he got to be firefighter for the day during a personal tour of the station. time for a check of the accuweather forecast after a perfect day today it's kind of close to it but rainy. >> yeah, i mean it's mild tomorrow. just hon and off showers. nothing heavy on the way. we'll talk about the details with that walter. stormtracker 6 live double scan radar you can see it's dry, quiet. no issues with precipitation. although as we get into the afternoon hours on and off there might be light showers and light sprinkles overhead and we'll show you the picture outside. action cam was outside earlier tonight and we're looking at center city down the benjamin franklin parkway on this saturday night and we've got a partly cloudy sky overhead. clouds will continue to increase as we get into the rest of the overnight hours and into the second half of the weekend. definitely a great start.

we have that winter warmth overhead and high temperature in atlantic city today coming in at 59 deagrees and 57 for the high in philadelphia and that's a good 15 degrees above average and 57 as well today in reading allentown and lehigh valley. 56. high temperature today in dover coming in at 54. and outside tonight 42 in philadelphia is that the our typical average high for this time of year. and 42 in trenton and 44 in the poconos and nice southwesterly wind coming in ahead of the front annual boundary an tracking 41 dover and currently sea isle city coming in at 46. here's satellite 6 along with action radar and plenty of sunshine earlier today and sun giving way to increasing clouds from new england all the way down auto cross the mid-atlantic region off to the west you can see moisture. takes cold front. weak cold front moving across the great lakes and ohio valley. this moisture works its way east ward as we get to sundays and we'll time out the precipitation for you. but here's a setup. it's damp and mild and you have an early shower north and west as this front arrives from a

west to east direction sean then it stays cloudy for most of the day. high temperature 52. and that's a good ten above average and then we are tracking light afternoon off and on rain showers. future tracker 6 showing you mostly cloudy tomorrow morning and you notice around 6:00 in the morning there could be light showers north and west. noontime maybe a -- here on there otherwise mostly cloudy. this is a long duration storm storm and not a lot of precipitation with. it as we get into the evening hours light showers once again pick up along that 95 corridor and areas south and east and then the moisture slowly pushes offshore as we get into monday morning. and a lot of that confined for philadelphia and areas south. the call from accuweather for the rest of tonight. clouds continue to increase. mild night, dropping down to just 40 in philadelphia and 41 for the overnight low in dover and we'll drop down to upper 30s for reading and 41 for the overnight low in tom's requirement here's the exclusive accuweather forecast.

on and off rain showers here or there sunday and monday morning clearing 45. once the front moves on through it knocks temperatures down for the start of the week monday and behind that arctic front moves in. tuesday, breezy and much colder, high temperature of 38. bring an extra layer if you get ready to ring in the new year outdoors. wednesday breezy and chilly. high of 34. cold start to 2015 thursday with high temperature of 35. as we get into next friday into saturday the threat of showers around walter. >> okay thank you melissa. >> up next on "action news" jeff skversky has a preview of the eagles final game of the season. now though, tonight's powerball numbers

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>> time for a check on sports and penn state with a big win today. >> and a big game for them back in postseason play first time since ncaa sanctions. we are back in a bowl game. penn state playing in first bowl game tonight in three years and it's a finish penn stateers will remember for a long time. they go to over time at yankee stadium. penn state playing boston dmrej the pinch stripe bowl down as many as 14 they come back in the fourth watch this christian hackenburg ties for shawn hamilton. 21 all. down three 20 seconds left.

that's a 45 yards field goal sending it to over time in oxt t, bc strikes strikes first. ut, oh. bc in front. but they miss extra point. mike noll no good. penn state down 6. hackenburg take over and takes them into the touchdown. what a pass to kyle carter. all they need is extra point he used jeter's lock erin gets the walk off win just like jeter in yankee stadium. penn state wins first bowl w in all most five years and how fired up is first year coach jainlz frank sglin i want to thank the seniors that stayed with this program when we needed them the most. >> and held this family together. you want to talk about culture look around. this is culture.

>> faen only the finish to the eagles season was this exciting eagles close out the season tomorrow against the giants in a meaningless game and don't tell that to the chip kelly eagles' coach is playing to win. he wants to finish 10-6 for the second straight year. >> we're going to go win a football game and that's what's this whole organization is about and it's not about trying to see what the future is. >> we want to go and finish off the season on a high note and get our tenth win which is you know pretty remarkable in this league. >> now the eagles linebacker trent cole plans to play despite missing last game with a broken hand and they will have a handful to deal with with owe dell beckham junior. check out the final pregame show of the season and "eagles game day kickoff" 11:30 a.m. and postgame show "action news" at 11 sunday night and flyers sixers when we come