tv Action News ABC December 28, 2014 6:00pm-6:31pm EST
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>> hi i'm walter perez. >> aim sharee williams. another hist mystery in the sky as crews sesh e search for a plane that went missing on route to singapore. >> an a girl losses her battle against a dead lay disease. they remember hannah rose. >> a hit-and-run in feltonville ended with a victim critically injured. this story may include an unusual twist. >> place are trying to figure put if the victim is the same person that probd a livery man earlier in the eeing evening. a ski mask and pistol were found nearby. way emown and i whitaker with the full story is kenneth moton. kenneth. >> sharee walter, philadelphia police say the hit-and-run victim is a john doe and they're trying to talk with him. it could be a while before the interview happens. the man has severe head injuries
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it ended with a man birly alive on the side of the feltonville street. did it start with a robbery. >> five me the money. give me the money. >> food deliveryman mohamad ali used a translator to say he how he was robbed be around midnight tampa street. they had what looked like a real gun and one was wearing a ski mask. >> you were shocked. >> it's the first time for him. >> first robbery. >> first robbery i. >> he ever experienced. >> ali says the robbers took off towards whitaker avenue. near the same time philadelphia police say a red ford f 350 traveling southbound on whitaker slammed into a man in wyoming he was running cross the street and thrown several feet and the driver kept going. nearby bar employee ran out to help. >> he was breathing itz open and moving a little.
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>> and sources say they discovered what appeared to be a bb gun or starter pistol under neem a vehicle. along with a ski mask and gloves. the suspected robber is it their hit-and-run victim who was transported in critical condition. the 64-year-old delivery guy lost $500. he's not sure what to think after the terrifying incident. >> does he think the person last night is the person who robbed him. >> he doesn't know doesn't remember. >> police are searching this area for surveillance video and also asking for more witnesses to come forward as investigators try to sort through the details of both incidents. again, no one including the man in the hospital, has been accused or charged with a crime. reporting live in the feltonville section of the city this eek, kenneth moton "channel 6 action news." >> thank you being kenneth. >> a young woman critically injured during a horrific crash
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overnight when a car she was riding in flipped and landed in a yard. this happened before 3 a.m. in northeast philadelphia along the 700 block of north street. the investigators say the driver described as man in 20s was speeding and lost controlch the car knocked over a tree, flipped and then came to rest against the house. his female passenger suffered a fractured spine and remains in critical condition. he's hospitalized in stable condition. investigators suspect the driver had been drinking. >> drivers were back on the scene at the schuylkill river today searching for my clues in the disappearance of shane montgomery. they searched waters near sheer's lane and main street. last weekend the same drivers recovered keys belonging to the missing college student. he disappeared thanksgiving morning. for months many of you have owed the story of baby rose born with a disabling disease. many rallied around her and her
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family offering emotional and if many support. we're sad to report hannah passed away and tonight a candlelight vinl sill held in her memory. annie mccormick who followed hannah's story through the whole situation is live with more annie. >> and walter in a short time on earth, little hannah and her fajly race add wareness for a disease that few have heard of. all along the way the community in levittown was with them. that includes tonight. hours after learning about her death they organized this candlelight vigil and hundreds have come out. >> a community joining a family in mourning. sunday, just shy of her second birthday hannah aetion family posted the news on her facebook page she was called home to be with the angels this morning and wept peacefully. keep us all in your prayers during this difficult time. nicknamed hannah bear she raised support of crave disease. she went blind required feeding
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tube and had limited movement. they are born healthy and most are unaware they're afflicted. hannah's mother fought to change that and worked to successfully pass legislation to add the disease to the list that pennsylvania newborns are screening for. there is no cure. but if diagnosed early treatment can lessen effects. when diagnosed at 4 months hannah's affects were irreversible. within hours of learning of her death many started fundraiseers for her and organized a vigil here and on-line. >> this is something you cannot go through on-line. you needs all the support you can get. >> we wouldn't have gotten through this if it was not for all these people they all played their own little parts in every step of the way whether should to cry on or someone to hang out with. >> and back out here live as the vigil wraps up members of the community grieving hannah's
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family and giving condolences both the family saying they will continue to spread hannah's message. live in levittown annie mccormick "channel 6 action news." >> thank you for the surprise port. frantic search for the plane vanished you from indonesia to singapore. it lost contact with air traffic control. experts say storm clouds were spotted in that area at the same time. air asia is based in malaysia. the loss of this plane comes on top of unexplained disappearance of mall asia airlines flight 370 in march and downing of mall issueian airline 17 over udmrain july. >> today was birds final game and though they pulled out a win there was no joy in eagles nation. they beat the joints 34/26. that's good even with record of 10-6 they did not make playoffs
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that's bad. it's painful when you consider how well the birds started the season. >> i wish we would have gone all the way. when they lost two games in a row, i was like that's a shame. it really is. it really is a shame. >> it is a shame. turning to nexten season and how this team with build on its successes. ducis rogers is live with postgame reaction from chip kelly and players. >> it's the moment they're working towards since first the year. >> that's the woodland string band putting finishing touches on their performance down oregon avenue in south philadelphia. of course, it's in preparation for the parade come new year's day and the band has another rehearsal on tuesday and then it's show time.
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and not too far away in ikea parking lot in south philadelphia the string band was working out the kinks for their performance. this year will be the 100th anniversary mummer's day performance for the string band. >> much more to come. tensions are high in new york city between police force and mayor. what the city's top has to say about officers show of disrespect. >> a local eagle scout tackles important project. see how he's documenting person mystery through the veteran's stories melissa. >> sharee, lots of clouds overhead right now. rain showers for philadelphia and areas south we'll take a closer look at that and let you know what the first couple days of 2015 look like with the accuweather forecast. >> first a holiday greeting from one of our military members serving overseas
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>> hundreds gaermed in bridesburg to call for peace between law enforcement and minorities. the action cam was at the worship center for a community church service event. members of the congregation prayed and held hands during the emotional service. they hope such events will help bridge the gap between young black men and police. >> meanwhile new york city police commissioner is calling for more dialogue to diffuse the for more dialogue to diffuse the tension between officers and the population they protect. discussing what they call
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penitentiary up frustration that led to protests across the nation. moral among nypd officers are low and they feel tacked by the government. still braden made a point say he felt it was very ib inappropriate for officers to turn backs on mayor de blazo yesterday. >> this is a mayor that cares deeply about the divide and working hard to heal that divide. some critics say mayor deblajo was too supportive of protesters that criticized police. >> one tried to escape an inferno off the coast of greece. the man who died and his wife who was not injured were found in a life boat rescue shoot. a member of italian rescue crew were trying to save passengers. ferry was carrying more than 478 people when the fire started and 190 were pulled from the ship.
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55 mile an hour winds and strong waves are making things tough for rescue crews. >> a local eagle scout is putting together a project that will add to the history book of america. he's recording stories from local veterans. 17-year-old derrek copeland of philadelphia interviewed the vets today in southwest philadelphia. among those who shared their stories were 92-year-old ted paluch veteran of world war ii. ted was a handful of survivors of american pows rounded up gi german troops during a massacre during the battle of the bulge. >> say a few prayers while you lay there and wondering how to get up. i'll tell you you are not scared then it's when you get in that's when you're scared what happens then you realize what happened. i'm lucky for sure. >> 17-year-old derrek will submit his interviews to the library of congresses veteran history project. >> still to come on "action
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jeff skversky has a check on sports and this has to be one of the least exciting eagles victory. >> in a big way a sad ending, one more win one more yard, perhaps win fewer turnovers and they're in the playoffs. after one of the worst collapses in nfl history the eagles playing one last meaningless game against the giants today. what's there to play for. how about stop the bleeding. eagles have never lost four straight under chip kelly. chip playing to win mark sanchez gets the start against new york after falling behind 7-0 the
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eagles answer on their first drive. sanchez to jordan matthews 44 yard score. we're tied at 7. they scored the most points in team history. they're not done. that's sanchez toes brent celek his first of the year. eagles up 7. 2nd quarter, sanchez for zach ertz. ut e., picked off mike harris eagles have the most turnovers in football in over the last four years. eagles up one at the half. 3rd quarter it has been bread and butter special teams james casey blocks the punt. loose ball, trey burton scoops it up runs it in it's tenth different player with return to touchdown that's new nfl record. eagles up 1 2. giants trying to stage a come back in the fourth. eli to rookie o'dell beckham junior 63 yards. eagles let two different receiveers in the same game go over 150 for the first time ever the lead cut to five. eagles trying to avoid throwing away a double digit lead in final minute and manning picked
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off. that is nate allen. eagles hang on to win 34-26. second time it in team history finished 10-6 and failed to make the playoffs. >> let's go live toy ducis rogers at the meadowlands. eagles win and the bottom line they're done. third team in the last 24 years to blow a 9-3 start. >> jeff, as you can imagine. chip kelly and players are dispointsed with their season as a whole. chip did tell us after the game today he was happy with the effort they put form. >> i think this team played extremely hard. i think they played with great effort. obviously a couple games the ball didn't bounce our way. we felt this week it was important top gets double digit wins top win ten games. >> i can't remember in all my time better motivated and better group of players and excellent coach coaching and gut wrepching feeling for allf us and we is
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have a pretty good record at 10-6. it really doesn't mean anything. we're out of the playoffs and won't get a chance to win the whole thing like we really wanted to this year. >> for it to be over that past it's mind blowing. >> coming up tonight on "eagles game day final" with mike quick and myself the players tell us how close they feel they really are to getting elusive super bowl title. there's been chatter over the last few weeks of how well chip kelly works with gm howie roseman. jeffery lurie owner of the team asked will roseman be back next season his answer absolutely. with the eagles in east ridgeer ford, new jersey, i'm ducis rogers, jeff back to you. >> changes though likely coming with this football team. lots of playoffs and first round byes throughout the see.
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seattle, green bay detroit all fighting. >> dallas vying for a first round pick in washington. tony romo to des bryant. dallas wins 34-17. 8-0 on the road and finish 1-4 overall. they need arizona and seatal the to lose for a first-round bye. >> college hoops after one of biggest upsets in school history over cap sas. temple back in action against tell delaware state. owls up butt by 10. drexel trying to win their first game against iona. each with 18 points lee and drexel losses fifth straight by 19 today and they lost nine of 11 games. dragones really struggling to start the season. >> thank you, jeff. >> thank you, jeff. >> when we come back, meteorologist melissa magee has the accuweather
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time for a fine at check of accuweather forecast. >> walter, sharee we have rack tracking showers through philadelphia and areas south. we'll talk about the details with that and show you stormtracker 6 live double scan radar light activity for areas in the delaware and lehigh valleys. philadelphia and point southward we're going a little tighter on stormtracker 6 live double scan street-level and still along the 95 corridor light rainfall even cross areas in south jersey. this is going to continue early half of the evening hours as well. another pock eight cross south jersey mays landing. cape may and west ward areas in
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dover and milford. expect wet warm as we get into the early half of tonight and then after that clearing. even as you return to work on monday. we'll show you the picture outside. action cam was outside earlier today and showing you a beautiful shot of sky6 live in hd in center city sky line. lots of clouds around and midst and drizzle overhead and weak cold front moving on through and despite moisture we were above average again today. mild stretch philadelphia, 56 good 14 above average. normal for us this time of year is 42. and outside this evening along the 95 corridor temperatures are lower 50s. 50 wilmington. 51 trenton, 48 allentown and lehigh valley and 49 sea isle city and upper 30s in the poconos. here's satellite 6 and action radar lots of clouds around. tracking a frontal boundary that's moving on through. because of that still light activity for philadelphia and areas south. another wave of energy a little ripple will try to ride up along
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this front as we get into the overnight hours and first thing monday morning i think most of us will stay dry. things clear out the rest of tonight. here's setup for us back to work monday and cold front moves offshore and this front relieves area monday. high temperatures in philadelphia 47. that's nice for late december. keep in mind average for us this time of year is 42. as we get to tuesday, wednesday and thursday as we usher in beginning of new year it gets colder. you have high pressure over the northern plains and great lakes this will work its way east ward. you into those north weshlly winds tuesday and jopd and temperatures going to be stuck in the 30s. well below average. average this time of year is 4 2. we'll be below that as we say hello to 2015. call if accuweather the rest of tonight is showerer early and late clearing as clouds break overnight dropping down to 3 in philadelphia not bat 39 cape may for overnight low and lower 30s
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allentown reading and lancaster. here's the exclusive accuweather forecast. southern shrine and includes high temperature 4. 47 average -- i should say average 42. cold temperature 38 and wednesday, brisk and chilly high temperature of 34 134-g to keep in mind as you get ready to ring in the new year and first day of 2015 it's cold one on thursday. high temperature of 38. friday clouds and sunshine. high temperature of 40. late friday into saturday we are tracking possibility of rain. but with temperatures in 40s and 50s look to be just that as we get into next weekend. >> maybe worse. >> could be. >> all right. >> thank you melissa. >> abc's world news sunday is next on channel 6 and "action news" returns tonight at 11:00. >> for sharee williams. melissa magee and sarah bloomquist and the entire "action news" i'm walter perez see you back here at 11.
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welcome to "world news tonight." breaking news, the frantic search for missing air asia flight 8501. another plane full of passengers lost at sea in southeast asia. the families, desperate for word. the question tonight, how can it happen again. disaster on board. developing now, the burning ferry. hundreds still trapped. rescuers fighting high winds and choppy seas. jump for your life. the jaw-dropping scene caught on camera. the little boy, his home on fire. the split second decision that saved him. and second chance. this baby gorilla. shunned by her family. the humans that stepped in and tonight, her big move.
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