"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. a community is shaken this new years day after a violent sexual assault in a parking garage in broad daylight. police say the assault was brutal. >> it's thursday january 1st 2015. >> the big story is a rape on a day when people are out and about. david ry ryis live now with the story. police are questioning a prn of interest he was traced down moments after a woman was

sexually assaults in a parking garage. >> i'm shocked it seems so safe here. >> the 33-year-old victim was followed into the garage and started as a robbery and the suspect forced her to undress and sexually assault her and a man got out of the garage and got out of his car and chased the suspect, the police joined in the chase and got the suspect. on the other side of this fence they found what is believed to be his coat and the victim's cat. crime scene investigators carried away the evidence in a brown bag and the victim want take he ento the hospital with multiple injuries. residents were were shocked. >> it's crazy. >> other woman that use this garage say they always felt safe here. >> i have lived here 3.5 years and i never had an issue and i

felt safe in the building and parking lot. >> residents until now had not hesitated to go into the parking garage day or night. >> it's light and i particularly park in this one because it's well lit. >> you always feel safe in there? >> yes. >> at least they don't have to worry about the suspect because he is behind bars at moment and police are questioning a person of interest. live in spring garden channel 6 "action news." after setting a record with 49 homicides in 2014, delaware county has sadly already had its first of the new year, less than an hour into 2015, police were called to the 1400 block of chester where ramona was found lying on the ground outside of a home and he was pronounced dead.

philadelphia police also investigating this city's first homicide of 2015, a 19-year-old man was found shot to dental 5:30 this morning at a home in the 5800 block of olney, no with regard on the identity of the victim or the circumstances of the shooting. thousands packed broad streets, for the oldest and most fun new years day tradition. and that is the greater overbrook string band performing its routine brazilian the high energy performance thrilled the crowd and if you did not feel like dancing before you do now. the mummers parade, and revelry thrilled the crowd and for some it was some people's first experience.

ali gorman joins us with more from the location. happy new year ali. >> happy new year it's quite the party out here, be are on south broad street, the mummers are making their way down this way and one more performance a few blocks down, along the streets here plenty of people came out to join in all the fun. >> reporter: families flocked to line the streets of philadelphia for the annual mummers day parade for many including these two friends it's a yearly tradition. >> i love it the feathers and the sparkles and the fun and energy and the city, i love the city. >> for the maine family this is their second mummers parade. >> i like the music and the dancing. >> but for some 2015 is their first mummers parade charlie

she brought her parents. >> i thought i would come down for new year's and i'm impressed and a lot of the groups are locally based from philadelphia. >> as for the weather, it was a bit cold, visiting from north carolina. >> lots of layers i feel like a child in a snow suit. >> for others -- >> it's not bad no snow, windy but no snow. keep moving with the music and you'll be fine. >> reporter: back here live there is plenty of people you can see the mummers making their way up south broad street as for the changes this year for the routes some say they like it and some say they didn't many of the mummers seem to take everything in stride. that is the latest here we are live on south broad street, ali

gorman, channel 6 with the fans. happy new year. >> happy new year, the coverage. mummers continues at 6abc.com there you will find pictures of today's parade and we'll post of the names of winners, as they are announced. it's on 6abc.com. another new years tradition not to be missed. the annual polar bear plunge in brigantine, new jersey hundreds of people took a swim in the afternoon some penguins decided to get in on the action it benefits fisher house that provides travel and housing to wounded service members. >> i don't know if they are brave or just crazy. >> lets go outside to meteorologist, cecily tynan. >> i admit i feel like a wimp,

i'm all bundled up here and we are showing people jumping in the atlantic with their bathing suits it's all relative it was a cold start to 2015 and morning lows in the teens and 20s and a nice recovery philadelphia 42 degrees 1 degree above the average high for january 1st. allentown reaches 42 and atlantic city 42 degrees, so it was seasonable but as monica mentioned the winds really made a difference, winds out of the west at 10 to 15 miles per hour. you factor that in and the windchill make its feel like 32 in philadelphia and the windchill most of the day in the low 30s, and allentown 30 and millville 29 degrees. so what is ahead? we'll see a good amount of sunshine tomorrow and late in the day high, thin clouds moving in and we are tracking the storm system the first of 2015, cutting to our west and that

means not snow but rain over the weekend and one day spike in temperatures on sunday and next week true arctic air will built in, temperatures will likely not climb out of the 20s, we'll talk about that when i come in for the full accuweather forecast. >> thousands rang in the new year at the stroke of midnight this morning for traditional fireworks at penn's landing. folks gathered on both sides to check out this awesome display. on the camden side of the river it was a chance for the kids to get in on the action the adventure aquarium held a dance party so the young ones could ring in the new your, including sharks that were kept safely on the other side of the glass. >> of course one of the big of the parties in the world took place in new york city last night where more than a million

people crammed into times square to usher in the new your, the giant waterford crystal ball came as new york, new york blaired. there were more confetti and all of that confetti has to go somewhere. and after everyone left the immense cleanup got underway 178 workers, 126 sweeper trucks and 38 leaf blowers to pick up all the streamers and general trash left behind last year 52 tons of garbage was hauled away. >> they do it though. coming up another data breach which chain is reporting suspicious activity at their registers. we'll show you some unusual new years eve drops in the nation including that one when "action

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well, there were lots of quirky ways to ring in the new year like in indianapolis where they dropped an indy 500 race car of course they lowered it kind of carefully when it reached the ground fireworks when off. the first year for the car drop and when the mayor heard of the plans, he thought this would be lights shaped like a car but it was the real thing. in honolulu hawaii they dropped a pineapple the 10 foot tall citrus came down a flagpole-and hundreds shows up for the music and dancing at this family friendly celebration. >> in key west florida, the southern most island's had the far out celebrations, a female impersonator

sat in a high heel and sprayed the crowd on the way down and one lowered a conk shell and one a giant lime wedge in a margarita glass. >> and. and protests related to the killing of unarmed black men. police did not allow them to disrupt the festivities in new york. and in boston protesters did peaceful diein. and mass at st. peters basilica. the church is commemorating the world day of peace on this first day of 2015, the pope called for an end to slavery and human trafficking and to use the new year to reflect.

former florida governor jeb bush is clearing the way for a presidential bid he is clearing his schedule including from his own educational foundation, bush is looking into a presidential run this is the next step as he gauges if he has the public support to do it. he will review all of his public engagements to do it. word of another data breach at a big chain this time chick-fil-a, there was question about payment cards at some restd rants but they did not say which stores or how many customers would be affected. they learned of the suspicious activity on december 19th and they are working with firms to nail down what happened. and the clock is winding down to get a xbox one at a discount price.

it was $349 for the holiday season and going up to $399 price on january 3rd and some are sweetening the original deal target best buy and amazon are throwing in a $50 gift card if you buy the console at their store. and for students hoping to go to college in 2015, today is the first day to submit your finance aid application there are three main sources of aid, the federal government, the state and the schools to which you are applying. once you get the financial aid and the degree here are good companies to work for, according to the america customer satisfaction index. amazon is the most popular company among customers followed by apple and google and cable companies at the bottom of the list and time warner cable is in dead last place. still ahead on "action news" on a chilly new years day,

cecily will be along to see if we need to keep the hats and gloves close. we'll take you to an event where only a green speedo is needed if you are brave enough to watch. when "action news" comes right back.

well, we have polar bear swims in the "usa today" but nothing like the one in the netherlands netherlands, 5300 made the swim. and started the tradition in the 1950s and costumes were in order for those that went into a 17 degree lake in berlin. and they were diving off the bridge into the chilly tiger

river. i described the day as very frosty. >> nice accent by the way. cecily tynan is standing by with the forecast. >> that is exactly what today was it was nice and a little bit cold, i saw a lot of people in the park, with their new years resolution getting some exercise and sky 6 hd showing loads of sunshine telling us what to expect in january, the average high for january is 41 degrees, we did 1 degree better than that today. here is a shot of reality, the average high for the 31st of january is 41. we do not warm up at all. the annual snowfall is 6.5 inches. although the snowiest month is typically february. temperatures right now 40 in philadelphia and 42 in wilmington and allentown 39

degrees and millville 41 and trenton 39 a stiff wind for the windchill makes steal like 32 in philadelphia and 40 in millville and 30 in allentown and reading. satellite 6 along with action radar showing lots of sunshine today, we are just seeing a few high thin clouds south of philadelphia right now there is moisture gathering down across the gulf of mexico. this initial batch actually will peter out and another one will develop and this is what will bring us a rainy second half of the weekend, future tracker showing as we head through friday the clouds build in and saturday afternoon we see mostly rain on the radar however north of i-78, this is where we'll likely see a mix, likely begin at sleet a brief sleet before a change over to rain and heavy rain overnight into sunday morning. the call from accuweather tonight, mostly clear and a

typical january chill and 37 in millville and 36 at the boardwalk in atlantic city and down to 25 degrees in allentown. the four day at 4:00 shows tomorrow a nice day sun with a few clouds and temperatures warmer than today and not as windy, and it's feeling pretty good. enjoy it if you can. 44 degrees, on saturday rain moves in late in the day in the afternoon could begin at sleet in the far northwest suburbs in allentown and the high is 42 degrees and the temperatures are rising in the overnight hours as the storm system moves to the west and pulls in a lot of rain and mild air 62 degrees on sunday and it is not going to be a bright and sunny 62 and periods of rain throughout the day and the first half of the day behind the system it gets windy and colder on monday 39 degrees the true arctic air

arriving by midweek, we'll talk about that in the accuweather forecast. >> this is a teaser appetizer. >> thanks cecily. still ahead a look ahead to some of the hot of the movies coming out this year, from star wars to 50 shades of gray, what should be on your must see list of 2015.

this question what is new years eve without champagne or a lot of it this is the guy you need around frank esposito the man who savored the most champagne opening 48 bottles in 60 seconds, that is the guy i want at your next new years eve party. >> does the glass get in the bottle. >> a little crunch going on there. >> you don't want that.

this new year brings a host of newly highly miss pated movies like star wars and 50 shades of gray. there are some you may not have heard of. >> the new year begins with an explanation point. the new films of 2015 can only pose intriguing questions. such as -- with its day on target 88 second teaser the old school awesome three first films, j.j. abrams star wars 7, can it bring joy to this universe and 50 shades of gray get the valentine's day if they can capture the on the cuff spice, the book bound for glory will audiences be able to restrain themselves. will johnny depp recapture his

box office flair withyneth paltrow? and jupiter ascending and chris hems worth the sexy 19th century whaler. and first time director elizabeth banks -- be sharp or be natural in pitch perfect two. george clooney is on board for tomorrow land. the who's counting who focus with mar go robby and will smith and there is more --n blake

lively carry age of addaline with harrison ford. a last look at the late, paul walker. could thrill in furious 7 and do they look hungry to you? chris prat fines out when dinos dine. >> what kind of dinosaur do they cook up. >> from jurassic world. some of the delicious dishes on the way to theaters this year. >> look forward to it. coming up tonight on "action news" at 5:00, meet the first baby born in philadelphia in the year 2015, and if are you looking for the next health craze, we'll tell you what dieticians are buzzing about today. next on "action news" at 5:00.

"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist cecily tynan rick williams and monica malpass. we begin tonight with a developing story in the spring garden neighborhood where a woman was raped in a parking

garage at 17th and calhill, we know she was tacked and a person of interest is being questioned for the crime. rick is off and brian taff joins us this evening and we are following a shooting investigation right now in ben salem, bucks county. investigators are focusing on what happened in this house on woodier, a 911 call came in at 11 a.m. reporting a self-inflicted gunshot that left