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breaking news for the search for two children that disappeared with their mother from smyrna delaware the children were found in southwest indiana and their mother is missing. "action news" reporter sken live in the satellite center with the latest details, kenneth. that's the good news walter the children were found a few hours ago good. right now their father is in police custody. as for their mother she was last seen at her home at 10:00 last night and delaware state police will say there's a real concern for her safety. "action news" was in 13450er that delaware as investigators search for clues in disappearance of keesha hamilton and two children 4-year-old colledte and cortez junior. they issued a amber alert because they thought the children were in imminent danger and with their father. indzian astate police spotted the man's cheverolet suburban interstate 64 near jasper. troopers caught up to suv. pulled it over and ordered

hamilton out of the vehicle and took him into custody. inside they found collette and cortez junior safer but their mother not in the car. they went to the home in the twin willows development and saw signs of what they saw suspicious circumstances. hours later we saw investigators that took pictures inside the house moving bags of evidence. we learned keesha is from chester and cortez is army veteran who listed himself as professional body builder on-line originally from st. louis, missouri where police say he was headed and he has family in that area. >> police are looking for keesha hamilton. the mother is 5' 6", 1 45 pounds we tried to get more information from her family and police about the circumstances surrounding this disappearance and the now cancelled amber alert and

they're giving us few detailsch the father of the children is being questioned right now in indiana by state police. we'll continue to follow developments on this search and disappearance and as soon as we have it we'll bring it you to on "action news." reporting live in the satellite center ken "channel 6 action news," walter. >> thank you, kenneth. in montgomery county a child was seriously injured after fall from a ski lift at the spring mountain adventures a few hours ago. the 5-year-old boy fell from 30 feet and was flown to children's hospital of philadelphia and owner of the ski resort says the accident happened beginner's chair lift and boy was alone in the seat. the restraining bar was up and lift did not malfunction we're told. no word yet open the youngster's condition. >> it is a bitterly cold night out there expect a few seconds outside you know scarves, hats and gloves are basic necessities. when will old man winter go away. just go away. meteorologist melissa magee is at the big board with a check of

the forecast. >> i wish we could fast forward the clock to spring. it doesn't work like that unfortunately. we're dealing with winter chill overhead. arctic air we had another dip. yesterday's high temperature 36. yesterday we were above freezing. below average still. and today's high temperature 25 degrees. that's 15 shy of our average of 40 for this time of year. outside tonight these numbers are in the teens and not single digits. 9 in millville. 18 philadelphia 11 poconos along the coast ina sea isle city 19. not much of a wind chill to factor in. winds you south southwest. you look at 24 hour temperature change arch tucker air overhead and core of cold air it feels colder like 18 colder and millville than same time yesterday and 15 coldner wildwood. satellite 6 along with action radar showing dry and quiet. mostly clear across much of the mid-atlantic region. it's all about the numbers and

good news arctic air restreets as we tap into south wrlly wind. we'll turn cloudy tomorrow as well and with that said wintry precipitation in time for monday. those details coming up with the accuweather forecast. walter. >> thank you melissa. while you're out and about this weekend show us how cold it is with upgraded stormtracker 6 app. use share or weather foingt card feature and send us a picture of yourself or something else that look really cold. a local family is hoping you can helped find award whipping teacher and father of three missing since tuesday this is 40-year-old christopher tully. he was driving in parents' car tuesday morning city avenue and lincoln drive in philadelphia and has not been seen since. he's bipolar and was on medication. wereid family members say they want him home safely. >> it's really hard when you have young kids and they don't

know where their father is and all they want is for their dad to come home. >> tully is accomplished teacher middle bucks institute technology warwick db he was named teexer of year last year. anyone with information about this case is asked to call police. >> four children were removed from a home in northeast philadelphia after police say they were found living in "deplorable conditions" the family lives on the 1200 block of greeby street and investigators received a complaint about noise 7:00 this morning and when they went inside they found the children locked inside a bedroom. they were taken to st. they were taken to st. christopher's hospital to be checked out as a precaution. neighbors hearsay they never saw anything out of the ordinary. >> i see i support them i sigh good, very nice. i did not see nothing. >> svu and dhs are

investigating and police say no one was arrested and no charges filed as of tonight. >> fire officials were on the scene of hazmat situation in south philadelphia this afternoon. black smoke you see there could be seen for miles spewing from girard point refinely old sunoco refinely. the company says operational issue resulted in release of that dark smoke and community was never in danger and situation was placed under control earlier this evening. >> firefighters in chester township had a deal with emergency last night and this one hit close to home. and an alleged drunk driver bar field firehouse leaving behind significant damage. investigators say 22-year-old reese wilson crashed a suv under the chester township fire company station and crash knocked the fire company temporarily out of service and resulted in tens of thousands of dollars worth of damage. the chester township fire company is entirely volunteer and relies heavily as you expect on donations. >> the company has been in service since 19121 and building

in 1957. i would hate to see it get messed up like this if anyone is willing to help with repairs we'll be more than will to take the help. >> wilson has been charged with spring of offenses including dui, leaving the scene of accident and driving without a license. >> more than 100 people turned out to show support for law enforcement authorities they rallied at independence hall and "action news" reporter annie mccormick is there. >> it was a rally feet from independence hall. >> we came and proved dark people are surprise pouring them. >> i know exactly from being i police wife what police went through every day. >> mean bitter cold more than 100 people showed up organizeers say this is non-partisan event and they're saying thank you to police. >> they make you want to come out more. they're out here and in days where it's cold and protect our neighbors and.

>> the killings of two unarmed black men and two white police officers in missouri and new york sparked protest in philadelphia. >> it caused disruptions at first amendment played out in city streets. it is in response to december's ambush of two new york city police officers more pro police rally have been organized. >> protests wherever they want to be however they want to be are fine. closing down major intersections in the city is ridiculous. >> we need to tone it down and make sure we treat people with respect and honor constitution. >> they invited community and political leaders including those who protected legacy of fallen philadelphia police officer daniel faulkner. >> i think most americans feel as i do grateful and appreciative there are police officers that keep them safe. >> independence mall, annie

mccormick, "channel 6 action news." >> a lawyer for pennsylvania attorney general kathleen kane says she's being railroaded by republican men with agendas. a special grand jury recommended kane be charged with perjury and other offenses. they claim she leaked grand jury information to a newspaper and davis says kane is being attacked for her review of jerry sandusky investigation and pornography found on state computers. >> she's innocent. she was truvl at all times when she testified before the grand jury. >> davis maintains kane never knowingly disclosed any secret grand jury investigation and adds she will not step down. >> international manhunt is underway for woman who may hold key to terror cell responsible for this week's massacre in

paris, officials say 26-year-old hayat boumeddiene fled the country they now know she crossed into syria day after the attack on charlie hebdo magazine were twelve were murdered and she is wife of coulibaly. investigators think she is the link between coulibaly and brothersf and said kouachi. >> rallies show support for terror victims in fran france took place all around the world. holding pencils in air for the right to expression. carrying signs i am charlie for the massacre at charlie hebdo. >> much more to come the man that shot and killed trayvon martin is in trouble for the law again and this time what he did to girlfriend and gala for a

great cause hundreds got decked out in yellow in center city and jeff skversky has sports when "action news" comes right

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tractor-trailer at intersection there and the truck apparently rolled over the car. the driver of that truck is from wilmington delaware he survived and was injured. the cause of the crash remains under investigation. george zimmerman is out on bond tonight after his latest arrest. he walked out of a courtroom in florida today after police say he threw a wine bottle at his girlfriend. he was arrested and charged with aggravated assault as a result. today he was ordered to avoid contact with his girlfriend. zimmerman has had several brushes with the law since acquitted in 2013 for shooting death of trayvon martin. a huge piece of that doomed airasia plane was pulled from java sea sea tractor-trailer red metal tail section was lifted from water with help of especially designed balloons and investigators detected more pings they believe are coming from the mraep's missing black boxes and the recorders assuming they're found, will play a critical role in fingering out where the plane crashed killing all 162 people

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>> the attire was yellow tie optional during a gala in center city. alex's lemonade stand foundation hoeinged the lemon ball at the mariott. it honors leg receive alex scott area her mission to end childhood cancer. her parents hostsed the event. last year they raised 900,000 to find a cure. >> mel smell here with the cold forecast. >> it won't be quite as cold tomorrow. >> temperatures were up and down. >> it's a nugget of hope. >> just a bit. not much told deal with tomorrow. stromtracker double scan radar shows you dry and quiet. i think we'll see dry all of tonight. i know we'll stay dray for that matter and majority of the day on sunday as well. overnight sunday into monday

wintry precipitation on the move. we'll show you the picture outside. the action cam was outside earlier tonight when giving a shot of logan's square. we're looking at swan memorial fountain and typically there's water coming out of the fountain and these are frozen over. high temperature in philadelphia 25. good 15 degrees below our average of 40 for this time of year. early this morning in philadelphia wind chills at zero and below zero north and west of town. currently we're sitting at 18. 11 in poconos. 11 sea isle sent dover 1. winds not much of wind to factor in. there's no wind chill to tell you about there. anywhere from 5 in allentown town 16 in poke necessitates and wind direction coming out of the south westerly direction and with that temperatures will moderate for second half of weekend. satellite 6 along with action radar showing klee clear and

quiet down across the mid-atlantic region stays that way tomorrow and majority of day on sunday. here's the sutup for sunday. not as harsh. this arctic air restreets. high temperature in philadelphia above the freezing mark and 36 with south qurlly winds. sun will give way to incosing clouds all because of storm system we're tracking coming from lower mississippi valley and working the way north and east ward. future tracker showing 9:00. mostly sunny. not a bad start to the day temperatures will not be as bitter. sun givers way to increasing clouds and things thickening up into the overnight hours. as you wake up on monday morning you can see 5:30 in the morning we have mixed precipitation along the 95 corridor and areas north and west. and light snow up to the poconos and rain mitching in down across south jersey. so this is system we have to track. it doesn't look to be major events. however coming in the morning and as we've seen with storms morning storms will be tricky

for that commute. nonetheless in regard to the kind of day and at of precipitation i should sayment partly cloudy that's the call from accuweather the rest of tonight. 5al own town 13 in philadelphia for overnight lowch the forecast sunshine to clouds tomorrow. high temperature 36. overnight sunday into monday tracking wintry mix. changing over to rain quickly and in philadelphia and areas south and east high temperature 37. tuesday brisk and cold are high temperature of 31. on wednesday clouds and sunshine high of 34, 39 on thursday. the storm for now at least wants to stay offshore. we'll track s sunny breaks friday. temperatures next week walter in the 30s. we'll be monitoring the storm system monday. never good precip early in the morning. >> a supply ship launched today zest ipd for international space station. >> three two, one, zero, and liftoff of the space x.

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>> jeff skversky has a check on sports. >> sixers are showing signs of life. they only won 7 games all came in the last five weeks and keep in mind sixers had zero wins in first five weeks of the season. sixers are looking sharp against indiana. even joel embib looking good on the bench. alley-oop to dra car sam son and tlop offer the back goord to k.j. mc daniels. sixers up 7. 17 seconds be to good. ut oh david west makes the shot. sixers down one. lacks like last night down to final shot. michael carter williams gets the roll. sixers move on to a win. that's two straight. they won three of four. it's best stretch of the season. >> feels great for first -- because in beginning of season

we had a few of those like at home chicago orlando. and for us to be at home and have a crowd like that and be able to come home with it 2350e8z great. >> jake vorachek is going to first all star game nfl leader will be joined by giroux. they will not go if the flyers don't get going soon. against boston first period. steve mason goes down with injury a peers right knee again. mason leaves and will be reevaluated tomorrow. ray emorry comes in third period. off the turnover. rookie david pestranak flyers down two. turn it over again. this time on power play. chris kelly short-handed. flyers lose 3-1. 11 points out of playoff spot and now there's concern they may have lost nathan too. >> he's -- mason too. >> he's in a lot of pain. obviously we want him to get

better. like i say he's a good part of our team. at the same time we have to keep playing. remember the flyers fan kolton fisher that rejected sidney crosby jersey at christmas. they invited him to hang out with the team and giroux right there by the way doesn't like crosby and penguins either. >> how dominant is tom frayedy patriot are quarterback that won 19 playoffs in the career. that's the same number of playoff wins the eagles had in team history. tom brady to julianne edleman. since amedndola once in campp with eagles. it's the first team to come back from 1 twice in mouth. raina puts it up four. joe flacco throws four tonight. it's still not enough. picked off with game on-line in final minutes and new england

wins 35-311. they'll get denver or ipdy next. >> panthers preying on the road in seattle against depipding champs. they're known for d. cam newpton picked off. for a 90 yard run rush. they're returning to the title game 31-17 is the final. we'll be back with college