>> good morning, it is 6:00 a.m. on this sunday, january 18, 2015 here's what's happening on "action news." storm tracker 6 live double scan live shows a steady soaking moving into the area. meteorologist chris sowers has the overnight update. a man and woman are shot inside a home in philadelphia's frankford section. we have details from police working on this case. millions of people flock to pope francis final mass in the philippines. hear what one girl said that left the pontiff almost speechless. chris sowers has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. rain today.

>> reporter: we have rain today fortunately it arrived today and not yesterday because yesterday was so cold it would have been snow. let's get you outside there's the center city skyline. it's quiet right now but we have moisture moving into delaware and south jersey. it will make for a miserable finish to the weekend. we'll flipped over to satellite and radar, you can see how small, how tiny this band is, this is a developing coastline storm, usually these coastline storms stretch for hundreds of miles. you can see how tiny of a band it is. it is going to make a beeline toward the delaware valley. it will provide us with quite a bit of wet weather from start to finish. the heaviest will move in after 10:00 a.m. or so. that will linger through the first part of the afternoon. here's the good news, most of

the temperatures, especially south and east are above freezing, at this point. you go north north and west we have numbers below 32. we could have icy patches north and west. for the others it will be a rain event. 42 in millville. 46 in atlantic beach haven and 48 in relies. periods of rain throughout the morning hours and heavy anticipate steady in the afternoon. we're anticipating a high of 44 when all is said and done, there could flooding in poor drainage aerials i'll talk about and the possibility of light snow by midweek. that's ahead in the seven-day forecast in ten minutes. >> chris thank you. a woman and woman are fighting for their lives right now both shot in a roam overnight in philadelphia's frankford section. police are looking for three

masked men responsible for the shooting. it happened on the 1500 block of adams avenue, the man was shot in the face, the woman was shot in the stomach. she stumbled out of the home and collapsed on the street a block away. both victims are hospitalized in critical condition. it's unclear what led up to the gunfire. the action cam was in philadelphia's tacony section police closed off state road at long shore avenue because of a service line break. the water department was called to cut off the water and begin repairs. the service line feeds one address in that area. avoid state road and long shore avenue in tacony. a mother is charged with setting had your newborn on fire and watched her child burn. we are learning about what the mother said before the tragedy. vernon odem brings us the full

story. >> reporter: this is hyphernkemberly dovilier, the 22-year-old woman is in prison charged with killing her newborn baby by setting her on fire. >> was a mind boggling thing. >> reporter: joseph said he looked out the window and saw something on fire. they saw a woman standing there. she allegedly told them she was burning dog waste he found in the vehicle. he told her to put it out. >> she put it out and grabbed a bottle of water and my wife was down there and said it was a baby. >> reporter: the family held her and called police. hyphernkemberly dovilier was arrested. the child was flown by helicopter to saint christopher's hospital in philadelphia where the newborn lost its battle for life. >> it was a bad scene it's mind boggling how anybody could

do that to a baby, to a newborn. >> reporter: as world of the atrocity spread through pemberton, residents reacted with horror. >> a lot of sick people in the world, but that baby didn't have a chance. >> i have five grandchildren this morning i gave them a held. i can't fathom what what was going through her headed to that. >> reporter: hyphernkemberly dovilier is in prison this morning her bail set at half a million dollars. teenagers cooled in a multistate -- accused in multistate crime scene are behind bars. they were wanted for forging checks and stealing two suvs. authorities think their travels

took them to south carolina to georgia. dalton hayes burglar. "g.m.a." will have more on the run coming up up after this newscast. crews worked through the night to repair a water main break that made it a tough weekend for guests. the ruptured main cut off water to the hotel. power at the hotel was out for a short period of time but has been restored. police blocked the street of the repair work. it is back open at this time, 90% of the hotel rooms are filled. some of the guests took the hotel's offer to move them to other hotels, but most decided to stay. at the "action news" big

board in a steady rain at least three million people some say more turned out to see pope francis. the pope said prayers for the county's poor and those lot or affected by the typhoon haiyan in the philippines. a girl told the pontiff abandoned by their parents and now in prostitution and drugs. he said only when we are able to cry can we come close to responding to your question. take a look at this video out of oregon, 12 people were injured in a pileup, 26 people were in tractor-trailers were caught in the pileup on # 4.

a couple of trucks came upon a sheet of ice and slammed into each other. there were other crashes on i-84 in the aim -- same area. police arrested two terror suspects as part of a counter terror effort across europe. soldiers are patrolling streets in belgium guarding terror targets in the jewish community of anterp. an immigrant mother who was hiding in a philadelphia church for two months to avoid deportation has been given a chance to stay here legally. angela walked out of west kensington ministries since november. she was seeking refuse phew

because authorities rarely move into on cases like this. she was granted a temporary sees is a to stay in the u.s. for two years. >> i'm really, really happy because now i can do things that that -- i don't know how to explain, i'm so happy. >> she entered the country illegally as a teenager and married an american citizen an has two children born in the u.s. immigration officials used prosecutal discretion in granting the reveals is a. >> $200 million on the line in the powerball drawing. >> a dover police officer is getting down to taylor swift and shaking it off. we'll let you see more of the

video. coming up in weather get the rain gear handy we've got periods of rain expected throughout the morning hours some of it will be heavy at times, especially across south jersey and delaware. i'll have the details from accuweather when we come right back.

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welcome back on this sunday, 6:12 36 degrees, sky6 live hd looking live at philadelphia international airport. we were just there in the wee hours of the morning after getting back from vacation. >> it feels colder now. i'm doing a show with you these guys, i want you to realize the size of the bullet we are dodging here. if this happened yesterday, we would have picked up 16 inches of snow. the cold air is actual restreet at this point and the rain is moving in. we'll see rain out of this not snow. there could be a brief period of icing north and west of the city. maybe it lasts a half our -- hour or so. the brief icing will be very

very brief. a couple of showers popping up across south jersey. every now and then we see yellow representing heavier downpours. millville reporting moderate rain. same thing for southern portions of salem county and the delaware bay region. this is the heavy stuff down here, across eastern portions of virginia through richmond and norfolk all of that, we'll push east nor'easter over the next 3 to 6 hours or so. it should get into philadelphia the heaviest and steadiest by 10:00 a.m. wilmington at freezing mark 32. look at millville 42. wildwood, 36. dover, 39. milder ocean air is pulling toward the northwest. all this air is moving southeast to northwest, it will overspread the entire delaware valley over the next several hours or so. that's why we're seeing rain with this and not snow.

we have a cold front approaching from the west, this that batch of -- this little batch of moisture. we're looking at a perhaps a 4 to 6 hour event where we'll see the steady, soaking rain. later this afternoon it's probably cloudy and damp. here's future tracker 6 i'll show you what i am talking about. right now we're not seeing anything, a little bit of moisture to the south. by 10:00 a.m. look at the yellows on the maps. that's the heavy rain spreading from dover into philadelphia and trenton and new york city. that will continue through the morning hours into the first part of the afternoon. note the shift the far western suburbs, allentown lancaster it might not do anything at all it's raining in sheets across south jersey. it's a tight exacted storm system. by 3 4:00 p.m. it's gone. we'rewe're looking at mainly cloudy

skies. rainfall totals, .13 of an inch in allentown and an inch and a half in atlantic city. today's risk, the icing risk is minor, but there's the risk north and west of the city. heavy rain, high risk for that, poor drainage flooding in particular, there will be a moderate risk across the south jersey and delaware, gusty winds and coastal flooding we won't see that, as well. this is a rainmaker for philadelphia. 44 for philadelphia, 44 wilmington millville 48. atlantic city and cape may closing in on 50 degrees. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast 40 degrees tomorrow, turning windy the 40 will feel like the upper 20s and low 030s with that wind. increasing clouds, tuesday 32.

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>> nearly two dozen train cars derailed in southern arkansas this weekend. union pacific 22 cars filled with rock went off the tracks last night. only the conductor and the engineering were on the train they were in the hurt. museum of art is offering family-friend exhibits and performances and other special event throughout the day for martin luther king. tomorrow is martin luther king philadelphia leads the nation in service projects. a national record 135,000 volunteers are taking part in the martin luther king day of service. coming up at 9:00, founder and

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>> reporter: welcome back everyone, 6:23 sunday morning we're looking at storm tracker 6 live double scan. we are starting to see the freezing drizzle along the i-95 corridor from wilmington through philadelphia and into trenton. everyone north of this line here temperatures are still below freezing. now, we'll see the temperatures moderate over the next couple of hours, but right now there's a minor icing threat for areas north and west. south and east we're seeing the rain in salem county. route 1, we could have patchy ice out there and freezing drizzle. if it's shiny it's iced over. take it ease. in salem, and cumberland county, this is rain, all rain at times temperatures in the 40s. all this is moving southwest to

northeast, periods of rain, some of it is heavy at times, some of it will create flooding in parts of the area. we'll talk about that in ten minutes. sports now the super bowl matchup, the packers sea hawks and potato -- patriots and colts play in today's game. here's jeff skeverski with sunday sports.

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sky6 live hd looking live right now at wilmington, delaware a steady soaking rain and a brief period of icing in parts that's what to expect in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast today. new overnight wilmington police are combing for clues in a murder investigation. >> president obama is set to call the elimination of a tax break in his state of union address. >> first meteorologist chris sowers joins us with another preview of the accuweather forecast. >> reporter: it's going to be dreary out there today. let's go live on sky 6. we're expecting quite a bit of rainfall across south jersey and delaware, north and west we'll see lighter amounts. but we have another issue north and west, it's in the form of ice because temperatures are below the freezing mark. we are seeing specks of drizzle.

flip it over to storm tracker 6 live double can you can see the blue running up and down the i-95 corridor into trenton. bryn mawr, wynnewood propertying freezing drizzle. south and east we go, cumberland and salem counties we're seeing temperatures a little bit milder note that little speck of blue in gloucester county, maybe freezing drizzle for places like glassboro and deptford and belmawr points north. malaga bridgeton bay side, cedarville, gandys beach millville, reporting rain, some of us coming down steadily and heavy at times again the magic number is 32 degrees. once we get above 32 we won't see any precipitation freezing on area roads. south jersey above freezing, below freezing temperatures north and west. over the next couple of hours the northwest suburbs will go

above freezing, this will be a rain event. maybe an hour hour and half's worth of freezing drizzle that's about it. here's the heavy rain we're expecting. you can see the yellows and orangeses and the reds starting to gather across richmond, virginia. that expands northeastward over the next several hours push you pushing into the hart of the delaware valley. it will make for a miserable afternoon. periods of rain, heavy at times shooting for a high of 44 degrees, we're above average the normal is 41. wind out of the northwest at 5 to 10 miles per hour. day planner take your pick it will be raining all day. 8:00 a.m., 35, periods of rain. 10:00 a.m., same thing. 1:00 p.m., 42. more rain heavy at times. 4:00 p.m., most of the rain at that point will be winding down, most of the roads will be wet and you will see ponding at that point. later this afternoon, this pushes up into new england we'll see colder temperatures move in to start the new

workweek. i'll talk about that and we'll have the possibility of a little light snow on wednesday that's straight ahead in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> remember you can keep track of the accuweather forecast, anytime by downloading our storm tracker 6 live app it gives you access to live radar and hourly forecast anticipate weather alerts -- and weather alerts posted for your area. >> wilmington police are investigating a shooting since the start of the new year. someone opened fire on a passenger inside this red minivan around midnight. the man was struck in the head and died. police are trying to determine where the initial shooting took place and trying to identify a suspect. also new this morning a two-vehicle crash in newark, delaware, sent both drivers to the hospital. police say a woman driving the car slammed into a jeep at 1:15 a.m. it took a half-hour for firefighters to free her. she is in critical condition at

christiana hospital. the man behind the wheel of the jeep is in stable condition. officers are trying to determine if the woman had been drinking. new this morning a man is in critical condition after getting hit by an suv in southwest philadelphia. the action cam is at the scene the 5300 block of baltimore avenue. the woman driving the vehicle sailed the victim was lying on street when she was hit at 1:45. the man was dragged a half block from the driver stopped. so far police have not filed any charges. the search continues for a person who murdered a well respected father of four in hunting park. family members and friends gathered to remember bernard ray. it was there on the night of january 4th, ray was shot while dropping off passengers in his taxi. police say it was a robbery attempt. his father spoke at the vigil. >> my son was a very peaceful person and giving person. he loved his friends he loved his family, he loved his

community. >> 20,000-dollar reward is posted for tips that lead to an arrest and conviction. the 2510 civil rights achievement awards ceremony was held in center city. five people from all different background were honored to their commitment to fostering the legacy of martin luther king. the event was held by the legislative black caucus and held at the african-american museum in center city. tomorrow is the day of service for martin luther king. >> the home so show is at the philadelphia convention center. there are plenty of things for those with a big budget, including this indoor pool. the home show ends on january 25th. we are learning more about this dover delaware, police officer seen from his dash cam singing and moving to taylor swift's hit tune shake it off.

the head shake. we showed you this yesterday morning on "action news" at 9:00 a.m. if you missed it here's some of the video.♪ yeah, we now know the name of the officer, jeff davis a 19 year vet of the police force, once voted the class clown no doubt. he is the father of four. he knows all the words because he his daughter a ten-year-old girl. the department said they have gotten calls from news outlets in australia germany and throughout the u.s., the video is a smashing success on youtube. i've seen it all over social media, people are loveing it.

>> do you think his kids are embarrassed or thrilled that their dad is on television? >> i think they would think it was cool. >> meteorologist chris sowers will have the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> we look at a rendition of the beauty and the beast now on stage in philadelphia. the audience plays a role in the production. keeping alive teddy pendergrass, he is gone, but his widow has a plan she talked about it to lisa thomas-laurey. yippee!!

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>> the super-storm sandy bowl matchup, the packers the sea hawks, patriots and colds play in the title conference games here's jeff skeverski with the rest of the of sports. >> reporter: after 7 goals on monday, the flyers went cold, nothing, zip. last night the flyers aboyded being shut -- avoided being shut out the first time in history. buffalo, flyers shut 3 straight periods. how long before the next one how about four minutes flyers up 1. final minute of the second, in

the net it's rebound and tied at 2. the coach has been worried the third period just to make you feel better, off the turnover, score! flyers go on to win 4-3. it is their first win on the road in almost a month! the same cannot be said about the sixers, 22 turnovers in detroit leads to 30 points for the pistons. highlights, ugly one for the sixers, nerlens noel coming off a big game against new orleans friday. sixers down a dozen. end of the third ugly sequence, a score watch the inbound

single the steal the 3 wow down 19 after 3. sixers lose by 18. they never had the lead last night. washington up next for the sixers on monday. college hoops nova is the 5th ranked team in the country. last night against penn should be a piece of cake. after all nova has not lost to them in 13 years. former gov ed rendell on game. penn down 1 with nine to go, they haven't knocked off a top five team in 36 years. nova pulls away down the the stretch with the slam, nova wins 62-47. the first time in school history nova finishes a nonconference schedule undefeated. temp in cincinnati -- temple in cincinnati, they go down temple blown out by # --

31. fran dunphy and the owls lose three in a row for the first time this season. st. joes plays saint bonaventure, today the nfc and amplet fc winners go to the super bowl. that's sports, i'm jeff skeverski. >> insanity. some folks can't wait for the warmer weather to hit the jersey shore, so these hardy souls took part in the polar bear plunge in wildwood. proceeds benefit the special olympics. i could not do that. good for them. >> it was actually warmer in the water than it was out of the water yesterday. >> still not warm enough to be in there. it wasn't. >> reporter: let's go live on sky 6. temperatures topped out around

32 degrees, what a day for a polar plunge. true polar plunge yesterday. as we look at penns landing this morning, it's quiet out there but we're seeing patchy freezing drizzle develop along the i-95. with heavy rains across portions of south jersey. let's flip it over to storm tracker 6 live double scan. green representing rain, the blue shades representing freezing drizzle. we'll zoom into gloucester county and the immediate philadelphia area. when you see that blue it's the freezing drizzle. what do i mean by that, it's raining, but the rain is freezing on contact with the grounds because the ground is below freezing. gloucester county we're picking up freezing drizzle. media through philadelphia running parallel to inter state i-95 we're picking up freezing drizzle. south and east it's rain, some of it is coming down heavy across cumberland county. bridgeton, millville moderate rain.

buena, moderate rain. bayside cedarville steady rain. there's more to come, it's across eastern portions of carolinas and virginia. norfolk is reporting heavy rain and it is shifting north an east it will get in here in the next couple of hours. stowed a perfect day to sit on the couch and watch the conference championship games. 46 in wildwood. dover, 39, 42 in millville. all aerials south and east of philadelphia for the most part are in the clear as far as ice is concerned. closer to the city, points north and west we're seeing temperatures right there on the fence, that's why we're reporting that freezing drizzle. in time over the next couple of hours we see the warmer ocean air unofficial start to summer to move in. everybody is above freezing. whateverrizing you see north and west, it will be minor and

brief. we should switch over pretty quickly to plain rain. sat lyle and radar rain is starting to build across eastern portions of virginia and north carolina. today is a rain day some of it heavy at times we'll see ponding on area roads we could see poor drainage flooding because most of the ground is frozen at this point. the rain has nowhere to go. fortunately it's a quick-moving system. 4:00 p.m. it's gone, 6:30 it's pushing through matt hatton and -- manhattan and upstate new york and we're leftover with clouds and patchy drizzle. northwest of philadelphia it could start out as a brief period period of ice before going over to rain. the heaviest rain 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. for the i-95 corridor south and east including south jersey and delaware, pedestrians of rain, some of it -- periods of rain, some of it heavy at times

heaviest time frame is longer, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. millville, 48, cape may, 50 all areas well above freezing. even the poconos should climb into the upper 30s low 40s. the icing will be brief north and west. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, periods of rain today 44. turning windy monday, this 40 will feel like the upper 20s low 30s it's deceiving. increasing clouds tuesday 42. a clipper system pulls in on wednesday. this could produce snow showers. temperatures in the mid 30s. 38 degrees thursday, 36 friday. 38 degrees saturday. for the snow lovers, i'm trying to get you something, i got you some snow showers, but that's about it. >> drivers in delaware can show their love of their pellets. new animal welfare license

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country's come back, that's what i will focus on in the state of union. how to build on a rising momentum and rising incomes and stronger middle class. >> the president will give the state of the union address tuesday night at 9:00. that will be followed by a republican response. a class ring missing for decades is back with its rifle owner. they found the ring when they were converting the home to gas. the only clue they had with an as indescription with jmh. they trailed to a former university professor when he lost the ring in the home when it belonged to an old neighbor. >> it brings back so many memories. thing of what is associated with that. i was 18 years old i'm a little orderly than 18 right now.

>> how much orderly can he really be? >> he said he was thrilled to return the ring to its rifle other than. a couple allowed ten and 6-year-old children to walk home a mile from the park. now the parents are under investigation for child neglect. they say they were teaching their kids responsibility. >> reporter: 10-year-old and the 6-year-old were recently walking one mile home from their local park in silver spring maryland when they say police stopped them. >> two police cars pulled up claiming that someone called because of two kids walking around alone. >> reporter: now their parents say they are being investigated for neglect. >> they are trying to take away our kids when i didn't sign the safety plan that they came out with. >> reporter: ment parents call themselves free range parents a

movement that gives kids more space. >> it's in order to give them an tiewrnt -- opportunity to develop. >> reporter: they say they taught their kids to be responsible and safe. >> we always hold hands when we controls the streets. >> reporter: but some think that's not enough. >> as parents a role is to teach our children and give them the tools along the way while giving them enough space to try things out on their own. these parents are giving their children too much space. >> do you worry that something could happen with no adult supervision along. >> reporter: everyday something could happen. montgomery county child protection service said they can't comment, but required to responds to all calls about possible neglect. they said they will not back

down for a fight for freedom. >> it's an old fashioned way of raising their kids not some new way. >> reporter: abc news, silver spring, maryland.

a climber is sharing an incredible view from the top of north america's highest mountain. he is seen with icicles was the first climber to reach the summit of mount mckinley in alaska. the temperatures routinely dip to 60 degrees below zero. he attempted to climb before, but only this time on his 4 account try did he make it.

>> five years ago philadelphia lost a talented native son teddy pendergrass his voice was the flagship sound for the philadelphia in the 1960s. his wife has a plan to keep his story alive. >> reporter: for joan pendergrass, her husband's death was inspiring for his short life. >> teddy accepted who he was and what happened and he was determined to make the best of it and make a difference. ♪ >> reporter: his career was at his peak in 1982 when he broke his neck in a tragic car accident on lincoln drive. he was paralyzed from the chest down. >> he found within himself the strength to move on. >> reporter: i melt with the singer at his gladwyn home and

how he was going to enjoy his fate. >> he was determined to live, not just to exist but to live. >> reporter: he met joan in 2006 married her two years later and singing to her at his wedding. he founded a charity for opportunities with people with similar injuries. she is working and traveling with his memorabilia and a movie. as we stroll along the walk of fame joan confessed it was the first time season seeing her husband's plaque. joan is devoted to insuring that her husband's legacy is sustained for generations to come and her message to others with spinal cord injuries is this. >> life does not end there. you can lead a productive life.

lisa thomas-laurey channel 6 "action news." >> there's another hour of "action news" sunday morning straight ahead. here's some of the stories we're working on for you. masked men break into a home and shoot two people inside. there's a major development on the teenage lovers on the run from police in several states. >> plus we'll have an update from meteorologist chris sowers and accuweather. we'll be right back

>> good morning, it is 7:00 a.m. on this sunday, january 18. here's what's happening on "action news." storm tracker 6 live double scan live shows a steady soaking move be into the area. there's a threat of flooding in some areas meteorologist chris sowers has the overnight update. >> a man and woman are shot inside a home in philadelphia's frankford section. we have details from the police working the case. millions flock to pope francis' mass in the philippines. hear what one girl said that left the pope almost speechless. >> outside we go to chris sowers with the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> reporter: we're having issues we're having freezing rain it's hard to grip the patty io, severing glazed over, as you can see my