phia calling for social justice on martin luther king day. and near death experience on the new jersey turnpike next. ♪♪ "action news," delaware valley leading news program with jim gardner. they called it m.l.k. dare. "dare" stands for day of action resistance and empowerment. several thousands took to the streets in center city in

peaceful fashion. it is monday night. and the big story on "action news" tonight is the day to honor martin luther king, jr. for many it was a day of service. for others it was the day to follow king's example and march for what they believe. "action news" reporter kenneth moton live at independence mall with the full story tonight. >> justice, jobs and education were the themes for those who took part in the earlier march and rally today say all the issues are intertwined. [chanting] >> the national day of service. it was also a day of action in philadelphia. people from different backgrounds with different interests marching through the streets for the same goal -- working to right what's wrong. >> as you see by the number of

people out marching today, change is going to come. >> more than 3,000 people circumstance -- circled city hall. and part of the day of resistance and empowerment. and unions, activist and plain old folks demanding change. and social justice at the hands of police and fully funded education system. >> all supporting each other. labor youth, the association chapters. we are all in the same boat. >> and the 30th annual national bell ringing ceremony the tapping of the liberty bell by chubby checker. a record number of volunteers were rolling up their sleeves for 1800 service projects. at girard college, they were helping the needy and educating people on voting rights. >> dr. king was a champion of

action. he was an enemy of empathy. >> and city hall as the back drop, many embraced it. >> now is the time to organize to down evolution, an evolution of our city. >> that large group on the mall made a list of demands and now planning to hold lawmakers accountable. over the next week or so they will meet with leaders at city hall, police headquarters and the capital in harrisburg. reporting for channel 6 news." >> thank you. tonight we wereethodist church where the students and those from local churches came to honor dr. king's dream for america. the theme is the role of civil disobedience and law enforcement in society. on 6abc.com find a look back

at martin luther king, jr.'s life and legacy by photographs. and coverage of the activities around the area the ceremonies and service projects in honor of dr. king there at 6abc.com. developing tonight, abington police trying to track town three smash and grab bandits having their way at the jewelry store at the mall. what exactly happened there tonight? >> well jim, it's a crime that caught everyone off guard. people thought what they heard was the sound of gun shots. it turned out to be the sound of glass breaking. employees began to lock themselves into the store while customers went running. it was a normal day at the willow drove park mall when things took a scary turn.

>> we heard two loud noises and they screamed get down. >> and men walked into precision watches and jewelry and smashed cases. >> and they told me it sounded like gun shots but it was a large hammer smashing the glass. >> grabs as much merchandise as they could. >> and i called my manager and we hid in the back and locked the doors and everything. >> what was that like? >> probably definitely the scariest moment of my life. >> and the shoppers leaving the mall tonight could not believe what happened. >> quite shocking. it doesn't happen much in this area. and hopefully nobody was hurt. >> abington police are investigating the crime. hearing of no injuries at this point muchment police are looking for the people in connection and this scene playing out in the willow drove mall tonight.

>> thank you. the philadelphia homicide detectives are trying to sort out a deadly triple shooting. gunfire in strawberry mansion at 8:00, police called to the 1700 block of north 31st street. they found a man believed to be in his 20s shot in the head. he was pronounced dead at temple university hospital. two other victims, a 51-year-old man and 35-year-old woman are now in critical condition. a water main break shutdown part of route 1 in drexel him tonight. chopper 6 hd over the scene near the area where they tried to cap a leak. and travel on one side of the road with one lane for each direction of travel. learning more about the victim's killed in the car crashes caused by yesterday's flash freeze. close to 60 vehicles involved in a pile-up on the schuylkill expressway. 31-year-old eric blau was killed. 30 other people were hurt.

on the big red three drivers couldn't avoid a jackknifed big rig and two died. volunteer firefighter tried to care for victims until the paramedics arrived. >> with both of them for about 20 minutes trying to stabilize them and talk to them. >> were they conscious? >> they were in and out. >> and thomas michael brennan of lansdale and jason anderson did not survive. anderson was the director of ticket sales and operations at dover international speedway. this video of an icy accident on the new jersey turnpike going viral. more than 300,000 views on youtube in the past several hours. the man recorded this frightening semislide in the southbound lanes at exit 9 new brunswick. he pulled over because two tractor-trailers were blocking all of the lanes. the other big rig couldn't stop

in time barely missed hitting him and crashed through the guard rail. the driver says that he left after the new jersey state troopers got there. ♪♪ a radar picture looking pretty mild at the moment but meteorologist cecily tynan tracking a quick-hitting clipper over the next 24-48 hours that would make for messy roads in the middle of the week. cecily will have the details shortly in this broadcast. the wheels of justice now turning in the stabbing death after 14-year-old boy in west philadelphia. and dann cuellar is live with the full story. >> that's right, jim. the 16-year-old now in custody now for the stabbing death of a west philadelphia high school fellow classmate and a family grieving trying to understand how and why their loved one is dead. >> trying to hold it down i'm trying. i'm trying hard to hold it down. >> 88-year-old ann presley suffering from a heart condition

trying to hold it together in the wake of her grandson's death saying she rose nafis o'neal since he was a boy. >> raised him up respect for other people. have respect. and it was a religious home. >> the police say o'neal a freshman at west philadelphia high school was stabbed to death friday during an altercation with another student, a 16-year-old. the investigators say it began earlier in the day when o'neal got in a fight with other students in the lunch room. the fight broke up and it appeared to be back to normal. >> it was supposed to have died down. when we got out of school after school hours, it escalated again. and they basically followed him and watching the whole time is what it sounded like to me. >> o'neal stabbed in the chest a few blocks from school and he was rushed to the hospital and later died. the police served the search warrant at the 16-year-old home on haverford ave.

>> it is not easy. >> and relatives having a difficult time finding comfort in their grief, trying to arrange for a funeral for a young man they loved. >> all the kids everybody loved him and this right here is just a situation that just had to happen. >> now the 16-year-old who has not been identified because of age charged with homicide possession ever instrument of crime and reckless endangerment of another person. not determined if he will be tried as an adult. dann cuellar, channel 6 news." >> thank you. vice-president joe biden attended a martin luther king day breakfast in wilmington this morning. it comes two days after a shooting near his delaware home. biden made no mention of the incident on saturday night. the bidens were out for the night when a secret service agent standing guard heard multiple gun shots before seeing

a vehicle drive off at a high rate of speed. one person was questioned but released. fire investigators have yet to determine the cause tonight of a deadly apartment fire in cheltenham hospital. identified the victim as 34-year-old harrison. and they encountered thick smoke in the linden garden apartments on south june russell circle. and oddly some neighborhoods next door in apartments were not aware of danger. >> no idea whatsoever. didn't even know there was a fire. >> they had to kick the door in. he was asleep. and then he woke up but they knocked for awhile. >> jason brown a tenant for years. and smoke alarms did not go off

and did not wake up until someone rang his doorbell. and the upper merion police happy to report an arrest in a series of thefts that had been grating on the township. investigators say two brothers of gilbertsville pilfered a total of 13 100-pound storm greats since last december. claimed stealing as much as a half million worth of greats throughout the area. nearly 1,000 from philadelphia limerick, collegeville bensalem, haverford, broomall upper province and montgomery montgomeriville. and tom wolf will become governor, taking part in the m.l.k. service projects.

and getting everything ready for inauguration day tomorrow. and sworn in as noon a journey as impressive as unlikely. from anonymity a year ago to being the only candidate to beat a sitting governor this year. now comes the hard part -- governing. and it begins tomorrow. before tom wolf takes off, mike stack will be sworn in. he served for 14 years. and the ceremony is prior to the inauguration and not open to the public. and walter perez in harrisburg for the swearing in from the capital and the inauguration party tomorrow night. and streaming tom wolf's speech live at 6abc.com. still to come on "action news" tonight, a montgomery county movie star helps smash a box office record. and video from a passenger on a plane at j.f.k. just a

short time look. there was a bomb square. the pope expanding his trip to other american cities. and the temperatures in the 40s in philadelphia but tracking the chance of snow less than 48 hours. details and what you can expect in the full accuweather forecast. and "healthcheck," why you can blame or thank your significant other for keeping your new year's resolution. and ducis rodgers with the villanova wildcats in washington against georgetown when "action news" continues.

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threat on delta 368. a plane from san francisco evacuated. and the same number used on a night from new york to tel aviv but no bomb found on that plane either. the threat reportedly made by telephone and an investigation and underway. shiite rebels are threatening the government in yemen. fighters came down from their strongholds today and clashed with government troops near the presidential palace. and heavy fighting. and they are trying to undermine al qaeda's affiliate in yemen claiming responsibility for the attack in paris. president obama will no doubt talk about the fight against terrorism tomorrow night in the state of the union address. the prime focus likely on the economy and middle class. obama will enter the house

chamber with his popularity rating climbing back to 50%. in large part because of the improving economy and falling gas prices. and obama will propose tax changes tomorrow night that will increase taxes on the wealthy and cut taxes for the middle class. ♪ pope francis today personally confirmed he will visit philadelphia next september along with new york and washington. the pope was flying pack to rome from the philippines and told reporters the end of his trip to the u.s. will be in philadelphia for the meeting of families the 26th and 27th of september. he will start in washington then go to new york where he will address the u.n. then to philadelphia. on "healthcheck" tonight the secret to success in the new year's resolution could be your spouse or significant other. research from london when one

partner took steps to get healthy the chance of the other following went up dramatically. more than likely the likelihood partners would change diet exercise more. quitting smoking, one quicking the habit led to six times the success rate of going it alone. let's get the accuweather forecast and if sounds like we have mid-week snow possibility. >> some snow and a little mix in south jersey and delaware. tonight quiet and foamtomorrow quiet as well. dry conditions out there. and the action cam at philadelphia city hall looking up, a lot of clouds over william penn tonight. that's actually inflating the earth and keeping temperatures from dropping quickly. and in philadelphia down from a high of 45 which is the mildest weather we had in two weeks. didn't feel that mind with the winds today but temperatures are 5 degrees above normal this time

of year. allentown 37 millville dropped down to 27 degrees. and trenton 38 and wildwood currently 36 degrees. satellite 6 and action radar showing the cloud cover. a pretty good stream much clouds out of the northwest. tomorrow is going to be very similar to today. more clouds and sunshine, but a few peeks of sunshine. zooming to the north, it doesn't look like much. but pressure and the alberta clipper is moving into the northern plains and what moves in wednesday afternoon and night. and tomorrow is calm and quiet. some breaks of sun with a lot of clouds. and high of 43 degrees. wednesday this is when the clipper pulls in some moisture in the afternoon and evening hours. 35 degrees the high. and this likely will cause some problems for the evening commute. not going to be a lot of snow really more the timing. the i-95 corridor and areas north and west general 1-2

inches of snow. there is some mixing in south jersey and delaware keeping numbers down to possible coating. the problem is that this arrivals in time for the evening commute, roads are slick. in the low pressure develops stronger we have to bump up the totals now. 1-2 inches looks pretty good not a very intense storm system of the timing again is the problem. the bus stop forecast tomorrow mixture of sun and clouds. not too chilly. but temperatures around freezing. some of the sidewalks and secondary roads. 31 degrees at 6:00 and 32 degrees at 8:00. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast tomorrow more clouds and sunshine 43 degrees. wednesday, the morning looks fine. the afternoon and evening with the light snow developing high of 35 degrees. thursday, behind the system plenty of left-over clouds with a high of 40 degrees. friday, partly sunny and chilly 38 degrees. and heading into the weekend,

saturday interesting development. low pressure to the south. looks like that will be sneaking off the coast of cape hatteras. progressive patterns should move out to sea of the some storm systems tend to hook a little farther up and that's something i am definitely watching calling for partly sunny clouds. sunday, sun and clouds and 42 degrees. and monday the possibility of more rain and snow showers and high of 38 degrees. tomorrow's commute fine. wednesday morning, wednesday evening commute is the one i am worried about. members of the perfecting church in new jersey topped off the m.l.k. day of service with a private movie screening. gathering to watch "selma" the film about dr. king's march in 1965. earlier members hosted a panel discussion on his letter from birmingham jail and also volunteered across south jersey. and montgomery county bradley cooper the star of this

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more. they have to be better for us. >> obviously our record doesn't show we are good team but if we play together we're going to start winning games. and we know that. >> the pen wins here tomorrow. the sixer had all kinds of problems with defense. and the offense isn't much better. and 2-13 shooting tonight. and running the sixers right out of the gym. and the fast break, nearly 56% from the floor. and down at half time they surprisingly come out at the second half not much better. sixers lose by 35 111-76. and the same arena a few hours later villanova and georgetown. and the cats are fourth in the nation. their bus broke down on the way to d.c. yesterday. a bad omen. >> totally out of their game. >> and they are on fire.

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her boyfriend tiger wood was there. the toothless tiger. trying to hide his smile. taking an over zealous photographer bumped into him and knocked the tooth out. you know how hard you have to get hit to knock out a tooth? >> pretty hard. and jimmy kimmel live followed by night life. "action news" continues at 4:30 with the entire "action news" team. i'm jim gardner, good night. ♪♪

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