of city hall, nora is this being seen as a state takeover of atlantic city. >> it is indeed jim the new mayor and manager shied away from that term, but the new managers will have extraordinary powers and they are expected to use them to try to turn things around in this financially troubled city. >> kevin -- >> that is kevin lavine on the left taking over the finances and municipal operations, is he working with kevin orr on the right a lawyer that helped the city of detroit out of bankruptcy and they will try to turn and a city out of debt. it has decimated the tax base. >> we want to make it better and we have seen in the past when the authority was exercised it turned out to be better eventually. >> we have to delve to the details and find out what is going on with the different pieces of city and then come up

with a plan that makes sense. >> the emergency manager idea was recommended by a special commission looking into atlantic city's financial problems. >> you have to marginalize and minimize the role of the mayor -- >> what i'm striving for here is to work in partnership. >> the mayor was against the takeover but promises cooperation, it's necessary to rethink how we are doing business in atlantic city because the assessed values have decreased to drastically that no city in the united states ever faced. >> but the council has a problem with the manager usurping the city's power. >> they can direct the action of the city without sitting down with the city fathers. >> the emergency managers want to work with the city council and some think that outsiders is

not a bad idea. >> we need help right now, it's a great idea. >> one area mayor called thissy slap in the face to mayor guardian who is working with the state to improve the situation here. this goes well beyond that. we'll have to see how the mayor and council begin working with the new emergency managers and how they play out the legal powers and who can do what. i'm nora muchanic channel 6 "action news." >> thank you nora. here is better news on the employment front the unemployment rate dropped to 6.2% last month and the unemployment rate fell from 9.7% in december of 2009, it's still higher than the national average 2014 marked the second straight year of job growth in the private sector. this is the way it looked in october of 2013, october 22nd

when flames attacked the home of claire and thomas french in new hope, buck county. this fire and two other blazes at the house are now at the center of an alleged arson fraud indictment. dann cuellar is live. what are the details here? >> reporter: well jim, the attorney general's office dropped a bombshell charging a prominent buck county family with a massive fraud scream to finance a life of luxury. >> the state grand jury investigation stems from a huge fire back on october 22nd of 2013, the fire chief told me it was the third fire in a four year period. >> what is going on? >> i don't know. >> were the other fires accidental? >> they were undetermined.

>> the insurance firm paid out $20 million in connection with the three fires and they were seeking another $20 million for the 2013 fire and claire accused firefighters of stealing jewelry worth millioned while they were fighting the fire. and they were found to be false. >> i feel vindicated, we spent the last 14 months under a cloud of suspicion, i have a graded indicated group of guys here. >> the attorney general charged her adult daughter and adult son and his wife and private investigator and they found they were engaged in a wide ranging multimillion-dollar scheme to defraud aig and were using the

money to fund an excessive lifestyle. >> i was confident that no one took anything out the house but we went through the ordeal. >> reporter: now the attorney general's office says it includes a prominent fundraiser and a deputy sheriff and a spokesperson for the turnpike all turned themselves in after posting bail. i'm dann cuellar, 6 abc. pennsylvania supreme court has temporarily blocked the prosecutor from taking action against attorney general, kathleen kane, a grand jury recommended that kane be charged christmasly for alleged leaking of information by her office. justices will decide the legal

it of the special prosecutor in kane's office. this is former philadelphia homicide detective dove, he surrendered yesterday on tampering and fraud. and police say that dove stashed his girlfriend in an upstate new york hotel while police tried to track her down in the murder of her boyfriend make that husband. a clerk remains in critical condition tonight after a shooting at a store in the german town section of philadelphia, the 53-year-old husband and father was shot eight times as he closed up the grocery at 8:30 last night. the store owner and a 2-year-old was also inside at the time and fortunately they weren't hurt. they are being cited for building code operations and

multiple crews were called out to ninth and summit streets after 9:00 this morning, investigators say that this base was used to dismantle cars and ship the parts to nigeria. state and local police are investigating. it looks like the chances are diminishing for a real snow storm this coming weekend but whether this is the perfect time to get your car washed is questionable. it looks like warmer than expected air is moving in but it should be a messy saturday. lets go to the "action news" big board and meteorologist, cecily tynan what is the latest from ac warn. >> all this week i'm calling this storm a nor'easter and not a snow storm, because i'm concerned that rain will get involved and that is the case for the bulk of the viewing area stormtracker 6 live double scan showing all this have moisture gathering in the gulf of mexico, that is associated with the main low that will become the coastal storm you'll

notice there is no froze and precipitation with this right now and that is an indication of the lack of a deep layer of cold air. future tracker is showing not all rain for philadelphia when this moves in in the wee hours of saturday morning right around midnight, you'll notice that we have the snow around philadelphia however this storm system is pulling in warm air. that snow will be transitioning to rain along the i-95 corridor and delaware and south jersey to get pure snow you have to go to the far northern suburbs. this is the timeline for the northeaster, it's arriving from the south to the north around midnight on friday night. between 3:00 and 9:00 in the morning this is when we get the heaviest precipitation and the change over to rain in philadelphia and it's a fairly fast moving system and it moves out between noon and 3:00 to the southwest to the northeast and i'll talk specifically what to expect where you live in the full accuweather forecast.

>> thank you cecily you can stay on top of the changing weather situation at 6abc.com/weather the future tracker map shows the path of the coming storm and as always you can see the latest weather reports from "action news" and the hourly and seven-day forecasts, it's 6abc.com/weather. coming up on "action news" tonight. patriots quarterback tom brady addresses deflate-gate what he had to say about the game balls used in the afc championship game. and they may not be winning much on the court but the sixer can still have some fun. ducis rogers will talk about the practical joke played on one of their on today and cecily tynan is back with the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast.

the philadelphia school district suffered a $50 million defeat at the hands of common court. they said they cannot cancel the teachers contract as it did last october. lets go to vernon odom at school district headquarterers how big of a blow to the school district be how big of a victory for the teachers. >> it's a huge victory for the teachers union and a major blow and loss to the school district and reform commission, they lost big time and the district leaders are trying to decide whether to appeal this decision to the supreme court or simply bite the bullet. >> very angry and rightfully so. teacher president jerry jordan is pleased as punch with the

victory for the philadelphia school district. in a 42 page ruling, they said that the school district acted illegally, when they imposed their own terms. after contract talks were going nowhere they proposed health care benefit changes that would have poured $50 million into the courtroom. >> the school reform commission was improper in canceling the current collective bargaining agreement. >> the school district says that there is no impact on the second semester programs but the loss of savings they planned on for the fall could be trouble including another round of layoffs for teachers nurses and other employees. >> it's too early to say it would transfer to more layoffs or not.

we have to see how the fiscal year continues. >> jim, so far no new face-to-face contract talks are even scheduled in the meantime all eyes are on harrisburg watching to see what new governor tom wolf does, he promised during his campaign to give more public and aid to the schools of pennsylvania. vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you vernon. education funding is a priority for city council this year and members were back in session following their holiday break darrel clark also said that paid sick leave and affordable house and improving the financial situation is on the agenda. two state representatives waived their preliminary hearing on corruption charges, waltsers and brown appears in harrisburg this morning, district attorney seth williams said they were

caught on camera accepting thousands of dollars in exchange for political favors both representatives have admitted to the crime. middle schoolers couldn't take their eyes off their mobile devices in wilmington and that was a good thing. 40, eighth graders from the girl academy unveiled the apps they created. they explored software development during the capital one coders program, eight workshops were designed to help the kids develop an interest in technology careers.

they are calling it deflate-gate deflate-gate. >> they wanted answers but didn't really get them. bill belichick said he didn't know. espn reports that 11 of the 12 balls they supplied were

underinflated. bill belichick and tom brady had separate press could have beens today. >> when i came in i was shocked to learn about the news reports about the footballs i had no knowledge whatsoever of the situation until monday morning. >> i feel like i always played within the rules and i would never do anything to break the rules, i believe in fair play and i respect the league and everything they do to make a competitive playing field for all the nfl teams. four eagles take to the field for the pro ball. a big honor and a lot of fun and still work. wink wink. >> i'll approach it like every other game, just go out there and try to do your job and it will be more fun probably. >> it's still a game and have you to play hard and do your thing and hopefully we win. >> arizona in january, not too

bad. the sixers were foiled by the knicks last night and one player was foiled again literally and jeff skversky was there. >> reporter: life as a professional athlete is not always it's cracked up to be. >> no! >> sixers rookie jackar sampson was cracking up when his teammates had his car covered in tinfoil after practice today. >> i'm surprised. i was super surprised i was not expecting this. >> did you do this? >> this wasn't my work, i need a few more years in this league to do stuff like this. >> it's pretty funny? >> yes hilarious. >> nobody would admit to it. for the prank they had to buy

roughly 25 rolls of reynolds wrap and sampson was unable to foil the plan until it was too late. >> who gets pay back for this? >> first i have to find out who did it and then i'll get back to you on that. >> as funny as this it some players are a tad worried their car may be hit next. >> it's hilairerious i'm happy it's not my car. >> yes. >> is your car next? >> not me. not my car. >> now sampson is left with one big ball of foil and wondering who the joke will be on next. >> that is a wrap on this sports cast. >> thank you ducis. cecily tynan has the accuweather forecast when "action news" continues.

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so we thought we might have a snow storm on saturday. >> we never called it a snow storm. >> right i was on the facebook page you think nor'easter you think snow, but not necessarily depending on the track it could be rain and for a large part of the viewing area it will be rain, for some people farther to the north it will be rain. i'll explain it now. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing that right now we don't have to worry about any rain or snow, it's quiet out there. and heading into the nor'easter

this weekend we don't have a lot of cold air in place and that results in minimal snowfall for philadelphia high temperatures relatively mild and 41 for philadelphia and warmer to the south and washington 49 and richmond 51 degrees and 41 is one degree above normal. those are not temperatures you want to see if you are hoping for a big snowfall. more than 24 hours outside of the event right now the great of the probability for snowfall is on the light side, that will fall before the change over to rain that will happen quickly on saturday morning. right now it's dry and we see sunshine today and 39 degrees in philadelphia millville 39 and trenton 37 and allentown 36 and wilmington 37 and the poconos 25 degrees satellite 6 along with action radar showing all eyes are on the moisture developing along the south in the gulf of mexico and it could bring severe weather to northern florida and

georgia and this is what will become the nor'easter on saturday. now, the setup one major ingredient we are lacking is a very broad area of arctic high pressure that will bring us a deep supply of cold air and really slow down the storm system, we don't have that, this will be a fairly fast moving system, as it deepens and strengthens it pulls up air from the ocean the ocean air is 38 degrees and that is relatively mild air and that will create a change over to most of our viewing area. future tracker showing the snow will be falling in philadelphia when most of us are sleeping at 2:00 it's snowing however look at what happens when we look at saturday morning, the change over not only the i-95 corridor and the immediate suburbs you have to go to northern berks and the lehigh valley and the poconos to get the pure snow and it all starts to move out by saturday afternoon, what are we

talking about as far as amounts, south jersey and delaware a coating to an inch falling before day break and the rain will wash it all away. the i-95 corridor and the immediate suburbs it's 1 to 3 inches and you have to go up to the lehigh valley and north of trenton to have a shot of more than 3 inches of snow. the call from accuweather 26 for center city, and the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, late clouds and 40 on saturday a messy day with the combination of snow, sleet and rain and do be careful there could be freezing rain in the morning, 39 for the high and sunday partly sunny and 42 and monday a clipper system will bring snow, this is a snow event, 34 degrees and behind that system it gets sharply cooler and temperatures in the 20s on tuesday and wednesday, that map is not set in stone and i'll have an update on "action

news" at 11:00. finally a little for to go around at mana tonight thanks to a donation they presented a $200,000 check to the food organization today the group recognizes mana as the recipient neighborhood builders award the organization has provided nutritious meals for people battling serious illnesses. world news ton with david muir is next on channel 6. and "action news" continues on phl 17 at 10:00, and then please join us for "action news" at 11:00 here on channel 6. i'm jim gardner, we hope you'll join us at 11:00.

on this thursday night, the breaking news. the scandal before the super bowl. the star quarterback, tom brady, answering the question. are you a cheater? tonight, how brady explains those deflated footballs. who handled them after they were checked by the refs? and what now for the football star with the supermodel wife? also tonight, the giant inferno. more than 1,000 people homeless. the state of emergency declared. schools closed. the massive nor'easter on the way. a foot of snow in texas. and it's about to roar up the coast. ginger zee is standing by. and at this hour late reporting on this armed robbery. the s.w.a.t. team the robot. the suspect wearing a vest with wires. they're still on the scene tonight. good evening. and it's great to have you with us on