"action news" news, delaware leading news program, with rick williams sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. good afternoon in the news three toddlers are saved from a

burning building and the fearless rescue caught on camera. and the possible change to drivers licenses that could make things easier for mostist s in delaware. but the big story is the frigid temperatures and the wind making it feel even colder we saw people in wilmington going out with hat and gloves. the windchill is the real issue. for more now we go to david murphy who is indoors. >> i'll sample the outdoors in about a half hour. lots of sunshine out there but as these guys told you don't be fooled looking out the window. the nor'easter is there pushing out of boston and up to nova scotia it's mostly evaporating and we are looking at sunshine

and unfortunately cold air swept in behind the big storm that is often the case we are sitting at 30 in philadelphia and 27 in allentown and 28 in trenton and 30 in wildwood. it's the wind that is the real problem, it's strong enough to give you windchills in the teens at noon. 17 in philadelphia and 18 in wilmington and 16 in allentown and a 19 degree windchill in wildwood. when you first stepped out at dawn, we had windchills in the single digits. this is an improvement, and still a day for a lot of layers. looks like the high today is just about -- i'm going to go 32 for the high today than is about 9 degrees below the average high of 41 and 16 is your low tonight and that is a full 10 degrees below the average of 26. the cold air doesn't go anywhere one thing i can say tonight is that the winds fall

off a bit. we start out tomorrow with sun and then cloudy skies roll in and all the eyes are on the western suburbs as a little ban of snow comes through. we'll talk about what to expect from this and what is ahead in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. nearly 100 people were forced into the freezing cold when a fire ripped through their montgomery county apartment building overnight. at least a dozen were rescued including a mother and her daughters who jumped to safety. john rawlins is live now in white marsh township. >> reporter: a few years ago this entire building was condemned by the township because of fire safety issues and people were moved out, as a result of that the owner installed a state of the art fire system and balconies that were credited with saving lives today. >> the piercing alarm of the

fire system forced them outside to their balconies. >> i saw the huge flames coming out from the b 2 apartment, b 2 a second floor corner apartment is thought to where the fire had begun. first responders and neighbors helped to get them off the balconies, people were handing people down from the second floor i don't know for what reason smoke up there or whatever. >> the cold conditions made it difficult for firefighters and displaced residents, many residents fled without warm clothing and they were able to gather in a building that was being renovated. part of the third floor apartment collapsed into b 2 and the fire started in a bedroom of b 2. >> two people were in the

bedroom it was occupied. two elderly people in the bedroom and next door was a younger couple and they were alerted by the screaming and the words fire. >> reporter: now the fire marshall says it could take time to determine what was the cause of fire, three of the five people were taken to the hospital, two with smoke inhalation and one with minor burns and all three are treated and released as for the remaining residents here, when they will be able to get back in is not clear yet. live in white marsh john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> investigators are trying to determine what caused bricks to crash into a center city clothing store. the bricks fell through the roof of the lululemon apparel store on walnut street leaving a 20 foot hole in the ceiling, they determined that the bricks came from an elevator shaft from a

neighboring building. license and inspections are interests viewing owners from both buildings. two montgomery county brothers are accused of stealing $100,000 worth of sewer grates faced a judge today. they waived their preliminary hearing on theft charges and police say they lifted hundreds of iron storm grates from philadelphia abington and plymouth meeting and several other townships they remain behind bars. bail is set at $300,000. prosecutors will seek the death penalty for the death of eric frein frein's defense attorneys declined to comment on the death and said his client plans to plead not guilty. >> there is word of a possible

prisoner swap that could save to men held hostage by isis, the group threatened to execute those hostages by this morning. we go live to washington d.c. and abc news correspondent, karen travers. >> reporter: in the past isis demands money for hostages and now they are looking for a prisoner swap. right now they are in conversations to secure release of two prisoners before they are executed. >> isis is threatening to kill two hostages a japanese jurn journalist and a jordanian pilot. >> isis will not carry out the executions if jordan releases a woman on death role, she was sentenced for her involvement in a hotel attack that killed 60

jordanans. >> it's me for her what is difficult to understand. >> here is the video from isis, he is shackled and forced to read his own death sentence. >> i only have 24 hours left to live and the pilot has even less. >> japanese prime minister met with his cabinet. we will never give up until the japanese hostage is safely coming back to our nation. >> his mother issued another emotional plea to the japanese and jordanian government asking to meet the demands for the prisoner exchange and the father of the captured jordanian king abdullah, who has refused deals

in the past. >> they have not yet received the necessary proof of life of their pilot so for now no deal. karen travers, channel 6 "action news." >> karen thank you. a delegation from the democratic national committee is looking for facilities for where to hold the party's 2016 convention philadelphia is competing against columbus ohio, and new york city to hold the convention. the new bible society is moving to old fourth in center city. it's expected to bring 200 jobs with it and the primary mission is to bring more people to the bible. delaware is going to be the first state in the country to use digital drivers licenses, drivers will be allowed to use an app on their smart phone it would not eliminate traditional

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deadly border clashes are flaring up from the remember niece army today. and later on the military convoy was hit by a hezbollah missile. the country responded with aerial and ground attacks into lebanon this is the first significant violence along the border since 2006. and an affiliate of isis is claiming responsibility for the deadly attack that killed an american in libya ten people died when gunmen stormed a luxury hotel used by diplomats and businessmen along the mediterranean sea, one american is a victim. so far there is evidence to support the claims. police in ohio is looking

for the person that is firing bullets into cincinnati's tallest building windows have been shortered. after nine shootings in four days. >> people that sit near windows were told to move to different offices, they believe that one person or group is targeting the building but they don't have a motive or suspects. a western pennsylvanian woman managed to steal a police car while she was handcuffed. the video shows roxanne rhymer being pulled over and she jumped into the cruiser and managed to turn the siren and steered with her knees the entire way and then ran off still in handcuffs. nobody was hurt in her daring escape and is due in court for

charges in may. toddlers are in critical condition after being rescued from a fire in fresno california they are alive because of heroic efforts by firefighters. this is incredible video that comes from the helmet cam from a captain. captain christopher palmer at the scene visibility was near zero when they rushed in to find the children after their mother screamed for help. palmer says running in to help is second nature. >> you think about it and you look at your kids and your friends's children and the images come back. >> the victims ages 1, 2 and 3 years old were knocked unconscious from the smoke. they remain in critical condition and the cause of the fire was electrical. the steady decline at the gas pump is over, the price increase that ended a record

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david murphy i tease you because you go outside and you were out there this morning with all the gear. >> karen called me a turtle. i had so much gear. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing there is no precipitation outside. looking south along it's coastline from atlantic city, what a nice blue sky you can see it reflected in the blue ocean water it is cold and almost too cold to walk around the temperature is 30 degrees, the winds northwest at 21 giving you windchills that make it feel like the teens in spots. you'll feel the chill if you head out. 26 in reading and 30 in wilmington and 30 in wildwood. we have the blustery winds out there and some gusts getting to

26 miles per hour in philadelphia and 26 in millville and 28 in a.c., and very been watching this over the last several hours and they get up to 30, of course there is a lack of cloud cover you'll need the sunglasses over i-95, and the closest cloud cover is in pittsburgh and way up over new york city and the nor'easter is moving out and the cold air plunges from the north. it's sunny and brisk with windchills in the 20s and teens and down the shore 36 and mostly sunny and brisk with the windchill probably holding in the mid-20s for the most part. 32 is the high in philadelphia lots of sun and brisk and cold and the winds gusting to 25 miles per hour. and overnight tonight, clear skies and very cold. the winds drop off a bit and 16 in philadelphia is your low and

some outlying suburbs will get to the single digits. >> the rest of tomorrow looks this way we have cloud cover to the west at 7:30, and we'll get early sunshine and the clouds fill in and get thicker as the day goes on and by 6:00 we'll keep our eyes to the west as it marches in this is a weak arctic boundary and as it passes through it may put down light accumulation 10:00 we may have something to show you adam joseph every night on channel 17 and cecily here at 11:00 and it gets out of here by 2:00, 2:30 and is out of here by friday morning i'm going for a coating to an inch, these are fluctuating a bit but generally speaking they want a coating on the rpm or more than that on the nam. i'm going for a coating to an inch some may get a bit more. it's best thing of all is that

it holds off until after rush hour, if the timing changes cecily and adam will have that tonight. the forecast is showing the teen teens and the 20s and in the evening we have the chance of snow showers tomorrow night with fairly light accumulations and friday light conditions and a lingering snow shower and drying out in the afternoon and a high of 38 that is a fairly early afternoon high, after that we'll see the cooler air come in and tonight we plunge going down to 11 for an overnight low and brisk and cold on saturday starting at 11 and an afternoon high of tonight 24 and then sunday clouds increase and late sunday probably not until evening and into monday morning there is a chance of a round of precipitation the models differ on warm air in place but

prepare for a wintry mix of snow-sleet and rain, and probably mostly rain. >> will we see the big blue turtle in the next half hour. >> you'll have to wait and see. the ghostbuster with all women will have female leads melissa mccarthy and kristin wig will be slated to play. and up next a scary scene for shoppers in a center city athletic apparel store, the investigation is underway as the roof came through the business on walnut street. and the effortses to get boston and maine back up and running after a winter storm.

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"action news" at 12:30 continues with david murphy sara bloomquist and rick williams. here are the the stories we are following at 12:30 after a snow care across the area this week we are dealing with falling temperatures. and video of the robbery of a dollar store in philadelphia, the search underway for two suspects caught on camera. >> and tough words from the pope

to fathers across the world. but we begin with the cold blast gripping the region after the threat of snow yesterday the focus switches to dropping temperatures lets take a live look from sky 6 hd showing you clear skies you'll want to bundle up and david murphy is bundled up outside. >> reporter: this is the half turtle rick the full turtle is when you put it down like this. as we look at satellite and radar, the cloud cover did start to break out during the late afternoon hours and evaporated overnight and we have full sunshine across the region now and it's cold but not just here but up and down the mid-atlantic region, it's breezy down there as well. windchills in the upper teens and 37 in new york city and colder as you get up to