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good afternoon in the news this noon, the fate of two isis hostages, the one condition holding up a possible prisoner swap. and what a businessman was selling in his office in center city. and the big story ark fire that killed a couple and more on the police officer that tried to save them. the fire broke out on daly street overnight and despite a brave rescue a man and woman were found dead inside. eva pilgram joins us live on the scene. >> reporter: sara, fire devoured this home here in philadelphia, killing the couple that lived here and hurting a police officer who tried to save them. flames poured out of this home on the 400 block of daly street before 1:30 this morning.

>> our neighbor was thankful enough to come bang on the door and let us know there was a fire next door and i rushed to get her out. >> i saw flames shooting out the window. >> the man and woman were not able to get out. >> i talked to him earlier that day. >> the couple's bodies were found inside and both were in their 60s. >> one police officer attempted to enter the dwelling and the police officer sustained burn injuries and was transferred to the hospital by his co-workers. >> this fire started on the first floor and spread to the second florida. allen lives next door to the fire and he shot this video as he stood watching his neighbor's home go up in flames. >> we thought our home would catch on fire, it was really bad. >> this morning he is thankful for firefighters saving his home, his thoughts are with his neighbor's family.

>> it makes you realize that life is short. >> now at last check the police officer was in stable condition at temple university hospital and fire officials say that the couple didn't have any working smoke alarms in their hom. eva pilgram, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. the fbi has arrested dr. william o'brien iii and accused him of running a pill mill from his offices in philadelphia and levittown buck county according to a federal indictment, dr. o'brien is charged with counts of distributing oxycodone in exchange for cash with no medical examination and they say he falsified patient records and offered to trade a sexual act for a prescription. the lululemon store was

burglarized overnight. police are looking for surveillance on this busy commercial street. the alarms on the building were not working because power had been out since tuesday's incidents. bricks from a neighboring building fell on to the store causing a 20 feet hole in the roof and injuring three women investigators believe that ice and wind caused the bricks to become loose. >> the winds are letting up and accuweather is predicting light snow for tonight. the clouds are building this noon after a cold start for the day. meteorologist david murphy is at the "action news" big board. >> stormtracker 6 live double scan already picking up a couple of light snow showers west of harrisburg this could die out before it makes it into reading and something you will want to keep your eye on. the main body of the precipitation is to the west and won't be here until this

evening. the clouds are getting thicker and that will continue through the rest of the day. a temperature of 21 in philadelphia and single digits in the northern suburbs, mid-20s and up north in philadelphia, 34 in wildwood and there is a bit of a wind blowing and not all that strong and not as much as yesterday and every now and then you see a zero and that is calm winds, the good news is that the winds have fallen back and 32 is the overnight low not so bad well above average, as we look at the wide view on stormtracker 6 live double scan, can you see the extra precipitation on the way. notice how it's snow here and then a mix and rain to the south and as it pulls towards the east we have a shot of getting at least a little bit of all three. we'll show you future tracker 6 coming up. >> thank you david whenever wintry weather hits keep an eye on our storm tracker radars at

6abc.com/weather we have your hourly and seven-day forecasts and the latest call from the team of meteorologists, all right there right now at 6abc.com/weather. security is high in old city ahead of president obama's visit to the sheridan hill tonight and he is expected to speak about the policy retreat. it outlines the party's strategies for the next two years in congress. traffic problems are expected as his motorcade travels along 95 after he lands at the philadelphia international airport. vice president, joe biden, will visit the group tomorrow. there is no word on the hostages being held by isis at this noon. the jordanian government is demanding proof that they are still alive. karen travers reports from washington. >> reporter: the isis deadline has passed and the hostages a

japanese journalist and a jordanian pilot. >> if he is not ready for exchange for my life on the turkish border, the jordanian pilot will by killed immediately. >> japan's prime minister expressed his determination to save him. the prime minister of jordan says they will do a prisoner swap. >> we want a proof of life of the jordanian pilot and then we can talk about the exchange. so far no proof of life is given. if the prisoner exchange is given out, a staunch terrorist will be set free. she was sentenced to prison for an involvement in an al qaeda hotel attack in 2005 that killed many jordanians, most that were

attending a wedding. >> she had no qualms going into the wedding where there were men, women and children. >> the obama administration made it clear that the u.s. will never agree to such a deal. >> we don't pay ransom or give concessions. >> she has been contacted by isis and she fears this prisoner exchange is the last chance to live. karen travers, channel 6 "action news." a threat caused the evacuation of the montgomery county courthouse this morning. they received reports of a bomb and everyone was ordered out and nothing was found and everybody was allowed back inside just before 11:00 this morning. the accused cop killer that led police on a 48-day manhunt in the poconos is expected to enter a formal plea today. eric frein will be arraigned in pike county that is where chad

pradelli is live now with more on today's hearing. >> reporter: sara, today's arraignments is just a formality, the terrorism and murder charges against eric frein will be read into the court and he is expected to enter a not guilty plea. we saw him three weeks ago during the preliminary hearing and we saw video of the shooting of corporal dixon and corporal douglas dixon was killed and douglas continues to recover from the injuries. eric frein is accused of shooting the two men and that led to a seven week manhunt and was finally captured outside of an abandoned hangar. the prosecutor filed paperwork intending to seek the death penalty against eric frein is he not expected to arrive here today for his arraignment he will be arraigned via video

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>> the trial started for aaron hernandez he is can an accused of killing semi professional football player in 2014. prosecutors are laying out their case just days before hernandez's former team is slated to play in the super bowl, he has pled not guilty. the super bowl will have more security than ever this year with concerns of threats from isis and other groups a black hawk helicopter will guard the stadium in phoenix, 30 miles of air space around the big game will be restricted and homeland xurlt says there are no credible threats but are prepared to respond if necessary. we'll look at the scanners they use in the stadium coming up at

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david is here now with the accuweather forecast ever being a cold start to the day. but we are improving now. >> not as much wind as yesterday and that is nice, stormtracker 6 live double scan shows you we are mainly dry across it's region we are going in tight to areas to the north and west and harrisburg has a few light snow showers and a lot of this is breaking down to flurries as it crosses the susquehanna river a long way off from reading. you'll see a flurry or quick burst of snow in the northern areas, as we take a look outside, we have mostly some clouds and starting to come in and increase in the area, and

after a sunny start earlier there is the action cam showing you some sun getting through the clouds and starting to cloud up a little bit at the art museum. 32 is the freezing mark, your current temperature in philadelphia, the winds are light at 5 miles per hour, numbers across the region in allentown and you started out in the mid single digits. at about 4:00 to or after that. 34 in millville and 34 in wildwood. there is the increasing clouds and snow closer to home. it's rain and icy mix to the west and snow farther to the north as it comes in it will probably produce some wintry precipitation, increasing clouds and evening light snow in the allentown area and 32 is the high there at the shore we are going milder a high of 40 with increasing clouds and could be evening rain drops not a lot

but a sprinkle or shower in south jersey, increasing clouds in philadelphia too with ahigh of 35 32 is the overnight low and cloudy skies and mainly in the evening hours there is a chance of a bit of snow in philadelphia and points north. winds will pick up as we go overnight. in terms of snow, the latest model runs are not real robust with this, it sort of clips philadelphia around 8:00 or 9:00, notice it is light rain to the south and mixing to the transition zone and bodies of snow to the north as we go towards the morning there is not much left. models now in philadelphia the rpm not calling for much, they are going for a half inch to inch. again, this is all falling during the evening, a coating to an inch and the possibility of 1 to 2 inches be careful and slow down this evening, but it's not

a real big hit. it looks like the clouds give way, but at the same time the temperatures take a dip and we are in the mid up toer 30s briefly and watch what happens within we get to dinner time down to 26 by 11:00 down to the teens and there is cold air that comes in and stays with us straight through saturday. 35 today and sun giving way to clouds and a little bit of snow tonight and flurries tomorrow and 38 early and temperatures dropping after that, saturday a high of only 26 despite the sun it's cold. the next issue is sunday night into monday and they get together on a southern storm system that brushes the region with snow and a rain-snow mix. >> i'll keep that in mind. more news at 12:30. stay with us.

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scare for shoppers caused the store to shut down. taking a live look outside on sky 6 hd philadelphia international airport the tarmac is clear and no snow there and just a chilly day. john rawlins is live in south philadelphia talking to people braving the cold today. >> reporter: hi sara, we have been all over the city boathouse row and independence mall and now down at the italian market, it's an open air market what better place to talk to people. it's a day to bundle up no doubt about it. the wind is light and the sun is out, that helps things normal this time of year at 35 degrees but people are out and about it's not bitter and certainly a better day than yesterday and tuesday, that was the snow day, all in all a nice winter day.