and kitchens where every meal is the most important of the day. >> good morning 7:00, saturday, february 7 eva is off. i'm shirleen alicott. here are stories we're following for you on "action news." accusations of sexual misconduct hit the philadelphia fire department. we hear from union officials. and was an american hostage killed in air strike. there are still more questions and answers over isis militants' claims. >> plus milder temperatures will get a short break from mother nature for the weekend because of more wintry weather. >> meteorologist chris sowers is outside with a look ahead at

your accuweather forecast. on days like this it's not a problem being outside right chris. it's cold out here, shirleen but we don't have the harsh wind. yesterday we had temperatures low single digits north and west and you factor in the whipped and it felt as out here. it's coast not fearly as harsh. millville 24. wilmington 28 and dover 27. we're fearly 20 warmer than we were yesterday at the same time in allentown. 17 to be exact. 19 poconos 13 philadelphia and 12 trenton. and we really don't have too much of a wind chill. charleen just mentioned here it's a lot easier to handle conditions like this then what we were dealing with yesterday morning. lots of clouds out here this morning. that's how the afternoon will play out as well. here's day planner by 8:00, 28 mostly cloudy skies and by 11:00, 37. you can see the numbers continue

to climb throughout the afternoon. by 4:00 we're up to 45 which is three above average we're sheeting for high of 46. that feels nice. it's been cold over last several days. with that red it bill turn colder sunday night to monday as area of low pressure continues along the chesapeake bay. winter storm watch continues sunday night to monday for poconos for snow and ice and freezing line shifts further south closer and closer to city of philadelphia by monday afternoon. that means even here in city we could see wintry precipitation. i'll talk more about that in the 7-day forecast when i step back inside in a little bit shirleen. >> thank you chris, more than a dozen fire fightsers have been acquisitioned of sexual misconduct on city property. they have addressed those allegations. "action news" reporter chad pradelli has details. >> firefighter's union local 22 says office of up suspect tore general accused 13 members of sexual misconduct involving

female paramedic four had sexual relations with a young woman including one battalion chief. most alleged sex happened off dut question and away from department facility. >> department has elected to charge one of our members with having sexual relations within a firehouse. all was consensual and others vox sexual harassment. joe shuly said the inspector general failed to provide a full report of investigation and redacted all names except for 7 members now facing discipline. >> there's no legitimate reason they will not provide us with whole report and we can't speculate to what they're hiding but as i said our perception is there must be something in the report they don't want us to see if they're not providing the whole report. the female paramedic resources say is mentally troubled and suicidal and forced by department brass to file employment complaint after word began to spread about possible misconduct.

he says there's soynld occasions it dates back to 20 she 11. mayor's office had no comment and derrek sawyer tells "action news" it's a personnel matter that will go through the normal process. >> and we think we have to be fair to all those involved and go through the process init entirely we can talk about what happened and what direct measures were. >> the union expect fire xitioner to handout disciplines in a month. those disciplined could appeal and take to arbitration. in old city, chad pradelli, chapel 6abc news. >> a tester he county teacher is accuse of of having sex with with a feel student. he good gave her alcohol and had sex with her four times. allegeden counters happened june 28 his home and parents' home

and it student students and administrators. >> the students loved him he's always nice. he was a pleasant guy. >> he used to work in the west chester school district. coatsville and west chester both say they have no record or trouble with hostetler charged with four counts of corruption with minors and four counts endangering welfare of a child. >> a man accused of caulk walking into a jewelry store and running off with pricey ring. chopper6hd was above philadelphia mills mall to investigate. employees say a man walked in and asked to look at a ring valued at $1,000. when the clerk hand today over the man took off running with the jewel. isis has yet to profits claim that american cayla muller was killed by jordanian air

strike. they are seeking confirmation on her fate and why she was in syria and why there's skepticism about the air strike. >> cayla muller she's described as sit sdep of the world she wept to turkey and india volunteering with aid groups and in august of 2013 she was kidnapped in syria. isis claims she was killed by a bomb dropped by jordanian war plane. it was nope isis was holding one american hostage and the terror group was first reveal her identity. isis did not prove proof of her death and american officials are not able to prove the claim. >> we do not at the president have the claims but will review information at happened. >> isis is blaming jordan for american death is a low pr

stupt. there's a strong reason for skepticism that muller died from jordanian air strike. >> there's coalition air strikes going on every day and how are they supposed to ascertain a jordanian plane dropped a bomb to destroy this building. another doubt claim by isis muller was alone in the building and none else was hurt. >> i'm skeptical this is multi-story building others are platt flattened and she was other person killed in supposed air strike. no guards, no passer buys nobody injured except for her says it doesn't pass the smell test. >> sharee williams. chapel 6abc news. >> a judge is deciding whether death of famed joe paterno will prevent his estate from suing ncaa that suit has to do with how the university handled jerry sandusky child sex abuse scandal. paterno's son and trustee wants to pursue a breach of contract

claim saying the ncaa violated paterno's rights through their investigations. he was dismissed as penn state's head coach in owe 2011 and died the fol year. >> to new jersey newsroom now. drivers won't get as stiff of a punishment the first time of convict vd of drunk driving if new jersey legislators rubbed the wrong way. between .08 and .1% instead of losing license for one month it would be ten days. governor christie still has to sign it. and atlantic city police has new tool in arsenal that could help save people on the brink of death. the officers are now carrying narcan they received training to use the life saving treatment. it's a medication used to reverse a drug overdose. it has become a needed tool with

the spike of heroin cases in atlantic county and prosecutor's office is alerting to public to particularly dangerous match of her bin that pay be responsible for five dover doses and medical trainer explained symptoms officers will look for in order to use narcam. >> absence of breathing whether respiratory system depressed from heavy use of drugs and if it's opiate type drug like heroin or oxycodone pills sometimes people take this should reverse the use of it. >> police say those bags of bad heroin are stamped with the phrase one stop in purple lettering they have been linked to several overdoses. these atlantic city responding to such calls few have first aid training and are equipment with narcan in hopes of saving lives. >> promisinging news the flier's veteran defense man kimmo

timonen took to the high school for the first time nearly a year and a horse is in need of rescue after it got stuck in a baming tub. chris. >> shirleen coming up in weather if you are sick and tired of cold temperatures take a look at what future tracker is suggesting tomorrow. in the 7-day forecast we have coldest air of the entire winter season. i'll have details for you with

i get out of work, and i go to the store, and somebody says, smellin' around, "i smell cookies." i said, "oh no you just smell me, i just got out of work that's honey bunches of oats, that's all." i said "don't eat me now." >> it was odd rescue for firefighters in california. a horse named phantom got stuck in a bath tub. she was dancing in her stall when she suddenly fell in she was stuck in the tub 25 minutes with feet newspaper air before firefighters and owners were able to free here. phantom fortunately was not hurt in the bath tub incident you heard it here. >> look at the size of that horse how did it fit in the tub. >> i would not have believed it.

all right. live on sky6 look at this beautiful shot shirleen. this is sunriseing in atlantic city. little cloud cover out there now. temperatures, that cloud cover is helping keep temperatures up a little bit. yesterday at this time temperatures in single digits. now we're in upper 20s in philadelphia. much, much belter meantime that's lovely shot in cape may sitting at 28. winds out of south at 6 miles an hour. and lost not at surface but south, southwesterly wind strengthens and keeps temperatures in mid 40s later this afternoon. allentown 21. reading 22, millville 24 trenton 23. wind chill of 2 3. you get the idea there's not much breeze out there wind chills are same exact numbers as air temperatures. not nearly as harsh as we're dealing with yesterday at this time. satellite and radar lots of clouds out here. snow showers breaking out across western portions of new york state, buffalo reporting light snow.

same with you syracuse and all that stays north. you can see what is going on. that's storm track moving northwest to southeast. look how far north it is. this could easily be down here in the heartland of nation and this time of year, februarys are very stormy aloss the lower 48 and stromtracker is running like this 15% of country actually dealing with bitter cold temperatures. here's arctic front sitting here across northern great lake states mid at antic to northeast. it's mild mid-atlantic. mild surprised, this is collapsing a little bit. by sunday afternoon the cold is starting to knock on the door. sunday here in delaware valley in the 50s. it's nice. by the time we get to monday the low spripingz buy and hits the coast and colder temperatures move on in. this area here seeing bitter temperatures. that's it most of the country enjoying pleasant weather.

sunday morning, same thing, lots of clouds. winds out of southwest. mild, sunday afternoon, low 50s. not bad raging snowstorm across upstate new york and boston seeing 6 to 10" of snow and monday morning cold are air works its way into the delaware veil valley. poconos go to winter storm watch sunday night to monday with possibility of snow and ice. some starts working south into the delaware valley as the day wears on. today nice and quiet. tomorrow nice and quiet. mild this weekend. here comes monday. monday morning could be light wintry mix in lehigh valley. maybe speak toing in poconos at that point. raining for everybody else. morning commute should be all right. roadways mainly wet. we get into the afternoon with temperatures hovering close to freezing north and west. if not a few degrees colder. areas flip to snow in lehigh valley and poconos. maybe wintry mix as far as south as city and still raining in portions of south jersey and

delaware e it's not looking like a good event probably enough to create an issue on back roadways north and west. wintery mix of snow north and west only minor issues south and east and light rain and temperatures falling into 30s and look what's on tap later this week. this is polar vortex temperatures 35 to 40en low zero in northern canada. you see that reflected here in 7-day forecast. for today, mid 40s. mostly cloudy and mild, nice looking day. the accuweather forecast. 52 sunday with sunshine early on and clouds increasing later again. monday rain in city. light snow mixing north and west and tuesday quiet and wednesday quiet and thursday arctic front barreling through and and optimistic high of 42. forecast coming in and computer information shows teens that's it for highs. >> i'll have my eyes on that 52 degrees for now.

>> focus on the now. >> folk is on the now. thank you chris. >> no one wants injuries to force us away from activities we love. in this art of aging we focus on a joint problem getting a lot more attention these days. here's lisa thomas laury. >> we usually think of shoulder injuries happening to baseball and football players and they're common in women especially those over 40. >> when not at her nursing job mary loves being with grand children. last year, however activities with her grand kids and lifting and twisting her right arm left her nearly dizzy from pain. >> i almost felt like there was a knife in my shoulder. >> dr. charles gets discovered a tear in her rotator cuff. he says it's number one shoulder injury he sees. >> pro tater cuff are four muscles living deep on shoulder blade and attaches on top

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welcome back. here's a look at what is happening in and around the delaware and lehigh valleys. if boats are your fancy head to the shore for pro aggressive insurance ac boat show. it's floats into the atlantic city convention center this weekend. you see hundreds of boats on display. it's happening today from 10 to 4 and tomorrow from 8 to 3. it continues all week and next weekend as well. if you have not quite made it just yet the philadelphia auto show 2015 wraps up at the pennsylvania convention center today. see the latest in concepts, exotic and other cars rolling off the production line. the auto show is open today from 9 to 10 and tomorrow from 9 to 8 and tickets are 13 dollars for adults and 6 dollars for kids

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>> welcome back, everyone, 7:24, nice morning out there. lots of clouds. temperatures climb to the 30s. by 10:00 34, lunchtime 40. we're shooting for high of 46.

you notice immediately there's not much of a breeze. satellite 6 and action radar not much going on if you travel out west. queue eight cross the front range and heartland of the nation. until you get to west coast. this area continues to get slammed. tee seattle. portland, oakland see heavy rains later today through the entire duration of weekend. so if you travel really only travel trouble spot is there on the west coast. here's a look at major must be hubs. philadelphia all flight on time. 28 logan 23, chicago midway and o'hare colder all flights on time 20. orlando, atlanta new york, jfk reporting flights on time. >> thank you chris. >> sports the sixers host the hornets tonight and celtics held off a sixer's rally last night and ducis rogers has saturday morning sports gvrments morning last night's game against celtics for sixers micro kax as i whole.

sixers look lost. awful. and couple moments of optimism before reality sets back in. no mcw in this one. he's keeping them up. second quarter jake crowder. falls behind by as map write as 6 point. not much effort in this one. sixers make a run 58en thompson 16 point for him offer the ben. . sixers come back down-to-earth hard. 12-2 run there and sixers lose 107-96. they'll host charlotte today. kimmo timonen will be back on the ice for tlirz in due tomorrow time. he's skated for the first time since diagnosed with blot clots and in his lupingz and legs it was career threatening and he's getting a chance to compete

again. >> it's been a long process six, 8 months i was hoping -- looking forward to this day. this is last year i will retire with my skates on not shood i feel when i leave this dpaim open my own terms. 7th ranked villanova has a huge gauge how about this cats where these uniforms to honor the seem that bell yorm town. >> thpingz will be okay okay. that's a look at sports. you have yourself a terrific weekend >> it's about 63 years since queen elizabeth took the thrown. she was 25 when her father king george passed away.

he. >> the queen will become the longest reigning monarch placing the plate the queen turns 89 this year

community on edge rattled of a possible case of measles many montgomery county and why revel

could fold. and powerball frenzy. people are buying up tickets as the jackpot soares to one of the biggest in history chris sowers joining us outside with a look aheadey >> allentown 21. yesterday at this time you were down to four. big improvement reading, 2 2, same thing single dimming its this time yesterday philadelphia trenton 2 3, millville 24, dover and wildwood showing 27. here's 24 hours temperature change again this is really telling the story right now. and temperatures are in the 20s. some 15 to 20 milder than we were yesterday at this time and this process of moderating will continue throughout the entire weekend as a matter of fact by the time you get to sunday afternoon most area could be in the low 50s. we have a nice break in that

cold weather here over the weekend. we're starting to pickp a few snow showers now west of the lehigh valley and poconos that will swing through within the next hour and it could provide a brief snow shower or two up there probably nothing too terribly heavy maybe enough to coat the ground in poconos. mostly cloudy today milder high of 46. today looks good. tomorrow even better. and then things change a bit as we get to monday. we talked about this all morning long temperatures drop and whatever rain we see sunday night could flip over to wintry mix or light snow across the lehigh valley and poconos. i'll talk more about that when i step back inside in ten minutes shirleen. >> thank you chris. >> two were hurt in collision roosevelt boulevard this morning happened 5:15 this morning southbound outer lanes of boulevard at third street.

two men in 0s were injured and taken to temple university hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. the outer lanes were closed at third street while police conducted their investigation and route 73 mount laurel is finally back open this morning after a crash last night. police say a driver lost control and crashed into a pole around 9:30 and chopper 6 was over the scene on southbound route 73 near crawford place. wires came down when the driver hit the utility pole. route 73 was closed for a while and now back open the driver was flown to the hospital and is expected to survive. >> health officials in montgomery countsy are investigating a report of suspected case of suspected case suspecteds. the news has parents in montgomery county under alert. dann cuellar has the details. >> reporter: health officials did not make anyone available to speak on cram just e-mailed us a statement.

some parents and others are concerned health authorities are not saying wherein montgomery county this suspected measles case is or where the 15-year-old boy goes to school or who he may have come in contact with recent days. >> for people who don't have their shots and little babies that would be really, really bad for them. >> in a statement the montgomery county health cement is this began when the boy went to see his doctor and us is spened measles. the patients was evaluated and testing was conducted to determine if this was true case of measles. specimens are conducted to the state lab tore yen investigation is ongoing. meanwhile dr. diane westerbrook from cooper says this about measles in general. >> as long as he's are quarantined and had contact with people who had measles or

measles vaccination everything should be fine. problem is when exposed to people who have not had the disease or vaccination. it's highly contagious. >> this comes amid measles outbreak in the united states with 100 cases reported. measles was eliminated in this country 15 years ago. it can be serious. in some cases leading to swelling of the brain and even death which is part of the reason some and others are concerned the health department is not giving out information about suspected case. >> if they're not telling you who it is and i don't think that is fair. >> they're needing to be moral forthcoming and be aware and be able to identify where this kid is and so we can make sure our kids are immunized. >> for the record dr. westburg of cooper are urging all parents that have not had parents vaccinated to do so regardless of where this case turns out to be in this very large montgomery county. that is the latest. i'm dann cuellar "channel 6 action news."

>> our coverage of measles in america cons tips on 6abc.com and we'll be updating possible cases in our area and we posted answers to frequently asked questions about the disease and look back at deadly 1991 outbreak here in philadelphia. >> health officials confirmed rosa's restaurant in mercer kourpty was scit cited for employee hand washing violations a month before a worker. >> officials have not said if cases were directly linked to worker diagnosed in november. "action news" called the restaurant and the owner had no comment. helm officials have seen improvements during recent follow up visits. new this morning, pep ridge farm is recalling 46 thours packages of bagels. they may continue peanuts or almonds that could set up allergic reaction, plain

everything and cinnamon raisin bagels and also recalled mini bagels sold in whole wheat cinnamon raisin and affected bayslees have sell by dates ranging from february 7 to february 12. >> from delaware newsroom a water main break in newark led to water broil advisory this weekend. they're advising to boil water because of risk for early ecoli and contamination could take up to 48 hours. >> a major development could put impending sale of revel casino at risk. the court ruled partly in favor of of the owners of the hq night club at casino they argued they could lose $16 million investment if the brupcy sale goes through. they listed an order that barred store from closing as scheduled monday and florida developer set

to buy revel said to forfeit his deposit if he could not proceed with sale on his terms. >> chris christie is in the hot seat for the third time in a week. first it was comments he made about vaccinations and then for allegedly letting friends pay for his lavish i trips and now there's word uncle sam is investigating why he dismissed some criminal cases. new jersey correspondent nora muchanic takes a look. >> the trip was supposed to be a chance for governor christie to buff up his foreign policy credentials and raise stat tour at home. it did anything but that. after touring form suit call factory governor told reportsers parents in u.s. should have a choice of vax natureing children. with a measles scare here there was back lash and after that governor christie cancelled all press. wheel he was gone the "new york times" ran an article detailing

governor's lavish trips to jordan israel and dallas. we learned federal authorities launched another investigation into his administration for allegedly dismissing criminal indictment against christie supporters. >> it's been a very rough week maybe a disaster but not insurementable disaster. >> the governor's poll numbers are plummeting in primary states and here in new jersey where some had it with his traveling. >> it does not for our families. >> i think he had a horrible week. >> i don't know how it affect him it's not looking good. >> i think it's great before he announces he wants to run that everything is coming out. so he can deal with it and get it over with. i like him. >> reporter: it's a week the governor would surely like to forget perhaps he's hoping voters will true. in trenton, i'm nora muchanic, chapel 6abc news. dreams of becoming instant

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>> oregon is bracing for lashing of rain and wind gusts topping 100 miles an hour have been reportd in the parts of that state. some towns already are flooded and steady soaking is in the forecast all weekend and avalanche watch is posted on mount shas ta and while west coast deals with those torrential downpours we hear on the east live at

spring mountain we see there cloudy conditions. cold quiet. not much of a breeze. and it feels a lot better as a result. stormtracker 6 double scan clear around the immediate philadelphia area. we're start to see snow showers north and west. here's far western suburbs and pottsville and western portions of berks county and lehigh county and allentown right there. this is quickly approaching and pulling off towards south east 15 miles an hour. nothing too terribly heavy. it could be enough to maybe coat the grass if it sticks together and moves to the lehigh valley. we'll see what happens the next hour or so. again shouldn't be a big deal. 28 in philadelphia, dew point 15. winds shifting south at 6 miles

an hour. that southerly breeze means all 20s will turn into 40s later this afternoon. we got nice moderating trend here today and tomorrow. 28 in philadelphia wilmington this hour showing 28 reading 22 allentown 21 and poconos 0. the wider view shows really not much going on. most of country here is crystal clear. nice and quiet. 80 in western texas yesterday and this area here huge area of high pressure and huge slot of warm temperatures off the front range. 70s and 80s. wichita gorgeous sun sheen and milder weather pushes east over the weekend and sharply snaps back as we get to next week and arctic starts to takeover with series of low pressure systems that could bring a wintry mix to the delaware valley and monday afternoon. future tracker 6 for today and cloudy skies and breaks of sun later on. looks like mainly cloudy day. temperatures in 40s. we'll start out with sunshine

and high, thin clouds work her way back in during the afternoon. look at the snow. it's up here across upstate new york. even if that system were to pull further south it would be in the form of rain. temperatures will be way too mild. we get into monday this is where things could get interesting it starts as rain especially city and areas south and east. maybe a wintry mix up there in the lehigh valley. by afternoon there should be enough cold air working its way in as the thing is pulling out that the back end could flip over to light snow in lehigh valley and poke necessitates and before ending late in the day monday wintry mix gets as far south as city and south and east of there stiing mainly rain. winter storm watch in he fenlt sunday night to monday and poconos and this could see accumulating snow as well as a minor accumulation of ice. and again we'll have to see how far south that accumulating snow line travels. philadelphia really models are suggesting nothing other than european which suggested 4.2. european model horrible so far

this season. for the valley same deal. just about every forecast says nada not an event at all except european model 4.2". but the odds are against accumulating snow as you saw there. mostly cloudy today. milder 46. that's forecasted high. more clouds overnight tonight. stays mild, relative to averages 7 north and west for center city and exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast the other big story other than warm-up will be a huge cool down by end of week. 46 today. 52 sunday. weekend as whole stays dry. sunday night to monday moisture moves in for city and some rain norm and west could be wintry mix and even little white snow. tuesday quiet, wednesday 39. front arrives thursday. 8 is dereceiving and friday the bottom drops out 22 for a high. >> pace it out. thank you chris. tonight on all new fyi it's all

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excess sun exposure. doctors urge improving overall health and eating better. it is a problem many parents face. are your kids getting enough sleep? local researchers are enrolling parents to track kids sleeping has been toyts help them get more shut eye. ali gorman has the details. >> 11-year-old a.j. is not playing ordinary computer game. this tests how quickly is mind is working. it is part of temple university's project sleep kids study. a.j. recently went through it. his mother says he's always struggled with getting sleep on time and waking up for school. >> it used to take two three tries to get him up. >> she said grades never suffered but he was often tired even while playing squash his favorite sport. researcher chantal heart said there's reasons kids don't debt enough sleep including after

school activities, sports, homework tv. video games. >> all these daytime activities creep into sleep. >> kids are supposed to get 7 to 11 hours each night. aj shows us what we wore on his wrist and activity tracker on belt. dr. heart says data is then printed and analyzed so we can estimate that from after graph we can estimate one sleep starts and when when it end and basically use other information. >> families are given personalized up instructions on how to increase kids' sleep. for a.j. he had to be consistent with bedtime set ten hours before wake time. he had to establish bedtime routine with no screens and may

have to cut caffeine. >> i don't like going to sleep earl little. >> he said he got used to it and it started paying off. >> he would tell me good night mama i'm going to sleep. >> you get puzzles. >> good sleep hygiene is awarded with tries. >> we rye to reinforce behavior change. >> the best prize waking up is no longer a challenge and his energy level is soaring. >> he's turned his body into his own personal alarm clock. >> can i run all day and i would june and be running and running and running. >> ali gorman "channel 6 action news." >> good for him to be eligible for the study. your child must be 8 to 11 years old and sleep 9.5 hours hor less tonight and the study takes about two months and requires four pornts and several phone

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>> meteorologist chris sauers joining us and this is the weekend you want to get out. >> absolutely, 50s for tomorrow. let's go to the graphic. dry as a whole. 46 today. 52 for tomorrow in philadelphia. latest computer information come unwilling now has dover up to 57 sunday afternoon. get out and enjoy it. it's not going to last. later next week the arctic front comes barreling through again look at friday high 22. low of 5. in the meantime most of the week

looks quiet. monday a wintry mix north and west during the evening and otherwise rain in city and 40. valentine's day latest information has zero or a degree or two below zero in the lehigh valley. >> he called for cuddle alert on valentine's day apoint treatment to do it. >> absolutely. >> thank you chris this time 5-56 -- 7:56 we're close to say good morning to "good morning america". >> coming up on "good morning america" happening now the shocking new claim from isis about a female american aid worker they say she was killed by jordanian war planes and u.s. officials are still searching for proof. what we know about that investigation this morning and also powerful storm slamming west coast overnight. mudd slides in washington. emergency vactions and power outages in the bay area. and now the next storm that is taking direct aim at the east

coast. our rob be marciano is tracking it all. on a lighter note if you feel lucky today you might want to buy a ticket for tonight's powerball jackpot $380 million one of the biggest ever. sarah haines is bringing us a story on gma c see you soon philly. >> "action news" continues at 9. here are stories we're working on for you. police are investigating a stabbing at a chinese takeout restaurant and colorado boy paralyzed by a virus is coming to philadelphia for treatment and his family says they need help. we'll have their story as well. and now for eva pilgrim, chris sowers and entire "action news" team i'm shirleen alicott have a great saturday we'll see you back here in a little

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good morning, america. breaking this morning, a plea to isis. the parents of the 26-year-old woman held hostage by the terrorists now with a message directly to isis hoping their daughter is alive despite claims that she was killed in an air strike. meanwhile a half dozen people right here in america charged with helping isis. super soaker. flash floods in the west, entire towns underwater. >> wow. this is more than we've ever seen. >> downed power lines trapping a mother and her children inside her minivan. and now there's a new storm coming in, plus another big snowmaker in the east. caught on camera. beaten by police. the cops now facing charges over this shocking video. how private sl