♪ >> "action news," delaware valley's leading news program with jim gardner. know this, our company company -- coalitigation is strong and we will succeed. >> and words from president obama as he disclosed as he asked congress to formally authorize military action against isis. obama assured this will not mean a ground war for u.s. troops but some skeptics in washington aren't so sure. it is wednesday night. the big story on "action news" tonight is it a request for war powers against the islamic state. many democrats think it goes too far, while some republicans think it doesn't go far enough. live at the big board tonight, "action news" reporter has the full story. >> and jim, the president's resolution limits the potential war to three years. after that timeframe the

resolution would have to be renewed. while the plan doesn't call for an all-out ground war it could deploy special forces at a later time in very limited circumstances. president obama's proposal for the war on isis opens the door to more than just air strikes. >> we're on offensive and they are on the defensive and will lose. >> and charging isis with the death of american host averages including the most recent victim, kayla mueller. if left unchecked, he warns isis proposes a threat to the u.s. homeland. while the president says this battle won't be a flashback to the wars in iraq and afghanistan which involved hundreds of thousands of troops the authorization does seek ground forces for rescue operations. missions to kill isis leaders, intelligence collection and air strikes.

speaker john boehner says he hasn't seen the details of the strategy, but believes the mission against isis will be accomplished. >> i am going to make sure the president has all of the tools available in order to win this fight. >> in the meantime on the hill the president's fellow democrats are nervous about the proposal's language, particularly "enduring combat." >> the language pertaining to ground troops which is very broad very ambiguous. none of us really know what "enduring offensive combat operations" really means. >> i am concerned about the vagueness of the ground troop language. >> the white house says the language in the resolution is vague on purpose. it says the commander in chief needs the flexibility to respond to what may become a chaotic military conflict for the resolution to be approved it still has to go through congressional hearings and a floor debate. a final vote on the authorization may not come until the spring. ♪♪

thank you. we have breaking news. cbs news and "60 minutes" correspondent bob simon was killed in a car crash tonight in new york city. it happened on 12th avenue and 30th street when a towncar simon was a passenger in crashed into another vehicle. simon and the driver were taken to the hospital where simon was pronounced dead. simon's last broadcast was this past sunday when he reported on the movie "selma". his career expand 50 years. bob simon was 73. a west philadelphia resident is being treated for serious burns suffered in a fire tonight. the victim is a man in his mid to late 40s. he suffered second-degree burns to his hands, face and legs. the blaze broke out on the 500 block of north simpson street at 7:00. so far, no word yet on what caused the fire. a verdict has come back in the murder of a rite-aid store manager in chester, and that verdict is guilty for all three defendants. it took the delaware country

jury less than two hours to convict 24 year old rita pultro who the prosecutors say fired the fatal shot at jason mcclay in september of 2013. david wiggins was convicted of second-degree murder as was tariq mahmud a former loss prevention officer at rite-aid who prosecutors say helped provide inside information. >> it is sweet and sour. it's -- like mort said justice has been served, but there are no winners and there are no losers. everybody lost something. >> the victim wasn't even supposed to be working the night he was killed. after completing his day shift, mcclay volunteered to work a double to cover for someone else. authorities say a serial robbery suspect is facing an extended stay behind bars. charged tonight with six hotel hold-ups many of the crimes were caught on surveillance camera during the spree in late

december. they say they were clustered near the airport in philadelphia and delaware county and the motor lodge on city avenue was also hit. philadelphia's major crimes fugitive task force arrested 39 year old george merriweather. and they have a man in custody who they say beat and sult assaulted a woman on a septa spot monday. reginald green led a woman to a secluded area. the jefferson station concourse after she asked for directions. they say green has 11 prior arrests. a veteran from the war in afghanistan has been having more than his share of trouble with a philadelphia convenience store. he is hoping the wrongs done against him are now being made right. "action news" reporter kenneth moton live at 22nd and market in center city. kenneth? >> jim, there was quick action on this one after we got involved. the war veteran says he was

kicked out of the 7-eleven not once but twice. all because of his service dog. 26 year old miguel olivero goes so does bailey. the art institute of philadelphia student is it a war veteran who served in afghanistan twice. bailey is his service dog who helps with his ptsd. >> she has been with me since october and she is my best friend. she does her job amazing. every time without fail. >> she was by his side two weeks ago when olivero says he had a rude encounter at the 7-eleven at 22 hnd and-- 22nd and market streets. telling olivero no dogs allow. and he filed a complaint and was told the problem would be resolved. this morning it happened again. >> i was shocked and appalled because i had spoken to the field consultant for 7-eleven corporate a week prior and he said had this problem won't happen again. >> we went looking for answers in the 7-eleven.

are you familiar with the americans with disabilities act? sir, are you able to -- well that employee didn't want to talk, this one did. >> do you know what happened this morning? with that young man? he had no idea but olivero's fellow art institute student, bonnie was there when he was kicked out. >> i was angry. why would you do that to someone who risked their lives to go and make sure we had our jobs here. >> and late tonight 7-eleven contacted us saying it wants to make it right. and the franchise that opened in november is being counselled on the americans with disabilities act. >> we're here we're home and playing by the rules. you can't just go and make up your own rules. >> olivero says that 7-eleven officials contacted him tonight to apologize, but he plans to hold them accountable to make sure the company and the store stick to their word jim. reporting live in center city kenneth moton channel 6 "action

news." >> thank you, kenneth. the deal to stel the former revel casino fell apart this morning and happening next is it anything but clear. a bankruptcy judge refused to extend the closing deadline for the developer and his $95 million deal came off the table. a judge will rule if he gets his $10 million deposit back. revel officials say they are ready to find a new buyer saying they have zero confidence in him to close. and another round of bidding could bring a lower price. pennsylvania governor tom wolf wants to tap natural gas drilling to help the state's public schools. he kicked off the state-wide tour today at the elementary school in thorndaily chester county. and they are talking driller generating as much as $1 billion a year. the lion share as he said earmarked for schools. the g.o.p.-controlled state legislature would have to approve any new taxes. drillers are arguing that it

would discourage investment and job creation. authorities say there could be hundreds of potential victims scammed by a man who said he could cut their mortgage payments in half. that man, 40 year old daniel sheehan is behind bars. now charged with defrauding eight people in gloucester township, new jersey. sources tell "action news" the searchs his home turned up more than 200 miles of people who may have been victims. many of them are philadelphia police officers. a little league baseball scanned many stripped the jackie robinson west team of chicago from the national title. little league baseball governing body ruled the team officials, the chicago team officials poached player from nearby suburban leagues by falsifying the team's boundaries. at a news conference reverend jesse jackson if it was about boundaries or race. and they eliminated the taney dragons from the world series and the title now goes to the las vegas team that lost in the

final. still to come on "action news" tonight, the triple murder with a motive may be over a parking spot or a potential hate crime. plus our exclusive investigation about paperwork with personal information scattered about on the city streets. it is prompting court action. also what is this spaceship going do for america that hasn't been done since the last lunar landing in the 1970s? yesterday 42 today 39. tomorrow 42. flirting with 40 degrees, but about to free fall to historical levels for cold in february. how that will change in february. and can you spot what is real gold and what is fake? and tonight, "action news" reporter going undercover and exposing a way that some jewelers are cheating you. and before you buy that valentine's day shopping present, you'll want to see the special report to make sure that you get what you pay for.

ducis rodgers has us thinking spring as in spring training. first another look at the winning powerball numbers.

>> we have a follow-up to a story we first brought you last night. about the batch of discarded documents containing personal information found scattered around grays ferry in philadelphia. many of those records can be traced back to philadelphia common police court. a spokesperson for the court tells "action news" there are just too many documents to shred. the documents are supposed to be picked up by the sanitation department but somehow became trapped in the wheel well of a truck and dislodged. judge kevin docherty said he was

not comfortable with this prior to the mishap and directed the staff to carefully review the procedure and determine what other options might exist to ensure a more secure handling of sensitive court documents. the house of representatives approved construction of the keystone excel pipeline. 29 democrats joined republicans save for one in voting for the measure tonight. but the president pledged to veto it. neither the house nor senate has enough votes to override. the pipeline connecting canada with the gulf coast refineries that specialize in processing heavy crude oil. the captain of the italian cruz ship that wrakd -- wrecked and abannoned his post sentenced to 16 years behind bars today. it was much less than the prosecutors wanted. 32 people were killed when he steered too close to the island smashes into a rocky reef. in chapel hill the

university of north carolina community held a vigil to remember three muslim students shot to death last night. arresting craig hicks allegedly killing the newlyweds barakat and yusor mohammad and her sister, razan mohammad abu-salha moe . they say there is a parking dispute but looking into whether hate is a factor. and the rocket takes flight. >> on way to a destination a million miles from earth, taking four months to get there. carrying the u.s. government's discovered deep space climate observatory. the satellite will monitor solar storms and provide the first pictures of the entire sun-lit earth since the apollo moon

landing in 1972. days away from valentine's day but before you head to the mall to buy something special for your loved one watch this report. if you think what you are buying is real gold you might want to think again. "action news" investigative reporter going undercover to expose an all-too-common way that some stores could be ripping you off. >> all that glitters isn't always gold. the ear rings may look shiny but tonight investigating a practice called under careting thinking you may be buying one thing but may be stunned to see what you were sold. >> this store 29 years. >> at this store in philadelphia mills michelle says her and her fiance spent around $10,000 buying almost every piece of injury she owns from the engagement ring to nearly a dozen pairs of ear rings purchased 3-5 years ago.

>> i feel very ripped off. >> after taking the gold to the local jeweler to get it cleaned. >> going through the jewelry and telling me which were fake. >> some. pieces like the engagement ring the most expensive item were real. but several pairs of ear rings were not, which she said she was told she was buying. >> completely junk. >> like the ear rings she bought for $300. >> we paid 14 karet gold prices for silver. >> but didn't say their word for it, went undercovered and purchased two pairs on our own. >> this is 14 karet gold. >> one tested but the overdid not test to be the 10-karet quality we were told we purchased. and experts say it is not just this one store. >> the gold that the consumers is paying for is not bought. >> and the committee conducted a statistician study and some were under kareting gold to skim off

the top saying they are buying 10 or 14 and the quality is less. >> anything under 10 karet cannot be called gold. it can be called pretty yellow medal but not gold. >> and the committee's pretty and general council says it often is. >> and testing ours three times including a scratch test medal test. and a state-of-the-art test. >> it is basically 8 karet. >> when we confronted the store manager he said he was the victim blaming the manufacturer. >> on our receipts we are buying them as 10-karet gold also. we are in the same boat. >> and the owner's son invited us back to pick out a few items of our own that we took down to the melting bar a jeweler they chose for another test. >> we are not trying to sell 8 karet or 9, we are trying to

sell. >> three items out of ten we tested including the ear rippings we bought turned out to be under 10. and two were 8, one was 9. >> anybody that purchased jewelry off of me i would want them to come back to me so i can handle it for them. >> every karet of gold over valued above the actual karet is a 4% profit off the top. and they say items understand 10 karet should not be advertised as gold. tips when buying gold first the fie higher the karet the less like will you you are to be under kareted. and look for stamp but also for a trademark. and it is best to go to a well-known jumeweler. if you are bargain shopping you may get what you paid for. >> no dispute about the numbers coming up in the accuweather forecast. >> fool's gold going to real

cold around the upcoming weekend. and the radar, a couple of floating flurries passing through dover heading into southern parts of new jersey. and route 47 sea isle city and cape may not doing any damage. maybe seeing a flake or two falling from the sky but this is just a very leading edge of a clipper system that will be passing through tomorrow afternoon. temperature right now 28 in allentown 29 30 in wilmington. and the numbers are not that bad right now at the 11:00 hour. we are tracking the clipper system and an associated arctic front now draped through the ohio valley. notice it is moisture-starved. it has no source not the atlantic or gulf of mexico. and 8:00 32 and 31. and 32 in reading and decent amount of cloud. it is dry tomorrow morning. in the afternoon after the arctic boundary passes through

temperatures will be falling from the low 40s back into the 30s by 4:00. and you can see a couple of snow showers peppered through the region. not everyone will see them but if they pass by at worst you would see a coating with some of the snow showers with the front tomorrow afternoon. but then the real let's say depth of the cold comes in the second half of the weekend. sunday at 8:00 a.m., yes, it is back. a piece of the polar vortex is heading down into the lower 48. diving temperatures 15 to 30 degrees below average from the great lakes down to the south. the mid-atlantic and the northeast. that is just a very cold pool of swirling air. in fact wind chills will go to dangerous levels. friday morning especially we feel 15 to 5 below zero. and then as the secondary round of arctic air, the one that really means business and will really slap you in the face sunday morning into sunday afternoon. wind chills remain below zero all day. and then monday morning, wind

chills 25 below to 15 degrees below zero. that's when historic cold could be settling into philadelphia. the forecast low temperature is 4 monday morning. and that will be the coldest february temperature in nearly two decades for philadelphia to go back to february 6 of 1996 when it was 6 degrees. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast rain are snow shower tomorrow with the arctic front. 42 falling into the 20s in the afternoon. bitter cold friday 23 for the high. a few snow showers, snow squalls with the next round of arctic air late saturday saturday evening. right now the best estimate would be a light accumulation of 1-3 inches. and wind gust to 50 miles per hour on sunday. a high of 19. wind chills below zero all day. and then for president's day, 22 degrees. it is going to be a brutal day, at least most folks are off from work, kid home from school. and tuesday into wednesday the next storm starts and snow goes to rain. and also to update with you all

of the really extreme dangerous cold coming in philadelphia and some of the surrounding suburbs have a cold blue starting tomorrow night. >> thank you. typically at this time on wednesday night we air the powerball drawing. because of the stunning demand for the $564 million jackpot we were able to bring it to you live just before "action news" tonight. but here once again are the winning numbers. 11, 13 25 39 and 54. and the powerball was 19.

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barnanam bailey circus. and all of the acts the elephant, the human cannon ball the circus runs through sunday. it may be 4 or 5 degrees here, the phillies are talk -- packing for florida. >> and reporting to spring training a week from today, we hope they pack patience for the return trip it will be a long season. plenty of questions heading into spring training. and getting insight from the baseball writer jay -- jason stark. >> ryan howard chase utley, jonathan papelbon on the roster. >> i can't say i am surprised, the price has been so high for most of those guys that i never thought it was that realistic

for the phillies to trade cole hamels. i never thought they would find a taker for ryan howard. and papelbon very interesting situation. i mean you have the brewers with some level of interest but not enough for rubin. not enough for him to say yes he wants something back. and college basketball villanova has its act together. the cats just need to keep it together to ensure a 1- or 2-seed in the tournament. and visiting province. and not starting a consequence for being late for class. and that might be the dunk of the night and nova up at the break. and getting to the hoop for 2 of 16 points. nova shooting 50% from the floor. coming off the bench does not deter, 19 for him and nova wins 74-68. la salle visiting v.c.u. and a barn burner. explorers are down 3 and the ball finds its way to the hot

hand of jordan price. and he buries the three sending it to overtime. now in double overtime more price scoring a game high and career high of 34 points. and la salle pulls off the upset 74-69. st. joe's hosting rhode island. so cute when not making you sleep deprived. and time running out and the shot at the buzzer. >> for the lead! >> and the big man on campus. the hawks win 65-64. still ahead, why you won't see tiger woods on the pga tour for awhile.

>> saying his game needs "a lot of work" tiger woods says he is taking an indefinite leave from golf. he has been awful lately. at torrey pines last week

withdrawing after 11 holes. in the week before at the phoenix open woods shot career worst 82 missing the cut by a dozen shots. tiger issued a statement on the website "my play and scores are not acceptable for tournamentgolf. like i said i enter a tournament -- >> and he added that he expects to be back playing soon. and jimmy kimmel live followed by "nightline." jimmy's guest david spade. and "action news" tips at 4:30. and for ducis rodgers, adam joseph, cecily tynan and the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner. good night. ♪♪

>> dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live"! tonight, david spade, from "fresh off the boat" randall park, and music from the band perry. with cleto and cletones. and now, take my word for it, here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: very nice.