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it is monday night and the big story on "action news" tonight is new information in the wake of a tense day for people who work and live near the scene of the accident. "action news" reporter kenneth moton live. what is the latest here? >> jim, the morning commute could really be impacted because investigators say the inspection of the ramp behind the homes here won't happen until tomorrow. also new tonight, we now know the name of the company that owned the tanker truck. it was p.k. transport here in pennsauken. this unrecognizable piece of charred and melted-down debris all that was left on the off ramp to 130 in pennsauken. crews pointed the remaining tanker in the ball of fire after

the truck carried in 8,000 gallons of gas overturned. >> i thought somebody broke into the house. i heard a boom kcathunk and i ran upstairs. >> and the smoke could be seen for miles. and those around the road were breathing in toxic fumes. and 30 homes were evacuated and they worked to handle the inferno much >> my friend got me out of here when we were evacuated. there has been an oily residue in my mouth all day and i got a wicked headache from it. >> hours after the fire was put out camden county said the major gas spill contaminated the ground, but air monitoring inside and outside homes showed normal levels. >> my mom who is 92 is not here. i left her at her house because we were afraid of the air quality. she usually stays with me during the week. >> it damaged the roadways and sparked deal towers slowing

down the traffic mere the betsy ross ridge. workers scraped and shuffled away debris on this typically busy artery. >> it didn't look like a truck. i seen them put it in a dumpster or something. it's gone and we will see what happens from here. >> again, the ramp will remain closed tomorrow and that inspection of the roadway will be done. also new tonight, we reached paul kaufmann the owner of t.k. transport and he said that his driver, who suffered minor injuries is fine and he had no other comment. the cause of the crash is still under investigation. reporting live from pennsauken tonight kenneth moton, channel 6 "action news." ♪♪ police in delaware issued an amber alert tonight searching for a 3-year-old girl. officials say 39 year old michael trotta took his 3-year-old daughter elinor trotta from the home in news castle after assaulting the his

ex-girlfriend who is the child's mother. and may be headed to new jersey or new york via new jersey. driving a 1989 gray mazda 626 did well dare tags 247457. the sky with orange fire and beautiful color, but it ushered in a royal cold. single digits and record set to fall overnight. cecily tynan with the facts and physician. >> you may want to put an extra comforter on your bed. it is already cold and getting cooler. philadelphia is 15 degrees. you look to the north in upstate new york and parts of new england and canada, temperatures are below zero. and that air mass is settling in overnight. again philadelphia 15. cold enough. wilmington 14. 8 in allentown. 10 in trenton. 9 in reading. the poconos currently 4 degrees

below zero. the wind are slacking. the skies are clear and we have snow cover. that adds to really good radiational cooling. philadelphia forecasting a low of 3 degrees. the record low for tomorrow morning is 2 set way back in 1889. we're going to be close. a lot of regions likely will set records. forecasting a record low of 6 below in allentown, 5 below in reading, 3 below in lancaster. 3 degrees in wilmington. and atlantic city airport likely tying a record low of 2 degrees. bare in mind that this has been a brutal cold snap. the last 11 days temperatures running -- this is exceptional -- more than 16 1/2 degrees below normal and five mornings single-digit lows. tomorrow we make it six. i have warmer weather on the way. you have to be patient, but i let you know when in the seven-day forecast forecast. >> thank you. the 6abc stormtracker app is a great resource when it gets down to these bitterly cold temperatures. you can see weather reports from around the area and get the

updated hourly and seven-day forecast. it is all free on apple and google store. if you live in certain delaware county communities like swathmore springfield and darby don't be surprised if your tap water tastes salty. officials say you shouldn't be alarmed either. "action news" reporter sharrie williams live at the darby municipal building. why is there a salt taste in the water? >> well jim, it's coming from the salt mix that's actually used to treat the roads. we spoke with aqua america about it, and they tell us tonight that the warm up yesterday actually caused the snow and ice that you see here still on the roads, well it is filled with that salt and it is running off. aqua says the water may have a distinct taste but is still safe. janice davis on the job when a resident called in with a concern. >> i had a call from a resident

that stayed miss janice have you tasted the water recently? >> she had not had a drink from the faucet and wanted to better under the complaint. >> i came into the kitchen and tasted the water and said wow, it taste like salt. and that's a bad taste in your mouth. >> that bad taste, according to aqua is from the run-off of the road salts ever area roads and high quasi because of the recent winter storms. that's right, the salt mix used to keep the roads safe made its way into aqua's water treatment facility. most of the complaints are from springfield and swathmore, but now darby, upper darby and lansdowne residents are complaining, too. and aqua understand that summers may be caught off guard by the weird taste, but says that the water is safe and that there is no threat to public health. but for janice davis, this salty taste is a first. >> we have been putting salt on the treats for a long time. why all of a sudden the salt ran

into the reservoir? i don't understand that. have we been drinking it all along and maybe never noticed it? >> great questions. it was miss davis who noticed the salty water, on you viewer and she called us and we called aqua to get answers. aqua says they get calls from time to time but never this many after we had this salt mix on the road and in the run-off. and they expect for the salt rye rye -- salty taste to go away in the next day or two, and the water is still being treated and that's why it is safe. west philadelphia's ice-encrusted building has been cut down to size. demolition crews are ripping through the structure. it caught fire a week ago and all of the water spray by the firefighters froze into fires and ice.

and it was not safe. the sidewalks in the area are closed for three weeks to finish the demolition. the police killed a man after the chase today in the lehigh valley. it all ended in allentown with 42-year-old jerome nichols crashing an s.u.v. into a fence and then trying to escape on foot. authorities say nichols then attacked an officer with a knife a kitchen knife, and was stabbing him when another officer fired the fatal shot. they say the assault began with nichols nichols going into his former girlfriend's home and stabbing her. she was wounded. she and the wounded officer are hospitalized and should be ok. and edgar figueroa shot and killed himself after shooting a fellow employee in the head. melvin nieves suffered only a graze wound to the head even though the shot was fired from behind. officials say that nieves jerked suddenly, probably saving his

life. the shooting happened as both men were supposed to be beginning their shift another shields shields business solutions. the fight over a woman. and "action news" there as they left the bucks county courtrooms after the first appearance. the pair broke into mike's gunshot overnight. one of the suspects because caught in the pizza shop next door after trying to escape through the vent lakes system. they face burglary charges. the federal government is very concerned about the danger posed by crude oil tanker trains. the same danger that wendy saltzman talked about in a special report at 11. just last week we saw what happened when one of the trains derailed in west virginia leading to a spill and massive fireballs. the transportation department predicted today that the oil tanker derailments will happen 10 times a year on average over

the next 20 years. their analysis says that crashes will call more than $4 billion in damage and potentially kill hundreds of people if an accident happens at a densely-populated area. as wendy saltzman report revealed, these oil trains chris-cross through residential neighborhoods in philadelphia and south jersey. they rerained twice in the span of a year. fortunately neither time led to a spill or explosion. a superior court judge ordered chris christie to put more money to the tune of $1.7 billion into the pension fund for retired state employees. christie cut the contributions last year to balance the state budget when revenue came in under predicted prejeks eded projections and andingand planning to do the same. and the court says they cannot

walk away from obligations and parents in search of answers a school board meeting in eagleville. members proposed closing automatic -- and they are angry because they proposed completion of an athletic field and another hearing on wednesday. and still to come how america's largest mall reacting to threats from a terror group. plus the spotlight on ptsd. the oscars awarded a documentary about the crisis for veterans. tonight we profile the local efforts to help them on the homefront homefront. researchers may have cracked open a method to avoid peanut allergies. the average high dropped a full 20 degrees since sunday. letting you know when we climb out of the deep freeze in the full accuweather forecast. and chase utley says how he would respond to talk of a trade

when "action news" continues tonight.

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officials at the mall of america in minnesota say they have beefed up security and they're prepared for any emergency. this comes after a tape released this weekend by the al shabaab terrorist group calling on muslims to attack shaping malls, specifically the mall of america. the mall conducted emergency drills today and said there was no credible threat associated with the mall. al shabaab attacked a kenyan mall two years ago killing 60 people. the latest funding crisis on capitol hill could see the department of homeland security run out of money midnight friday night. the house republican measure combined funding for homeland security with a move to overturn president obama's immigration

reform. but senate democrats vowed to block that so republicans are searching for another strategy without hanging homeland security out to dry. the crisis that is post-traumatic stress disorder affecting thousands of veterans of the wars of iraq and afghanistan is getting more and more attention these days. that would include last night at the oscars. "action news" reporter dann cuellar has the story. >> and the oscar goes to -- to -- "crisis hotline." >> the documentary brought light to an alarming trend. american veterans are killing themselves at a rate of 22 a day nearly one every hour. >> veterans' crisis line this is robert. >> can i get you to degree degree -- agree not to use the gun while we are talking. >> knowing the severity of the problem. >> i lost friends to suicide. i have friend that are fighting

suicide frankly every day. >> a facebook page called requesting -- called the stain of war. hoping them to open up. >> what i say to veterans and my goal with the stain of war projects is veterans need to stop holding back. you need to start telling your story. you are not monsters. >> he knows what it is to fall into an abyss. >> it took a divorce, being homeless, and all the things happening. and i had good people who took me in to get me on my feet. >> the behavioral health unit saw 18,000 veterans last year suffering from various types of mental ailments. call the hot line. for his part diamond is doing his part to help his fellow vets. >> if i can get the 22 suicide a day if i can get that down to

10, 15 just one. if i can save one life it's all worth it. that would be it. on "healthcheck" tonight a ground-breaking study says we are going about peanut allergies all wrong. the problem affects more than 2% of children in the united states. as you know, it can be life-threatening. most parents of babies at risk of developing allergies go to extremes to keep them away from peanut-based foods. but research published today in the new england journal of medicine furnished that idea on its head. it showed that exposing infants to peanuts before they turn one year old actually lowered their risk of an allergy by more than 80%. it seems to have helped. >> this is the first step for peanuts to prove there is an easy way for pretty much anybody to prevent peanut allergies in the kids even in the high-risk group. >> it is important that parents

do not rush to try this on their own children. all babies studied have been tested by doctors and monitored throughout the process. a plan to privatize wine and liquor sales in pennsylvania moved toward today. the house liquor control committee voted to advance a bill creating 1200 licenses for retail businesses. existing beer distributors with the first shot at buying them. grocery stores able to sell wine, not liquor. all but 100 of the 600 state stores would close. let get to cecily tynan and the accuweather forecast. >> need a hot toddie on a night like tonight. i have never had one, something hot. it is cold out there. stormtracker live double scan showing that we have dry conditions out there. we have cloud-free conditions and the action cam looking up at the waxing crescent moon 34% full. when you see it like that it

means the skies are crystal clear. with the clear skies and snowpack, the temperatures are tumbling. allentown 8 trenton 10. we still have a little bit of a breeze. the wind chill factor feels like 3 in philadelphia like 2 below in reading, 1 below in trenton. the winds will be easing overnight. and the temperatures are really going to nosedive. satellite 6 and action radar showing a little cloud cover earlier today. that is gone. high pressure just south of pittsburgh will be building in in the overnight hours. this will allow temperatures to tumble. i really think a lot of our region will set record lows. allentown 6 degrees below zero. you set that a new record. reading a record 5 degrees below zero. dover 5, that will be a new record. atlantic airport could tie, philadelphia goes to the record low of 2 degrees set 126 years ago.

tomorrow morning for the bus stop bundle up the kids. we will not really have a wind chills factor with the light wind. plenty of sunshine. it is one of the days where you look outside and it is beautiful, but you step outside and it takes your breath away. at 6:00 the temperature 3 degrees. by 8:00, not much better only 5 degrees. tomorrow, despite lots of sunshine, our average high will struggle to make it up to 24 degrees. the normal high for this time of year is 46. like sunday we won't be anywhere near that. on wednesday, winds shift a little ahead of the cold front, allowing a one-day rebound of temperature. 38 degrees. breezy, increasing clouds. behind the system colder area arriving on thursday and friday. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast back into the deep freeze tomorrow. 24 degrees. lots of sunshine. not a windy day. on wednesday, the breeze picks up. chilly but not as harsh, 38 degrees. thursday back down to 26 degrees. and off-shore storm bringing up

a load of clouds. places like cape may county dover could get clipped with a few snow flurries maybe even a snow shower from the system offshore. friday sunny but 21 degrees below normal. the high 26 degrees. heading into the weekend, not as harsh saturday but still 16 degrees below normal. 31 degrees. we end the month of february the way most of the month has been very cold. and then on sunday hello march. coming in a little bit like a lamb. not that cold. 40 degrees. we start the day with sun, increasing clouds. could have showers by the evening. and monday the second day of march our next storm system that will bring in milder air. hooking like a rain storm, not a snowstorm with a high of 46 degrees. tomorrow temperatures at or very near record lows. >> good riddans to february. >> bring on march, bring on some marve >> bring on april. >> may, june -- summer.

residents are upset tonight after development of open space in delaware county moved a step closer to reality. tonight concord planning commission approved the project and the housing and retail venue will be built on attractive beaver valley. owe opponents wanted to see it fail. and it goes to the board for approval.

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>> yes. and we still don't quite know what the phillies will look like on the field. the phillies's first full-squad workout for the morning. chase utley and ryan howard will be there. >> chase utley reiterates that he wants to stay with the phillies. but he said he would listen if the general manager approached to him about a trade out of respect. that might not be the only change for utley. he can see some time at first base but for now it is ryan howard's spot. a big hug, and ryan howard among the remaining veterans to report to phillies spring training today. the general manager recently had a heart-to-heart with howard after saying this winter the phills will be better off without him. >> i talked to ryan about it and i have apologized to him. because frankly i was more of a private statement. >> i feel great. all right boys. >> howard is short and sweet today. he tells 6abc he wants his play

to do the talking. chase utley expect the first baseman to bounce back after leading the majors in strikeouts last year. >> ryan is a very good guy and a great baseball player. he's -- i mean i can't even count the number of times over the years that he has literally you know picked us all up put us on his back and took us to the finish line. >> for utley and the phills to have a better finish this year guys believe they need to have a better locker room. >> i want to make sure my teammates are on the same page as me. because the last few years a lot of us haven't been on the same page. >> we all can do a better job of being a little bit more vocal. there's times where you want to pat a guy on the butt times where you want to yell at a guy, times where you just leave a guy alone. >> running out balls and taking extra bases was an issue last year according to don brown. utley wants to be a little more vocal leader in the clubhouse this year without jimmy rollins.

chemistry in sports important or not? we point out 23 different players appeared in the game for the sixers this season. that's a lot of elements in one beaker. sixers and heat. pat rally still pining for the player who loved him. and walker call him skywalker. and the first half a crazy sequence. the newcomer with the long two to beat the buzzer. sixers down 1 at the break. all miami from there. luol deng 29 points and sixers lose 119-108. and the flyers news coming up after the break.

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>> ray emery listed as day-to-day with the lower body injury. he did not travel with the team for tomorrow's game. and rob zepp in the net.

and nate allen cleared of wrong doing. he was detained by the fort myers police after a teenager identified as a man performing a lewd act. and roman catholic the bucket and the foul. and the victory makes roman catholic the catholic league champion. that's sports. >> thank you. jimmy kimmel live next on channel 6 followed by nightline. jimmy's guest is kobe bryant. and "action news" continues at 4:30 with pamela edwards, matt o'donnell, karen rogers with traffic. for the entire "action news" team i'm jim gardner. good night. ♪♪ "action news" is responsed in part by --

>> jimmy: hi, i'm jimmy. wow, there's so much to talk about tonight. the oscars "the bachelor," kobe bryant is here, chrissy teigen is here kenny g and warren g are here together. guillermo was on the red carpet last night who did you to do? >> guillermo: a scarlet johanson. >> our friends at aflac have a way of doing things called one-day pay that gets your claim approved and paid in a day. they escalate payment and they're also accelerating our commercial breaks tonight. they're making the commercials very, very short. so we have enough time to fit everything in. very short like this door. after you. >> guillermo: thank you, jimmy. >> jimmy: there you go guillermo. and i will just -- close that and let's start the show.

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