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drone strike and a popular ice skating rink is open for the winter, we'll tell you what is new at dillworth park. and sky 6 hd looking live at penn's landing and it's a blustery and chilly afternoon, temperatures take a big dip later tonight as well. let check in with melissa magee, happy friday. >> happy friday to you as well. you mentioned the big weather story today, not just today but as we head into the weekend it's the biting winds. 59 in philadelphia and 45 in the poconos along the coast 59, and look at the wind particles, the stiff westerly wind, look at the sweeps, 29 miles per hour in philadelphia and 25 miles per hour in reading and 25 miles per hour as well out to the west in lancaster. there has been a wind advisory issued at the moment, just for lancaster county, this supuntil 6:00 p.m., this county could

find gusts as high as 50 miles per hour, elsewhere across the delaware valley, gusting at 30 to 35 miles per hour range. future tracker 6 showing you as we go throughout time along the i-95 corridor, gusts at 4:00 p.m. 35 miles per hour in philadelphia and 31 in reading and as we go through tonight, 9:00 p.m., a gust if reading at 36 miles per hour in wildwood. we'll talk about what is ahead, the whipping winds are today and it's a hold on to your hat kind of day and temperatures in the 50s this weekend and a warm-up next week. we'll take a full look coming up. >> thank you. of course we invite you to stay with 6abc.com/weather, throughout the weekend, and for even more updates, use the social media links to follow our "action news" meteorologist, on facebook and twitter. from our delaware newsroom, there is new information this noon about the secret service officer who tried to solicit a

14-year-old girl for sex. lee robert moore was set to be in court in dover this morning, but waived his white to a preliminary hearing. they say he sent naked pictures of himself and requested to meet in person for sex. moore admitted to sending some messaged while on the job at the white house. "action news" caught up with his defense attorney. >> today was the day for the preliminary hearing and we wave that and the case is transferred to supreme court jurisdiction. >> the secret service removed of him of his duties and pulled his security clearance. former penn state coach, jerry sandusky will get his pension back. they ordered them to restore the

payments of $4500 a month to sandusky and his wife dotty. the judge has ordered the state retirement board to pay back interest. the u.s. is possibly killed a most wanted terrorist, the man known as jihadi john is believed to be dead after a drone strike, he is expected of beheading several hostages including three americans. here is the story now from new york. >> reporter: jihadi john, who became the face of evil, taunting the world in these brutal terror tapes is dead. u.s. officials telling abc news that he was killed just before midnight wednesday night after a drone strike in syria. >> want to thank the united states, the unite the kingdom has no better friend or ally.

>> while there is heat from around the world -- >> it gives you no solace? >> not at all. >> in an exclusive interview, diane foley remains critical of the administration, her son, american journalist james foley was among the murdered hostages. >> it saddens me that here in america, we are here celebrating and the killing of this deranged pathetic young man. >> jihadi john was the chief executioner of isis, presiding over the killing of three americans and two britains and two japanese hostages. his real name was revealed to be muhammad awazi. >> it's so sad that our precious resources have been, you know

concentrated to seek revenge if you will, or kill this man. >> meanwhile, u.s. officials say that jihadi john, eeventually evaporated when the vehicle he was in was hit and burst into flames. rick back to you. >> thank you for that report. meanwhile, troops reportedly retained a key supply route. it was backed by u.s. air strikes, witnesses say that kurdish firefighters are now in control of the strategic town. philadelphia experienced a particularly violent night, five people were shot in four locations around the city and one victim died. the murder happened along the 7800 block at 2:00 am, a man was shot five times at point-blank range, investigators say they found a weapon beneath his body

and one man was taken into custody after witnesses saw him flee the scene. a fallen philadelphia firefighter was honored today. a new memorial plaque is a reminder of joyce craig's life and her sacrifice trk was unveiled at engine 64 station in northeast philadelphia. craig was fatally injured while fighting a house fire last december, mayor michael nutter says that her life to inspire everyone in public service. >> if we do our duty half as well, as lieutenant joyce craig, we will have lived a good life. >> craig's family, friends and colleagues were at the somber ceremony, she was 36 yeared old and philadelphia's first female officer to die in the line of duty. officials with septa are celebrating the makeover of the wayne junction center, the project was mostly paid for by

septa and federal grants, including better lighting and canopies, the station was last rebuild in 1901, more than 100 years after it was ridge liability. quite a celebration in paoli, students are honored for becoming a blue ribbon school and they are celebrating by giving back. students brought two boxes of their favorite cereal to school today, one box will be donated to a nearby food bank, and the rest was shared by students. here is a sure sign that the holiday season is around the corner, the rothman institute ice rink in center city is reopening today for its second season and offering something new for skaters and none skaters this year. eva pilgram is live at dillworth park. are you skating there? >> no, no. it's not that i am afraid to

skate rick, but the rink is not officially open. they are doing the official ceremony now, showcasing this new shred skate they have on the rink, that is going to allow anyone that wants to skate to be able to be on the skates, specifically people that are on wheelchairs, something they are offering this year. a lot of new fun things to check out this year, lights over the rink and a cabin to escape into to warm up or grab a drink or something to eat. and the rink is open seven days a week, if you never skated, or not good like i am. i got some tips from the pros, the first bit of advice is don't hold on to the boards. >> you are not giving your balance, you are not letting yourself try. >> just feel weird. >> yeah. >> everybody falls but if you

are not falling, you are not trying. >> keep trying, never give up, you'll get it. >> let keep it party going. >> right now they are officially about to open up the rink -- and all of these people gathered around the rink will be able to finally get on to the ice, it's $3 for kids to skate and $5 for adults and $9 to rent the skates. we have all the info on our website at 6abc.com. lets see, they have a surprise here coming up. >> five, four, three, two, one! lets go! >> as we continue to watch thank you eva. a lot of excitement there at the ice rink and we'll have another report on "action news" coming up at 12:30. much more to come on "action news" at noon, one boy's christmas wish is getting a lot of attention, we'll explain why his community is rallying to

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and we have breaking news to pass along from the king of prussia area in montgomery county. chopper 6 hd is look over a railroad station here, actually the a rail yard where several train cars were overturned due to some type of derailment and they are trying to upright the train cars as we look noud. it happened at 4:30 this morning we are told that six cars derailed at north henderson road, there are no reported injuries and crews are working to upright the cars in this rail yard all morning long. we'll continue to follow the story from king of prussia as more information becoming available. in other news, police are investigating the death of a man that was shot eight times in his

doorway in chester it happened on the 1200 block of west ninth street, the man answered his front door and shots were immediately fired. detectives are looking to find out who shot the man and why. a mobster was shocked when he was found not guilty of charges. he said he couldn't wait to go home. on thursday a federal court jury found him not guilty of racketeering and extortion related counted. they said that this was the biggest bank robbery in philadelphia history. they netted $5 million in cash and another million in jewels, it helped to inspire the 1990 film, good fellows. and one site, zilow is giving three months of leave to

new mothers and dads eight weeks off and adoptive parents eight weeks of paid leave. the benefits take affect in january and parents that are expecting a child in the fourth quarter of this year can also take advantage. the christmas wish list of a pennsylvania boy is getting a lot of attention. geovany hamilton suffers from a disorder that left him wheelchair bound. recently he came home with a special assignment, to create a gift list, it includes a $40,000 wheelchair accessible van that his family cannot afford. >> i will be able to push myself again. and then someone else won't have to push me. >> geovany's teacher handed his assignment to the principal and the school start aid go fund me page and is reaching out to the community to try to make his

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and we are back live now at the rothman institute outdoor ice rink outside of city hall for the official reopening today for its second season, as we showed you a few moments ago

there was a celebration and now festivities, now the skaters and visitors are here taking their first skates of the season on the ice here. the second season, a couple of cheerleaders and mascot taking part as well. a lot of fun here and they say they have a lot of surprises for skaters and none skater as well. eva pilgram will be back with another live report from dillworth park coming up at 12:30. there is another safety problem with kia vehicles thank re recalling 260,000 of suvs because the steering can fail, the adhesive that holds the steering wheel together may not be strong enough. parts could possibly separate causing the loss of steering control and causing the risk of an accident. kia begins the recall next month and offers free repairs. no crashes or injuries are

reported. a potential choking hazard forced the campbell soup company to recall 250,000 cans of spaghetti-os, the ones affected are stamped with the date february 22nd, 2017, customers can go back to the store where they purchased the spaghetti-os for a full refund, we have more information at our website at 6abc.com. the fda announced new food safety rules after deadly outbreaks linked to fresh produce, there will be more insight on produce sent to the u.s. and more training for workers in the u.s. and monitoring stations for water to make sure it's not contaminated with harmful back tear yaxt an estimated 48 million people get sick every year from some type of food born illness.

smoking continues to decline last year, the share of adult smokers dropped to 16.8% and that is down from 18% in 2013, it went down a fifth over the last decade. >> alicia vitarelli is live now in the newsroom with a preview. >> happy freebie friday, a shake made of honey, vanilla and coffee, if it sounds good, we can make it sound better, it's free. and all things that are 100% off coming up in freebie friday, and coming up in today's show, he told her he liked her school uniform and her eyes sparkled like diamonds, that note had the school threatening to charge the

child with sexual harassment. can you watch our newscast streaming live on your smart phone or tablet. and i'll be back to talk more about the split with gwen stefani and gavin rothdale. quick break and then an weather with monica malpass.

meteorologist, melissa magee, is back now with a closer look at the weekend forecast, and we may need a heavier coat this weekend. maybe a coat and hat or something, it's not a good hair day. >> socks? >> always. stormtracker 6 live double scan you can see it's dry and quiet and no issues with precipitation, the big weather story today as we head into the

weekend will be the blustery winds, we'll show you the picture outside, the action cam was outside earlier this morning and you can see the flag really flapping in the wind there, we have the constant westerly wind in bala cynwyd, and you can see what it is doing with the flag. currently if philadelphia, 59 degrees, that is arm for this time of year, if not two tic as above it. the winds are dry, out of the west at 29 miles per hour, we have higher gusts to show you in a moment. the barometer 29.75 on the rise. 58 in trenton and 56 in allentown and lehigh valley 54 and along the coast in cape may 59. look at the current wind gusts across the region, gusting as high as 37 miles per hour in philadelphia and reading a gust of 40 miles per hour and lancaster we have a gust of 32 miles per hour and lancaster county, are you under a wind

advisory until 6:00 p.m. this evening, in that county we are calling for gusts of up to 50 miles per hour, outside the gusts are 40 miles per hour today. here is satellite 6 along with action radar we are tracking an area of low pressure over canada with a trailing cold front, we are sandwiched in between these two systems and dealing with the blustery winds out of a westerly direction today. here is the setup on our friday, not a bad afternoon as far as the temperature is concerned. we are looking at the gusts up to 40 miles per hour higher out to the west there in lancaster county, once the secondary boundary moves on through, and it's a cooler day for the start of our weekend on saturday. november chill, gusts from 30 to 35 miles per hour. a high in philadelphia of 52 degrees, high pressure over the ohio valley works its way eastward for the second half of

our weekend, improvement just in time for the eagles game at the linc on sunday as we take on the dolphins, mostly sunny, and temperature around 57 at kickoff and fourth quarter, just 56. here is the exclusive accuweather forecast, gufbty winds and a high up to 60 degrees and saturday blustery and cool and in at 52 and sunday sunny and milder and 59 degrees, on tuesday, partly sunny and 66 and warmer wednesday, 68 and 70 next thursday rick. >> thank you. no, i can't wait until the end of the week to see the doctor. because of... rabies. i was, i was, in the, i was saving some children

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"action news" at 12:30 continued, with rick williams, sara bloomquist and meteorologist, david murphy. hello again, here are the stories we are following for you now. a major development in the fight against isis, they are trying to confirm that one of the group's most wanted members was killed. and a live look outside, it's going be a blustery end of the work week before temperatures take a dip into the low 50s this weekend. now the details, an american air strike is believed to have killed the jihadist militant, jihadi john. in