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suburb. police fired 5,000 rounds of ammunition into an apartment over the course of an hour, it finally ended with two suspected terrorists dead and eight others taken into custody, people were ordered off the streets last night but the main thoroughfare was back to normal today crowded during the workday but with questions unanswered. who was killed in the raid? police got a tip that the alleged mastermind in the attacks abdelhamid abaauoud was in the apartment, officials say he is not now in custody but they are not eliminating the possibility that he was killed. we are waiting for information. the people inside are said to have been planning an attack and france continues to pound the isis strong hold.
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and russia is developing plans for a joint military operation with france to attack the area. the eiffel tower was back open today after being closed yesterday. world news tonight with david muir will have more on today's developments from paris that, is next at 6:30 here on channel 6. and our coverage of the investigation and aftermath of the paris attacks continues at 6abc.com, we have posted images from the raid as well as photographs of the victims of the attacks. four men are arrested for a vie lengths home invasion, it happened on the first block of mill road, that is where walter perez is live tonight. what are the details here. >> well, jim police say that those armed home invaders were looking for the people that lived here a few short weeks ago. >> eric and jennifer wegman say
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they and their 11-month-old baby were starting to settle into their new home here in olney, they moved in this past saturday. >> our third night there and 1:00 monday morning, two guys burst into the house. >> one man quickly ran upstairs and burst into their bedroom pointing a gun at them with their baby boy sleeping across the hall, eric grabbed his legal handgun laying next to his bed and chased the suspect downstairs and found the other suspect on the first floor. >> he turned around and raised his firearm like he was going shoot and i already had mine aimed and i fired at him and he ran out the door. >> the two injured gunmen fled in this vehicle with two other men inside. the break came two hours later when surveillance camera caught the two men in the car helping two suspects in the hospital in
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burn township. all four were arrested after police received tip called after footage was released to media. eric green of reading and brandon smith, also of reading and a fourth suspect whose name is withheld by police, jennifer wegman does not want to hear it but he is a hero to her and their little boy. >> i am proud of him and proud he was prepared and willing to defend us, i do know that he was not going to say oops sorry walk away, it was going to be us or them and thankfully it was us. >> reporter: now eric wegman was shot in the leg and he expected to be just fine. walter perez, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. a preliminary investigation points to an electrical problem in the attic as the cause of a fire that heavily damaged the
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morristown community house, it caught fire yesterday evening at 4:00 and it sustained extensive smoke and water damage, and 70 clubs and organizations used the facility and a popular spot for weddings and other events but not for sometime now, george washington high school in the somer ton section of philadelphia is in crisis and parents kaem to school this afternoon to address the situation, the issue now is to protect their children and how to keep their children safe. john rawlins has the story. >> fight after fight. students have seen brawls in the hallway as part of their normal here at george washington high school. >> we see fights in the hallway, here we are it's nothing new. >> a lot of fights over stupid
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stuff people fight for no reason. >> "action news" stopped at the school during hours, finding dozens of studentses leaving the school and hanging nearby. >> you walk out any door you want to get out. they don't care. they don't do nothing about it. >> right now we take advantage because this is insane. >> tonight parents came to say enough is enough. >> it's terrifying. >> we asked the school district what they are doing to stop this. >> part of the issue is that children will be children and that one things that was not happening to the extent needed was the accountability for children to be held accountable for their own behaviors. >> the school district plans to hold them accountable but they did not say when the plan will go in place. >> it's not going to stop it. >> if they do something and there is no puppishment they will keep doing it. they are not getting in trouble
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and nothing is happening about it. >> many parents complain that this meeting happened at 3:30 in the afternoon making it hard for those that have to work to attend and the school plans to have more community meetings in the future. in northeast philadelphia, eva pilgram, channel 6 "action news." >> eva thank you. on the campus of the college of new jersey in ewing, students and faculty held a rally for peace it's in response to the unrest at the campus of the university of missouri. they are committed to fighting for unity and inclusivity at campuses across the country. and the state committee held another hearing and heard from current staffers at the state's attorney general's office, at issue is kathleen kane able to do they are job even though her license is s&ped. here is john rawlins.
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>> reporter: worn some today kathleen kane's top deputies, testifying deciding if kane will be removed from office. now legal offices not made by kane but by her first deputy a task he has assumed. >> based on the reading of both the pennsylvania constitution and states attorney act. >> they have little contact or interference from kane, they are not certain where or when she wor works. they are not suppose to hold them out as lawyers and why kane is still issuing press releases under the attorney general letter head. they say that the a.d.'s office lacks jurisdiction because of the lack of a license. >> this is novel, nobody has
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decided anything under this situation before, we are not aware of this happening anywhere else in the country. >> bruce beamer says the worst case scenario released because of such a challenge. >> that person was released even in the short-term until we address the issue, that is what i would call a nuclear scenario, we pray that does not happen. >> the committee has until next wednesday to release the report to the full senate and in addition to hearing from kane's stop staff they heard from attorneys and they did not hear from one critical player, kathleen kane. organizations representing television at print journalists in pennsylvania are backing a move to hold next year's presidential primary six weeks earlier than originally schedule. the association of broadcasters and news media association are
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urging a measure to change the primary from april 26th to march 15th, it would make the state morree relevant and more voter participation. in darby borough this is a live picture, the fire broke out at whitely terrace, they reported fire and heavy smoke coming from the two story dwelling, fire officials confirm an injury to a firefighter but there is no word on the extent of that injury, additionally there is concern of the structural integrity over parts of the building. coming up our 6 abc holiday food drive benefiting philabundance is going on right now. and the philadelphia zoo's
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newest residents meet the public for the first time today. >> double scan live radar showing a wet day on the day tomorrow, we'll have details on where and when the heaviest rain will fall and what it means for your commute in the accuweather forecast. eagles getting ready for the tampa bay buccaneers, that and more with ducis rogers when "action news" continues tonight.
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people. sara bloomquist is live in the call to action center. >> our viewers are so jennous tonight, we are taking the calls and donations for over two hours now, the calls people calling in and donating $25 and up to -- we just got a call for $600, very, very generous from one of our viewers, we are hear for the next half hour, the number to call, 1-877-940-6222. philabundance of course providing meals to tens of thousands of people around the delaware valley. during this time of year and throughout the year, i am here with liz from philabundance, give people an idea of how extensive the problem of hunger is in our area, i think it will surprise people. >> hunger hits every zip code from the main line to philadelphia, and people may not realize that, so the 6 abc
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telethon is a great way to give back, $1 gives two meals, please call in and donate today. >> thank you liz, many of those that face hunger are children and senior citizens, your donations puts food on their table. i want to thank sean from lion, a restaurant in center city and he is taking phone calls and rick williams is anchoring the phones, call 1-877-940-6222 or log on to 6abc.com philabundance would love your donation. back to you. dozens of people got an early jump on thanksgiving preparations in west philadelphia, a turkey give away was held at universal companies, organizers gave away 1,000 turkeys, 5,000 of them went to
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eagles bucks and dare we say it, it's a must win game. >> feels like the last couple of weeks around here have been must win. the tea leaves are becoming easier to read, mark sanchez is likely to start against the bucks but you won't hear chip kelly say that just yet. >> sam bradford still a spectators, the eagles quarterback is yet to be cleared of his concussion, but that could change any day and chip kelly is not playing the hypothetical game. >> we don't sit around in meetings saying what about this or that, he may not be cleared at all, but he could be cleared this afternoon. >> so mark sanchez is being thrown out there, he threw the
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most intersections but also had the best completion record last year. >> have you to prepare mentally like you are going to play and whether you get the reps or not during perfect you have to take them mentally and if you get them have you to make the most of them. >> despite all the changes under center and all the changes chip kelly has made during the offseason, he says it should not affect them one bit. >> any time you put a new group together it take a lot to get going, that is no different than our first year we had 11 new starters. >> to get even more comfortable sanchez spent extra time working on his timing and footwork with demarco murray today. we'll see if practice makes perfect on sunday. jeff skversky, channel 6 "action news." >> sticking with the eagles, six degrees of separation, the eagles and bucks have a connection closer than that.
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jameis winston know each other well and both are looking forward to sunday. >> he is an old man now, to many of us but he is still a great role model and a great person that i look up to and it's bigger than the eagles right now. >> to actually play against him, i was much older than him growing up and now to have an opportunity to play against him, i think that is a great story and i'm looking forward to playing against him. >> the 0-11 sixers play home tonight. and they better win now the flyers lost to the kings last night but it was a memorable game. he scored his first nhl goal and they held the lead until the final minute of the third period and the game went to a shootout and the flyers came up short and
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they lost nine of their last 11 games. finally tonight no monkey riding dogs for you tonight jim. sorry to disappoint, but may have offer great catches as a consolation. bowling green, a great catch in the end zone and you only need one foot inbounds and beater again on the far side, a grab for the touch down and four td's on the night, the other one was boring and we left it on the cutting room floor. >> would two of those be catches in the nfl. >> the first one no, i didn't see the other ones. coming up on "action news" the accuweather forecast. [ female announcer ] business travel isn't just about the going.
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seven day accuweather forecast. cecily tynan, rain is on the way, stormtracker 6 live double scan showing that right now we have generally dry, cloudy conditions, however there is one patch of showers working out of chester county, lancaster county and light stuff crossing 322 the pennsylvania turnpike heading towards downingtown right now, this is an appetizer before the main event, that rolls in tomorrow, winds generally out of the east, 60 in philadelphia our high is 63 and that is 8 degrees above average so a mild day, allentown 55 and trenton 57 and sea isle city 59 and millville 60 degrees, satellite 6 along
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with action radar showing this ribbon and moisture moving out of the midwest, you can see how it's advancing to the east. this brings us a wet day tomorrow and the morning commute depended on your location, in philadelphia and areas to the east at 7:30, mainly dry and a few areas of drizzle and the steady rain is across the western suburbs, this rain will advance to the east and blossom as we head into the afternoon, 1:30 pockets of heavy rain and notice the temperatures though, this is not a cold rain and 67 degrees, the rain continues through the evening commute around 8:00, a line of some pretty heavy showers along the i-95 corridor drying out the western suburbs and all of this pushes out through the night on thursday. future tracker 6 showing the latest model outfit we have, an update from the 5:00 and close to an inch across the viewing area and some areas especially north and west of philadelphia
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could get closer to and inch and a quarter but not enough to cause major problems with flooding but it will slow down your commutes, the morning rain arriving, it looks like it will be slow, generally west of philadelphia, thursday evening commute though pack your patience, a steady rain that causes delays and the friday morning commute we dry out mostly sunny and shouldn't be weather related travel delays on friday, the exclusive accuweather forecast, tomorrow the temperature is mild and 67 degrees and windy and rainy with periods of heavy rain into the afternoon and evening hours, behind the system on friday, we bring back the sunshine and cool things down in the northwest, and heading into your weekend, the tale of two seasons. sunshine with a few clouds for the temple game, 54 is the high and then a cold front moves
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through saturday night and could bring light rain saturday night behind that though, feeling like winter on sunday and sunday is a busy day, at 7:00 the philadelphia marathon kicks off my advice to runners dress in layers you can throw off as you cool off, it will be cool at 7:00 and not warming up much for the eagles game. 47 degrees and winds of 12 to 25 miles per hour and windchills in the 30s and wednesday we have sunny and milder with a high of 56 degrees, cooling off dramatically as we head into the second half of the weekend. i'll put my ear piece back in now. it popped out. >> you okay there. philadelphia's zoo's newest residents made their debut
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today, the red panda cubs were born in june and they are taken care of their births are important because the red panda population is in steady decline in the wild, the cubs are not named yet and the zoo is taking suggestions from the public and let the zoo know for names, or tweet them to ducis rogers at ducis wild. he will pass them along to the zoo. abc's world news tonight with david muir is next on channel 6 and "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl 17. then join us for a special health check report at 11:00 here on channel 6. now for cecily tynan, ducis rogers and the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner we hope you'll join us at 11:00. for the girl scout meeting...
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tonight, breaking news from paris. s.w.a.t. teams barrelling into a building here, the raid, the gun fire, the explosions. the seven-hour standoff. a woman setting off her suicide vest. and the mystery tonight about a second person who was killed. was it the mastermind? also developing tonight, isis now claiming it was their bomb in a simple soda can that brought down that russian passenger plane. the jet breaking apart in midair. brian ross is standing but tonight. the concern back home in america. two flights over the u.s. making emergency landings. tonight, we've learned why they acted so quickly. and after praising the attacks here in paris, isis saying an american city is next. so, this evening, how difficult is it to track isis sympathizers at home? the 900 terror investigations in all 50 states.
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