for his retirement tour, next. this is the way it looked tonight as flames lit up the sky in the olney section of philadelphia, three people were injured, and rushed to the hospital. it is monday night and the big story on "action news" tonight is fire, through the the roof of a one story garage.

the blaze erupted a at 7:45, it wasn't until 8:20 that fire fighters brought the fire under control. the flames broke out in the 100 block of west wellens street. authorities say that the the fire spread from the garage to an adjoining structure. two fire fighters were injured. both were taken to temple university hospital, and a civilian was taken to einstein. fill will a police are looking for a killer, who opened fire, with at least 12 round tonight in port richmond. two people were shot. one of them a man believed to be in his mid 20's was pronounced dead at 8:45. chopper six was over the active crime scene at frankford avenue and monmouth street, investigators don't yet know what led to the violence but they are scouring surveillance video, from nearby businesses, that they are looking for clues. just hours after announcing that he would retire at the end of this season, kobe bryant arrived in philadelphia to play the

sixers tomorrow. "action news" reporter christie lleto was live outside lower merion high school where we thought kobe might appear at the school's coaches verses cancer fund raising event tonight. christie, to he show? >> reporter: he did not. many were hoping that he would stop by, here. it was maroon night at lower merion high with the pep rally to introduce this season's boys and girls basketball players at the school where kobe got his start. >> is tomorrow sentimental. >> absolutely. >> it feels good to be back. >> reporter: philadelphia native kobe bryant spoke to "action news" outside larry's steaks in wynfield. just 24 hours after announcing he would retire from playing basketball after 20 seasons with the l.a. lakers. our cameras were rolling as he grabbed a quick bite from his faithful i cheese stake spot, and mobs of crowd grew outside the restaurant as he finished his meal many struggling to

get a glimpse of the legend. >> i was surprised initially but i think it is a a good decision. >> reporter: his former high school coach greg downer says he supports brian's move, and tomorrow's game with the sixers will be his lays game in the hometown in the nba. bryant attended lower merion high before being drafted. >> i was the one comparing him to jordan. i thought he would have a lot of greatness. hall of famer. amazing resume. five rings. eighty-one-point performances. i saw it coming, and i could not be prouder. >> reporter: it was maroon night at lower merion where this season's boys and girls basketball teams were introduced. many at his alma matter were hoping for a kobe sighting. he didn't show but that didn't stop that those that knew bryant from talking about his legacy. >> top five all time great for me. not just because i went to school with him or whatever like that but just his body of work.

>> reporter: again, kobe played the the sixers tomorrow, and no word yet on his, post retirement plans. reporting live from lower merion, christie lleto, channel six "action news". jim. >> thanks, christie. wiper blade were in action tonight along city avenue. chilly drizzle is pushing in the area. rain may become steady as it lingering through the morning rush hour and beyond. meteorologist adam joseph is in for cecily tynan tonight tracking with live double scan radar, adam. >> jim, we will get used to this rain for the next couple days, the windshield wipers will get a work out and so will our rain gear. looking at double scan live radar, it is still a light drizzle, light showers out there, passing by with the green. we have low pressure off the carolina coast. that low will stay off the coast, as it pushes to the north and east on your tuesday. so we will get scraped by this light rain and then as a front drapes over the the virginia, carolinas in the tennessee valley where a second low will develop, that pushes inland

with heavier rain on wednesday. as we look at the radar closer on double scan you can see really a general light rain, a wall of green across the area. that is that light, shower activity, hitting the the roadways and it will remain that way right through morning rush hour tomorrow. what to expect here for next 24 hours? light rain, drizzle, on and off throughout your tuesday but good thing here we may see a brief lull during the the evening rush hour on tuesday and much milder temperatures as they sore into the upper 50's above average and expect delays, tomorrow morning's rush hour, minimal delays with that lull tomorrow evening and then it picks backup in intensity on wednesday, morning with more delays, jim, we will talk about how much rain to expect over the next 48 hours coming up in that full forecast. >> adam, thank you. of course, "action news" morning team will have have latest from the rain from accu weather and impact on the early commute. they are on the air beginning at 4:30 a.m. we are starting to get a better look at damage left behind after a major ice storm

hit central part of the you had this weekend. about an inch of ice coated trees and power lines in kansas and oklahoma. tonight thousands are people are still without power. in utah, snow and ice caused major problems for drivers. parts of the texas are drying out after up to 8 inches on have rain. police continue to investigate last night's triple shooting in hatfield, montgomery county. authorities say this was a case of double murder and suicide. it happened at 138 diamond street. according to police 48 year-old paul moriarty shall used a rifle to kill his 48 year-old fiance and her 28 year-old son. also in the house but not shot, were mar shall's 27 year-old daughter and her four year-old son. investigators are looking for surveillance video that shows a man and woman impersonating philadelphia police officers trying to rob people. police say three people were approached in separate

incidents early yesterday morning in south philadelphia. two happened near fourth and jackson. the third person was approached two hours later at 16th and passyunk n1 incident, a man flashed a badge and took cash from the victim. philadelphia mayor-elect jim kenney says he wants to know what philadelphians think of their city and what they are concern about in terms of the cities future. so he is holding four town hall meetings this week and first one was tonight. "action news" reporter chad pradelli is live outside central will high school, chad, what kinds of things did the mayor-elect hear tonight. >> reporter: well, safety in schools was a big one, jim. there was a decent turnout for tonight's town hall meeting, would i say about a hundred people showed up, some were vocal and they had the mayor-elect's ear. >> let get to wharf to say and give us direction where to go next four years. >> reporter: mayor-elect jim kenney did just that inside a half filed central high school auditorium. >> what will your administration do to crackdown

on aggressive driving, drivers, and protection and safety of the pedestrians in philadelphia we need to be focusing on our neighborhood specifically here in the northern gates of philadelphia >> reporter: common refrain from parents, school and safety. >> a lot of parents are concerned about their children and behavior that is going on throughout the city and their children not getting a proper education that they need. >> we're working on those possibilities now. >> reporter: kenney has said a goal, it is to create two dozen community schools in the city over the next four years. the schools would essentially be hubs where families could access health and social services. >> principals know what is going on in their schools and they also know that the kid they are in in trouble, kid and families perfect in trouble and we need to be able to communicate with them on a regular basis so we know is what going on in the neighborhood. >> reporter: he stood before the crowd and said cities trash and litter problem is a major concern for him. >> the center city district and that is not enough. >> reporter: town hall meeting provided few answers. kenney mostly listened but

says he is ready to hit the ground running once he takes office in january. >> i'm's getting there soon. i mean christmas is coming. >> reporter: like you mentioned jim there are three remaining town hall meetings that ill with take place over next several weeks. live from olney, chat the pradelli for channel six "action news", jim. >> thanks, chad. former city officialness both allentown and reading have pledded guilty to federal corruption charges. conn peerscy pleas stem from fbi raid at both city hall. prosecutors say 48 year-old dale we wills steered the city contract to a campaign donor. allentown married he had pawlowski instead of the top applicant and 35 year-old eron lloyd took part in the similar scene in reading designed to reward the the donors of the vaughn spencer. the neither marries named in the charges. pennsylvania attorney general kathleen kane will be in the national constitution center in philadelphia tomorrow and at that time she

will name a special prosecutor to investigate porn gate. the special prosecutor will lead an investigation into the exchange of pornography and lewd e-mails among prosecutors, judges and other governmental officials. a wall street firm is bet ago this more casino closings are coming to atlantic city. moody's says increasing competition from earned ising states could force at least one of new jersey's eight remaining gaming halls to fold. four of the 12 went out of business last year. the the atlantic club, show boat, revel and trump plaza. moody's is not predicting how many more will go belly up but notes three are already on the brink, and trump taj mahal, caesars and bally's are in chapter 11 bankruptcy. at least eight more casinos are expect to open in the northeastern united states in the the next three years, and that includes philadelphia's second gambling hall. financial forecast predicts that expansion will hurt the existing casinos in

pennsylvania as well. with less than an hour to go in cyber monday, sales analyst say it is on track to be the biggest on line shopping day ever. it is still too early for exact figures but adoby estimated based on their 7:00 p.m. tall that i cyber monday sales would rise 12 percent over last year to $2.98 billion by midnight. on line shoppers ran into a few brief outages at target, neiman marcus and pay pal, monk most popular products, drones, some star wars toys, and the whoever boards. cyber monday may be ending at midnight but it is not the last day on the calendar to save this holiday season. two weeks from now will be another big promotional blitz what retailers called green monday, falls on december 14th this year and lesser known analyst say many times the the teams are just as good. and that friday december 18th

is free shipping day where participating on line stores guarantee delivery by christmas. following day happens to be saturday before christmas, often referred to as super saturday. it is typically the busiest shopping days of the year particularly for procrastinators, it is one of the last chances for stores to clear holiday inventory meaning big discounts may come to those who wait. for those using classified ads sites such as craigs list to buy their holiday presents, upper darby is offering a safe space to finalize the deal to close the the deal. township police station lobby and curb side will be a place to meet up and make the swap to reduce many peoples anxiety about getting robbed or ripped off. it is available from 8:00 to 8:00 every day but police want you you to know they will not settle disputes between buyer and seller. still to come on action newt tonight president obama announced america's role in

taking responsibility for climate exchange. plus the chicago cop charged with killing a teenager walked out of jail tonight. plus a labor of love a new jersey woman is making sure that the holidays are a lit built sweeter for many troops and as many troops as she can, we will show you how you can help, adam this. the rain has arrived, jim, get used to it, we will let you know how much to expect and when sun will shine again coming up in that seven day forecast. ducis rodgers has more on kobe bryant in town, chip kill a dressed rumors of his departure when "action news" continues tonight.

a man accused of killing three people at a planned parenthood clinic colorado springs made his first court appearance today. a judge denied bail for robert dear, and said that dear could face the death penalty. police say dear went on a five hour rampage killing three people, and injuring nine others. chicago police officer charged with murdering a 17 year-old is out of jail tonight jason van dyke posted

bail hours after a judge set that bail at $1.5 million. he is charged with shooting laquan mcdonald 16 times during a confrontation, in october of 204. protesters gathered to day demanding an internal investigation into the the police department. it is the largest gathering ever of world leaders and its purpose is to save the planet earth from environmental habit. president barack obama is joining 150 other head of states in france on the outskirts of the paris. security extra heavy with the meeting coming just two weeks after the terrorist attacks. 180 countries have already pledged to cut greenhouse gas emissions but summit will try to determine who, should cut what. china is currently the world's biggest greenhouse gas leader with 28 percent of the world's emissions, twice that of the u.s. but the u.s. is number two. >> i have come here personally, as the leader of

the world's largest economy and the second large emitter to say that the united states of america not only recognizes our role in creating this problems but we embrace our responsibility to do something bit. >> this was the the scene last week as u.s. troops were having thanksgiving in afghanistan. the tonight, the u.s. embassy says it has received credible reports of an attack in kabul. embassy has advised americans to use extreme caution while moving around the city in the next 48 hours. pope francis has ended his trip to the heart of the central african republic which has been in violence between christians and muslims. the the pope took his pope mobile to the most volatile part of the city, and once again, under scoring his message of faith over fear. a project that was launched for pope francis visit to philadelphia was finally unveiled today and it may break a world record.

more than 2700 people had a hand in painting this multi story mural, at the new saint maliki school in north philadelphia. pope francis signed his name to one of the panels in september. organizers say that the project is now eligible for guinness world record for the most contributions to a painting, by numbers. it is just extraordinary. >> great, yes. >> accu weather forecast, we have some rain on the way. >> it is dreary, dark, in the weather department the the next couple of days but we will brighten it up for the week, weekend as we look at double scan live radar presently out there. just some green on the radar at this point but that will turn colorful the next couple of days as we get heavier pockets with yellow, orange and red. at the present time you can see it the is fractured in nature so not a steady wall of rain, at the present time, but there is some very damp roadways, and across much of the area and as we close in on double scan from philadelphia

to trenton on to i-95, that is a wet drive. all points north and west in the lehigh valley and poconos where it is warm enough up there that it is just going around. as we head east especially north of atlantic city, long beach island and northern new jersey on the garden state parkway a very wet night and it breaks up as you head into southern parts of the new jersey. this is the last day of november, and we will round out this month. it was very warm in philadelphia, temperatures running five and a half degrees above normal, marking this the second warmest, in philadelphia's history. that is for the month of november. are dry as well. we were under 2 inches of rain in total and that is about a little more than a inch below normal will for the month. still a chill out there with that rain it is raw, in philadelphia, 45, 40 allentown. thirty-four rainy in the poconos. forty-five in wilmington. a little bit warmer in the south in sea isle city and atlantic city in the lower

50's. this is first wave of energy that will pass by with the round of rain's then we will catch a break. but this front is snake to the tennessee valley and then down to the deep south picking up moisture from the gulf of mexico. a low will develop and that will pull inland as we get into wednesday when the heavier rain is expect. tomorrow morning for that bus stop it is damp, dreary, rain jackets and umbrellas needed. 49 degrees at 6:00 a.m. right around 50. not much movement in the temperatures between six and 8:00 o'clock. at 7:00 o'clock you cane 40's to the north and west. warmer temperatures to the south with that rain around. then we will see a flare up around lunchtime with ripple of energy that intensifies the rain. temperature well above normal for tomorrow in the middle will 50's and then that pushes away in time for evening rush. this is 4:30. at least we will get a temporary lull here tomorrow evening into tomorrow night the before wednesday morning it stays warm in the 50's, next round of rain comes in

heavy at times through lunchtime and some 60's coming in for middle of the week. healthy amount of rain tuesday and wednesday looking at a inch and a half across the area for tuesday into wednesday. the exclusive accu weather seven day forecast period of rain tomorrow, overall light most of the time at 57, steady soaking wednesday and warmer at 61 but then we will try out and it is cooler here but still above average thursday into friday. temperatures in the the lower 50's. bright to start the weekend as well finishing up on sunday, sun and cloud, 54 degrees. hanukkah begins at sundown and we will stay well above normal on monday 8 degrees, above normal with sun and included at 56 and normal since we are going in to december now only in the upper 40's. >> thanks, adam. hundreds of care packages will be heading to our military servicemen and women overseas. robin mccauley of cape may county has been sending

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well, local swimmer is the the second young athlete for the philadelphia area to hold a title of sports kid of the year, by sports illustrated kid. that is 15 year-old white whitely of lafayette hill. he made this years cover. the sophomore at penn charter stand at 6-foot eight, he already holds five national record, and today first lady michelle obama a tweet heard congratulations, of course, last year mo'ne davis was on the cover so philadelphia, two years in a row. not too shabby. >> no, not the too bad at all. >> so did u.s.c., university of the southern california, check in with chip kelly before they hired a new coach. >> chip kelly says, no. >> he says no. >> that is what he says. >> that is what says. >> chip kelly has in the been plotting a return to college football, according to the coach himself. chip kelly shot down rumors that he has been flirting with

u.s.c. they filled their coaching vacancy today. one report said kelly met with u.s.c. officials in philadelphia on friday. kelly said he was not even in the state at that day. >> i never spoke to anybody at u.s.c., i never e mailed anybody from u.s.c., i never had any contact with anybody from the u.s.c. it is kind of sad that everybody can write whatever they want and say whatever they want and everybody takes it as the the truth. it is the world we live in but if you have to sit there and combat everything that comes out, i mean you are wasting time. our focus and energy has got to be on the new england patriots that game on sunday. kobe bryant has a flare for dramatic. yesterday's nunsed his retirement and did so right before he set to face his hometown sixers. bryant and lake's arrived in center city earlier this evening. lower merion grad later went to larry's steaks in wynfield. i can vouch for his choice. my stomach can too.

waist line. he faces sixers tomorrow night it will be last time playing in the hometown and nba player. >> it will be beautiful. it will be beautiful. so much of my game was developed in philadelphia. lower merion high school with coach downer and playing in the sonny hill league and playing at the coaches and playing at ardmore playground and all these things. so many great memories there. it will be a very special moment. >> still to come here in sports jay wright and phil martelli are set to battle once again but hear how temple plans to approach saturday's conference championship game against houston.

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temple football has taken a huge step forward with the ten win regular season, a victory this weekend with put the program on the the map. saturday the owls, visit houston in the american athletic conference championship game. win would not only, continue the dream season but could land owls in the major bowl game like the peaes to bowl or the peach bowl. >> it is just a great opportunity. i mean we're excited to be here. >> unaudible. >> temple and houston in the conference championship game you can watch it this saturday high noon right here on six abc. college basketball scene will feature a good one tomorrow night when st. joes host villanova jay wright and cats are off to another good start, know of ace six-zero and ranked eighth in the the country. meanwhile st. joes is

four-one. each coach admires what is going on, on the other side. >> the match up is not an easy one for us. it is a lot of teams that play st. joes this year. they have a unique style of play. >> their way of doing things is extraordinary. their will to win, and the culture that they have built around that will to win is clearly evident in this years team. >> it is always a hard for the battle. >> thanks, ducis. jimmy kimmel live next followed by tonight line. jimmy's guests tonight are, the members of the ridiculous six. are you with me. adam sadler, luke wilson, terry cruz, jorge garcia and rob snyder. now for the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner, good night. >> ♪

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