the fbi on this one. >> reporter: indeed, jim. you know many here in san bernadino, california and across the country he have been calling this terrorism since became painfully apparent this attack was well orchestrated and precisely carried out. the fbi has maintained they have a specific set of criteria by which the word terrorism is used. tonight it appears that criteria has been met. >> there's a number of pieces of evidence that has pushed this off to cliff to say we are now investigating this as an act of terrorism. >> reporter: that official designation by the fbi comes other heels of two days of handling. federal investigators unwilling to call this mass can kerr an acts of terrorism despite the early confession it was clearly well planned. today 33 say the evidence leaves no doubt. >> what i'm ready to confirm is there are some telephonic connections between these two individuals at least one of these individuals and other subjects of our investigation.

>> reporter: those others possibly isis leaders. we learned today that tashfeen malik posted on facebook moments before the attack began pledging her allegiance to isis. it's possible investigators say there she and farook may have also met those leaders in person during recent travel to saudia arabia and pakistan. two cell phones have been crushed and discarded in a nearby dumpster. >> we have retained those cell phones and we do continue to exploit the data from those cell phones. >> reporter: that apartment was also a chaotic scene today. reporters from around the world scrambling to get inside broadcasting images of a seemingly normal life. the fbi says it had cleared the scene. meanwhile the fbi's main concern today how this couple flew under the radar. neither the subject of any investigation or focus by intelligence. at a separate news conference a short time later in washington the director of the fbi and the u.s. attorney general urged the public not to panic.

>> what we hope will you do is not let fear become disabling. but to instead try to channel night an awareness of your surrounding. >> reporter: now, to that end the fbi did say today that in the vast majority of these cases the public that sees something says something and that is what disrupts these plots very often, very clearly in this case nothing was said to any authority beforehand. that begs the question who knew what. and even though the fbi has said tonight that the evidence does not suggest a larger cell or larger network at this point, they have not ruled out more arrests including the man who they say they know bought at least two of the guns there farook and malik used inside that building behind me wednesday morning to carry out this deadly rampage, 14 dead, jim, 21 remaining injured and several of them still tonight in critical condition. we are live in san bernadino, california, brian taff, channel6 "action news."

>> thank you brian. and just a couple of minutes ago we have received this photograph. this is tashfeen malik. it is the first time we have seen her face. she again the woman who investigators say praised the leader of isis. the woman who assisted her husband in wednesday's mass shooting. david muir will have the latest from san bernadino on the world news tonight, that is at 6:30 right after our broadcast and our coverage continues on 6abc.com. just check in for the latest developments in the investigation. you will find dozens of photographs and videos at 6abc.com. back in this area a teacher at penn ridge middle school has been arrested for exchanging sexually explicit photographers way student. that teacher joseph becker is 30. eva pilgrim is live at the district justice office in

warrington. eva, what are the details here? >> reporter: well, jim, that bucks county math teacher is behind bars tonight accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a student that started some time this summer. the penn ridge school district where he works says it is fully cooperating with authorities. penn ridge north middle schoolteacher joe becker walked silently into the magistrate office. hours earlier he was teaching math in a classroom. >> teachers are entrusted with the responsibility, a very important responsibl responsibif teaching young children. this defendant abused his position and violated that trust when he engaged in the conduct he did with one of his students. >> reporter: becker is facing charges for having an inappropriate relationship with a 14-year-old student that started in july and ended just last month. the 30-year-old teacher is accused of asking for and receiving pictures and videos

from the student behavior that he admitted to detectives according to court documents. detectives moved quickly on this case after the student's parents came to police. >> we had information that he was asking the victim while this was under investigation to lie to her parents and to destroy some of the evidence. >> reporter: in court today, he apologized and said he was a good person. >> we'd like to spare the victims from having to testify so any incriminating statements that a defendant might give can be helpful to the commonwealth. >> reporter: the judge set bail at $250,000. becker walked quietly out of court today: any comment at all? he had no comment. now, investigators are concerned that there could be other victims because becker taught at two other high schools in this area. they're asking any other victims to contact bucks county detectives. becker is due back in court on december 14th.

in warrington bucks township -- bucks county, eva pilgrim channel6 "action news. jim. >> eva thank you. a 30-year-old man from norway has been charged with calling in bomb threats to philadelphia international airport. police say that svein johannsen made two calls to 911 yesterday afternoon. police say it was all a hoax. a search turned up nothing dangerous. authorities say johansen apparently missed his flight and was trying to catch a rescheduled flight by slowing everything up at the airport. johansen is charged with making felony terroristic threats. philadelphia police think a killer who murdered a plan on thanksgiving morning may have links to a second crime earlier in the day. at 5:00 a.m., 21-year-old ryan kelly was gunned down in the 3500 block of almond street in port richmond. >> i heard the scream. it's got to be from the bar or another neighbor. got up the next morning it wasn't. >> reporter: police say ryan was shot in the chest and

pronounced dead at the hospital. detectives have recovered a white mazda six that left the scene that morning. they're investigating whether the homicide is connected to an armed robbery that happened an hour earlier where al white mazda six was spotted. police are offering a $20,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction. eight months of training have paid off for 55 police recruits. members of class 373 marched into mcgonigle hall at temple university this morning for their police academy graduation. they were sworn in after they pledged to uphold their duties. the class includes recruits from the philadelphia police department, the philadelphia housing authority and the falls township police department. new at 6:00 tonight members of a delaware county family who recently fell on hard times got quite a surprise today. all thanks to the generosity of their community. rick williams has that story.

>> you hear about these things butter you never think it's going to come home. >> reporter: eleanor garrett is talking about her recent bout of bad luck. she and her daughter jennifer who suffers from a serious health condition found themselves behind on rent and unable to pay mounting medical bills. just this week they were evicted from their home and with noplace to go, they were forced to live on the street. >> it was very cold and it was very wet. >> reporter: ridley officer corporal jason mcdevitt saw the family camped outside this ray more and flanagan yesterday. >> she just looked to be hungry and thirsty. >> reporter: in normal circumstances this would have been a routine stop. but the ladies touched his heart so he decided to help. >> i went to wawa also got them a couple drinks, couple sandwiches, something to eat for the rest of the day. some hot soups 'cause they were definitely cold. >> reporter: but the story of a good deed doesn't end there. in this case it turned out to be one that will show just how far a community will go to reach out to those who need it most. a passerby saw corporal

mcdevitt helping the family and stopped to lend a hand. the two set up this go fund me page and word spread fast. in just 24 hours, the community had raised over $10,000. >> community has been great. they really reached out. >> reporter: our cameras were rolling when corporal mcdid he ever have it delivered the good news to eleanor and jennifer this morning. >> paid your back rent and we also paid for two months rent for the apartment. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: the funds will go towards helping the family stay in their home. eleanor says she now believes in christmas miracles. >> this is just one major miracle because i never thought anything like this would happen. >> reporter: rick williams, channel6 "action news." >> coming up on "action news" tonight, kindergartners in montgomery county prepare a shipment full of holiday spirit for service members abroad. and a gloucester county high school teenager and and a

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victims to make extra trips for evaluation and treatment. youngsters at a school in north wales are sending holiday treats to some americans who will appreciate them more than most. money soldier who's are very far from home. this is new at 6:00 and "action news" reporter annie mccormick has the story. >> reporter: kindergartners stuffing stockings with care sending goodies and packages that will go thousands of miles in the air postmark for afghanistan. do you know who that stocking is going to go to. >> soldiers. >> reporter: does that make you feel special you're able to do that for them. >> yes. >> reporter: tell me why. >> because i love them. >> they don't get to spend time with their families and they'll miss christmas. >> reporter: and you're helping make their christmas very special. do you know that. >> yeah. >> reporter: the kids are talking about local airman brian schwartz and local army specialist rj pesky. this came from retired

kindergartener teacher who was an army wife and air force mom. she urged the kids to wear bishop hats in honor of saint nick. >> he's santa claus and saint flick has the children are playing santa by stuffing stockings. >> reporter: the kids raised money to purchase the stockings and candy. a parent donated money for shipping. the stockings are packed with love and. >> toothpaste. >> reporter: toothpaste. >> toothbrush. >> reporter: what about again a yes. >> candy. >> reporter: what kind. >> skittles. >> reporter: the military moms beamed with joy knowing santa was making a trip to see their boys. >> very proud, very surprised. it's wonderful. when he receives these packages the first thing he does is share and he says mom the letters from the kids are awesome. it really touches their heart. gives them a lot of hope. it inspires them. >> reporter: and as saint

nicholas would say, merry christmas to all and to all a good night. in north wales, annie mccormick channel6 "action news."

>> huge weekend for the temple owls here's jaime apody. >> that's an understatement. they won 10 games for the first time in 36 years. now the temple owls have their sights set on win number 11 which would break a record and give them a shrine knee new trophy and the title conference champions. matt rhule's team has gone from two wins to 10 in just two seasons. a win tomorrow would bring them to a new level entirely. >> i think it takes about five years to true build a championship caliber program. we'll find out tomorrow if we're there or not but i'm just proud of these kids. these are special group of seniors we have. it's only what makes them special is only their character, their toughness work ethic that has allowed us to get here. >> we're so excited to be your home for the temple owls as they play for the conference championship.

temple-houston can be seen right here tomorrow kickoff at noon. nobody giving the owls much of a chance against an angry patriots team coming off their first loss of the season. ryan matthews has been ruled outweigh concussion. it will be demarco murray's show on turf which has not been so greater. last year's leading rusher in the nfl had only 30 yards last week and is on pace for 1,000 fewer yards than last season and he also realizes there are major underdogs in this one. >> you never worry about stats and things of there nature but you got to go out there and play the game. its game is going to be played on sunday. it's not -- it's our first time playing them this year. obviously they're a if team, well coached team and those guys got a lot of pride and i'm sure they'll be juiced and trod play. >> flyers look are for their fourth straight win. sixers troubled rookie jahlil okafor practiced with the team despite the fact he'll serve his final night of his two game suspension tomorrow. coach brown says okafor understands how serious this

is. >> he knows he messed up. and so we are going to help him through this. we're with him. we're going to help him through this but right now he's probably in a personal bad spot. kind of as he should be. >> most high school football teams in our area are done for the year. tomorrow night at rowan university the williamstown football team will play one more game a game that means more than the steatite tell at stake. here's jeff skversky. >> reporter: every time the williamstown football team takes the field, they honor darius boyar. their former starting center drowned in july right before his senior year. boyar was just 17 years old. >> i got the news saying that he passed away. i didn't want to believe it at first. couldn't believe it. i broke down. >> reporter: at boyar's funeral the williamstown football team made a promise also a they stood over his casket get to the steatite tell game for boyar.

>> made this promise today we buried him. >> reporter: and sure enough, the braves have done just that. two weeks ago to the day they upset cherokee in overtime to make good on their promise. >> up there i knew he was looking down on us and he -- he is so proud for us. if he was here today i know he would have the biggest smile on his face and i would probably cry and just hug him and tell him i love him. >> reporter: before every game boyar's teammates go to his grave site to pay their respects and they plan to do so one final time later tonight. tomorrow they plan ton paying their respects again by winning the group five title game over toms river north and fulfilling a bigger promise. states for boyar here they come. jeff skversky, channel6 "action news." >> good story. good luck to them and the #states for boyar trending on twitter. they honor their teammate all season long. >> a group of special young men. thank you jamie. cecily tynan with the

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conditions out there tonight and in the 5 o'clock i slowed you twilight from our sky ticks atop the reading pagoda overlooking reading. now this shows that darkness has come, clear skies and temperatures will be falling off. it's going to feel more like december tonight than it did today. today pretty mild, our high 52 degrees. currently it's still 50 in philadelphia but temperatures are dropping off pretty quickly. millville has dropped down to 36 degrees. redsing 41. allentown 43 trenton 45 and sea isle city currently 48 degrees. satellite6 along with action radar showing this wil will be e player this weekends. we have a massive high pressure barely moving at all. it sinks air, it keeps us without clouds and that high pressure will bring us winds generally out of the southwest over the weekend and that will bring a little bit of a warming trend. tonight, though, with the clear skies with light winds it is going to get chilly. 35 degrees in philadelphia,

reading and millville down to 27. allentown 26. trenton 32 and cape may 38 degrees. and your forecast for the weekends is looking beautiful. tomorrow loads of sunshine, temperatures running 6 degrees above average even a little bit warmer than today. 54 degrees and sunday mostly sunny, 57 degrees, 9 degrees above average so a great weekend if you have to go out get your christmas tree, do any holiday decorations outside, it's looking good. now i have been talking about the possibility of a coastal storm next week. there's a piece of upper level energy that will be forming in the midwest on sunday afternoon. however, this energy when it transfers to that low, that low pressure will not be hugging the coast. it looks like it will be heading straight out to sea and that means we will stay dry from that system. could have a little bit of cloud cover monday and tuesday. but no rain and winds really not even a big factor so that looks to be a miss. so the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast a gorgeous weekend for december. sunny with a high of

54 degrees. tomorrow sunday even a little bit milder, mostly sunny with a high of 57 degrees. temperatures close to 10 degrees above normal. and of course hanukkah begins at sundown on sunday so happy hanukkah. sundown at 4:36. it will be clear and comfortable at that time with a temperature of 52 degrees. heading into monday, sun with a few late clouds as there low pressure passes to our east, the high of 57 degrees and tuesday we will get some clouds mixing in with sunshine and generally though a pretty nice day with a lie on tuesday of 52 degrees. wednesday partly sunny, still mild, 53. on thursday increasing clouds with a possibility of some rain. thursday night into friday, 54 degrees on thursday and friday even with mostly cloudy skies there is no sign of any cold air. temperatures up to the mid to upper 50's even on friday. >> good going. >> pretty nice in thank you cecily. finally tonight afternoon

commuters were treated to some holiday festivities today. carolers entertained groups at 30th street station in philadelphia. santa and mrs. claus greeted travelers with candy canes and smiles and then of course after a quick countdown they lit the christmas tree right in the terminal at 30th street station. abc's david muir next with worlworld news tonight. "action news" continues tonight at 10:00 on phl17 with brian taff sharrie williams adam joseph and ducis rodgers. please join us for "action news at 11:00 here on channel6. for cecily tynan jaime apody ducis rodgers and the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner. we hope you'll join us for "action news" at 11:00.

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tonight a special edition of "world news tonight." the nypd now saying they're investigating an act of terrorism. for the first time right here tonight, the face of the young mother who authorities say became a killer. we learned today pledging allegiance to the leaders of isis on facebook. the deadliest terror attack since 9/11. our camera inside that couple's home. the town house where police found weapons, ammunition, explosives, video showing computers, shredded papers, copies of the koran. and right there, the baby's crib. the survival story, the young woman hiding under a table, then face to face with the shooter. how she made it out alive. and then tonight tracking terror