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brings a needle to school. and parents of five students were especially distraught because those five students were stuck. the big story on "action news" tonight is a 7-year-old girl and a batch of needles. it is a combination that sounded an alarm at a philadelphia school. live at school district headquarters and "action news" reporter, dann cuellar. what do the officials know so far? >> well jim, they know that a 7-year-old got ahold of hy hypodermic needles and brought them into the classroom and taughted her classmates with them. >> this is nothing to play with, this is needles. you don't know where the needles came from. >> alarmed parents reacting after a second grader brought hypodermic needles into her classroom. and one said she was taughting them in a child-like game. >> she was chasing us. >> with the needles? >> yeah. >> what did do you? >> i ran. >> did she get you? >> no.

>> he was one of the lucky ones. school officials say five other students were stuck with one or two of the needles, either by handling them or being poked. >> did the needles have anything in them? >> we don't know that. we do know the needle came from a child's home. >> what officials do not know is how the child got ahold of the needles and what they were used for, and that has parents deeply concerned. >> it would be a drug needle, it could be h.i.v. you know, hepatitis c on it, anything. the kids could, you know, it is just really dangerous. >> the school district spokesman said the five children stuck were sent to the hospital to be checked out. >> how are the kids doing? >> four of the five kids returned to school today that is great news. >> the school sent letters out today to the parents alerting them about the incident which took place yesterday morning. some parents are outraged they were not notified immediately after it happened. >> why did you not notify no parents and shut the school down? that's a serious situation. because that needle could have h.i.v., anything on it.

>> philadelphia police are investigating how the second grader got ahold of the hypodermic needle. so far no one has been arrested or charged with anything. live here at school district headquarters, dann cuellar channel 6 akdz. -- "action news." >> thank you. the firefighters have the upper hand on a four-alarm blaze that ripped through a camden county repair shop, fire at performance plus. arriving at the business on haddonfield road finding the flames shooting through the roof. it took 70 firefighters two hours to get things under control. nobody was hurt, but this was several vehicles inside the building. the war of words between philadelphia mayor michael nutter and donald trump escalated today. trump posted a tweet calling nutter a "low-life" and that he should be ashamed for using what trump called a disgusting word referring to him yesterday and

that nutter is doing a terrible job as mayor. and nutter says trump should apologize, but not to him. >> he really needs to focus on apologizing to the muslim community and people of faith. demonstrate some level of understanding. >> this all began yesterday when nutter assembled muslim leaders to call out trump and his proposal to ban muslims from entering the u.s. nutter says banning muslims is both illegal and ridiculous. against the back drop of anti-muslim and anti-immigration sentiment the u.s. received new citizens tonight with open arms. what do they think about what's going on? "action news" reporter trish hartman has that story. >> foreign or domestic -- >> 47 new citizens from 19 countries took the oath of allegiance, among them a college

student from guinea who is also a muslim. >> you can't just ban all muslims, they are not all terrorists. >> she says that trump hurt her and it proud to be american and muslim. >> they are not real muslims because in the muslim religion it doesn't tell to you go kill anybody. >> the new citizens we spoke with say it was upsetting watching the recent terrorist attack, especially the shootings in san bernardino. even more disturbing they say is the anti-immigration rhetoric that is constant. >> for all of the difficulerent eve eve events that are going on anything can happen. god for bid i get in trouble i will be sent home. >> coming here from kenya to pursue a college degree, she is honored to become a citizen even when a time when not everyone is welcoming immigrants and refugees with open articles. >> it is sad when you see the

terror attacks, it is scary. you think about what america stands for. that it is a country built by immigrants. it makes me feel that there's hope for tomorrow. >> mortga the report doubled th effort to find the person who threw a severed pig's head at a mosque in the kensington section of philadelphia. sunday's incidents outside of the al-aqsa islamic society is being investigated as a hate crime. yesterday, mayor michael nutter announced a $2,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction. and tonight peta added another $2,000. and the identity of the third terrorist who attacked, and at the concert club, they say 23 year old from strasbourg was one of the attackers. he had been in syria in 2013 and

he, like his two accomplices, blew himself up. it turns out his mother received a text from isis telling her that her son died as a martyr. and she called the police and a d.n.a. sample confirmed one of the attackers was indeed her son. federal investigators say the couple behind the shooting last week in california was radicalized before they even started dating. they say that syed farook and tashfeen malik discussed jihad and martordom as early as 2013. and they stay they recovered images of possible targets from the couple's phones and computers. a dramatic day in a colorado courtroom. the man accused of killing three people at a planned parenthood clinic two weeks ago with several courtroom outbursts and suddenly admitted his guilt. and monica malpass with the latest on all of this. >> 57-year-old robert dear was

formally charged with murder, attempted murder and other offenses in the november 27th attack today. but he used his court appearance to proclaim himself a warrior for the babies and says he won't go to trial. >> let's let it all come out. prove -- >> robert dear clearly agitated in his hearing, repeatedly interrupts highway public defender, king, and objected to a gag order limiting publicity. when the counts were read, he actually asked for more charges. >> could you add the babies that were supposed to be aborted today? could you add it to the list? >> talked about the atrocities that he saw inside of the clinic and he claimed his attorney was in ka hoots with plant plant -- planned parenthood.

>> and do you know who he is? he is the lawyer for the batman shooter who drugged him up and that's what he wants to do for me. >> and holmes was on antipsychotic drugs during his trial. and dear kid three. and the attorney wants to address his mental status. >> and the judge did not comment on his admission of guilt, set the next hearing. and a first-degree murder conviction can mean life or death for dear. 37-year-old marcellus jones acquitted today in the murder of beau zabel. and zabel was shot and killed over an ipod in south philadelphia in 2008. there was no physical evidence linking jones to the crime and the defense claimed that witnesses weren't credible, they

were imprisoned on other charges trying to get a deal. jones won't be getting out of jail any time soon, serving life behind bars for killing his alleged accomplice in the zabel killing. a man wanted for murder at a mantua grocery store in a florida courtroom today. as we told you last night at 11:00, 28-year-old reed arrested near jacksonville. the police tried to pull him over when he lost control and crashed into the police officers. he also had a baby in the car. nobody was hurt. he waived extradition and will be brought back to philadelphia in a few days to face charges for the november 10 murder of maurice mcdonald. and members of the fire department gathered to remember joyce craig. and they lit candles where she served. she died fighting a fire in a home. she was the first women

firefighter in philadelphia to die in the line of duty. the pennsylvania state police identified the couple killed in last night's crash in bucks county. saying jane and ian mcneil died when an s.u.v. crossed the center line crashing head-on into their vehicle. and it was at 7:00 last night. the friends of the mcneil's say the couple was very involved at the wildflower preserve and other organizations. the jerry sandusky scandal led to penn state agreeing to endow a $48 million fund to combat child sex abuse. today the first round of penn state grants awarded to 44 entities. $3.4 million for child advocacy centers, improve child therapyists and service in underserved areas. and bringing the service to camden, the carmaker breaking

ground on the corporate headquarters on the former sears property, employing about 700 people when complete in 2017. now the closest transit stop about a mile away, but the company officials are working on expanding public transportation to the site. still to come on "action news," protests flare in the city of chicago. demonstrators taking to the streets as the mayor apologizes for police misconduct. ryder university women's basketball team adding a new member to the roster, she is 11 years old. a few showers moving through early tomorrow morning. after that, temperatures climb into the 60's. and then they make a run for the records this weekend. the mild accuweather seven-day forecast. and "time" magazine reveals its person of the year when "action news" continues tonight. [barks]

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out. after deadly shootings, police shootings and police misconduct. speaking before the council he apologized for the shooting death of laquan mcdonald. >> we need a painful but honest reckoning of what went on. not just in this one incident but over decades. >> and emanuel said he was sorry such a shooting occurred on his watch. officer jason van dyke facing first-degree murder charges in mcdonald's death. and cross-examining an officer charged with manslaughter in the death of freddy gray. william porter called to the stand today by his attorneys to testify in his own defense. porter denies that gray was hurt when he checked on him in the back of a police van. prosecutors say that porter was criminally negligent for not buckli buckling gray in a seatbelt.

five other officers face charge. and "time" named angela merkel as the person of the year. merkel honored for helping to preserve and promote europe despite economic turmoil and a growing refugee crisis. the magazine cover calls the 61-year-old the chancellor of the free world. the fir-- not the first woman b first in many years. and the infant mortality rate an all-time low. the rate dropped 2.3% between 2013 and 2014. unfortunately, the news is not all good. the report says that too many babies are still dying. congenital malformations top the list of reasons, as well as low birth rate and maternal complications. miss america at center stage along side the philly pops. ♪

>> a special gift singing "i'll be home for christmas." she is from georgia and beat out thousands of young women for the coveted title in september. ♪ >> salielena gomez part of the line-up at the jiggle ball in south philadelphia. and also including harris, five seconds of summer and sean men sd -- mendez. and sow lew -- selena gome the house. and warming things up. the next five days temperatures in the 50's. and upper 60's by the weekend. not feeling like december at all. we are dry here. a few showers near harris and

gettysburg and they are rolling through in the overnight hours. tonight, the action cam looking at the please touch museum in fairmount park. cloudy skies, it is mild out there. i think the parks will are crowded this weekend as we get a little taste of spring. even with the cloud cover it is not that cold, 52 currently down from the high of 58, which is 11 grease above normal it allentown 51. trenton 50. sea isle city 53, and wilmington down to 49 degrees. and satellite 6 and action radar showing cloud cover in advance of a trough. a little piece of energy rolling through in the overnight hours. the band of scattered showers. most roll through around dawn. an isolated sprinkle for the morning rush but cloudy and warm. 6:00, 47 degrees and that's the average high for this time of

year. by 7:00, 48. by 8:00, also 48 degrees. and the clouds will give way to sunshine and then temperatures really move up. 10:00, 52 degrees. by 1:00, 58. and by 4:00, when the kids are coming home from school, they may want to take mare jackets off. 60 degrees. the big question, where is the cold? typically this time of year is when we get some argumectic air. the cold air with santa and the elves at the north pole and can't get to the south. the reason why, the jet stream. it is trapping the cold air to the north and we get the flow of warm air out of the southwest. the temperatures will are climbing as we head through the weekend. and we are approaching record territory. friday, saturday and sunday the record high all three days, 65 degrees from different years. friday it will be close, 63 degrees. the forecast high. and saturday looks like we will

likely tie the record, and sunday will be the record-breaker. expecting a temperature of 68 degrees. breaking the old record by 3 degrees. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, you like the taste of spinning -- spring enjoy the next five days. and friday bump it up to 63, and saturday record-tying 65 degrees. a good amount of sunshine. if your heading to the army-navy game they link saturday at 3:00, kickoff at 63 degrees. fourth quarter 60, and warmer for the eagles game on sunday. 68 degrees and building clouds. and monday we keep the warm but with a cold front approaching, seeing some showers, especially late in the day. and monday night. and behind the system, temperatures cool off but still warm for this time of year. 54 degrees tuesday and wednesday. partly sunny, but you know this weather will not stick around for all of the winter. so stay tuned to the winter weather special tomorrow night.

at 7:30 going into detail on what to expect in winter. how to prepare for ice storms with the behind-the-scenes look for how we develop our forecast tell night at 7:30. >> important information, thank you. operation santa in high gear and the program needs volunteers to help christmas wishes come true. philadelphia's main post office received more than 500 letters to santa from needy families. and looking for people to fulfill the wishes and you have until friday at 3:00 to choose a letter at the post office on chestnut street. they request the gifts are returned with proper packaging and postage by next wednesday to make sure they receive the parcels in time for christmas. a hanukkah celebration including an attempt at creating the world's largest piece of chocolate gilt. that is a coin-shaped piece of chocolate wrapped in foil.

the congregation used more than 200 pounds of dark chocolate. and the synagogue already holds four other world records. ♪

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illnesses. earlier this year, savanna had a transplant to fight a kidney disorder. unfortunately, the disease returned and she is part of a clinical trial to hold off dialysis. tonight it was far from her mind celebrating this night with members of her new team, the ryder university women's basketball team. >> good luck to her. >> absolutely. lesean mccoy coming back this weekend, and quite a buzz prior to his arrival. >> i get the sense not a big fan of chip kelly. just my feeling here, i don't know if it is true or not. all about respect. the former eagle's star lesean mccoy said when he saw andy reid weeks ago he gave him a big slap on the tush. and when it comes to chip kelly he says he will not even slap his hands when he returns with the bills on sunday. listen. >> i am not talking to chip. there is nothing to talk about. he can't call me, can't shake my hand.

there's nothing he can do with me, you know. he can't [beep] to me. it's at simple as that. >> why can't he shake -- >> i don't dislike him, i don't have anything about him, but there is nothing to talk about. >> why can't chip shake your hand? >> you said what? listen chip can't shake [beep] about nothing. that's why i know him, he is very intelligent. >> not going to happen, chip, sorry. as far as mccoy's replacement, he is not so chipper about the eagles' coach either. demarco murray frustrated with playing time and told chip kelly that many times. and he voiced it to owner aon the way back. >> he did not go to the owner. i sat next to the owner on the

plane. all players always sit in first class. and when he travels with us, he sat next to him on the plane. he didn't specifically go to him and say i need to request -- he expressed to me that he wasn't happen with his amount of carries and rightly so. i think everybody wants to carry the ball in every game. >> all right. and phillies closer ken giles taking his game elsewhere and the phills with a deal on the table. the report on the trade next. just press clean and let roomba from irobot® help with your everyday messes. roomba navigates your entire home cleaning up pet hair and debris for up to 2 hours. which means your floors are always clean. you and roomba from irobot® better together™.

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big move, trading closer ken giles to the astros for four players according to espn. giles and his 100-mile-an-hour fastball is going to houston for pitchers vincent velasquez and delaware native brett oberholtzer and two prospects pending physicals. and replacing david hernandez who the phills also signed today. and college hoops, penn giving temple a run for their money. and jones for the quakers for three. and the owls answer down low in traffic. bam, temple 77-73 and they have won three of the last four. and the temple football coach in florida today to help promote their upcoming bowl game against toledo in just 13 days. >> it's really the ending, the end of a season, but it is the first game of the next year. and it builds momentum in the off-season, setting the tone for, you know, how the workouts

feel, for everything. >> that could be our only hope at a football playoff win in town for a long time. >> don'tpessimist. but likely true. i do and "jimmy kimmel live" next. and his guests are wanda sykes, lewis hamilton and music from band of merrymakers. and continuing at 4:30 with pam edwards, and meteorologist david murphy and karen rogers with traffic. for the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner, good night. ♪

and now, abc's "jimmy kimmel live." >> announcer: from hollywood it's "jimmy kimmel live!" tonight -- wanda sykes. formula one champion lewis hamilton. and music from band of merrymakers. with cleto and the cletones. and now, be warned, here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] ♪