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shorts and for this we broke a regard for warm weather temperature topping 70 today and balmy conditions show no signs of letting up yet. sunday nights aunt big story on "action news" is unbelievably warm day in the area and with christmas less than two weeks away getting unexpected taste of springtime. >> in fact it won't feel like december until later this week. meteorologist melissa magee is at the big board with the first check of the accuweather forecast hey melissa. >> walter, sarah, this say surprise for month of december as temperatures are unseasonably warm. in fact record breaking this weekend started out yesterday with the record high of 69 degrees breaking old record of 65 setback in 1931 and today on sunday we climbed up to 71 degrees breaking that record of 65 setback in 1923. still very mild at this 11:00 hour. currently 56 in philadelphia. keep in mind average of 45 this time of year comfortable in the
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poconos. 51. 55 sea isle city and 54 in dover and couple changes on the way. stormtracker 6 live double scan radar tracking area of low pressure across the southern plain states and a lot of moisture ahead of the storm. the bulk of energy tomorrow will ride up norm and east of our region and frontal boundary continues to work east ward to mid-atlantic region especially second half of the day tomorro tomorrow. we'll talk about what is ahead. areas of fog will develop as we go throughout the rest of tonight during the overnight hours and it still stays mild monday despite moisture creeping in by day's end. grab umbrellas you will need them by monday afternoon. we'll take a closer look of the full and exclusive accuweather forecast. >> thank you, mel is a you can find the day forecast and live look at stormtracker 6 double scan radar any time of day on our web site go to 6abc.co 6abc.com/weather. >> in city over brak section tonight family and friends gather todd remember the short life of a young man found shot
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to death inside a parked car on friday night. "action news" reporter christie ileto joins us there and is live with more, christie. >> well, sarah, more than 100 people packed the field to remember xavier to remember his bright smile. hi his family says he was not perfect but didn't deserve to die the way he did. >> he did not deserve that. he did not deserve that. >> richard stonewald junior struggles to make sense of the violence that took his grandso grandson's life, they found him shot to death in a parked car in north philadelphia. >> not him. not 15 years old. >> family members and friends packed the park where stern played football for overbrook monday archs and posters and tee shirts are a snapshot of the person he once was. >> they called him mega tron.
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>> coach kennedy says he was one of the last to speak to him about making good decision before he disappeared he. >> when you talk to an individual and next thing you know he dies the things that went through your head like i could have done more. what didn't i do. >> and upper darby police confirmed to "action news" stern was on probation stemming from assault in march. city detectives say they have no motive or suspects and they have no idea what happened from the time he left the upper darby home until he was found in this car two days after they reported him missing. >> i pray we find who did this for my grandson he did not deserve this. ♪ now police are looking at surveillance isence footage from the area where xavier's body was discovered. anyone with information is asked to contact them.
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"channel 6 action news," sarah. >> thank you, christie. >> it's way a wild scene late last night when a man stole a car with two children inside and crashed that vehicle. it all started about 11 p.m. outside a liquor store in magnolia an a woman left her children inside the running car to run into the store. police say chris juneed into the driver seat and sped off a short distance away dmrooshd another car a stolen vehicle flipped and children ages 8 and 10 suffered only minor injurie injuries. >> from delaware newsroom police made arrests in stabbing daemz of two women at a home in smyrna this morning and 6 66-year-old gilbert rochester killed estranged wife and 80-year-old mother before 8 a.m. police were called to the home in 300 block of hawky branch road. police say rochester atarkd 0 08-year-old louise car owe
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while she was leave foring church and stabbed mary lane in the drive way. lane was in the process of getting divorced and moved in with her mother. >> transporting booze across state lines without paying taxes, 130 cases. this is what trooper saw in passenger seat of king fu one khvy suburban. wong, from massachusetts was trying to skirt the skies tax he picked up some liquor in new jersey and rests in delaware. wong has been freed on bail. >> boxing great larry holmes got a big honor today in his hometown of easton, pennsylvania. holmes was there as city dedicate aid 9 foot tall bronze statue of the so-called easton assassin. "action news" reporter jeff chirico joins us liver from the satellite sentence were more, jeff. >> holmes considered by many to be one of the greatest heavy weights of all time and also a
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philanthropist and businessman who neighbors say has not forgotten his roots. >> it's an honor few receive. a marching band escort through the streets of their hometown and this is easton. and it loves larry holmes. >> hello to everybody. woo. >> i'm very pleases that so many people from easton came out because he deserves it. >> you couldn't find a better person as a manor fighter. >> i wanted to be a good boxer and have a good reputation and treat people like people. >> hundreds gathered along with don king for the dedication of i 9 foot statue depicting the boxing legend throwing a punch. >> you never expect. >> it means a lot to hear them say that and be here with the great city. >> nicknamed easton asas man he won the heavy weight title in
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1978. >> it was skill rating and thrilling and i think i remember going outside and screaming. >> he never left. he stayed here. that means a lot to me and a lot to all these people. >> since fighting days holmes built a business empire in easton and street next to the monument namedle in his honor. 66-year-old says he's humbled and nostalgic. >> i think it looks good i was looking young and i wish coye still fight like that you know. >> today's dedication is long time coming it took more than five years to raise the quarter million needed to pay for the monument and it was sculpted by brian hanlin of toms river new jersey. >> thank you jeff a bunch of people spent the night on a dance floor in germantown for a great pause. they took part in the toy drive. all the toys donated will be given to local hospitals, day car facilities and families.
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>> usually this time of year old st. nick travels with reindeer and today in new jersey traded rudolf and gang for talented horses. trish hartman tells us why. >> look at that oh, look at hi him. >> it took greenery and festive hats to the traps form therapy horses to isn't ahelpers. >> we usually stop therapeutic riding second week in detion but we wanted to see our children for the holidays. >> big man in red made a stop at compassionate friends therapeutic horseback riding septemberner medford, new jersey bringing holiday cheer to the folks that come tots farm with physical and heptal disabilities. >> when they get involved with horses the hole personality khavrps taken gives them confidence in dealing with all situations in life. >> hi justin. >> 18-year-old justin who is non verbal came to the farm for years and greets iggie with a
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big smile. >> they've done opened werz him just with his balance and discipline it's just been awesome thing and he loves the horses loves them. >> 11-year-old william turn yet has a neuro muscular condition that affects how he walks and weekly riding sessions are huge for thinks therapies. >> the way the horse moves replicates the way our body moves and pelvis moves when we walk and even riding without doing exercise is beneficial with kids with gait abnormalit abnormalities. >> he says it doesn't feel like therapy at all. >> people do exercises and don't realize they're doing exercises and having fun. >> organizers say the best gift seeing students that came so far throughout the year. >> it warms to you see you know people make progress. >> reporting in medford. trish hartman, "channel 6 action news." >> more to come tonight. a popular online retailer takes action after records of hover boards catching fire.
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what amazon is doing to try to keep people safe this holiday season. >> and also ahead violence inside a pennsylvania walmart as a machete wielding man is shot by police. we have an update on the story. >> and a big game with a lot the line and birds responded by bull pulling out a tough win against the bills. jeff skversky has sports when against the bills. jeff skversky has sports when "action news" come rights back.
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mr. obama will update on isis and the vice-president is sketch todd thereby as well. >> loss ankle less county sheriff office release aid video showing a deadly shoting involving two deputies. deputies appsed a call of gunfire in the townp lynwood. there they caught one nicholas robertson saz he walked towards
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a gas station. the deputies say he ignored orders to stop so they fired. they fired again after robertson fell because he still had the gun. robertson family says the shooting was excessive use of force. >> pennsylvania state police say a 20 greerd man who was shot to death by officers at a walmart had two hand guns and mashety and an dry joseph todd repeatedly refused orders to drop watch during an ins dment east stroudsburg. todd was threatening and pointing weapon at customers and 100 people were in the store at the time and nobody was injured. >> tomorrow marks thirld anniversary of sandy hook shooting. it falls on a school day. they're hoping to make it as normal a day at school if possible and it will be mentioned in middle and high high schools not in lower grades. parents will let's be offered tips on how to discuss it with childrenp if younger onesp ask what happened that day.
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>> and the governor of new york an u.s. senator want access to federal no fly terror watch list to keep people opt list from buying beguns, right now that is considered classified and state officials have no access to it. officials are from other states are also trying to close that loophole for similar reasons. >> amazon stopped selling one of this year's hottest holiday toys the online retailer has removed swag way hover board from web site it's because of safety concerns after several hover boards have reportedly caught fire. swag way says amazon is conducting a review of the product. >> beating the bills in a nail bite to stay tied forever first in eye division what former eagle shady mccoy had to say after the game. >> and looking at center city a
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time for a check of the accuweather forecast with mole mel. >> summer is still going nondecember. >> feels like spring. >> we'll skip fallal together. >> temperatures unusually warm and it looks like that trend will continue adds we get to the day on monday. we're tracking rain, too. lot to go over tomorrow, guys. here's stormtracker 6 double scan radar. for specifically tomorrow nigh night. the month of december as we've
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been saying well above average december 1 to december 15. today's high 71 breaking old record of 65 set back in 1923. so far for the month of december temperatures averaging good 8.7 degrees above the norm and it's currently 56 in philadelphia. comfortable in the poconos and out got west in lancaster. here's the issue overnight tonight. mostly cloudy across the regio region. visibilities okay in the city here's satellite 6 and action radar and cloudy sky and south, south easterly and now a lot of moisture tomorrow will ride up to the north pressing up into canada and great lakes
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but we'll track a frontal boundary to work its way into our region for second half the day tomorrow. setup for us monday ahead of moisture moving nonwe're in what we call the warm sector with southerly surge of air. high tomorrow 68. then we track front that moves in tomorrow afternoon and into tomorrow evening and by tuesday the front is to north and east and in wake we pick up gusty breeze on tuesday. high temperature of 63 still aboveage of 45 this time ev year and breezy by the afternoon. we'll time out the precipitation for you. future tracker 6 showing you 6:00 in the morning on monday 55 degrees. that's morning temperature but it will be mostly cloudy and you do have that low level moisture to contend with. by 4, 5:00 tomorrow break autumn brel as we have moisture breaking in from northeast direction and continue through evening hours 6:30 allow extra time by 11:30 tomorrow night
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dealing with that moisture and moves out monday night to tuesday. the exclusive accuweather forecast forecast despite fog and moisture mild day 68 mostly cloudy. tuesday breezy still mild up to 63 and not a bad looking day on wednesday sunshine and clouds up to 57 and cloudy with rain possible thursday and 60 and we'll turn cooler on friday, 5 and 40s return as we goat next saturday and into sunday guys so mild tomorrow then track rain by day's end. >> up next on "action news" jeff skversky has sports. >> eagles celebrating a win tonight. foxier eagle shady mccoy is less than happy how he reacts foxier eagle shady mccoy is less than happy how he reacts when the birds
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mean touchdowns left mc do i throw helmet and quiet after the game two. no happened shake butkuss logo mid field and no love for fletcher cox what is this karate chop shoves him in the neck. how much. mccoy fired up with buffalo. eagles jump out in front. second quarter, sam bradford, 53 yards to nelson agholor. eagles up 7 at the half. end of third. eagles up 7. ut, oh the lead van ib r ish s. tied at 0. mccoy loving it. fourth quarter under five to government sam bradford to zach ertz watch him go. 41 yards to bills territory huge play sets up go ahead score. leads to this fields goal. surgess 30 yarder bang, eagles
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up 3-3 and change to go. minute to win it and d shuts him down. picked off and ed reynolds what a time for first career interception. eagles win 23-20. no handshake mccoy steps off as booed and slams helmet. jamie apody has more. >> during the week it was handshake gate and after toda today's game lesean mccoy didn't avoid chip kelly he avoided everybody including media. >> i have nothing to say excuse me. >> you think frustrated of course he did especially coming back home he wanted to mack a statement and get big yards and things like that we deposit allow him to. >> we tried to keep him in the middle he's one of the best bakdz in the league he made plays on us i don't know what he finished with i felt like we did a good job. >> i thought our defense did a good job. spvkly we talked about being good tack letters today and i thought they did a decent job
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for the most part on that. we won two in a row. whatever works. >> lurie is not the only one with motivation these day. bradford had a rahrah speech today. heeds becoming quiteit leader sounds like they're gellin' at the right time. >> jamie apody, "channel 6 action news." >> all right. jamie. a 6-7 record doesn't exactly scream playoffs here's where we standp. eagles 6-7 tied for first place with three games to go. arizona, washington and new york. more on eagles big win with brandon graham he yukd wawkt into the studio. we're back with sixers who lose
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