and digging up portions of the yard behind the fence there. what led authorities here is the search for the missing 13-year-old girl. >> we were really close -- we were best friends -- >> reporter: 15-year-old alexis is talking about her twin sister nicole, they are coming short of confirming that it was nicole's body found in this home. but the family has no doubt. >> we heard from people that this is the last house she was scene in and she was hang ougt with friends and stuff. >> reporter: of the past few hours, investigators are scouring the area near this busy crime scene, plumbing is removed and bags full of evidence has been taken away. and robert taylor says that the crime scene tape surrounding this neighborhood is not coming down any time soon.

>> it's a long process of gathering a lot of evidence, it's going to take us hours and hours to get this done before we are finished up. >> meantime her sister says besides minor scrapes with the law and under order to report to a probation officer, she was a good girl and made time for her family. >> she was sweet. >> we walked everywhere together. she always tried to help someone. she was very caring. >> back out live on the scene here, police are looking through a dumpster a short distance away, that home was vacant since the owner died this past summer and local teenagers are using that property as a hangout the last several weeks and several wem p questions but no word of suspects or arrests linked to

this investigation. walter perez, channel 6 "action news." >> okay walter thank you. developing now a jury deliberating the fate of a baltimore police officer charged with manslaughter in the death of freddie gray says they are deadlocked. officer porter is the first to stand trial in this case, the trial was turned over to a jury yesterday and the jury came back deadlocked this afternoon, but the judge sent them back to keep deliberating until they reach a decision. protesters staged a march around baltimore. an electronic threat shut down school for 660,000 students, officials say they weren't taking any chances and canceled all classes for the los angeles unified school district and that is the second largest in the country.

adam schiff who is on the council says the threat is believed to be a hoax. according to officials the threat that was electronically sent to a school board member mentioned backpacks and other packages and targeted many of the system's schools and the alert went out via smart phone and today local police are searching all the districts 900 schools to discover if that threat was credible. the superintendant and the chief of police were all saying they were not taking any chances. >> i made this decision to close the schools, that was after talking to the chief deputy superintendant. the chief of police of the school police. and after they reviewed with me the information that had been shared with them.

based on past circumstances i could not take the chance. >> reporter: and officials there both law enforcement and elected say they were standing behind him and officials say that the schools commonly get threats but they called today's incidents rare. as for the critics that says the city is overreacting the mayor says the number one priority was to keep the city safe and all the schools remain closed until they are cleared. but officials there saying they do believe it was a hoax. a man in mt. airy says he came out side to find a piece of bloody meat on his porch and was wrapped in a newspaper with a muslim prayer attached. john rawlins is live now where all of this happened today. >> reporter: hi brian, the investigation continues but it is evolving and moving from a possible hate crime

investigation into something else. family says it is their understanding that a search warrant has been sought for their house to search their house, it baffles them a bit because the items that triggered all of this were discovered outside this morning. >> there was something on our steps bleeding in newspaper, and my son called the cops to say there was something on the steps in a muslim newspaper. >> reporter: homeowner price snapped this picture on the top what appears to be uncooked meat and then a flyer and a cresent and star and a worth with a head covering. it's price's son tariq who is a practicing muslim that was unnerved by the discovery, and that he prays outside on a nearby porch. >> he prayed outside yesterday and today it was on our steps. >> they believe it was meant to offend and insult.

>> the residents are there are muslim and muslim and jewish, it's alarming to me, i want peace for my family and my neighborhood and this is very sad. >> tyrese price spent much of the day being interviewed by police, and the meat and papers were gathered up as evidence this afternoon. >> reporter: again, a short time ago police signalled they don't believe it's a hate crime, targeting someone because of their faith in this incidents but a more domestic issue and the investigation continues. live in mt. airy, john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. local police officials in delaware county shared details about their partnership with muslim and other community leaders today. authorities in upper darby said they have been working with muslim workers for about a year

now. they are trying to encourage stronger bonds with the communities and police and an open dialog with concerns that either side may have. >> this is about opening the lines of communications, to show people across the country and around the world it works, it works. we are together in this. >> muslim leaders also denounced the recent terror attacks in paris and san bernardino, california, they say they won't let the actions of isis define the islamic final. just as adam said, the weather knocked down a tic or two in the weather department but still nice out there. lets go outside to adam joseph. >> the temperatures tumbled from yesterday but we hit another record high temperature today in philadelphia, making it four days in a row, and it came at 1:14 in the morning, at 69 degrees right before the cold front passed through and beyond

that front temperatures are hovering at 60 degrees most of the day from this morning to this afternoon and the old record 66 set in 2008. we are at 54 in allentown un53 in reading and wilmington and 50s at the shore and the cooler air continues to move in with wind gusts. peaking at 30 miles per hour in philadelphia and 40 in reading and as high as 40 miles per hour in trenton and pretty much the same for atlantic city at the shore. as we look ahead to the accuweather forecast, the winds diminish overnight tonight and we look at a nice day on tap for wednesday before a soaking rain pushes in on thursday, we'll let you know the timing of that and how much to expect and a big drop in temperature by the weekend coming up in the full accuweather forecast. >> had to happen sometime. adam thank you. >> police are trying to find out if there is a link of any kind between two separate knife

attacks that happened two block as way in center city. it happened at the river lost apartments at 6:00 this morning. police say that a random man passed him and turned and ran after him. he jumped on top of him and stabbed him in the side, just minutes ago at 21st and arch a man was slashed in the face. we'll have a live report on this at 5:00 tonight. it is time for the "action news" traffic report on a tuesday. >> matt pellman is standing by in the traffic center here in king of pressure the volume is starting to build on the eastbound lanes of the schuylkill expressway it's busy coming off of 202 on to the conshohocken curve westbound toward the kick of prussia mall, just nine shopping days left, doesn't look bad on the westbound side. some of us have work to do. on the big picture watching slow speeds on 95 and the typical

spot by the betsy ross bridge just 14 miles per hour, there in bridesburg off 95, look for a crash taking out the right lane and the ramp from 130 there in gloucester city, there is a crash partially blocking the ramp, heading toward the walt whitman bridge or from you heading to the burlington bristol bridge, or the tacony palmyra bridge, they have opening happening at the same time and the construction continues on the eastbound right lane on the ben franklin bridge, and watch for a crash along the white horse pike route 30 at franklin avenue, and the trolley shuttling at the delaware loop because of overhead power problems. lets grab the ipad and do the commuter report, in glassboro problems on 322 s. heading towards delsy drive, a downed tree and 322 is all blocked off,

we'll keep tabs on that as the afternoon progresses. >> see you in a bit my friend thank you. we are just hour as way from the final republican debate of this year, what to expect when the candidates face-off tonight. and a suspect tries to get away from police and ends up hitting an officer. the latest on the cop's injuries and the man responsible. >> and they showed up to pay for their holiday gifts, someone else showed up to pay the tab, a secret santa donated tens of thousands of dollars to make someone's christmas wishes come true.

the philadelphia branch of the naacp says it plans to fight legislation in harrisburg that would protect the identity of police officers involved in shootings, chapter president, rodney muhammad talked about house bill 1358, the bill could

keep an officer's name from being released who is involved in a shooting unless they are charged with wrong doing. >> it will end transparency, that say frightening thing for the public when it comes to our own safety. number two, it will cast a cloud on good police and good policing. >> philadelphia police commissioner charles ramsey has also spoken out against the bill, earlier this year, he required names of officers involved in shootings to be released within three days of the incident. philadelphia police identified the man who hit another car in grays ferry, it happened near 27th and sears streets, police say they were responding to a report of a man with a gun when the suspect 26-year-old maurice taylor

jumped into the car and sped off, taylor was going the wrong way on a one way street, and ended up hitting the 28-year-old officer, the impact sent the officer into a windshield and the force was strong enough to break the glass. the officer has a head injury and broken leg and shattered kneecap but is expected to survive. >> we are lucky even though this officer has severe injuries, is he in stable condition and is expected to survive and it could have been a whole lot worse. >> he later abandoned the car in point breeze, an 18 girl and 11-year-old boy identified the driver. and tonight the gop candidates will square off again the final debate of 2015, donald

trump heads in with a lead in national polls, in iowa one poll shows trump in a statistcal dead heat with ted cruz and chris christie is looking to build on recent gains, if you plan on watching the debate take part of on a live conversation with "action news," i'm hosting a live chat with voters and political analysts, we hope that you ask questions and make comments and follow the debate right along with us, head to our facebook page, and please join the conversation. >> should be a good one. the number of people traveling this holiday season will top 100 million for the first time ever. this according to aaa who released their estimate today. it represents a third of the country's entire population, they count anyone traveling 50

miles from home from december 23rd to january 23rd, it triples the number of people that traveled for thanksgiving, 91% will drive. a big rally on the street today. the dow up triple digits and the s&p 500 up more than 21 points, this ahead from the announcement from the federal reserve on whether it will raise the actual rate. the holidays got happier for a wal-mart in harrisburg, one by one they showed up to pay for the gifts on lay away, but someone else did it. a secret santa dug up to pay $79,000 to specific cover items on the holiday lay away, it left people in tears today including one woman who found out thanks to a call from her mom. >> i was crying on the phone, i

was going to have to cancel my lay away. >> merry christmas and happy new years, thank you very much. >> whoever donated that money didn't want credit for it. this secret santa asked the store to remain anonymous. >> good to see that. time for another check of accuweather. meteorologist, adam joseph, is standing by with the latest on whether the temperatures will head back up. >> they will briefly here on thursday, but it comes with a tradeoff, some rain and then they really dip by the upcoming weekend, and live now from sky 6 cape may a beautiful day to hit the sand or stroll along the boardwalk, temperatures a lot cooler than yesterday but still well above average for this time of year. the speeds out of the westerly direction, these are sustained winds not gusts, 16 in wilmington and 20 in lancaster and at times today winds have

been as high as 35 to 40 miles per hour. the numbers are back into the 50s at this point but we were near 70 after midnight in philadelphia, breaking the high temperature for today but they are holding steady and now the temperatures are dropping as we get the sun lower on the horizon. snow cover -- this is not wrong. there is no absolutely no snow cover anywhere near the great lakes and even most of the northern new england, have you to go to the far reaches of northern maine to see any snow, the poconos on sunday had the all-time highest december temperature ever in their history and as you head up to north and parts of northern new hampshire, mt. washington, also there temperatures watching is 17 degrees above average for this particular month and no snowflake has fallen yet in buffalo, new york, portland, maine albany, new york or

hartford, connecticut. there say snow drought going on now and it's not good news for the ski resources because their biggest hit comes over the christmas holiday with no snow in any foreseeable future. as you look at satellite and radar, a few sprinkles coming off the great lakes, for us a clear sky tonight and much cooler with less wind, 37 allentown and 36 in millville and 40s at the shore and tomorrow the temperatures look cool but you know what/we are becoming a wimp around here because 37 we call cooler but still 13 degrees above average. your four day at 4:00 forecast, bright and less wind and 57 tomorrow ain soaking rain arrives on thursday and lasts through much of the day, a half inch to inch and 58 degrees and windy and cooler on friday,

still a lot of clouds at 51 and we grab a little more sun on saturday, 42 though with strong winds will feel like the 30s to start the weekend, but don't get used to that winter feeling, because it will get warm here next week. we'll show you the weekend forecast coming up in a little bit. >> up next, a new push from mayor michael nutter to help unemployed people find jobs and this involves a specific type of would be employee. >> it's meant to strengthen hair and women claim it's making theirs fall out and the product is making them go ball and the response from the celebrity endorsed creators coming up in big talkers. come on in pop pop.

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"action news" continues with alicia vitarelli, sharrie williams and brian taff. it's 4:30 and "action news" continues with the escalation on so the called war on christmas, who is taking the fight all the way to congress. >> plus, a motive for his madness, why -- rammed his truck into a hotel lobby nearly taking out two workers. and it promises to give your locks bounce and shine, without harsh chemicals, they said this line did something else, made them go bald. the class action lawsuit against wen hair products. and police are still trying to sort out the details on this one, we are turning to chad pradelli live near the scene where all of this played out. chad what can you tell us.

>> reporter: police remain here outside of the day care, i want to tell you how this works, to set up how this worked yesterday according to the family and day care, the day care here is for toddlers, it provided transportation service for elementary age kids and other siblings, yesterday they said that two boy as rived here and were taken on a frightening walk, in is surveillance on the possible abduction, relatives say he walked up to the grandmother and said he was there to take the older boy to school, the suspect walked off with the 6 and 8-year-old on the left. >> it was an unbelievable situation and very scary. >> felt helpless because i couldn't do anything watching some man, stranger take my two sons. >> the boys' father says the grandmother left the day care

unaware anything was wrong. >> when she drof off about a block and a half away, is where she seen them walking. so she asked them where are you going? and the guy said i'm taking them to school. >> she said they don't walk to school. and the guy said i must have the wrong children. >> than is when the children got back into the car with their grandmother. >> as this unfolded the day care realized the boys were not with the man that normally drives the children to school and the police were called. >> it made us feel like he was watching us and knew the routine. the family questions the police investigation, the police never interviewed the grandmother nor the boys until they went to the 35th district last night. this morn officers were on scene and an investigation is on scene. meanwhile shivers has a message

for parents and guardians. >> take a time-out when you take your kids to the day care check your surroundings and check the cars if you got to. >> at this point a police spokesman tells me they are not sure exactly what happened here. not sure if this was an abduction, chad pradelli, channel 6 "action news." >> more questions to be answered. okay chad thank you. police in south jersey, police are looking for a man who may have attacked three gas station attendants in three separate robberies, one happened at the speedy gas in -- township, and one hit the attendant on the head season took cash from his pockets and then ran off. just days later another attack at the u.s. gas in burlington city as well. police believe the same suspect is behind all three incidents.

if you have information you are asked to call police. police in montgomery county, say that one stolen credit card led them to a major counterfeit card ring, and are you looking at what limerick police found after men found a stolen card at the premium outlets, it included more than 40 counterfeit credit cards and some fraudulently obtained and blank magnetic tapes and they obtain aid laptop with personal information from several victims. the suspects are being held at is the montgomery county correctional facility. all eyes are fixed on las vegas tonight for the final republican presidential debate of 2015, just hours before the candidates take the stage there, new numbers put donald trump farther ahead of the pack, the

new "washington post" poll shows trump having 38% voter backing and that is the most support he has achieved since launching his campaign. texas senator, ted cruz trails in send with just 16%, those polls are just national now and it's a state by state contest. you can follow the debate in real time and i'll host a chat on facebook. join in with your questions and comments as the candidates respond to various questions at facebook.com? meteorologist adam joseph is joining us now. >> we have warmth. facebook

facebook-winds out of the north-northwest at 18 miles per hour and in cape may we are seeing there a glow along the sea grass, 59 degrees and dew point 48 and winds now are calm down there with the water temperature of 53 and camelback mountain you see a lot of grass, five-days in a row now without temperatures below freezing and 47 degrees and winds from the west northwest at 16, they may be able to make a little snow this weekend before temperatures spike for the christmas holiday and more rain coming in to counter act the snow they are making. we'll talk about that in the seven-day forecast coming up. >> thanks adam. two burlington county towns are talking to uber about cutting down on drunk driving, they are expanding the program that gives residents the option on their uber app to request a

so-called safe ride, those are free rides home from the bar to their front door as long as they don't leave the township limits, the township launched the program back in october. a new type of treatment is promising to help patients with brain cancer to live longer, "action news" anchor, rick williams is here with the exciting news. >> reporter: fascinating story here coming up. researchers used electro magnetic ways on cancer patients for three years, and found out that the deadliest type of brain cancer was impacted significantly, most people only live one or two years after their diagnoseis, but coming up ali gorman shows us how the treatment works and how it can extend a patient's life. we'll have that and much move coming unlater on "action news" at 5:00. >> incredible stuff there rick

thank you. a long ignored and prime piece of property began a new life today. the action cam was at the new discovery center as they introduced the new outdoor said case center, it sits on 7 acres of dormant land at fairmount park, it will serve more than 10,000 students annually and it has a boat launch and rock climbing wall. students are turning into elves for double duty. the main court on drexel's campus looked like santa's workshop as they wrapped 5,000 giftses and the toys will be distributed in west and north philadelphia, the annual events at drexel is one of the city's largest toy drives. still ahead on the 4:00 hour, merriam webster announced the word for 2015, and this year's choice is a little bit

different because it's not actually a word. and hundreds of women claim a celebrity stylist hair care line is making them go bald. inside the new class action lawsuit against the product featured in infomercials around the globe. we'll take a look at several designed to get kids collaborating and meteorologist, adam joseph is back with the full forecast from accuweather when "action news" at 4:00 comes right back.

an oklahoma senior citizen is facing charges for intensely ramming his truck into the lobby of the hotel, it shows ed parsley driving into the hotel narrowly missing two of the workers, the incidents centered

around the $246 authorization charge on his debit card, it showed up after it was declined and he paid cash for the room, and the hotel removed the charge but parsley was very angry. his bond is set at $1 million. >> just a little bit angry. elsewhere in oklahoma, a district attorney fights for justice in and out of the courtroom when faced with an escaped convict. he unbuttons his blazer when the suspect runs right at him. he is facing a number of additional charges now, as for patter he admits he has a new courthouse nickname, the enforcer. a former football coach is admitting he order two high school players to attack a

referee, back in september they told him that they hit the official at matt breed's direction, but since decided to plead guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge, in addition to losing his teaching job he was fined $1800. erion webster has declared its word of the year and it's ism -- not a word at all. adding ism. one includes socialism, racism, feminism and capitalism. say that fast. the runner up for word of the year is minions. all right. here at the big board with the big talkers and big

algations for a big hair care product. wen promises to stren enhair but women are suing because they claim it made them go bald. here are the pictures provided by the law firm. the product described as a natural cleansing conditioner called baldness, rashes and hair breakage and hair discoloration, they are all sold by stylist chaz dean and they go for $30 a bottle and a spokesperson for wen says there is no scientific evidence and we plan to fight the allegations against the product, but 200 women say they are losing hair as a result. >> and it seems to be a hot button question this year, is there a war on christmas, 36

house republicans say there is, colorado congressman doug lamborn created the resolution to protect the symbols of christmas for those that celebrate. he estimates it's 95% of americans, in a note to fellow lawmakers, there have been efforts to ban christmas symbols and that goes against the constitution and he wants to bring back christmas. it's dealing a great deal of support in congress and other people that say don't you mess with christmas. >> don't mess with christmas. all right alicia thank you. lets get a check of the roads now. >> matt pellman is getting a look at how things are not moving. >> here is grinchy mcpellman, we

are jammed up at the schuylkill expressway at the 30 and street station, the train tracks off to the far right of your screen, indicate that is 30th street station, eastbound on the schuylkill is extra heavy from the roosevelt on in toward south street, you see the slow speeds there and we got rid of fire activity northbound, and things are extra jammed up north of st. joe's and a crash along decker boulevard and slow speeds along 95 and word of a demonstration near city hall and word of convention a crash along gulf road and guthrie road and the burlington bristol bridge up against for another opening this time for a northbound ship but the for the next few minutes head to the turnpike connecter,

and the downs tree shutting down 322 by good wheels quality used cars and stay on new street to get around that. and a serious crash with a medical chopper in route is in port republic, avoid route 9 at chestnut neck road. more grinchy news next half hour. >> grinchy mcpellman. lets change the mood, stepping outside sky 6 hd looking live at the spectacular shot of center city philadelphia as the sunsets on this tuesday evening. but will the sunset on these temperatures, meteorologist, adam joseph, has the exclusive accuweather forecast next.

all right meteorologist, adam joseph, joining us now a little bit a roller coaster to

come, we'll dip here into the weekend, a quick dip, then back on the roller coaster where we have been. looking at the action cam down the shore, a beautiful day to be down there, right next to the ventnor fishing pier you see the waves crashing good and the flags on the pier getting quite the workout this afternoon as we look at radar, we had a veil of clouds in the late morning to the lunch time hour. and not tracking any precipitation whatsoever. when you take a look at the almanac, it's flipped here and a high came just after midnight. breaking the old record for today. at 66, set in 2008 and the present temperature right now is the low for the day, at 59 and the high came at midnight, and the low so far is this

afternoon. 57 in trenton, 54 in allentown and 53 union and the poconos 47. and winds are gusty today at time 35, 40 miles per hour, they are starting to ease a bit between 25 and 30 miles per hour, the shore the strongest gusts in the last hour and the winds are going to relax overnight tonight and we'll call it cooler despite it's milder in the suburbs and 43 in center city under a crystal clear sky and that sends the wind out of the northeast tomorrow, 57 degrees, with the wind 48 miles per hour and lots of sunshine low pressure out of the western great lakes from the northern plains will send its way into central and eastern canada, and along this boundary, a ripple of low pressure is developing on thursday, and that brings a round of soaking rain from a

half inch to inch and not only rain for us locally and the poconos and even northern new england, where they cannot catch a break. and make any snow at this points. but they get a points to get an opportunity this weekend and it wraps the cold air around it. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, 57 and bright tomorrow, and solid soaking and thursday 58 degrees and then windy again on friday as we dry out a little bit of sun in the afternoon and 58, and it feels like the 30s and windchills on thursday with the high of 42 and bright and less wind and not as chilly as sunday at 48, and turning the corper first day of winter on monday, 54 and the day before the day before christmas eve, 60 degrees with sunshine and clouds and it looks like we'll stay in the 60s

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electronic toys are a favorite gift for kids and that doesn't mean they are just sitting in front of a screen, consumer reports checked out several options to get kids collaborating and creating and one is a great marriage of traditional with tech. >> they tested tech toys, there is something for everyone. >> there you go -- >> the numbers game paired with

an ipad makes learning fun, the red mirror allow its to see game pieces placed in front of the camera. >> it's definitely good for learning, have you to figure out things to add to a number. the $150 computer kit supplies all the numbers you need to build your own computer, it took these boys 20 minutes and then they used mind craft to code. >> this is the mini computer that goes along and all the information is here. >> for $50 the power up 3.0 allows to you create a paper airline with a smart phone. the drone for $45, we are thrilled when four others lifted up and about. >> hi. >> for younger kids, the $60

little live pet saver can keep them company and repeat phrases. the most popular toy this season could be the $150 b.b. 8 based on a star wars crack they are you can control it with a smart phone or tablet. >> it doesn't mean kids play alone in front of a screen, consumer reports finds these are engaging for a group of kids and can teach as well. >> cool stuff. remember when a paper airline was just a paper airplane, no batteries required. hope you'll join me for sharrie, ducis rogers and adam joseph for a full hour of "action news" at 10:00 on phl 17. now here are rick williams and monica malpass with a look ahead at 5:00. >> coming up next on "action news" at 5:00, two people are attacked early in the morning in

center city, we are live with the latest on the search for the suspects in the stabbings. and the jury cannot seem to make a decision in the trial for the first of six officers charged in freddie gray's death. we'll have those stories and more coming up at 5:00.

"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. two separate attacks against people in center city are under investigation tonight, they happened just blocks apart and one of them is near a popular apartment building and the latest on "action news" is the latest on a stabbing and slashing that happens early this morning. live at the scene in center city with the full story christie? >> reporter: police have no mote he and they are calling the stabbings two random attacks that could be connected. >> report of a stabbing -- >> the first call came just before 6:00 a.m., cop cars and flashing lights swarmed 25th and walnut after reports of a stabbing.

>> i heard screaming and then it stopped. >> a second call for help came just blocks away -- >> 23rd and arch, report of a male -- >> a man fitting the suspect's description struck again this time at 21st and ar:police say they have no motive as the suspect never took anything from either victim after each violent altercation. >> it appears he approaches the individual and pulls outs the knife and begins to cut the individuals, it's isolated to center city neighborhoods and are reviewing security cameras to uncover the identify of this brazen attacker. >> we learned from police that the victims are 23 and 42-year-old men both taken to nearby hospitals and both released earlier today. channel 6 "action news." >> thank you christie. philadelphia police are investigating after some raw