attack. >> that is right jim, ralph wilson thought the victim was being punched but realized the attacker had a 3 inch blade on them and help the victim who is now fighting for his life. surveillance videos capture the moments before this man stabbed a 23-year-old running by. >> i saw someone running in and he fell when i went out to try and help him. >> i thought the guy was punching him but he wasn't purging him he was stabbing him. >> ralph wilson works at the river watch apartments. >> i hollered hey cut that out. he just stopped and walked away, like he didn't have a care in the world. >> a short time later police were called to 21st and arch, where the suspect described as wearing a black hoody holding a plastic bag allegedly struck again this time a 42-year-old

man. police have no motive as he never took anything from either victim. >> he approaches the individual and took out the knife and began to cut the individuals. >> they are calling it isolated to the center city neighborhoods and reviewing the surveillance cameras hoping to uncover the identity of this brazen attacker. >> a scum bag, walking around randomly stabbing people. i hope they catch him. >> both victims were treated at nearby hospitals and treated today, the suspect was last seen heading west on cherry street on foot, anyone with information is asked to can't them. reporting live, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you christie. here is the latest on the investigation into the discovery yesterday of a body in middle township. police have been scouring the area, at and around 100 vermont

avenue and while no definitive identification is announced. it appears that the family of the apparent victim is trying to cope with their new real et. walter perez has the latest from the scene. >> she always tried to help someone. she was very caring. >> that is how 15-year-old alexis describes her twin sister, nicole, who disappeared two weeks. the body of a young female was discovered here yesterday afternoon. they have not identified the remains but regardless her older sister says no doubt it is nicole. >> this was the last house she was seen in hanging out with friends. >> drivers searching the outside pool and investigators have come and gone and they were searching a dumpster a half block away and

robert taylor says this investigation is not over yet. >> it's a long process 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 despite minor run-ins with the law and under orders to report in to her probation officer, nicole was devoted to her friends and family. >> loved her she was funny and sweet and and we walked everywhere together, we loved going to the beach. >> we were really close and best friends. >> neighbors say this home is vacant since this past summer and they say that local teenagers are using it as a hangout for the past several weeks, people have been questioned but so far no word tonight of suspects or arrests linked to this case. reporting from middle township new jersey, walter perez,

channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. the jury will begin slib rations tomorrow in the case of katherine knott, she is charged in taking part on an assault against a gay couple in philadelphia. nott took the stand in her own defense, she ran to the fight initially to try to defuse it but didn't strike anybody. the attack left one man with a broken jaw and facial injuries, knott faces several years in prison if convicted . someone left raw meat in a newspaper on top of a flyer with muslim lettering. john rawlin has has the details here. >> reporter: the basic facts are not in dispute.

someone left off the items at the house behind me here and one member of the household is a muslim. >> i walked out to a big blob of meat this long. >> price called police and they arrived quickly, he thinks the uncooked meat is pork, if so he believes it was an insult directed at him and his muslim faith. >> you think a message? >> yes. >> and a newspaper and a flyer with a crescent star and an image of a woman with a head covering. >> price sometimes prays outside of his home where people passing by can see him. >> they see me out there a lot. and five time a day, you drive down the street, you are bound to see me praying. >> tyrese price spent much of the day being interviewed by police, and the police called in the homeland security to assist.

and later today they said they were shy ago way from the theory of this being a hate crime by a stranger. >> we have not ruled anything out but based on information thus far, it seems to be a domestic incident. >> price rejects that idea. >> she wouldn't do something like that. >> you think this is because of your faith? >> because of my religion, that is what it is, a hate crime. >> police are not saying why they believe this is possibly a domestic issue at this time. price and his mom are baffled this evening as to why they can't return to hire home. even though the items were found out side of the house, they are awaiting a search warrant to search it. the investigation continues. john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. the fbi raided a trucking business in ben salem today and agents searched the va trucking

facility and investigators have not said yet why they were executed the search or if arrests were made. the philadelphia chapter of the naacp plans to fight legislation that protects the identity of police officers. president rodney muhammad spoke out against bill 1538 today, the bill calls for officers involved in shootings or those that use force to remain anonymous unless they are charged with a crime. muhammad says the law would create trust and hurt community relations between police and the public. >> it will end transparency, that is a 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. >> the bill has passed in the house and is expected to pass in the senate. philadelphia police commissioner charles ramsey has opposed the

bill, ramsey changed the policy earlier this year requiring names of officers involved in shootings to be released in 72 hours of the incident. if you plan to watch tonight's republican presidential debate, you can take part in a live conversation with "action news," brian taff will host a live chat on facebook with voters, a political analyst and you. you can ask questions and make comments and follow the presidential debate with us, go to our facebook page, facebook.com/6abcactionnews. and you can be part of the conversation. smoke and flames filled the italian market this morning, firefighters were called to douse the flames in the 1100 block of south 9th street, officials have not said what sparked the blaze this morning. coming up on "action news" tonight, we'll give you a sneak peek at the newest center city

hotel, it will open its doors tomorrow. and get a rare view inside of a water tower, one in south jersey was just refurbished and we got a tour before it goes back into service. >> and temperatures 10 to 15 degrees cooler than this time last night. next up a soaking rain from a blast of winter chill over the weekend. ducis rogers has the eagles getting ready for the cardinals when "action news" continues tonight.

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hotel opens tomorrow. it closed in june at 1 logan square, it features 400 rooms and the logan is decorated by artwork for local painters and sculptures. the local car service uber is expanding its program into another south jersey township, it offers township residents free rides in evesham. it extends in voorhees township as well. and the townships will then pay the fare. the fram hads helped to reduce the number of drunk driving arrested. an $800,000 project is complete and a 1.6 million gallon water tank is ready to be pressed back into service in voorhees and nora muchanic is outside and inside today. you have seen water tanks in

towns like this all over and ever wonder what it is like inside of these massive structures, i got the chance to step into this 1 million gallon task that new jersey water just rehabbed. the empty space inside is cavernous. >> it has to be rubbed down and sand blasted and go through a complex process of painting and coating. >> one coat on the inside and one super thick coat on the outside. this was last painting in 19 3. >> as long as you maintain it the pretty much the life span is forever. >> this water tank is one of many it has in the burlington camden area, it takes treat the river water and describe outs it locally.

they invited employees and regulators to take a rare look inside of the tank. >> i have been doing this for 30 years and it's my first time inside of the tank, they talk about painting the tanks and this is the first time i ever saw it. >> what strikes you is the acoustics, the sound is maybe a dozen people inside of that space builds to a roar and sounds like there is 1,000 people here. stamping your foot sounds like a cannon firing. >> and our shouts echos for at least 7 seconds, the tank should be back online any day now. i'm nora muchanic, channel 6 "action news." ng in one place. my giant.

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>> a very good arizona cardinal football team, nothing to sneeze at. they knocked off the patriots and got a chance at a repeat performance when the 11-2 cardinals come to town, jaime apody reports because of the wins there is a different vibe at eagles practice these days. >> one thing that was tough not to notice was the smiles, two straight wins do that to a team. >> when you win everybody is having fun, everybody is smiling and has the swagger about them which was never lost in the locker room. >> whenever you win in these league, it's extremely difficult to win so when have you the opportunity to win some games you are a little more relaxes but we have a tough game this week. >> the 11-2 cardinals the only team ranked in the top four in both offense and defense. >> we have to come out and be focused and prepared to make the plays and just go out and play with the attitude and play with

anger. >> and playing with anger is working for them. it's after all their new motto, the an angrier they are the happier they are on monday. >> everybody is jockeying for position and the game demands more from you at this point so when are you winning it's easier to come out and get some work in and feel good about it. >> jaime apody, channel 6 "action news.." >> yesterday pete rose got the news he will not be reinstated to baseball, rose reacts today and doesn't sound bitter but humble and contrite. >> i want baseball and pete rose to be friends, so i can say, i'm not an outsider looking in. i got grandkids.

they want their grandfather to be associated with baseball that's all. >> to the ice, the flyers host the hurricanes tonight and there are changes to fill you in on. the goal against average is a full point lower than that of steve mason and voracek is moved from right wing to left wing, a position he never played. voracek had zero input. >> he didn't talk about it or ask me, but i think that is the way to do it, there is no reason why he should ask me what i want to play, he is the coach and calling the shots. it's like i said it's about putting the puck in the net. next week's bowl game against toledo, he is out of town picking up awards and while

away he noticed a recurring theme. >> people were saying temple? where is temple and have you to explain yourselves that is what makes your university so special, people overlook us all the time and temple university is a great opportunity for kids that get overlooked to come here and make the best out of it. >> the latest draft projects may go as high as the second round. >> thank you ducis. cecily tynan with the accuweather forecast.

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16th and locust in sensteer philadelphia, police are monitoring a group of demonstrators winding their way through parts of center city, the group assembled at 5:00 at dillworth park outside of city hall and at the height of the rush hour began walking along the retail stretch of walnut street, during the march, they entered stores and shouted their cause, but caused no damage. now at 16th and locust and traffic is being held up and emergency vehicles are on the scene making sure that the peace is not disturbed. according to police radio, the demonstrators are protesting in support of freddie gray. lets go to the accuweather forecast meteorologist, cecily tynan. >> cooling things down a bit jim and tracking rain on thursday.

but stormtracker 6 live double scan getting a break in the action this time last night tracking showers and generally less than a quarter inch of rain but the next round will bring us a good soaking, the accuweather highlights shows a soaking rain and generally we are looking at a half inch to inch of rain and some area as long the coast low pressure is moving in and could get closer to an inch of rain, thursday you'll need an umbrella. it will finally pull down a shot of cold air, on saturday the first day this month that temperatures below average, and then you factor in the winds, windchills in the afternoon, you'll want to bundle up generally in the 20s, hoping for the wintry chill to get in the holiday spiritual get it on saturday. today we set another record high, it came in the wee hours of the morning at 1:15, hit 69

degrees breaking the old record of 66 and most of the day, temperatures hovering around 60 kind a flip-flop kind of day and the low for the day is the current temperature, 55 degrees and dropping this evening, and reading 49 and wilmington 52 and sea isle city 55 degrees, the temperatures are still mild for december but cooler than the past couple of days, satellite 6 along with action radar showing us we had clouds earlier in the day and high pressure is bilgd in and what this means clear skies and winds diminishing 35 to 40 miles per hour today that allows temperatures to drop off and feeling cool than is 13 degrees above normal. allentown 37 and millville 36 and cape may 44 degrees, tomorrow the high pressure begins to move in from canada, what this does is bring in the winds from the northeast.

cooler than today, 57 degrees, well above normal, mostly sunny skies and a nice day on thursday, that is when you'll need the umbrella, we have a cold front moving in and that is what happens when a triple low develops and that pulls in the moisture and a soaking rain around midmorning continuing through the afternoon and that opens the door for the shot of cold air, temperatures over the weekend stuck in the z and the windchills on saturday, in the 20s, but the cold air does not last, we begin to rebound with temperatures above normal by next week, the exclusive accuweather forecast, pretty nice day tomorrow, bright sunshine and less wind than today, a high of 57 degrees, and on thursday, the solid soaking, 58 degree. friday temperatures step down, 51 with blustery winds and saturday the one day blast of very cold air, 4-degrees with a windchill near 30 and sunday not quite as killy, 48 degrees and

temperatures drop through the low 40s for the eagles game at the linc sunday night and monday winter is on hold even though that the first day of winter, 54 degrees and tuesday back into the 60s and it looks like we have a shot of record warmth by christmas eve. >> thank you cecily. world news is next on channel 6. "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl 17 and please join us for "action news" at 11:00 here on channel 6. for cecily tynan, ducis rogers and the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner, we hope you'll join us at 11:00.

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breaking news. investigators still searching tonight, after terror threats are called in, in two major cities. more than 1,000 schools shut down in california. the bomb threat in new york city, too. brian ross, standing by. also tonight, the showdown on the strip. donald trump, center stage, but with a different opponent right next to him. it comes after protesters inside the trump event, and the nazi salute. the winter storm hitting nearly a dozen states. dangerous driving. and the airport chaos, just days before the holiday rush. the american plumber, suing tonight, after selling his pickup truck to a texas dealer. only to have that truck and his phone number end up in the hands of isis. and, the great made in america christmas is back tonight. we're across this country. the first big idea