off the runway and shark tank gives his reaction to star wars, next. no justice, no peace. >> the names of brandon tate brown and freddie gray were on the mind and in the mouths of protesters early tonight in center city philadelphia. they rode the retail district

and entered stores and restaurants proclaiming that yes, black lives matter. it is tuesday night and the big story on "action news" tonight is passionate protests on the streets of philadelphia. "action news" reporter dann cuellar is live in center city. dann, sometimes loud, sometimes disruptive but never violent, correct? >> reporter: that is right, jim. unpredictable. for a while there was chaos on the streets here in center city as protesters marching in random even going into shops and restaurants. >> unaudible. >> reporter: protesters kept police and motorist guessing where they would go next as they marched through rush hour traffic on the streets of center city. >> i just want everybody to know that this is a no cop zone. no cop zone. >> reporter: about 50 members have the group black lives matter, were joined by relatives of the 26 year-old brandon tate brown, who was pulled over by police last december in the mayfair section. officers say they spotted a

gun in the car. after a struggle he was shot and killed. d.a. seth williams says video evidence and eyewitness accounts indicate tate brown was reaching for a gun but his mother begs to differ with the the d.a. >> there are lies, descrepancies, many, check them out, but he doesn't care. he doesn't care. he doesn't care about the the philadelphia people. who voted him in? >> reporter: soon they abandoned the streets and made their way to the devon restaurant in rittenhouse square yelling obscenities and startled patients who were having dinner. >> unaudible. >> reporter: protesters made their way in the gap and also, the the apple store on walnut. why do you feel you have to do that because black lives matter, period. our lives are the on the line. and desperate measures call for desperate action. >> reporter: protest lasted over an her but they vowed to come back. >> and no stores are safe, until we get justice. when we say in justice, no

peace that is exactly what we mean. >> reporter: in a statement from the office of the district attorney seth williams a spokesmen says the the office stand by it rye view of the facts in the case, period. the the protesters are new planning to protest at the mummers parade on new years day. we are live from center city, i'm dann cuellar for channel six "action news". >> thanks, dann. tonight search is on for this man, the suspect philadelphia police say that struck an officer with his car last night and then took off. investigators alleged that 26 year-old maurice taylor refused orders to stop, jumped into a car, and driving the wrong way, down the 2700 block of sears street, before he hit a police officer. the officer is being treated at jefferson university hospital, for a head injury, and a broken leg and a shattered kneecap. tonight, philadelphia police are trying to track down a center city slasher. police know of two incidents early this morning, separated by just 15 minutes and a few

blocks. "action news" reporter christie lleto is live at central detectives. christie do police have any lead so they can get this guy off of the street. >> reporter: jim, only physical description and last known location. that is why officers are canvassing streets and neighborhoods that one victim tells "action news" are usually pretty safe. >> i'm very lucky. >> reporter: josh mcnamara has only a shallow scratch on his face after his attacker tried to stab him walking to the gym. he says that the violent encounter started after the the suspect yelled at him. >> turned, started to walk a away and that is when they guy came back around the corner and a slashed at my cheek. >> reporter: within second mcnamara says his attacker disappeared, police ramped up patrols at 21st and how much. but minutes later. >> report of the stabbing, in front of the apartment. >> reporter: surveillance video caught whom police believe is the the same suspect, with his first victim

running by. >> someone was chasing him. he fell. when i went out to try to help him, you know, i thought the the guy was punching him. but he wasn't punching him. he was stabbing him. >> reporter: ralph wilson works at river loft apartments and he immediately started yelling at the attacker from the front door. >> i said cut that out, you know, and he just stopped, and walked away calmy. like he didn't have a care in the world. >> reporter: police say they have no motive as suspect never took anything from either of the victims. after each violent altercation. >> what we have thus far is it appears he approached the individual, pulled out the knife, and began to cut the individual. >> reporter: detective say both attacks are isolated to the center sit the eye neighborhoods. >> if there is anything, that anybody, you know, anybody saw or heard anything. >> reporter: mcnamara is hoping someone comes forward with information on the brazen attacker. now, those victims were treated at nearby hospitals and released earlier today.

police say suspect was last seen on the foot heading westbound on cherry street. anyone with any information is asked to contact them. the reporting live, christie lleto, channel six "action news", jim? >> thanks, christie. now to a developing story from the the nashville airport where a plane has gone off the runway injuring eight people. southwest airlines says that the boeing 737, had just landed from houston, and was taxiing to the gate when it rolled off the runway on to grass and got stuck. 133 passengers and five crew members safely evacuated the plane. authorities say most of the victims have minor injuries, one had chest pain, and faa investigators have not yet determined what caused the plane to leave the tarmac. delaware authorities say say texting while driving was to blame for this car slamming in the home in christiana this afternoon. fortunately no one was inside or nobody was hurt but the home on the unit block of archer circle has been

condemned by a building inspector. police say the the 23 year-old man behind the wheel is now facing charges. family of the missing teenage girl, believed that her body was found yesterday, in cape may county. a corpse was found in the the 100 block of vermont avenue in the the rio grand section of the middletown ship. police haven't confirmed if the body is that of five-year old nicole angstat but her family says there is no doubt. she was reported missing by her mother two weeks ago. pennsylvania's public pension system will end up paying jerry sandusky tens of thousands of dollars in benefits the that despite his convictions on child sex abuse. the agency stopped paying sandusky's $4,900 a in month pension in october of 2012. but commonwealth court has ruled that forfeiture was wrong and that the state owes backed benefits plus interest. the window to appeal has now expired, and the pension system a said today that it

will comply with the order sandusky will get his money. mack truck plans to layoff 400 people at its plant in the lehigh valley, that is 20 percent of the work force there. the facility in lower macungie township assembles every mack truck built in the north american market and export. auto maker blames job cuts on weaken demand. the workers will stay on the job through the holidays. these layoffs take effect january 21st. camden county's district attorney says he wants kathleen kane's job. the john morgannellie said he will run for pennsylvania attorney general. he says he will launch his campaign in the few months but there are already at least three other democrats who will challenge him for the nomination, and kane herself says that she's interested in a second term but she acknowledges that she may not be eligible with a suspended law license while fighting criminal charges. it should be easier for ex-felons to find work in

philadelphia, under a new law signed today by mayor michael nutter. legislation prevents employers from running a criminal background check on applicants until will they have been offered that job. they could only look at the candidates past seven years. the idea toys destigmatized a criminal past so job seekers are judged on their current merits. however the law does not apply to domestic jobs like child care and elder care. tonight, in las vegas, republican candidates for president gathered for the first time since san bernardino and the entire debate has concerned terrorism and security. most eyes were on donald trump who defended his call to ban muslims from the you had. trump insisted that his controversial plan is not an attempt to discriminate and is not an attempt to close america off from the rest of the world. >> we are not talking about isolation. we're talking about security.

we're not talking about religion. we're talking about security. our country is out of control. people are pouring across the southern border, i will build a wall, it will be a great wall. >> jeb bush dismissed trump as a not a serious candidate saying quote you are not going to be able to insult your way to the presidency. >> new jersey governor chris christie was back on the main debate stage tonight, and christie said fear is the the new normal in the united states, and christie lashed out at president obama and hillary clinton and trust his background as a governor and former federal prosecutor. christie is center for developmentally disabled is new a target for terrorist, that means every where, is a target for terrorist are. brian taff has been presiding over a live facebook chat about the debate and brian is now live from the "action news" big board, brian. >> on facebook and it has been a lively discussion in both ways. we gathered six republicans to

join us here at six abc tonight and comment on the debate as they watched it. one thing stood out. even though donald trump lead national polls most told me he is not their candidate. >> just a way that he talks it attraction a certain base, for him, and for me it just doesn't do it for me. i think his facial expressions tonight and through all of the debate is it is like a side show. >> the way he is a candidate is a three-year eld throwing a temper tantrum. it is a lot of emotion and irrational emotion. what i'm looking for is somebody who is rational and reasonable. >> reporter: with that voters paying close attention to this race. it why is donald trump fares well national polls but less so in the early stage where the the first votes will be cast as republicans see it, more they get to know trump, more they like other candidates. >> rubio cruz are the strongest candidates tonight. they have gone back and forth

about ideas and differentials. >> reporter: she says she's paying close attention to all of the talk about immigration. she says don't assume heated rhetoric won't mean she won't be supporting someone on that stage. >> you know, one group and say, well, in general, hispanics don't like trump. >> reporter: that according to terry madonna is why these debate matter. until election day gets closer this is as close as most viewers will get to the the candidates. >> these debates probably have mattered more than most primarily debates, you know, prei should say many in nation debates in the past and each one of them has had sort of an interesting consequence for the race now to a person all of the six republicans we gathered at six abc said ted cruz and marco rubio faired west in tonight's debate. also rubio stood to gain the most he trails cruz and trump in every poll.

we will find out tomorrow, if that will change in his favor. at the big board brian taff, channel six, "action news", jim. thanks, brian. still to come on "action news" tonight, the u.s. and russia may be seeing eye to eye on what has been a major international sticking point. also room to spare on health check we will find out what makes these identical triplets even more rare. driven to anger, police revealed motive for ramming a pickup truck through a help tell lobby. plus reviews from people saw star wars premiere including a shark tank investor, cecily. we have had four days in a row of record warmth but seasonably cold air is out in the west. that will move in time for the the weekend. i'll have details and ran on the way in the accu weather forecast. plus flyers make a change on the ice. ducis rodgers shows us it was enough to make a difference. that and more when "action news" continues tonight. holiday season's just like football season...

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officials responded differently. los angeles united cool district decided to close all schools, nearly 1100 schools, after board members received an e mailed threat. new york city public schools remained opened after city leaders deemed the threat in the credible. the threats are being investigated as a hoax. schools in los angeles will be opened tomorrow. it looks like the u.s. is backing down on the issue of syria'sal assad as future of syrian president. after meeting with russian president vladamire putin, secretary of state john kerry said in moscow that the u.s. is not seeking regime change and kerry accepted russia's long stand demand that assad's future be determined by his own people. the change shows that the fight against isis has taken priority, over assad, from the the american perspective. we have learned more tonight about this pickup truck's rampage into a hotel lobby in oklahoma and the

driver's alleged motive. we showed you this video first last night at 11. authorities say that six two-year old john parsely was upset over a billing dispute and his credit card being declined. two help tell workers had to jump out of the the way when pickup truck came barreling through. the woman barely escaped injury. parsely is now facing charges. it appears that congress has settled on a deal that will keep the government funded through next year. the spending plan totals $1.1 trillion and will increase deficit the by hundreds of billions of dollars. that is because budget extend numerous popular tax credits, but doesn't pay for them. the plan also raises domestic and defense spending. doctors in omaha, nebraska are calling recent birth of identical triplets remarkable. one of the reasons is that during pregnancy, two of the babies shared a sack while the third had a sack of its own. the the three girls are also

spontaneous triplets meaning fertility drugs were not used. the babies were each born weighing 2-pound and after two months in the hospital the girls all went home on the very same day. well, true star wars fans may be staying up late tonight, the first critics reviews of the the new film are set to be public at 3:00 o'clock this morning. 3:01 to be exact but people who got the to see the premiere late last night in hollywood are already gushing. sandra rimes, producer of scandal, grace anatomy, called it so quote in the best old school way. comedian patton oswald says it has the best final shot of any star wars film, wow. dancing with the stars kim johnson and shark tank's robert says that they were blown away. >> it is an incredible job bringing back older characters and weaving them in the story. it is really well written. it is very, very i thought it

would be great. it was great. >> latest installment of the saga episode seven the force awakens opens this friday, theaters across the country will be showing it starting thursday night, of course, disney is the parent company of both star wars, and channel six, but we are absolutely, unbiased. resident star wars super fan matt o'donnell interviewed the cast and director of the force awakens. see it on six abc to the come along with pictures from his trip to to will hollywood and enter our star wars sweepstakes to win a pair of tickets to opening night, the force awakens. sorry. >> it is friday night. >> take the the whole station to midnight showing after the 11:00 he clock, should we get tickets. come on, jim. >> pull some strings. >> do you have a wallet object you. >> i got a credit card. >> lets get the the accu weather forecast from the ever so generous cecily tynan.

>> things will be changing. storm tracker six live double scan showing we have dry conditions out there tonight and the action cam, out and about on the steps of the philadelphia museum of art at the a amor statue. lots of people have been loving the the weather because it has not felt like december. we have had six straight days of 60-degree weather or above, the second longest, string of 60-degree weather in december, the first longest, the record, back in 1998, we had seven days. 1 degree shy of. that this will go down as our warmest first half of the december on record. even right now, it is still pretty mile. 50 degrees. we hit a record high at 1:00 this afternoon of 69. four days in a row. allentown 52. millville 47. sea isle city 51. wilmington 47. trenton 50 degrees. satellite six with action radar showing we had a high, thin, cloud deck, generally north of philadelphia, tomorrow morning for the bus stop good amount of sunshine

but there will be a chill in the air. above normal but still cooler then recent mornings. definitely kid need a jacket at 6:00 o'clock 43. by 8:00 o'clock 45 degrees. through the the day tomorrow good amount of sunshine. temperatures cool off a little bit but still well above the normal high of 45 degrees with wind, starting out of the north east and shifting from the south east, light at four to 8 miles an hour. not as gusty. we had wind gusts 35 to 40 miles an hour. thursday, find the umbrella, cold front moving in with the wave of low pressure moving along and bringing us soaking rain, half inch to an inch of rain mid morning and it will continue past the evening commute and this will unleash this cold air for the weekend, temperatures only in the 40's, and saturday likely the first day this month of below normal temperatures. so wednesday, lots of sunshine, less wind with a high of 57. on thursday that solid soaking, 58 degrees, behind

this system another windy day on friday, 51 degrees. look at what happens on saturday the high 2 degrees below average, 42 but factor in the winds, the the wind chill even in the afternoon near 30 degrees. bundle up and then the freeze will ease up on sunday, not as chilly, 48 degrees, dry for eagles sunday night. machine back to 54. tuesday we will climb back to 6o it looks like christmas eve we could have rorrer warmth on the way so one day of cold air and then temperatures backup. ducis rodgers said he would host the party. >> he is the the man. >> isn't he the man. no. hundreds of kid in atlantic county new jersey will have a more year christmas because of the kindness of strangers. more than 1300 toys were donated during seventh annual toys for tots drive hosted by caesars entertainment in atlantic city. tonight at bally's casino volunteers loaded toys for marine core league of atlantic county. toys will be distributed to the many families in the area.

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>> yeah, get him out of. dave hakstol with a major change. jake voracek stuck on one goal drops to the second line against carolina a voracek has shift todd left wing a position he has never played. that move pays off. voracek scores off the deflects this ties the game up at one. and later in the period new two all, sean couturier, cleans up his own mess, flyers have the lead, at three-two. and game would tie it up in the third period and new in overtime flyers on the rush, voracek sets up shane gostisbehere, his third overtime winner this season. the flyers take it four-three in overtime. >> a lot of things to develop, and you miss the net. you just got to stay within yourself. try to make the easy play. fortunately good things will happen. >> going to work is easier when you have been successful. eagles are exhibit a. the smiles are back on the

players faces, two straight victories will do that for you. sunday bird will host another tough opponent in arizona, eagles control their own destiny when they come to the playoff birth. that its all a team can ask for. >> this is exactly where we want to be. i think it is kind of like same point as last year with three games, and we have three games left to win the division, last year we didn't take care of business. everybody is excited about this opportunity this year. >> timing at which we are starting to put some games together and starting to catch a lit built of a spark, it definitely helps you the because we need everything you can get at this point in the year. former eagles guard todd herremans was waved by colts, do you think chip kelly brings him back? >> in. >> just a thought. >> we will hear from pete rose on major league baseball telling him no. the centers for medicare and medicaid

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owls will be in florida to face toledo in the boca rat on bowl. shortly after that, star liner backer will be preparing for the nfl. in the so fast young jedi, first thing first. >> it is tough, you know what i mean? you get the to to the point where the next chapter of your life, really incoming at the the door and you just got to try to stay focused. i will only wear cherry and white uniform within more time. i'm trying to focus on that and as soon as the game is over i will figure out what the heck i will do next. >> college basketball drexel led undefeated south carolina game cox get 26 points. chris silva with nine. drexel loses 79-54. dragons fall one-seven. pete rosies react to go yesterday's setback. the baseball denied his bid for reinstatement. rosies disappointed and still desperate to get back in the game. >> i want baseball and pete rose to be friends. that is all i want, so i can

say, i'm not an outsider looking in. i got grand kids. they want their grand pop to be associated with baseball. >> in my opinion, longer this goes the more sympathetic a figure this becomes. jimmy kimmel live, filled by nate line. jimmy ease guest tonight, john kaczynski, curt herbstreet and music from steel. "action news" continues at 4:30 with tamala edwards, matt o'donnell, meteorologist david murphy a and karen rodgers with traffic. for cecily tynan, ducis rodgers and the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner, good night. >> ♪

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