"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. good afternoon in the news drama in harrisburg, two rivals

are testifying today against two rivalries in a bribery scandal. and the republican candidates faced off last night for the final time this year. and the big story is the arrest by police after two random stabbings just blocks apart in center city. police took kyle stevens into custody and says that stevens attacked two men just minutes apart yesterday morning. katherine scott is here with the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: rick, a lot of relief this morning that the guy is in custody, he sin side central detectives and we are told that he is not cooperating with police, police have an arrest warrant and he will be charged in these attacks. 23-year-old kyle stevens was arrested in center city philadelphia, wanted for a pair of knife attacks yesterday morning in center city.

he was walking down the street down broad and allegheny being loud and destructive, guards called 911 and police responded and brought him to central detectives. investigators carried in the bag of evidence belonging to stevens. stevens was identified from a surveillance camera. he slashed two men, ages 23 and 42 one is joshua mcnamara who tells "action news" he was walking to the gym when it happens. >> turned to walk away and that is when this guy came around the corner and slashed at my cheek. >> police tell me that yesterday morning stevens went to einstein hospital to be treated for cuts on his hand and he remains in custody here in central

detectives. >> katherine thank you. a shooting victim is in critical condition after he crashed head-on into a tractor trailer while trying to drive himself to a philadelphia hospital, the man was shot in the philadelphia german town section and crashed in tioga-nicetown, and that crash left him trapped in the car, police believe that drugs may have been a factor in the crash. >> inside of the 2003 chevy blazer that the victim was driving, you can see in plain view several packets of what appears to be crack cocaine. >> police are checking cameras in the area where the victim was shot to try and find the shooter. >> philadelphia are looking to find a shooter overnight. flyers mark dara street where the shooting took place at 11:30 last evening, police say that a

suv crashed in front of the hospital when the driver tried to get help for a 35-year-old man shot in the face and back. a woman was also shot in the leg and she was treated and released. police continue to search for suspects in the shooting. >> at least five people were hurt after a septa bus crashed in a chain reaction yesterday. it happened in the corner of torresdale avenue and benner street in the wissinoming section, one was hit in wissinoming. four passengers involved in the bus and the bus driver were treated for injuries. they are all expected to be okay. in bucks county a tractor trailer crashed at the toll bridge connecting morrisville and trenton, the bus was on its way from new jersey into pennsylvania when it crashed. no one was hurt.

now to accuweather, the streak of record warmth may be over but still a mild day outside today, as we look live at sky 6 hd at the ben franklin bridge and gray skies and windy and a bit cooler today, david murphy is also tracking rain in our future, he is at the big board with the latest from accuweather. >> i'll start you out with satellite on the big board, and cloud cover that has continued to kind of float over head, and every now and then there is a break and you may see sunny break over the next several hours, cloud cover is part of the package today and temperatures are cooler and still not bad for this time of year, 52 currently, 51 in allentown and still in the upper 40s in wilmington and lancaster, a couple of spots like see i'll creeping up to the mid-50s. remember yesterday how blustery it was, many of you talked to me about that yesterday. the winds have eased down into

the single digits and off the ocean, that is keeping our high temperatures cooler than yesterday. as we take a look at the highs though, not too bad, this afternoon we'll see 57 degrees, as you can see is well above the average high of 44 and the overnight low well above the average low of 30 degrees, as we take a look at the next issue, it's out to the west of us in the form of a cold front pushing showers in our direction and it takes a while to get here but the rest of today and tonight are dry, but the frontal boundary pushes rain into the region and holds off into the afternoon rush hour, but the afternoon and evening look rather wet and we'll show you how wet and that how works through tomorrow timing wise with future tracker 6, and in the long range forecast, the chilly weekend, the latest numbers from accuweather coming up. all right david we'll check back in later, a group of protesters

marched into center city to protest police brutality. police pulled over tate bound last year and was killed during a struggle with police that was ruled justified. protesters abandoned the streets and entered the restaurants and stores, they are planning to protest the mummers parade on new years day. the candidates for president squared off in nevada last night. most focused on national security and foreign policy. donald trump drew many attacks but he was not the only one in the spotlight last night. >> reporter: good afternoon sara, some candidates struggled to break out in the debate including ben carson but others had a strange for their attacks and landed big punches. >> this time jeb bush came out

swinging at frontrunner, donald trump. he is a chaos candidate and would be a chaos president. >> he has failed in his campaign, it's a total disaster and nobody cares -- >> in the fifth gop debate on the defensive facing attacks from jeb bush and rand paul -- the billionaire businessman refusing to back down from his controversial proposal to ban muslims from the u.s. >> we are not talking about religion, we are talking about xurlt, our country is out of control. texas senator, ted cruz rising in the polls still shying away from attacks on trump, instead taking on marco rubio. >> by suggesting our records are the same -- >> challenging his records on

surveillance and immigration. >> did ted cruz ever rule out -- >> senator cruz? >> do you rule it out? >> i never supported legalization and i do not intend to support legalization, and a conciliatory tonight from donald trump. >> i like jeb, he is a nice man and i would do the same thing if i were him, attacking me. >> coming out of the debate, donald trump even promised not to run as an independent. next up the democrats debate again in new hampshire hosted by abc news. channel 6 "action news." >> thank you for that. frontrunner, donald trump, is expected to appear on jimmy kimmel live tonight, he canceled his appearance back in october hours before show time, and cited an undisclosed scheduling conflict as the reason. still to come on "action

news" at noon, defense secretary ash carter's surprise visit to iraq and who the top official is meeting with today in the hopes of furthering the fight against isis. and how a mystery santa brightened the holidays for shoppers shoppers in ohio when "action news" comes right back.

breaking news now from the german section of philadelphia, chopper 6 hd over martin luther king high school on the 6100 block of stenton avenue where philadelphia police have taken a male into custody after recovering a b.b. gun at the high school this morning. it was reported at 11:30 this morning, just before 45 minutes ago. police have converged on the scene and nobody was injured. there is no word on what led to the discovery of the b.b. gun and no word on the identity of the male in custody or whether he is a student. we are gathering more information we'll bring you that on air and online at 6abc.com. defense secretary, ash

carter is in iraq this afternoon where he is seeking ways to hasten the down fall of isis. he arrived in baghdad for an unannounced visit, he is meeting with iraqi leaders in mali and mosul. the fight against isis is top of mind here in the united states as well. in the wake of terror attacks in paris and southern california, new numbers show that the majority of american are against banning assault weapons, 53% of americans oppose a ban and support is down 11% in two years and down 35% since 1994. less americans are concerned about being the victim of a terror attack compare to the last year. and half of all of them surveys, they say teaching americans to carry guns is a better answer to

terrorism than ramping up control. a financial adviser is under arrest facing a attempted murder charge in canada. the 44-year-old man is said to have attacked a complete stranger with a kitchen knife, it happened at a toronto train station, he is in custody after spending four days on the run. >> there is only two people that know maybe why this happened. one of them lies in grave condition in the hospital and the other has been arrested by the toronto police. >> friends say the attack is completely out of character for the man and police are thanking the public for tips leading to her arrest. a secret santa shelled out $107,000 to make christmas easier for people in cleveland, ohio, the anonymous donor paid for lay away gifts at a wal-mart

store. cathy is one of the customers. >> i'm crying, it's amazing that someone has this much compassion, to help people that would have maybe had a bad christmas. >> now both can rest easier. still to come on "action news" at one major retailer is gearing up for a shopping marathon, the store that will keep its doors open for seven straight days starting tomorrow. >> and health check tomorrow, people waiting to buy federal health insurance and the deadline extended to officials when "action news" comes right back.

the federal reserve is expecting to raise interest rates today, rates are sitting near zero since 2006 and the fed chair is indicating that a strong u.s. economy may be the reason for a rate hike, and assure investors any increase would be gradual. the federal reserve's decision is due by 2:00. most kohls stores are bracing for a marathon of holiday shopping, many locations open at 7:00 a.m. tomorrow and remain open around the clock until 6:00 p.m. on christmas eve, that is 179 straight hours of holiday shopping, store officials are hoping that star wars merchandise will be a hot

item. and turning to health check at noon, santa just gave millions of people a couple of extra days to enroll in health insurance after they extended 48 miles per hours after an unprecedented amount of shoppers tried to log on. and the affordable care act requires americans to carry health coverage or pay a fine. >> the "action news" team is working on news stories beginning tonight at 4:00. >> reporter: hey guys listen up if you have a phone more than five years old you could be in trouble in 2016, nearly 40 million people may not be able to browse the web safely come january 21st. and we have last minute hacks designed to get your

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case in north dakota, they were forced to close the main interstate because of slippery roads and low visibility, most of the state remains under a winter storm warning until this afternoon. they can have it. >> they are getting it and not us. we are clear sailing from now until the end of the year, but we are looking at a chill down for the weekend. >> what? >> unlike anything we experienced so far, stormtracker 6 live double scan right now and there is no precipitation -- okay so lets step outside, we have clouds and sunny breaks out there, fairly gray down the shore in cape may on sky 6 hd, and at least the temperatures are well above average, 62 in philadelphia and dew points low at 36, that indicates dry air in place and tranquil conditions

and light winds at 6. maybe 5 or 6 degrees difference, because the wind is coming in off the cool ocean, 52 in philadelphia well above average even for a high and we'll add more to that before we are done. 50 in trenton and up in allentown 51 and upper 40s in reading and lancaster, but from the shore to the northwest, not a great difference and everybody is enjoying the light winds, every now and then we get a hole poked in the clouds and we have sunny breaks and in the afternoon clouds are doing battle with some sun, we call it clouds and sun in the lehigh valley, cooler with a high of 52 but still not bad for december, middle of december at that, 50 degrees is the high sat the shore, and in philadelphia, another above average high, 57 degrees the average high is down in the mid-40s and we are looking good in that department,

winds out of the north at 6 to 12 miles per hour. and they are coming out of the northeast, 48 is the overnight low, still well above average, on the cool side and mostly cloudy with winds light and building overnight in advance of what is coming tomorrow. the afternoon and evening commute, partly cloudy and less wind than yesterday, yesterday i told you to hold on to your steering wheel, but you won't get a wind gust blowing you out of your lane. your high today is 57 probably around 3:00. tomorrow we have a front coming in from the west and ahead of it 60 for a high and during the morning and especially in the afternoon we'll see rain overtaking us and it looks like somewhere in the half inch to inch range, future tracker 6 showing us that we have a couple of light spotty sprinkles and showers, maybe you see it during the commute and maybe you don't. during noon we fill out more and

we get most of our rain. your exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast today's high an above average 57 and cooler than yesterday and not as windy, and clouds in the morning, increasingly damp through the morning hours, the afternoon and evening do look wet, the rain dying down tomorrow night, breezy and cooler on friday with a high of 53 degrees and then comes the chill, and that the next portion of the forecast that we need to keep in mind and 42 is the high on saturday and sunday and morning lows around freezing in philadelphia, and suburbs in the 20s, and winter coats come out this weekend wren back up to 54 as winter arrives in the evening and the first full day of winter 62 and it will be like october. >> thank you david. much more ahead in the next half our of "action news" at noon, jury deliberations are underway in the case a woman accused of beating a gay couple in center city.

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"action news" at 12:30 continues. hello again, here are the stories we are following for you now at 12:30rks a homeless man is behind bars in connection with a pair of knife attacks in

center city. and several passengers are hurt when a southwest airlines plane runs off a runway after a rough landing and philadelphia police say that two women swiped several packs of diapers from the store and beat up an employee that tried to stop them. we begin in center city philadelphia second quarter chopper 6 hd giving us the view right there at city hall, it's just clogged there, with all kinds of taxi cabs, this is a protest by taxi drivers and uber black drivers the more up scale version of uker, protesting the illegal operation of uber x and lift in philadelphia, their concern is public safety and they have invested in licenses be training and official things while uber x and lift drivers ignore those and pay fees that uber x and lift are not paying as well. they are calling on