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new jerusalem baptist church. the blaze went two-alarms but itookedor than at. t police say ty have work to do,he same church fell vtim to another fire two weeks ago. wednesdayight and the big story on "tion news" news is the house of god comg und attack fire. the bze at pe street d injure o fifighter. life athe sne tonight is "action ne" reporter dann cuellar. dann, what is theituati there now? >> jim,he f.b.i. and agents from the alcohol, tobacco and firearms ve been bught in to assist city and state investigators to cause the cause of the fire, a devasting fire th finhed what the first fire d not. fire oicialsay 7:00 t devastating fire engulfed the new jerusem misonary baptis church on north pine. >> whin several minutes t

building was engulfed on the firefhter's arriva >> the was lite they could do to save the buiing of e focus was keeping it from spreading to nrby homes. six adjacent homes damaged. and o firefighter injured released fromhe hospil. the cause of the fe not detme two weeks ago a fe broke out in the basement othe church andhe cse of that fe still >> would you say th fire was suspicious? >> i can't comment on that right now. >> why are you calling the >> because it is a church fire. >> they say the federal agent eroht in when iis a churchire to determine if it is a hate crim and mary said her father, the late reverd built the church in the 60. i am really brok-harded csmy dad built that church andow it's go. >>he current reverend did not eak with us, b they were save itfter the first fire.

>> but to come and see these peopls homes are msedp a ehurch is gone, it is heart trust in god.really is but i >>s it was, they said they were preparing to celebra the christmas holay with-know vacations underway. obvio -- with renovations unrway. and tre is very little left of church and they wilbe sad this season. dann cuellar cnnel 6 "action news." >> thank you, dann. a student alledly threatento sho his ofessor proted a lockdown for two hou tonight at salem counity college. the school teted o this bold wning, emergency, lock doors, turn off all rits, take cover this is not a drill. north anyti-- fortunely the all-clear was given 7:45

after they found h traing his cell phone. he isnderingn evaluatn and in custody. the fily says he doenot have accesso firearms. and a deadly shootg in the a man shot mtiple times at 7:30 toght. arriving police officers rushed himo the hpil but docto clnot save him. pice are also working a case in the overbro ssion othe ci where an 82-yeaold man s found dead inse of his home. they said the victim had stab woundto his facend the back er his head. dettives are questioning the man's 29-year-old son who also lives in the he on the 5700 block of woodbine avenue. philadelphia picere ping theeath of a 10-month-oldirl at a daycare center today. detectivesre ierviewing rkers athe sister' childcare center in the 3500 of

germantown avenuen north philalphia. parents came to pick up the children aer hearing the ne. one witness told "action new she saw a mom emerge from the center holding what appeado be a lifeless ba. t babwas pronounced deadt the authorities confirmed that t body found in a vacant ho at the jersey shore monday was that of 15-year-old nicole and that the teeger was a murder victim. cape may county prosecutors don't believehe kilng was random. crimes against the victim a have arrested 32-year-d charles mosy of rio gnde f allegedlhing a sexual relationship with the underage girl. however, he has n been charged in her death. the fst trial of a police oicer inhe death of freddie ay inaltimore has ended in a hung jury. the mistrial saw a small group of protesters say -- ke to

the street but no violence. >> a handful of prosters and demonrato,nd at least one arrest today. but nothing like the vlence that rocked baimor myland last ail f weeks after freddie gray's death. sll, some ridents s they anger. be sent aboutheir >> "no justice, no peace." >> going to have five me mistrials. this sets the tone for the other we can no longer sand by and let the police kill unarmed black >> tensionsigh outside of the courthoe in baimore. the sheff deputies were in the buildg until offic william porter could leave safely. >> immedtely dierse. if you do not do so, you will be arrted >> in fact one man was arrested. elsewhere the police lined up in a wall of security to prevent y violen.

but there were no destructi mobs or vandasm or fir like those who roed the city for week last spring. 25-year-old gray died of spinal injuries in poleustody in apl six officers are chargedn the officer porter fed four charges, including manslauter for notuckling up t spect or callinghe docrshen he alledlysd for help. >> we are confint that they are going to rrial t case. >> prosecutors asking for the a trial after the jury could not dide on guilt or innence a they asked them to appear in administtive court tomorr. and the loss there afft trial ande will be offered immuny he tests against the others. and gray's parts are urging pele to be peaceful. >>here will be another trial of the oicer a we will awt the vdict of the jury.

>> we are here ser as peacekeepers. >> this man is scheduled to face trying ne. j? >> thank you, monica. the philalphia cabdrivers among t dozens of drivers protesting in cities toda they re calling for the city to shutdown e popular ubex the cabdrivers along with uber black say uber x drirs are not held to t same stdards. >> we can't advtise iour ta to make a couple of extra dollars. we can't do a lot of things in our taxis to inease our earnin because of park autrity's regulaons. meanwhi they a not regulating uber and ur x and lyft. >> they say t unregated drive e putting plic safety at ri. and ur relea add stament quoting t parking authority's

tdated rules. the end of an er the federal reserve rsednterest rates the first time in nine while borrowing will be a little more expensive, at ast the fed is showing confidence in the u.s. ecomy. at does ts mean to you specically? "action news" reportering live outside of the federal resve back of pladelphia and you have some answers. >>ell jim, wh the to buy a homer car you are not going to s the interest rates drasticallyhanging yet. butf you have credit cd debt that is another story. >>nd it rlects the committ's confince that the economy will continue to strengthen. >> meang interest res hovering about 0% a a quarter to a half percent. >> i don't think it will make people blink too ha. >> i have creditard debt and packing it on with t hodays,

whe is the extra money going to come fr? >> the arageredit card debt in pennsylvania is $4600 and higher in delaware $5200, and theost in new jeryith several banks already announced to customers that res wl increase by the end of the week. >> it is a necessary evil. it h to happenhen an economy is starting toome back. >> financial experts sayt will take aittle longer to see t drastic cnges in rates for car loans a mortgas. >> you think it will impt it? >> am sure it will be >> the realtor is already thinking long-term. >> what does that mean for your clients lking for homes? >> probly hding back a not rhing into making a decision. deciding to buy foress pric >> there is a silr lining. higherates for those sing means a bigger rurn on the money you aeady have in the

bank. not all banks we qui to raise money on the credit cards. have tound out when they will be raised for the sings accots and c.d.'s. rorng lifen centecity for channel 6 "action news." jim? >> thank you. philadelphia school superintendent is threatening to close the schools after january 29th. dr. wiiam hea flure of the sta and state laakers to hammer out a new budget means the so district could run out of money at e end of next month. hite sent the memo to staffers informinghem of these gm no grim siveills here. there were piles of presents tonight at the pennsylnia coention center. and the councilwoman's party for the homeless. as you can see, no shortef young-at-heart.g and just like chrtmas morng, the youngers i to gue what was inside. aite shaking going on.

this is the 17th year for this ent. n center ci, the amerin red cross broug holiday cheer to some families who endured great loss this year. this party was held for peoe who survivad fires or other sastersn 2015. the were ls of smiles during the games and craft. but the biggest smiles were seed for the m of t hou santa claus. it took place at the marrio. >> a a new terror alert poet cool after doi away with t color syst. a milons of dollarsn funding for cancer cures in the wake ofis son's death. i do and the >nd the cat out of the bag, or the recycng bin. a cat rescued. it is raining cats and dogs, i asorry, i cldn't resist. details the timinand where

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wars"ovies at 4:00 a.m. morw. that's right. join the action, use t force or your cell phone to send us photo graphs of the lines, costum and what you encnter at the movie theate and talk aut a ftunate feli feline. a sharp-eyed worker in california plucked thisitten from conveyor built beforehe would end upn a compactor. the kitn, no worse tn ware, ddennder recycle. and she may have survid a tp to the center inside of a trash tck. >> it is amazing to see kiddie rvi this, it made my day. >> scooped up in more ways than one. the plant sersor decided to

take her home for good. >> t kitten down to seven lives. >> ven? >> i am thinking the recyi and the dump trk. sen or eight. >> that'sne way of looking at >> i don't want to aue it. >>ou can arg wh me aany time, in fact you do argue with me. >> i won't argue about the weather. although sometimes we do th. showing dry coionsight rain on t way tomoow, and temperatures still on the mild side. tay's hh 54 degrees. coor than yesterday and rlly the past four days, but thas still 9egre abovnormal. still holng at 50 in philadelphia, 48 in allento and reading a treon a millville. 50 in sea islcity and wiington currently 49 degrees. satellite 6 and action radar showing eystem heading o way, there's a cold front that into the tennessee valley.es there is wave of lowressure developing near atlant

that will help to sipn in mexico.erom the gulf of and also t intohe atlantic. that will bring us some heavy rain mide of the day. theus sp forecast not oki all that wetarly in the morning. cloudy and mild with aew areas er drizzle mainly south of philalphia. and the tempetures holding almost steady. and futuretracker showg around 8:00 weill see some showers again mainly sth of philadelphia. then as we headowards lunchtime, this is when the rain really blossoms, eecially along the i-95 corridor and areas to the east. it is a fast-moving system. by 3:00 the steady rain along the ast. and by 80 atight lots of clouds with a little bit of this is really a qui hit of rain. mild for december with temperatures in the 60's. usually this time of year we have a cold rain if we have rain. heaviest rainetween 10:00 in the morning a 5:00n the evinglg t coast. and how much rnou get really depends in your location.

all aut location. north and west of the i-95 corror about a quarternch to tee-quarters of an inch. and south of i-95 three-quarters to an inch along the coast where we will see the heaviest rain. and the elusive auweath seven-day forecast a rainy y, pecily the mdlef the high of 60 degrs.he mild side, behind e frontn friday, clouds baking for some sshine is there be windy and cooler. 51 deees. the real cold air unleashed saturday. the high only 42. the first day this moh with temperatures below normal, but wind chills through the day low freezing. but we have a quick rebound on sunday. the win die down, deees. coolut dry for the eagles' game sunday night. and then temperares contie cmbing monday mostly cloudy, 56. on tuesday, 62. a weeay lks wet t likely cd warmth for the

hi of 68 degrees. and if some computer mods are correct,hrtsve a chstmasould be our warme on co. >> in the 70? >> yes. if that'sorct it can chge. and have a photo on my facebook page that crry blossomsre blooming in philadelphia. >> going down in washington. gond celebrate with them. and youngsters with a vis of the man of the season. the sea isle city volunteer fire departmentosted an eveni with santa at e fire statio the kids got some quality facetime with st. ni and a chancto get in lastinute this event is a sea islcity adition going back more than 50 years. > "mmy kiel liv cing at 11:35 right after "action news." here is jimmy with a preview of tight's show. >> anks, ji hello philadelpa tonight donald ump and an all-new mean tweets what more do you wan >> someone asked if he wou

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izona this week and that's all i am really focused on. >> injury updat, jdan matthewsimited in practice today with a back issue. cnerback byron maxwe did not practice at all, he has an ank telling you all week if t eagles win out they make the playoffs but chipot focusing in on that. >> it isot thr gas, the sk at hand is yesterday was really having a gooduesday and today is really hing a good weesday and prepi for one of t top teams in the whole nfl in terms of how well arizona is aying. >> this is a weey thing. whave so bring it this week like last week and the week we can't let down. and everyone knows that. > t sixers hen't tasted victoryn about a month. they have t w on t road all season. story spoil t suspense, that streak does not end in atlanta tonight. conssion, the empire strike bks. and first quarter, holmes all er horford.

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off hosng vancouv tomorr. notaving a good season but vun which had is. shayne gostisbehe has been a bhspot. rocky fourth on the team in goals scor. last night recorded his third overtime winner, the 22-year-old is living a dream. >> it pretty awesome, of you can't do it without yr teammes. it's been f for sure, but sometim you ve tpinch yourself but it's definitely you have to me on and worry about the next ga. tomorrow is vancver, you just have to move on. women's soccer star abby wambh ang her ltame for team u.s.a. in an exhibion tonight again china. 0 career goals the inrnationalecd for both n and women. two gold medals and the world cup title. andne remarble career. that's sports. >> thank you. > and finally, one of the ares top teachers spoored fie.ght at lincolninancial vid miller from penncrest high

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