walter perez. eagles interview a fan favorite for their head coaching position. the plus mummers club responds a after a hateful anti gay outburst from one of the members. but the big story on "action news" is breaking news out of allentown where officials a announced they have recovered the the body of the little boy missing since new year eve. "action news" reporter trish hartman is live in allentown where local authorities just

wrapped up a a news conference up there, trish? >> reporter: that is right, walter just within the past half an hour we have learned that the body of five-year old jayliel vega was found in the lehigh canal. he was found a quarter mile from where he went missing in 8 feet of water. officials held a news conference here at the south and aubrey streets to make that announcement a few moments ago. >> preliminarily this is considered a tragic extent. however, there will be a full investigation, by the allentown police department criminal investigations division in conjunction with the the lehigh county coroner's office. an autopsy is scheduled for monday at 8:00 a.m. >> reporter: now tragic news caps off a day of tran particular searching. police say it was a community member who made a big discovery leading officials to the boy's body. volunteer thurmond clark

plucked a white tablet in the red case from the lehigh canal around 2:45 handing off to other search hours called police. clark's sister if law said they had been searching in canal park for a few minutes,. >> we looked in the water and saw a tablet. we didn't know if it was his. we saw a red case. >> reporter: tablet patches description of the one belonging to the the missing five year-old autistic boy last seen 11:00 p.m. new years eve running from the relative's home barefoot and without a coat. volunteer george keller retrieved the tablet. >> after me pushing it, i went in and grabbed it. he grabbed it, handed it the to me and we brought it up and called 911. >> reporter: once it was town police and emergency vehicles quickly arrived on the scene. dive team spent hours in the frigid canal waters as family members tearfully watched, and waited. coroner's clapped and cheered for thurmond clark after he left after talking to investigators thankful for a break in the case. it doesens gathered near the canal and stayed there for hours waiting for news. >> it was just heart breaking.

i could not imagine my god son, my nephew, my kids, anybody. >> reporter: police say 11, search and rescue crew from his pennsylvania, new york and new jersey, helped 30 look for the the little boy, according to the mayor local funeral home has offered to pay for the little boy a's funeral services. live from allentown trish hartman for channel six "action news". >> thanks for that update. police are searching for missing man who suffers from seizures. forty-eight year-old craig font was last seen on december . font is a oxford valley mall but seen later that afternoon. that was the the last time anyone, reportedly saw him. he is partially paralyzed on his left side and walks with the limp. he is without his medication that he takes daily and his family is desperate to find him. >> we have searched day and night, we have searched all over bristol township, we have searched the bus routes, we have searched the weeds, every where we could possibly search, going to trenton, we

have gone to philadelphia, and we have left flyers all over. >> family and friend gathered today to pray for craig's safe return. if you have any information, please call police. police in new jersey are searching for a man who robbed a drugstore armed with the man sheet the eye. these are surveillance images taking earlier this morning at cvs in the cape may courthouse section of the middletown ship. man walked in the store, just before 5:00 a.m. displayed his weapon and held up the store. if you know who he is police want to hear from you. backlash tonight in the wake of the video that showed a member of the mummers, making a homophobic remark. video shows the member of the finnegan's new year brigade yelling the slur as he marched along broad street. the club pleaded that the man is quote a bad apple and quote has been in house, the the tweet goes on to say finnegan's love all members of the lgbt community. finnegan's entire routine is also being criticized. it included an image of bruce jenner on a wheaties box and

caitlin jenner on the front of the box of fruit loops. philadelphia fire department has 82 new cadets ready to serve the community, 190 graduating class during a ceremony this morning a at temple university. mayor nutter joined fire commissioner derek sawyer in congratulating these new fire fighters. fire and police credit union have donate $5.000, which will be used to pay for new training equipment for the fire academy. renovations are underway at the gallery mall in center city at east entrance a along market street between eighth and tenth street is closed as a result which will impact septa customers during construction. you will in the be able to use gallery to get to jefferson station from eighth street. mall is getting a 325 million-dollar make over, which will include new shops, restaurants and entertainment. all right. moving on to the accu weather forecast, it is finally feeling more like winter around here. it was a bright, sunny day but on the chilly side for sure.

the is wintry weather here to stay. meteorologist adam joseph in for melissa a and she joins us live with the first check of the accu weather forecast, hi there adam. >> after a exceptionally warm december numbers are sliding back down to closer to average, today's high in philadelphia 44 degrees. the that is still roughly two to 3 degrees above normal but with the wind despite sunshine wind chills stayed in the 30's the the entire afternoon. high in the lehigh valley 40 degrees. forty-five wilmington. forty-four millville. 45 degrees in wildwood. these numbers, a couple days from now, are going to be, warm, compared to what is going to arrive. present wind chill in the lehigh rally as well as reading upper 20's. feels like 38 philadelphia. thirty-seven wilmington. thirty-three in millville. upper 30's along the jersey shore. looking at satellite and radar abundant sunshine today a few high clouds in the the lehigh valley earlier but most of the thick cloud cover has been positioned to the north with wind coming off the great lakes, feeding moisture in the atmosphere. finally we had, sunshine in

control. we have clear skies and turning cold with the light breeze, 25 in the morning, 26 reading, and 32 in philadelphia, 28 in millville and dover, below freezing by sunday morning. future tracker wind chills, early on sunday morning, still 20's in philadelphia and 30's during the a afternoon, and then we're tracking arctic front position right here in the southern part of the hudson bay. you can see temperatures are tumbling in the single digits and below zero and this front is moving, directly south we will let you know what it means and when it pushes through and how cold it will get the with the seven day coming up in just a little bit. >> thanks, adam. >> eagles, interviewed a familiar face forbidder vacant position. it a has been confirmed they have spoke to duce staley and played seven season forbidder in the offensive backfield. jeff skversky. >> owner jeffery laurie wanted to fire chip kelly.

he wanted a head start on the head coaching job and search and we are underway with that process. eagles owner jeffery laurie wants a new coach that understands the passion of the fans. and who knows that better than former fan favorite and eagles running back duce staley. staley interviewed for eagles head coaching job. he played seven seasons for eagles. the has been on the coaching staff since 2011 most recently serving as chip kelly's running backs coach for last three seasons. staley is a long shot. he did hire andy reid. did not have any experience beyond a position coach either but he said earlier this week it would be possible that multiple a assistant coaches on the staff, would get a look. interim coach pat shurmur could be the next guy to get the a a shot, we will see how that plays out when the season end tomorrow. up in new jersey against giants. we will see if shurmur gets a shot. >> lot of fans loved watching him run. >> now he is running for that top job. >> thanks, jeff. someone could begin the

new year filthy stinking rich. power ball jackpot has reached an eye popping 334 million-dollar. that is the 12th largest power ball jackpot in history are. if you win, decide to take a lump sum that total drops to 205 million-dollar. that is just a few thousand dollars short by the way, 338 million-dollar jackpot won by a man from new jersey, back in march of 2013. keep in mind, the odds of you winning, are one in 292 million. tonight's drawing is scheduled for 10:59 p.m., we will bring you that winning numbers on "action news" starting at 11:00. good luck. much more to come on "action news", a story of survival about a kitten horribly a abused and died blue. we have good news about her prognosis. but first death toll risees from a historic flooding in missouri. we will tell you how governor there wants the federal government to help with the clean up. plus jeff skversky returns with more on the search for new eagles head coach when "action news" comes right back. look at this video

historic flooding on the mississippi river has missouri's governor asking for federal help. he wants army core of engineers to come help with flood debris removal in and around st. louis. officials are keeping a close eye on the illinois river which is expected to remain well above flood stage, the next three days. flooding began with heavy rain last weekend and now being blamed for at least 24 deaths across that region. lawmakers are making their way back to washington d.c. and first order of business for house republicans will be to repeal the health care law. vote however will be largely symbolic, president obama will veto that legislation which would cut funding for planned parenthood. republicans say the move will show voters the important choices they are facing in the upcoming presidential elections. and eight week old kitten likely ravaged by a dog and

then abused by people is responding well to treatment. this is smurfh and first thing you will notice is someone dyed him blue. he was dropped off in a animal shelter in san jose california christmas eve. he was treated for 20 puncture wounds, some of which are deep and scheduled to have more surgery this week. >> he has a, very good prognosis to be, a normal cat, and, he is very sweet, very gentle, and loves attention and he is relatively strong considers what he has been through. >> cat is making friend and bod bonded with another kitten and they will be placed in foster care together sometime in the future. family from san diego welcomed a set of twins while most others were busy celebrating the new year. they were born during a different year. jaylen was born at 11:59 p.m. new years eve, her twin brother lewis was born three minutes later a at 2:02 a a.m. on new years day. we are happy to report mother

and babies are healthy and doing well. much more to come on "action news", sports is next on "action news", big news from happy valley, jeff skversky is up next to tell us what penn state quarterback announced today when "action news" comes right back. owner jeffery laurie

wanted a a jump start. duce staley one of the best running backs in eagles history and now he is in the running to score the head coaching job. staley interviewed for the gig yesterday just days after the eagles fired chip kelly. staley has been eagles running back coach, on kelly's staff since 203, before that he was a special teams assistant. eagles fans know staley best for his playing days, seven

years with the eagles racking up 4800 rushing yard. he may be a long shot jeffery lurie did hire andy reid who was a quarterbacks coach at the time. will path shurmur get an interviewed, offensive coordinator turned interim coach said he has not lobbied for the coach. it is focusing on tomorrow's finally with the new york giants. >> i sort of looked at every day of my life, as an audition. and, it just so happens that, the the last game of the year, you know, against giants in the meadow land and, you know, this is my, 13th year here and i have learned to appreciate how strong this organization is maybe eagles will draft christian hackenberg, after the bowl today hackenberg will skip his senior year and enter the nfl draft. hackenberg's final game for penn state end earlier today, in their bowl game, hackenberg goes down with the right

shoulder sprain on this run right here. james franklin does not think it is serious. down by 21 in the fourth, serious come back in store. lions roared back, trace mcsorely, to hamilton, what a catch, penn state within seven. they get the ball back final play from the 39, mcsorely throws it up, but it is not, down. penn state loses 24-17, one on one bowl game in the last five years, afterward, here's christian hackenberg. i will declare for the draft. i want to thank coach o'brien for bringing me here. you know, it is a great place to play. >> thanking bill o'brien there. flyers west coast road trip, end today, and thank goodness because flyers are not exactly kings on the road. they have not won a away from the the wells fargo center since december 10th, hey maybe today in l.a.

trip to los angeles started with the trip to owner ed snyder's house. wow love to see a w but first period, kings six back, so dwight king, beats michael neuvirth, flyers down one to nothing. the ten minutes later, flyers failed to kill the penalty, it is two to nothing kings. flyers have just scored in the third they are down by one. perhaps they will give long time flyers fan, dave roberts son, here, a w. how rare is this the flyers and sixers both 3,000 miles away from home and yet they are still playing in the same building today. sixers play clippers tonight at 10:30 at staples center too. sixers actually playing back to back games in the arena last night against lakers they lost by is 11 but this road trip could end on a high note, they have won twice since last sat the day. college hoops after upsetting ranked cincinnati earlier this week, temple follows it up with a dud, they shoot only 13 .

not a single owls in double digit. but down 19 at the half, things getting youly. temple loses by 27. they are six and six. st. joes hawks flying high on the road in richmond, a-10 opener, final seven minutes, deandre, bang ties it up a at six 46789 final seconds, still tied, he stops, pops, and drops two more. he scores a final five, and grabs the game winning rebound with two seconds left. st. joes hangs on to win their seventh straight 77-73. they are 11-two. penn beats up binghamton at the palestra. they have never trailed today. jackson donahue hits four, three pointers, finished with 17, and his third straight game with double digits, penn, wins by 35, 80-45. it is their second win since thanksgiving. sixers are having trouble, penn getting a rare win as

well. >> thanks, jeff. weather coming up on "action news" as we take a live look from sky six in high definition on penns landing. chilly night, a great night for ice scream -- ice skating. meteorologist adam joseph has the forecast. if you first a look at is what coming up on world news saturday. >> coming up tonight, bracing for a dangerous flood, a slow moving disaster, also, president obama taking on gun violence, promised to go bypass congress, and searching for a resolution, questions on america's mind this new year, the answers may surprise you, i've got that right after "action news".

all right, time for a final check of the accu weather forecast. >> those who have been wanting winter, it is here. >> thirty-six, to 48 hours, it was bound to happen and it will here monday morning taking a look at double scan live radar no precipitation, we have full sunshine today, it was beautiful to see despite there was still a chill in the air, as we look at the action cam on the steps, of the philadelphia museum of art. the the flags upstairs there really going to work with wind out of the west northwesterly direction and that dropped wind chills in the the 20's most of the the day and most of those folks have their winter dress on and keep it by your side especially for next week. looking at the numbers to the the north and west, we will fall into freezing in quakertown. thirty-one martin's creek. at the freezing for kenneth square, chester, 38 degrees and over in new jersey and delaware temperatures pretty similar.

have everyone in the 30's with the exception, right along the shore, temperatures are hovering in the lower 40's, and because the ocean and bay temperatures still 48 degrees, which is well above normal, the the ocean water should be in the 30's, this time of the year. satellite and radar, a lot of sun here locally but the clouds, still on the pennsylvania, new york border and off to the north you will start to see snow showers near north bay and ottawa, canada over to quebec an arctic front here and that will slip down the eastern seaboard as we get the in the beginning of next week. for tonight, it is clear, cold, light breeze, 25 the in the suburbs, to freezing, in center city and future tracker wind chills first thing tomorrow morning at 8:00 a a.m. you will notice 20's around most of the area, 32 in millville, but if you note win direction it will start to turnout of the southeasterly direction. so tomorrow will be a little bit warmer then today, wind chills won't be as harsh but still in the upper 30's to near 40 degrees. more in the way of sunshine,

47, today we were at 44 degrees, so 6 degrees above normal, and there is a a front with precipitation with it. that front will slip through here, first thing on monday and it could spark a flurry or two, but overall, it is a pretty try front and temperatures on monday will only top off around freezing, during the afternoon and in fact, the last time philadelphia saw a high of just 32 degrees, was march 1st of 2015, so just over, ten months, since we had air this cold push into the delaware valley. the exclusive accu weather seven day forecast, 47 full sun tomorrow. then, monday a flurry or two at the three two. and then, real core of the cold air will come in on tuesday, in fact, tuesday morning, we are looking at mid teens up to are teens across most of the area to start the day. only 31 degrees in the a afternoon. it is a quick hitter here. we will push those temperatures backup on wednesday with sunshine, 40 degrees and then 46,

thursday into friday. friday we cloud up rain comes in late and rain could link inner to sat the day but temperature at 46 degrees so it will feel like winter but won't necessarily look like winter in the next round of precipitation will be liquid again. >> sound good. >> thanks, adam. find the seven day forecast up in a live look at storm tracker six double scan radar any old time of the day on the web site there go to six abc.com/weather. world news saturday next up on channel six. don't miss "action news" at ten on phl17 tonight. then we are back here again on six abc at 11:00. for melissa magee, jeff skversky, adam joseph and the entire "action news" team. i'm walter perez. we will see you right back here at 11:00 o'clock.

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