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casinosentut of biness takg tir property tas withhem. that is wn the the city coughers started to bleed. it not oy gotten a lot worse since the today, vnor rtie said it is start of the new era with decisions to be me in trenton, not atlantic city, city hall. esday night and the big story on "action ne" tight will see the ste of new jersey take vast control over atlantic citsinances. some fials say at this is not a state te over b if its not hers are having trouble figuringut what to call it. "action news" reporter dann cuellar is live iatlantic city, city ha tonight dn? >> reporter: well, jim, it seemshat everyonen ty council and mar were ast a hostile take over atlantic city by the state. leaders here are saying tt bill is wullnd void d that instead the vnors proposing a similar deal craft todd sa the cy of camden. it was a standing ro ly crowdt ty hall for an

emergency meeting in which city council was to discuss the city filing r bankruptcy. but those dcussion where is putn ho aft governor christie prosed a partnership plan to sav atlantic city. >> i'm not looking for any kind of ng term take or of the city at l. what i'm looking for is an intervention in the short ter reporter: five-year plan will continue to give the the state controlver ty's finances a how to it restructure the city's dt, negotiate tax appeals and union collective bargaining agreements. mayor don guardian says it a a dl he n live wh to save the city from e brink of bankruptcy. >> as we look the at all of the options and we h four options: basically, do nothing. have t state take over. andi for baruptcy. or rm partnership. >> reporter: tonight after meeting behind closed doo withenateresident sweeney city council president may small, senior sa hes pleased that a complete take over ofhit is i has been takenff the table. >> i believe it is ray partnership. we will go into erything

optimistic. you know, we sre s plans d devil is in the dails. we don't havehe bill will but we he, a say where we can sitown at the ble, state our sion and hopefully things we want to be work in the bill as wel butt is not a ta ove >> reporter: municipal unions say they support mayor and council on th as for residents. >> i'm in favor of the city council. ouracks are against the ll unfortunately. >> we are working ta a solution. i believe well want a solution. >> reporter: to summarize the economic storm facingtlantic city its revenue oed 20.5 billion in 1 to 6.5 billion last year and owes borgata 160 million-dollar tax refund. something had to be de, bu this t this deal, has yet to be aed and must be approved by the ste legislator. live from atlantic t i'm dann cuellar for ael six "action ns all right, vacations over idelphia publicnd

pachial schools will be back opened tomorrow. but tre are stl a number of sool closings around the region and lots of delayed enings. now, whatbthe the the task of owing the rt of philadelphia's streets. the "action news" reporter chad alli is li in somerdale tight. hello, chad. >> reporter: hi, jim. we are on westford road o of ashdale and ts road sll has in the been plowed. take a look, you can see it is snow pack. has beenaed down. it is eremely icy. we drove down it, it is slick. you cannot get through th road but drivers havead a difficult time tonight. we heeen throughout the city tonight a ss roads have been cleared, as the the city just ctinues its clean up efforts. the bobcats navigated rw side seets in south philadelphia tonight. the city ymore than 80 percent of the city strts areew pwed, mess of the the remaining require aer

bobcats to nver. here on the 2300 block of south percy tugh, residents continue to it. >> angry at is point frustrated. >> we saw a bobcat around the corner. >> i hope copping o it would be nightso park instead of driving aund for six hrs. >> help us get out off the the street. people want to get out. he us get off the stet. >> thank you for calling 311. >> reporter: the city says it is helping the the 311 call center has been inundated it haseceived more tn 25,000 calls, since the storms started. andmployees have been workingong hrs through the the weekend. >> about seven times our normal volume with the same amnt of staff just expanded a little bit more. have done about 6500 requests through social media. >> reporter: some residents continue to digutnd tre are roads at still eto be cleared. but we have tveled this city all night and most are now

passable. >> and have yr bck plowed and sted. >> reporter: end is ne for weary city crews th indoors and t. >> these l a parents they a grd parents, they have their own mies, you know, they are living in the same nghborhoods. >> reporter: philadelphia parking authorityays that it ordered six bobcats that will arrive between tonight and tomorrow, to help philadelphia streets department, get to these smalli streets. i'm liverom somerdale, chad pradelli for channel six "action w jim. >> thanks, chad. in allentown some streets aretill impassable, t 31 inches of snowfall. green streetooks more like a snowark then a ro. residents are trying tohovel their cs out t some say they cannot do tir sidewalks, because they simply runut of places to pilehe snow. the city'soad crs are rkinground the cc now shifting effortsrom plowing to hauling. dump trucks are being filled from main streets and driven

toeveral locations on the outskirts of the tn. new jersey governor chris christie has apologized to the mayor of the r wildwood. speaking at a town hall meeting in new hampshire presidential candidate ristie had se not ry kind rto s aut mayor trick sello calling him azy f yg they had worst floodinghere then sandy. the cistie was defending himselfor not rushing to southerseyhen that part of thetate suffered serious flooding last saturday. but today rtie a apologized. >> he was very aous in accepting it and wea worked together, weill continue to work tother and we willove on om here. >> yet e the mor accepted thepology. >> governor christie graciously called me after 9:00 this morning. he d apoge for some of the psonalommentse made abouteast evening. >> meanwhile residents hit hard by flooding are trying salvage what they can and st look ahead to snificant home repair. "action news" was in west wildwood today as u. senator

corry booker a congressman frank lobiondo red serious damage. the small cmunity was inundated with water when bulkhead at end of the glenwood avenueailed during the blizzard. laakers said ty would lk forinancial help, but th booker, iould rather under omisend er deliver. amtrak says it will be completely back on track ang the northeast corridor starting tomorrow. amtrak will restore full schedules forhe acela express, northeast regional and oer trns between boston and washington wch of course, includes trenton wilmington an30th street station in philadelphia. > then there is story of e wilmington woman desperate to ger house her husband to the wkly dialysis appointment but still snowed in. that ishen a neighbor spped up to save the da "action news" reporter christie lloas at story. >> i was gistetermined, somebody will help my snd today. >> reporter: even if it meant sla had to wake a neighbor

at 50 this morning to ansrt her diabetic huand joe's to have his weekly dialysis a appointment. he has survived a stroke since 2011 and has been waiting for a kidney. hernowtre at jefferson had not seen a ow period. for a second day in t row dart bus could not get to joseph. the couple ew desperate even after sheila called t city's e ms and tnal guard. >> i was telling my we, i'm okay. i willust ba d l down. andustake my chances. >> i looked up th and i saw a light on over ther i said, you know, it 5:00 something in the morning. i nt wake m . out of desperation because it has been two ds he hasn't hadny treatment. >> you didn'tesitate a second. >> difficult no >> reporter: council president lifted joe's ne to his truck andot him to ement. >> my neighbor, it is what you are supposed to do as a human being a as a person.

>> i am ry grateful to my neighbor bause dn't have to do a >> reporter: on wednesday, he has to go to dialysis. >> he has to go back tomorrow. >> reporter: do you think he will be able to get ba t. >> i think th th can try to attempt to come tough. if they n't i wl just ta my chances again. >> reporter: drive him yourself. >> drive him mylf. >> reporter: we are told ci is sending ow trucks to clear iborhoodtreet sometime later th evening. anwhile sent are left, stuck, doing the city's b r now. wilmington, christie lleto for cnnel six "action news". philadelphia congressman chaka tt got a scolding from a federal why tay. fattah was back in federal court, where s four lawyers aeto be excused from fattah's fraud and racketeering trial because they have not been paid. eudge ld fattah at he eds to rethink his priorities afr faah ss was more ccerned about raising money for his

reelection campaign th for his trial. there are no reports of any injuries in the wake of thetubborn fen morrisville bucks county. fire fighters had to battle the cd andisf snow, in addition to the flames and smoke. the elaze broke out in e two sry ho in the 100 block of wt philadelphia avenue. theres no rd yet on a cause. a rge truck th ru on nural gas exploded th afternoon in a mercer county neighborhood, and an "action ne" viewer caught the entire thing on camera. this happened on fitsrandolph avenue in hamilton tnship. it aed a 2:59 when a batteryroblem caused the truck to catch re. rkersried to put o the flames themselves b then e natural gas ignited sending gasank on to a ay me. fortunately, and phaps amazingly, nobody was hurt. still to come on "action

news"onight a debate rt from donald trump as a new p gives m more of the me light. breaking news just fr egon federal authorities take leaders of the en ranching standoff in custody with ddly rults. plus a tchable moment, we will hr from a local educator using a list air found in the salad as a life lesson for children. well, combination of the snow melt today some ors ving through nht and falling temperatures could eate an i morning cmute for se of us i'll have details in the ac weather forecast. ducis rodgers with the sixers looking for a win against the suns when "action news"ontinues nht.

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occupied a federal wild life refuge for nr a mth. at rest happened la th an hour ago. fbi a says thatundy and six of his followers were aested following a traffic stop, ty say that sts were fired shortly afterhe stop, and oneerson was killed, a it is not clear at this pointho firedirst. bundy's group id the headquarters of the tnal wild le refu on january 2nd, as rof the long runng dispute over public lands in the st. politics now with less than a week to go before the first votes e cast new abc ne washington po poll find good news for donald trump's cpaign. 64 percent of republicans and republican leaning independents now spectrum seven to be the g.p. nominee, that is up sharply from this rcular standing in november. nially trump is i polling at 37 percent support among registered republicans

having received no bump from sarah pin's endorsement. ted cruz srown his support to clear second with 21 percent of voters, marco rubio ithird with 11 percent. all other candidates are n'synx will gs. meanwhilerump says he will not take part in thursday night's publican debate. trump's decision sms to involveebate moderator meg kellyf "fox news". trump complained that she treated hime unfairly in the firstete toda he says that shs a light ight wa and at kelly has bn, toying with him quote unquote. democratic senator and presidential hopeful bernie sanders is gting a whe use meeting with president obama tomorrow. they will chat in the oval office with no specific agenda. apparently ty first talk about such a meeting at a holidayeception at e white house in last december. the session comes days after obamaeapedraise hillary

clinton. "action news" anchor rick williams will be in des moines for io caucus. we wl watch for his ptser beginning thursday night on "action w at 11:00. character actor abe vigodaas died today. vigoda played a mster, in the godfather. e then he moved to television, earning three emmy award or nitionslaying a new york city pice detective, on the sitcom barney lr. he passed away at his sep in s dbt'ses home inew jersey. abe ga was 94. on health check at 11:00 a gernmental task forces recommending all a adults should screened for deession. it effects eimated 15.7 million americans a year. butt can go undiagnosed. especially since symptoms can be cfused for other iues. there is no single cause ltiple risk factors including hormones, rg and after pregnancy. soor the first time, the advicery n efically

noted tt doctors should screen pregnant and post partum women for depression. the red crosss putting a callor blood and pte let donors. the the agency has an emergency need because of e severe wter wet they are monthas forced cancellation of ecan 300 bod drives in 20 states. in our area, 800 huled donations have gone uncollect sincehe the blizzard saturday. students at a entary school in princeton have a new cla pet. a student found a lizardn a bundle of greensrom local organic mket. she decided to bring them to hercience teacher at rrside elementary sool. its now ththe css mascot. tonight, we will talk to the ach ore said it provides a good learning opportunity. >> it is an ale of oanic farming, about, you know, where our food comes from. kid a peopleon't in general don't realize right nowur food s to co whe down sth because it ts

cold to grow. >> the students, med the lizard green fruit loop d it will li eir classroom under a heat lamp. >> i better e my salad mo oly. buy salad you get a fr pet. >> a littlel chse dressing. >> poor little y. >> inappropriate, not good we will see a little bit warmer weather coming our w er the the course of the week. here's cecily tan. >> storm tracker six live double sc showing a lile bit of the break inhe action. we haveeeneeing so showers, right now, it looks like the ne batch is ne gettysburg iing rgh a cold front. thesere rain swers in the snow showers. it cld end up as a few flurries early tomorrow morninglg the coast but it sn't seemed like we have tten a lot more big winter storms en in decades past? well, tt is exactly t case. this is a astonishing graphic. looking back in the 8s, that decade we on dne storm that dropped more tn a

foot of snow. 1990's we had two. look at how it ramps up, last decade we had four. and then ts dede so fa normally more than lfway through, we have already had six storms, dropping a foot or more of snow, philadelphia a so is rely is eme of how global wming c ma storms more intense. that being i we don't have any bigtms on e immediate horizon. temperatures right now mild. 43 degrees in philadelphia a. llville 50 atlantic city airport 51. allentown 36. wilmington 40. mount pocono 40 degrees. compared to this me yesterday mperatures running about 11 to 17egrees higher then this time 24 hours a but things eoing ae because a cold front. satellite six with action radarhowing this is the fronthats kicking off a few scattered showers and behind it we have sghtly cooler air. cond halff the night temperatures in the northwestern suburbs will be dropping below freezing. tomorrow morning the t

morning ru use caution and a lot of os, patchy black ice, again mainly northwest of philadelphia. south east tempatures, will above freezing a weill wake up wh ey iense cloud cover but as we head through the day the school y forecast, what the kids are heading ck school. showing sunshine will be ba in the afternoon. it will be on the breezyide at 1:00 o'clock0. by 4:00 o'clock3. ourigh tomorrow is 44. that is 4 degrees above normal. that is 6 degrees cool then today. itill el cler then tod but quiet y on wednesday and then on uday, high pressure really providing us th a scof ne, bween two storm systems. this a frt that wl swing through friday afternoon, kick up wind, bring us frries, snow shower. this is that coastal storm that will be kickut sea by at o. that coastal storm willot affect our rion. so the the exclusive au weather seven day forecast, tomorrow 44 degrees, morning cloud, afternoon sshine. thursday mostly s which a high of 40.

iday we will fe cooler, with the wind, and possibility of me flurries, 41. we wlropown to 40 on saturday. and then by sunday 47 degrees andhen monday, tuesday, as we kick off february, mostly cloudy and ny, rps a shower with hh 50. tuesday wch is groundhog day good amountf sunshine and continued mild with the high of 50. we will see if punxsutawney phil will say we have six more weeks of winter. >> dave roberts least favorite holiday. >> yes, forost meteorologists that is. >> but it is fun. >> thanks, cy. homeless veteran s a peanent pce to sy tonight. >> oh, wow. ahh, my god. god. >> action naus was the when claire first walked into her new xy apartment a3737 chestnut street in university city. the butoeal estate development company presented it to her fully furnished and stock wh fo.

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. sixers trying to pi yet another win tonight. >> yes. they played a team tt they have beaten earlier this season. >> yes. >> so it would be two dero against. >> phoenix suns. >> no big man for sixers but they are ohanded hl okafor sits out with theuns due to flu-like symptoms. okafor williss tomorrow's game against detroit. ish smith h nine assists r him. ts is pretty one to know he will in the third quarter. sixsp by 18 points. robert covington hit five, three's on the night. sixers up by 19. andack isin the fourth he scored 20 pois. sixers had six players in double

ges. they win by n. second time they have an theunshis sson the nice boce backfr ny's loss. >> i was earrassed the other nit bins e ctics. i thought th was one ofhe most poor performances we have had at home. we he h a few o. we wanted to rpond differently. we di brent selleck has been an eagle for nine years. bird gaveim a new deal to keepim here for three re. celek ge 13 mlion-dollar, tightened had 27 ccs last season and three touchdowns. durable, and dependable, cek hasust msed one game in hisro career. hisigning cos a day after ch er gotis ctract. malcolm jenkins is pro bowl bound. he is replacement for tie ron matthew from the cardinals. jenkins had 120 tackles. he had s 99-yard reception with the paths. proowl set for ny in honolulu. more sports in

> tomorrow, the flyers wl visit caps the team with the best record in the nhl. flyers are trying to regroup. they are currently on ahree me skid. to they trailed by seven points inhe wild card re. we're beyond halfway point of the season. the playersere asked to gradehe te's performance. >> we were like to be in the playoff spot, so, i ess c minus. >> weant to tn e playoff st, we need to st folksed

on awe have to do. >> lasalle at the ge, explorer leave their defense at ho. lasalle o sced by 11 ints in eecond half. explorers le 87-60. aftereginning the season four-one, they have lost 12 of the the last three gas. finally tonight in case you rot former phillies general manager reuben amaro junior had taken jobs as red sox first base cch. thatese see ruben in the uniform again. what we dt cou was this. that is aro on t left, and that is examining this video foreveral hours today, we have concluded he is dancing. >> it is par of t red s weekend where aes d players compete in the btle will to sing. >> jim, iffer you 1 dollar live on camera to recreate at dance right now. >> i'm impressed you snt several hoursooking at that deo. >> i tried to figure out what that was you just ignored you. >> i absolutely ignored you

competition was tight in new jersey as dozens gls audition todd model in t american girl fashion show. the girls lined up, to lk the ny at i bar mo church in sicklerville. ey had to demonstrate their lk whe holding an arican girl doll. nineteenth annual fashionhow benefits the ronald mcdonald house of southern new jersey. jimmyimmel live next on channel six followed by night line. jimmy's guest a jack black lauren co hand and music from loretta sth. a "actionews" continues at 4:30 withamala ward matt o'donnell, meteorologist v dgersnd karen rgers with traffic. f cy tynan dus rodgers, and the eire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner, good night.