help a hero tonight, plus the accu weather forecast up next. residents, heard them and felt them, up and down the new jersey coast, even a as far away as connecticut. there were nine in all. typically they are not felt on land. but atmosphere conditions were just right, and felt they

were. they were sonic booms, and they really shook things up today. thursday night, and the big story on "action news" tonight is the u.s. navy making super sonic waves off the del marva peninsula. this map shows the designated areas where two fighter jets, an f35c and a f18, conducted routine test flights today, and today those tests, attracted a lot of attention. "action news" reporter christie lleto was live in hammington, new jersey where residents are still talking about being rattled by the booms tonight, christie? >> reporter: that is right, jim. some said it felt like an earthquake, others didn't know what to make of the tremors that came from two fighter jets down in maryland. >> it wasn't an earthquake but sonic boom that barbara jones felt in her egg harbor city home. >> there are tremors from seismic blasts over ocean. >> reporter: reports early thursday afternoon caused by

what a navy spokeswoman a says were f35 and f18 fighter jets from a naval air station in maryland. they were conducting super sonic testing off the coast. >> they came twice. it came about five minutes later. >> right here in galloway and we heard it. it was a some kind of thing would you hear going on in construction. >> reporter: still tremors could be felt a along the new jersey shore and it was all people were talking about, even asking on our facebook page, what happened? >> i had been like what was that. >> i thought it was a truck going down the road. house just kept shaking. >> oh, my, almost woke everybody here. >> reporter: jets rattled south jersey twice before in 203 and 2014 and they are considered common in cold weather. >> it scared me. it really did scare me. >> reporter: now officials say super sonic testing is done

every day and in the same area and usually isn't felt, on land. reporting live from hammington, christie lleto for channel six "action news". jim? >> thanks, christie. police in wilmington have recovered the suv stolen this morning from the home of delaware senator chris coons. police found the vehicle at sixth and cleveland avenue, police say the suspects might be juveniles who stole a second vehicle today and then fled. the senator had already left his house before the vehicle, left running with the key in the ignition was stolen. a car stop and arrest turned violent for philadelphia police tonight. chopper six was over the 1900 block of stella street in port richmond just before 9:00 o'clock. the officers say that they pulled over a vehicle will and they found two guns inside. they took one suspect into custody whom they say kick out the rear window of a police cruiser. no officers were hurt. there is no word what charges the suspect will face. it was a different kind of

police assist tonight, at the fraternal order of police in philadelphia. the fop held a benefit for a police officer josh hartnett, the law man ambushed by a gunman on january 7th. "action news" reporter dann cuellar was there tonight. >> reporter: officer jesse hartnett smiled, and shook hands, with hundreds of people gathered tonight to celebrate his heroism and raise money for him and his family. >> it is very overwhelming, the support that is shown not only from officers but there is people just dropping checks off by the hundreds, you know, just because they want to. businesses, local businesses, community leaders, and, you know, he just wants to express his thanks to everybody. >> reporter: police surveillance camera captured ten seconds of the terror of how he was shockingly ambushed while on patrol in west philadelphia by a man claiming allegiance to isis. incredibly hartnett shot three times in the left arm managed to get out of his patrol car and fires back wounding his attacker.

>> absolute hero, a warrior, it shows that the training that he received, kicked in, and he is very, you know, very, very lucky. he had aid guardian angel that day. >> reporter: number of officers from new york, rhode island, and new jersey were here to show their support. >> just to show our support for another brother in blue, you know, for us to show up, you know, to see his face, and just a great time with him having to show that we're here for him. >> a silent auction was held benefit officer jesse hartnett among collectibles auctioned off was world champion boxing belt signed by sugar ray reynold and boxing glove signed by joe frazier and mohammed ali. >> i have been to several police funerals and it is nice to go to somewhere where we have a celebration of someone who took action and is still here with us. >> thank you for all you do. you are out there, defending our lives, defending your own life and for your families and everyone in philadelphia, we really appreciate what you do.

>> reporter: the event was expected to raise several thousand dollars for hartnett and his family. in northeast philadelphia, i'm dann cuellar for channel six, "action news". an extraordinary night the for a courageous law men jesse hartnett. authorities have yet to detail the cause of a house fire this morning that claimed the life of the 25 year-old woman the blaze broke out in the 100 block of sheffield road in cherry hill. the the the victim's moth's arrived at the home to find it a blaze and tried to convince her daughter to come out. the victim died at the hospital. the three fire fighters suffered minor injuries. and it was january 19th when a four alarm fire attacked an apartment building at 2122 locust street in center city philadelphia. tonight officials began a dialogue with local residents, many of whom had a lot of questions. "action news" reporter chad pradelli is live at the fire scene, chad? >> reporter: jim, behind me it is what is left of 2122 locust. the the brick is in good condition but the inside is gutted. you can see a fence is

surrounding it. the residents are concerned about the the safety of this building. they also want answers about the the fire, the the fire commissioner, a says that he now knows the origin of the the fire but not the cause. >> a panel consisting of l and i, fire department, red cross and emergency management met with concerned residents. they heard from sherry goldmangotlieb displaced by the four alarm fire at locust. >> is what the the likelihood that there will be any salvage? i lived at 2122 locust street, and this is important to me. >> reporter: neighboring residents want to know is what the safety of the gut building that has now been condemned. >> how is it that you can tell us that the structure is safe, specifically who, what are their credentials have been inspecting that structure. >> reporter: the fire department says that the blaze started on the first floor, but the the cause has not yet been determined. arson though has been ruled out. >> there is no evidence that there is any signs of arson.

>> reporter: goldman-got-lieb likely loss everything. panel told her she may get inside the apartment to see if anything can be saved. she's hopeful but still disappointed. >> it would have been nice to hear one or two concrete ideas about what people could do to help us, a little bit. help us rebuild. >> what we do is we make sure that there is an initial reception center, shelter activated and we start recovery process and convene right agencies to help. >> reporter: gotlieb is staying with friend. her future is unclear as is the the fate of 2122 locust street. but she's grateful for those who helped during this trying time. >> this is a process of grief but it is needed, much easier to bear. >> reporter: now residents were injured in this fire. two fire fighters did suffer minor injuries but the the fire commissioner tells me that they are okay. i'm leave from center city,

chad pradelli for channel six a "action news", jim? >> thanks, chad. starting tonight the city of chester will offer a $5,000 tonight, for any homicide case. that announcement from mayor thaddeus kirkland comes at heels of two murders in chester last night. tipsters must provide information that leads to an arrest and convictions. call the crime hot line at (610)447-7810. and philadelphia police say that this man robbed two people of cell phones after posing as a buyer. investigators say that the victims posted ads to sell phones on a web site called offer up now. the last week the suspect agreed to meet the sellers in olney. but instead of buying the phones, he showed a gun, took their phones, and then took off. both of the meetings took place after midnight which police say was a red flag. >> the word of the day is, you know, beware. be very aware of who you are dealing with and be aware of

your surroundings. 12:30 in my opinion is not the ideal to meet somebody to buy or sell anything. >> if you are selling anything, detectives advise setting up a meeting in a public, well lit area. philadelphia school officials are investigating this mala, inside of wood row wilson middle will school in the north east. it happened january 15th but authorities say that they were unaware of it until today. the cell phone video obtained by "action news" shows that the fight involved several students. one boy gets repeatedly stumped on the head. the the philadelphia police say that the victim and his mother where the knot cooperative and so no charges were ever filed. a camden county police officer who crashed his patrol car into a building is recovering from surgery tonight. an "action news" viewer sent us video of the moments after the officer's cruiser slammed into a floral shop. it happened near the intersection of 27th street and sherman avenue at 11:30

this morning. the officer's wife tells "action news" that her husband crashed while trying to avoid another driver. he is expect to be okay. pat's steaks in south philadelphia is one of the several restaurants, hit with violations by the the city's health department. inspectors visited pat's on january 14th and found 11 infractions, including mouse droppings. evidence of rodents also found at dibruno brothers in center city. sixteen a additional infractions were fund there. managers at both establishments say the problems have been corrected. tonight, an operation is underway, on the streets of norristown, to clear the piles of snow that have yet the to melt. days after the blizzard. police are blocking main street, down to gay street, and dekalb up to chestnut. residents have been warned not to park there. snow removal crews started at 8:00 o'clock and they will

work until will 5:00 a.m. allentown schools will be closed again tomorrow. the fifth day in a row since the storm, that had dumped a historic 31.9 inches of snow on the queen city. classes were canceled for students, teachers and staff are still expected to report. there was lots of political drama tonight, some would call it political theater, that in des moines, iowa, just four days before the caucus on monday. rick williams is live in des moines tonight. rick, the the debate, the trump, it ended up to a notable night on the campaign trail. >> reporter: that is for sure, jim, yes, presidential politics have arrived here in iowa and so have we. the big story tonight here in des moines was the the presidential republican presidential debate, which ended just a few moments ago a couple blocks from where we're standing and yes, it was, it was theater to say the least. of course, donald trump wasn't

a part of it. but might have lacked a little bit of that lackluster feeling but it still nevertheless had quite a few words among candidates. they did square off against donald trump criticizing him for not being part of the debate but they also, took shots at president obama. in one exchange, they criticized him for his response about the the shooting of jesse hartnett, the philadelphia police officer, who was allegedly attacked by a man who said he was inspired by isis. the here's senator marco rubio. >> look at the attack that inspired in philadelphia that the white house still refuses to link to terror. a guy basically shot a police officer three times. he told the police i did it because i was inspired by isis. to this day the white house still refuses to acknowledge that it had anything to do with terror. >> reporter: meanwhile donald trump, no, he was not at the debate but at a fundraiser a few miles away from here at

drake university for veterans. while there the the donald, well, he made a pint of playing up his front runner status and his political popularity. look at all these cameras, this is like the the a academy awards. we're actually told we have more cameras that they do by quite a bit. >> reporter: back here live in des moines tonight it will be a very busy, very interesting few days as we get closer to the iowa caucus which is monday night. the candidates we expect will be crisscross being the hawkeye state and we will follow them every step of the way. until then, jim, back to you rick williams reporting live from des moines. >> thanks so much. we urge you to watch for rick williams reports on "action news" throughout the weekend, and the caucus on monday. you can also fine his daily dispatches from iowa on

facebook and twitter, and a behind the scenes look at our continuing coverage on six abc.com. still to come on "action news" tonight surveillance video shows how a bank manager stopped a robbery before it even happened. plus a new scandal is emerging in the flint water crisis. how long did officials know that the water was tainted before telling residents. plus the efforts by world health officials on how to control the explosive spread of the dangerous zika a virus, cecily. we're tracking snow showers on the way for tomorrow and as well as wintry wind. but then we will turn temperature corner as we head into next week. i'll have details in the accu weather seven day forecast. that plus barbie's barbie change and ducis rodgers with what the the eagles new coach thinks about sam bradford, that and more when "action news" continues tonight. a north caroline bank

manager is being credited tonight, with physically stopping a would be bandit in his tracks this morning. surveillance video shows an

armed masked man rushing towards a pnc branch. the manager, who happened to be looking outside at the time, immediately springs into action, holding the door shut. much to the surprise of the the robber who actually gives up and then runs away. police are still looking for him tonight. michigan officials, were getting coolers of purified water delivered to state offices, all the while telling residents the the water was safe to drink. that according to newly uncovered e-mails by the group progress michigan. the e-mail show the state ordered coolers for its office buildings in january of last year. michigan's governor didn't acknowledge that flint's water was unsafe for another ten months. meanwhile senate democrats are proposing legislation to send up to 400 million-dollar in emergency aid to flint. on health check at 11:00 tonight, experts say that the the zika virus is spreading explosively throughout the americas.

the the world health organization says that there could be up to 4 million cases next year. the the mosquito born virus is linked to an increase in a defect in which a baby is born with an abnormally small head. world health organization will convene a special meeting on monday to deciding whether to declare a public health emergency. an s.o.s. store for historic but decrib i had ocean liner ss united states has been answered but the deal might be sending the world famous ship from the docks of south philadelphia to new york city. the group overseeing the vessel's future says it will release all of the details in a news conference next thursday, at the manhattan cruise terminal. for now, a all they will say is that an agreement has been reached to redevelop the the ship and save it from the scrap yard. in the 1950's, the luxury cruise liner set the record for fastest transatlantic crossing by a passenger ship but it has been in

philadelphia for more than two decade. its interior has been gutted, it is resting and it costs $60,000 a month, just to keep it afloat. new jersey congressman tom mcarthur spent sometime with members of the mount laurel em thes team tonight to learn about a life saving initiative. last month, the the members launched a program, aimed at training local residents in cpr. the goal, it is to train 100 people every week, free of charge. mcarthur represents new jersey's third congressional district, covering parts of the burlington and ocean counties. pennsylvania state representative, well, let's go here instead. >> yes. >> barbie? >> no, we will go to cecily. >> hey. >> what about the accu weather forecast. >> i'm no barbie, right. >> it will get cold, windy, storm tracker six live double scan showing that we've got a quiet conditions out there right now but there were some snow showers right now that

will be spiraling through tomorrow afternoon. so the action cam tonight, on the campus of the drexel university. university city, and that picture looks cold. you can see the scene rising. snow is on the ground. temperatures are dropping. but in the quite as quickly as this time last night this time last night we were below freezing in philadelphia holding at 36. allentown is at 28. trenton 32. a atlantic city airport 31. wilmington 34 degrees. part of the reasons why temperatures are in the dropping as quickly as last night. last night we had clear skies. now we have a veil of some thin cloud, really a head of a cold front that will be swinging through tomorrow afternoon. this is producing snow showers out to the west that coastal storm, it has some moisture off shore, and that is where it will stay, that coastal storm moving away from frustrat. so bus stop forecast, it will be below freezing so do be careful. there will be icy patches. not as cold as this morning though with some peaks of sunshine at 6:00 o'clock at 29. by 8:00 o'clock 30 degrees. future tracker showing by

11:00 o'clock we will see snow showers developing in far north and western suburbs. lehigh valley, berks county, poconos. this swings through early in the afternoon. could produce a brief snow squall, and some snow showers, maybe a coating on the ground and most of that will be, melting, since the ground level will be above freezing but the wind will be a big factor. at 3:00 o'clock wind chills generally below freezing. definitely dress for winter. next few days we have a dip in the jet stream. so temperatures in the 30's and 40's but don't get used to it. sunday, into next week, the the jet stream, really moves up to the the north and that means temperatures in the 50's and 60's right as we begin february. it will feel like springtime. so the exclusive accu weather seven day forecast, will be windy tomorrow with a quick snow shower, a high of 40 but feeling more like 28, 30 degrees. on saturday not as windy, little bit on the cool side 39 a big temperature turnaround, 48 d

and sunshine. on monday as we begin february, mostly cloudy, a shower, 52, some sunshine and tuesday, 54 degrees, and then our next storm system will cut to the west what that means will be on the warm sector of the storm. so wednesday will be balmy, and 60 but period of rain really through the day. behind that system we will cool back off to 42 degrees. so dress for winter tomorrow but then a big warm up by next week. >> can do i this now. >> i want to hear all about barbie. >> we all know she has had a lot of make overs since she was introduced in 1959. but now the doll will look a little bit more real. barbie will soon be offered in three different body types with a choice of seven skin tones, 22 eye colors and 24 hair styles. the change comes after years of criticism that barbie a's tiny waist and unnaturally long legs are just unrealistic.

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that is what we have to continue to look at, and, you know, i think he is a kid who would definitely fit the type of offensive structure that i will bring. sam and i had a great conversation a couple days ago. i'm looking forward to working with him. it is just something as we continue to evaluate, we will pull that trigger one way or the other when the time comes. why can't i quit you? lesean mccoy is talking about chip kelly, again. in mccoy's defense it seems every time he is interviewed he is asked about chip. mccoy was on sports sent they are afternoon. he referred to coach kelly as a genius, but he is still not a fan how things went down when traded to the buffalo bills. shady wishes it was handled differently. >> let me know exactly what was going on. if i was going to be traded, let me know that. actually in, one of the interest loose chip mentioned a week preparing for the game he said that it wasn't handled the right way. after he said that, it had no

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i'm in the sure what that is. don henderson would be okay. he remain in the game. wideman stayed in the game and was not ejected. wideman had been suspended indefinite thely pepping a hearing on tuesday. after the game he offered this explanation. >> i was just trying to get off the the ice and i was at the the last second i looked up, i saw him, and i could not avoid it. i went up to donnie and apologized him on the ice. i didn't know, where to go, or how to get out of the way of him. >> it was almost high sticking too. >> two minutes for that. >> he better come up with a better explanation when he has that hearing on tuesday. thanks, ducis. jimmy kimmel next live on channel six. jimmy a's getting ewing mcgregor and music from torey lane. for "action news", i'm jim gardner, good night. >> ♪

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