residents, heard them and felt them, up a down the w jersey coast, even a as far away as connecticut. there were nine in all.

typically they are not felt la. but atmosphere conditionsere just rightnd felt they were. they were sonic booms, and they al shook things up today. thursday night and the big story on "action news" tonight is the s. navy kg ser sonic wes off the del marva peninsula. this map sho the designated are where two fighter t an f3 and a f18 conducted routine test ights today and today o tests attracted a lot of attention. "action ws" reporter christie e was live in hammington, new jersey where residents are still tking abteing rattled by the boomsonight christie? >> reporter: that is right jim. somea itelt li an earthquake, others didn't ow what to make of the tremors th came from two fhter jets downn rand. >> it wasn't an earthquake but sonic boom th barbara jones felt in h egg harbor ty

me. >> there are ers from seismic blasts over ocean. >> reporter: reports early thursday afternoon ud by what a navy spokeswoman a says were f35 d f18 fhter jets from a naval air station in maryland. they were conducting p sonic tting off the a. >> they came i. it came about five minutes later. >> right here in galloway and we heard it. it was a me kind of thing would you hear ing on in construction. >> reporter: still tremors could be felt a along the new jersey shore and was all people were lng abo evensking on our facebook page wh happened? >> i had be le what w that. >> i thought itas aruck going down the ro. house just kept shaking. >> oh, my, almost woke everybody here. >> reporter: jets rattled south jersey twice fe 203 and 2014 and they are considered common in co weather. >> it scared me. it rlly d sre me.

>> reporter: now officials say super sonic testing is done every day and in the same area and ually isn't felt, on land. porting live from mmington christie e r chnel six "action news". jim? >> thanks, christie. police in wilmington have recovered the suv stolen this morning from the home delaware senator chris coons. police found the hle sixthnd cleveland avenue, police say the suspects might be juveniles who ste a second hle today and th fled. the senator had rey left hisoe bo the vehicle ftunning with t y the ignitionas on. a car stop and arrest turned violent r philadelphia police tonight. chopper six wasver e900 block of stella rt in port richmond just before 9:00 o'clock. the officers say that ey pulled over a vehicle will and they found two guns inside. they tk one suspect into custody whom th say kick out the rear window of a police uiser.

no oicersere ht. theres no wo wh charges the suspect wi face. it was a frent kind of police assist tonight at the fraternal order of policen pladelphia. the p held a nit for a police oicer jh hartnett, the law man ambushedy a gunman on january 7th. "action news" reporter dn cuellar was tre tonight. >> reporter: officer jesse hartnett smiled and shook hands, with hundredsf people gathered tonight to celebrate his herom and raise money for h and h fily. >> it is very overwhelming, the support that is shown n only from fers but the is people just dropping ccks offy the hundreds, you know, just because they want to. sinesses, local businesses, community lds, dyou knoweust wts to express his thanks to everybody. >> reporter: police surveillance mera captured ten seconds of the terrorf howe was shockinglymbushed whilen patrol in west phadelphia by a man claiming allegiance to isis. incredibly hartnett shot three

times in the le arm managed to get out of his prol r and fires backounding his attacker. >> absolute hero, a wrior it shows that theraining that he received, kied in, and he is very, you know, very, very lky. he had aid guardian angel that day. >> reporter: number of officers from new york, rhode island, and newerseyere here to show tir sport. >> just to show our suort f another brother in blue younow, for us to show up you know, tsee his fa d just a great time with him having to show at we're here for h. >> a silent auctionas held benefit officer jesse hartnett among collectibles ationed off was world champion boxing belt signed by sugaray reynold and xg glove gned by joe frazier and mohammed ali. >> i have been to several lice nels and it is nice to go to somewhere where we have a cebration of somee who took acon a 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 pciate wh you do. >> reporter: the event was expected toaise several ousand dollars for hartnett and his family. in northeast pladelphia, i'm dann cuellar r cnnel six "action news". an extraordinary night the for a ugeous law men s hartnett. authorities have yet to detail the cause of a hse fire this morning that cimed the life of the 25 year-old woman thelaze broke outn the 100 block of sffield roadn cherry hill. thehe the cm's moth arrivedthe ho toi it a blaze and ted to convince her daughtero co out. the victim died at the hospital. the three fire fiters suffered mor injuries. andt was january 19th when a four a fire attacked anpartment building at 2122 lusttreet in center city philadelphia. night fials began a alogue withocal residents my of om h a lot of questions. "action news" reporter chad pradelli isi the re scene, ad? >> reporter: jim, behind it is what is le of 2122

locust. thehe brks in good conditionuthe inside gutted. you can see a fence is surrounding it. the sents are nrned about the the safe of this bding. they al wt awers about the the fire, the the fire commissioner, a says that he nownows the origin of the theire but not the cse. >> a panel consisting of l and i, fire department, red cross and emergency management met with nrned sents. they heard fm srry goldmangotlieb displaced by e four alarm fi at lust. >> is what the the lelihood that there wille any salvage? i lived at 2122 locust seet, andhis is important to me. >> reporter: neighboring residents want to know is what the safety of the gut blding that has now been condemned. >> how is it that you can tell us at the structure is safe, specifically who at are e credentials ha bn inecting that structure. >> reporter: the fire department says that the blaze arted on thfirst o but the the cause has not yet been determined. arson though has been rud

out. >> there is no evidence tt theresny signs of arson. >> reporter: goldman-got-lieb likely loss everything. panel told her s may get inside the apartment toee if anything can be saved. she's pul but still disappointed. >> it would have been nice to ar one otwo concrete ideas about what people could do to help us, a little bit. help us bld. >> what we do is we ma sure that there is an ial reception cter, shelter activated and we start rovery process and convene right agencieso help. >> reporter: gotlieb is staying with friend. her future is unclear as is the t fate of 2122 lust street. but s's gteful for those who helped during is trying time. >> this is a process grf butt needed, much easier to bear. >> reporter: now residents were injured in this fire.

two fire gers did suffer minor injuries but the t fire commissionerells me that they are okay. m leaverom center city chad pradelli f channel six a "action ns jim? >> thanks, chad. starting tonight the city of chester willffer a $5,000 tonight, for any hicide cas that announcement from mayor thaddeus kirkland comes at heelsf two murders in chester last night. tipsters mustrovide information that leads ton arrest and cvictions. ll the crime hot line at (610)447-7810. and philadelphia police say at this man rbed two people of cell phes after posing as buyer. investigators say that the victims posted ads to sell phones on a web si called ofrp w. the last week the suspect agreed to meethe lrs in olney. but itead of buyinghe phones, he showed a guno their phos and then took off. bo ofhe mtings took place after midnight which police say was a red flag. >> the word of the day i you

know bare. beery aware of who you e dealing with and be aware of your surroundings. 120 in my opinion is t the ideal to meet sebody to buy or sell ying. ifou are selling anythingetectivesdvise ttingp a mting in a publicell t ar. philadelphia school officialsre investigating this mala, inside of wood row wilson middle will sool in theorth et. itappened january 15th but authorities say that they re unaware of it until tay. the cellhone video oained by "action news" o that e fight involved several students. oneoy gets repeatedly stumped on the head. thehe idelphia le say that the victim andis mother where the knot cooperative and no crges were ever filed. aamden unty police officerho crashed his tl car into a blding is recovering from surgery tonight. an "action news" vier se us video of the moments after the officer's uer slammed

to a floral shop. it happened near the intersection th street and sherman ee at 11:30 this mning. the officer's wife tells "action news" that her husband crashedhe trying to o another driver. he is expect to be a pat's steaks in south philadelphia e of the seral restaurants, hit wh violations byhe the cy's alth department. spectors visited pat's on january 14th and found 11 infractions, including mouse droppings. evidence of rodents al found at dibruno brothers in center city. sixteen a additional inactions were fund there. managers at th establishments say the problems have be corrected. tonight, an oration is underwayn the streets of norristown, to clear the les ofnow that haveet the to melt. daysfter the blizzard. police are blocking main street, down to gay street, and dekalb up to cstnut.

residents have beenarned not to park ere. snow mal crews started at 8:00 o'clock and they will work until wl 5:00 a.m. allentown schools will be closed again tomorrow. the fifth dayn a w sce the storm th d dumped a historic 31.9 inches of snow on the e city. classes were canceled f students teachers and staff are still expected to report. there was lots of political drama tonighto wouldall it lical theater, th s moines, iowa just four da before the us monday. rick williams is live ines moines tonight. rick, the the date, the trump, it ded up to a notable night on the campaign trail. >> reporter: that is for re jim, yes presidential politics have aived here in io d so have we. the g o tonight here in desoinesas the e pridential republican presidential debate, which ended jt a few ments ago a uple bloc fr ere wee

standing and s it was was tater to say e least. of course, donald trump wasn't a part of it. but might have lacked a little bit that lackluster feeling but it still nevertheless had quite aew words among candidates. they dquare off against donald trump criticizing him for not i part of the debate but th also, took shots at president obama. in one exchange, they iticized h for his response about the the shooting of jesse hartnett, the philadelphia police officer, who was allegedly attacked by manho said was inspiredy isis. the here's sator marco ruo. >> look at the attack th inspired in idelphia that the whi house still fes toink to terror. a g basically shot a le officer three times. he to the poce i did it because i was insred by isis. to thisay t white hse still refuses acknowledge that it h ying to do with terror.

>> reporter: meanwhile donald trump, no s not at the debe but at a fdraiser a few l away fromere at drake university for veterans. while there the t donald, well, he made a pintf playingp his frt runner status and s political popularity. look at all these mas this is li e e a academy awards. we're actually lwe have more cameras tt ty by quite a bit. >> reporter: back here live in des moin tonight it will be a very s very interesting few days as we get closer to the io caucus which is nday night. e candidates we expect will be crisscross beghe hawkeye statenwe will follow them every step of the way. untilhen, jim back to you rick williams reporting live from des moines. >> thanks so mh. we urge youo watch for rick lliams pts on "action news" throughout the

weekend, and the ccus on monday. you c al fine his daily dispatches from io on facebook and iernd a behind the scenes look at our continuing coverage osix abc.com. still to come on "action news" tonight surveillance video shows how a bank manager stopped a bry before it ev happened. plus a new scandal emerging in the flint water crisis. howong did officials know that the water was tainted before telling residents. plus the efforts by wld health officials on w to control the explosive sead of the dangerous zika a virus cecily. we're tracking snow showers on the way for tomorrow and as well as wintry wind. buthen we wi turn temperatureorner as we head into next week. i'll have details inhe ac weather seven day fecast. > that plus barbie's barbie change and ducis rodgers with whathe the eles new coach thinks about sam bradford, that and more when "action news"ontinues nht.

a north caroline bank manager is being credited toght, with ycally stopping a would nt in his tracks this mning. surveillance video sws an armed masked man rushing towards a pnc bnch. the manager who happened to be looking outside at the time miately springs into action holding the door shut. much to the surprise of t theobberho tuly gives up and thenuns away. police are still looking for him tonight. michigan officials were tting ols of purified waterelivered to a offices, all the while telling redentshe the water was safe to drink. that according to w uncovered e-mails by the gup progress michigan. the e-mail show the state ordered coolers for its office buildings in juary of last year. michigan's gernor didn't

acknowledge that flint's wer was unsafe for another ten months. meanwhile senate democrats are proposing glation to nd up to 400 mlion-dollar in emergency aid to flint. on health check at 11:00 tonight, experts say that the the za rus is spreading elosively throughout the americas. thehe r health organization says that e could be up to 4 million cases next year. the the mosquito born virus is linked an increase in a defect in whica ba is bo with an abnormally small head. world health oazation will convene a special meeting on monday ciding whether to declare a public health emergency. an s. sto for historic but decrib i had ocniner ited states has been sred t t deal might be sending t world famous ship from eocks of south idelphia to new york city. the group overseeing the vessel's future sa it will release all of the details a news conferenceext

thursday, at the nttan cruise terminal. for now, a all they will s is that an agreement has en reachedo redevelop the the ship dave it from the scrap yd. in the 1950's, t xury cruise n set the record for fastest transatlantic crossing by psenger sp bt it has be in philadelphia for more than two decade. its ierior has bn gutted, it is resting and it costs $60,000 a n ju ep it afloat. new jersey congressman tom mcarthur spent sometime with members of the mount ul em thes team tonight to learn about a li saving initiative. last monthhe the members unched a pgramimed at training local ridents in cpr. the goal it is to train 100 people every week, fe of charge. mcarthur rresents new jersey's third congressional district, covering parts of the burlington a 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, rht. >> it will get cold, n storm tracker six live double scan showinghat we've got a quiet conditions out there rit now but there we some snowhowers right now that will bepiraling through tomorrow afternoon. so the action cam tonight, on the campus of the drexel university. university city, and tt picture looks cold. you can see the scene rising. snow is on the ground. temperatures are dpping. but in the que 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 3degrees. pa of the reasons why temperatures are in the dropping as quickly as last night. last ght d ear skies. now we have veil of so thin cud really a he a cold front that will be swinging through tomorrow afternoon. this is producing sw showers out to the westhat coastal

storm, it h some moisture off shore dhat is where it wi stay, that coastal orm moving aw from frustrates. so bus st fecast, iwill be l freezing so do be careful. there will be icy tes. not cold as this morning though withome peaks of sunshine at 6:00 o'clock at 29. by 8: o'clock 30 degrees. future tcker showing by 11:00 o'clock we will seen showers developing in far north and western suburbs. lehigh ly, berks county, conos. this swings througharly in the afternoon. could produce a brief snow squall, and so snow showers maybe a coating on the ground and most of that will b melting, since the ground level will be ove eing buthe wd will be a big factor. at 3:00 o'clock wind is generally below fezing. definitely dress for winter. next few days we have a dip in e jet rm. so temperatures in the 's and 40'sut don't get used to it. sunday io next wk, the the jet stream, reallyos up tohe the north d at means mratures in the 50's and 60's right as begin

february. it will feel like springtime. so the exclusive accu weather seven day fecast, will be windy tomorrow with a quick ow shower, a gh but feeling more like 30egrees. on surday not as wiy, little bit on the cool si 39 degrees and en sunday a big temperature turnaround, 4degrees, mixture cud and sunshine. on mday as we begin february, mostly cloudy, a sher, 52ome sunshine and tuesday, 54 degrees, and then oure storm system will t to the west what that a will ben the wa sector of thetm. so wednesday will be balmy and 60 but period of ra really rgh the day. behind that syem we wl coobk o to 42 degrees. so dress for winter tomorrow but then a big warm up xt week. >> can do this now. >> i want to hear allbout barbie. >> we all know she has had a lot of makevers n she was iroduced in 19. but now theo ll look a little bit more re. barbie llo offered in three different body types with choice of seven skin

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ago. i'm looking forward to working with him. it ju something as we continue to evaluate, we will pull tt trigger one w or thether when t time comes. why c't i quitou? lean moy is talking about chip kelly again. in c's fse it seems everyime he is interviewed he is asd about chip. mccoy s on sr st they are afternoon. he referred to coach kelly as a genius, but he is stl not a fan how things wt do when tded to the flo bills. shady wishest was ndled differently. >> let me know exactly what was going on. if was going to be traded, let me kw that. actually in, one of the interest loose chip mentioned a week preparing for the ga h said at wn't ned the right wa after he said a it h no effect on me. i'm with the flo bills. my new ho. still ahead sports a tough nit for a local college basketball t

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suspension. dennis wideman crs checked a linesman, right there. i'm in the sure what that is. don henderson would be ok. he remain in the ge. widemantayed in the game and was not ected. wideman had been suspended definite thely pepping a hearing on tuesday. after the game he offered th explanation. >> i was just trying to get off the the ice a i s at thehe last second i looked up, i saw him a i could n avoidt. i went up to ne and apologized him on the ice. i didn't know, where to go or how to get out of the y of him. >> itas almost high sticking too. >> two minutes for tt. >> heetter come up with a better explanation when he has that hearing on tuesday. thanks ducis. jimmy kimmel nt live on channel six. jimmy's getting ewing mcgregor and music om torey lane. for "action news" i'm jim gardner, good night. >> ♪♪