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task at hand. they ll begin in ernest in just aew hrs. it is trsday nht and the big sry on "action news" night is ow eight, in the daware and ligh valleys. e aes are excellent that it could make for a fcult commute in the rng. meteorologist cecily tynan live at the big ard with storm tracker six live double scan d. jim, looking at storm tracker sixive and thinking hey is whathe big deal. elmost looks like last ght. wead i at is the same systems last ght. e sms backing upo the we. butn a broader view you see what is happening a wa of low pressures deloping along this fnt. it is ofof the coast of t carolinas. that is where weave moisture. the moisture is in place. we need the ld a. what a storm like this can do is called dynamic cooling. it n ll do colder a air om higher in the at e months fear a tt will be changing over the rain to snow in the overnight hours. but because of at the national weather has posted winter weather advisoryor

most ofur viewing area from chester, montgomery, bucks countyll areas sth and east. 1:00 o'clock in theorning until 10:00 o'clock in the morning with the accumulating snow. really it is a about the timing. future tcker is showing we have a prettyroad area have of snow allhe way from boston nark, pladelphia a st of washington, right in time for the morning commute. so for the morning commute u do have to allow pnning of extra time, blowing sn wl reduce silitynd the side streets will be tting slushy. i will talkbt the a accumulation what to expect wheou live. dend on the cion with theullccu weather forecast m. >> thanks, cecily. penndot's brining operation begann hour ago andill work throughout the nit to treat the road wh that salt sution. authorities upped the number of trucks being deployed to 5, out of ireasing concerns for areas north and westf idelphia a. "action news" will get an early start tomorrow rng at 0a.m.o hp you th this snowy commute. we ask you to in matt

o'donnell, tamala wd, david murphy and ken rodgers for the latest accu weather forecast and traffic conditions. other news at this hour dnor policeoved in tonight, and st down anim sage parlor called bodyf zen. police apparently thi the massages got out fnded. "actionews" reporter chad pradelli is live at raor township police. chad, whatshe story here. reporter: yeah, jim investigators say that the the man were selling se at body of zennd now vestigators want toee if is oitution case is lied to human trafficking. radnor li hauledwo women in court this evening to ce prtitution aes after radnor and state police conductn under cover sting operation in devon square. investigators say several dectives, were offered sexual services for n, in the dy of zen massage parlor off sugar tn road. risque advertisements by body of z

d le to cckt out. >> we decided to check out these institutions, not jt massage parlors but other ones that may or may not ve different activityecause we want toeep our tnship save. >> reporter: radnor police say the investigation is ongoing and detectives are trying to learn if the prostitution case y ad to human trafficking. some of these men providing services are ainst their, being there against their will, en we hope we are able toelp them as we because they are vtims themselves. >> reporter: under cover sting operation and allegationness this up scale opping center has iboring business owners stunned. most sd there was ft traffic at body of zen but nothing indicating criminal acvities. >> it is odd i'm n going to lie. it is finitely not something youee on e main li not in radnor. it is insane actually. i'm shocked. >> reporter: police have not yet released t names of t twoom charged in this prostitution sting operation. i'm live from dr tnship,

chad pdellior cnnel six "action news" jim? >> thanks, chad. philadelphia police opened fire tonight on a vehicle that tri run do an officer. it happened at 70 o'clock tonight alg d street in feltonville. police stopped the vicle but as officers a aroached the driver cerated nearly striking one officer and at officer and two others oned fire. the vehicle stopped but body was hurt. three suspects in the vec have been k in ctody. philadelphia homicide detectives are investigating twourders tonight. the first a deadly sbbing in ogontz at 8:00 o'clock. the authorities say a man in his te 40's was aed multiple times tt is inside of a he on the 5600 bck of north 15th street. andhenn ur and a lf ago deadly nre ra o in the 4500 block of north ia street in feltonville. police say a 20 year-old man was st oe in the the head, in neither case, has a suspect been eified.

state highway 49 in fairfield tnship, burlington county was the scene of a deadly crash this morning. a rav4 tveling westbound traveling westbound crossed er in the eastbound lanes and h the school bus. theus n off the roadway and overturn. the driver of the suv identified fr three-year old larry lr, of bridgeton, was killed. four teenage students suffered minor injuries from the s. eight two-year old bus aid was more seriously hurt, and she saken to or medical nter. they are calling this fight wk, at abington high school. andhis is no prank this is no me. "actionews" reporter, dann cuellar is live abington school dtrict headquarters, dann you've got the fu story here. >> reporter: that is right jim. the school district is blaming social media for the spread of these tcations under the hashtag abington fight week. videos of theome of the figs have been posted on t internet as you are about to

see. this deo obtain ction news" shows two girls fighting, as school officials and sool resource ofcer tried to brk them up. >> it is l over cl media. that is where i have seen most of it. >> reporter: what do you think. >> i think its just ridiculous. everyone is fhting for no reason. >> it happened here at ni high is there bunch of fights happeningarlier inhe we andt jt cght on. >> reporter: school district superintendent doctor amy sickle did inhe return our phonealls but in a lter posted on the dtrict web site she sd there d been five juniorights at abington senior hi and e se a you man was o of ctrol and punched a school rource officer. she said they have been yg to stop rumors of the fights on social mea a throughout the sool. >> i just heard a lot of words that guysust want to fight and one of the guys, girls who want to fight. i don't know. >> reporter: no rhyme or reason behind it. >> i don't kn. reporter: superintendent's letter states that there is an increased police presence a at

the high school or the main campus. parents find the concept of the abingtonight week re a at eigh sool ve disturbing. >> i mean, it happens every where. it is jusa bad thing it is happening here now. >> reporter: the school district says it is investigatinghe fights and ereould be, sis consequences for those involved, including d up to expulsion. we're live here at the school district headquarters i'm's dann cuellar for channel six "action news". >> thanks, n > four teenagers are now in custody for an attack the schuylkill river trail last night. one of the hdfull of incidents this week. lice say that the suspect a approached nners, and robbed won at nint. weapons tnout to be a bee-bee gun. detectives a iestigating whether these juveniles are linked to similar hold ups sunday. new jersey docrats are proposing raising the num wage to $15 an hour. it currently stand at $8.38 an hour or just ov $17,400 a

ye f aull-time job. in 2013, new jersians voted to tie the minimum wage to inflation. since that remains so very low wages ha not listen very c governor chris cistie's office called t democrat's bill a j killing measure that could destroy the state's economy. the whitman pk te uth football oanizationn camden launched a campaign tonight toollect donations of bottled war r sents of fnt mhigan. the tm plans to i to flint andersonally deliver the water. people of fnt have been living with toxic water since 2014. still to come on "action news" tonight, we have two deaths to tell y about. e from the world of music the other one ofhe most mous x games a l's ever. also the ceo who raised the price of t life vg drug 0 percent, laughs off a grilling from lawmakers today. his lawyer explains wh

and eing news fr w york wre two officers come under fire. the cy. well, rain is lng w it will be all snow by the moing commute. i wi have details on how much to expecthere u li. weill talkbout more snow on the way next ein the accu weather seven day forecast. a four month long "action news"nvestigation is getting action tonight instigative reporter wendy saltsman is joing with us a hden camera report. >> atlantic cityinances are a mess but we went undercover to dument how one cy aderss gambling with city resources. what he is dogo bak the rules. h response wn we come looking for answers. and ducis rodgers with demarco murray, lng abt his fure with the philadelphia eagles. that and more when "action news" continues tonight.

two new york city police ficers were ot tonight in the on both themre pe to be okay. thefcs were on tl at 8:00 o'clock when they came face-to-face with two oe, in the awell of a housing project, one pulled out a gun and fi. a male officer was shot in the head, a female oicer in e the tso. the suspect was fnd dead a short time later. investigators say, th he took his own li. a defiant martin shkreli smirked his wayhrough a hearing on capitol hi tay. lawmakers were ting to fi out w h fmer pharmaceutical company hike the cost of a life saving drug by 400 percent. shkreli refused to answer any questions, repeatedly ving theifthnd t the aring, shkreli's lawyer ied to dvenf his client's demeanor. >> some of wh youaw was nervous energy by an individual who ve much would like to explain at happened. >> nervous energyr n moments later shkreli ma his

feelings clear abt t hearings, tweeting th hard to accept that tse imbeciles represent the people in our government. maurice white a founding member of the bd eth wd and fe has died. heas seven 46789 white ffered from parkinson's disease. he stopped ung with the band in the 1990's. white said he hoped his music inspired people instead of just eertaining the bm x bike legendave mirraiedt the age 4 police in greenville, north carolina found him today wi a self-inflicted gunshot wound. he was a rord setting x games athlete had his own videoame series and became a rally car driver. atlantic city cncil members haveeen sippedf their ta home car privileges. a a amid "tion ns" hien cera iestigation that is exposing the misuse of these taxpayer srces. ces finances aren turmoil, you know at. now the state has planned a

take over of atlantic city finances. well, four months ago "action news" invtigative reporter wendyaltsman ben an under cover vestigationo see if those in charge of e crisis stricken city were using their positions to ke advantage of peonal perks, so what did you n >> tonight our investigation is getting aion, a year ago uncilembers agre to turn in their take me carsnd usehem on for official business. working on the tip we set up hidden cameras and a found one'slectric leader abung that privilege athe taxpayer's expense. >> where as city is rntly exriencing a financial crisis. >> reporter: at the this meeting a a year ag >> yes. >> the atlantic city council votedn th rolution to ease the financial burden upon residents, saying that they would doheir part in reducing costs and lquish use of cy vicles. park them on the city lot. th uld sign them o f official business only. resolution paes. >> george continuebit ledhat

charge before en back in 2012 he vuntarily aeed to turn in his city car. agineur surprise when we saw him a nipal car parked in front of the hse during multiple ys. in 2012 you said you were going to rurn your car. why dn't you. >> we triedo speak to m when our hidden cameras caught him hdhe wel of the taxpayer funded vehicle. after making the turn in promise, ice. found it doing little work, that appeared to be official rk. isn'th car supposed to be used for city business. >> i was just city business. >> we followed him seven days and did see continuebit goo city hallor less than an hour january 15th. otherays we found m unloadingaterials from his municipalaro the home he is building driving his son to home depot to shop f mo me building supplies, to mcdonald's and around town. >> mr. continuebit we were like to speak with you police report report eveon january 13th wle mayor was planned by seven of the nine council members who chose to join him at this state of the

city eh, aut as pending bankruptcy, noticeably absent was tibit. >> why weren't you at th meing. >> i was a at work. >> wereou atork here. >> i have inspection days to meet. >> possibly big'sot was allowing his son to dve his city owned c. >> why was your son driving the ca is that led? twoaysfter "action w alertedhe mayor about our investigation, don guardian and city council president martymall called a quickly scheduled press conference. eop ng, ta home rs. >> today we wanted to te everyone that t cars are back in. >> council president small announced he to all ys from council mbers as well aspe keys from cy lots. >> they have to gto the clerk's fe get permission by me t is ahorizedity business. i will approve it. >> if the citylerk was never able to find "action news" any rerd that thea were previously bng signed out. >> there are laws all over city that are not enforced. >> i implore the new president of the city cnl f

investigating this. >> question is will he fully prom toysse s car for council business? this third te be a charm. i wille a at ci yard in two hours. >> the on theve us making this iestigation public i received this invoice showing taxpayers picked up a a 50 tab f in a cy car he drove last yearo repair paint spill on the a the last night council president small iroduced a resolution toanll cncil take home cars, it was unanimously pved, but one councilman was not e and george tibit did not showp r last night's mting. >> he seemed to get a little frustrated when you showed up. >> yes, he he s concerned i might haveeen there last night. >> thank you so much. word has comehat the united states mayit the hi seas yet again. it has spent two decades docked in pladelphia t ystalruise luxury travel companyants to overhaul the ship, at t a cost of 700 million-dollar. the first it will

cduct a feasibility study which will take at least nine ns time. the gloves have co of andhey me off tonight in durhamew hpshire where hillary cnton and bnie sanders met for a date at the university of new hampshire. the tone was set early when clinton aused sds of subjecting her to wh she called an art full ear, whi nrs accused ion of being a captive ofhe political tlishment. on the republican side donald tmp h a hu lead in the pos in n hampire and after second place in wa he needs a win. he explainednd eanded his schedule today from two five es, still accusing tedruz of dirtyricks in iowa. uz responded byaying at when u winnie was everyone wants to tear uown. marco rio has mod into second in new hampshire and cnn's latest po sd toy have of lely, new voters.

new hampshire voters. and "action news" will be in new mhire ving e imary fight and watch for monica lss a's live reports from mchester beginning this sunday night on ction news". philadelphia's yorim kenney has endorsed ste representative dwight evans town seat congressman chaka fattah inhe democratic primary. evans wasot the in attendance at f forum tonight in sthwest philadelphia, b fattah was a alg with several of the other ttial ponents including democratic ward lder daniel moff a state representative ian simms. fattah has served is 11 r but set to be on trial on corruption charges later this year. we have some snowoming into the area. let's go to cily tynan. >> good news this willalen comparison to the iard of 2016. e problem is it is occurring on a friday morning not a week even. it llut a monkey wrench peoples rning commute. storm tcker six is showing what is falling is not sn

but rain wh a little bit of moisture milk in some e. this lines advancing farther to e s it has moved through philadelphia we have a d slot. and th you see norristown, media, chadds fd, malvern we will s this pushing to the west as he rough xt couplef hours and tn we wlet a cder ai mixing down to the surface. right now is way too wa for snow. 45 degrees in phidelphiae hit 56egrees this morning. and that is, well above normal more than grees above normal. allentown 40 right now. the t poconos 34. hit 51. a record high today. ldwood 39. trenton 43. wilmington 43 degrees. satellite six with action radar showing the frontal boundary the mone at movedhrough last night. now a wef w pressure developed along. that that wl pull moisture inland and reducehat cold air. that will change ra over to snow. future tracker showing by 4:00 inhe mning we've got thenow rlly acro the board. t far northwestern bbs you are missing out on most of

the action. northern lehigh ly and poconos you likely wl not see a snowlake but heavy snow across south jersey and dare, that nnues at 6:00 o'clock in the morning. andhen we will begin to see this line, working tohe east around 8:00 o'clock. is not he shuts of we of philadelphia, a and then by about10 o'clockt will move out to sea. the problem is th e greatest impact, g in the heart of the morning commute between 6: and 8:00 o'clock and then they willessen the stm system moving ay. how mh sn are we talking about? well, not mu ay north and west of the pennsylvania rnpike. thehiss where we will see a ang to phaps an ih, inly on grass surfaces, en enow isn't falling hvily it will be melting on rd. most of our vwing area including the i-95 rdor, trenton, idelphia, wilmington into south jsey, cumberland, and salem county and cape y we're oking at one 3 inches. however, the bl's e northern aantic county, eastern burlington county and parts of the ocean county,

manahawkin chatsworth, hammington, this is where we couldee more than 3 inches of at slushy, w snow, four to 5nches, phaps. new eland souern new england could g six to 12 inches of snowrom is system. we are t getting a direct hit we are tng a brush. the problem that is brush is curring during the morning commute. the exclusive accu aer seven day forecast we ve a morning snow, off she, 10:00 o'clock in the morning. by the a afternoon. sunshine back. high of 44. it will be windy so the wind chills in the the afternoon will be generally in the mid 30's. the wkds looking nice. sun, cloud on saturday. 4drees. sunday we will mp it up to 53 degrees. we will get a ptn change next week. on monday, colder a moves in with a high of 42 degrees. ittill looks ke snow is liky on tuday with a hh of0. a accumulating snow, and then we will begin to pullut of that on wnesday clouds, with some sun, 40 and thursday and winter i with a high on 36 degrees, and

meorologist david murphy will be busy tomorrow starting at 4:00 o'clock aing this snow. i think for mning cmute you ne tolowown and allow plenty of extra ti. >> half an hour earlier at 4:00 o'clock. >> yes. >> thanks, cecily. philadelphia's own bacon brothers rock e i transfer in rg garden tonight, for a very important cae. >> ♪♪ >> tonight's show, raise money forhe viaduct rail r which wl tu part of the former reading via duct from broad to 12th and callowhill, in a park. the course, one hff the bacon brothers is actor kevin

flyers town south for an important, welshingll of the games are ptant at this point. >> they looked incredibly llonight m. yers hadn achilles heel this seasontas been scoring or la thereof. tonight ast nashville call it an offensive elosion. pick it up in the second period wayne simmonds on t thereak aw. he willa e the initial

save but smondsticks with it. it is three-one flyers. later in the second claude roux unleashes a wicked one timer, nice feed fmake voracek. giroux would later score again. four-one flyers a to e third simmonds, will tip one in fn that is one goals for him tonight. four in the last two games. the flyers w s-three. they are now, three points out of the playoff spot. demarco murray says 2015 season was mo frustrated he has evere andows to ma things rwith the bird and refuses to blame his la of production onhip l. >> for me i'm a guy that looks in the mirror fst. i willake the blame. no matter what it is. for didually, i think younow, i ll rk hder and be betterhen i w and then moving fwd ihink that is something i will take to a. >> still ahead here in srts, a gf shot unlike one you ve ever se before, yes plus fran dunphynd john

temple is one ree teams tied for second placin the cference standings, one of the others tulsa, twoeams meet nht at liacouras center. owls trailed most of the second half but sets up for an exciting finish. devon coleman's three with ten conds to play, forced overtime. in eime obie, as well, temple wins 83-79. fran dunphyies hn cheyney as most winningest coach in

big five history. delaware crashed nut 83-56. drexel, home withames madison. long ason continues. ron curry lds l with 16 ints. drons lose 78-58 to call to ree-19 on the season. finally tonight, man verse chine. in this case the machine ge my t they brought a robot out to the phoenix open for p am. give it the a club. t it up a at par 16 hole, reabout on the's ne is eldridge ger ods first name. like tiger 1997, on the same hole, now you kn wh happens w. >> he has to buy dnks for everybody. >> yes. >> jimmy ml li ne on chnel six, followedy night line jimmy's gut jon lionel richie and sic from elton john. now r cecily tan ducis rgers -- oh, tune in eayomorroworning at 0o'clock. for the eire "action news"

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