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will clear out in time for start of the workweek on monday. call from accu weather over next 12 hours, light rain early, overnight clearing will be on the way, we will drop down to 31 in the suburbs. 36 degrees in philadelphia for overnight low. let's time out precipitation for you 9:00 o'clock this evening notice light showers will continue, from the west/east direction across the area. as we go throughout the overnight hours you can see that moisture pushes off shore and there was some talk, earlier in the week that there could be the possibility of some wet the snow on the back side of this. doesn't look like that will happen. temperatures nonetheless north and west of town will drop below freezing tonight or whoever just around that but by the time that occurs the precipitation is long gone, well out to the east. we are looking good for rest of tonight. tomorrow afternoon we are climbing backup into the upper 40's, lower 50's and then we're tracking another disturbance that moves in into tuesday afternoon and wednesday and with that there is potential of a good soaking rain.
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so the latest guidance is showing you we have rain for city point to the south and east, at on set on tuesday night there could be milk precipitation north and west of that 95 corridor. once we get into wednesday it is all rain for most locations, this looks like a steady, soaking rain as the storm is tell cuts up to the west. we will tap into that milder air, so flooding is a concern by wednesday, one to 2 inches have rain possible as well. accu weather forecast showing turning nice tomorrow to 51 degrees. cooler on tuesday with the afternoon rain developing, coming in at 44. on wednesday, steady, heavier rain by the afternoon, a high of just 56. fifty-five with some early showers on thursday, and otherwise, 44 on friday, next saturday, and sunday, temperatures in the lower 40's, upper 30's, guys. >> all right, melissa, thank you. five generations of a south jersey family celebrated its oldest member today. action cam was in glassboro for marry coangelo's 105th birthday party. relatives say mary taught her
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grand nieces how to make her own pasta sauce and potato gnochi and always made sure they did it right. she sound like she is a great teacher. happy birth the day to mary. >> homemade gnochi is what they feed people in heaven. so good. up next we will join world news sunday already in progress. don't miss "action news" at ten on p hl17 tonight and then back here on six abc at 11:00. for melissa magee, jeff skversky, jamie apody and the entire "action news" team, i'm sarah bloomquist. we will see you right back here at 11:00 o'clock. ♪
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police connect the dot arresting this man, with no criminal record, but who is, an uber driver. abc alex perez in kalamazoo, michigan. >> reporter: tonight investigators in kalamazoo michigan on the hunt for answers after a deadly rampage leaves to six dead. suspect jason dalton is now behind bars. >> shots fired and we have one confirmed victim right the now. >> reporter: chaos beginning at 5:42 saturday evening, a woman shot several times in the parking lot of this residential complex, and she survives. the four hours later, in this car dealership parking lot a father and his 17 year-old son, shot and killed.
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within minutes, the gun man opens fire outside of a cracker barrel restaurant, killing four in their car, including former teacher mary joe ni and critically wounding a four year-old girl. >> all units suspect has seen at cracker barrel. >> reporter: just after midnight police spot suspect's vehicle and take him into custody without incident. victim's police say apparently select at random. >> this is your worst nightmare. >> how do you go and tell families of these victims that they weren't targeted for any reason other than they were there to be a target. >> reporter: forty-five year-old lynn dalton had no criminal record and worked as an uber driver. the his neighbor is in disbelief. >> it is just scary, that could have been us, that could have been my doubt their got killed. >> reporter: tonight authorities are investigating whether the gun man was taking fares in between shootings. matt million even rod well.
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dalton 07 minutes before the first shooting, a ride he said he will never for get. >> trying through medians, driving through the lawn, speeding a along and then finally once he came to a stop, i jumped out of the car and ran away. >> reporter: he even called police. the tonight uber in a statement saying we are horrified and heart broken at this senseless violence. we have reached out to the police to help with their investigation in anyway that we can. investigators recovered a gun from dalton's vehicle and he is expected in court tomorrow afternoon. tom? >> alex perfectes, thank you. now overseas to the south pacific in one of the most powerful storms ever to hit there, at least six people are dead in fiji after sigh clean winston raked the island chains with wind of 160 miles an hour destroying homes. look at that. leaving mess people without power, water and communication. the residents told the stay inside to clean up underway, curfew extended through monday. and still ahead tonight when a day at the slopes turns dangerous, we saw that
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frightening video a little boy dangling from a chair lift, what you need to know to stay safe before you hit the mountains. plus, the move sequence revealed tonight we will play for you the mysterious video... no audio. >> abc world news tonight, brought to you by a leave p.m.
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welcome back. like any thrilling sport, skiing can take a dangerous turn at any moment. tonight we're reminded of that by to recent chair lifts accidents. the scary moments for skiers before they even hit the slopes. they are always to stay safe as you make your way up to the mountains. here's abc's clayton sendow. >> reporter: for six terrifying minutes this 11 year-old boy dangles with the safety bar up he slid out trying to catch the ski pole. then that dramatic moment volunteer rescuers holding up
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a tarp and urging him to let go. >> wow. >> he was not hurt. >> reporter: although chair lift accidents are rare, ski resorts reminding riders this season about how to stay safe. >> you think you will drop something like a pole or a glove, it is best just to let that item drop and then somebody can go back around and pick it up for you. >> reporter: but sometimes there are mechanical failures like yesterday in west virginia, 25 people, fell, when the lift derailed dropping 30 feet, 100 skiers left stranded, rescuers using who are necessaryes to get them down. >> when you hit the ground everybody that didn't have have their safety bar down that got eject out. >> reporter: two needed extra medical attention for minor injuries. the timber line four seasons resort saying in a statement all lifts undergo thorough and rigorous inspections and they are in compliance with safety standard. there are roughly 3500 ski lifts in the united states and accidents are rare. most are caused by riders, not following the rules, rather than mechanical failure. clayton sendow, abc news,
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denver. clayton, thank you. when we come back the pope speak to world leaders. what he is urging them to do tonight, will they take action. deep trouble at sea why this surfer could no longer hold on to his board any longer. the dramatic rescue is coming up. and a wild finish at daytona, the closest finish, ever, so, who pulled off this historic upset. i've been on my feel all day.
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welcome back. to the vatican a plea to world leaders, pope francis urging all leaders to sus tend the death penalty, for a year, and the pope saying commandment you shall not kellies equally valid for guilty, as well as the innocent. a conference begins the death penalty begins tomorrow in rome. then to a close call in oklahoma inspector reporting a gas leak and take a look at this when the house, suddenly exploded, the home was under construction, no one was hurt, and police believe a stolen
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stove, may have been causing the home to fill with gas. and a dramatic rescue a coastguard helicopter arriving just in time to save some surfers off the coast of washington state, and it wasn't easy look the at those heavy waves, knock ago this guy around, the surfer as they tried to hoist them to safety. they got to her as it went flying 36789 people pulled to i havety were not injured. now to the dark side of the moon, and musical and a musical his mystery unfolding tonight, a will owe ten crew claiming back in 1969 while they were way out of range for radio broadcast they heard bizarre whistling. lets take a listen. after 40 years the big reveal coming on the science channel, the crew even debated telling nasa what they heard. and back on earth historical finish at daytona 500. check out this photo finish. danny hamlin coming in fourth place beating martin truex junior by a tenth of second or
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4 inchesment the closest finish in daytona's 58 year history, by a smart bumper. all right. still ahead bystanders jumping into action, this man thought for sure he was on his last breath but strangers saved the kay and as it turns out one of them wasn't a stranger at all.
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finally tonight a grocery store aisle where one man's heart started to give out, that is when complete strangers, jumped in to action, but as it turns out they weren't all strangers.
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the here's abc john donovan. >> i was here and there she is. >> reporter: michael kitty knows he very nearly died that day. sixty year-old collapsed right here a supermarket in valdez, north carolina where he was stocking shelves when his heart stop. >> i need a ambulance he is not breathing. we have a drunk man here trying to help. >> reporter: this high school student james studying to be an emt was in the store and rushed over. he started administering cpr. >> i check his rest celebrations and his pulse. we didn't have anything. >> reporter: two nurses happened to be grocery shopping too. they jumped in the rescue pushing on the chest of the man on the floor, who now looks lifeless. >> he laid out in the floor, purple, and we didn't have in pulse, no breathing. >> reporter: then emt crew at fire department, they got the call. >> cardiac arrest in progress rorrer report including this man didn't realize at first but life they were trying to save was his dad, in the rush
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he didn't get a good look at the face under the oxygen mask. >> it is a different experience once you realize it is a family members. >> reporter: you know how it end because you myth michael because he is back out of the hospital and thanks everyone who had a part this saving them. those who did his job and those who just jumped in to help. john donovan, abc news, washington. gm a first thing in the morning and david muir right back here tomorrow night. i'm tom jonas in insuring. have a great evening, good night.
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