delaware. two brave firefighters were killed that night in september and to make matters worse, it was arson. tonight, it's hear heartache aga third firefighter since that night, ardythe hope has died. it's devastating news from wilmington firefighters, they have lost a third firefighter. christie lleto is live at fire station number five. christie. >> this is where ardythe hope was stationed. she was about to retire and get her nursing degree. instead she spent her birthday and thanksgiving fighting for her life. family and friends say they didn't see this coming. >> i thought she would pull through. i thought everything would be okay. >> ardythe hope was in the burn unit more than two month months

fighting burns she got in this inferno. her boyfriend and three daughters were with hope in the final moments at the hospital. >> each individual got to hug her and kiss her. >> it hasn't hit me yet. i'm still in shock. >> shannon plays balk with hope's middle daughter. their parents are close friends. >> we encourage lexi since it happened. >> ardythe has been in our thoughts and prayers the last 40 some days. to hear this is tragic. >> the september blaze is the deadliest in the department's history killing two and injuring one. hope, a 23 year veteran was an outstanding firefighter and wonderful person. >> she had a heart of gold. she loved life.

you could tell she loved what she did. when she was talking about her job, she was smiling. it was stressful. what she did was hard. i consider her hero. >> just mom and aldi to friends and family. we feel like she's in a better place. now it's just making sure that the family is okay. >> no word on funeral arrangements. the fired i fire department is d to address her passing tomorrow morning. christie lleto knack "action ne" >> an "action news" viewer recorded the explosion on the 300 block of north 46th street. >> firefighters got the blaze under control at 9:15. two businesses were damaged.

eight people have been displaced in addition to the fatality. >> certainly while our firefighters do the best they can, this is a frustrating and unfortunate result for us. despite their best efforts, they were not able to get to this particular individual. >> authorities don't know yet what sparked fire and the victim has not been identified. >> this was the scene on the 600 block of east clementine. more than a hundred people showed up to mourn a two-year-old who died tuesday night. he had bruises to the chest and a lacerated liver with thc in his blood. the boy's mother will be charged in connection with his death. >> philadelphia police are explaining what happened last

night where a crash killed a 59-year-old woman while police pursued two criminal suspects. >> dan, on those occasions when a pursuit has ended in the death of an innocent person, police have been called upon to justify the chase. what about this case tonight? >> well, jim, in this case the police chase is under review at police headquarters. the commissioner says it appears the officers were justified in their pursuit. >> this is the innocent victim killed in the fatal crash, 55-year-old carroll isom of west philadelphia. >> it's just a tragedy. this was a forceable felony. >> it began with a shootout between two cars just after 7:00. >> i heard three gunshots.

i tried to lay back down. i heard six more and six more after that. >> police gave chase. it ended several blocks away when the suspect's car slammed into a kia driven by carol isom who had nothing to do with what was going on. she was pronounced dead at the hospital. >> the pursuit is dangerous to the police and public. it's part of what we do. >> a gun was recovered from the car involved in the accident. a shird suspect showed up at the hospital with gunshot wounds but refused to cooperate with police. the other car involved has not been located. >> it's a tragedy regardless of what participated it and why, a woman died tragically in this. that's what we have to remember. >> tonight carol isom's family

was too distraught to speak with us about the tragedy except to say they suffered a terrible loss. dan, "action news." jim? >> dan, thank you. investigators want to talk to this person in this surveillance video in regard to the center city envelope bombing. it shows the package being dropped off on pine street last week. two days later it blew up when 60-year-old jim alden opened it. >> i have been in the city 60 years, never seen anything like it. i have speaken to our colleagues. they haven't. >> police believe the person took steps to conceal their identity wearing a baseball cap with fur over it. they are not sure if it's a man or woman or the person that built the bomb is the same person that delivered it. they say the crime was not

random. the victim was targeted. there is a now a $10,000 reward if you can help catch the person responsible. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> a triumphant donald trump began his multistate thank you tour tonight in ohio in front of the same devoted throng he commanded during the campaign. they loved every minute of it. monica has been following this story tonight. monica, trump made a lot of news today. >> the president elect made several topics, taxes to helping the poor to naming a key cabinet member tonight. he shared important messages in ohio. >> i'm here today for one main reason, to say thank you to ohio. >> donald trump had the crowd roaring tonight in cincinnati. he thanked them for the 2.8 million votes he got carrying 80s of the counties statewide. he said despite the brutal fight

against hilary clinton he's working with the democrats. we are going to find common ground and get the job done properly. >> he mentioned the air conditioning plant he stopped from closing today keeping 1100 job in the u.s. instead of going to mexico. he said it's the beginning of an overhaul of the american economy and tax system. >> we are going to make america the best place to hire, grow, create and expand. >> trump announced a key cabinet pick naming jame mat mattis as s secretary of defense. he condemned bigotry and prejudice. >> we denounce hatred. >> and promised something new to help the inner cities and rural poor. >> some of them are poor. we are going to help those

people. we are going to rebuild the communities. >> anti-trump protesters rallied outside the arena. trump promised to win them over too with the turn around of the country. >> the old rules no longer apply. anything we want for our country is now possible. >> trump promised to punish any u.s. country that takes jobs out of the country. >> monica, thank you. could new jersey governor chris christie be the next chairman of the national committee? there is word that the trump team is encouraging christie to run. according to abc news, christie likes the idea and has been talking to the transition team about it for the last couple of days. it's a high profile job that doesn't need senate confirmation. christie would not have to

resign as governor. with trump's backing it's a pretty sure thing. a recount tomorrow in philadelphia's 75 precincts. there are nearly 1700 precincts in the city. they ruled against a full analysis arguing that recounting votes without inspecting the voting machines won't determine if a cyber attack altered the vote. lehigh valley rejected a forensic analysis of the voting software. >> natasha gibson was butchered with a knife and beaten with a that baseball bat in september. police believe her killer is already behind bars. byron alan was arrested last month facing charges for

slashing the throat of a woman in april. dna linked him to the murder of gibson. gibson's mother calls the development bittersweet. it's been rough. i'm so happy now. >> police are investigating whether alan is responsible for a series of violent attacks in kensington. the victims were tortured, stabbed, tied up with duct tape and thrown in the river with cement weighing down their legs. one of the three survived. tamen lee was convicted of all counts on the haneest crime from 2014. the jury will decide if he will be sentenced to death. the case involved settling a drug debt. >> a female student is arrest in allentown for bringing a firearm

to school. the girl had the firearm in her locker. nobody was hurt. in philadelphia, written house square is decked out for the holidays. >> with a flip of the switch, the tree was set aglow. the tree lighting ceremony included carolers and a visit from santa claus. the tree is 30 feet tall and illuminated by 5,000 lights. ♪ ♪ happy holiday ♪ >> the sounds of the season filled ronald mcdonald in camden tonight. residents and 200 others that benefited from the house were treated to holiday fun when they took the party outside for the tree lighting ceremony. still to come, parents

helped stop their son from shooting up the middle school. >> it's something that plays out in movies more often than real life, the end of a bank heist with hostages. and a candy has patented a breakthrough to cut down on sugar. >> get ready for a chile. tracking rain on the forecast. >> ducis rodgers north of the border when "action news" continues tonight. ♪ ♪ ♪

>> we have breaking news from allentown. this is video from the 400 block fulton street with where a multi-alarm fire burned through several row homes.

it began in the center of the street and has spread. firefighters haven't declared the blaze under control yet. nobody was hurt. 11 people are safe tonight after a hostage situation at a bank in jacksonville florida. the 23-year-old gunman threatened the hostages before they were rescued by a swat team. it began with the report of a robbery at 9:00 this morning. after a two hour standoff, the swat team took nicholas humphrey into custody. no one was hurt. tragedy was averted at a utah middle school when a teen brought guns to school. he fired the gun into the ceiling in bountiful, utah. a teacher and student were able to talk the gunman down, that before his parents arrived and disarmed him. the student's parents were on

the way to school after noticing the guns were missing. the teenager was booked into juvenile detention. >> americans don't have much of an appetite for food science. four in ten people don't believe research on what food is healthy with evidence often seeming to be in conflict. for many that leads to confusion at the grocery store. even terms like gmo's, less than 20% of people care about the issue. >> take this next story with a grain of salt or sugar. necessarily claims they have a new form of sugar crystal that can cut calories in its candy. you see the particles on the right dissolve faster makes it taste sweet on your tongue with 40% less sugar. they are patenting the

breakthrough and will produce the product 2018. >> the three of us stopped by preston and steve's camp out for hunger. this is the 19th year of collecting money and food in abundance. it's a lot of fun for the guests of the legend. they collected a million pounds of food last year. they hope to top that this year. it's a lot of fun. >> it sounds like they are well on their way. they are there until 10:00 tomorrow morning. there is time for donations and watch for your broadcast. they are a neat group of people. they didn't want to say anything deaf at thidefinite, but you gee they expect a remarkable result. >> and the weather was great.

two inches of rain in philadelphia. we have dried things out. the action cam starting the holiday light tour. this is 800 mercer street in cherry hill looking fantastic. if you are especially proud of your holiday lights, send me a photo on facebook or twitter. looking good out there tonight. a bit of a chill in the air. philadelphia, 45. allentown 35. wilmington 44, cape may, 46 and winds 12 miles per hour. feels like 39. philadelphia feels like 30 and allentown feels like 22 in the poconos. the good news, satellite 6 along with action radar showing the immediate future through the weekend. we are going to be quiet. high pressure dominating our weather. if it's cool, but it's dry.

future tracker showing tomorrow morning, 7:30 in the morning, bundle up, 31-degrees. many windchills in the mid to upper 20s. we keep the breeze all day. in the afternoon, 3:00, windchills topping off in the low 40s. it feels colder than the air temperature. forecast high, 51-degrees, two degrees above normal with winds out of the west at 20 miles per hour. it feels a lot cooler than that. you want to dress for winter. first weekend of december, high pressure in control bringing us partly sunny skies and seasonal temperatures in the mid to upper 40s if for the highs and a weak disturbance monday morning could bring sprinkles or snowflakes north and west of philadelphia. that doesn't look to be a big storm. bigger storm tuesday. seven-day forecast, breetzy,

sunny, saturday, chilly, 49-degrees, nice for the temple game in annapolis. sunday, we start with sun, clouds later in the day, the high 47-degrees. monday morning we have a chance of sprinkles or snow flurries, 50-degrees, a better bigger storm tuesday bringing us rounds of potentially heavy rain, raw and cool with a high of 48-degrees behind the system wednesday. clouds break for sunshine, 52-degrees and thursday, rain moving in late in the day. all indications are behind the system. the coldest air, arctic air with temperatures next friday not making it out of the 30s. you have a week's notice to prepare. you can do it >> i don't like it. >> generosity in a big way tonight. 400 volunteers formed a human

chain at the ymc loading three tractor trailer and 26 trucks full of donationses donations, d gifts.

>> flyers in ottawa tonight. coach's message is starting to sink in with this hockey team. flyer head coach wants to see his team kick it up a notch. tonight they skate in ottawa. they may have turned a corner. the captain nets his sixth goal of the season, flyers down 2-1. a minute later, game tied at two. we go to overtime, less than a minute in, giroux again. he got engaged last night, scores again here. that's three wins in a row for the flyers. they take it 3-2. it's been the theme for the eagles. they are banged up headed into

sunday's game at cincinnati. jordan matthews limited in practice due to an ankle injury. they are not throwing in the towel just yet. >> we have a lot at stake right now. it's not easy to get to at this point. i don't see anyone on this team in this locker room backing down. you don't back down because our record isn't what we want right now. >> the sixers had the night off hosting the magic tomorrow. no word on when last night's postponed game will be made up. >> bead has been named the eastern conference rooky of the month. know well returned to the sixers after a stint with the delaware 87ers. when he gets in the game, he's going to have to coexist with okafor. >> i think it's something he has

to handle. looking forward to playing balk. >> stilbasketball. >> still ahead,

>> temple and navy have a date saturday afternoon in the championship game. the owls have won six in a row buffets a team unconventional.

temple is third in the nation for fouls. navy averaged 442 rushing yards per game second in the country. it's going to be a test. >> we know what their offense does. the thing is doing our job, playing our scheme well and making points. that's what it comes down to. >> i'll be in annapolis for reports through game day saturday. watch on "6abc" saturday at noon. tiger woods is back -- somewhat. today's first round of the world challenge, his first action in 15 months. he had two back surgeries in that time. he carves two double bogeys, 1 over 73. 18 golfer in the field. tiger woods is in 17th place.

that's sport. >> all right, deuc ducis. >> the retirement community and media were at the senior center, helping to decorate the tree. "jimmy kimmel live" followed by "nightline." "action news" continues at 4:30 with pamela edwards, david murphy and karen rodgers with traffic. for cecily tynan, ducis rodgers and the entire news team, goodnight. ♪ ♪ ♪