"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. good afternoon in the news this noon. nine people are hurt by fire in

frankford. some residents jumped to escape the burning building. but the big story on "action news" this noon is the death of a new jersey state trooper killed in a head-on crash. trooper frankie williams on the job less than a year died while responding to a call and the driver of the other vehicle was also killed. >> police saluted after learning of williams' death at cooper hospital. he was just 31 years old. bob brooks has more. >> reporter: such a tragedy and such a sad same here at the state police barracks and for this community. right here at the barracks the flags are lowered to half staff and flowers have been placed outside of the front doors, as

everyone starts to mourn the loss of trooper williams. it's a sight you never want to see. outside of the port norris state police barracks. the state police lost one of their own. pictured here, trooper frankie williams. it shows the violent head-on collision that took his life as well as the other driver not identified yet. williams was responding to a call driving northbound in millville. the driver of that toyota control awhen across the medan and smashed into williams head-on. this hit the community hard and some brought flowers to the bararacks in his honor. >> god bless and i hope they can carry on and our prayers are with them. >> the state police are great around here, and they are always here when you need them. i was heart wrenched hearing of his passing him being so young.

>> our hearts are with them. and if there is anything we can do, we are here owe offer our support. >> the cause of the crash is under investigation but the video speak for itself. it was extremely violent. trooper williams was just 31 years old. another look live outside. the flowers are placed here and trooper williams still new to the job. this coming january would mark his first full year of service. and was married just this past september. bob brooks, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. we have breaking news to pass along at this hour. we are getting word that temple football coach matt rule is headed to baylor university. that word comes from baylor's website as well as espn and other news sources. rule and the owls just punched a

ticket for the bowl game. and news is expected at temple university to discuss where we are expected to hear from the university and coach rule. we'll bring the news conference to you live on air and online when with it happens but roach school is expected to head to baylor university to coach there. an apartment fire left people homeless in dover, delaware. on dupont highway. the red cross is helping everyone forced out of their homes. 20 people including four children are homeless this noon because of a fast moving apartment fire in frankford. this is the scene after 4:00 a.m. at the 400 block. they called in backup to help more than a dozen residents. "action news" talked to a resident that suffered burns to his face and hand.

>> i had a couple of old people outside of my apartment i had to help out. >> everyone is expected to recover and the cause of the fire is under investigation. turning to the weather now, more rain is closing in on our area and it will make for a soggy drive home tonight. lets look live from sky 6 hd showing you penn's landing and dry conditions for your lunch. right now things could change by the evening. so keep that umbrella handy. meteorologist, david murphy, is at the big board with more on the implement precipitation. it comes all morning long and the rain is from philadelphia to washington and richmond and down to charlotte. and early tomorrow morning before we see an end to that precipitation. right now the first band of it that is very, very light probably evaporating along that first band. coming in towards wilmington and the steadier rain back down in

parts of maryland and baltimore. and this is inching into our direction and over the next couple of hours we expect it to arrive in philadelphia and then push up to allentown. all rain if pottsville but we expect a turn over to snow in the poconos before this is over. there is a winner weather advisory in the poconos until 4:00 extending until 6:00 a.m. wednesday morning because in all of these areas in purple we are looking at snow. a general 1 to 3 inches is possible. and could go higher than that. chilly you need a coat and you probably have another hour to two hours before the rain comes up into philadelphia maybe a little longer than that. if you want to run out and get stuff done now is the time to do it. 45 in millville and 40 in allentown, not a lot of wind out there. although we expect the winds to go up to 15 to 16 miles per hour this afternoon.

today's high is 48 right around the average high, tonight's overnight low is well above that average low of 33 and that means in our area, this will all be rain overnight and you have to go up to the poconos to get the snow. rick, i'll show you this arrival and department of this rain on future tracker 6 coming up and we are looking at the cold snap coming up. later in the week. with rain moving through the region stay with 6abc.com/weather for constant updates. storm radar shows you where the heaviest rain is headed next and get the updates by connecting with each of our meteorologists on facebook and twitter. now to the warehouse fire tragedy in oakland, california, no more bodies are believed to be buried in the ruins and 36 people are believed dead. and the search now for the cause. lauren lister is here with more

on what we know about the fire and possible criminal charges. >> reporter: investigators combing the warehouse for what sparked saturday night's devastating blaze. >> we'll continue the process until every piece of debris is removed from this building and every area has been searched. >> with at least three dozen bodies recovered after the fire, most victim in their 20s and 30s. the district attorney working on a criminal probe, there is no question that something was not right, the da saying that murder charges are a possibility and now piecing together how a dozen people were living in this colony known as the ghost ship. >> it was a death trap. >> they said it was uninhappenitiable. lacking permitts for living. they were just fined last month for building violations. and some residents like max who

paid $750 to live there never felt unsafe. >> there were a lot of fire extinguishers because we can't have a sprinkler system. >> and now the owner coming under fire. >> they were my friends and family. >> now lease are investigating the building's owners and concerns in the bay area with more places like this. one councilman says there are 200 other warehouses in this city that are not up to code. >> back here lawmakers are hearing testimony on the safety of new jersey transit trains in trenton today. they are exploring issues surrounding the deadly crash at hoboken stake. talking about auto train control. it includes the amtrak officials in the process of implementing the technology along the northeast corridor. in philadelphia a portion of

martin luther king drive closes during specific time periods for construction work that starts today. the street department is closing the portion from eakins oval. no vehicular traffic is allowed along the stretch from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. still to come on "action news" at noon, a camera catched a man vandalizing a philadelphia gas works car. and local high school students carry out a delicious mission for our troops. and meteorologist, david murphy, is back with rain heading our way and colder temperatures as well. >> and why tax refunds will be delayed. we'll be right back.

philadelphia police iscil trying to solve a double sho a . gun fire erupts at the laundry mat a 23-year-old man died at bystander was shot in the ankle walking home.

>> it appears that the shooter was firing shots from close proximity and due to the fact that the victim fired four times itt he was the intended target. >> the investigation continues. philadelphia police are searching for the suspect who robbed a store while holding a gun to a customer's head. authorities revealed the surveillance video from the market on eastal baneis street in olney. they forced the 53-year-old customer to the front of the store and demanded money from the cash register. nobody was hurt. philadelphia police released surveillance video of a man stealing equipment from a car in philadelphia. the philadelphia gas works vehicle was parked in the 1800 block of south 2nd street at the time. the suspect made off with gas leak detecters worth more than

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if you claim the earned income tax credit or the additional child credit you can expect a delay in your refund. it's a move by congress to battle identity theft and fraud. they will check filings for signs of fraud before the refuns are mailed out. if you don't claim either credit you can expect your return in 21 days. and ikea is offering longer parental leave. they are struggling to hang on to good workers in an improving job market. they will offer 1200 salaried and hurry workers for 12 months of paid leave. they had previously given mothers five days and six to

eight weeks of paid disability leave. and now 6 abc is hosting a live chat for an or theic disease. it's answering questions again the chat ends at success going on right now, you can log on and get advice from the doctor. lots of head phones promise to limit the vol you about may not be doing enough to limit hearing loss in young ears. they tested 30 sets of childrens ear phones and ear buds and did not restrict volume to the promised limit and the worst was so loud it could be hazardous to ears in minutes. follow this rule from doctors, when you talk to your kid from an arms length away, he should be able to hear you when you ask a question. if he can't you need other head phones.

if you get taught tuning someone out when you were talking tell them your brain was taking a nap. even while a wake certain clousters of our brain turns off when dealing with sensory overload and that the internal power naps helps us conserve senguy and focus in the long run. see my brain is taking a nap. >> the "action news" team is out working on flus stories tonight at 4:00. >> someone that never takes a nap, alicia vitarelli in the newsroom. >> reporter: full steam ahead. coming up at 4:00, the holiday shopping season is in full swing, no time for naps when we check off our holiday list before you buy any gifts, you should know the storms return policies, we'll break down the policies for you and you'll want to hear this in what is the deal. and a veteran struggles to find a job because his service dog

needs to be hired along with him. find out which company stepped up and offered them both some employment. you'll love this one. >> take us with you on the go, if you have not downloaded the free 6 abc you can watch us streaming live. >> thank you. accuweather is coming up when we come right back.

meteorologist, david murphy is back with a changing forecast. >> a change not much longer down the pike. stormtracker 6 live double scan seeing the rain as expected beginning to move in from the south we'll take a closer look at it in a second. cloudy skies ahead of the rain and of course earlier the action cam in fairmount park and you

see how it's gray above in this picture, kind of a cool morning. so far dry but not for long. stormtracker 6 live double scan you can see how light rain drops are popping in from the south and west now and coming up the i-95 corridor before too much longer and we is expect the rain to overtake philadelphia over the next 60 to 90 minutes, the outset is fairly light and later on darker shades of green moving and that will begin to overtake us. the steadier rain getting the precipitation going and as we take a look rain in darke delawa this point. ent from the south right on cue. reading almost ready to pick h

on your windshielnow. cool 44 degrees currently and f the region, 44 in allg end a co wilmington and through the betwo 6:0we filtering in just in time for notice snow in the poconos, 1 to 3 irnight and more than that in upper elevations. late tonight look out run into potentially slick ceci half in showing in the regiooe inch to inch of out of it but it will be

couple of hours in thethere. at the shore raime areas of sou already seeing the rain moving in right now, a high of 50 degrees and philadelphia a high of 48 degrees and lots of clouds and rain on the way as you saw arriving in philadelphia between 1:00 and 2:00 and getting steadier in the afternoon. 48 is your high. probably need the wipers going 51 by 4:00 and 48 by 5:00 and then down into the low 40s by 7:00 and that rain will really start to die down until the overnight hours. your exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast cloudy with afternoon rain getting ready to move up the i-95 corridor, and mostly cloudy skies tomorrow and a sprinkle in the morning and after that dry a high of 52 and 45 on thursday with a shower. still looking at the cold shot for friday and saturday, with highs in the upper 30s. might hit 40 degrees on friday we'll see about that but it's

blustery and cold with windchills in the 20s. dry for the eagles game and rain on monday and maybe mixing early on. >> mixing of what david? >> mixing with a little bit of snow. but that is not a sure thing. >> thank you david. a sweet treat is on its way to american service members that cannot be home for the holidays. several hundred cookies are being delivered to those that cannot be home for the holidays. they used more than 100 pounds of cookie dough provided by a local bob evans restaurant and two groups prep the delivery by the nonprofit cookie drop-off. and temple football coach is leaving for another job. >> more on matt rule's next job in the next half hour of "action news" at noon.

"action news" at 12:30 continues with rick williams, sara bloomquist and meteorologist, david murphy. >> we begin now at 12:30 with the latest details on our breaking news. temple university head coach, matt rule, is leaving. he has been hired to lead the football team at baylor university. the school in waco, texas announced their big news online and social media a short time ago and they will official ly

lead them. they beat navy on saturday, 34-10 and playing in the armed forces bowl in just a few weeks from now. >> rule served as temple's head coach, for to years. he will be the full-time replacement for art giles. temple is holding a news conference at 1:30 this afternoon and bring it live to you on the air and online. >> a rookie state trooper was sp sp sp responding to a call was slammed into by another driver. trooper williams was responding to a call at the time of the crash. the driver of the other car died at the scene and