>> noel is not in the holiday spirit. the sixer big man is upset with his playing time. he played eight minutes last night, a career low. he sat the bench the entire second half. he said i'm not an eight minute player. i don't know what that's about. i'm too good to play eight minutes. that's crazy. he and coach brown met to discuss the situation. even brown admits trying to get three big men playing time is extremely challenging. >> it saddens me, but doesn't surprise me. you have merlin coming in and gilleo and darwin moving over. it saddens me.

it's stuff we have to continue to grow. >> the way the sixers have played, they are likely eyeing another lottery pick, maybe number one overall. one kid catching everyone's eye a freshman from kentucky. roy williams had the feeling in the national championship, monk making him throw the coat. scores a school record 47 points. kentucky, beats north carolina by three in a game with over 200 points. after losing to villanova temple bounces back against the institute of technology. first half, damon moore, basket and foul. dingle drives, kicks it out to williams. temple wins 68-63, they won seven of the last nine. what does losail want from santa? how about a win?

lower marion grad delivers a career high 35 points on a one horse open sleigh. losail, 84-08 ending the two game losing streak. we see if they can keep this going into january. >> "action news" at is next. >> pope francis proves it's better to give than to receive as he celebrates his 80th birthday. that and more when we come back. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ >> "action news" continues. ♪ ♪ >> saturday night. here's what's happening on "action news" at 11:30, millions of americans are dealing with snow, ice and bitter cold across the country. also the solute and legacy of john glenn, a memorial honoring the former american hero. police rush to rescue a woman frozen in a car but turned out, it wasn't a woman. after a snowy start to the day, we are ending with mild temperatures and limited advise

iblght. sky 6 over city hall, you see foggy conditions across the region. we have melissa magee with the forecast. >> walter, the fog is a concern overnight hours. we have a dense fog advisory until 7:00 a.m. sunday. visibility is along the i-95 corridor, low there. half a mile in lancaster, four miles millville and atlantic atc city. mid atlantic temperatures in the 95 corridor, trapped with colder air. freezing in philadelphia, 46. pittsburg 56. 66-degrees in charleston, west virginia milder air ahead of our next system. radar 3d, you see the moisture inching closer to the delaware valley moving through throughout

the day sunday. 4:30 in the morning, we are dealing with pockets of heavy rain for philadelphia and areas to the west on and off before a cold front goes through sunday night. sunday's break down with a change, snow earlier today and tomorrow, temperature temperatuo 60-degrees at dawn. a quarter inch to 3/4s inch of precipitation. sunday, temperatures close to 4n issue with puddles freezing. we'll go over the forecast later, walter. >> thank you, melissa. if you were up early enough, you know it was treacherous in spots. >> at first it started to snow. in upper darby, it was falling

fast. on city line avenue philadelphia too, it was coming down all over the delaware valley. then snow turned to freezing rain and things got ugly. >> it was frec treacherous, proy the worst in years. >> that's rob. he was up early to take his son to a basketball tournament. >> 45 miles per hour on the turnpike was probably too fast. >> chris prepared in advance. the city of philadelphia had trucks filled with salt. first with heavy snow and then rain, there was only so much that could be done. >> the line at the king of prussia was several cars deep. they wanted to make their cars safe as possible. >> i want to be sure the car is ready. >> i want to show everyone here the "action news" man, though

the engine is running, icicles have formed on the front. if you have to head out after this kind of winter storm, please, be careful. bob brooks, channel6 action news. >> the story was much worse in some locations across the country. tonight millions of people are dealing with bitter snow and icy roads. >> millions of americans are in the frigid grip of a cold weather system from the midwest to the northeast. >> i'm prepared. i have my gear on, a couple of layers on. >> snow, ice and freezing rain turned highways deadly. >> a gas tanker trunk overturned and burst into flame, cellphone video capturing the moment it went sliding and flipped over. it looked like a car graveyard.

three people are reported killed. in fairfax, virginia, 30 viblgs were caught in this chain reaction crash. a man's body was found in the mash up believed to be a victim. >> another car pile up with 40 vehicles involved in this crash. salt trucks did their best to keep the ice at bay but even roads that look safe can be treacherous, black ice making for tresh russ spinouts. thousands of flights were delayed or canceled. the bitter weather can't kill the holiday spirit. >> it's cool that there is snow before christmas. >> temperatures are plummeting across the u.s. as a blast of arctic air is moving in. windchill is expected to reach 30 to 40-degrees below zero in some places. the man that invented the

heimlich maneuver to save choking victims died. dr. heimlich suffered a massive heart attack on monday. he is from wilmington, delaware originally, said it brought him joy that thousands were saved because of his technique. he was 9 96 years old. a procession led by marines accompanied john glenn's cas kit as it made its way to the auditorium at the university. vice president joe biden spoke to the crowd saying blen was one >>glen: wasaying glen was oneor met. >> he had an insidious smile.

he would walk in with that smile and i would wonder where in the hell has he been? >> he was the first to orbit earth and became the oldest person in space in 1998. he was 95 years old. pope francis celebrated his 80th birthday by sharing breakfast with eight homeless in the vat kin. the pope woke up to 50,000 e-mails wishing him a very happy birthday. >> moving on to the latest now on the white house transition as electors are set to cast votes monday to cast ballots to give donald trump the 270 votes he needs to take office. protests are planned throughout the nation. the president elect ended his

thank you tour in mobile, alabama praising the elec electl college. >> meanwhile president obama accused russia of hacking. the fbi and cia have agreed to investigate the matter. the first family arrived arriven hawaii. the obamas will stay in oahu where the president grew up. this vacation will be historic in another way as well, the prime minister will visit pearl harbor being the first japanese leader to go to the site of attacks that propelled world war ii. >> a christmas party was held

for families in need in kenzington. there was plenty of food and drinks along with balloon animals and santa claus stopped by to talk to the kids and hand out christmas presents. >> a caravan of trucks was needed to make a special delivery. the drivers braved the conditions to fill up the trucks with toys and drop them off at st. christopher's hospital. >> crews rushed to help an elderly woman freezing in the car. they were surprise today find out what this was. >> it couldn't last forever. the flyers ended their winning streak this afternoon. jeff skversky has details when we come back. ♪ ♪ ♪

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>> nhs philadelphia hosted a party this afternoon for children and families in north philadelphia. there was arts and crafts, a guest give away and appearance from santa claus. it was held for children with behavioral health issues. >> these young performers are helping to get people excited about the holiday season through dance. today the gwendolyn dance center held the performance of lights to celebrate christmas, hanukkah and kwanzaa. >> officers doubled as chefs this morning to serve up

pancakes for kids as part of the second annual kids and cops pancakes event. at the end, santa claus made a special appearance. santa was busy today. time for a look at the forecast. it's all over the place. >> it has been. snow ice and rain earlier today. we have a break and sunday, we have rain, mild err t air to st- i'll keep you posted. here's storm tracker 6. no issues with precipitation right now. overnight into sunday morning, we have more wet weather, sky 6 live in hd looking at city hall at dill worth park, the tree lit up for the holidays. we track the dense fog advisory until 7:00 a.m. sunday.

visibility down to a quarter mile or less along the i-95 interior and into the poconos. temperatures 36. dewpoint at 36. anytime the temperature and dewpoint number are matching, the air is saturated which is why we have dense fog, winds out of the west at three miles per hour. north and west, 33 in tannersville. 37 in new hall. 37 in kenneth square. in new jersey, numbers are coming up with the southerly wind. 44 wood vine. 45 in gandhi's beach, 50 in dover and 50 in smyrna. areas of fog and drizzle as well but out to the west the next weather maker. it will be warm enough with

temperatures rising that we are dealing with rain across the area. future tracker 6 showing 5:00 in the morning along the i-95 corridor, wet weather to the areas north and west, lancaster, through the poconos. noon tomorrow, in and out of the wet weather. grab the weather gear and by 5:00 p.m. tomorrow, notice drying starting to take place west of lancaster, with wet weather south jersey and delaware before the cold air swings through as we get to early sunday evening. big drop in temperatures. early tomorrow morning, a high near 60. 8:00 p.m. we are down to 36 in philadelphia. in 12 hours, we are talking about a big temperature drop as numbers will be plummets. rain around tomorrow. high tomorrow 60.

temperatures falling throughout the day. monday, a high of 35. tuesday, partly sunny and 39 for the high. wednesday, winter begins at 45. thursday, cloudy with rain possible, 49. friday, a damp start with clouds giving way to sun, a high of 45. christmas eve next saturday and hanukkah beginning at sundown with 46-degrees. >> here comes santa claus. >> he's coming. >> now to a bizarre story out of upstate new york. police broke into a car to help a woman they thought was freezing to death. it turns out it was a realistic looking mannequin. police received a 911 call. when they arrived they broke the window to discover that it was a

mannequin. the car's owner says he uses the mannequin to sell medical equipment. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ >> you know the expression all good things must come to an end? for the flyers, the ten game winning streak is over. their best run in 31 years has ended. the flyers are lights out on the streak in dallas. first period against the stars, taylor leer, first career goal, flyers up 1-0. they have not lost up one until this one. again in the third period flyers lose 3-1, their first loss in

three weeks. >> it's been two points a night. tonight, i'm concerned and i think our guys will be as well, two points going into the third period. we came up short. >> speaking of coming up short, if winning is not hard enough for carson wentz and company, it is not been kind to rookies. they have been going down a bad road, not won a road game and need a million things to go their way. >> philadelphia we could end the season on a high note and build momentum next year. i know the odds are ridiculous, but there is a chance. >> baltimore is in a winning

position. these are real refs and a way to set us up with chemistry. >> they have a boat load of pressure on carson wentz, throwing the most passes by a rooky in the last seven games. >> it's kind of strange. the guys that i trust the most on the offense is the rooky quarterback. i'm not sure who you can trust anymore. the wide receiver is just a struggle all season long and the running backs can't stay healthy. the one guy you can trust is the rooky quarterback. >> that's kind of scary. >> he's right. not only scary, that's a big issue going forward, next year and the year beyond they need offensive line help.

>> they need a lot of help. >> castle is next on channel6, "action news" continues tomorrow morning. for melissa magee, jeff skversky and the entire "action news" team, i'm walter perez. we'll see you back here tomorrow. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ he gets a lot of compliments.

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