breaking news from the mt. airy section of philadelphia where a crash led to a criminal investigation, a man was shot in the head while driving in the 500 block of west walnut lane. chopper 6 hd was over head when they were putting crime tape around the car. the sources tell "action news" that a woman was seen running from the crash. no arrests so far as police try to piece together exactly what happened. >> other news this afternoon. a house fire turned deadly this morning in delaware county, the flames claimed the life of a man whose body was found inside of the burned out rubble inside of the home. john rawlins live at the scene in concord township. john, you have the details here. >> authorities are not saying much at this point in time. they did recover a body, believed to be the body of the man that sometimes lives here but police caution they do not

have a positive i.d. yet. >> i smelled smoke and looked down the road and it was not hard to find. >> neighbor mike luke following the smoke from his home to the home burning a large rambling white two story house. he snapped these pictures as the flames intensified. he said the fire was remarkably hot. >> there was no fire apparatus here yet and i could hear them all coming. and it just wept up quick. it went from smoke to fully engulfed. >> luke said it took just 10 minutes for the entire left side to be engulfed in flames. they found the heavy fire in the room over the garage, the section with the garage was so badly damaged it later collapsed. the owner of the house and her son told firefighters the sole

occupant of the house was a man that often slept over the garage. >> no one could locate the man after the blaze. >> investigators began digging through the collapsed portion of the house and early afternoon a discover yea was made and the coronary office was called to the scene and they later confirmed a body had been located. again, that body believed to be the yet to be identified man who sometimes lived here. but state police don't have a positive i.d. at this time. as for a cause of this deadly fire, the trooper in charge says that is still under investigation. john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. money crews rushed to a construction site in northern liberties, that someone fell down an elevator shaft in the building a building being built here at wilding streets. he was taken to jefferson with

unknown injuries. a deadly shooting in burlington county, new jersey, took the life of a 32-year-old. he was found shot to death in willingboro, and his body was found at 2:30 this morning. they are working to develop a motive. police are following new leads in the search for a missing new jersey woman and her granddaughter. they were driving from mays landing to north carolina. family members have not heard from them since saturday when they stopped for gas in virginia but virginia state police have new information indicating that the two may be in the try cities area today. police consider to search for the family. >> maybe she went towards the mountains and her car broke down and i am not thinking nothing other than. i know she is going to come back. >> barbara and lamire were

traveling in a toyota rav 4. c 80-els. this is the scene when a tractor trailer crashed and burst into flames. police believe the driver of that tractor trailer was hauling goods from shop-rite before crashing at levitt street narrowly missing gas gumps. flames engulfed the truck and two people were hurt and they are expected to be okay. this afternoon the driver of the tractor trailer went back to the scene to remove some items from his damaged truck, the intersection there was shut down for most of the day as hazmat crews and the water department worked to clean it up because of all the diesel fuel that spilled. firefighters were able to stop the flow of gas but it was a scary scene. >> the gas station is going to

blow up! >> like an explosion, probably about three or four. it sounded like bombs. >> got on location and saw it was a two vehicle accident with truck fully involved. fire with flames shooting up to 50 feet in the air. >> this afternoon the cleanup continues as does the investigation into just what caused this crash. brian and monica -- >> thank you. some early morning clouds and drizzle gives way to a somewhat warm and sunny afternoon. lets go outside to melissa magee for the details. >> reporter: hi pretty mild across much of the delaware and lehigh valleys. and comfortable at this hour. philadelphia coming in at 62 and 60 in trenton and 58 in reading and same thing in lancaster. and the coast in atlantic city 61 and 62 in dover.

temperature as long the 95 corridor are in the 50s and 60s from new york city to richmond, virginia. just 34 in buffalo and 43 if pittsburgh. a piece of that colder air coming our way tonight. 10:00 tonight the northwest suburbs are in the upper 30s and 40s for philadelphia and areas to the south and east. you wake up 8:30 in the morning and most spots only in the 30s. so we had a brief warm-up today and it turns cooler for the rest of tonight. dropping down to 52 underneath a mostly clear sky and 11:00 p.m. temperatures are only in the 40s. we'll have more details on the cooler air that arrives tomorrow and also the threat of rain details coming up with the accuweather forecast. >> all right melissa thank you. the temple owls are on the field now looking to make school history. if they win the military bowl, it will be their winningest season ever.

sara bloomquist is live at the masters bar and restaurant in philadelphia where alumni are cheering on the cherry and white. >> reporter: hi there brian, a very exciting afternoon for temple fans, the military bowl getting underway about an hour ago. some alum and temple employees are here at this watering hole. they ended the season with a seven game winning streak, they came in hot and it's a motivated team and have the chance to become the best team in temple history. fans think they can do it. >> coming off a win against navy a couple of weeks ago and being in the same location, i would have loved to go to annapolis, but my schedule didn't allow it. >> what do you think the chances are today, they are definitely motivated and have a chance to

be the winningest football team in this school's history. >> yes, definitely. wake forest was struggling at the end of the year and they won like seven in a row, but they have a new coach and that may motivate them more. and the fan base moving forward. >> the fans a little bit bummed that the head coach that got them here is not on the sidelines, of course matt rhule heading to baylor university a couple of weeks ago, they don't think that will impact the owls chances this afternoon. live in north philadelphia, sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." back to you. >> exciting afternoon thank you. >> time now for a check of the "action news" traffic report. lets go it. mr. matt pellman in the traffic center with a look at the afternoon commute. >> and some alums wearing their cherry and white. go owls. we are outside monica and brian, a crash on the ramp from 95

southbound to allegheny avenue, it's partially blocking the ramp. penndot is out here and you get extra slowing south of the betsy ross bridge for the off ramp for allegheny avenue. on the northbound side we are back to normal this afternoon delays as you travel from center city up to the work zone at girard avenue, police activity to watch out for at fairmount park at walnut lane, i would avoid that area this afternoon and a few red zones on the schuylkill. just 15 miles per hour eastbound towards the city. and slower as people head back to work today. in cherry hill a pair of problem as long 70. a crash in the right lane and we had a broken down vehicle at haddonfield road. in west depford there say downed pole this afternoon blocking 130 at hazel avenue. and normal schedules on mass

transit with one exception. septa buses and trolleys are on a modified schedule all week lodge. in delco a slow go on the blue route 476 southbound because of a crash near blue bell. slow speeds are still slow though. we'll check it again coming up in the next half hour. >> thank you matt, still ahead on a tuesday afternoon. history made in hawaii, president obama and the prime minister of japan visit pearl harbor together. >> plus, a former employee taking a luxury fashion company to court. an alleged racial code used among workers.

history is being made in hawaii at this very moment. as leaders of the u.s. and japan

come together at pearl harbor, the first time since japan bombed the u.s. in 1941 sending america into world war ii, taking a live look there in pearl harbor in hawaii. president barack obama and the prime minister of japan at the uss arizona memorial. although japanese leaders visited before, he is the first to visit the memorial that sits on top of the sunken uss arizona. the japanese government says he will not be apologizing for pearl harbor. more than 2,000 americans died when japanese fighter planes and bombers attacked. a man by the name of robert lee was two years out of high school rotc and watched from his bedroom window as the arizona exploded. >> it was the red, orange color,

about three seconds and then it exploded. the fire went up hundreds of feet from this from the whole ship and the crackling of the fire was overwhelming. president obama and prime minister are expected to speak from the uss arizona memorial sometime within the hour. they are just arriving, for president obama aides say this is likely the last time he will meet with a foreign leader as a u.s. president. >> thank you. meanwhile, donald trump's plans to dissolve his charitable foundation cannot move forward that is the word from new york's attorney general. he says that the trump foundation is still under investigation, looking to see if he profited from his own charity. and the president-elect wants to eliminate any conflicts of

interest before he takes the presidency. a horrific child abuse case has a harrisburg couple sitting behind bars. police say that they allegedly tried to starve their children to death. the 4 and 5-year-old girls and 6-year-old son told police that their parents locked them in a bedroom and they had no heat and were starved for periods of time and violently attacked. investigators believe that the abuse started in september when joshua reportedly decided he no longer wanted the children and they are facing multiple charges and held on a million dollars bail. a washington, d.c. woman missing since christmas was founded in her car. 40-year-old tricia mccauley a yoga teacher and actress never showed up for dinner on christmas. the store gave police surveillance video of the suspect using her car to rob a

cvs pharmacisy. they saw the same man driving mccauley's car and called 911. >> walked by the car and recognized it and the man was smoking this really big kind of cigar or something. and really dancing around the to music in the car. and police arrested the driver and found mccauley's body in the vehicle and investigators did not say how she died . tributes are pouring in today for the late 80s pop icon, george michael. fans leave flowers and candles outside of michaels' house in london. he was founded on christmas day after suspected heart failure. watch the special tonight on abc at 10:00. versace is in hot water tonight facing a lawsuit for an alleged secret code. an employee alleges that the code was used when an

african-american entered the store and he was fired for being mixed race and worked for two weeks at the versace store in california and the design is denying the allegations. and a look at the day's closing numbers on wall street. we have up results. up at 19,954 and nasdaq up about 25 points and the s&p up about 5. and if you put off the holiday returns, you won't want to wait too long. some big stores are tightening their return policies, macys one of them. the dep store is requiring customers to bring the item back within a year. and kohls has a january 31st for preem yul electronics.

and amazon had a successful holiday season and they shipped out 1 billion gifts for its amazon prime members, that is more than five times its sales from last year. amazon's echo devices were a top seller, and tvs were a hot item, and they brought enough to reach the top of mount everest more than nine times and someone bought a watch avenue 1.9 seconds. so they know if they are missing their show on tv. >> it's all tied in together. >> now a check of the accuweather forecast. for people watching tv and seeing our newscast. >> meteorologist, melissa magee, is in for adam joseph. >> reporter: hey there brian and monica, hard to come in on a day like today. temperatures were quite mild and well above average, near records in spots today. philadelphia so far our high comes in at 63. and the record 65. set back just two years ago.

or one year ago i should say. allentown 63, was the record. the new old record was 59 and atlantic city coming in at 63 degrees. outside still comfortable. these are numbers we would typically see for the month of october rather than december. 62 in the city and 58 for reading and lancaster and 58 in cape may and 60 in trenton. here is satellite 6 along with action radar we have some showers around earlier today and all the moisture is pushing on off to the south and east and a mostly clear skies and plenty of sunshine overhead this hour. for the rest of tonight we have clear skies on the way and a chilly breeze and 30 in allentown and 35 in philadelphia and 34 in millville and 36 in cape may. future tracker 6 showing you the change comes later tonight and we started the day out with temperatures in the 60s. the frontal boundary moves on through and it brings in cooler

air so 36 in allentown at 10:00 and 42 in philadelphia and 47 in wildwood. spots if the upper 20s and 30s. fast forward into thursday, satellite 6 along with action radar showing you we are tracking a piece of energy out across the gulf coast states and out across the southern plains, this will work its way eastward and potentially bring snow across portions of the northeast. interior portions the of the northeast and rain for a good chunk of the delaware and lehigh valleys. and rain potential for thursday, most models have us from a .25 inch to a .50 inch of rainfall. as the moisture moves in on thursday. in the wake of that it turns colder on friday. here is the four day at 4:00, cooler tomorrow and partly sunny and i temperature of 44 and periods of rain on thursday and 45.

blustery and colder on friday, and 40, and colder when you factor in the wind and windchills. new year's eve high temperature of 40 degrees. we enjoyed the warm and today and back to reality tomorrow. the temperatures in the 40s. >> had to happen sometime. get the latest forecast any time at 6abc.com/weather both the seven day and the hourly forecast along with stormtracker 6 live double scan raider. just a tap, swipe or mouse click away. still ahead today, this week is crunch time forever the charitable donations. as you look to celebrate the season of giving we'll make sure your money is not being wasted ahead in what's the deal. this is a 96-year-old world war ii vet and a major fan of a super star. look who showed up for a living room concert.

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this year marks the 50th anniversary of kwanzaa and mayor kenney held a ceremony at city hall. he accepted the symbols of kwanzaa on behalf of city. self determination is today the second day of celebrations. africans around the world celebrate culture regardless of their final. the please touch museum had their own festive kwanzaa celebration, they had the traditional african dance and drum ensemble. check out this little guy, front and center throughout the performance today. >> can't he cute. eagles made a surprise visit to the childrens hospital of philadelphia today. they spent the afternoon playing an interactive game of bingo, every week the players use their down time to help local charities and community organizations. still ahead here on "action news" at 4:00, actress, carrie

fisher has died at a los angeles hospital. we'll look at her life and legacy. and it's this time of year people donate to their favorite charities. but they don't always put them to good use. consumer reportses what the top listed charities.

"action news" continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, alicia vitarelli, sharrie williams and brian taff. >> hello again, sharrie is off

and monica malpass joins us today. accuweather has the latest on cooler weather heading our way. >> we hear from the lehigh valley couple that got stranded in snow at the grand canyon. and security is ramping up around new york city's times square ahead of new years eve. but breaking news. iconic star wars actress, carrie fisher has died at the age of 60. >> she suffered a medical money on board of a flight on saturday. and lauren lister joins us with more on this. >> reporter: brian and monica, carrie fisher's daughter, billy lord confirm that her mother passed away at 8:55 this morning this after a heart attack from the flight from london to l.a. had fisher fight for her life for days.

and that her mother was loved by the world and will be missed profoundly. >> best knowned as the iconic princess leia in star wars, carrie fisher pass ago way today but leaving behind an unforgettable legacy. >> the first great sci-fi heroin, before her there was no one else. >> born hollywood royalty, the bauer of debbie reynolds and singer, eddie fisher. and she starred in shampoo and then was in the original star wars trilogy. >> may the force be with you. >> in between she appeared in movies like when harry met sally. and more than an actress fisher was an accomplished writer, like postcards from the edge, which she adapted to a movie.

>> she became a go to person to fix a script. >> and fisher opened up about personal struggles like addiction and bipolar. >> losing your mind is a terrible thing but once it's gone it's fine. >> she was briefly married to paul simon in the 80s and had a daughter in the 90s with hollywood agent brian lord. and was known for her humor and said they are star wars role was the one she could never shake. >> when people say to you, princess leia, like i'm suppose to go -- yes. >> and hollywood stars expressing their memories and c condolences including the star wars families. people calling fisher, funny, brilliant and one of a kind.

>> thank you. world news will have much more on the life and legacy of carrie fisher at 6:30 after "action news." and chopper 6 hd is live over the scene of an accident on patco's high speed line. you see fire trucks and money equipment. the accident was reported at 4:00 p.m. so 32 minutes ago at the broadway patco line. there will be delays to the patco line as they try to figure out exactly what happened. we know that one person was struck and killed by that train. we don't know exactly how it occurred. we'll try to get more details for you. we'll continue to bring the details when we get them. and more breaking news in philadelphia. police are investigating a deadly shooting that led to a car crash this afternoon in mt. airy, all of this happening on the 500 block of west mount

lane. walter perez is leave with the latest from police. >> reporter: we'll give you a live look at the scene right here at the foot of the walnut street bridge, the accident scene is cleared up but the area is still cordoned off by police, keep that in mind. it happened at 12:30 this afternoon. the unidentified driver of a ford expedition lost control and witnesses say that the vehicle when airborne and crashed into the subaru and a woman then escaped from the passenger side of the suv and ran away. when police arrived they found the 33-year-old male driver of the suv was shot once in the temple and pronounced dead at the scene, the search continues for the female passenger but there is no word at this hour about her possible involvement in the actual shooting, the driver of the subaru we are told is a professor at a local university and suffered minor injuries and refused

medicaltreme and is now at police headquarters giving he's account of the situation. more of this coming up on "action news" at 60s. reporting live walter perez, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. philadelphia police have now identified the driver killed in a crash early christmas morning. investigators say early christmas morning antoine devoi hit a car in west philadelphia and knock down a traffic pole and fire hydrant before coming to rest on the sidewalk and the other driver was taken to the hospital in stable condition. a north hamilton family is telling us about the terrifying hours they spent in a snow storm. they were trying to drive to the north rim of the grand canyon last thursday but the gps took them to impassable back roads and got stuck with no cell phone service and karen has experience

as a wilderness guide. but she ended up hiking 26 miles in the snow and had to eat twigs to survive. >> i kept moving forward thinking if i don't get there, i'm not going to survive another night. my son needs his mother, my husband needs his wife. i'm not letting my mother bury me. >> an up believable story, after miles of walking she found an empty cabin and erick decided to walk until he found cell phone service and made the 911 call that led to the rescue of the family. >> wow. mother nature was heating things up as predicted and melissa is here with the details. >> a fice day to be outside and beautiful picture to share, sky 6 hd looking at the ben franklin bridge on this tuesday afternoon look at the temperatures. 62 in philadelphia and dew point 35 and winds from the west

bringing in all the warm and at 17 miles per hour and we don't have a windchill to talk about today. north and west of town 50 in tannersville and temperatures in the lower 50s in fleet wood and 60 in chester and down in new jersey, 60 in ma'am hamm monton and 61 in dover and 59 in glassboro and 59 degrees at the boardwalk. really warm conditions for the month of december. looking ahead it will be turning cooler for the rest of tonight and more rain arrives as we go throughout the day on thursday. about a .25 inch of precipitation and a bit of a roller coaster ride with the temperatures, we are coming down from where we should be for this time of year. and the rain chance and snow in our region guys. >> all right melissa thank you, you can get the later forecast at 6abc.com/weather both the seven day and hourly forecast along with stormtracker 6 live double scan raider just a tap,

swipe or mouse click away. there is a sliver of hope now in the search for a missing new jersey woman and her great grab daughter, they were last seen on christmas eve. they may have been seen more than 200 miles away. and the late of on that is coming up at 5:00. and gathering reaction after the death of star wars actress, carrie fisher. again that, is ahead at 5:00. security barricades are going up around new york city's times square ahead of the new years eve ball drop. law enforcement is carrying rifles and blocking streets with sanitation trucks. intelligence officials say there is no specific credible threat but not taking chances after what happened last week in berlin. >> in light whaf we experienced in this country and the attacks we have witnessed overseas, law enforcement has to take every

situation seriously. >> the traditional new years eve crystal ball has arrived. 1 feet if diameter and weighs more than 1100 pounds and covered in thousands of led lights, this year the ball has a had you crystal design called the gift of kindness, including crystals cut into rosettes to symbolize unity. to see the ball drop live tune in to dick clark's rockin eve with ryan seacrest this saturday night starting at 8:00. >> always a fun night. >> absolutely. still to come on "action news" the search is on for the tvs that made off with expensive fur coats. and the investigation continues into what caused a russian military jet to crash. and a world war ii veteran

got the surprise of a lifetime when his fivity singer showed up at his house. why taylor swift made this surprise visit. >> meteorologist, melissa magee, has the full forecast from accuweather.

investigators why the plane crashed into the water other two minutes after takeoff. all 92 people on board are presumed dead including members of russia's meltory choir. and thieves stole millions of dollars worth of furs, they threw a brick through a door on madison avenue on christmas eve. they got away with 20 major fur pieces. big talkers now, and a world

war 2 veteran got a christmas surprise. william porter lives in missouri and the 96-year-old's favorite artist is -- recognize this girl? yes, taylor swift ♪ shake it off >> you see them dancing there, i love it where he gets down and it's unbelievable. it happened inside of his house yesterday. you know when swift found out he was a super fan, the berks county native went there to missouri guitar in hand and did an impromptu investigation of her song shake it off. >> he was like dancing and moving to the beat of what he thought was the beat of the music and having a great time with it. >> i'm getting hold and enjoying effect. >> did you see him getting down there, that was the best part. porter was diagnosed with

cancer, he plans to see swift during her next concert tour, nothing beats the seats in his living room. how cool is that. here is the talker today. a lot of parents threaten their kids won't get gifts from santa claus if they don't behave. the naughty list is no joke but what if your kid misbehaves after the presents are delivered there under the tree. a dad posted his viral answer to that scenario on youtube. -- another unof your presents go away -- >> yes, that is the video. dad says the little girl was not listening and getting sassy, so into the fireplace the gift went. the girl then crying calling mom. what is the next step. >> that is when dad reveals it was an empty box.

a prop ready in case one of his kids talked back. this one is being shared all over social media and dad letting everyone know there was no present in there but as it goes the little girl had the final word saying i'm still telling my friends on you. that is a big one when you tell the friends. >> that was rough, the tears got me. >> time to check on the road conditions out there today. >> lets go to matt pellman with an update for us. >> i don't know what we did wrong but we are being punished this afternoon. the ride home is rough. 95 southbound side we are packed solid on down to 320 and the sun glare is contributing to this southbound delay this afternoon. this is a week when things should be quiet because people are off of work but it's not quiet this afternoon. police activity in west mown

airy, the bridge there blocked off by park line drive and use lincoln drive instead. or on bells mill road as other alternate and police activity in camden because of the patco situation, broadway at mlk at the walter rand transportation center. and haddon avenue and federal and market are alternates for you there through camden and that means 15 to 20 minute delays on the patco high speed line this afternoon because of that police activity. on the roads in new jersey problems on 70 eastbound side by audi of cherry hill a crash, and both are now cleared out but a crash on 295 heading southbound approaching the black horse pike and one road out of commission there and speeds in the teens and willingboro at 130 at van skier parkway and west depford 130 is blocked because of a downed poll. we are watching all sorts of

issues and we'll watch them for more in the 5:00 hour. >> still to come "action news" continues, consumer reports is out with the highest and lowest rated charities. >> and stepping outside sky 6 hd taking a beautiful look at society hill and the center city skyline. the sunset is starting early and melissa magee has the exclusive accuweather forecast including the all important new years eve forecast next.

time to get a check of the accuweather forecast. melissa magee is here for adam and it's looking beautiful. i think we can continue the stretch and getting cooler guys and back to reality tomorrow. we'll show you the picture outside earlier today and chopper 6 hd high in the skies looking at the tacony palmyra

bridge we had sunshine and warm conditions. here is stormtracker 6 live double scan radar, it's dry and quiet ain couple of showers around earlier today. those have since moved on out and clouds broke for sunshine and average for us this time of year is 42 and the high is far in the city coming in at 64, 1 degree shy of record territory set in 2015, we had a temperature of 65, 58 for reading and lancaster, 46 in the poconos and 59 in millville and 51 degrees in cape may. 60 in trenton, here is the big story and change, 24 hour temperature change, a good 20 degrees warmer in allentown and 20 in reading the same time yesterday. and 18 degrees warmer in philadelphia and things will be changing however as we go throughout the rest of tonight. here is satellite 6 along with action radar we have this front,

that is moving off to the south and east. it triggered a couple of showers today and high pressure takes of and we have a mostly clear sky on the way. in fact over the next 12 hours, can you expect a star lit sky and dropping down to 30 in the suburbs for the overnight low and 35 in philadelphia. future tracker 6 showing you there is a change coming in the middle half of the work week, as you wake up tomorrow in the upper 20s. and teens in wildwood and 4:00 in the afternoon, it will feel like temperatures only in the middle to upper 30s. and the air temperature is reading in the lower 40s, here is the setup for the middle half of our work week. cooler tomorrow with high pressure in control and high temperature coming in at 44 degrees and on thursday, we are tracking an area of low pressure swinging up from the south and tapping into cold air, and periods of rain on the way by then and a high temperature of 45 and snow is likely a few

inches in the northern suburbs and the poconos through the higher terrain tracking snow as well. here is the accuweather forecast. cooler tomorrow high of 44 and thursday periods of rain on the way and a high of 45, and we could pick up anywhere from a quarter inch to half inch of rainfall. and on friday gusty winds and colder, in at 40 and feeling much colder when you factor in the windchills and new years eve and partly chilly and high of 40 and new year's day january 1st on sunday 2017. high temperature of 48 and 47 on monday and 53 and damp with showers on tuesday. how did that happen? we kept moving. >> we didn't stop. >> yes. >> melissa thank you. >> still to come on "action news" time to make the year end charitable donations. >> but some charities don't also put the numbers to good use.

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tis the season for giving especially for charities, donations in december are almost two times higher than any other month. but is all of that money being spent wisely. consumer reports reveals the highest and lowest charities determined by charity watch dogs and advice on how to find out about the spending. >> caroline does not just write checks for charities but volunteers like in haiti after the earthquake in 2010. but first does her research. >> the charity has to be transparent. >> consumer reports says the nonprofit watch dogs, navigator and charity watch and the bb

wise give ago lyons rates charities. >> one red flag to look for is if charity's spending on fundraising seems out of whack. >> and the charity with the disabled veterans of washington, d.c., about 60% of its spending goes to fundraising earning it poor ratings but just 7% of spending at another veterans charity, the mission continues, goes to fundraising and don't assume the charity gives much to the charity of its name. the walker institute cancer charity. only 4% went to cancer research. >> and you may find your favorite charity is not rated but that does not mean it's not worthy. local charities are often not rated and look at their website

to fine a break down of their spending or volunteer yourself. >> we have a lot is of great local charities too. today in pennsylvania today the department of state just issued a warning about charity fraud they have a full list of resources to check out and a list of all the charities you may be donating too, check there before you sign checks and get a tax deduction for a charitable gift for this time of year you have to make the donation by december 31st coming up this weekend. >> finally at 4:00 today twin baby pandas are being shown off for the first time in southern china. the cubs are just two months off now, their mom delivered them in object and they just made their public debut today. the park is now collecting ideas for what to name the little cubs. >> aren't they sweet. >> i love it. >> for melissa magee, melissa magee, sharrie williams, and

adam joseph, join us tonight and every night for a full hour of "action news" at 10:00 on phl 17.

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new video shows the moments after a chaotic crash in philadelphia's long crest section and an out of control tractor trailer hit an suv, gas station and utility pole narrowly missing a dozen gas pumps. the outcome could have been even worse. >> tuesday night and rick is off and brian taff joins us, the big story is the path of destruction left behind in the early morning crash. >> it happened at oxford avenue and levitt treat. chad pradelli has more on the investigation now. >> reporter: brian, the cleanup out here continues, that is the burnt out trailer and they are trying to get it off a retaining wall and get it out of here after a fiery crash this morning. >> this is viewer video the

trailer on fire, flames shoot out of the back, just a few feet from gas pumps, a line of fire elevates from the road lightly leaking fuel from the big rig, those watching feared the worst. >> an explosion, like crashing and then explosions after that, probably three or four. like bombs. >> the driver of the big rig walked away uninjured and was on scene retrieving belongings this afternoon and the driver of the suv was in stable condition at last check. >> people were running and people saying the gas station is going to blow up. >> christopher is a manager at ride aid and helped that man from the vehicle. >> i'm like 200 and some pounds and tried to open the door and had to go yank him out. >> and names of