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after two days of rain. double scan live radar showing the second round of rain the steadiest now is lifting up over new england and showers are spiraling out from the west through the overnight hours, we'll have a few more areas of some drizzle but the past two days, the rain adding up to a pretty decent soaking, philadelphia close to .75 inch and allentown about a.50 inch and wilmington an inch and atlantic city more than an inch of rain. tomorrow temperatures will be in the mid-50s and tonight the evening planner showing that temperatures really not dropping much. nearly stationary, lots of clouds and again some areas of drizzle and once again some fog developing overnight low down to 43 degrees, temperatures well above freezing this shows you temperatures across the eastern half of the nation, tomorrow we'll be in the mid-50s and this little slice of nice. if you look across the northern
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plains, you can see there is colder air and don't get used to temperatures in the mid-50s, tomorrow is a bonus day and this is what is ahead. the wins kick up tomorrow and arctic hair moves in for the end of the week and also the chance of light snow on friday and that is not the only chance of snow in the seven-day forecast. i have more details coming up later. >> thank you. chester county officials have resolved a hazing case at a high school which landed three teenagers in big trouble with the law. they were facing assault charges for a locker room confrontation, now the victim what's backtracked on his story. john rawlins live at conestoga high school in berwyn with more. >> reporter: hi rick, it was last march when three senior football players here were charged with a very serious crime against a freshman and made headlines across the country but today following a juvenile court hear that serious
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charge disappeared. >> this is a simple case about ignorance, violence, and a shocking lack of supervision. >> last march the chester county d.a. detailed a couple tour of hazing insoide of the conestoga football team. a freshman held down and violated by three seniors with a brook stick handle. >> they reported the victim was yelling and screaming but did not have a friend in the locker room. >> but today the indecent assault alligation was walked back and indicates that the 14-year-old refused to clean up a locker room and shoved and held down by the upper class man and quote, one of the charged juvenile poked the victim with a broom stick in the leg and the idea was to coerce him and force
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him to cooperate with other team members. >> the statement says that the three 17-year-olds admitted to the summary offense of harassment. he was happy to hear today's news. he long felt the upper class man were accused. >> they were hon horrible seniors and i liked the way they talk to the younger players. >> he believed that the initialal gage seriously hurt the three 17-year-olds. >> i don't know the full details but colleges submit offers and some were repealed because of the allegations and the charges that were unjustly put on these kids. >> again, the initial allegations here rocked the community and the entire football staff was let go, and today after the hearing and the statement that was put out read
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that the victim, the da's office and the three juveniles that were charged are now in agreement with the outcome of the juvenile court process. live in berwyn, john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. a team will not face charges after she was caught on camera with a brawl with a philadelphia police officer. the fight broke out yesterday afternoon near the could have beener of 54th and springfield. at first it was a large group of teens fighting in the street and then this officer and a teen separating from the group and getting into their own fight, the teen tells "action news" she was trying to help her friends mother when the officer started to pushing her back from the chaos. >> she was dragging me by my hair and punching in the face and commissioner richard ross says the teen was refusing the mands and the officer says that the teen knocked her classes off
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her face. and now new charges after a fight between students sparked by a racist video posted online. lehigh valley correspondent, walter perez is live in saucon township with the story. >> reporter: well rick, this is an update to a story we reported several days ago when an african-american student was charged with assaulting a white student but this story took on a whole add the dimension once the d.a. confirmed the motive behind this case. >> this is the kind of conduct that we have to try to stop. >> northampton county d.a. john morganely is talking about a video by a white student, of a 16-year-old african-american student who is unaware he is being filmed and the 14-year-old is heard common tating using racial emat that times --
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>> at one point someone draped a confederate flag around him and used a derogatory name. the african-american student then assaulted the white student and at first african-american student was the only one facing charges and now the 14-year-old white student will be charged with ethnic harassment of a minor and they sent "action news" a statement reading in part. words matter, hate speech has no part in our society. the district attorney is sending a message to law enforcement and school officials they must be sensitive to this issue. and pennsauken high school says that they are actually a quiet school and cases like these are unusual. >> i don't see that with my friends and who i hang out with.
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i guess sometimes it happens but not that much. >> it's surprise that that happens in your own school but it is rare. >> now both students are being charged as minors and the d.a. will recommend that both students submit to counseling and sensitivity training and both of their records will be expunged. walter perez, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. the search is on for two bandits that got away with some cigarettes from a northeastern wawa a female suspect grabs the smokes when a male suspect unloaded on the cash registers with a hammer. it happened at 5:00 yesterday morning and workers in the store were not hurt. from our delaware newsroom. the state police say that david francis was almost busted in the act of a holdup. an off-duty police officer spotted francis after he allegedly robbed rite aid at
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5:20 last night and francis was arrested by the officer in the store's parking lot. and the ford motor company scrapped plans to build a billion dollar plan in mexico after threats by donald trump to tax i ported cars and instead invest $7 million into a plant in michigan and add 700 jobs in the u.s. and beef up ford's production of electric and self driving vehicles. the ford ceo says that they made the decision independently of the president-elect. and an all out manhunt is underway in turkey looking for this man. the man that they say opened fire in istanbul killing 39 people over the weekend and a dozen others have been detained in connection with the deadly attack. >> abc's elizabeth herer is
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following the story in new york. >> reporter: we got a look inside of the nightclub, he took reporters inside recounting a scene from a horror movie. the co-owner of the nightclub says that that is him in the corner of the surveillance video when the bullets came fly and fell when jumping over the railing and that saved his life, the gunman kept firing storming into the nightclub and bullet holes just about everywhere you look and the suspect according to authorities is this man seen in the selfie video believed to have baseball taken a few days before the attack. >> it was terrible. >> people were scared of course. and we were all praying to be alive. >> this survivor says that she thought fireworks were going off but sources tell abc news that attackers use the flares to lum nate the targets and using six
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clips fived 180 rounds of bullets used by ak-47's. even changing his clothes and pretending to be wounded and limping out of the club with the crowd and seen hopping into a taxi and getting off a half mile away and gets out and walks away slowly. >> tonight police sources say they are not yet naming the suspect but can tell us this much. he is from central asia and arrived in istanbul just four days before the attack with the family. his wife is among those under arrest right now, and she claims she knew nothing about this. channel 6 "action news." >> thanks elizabeth. time now for a check of the "action news" traffic report. gina is in for matt live in the
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traffic center with the lightest. >> reporter: well, you foe what we are starting off with a crash, if you travel out into upper providence township. this is right on 422, this son the westbound side, right at route 29, all lanes are blocked you are just squeezing by on the right shoulder, definitely a cause of concern and 20 minutes now. and a major problem spot this tends to back up during rush hour. 422 westbound at 29 just the right shoulder is squeezing by. the big picture, 1 miles per hour on 76 at city avenue and 10 miles per hours on 95 on the southbound side. right around allegheny. not too bad on the blue route with another crash on 309, and southbound at dekalb pike and we have police on the scene although it looks to be pushed to the shoulder. >> thank you. >> thank you gina. more ahead on "action news" tonight.
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a tornado killed four people as it rumbled through alabama. a tree came down on the mobile home and they were seeking shelter in a bathroom. and the fda is seeking more agency on electronic cigarettes but not what users inhaled from them. ali gorman is at the big board with more on the investigation. >> it's action is launching investigation into complaints about e-cigarettes exploding as more people use the devices there are more complaints. so today the fda announced there is a two day public meeting in april from a company that makes e-cigarettes and two people that were injured by then. as of last month the government recorded 66 explosions and fires and overheating incidents from
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2015, from early would start regulating the devices. >> also today an experimental device is helping people that suffered a spinal cord injury. not focused on standing or walking but simple things like holding a cup or putting on socks. >> breaking his neck in a dirt bike accident three years ago, brian gomez has little use of his hands, made running his coffee roasting business a challenge. but last summer gomez received a spinal simulator being tested at the california center. is it trains the brain to find damage around the spinal cord the same way drivers find detours to avoid a traffic jam. >> the spinal cord is a smarter began that could be rewired.
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>> only a few people have received the new simulator but all have regained some movement and strength. within two months gomez was able to use all ten fingers. he also has more strength to move his wheelchair and that means more strength overall. >> more stability and more core strength a game changer in that alone. >> normally it is difficulty to regain movement years after the injury but this works for gomez five years after his accident and the world institute of health is also involved in the study. >> terrific. still to come a surprising sight for nasa researchers for one of the biggest moons in our galaxy. and the plan from the governor that could send hundreds of students to college for free.
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run and he promised free tuition for any family that earns less than $25,000 a year. >> the way this society said we'll pay for high school because you need high school. this society should say we are going to pay for college because you need college to be successful. >> cuomo wants the program to start this fall, and still needs to be approved by the new york state legislature. starting today the u.s. army will have new physical fitness standards to match recruits with a career path, called the assessment path, and it tests muscular strength and power and speed. the scoring is gender neutral, both men and women are held to the same physical standards. that will be usioned to determine if a soldier qualifies for a certain job. it will be given to 85 thousand
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recruits each year. nasa scientists once again found methane clouds on saturn's largest moon. the cloud disappears for five years and now that the clouds have returned there are fewer than they expected and they hopefully tracking the cloud movements they can learn more about saturn's seasons. >> interesting. still ahead on "action news" at 5:00, a check of our forecast. looking live outside sky 6 hd showing you 15th and jfk in center city. meteorologist, cecily tynan, has the exclusive accuweather forecast. and hopefully letting us know when we see sunshine when we come right back.
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time now for accuweather at the "action news" big board tonight. cecily tynan is here with the forecast with a little bit of everything. a little bit of sun tomorrow and cold air and even some snow. tonight we have clouds and fog and drizzle and we are live on sky 6 hd with the temple university camera, we can barely see the skyline and the fog is thicker than last night. visibility 3 miles and atlantic city airport a third mile and reading 1.5 and allentown.5 miles and the steadiest rain is lifting out and temperatures though not that bad for this time of year. reached a high of 48 degrees, 7
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degrees above normal. reading and allentown 41 degrees and temperatures barely dropping at all tonight. the second round of rain is moving through today and the steadiest is lifting north in new england and off to the west there are showers working through west virginia and western pennsylvania and a few of these are likely rolling through overnight. it will take time for the atmosphere to dry out. the temperatures are not dropping much and allentown 38 and cape may 45 and lingering drizzle and areas of fog through the night and late overnight and early tomorrow morning, the clouds begin to break and tomorrow if you want to get outside do it tomorrow. the midweek planner showing the return of sunshine and temperatures peaking in the mid-50s at lunch time but then in the afternoon, winds will be gusting up to 40 miles per hour as the first shot of cold air
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moves in. and we have an opportunity, actually a couple of opportunities for snow. future tracker 6 showing at 11:30 tomorrow night snow is developing along the coast but as we head into friday morning, this snow likely will expand farther up to the north and east. and looks like right along i-95 north and east we'll have snow by friday morning, doesn't look to be a lot of snow but the timing could be a problem. it could cause problems for your friday morning commute. most of the models coming from a coating to an inch of snow and could be more closer to the coast and the five-day at 5:00, mild and 55 degrees, partly sunny and windy in the afternoon and thursday 36 degrees and plenty of clouds and that light snow friday morning could cause problems for the friday morning commute. 35 degrees and saturday watching the potential for the bigger storm and the big question is will it head out to sea and up
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"action news" continues with adam joseph, jaime apody, rick williams and monica malpass. hello againer here is what is happening on "action news" tonight. the new congress is in session and on a mission. house republicans are already taking criticism from the incoming president-elect and we'll tell you why. and a philadelphia man confronts two armed men inside of his home and what he told police about the confrontation. and we'll show you how a little boy managed to do the seemingly impossible. >> now the details, the 115th congress is in session and with president-elect donald trump poised to take office 17 days from now republicans are getting down to business. the republican controlled senate takes the first step to repeal
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obama care and house gop leaders started off on the wrong foot with the commander and chief. megan is live with more on that tonight. >> reporter: good evening. that is right. the first day and we learned one thing about the new congress. it appears that the president-elect tweets make carry sway with house republicans. >> a new year a new congress. >> congratulations are you all now members of the 115th congress. >> house speaker paul ryan securing the votes to keep his position in the new term. >> this is a once in a lifetime opportunity. the people have given us unified government. >> but off to a rocky start. house republicans taking a vote late at night and behind closed doors to strip power from the office of ethical. that is never a good headline after less than 24 hours and one
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tweet from donald trump later, they changed course. >> i now the it was not the right way to proceed seed. as unfair as the watch dog may be they should focus on health care and tax reform. and that led them to believe he is opposed to it or just -- >> and republicans turning to make good on donald trump's promises 17 days from his inauguration. >> we will focus on repealing and replacing obama care and legislation that will give us the tools to roll back the avalanche and red tape that is stifling jobs. vice president elect mike pence and president obama will visit congress on wednesday talking about the fate of the president's health care law. and we have learned more about who will be attending the trump inauguration and that includes former president george w. bush
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and his wife laura as well as bill and hillary clinton. megan hughes, channel 6 "action news." >> as we mentioned bill and hillary clinton surprising to folks plan to attend the inauguration that came after george w. bush would attend along with first lady, laura bush and hillary clinton has largely avoid the the public eye since the come from behind victory over her in november. a man in texas that became angry for waiting for treatment in a hospital er in houston ended up being shot by police, he started to fire bullets into the ceiling of the hospital and walked out. deputies stopped the man and ordered him to drop his weapon and allegedly refused to do so and was shot several time, the man is listed in critical condition but is expected to survive. world news tonight on david muir will have more on today's top stories including the first
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day of the 115th congress. watch it at 6:30 following "action news" at 6:00. in the lehigh valley,ing third degree murder charges were dropped against former wrestling champ, jimmy super fly snucka. he was found incompetent to stand trial for then girlfriend at a motel in whitehall township. they argued that snucka has dementia and doesn't remember what happened. and faces manslaughter charges in the case. a philadelphia man says he took matters into his own hans to protect himself and his family from two armed intruders overnight and one is dead and the homeowner is in the hospital. bob brooks is live along pratt street with more on the investigation tonight. >> reporter: monica good evening, i am told that this man had no choice but to fight, he was up against two men with guns and his home is across us here on pratt street, they knocked on
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his door and came barging in. it was two versus one, the 27-year-old father of four young daughters had a fight for his life late last night after two armed suspects came barging through the door it started at 11:00 p.m. when four young sisters were being tucked into bed by mom. >> the mother brought the four girls, they were all female. upstairs and was putting them to bet and there was a knock on the door. >> the young father answered the door and two armed suspects were waiting at the door. when they opened the door he started shooting, shot two times one in the mouth and once in the leg. >> the 27-year-old was badly injured but managed to fight back, he his own gun and shot killing one of the suspects and police say he was -- >> was laying unconscious bleeding from the head.
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>> they watched this unfold in disbelief as their neighbor sought help. >> came crawling to the front steps and when the officers assisted him they put him on a stretcher. >> no word on why this happened. numerous bags of marijuana were found inside and appears to be a home invasion robbery and the 27-year-old likely won't be charged. the second suspect took off down pratt street and the wife and children were physically unharmed. >> the 27-year-old his injuries are very serious but luckily he was rushed to the hospital and is expected to be okay. if you know anything about this immediately call the philadelphia police. channel 6 "action news." >> thanks bob. we are learning new details about a man that killed a pennsylvania state trooper over the weekend in hunterdon county. it shows that jason robeson send a texto the mother of his own
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son apologizing what happened. he was talking to robeson when he shot weaver and his mother apparently witnessed the crime and was killed by other officers at a nearby mobile home a short time later. the fbi and philadelphia police hope that the public can recognize a bank robber that struck during the holidays, they released this picture of the suspect today. they say he targeted a northeast philadelphia citizens bank on christmas eve that the suspect walked foot branch on the 2500 block of welsh road and walked out with cash. nobody was hurt but detectives want to catch the suspect before he strikes again if you recognize hit him can't police. and the new agent in charge of homeland investigation for several mid-atlantic states. marvin miller will oversee more than 200 federal agents in
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pennsylvania, new jersey and delaware. including child crimes, child exploitation and human trafficking and more. miller was a scholarship athlete for the hawks basketball team and got graduate degrees there. time now for an update on the highways and by ways. gina is in for matt good we have the clash if you travel in upper providence township. on 422 westbound at 29 and still the right lane is squeezing by, we have police and penndot on the scene and look at your bigger problem, 37 minutes to travel out on the westbound side from 202 to oaks. definitely a set back for you and this delay reaching back to 202. lets look at the big picture, 9 miles per hour on 95 this is because we had an earlier disabled vehicle near girard and has since cleared. and 14 on the schuylkill
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westbound at city avenue where we see a backup and 13 on the schuylkill eastbound around montgomery drive. 95 nothing but delays going on in northeast philadelphia. this is at allegheny, but it will take you 30 minutes to travel between woodhaven road and the vine. and northbound not too bad about 19 minutes. rick and monica i'll send it right back over. >> thank you. video that stops your heart. a dresser falling on a 12-year-old toddler but the story has a happy ending because of the boy's twin brother. and the timberwolves tonight with the sixers in philadelphia. jaime apody has sports coming up. rain is moving out and beautiful day on tap tomorrow and changes for the end of the weeks that includes a little bit of snow. i'll have the timing in accuweather. when "action news" comes right back.
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home. they are not saying if it's david puckett. he went missing on new years eve. they looked at the pond and did not see cracks and scent dogs turned up nothing and then another dog detected an extent at the pond. and nfl player, adam pacman jones is accused of head butting police and spit ago and a nurse. he was called into court in ohio to face charges including assault. that he poked a security guard at a hotel and when police arrived he allegedly head butts and kicked them and spit on a nurse's head while being booked in jail. time for sports and jaime apody is here and talking sixers tonight. >> how about joel embiid is he fun to watch and he leads all rookies in scoring and rebounding and blocks while still on a minutes restriction and now named the nba eastern
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could have been rookie of the month again. the second time this season that he won the award. he averaged 20 points and 7 boards in december and tied for 11th in the league for blocked shots despite he played 27 fewer minutes than anyone ahead of him. >> he sleeps fine at night with the comfort that he is talented, and he understands that and he embraces wantsing to take that next step in being great and responsibility and opportunity that he has with this organization and the time frame that we are all at. this is a perfect collision of all of that responsibility and opportunity and really rell herbs that. >> it's bound to happen, the flyers rounding high after the 10 game winning streak there was no place to go but down and in a
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road trip in the midst of a four game losing streak. they have gone 1-4-2, and really played well the last two games but did not come away with two points. >> we were winning ten in a row, some of those games could have gone either way and it's the small things and a tight league and no games are easy and just a matter of sticking with it here. going through a tough stretch and tough part of the season and just a matter of not getting discouraged here and keep pushing forward. >> he started 24 of the last 26 games and he is activated after missing 22 games with a knee injury. the flyers host the rangers tomorrow. and only a couple of days removed and the eagles could lose their offensive coordinators, the buffalo bills reached out asking to interview
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fred reich. he interviewed for the job in 2014. he along with doug peterson is credited with helping to get carson wentz ready for his first nfl season. he was impressive. he lasted the entire year all 16 games but the passing rate dropped each month into the season. >> i thought it was okay. it definitely wasn't where it needs to be, ultimate nightly we were 7-9 and that is what it boils down to, and i thought i learned a lot and i grew as far as mentally and physically on the field. definitely nowhere near where i want to be and where i think we can be as a team. james franklin called the most excitable autoable ever. and he did something he would forever regret throw the pitch
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and that led to the usc winning field goal. 52-49 loss for penn state in the granddaddy of them all. they have a lot to be proud of. what a game that was. a game for the ainges. >> thank you jaime. speaking of exciting, video going viral and shows the incredible bond between twins, a 2-year-old boy is called a hero when a dresser suddenly falls on top of him. brock and brody was climbing on the furniture and it topples on to one of them and brock became trap and brody found a way to move the dresser. and his parents home at the time said they didn't hear anything and after several attempts to move the dresser, brody was able to lift the dresser enough so his brother could wiggle free, neither boy was hurt and they immediately bolts the dresser to
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that is why it takes so long to complete the full attendance. >> penguins would love the weather out there. >> it's damp and cloudy and changes come in the form of wintry weather for the end of the week. looking at stormtracker 6 live double scan the steady rain is long gone and we picked up a half inch to .75 inch for most of us and some areas picking up an inch like atlantic city. and lingering drizzle and fog out there as well. temperatures at this point running 5 degrees above north carolinaal. despite the chill in the air where the northeasterly wind that drives through your body temperatures are warm, 49 millville and 49 wilmington and 50 at the atlanta take airport and the poconos above the freezing point. visibility wise down to a 1.5 mile in reading and again low
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visinterest and the dryle we have to use the windshield wiper a few times this evening. and now the low pressure is lifting away and a lot of this will fall apart and it kind of locks in the cloud cover for the remainder of the overnight hours, the drizzle still around and areas of fog tonight and temperatures are not going to drop off very much from where they are right now. 38 in the lehigh valley and still above average for high temperatures this time of year early tomorrow morning. then we bump it up here tomorrow morning ahead of an arctic front a decent amount of sunshine breaking out and 55 philadelphia and sail for millville and atlantic city and 50s to the northern and west. winds will start to whip up in the afternoon gusting 30 to 40 miles per hour as the boundary pushes through. and in fact, it will be passing by during the day on thursday and ahead of it you get the warm
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surge. thursday 36 degrees for a high temperature and windchills in the 20s, as the cold front sinks down to the south, low pressure will develop to the south here late thursday night, and early friday morning, the majority of the precipitation remains off the coast out to sea and getting brushed by this early friday morning with light snow and temperatures 35 and the timing is not the best here for your friday. we see a quick round of snow and it's not lasting long and not expecting a lot of and temperatures in the 20s for the friday morning rush hour, temperatures in the 20s every little flake will stick if surfaces are not treated. high impact on the morning rush and a coating to an inch here of snow. the heaviest will be south and east and the inch will be confined in southern new jersey, delaware and coating to philadelphia north and west. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast take advantage of tomorrow's warm temperatures, of 55 because we
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have a long stretch here of arctic air moving in it arrives thursday and thursday is dry and cloudy and quick round of dry snow early friday morning and friday the sun returns and stays cold at 35 and watch the coast for another stronger system to develop and it could scrape southern new jersey and delaware and following at 32 and staying 10 degrees below formal sunday into monfor highs upper 20s to 30 and a nice recovery as temperatures modify back to normal. and if you want winter chill and flurries but not tomorrow. >> check in often at 6abc.com/weather from hourly forecast to stormtracker 6 live double scan you'll be prepared for whatever comes and stay connected with our team of meteorologists by following them on twitter and facebook. beyonce fans are heading into the desert this spring to
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right now jim gardner and the "action news" team is standing by with these stories tonight at 6:00. and an officer is on developing duty following this confrontation, hear from the teenage girl on the other end of this fight and a high school hadsing case is settled on lesser charges. >> and a woman accused of cyber harassing a family from south jersey has her day in court. for cecily tynan, jaime apody, rick williams and the entire
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"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers, meteorologist, cecily tynan, and jim gardner. tuesday night carl icahn plans to give up the taj mahal's casino license. but the big story is the probe into a confrontation between a police officer and 16-year-old girl. we showed you the video yesterday that appears to show a female police officer on top of a teen and punching her.
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of course the big question here two of them really, what actually happened and what led up to this. live at the 12th district in southwest philadelphia is "action news" reporter, sara bloomquist, sara how are police trying to answer the questions. >> jim internal affairs are now investigating while the 12th district officer goes on desk duty. all the charges again the teen were dropped. we talked to her to hear what happened from her perspective. >> cell phone show shows the fight yesterday afternoon. you see an officer and teenager separate from the group. that teenager is johna pendleton and she maintains she was helping her friend as mother when the officer started to push her back. >> dragging
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