tonight on "action news" a tow truck driver in philadelphia is shot and killed, tonight the search is on for the gun hand. also a burst, quick burst of winter weather moving our way, accu heather is tracking possibility of snow and freezing rain. and local girl scouts are getting ready for the big cookie rush. i'm walter perez. "action news" is next.

"action news", delaware valley's leading news ram, with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky and walter perez. saturday night i'm walter perez. president-elect donald trump ignites a fire storm on twit ter just days before the inauguration. car crash claims a life in atlantic county. but the big story on "action news" tonight is another blast of winter weather all be ate short one.

accu weather is tracking snow on the way. in fact some parts of the area are under a winter weather advisory at this hour. meteorologist melissa magee is live at the "action news" big board with our first check of the accu heather forecast, melissa. >> walter, we are tracking mixed precipitation across the region. we have light snowfall earlier in philadelphia and along i-95 corridor. light snow and flakes falling in allentown and poconos. we've got some rain across south jersey and also, into central delaware but there is an issue off to the west, out across chester county, berks, lancaster county. we will go in tighter on street level with storm track er six and you can notice milk precipitation there pottstown, reading, down to lancaster and coatsville and also, oxford, this will be an issue as we go throughout the rest of tonight as we track this weak system that is moving on through. it is encountering and fight ago lot of dry air. nonetheless winter weather advisory stays up just for chester county and lancaster counties until hid night. we could pick up a trace, to about a tenth of an inch of

ice, before this system is all said and done. the as far as the temperatures are concerned, right the now, most spots along i-95 corridor and to the south and east are either at the freezing hashing at 32 in trenton or 35 degrees in reading. philadelphia i should a 34 degrees in dover. 34 degrees in atlantic city but for poconos down to lancaster temperatures right thousand are, below the freezing mark. the that is why we're dealing with light snowfall. if not mixed precipitation out to the west for lancaster and chester counties. as far as we can expect for the rest of tonight, light snow, and sleet on the way, coat to go an inch at best. this is a nuisance snowfall event, main road are just wet and the secondary slick spots are secondary roads, you can find icy patches later on tonight. we will take a closer look coming up with the full and exclusive accu weather forecast, walter. >> thanks, melissa. with light snow in the forecast stay with six abc.com /weather all throughout the weekend. storm tracker six live double scan radar will show what you to expect and when to expect it. and, please follow each of our meteorologists on twitter and

on facebook for updates as well. well, police in philadelphia are searching for the gun man who shot and killed a tow truck driver. it happened last night, on 6600 block of hager man street this tacony. another man was also shot, several times in the middle of the violence. "action news" reporter bob brooks is live at northeast detectives with the very latest, bob? >> reporter: walter, good evening. this rick tim was also a father of two young boys, that he now leaves behind and new tonight, we have this crime all caught on security video, lets take a look. this is kyon brewster junior, pictured with his mom and two opposite. sadly, the boys will have to grow up without their father. twenty-eight year-old was tragically gunned down just outside his home in the 6600 block of hagerman streets in tacony last night. we spoke with his grieving tam ly earlier today. >> this is a good, young man. this is a young man who worked , wasn't in the street,

he was about understanding and his children. >> reporter: today we obtained surveillance videos of the crime hi is cruz. brewster worked as a tow truck driver who was getting picked up at 9:00 at night. he gets in. before he closes a door suspect walks up behind him and shoot both him and his co-worker. brewster was killed. the co-worker was shot multiple times and is in critical condition, again, we will let it play. you can see it all happens in just a matter of seconds. his tamly says that they just don't understand why this would happen. >> why go do that. he go to work, he come home. he is to the in the street. >> reporter: today on hagerman street we noticed quite a few real estate signs almost every neighbor we spoke with say things have gotten out of control and they are leaving. >> we're leaving the neighborhood that is what we're about to do. >> i have four grandchildren, so, i'm afraid to leave our kid out. i am looking to get out, in

fact. >> reporter: one neighbor blames being specifically on drugs. >> i think a lot of things that have to do with the drug heroin, yeah. a lot of people partake in it. >> reporter: brewster's family had to say this to the killer. >> turn yourself in. let your conscious be your guide. i don't know how you sleep or how are you going to be able to sleep because you took away something so special, something precious, there all of us. >> reporter: just a sad story there his family says that the next step in his life was to move, out of that neighborhood , he was going to buy a home, for those two young boys, and if you know anything about this shooting immediately call the philadelphia police. reporting live from northeast detectives, bob brooks, channel six "action news", walter. >> so tragic, bob, thanks for that report. police in wilmington are trying to find out who shot and killed a 66 year-old man this afternoon while he was behind the wheel this was the scene shortly after 1:00

o'clock on the 2200 block of lemont street. investigators say the victim ended up slamming his pickup truck into several is cars there and when police got to the scene, the truck was still running, and the victim was slumped over. he was rushed to christiana hospital where he died a short time later. so far no arrests have been made. police in chester have identified 24 year-old darnell colby as victim for last night 's deadly shooting at 9:00 o'clock outside after a home on the 3200 block of west third street. police say coaly was shot repeat thely and pronounced dead at the scene. police are searching for the gun man responsible. a person was killed during a nasty crash this afternoon in egg harbor township, atlantic county. police say the driver lost control and hit a tree at about 3:00 o'clock on the 300 block of zion road. after being freed from the wreckage the victim was rush to the hospital and pronounced dead. well, a search continues right now for a missing fisherman in ocean county. yesterday, searchers, found the boat belong to go christopher hutt in tuckerton paid near little egg harbor but the 45 year-old was no

where to be found. coastguard and new jersey state police, along with local authorities, are all part of the search efforts. moving on to politics, with less than a week until the inauguration, president-elect donald trump is under fire once gannon social media, following his twit era tack against representative john lewis. meanwhile some local women spent the day getting ready for inauguration day protests. "action news" reporter jeanett e reyes is live in south philadelphia where inaugural gala is set in just about an hour, jeanette? >> reporter: well, yeah, that celebration is set to get underway in a little bit here at 7:00 o'clock. of course, trump supporters celebrating his stunning victory a few months ago as inauguration day approaches but these celebrations come amid a twitter fire storm all of it starting with a rebuck from an elected leader and tweet from donald trump. just days before the the inauguration, president-elect donald trump unleashed a twit ter fire storm, partially responding to georgia

representative john lewis. the civil rights icon recently said trump was not a legitimate president. on twitter the president-elect fired back, saying congressman john lewis should spend more time on ticsing and helping his district which is a horrible shape and falling apart. not to hemmings crime infested rather than falsely complaining about the election result. all talk, talk, talk, no action or results. sad. trump's response happens to fall on the weekend of the martin luther king junior federal holiday and prompted backlash from civil rights activist. >> in recent hours and recent days, we are hearing the president-elect refer to an icon of the civil rights movement, reverend and representative john lewis. the president-elect said that he was all talk. >> reporter: criticism comes as other community groups prepared to head to the nation 's capitol to deliver their message to the soon to be trump administration, dozens of montgomery count would i men will take to the

streets of d.c. for upcoming women's march on washington. >> there are several things we hope to accomplish but first and foremost we hope this gives people a voice who felt disregarded after election day that their voices were not heard with the results of the election. >> reporter: now women's march on washington has already drawn a lot of attention, about 12,000 people are expected to attend and it is just one of the many row tests and celebrations, happening either honor near election or inauguration day. it is sure to make for a pretty passionate weekend. reporting live from south philadelphia, jeanette reyes for channel six "action news". >> thank you. stay with "action news" for continuing coverage of the white house transition, leading up to mr. trump's inauguration on friday. in wilmington an entire week of celebrating the life of the reverend doctor martin luther king is underway. dozens of fathers, sons, mothers and educators gathered for raising conference right there at ps du pont middle

school. this event is held annually to help change i am able and expectations of young african-american men. they want to redefine success through exposure and education including even little things like tying the perfect tie k not. much more to come on "action news" tonight thousands filled the streets this morning this burlington county all to honor a local firemen, where this parade had special meaning. also girl scout cookie season is almost here, we will show what you local girl scouts are doing to prepare. melissa. walter, we're tracking light precipitation across the delaware and lehigh val business brighter skies on the way for second half of the weekend. we have details with the accu weather forecast. >> thanks, melissa. flyers took on the bruins today, jeff skversky has sports when "action news" comes right back. i work 'round the clock.

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hundreds of people lined streets to honor a fire fight er from burlington county sirens blasting members fire department hosted a impromptu parade for jason work, doctors diagnosed him with a brain cancer. officials tell us he was a very involved individual in the annual fourth of july parade and so they wanted to give back. fire fighter work has served roughly ten years with the department. a few lucky pets found a new home today during an adoption event right there in brewerytown. brewerytown section of the city. action cam on the scene here at fairmount at brewerytown apartments for the event hosted by the philadelphia animal welfare society. organization find homes for thousands of abandoned animals each and every year. medical students got some hands on experience today, as they broaden their skill set. today the philadelphia's college of osteopathic medicine hosted a surgical conference that featured

workshops that taught students specific surgical procedures. the students also used the life-like manikin to learn important trauma care skills. tractor trailers skills with thousands of girl scout cookies arrived in springfield delaware county this morning. "action news" was there as girl scouts of eastern pennsylvania began unloading them at cardinal o'hara high school. it all started as a prelude to the much anticipated girl scout cookie season which begins on thursday and runs through march. by the way this year is there a brand new sshore flavored cookie. very good. much more to come on "action news" tonight flyers face bruins today, jeff skversky has highlights when "action news" comes right back

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and help make the gift of tomorrow possible. jeff skversky has sports. >> flyers have problems. >> there is a lot of hockey to be played. hopefully they can figure this thing out. while sixers are red hot flyers are not. they are ice coal. what happened since hear ten game winning streak last month flyers have lost ten of their last 13 games. general manager ron hextall says that we need to play smarter. flyers coach dave hakstol says , that they have not had a complete effort lately on the road. first period they turned it over on the power lay, brad marshand, beats michael neuvirth, shorthanded. flyers well fail behind three- one. second period on the power play in turn over here brayden schenn scores, he was most power play goals in the nhl, flyers within one. seconds later, jay voracek off for a five minute boarding major. flyers tans, cover your eyes, bruins scored twice, patrice

bertrend, and dana chara scores. they have allowed most goals in the nhl. flyers lose six-three. they dropped ten of 13. they are this is happen bye their play or that call. >> i don't understand why that was called. it is not a two behind mine let alone a five behind penalty. did it affect the game? yes. did it lose us the game? no. >> flyers need help, maybe eric lindros and legion of doom can come back, the greatest players in the flyers history will team up for alumni game tonight against penguins old-timers at wells fargo center. it is 50 years have flyers hockey. >> a little surreal, to be on the the ice with all of these guys, bobby clarke line, dave poolin line and eric lindros line and to be skating around with all these legend, it is just surreal. >> you know, it has been a few years, being here with

everybody it is press a hazing >> great to see everyone. no joe joe tonight, scheduled sixers star joel embiid will get the night off in washington who they are chasing for final playoff spot they are six and a half behind wizard coming into play. embiid has come to play, all right. he is best sixers player we have even in a long time. he is one of the best, of the sixers rook is in 20 years since allen iverson scored 20 or more in eight straight games. while sixers won five of six, jahlil okafor has sat out most of them. okafor has played only ten, scoring only two points. he is finally going to lay tonight for embiid after sitting four straight. >> i have been doing this my entire life, you know, that is what i have been to go as well you know, i necessity who i am i will keep working hard and doing as much as i can to stay ready. college hoops after losing their first game and that number one ranking last week villanova has rebounded. they have not lost since but

nova, still not satisfied, and they are not happy with their play today in new york. villanova coach jay wright going nuts on the side line because saint john's disappointed in their effort, but they weathered the storm, how about daunte vincentso, freshman from wilmington scores 19 off bench. chris jenkins who missed his first nine shots nails a three in the second half. they keep the press, to beat st. johns. villanova wins 70-57. they are 17-one. they have won 23 have of their last 24 games. temple a tight finish taking on tulsa taking them to the wire. down three, 49 seconds left, austin with the three to tie it at 68. he has career high 25. and ten seconds left, they take the lead, kaplan, temple loses, 70-68. inside st. joes locker room fill hard tell i trying to pump them up for rich hon time minutes town by four, je von ballman, slam it down.

hawks within two. break down on defense. seandray jones, st. joes lose 70-66. delaware at drexel both teams looking for their first conference win, everyone looking at miles austin, the steel, the slam. drexel win, 76-60 ending their five game losing stream. we have nfl playoff football seattle taking on atlanta, we will have highlights coming up later. >> sound good, thanks yes. up next on "action news" meteorologist melissa magee has the exclusive accu weather seven day forecast but first a look what is coming up on world news saturday. >> hi walter, coming up on world news tonight a busy saturday state of emergencies in major winter ice storms, national guard called in, 20 million americans are under threat. plus donald trump taking on a civil rights legend and taken at birth this story is one you don't want to misery union two decade in the making right have after "action news"

time for a check of the

accu weather forecast, under the wire, melissa magee makes it. >> getting stuff done, over there. >> we are tracking winter precipitation, it is light, in nature. nuisance snow event. >> snow is always a nuisance. >> it is truest sessionally on a week even. we will show you storm tracker six live double scan radar. you can see that we are track ago this precipitation, in philadelphia, but, it is milk off to the west, for reading, all the way down to areas, and lancaster and chester county and then we have the rain off into south jersey and off to delaware. we will go in tighter on street level with storm track er six, you can see that mixed precipitation, in doylestown, pottstown, into malvern, coatsville, oxford off to the west and lancaster. that is a concern because that is where we have a winter weather advisory until midnight tonight. and the ice, it is an issue. few hundreds of an inch to a tenth of an inch of ice expected across that area we will show you outside, sky six live in hd, we are looking at the ice rink there at city

hall from our city hall camera a lot of folks bundled up, enjoying the conditions outside, and doing some ice skating on a saturday night. right now, in philadelphia, it is 35 degrees. thirty-two in trenton. but colder air off to the north and west. below freezing in the poconos in at 22. twenty-nine in allentown. thirty in reading. thirty-one in lancaster. but for the city and south and east temperatures are at freezing harbor slightly above that. that is why we're dealing with some light snowfall or some rain, down across south jersey and delaware. here's satellite six with action radar, this is the system that we're tracking. it is nuisance snow. it is encounter a lot of dry air to the north so as it punctures its way in the delaware and lehigh valleys a lot of precipitation will start to fall apart. we will widen out the picture here because those winter weather advisories extend back across areas in the ohio valley, and the midwest, and in fact, in kansas sit, missouri the delay of the game , the nfl playoff game, it is delayed because of icing

conditions that are expected later on today so that playoff game is later on tonight. because, of the extreme weather that is taking place all across the eastern half of the u.s. the next 12 hours back here at home, still end early, and then clearing later on tonight we will bottom out at 25 in the suburbs and 30 in philadelphia for the overnight low. future tracker six showing you at 8:00 o'clock tonight, saturday, you cane that snow in the poconos, allentown, reading, mixed precipitation in philadelphia but rain for south jersey and delaware. we will clear out later on tonight from a west/east direction and then brighter skies prevail as we get in the second half of our weekend on sunday. so a change to rain, far to the south, precipitation ending later on tonight and late night clearing, slippery travel and ice patches are a concern once the precipitation exits and then temperatures fall below freezing mark. the here's the exclusive accu weather seven day forecast, fog on our sin daze, mostly sunny, milder, brighter too. sun and increasing cloud on hon, in at 45 degrees for the high.

mostly, cloud which light, afternoon rain on tuesday, coming in at 50. rain at times on wednesday, 56 we will stay mild, as we get the in to thursday, friday, sat the day but the chance of precipitation is out there, walter. >> okay, thanks, melissa. finally freezing for a reason, dozens of people beat winter blues by taking an icy plunge for a great cause. the cold weather didn't stop hundreds of people, oh, boy from putting on their swimsuits and jumping in the atlantic. frosty plunge took place in wildwood, it is in support of the special olympics. each of these swimmers was asked to raise a minimum of $100. well, world news sat the day is next up here on channel six and then don't miss "action news" at ten on phl7 tonight. then we're back here on six abc at 11:00. for melissa magee, jeff skversky and the entire "action news" team, i'm walter perez. we will see you right back here at 11:00 o'clock. >> ♪

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