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life could be returning to normal for folks affected by a sinkhole in kenzington. next on "action news." ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> "action news," delaware valley's leading news program, with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky and walter perez. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> winter weather made its return today with folks in the lehigh valley seeing a light
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dusting of snow. turning to rain here in the delaware valley, there is a concern roads could be slick overnight. >> saturday night. i'm walter perez. the big story is a winter weather advisory for the delaware valley. the lingering concern is the possibility of wet spots freezing over on the roadways and sidewalks. meteorologist melissa magee joins us with accuweather. >> walter, a lot of the precipitation across the area moving out. you see storm tracker 6 double scan radar, the precipitation exiting the coast for areas in south jersey. precipitation to the west of dover. the mix precip, light snow and rain coming to an end. we have the weather advisory until midnight for lancaster county. we had icy conditions across the western suburbs, but most of the
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moisture moving out. the concern overnight is icy patches. if you look at the numbers, most spots cold in the 30s. 24 in the poconos. 30 in redding, 31 lancaster, the cape may 32. future tracker six showing you for the second half of the weekend, improve iment is on the way. we have milder temperatures as well. we talk about what we expect the rest of the night, mixed precipitation, nuisance we had today on the way out. temperatures drop below 32. slippery travel and icy patches are the concern as the temperatures dip below 32. we look at that and talk about the rebound tomorrow. >> thank you, melissa. >> stay with us throughout the weekend. double scan radar will show you
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what to expect and when to expect it. follow each of our meteorologists on twitter and facebook for u updates as well. >> police in philadelphia are investigating a road rage incident that ended with a driver in hospital. "action news" reporter jeanette rareyes is at the hospital where the victim was taken after the shooting. >> walter, the victim is in hospital, a 25-year-old man. he's being treated as we speak. all of this as a result of a road rage incident where the suspect followed the victim for a mile before firing on him. >> philadelphia police received a call at 10:00 this morning for reports of a gun and a male shot. officers respond today the 1700 block of north 53rd street where
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they found the victim with a gunshot wound to his hip. you can see a single bullet hole on the driver side door. the victim told police the shooting is the result of a road rage incident that began on the freeway a mile from the scene. the suspect drove off in a window witvehicle with tinted w. >> there is an up surge of violence in the neighborhood. >> the victim is in stable condition. the suspect -- he didn't have a good description. police ask if you have information to contact police. jeanette reyes, "action news." walter? >> thank you. >> a person was killed in egg harbor township atlantic county. the driver hit a tree on the 300
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block of zion road. after being freed from the wreckage, the victim was rush today hospital and pronounced dead a short time later. >> police are trying to find out who shot and killed a 66-year-old man behind the wheel of his vehicle. this is the scene on the 2200 block of lamotte street. the victim slammed his pick up into several cars. when police got to the scene the car was running and the victim was slumped over. so far no arrest in the case. >> police in chester identified darnell coley from last night's deadly shooting. it happened 9:00 last night on the 3200 block of west 33rd street. coley was shot repeatedly and pronounced dead at the scene. police are searching for those responsible. >> police are searching for those that shot a tow truck driver in tacony. another man was also shot 1e6r8
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timeseveral times in the midst f the violence. >> this is a picture of khayyan fruster jr. the 28-year-old was gunned down outside of his home in tacony last night. we spoke with his grieving family earlier today. >> this is a good young man. this is a young man who worked. he wasn't in the street. he was about his family. he was about his children. >> today we obtained surveillance video of the crime. it's quick. khayyan fruster jr. worked as a tow truck driver. he was picked up by a friend. before he closes the door a suspect walks up behind him and killed him. thec coworker was shot but
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survived. khayyan fruster jr.'s family doesn't understand why this would happen. >> he goes to work. he comes home. he's not in the streets. >> today on hagerman street we noticed a lot of real estate signs. they say things are out of control and they are leaving. >> i have four grandchildren. my daughter's afraid to leave her kids out. >> i'm looking to get out. >> one neighbor blamed things specifically on drugs. >> a lot of things have to do with the drug heroin. a lot of people partake in it. > >> khayyan fruster jr.'s family has to say this to the killer. >> turn yourself in. let your conscious be your guide. i don't know how you sleep. you took away something special, something precious from all of
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us. >> khayyan fruster jr.'s family says the next step in his life was to move out of the naked and neighborhood and buy a home for the two young boys. bob brooks, channel6 "action news." >> crews continue to make repairs a full week after a sinkhole opened up in the kensington section. neighbors along east boston street are told gas service should be restored tomorrow and water service up and running nebs week. the sinkhole formed last sunday when a sewer line failed leading to a water main break. they expect repairs the following week assuming the weather cooperates. >> a celebration of martin luther king is under way. fathers, sons and educators gathered for the raising king's conference at the dew point at e
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school. >> organizers want to define success through exposure including little things like tieing the perfect knot. >> in trenton, the servants endeavouring to empower youth program held its annual commemorative breakfast. the mission, preparing young african men for greatness. >> much more to come on "action news" tonight, ringling brothers circus is closing for good. > >> we are following the investigation of an 18-year-old kidnapped as an infant. >> and it's girl scrowt season. >> and we have milder air for the second half of the weekend. we have the details for the forecast. >> jeff skversky has highlights
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the officer and community activist was killed by murder suspect marquise lloyd. he remains on the run tonight. an 18-year-old who learned her identity recently met her biological parents today. she was taken from the hospital as a newborn. she was moved to is south carolina and raised as her own. cameras were rolling as camilla was reunited with her parents. >> i have been praying and praying for this date. >> back in 1998 the case grabbed national headlines. it was featured on the america's most wanted t.v. shows. williams will be relocated to florida where she will be tried.
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>> spacex called the launch of its rocket a success. it blasted into space from an air force base in california. >> this is the company's first launch since a similar unmanned rocket exploded three months ago. it's part of a space race led by tesla elon musk. they sent ten commercial crafts into space. >> the ringling brothers barnum & bailey circus is closing after declining attendance and high operating costs among the reasons for closing. when the company removed the elephants, ticket sales declined more dramatically than expected. they broke news to the employees a few hours ago.
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>> anybody want a cookie? tractor trailers full of girl scout cookies arrived this morning. "action news" was there as the girl scouts of pennsylvania collected them. it's the prelude to the cookie season that begins thursday and runs through march. this year there is a new smore flavored cookie. >> dozens of people took a
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plunge in the cold. the frosty plunge took place in wildwood in support of the special olympics. each swimmer was asked to raise $100. > >> no thank ewe. >> time for a look at the forecast with meteorologist melissa magee with the improving forecast. >> all of the know and sleet is moving out and it's milder sunday. on double scan radar, you can see it's dry right now. the moisture is moving out of south jersey pressing along the atlantic. we look good after a slippery afternoon. action cam outside on center city on broad street. you can see as we look at city hall, cloudy skies and folks bundled up tonight. temperatures are chilly. philadelphia, 34 after a high of
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36. the dewpoint at 30. winds are calm. windchill 34 because the winds are calm, not much of a chill to factor in. the ocean temperature 40. north and west of town, upper 20s, 28 slaightington, 34 in center city, 32 in chester, 30 in newhold.34 in smyrna and lown dover. there's the moisture we had across the region earlier today. it was fighting dry air to the north. as it came through, a lot of precipitation fell apart. you can see to the south and east, we are dry with improving skies on the way tomorrow. over the next 12 hours, we have
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the clearing overnight. watching out for slick spots and icy patches with the numbers falling below freezing. 30 in philadelphia. future tracker 6 showing not a bad start to tomorrow morning, 9:30, mostly clear after clouds break overnight. a bit of northerly winds we are dealing with. sinking air not much in the way of cloud cover, brighter afternoon with a high of 44. ice concern over the midwest and ohio valley staying away from our area tomorrow. monday, it's the mlk day of service, seasonably chilly, 9:0. 1:00 p.m. 42. 5:00 p.m., a seasonal day by then as well. the seven-day forecast, mostly sunny, not as cold tomorrow and 44. martin luther king jr. day, increasing clouds and 45.
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mostly cloudy, milder up to 50 tuesday with afternoon rain. wednesday, rain at times. 56, the pattern changes. milder air with temperatures in the 50s. the problem, we are dealing with unsettled weather on and off rain through thursday. friday, 53 and 5 52 saturday, walter. improvement tomorrow and better next week. >> not bad. thank you, melissa. you can get the seven-day forecast and check storm tracker anytime on "6abc".com/weather. >> up next on "action news," jeff skversky has sports. ♪ ♪ ♪
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video just like that. or upload your photos like this. or this. or that. it's the only 750 meg internet available to millions, with uploads as instant as downloads. we took internet speed and completely reinvented it, >> jeff skversky has sports. the sixerers without joelleen bead. >> they could have used him. sixer star joelleen bead gets the night off. guess who gets to play?
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jalil okafor. put him in, coach. he's ready to play. jalil okafor making up for lost time. later in the first, the cross over, the fade. sixer fans love it. sixers lose 109-93. >> the sixers were hot. the flyers not. they are going down a bad road. dave hakes wil says they have na complete game on the road. >> flyers fall behind 3-1.
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second period, five minute major penalty kill. two minutes later, flyers allow the most goals, losing 6-3. >> they have to play smarter. it's not just the d. it's the d and forward and goaltending. we have to do a better job and tighten it up. too much space. too many odd man breaks. we need to do better. >> hopefully they can do that tomorrow in washington. flyer fans, you have something to cheer for, lacing them up for a sold out crowd. flyer legend bobby clark playing if are the final time against the penguins. danny looks like he can still play. >> final second seconds in the , tied up, the legion of doom can
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win it. that would be something. the flyer alumni game finishing in a 3-3 tie. >> it really brings people that you have grown up with to remember the good times. it was cool to skate around with legends, to realize that i had the chance to be on the ice with them. it was cool. >> miss those guys. still to come, a former eagle's player making history. why villanova coach is screaming mad on the sidelines. wait until you hear this next.
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