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♪ ♪ >> "action news," delaware valley's leading news program with jim gardner. ♪ ♪ >> this man came face to face with almost certain death but managed to survive.

his only crime -- doing his job, delivering pizzas, trying to make a living. he is living tonight because he took action and maybe he got lucky too. it's tuesday night and the big story on "action news" is the story of survival in southwest philadelphia. today, keyveat fredericks talked with "action news." dann cuellar is with detectives. what about this guy and what about the gunman? >> right now police are searching for the two suspects involved in the shooting. the victim tells "action news" the pizza business has become a dangerous business which is why he has a license to carry. >> i carry two guns sometimes. it's never enough. >> keyveat remembers his ordeal.

he was delivering a pizza and a gunman hit hip hi him in the ard hip. >> i felt it hit me. i felt it go through my arm. i heard it hit my gun on the side of my holster and i felt i go inside of me. >> he wore the same blook-soaked clothes le wore last night. after being shot, he managed to duck behind his car, unholster his weapon and fire. >> i fired at him and he took off down the block. if it wasn't for the gun on my hip, there would have been a lot more damage. he drove himself to the hospital thinking about his family. >> one of my kids is only ten. her mother didn't notify her until this morning. >> fredericks who works for the pizza parlor says he barely

slept waking up toimage of the gun pointed he for man calling for a pizza all along planning to rob him. >> why? i had $80 on me. you were going to kill me. afterwards, what would you have done? how faring to get you? >> now the manager of the piz parlor tells us they try to take precautions like call back the s legitimate, but this type of stuff happens. for his part, fredericks tells us he doesn't know if he can go back to his job after this. >> dann cuellar, chann news." >> channel6 was over fiery carn the new jersey turnpike. a car carrier caught fire in

robinsville, mercer county at:0. flames consumed the truck on the shoulder of the highway. ten vehicles were onboard. traffic was able to get past the smoke and firefighterring effort. ter two hours, officials officis declared it under control. >> we have breaking news from philadelphia where a man was murdered in a street robbery. witnessessaw the suspects rifling through the victim's clothes as he lay bleeding on west lorray street at 8:30. >> the mea the male was seen be. they saw two reaching into his pockets. this is clearly a robbery. the gmen in a whitele. there was a i.d. found atcrime y have been dropped by one of the

bandits. >> in wilmington tonight gunfire erupted in a shooting and the gun violence continues unabated. we have heard the mayor's plans to combat the violence. he has a lot of work to do. christie ileto is live with police. good evening. >> good evening, jim. there have been 18 shootings in the first 24 days of the year. that's not including tonight's shooting. that's why the mayor is calling for more manpower. >> it's the latest address for gun violence. this resident didn't want to show his face. >> all of the cops ran inside the building. >> sirens have become an anthem on the streets. there have been two dozen of them the seems to be a toxix

that people feel they can settle their grievances with firearms. >> the department will graduate 20 more officers. ayor signed off on loosening overtime to deploy more cops to hot spots in the city. >> i'm not going to wait around to see how bad this gets before i >> are you optimistic that this will help? >> any effort is better than none. >> he hopes to see a change soon. >> i think this is probably the worst beginning of the year we have had in years. >> now top reps are reminding the public that they need to come forward with any information they have on these crimes. reporting live in wilmington, christie ileto, "action news"

wphl-17. jim? >> lieutenant paul owens wheeled out of magee rehabilitation hospital today. he survived when an elevator shot up shaft and crashed into the top. he suffered a broken back, head and chest injuries.he remains pe waist down but he can continue his rehabilitation at home. >> it's time to get back to regular life. it's hard, but it's part of the process. you have a long way to go. i got this far. >> sheriff williams says he has concerns about the elevator system. >> up and down the jersey shore, officials are assessing the damage from yesterday's nor'easter. some of the newly beaches were torn apart and

streets are under water. in atlantic city drivers are dealing with flood waters on delaware avenue. it turns out that the man police said died when a sign fell on him actually died of a heart attack. that information came from the medical examiner. the autopsy revealed the man died of natural causes. it turned out to be a coincidence that the sign fell at the a man held up the first republic bank branch in holmesburg at 520. the bag of cash he got away that president donald t order construction of the wall between the u.s. and mexico tomorrow.

trumpcenter of another fire stof controversy, insisting he lost the popular vote to hilary clinton because 3 to 5,000,000 illegal immigrants voted for hilary clinton. three to five days into his presidency are taking backseat to the fuhrer that he won. >> does the president believe millions voted illegally and what evidence of widespread voter fraud do you have if that's the case? >> the president does believe that. he stated his concerns about voter fraud during the campaign and believes that based on studies. >> even members of his own party acknowledge there is no evidence and it's time to get beyond issues like inauguration crowd

size and popular vote. he is expected to lay out restrictions from middle eastern and african nation. he will take executive action in border security like building the wall with mexico that comes tomorrow. president trump's campaign struck fear in the immigrant community, those called dreamers born to illegal parents. tonight a town hall to address illegal students and their concerns. "action news" reporter jeanette rees wareyes was there. >> i'm staired they'll separate me from my family. >> she worries president trump will make good on carrying out

mass deportations though he says he's only targeting criminals. >> a lot of people are talking about anxiety and concerns. we want to assure families our public schools will remain public. >> they had a packed meeting to discuss this with minority groups. >> the dialogue around the election, the talk about what we should do with certain populations. >> for the parents and their children, no amount of reassurance can completely do away with the fear of the unknown. >> i put a lot of fear since the election. all we can do is believe in god and be positive. >> the school district says they are prepared to take additional steps to make sure immigrant families feel safe regardless of what the national dialogue is. jeanette reyes, channel6 "action

news." >> still to come tonight, controversy over censorship and racial a local high school musical. and "action news" has a sit down interview with former congressman chaka fatah. >> plus la la line gets an oscar record. cecily? >> a slow moving nor'easter is pulling away. get ready for the first sunny day in two weeks. i'mracking cr that. i'll explain in the five-day sey forecast. >> apody with two upsets, one good, oneot so good -- when "action news"a

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free man. to listen to him, you wouldn't ink shouxtraordinaryo to life. i have helped 10s of millions of people even my critics admit i have helped. i have sent more people to college than anyone else in the country. >> fatah claimse's innocentand n appeal. >> students are upset about the plans to censor the spring musical "rag time." they gathered to voice their concerns. more than 1500 people say the racial slurs should be used since they show the time.

the company is discussing options. >> from our news room, a special election has been announced for next month deciding the balance of power in the senate. bethany hall long sworn in as governor. the election will be held the republican wins the seat, it will be the first time the gop controls the senate in delaware. nj nnl is pitching a $2 surcharge on every hotel room in atlantic city, that to avoidoli. the administration which took control of the casino town last year propo layoffs of police officers and cuts to firefighters. they haven't estimated how much the new bill would raise but the charge would end after two

years. the water in flint, michigan is again safe to drink. there are no longer lead levels that exceed the legal limit. crews are replacing pipes to cause lead levels to spike again. >> aaron andrews battled cervical cancer during the nfl season just past. she announced she had surgery in october. five days later she was back to work. in november, andrews had a second procedure and found out she did not need chemotherapy and/arrayeduation. this is dash cam video of a train hitting a fed ex truck sending packaging flying in salt lake city. flashing lights and bells

fortunely, nobody was hurt. aft. the oscars are out. veral guides from the delaware valley are contending for statues. la la land got 14 nominations and damion is up for best director. song writer ben is nominated. the central alumni and ardmore native's mother couldn't be prouder. >> it's like something you dream about. what does the song say, here's to the fools who dream, using his lyrics to describe this. it's magnificent and magical. you never expect it's really going to happen. >> la la land is going up against rival, lion, hakessal ridge, hell or high water,moonla

and fencesr best picture. we brought you the oscar nom on "6abc".com. right now you can see the full list in dozens of ca categories along with what to expect at the 89th academy awards. we invite you to watch oscar sunday february 26th hosted by jimmy kimmel. >> it should be good. >> i have to go watch the movie. i have time to see some movies. >> la la land is great. i saw lion this past weekend. >> i heard hidden figures is supposed to be good. >> it's supposed to be spectacular. >> speaking of spectacular, we have a great way on the way tomorrow. >> there's a movie --

>> spectacular? >> no, it's about time. >> it is about time. double scan showing we are shaking the showers from our slow moving nor'easter that brought us one to three inches of rain and sky 6 looking at city hall, you see the clouds have cleared out. it's not doing the dance. it's been doing it the past two days with high winds diminishing, and we are getting ready for sunshine. it's been a dreary month and year so far. we have had 16 cloudy dayses, seven partly cloudy. only one sunny day. that was january 8th, but it was 24-degrees with 30 miles per hour. tomorrow, we have sunshine and mild temperatures. right now, 41-degrees in philadelphia down from our high of 46. another day of temperatures above normal, allentown, 41, cape may, 41 and wilmington

41-degrees. satellite 6 along with action radar showing low pressure. the nor'easter continues to pull away. you see the clouds are breaking to the west. we continue to see the clouds cleaverring overnight and the morning commute driving east, you have sunglasses, sun glare 32 by 8:00. 34 and a nice rebound of temperatures by the afternoon. 1:00, up to 50-degrees. should make it to a temperature high of 55-degrees. that's 15-degrees above normal with winds out of the south ahead of our next cold front. enjoy tomorrow with the sunshine. the clouds fill in thursday morning as a cold front approaches. also a few showers. the cold air lags behind the system. thursday, 57. the wind whip up in the afternoon 30 miles per hour.

the northwesterly winds pull down cooler air friday and definitely for the weekend. the exclusive accuweather forecast, beautiful tomorrow, mostly sunny, feeling like march, a high of 55. thursday, afternoon sun and wind, 57-degrees. friday, it's going to be cold. you step outside and the windchill is many the 20s. remember how to dress on friday. 43-degrees on saturday. temperatures drop below normal 39-degrees, sunday partly cloudy, sunny. could have snow showers and temperatures 36 monday and tuesday, sun mixing with clouds and a high of 39. tomorrow, feeling like march, temperature in the 50s and cooling off dramatically for the weekend. >> thank you, cecily. dozens gathered at the franklin institute in philadelphia for science after hours.

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>> it's nice when good things happen to good people. brett brown is one of the nicest guys in sports. >> does he deserve this. if i didn't know any better, i would say something special was happening with the sixers. they are winning with no reason to do so. they are down 19 third quarter. back they came. down only one. homeless with 18 off the bench,

much to the delight of the process. under five to go. puts it away. stars were out tonight. the wells fargo center is the place to be. they won six straight at home. snapped a winning streak back to 2011. we thought this might show the way for the return. sixers head to milwaukee. nova up 15. what happened. marquette back they take a two point lead

oblate freonlate free throws. villanova upset 74-72. number two and number four also lost tonight. kim bell for three. hawks with an 18 point lead but they blow josh puts the bonnies ahead, 67-63. hawks fall

>> with 34 games to go for the flyers, every one counts. flyers holding on barely to the wild card spot with a slew of teams behind them waiting for them to falter. they are coming off of a big win and hope it prepares them for a positive push. >> it's been a tough couple of weeks. this group, we like our challenges. last year end of the season, we have the whole team together and plan to do the same thing. >> it may feel frigid. that didn't stop the union from hitting the pitch in shorts. regular season in march, and they head to the phillies for their own spring training.

warmer there. >> it is. hundreds of students showed off their fancy footwork. third and fourth grade students performed in the ballet program. it offers inschool dance classes to students. kids begin training in october. they showed off the results of all their hard work. they had fun too. jimm"jimmy kimmel live" next followed by "nightline." jimmy's guest, matthew mcconaughey. how do you pronounce it? "action news" continues at 4:30. for "action news," i'm jim gardner. goodnight. ♪ ♪ ♪