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good afternoon in the news this noon a possible danger for local students, police find ammunition near an elementary school. and bullets fly during a road rage incident and the search for the begun man. and the big story is a shooting at a new jersey restaurant and police are looking for the person that kill aid man inside of the applebees in lawrenceville. the suspect took off from the scene and was last seen heading north on route 1. >> reporter: well, there is an active search this noon for the gunman in this homicide. meanwhile here at the scene detectives are here going on 12 hours collecting evidence in what is the first homicide in lawrenceville in more than 16 years. >> people come here to buy their porsches and i come here to get my donut in the morning. murder? would not occur to me.

>> people that frequent this dunkin' donuts were stunned to find out a man was murdered inside of this applebees. >> i never heard of that since i moved here. >> this happened at this applebees near quaker bridge mall at 12:30 this morning just before close. a man was shot and killed inside. overnight detectives questioned patrons inside at the time and later escorted them to their cars, they combed the scene inside and outside of the business. >> i was right in front of the place where someone got killed last night. >> are you not even safe going out to eat with your family. >> the first homicide since may of 2001 in lawrenceville. police have not identified the victim in this latest homicide and no word a motive. >> you never hear anything. mostly trenton that is where i'm from, you hear of something over

there but not here this is unexpected. >> we did see activity here slow down earlier this morning and then pick up within the last several hours. and we do know that they are looking for a black suburban chevy that fled the scene on route 1, anyone with information is asked to contact police, we'll keep you posted as soon as we hear of an update. >> jeanette thank you. in other news a disturbing discovery at an elementary school in philadelphia. police found boxes of shut gone ammunition at the kirkbride school in dixon son. and officers brought in k-9s making sure there was no ammunition students may stumble upon. and the search for a road rage shooting is still underway, that the suspect fired shots into a vehicle. and one became lodged in the top

of the passenger side door and the metal and rubber rim stop tropical disturbance from hitting the person in the drivers seat. they believe that the suspect was driving a rendezvous, black. turning to accuweather now it's cool and dry and temperatures are warming up as the week goes on. i like that. going live outside sky 6 hd showing you the ben franklin bridge right now. meteorologist, david murphy, has a first check of your forecast. it's still cloudy. >> you see that a fair amount of clouds around and a shadow beneath the bridge and clouds were thin enough where sunshine was trying to dig through and more by the coast as clouds have not made it all the way to the shore. we are looking at clouds with sunny breaks and still cool out there. 47 in philadelphia. up to 48 in allentown and 46 in trenton and 51 in wilmington and in millville, and 47 in cape may and we expect to add 2 to 4

degrees to the temperatures. it's chilly over the next several hours but not as cool and cloudy as dank as yesterday. 50 at 2:00 and a high of 51 at 3:00 and by 4:00, 49. after that we are dipping again, 44 degrees by 6:00 and 10:00 down to 38 degrees and those numbers are continuing to drop in the overnight hours. this is the 11:00 hour, future tracker 6 forecast as we go into tomorrow morning we are down to 34 in philadelphia. and very likely close to or below freezing in the northern and western suburbs. if you head out this afternoon chilly and not bad, chilly and some sun and winds on the light side we have warmer conditions in the next couple of days. details in the seven day. >> thank you david. federal investigators reveal the findings in last year's amtrak crash, two workers were

killed when a speeding train slammed into a backhoe in chester and the ntsb says they found more than two dozen unsafe conditions and clumsy amtrak procedures that may have encouraged work arounds to get the job done. and a jury resumed deliberations in senator bob mendez's corruption trial after they said they were hopelessly dead locked. they are weighing 18 counts against the new jersey democrat and a wealthy florida doctor. both men deny the alligations. it's more than one week since roy halladay died in a plane crash off the coast of florida and today his fans have a chance to celebrate his life. jeff skversky is live in clearwater florida at the site of a public memorial service that begins today.

>> reporter: hi sara, family friends and former teammates of roy halladay will gather here for a celebration of life ceremony at the phillies ceremony a week after he died in the horrific plane crash about 35 minutes north of clearwater and as fans walk into the ceremony they'll see this memorial set up by one phillies fan and flowers and a t-shirt from his no-hitter and a baseball inscribed thanks for all the memories. rest in peace doc. and he touched fans and his former teammates and he was making an impact on future phillies and roy halladay had an office here where he met with prospects and worked with them on their pitching and the mental aspects of the game. and every prospect he came across he gave them a copy of this book. the mental abc's of pitching

this was roy halladay's bible went through the book time and time again. the lowest point of his career in 2000 his wife brought him that book and he follow tropical disturbance and the rest is history. he came over to phillies and won his second cy young award and led the phillies to the playoffs. he had such an impact not just on phillies fans but the future of the philadelphia phillies and he will be remembered at 4:00 and an hour's worth of speeches and we'll bring you more of that tonight on "action news." live in clearwater, jeff skversky, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. you can experience today's memorial for roy halladay online at 6abc.com. we'll be streaming the event live beginning at 4:00. you can also see photos from halladay's major league baseball career and read comments from some of his former teammates.

a prestigious award will be given to a new jersey native tonight in center city. dion warwick will get the marion anderson award. it's beginning to look a lot like christmas at the philadelphia art museum. drone 6 was flying above the scene as crews installed the 50 foot tree on the museum's terrace and the fir took three hours to get here from new york state and the lights will be strung and the tree will be topped with a star. >> the best part is the tree lighting. when they say hit the light and the lights come on. it's a nice moment. >> the official tree lighting takes place on november 22nd the day before thanksgiving, watch it live here on "action news." still to come on "action news" at noon, the president is heading home after the two week

tour of asia and reflecting on the marathon trip. and police fear that a serial killer struck again. >> and the u.s. attorney general back in the hot seat in capitol hill. the questions he is facing as part of the russia investigation. >> and meteorologist, david murphy, is back with alowser look at the seven-day forecast when "action news" continues in a moment.

. there has been another shooting in tampa, florida, and police fear it could be a serial killer. investigators are trying figure out if it's related to similar murders if the last month. they are treated them as if they are all connected. residents are asked to stay inside and turn over any home security video. and the death toll climbed to 530 after a powerful earthquake in the middle east. crews are using backhoe to dig through crumbled building between iran and iraq. communities in western iran felt it the worst of the 7.3

magnitude quake. jeff sessions on capitol hill answering question about the russian meddling. sessions rejected allegations that he lied under oath during a previous committee. he was an adviser in president trump's campaign. that he told campaign aide papadopoulos, he was not authorized to represent the trump campaign to the russian government and we'll have more on session's testimony coming up at 12:30. and president trump is heading home after a marathon tour of asia, he boarded air force one today in the philippines, during his last full day of talks in manilla, the president says it's a quote, fruitful trip. and will give a major statement involving trade and north korea once he returns to the white house. coming up tonight on "action news" at 11:00.

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we have breaking news to pass along from the city's port richmond section, chopper 6 hd was over the scene of what was a school bus accident. this is happening along delaware avenue along port richmond, the crash happened before noon time a head-on collision of a school bus and another vehicle, there were no students on the school bus at the top and at least one person in the car was injured. we are told that person may be trapped and looks like they may be extricated and officials are on the scene to determine what

happened. and delaware avenue in the port richmond section and we'll continue to follow the breaking news section for you as more information becomes available to us. topping our health check at noon time. a disturbing new study suggests that rising suicide rates may be linked to social media. and suicide increased from 2010 to 2015, among children from the ages of 13 to 18 years old and they reported spending more time on smart phones and social media sites. the data to in the prove a direct link but that bullying and did he pretion is taking a toll on teen's mental health. nasa called off a launch at the last minute. it was set to launch from california's air force base earlier this morning but both

strayed into an offshore safety zone and a technical issue with the rocket and there were only 6 seconds left and they were forced to scrub the event. meanwhile, the astronauts at the international space station got a special delivery today. a commercial supply ship carrying pizza and ice-cream arrived two days after launching from virginia. the robotic arm grabbed the cargo ship that also contains nasa equipment and science experiments. >> if you have ever overindulged at the dinner table at thanksgiving, this new clothing item may be for you. stove top stuffing came up with unisex dinner pants, it explants for anyone that wants seconds or thirds, they are selling for $20. and if you get a pair, you'll also be donating to a good

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tis the season for giving at 6 abc and we are lending a hand to raise money for those in need this season. join us tomorrow for the annual food drive food bank, sara bloomquist is hosting the event and volunteers and special gifts will be on the phones taking donations from 4:30 until 6:00 p.m. how to connect share and give log on to 6abc.com. i'm sure i will be manning the phones and i hope to talk to a lot of folks out there. >> we want to see the donations for them and for you.

>> thank you. >> i get to talk with him that would be exciting. stormtracker 6 live double scan right now shows us we are off to a dry start. through the morning and now into the afternoon. as we take a look outside. a fair amount of cloud cover over center city right now, every now and then the sun is trying to break through and a couple of people taking advantage of skating at the rothman ice rink there at city hall and appropriately chilly for that. not that it's down below freezing but on the cool side. clouds hanging kind of tough. 47 in philadelphia and winds from the north not all that strong and adding to the cool feel i would recommend a couple of layers outside today. 48 in allentown and 47 in reading and 47 in philadelphia and 46 in trenton and 51 in wilmington and millville and down the shore in cape may, you

are looking at 47 degrees if you stroll the promenade. clouds have overtaken us. and it looks like we'll see clouds win out today the way things look now, the clouds are not super thick and every now and then they brighten a bit and sunshine is breaking out across the region this afternoon. up in the lehigh valley we call for sun mixing with clouds and cool and 49 degrees is the high there. down the shore sunny breaks are possible. and right now seeing more sunshine than you will later on a high of 50 there. in philadelphia. sun mixing with clouds and 51 is the high and winds from the north at 5 to 10 miles per hour. not super strong winds today. overnight we expect eventual clearing and partly cloudy in the evening hours and by the time you wake up clear and cold and 30 in suburbs and 36 in center city. a chilly start tomorrow morning

similar to what you had this past overnight and past morning. then we get to tomorrow afternoon and we are better, high pressure begins to exit the region and a frontal boundary from the west ain warm front pushing past us we add a couple of extra degrees, 53 tomorrow. and normal conditions tomorrow the average high is 56 degrees and partly sunny and overall not bad. tomorrow night we start to watch for moisture digging in from the northern and western suburbs and in the overnight hours, in through 4:30 when we get ready to be on the air for you, there is the chance for showers and the most sustained is up in the lehigh valley and reading and that scoots on away from us, and we reemerge with the sunshine through the afternoon hours on thursday. today sun and clouds and 51 is your high and tomorrow sunny and nice and 53 with the shower at night into early thursday morning and then thursday a nice high of 58 and sunny and cooler

on friday. a high of just 50 and then cloud up on saturday and it looks like a portion of the day any way will be featuring some rain. hopefully, after the temple game but we can't guarantee that. 57 is the high and 50 for a high on sunday and low 40s as you get to start out the philadelphia marathon on sunday morning. >> i'll bundle up and be ready. good running weather. quick break. we'll be right back with more. stay with us.

here are the stories we are following for you now at 12:30. two men get into a road rage inden and a man is shot and killed at a popular chain restaurant in mercer county, new jersey? >> and remembering number 24 they are celebrating roy halladay today. and the road rage insdon't off 95 in bucks county. it happened as two drivers were getting off the highway in bristol township. walter perez is live outside of the bristol township police department with the latest. >> reporter: investigators say that the victims are shaken but amazingly not injured and now