"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy.

good afternoon we begin with breaking news. police captured four teenagers that escaped from a deception center in new jersey. they broke out a deception in egg harbor city and after a manhunt that forced five surrounding school districts to closed. three were caught in bridgeton more than 30 miles away. and we learned that the fourth teenager that remains at large is accused of murder. katherine scott is live with the latest. >> reporter: rick and sara, at this point we don't foe how the teens got to bring ton but we know that three of them are captured and they are still looking for one of them. 18-year-old michael huggins. charges with the murder lastier in bridgeton. lets go to chopper 6 hd over the scene of the command center in bridgeton where they continue to search for huggins.

the new jersey state police fugitive task force is looking around the state wood prison. he is charged with the murder of dehaven'ty lee. >> all are between 16 and 18 years old. that authorities say escaped from harbor field youth detention center from egg harbor overnight. huggins remains at large. >> we got the information out and dispersed it statewide and developed some information and managed to pick up three of the four individuals with the other ones being at large. >> and the teens overtook several guards at the facility and stole keys from one of them and fled if n-her personal car and it shows the vehicle sideswipes a jeep and then the car came to rest on the sidewalk near a home.

>> and in the footage you see the teens get ougt ing out of the car. it was his jeep that was hit. >> these are basically hiding anywhere. they could be anywhere now. >> state police search from the air as they monitored local bus and train stations and on the ground with k-9 units combing the neighborhood. >> we picked up the track from the car and when through the neighborhood a short distance and then came to where they lost the track. the teens were in various state of unrest and one wearing boxer shorts and one didn't have shoes on and they were worried about them breaking into a home looking for clothing. >> there was an s.w.a.t. team here and machine guns, it was very frightening. >> and lets go back live to the scene in bridgeton. you can see chopper 6 hd is over head there, they are in the area

of southwood state prison in bridgeton where they continued to search for 18-year-old michael huggins. he was charged with the murder last year of lee, 21 years old and shot while sitting in a vehicle in bridgeton last year and huggins is charged with the murder and remains on the loose. if you see him do not approach him call 911. channel 6 "action news." >> all right thank you. and 6abc.com has complete details on this still developing story from egg harbor city. and you can see the ongoing investigation. in other news a local courtroom was packed as two murder suspects face aid judge. the two brothers are accused of killing a father in front of his young daughter in spring garden. jeanette reyes is here with more. >> reporter: friends and family

quickly piled into the room and it was standing room only during the preliminary hearing. it was an emotional hearing and groovic video was played in private. this is the video of the shooting played for the defendants and judge to see and during this time you could hear the pin drop. the defendants appeared to be emotionless at the time and one attorney tells us it's the most difficult he has seen and unlike any other. this is the defendant's attorney. it's in color and with sound and you can clearly hear the victim the father begging the defendants let him get his daughter out of the car. nearly the entire time her eyes were glued to the two brothers accused of killing her husband in spring garden. it's marvin roberts and 20-year-old maurice. and his wife shook her head in

disbelief as the defendant's attorneys argued this was a robbery gone horribly wrong and they insisted the brothers knew full well what they were doing and push forward with the first degree murder charges. hear what a neighbor had to say about this. >> ran out and tried to help jerry and i could tell that jerry was pretty much gone. it was a very hard thing to see. and hard to absorb and handle. we loved jerry very much and he helped me all the time. >> reporter: and the judge decided or at least preliminarily that the first degree murder charges will stay. and a hearing was set for december 6th, grandville leaves behind a toddler and 12-week-old baby girl behind. channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. police say there say man prowling the lehigh valley

trying to abduct young women and investigators know of at least two incidents that happened yesterday in bethlehem township. first he approached an 18-year-old student from more avian college and touched her arm and grabbed her hand and would not let go until she started screaming and ran to a light blue older model car and drove off and a student later was approached by a similar car at liberty high school and again left when the girl pulled out her cell phone. police are urging anyone with information to give them a call. turning to an weather it's on the cool side with another round of rain expected to arrive tonight. as we look outside sky 6 hd showing you the view of the ben franklin bridge and penn's landing and i-95 at lunch time. david murphy has the first check of your midweek forecast for you. >> so far so good. we have plenty of sunshine and clouds rolling in from the west though. we are expecting to increase the cloud cover a bit late engineer

the afternoon. pleasant enough out there right now, up to 50 degreed in philadelphia and 48 in trenton and 48 in reading and the wins are not all that strong but you will want a jacket or coat because the temperatures don't improve much. 53 in millville and 53 in cape may. here is what is looks like the rest of the afternoon in philadelphia clouds are rolling in and 52 is what i expect to see as a high. and 4:00, 51 and a few more clouds and mostly cloudy tonight and the difference tonight temperatures will not drop all that much. 49 by 6:00 and 8:00, 48 and as late as 10:00 only sitting on 47. the winds turn out of the south and we get milder air in and feel that overnight into the afternoon. and rain as we transition to the milder air mass. here come the clouds as we go through the afternoon, and it does look like we are partly

cloudy and when cecily is on the air she is likely be picking up shower activity. and when i'm on the air tomorrow morning at 4:30, there is likely more to show you, this is off and on spotty in parts of the region in the morning commute. when does it end and what comes next in the accuweather forecast. we'll have word of more rain possibly on saturday. >> knew people are rolling up their sleeves to honor a wounded pennsylvania state trooper, there say blood drive in corporal seth kelly's name add the barracks, donations are accepted until 3:00 p.m. kelly remains hospitalize more than a week after being shot. and the accused gunman, daniel clary is behind bars charged with attempted homicide. a killer remains at large after a man was shot to death in philadelphia. the police found the man in the car on the alleyway on the 6200

block of ellsworth street. the man was rushed to the hospital and died a short time later. the jury is back at work in the trial of bob mendez. the judge has told them to take as much time as they need to reach a verdict. they indicated they might be deadlocked. they are weighing 18 counts against the senator and a wealthy doctor. both men deny the allegations. coming up a deadly shooting spree in california. today we learn new details about the gunman's criminal past. and find out why a popular blender is the subject of a class action lawsuit. and david murphy has the seven-day forecast when "action news" continues.

officials in northern california say that teachers and staff saved the lives of students when a gunman went on a shooting spree yesterday sx the gunman targeted an elementary school and sex other locations leaving four people dead and ten owner wounded. staffers heard shots and placed the school on lockdown and was bent on killing people at random. and the death toll could have been higher. >> based on that video, there is

no doubt in my mind, saved countless lives and children. >> authorities believe that 43-year-old kevin neil was responsible for the shooting spree and at the time he was out on bail for a charge of stabbing a neighbor and died in the shootout with police. federal agents are combing the neighborhood in tampa, florida, where four people were shot to death in the last month. s.w.a.t. members are carrying rifles going door-to-door. a man was gunned down as he was walking to volunteer at a soup kitchen. and new video shows a pickup truck slamming into a school bus with three children on board. the driver immediately jumps up to see if the kids were okay and sees the smoke starting to fill the bus. >> i could only think about the children i didn't have time to

even warn them or tell them it was happening. it just happened. >> the driver and a good samaritan helped the children get off. hundreds of american airlines passengers landed safely after a bird slammed into the front of their plane. they were heading from mexico city to miami yesterday when the bird hit the nose and then remained stuck there. once they arrived in florida the airline called animal services to retrieve the dead bird from the plane and they had to take the plane out of service for repairs. another fierce wild fire broke out in california with the flames creeping close to a community in desert hot springs. right now the crews have the fire about 30% contained and one firefighter is treated for minor burns and they believe that the fire ignited when a car overheated in the desert. and coming up tonight at 11:00 the "action news"

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new product and planning a quiet introduction with minimal advertising. we are once again here raising money for our neighbor hooz need. and our studio is ready for the annual food drive phone bank, i'll host the live event as volunteers and special guests will be on the phones taking your donations. the phone lines will be open today from 4:00 until 6:30, for more information on how you can connect, share and give. log on to our website at 6abc.com. >> that studio will be busy and buzzing. >> the "action news" team is working on knnews stories for today at 4:00. >> reporter: coming up today at 4:00 in what's the deal, we are talking about saving on makeup and telling you top tips on how to avoid losing every penny when you walk into your favorite stores like sephora and

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meteorologist, david murphy, back now with a closer look as we get closer to turkey day. >> it's coming. >> it looks cool and nice enough out there. stormtracker 6 live double scan is looking nice and dry and sky 6 hd from our temple university camera looking across the city over toward university city and

sunshine so far today. out to the west there are clouds approaching and we'll see things get cloudier in the afternoon and nice so far. up to 50 degrees on the thermometer and winds are light 7 miles per hour out of the east-northeast. and a jacket is a good idea. this is similar to what we had yesterday. winds turn from the east a little bit but not bad temperature-wise. 48 in reading and 48 in trenton and 50 in philadelphia and wilmington and 53 in millville and cape may. we'll probably add one or two degrees to the numbers before we are done. cool and fairly comfortable and nice with the light wind. some cloud cover is beginning to push in off the ocean with the wind switching from the east and you see the mass of clouds coming into to the west. it won't be too much longer before we introduce cloud cover and there is rain and falling apart and becoming less intense

right now. and hold off until midnight and spotty showers on the way, some sun in the lehigh valley. and giving way to increase in clouds and 50 at the shore a sunny start and sun is surviving over the next several hours before we cloud up toward the evening and 55 is the high there and philadelphia more of the same, clouds eventually building in and sun squeezing out through the afternoon and high of 52 degrees. cool and similar to yesterday. and the winds are not that strong. overnight it's not as chilly as the last couple of mornings, when you wake up at dawn and only 46 degrees in philadelphia and 42 for a low in the out lying suburbs and rain is arriving overnight. future tracker 6 shows you by 11:30 cecily is wrapping up the forecast and will have sprinkles and showers building in on stormtracker 6 live double scan by the time i get up in the morning and take you through rush hour there is spotty light cells here or there. the roads may be wet and

hopefully you won't have the wipers on when are you driving in and then it looks like that pretty clears out. we wind up with dry in the afternoon and return of sunshine. and behind the frontal boundary. the cool air won't sink in right away and milder a high of 58 and it's winds built in behind the front and the gusts as high as 35 miles per hour during the afternoon. your exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast today's high 52, and sun mixing with more clouds and light rain overnight into tomorrow morning and more sun and milder into the afternoon tomorrow and high of 58 and the late ever you go through the afternoon the windier it feels. sunny and cooler and a high of 50. and things are clouding up on saturday and a high of 55 and at some point 55. light to moderate, a driving rain and models i am looking at it might hold off until the temple game but at this point you get wet. dry conditions with a high of

50. >> thanks david. and todd link the board chairman and his wife are announcing they are donating $5 million to the school. conwell eagan high school is celebrating their 60th anniversary. still to come in the next half hour of "action news" at noon, we check out julia roberts latest movie coming to theaters. it's entitled wonder, a story about a boy with facial differences learning how to face the world. hear from the author and those stories and more next.

"action news" at 12:30 continues. with rick williams, sara bloomquist and david murphy. we begin at 12:30 with the latest on the breaking news we are following all morning long in south jersey. that is where the search continues for this teenager. 18-year-old michael huggins he remains on the loose after escaping from a detention fas it's in atlantic county. >> he was with three other teenagers that got away and they have since been captured and huggins is considered to be dangerous. the atlanta county sheriff's office says that the four teens escaped from harbor field youth

detention facility in egg harbor city this morning. the teens stole a video and crashed trying to get away from police and three teenagers were recaptured in bridgeton. but huggins is still on the run. trish hartman has the latest. >> reporter: rick, police are still on the hunt for the one suspect, michael huggins, considered to be dangerous and we learned he is charged with a murder from last year in cumberland county and the other three escapees are in custody. this is the street where the four teens crashed and ditched the stolen car in this neighborhood less than a mile from the harbor field youth detention facility. >> members of the new jersey state police task force scoured the area in bridgeton looking for michael huggins. looking at maps as they searched for the escapee. huggins is