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hall. here's what we are following for you right now for "action news". egypt strikes back, military goes off gunmen responsible for a horrifying terror attack we have very latest information on the mosque massacre. plus, investigators head back to the scene of the massive house fire in delaware county. and dangerous toys, a look at the items on store shelves that some say could pose a risk to your children. but first meteorologist chris sowers joins us outside with a look at the accu weather forecast this sunny saturday, hey there, chris. >> it is sunny, cold, this is a cold, frosty start tour saturday. morning lows dropping down in the mid 20's in some locations , now. allentown bottoming out at 25. millville, mount holly at 26. wilmington 29. city of philadelphia 35 degrees just 3 degrees above the freezing mark. with the sunshine we are starting to rebound now but we still have work to do. forecasting a high later on of 60 degrees. we have quite a bit of way to go still. thirty-five in reading and
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allentown. forty-two in philadelphia. forty-six now in millville. cape may closing in on 50. beach haven 48. pair of four's in dover. 38 degrees up there in trenton satellite six with action radar we have a cold front that is approaching the area looking toward left hand part of the screen lots of cloud, even some shade of green, couple showers across upstate new york,e of the buffalo, pushing through fingerlakes, and that front will close in later this afternoon, it will increase cloud, but i think for most part we will stay dry , most of these showers, should stay north of the interstate 8o lets just say williamsport area, wilkes barre scranton area we have got to see showers out of that maybe poconos, perhaps as far south as in northern portions of the lehigh valley. everybody else in the immediate philadelphia area we are looking at a nice day, lots of sunshine which gradual increase in cloud as the day wears on. it is very, very mild. 59 degrees is today's forecast ed high. if you are wondering where that stacks autopsy begins the normal the normal is 51.
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so we are a good 8 degrees above seasonal averages. turning mild tore day. brief cold shot arrives tomorrow. for that eagles game we could see wind gusts of 30 miles per hour. that could play into the kicking game a little bit. i will be back along in a few minutes and have more details on that and a huge warm up in the accu weather seven day forecast, alycia. >> chris, thank you. this morning investigators are trying to determine what caused a deadly crash in the cities frankford section. a 21 year-old woman was killed and driver a 22-year old man was injury, police say the driver who control of the car and ran off roosevelt boulevard, hitting a large tree. the woman was thrown from the car, and then died from her injuries. the driver, suffered a broken leg. also in frankford a 42 year-old man was shot during an attempted robbery, police tell "action news" that the two men, demanded money from the victim when he told them he didn't have any, they opened fire. the victim was shot once in the right thigh, and this happened along 4800 block of frankford avenue. the suspect who ran from the scene and has not been
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arrested. it was a similar scene in the port richmond section of philadelphia where two men demanded money from a man sitting on the front stoop of his home. the victim a 30 year-old man was also shot in the thigh, around 2:00 o'clock this morning. he is in stable condition, at the hospital. we have new information this morning as we now know that 305 people were killed in that terror attack in the mosque in egypt and now the egyptian military is striking back against the people that they believe were responsible for attacking worshipers. as they prayed. abc's jennifer echoson explains the government is make gooding on a prom toys use brute force. >> reporter: this morning, retaliation from egypt's air force, air strikes on militant s that the government claims for the massacre at a mosque the deadliest attack in egypt in modern history. on friday afternoon, at least 300 people were killed, more than 100 injured, when dozens of islam i can militants carrying isis flags, ambushed
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a mosque, 125 miles northeast of cairo. witnesses reporting explosions from inside of the holy site, as worshipers attempted to flee, outside, masked gunman opening fire, shooting into the mosque and then setting fire to cars, cutting off escape routes. even ambulances rushing to the scene facing gunfire. most of the aftermath, too gruesome to show, rows of victims including 27 children. no group has claimed responsibility but islamic state is suspected, those worshiping may have followed a mythical form of islam called soupism which isis says is haircy. overnight a show of solidarity for egypt, the colors of the egyptian flag illuminating landmarks and governmental build initial israel, toronto and birmingham, england. >> that was jennifer echoson reporting. back here, investigators are
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returning to the scene of the house fire in clifton heights, delaware county. they are still looking into what sparked the massive blaze that destroyed the home, seen as iconic for many in the area neighbors flames were so intense they were worried would it shed. shayne ferguson who lives in the home said he had just left only minutes before. >> i was on the way to drop my mother off at bryn mawr hospital to visit my grandmother at the time which we didn't make it to a couple of my neighbors called me and let me know that the entire house was, engulfed in flames. >> the home on the 200 block of south penn street is known as the former candy shop, neighbors have fond memories of the woman who once owned it >> she had a candy shop in her attic and she had used toe make chocolates. we used to hang out with her granddaughter, erika and we used to go can we have some chocolate she would give us chocolate. >> one fire fighter was treated for smoke inhalation the red cross is helping the family find somewhere to stay for the time being.
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the homeowners are grateful, two good samaritans saw flames and rushed into save their two dogs, and a cat. happening today a holiday shopping rushing turns to the locally owned stores for what has become known as small business saturday. millions of small retailers, particularly the mom and pop specialty pops, hope you will knock a few things off your holiday list by shopping in their stores today. it is all about made in philly , right? many stores will offer special deals and extended showers attract bargain hunters, small business saturday first began on november 27th, 2010. philadelphia has an added incentive to bring shoppers and visitors to the city this holiday season. from today until january 1st metered parking in the city will be free, on saturday, after 11:00 a.m. on saturdays and sunday you can park at six philadelphia parking authority garages between 11:00 a.m. and midnight for a flat rate of eight dollars. it is important to know, time limits on residential parking blocks will still be enforced. macy's says it has
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completely fixed the glitches that it had yesterday on black friday, the company says that over capacity caused some gift card and credit card transactions to take longer or not work at all. that resulted in long lines at the stores, and frustrated shoppers who were asked to pay in cash. macy's says it does not anticipate any other delays. whether you go, where ever you go this holiday weekend be sure to take "action news" with you, you can get real time traffic conditions, weather updates and storm tracker six from our free six abc app. we have an update now to an incredible case of pay it forward, that all started with a simple act of kindness. generous donors have now donated more than $350,000 to a homeless veteran. by now you may have heard the story of johnny bobbit who gave his last $20 to kate mc lure when she ran out of gas on i-95 here in philadelphia. kate was so grateful that she start aid go fund me page. well, kate says johnny has been so overwhelmed by the
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generosity and she is helping him set up a meeting with a lawyer and a financial planner , john i also says he wants to donate some of that money to a few organizations and give back to the people hoff helped him over the last two years. amazing story. so much more to come on "action news" this saturday morning, including, shelter me >> i'm karen rodgers and thinks char lieutenant from many dogs that are up for adoption and supported by philadelphia adoptables our shelter me win they are week. we will meet charlotte and her friends, coming up later this morning on "action news". she's a little nervous. don't be nervous. and also we have inspiring story surrounding a young man and his life focusing on autism. see how a local organization helped him realize and reach his potential. you will love this one, chris? >> all right, a leash are you ready for a warm up. it was chilly on thanksgiving high of 42. yesterday warmed up but still very cool with a high of 51. today we are closing in on 60
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new this morning a teenager who was a person of ninth his grandmother's murder was arrested trying to cross a border in to canada the teen and his, grandmother had been reported missing on wednesday from jacksonville, florida. the police think that they have located the body of cristina friend inch a shallow grave in the backyard of her son's home in neptune beach. police have not said when this
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15 year-old will return to florida or whether or not he has a lawyer. time magazine has responded to president donald trump after claims that he rejected their offer to be his person of the year. the president took to twitter yesterday to say the magazine told him that he was quote probably going to be given the honor but would have to do be an interview an photo shoot. the president passed on the idea. but time magazine says that president trump was incorrect, on how time chooses its person of the year. the magazine says it doesn't comment on its choice until publication, which is december . trump was, of course, time's 2016 person of the year. two universities have rescinded journalism award given to journalist charlie rose following numerous allegations of sexual misconduct. panel at arizona state university and university of kansas met this week and coincidently came to the same decision yesterday. the walter concrete school of journalism and mass chew case
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says actions reported by rose were too egregious to ignore. last week rose was fired by cbs news and his program on pbs was cancelled. and, 9:13 this bright, shiny saturday. >> really is. really nice. it is chilly right any. you need a heavier coat early on but by afternoon you won't need a jacket at all. we have highs in the 60's. >> i will be in the wilmington jay see's christmas parade. >> at 11:00 you don't think i need a coat. >> something light. two or 3:00 when it is 60, spring-like and ahh. >> okay. >> how about that all important eagles game, take a look because we will be, much different tomorrow, is there a cold front that will, slide through, and late in the day, today and touch off some cloud and ape shower or two up in the poconos. perhaps as far south as the northern portions of the lehigh valley. everybody else will stay dry. but the bigger concern with that, front is way it drops those temperatures off tomorrow and produces strong, gusty wind. we will see temperatures here in the 40's for the eagles
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game but with that wind, how long out of the northwest, 20 to 30 miles an hour, it will put feels like temperatures in the mid to upper 30's throughout the game. so 1:00 o'clock temperature 38 by fourth, 46 degrees. by that point we have feels like temperatures ranging between let's say 35 and 38 degrees. blustery and chilly as we head into sunday. 42 degrees already for philadelphia that was high temperature on turkey day. we will do better then that today. dew .38. wind southwest at seven, and your pressure reading is falling off from 29.83 inches. most of us started below freezing this morning, started out at 25 in allentown. you bounce back to 35 now, reading 35, philadelphia 42. and millville you dropped down to 26 this morning. we have added 20. 46 degrees there trenton 38. forty-nine in cape may. and atlantic city is 46 degrees. clearly see where the cold front is. this warm air here is across the northern portions of the ohio valley. southern great lakes states we are seeing 51 in cleveland.
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forty-nine in detroit. it turns sharply colder to the northwest. this is today's weather here and then this is tomorrow's weather up here. we will not see this kind of stuff this purple air mass these teens and 20's. that will slide on by to the north. but we will see, temperatures in the 30's and 40's as we head into tomorrow afternoon. satellite six with action radar is there the front right there. so shower activity stays to the north, across upstate new york and new england. most of the new england states today. getting as far south as interstate 80 in the poconos area. once we get past this front it is smooth sailing, pretty much , most of the accu weather seven kay forecast looks quiet , sunny and really mild. wait until you see these numbers i'm about to show you. here's future tracker six. we will stop at three. increasing cloud. lots of sunshine. these are high thin cloud. here comes the front, later this evening seven or 8:00 o'clock it is knocking on the door and blows through after midnight with a mostly cloudy sky but no rain. it should come through dry and then first thing tomorrow morning, we're looking at a moisture sun and cloud and by afternoon full sunshine.
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really nice but again, blustery and chilly. speaking of chilly, i will show you those wind speed in a minute. 59 degrees for philadelphia today. lot at 60's showing up to the south. wilmington, dover, millville, atlantic city all 60 degrees. cape may 59. allentown 56. overnight tonight it is chilly once again but not nearly as cold as what we saw this morning. forty's for just about everybody. and then mid up toker 30's north and west. so 36 in reading. forty in philadelphia 45, for cape may and atlantic city. then we will get into sunday afternoon, general wind speed in the 10 to 20 miles an hour range. especially in the morning hours. and gusting to 30 miles an hour. so the eagles game kicks off at 1:00. we're clocking 16 miles an hour sustained wind, 30 miles an hour gusts and those will continue throughout the day. wind chills by 3:00 o'clock in the afternoon. this is during the second half of the game it will feel like the mid to upper 30's out there. so you will not need a jacket at all later to day we will need a heavier coat for tomorrow. the exclusive accu weather seven day forecast near 60 this afternoon. brisk and many cooler for
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tomorrow, high of 48. wind chills in the 30's. sunny, seasonal for monday, 53 tuesday, 58, wednesday 60. thursday 58. look at this stretch of weather right here. and then friday, cooler with a combination of sun and cloud, and a high of 50. alycia. >> fantastic, chris, thank you downtown wilmington is getting ready for its big christmas parade. it gets moving at 11:00 this morning at fourth and market streets. for the ninth consecutive year jaysee's are holding parade on small business saturday to encourage attende toss shop local. of course, i will there been with our "action news" crew, so make sure you come on over and say hi. we will be right back. and make your holidays happen. the holidays run on dunkin'.
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overheating toys and excessive ly lloyd toys. >> which she does is she interacts with the child and she comes up, and with connected to not a very safe, secure connection. >> and, to avoid choking hazard the division says remember this rule is if a tool fits into a toilet paper role keep ate way from children under age of 36789 find their entire trouble in toy land report right now on six abc.com. and as more americans do their holiday shopping on line , scammers are ready to strike. in some cases they are creating fake websites that may look real, and experts are also warning consumers about fake apps that can steel your personal information, or try to extort money from you from locking your phone. finally be careful of clicking on e-mails did you not sign up for, they could be phissuing scams. next time you stop by a warehouse club store to buy in bulk take a closer look at your receipt. new study says you may not be saving money by buying those
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large quantities of packaged food. many people end up spending 5 percent more then they would at a traditional grocery store the number wound tip toys save money by avoiding impulse purchases. and they helped tens of thousands of animals a year in philadelphia and today karen rodgers shows us what philadelphia adoptables is all about in this weeks shelter me >> go get the ball. >> voice for philly animals because they cannot speak for themselves. >> reporter: philadelphia adoptable is a none in profit create todd sustain 32,000 animals taken in by the cities animal control team each year. >> there is a lot of things that the city does not provide for. so that is where we step in. >> reporter: right now they are collecting pet supply donations for one of the biggest fun rating events of the year camp out for hunger. >> we are there to collect cat few and distribute to it rescues. >> reporter: just this week they were raising their message about animal adoptions at six abc's thanksgiving day parade as team clifford.
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>> the purpose is to help animals here and to get more exposure. >> reporter: another good form of exposure the hunt for hound s 2018 calendar. each month featuring a animal loving model and rescue. >> there is a dog you might remember, cranberry was found in the trash bag at a park in philadelphia. >> reporter: she's now with her family but pun, the cover doggies still in search of his happy ending. this. >> reporter: so is rocky. >> rocky is eight year-old mutt. >> thank you. >> he was brought into the shelter by his owner. >> reporter: volunteers say they are seeing more and more owners surrenders. >> rocky, come here. >> reporter: and a few tricks up his paw. >> have a paw, good boy. >> reporter: and thinks charlotte, one year-old chew was washings right where she can only move her front leg. she's available through tiny paws rescue which is is one of the many place that is philadelphia adoptables support. if you are interested in the pets you have met today or purchase these, hunks for
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hound calendar find the lincoln six abc.com/shelter me f you'd like us to share your shelter success story powe a picture to the fyi philly facebook page using #six abc shelter me and where you adopted your pet and how much they mean to you. we will feature your stories on upcoming shelter me segments w charlotte i'm karen rodgers channel six "action news".
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turning to sports eagles fans can breathe a sigh of relief because team will not need a line back tore play kicker tomorrow begins chicago bears. rookie jake elliott has been cleared from his concussion. with his help eagles scored most points in the nfl adding up to the best record but carson wentz and his team are not satisfied just yet. >> i think we have had a combination, i mean think i one game we had a good passing game. another game we had a good running game. we have not had a truly complete game that 500-yard game, we're excited about it. that is why we are excite because we have not played our best and we are still playing really good football. nfl says carson wentz lead all players in the fan voting for 2018 pro bowl, pro bowl rosters will be announced on december 19th. and, while eagles are on a hot streak the flyers are ice cold. the team has hit its war stretch in nearly 10 years with seven straight losses. yesterday's game against islanders didn't help, flyers would find themselves up by two in the second period but new york comes back and wins tonight overtime, five-four.
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don't forget temple football play book coming up in the next half an hour of "action news", jamie apody and temple's head coach geoff collins will discuss all things owls, temple faces tulsa later today. instead of the holiday cheer the dark forces have taken over at least for a limited time. star wars themes pop up bar has opened up in new york city and also in washington d.c. the bar promises, a truly immersive galactic experience and says it is supposed ton a bar that would you find in the basement of the death star. wonder what is in that cocktail. storm troopers throughout, six costume drinks like those, well, smoking fiery ice kind of thing. bars close in january. is there still much more to come on "action news" this saturday morning, a man accused of swiping money, meant for those in need. plus meet creative mind behind disney's latest animated film, he explains how the story of cokobe again long
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even killed and injured a number of toddlers. inspiring story of one young man's journey how a south jersey organization, helped him find himself, and realize his true potential. but first outside we will go to meteorologist chris sowers and the accu weather forecast with this sunny saturday, hi chris. >> nice and bright on city avenue. good morning to you a leash a good morning everyone. temperatures are starting to moderate a little bit. we started out in the mid 20's and new we are seeing 40's. forty-one kutztown, slatington , warminster 41. center city, media 42. kirkwood 42. malvern 40. bethlehem also checking in at 42. fortecoup, tuckahoe and cape may 49. brigantine already over 50. they are showing 51. and surf city 48 degrees. here's future tracker six. we are watching a cold front quickly approaching from the west. by three or 4:00 this afternoon we are easily up in the mid 50's. but behind the front numbers
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tail off. buffalo only 45. pittsburgh 46. d.c. though on the other side of the front 60 degrees. richmond 63. then the front crosses the area later this evening. temperatures drop down by 7:00 , pittsburgh 30 degrees. buffalo 28. philadelphia 39. and remember this will be a gusty win, anywhere from 20 to 30 miles an hour. those 30's first thing tomorrow morning will feel more like the 20's and then throughout the afternoon hours it will be a struggle to get actual air temperatures in the mid to upper 40's. very spring-like today, winter like for tomorrow. satellite six with action radar the shore activity associated with the front, should stay to the north. we could see a couple showers late this afternoon in the poconos, but perhaps as far south as northern portions of the lehigh valley, immediate philadelphia area will stay dry. here's call from accu weather for weekend 59 degrees, lots of sunshine, increasing high cloud late and then for tomorrow brisk, chilly with a high of 48. decent sunshine. wind chills are stuck in the
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30's mess of the time and speaking about tomorrow afternoon, big travel day, so lets look at that more closely here. 8:00 a.m. temperature 41. lunchtime 47 you can see it is a far cry from the 60 degrees we are forecasting today. remember wind chills looking at those numbers will be in the mid to upper 30's the entire way. then as we move into next week not one, not two but three straight days where high temperatures could reach 60 degrees, or higher. unbelievable warm stretch of weather heading this way. i will be back after the temple play book and we will talk more about the warm up in the accu weather seven day forecast coming up in 20 minutes, alycia. >> chris, thank you. shooting in the strawberry mansion section of the philadelphia sends a 22-year old to the hospital. action cam was on the scene along 3,000 block of norris street as police responded around 12:30 this morning. you can see bullets pierced a white car, police say victim went to the chinese take out restaurant a few blocks away
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until police arrived. so far in word as to who shot the man or why. septa authorities are still trying to identify the man whose dead body was found on top of the train. that was traveling into jer son station yesterday. authorities say that the victim who was believed to be somewhere between 16 and 20 years old was likely electrocuted, by the high tension wires that are just above the roof of the train. it is not clear whether the man committed suicide, was trying to steel copper, or was simply killed while trespassing. today investigators will be back at the scene of the house fire in clifton heights delaware county still looking into what sparked that massive fire that destroyed the home. it seems iconic for many who live there. no one was home when fire broke out yesterday because mother and son were on their way to visit family in the hospital. one fire fighter had to be treated for smoke inhalation, red cross is now helping family find somewhere to stay. search is on for this man whom police say stole a
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donation jar from the south philadelphia store, and it happened on november 1st at porter street beverage on the 700 block of west porter street. surveillance video captured this man paying for an item and then grabbing the donation jar and then walking out. big head up for parents here ikea has reissued a recall for 29 million of its chest and dressers, after the death of an eighth child. the toddler was killed in may in california by this dress their fell. ikea says furniture can easily tip over if it is not properly anchored to a wall. questions are being raised about whether idea did enough to inform consumers about the recall when it was first announced in june 2015. anyone with these dressers, either return them or secure them immediately. okay. now to the story of how a young man with awe advertise from voorhees went from unable to communicate, to happily and enthusiastically sharing his own success story. part of andrew gaffany's
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progress happened at durant a social services organizations, in mount laurel that helps individuals with special need learn and grow. at 26 years old now, gaffany has a part-time job, a social network and more activity then we can tell but. but his journey with autism started much differently. here it is in his own word a f eat more powerful then you might think. >> i like to swim. i did karate. i'm a very active person. i like playing games. i like hanging out with people i like doing fun stuff in the world. >> reporter: when you ask andrew gaffany to tell but himself it is long list of things he loves which includes being a member of the marching ban. >> i chose the trombone. it is fun industry. >> reporter: hard to imagine now as a toddler andrew was completely non-verbal. >> he met all of the speech milestone from two on no first word, no meaningful language, and he had a lot of confusion.
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he didn't really necessity how to make sense of his world. >> reporter: when he was three and a half they started is what known as behavior analysis therapy where andrew was rewarded for correct responses. >> i will never forget the first time he asked a question , and it was when i was on the floor with him playing and he said where is the seat belt. he was playing with a little toy bus. >> reporter: they started to work with the team at durant, laura so impressed and inspired, she started to work there. >> it is such a wonderful feeling to be able to give back this way at this stage of the game where we can give some hope. >> reporter: hope is something that they know a thing or two about, she remembers what her mother said when they started this journey. >> you have a big long mountain to climb and you will do it step by step. >> reporter: and they d as she looks down from the top, perspective. >> be happy with what your own child is capable of, love them
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, be patient with them and i would say always have that hope because there is hope. >> reporter: and everyone in andrew's word is a success story. >> i think they will look at me and say, wow, that is pretty awesome. >> pretty awesome. laura wants every parent watching to know this, trust your gut, be your own best advocate, join community groups, socialization is key as we see in andre's case and tapping into school resources. there are more than you think. andrew's advice always treat the people you really like with a lot of care. doesn't get better than. that very inspirational story there is much more to come on "action news" this saturday morning, at 9:00, up next, it is temple football play book jamie apody talks all things owls ahead of today's game, we will be right back.
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time to talk temple football. owls wrap up their regular season with the huge game at tells a here are jamie apody and coach geoff collins with the temple football play book. >> welcome to toyota temple football. alongside geoff collins aim's jamie apody. we took things outside. >> very nice. >> we will talk about last weeks game against ucf. you were looking for the upset it was tough. how does disappointment do you have, that you didn't get things done. >> they had a good game plan. i think we were only team that has led them this year.
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we led them twice early in the game. it was a good game. just turn over, we had three turnovers in the second quarter on our end of the field. they got three quick scores on us. it blew blue the game opened. really proud of the kid the way they for the the entire game. we held tight the number one owe even if in the country but turnovers ultimately killed us in that game. >> lets look ahead to tulsa. you talk about going one and zero and winning this week. you need that sixth win to be bowl eligible. magnitude of this game you cannot ignore it. >> this is tulsa you will ignore it. >> all that matter is just doing our process, having great weeks of practice, and film study, knowing our own and knowing the game plan and saturday executing it, in a physical, tough, fashion, that is what we do. that is our brand of football. >> tulsa is, they don't have a win, well, they have two wins. you call this a scary team why is that. >> they are really good. they blew out houston. they have played really good
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teams down to the wire. i think ultimately their record does in the show how good they are. we respect them. they have good players. they have a really good game plan. quarterback situation they have two quarterbacks that have played, one of them got hurt in the end of south florida but other kid came in and made a good game against a really good south florida team we know how dangerous they are >> you drove that into your team and also drilled in it is one and zero every week. i talk tour players about tulsa, importance of their game and here's what they have to say. what does this mean to this team because clearly you guys want to lay it all on the line >> i think the a last four weeks, championship mind set. we wanting to one and zero and take care of business. these seniors go out right way that is in our mind winning this game and executing. >> there is no guarantee next game after this does that make this one even bigger. >> i wouldn't say it makes it bigger, you know, because if we give it all we got and we put it all on the line, you know, hopefully we come out victorious but we know that we
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put it all on the line. as long as we do that, i feel like, you know, we will be satisfied. >> coach this game means everything tour senior class. they have a chance to be the winningest senior class in temple history. they want to go to bowl game. they want to win their final game in the temple uniform. what does this mean for you as a coach to see them and for them to take the field for what could be the final time. >> they have been a great group. they will be one i remember forever. a lot of special memories. we had senior day getting hugs abe sending them out to their families. we told each other how much we loved each other. it was genuine, it was real. we all in this building want to do great things for them, send them out the right way. we will rely the last three or four weeks we have had grade leadership from sophomores and juniors which is bulk of our roster. we have some great seniors. we want to send them out in the man their they deserved. >> i had a chance to catch up with one team may leon johnson who is very eloquent in his word. here's what leon had to say about possibly playing the final game of the temple
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uniform. >> when you are a freshman, sophomore you never think it will even. your schedule is stretch. everything is in place. it feels like it will always be there. it is a nice come to reality when days start to wind down. >> what do you tell younger guys. clearly, like you said, you are trying time part your wisdom on them. they will be seniors one day what do you tell them here as you wrap up your temple career >> it is a very bottomless statement but don't waste time because it is not, time waits for nobody. when you have four years of eligibility left, a thousand days left on scholarship and you are like, what does that mean. you know, but that is one of the biggest things we reiterate take advantage of every day because at some point it will be your last day >> finally, i hear you have got some dance moves. >> they come and good. they come and go. they came and went already. >> really. >> yeah. >> i think good way to go out would be to show us some of those dance moves, that is how to be remembered, don't you think. >> i will give a two step bring leave, so it is a quick,
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boom. >> and they goes. >> that was a little taste, did you know leo had dance moves. >> i have seen him before and he has rap skills tooy didn't know about the rap skills. >> you should have tipped me off to that. >> and he is a poet, yes. he vice good. talented kid. >> yes, he is. a lot of knowledge, coach. coming up we will talk about some temple super fans, that and more when temple football play book returns.
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welcome back to temple football play book. coach, coming in here did you research about the program, the town, the team. and, i wand fire realize this is an eagles city. it is. >> sure. >> and that said, temple fans are pretty special. they are special group. what have you learned about the fans in your tenure here so far. >> they have been phenomenal. they love temple football.
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they love football in general. me being from the south i can appreciate that. they are just passionate. there are crazy won and best way possible, and the energy and juice that they provide for our players is special. >> we will meet some of those crazy won, and we now have that story. >> thanks, jamie. here at temple we have our own form of royalty. you cannot be born into it. they don't live in the castle unless you count the linc but they do get a lot of attention introducing the temple tempers >> great day, beautiful weather. >> lots of fans. >> let's go owls. >> first win, it will happen today. >> owls. let's do it. >> make those so special, win, lose or draw they are there, they are telling us how good we are, they are telling to us keep our head up, and they are last people in the stadium after we win, lose or draw.
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>> defensive line man freddie booth lloyd likes it so much that he inquired about becoming one. >> out of the blue he mentioned it. we said okay, we will find him a hat i guess. >> that is pretty cool. >> yeah. >> every week we switched the clock up and different player on it. it is all affiliated with temple sports. >> i was at every game. i take a look back at my aunt and said who are these guys with these big hats on, and this clock and all this jewelry. i want to be one of those. so after the navy game, i just tweet had one day i want to be a after i'm done playing football and it clicked and i added them and everybody was like, that would be cool if you do it and stuff like. that so, i mean, every encouraged me to do it. >> this is right now a great time. get out, see the fans. you walk around, see everybody , everybody fired up. he can definitely do that.
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>> absolutely. we have to find a cape that fits over his shoulder. >> i will probably wear my own jersey playing. big hat, cape and i will find me a clock and put one of the young guys on it. >> some people want to be an astronaut when they grow up, some a firemen, freddie lloyd a temple templar. i'm morgan segfried, jamie, back to you. >> got to love super temple fans, of course. coach, earlier in the week you guys had a thanksgiving meal together as a team, as a program with your families, coaches and players, how special is that to get together and show your thanks for each other. >> it was a special event. all of our coaching staff and their families were there, administration, doctor pat craft, kevin corker here as well and just to share time with each other and let them know how much they mean to us. it was my wife's idea. she wanted us all to be together two days before thanksgiving just to bond and it was a special night. >> given it is your first year
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here how thankful are you for this program and this years and these guys have meant to you. >> this has been a special group of kid. i have said it before. there is not a day that is by i don't tell them how much i love them and what they do for us for this school, for this university. it has been great to have these relationships, that will last a lifetime. >> coach, lot to be thankful for this year. hopefully that includes a win against tulsa. thanks very much. good luck. this is temple football play book and we will have much more "action news" right after this.
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and now a final check of the accu weather forecast with meteorologist chris sowers. >> we are warming up. we have a lot of sunshine this morning. we started out at 35 degrees, this morning in philadelphia now up to 46. numbers are climbing rapidly. millville 46. cape may 51. not bad. dover 44. atlantic city and wilmington both showing 46. >> wow. >> and look at that today, new jersey shore, sunny mild, 60 degrees. philadelphia 59. poconos, 50 degrees with increasing cloud. there is a slight chance of the pop up shower later this afternoon in the poconos, only everybody else will stay dry and the exclusive accu weather seven day forecast shows more upper 50's, lower 60's mid week, cooler tomorrow 48 degrees, blustery wind chills in the 30's and then we will rebound again monday 53, tuesday, wednesday, thursday all three days 58 degrees to 62. somewhere in that ballpark that 62 would be south ande, 60 splits the difference for philadelphia so 58 tuesday, 60
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wednesday. fifty-eight for thursday and then cooler by friday. >> wow, looking good just looking good december. >> thanks, chris. latest from the master minds at disney is in theaters right now, coco a massed nine million-dollar on thanksgiving day alone. i recently had a chance to chat with one of the creative minds behind the new animated films. >> is there something that makes me different. >> can we, i want to be a musician just like you. >> all right, move in there. >> i'm ore jason katz is story supervisor of coco who recently stopped by six abc studios and told us all about where the story began, even showed us some sketches of the main character miguel and his dog donte as an on set of the story. this is about a multi generational family of shoe makers in mexico. miguel is a little boy who learns a lot about his roots as he chases his dream to become a musician this was envisioned and pitched by katz and takes miguel on a story of a real story of his family
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history. >> we have pitched a movie about a boy who traveled across from the land of living to the land of the dead and ancestors and learned about himself and it was all centered around the holiday inn mexico and it was filled with music, filled with color, filled with life. >> ♪ >> katz tells me he was always a doodler in class, artist whose dream to work for disney and now look at him. dream realized right. one of the driving forces behind the film. already highest grossing of all time in mexico. coco features benjamin brat and anthony gone doll, voice of miggal. disney is parent could have on six abc. jack hand's wild count down is next on channel six. "action news" continues later tonight. we will be back tomorrow morning beginning at 6:00 a.m. here are stories we are working on for you. eagles are gearing up for a big game. they will face chicago bears at the linc, and hope to keep
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that winning streak alive. plus, a local dance company, pays homage to iconic african-american choreographers and artists from around the world in a beautiful way, speak of beautiful it will be a gorgeous one today and chris's offering to come hang your christmas lights if you need help. oh, no. >> that is not what we were talking about. >> he did say he will help his twin brother out. >> we will take thaty will see those lights, light show at city hall that would be nice too. >> dilworth park. >> for gray hall, chris sowers and the entire "action news" team i'm alycia vitarelli, thanks for joining us, have a wonderful, bright, sunny saturday. >> ♪
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