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>> well, as of late this afternoon. the most serious injured person a 18-year-old young woman was prepped for a second round of surgeries, as for the vehicle involved. the police put a photograph out of the specific model and pulled that because they believe they are looking for a 1992 to 1997 for a ford pickup truck gray with tan markings on it. that is specific as they have. they are going to provide a new paragraph of it soon. >> it was shortly after 8:00 p.m. when a pickup truck traveling eastbound on street road hit two 18-year-olds a boy and girl as they crossd this stretch to the east of the fill mont avenue. they were purchasing ice-cream at a nearby wawa the girl badly hurt and the boy less so. >> he helps the male pedestrian
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victim carry the female over to the side of the road, and then he jumps in the truck and leaves. >> he rendered assistance does the right thing initially. >> other than to drive away all together. initially he does the right thing and then doesn't he leaves. >> does he say anything? >> not that i am aware of. >> all that remains is paint markings. >> we got a couple of tips on this already. and we are sending guys to check the tips and videos from the businesses farther away on the off chance he pulled over someplace and made a phone call and tried to capture this guy on video. >> and cathy and fred watched the female grow up and praying for her recovery and hopes the driver turns himself in. >> hope the driver turns himself in and makes amends for you know
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hitting someone and just leaving them there really. >> reporter: well, the claytons say the young woman's parents are asking for prayers for their daughter. as for that truck police say they believe they are dealing with a ford f 250 build between 1992 and 1997, generally red with either gray or tan trim. it would have a missing passenger side mirror and that is definite. and damage to the right side headlights. if you know anything about a truck that fits that trips you are urged to call the southhampton police department. >> thank you. now, to a develop can story tonight fbi agents searched a large portion of the woods in ocean county, new jersey. today looking for evidence for a disappearance of two young people in the 1970s.
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at the wildlife refuge in staff toward township in ocean county. steven anderson and david williams. they went missing and were both developmentally disabled. bob brooks is on the scene and will have a full report coming up tonight at 6:00. philadelphia police are looking for more teenage suspects in connection with the deadly beating of a man in may fair. surveillance cameras captured moments surrounding the attack and now the victim's brother is speaking out. sara bloomquist is live in the neighborhood where the man was murdered. >> a growing memorial is going up here along the wall where 57-year-old kevin cullen was so brutally assaulted on sunday evening. at the moment please don't have any suspects in custody but they do tell us they have good direction as they work to make arrests. cullen grew up here in may fair and his family says they are
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devastated. posters and flowers mark the spot where 57-year-old kevin cullen suffered the brutal beating that caused his death. his older brother tom says he will be sorely missed. >> he was loved and not abandoned. we cared for him and always tried to help him. >> kevin cullen was assaulted monday evening in may fair and police believe that a group of teens assaulted him attempting to rob him and that they slammed kevin's head into the wall on the side of a row home. >> he was viciously sauled by a pack of youths. they beat him into unconsciousness for which he never recovered. >> a neighbor tried to help him. i came out, there is not much i could do, you couldn't even give him cpr, we were afraid to move his head.
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they hit his head into the wall so hardy felt it in my house on the second floor. >> and he was attacked out of frame. and his brother says he had no permanent address and often stayed with family, since his father's death 11 years ago he suffered with personal problems but his family says he was always on their minds and in their hearts. >> he was a good guy. he wouldn't want to hurt anybody. >> police did bring to people in custody last evening but they were released. police are trying to put together a better idea of what exactly unfolded here last evening but they feel confident they will be able to arrest the suspect responsible for this murder. live in may fair, sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. a developing story now north korea has launched another blastic missile today and the
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pentagon believe its was an intercontinental missile and lands in the sea of japan. the last time was in response to another incidents and president trump has this to say. >> a missile was launch aid little while ago from north korea, i will tell you we will take care of it. it's a situation that we will handle. >> the president changed gears of addressing the gop effort to overhaul the nation's tax code after meeting with senate republicans he predicts the passage of the tax plan. >> and we have great conditions today and sunny and mild all day long, hitting 60 degrees in some areas and wait until tomorrow. cecily tynan is at the "action news" big board with the latest from accuweather. >> hi rick, it certainly is not feeling like late november and the high in philadelphia soared up to 61 degrees, that is 10 degrees above average and 10 degrees shy of a record high of
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71, set back in 1990, and this is not a one hit wonder, philadelphia dropped down to 57 degrees and pittsburgh 61 and charleston 60 and buffalo, new york, 61 degrees. we have another day of temperatures in the 60s tomorrow. part of the reason why, satellite and radar showing high pressure is really in control of our weather. this is what brought us winds from the south and temperatures 10 degrees above average and keeping us high and dry. really cloud free through the day. loads of sunshine and tonight cloud free as well. if you like this mild weather, you have got it again tomorrow. tomorrow's high is 62 degrees and thursday and friday notice we do drop back into the low 50s and close to normal high for this time of year. friday is the first day of december i'll let you know what to expect for your weekend coming up in the full accuweather forecast. >> sounds good. thank you. >> it's only been a day since they announced the royal
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engagement of prince harry and american actress meghan markle but they will announce their vows at saint james chapel and queen elizabeth will be there. >> congratulations -- >> reporter: the bookies were right the venue is chosen and the count down is on. prince harry and meghan markle will get married next may at windsor castle. the same gorgeous chapel that prince charles married his stepmother camilla back in 2005. and camilla voices excitement. >> absolutely thrilled. it's brilliant. i said america's loss is our gain and we are absolutely delighted. they are so happy. >> the royal family will pay for the wedding and the queen herself will be in attendance, no word on if she had bring the
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corgis that according to harry like meghan so much. she will retain her u.s. citizenship until her british citizenship comes through in a few years but off to the races and the bride to be is looking at a busy six months. something her future sister-in-law knows a little about. kate telling reporters today hoping they enjoy the moment. >> we ablutesly thrilled and really happy time for any couple, and we hope they enjoy this happy moment. >> we'll see the happy couple on friday, the first big joint engage. they visit nottingham academy. this is the beginning of a busy six months. >> back here talk about something you don't see every day, check out this scene in phoenixville, chester county. a horse made his way into the downtown area after escaping from his rider from a farm in chester springs on route 113.
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and phoenixville police showed the horse making its way up bridge street and a 16-year-old girl was riding the horse and it threw her off. and she is okay fort fatally. and the horse was corralled outside of the colonial theater. >> here we go time to check the traffic scene and see if there are any other horses around. matt pellman is here. >> you may want to say nay to the schuylkill expressway we have problems on each side of the fence, this side a westbound medical emergency, was initially dispatched as an accident but turned out to be a medical emergency blocking the lanes for a time. we are trying to recover and everything is off to the side now up there. but westbound remains heavy approaching the boulevard from this point to gladwyne and eastbound is stop and go from 202 to king of prussia into belmont where we have an earlier
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disabled vehicle. and northbound by penn's landing there say new one in camden coming southbound on 676, off to the side and jammed in that area. in horsham watching a crash at limokiln pike single digit speeds for a bus accident. bethlehem pike at st. thomass and burlington county southbound side of 295 crash is off to the side but speeds of 14 miles per hour. i would stick with 130 or the southbound turnpike instead. and lawnside as you come away from the turnpike on the white horse pike, there is a crash there. haddonfield road could be a better bet. much more ahead on "action news" at 5:00. tackling opioid crisis. the specific steps pennsylvania has take tonight fight addiction. and health with a dose of humor, find out the important message about this fun event at
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yesterday. her mother discovered her missing from her bedroom and they are serving the area with helicopters and k-9s. and opioid abuse has become the worst crisis in american history. and governor wolf was in philadelphia talking about what is being done to combat the problem. ali gorman joins us live from the big board. >> reporter: the numbers are scary, just in pennsylvania last year there were more than 4600 people that died from a drug overdose. in philadelphia this year unfort fate we are on track to hit 1200 overdose deaths. and a news conference was held today to discuss what is being done to turn these numbers around. pennsylvania governor, tom wolf, calls the opioid crisis crippling. >> this is tragic, people will losing their lives and parents are losing their children. >> at an event host bid independence blue cross he talked about the steps the state
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is taking including increasing access to naloxone. and limiting the number of opioids to be prescribed for patients and resigning the state's drug monitoring system. this is important it helps doctors note if they are being -- and if someone coming into a pharmacy may have a problem and direct them to someone that may actually be able to help them. >> they say that plans thereofer members unlimited visits to detox centers and expanded access to longer term care but right now there is not always enough beds at qualified treatment centers and the still ma of adistinction is an obstacle and seeking the right care the chances for recovery can be very good. >> the university of pennsylvania came out with a study that of all chronic
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illnesses, hypertension and cancer. the most successful treated is substance disorder when you have good treatment. and independence blue cross is working with penn state researchers sharing real stories of people struggling with addiction to help further reduce the stigma. >> thank you. well, some especially trained circus performers brought their talents to philadelphia childrens hospital. it gave them a dose of fun. the red nosed program at chop. to ease the hospital stay for kids and their families and this group makes the clown rounds all across the country.
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into time for a check of the accuweather forecast tuesday evening. does it get nicer than this? tomorrow. >> tomorrow one degree warmer than today. doesn't feel like late november at all. a great looking shot. sky 6 hd looking at the center city skyline the view interest temple university and brightness on the horizon dusk out there and no clouds at all. if you like the warm weather it's sticking around tomorrow.
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one more sunny mild day and temperatures in the 60s and then a cold front that bring a round of showers late thursday night and wee hours of the morning on friday. and right now it's still really mild out there. philadelphia 57 down from the high of 61 and allentown 55 and trenton how and cape may currently 53 degrees. the reason why, we have high pressure in control of our weather. with the wind out of the southwest. and satellite and radar showing that high pressure causes substance. and we have a cloud free sky tonight and with winds from the south-southwest it's not nearly as cool as last night. philadelphia dropped down to 34 and tonight only 45 for the low. very mild and cape may 46 and wilmington 41 and trenton 42 degrees. tomorrow, lots of sunshine
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again. and stays mild up to 50 at 9:00. should be touching 60 by 1:00 in the afternoon. and the temperatures gradually drop into the 40s as we head to about 7:00. tomorrow a great day, if you have been procrastinating, rick listen to this. get the lights on the tree, decorating alert. >> i don't want to do it. >> get your wife to do it. do it when it's sunny and mild. and your fingers won't be frozen and a good day to decorate the house outdoors before temperatures begin to drop to what is typical for this time of year. future tracker 6 showing that happens on thursday morning. thursday morning temperatures down to 33. at 7:00. allentown 29 and the poconos 27 degrees and as we head into the afternoon in the low 50s by 3:00 in the afternoon. so definitely more seasonable by the end of the week.
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62 degrees tomorrow 10 degrees above normal. and saturday 50 and sunday 52. and next week another warm europe. new details about a burned body found on top of a septa regional rail train in center city. and two people arrested in human tracking in pennsylvania and south jersey. we have the latest on that story.
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"action news" continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, and monica malpass. >> hello again here is what is happening on "action news" tuesday night. the man is charged in the death a 12-year-old girl and the message the victim's mother hope its brings coming up. and have you seen this boy. the search for an 11-year-old that went missing from philadelphia's bustleton section and a political stalemate on capitol hill. as republicans race to pass their plan before time runs out. now the details of a 21-year-old
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who is faced with involuntarily manslaughter after police say he hit and kill aid 12-year-old girl while he was texting and driving. walter perez is live now with the latest on the charges. >> reporter: monica the victim in this case was walking home with her siblings after getting ice-cream at a local shop. they were 20 yards from their house when the suspect's vehicle allegedly veered off the road well on to the shoulder and struck and killed the young lady and they are certain this is a case of texting and driving. >> on september 22nd. 20-year-old emma was struck and killed by a vehicle traveling down nazareth road in palmer township. her mother says a part of her dies as well. >> it's hard not having her here for the holiday season, it doesn't feel right. thanksgiving felt like any other day like a sunday. it's really hard. >> three months after it
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happened formal charges were filed against dillon groff the person accused of being behind the wheel. the district attorney says that the charges include homicide by vehicle and aggravated assault and involuntarily manslaughter just no name a few. >> dillon groff was not driving drunk or at an excessive speed but what he was doing was just as dangerous. >> there is no words to express how you feel when you lose a child and then especially to find out it was over texting. over a conversation that could wait. >> she says making matters worse emma was killed in front of her three siblings walking with her at the time. she hopes that her daughter's story will serve as a cautionary tale about the danger of driving and texting. >> everybody has done it. everybody has done it. but don't. you could become a statistic
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like my daughter did. >> dillon groff has no criminal history and is expected to surrender to authorities tomorrow or thursday. reporting live walter perez, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. new information just coming into the newsroom tonight from the investigation into a burned body found on top of a septa train in center city last week. they have identified the body of 15-year-old ray kwan jones. the body was discovered on top of a regional airline train at jefferson station. his body had severe burns it's unclear how he got on top of the train or the circumstances of his death. an 11-year-old boy is missing from philadelphia's bustleton section that terrance taylor was last seen at baldy middle school yesterday wearing tan pants and a green hoody. anyone with information on his where abouts are asked to can't police right away. and president trump was on
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capitol hill try together gain support for his tax overhaul plan if passed it would be his first legislative win of the year. >> reporter: good afternoon republicans are racing against their own self imposed deadline on tax reform and it's unclear if they have the votes. remember they can only afford to lose two. it's a presidential rallying cry. the president behind closed doors hoping to get those last minute gop holdouts on board for tax reform to advise the tax code and lower the corporate tax rates and repeal the mandate. >> it's a challenging exercise sitting there with a rubics cube trying to get to 50. >> and worried it doesn't do enough for small businesses and the $1.4 trillion increase to
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the deficit. >> another glitch, republicans argued these cuts are for the middle class but the latest estimate from the bunt office found that the senate bill benefits the rich while hitting low income americans hardest. in 10 years middle income would be worse off than today. the repeal of the individual mandate. as the senate barrels toward a vote on taxes and congress is gallopling with keeping the government funded. and the president was to have a bipartisan meeting to iron out a deal. after tweeting -- chuck and nancy decided to skip it. >> the best part is to keep negotiating with our republican counterparts in congress. >> the political stalemate as congress has less than two weeks to fun the bill or face a shut
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down. channel 6 "action news." back here two men are charged with running a human traffic ring in lancaster, montgomery and york counties and south jersey. attorney general, josh shapiro says that kenneth cromwell and barry shift coerced six women into prostitution with the false promise of easy money and they used drugs and threats to control the women and that their operations began in 2014 and continued until october of this year. newcastle county police identified the man that was shot in the face this morning in bear, delaware. they say that anthony from the 3300 block of stone place boulevard remains in critical condition. found bleeding with his heart stopped at 6:00 this morning near freedom road and sixth street. they do not have details about the shooter or what led up to the gun fire. homeless young adults and philadelphia leaders came
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together to discuss the homelessness. and it includes nonprofit leaders and discussed the problems and possible solutions. mayor kenney says there is diversity and love in the city to make a difference for those in need. from our new jersey newsroom. governor elect phil murphy was in trenton for one of his transition committee. it was formed to see how technology can grow the economy and make state government more efficient. and -- awarded for understanding what is important business challenge. friends in wilmington won the challenge celebrating businesses making the difference in their communities. the nonprofit dog treat company gives meaningful employment opportunities for people with intellectual opportunities. >> and time to check the roads out there tonigh
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matt pellman is there with the low down on the slow down. >> it's not usually a treat but the ride on the schuylkill is a mess tonight. we have four separate issues two of them happened since last i spoke with you. the latest is on 30th street station eastbound lanes of 76 towards south street. a disables vehicle taking out the left lane and penndot is on the scene and jammed solid bymo point. and stick with the river drives coming into center city this evening and this is the same spot that will have overnight construction on 76 in both directions, just like last night they will close the westbound lanes completely starting at 11:00. and a complete closure on 422 as you come out of berks county and head towards pottstown and all eastbound lanes are blocked. and at that point 724 is the way to go instead. our crash in horsham and the bus accident by bethlehem pike is cleared but still trying to get rid of this wreck in burlington
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county. southbound 295 near florence, and a huge delay the whole way back to approaching 195, 30 or the turnpike is better bets and lawnside coming off the turnpike a wreck off the white horse pike. >> thank you. much more ahead on "action news" tonight. a family file a lawsuit against the u.s. air force following a church massacre in texas earlier this month. and details on a company hired to send supplies to hurricane ravages puerto rico that reportedly did not. and adam joseph is tracking the latest from the weather center, no need for heavy coats tomorrow. >> sunshine and warmth today and we'll duplicate that tomorrow. should be sitting at 51 and we were at 61 in philadelphia and allentown 59 degrees. it was a warm day. but there are changes in the seven day. we'll have the die tails.
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responsible. brian holcom family file aid claim with the u.s. government. devon kelly killed 26 people. that the air force allowed him to aacquire a rifle and ammunition and a blaic vest. >> and they did not file he had a domestic conviction that should have prevented him from buying a weapon. and a company to help aid puerto rico failed to provide the aid. a company with an unproven record was contracted to provide tarps and plastic sheeting for building repairs. according to the associated press and fema terminated the contract a month later. and the pennsylvania state lawmakers and top branch
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officials will rise in 2018. i 8%. it takes effect friday for lawmakers and january 1 for executive officials. tom wolf's salary will go up $1500. and he will it to charity since the law requires him t and jaime apody is here. >> the eagles won their past three games by a combined 83 points and the flyers are under .500. the eagles have to move past the bears blowout. they are going to play the seahawks and rams. they have to travel 3,000 miles and seattle is a notoriouslytive
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place to play. >> this is a playoff type atmosphere and we don't have guys that have playoff type experience. we have free agents with brought in that do. but at the same time there is not many that have post season experience and this will be a great atmosphere and again i said earlier a great opportunity for our football team. >> the birds have been great on the field and even better off it this season. just a bunch of good guys giving back in honor of giving tuesday, lane johnson visit aid south philadelphia school saying will he donate 100% of the proceeds from his clothing line to the philadelphia school district. >> it's all about the kids, i think. they are the future of america, i don't think p how much effort is put in by the teachers all across the country and what they do to develop young people. where i come from, i think it's important for them raising me and being abe to give back is huge.
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>> it is. we are trying to gauge where the sixers stand. n greater test than with the cleveland cavaliers. proof they are not quite there yet. cleveland won their only straight game beating the sixers. 30 points for king james and says he seeing a big change from the sixers from years past and lebron james incredible last night. and sixers missed 25 three-pointers and they wrap up their game tomorrow against washington. >> we want it. and took me out of the paint and i didn't do my job. >> have to move on and worry about washington. it's been nine years since the flyers have lost this many games in a row. is tonight the night they stop the bleeding. they have lost eight straight.
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they were up 8-1 before blowing it. and they eventually fall in overtime as sydney cross by tips in the game winner, 5-4 the bad guys. lets hope the sharks don't bite like this tonight. >> flyers the only struggling team in town. the sixers are playing well. >> they are heat up. hopefully. >> thank you. the nation's largest single location food drive is heating up in philadelphia. the 26th annual preston and steve camp out for hunger. mmr personalities and david murphy and matt o'donnell stopped by to encourage businesses to donate and the food drive continues friday morning. before we start, i just want to say if anyone still doesn't have fios, please stay out of the way so your lag doesn't get us all killed, ben. what's so good about fios anyway?
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u-2 mont man bono says the band is ready to break a decades old pledge. he has now agreed to play golf. the band pledged to never play golf originally, they didn't consider it rock 'n roll enough but a chance to play a round of mini golf is raffled off for shopathon for world aids day. and he is teaming up with jimmy kimmel for a charity special.
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>> meantime you can catch jimmy kimmel red show tonight after "action news." and nothing cool about the forecast we were mild today. >> golfers out there whether it's mini golf or big boy and girl golf. did time for tee time and temperature as above normal. weather center here live at the pagoda cam, seeing a little bit of light on the horizon there. a beautiful shot great visibility as we end our tuesday on a very warm and quiet note. in fact as we take a look at temperatures around the region. 55 in allentown and 53 reading and philadelphia 57 and 53 in millville and same for cape may and dover and temperatures are uniform out there. if you like to get out early before you head to work tomorrow morning for a walk or jog or take the dog out. looking good here temperature-wise, 45 degrees 6:00 and 7:00 in the morning the sun doesn't break over the
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horizon until 7:00 a.m. you can see how quickly the temperature goes up to 50 by 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. 57 degrees. satellite 6 along with action radar we are going to be quiet around here with high pressure in control and the high pressure voiding the area of cloud cover be swinging way up there into new england. and a few high clouds and poconos and lehigh valley and there they have dried up and we won't see the return of any thick or heavy cloud cover until about thursday afternoon into thursday night. so for tonight mostly clear out there. and not as cool. temperatures 38 if the suburbs. we did drop back to 34 in philadelphia. and you can add 11 degrees to that 45 this morning thanks to the south-southwestly wind at 5 miles per hour. and a cold front come tluz tomorrow. but you will not notice it because it won't have clouds or moisture with it. really just a wind shift around
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this high pressure north of that front, so head of it. another mild day, 62 degrees and as that the high moves its way through new england it wraps wind withes around the high. we bring it down on thursday but still above normal. then the second front that comes in here late thursday night and early friday morning. that has moisture with it. you see a little ribbon of rain here, this is 2:30 a.m. and while most of us are sleeping that is when the quick hit of showers passes by and most of us wake up here on friday morning, the clouds are leaving departing with the rain and you can see sun coming up at 7:00 the sun will already be there. we are not looking at rain technically speaking after sunrise. as we look at the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast easy to take here for the next self seven days.
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back to near normal on thursday 52 and december begins nice here on friday and light winds and saturday partly sunny and 50 degrees and the second half of the weekend sunday 52 and holding steady here and temperatures start to head towards the upper his for normals into next week. these are warm numbers and pleasant come tuesday, 56 degrees, still quiet at that point. and typically our first storms revolve around mixture of snow sleet and rain happens december 5th or 6th. but not this year. >> bah humbug. >> we are thrilled. >> exactly. keep up with changes with the forecast real time views from stormtracker 6 live double scan by visiting 6abc.com/weather or by downloading the free 6 abc app. there is a lot of celebrating in center city in honor of the 105th year of
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"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers, cecily tynan and jim gardner. it is a cold case warming up the fbi is searching a wildlife ref new jersey in stafford county looking for two boys that disappeared disappeared in lisbon 32 years ago. those boy aren't boys anymore. the six to for david williams and steven anderson they
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vanished in 1975. bob brooks live now in stafford township. you have the full story -- >> reporter: well jim, the investigation as you can see brought us deep into the woods tonight and the fbi is hopeful this is where they will make a break in this case. i want to step out of the way and show you this is where the fbi is going back to dig sites, that piece of tape hanging on the tree. we start with the view from the sky earertoday. >> from chop 6 we watches as dozens of fbi came into stafford township. tucked back in the woods they woing for hours and a line of vehicles left at 4:30 the investigation wrapped up. they said it's part of a potential break a case of two missing boys from 1975. it'
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