they couldn't say enough about this man. he was a very loyal employee here at their business for more than 20 years and this is the stretch of road you can see marked off with some police paint of where he was walking down. again, just going to work imagine that, struck and hit by a car and then that's the swamp of where this suspect ran into. the view from chopper6 shows where the suspect's car a white 2000 ford focus lost control and drove into a ditch just seconds before police say the driver hit a pedestrian and as a result killed him. the seen is in the 2900 block of state road in croydon. according to the owner of rail way specialties corporation, the victim was a loyal employee of more than 20 years. >> he was always, always, you know, the first guy to say i'll stay, i'll work extra, i'll do more. just to help the business. >> reporter: that's tom. he says the victim was walking to work like he typically did. you can see by the location of where he hit he almost made it. culkin says he ran down to the victim after he was hit. >> it was a good samaritan

from -- from the traffic got out of his car and ran down and got a blanket for him and we were talking to him, said the ambulance is on its way it's going to be okay. >> reporter: unfortunately victim would pass ay what. we're not naming the victim until police release his density. after the suspect went into the ditch the driver took on foot through the swamp and escaped. you can see the area of where they ran into from footage from drone6. culkin says it's been a rough year for his business. despite working out of a shed for most of the year, the employee who was killed stuck with them. >> he was here every day. >> reporter: okay, another live hook here out into that swamp. somewhere out there police say the suspect, the man behind the wheel of this car is still on the loose. the investigating agency is the bristol township police. if you happen to know anything about this, immediately give them a call. for now reporting live in croydon bob brooks channel6 "action news."

monica. >> thank you, bob. we're also following a developing story out of edgemoor, delaware where authorities are on the scene of a double shooting in a motel. this one happened in the day one motel in the 5,000 block of governor prince boulevard. authorities responded to the call at 2:00 p.m. "action news" has now learned two people are dead. it's not clear what the circumstances are or if the detectives are looking for suspects yet. we will that continue to follow this story for you and bring you updates as soon as we get them. >> a young temple university student is lying in a hospital bed tonight because he was simply trying to do the right thing. authorities say he was attacked from behind while walking two female students home. "action news" reporter chad pradelli live outside hahnemann hospital this evening and chad, you spoke to the victim's parents. >> reporter: the parents are obviously troubled by the attack. they're inside the hospital as we speak watching their son recuperate as police zero in on the suspect. >> something no parents wants. >> reporter: the call came in around 3 a.m. sunday.

tanner was in the hospital with serious head injuries. parents denise and joe rushed two hours from pottsville to hahnemann hospital. >> he does have a busted ear drum. he had a severe concussion. the bone above his ear is fractured. >> reporter: investigators say the temple sophomore was walking two female students home when he was attacked from behind here at 17th and norris. >> it looks like our offender attempted to pick a fight with our victim and during the course of that he grabbed him around his throat and threw him to the ground. >> he's 140 pounds soaking wet. he's not a fighter. he's a basketball player, he likes to play basketball, you know, he's just a friendly kid and he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. >> reporter: he remembers nothing of the attack. "action news" has learned the suspect is a high school senior at an archdiocesan high school and an accomplished wrestler. we're not naming the 18-year-old because he hasn't been formally charged. >> we do have leads on the suspect so hopefully we can

bring this in. >> i just hope he learns his lessons. there's lessons in life for everybody and i know he's young and you do stupid things but you have to be accountable sometimes. >> reporter: and tanner is alert and talking. his parents tell me that he is expected to be okay but they're waiting on some additional test results. i'm live in center city, chad pradelli channel6 "action news." brian. >> all right, chad, thank you. police in lower southampton township have released a surveillance image of a man wanted for groping a teenaged girl. the incident happened last night at the acme on east street road in feasterville. officials say the suspect touched the girl then ran out of the store. if anyone has information you're asked to contact police at the number on your screen here, (215)357-1234. >> seven students were hurt when a school bus crashed in delaware county this morning. police say a minivan sideswiped a bus near the intersection of tillman and west second streets in

chester. that bus was carrying students from chester community charter school. the students who were hurt were taken to the hospital to be evaluated and were discharged. no word if the driver of the minivan will be charged. detectives in delaware are trying to determine how this car ended up in the brandywine creek. "action news" was there as searchers scanned the water near 13th and church in wilmington about 8:00 a.m. only the tip of the car was breaking the surface as you see. divers did not find anyone inside that car. >> turning to the weather tonight, the weekend was pretty comfortable and much of today was as well but the winds of change are starting to arrive. meteorologist melissa magee in for cecily tynan tonight live at the "action news" big board with the very latest from accuweather. hi, melissa. >> hi, brian. not a bad day today. we did start out the morning with areas of fog but after the fog moved out we had plenty of clouds and sunshine and a high today in philadelphia in at 54. right now in the city it's 50 in philadelphia, 47 for allentown and reading, 46 degrees in lancaster at the coast in cape may 51.

46 degrees in dover. so, if you're stepping out on the town, later on tonight, we've got a mostly cloudy sky. 7:00 p.m. that temperature at 49. we'll be in the upper 40's at 8 o'clock and the middle 40's at nine, 10 and 11 o'clock. the clouds will continue to build and increases because of the system we're tracking. that will bring a change that's headed our way. storm tracker6 live double scan radar 3-d showing you the center of that storm starting to set up out across the upper midwest with that trailing cold front so this will quickly race eastward as we go throughout the overnight hours and into the day tomorrow. in fact, future tracker six showing you early tomorrow morning we're mostly cloudy with mist and drizzle around but as that front approaches we're really tracking that moisture as we get into tomorrow afternoon and steadier rain develops as we get into tomorrow night and during the overnight hours and after that, a big cooldown with a taste of winter on the way. those details coming up with the full and exclusive accuweather forecast, brian. >> thank you melissa. septa's bustling 40th street station in west philadelphia is now more accessible for all riders.

officials cut the ribbon today on a major renovation project. it includes two new elevators upgrade the stairways as well as new lighting and artwork. septa officials say rider ship is up 22 percent over the past 10 years. and there were 1.7 million trips through this station this year. >> wow. busy place. time right now for a check of the "action news" traffic report. >> matt pelman standing by in the "action news" traffic center with another check tonight. hey, matt. >> a little early holiday gift for us there in west philadelphia. speaking of which three weeks from today is the big day when the only traffic we'll be tracking tracking is santa's sleigh but this evening we have more substantial problems like a crash involving a trash truck on the vine street expressway westbound right by broad street. as we watch live they're getting the truck involved in the accident pushed off to the side. and as they do that, they have all westbound traffic stopped here on the vine street expressway, 676, westbound side by broad street. should be letting this go soon but for now you are parked

coming off of i-95 west through this point at broad street. i think i would stick with the local vine even though it's busy although they should let the traffic move here in the westbound lanes again soon. this is backing things up onto 95 itself. southbound 95 busy from second street into the vine. headed northbound towards the sixers game on 95 some slowing now at the girard point bridge with speeds in the teens. earlier broken down vehicle on the schuylkill eastbound by 30th street is cleared but it's still slow there as well coming into the city or maybe that sixers game this evening. in northern delaware still watching the overturned propane truck that's blocking portions of philadelphia pike and namaans road right there where the two come together by the historic robinson house. stick with the highways, 495 and 95 and darley road as some alternates. we'll check it again brian and monica in the next half hour. >> all right my friend. thank you. >> thank you. >> still ahead on "action news" at 5:00 the first of its kind in the united states. health reporter and registered nurse ali gorman with more on

america's first baby born from a transplanted uterus and how it could happen here in our area. >> ♪ >> and the u.s. is a step closer to adopting a new tax code. two of our senators just weighed in on it. you'll hear from both of them about what's good about it and what they think needs to change. that's coming up when "action news" comes right back. >> ♪ in she never let anything slow her down.

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>> sentencing under way for a former south carolina police officer who shot an unarmed man after a traffic stop. on day one of the hearing for michael slager they played cell phone and dashcam video that showed the shop and the shooting right there. slager says it shows him acting in a calm demeanor. prosecutors think the video predicts the callus behavior of the officer. slager faces up to life in prison. president donald trump has formally endorsed the candidacy of republican alabama senate nominee roy moore. trump spoke to moore on the phone today. moore's campaign says trump called moore a fighter. he's been accused of sexually assaulting teenaged girls when he was in his 30's. more denies the allegations.

>> ♪ >> health check at 5:00 tonight. a medical break through in texas is giving some women in our area hope. >> it is the first successful birth of a baby in the u.s. born to a woman who had a uterus transplant. health reporter and registered nurse ali gorman joins us with details on how some local doctors could be doing this procedure in philadelphia. >> penn medicine announced just last month that they're doing a similar clinical trial. i spoke with two of the researchers today who are thrilled to hear about the successful birth in texas. it's a medical milestone. for the first time in the united states a woman who had a uterus transplant has given birth. the baby boy was born last month via c-section at baylor university medical center in dallas. his mother is part of a clinical trial there. researchers at penn medicine recently launched a similar trial. the goal is to help women without a functioning uterus be able to carry a child with

a transplanted uterus. until last month, it had only been done successfully in sweden. but there is -- ecstatic it worked in texas. >> i'm so happy for the patient. this is a long haul for them and i can only having spoken to these patients i can imagine this woman's joy so i'm so incredibly happy for her. >> reporter: the team at penn is that currently screening possible patients. dozens of experts have signed on to help. transplant surgeon page porrit says just this surgery itself is extremely complex. >> the arteries and the veins of the uterus are delicate structures. they're in an anatomically challenging place in the body. there might be other transplant surgeons that might disagree with this but i think it's the most complicated transplant we've undertaken. >> reporter: but they have been practicing in the lab and today there is an even greater sense of hope. >> now that we've seen that baylor can do it i think that

gives everybody more confidence that we can do it. >> reporter: now, at baylor they used a living donor. the penn team will only be using deceased donors and in all cases, the transplant is temporary. it's removed after a woman gives birth. right now penn is the only medical center on the east coast offering this experimental treatment and brian, we have more information on 6abc.com/health check. >> just incredible stuff. >> it real is. >> ali, thank you. the kremlin is now insisting that conversations between former national security adviser michael flynn and russian ambassador sergei kislyak did not influence president vladimir putin's response to sanctions imposed by former president barack obama. it's those conversations that michael flynn lied about and pleaded guilty to. we'll have much more on the ongoing investigation into alleged ties between the trump

campaign and russia coming up at 5:30 tonight. and world news tonight with david muir will have much more on the fallout from michael flynn's guilty plea and the possible implications it could have on the president as well as roy moore's senate race. you can watch all that following "action news" at 6:00 tonight. eligible for medicare?

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>> ♪ >> you no doubt heard by now over the week the senate passed new tax code legislation which would overhaul a system that's not been largely changed since the 1980's. republican senator pat toomey talked about why he supported the bill. he says it would lower the tax burden for most american families and restructures the business tax code to make american companies more competitive. >> this is i think the most important element in driving up wages, in diminishing the income inequality in this country and allowing labor to get a bigger share of our total economy, it is making workers more productive and there's no question that our tax bill does that. >> in pittsburgh today a group of protesters stood outside senator toomey's office with signs protesting his support of the tax bill. two women even chained themselves to the office door and the were later removed.

>> we did not have the time to read and review a 500 page bill that makes trillions of dollars of impact on our economy for the next decade. so, i don't think any of the senator who's were voting really knew the full content of what was in it especially given the significant last minute changes that were made to secure a few holdout republican votes. >> and that of course was delaware democrat senator chris coons who has been a staunch opponent of this tax bill. and who voted against the over the weekend. the tax reform legislation still has several more steps to pass before it ultimately becomes law. >> a group of nonprofit organizations in delaware will share nearly $300,000 in grants. that money from is the state financial literacy education fund. some respiratories -- recipients include the boys and girls clubs.

>> just when you might have thought the "star wars" franchise had everything, it now has its own money. to mark the 40th anniversary disney teamed up with bank note manufacturer day larue to produce a commemorative "star wars" bank note. on the front is ray. it was created to capture the essence of the eighth installment in the movie series "star wars" "the last jedi" which of course hit screens later this month and disney is the parent company of us here at 6abc.

>> peco is lighting up the holidays and it's certainly brightening up this neighborhood in ambler. how about this amazing display along butler pike near route 309. this is the work of the yost family who created their own holiday light show to benefit local charities. they tell "action news" they have been doing this for a decade. this has gotten so big they stopped counting how many lights they use but safe to say it's a lot. >> and gorgeous. wow. >> pretty cool. >> time to check that accuweather forecast. meteorologist melissa magee in for cecily to tell us if it's a good night for looking at the lights. >> it's going to be nice a little bit on the mild side. clouds move in. tomorrow is a mild day before that change arrives as we get into the middle half of our

week. we'll walk over to the weather center and show you the picture outside. sky6 live in hd looking at the ben franklin bridge on this monday evening. we've got a partly cloudy to mostly cloudy sky across the area. despite the clouds moving on in, it certainly is mild. it's 50 in philadelphia after a high today of 54. 47 in reading. 46 in lancaster down in dover we're coming in in the upper 40's as well. fast forward into the day tomorrow. 8 o'clock in the morning we've got a temperature of 53. that's already above our daytime high for this time of year but lots of clouds moving on in. it will be a mild day as a frontal boundary works its way eastward. we're also tracking some showers so it will be turning wet as the day wears on. looking at satellite6 along with action radar you can see it's dry and quiet right now but the clouds are starting to build across the region. they will continue to thicken as we go throughout the nighttime hours and here is why. we'll widen out the picture here. we're tracking this area of low pressure out across minnesota with the trailing cold front right now. on the backside of this storm we've got blizzard warnings,

winter storm warnings and to the east of that severe weather is popping out a little farther to the south. so, this storm system will quickly race eastward as we get into tuesday and then we're tracking the change behind that front. look at the wind chills right now in the northern plains. it feels like 17 degrees in bismarck, north dakota, five in rapid city, so a piece of this colder air, not this dramatic but it will be cold as we get into wednesday and beyond with a taste of winter headed our way. for accuweather and the rest of tonight it's mostly cloudy and mild, a patchy fog will develop, we'll drop down to 40 in allentown, 46 in philadelphia and 44 degrees in dover. here's future tracker six. we're timing out precip for you tomorrow morning. 7 o'clock it's mostly cloudy, maybe some mist and drizzle as that frontal boundary gets closer. as we get into the afternoon hours, the showers really across our western suburbs but the moisture will fill in as we get into tomorrow night with steadier rain developing and as far as the precipitation and how much we are expecting, well, future fute

tracker showing we can pick up anywhere from about a half inch to three-quarters of an inch higher than that in localized areas. the five day forecast showing you it's breezy tomorrow with a high temperature of 63 so it's a very warm day. showers by the afternoon rain developing late. wednesday brisk and much cool earl 48. chilly on thursday 45 and late friday into saturday we are tracking some light snow showers across the region. we'll let you know where those will occur coming up at 5:30. i'll send it back over you to guys. >> snow, we heard that word. >> big changes. >> thank you melissa. so much more to come on "action news" tonight including protests held outside a utah state capitol as trump prepares to shrink two national monuments. >> plus a popular app could save you time and stress while parking your car in philadelphia is on its way back. >> and there's one happy k-9 here in new jersey tonight. details on some new gear that could one day save his life as he saves ours. those stories and more when

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with meteorologist adam joseph, jaime apody, rick williams and monica malpass. >> ♪ >> hello again. rick is off, i'm brian taff and here's what's happening on "action news" tonight. after what some are calling a surprising tweet over the weekend what president trump's lawyer is now saying about possible obstruction of justice in the ongoing russia probe. plus, investigators in delaware determine what caused a man's death in bear. and nearly a month after he was shot on the job, we've got some good news tonight for a pennsylvania state trooper. >> now the details on president trump's new pre-emptive legal defense in the russia probe. his lawyer says president trump cannot be guilty of obstruction of justice in his role. that after tweets from the president over the weekend had some folks raising concerns. abc's serena marshall in d.c. for us live tonight with the very latest. hi, serena. >> reporter: hi, monica, good evening. that is the big question here in washington is is the president's lawyers defense that a president can't obstruct justice true?

it's a possible new legal defense for the president. the president's lawyer john dowd telling abc news the president cannot be guilty of obstruction of justice in his role because he is the chief law enforcement officer of the united states. and can give his opinion on any legal case. the claim follows this statement which dowd says he wrote from the president's twitter account. i had to fire general flynn because he lied to the vice president and the fbi. that led to speculation the president was admitting he knew flynn lied to the fbi before he tried to get james comey to go easy on flynn. >> wanted me to drop any investigation connected to flynn's account of his conversation with the russians. >> reporter: multiple legal experts disagree with the president's lawyer saying a president can obstruct justice. >> there is no question that a president of the united states can break the law. legal scholars believe that a sitting president can't be prosecuted for a crime while

he's president, that the remedy would be political, impeachment or waiting until after his term is over. >> reporter: but it's not the first time a president claimed some laws don't apply to the chief executive. >> when the president does it, that means it is not illegal. >> reporter: both presidents nixon and bill clinton faced charges of obstruction of justice during their impeachment hearings. live in washington serena channel6 "action news." >> the break down on president trump's new legal defense as well as reaction to trump's endorsement of senate candidate roy moore. all that tonight at 6:30 right after "action news." >> the supreme has now allowed a travel ban that affects residents of six mostly muslim majority countries to be fully enforced. this means the ban can be fully implemented pending the outcome of appellate hearings scheduled for later this week. the countries impacted by the ban include chad iran libya

somalia sudan and yemen. lower courts are partially blocked that ban. the presidentially is facing criticism for his decision to down size two national monuments in utah the bear's ear monument will be reduced to 230,000 acres from its current 1.5 million acres and the grand staircase escalante will drop from 2 million to 1 million its a federal review of monuments that began earlier this year. >> i've come to utah to take a very historic action. to reverse federal overreach and restore the rights of this land to your citizens. >> now protesters outside the state capitol want to preserve the monuments to help protect tribal lands but ranchers who support the decision say the monuments took away their grazing rights on wide swaths of land.

>> two people have been arrested in connection with several armed robberies in both haverford and lower merion. 37-year-old jessica et z or and matthew jiminez are charged with robbery terroristic threats and simple assaults. they approached victims with a knife and stole money and credit cards. those two are charged in a similar incident days later in lower merion township. in delaware detectives with the new castle county police department are investigating a hit-and-run after a man was found injured here last week. investigators say 31-year-old anthony flip pen was found injured near freedom road and 76th street in bear last tuesday. he died later that day. investigators found surveillance video that they say shows a vehicle hit, him him -- hitting him and leaving the scene. a description of the vehicle hasn't been released. >> we know the names of two people killed in a multi vehicle crash in wilmington delaware last week. the crash happened at noon on friday. state police say a

tractor-trailer's tire blew out and detached from the vehicle. the driver of a ford focus, 56-year-old virginia bryce swerved to avoid that tire but collided with another car before hitting a waste tank truck parked on the shoulder of the road. bryce was pronounced dead at the scene. 81-year-old charles butcher who was in the front seat of the ford focus later died at christiana hospital. a 13-year-old boy in the same vehicle was treated for serious injuries. a man was seriously injured after being hit by a car while crossing a highway in atlantic county, new jersey. it happened around midnight in the eastbound lanes of the east black horse pike in egg harbor township. the victim was taken to an area hospital. the driver did stop nearby. so far no word on any charges. >> a former villanova student accused of using a hidden camera to target unsuspecting women and girls has been convicted on all charges. authorities say vincent cane had more than 51,000 lewd images and videos when

arrested last year. he allegedly used his job at a cvs in broomall as well as his time at cardinal o'hara high school and at villanova to create the materials. cane will be sentenced next month. a cash register was stolen from a center city restaurant and now police are searching for the man responsible. police say the suspect parked a dark colored suv in the 700 block of locust street about 5 o'clock saturday night. he then walked into labooka restaurant took the cash register and ran. he may be driving a late model ford escape. anyone with information is asked to contact police. >> well, more reports of sexual misconduct and harassment have come to light in politics media and hollywood pennsylvania's governor is taking some action. governor tom wolf's office is developing way to handle anonymous reports of inappropriate sexual behavior in the state capitol. the office will determine which agency will that handle such reports should they arise. there have not been any public reports of criminal sexual harassment or assault from the

state capitol in recent months. >> a pennsylvania state trooper who was shot on the job in november has now been released from the hospital. saint luke's tells "action news" corporal seth kelly has been discharged after being treated for injuries sustained during a traffic stop november 7th here in northampton county. the man accused of shooting kelly daniel clary remains behind bars. this afternoon k-9 moose was given ballistic body armor. the armor was presented by members of the capitol k-9 association. k-9 moose will wear the armor in a case the suspect may be armed. his handler says it makes him feel good that his dog partner is protected too. >> happy dog. time to check conditions on the roads this afternoon. >> over to matt pelman to see how things are rolling out there. hey, matt. >> let's check in with the unhappy drivers. we've got plenty of them this evening, brian and monica, here on 95 you just missed a

crash in the southbound lanes by philadelphia international airport. i have a feeling you're probably not too disappointed. all that's left of that accident is this one vehicle offer to the slide. but it is slow as you come southbound off the the girard point bridge. northbound is plaque blacked -- backed up heading to the sixers game. traffic on the westbound vine street expressway is jammed solid coming off of 95 and delays from that respect spilling back to the ben franklin bridge which is also jammed solid coming in from new jersey from the tolls in camden up and over into eighth and vine so if you're coming into pennsylvania from new jersey you want to do so via the betsy or the walt, not the ben franklin this afternoon. have a crash in collingswood to watch out for along cuthbert boulevard near belmont avenue. don't forget the schuylkill is closing eastbound overnights this week. that starts at 11:00 and 422 also is closing overnight as you head towards pottstown.

that closure begins at 9 o'clock. at that point stick with 724 instead. brian and monica back to you. >> thank you. >> a soccer coach found in new york with a missing girl is preparing to face a judge in florida. >> if you're not a night owl but you don't want to miss one of the biggest nights in hollywood, we have big news about next year's academy awards. >> and meteorologist melissa magee joining us now with the latest in the action news weather center. >> brian and monica, nice and mild tonight. lots of clouds rolling on in. in fact, as you look at the temperatures, it is 50 in philadelphia, 47 in allentown, 48 degrees in wilmington. numbers will climb even higher than this as we get into tuesday. we're also tracking the threat of rain and a big cooldown on the way. those details coming up in the full and exclusive accuweather forecast. >> disappointment for eagles fans after last night's loss. sports director ducis rodgers with a look at what went wrong. that's next in sports. >> ♪ michael: i'm thankful that

i'm alive and have a second chance. james: i'm thankful for the help and the opportunity that i received. darlene: i'm thankful to be able to help people in crisis. vanessa: i'm thankful that addiction is treatable, and that help is available. christie: new jersey is experiencing a heroin epidemic fueled by opioid painkillers. but if you or someone you love is struggling with addiction, i want you to know: we are here for you. this holiday season, choose help.

call 844 reach nj or visit reachnj.gov. >> a 17-year-old a florida girl hoop went missing with her former soccer coach was found safe in update new york. police in new york took 27-year-old rian rodriguez into custody on friday after catching him with caitlin frisina. her family spoke out after she

was found safely. officials say the teen snuck out of her home on november 25th. rodriguez has been suspended from his job at fort white high school in florida. >> back by popular demand, philadelphia's parking authority will return the meter up pay by phone parking app for you. the app was released briefly for a pilot period but then it disappeared so the new meter up app will allow drivers to pay for parking with their smartphone and remotely add more time and money to the kiosk so you don't have to run back to the car. the app will expand city wide in the next four months. >> turning to sports tonight the eagles suffered a disappointing loss against the seattle seahawks last night their first loss after a nine game winning streak and just their second of the season. >> they're still on quite a run. sports director ducis rodgers and jaworski with the highlights. >> jaws sometimes i can be a pessimist. give me a reason why the sky is not falling. >> it was a tough loss no question about that out in

seattle last night but this is still a very good eagles football team. as i've watched the game last night, both the tape this morning it almost boils down to a couple plays, three plays in a ball game that determines the winner or loser. russell wilson was the guy you had to stop. not only from his physical attributes but mentally. here he's going to read the eagles blitz. when you got jenkins down inside and you got branham down inside that's a pretty good indicator the blitz is coming so russell wilson blocks it all up, he read the blitz and he's trying to get doug baldwin in the slot on mccleod. that's the matchup he wanted and he gets it. a smart audible. he gets baldwin opened. the protection is there. and you get a perfect throw and it takes baldwin out at the 1 yard line. the seahawks went ton to score. when you get the blitz you get a lot of space.

that's a lot of area for rodney to cover. he can't get over there. you'll look at this angle look at the space over there and russell wilson delivers the football. he had outstanding protection on the play. >> even when the eagles weren't blitzing wilson still figured them out. >> he played the smart game. i got to give this positive play to the seattle seahawks coaching staff. they've got the eagles with this one. here once again, empty back field, russell wilson all alone. look at this. one, two, three, four, five potential receivers quickly out at that eagles secondary. but they run a slant and go. uh-oh. that's kendrick out there a linebacker on jd mckiss sock who was a wide receiver at arkansas state. he runs slant and go and an easy touchdown pass for russell wilson. well done unfortunately by seattle. >> yeah, kendrick totally bit on that play right there. now, in terms of the eagles on

offense carson wentz he's been so good all year long. last night he seemed a bit off. >> ducis, it's a red zone game. and, you know, the numbers are really good on carson wentz but i thought he was a little bit inconsistent in the game. and one area wentz and the eagles offense has been dynamic all season long has been in the red zone. going into last night's game the best team in the nfl in the red zone, well, they had a huge turnover. ducis, look at this score. seattle 10, philadelphia three. opening drive of the second half. they are getting in a position to take the lead. they're going to run a little zone read inside. they're run one of the wide receivers in the flat and they're going to get carson wentz right there on a defensive end, man to man. here's you see the fake, wentz takes off a wentz -- oh, he doesn't. he is that far from scoring a touchdown would have tied the game. the ball is turned over. seattle gets the football, goes back down the field. literally three plays turned the gammar ground is so how much pressure is on the birds coming up this sunday at the

l.a. rams. >> it gets a little tougher right now because you would like to have that home field advantage with the best record. >> we'll talk to you again on thursday. he's jaws, i'm ducis. back to you. >> all right. well, the eagles jordan hicks was in west philadelphia today to honor some local young writers. hicks and the sixers rob covington helped pick the winner of the national youth foundation student book scholar contest. the contest challenges k through eighth graders to write books u one of the winning ones is titled fridge fries who am i. this year's team of tolerance is important. >> all of us have been picked on right at some point in our lives all of us have been picked on and nobody likes it and, you know, it's on you guys to change the way that is. >> the winning book by the way will be published and distributed to local libraries. and each writer gets a $100 barnes and nobles gift yard. >> ♪

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be unveiled this wednesday. >> a lot of attention on that one this year. meteorologist melissa magee joining us with the accuweather forecast. we're looking for a pretty mild day tomorrow but savor it. >> that's right. it's mild, it's going to be a little wet as we get into tomorrow afternoon. then we're tracking a big change so break out those coats, get them ready. >> cold. >> we'll tell you what's going on outside sky6 lie in hd looking at the commodore barry bridge. you can see we've got a partly to mostly cloudy sky across the area but it's pretty calm right now. here's another picture sky6 live in hd from our temple university camera looking at the center city skyline it's quiet across much of the delaware valley. turning damp tuesday afternoon and special tuesday night. we're dry for the rest of the week after that but an winter chill sets in as we get into the weekend. the high today in philadelphia 54 right now it's 50 in the city, 49 in trenton, 51 in beach haven not bad in cape may for this time of yearing, it's 48 and the upper 40's as

well for north and west in allentown and also reading. look at the big picture on satellite6 along with action radar we've got quiet conditions right now but the clouds are starting to build and thicken across our region and it's all because of this system out to the north and west. so, you can see the storm starting to get its act together out across the northern plains where we have winter storm warnings and blizzard warnings out across the northern plains an trailing cold front as well with severe weather breaking out to the south and east of the center of that storm. so, this races eastward as we get into the day tomorrow. for the rest of tonight it's mostly cloudy with a clouds overhead it's kind of acting like a protective layer so we'll be mild tonight. watching out for patchy fog as we go throughout the overnight hours. 40 in the suburbs for the overnight low and 46 degrees in philadelphia. here's future tracker6. you can see it's cloudy tomorrow morning, 6:30 a couple of showers, maybe some mist and drizzle overhead. as we get into 1 o'clock tomorrow afternoon for lunchtime still lots of clouds across the region. the showers are starting to develop from a west-east

direction. they will that continue for that ride home tomorrow evening at 5:30 approaching the i-95 corridor and you can see we are in and out of that moisture even as we get into tuesday night. as far as the setup tomorrow, it is cloudy, it's warm ahead of that front approaching, a high temperature of 63. the rain develops throughout the day, about a quarter of an inch to three-quarters of an inch is likely. in the wake of that midweek it is much cooler and breezy, the high temperature just 48 degrees so that chill a starting to settle in across the area. so we're mild across much of the eastern half of the u.s. right now but that cold air that's been trapped and locked newspaper can today filters southward across our region so just in time for the weekend temperatures will be well below average. here's the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast. it's breezy tomorrow. it is mild, a high up to 63 with that rain developing late in the day. brisk and cooler on wednesday with a high up to 48. on thursday, sunny and chilly, only 45 for the high. friday mostly cloudy and

chilly, a high up to 40 and we will be tracking a system late friday night into saturday with the potential of some snow showers especially south and east of philadelphia, so we'll keep you posted on the progress with that. then on the backside that of system on saturday cloudy with some some late snow showers developing at 41. 40 on sunday and 38, guys, next monday. >> oh, boy. >> winter is coming. >> it is indeed. >> how about an nice thought. today is national cookie day and a cookie company founded in a college dorm celebrated by giving away free cookies. insomnia cookies was created in 2003 at the university of pennsylvania. since then that company has grown to more than 100 locations offering cookies brownies even cold milk. today the company gave away a free chocolate chunk cookie with a purchase.

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>> ♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program with ducis rodgers, meteorologist cecily tynan and jim gardner. >> ♪ >> monday night, three philadelphia high school students are now charged with murder and brand new reaction from the eagles after seattle snapped their winning streak. but the big story on "action news" tonight is the search for a hit-and-run killer. the object of the manhunt is the driver of that white car. the vehicle struck a pedestrian on the side of state road in croydon, bucks county. the driver fled the scene on foot and as we speak, law men are trying to track that person down.

"action news" reporter bob brooks is live at the scene in the 2900 block of state road. bob, what's the latest there? >> reporter: well, jim, we're told by those who knew the man who was hit and killed that he was simply walking to work this morning, that he took this route for more than 20 years. imagine that. now behind me here you can see the spot where it happened just across the road from where we are at at the swamp police say the suspect ran into and escaped, jim, he's still on the loose tonight. what you're seeing is the aftermath from chopper6. a man was walking to work like he did every day down state road in croydon. police say he was hit by this white near 2000 ford focus. the pedestrian is dead. >> that's tom culkin of the rail way specialties corporation. he says the man who was killed was an employee. >> it was a good samaritan from the traffic got out of his car and ran down and got a blanket for him and we were