what do you think?; hey, think ben will like it? yeah, was i the only one hearing the angelic music? i'm serious, i never know what to get him. just tell me you got him fios too. sigh. mrs. layne, fios is a 100% fiber-optic network. that, plus this sick console, he'll be like whaaaaaattt. your new tech is best on with a 2-year price guarantee with a 2-year agreement. >> "action news," delaware valley's leading news program with jim gardner. ♪ ♪ >> this is kirsten edward alexander. she is ten years old and has cerebral palsy. she's always using her

wheelchair or walker except her walker has been stolen which means her confinement is worse. tonight, she's begging for its return. it's monday night and the big story is the heartbreaking story of a theft in wilmington, delaware. who would still a little girl's walker from in front of her house. christie ileto is there. that's what police are trying to find out. >> you are right, jim. her mother tells us she had put her daughter in the car. they took off and accidentally left the walker in the front yard. surveillance video shows within minutes a white truck pulls up and a man jumps out and takes the child's walker. >> why would you do that? it makes me disappointed as a child that an adult would take my walker.

>> the pick up pull up in front of the home immediately after the mother pulls out of the driveway, a man in what appears to be construction gear, takes the walker and flees. >> to think two people would take my walker and i'm just a child, it just, it just shocked me. >> it looked like a scrap metal truck, scrap metaling through the neighborhood. >> this woman says her surveillance video caught the lawlessness. >> it looked suspicious. hshe left and he pulled up. >> why would you do that? it wasn't yours. why take it? >> kirstan, who has cerebral palpalsy is now confined to the wheelchair. >> i need it. i'm not walking. most people, it's very hard to

not walk right now because i love walking. thieves have made kirstan's life that much more difficult. if you recognize the men in the video, you are asked to call detectives. jim? >> thank you. lindenwold police are investigating a crash that injured at least one person tonight. chopper 6 is over the area on the 200 block of egg harbor road. the area remains closed as police investigate. >> lawmen are looking for a hit and run driver that killed a man this morning on the 2100 block of state road in croydon. the driver went down into a

ditch after hitting the man. police recovered the car with a large hole in the windshield. the suspect took off into the woods. >> philadelphia police charged three teenagers for the beating death in mayfair. brannen conrad, emmanuel harris and malik page face charges of robbery killing kevin cullen during the robbery november 25th. all three are students at lincoln high school. it appears that president trump's defense team has adopted something of a new strategy. trump's outside lawyer says the president can't obstruct justice because he is the chief law enforcement officer under constitution article 2 and has the right to express his view on

any tweet. this comes after president trump said he knew that flynn lied to the fbi. trump's lawyer says he wrote the tweet. >> the trump administration got good ne news from the supreme court. the government can enable the travel ban. this is the third version of the travel ban which keeps out people from chad, i ran, libya, somalia, syria and yemen. >> an utterly dramatic vote in the school district whether or not to construct a new middle school on which the district has already spent $10 million. live at the middle school is

"action news" reporter dann cuellar. are you at the high school or middle school? it's an e mecia emotional battla long time. what happened, dan? >> jim, we are he high school where there was a contentious meeting. following the meeting, the board voted to terminate the buildin construction of the school. $10 million has been spent. >> by a 2-1 margin, they elected a new school board that ran on the campaign of stopping the construction. >> the proposed $58 million school was approved by the prior school board of directors despite wide-spread opposition from residents worrying about

property taxes going up. >> for us to three away $15 million is restrictio is ri. >> you say no today, that's your legacy. >> we need to invest in education in our children. this is the first school we have built in 30 years. i don't think it's unreasonable. >> the opponents say interest would escalate from $90 million would be devastating to the community. >> the community would go into foreclosure. there are so many on disability, seniors and new families, no one can afford the tax hike that a $90 million school would bring us. >> by a vote of 5-4 tonight, the new school board voted to terminate construction of the

school. no estimates on how much cost will be added for this to happen, but opponents had their way tonight. live at the upper high school, channel6 "action news." jim? >> danker thank you. >> police trying to figure this out, a temple university student was injured yesterday. the sophomore was walking two female students home when he was attacked from behind. tanner received serious injuries and a busted ear drum. they believe the suspect is from the school. no charges have been filed. >> we have a burst of wet weather but that's the last time we say warm in a while. let's get the latest from adam joseph. >> when the chill comes in, it will be quite some time.

highs today, 54 philadelphia. you can see the warmth takes over good part of the eastern half of the country, 65 in chicago, 70 in st. louis. cold air in bismarck breaking to the northern plains. live 3d we have an area of rain, one area in ohio valley. snow in minneapolis. that change marching to the east as we get to the day on tuesday. as we wake up tomorrow morning, clouds are here, mild, scattered showers sprinkles early in thei. we are waiting for steady rain late tomorrow afternoon starting in the evening rush throughout the pennsylvania counties, dry at that point for delaware and new jersey. looking at the day planner tomorrow, mild start to finish. temperatures going to the 60s throughout the afternoon and evening hours with steady rain

coming in late in the day. looking at future tracker, showing a chill in the seven-day forecast. >> thank you, adam. >> a philadelphia judge has ordered meek mill to jail. the rapper is a danger to the community and denied his motion for bail. he was sentenced two to four years on a gun case from 2007. the probation officer and district attorney recommended no jail time. this has sparked backlash from many. they'll appeal and have asked the judge to recuse herself from the case. >> the pennsylvania state trooper was shot ons interstate

33. the gunman remains behind bars. >> gloucester township police want to be sure area churches are prepared in the event of a shooting. dozens gathered at the church for hostile event awareness training. officers talked about the history of attacks on churches and the importance of being aware of your surroundings. >> still to come, the supreme court takes up new jersey's case on sports betting. it's a decision a number of states are keeping their eye on. >> and a popular baking item that may help treat those with psoriasis. >> and a man honors those that saved his lifing during a game in bucks county thanksgiving day. those stories and more when "action news" returns.

>> president trump is all in, formally endorsing alabama senate candidate roy moore. the senate republic, moore has been accused of sexual

assaulting teenage girls one young as 14 when he was in his 30s. the president called moore afigt 'em. >> they'll try it again this week, republics, democrats and the president meeting to hammer out a budget to keep it going past friday night. chuck schumer and nancy pelosi refused to show town a meeting at the white house after president trump tweeted there wouldn't be a deal. the american line scheduling glitch could be costly to the airline, about $10 million. the mix up left thousands of holiday flights unstaffed.

they reached a deal to pay pilots double wages over the christmas to new year's holiday. >> the supreme court is taking up the new jersey case to legalize betting on sports. justices heard information today. more than a dozen other states are supporting n new jersey. >> this is the fear of every governor that we'll be at the mercy of the federal government and they'll make us pay for it. it's not right and the federal government overstepped their rights. >> sports leagues are against lifting the ban saying it would hurt the integrity of their games. delaware has sports betting because it was in place before the federal law 1992. >> a woman in texas has become

the first to give birth following a uterus transplant. the newborn boy is fine but remains in the hospital for monitoring. the birth is a milestone in the united states but was first achieved in sweden several years ago. the university of pennsylvania announced they would offer womb transplants. >> vanilla extract could be good for your skin. a new study suggests it can be used to prevent or treat psoriasis. 7,000,000 people are affected bf outbreaks of red skin patches. vanilla extract reduced skin inflammation in mice. more research is needed to see if it will work in people. >> the pennridge school board

honored those that came to the aid of a man thanksgiving day. he was of watching a game where his grandson's attend when he collapsed. several bystanders, including a nurse and volunteer and trainer rushed to his aid. they were presented with a flag pin saying they are true american heros. doctor told my wife, if it wasn't for these people, i wouldn't have gotten the chance to do what i do. they are the true heros. >> the first question he asked when he woke up in the hospital h who won the game? it was pennridge. >> now to meteorologist adam joseph. >> big changes coming our way as the feeling of winter moves in on the seven-day forecast. live on sky 6 over the benjamin

franklin bridge, mild. there is a chill in the air, but it's above norm still. headlines turning damp tomorrow, especially late afternoon into the overnight hours. that's when the heaviest rain comes in. scattered showers as well. the rest of the week dry, wednesday, thursday and most of us friday. a winter chill arrives saturday first thing as we take a look at the temperatures, 46 trenton. philadelphia up a degree from the last hour, 45 to 46. 47 allentown, 51 beach haven. numbers are not going to drop more tonight. they'll stay steady with southwest winds as clouds come in and a cold front arrives from the west. always ahead of the cold front, it attends to warm up. clouds from the west, much of the day today. we are seeing our first glimpse of showers, eastern ohio and the

actual front, east of chicago bringing severe weather and parts of missouri. snow on the western side of minnesota and parts of wisconsin and also parts of minnesota. they are going to see up to six inches of know as the system passes to canada. tomorrow morning locally, cloudy, shower, dampening the roadways. 45 in thebs. in the city, 47. 8:00, temperatures in the 40s and 50s. some of the scattered showers. throughout the afternoon, much of the day dry and quiet. 66 in dover. 56 in reading. the steadier rainfall, 5:30 for the evening rush hour still dry and bathroom warm, east of phil.

steadier rain toward the evening. warm and wet along the shore. everything moves along the way as we get to the day wednesday. wednesday everything pushes off the coast. sunshine returns. breezy wednesday and cooler at 48-degrees. as we look at the seven-day forecast here, tomorrow, 63. rain coming in the, the steadiest late, scattered showers prior to that. brisk, cooler wednesday. 45, chilly come thursday. cloudy friday, 40-degrees. there could be snow showers late friday evening, especially along the shore. showers south of philadelphia, upper 30 to near 40 sunday and monday. >> adam, thank you. >> hundreds of troops serving overseas get quite a holiday

surprise. volunteers spent this evening with care packages in bryn mawr with the goal of packing 300 boxes. michael strange was killed in afghanistan in 2011. santa made a stop in north philadelphia visiting the pal center. kids were decked out and eating pizza when he showed up. afterwards, they each a gift. they chose from tables filled with games, dolls, and lots of fun stuff. >> "jimmy kimme jimmy kimmel's a successful surgery. tonight chris pratt is filling

in. here's a preview of the show. >> thanks, jim. chris pratt here filling in for jim, and i did awesome. ♪ ♪ >>

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hey, think ben will like it? yeah, was i the only one hearing the angelic music? i'm serious, i never know what to get him. just tell me you got him fios too. sigh. mrs. layne, fios is a 100% fiber-optic network. that, plus this sick console, he'll be like whaaaaaattt. your new tech is best on the 100% fiber optic network. so get fios. now just $79.99 per month with a 2-year price guarantee with a 2-year agreement. >> >> second time's a charm. that's not the way it's supposed to be. well, it's the second attempt to bring down the pontiac silver dome went as planned this afternoon. some explosives failed to detonate yesterday during the first try to bring down the

demolition. the stadium is the former home of the detroit lions. philadelphia '76ers, a clunker tonight. >> they ran into a buzz saw player they couldn't stop. sixers have the premier talent. phoenix suns have one too, a guy named devin booker. >> 20 points, 8 boards, six steals. devin booker is lightning in the bottle. sixers curl 17 points. joel embiid, shake and bake, 22-10 for him. sixers within seven. booker is way too much. how do you guard this? he scores a game high, 46 points. sixers fall 116-101. >> we took them lightly. we paid for it. >> we are disappointed.

that's not good enough. that's not our team. that's not who we have been. >> football, sixers straight from seattle to l.a. coach pederson could do no wrong first six months of the season. nfl said this was a forward pass. coach defends the decision not the challenge. >> there is nothing hypothetical about giving up aimeout. i throw it or i don't. i have to make a realtime decision. i don't get the luxury of the television bringing out protractors and straight rulers like they did and said, yeah, this was probably a forward pass. i don't get that luxury. >> zach ertz is in concussion

protocol. birds must play better. >> bottom line is, when you play good teams, you can't make mistakes like that and expect to win the game. we have to eliminate those. >> we gave the game away. we have to learn from it and keep moving. >> we are all mature. we respond fine. we are frustrated about this one. we are not too worried. we think we'll be fine. >> saquon barkley will watch the trophy awards on t.v. he was not guilty among the finalists announced today. we talk flyers trying to end the streak after the break. >> tomorrow portions of schuylkill eastbound will be shut down due to construction. i'll help you with the delay. >> it won't be as chilly, but there is rain arriving. we'll see if we have more than

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>> it's been a perfect 10 for the flyers. it's far from pretty. they took their 10 game losing streak to montreal tonight. first shane, fourth of the season, 2-1 flyers. then, michael roth well, flyers up 3-1. wayne simmons nets a powerplay goal, scoring three times, right now, lead 5-2 late in the third period. we talked about that, that's all they need. >> turn the whole thing around. >> finally tonight, the holiday season has kicked offer in upper derby. >> three, two, one -- >> residents gathered for the

lighting of the christmas tree. santa claus encouraged everyone to sing jingle bells. a number of school crowds made sure everyone left with the holiday spirit. >> "jimmy kimmel live" is next. "action news" continues at 4:30 with pamela edwards, matt o'donnell, david murphey and cecily tynan with traffic. >> for ducis rogers and the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner. goodnight. ♪ ♪

you can do qualified. no one can say otherwise. your animal magnetism, your charisma cannot be matched. you are, without question, the most macho must ashioed mexican man in hollywood. [ laughter ] >> you have kissed my ass enough, mr. chris pratt. you may host tonight's show. >> yes! >> thank you. >> just the part about you having a mustache. >> i'll take that. >> let's do it.