"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. good afternoon sara bloomquist is off. in the news the republican party

makes a 180 degree turn throwing its support behind embattled senate candidate, roy moore. and a decision comes later today if russia will be at the winter olympics. the the big story on "action news" at noon, is breaking news. michigan congressman, john conyers who is facing claims he sexually harassed employees, announced he is retiring immediately. at least six members of his staff has accused conyers of sexual harassment and improper behavior over the past weeks. he wants his son to have his seat. we'll have more on this breaking news story tonight. and an explosive deadly wild fire in california. growing to 40 square miles in just hours. money crews went door-to-door at

night to get residents out even as the blaze continued to spread. here is the latest. >> reporter: rick, good afternoon. what you see behind me is just a glimpse of the damage crews are still working here but this fire is burning out of control. and due to the intensity of the fire and winds crews are having a hard time making access and there are multiple reports of structures burning. winds gusting up to 68 miles per hour whipping up explosive wild fires raging through southern california. >> sheriff deputies knocking on homes of santa paula over the night enforcing evacuation orders for at least 8,000 homes. we have personnel in the fire areas dealing with evacuations, the flames devouring everything in their path.

>> it's horrendous, just a lot of fuel in its path. and the wind is not doing them any good at all. >> the wind blasting fiery embers down streets and this home one of 150 structures destroyed. firefighters desperately trying to contain the wild fires but it's an uphill battle. >> we are faced with the same challenges as yesterday. high winds and low relative humidity. and the fuel conditions are as bad as they can be. >> disbelief and shock -- >> some residents panicking as the flames close in. >> we need to get out as soon as possible that fire is right there -- >> this fire fight is far from over, the santa anna winds are expected to die down this afternoon and pick up wednesday night into thursday. channel 6 "action news."

rick back to you. >> thank you. back here, we have big changes heading our way weather wise but for today we have a nice mild afternoon and not a lot of sunshine as we look outside sky 6 hd showing you the commodore barry bridge under gray skies at lunch time. karen rogers has a first check of what is ahead for us. >> the temperatures are nice evening if we don't get the full on sunshine. we see that on satellite 6 along with action radar and the rain that is advancing, let take a look at the temperatures, that is a big part of the temperatures today 61 degrees right now in philadelphia. so normally this time of year we are at 48. 55 in allentown and 54 in reading and 61 in millville, and check out dover, 67 degrees, near 70 degrees at lunch time, here we are in december. 63 in atlantic city. 58 in beach haven, very mild temperatures, here is how the temperature goes throughout the day at 2:00.

61 degrees with lots of clouds and maybe see a peek of sunshine in between the clouds but a mostly cloudy day and rain or drizzle at any point but the real rain comes later on this evening and tonight. you'll see that from 10:00. arriving west to east. you see the storm system out to the west and we watch that progression of that front and the backside of this, bringing snow to st. louis and coming toward our direction and moving west to east late this afternoon into the evening we get the rain. very mild this afternoon. temperatures in the 60s. overall a lot of clouds before that rain hits and a little drizzle at any point and the steadier rain this evening and behind it blustery air and you'll feel a big change in the forecast, we'll talk about where the numbers are going and a behind of a snow shower coming your way rick. >> all right karen thank you.

meanwhile the upper plain states are hammered with their first snow storm of the season and caused dozens of accidents along the roads of minnesota, minneapolis and st. paul saw 2.5 inches of snow but blizzard force winds caused serious drifting there. a break in the theft of the cost open walker of a girl with cerebral palsy. >> a few tip calls from police led to the arrest. newcastle police took 51-year-old leeland watson and donald kale was apprehended for his alleged role in this case. >> why would you do that? it makes me very disappointed as a child that a grown up would take my walker. >> surveillance video shows the

white pickup truck pull up outside of the home where christian alexander lives with her family and it shows the man jump out and steal the walker and casually roll away. >> to see two people that would take my walker and i'm just a child, it just really shocked me. >> we have learned that an arrest is made in the case. and we expect to learn more about this development this afternoon. meanwhile christian's family enjoyed an outpouring of support from people across the delaware valley since the story first aired on "action news." >> reporter: and in an outpouring is resulting in a happy ending for the story. and watson and kale face charges including theft and security and watson the added charge of heroin possession and both suspects released on bail.

more coming up on this story tonight at 4:00. channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. a man investigating a noise outside of his home in wilmington overnight was shot and killed by someone in his backyard. it happened before 1:30 a.m. along the 800 block of north jackson street and that the 29-year-old victim went to the back of his house after hearing a noise outside. someone went to the back door and officers tried to save him but could not survive. so far there are no suspects. philadelphia police want to take a good look at the person in this video from tioga-nicetown. that he stabbed a woman in the store back on november 27th, followed her out and acted like he had a gun and threatened to shoot her. and he got away with $35. the republican national committee has done a surprise

about face and now backing roy moore for the u.s. senate seat in alabama. the rnc cut ties after eight women came forward saying moore made sexual advances when he was in his 30s and one woman says she was 14 at the time. and we'll have more on this story coming up on "action news" at 12:30. the hunt continues for the driver that struck and kill aid man in bucks county. along the 2900 block of state road in croyden. and then ran into a ditch and ran away on foot. and police recovered the vehicle and they do not believe the owner is the one behind the wheel good a bill to ban abortions in pennsylvania after 20 weeks of pregnancy is moving to the house floor. the state senate passed the

bill, pennsylvania's current law has a 24 week limit for abort n abortions and governor wox wolf says he will veto the bill. the harvest of bears 312 well below the 612 killed last year. the hunting season continues through saturday and may be the last hunt for a time. and governor wolves want a moratorium to study nonlethal options for population control. and the adopt a family radio-thon is happening right now at dillworth park, raising money to cover gifts and holiday meals for local families and seniors that could use the help. tamala edwards was there to help people make donations.

how nice is that. playing santa claus. more ahead on "action news" at noon. a police sign language interp t interpreter and a case is exposed as a fake. we go to a new starbucks with virtual reality. and karen rogers is back with the seven-day forecast from accuweather when "action news" continues in a moment.

all eyes in the sports world is on switzerland when the the inter nation ago olympic committee decides on whether to ban russia from the winter olympi olympics. they are learning toward the ban because of doping in russian athletes. students at russian sports schools have bombarding social media with videos supporting russia's cause. and rex tillerson is in belgium to meet with european leaders. the first tour to show them alied, especially foreign policy

under president trump. he says the administration remains on tract. and the u.s. supreme court is hearing augments today on a converb wedding cake. jake phillips an owner of a cake shop in colorado says that making the cake for a same sex couple went against the faith. and the couple says it's discrimination, if the court rules against the couple it will affect how religious liberty is applied to other businesses. and in tampa father many were left in the dark and a sign language interpreter was a fake. brandon showed ups an interpreter but those that know sign language says she didn't make any sense. >> she was standing right there. and the interpreter was signing in a way that was

incomprehensible. >> the police say they did not do their due diligence, and had a paid contract for interpreters and assumed she was the one sent over. the goodwill store owner in wisconsin is helping to save a piece of world war ii history. she was preparing to throw things away at the store and spotted a binder that needed a second look, inside were the records of eugene trembly. he served in the air force and received a purple heart. >> served in world war ii and the pacific theaters and once he was done with his time in the military he continued serving through schools and the church. >> goodwill contacted the national museum of the u.s. air force that took the binder to use for historical research. more ahead on "action news"

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an augmented reality. and iphone struck a deal to collect back taxes in ireland. pending an appeal to the irish government to the european court of justice. they ordered ireland to collect the money after concluding that two irish rulings alawed them to pay less taxes giving the tech giant an unfair advantage. and cigarettes smokers are sex times more likely to use marijuana every day than nonsmoker, the link is especially strong among teenagers and a third of traditional smokers use pot daily and researchers noted the rising number of americans overall that smoke marijuana every day. >> the "action news" is working on news stories today at 4:00. children scream and cry and run

away from santa. some of us find them hilarious, some mothers say the rite of passage photos are bad. and hear the local story behind this powerful photo now going viral. meanwhile, accuweather is coming up next on "action news" at noon. karen rogers has the seven-day forecast when we come right back.

meteorologist, karen rogers, is back now with another check of the accuweather forecast. >> nice, mild day for december. >> yes, the last one we'll see in a while so maybe make your plans. from you shopping for my christmas present and that kind of stuff. >> something better please. lets take a look at stormtracker

6 live double scan we are dry currently in the area and an odd mix earlier today with a little bit of drizzle and lots of clouds and sun and mixing together. the heavier rain is out near harrisburg, a closer view with stormtracker 6 live double scan you can see it in motion and the steady rain is a little bit away. we can see this popping up ahead of the front at any point. and lets go outside and see what it looks like. terrific there as we look live at sky 6 hd at dillworth park and the rothman rink and i was in the cabin before the noon show and a good day to get out and enjoy it. here is what so expect. evening and nighttime rain we track that to you, turning chilly starting tomorrow and the possible of a snow shower or two in the seven-day forecast. tis the season right?

temperature 61 degrees and the dew point 52 and a lot of moisture in the atmosphere and the rain is at our doorstep and winds from the south sound west pumping up the mild air and pressure is currently falling and visibility is not an issue. we see the clouds if place. maybe get a couple of sprinkles ahead of it. the real rain we are tracking, you can see the power of that cold front. creating snowfall up to the north and west. the rain is coming in our direction and feeling good in the 60s and mild 63 with the rain arriving at 2:00 drizzle and mostly dry and 63 and 4:0061 degrees and lots of clouds and in the late afternoon and evening where it moves west to east. you see the rain. temperatures are slow to fall and we hold it at 60 for quite a

while. here is future tracker 6 showing that we start to see the rain beginning in the lehigh valley. and it doesn't move a whole lot. we are looking here at 8:00. and it hits the lehigh valley approaching the i-95 corridor. then that rain moves through. at 1:00 in the morning. and by the time we wake up in the morning, 7:00 in the morning, look at these numbers, waking up tomorrow morning, much of the area in the 40s and not feeling cold early on, and temperatures are very slow to drop tonight. 46 is the overnight low and you won't hit it until tomorrow morning. and then beyond that in the afternoon tomorrow, it gets breezy and a gusty wind and chilly high of 49 and feeling cooler as temperatures are falling. here is the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast mild today with you but we have the rain arriving and tomorrow turning windy and chilly and dry once the overnight rain off the coast and 49 for your high and

brisk and chilly and 47 and a high of 41 and clouds and late at night we get moisture moving up and could see a snow shower or two friday night. saturday a coastal storm looks to miss us and brush us by with the rain or snow shower around the 42 for your high. staying cold beyond that, below average, 41 for the high temperature on sunday. partly sunny and monday staying cold and 41 and overnight lows in the 20s. we get a pattern change, it's coming. after today you stay in the 40s at best. so cold man. >> get ready. thank you karen. rock star, neil young, is auctioning off some of his prize possessions he is selling cars but also selling model trains. more than 250 of his lionel trains will be auctioned off. he began collecting trains 25

years ago to connect with his son, ben, who has cerebral palsy. we'll check the forecast and our top stories when we come right back.

"action news" continues. >> hello again sara is off and here are the stories we are following for you now on "action news" at 12:30. he says it's not a resignation but a retirement.

we have the latest from john conyers after allegations of sexual misconduct. and strong winds are fueling california wild fires, and the philadelphia eagles win on the field and the community. how they give back while on the road. >> we begin with breaking news from north philadelphia where a man was shot. this is 27th and lehigh valley avenue. chopper 6 hd was over the scene a short time ago and the victim was shot in the shoulder. we don't know what led up to the shooting and if there are any arrests. we continue to follow the story and bring you details in north philly as they become available to us. and now the latest on the changing forecast, it's unseasonably warm and it's not going to last long. rain is headed our way and bringing us colder air as well. center city from the temple university cam and gray skies and not a lot of sunshine and you won't need a coat.