river and devastating wildfires in california force thousands to flee their homes and that's next. action news delaware valleys leading news program with jim gardner. ♪ a car plunged into the schuylkill river shortly before 5:30 and if not for some rowers who knows what might have happened. but they came to her rescue and

now she is under a doctor's care and it's tuesday night and the big story on action news is a scary ride for a 61-year-old woman a ride that ended under water. action news reporter dann cuellar is live on mlk drive-by the strawberry mansion bridge and dann you have the full story. >> reporter: that's right jim the quality of mercy was on display here tonight for as the woman's car plunged into the chilly waters of the schuylkill river a rowing team that happened to be nearby saw what happened and raced into action. the roof of the car could still be seen submerged in the schuylkill river as a dive team looked to make sure no one else was in the vehicle minutes earlier the 61-year-old driver seen here being treated by been the chilly waters from two rowers from the club and in their racing shell about to start practice when suddenly they saw the headlights from at. one of the rowers who did not want to be identified spoke to

us by phone. >> definitely shocking and i didn't know how to react at first one of us jumped in andtr and it wouldn't open and we went to the first door and found the person that was in the vehicle and pulled them out. the person was unresponsive but would provide and provide medical care for the 61-year-old driver police are still trying to determine how the car actually ended up in the river but grateful to the row team. >> thankful to the rowers who went in the water and rescued the individual and got them out of the water and get them to safety and provided what do. >> reporter: they were glad they were able to help. >> none of us wanted to allow something terrible to happen when we were there and behelp.

>> reporter: tonight the 61-year-old woman a resident of north central philadelphia is up grated to stable condition she may have been strtrying to taker life along the schuylkill river dann. >> a 13-year-old girl in stable conditi struck by a car in the cobbs creek section of philadelphia police are searching for the hit-and-ru on 5:30 at 63 and market and a wet night in the try state area and this time of night we are really thinking about tomorrow so let's get the latest from accuweather and metrologist cecily tynan. >> tomorrow is dry and windy and cool and the rain doesn't last long but the cool snap that moves in behind it will actually have staying power and sky tracker double scan ahead of the cold front and steady rain is moving into south jersey

currently the yellows and even sold red are the heavier downpours that will continue to push to the east and then we have a few scattered light showers moving across the western suburbs and what this will do is bring a big change in temperatures ahead of the front we had a strong wind out of the south and 58 in philadelphia down from our high of 63, 15 degrees below normal but behind that front temperatures in the 30s right now and we will be stuck with unseasonably cool weather for probably the next several weeks so looking ahead the rain wraps up quickly and out of here by dawn and much cooler pattern takes over and sticks around for several weeks and i am tracking the possibility of not one, not two but actually three opportunities for some snow i'll talk more about that in the seven-day forecast, jim. >> thank you, cecily. of course the action news morning team will be on at 4:30 with the latest forecast and how that may affect your commute and

join matt o'donnell and tamala edwards and metrologist murphy andd murphy. rows of homes and a psychiatric hospital have been destroyed and look to action news reporter christie lleto with the latest on this latest fire disaster in california. >> reporter: that is right jim in total there are four fires burning tonight three of which started today the most massive and fast moving is one in ventura county that firefighters spent nearly 24 hours trying to tame. home after home burned to its foundation. what started as a small fire monday flight exploded into a wind fueled and fast moving inferno in 19 hours the thomas fire engulfed 78 square miles of ventura valley california.

immediate mandatory evacuations went in effect forcing tens of thousands of people from their homes. >> anybody home. >> we need to get out of here as soon as possible that fire is right there. >> i'm not going to wait around for somebody to rescue me. every second the thomas fire swallows an acre in flames and black smoke and nearly the size of seattle has been scorched destroying 150 structures in its path. >> it's a huge hit i've been an owner for 40 years here and it is crazy what is going on. >> reporter: crews battle the thomas fire three other fires ignited in southern california here a fire burned 11,000 acres north of los angeles. satellite from space illustrates the fire of both fires and smoke lingers over a portion of the california coast. >> we have extremely high winds, very, very low relative humidity ap the fuel conditions out there

are absolutely about as bad as they could be. >> reporter: we've been here almost 30 years and we've gone through floods we have gone through fires but it's just the wind you don't know where it's going to go. >> reporter: there are also a lot of power outages in the area tonight which is making it difficult for 1100 firefighters working on the ground the exact cause of all of those fires are not immediately known jim. >> christie lleto thank you. there are indications tonight that president trump's financial history is part of the mueller probe into russian involvement in the presidential election. a german business newspaper is reporting that mueller has issued subpoenas for records from deutcha bank and they lent trump billions of dollars through the years and loans originally worth 300 million remain outstanding. the definitive word came about resident trump will announce tomorrow that the united states recognizes jerusalem as the capitol of

israel. trump will order that the u.s. embassy which is in tel aviv will eventually are locate to jerusalem although it could take ae trump made his decision in spite of warnings from arab leaders that such a move could cause middle east and democratic congressman john conyers of michigan has resigned and becomes the first capitol hill person to leave in misconduct allegations but 88-year-old said he is retiring and did not sexually harass any women who worked for him and endorsed his son to succeed him. russia ban from the winter olympics coming up, in february in south korea the international olympic committee concluded that the russian committee orchestrated a doping scheme in sochi that could cause damage to olivia and sport and certain

russian athlete also be allowed to compete but if they win they won't hear the russian national anthem it won't be played and the russian flag will not be raised, a big making its way through congress is generating concern from local officials the full house of representatives will vote tomorrow on the national concealed carry pes porosity measure and would require states to recognize gun carry permits issued by other states and can travel freely without worrying about conflicting state laws. an update to a story we told you about last night on action news at 11:00 to men arrested for stealing a girl's walker in wilmington delaware surveillance video shows 51-year-old leland watson and 49-year-old donald cale who is behind the wheel taking the custom walker from north rodney drive last week. it belonged to ten-year-old kirsten edwards alexander who

has cerebral palsy and after it aired alexander's mother said the thieves actually showed up at their door. >> she said they didn't know that the walker was so important but indeed they sold it for scrap and so it is now gone. brittany murray says the thieves tried to give her an older beat up walker to makeup for what they did watson and cale were charged with theft and conspiracy. a new exhibit at the philadelphia history museum celebrates the life and legacy of octaveus and a crowd gathering for opening reception taking a stand for equality and highlights his activism he was assassinated in 1871 at the age of 32, his death was meant to intimidate black voters but it had the opposite effect the exhibit runs through march come tonight the homeless samaritan

who used his final 20 dollars to help a stranded motorist has reaped his reward and includes a home of his own,stroys a home ie area the second in two days cecily. >> despite the clouds and showers the high is 15 degrees above average and could be our last day in the 60s for the rest of the year. i'll talk about the cold air on the way and the chance of snow in the accuweather forecast. fda gives new reason eating raw dough may be harmful to your health that and more when action news continues tonight.

an explosion destroyed a house in a baltimore county maryland neighborhood today 80 fires battled the flames and thick smoke in wood lawned and neighboring home suffered damage and nobody was injured and the cause under investigation this is the second home explosion in baltimore county in as many days. a five-year-old girl was killed when a school bus crashed into a tree in hinesville georgia this

morning the impact caused the roof of the bus to cave in on the young passengers, the driver and 22 other children were hurt and georgia state police say most of the injuries were bumps scrapes and lacerations investigators say it was foggy at the time but it is too early to tell if weather was the factor in the crash. former u.s. home land secretary tom ridge is out of the hospital and suffered a heart attack two weeks ago 72-year-old is continuing his recovery at a rehabilitation in texas and had a heart attack in houston and served from 1995 for 2001. the homeless veteran who helped a stranded motorist in philadelphia by using his last 20 dollars to pay for her gas won't be homeless much longer. johnny bobbitt junior put down a down payment on a house today, the funds come from nearly

400,000 raised on the go fund me site the account was set up by kate mcclure of florence township and wanted to thank him for the help and donating to help another homeless veteran. subscription entertainment services like netflix have taken from movie theatres and one of the biggest chains is taking a page out of that subscription play book and cinemark unveiled to buy a ticket a month at a discounted price at 8.99 and can rollover unused tickets and get bargains at the concession stand at health check at 11 you heard about thers of eating raw cookie dough and eggs are salmonella and why cookie dough may be a cookie don't and unbaked flourmful e

coally and wash hands and work surfaces and baking recipes as directed. the founder and ceo of code spoke tonight the baldwin school invited rush johnny in honor of computer science education week so johnny started the nonprofit organization to close the gender gap in technology her ted talk has been viewed more than 3 million times and has sparked conversations about how we are girls. in bucks county a tree in honor of fallen officers members of the feasterville business association and area leaders attended theual project blue light holiday tree lighting tonight and the rain did not stop a crowd from gathering outside the lower south hampton library and listened as the names of fall end officers were

readout loud. ♪ temple university performing art center was filled with music tonight 19 schools took part ci choral festival and the audience listens to 200 students in band, orchestra and chorus and they made beautiful music all night long, let's go to cecily tynan and that accuweather forecast. still on the rainy side out there action cam looking at uss new jersey tonight on this cloudy, damp night andis also wt will bring us a dramatic change in our temperatures and that change is going to last and rain is approaching the coast of new jersey and elsewhere we just have some showers but really the bigger deal with the system it's not the rain tonight it's what is behind it so the accuweather highlights will show you we dry out before dawn and this really sets up for a cooler pattern, we are looking at highs only in the 40s and 30s after today's high

of 63 a bit of a shock to the system and this cold looks to last a while, a good chance of it lasting through the end of december so we do have that front bringing some of that rain, you can see the yellow actually the steadier rain is hitting the coast right now and it's moving pretty quickly and then we do have a few showers in the western suburbsfront that w change right now the front hasn't actually arrived so we still have really mild temperatures philadelphia 59 degrees with that winut, dover allentown 55. reading 55 and cape may currently 57. so satellite and radar showing again the system doesn't have a lot of moisture, generally less than a half inch then west of pittsburgh we do have some clearing but tomorrow it's going to be one of those days the clouds will be tough to break completely and it's going to be on the windy side so dress for winter at 7:00, 44 we actually drop a bit by mid morning, 43 degrees by 10:00 and

then temperatures managing to make it up in the mid to upper 40s and the average high for this time of year is 48 and seasonable but with wind gusts up to 30 miles per hour it's going to feel cooler this new pattern will likely last a few to several weeks with a big dip in the jet stream temperatures and several opportunities for at least some snow flakes in the air. the first one comes with a coastal low that forms along the coast and moves through tonight and kind of stalls to our south. snow showers could brush i-95 and south friday night into saturday morning best chance of steady snow will be right along the coast. the latest model showing this will be a pretty weak system stay tuned on that sunday an upper level low brings us a few scattered snow showers and potential for another system next tuesday so not only is it a cool weather pattern it's also pretty unsettled so the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast it's brisk and chilly

tomorrow more clouds and sun with that wind 25-30 miles per hour. gusting 47 degrees the high, thursday the same temperature but less wind, more sunshine, it will feel better 47. friday clouds increase with a potential for some evening snow showers mainly south and east of philadelphia, the high only 41 degrees. future tracker showing maybe light flurries along i-95 and steadier closer to the coast and heading to the weekend 42 on saturday, clouds and sunshine, some scattered snow showers on sunday the high only 39, partly sunny on tuesday, 41 degrees and tuesday hanukkah begins and could begin with rain and snow showers and a high of 44 degree so snow lovers can be optimistic with the cold air and unsettled weather we do have a few opportunities for snow. >> thank you cecily and channel six is proud to chip in for a donation drive for deserving families today. the ben fm volunteers of america adopt a family radio a thon at

dilley worth park and provides gifts and meals for those in need and monica malpass was there to make a donation and karen rogers had 100 toy trucks on behalf of 6abc and the annual toy drive is officially underway at the south street police mini station officers invited friends and neighbors to stop by with an unwrapped toy and the go is to collect a thousand toys and distribute them to four different shelters and tonight is a chance for community members to show their support and their appreciation for the officers who keep them safe everyday. jimmy kimmel live coming up, at 11:35 right after action news tracey ellis ross is the guest host tonight and here is a preview of the show. >> thanks jim and hello philadelphia i'm sitting in for jimmy kimmel and here is how it

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linebacker in the game his nfl career ended when doctors had to amputate his arm and his book is about life and over coming challenges. on a whole different level the eagles have a challenge. >> they do next sunday. >> a lot of story lines in this game comes up this weekend jim the eagles took carson wentz with the second over all peck in last year oochlt nfl draft and rams took jarred first and they will go at it sunday in la and shown improvement from year one the to two with 20 touchdown se interceptio interceptio interceptions as a result the rams are doing well. >> he has confidence and has some scamability not like last week but ran on some boots and play action stuff and a good command with offense and do not

take a lot of negative plays and you know i think they had two games and have been held down in scoring and everything else they lit up the score board. >> a healthy respect i think it's great, it's great for the game, i mean you have two good young quarterbacks going against each other and i think they will both be focused on executing the offense. >> reporter: the college basketball the villa nova wildcats do not rebuild but reload and lost jenkins but have mkail bridges and against and 2 of 20 points and offense and cats up 13 at the break second half more defense bridges with the block and he had two of them the night and ignites the fast break and jalin will finish vil villaova is up and bridges is a thunder dunk in traffic, the senior scores 28 points but he is not d court to get the block and

bridges is having a terrific season thus far and nova remains unbeat ten 88-72 the final and talk sixers after the break. acs i will be tracking the end of the rain and beginning of a big change cold air moves in. t leaves lead to early morning accidents like this wake up to everything that is happening tomorrow on dawg. you gotta figure it out. eh, i don't know. shaky on the walk, carriage was off. randy jackson judging a dog show. i don't know dawg. surprising. what's not surprising? how much money lisa saved by switching to geico. wow! performance of the night. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more.

will be in action next thursday at home against the la lakers and sixers did not look particularly good last night against a young phoenix sun's team and cannot play that against la make that against anybody. >> there is a spirit and a disposition and sort of a come p pet -- competitive fire you have to have to win a basketball game and playing nba players really good nba players and you know to

win you have to have that. >> reporter: phillies manager gabe continues to fill out his staff and rob thompson named as his bench coast and spent the past ten seasons on the yankees coaching staff and the harlem globetrotters are at it again on top of a museum in st. louis 130 feet up in front of a live audience jim he let's it fly. >> no, no. >> that is in. >> no. >> did you see it? you don't believe me. i will get you a replay. get jim a replay right now here we go take a close look that ball goes right in and watch the people to the right, the people on the right will react right there and now everybody cheer, everybody cheer. this was done to commemorate world trick shot day. >> done in the editing room. >> such a conspiracy. >> the way it is. finally tonight a five-year-old is learning that it is much better to give than receive.

five-year-old leam visited the quaker town k-9 unit and dropped off his donation and he celebrateed a birthday last month and instead of toys he asked for money and received 205 which was then matched construction and tonight he got the chance to spend time with one of the k-9s and try on some tactical gear. jimmy kimmel livechannel six fo line tracey ellis ross is the guest host tonight guests marry jblige and amanda and music by mcgill and travis scott and continues at 4:30 with pamela edwards matt o'donnell and edward murphy and karen for cec entire news time i'm jim gardner. good night. action news is brought to you by barbara on the boulevard where

all they do is discount dodge chrysler jeep and ramp are they the best boy i guess. >> dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live." with special guest host tracee ellis ross! tonight -- mary j. blige, amanda de cadenet, and music from miguel featuring travis scott.