uniform and there was a glaring difference. and annie mccormick is live in the may fair section with details tonight. >> reporter: rick and monica, this alleged thief was so brazen that police belief he was wearing a philadelphia parking authority uniform. an old one and so brazen he committed the act a short time before the business opened. >> sunday morning after this man wearing a philadelp parking authority uniform takes his time stealing from this bridesburg business taking lawn mowers a grill and tool bus and even a sump pump. >> he didn't care who was around. >> billy works next door and the company's cameras captured this video and the theft happened at the 4200 block of east thompson and happened in broad daylight. >> almost 45 minutes to take

your time and not worrying about being caught by anyone. he want to find out who he is. >> we reached out to the parking authority and they sent a supervisor out to look at it. right now they believe that that is a stolen uniform from one of their employees. >> according to the parking authorities the uniform is out dates and we put the version of the symbol on the thief here on the left. next to the ppa symbol seen here on the right. police say that the state agency is helping with the investigation. no one recognizes him right off by looking at the video. but it's probably the stolen uniform. and a person running back and forth during the crime and police believe it may be a child or a witness for a lookout for the thief. they think that people will

recognize the trunk. >> it's a gmc pickup truck and has a custom cab on the back of it. >> reporter: and it also has damage on the rear passenger side over the back tire of course if you have information can you contact 215-686-tips. reporting live in may fair, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. police in burlington county are looking for a suspect that has been breaking into cars while parents drop off and pick up their children at day care. a purse was stolen from an unlocked car at the goddard school at route 38 in norristown. and then on december 4th, the same thief pulled into the goddard school on briggs road in mount laurel and smashed the passenger vehicle window and stole a wallet. president trump declared

juice limb the capital of israel and will move the embassy there. it was on the books for decades and passed by past presidents. >> presidents representing the united states have declined to officially recognize jerusalem as israel's capital. in fact, we have declined to acknowledge any israeli capital. at all. but today we finally acknowledge the obvious. >> no other country has its embassy in jerusalem and world leaders are reacting to the president's move on the possible volatile repurcushions, we'll have more on that comes up on "action news" at 5:30. and new wild fires are erupting in fire ravaged california. this one in long county forcing the possible closure of interstate 405 during the morning rush and the entire hillsides are up in flames and parts of the getty museum party

are threatened and thousands of folks are evacuated while firefighters continue to battle the blaze, our plan is to stop the fire before it becomes something bigger so we don't have to have a two front war like we have with the creek fire. crews are batting the fire in thomas county. and that destroys at least 150 homes and billings, 12,000 others are still at risk. world news tonight will have more on the fire fight in southern california as well as president trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. you can watch that following "action news" at 6:00. back here new jersey governor chris christie says that the incoming governor was going to do something big to reform the pension system. christie appointed a bipartisan panel to study the system and the panel issued the fourth and

final report. christie talked about how he worked during his time in office to keep the system from collapsing and more needs to be done. the panel is recommending a significant deduction or reduction in the state benefits. >> we won't be able to afford paying the tab and i say that for eight years and that makes me anti-union and i think that makes me fiscally responsible and a realist. >> law enforcement officials are suggesting new steps to ensure that marijuana users in delaware don't have guns. today the chairman of the delaware police chiefs council, propose that marijuana users should have markers on their drivers licenses whether the use is medical or recreational. that would assure they couldn't purchase firearms in compliance

of laws prohibiting marijuana users of owning guns. cecily tynan is at the "action news" big board with the latest from accuweather. >> hi monica, yesterday the temperatures managed to make it up into the 60s and today's official high came after midnight and since then temperatures are dropping 43 degrees right now in philadelphia. and compare this to 24 hours ago. and 15 degrees cooler and actually temperatures will be dropping even more as we head through the weekend. satellite 6 along with action radar showing that front that brought us that round of rain, the cold front slipped down to the south and we have a good amount of cloud cover out there. the clouds will be thinning as we head through the overnight hours and tomorrow the nicest day of the week and lots of sunshine it's seasonable and temperatures in the upper 40s and friday, saturday, sunday and monday, afternoon highs only

hovering near 40 degrees and sunday may not climb out of the 30s. and i'm tracking the opportunity for snow showers over the weekend. two chances over the weekend i'll talk about the best chance of seeing the flakes and when. coming up in the full accuweather forecast. >> okay. thank you. time now for a check of the "action news" traffic report on a wednesday night. lets go live to matt pellman in the traffic center to see what is going on. >> we are going slowly in a number of spots and at least our armored truck that broke down along 95 southbound by the betsy ross bridge is on the shoulder and penndot is assisting and the delay is thinning out down to south philadelphia for jingle ball tonight and slow but not as bad as a bit ago. same on the vine, up ahead by the ben franklin parkway our crash is gone and the westbound delays are thinning out and ibm

delay remains near the northbound 95 delay and a delay on the blue route northbound by the mid county tolls and delays spill back to villanova and the 476 delays spill back on to the schuylkill expressway and speeds in the teens there, and headed toward allentown a car fire on the southbound side of the northeast extension near the lehigh valley interchange causing restrictions there and a vehicle into the building at 263. use upper mountain road instead. we'll check it again in the next half hour. >> well, online holiday shopping is convenient, and easy and the best of all, they deliver it right to your door. but that means easy picking for thieves. still to come on "action news" tonight. you'll hear from local authorities to prevent your gifts from being grabbed by a grinch. and a german shepherd is living her best life now according to her owners including a trip to the local police station.

when "action news" comes right back.

well the mystery sounding the sonic wave attacks on american diplomats in cuba are taking a new twist. doctors found brain abnormalities in some americans,

they found damage in the white matter. >> the white matter is what alaws the entire brain to communicate with itself. and it could cause changes in thinking and sensory changes. >> experts say that sonic waves have never been known to cause this kind of damage. and don't know what kind of weapons could cause the change. several canadian diplomats were part of those affected. and hosting a ground breaking at the north eighth street property. and mayor kenney and others kicked off construction of a 30 unit home for young adults that abled out of foster care and another 40 units will be built in phase 2. >> and families with addiction problems have a free addiction treatment center today. and experts talk about ways to help people with substance abuse

and mental health issues and a training class to use the overdose reversal drug naloxone. and more than two months after hurricanes devastated puerto rico the impact continues there. the lack of electricity means supplies for hospitals are in short supplies. ali gorman is at the big board with the details tonight. >> reporter: puerto rico has more than 100 drug and medical device manufacturers, it produces $40 billion in health care products for the american market. and with facilities there crippled. supplies here including iv fluids are tight. >> hospitals including the hospital of pennsylvania, many drugs are mixed in bags of in a intra -- treating everything to

cancer. rick the director of pharmacy says that the supplies were thin before hurricanes irma and maria slammed port week. >> the doses 50, 100, and 200 c c's of this product are shortest at this time. >> hurricane maria wiped out two plans and one is having power issues. the staff adjusts daily changing dosage sizes depend on with what is available. using larger bags or putting smaller mixes in the bags. even so the shortage continues. sometimes our supplies are limited to only having two or three days on hand. it's small for us. >> now, he hopes that the

situation improves over the next several months and the problem is addressed so it won't happen in the future. the fda is closely watching 30 other medical products made in puerto rico and 14 products are only made there. it's definitely a ripple effect. >> thank you for that report. back here santa paws made a delivery to center city. much to the delate of the four-legged friends, they converted their showroom into the north pole and pose for a picture. some doggies were excited to see santa and others were not so sure at first. the event was to raise money for the animal well tear society to find forever homes for dogs and cats in the city. (avo) if you're burdened by belly pain and constipation,

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online shopping at the holidays is great because can avoid the long lines. but thieves can swipe your purchases from your front door. >> i like to shop on amazon,

they have everything, so i'm done. >> more and more shoppers are turning to the web for their purchases. experts predict over $100 billion will be except online this shopping season alone. but with online sales booming thieves could be looming. >> i live in an apartment complex and i worry and i had a laptop stolen a little bit ago. >> they estimate 23 million people will have packages stolen from their front porches. >> thieves seize the opportunity and more parcels are shipped to homes and left unattended. scopeling the neighborhoods and the delivery trucks, any way they can do it they will try to do it. law enforcement agencies show people making off with someone else's shipments. green notes cameras can be a deterrent and check tracking information for home delivery, if you can have it delivered to your place of employment try

that and have where you sign for the package. >> you can do other preventative measures like lock boxes and other obstacles that lower thieves incentives. >> fortunately i have a deck. so they can throw my packages off the deck, so i'm pretty good. it doesn't necessarily matter if the thieves know what is in the package. if the parcel does get stolen. the rare piece of american history is on display for the first time in philadelphia. take a look it's called the diamond eagle made for george washington by the navy following the revolutionary war and the emblem was worn by president washington and the general of the society of cincinnati. the oldest veterans organization

in the nation encrusted with 200 rare gems including diamonds and rubys and emeralds and see it up close at the scene of the american revolution until march 3rd.

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by a pulley mill and has a terminal disease and will be on hospice care for the rest of her life. it's the v for victoria campaign. allowing the dog to do everything until she passes away and on victoria's bucket list is to be an honorary "action news" meteorologist. >> bring her in. bring her in. >> it's not rough work. >> i was going to say we could forecast rough weather. we have the same bad jokes. bring victoria have her outside for outside weather. >> this weather she might flea. >> oh. lets talk about the weather please. going downhill fast and temperatures as well. ray posted this photo, a drone

photo from chalfont. it's a beautiful sunset and shows the view northwest it's clearing and that will continue to sink to the southeast overnight and we'll be getting rid of the clouds. right now you step outside you need a jacket out there. 43 in philadelphia. allentown 38 atlantic city airport in pomona 33 and lancaster 39 degrees and there is a bit of a breeze out there. winds generally 5 to 10 miles per hour. and not all that windy. and low temperatures all it takes it a little bit a breeze and create a windchill and feels like 38 in philadelphia and 31 in allentown, and tonight is a chilly night with a clearing sky. satellite 6 along with action radar showing the front ta brought the round of rain and the cold front that brought the chilly temperatures and clouds and north and west the lehigh valley and poconos and skies are clear and we'll see the cloud cover, sink to the southeast.

as high pressure builds in overnight clear skies and seasonably school. 36 in philadelphia and 27 in allentown and 28 in reading and cape may 38. tomorrow could be the nice he day of the next week or two. high pressure overhead of us, not a warm day but temperatures are seasonable. 9:00, 40 degrees and 3:00, 47 and our average high is 48 degrees and we should be close to that. this is the time of the year we talk about the snow. allentown's first snowfall is today. allentown you'll be behind schedule. wilmington around the 16th and 17th, later in the month the 23rd however atlantic city has the best chance of seeing measurable snow this weekend. future tracker 6 showing saturday morning at 8:00 could get a steady light snow around the coast and at this point.

not out of the question, along the coast we get a coating to perhaps a slushy inch. i'll keep you posted on that. the five-day at 5:00 it's sunny and seasonable and 48 degrees and friday it clouds up and chilly a high of 40 and saturday snow showers across south jersey and delaware and 40 degrees sunday snow showers and best chance areas north and partly sunny and 41. and adam will let you know if we warm up next week. much more ahead on "action news" at 5:30. support for senatoral frank enis fading. after multiple allegations of misconduct many of his colleagues called on him to resign. we are live with the latest. and russian president makes a decision about whether his country's athletes can still participate. we'll tell you what he said.

"action news" continues. hello again, here is what is

happening on "action news" wednesday night. calls are growing for senator al franken to resign and now a growing list of democratic colleagues are asking him to step down and we have the latest. president trump has declared jerusalem as the capital of israel. how world leaders are reacting this evening. and some local youngsters are looking at high tech careers, thanks to the city and state. now the details, today several democratic senators all women began to call for senator al franken to resign in the wake of allegations of sexual misconduct and by the end of the today it drew to three dozen of his senate colleagues. he will make an official announcement tomorrow. maggie ruly joins us with the latest. >> a movement led by female senators has escalated and now

the majority are demanding economic. as the number of politicians facing allegations of sexual misconduct in both products continues to grow, we see a coordinated effort of democrats to combat the problem even if it means removing one of their own. the majority of democratic senators have called for senator al franken to resign. and the organized move coming as another woman accused him of sexual misconduct. bringing the number to eight that franken tried to forcibly kiss her after her radio show in 2006. franken says this is categorically not true. and there are approach seems to be different. >> democrats are hoping to have this as a much different example. he was accused of wrongdoing and dealt with it swiftly. same with congressman conyers

meanwhile republicans are rallied around someone accused of having sexual relationships with underage women. >> moore denies the allegations and few republicans called for moore to step aside. president trump endorsed him saying we need republican roy moore to win alabama. it's aside from political. and any attempt to politicize it will be viewed exceptcly. as for senator al franken he says he will make the statement tomorrow. channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. meantime, six women have now filed a lawsuit against movie mogul harvey winestein, the suit alleges his actions to cover up sexual assaults ammed to civil racketeering, the women in the film industry say they were lured to variation locations

under the pretext of projects. it is with the backdrop of stories like those that "time" magazine selected the so-called silence breaker as the collective breaker of the year and the silence breakers represent the me too campaign over sexual harassment. the magazine cover features five women including ashley judd and taylor swift and the woman that started the concept actress burke. and womens faces obscured showing the women that have not yet come forward. >> and president trump officially recognized jerusalem as the capital of israel. reversing several decades of american foreign policy and the president made the announcement from arab and european leaders and trump says it's time for a new approach to mideast peace and that means the u.s. will move from tel aviv to jerusalem

and no time table has been set. >> i judged the consideration of action to be in the best interests of the united states of america. and the pursuit of peace between israel and the palestinians. >> establishing a jerusalem embassy was one of trump's major campaign promises and palestinian factions are calling for three days of rage promptsing a travel warning for americans tonight. >> and reactions are swift. palestinian president says that the decision is a declaration of withdrawal over the role it plays in the peace process. and french president says that trump's decision is an unfo unfortunate one that goes against international law and teresa may promises to speak to trump believing in the two state solution for the middle east. the coverage continues on

6abc.com with expert opinions on what it means and more on the security concerns being raised. the house intelligence committee is scheduled to interview donald trump jr. today about any contacts with russian officials during the presidential campaign. this was the first time lawmakers had a chance to question him. the focus was expected to be trump jr.'s meeting with a russian lawyer in trump tower. a prayer vigil was held in front of cory booker's office in camden to raise aware and of a couple about to be deported leaving their three children behind. they were first taken into custody in 2013 during a routine visit to local immigration offices and released then and unable to get citizenship. and tomorrow they are to report to immigrations enforce many and they will fly to mexico.

the couple's daughter janet spoke to the media today. >> they have been here for 30 years trying to give us and themselves a better life and a better life for us so we can have what they couldn't have. >> senator booker's office says he worked to keep the family together and disappointed by ice's decision to not let them stay. and a school and rec center were put on lock down after gunshots were fired. chopper 6 hd was over the scene at the charter school near 68th and media streets. police say that gunshots were fired just outside of the school. along with overbrook high school they were placed on lock down nobody was injured. philadelphia police are investigating a shoot that left a man in critical condition in port richmond. it happened last night when someone opened fire on the 2000 block of belmont street. a man was hit twice and

hospitalized in critical condition. and part of it was captured on video. and so far no arrests have been made. investigators are searching for this man. the man that robbed another man sitting in his car on wilder street in south philadelphia last month. the s&p was captured on video from several different angles, police say he stalks his victim and when the man went to the car the suspect opened the ar door and demanded his wallet. time to get a check of conditions out there on the roads. >> we go to matt pellman in the "action news" traffic sentwer the latest. >> if you take off on the schuylkill expressway you won't take off quickly. a lot of traffic in both directions close to the conshohocken curve and an accident on the blue route that gave us heavy westbound delays but the eastbound travel time is worse three times what it should be 42 minutes to get east from the blue route into the vine and if you are headed to jingle ball

tonight it won't be a quick ride on the eastbound side of the schuylkill or 95. northbound side of double decker bridge headed to the sports complex with speeds in the teens. and the armered truck disabled and off to the side and bensalem a bad crash along street road near kingston way near the dunkin' donuts use woodhaven road. and malvern by the free pes tearan church look for a crash at 101 and 30 can get you around that. and 422 a disabled vehicle stek ougt in the left lane at 202 heading towards the schuylkill expressway. and speaking of 422 closing overnight coming out of berks county to pottstown than construction starts at 9:00 and head for 724 instead and south in delaware a crash near milford is blocking the southbound lanes

of route 1 detour using 15 down to rehoboth beach. back over to you. >> thank you. much more ahead on "action news" wednesday night. a day after russia is banned from next year's winter olympics, that country's president declares what the athletes should do. >> and students in our area try to try on a career in computer science. the events giving youngsters a head start. >> adam joseph is tracking the latest in the weather center. a chill came in this morning and this afternoon. mostly the eastern half of the country feeling the winter like air. the 40s and 30s and teens in the northern plains, we'll chat about this cold sticking around for sometime and maybe snow in the forecast. >> ducis rogers with sports when "action news" comes right back.

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representing the games because of performance enhanced drugs. and he said each athlete can make his or her own decision whether to go. the eagles face the rams and the eagles about to take the practice field in california. the play is directed to a week's worth of practice. the eagles admit they did not have a good week of practice leading up the to loss in seattle. that leads to the question should she change things up? >> i don't think you make wholesale changes, monday i think i don't change just to change, i don't change structure or practice. the players know they understand, if they play well, if they play poorly they know. and it's my job to make sure we stay the course. >> the best way to get over a loss is to play another game. the eagles say they don't have to wait until sunday they say that seattle game is already behind them. >> everybody is focused on the

rams, everybody is not done about it. we are a good 10-2 team that is where we are right now and we can't sit around and pout about it we have the rams up next and know what we have to do. >> the birds continue to have charity work on the side. the team's rookie class visit a ronald mcdonald house in orange county. this hits home for the birds and the ronald mcdonald charity started in philadelphia with eagles owner. and the eagles loaned their practice facility to st. joe's prep. they face pine in hershey for the state championship. they are practicing at the nova center. that is former player, jeremiah trotter. is he helping out the team. and the team coach is happy to have trot on board. >> the thing that makes trot special was not only was he a great player but he has a great mind for coaching and played for

so many great coaches and really absorbed a lot of that material. for me he is like a walking encyclopedia. >> it brings back memories, i told the coaches i would love to come here when it was cold outside. definitely brings back a lot of memories. >> a bigger reason that trotter is involved his son jeremiah jr. is a line backer on the team and he is pretty good. coming up at 6:00. stick around for that. bad news for the flyers. two on injured reserve and he is expected to be out a week and manning up to four weeks. the sixers are gearing up to face the l.a. lakers at home. the sixers are coming off a bad lose in phoenix monday night. >> just have great days. have a great day and they will add up i promise you they will

all add up. and beat someone you shouldn't of and lose to people you shouldn't of. but it adds up if you bang out great days. >> they need to be more consistent but a good team so far. meantime city council president, darryl clark signed a team jersey at the bristol river soccer club and showed it off nice kick. and joined by the athletes from the athletic club showing how easy it is to compete in sports year round and clark added another jersey to the collection and presented a second signed jersey this one from the philadelphia union. still ahead tonight, the exclusive accuweather forecast. lets take you live looking at the sky 6 hd camera a nice shot at the sears building. adam joseph has the details when we come back.

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using #6abcaction. and your pictures could win you four tickets to go skating at the rothman rink and a 6 abc swag bag. time for a check of the accuweather forecast it felt like december out there today. right? it's going to stick around for a couple of weeks, we could be going into the christmas holiday before we break out of this pattern so get used to it. and deal with it. as we look at sky 6 hd speaking of city hall and the rothman ice rink there is the city hall christmas tree all aglow and looking festive down there this time of year. you know what it's feeling like it once again. a blast a few weeks ago of chilly air and overall pretty mild this fall. 38 in allentown and 38 in reading and 39 in lancaster and lower 40s for trenton and

wilmington and philadelphia all the way to the shore similar numbers in the lower 40s and quite a flip from this time yesterday. dropping a good 15 to 22 degrees off of our current numbers from 24 hours ago. so everyone is feeling the chill not only locally but a good chunk of the eastern half of the country. it is dry at least. we have that part of the story here. this front continues to push down to the south as we get into the overfight hours the be that will clear the sky out. 27 tomorrow morning in the suburbs, 36 for center city and winds were cranking up and they kind of wayned off here and continued to be light 5 to 10

miles per hour. as we look at the forecast for your december 7th, into thursday the pick of the next seven days, a high of 48 degrees and seasonable for this time of year and maybe a tad bit above in a couple of spots. 43 at 10:00 in the morning and staying in that 46, 47, 48 degree range from lunch time into the middle part of the thm develop along the coast along the boundary of the cold air that stalls way off the coast of but this low will be sizable but hundreds of miles out and with it well offshore, it could throw a little bit owa for the shore communities and southern parts of delaware where they are brushed by rain and snow showers. and if it does snow enough on possible along the shore and central parts of delaware. the exclusive accuweather forecast sunny and seasonable

and 48 for tomorrow and on friday, cloudy and chilly around here and snow showers could break out both in the morning and afternoon in the southern areas saturday and north and west could be sun, 40 degrees and then cold sunday 39 and a flurry or snow shower in the air. and then dry come monday 41 and a snow shower on tuesday ahead of another chilly blast and thi highs in the 30s a week from now. >> we have breaking news to pass along tonight. from the west oak lane section of the city. chopper 6 hd was over the scene as police are investigating an accident involving a septa bus and a pedestrian, it happened at 5:30 tonight at chewe and wood avenue. and a person was struck by a route 26 septa bus, apparently the bus in the middle of your screen there. the victim was rushed toinestein

hospital and no word on the person's condition orpolice area bus accident involving a pedestrian in the west oak lane section. we'll keep an eye on this breaking news story and bring you the latest as more information becomes available to us.

there is now a new initiative in philadelphia for preparing our students for the growing economy. cs launched at city hall. mayor kenney along with local entrepreneurs were all there today to support the program and hope to expand the tech education to every grade of every school and work with local tech companies to do co-ops and internships and so on. there are a half million i.t. jobs in the country now and if we prepare our children today

they can almost be assured of a career when they finish high school. and jim gardner is standing by with these stories. against it's advice of world leaders president trump recognized jerusalem as the capital of israel. and why police are focusing on this wooded area of south jersey today looking for a missing man. and a man is facing backlash for the arm touching incident. now for the entire "action news" team i'm monica malpass have a good night tonight. 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.

"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers. meteorologist cecily tynan, and jim gardner. wednesday night a philadelphia student is caught with a loaded gun at school. and we hear from the rowing coach that helped to rescue a woman from the schuylkill river. but the big story on "action news" is a departure from 0-years of u.s. policy and president trump today recognized jerusalem as the capital of israel. trump went against the advice and pleas of palestinians and arab rulers and even the pope. >> we finally acknowledge the obvious that jerusalem is israel' capital.

this is only a recognition of reality and also the right thing to do. and that trump will move the embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem and gave no time table to that. palestinians are already protesting burning israeli and american flags and insist it will hurt the peace process and make it impossible for the u.s. to be an honest broker and there are threats of violence. the palestinians insisted that the status of jerusalem must be part of a peace plan. professor michael boyle of la salle university says there was no reason for trump to do this now but a price to pay not just for palestinians but for american interests. >> we can expect from this there will likely be some