will allow, is action news reporter christie ileto. christie, can you describe the situation there? >> reporter: jim, it's been about four hours since this bristol neighborhood has been put on lockdown along with three area schools as authorities negotiate with a man they believe is armed at a home about a block away from where we're standing. u.s. marshalls contacted them this morning believing that a man who is can'ted as a person of interest was in the area. >> the officers responded there today when they pulled up to set up a perimeter around the house waiting for additional assistance, a vehicle was leaving the back of the house. now we are dealing with a situation where the man is in this residents believed to be armed and we're trying to do everything we can to get him out to resolve the situation peacefully and we're hoping that's the way it does resolve.

>> reporter: again, authorities believe that napoli is armed inside the home. officers from various departments and s.w.a.t. teams are also on scene. authorities have also confirmed that the suspect is what they're calling a person of interest in a deadly hit-and-run that happened in croydon on monday. the driver reportedly hit a 47-year-old man on the 2900 block of state road. his car crashed into a ditch and he fled on foot. back out here live at the scene here in bristol you can see that it is still blocked off. we are about two blocks from the actual scene itself. we also know that police did arrest a man in connection with this incident. apparently he tried to fight when they were trying to make contact with the first suspect. he was taken into custody. we are also told that schools are slowly dismissing children.

authorities are out here trying to negotiate with this man as they prepare. >> thank you, christie. thank you. a 74-year-old pastor has been arrested and charged with sexually assaulting minors. the suspect is harry thomas, pastor of the come alive church in medford township. action news reporter wendy saltzman is live at that church. wendy, officials are saying thomas's crimes happened over a period of 16 years. >> reporter: that's right, jim. and pastor harry thomas is suspended indefinitelily that's according to church officials who took swift actions amid these sex abuse allegation. >> the elders and trustees of come alive new testament church have indefinitely suspended pastor harry thomas from all leadership position. >> there were few words said today by church elders who have been thrown into the headlines, their pastor locked up accused

of sexually assaulting four minors over a period of 16 years. >> leadership has determined this to be the proper course of action at this time until there can be a full investigation. >> reporter: pastor harry thomas is the head of come alive church and the founder of the creation festival which was started in 1979. >> a burden for you and my burden for youth started to really come to the forefront. >> reporter: he's showed here in an interview on youtube where he talked about his passion for teaching kids. >> i had this very quick vision of thousands of kids on a hillside. >> reporter: the police arrested a 74-year-old and charged him with aggravated sexual assault, three counts of sexual assault and four counts of endangering the welfare of children. they say the abuse started in 1999 and ended just two years ago. information about the victims is being withheld to protect their identities. >> i can't believe it. >> reporter: medford diner owner

says he's known the man for nearly 30 years. >> he doesn't seem to fit that profile. he's such a nice and godly man. >> reporter: but others in his neighborhood say nothing shocks them. >> i'm just not surprised that these things are coming out. >> that's a shame. it's a disgrace. no one from the church knew this? they couldn't find this out? they had to be seeing something going on before that. >> reporter: church officials say that these allegations are independent and unrelated to the pastor's role here at the ministry. police are asking anybody with information or who may have been a victim to come forward and contact the medford township police. i'm wendy saltzman, channel 6 action news. >> thank you, wendy. 41-year-old jamal bayly has been charged with third degree murder for allegedly killing his 10-month-old daughter in chester county. police found the baby

unresponsive back in april. investigators have determined she died of intoxication from an ant psychotic drug. he had the prescription. a hair sample revealed the girl had been ingesting the drug for at least 30 days before she died. senator al franken has announced his plan to resign amid allegations of sexual misconduct from eight women. he revealed his reluctant decision in front of his colleagues today on the senate floor. >> there is a big part of me that will always regret having to walk away from this job with so much work left to be done. >> reporter: franken stopped short of apologizing and insisted that some of the accusations against him are simply not true. he said his resignation will happen sometime in the coming weeks but he didn't give an exact date. colder weather moving in. there is a distinct possibility that we could see our first

snowflakes of the season on saturday. let's check in with meteorologist cecily tynan. cecily, you've got this devastating news from accuweather. >> it's great news, jim. we're talking about the first snow of the season. put you in the holiday spirit, happening on a saturday so it won't really mess up any schools and this is the moisture that's gathering to the south. you can see kind of this elongated area of moisture. if you look across parts of texas, even parts of mexico, the snow is beginning to break out there and there's plenty of cold air. today temperatures in the 40s but out to our west only in the 20s in the next three days we will be stuck in the 30s. so we've got the cold air, the moisture will begin to stream up from the south. future tracker showing tomorrow it's cloudy here. you can see the northern edge of that stream of moisture bringing some snow even to atlanta. it moves here even on saturday and like yesterday it looks like the snow will extend north and west of the i-95 corridor.

first snow of the season, an accuweather alert for saturday. i-95 and areas will likely see grassy accumulation. main roads just wet but they could get icy on untreated roads on saturday night. i'll talk about that in the 7-day forecast. jim? >> all right, cecily. what was that fireball seen streaming across the sky last saturday? this is dash cam video from a hamilton township police officer. it was a green flash of lime light. redundant, yes. but also. >> reporter: they posted this video to social media today and it's been viewed thousands of times. it also turns out that the sergeant who captured this video on his dash cam wasn't the only one to witness this celestial sight. so what was it exactly?

we asked an expert. the video lasts just seconds. the white light rips across the sky. >> i was on regular patrol driving through our neighborhoods and i saw the straek of light through the sky. >> reporter: the sergeant of the hamilton township atlantic county police officer department was out on patrol just after 3:00 saturday morning. he was driving near the airport when he saw the bolt of light. >> i was surprised to see what i was seeing so i knew i had the mobile camera. >> reporter: his dash cam captured the event. today the department posted the video to social media sites and those videos are going viral sfwl we researched a little further and we contacted the american meteor society and they had reports of similar activity around the same time. >> reporter: he created a tracking tool for the american meteor society. we spoke to him via face time

this afternoon. >> it was definitely a bright fireball. the brighter they are, the less common they are. >> reporter: more than 133 people in multiple states registered sightings of this particular fireball. the term for a very bright meteor. >> this was a bright one. it was probably as bright as the moon, maybe three-quarter full moon. so i'm not exactly sure how big the fragment would have been but probably like a baseball-sized fragment or maybe a little bigger. >> reporter: the experts think the debris that may have caused this fireball could be the start of the geminid meteor shower that peaks on december 13th. there have been other recent sightings of fireballs in this region as of late. the sightings are also becoming more and more common because more people have home surveillance systems, home surveillance cameras and more

people are putting dash cams on their vehicles. i'm sarah bloomquist, channel 6 action news. jim? >> thank you very much, sarah. a record number of students at camden's loop academy charter school were inducted into a scholarship program today. about 670 children will have chance to win a guaranteed scholarship to rutgers university upon graduation. what they need to do is maintain a 3.5gpa and miss fewer than four school days per year. this program is designed to be a pipeline from birth to college graduation. coming up on action news tonight, a tale of two quarterbacks as the eagles prepare to face the rams. they are friends off the field but foes on sunday. plus we'll find out why santa claus traded in his sleigh for a helicopter. t comes to

cancer treatment centers of america in philadelphia, she's coming for the multimodal therapy where the specialists form a treatment plan together. we were looking for a cancer team that would help us decide the best course of action. we have so many tools at our center. this is what attracted amy all the way from new york. these were people who were experts in their field. and for us that was the best choice. learn more about our breast center at cancercenter.com slash philadelphia.

>> veterans gathered in delaware to observe the 76th anniversary of the attack on pearl harbor. the service began at 7:55 this morning, the exact moment that the japanese navy bombed the u.s. naval base in hawaii on this day in 1941. today american flags across the country are flying at half staff to honor the 2,400 americans who lost their lives. it could soon be illegal to operate a drone while drunk in new jersey. state lawmakers are considering

a proposal to make drunk droning a crime. punishable by up to six months in prison or a $1,000 fine. we have a new term. drunk droning. the democrat-led senate is expected to vote on the legislation today. the bill has already cleared a committee in the assembly. a new report says philadelphia schools have suffered due to mismanagement at the philadelphia parking authority. the ppa is required to give its net streak parking revenue to the city and the school district but a state audit says the district may have missed out on $78 million in ppa revenue between 2012 and 2017. money that could have been used to hire about 1300 teachers. they blame questionable ppa expenses and uncollected parking fines. it also criticizes the ppa board saying it allowed the executive to operate unchecked as he

mismanaged the agency and sexually harassed employees. employees of a major investment firm spent this day loading thousands of toys for children. the volunteers for begangard turned the company's warehouse into santa's workshop. all of the gifts will be distributioned through toys for to the scene. and santa traded his sleigh in for a helicopter today. while his reindeer were resting up for christmas. the children were able to share their wish lists with santa. another sign of the season is being assembled on independence mall in philadelphia. crews are putting together one of the biggest menorahs in the world. it will eventually be 40 feet tall. the first candle will be lit to mark the beginning of hanukkah

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news. here is ducis rodgers. >> on the injury front. zach has cleared concussion protocol. it's a battle of the two of the leagues promising young quarterbacks. car son wentz and jared goff will forever be linked. they both are anxious to see how they stack up against the other. >> we're good friends now so i think we're both pretty excited to face off. we've had a lot of crossover film this year so i've seen a handful of his games on tape and he's having a great year and we've texted back and forth and it will be fun for us. >> it will be good to see him and talk to him and good to compete on the same field but ultimately i'm competing against

their defense and he's competing against ours and that's kind of way it goes. >> he's been out of favor for months on the trading block longer for that. the sixers are on the verge of trading okafor. the sixers will receive trevor booker. okafor has only appeared in two games this season. the sixers will host the l.a. lakers tonight. it's another rookie who will get a lot of love from the home crowd. jeff skversky has the story. >> reporter: look who's back. the heart and soul of the 2016 national champs. former villanova start josh hart returns tonight to face the sixers for the first time since being drafted. he has fond memories playing at wells fargo center. >> i had good wins in here. >> reporter: of course hart's

favorite memory you guessed it, winning the national championship. they will be here in attendance rooting him on including jay wright. they still talk to this very day once or twice every few weeks and the best piece of advice wright gives hart, just be yourself. >> i made it here because of the person i am. character and it's great he doesn't want me to loose that. >> reporter: after starting nearly every game the last two years at villanova, hart has to earn limited minutes off the bench with the lakers. >> it kind of takes me back to my freshman year at nova. >> reporter: not only is he keeping tabs on nova. he's keeping tabs on the wildfires in california. >> when i was a meshman in high school my house caught on fire.

i've been there my heart goods out to him. >> reporter: he'll do his best to focus on what he does best. win. jeff skversky, channel 6 action news. >> the flyers on road tonight in vancouver. meteorologist cecily tynan with the late word from accuweather when we continue in just a moment. .

>> cecily tynan with the -- what is that? >> before we get to the forecast, i want to talk about you, jim. >> i like that. >> we would like to honor jim, because he received quite an award at philadelphia city hall.

city council members recognized him for, i can't believe this, 40 years of outstanding television journalism here at channel 6. jim received a council proclamation and a liberty bell award. and you shared your award with the action news family and your wife amy. congratulations, jim! >> thank you very much. >> where is the award? i think you need to bring it to the set every day. >> it's in my study at home. >> share it. >> you want me to do that? >> i know it's uncomfortable talking about how great he is. let's talk about the weather, the action cam in boredentown, new jersey. say goodby to the sunshine for a while. we are live on sky 6 taking a look at city hall and the river rink there. a lot of people enjoying the weather tonight. it's not that cold but i am issuing a fireplace alert.

make sure your fireplace is in working order. gather up the wood, because the next seven days, temperatures will be well below normal. saturday our first snow of the season and a direct shot of true arctic air two days in the next seven days. afternoon highs only near freezing. so time to prepare. right now temperatures not all that bad out there. typical december chill. philadelphia 43 down from our high of 47 which is 1 degree below normal. allentown 37, and cape may 44. satellite and radar showing clouds are beginning to advance from the west but what i'm watching is this moisture that's gathering across the deep south. this will be changing over to snow. baton rouge, louisiana. they have closed the schools for tomorrow. here tomorrow, just a lot of clouds. it will be a dry day but with a thick cloud deck, temperatures not climbing out of the 30s. the cold air is in place and future tracker showing on

saturday the moisture will meet the cold air. 7:30 in the morning we've got light snow close to philadelphia, most of the action across south jersey and delaware. the actual coastal storm stays offshore but it has a really wide precipitation field. by the afternoon it's snowing across our entire viewing area. it retreats by saturday night, colder air moves in on sunday. so what are we talking about as far as accumulation? this is not a big event. just a coating to an inch along grassy surfaces, then we get across south jersey and delaware closer to the center of the storm and we're looking at 1-3 inches of slushy accumulation from williams town areas to the east also south of smyrna. untreated surfaces could get slippery. it's cloudy, it's chilly tomorrow. 39 degrees. saturday that touch of snow, 36. sunday the high 39, but wind

chills through the day stuck in the 20s. we kind of moderate a little bit on monday, partly sunny 43. on tuesday a clipper brings us a chance of more snow showers for hanukkah. 42 degrees behind that system it's blustery, it's better cold on wednesday, 32 and thursday still cold with a high of 34. of course the amount of snow we get on saturday depends on the track of that storm. i will have an update with new information on action news at 11:00. >> abc's world news tonight with david muir next at 6:00 on channel 6. next at 6:30. action news continues on phl 17. with brian taff, sharrie williams, adam joseph and ducis rodgers. i'm jim gardner we hope you'll join us at 11:00.

tonight, breaking news from the fire zone here in southern california. multiple wildfires burning out of control at this hour. a new fire breaking out just today. hundreds of thousands forced to evacuate. drivers escaping. the major highway closed because of the flames. tonight, we fly you right over the fires, and what the ventura county fire chief told me just moments ago. also tonight, stepping down. senator al franken resigning amid allegations of sexual misconduct, but not going without some blistering words. what he calls ironic. president trump and senate candidate roy moore facing their own serious saku sagss, but with support from the republican party. the deadly school shooting tonight. the high school students killed. classmates hiding in the corners of the classroom. what police tonight are just revealed. the verdict is in.