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late philly star roy holiday only a junior in high school committed to pitch for penn state in 2019 imagine how proud his dad was be st. joe prep with a winning streak and class 6a title game and the quarterback who is headed notre dame too tough accounted for five touchdowns and not happy his son plays for st. joe and crushed the 7th ranked 41-21 we have a championship to shell great national championship and the aztecs in the 61 superbowl at walt disney world and facing north raleigh and he is gone and the 12-year-olds ran away with

the trophy 28-0 and division one jv national champs in the varsity division the northwest raiders also winners. >> lots to celebrate and can stay in disney to celebrate. >> owed to mickey. >> much more ahead in the next 30 minutes for action news at 11:00 including the latest on the devastating wildfires out west that already destroyed hundreds of homes but california governor is saying tonight.

♪ action news continues. ♪ saturday night walter is off i'm brian taff and here is what is happening at action news at 11:30 light show may be falling in parts of south jersey still but the winter weather is behind us out of the try state area and early december storms blanket the region leaving 8" behind in some places and those saturday snow provided fun and festive environment for people in center city and drivers use caution hitting the roads tonight or tomorrow morning because the pretty snow could turn pretty dangerous if it freezes and get this we are not alone when it comes to winter weather snow is on the ground in much of the southern united states tonight making for some treacherous road conditions for drivers who quite frankly are not used to this

here is abc's brian clark. >> reporter: kids across the south are savering a rare event frolicking in the snow and drivers face potential nightmares. >> folks in southwest louisiana not used to driving on ice. >> reporter: stay off the roads treacherous driving conditions in alabama made worst by down power lines forcing traffic to be diverted. >> we moved them around. >> reporter: parts of alabama got 10" of snow and frigid temperatures led to an accident and mobile five were injured when a relief valve on frozen propane tanks being thawed in hot water opened up igniting with nearby stove flames. >> what we describe as a flash fire and ignites the vapors. >> reporter: covering the south from northern florida to virginia wintering conditions wreaking havoc at airports 800 flights cancelled nationwide and

moving up the eastern sea board and downed power lines causing more power outages hundreds of thousands now in the dark as far north as maine brian clark abc news new york. and you can keep up with any changes to the wintry forecast this weekend right on your phone or tablet and includes real time from storm tracker six free for your mobile device. other news philadelphia police asking the public to help them track down a man who robbed a center city convenience store at the 711 on 8th and wall nut before 8:30 investigators say he threatened the worker with a knife and got away with cash, nobody was hurt in the robbery if you have any information on the crime though you are urged to contact philadelphia police. in atlantic city man plead guilty to aggravated sexual assault of a minor 26-year-old luke admitted in december 2015 that he had a 7-year-old child perform a sex act on him. luke will be sentenced in april

and is expected to get up to 15 years in prison. a young man looking forward to his first trip overseas is gunned down the night before he is set to leave. here is rick williams with tonight's crime fighters report. ♪ he was such a sweet soul. he was just so vibrant. he had so many friends. he was so loyal, so caring, literally would do anything for anybody. >> reporter: jordan michaels say she and her brother timothy were looking forward to their summer vacation in dubai this year. >> he was so excited about it. talking to his friends and just got his passport. he just graduated high school. >> reporter: but that six week adventure to visit their mother was cut short on wednesday july fifth the day before the michaels had plans to see a ball game. >> me and my dad attended a phillies game that day we asked him to come with us and he said no i want to be my friends i'm about to leave for the summer and just want to be with my

friends. >> reporter: timothy never returned home just before 2:00 a.m. the next morning police were calls to the 300 block of west see more street in philadelphia germantown section for shots fired when they arrived they found timothy suffering from a gunshot wound to the chest he was pronounced dead at the hospital. >> he was a son, he was a brother, important to a lot of people and it's senseless you know. >> reporter: the citizens crime commission is offering up to 21,000 in reward money for the arrest and conviction of the person responsible. all you have to do is call 215-546-tips all calls will remain anonymous. for crime fighters i'm rick williams channel six action news. glouster township trying to identify the man in the surveillance photos suspected of setting off a smoke bomb in the lowrell set off 6:00 on friday evening filling the store with

heavy smoke and had to be closed two hours before the bomb squad gave the all clear and no injuries reported here. this plane touched down in new castle this morning carrying 120 dogs in need of new families here in delaware valley and made the trip from over crowded shelters in phoenix arizona and put up for adoption by the brandywine aspca and bringing them here was a strategic decision. >> there are more small dogs than adopters and in the area we have more adopters than we have dogs so it's terrific match up to save lives. >> reporter: calling this a mega adoption event and take place next saturday and sunday at the 23rd armory in philadelphia the adoption fee just 20. santa claus made a stop in the philadelphia mummers museum in south philadelphia today the kids were more than excited to talk to santa and mrs. clause and tell them what is on their

list. this is the fifth year for this event, the president of the mummers said it's a great way to give back to the community that supported them over so many years. still ahead on action news tonight while we deal with snow california is dealing with the exact opposite an update on the wildfires still raging out west and six flags great adventure cancelled the huge snowball fight because of snow? it's true. we will explain. melissa. >> well brian we had lots of snowfa falling across lee hey a delaware valley today and close to 8" in spots and conditions will refreeze throughout the overnight hours and tracking icy conditions tomorrow morning and details for the exclusive accuweather forecast.

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california is burning tonight. governor jerry brown says wildfires are becoming the new norm there the thomas fire in ventura county is 148,000 acres and 15% contained. powerful santa ana winds and low humidity helping to fuel the flames. so far it destroyed 537 structures and damaged 118 more mandatory evacuation orders still in effect tonight. >> you look at see everywhere around you big red balls of flame of different densities and colors and huge and everything it's freightening. >> flames must have been 20 feet in diameter. >> coming up, on us when that happened we just ran out. >> reporter: now the cost of fighting that thomas fire has reached $17 million and

counting. turning now to alabama where they are down to the wire in a race all of america is watching. voters will head to the polls tuesday to decide when democrat doug jones and roy moore accused of sexual misconduct involving teens abc linda lopez has the story. >> reporter: alabama democrat senate nominee jones is criss-crossing the state ahead of tuesday's election. >> people are ready for a change, people know that we have a unique opportunity in the state of alabama. >> reporter: jones odds of winning the republican held senate seat increased after multiple accusations of misconduct surfaced against his opponent roy moore who has denied them at an earlier rally in selma jones accused moore of limiting his availability to the press. >> we are here we are going to have other availability and i can't remember what day we are in where roy moore is in hiding he comes out only to be seen

like the ground hog and comes out every so observe to see if he can see his shadow. >> his electoral quest got a shot in the arm from president trump who addressed alabama voters from nearby pensacol argues florida at a rally friday night. we can't afford to have a liberal democratic who is completely controlled by nancy pelosi and chuck schumer we can't do it and it's jones and their total puppet. >> reporter: alabama voters can expect a phone call from president trump urging them to support moore abc news confirmed the president recorded a robo call which will go out sunday abc news new york. the snow did force some cans la -- cancellations today the world's largest snowball fight and snow day at six flags was cancelled as a percussion and supposed to take place in

jackson and parks across the america as part of holiday in the parks festivities and going to use plush balls instead of actual snowballs but park management decided the real snow today posed too significant of a threat park management hopes to reschedule that event. meanwhile mike ran outside to make as many snowballs as they could today. >> yeah the heavy wet snow fun for making snowballs or snow men and looks like as we go throughout the rest of tonight brian we are tracking conditions below freezing so freezing slushy spots could ice up later tonight and show you what is going on sky six live and h d at penn's landing and a lot of people at the river rink enjoying great conditions to do some ice skating but they are layered up for sure because temperatures are well below the freezing mark. here is storm tracker six live double scan radar and you can see that that snow and the northwest suburbs is coming to an end still light snow falling

a few flakes in philadelphia and pocket of low pressure starting to pull out and you can see some moisture in south jersey and also into delaware the snow we have seen so far in new jersey and delaware lots of fours on the board and newark 4" and mount laurell and new jersey 2" and the manor 1.3" and philadelphia and also pennsylvania philadelphia picked up 3.3" and fleet wood 7 and 7.5 west of allentown and win wood 3.8 and martins creek coming in at 1.8" of snowfall. as you look at the neighborhood numbers north and west of town in the 20s, 23 slatington and cookstown and new holland and upper 20s for kirk wood and center city 31 media at 28. down in new jersey just 29 violin at the coast at the freezing mark 32, 33 cape may

and 30 degrees in smyrna the lower 30s as well in dover. wind chills however in the teens north and west and 20s along i-95 and single digits in the poconos and feeling nine degrees in the mountains. satellite six with action radar the snow is starting to pull out of our region but that snow continues to fall for areas in new england clouds are breaking for mostly cloudy sky as we go throughout the rest of tonight so the snow tapers by midnight overnight lows however dropping down to 24 in the suburbs and 29 in philadelphia for the overnight low with the northerly wind at 4-8 miles per hour so future tracker six showing you as you wake up tomorrow 7:00 a.m. just 22 in the poconos 25 reading 26 wilmington and 27 degrees in atlantic city so any wet conditions wet surfaces any slush, we picked up tonight during the overnight hours if you don't treat it or if you don't clear it from a driveway or a sidewalk will quickly ice up and freeze over speaking of the freeze we have the chill

overhead along the i-95 metro area waking up tomorrow 7:00 a.m. 21 feeling 29 at 11:00 a.m. along i-95 quarter by 1:00 and feeling in the 30s exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast showing the air temperature showing 41 the sunshine tomorrow a bit deceiving and breezy with a westerly wind and gusts as high as 30 miles per hour so wind chills close to 30 degrees throughout the day. on monday sunshine to increasing clouds a high of 42. tuesday light morning snow showers giving way to some sun high temperature of 45 with hanukkah beginning at sun down and arctic blast moves in behind that on wednesday so the air temperature says 30 but wind chills say we are only going to be feeling like the teens. thursday partly sunny a high of 35. 38 next friday with some light snow showers possible and saturday brian sunshine and clouds high temperature of 41. >> on the rise again. okay thanks melissa.

well two alleged credit card thieves literally jumped at the chance to spend some stolen money. police say this couple used the stolen credit card to pay for to sky dives on long island get this they also paid the sky dive center to take the video that yes police later got their hands on and investigators asking who might recognize the couple to call them there is a 5,000 reward to put them behind bars. pico is lighting up the holiday season a well lit winter night along jewelers row in center city where they are extending seasons greetings very festive there indeed. ♪

some lucky little ones hit the

slopes however they could today the action cam caught this little guy heading down the driveway in kenneth township didn't need much snow and a perfect way to spend snowy saturday and jamie apody back with sports and the sixers hanging with tonight with one of the toughest. >> and eventually joel embiid will be able to play back to back games but don't know how good the sixers could be and he maybe would have made the difference against the cavs and the first loss in 14 games and ben simmons going to the mentor james and readic help with the lead and sixers up three and readic and the jam and sixers up ben with 14 points 10 assist and robert covington takes an awkward fall and hurt his back and down several minutes and taken to the cleveland clinic to have his back evaluated further

it was scary. lebron james win ended up finishing up the sixers 105-98 the third straight loss snowy here and 75 and sunny in los angeles where the eagles are getting set to take on the rams what to watch for besides the birds ability to bounce back here is espn. >> so let's look forward to the game against the rams on sunday what will it come down to discipline, attention to detail and focus. the eagles have had 18 penalties in 5 turn overs in the last two games defensive coordinator jim schwartz said maybe it's been a little too much celebration a little bit too much fun on the way to 10-1. now at 10-2 head coach doug pederson agrees it's back to basics. >> i agree with that statement and listen i'm also big about the guys need to have fun at practice. you don't want to make it so they are not but at the same time when they are in the drill when they are you know executing

a play or a defense of special teams they need to be focused and pay attention to their assignments and it's business as usual but listen i want them to fly around and have fun. >> reporter: final to keys for the team number one the eagles must blitz off the bus and number two on offense control the line of scrimmage that means run the ball and that means run the ball with la garret blunt up the defense where they are vulnerale i can't wait to see what the crowd is going to be like. >> the rams had hard time filling the sands stands but a lot of eagles fans from pets to kids to snow people have been

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