it's not more than a nuisance but the time impacts the morning commute tomorrow. and if you needed the full winter getup and hat and gloves and sturdy scarf. right there "action news" in center city philadelphia today. folks were not taking leisurely strolls and moving quickly to get indoors. walter perez along the ben franklin parkway and meteorologist cecily tynan with the latest on the timeline with the next round of snow. >> it will be moving in later on tonight. today it was all about the winds, philadelphia a peak wind gust of 42 miles per hour. we were wind whipped. allentown 46 and atlantic city 48 and wilmington' peak wind gust of 39 miles per hour. and the winds are diminishing and we have windchills in most of our region in the teens now, you want to bundle up as you step out. >> double scan live radar showing the system i'm tracking for tonight, there is a lot of

moisture in advance of this, but the actual center of it is near chicago and that continues dipping to the south and east. and that will bring us a round of generally some light snow. and the national weather service issued winter weather advisories from philadelphia all areas north and west starting at 8:00 tonight and continuing until 10:00 tomorrow morning. a bit of a buffer there. the snow will be out well before 10:00. here is what to expect tonight. the snow begins at 8:00 and 10:00. and all winding up by day break. between 4:00 and 7:00 in the morning. most of our main roads are treated. untreated surfaces will get slick and cars and sidewalks will get covered. we'll talk specifically the amount of snow coming up in the full accuweather forecast. >> cecily thank you. >> now lets switch over to reporter walter perez along the parkway. this bitter blast a first taste of what is ahead.

>> reporter: that is right rick and monica, something where the sun was up and the wind wasn't whipping it was almost tolerable but with the winds persisting and night falling it's bitterly cold out here. it's funny how that parental instinct kicks in when you see young people out in the cold. >> you must be freezing cold. >> sort of. it's fun. for going around getting good exercise. >> then justice davis of cherry hill skating today outside without a jacket or gloves still he felt pretty warm as you imagine i was a bit scapcal. >> are you warm or numb? >> i'm warm. my fingers feel cold. you got to love it and have passion. >> over at the made in philadelphia market booths, warming up proved more of a challenge for vendors. >> it's easier when we are busy walking around talking to people and when it gets slow it's worse and sitting here in the cold and

we have a heater staying a little warm. >> many people say they can tolerate the cold as long as it doesn't snow. >> it's not so much i prefer it than the snow. i don't like the snow. i dress in layers, i have pieces and pieces on to keep me warm. >> just no snow? >> right. >> and of course on a serious note the code blue in the city remains in effect tonight so the city has made hundreds of extra beds available for the homeless along with added workers to bring the homeless in from the cold. reporting live walter perez, channel 6 "action news." >> all right thank you. >> the "action news" morning team will be on air early tomorrow to help you with the morning commute. join matt, tam, david and karen for the latest on the road and the wintry weather start agent 4:00 a.m. the fast moving fire claimed the lives of two young boys and they are trying to determine how it

started. chopper 6 hd was overhead of the flames of the homes of the liukin's home. his wife and daughter made it out but brian jr. and little parker did not. we'll have more on this coming up on "action news" at 6:00. philadelphia police are searching for one person that ran from the deadly hit and run at tacony. investigators say that a toyota corolla hit a similar vehicle with three people inside. the man and woman in the striking car ran from the scene and police caught up with the woman and they are still looking for the man and three people were injured and one died at the scene after being ejected from the backseat. an accused squatter is under arrest just 18 hours after "action news" reported two suspects were wanted by police. the investigation into squatters stealing homes gave them the

information they needed for a warrant for diaz and cattily. after the report aired. police immediately started to get tip calls and catly's father reached out to "action news" and she turned herself in this afternoon. >> they knew they were caught and they succumbed to the pressure of family members and everything to turn thselves in. right now we hope that tannisha is watching and hope she turns herself in. >> diaz is still on the run tonight and both are accused of extortion and burglary and criminal trespass. a mother facing deportation back to mexico with her children is finding shelter and solace and hope at a local church. sara bloomquist is live at north philadelphia with that story. >> reporter: well tonight rick, carmela and her four children

will eat and sleep here at the church of the advocate in north philadelphia where they sought sanctuary earlier today. they intend to stay here as long as necessary. as she and her family and children fight to be granted asylum and avoid deportation. >> carmela and your family is welcome in the sanctuary. this morning the reverend dr. renee mackenzie welcomed carmela and her four children from 9 to 15 to the church of the advocate at 1801 diamond in north philadelphia. carmela an undocumented immigrant from mexico and her undocumented children asked the church to take them in as they fight deportation orders. >> this is an important thing we are doing here today and we recognize that. we are standing in solidity with people that deserve as much as and more than all of us have.

>> carmela came here two years ago and told the group she fears what will happen if she and her children are forced to return to mexico. >> i would be extorted and facing the death threats i cannot go back. >> charlotte is with the new sanctuary movement of philadelphia an immigrants rights organization to coordinate the refuge at the church. >> carp mel awas living in vineland new jersey and spent eight days knocking on church doors and ended up in pennsylvania and came to philly and knocked on several members who then reached out to us. >> carmela is seek ago soil up in the u.s. for three years now and will remain at the church of the advocate while her legal battle continues. >> this is the third sanctuary case in philadelphia in recent

years both other cases were successful in winning reprieves from deportation. live in philadelphia, i'm sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. new jersey governor chris christie was in camden today talking about how to eliminate the drug abuse epidemic in the paint organizations turn the side summit and there are nor than 40,000 death a year from overdoses, taken more lives than war, accidents or gun violence. and it's designed to curbing the deadly emdeppic. president trump defending his decision to back another republican against roy moore following the loss to doug jones last night. trump tweeted that roy worked hard but the deck was stacked against him and the president knew that moore would not win the general election. the president tweeted jones grad lating him on his quote, hard fought victory.

meanwhile amarosa, former apprentice an tagnist. left her post at the white house at the office of the public liaison. there are conflicting reports in amarosa was resigned or fired. and was bothered by the president's reaction to the violence in charlesville and other sources say that the chief of staff john kelly wanted her out. time now for a check of the "action news" traffic report for you midweek. matt pellman is in the traffic center with the details, trying to get home on a chilly night. >> they want to throw in the towel and a rough one rick and monica here in south philadelphia. now. 26th street. southbound lanes heading to the platt bridge and the airport. and at the airport no southbound traffic is getting through coming away from the schuylkill expressway and because of an accident that they are trying to get pushed off to the side.

right now all southbound lanes of 26th street are temporary blocked. coming eastbound on the schuylkill and exit for 26, don't do that, go to broad street and run broad street southbound to 95. a crash on 95 southbound approaching broad street and take the detour you'll miss the accident on the side any way. >> a disabled vehicle and frigid temperatures, kelly drive outbound at hunting park and the right turn lane is blocked but can you get by. vania turnpike at fort le on washington, speeds in the low 20s coming west of willow grove. and on the northeast extension on the turnpike a crash approaching quakertown taking out the left lane and speeds in the low 20s as well. think about coming up 309 as you head toward the lehigh valley. and at least our vehicle fire along langhorne maple avenue is

extinguishes and you may find ice on the road as a result. >> thank you matt. much more ahead on "action news" wednesday night. an annual tradition that brings catholics to the churches of saints peter and. >> and a local artist fighting for help. and not letting that stand in her success.

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health check the first large scale study showing the health effects for babies born near fracking sites. ali gorman joins us at the big board with the results. >> reporter: this is not a new concern but solid evidence is missing so now a large study shows that infants born within 1 to 3 kilometers of a trafficking site are more likely to be born low birth weight and they are more likely to have health problems immediately and later in life. the new research looks at 1 million births in new jersey before and after fracking began and those within one kilometer

were 1% likely to be born underweight and 90,000 babies are born within that distance of a fracking site. for one philadelphian woman life is giving her both lemons and lemonade. and battling a rare cancer but her art career is hitting its stride. >> i was just feeling i needed to do something bold. >> nina klein has always painted from her heart. these days her emotions are a little stronger. klein suffers from carcinoma, an incurable cancer of the bioducts in the liver. it struck after she began her lifelong dream of becoming a full-time artist. briefly the diagnosis smothered her creativity. >> and then i got on my path and decided this is what i need to do. this is my escape.

>> her work fills the walls at the gracing law firm in a one woman show that runs until february. that since opening in 2010, they have 14 in office art shows. >> we probably have 20 different artists here and every single artist is a philadelphia artist. gracing believes that art boosts employee morale and eases stress clients feel with legal matter zbrz there is probably 40 layers of paint here. on opening night klein sold 19 paints and got commissions for 11 more and now eager to get back to the studio. >> it's a diversion. >> it makes me feel great. >> and medical studies show cancer patients involved with art projects have less anxiety and less depression. klein's art is open to the public by appointment we have information on 6abc.com. very tal ened.

it thank you. the 21st year of the blessing of the nativity scene here in center city. it's once again located at 8th and race streets. and keeping with contrastition, children from saints xavier school sang christmas carols and it's sponsored by the knights of columbus and worshipers braved the cold as well to be part of the traditional celebration.

the list is out on google's most searched items and users were curious about many things including hurricane irma that caused damage to florida in september and the most searched actor is meghan markle. because of her engagement to prince harry. and unconfrappuccino from starbucks. and christmas came early thanks to police and officers hosted their annual holiday party at the church. and kid got to enjoy yummy food and entertainment and surprises

from santa courtesy of their neighborhood police and a way to build trust and make sure all the children have something special this christmas. >> yes, very nice. one philadelphia charter school is helping their students excel in several ways think mayor jim kenney visited the charter school today. the kindergarten to eighth grade school is dual language.

once again peco is lighting up the holidays and making the season brighter down at christmas village at love park and the individual huts are adorned with an imaginecal european city in the heart of philadelphia. looks nice. pretty. lets see how the forecast is shaping up. we'll get more snow it seems like. cecily tynan is here with the story. holiday decorations look better. this is good news. >> just a sprinkling. >> bah humbug, lets head to the "action news" weather center and they are making snow on the ski resorts, he showed this at 11:00 last night on "action news" the snow guns are going all night and day, making a lot of snow at the ski resorts and can you with the temperatures like this.

we never hit the freezing point in philadelphia and the high was 31 and average high this time of year is 45 and right now 29 in philadelphia and beach haven 29 and allentown 26 and reading and lancaster 25. and factor in the winds and it feels a lot colder than that. currently the windchill 17 if philadelphia and 18 in beach haven and feels like 14 in reading and feels like 16 in lancaster and the winds are diminishing and the clouds are rolling in and a lot of people are asking me about the meteor shower tonight. and you see the white moving across the ohio valley and that is the know with the clipper moving in quickly tonight. future tracker 6 showing by 9:00 tonight clouds are in place season seeing some snow showers breaking out in our warren surks and fills in by 11:00 and this is where it's pretty much snowing across our viewing area and doesn't really last long. by 4:00 in the morning the snow

is lifting across the lehigh valley and the poconos and then by about day break lots of clouds with a few flurries left over. nothing more than that. as far as how much snow this is not a big event but a nuisance event. basically from the i-95 corridor areas south of the new jersey turnpike, a coating to inch north of the turnpike 2 inches of snow a white powdery snow. before you get discourages since june the sunsets are getting later and now they get earlier. the sunsets now at 4:37 and yesterday it was 3:26 and in about a month 5:00 and march 8, 6:00. something to look forward to. the short-term tomorrow is another cold day and temperature as above freezing and winds not as strong as today. generally up to 25 miles per

hour. instead of windchills stuck in the teen they will be in the 20s. . the high tomorrow 3 degrees and windchills in the 20s. the weekend is looking nice. saturday is a windy day and sunshine 40 degrees we bump it up to 42 on sunday and clouds with perhaps a rain shower on sunday and monday it's mild and we hit 50 degrees will that stick around? adam will have the answer in the seven-day forecast. >> that 50 will feel like a heat wave. >> balmy. still it come the investigation into russian meddling in the election is the focus of this hearing on capitol hill. the fbi agent's text messages took center stage. and they surprised residents of south philly going door-to-door about a special gift. when "action news" continues tonight.

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meteorologist adam joseph, rick williams and monica malpass. >> hello again. here is what is happening on "action news" monday night. and the search is on for one of two people accused of running from the scene a deadly crash. we are live with the latest on the investigation. and republican lawmakers say they reach aid compromise on a tax bill and what is in it and when it could become law. and the 2018 inductees into the hall-of-fame are announced and the class has a few local names as well. and the horrific overnight crash in the tacony section left a man dead and another man wanted by police. the deceased victim was in the backseat of a car and both people ran away from the scene. vernon odom is live at the scene. and we hear that one person is being questioned now. >> reporter: good evening, that is correct. one person of interest is being interrogated and held by police so far the ownership of that

striking vehicle has been traced to a relative of that woman now being questioned. two other people from the victim's car remains hospitalized but expected to survive. their rear seat passenger however was killed instantly. the incident happened after 12:30 this morning at torresdale. one toyota with two people inside ram aid similar vehicle riding it through this residential fence and three people were inside and one male in the back was ejected and killed. >> the car struck was occupied by three people. the rear passenger was ejected from the vehicle. and ultimately did succumb to his injuries. >> the occupants of the hitting car fled on foot. >> they ran around the block chasing them ran down the block and ran that way. i don't think they found them.

>> about seven hours after the incident the female passenger from the suspect vehicle turned up at a nearby hospital with head injuries. >> we know the female was inside of the vehicle and trying to ascertain where she was and the other person was a male. we are figuring out who was in what seat. >> she had injuries that needed to be attended to. >> rick, charges are very likely to be filed here including leaving the scene of an accident without rendering aid. but who will be charged is an open question in exactly caused this tragedy is still under investigation by police. i'm vernon odom, channel 6 "action news" in tacony. >> vernon thank you. breaking news now from west philadelphia. one man was injured in a fire that broke out on the second floor of a home it happened over an hour ago. the 4800 block of fairmont avenue and it took them less

than an hour to get hold of the blaze and the victim a 60-year-old was take tonight hospital with burns. no word on his condition or the cause of the fire. police in upper darby are hoping for your help to find a missing man that suffers from dementia. police say he lost a significant amount of weight since this photo was taken. he was last seen by his wife at midnight at their apartment on providence road in sea cane. martinez was wearing pajama pants when he went missing. and now the latest on the investigation into russian meddling in the u.s. election. the second highest ranking official was on capitol hill facing tough questions about an fbi agents alleged bias in the investigation, it comes as the president's own lawyers are calling for a special second

counsel. >> reporter: good evening, today the deputy attorney general told congress that a second special counsel can be appointed of a possible crime and so far there is none. >> the testimony you are about to give -- >> in the hot seat and on the defense -- >> the special counsel's investigation is not a witch hunt. rod rosenstein standing firm special counsel robert mueller should not be removed from the investigation. >> it's difficult congressman for anyone to find someone better qualified for the job. rosenstein grilled by republicans followed by release of politically charged text messages by mueller's team. reviewing 275 text messages with fbi agent peter struck and lisa paige. in which struck called then candidate trump an idiot and paige responded he is awful. and then when trump is near

clinching the nomination, paige texted holy -- cruz dropped out of the race and it's a clinton trump race unbelievable. a month later struck referred to the bigoted nonsense of trump. >> this is not just political opinions, this is disgusting unaccountable bias. >> peter struck did not say anything about donald trump that the majority of americans were not also thinking at the same time. >> democrats say there was no evidence that the political views affected the investigation and according to mueller's spokesman struck was removed from mueller's team upon learning of the text messages and paige as won't on the team for a brief period. >> when we have evidence of inappropriate conduct we take action and that is what mr. mueller did when he learned about the issue, he took action. >> rosenstein says he sees no

good cause to fire mueller and attorney general, jeff sessions in the meantime assigned a senior attorney to review the bias allegations. reporting live in new york, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. in washington republican lawmakers say they reached a compromise on the tax reform bill. a 21% corporate tax rate down from the current 35% and the top individual rate would be 37% down from the the current rate of 39.6. and the final draft is still not released and still work to be done still but president trump is promise it means more jobs and higher weathers and tax relief. >> the typical family of four earning $5-000 will see an income tax cut of more than $2,000 slashing their tax bill in half. that is going to be a lot of

money. >> the final vote could come next we go with the final measure to deliver it to the president's desk before christmas. minnesota's governor appointed his own lieutenant governor, tina smith will also run in the november election to try to win the seat. franken resigned last week in the mounting sexual misconduct accusations and will serve until january of 2019 and if she wins the special election she will serve the rest of franken term until 2020. the thomas fire in southern california is the fifth largest in california history. larger than all of new york city. firefighters have contained 25% of the blaze and crews made head ways as winds decrease and the outlook remains grim. forecasters expect if to stay dry for at least another seven days. and the thomas fire burns

276,000 acres. back here at home time to get an update on the highways on a wednesday night. >> lets go to matt pellman. >> our plates are full of indesirable things as you try to head home. one on 26th street southbound side in south philadelphia. a crash that had both lanes blocked for a half hour. and headed toward the platt bridge and traffic is backed up on the schuylkill expressway and even though the crash is on the shoulder. if you come eastbound on 76 and go to broad street on 95. and the crash on 95 itself approaching broad by the linc is cleared out and construction on the main line westbound side of 30 lancaster avenue by infinity of hard more. our broken down vehicle on the pennsylvania turnpike westbound

by fort washington is cleared but speeds in the 30s west of willow grove and the crash on the northbound side of the nex has not cleared yet and still a lane blocked slowing north of landsdale and slowing 422 westbound coming out of pottstown heading to berks county as we get used to a new setup by stowe. they closed the ramps connect 422 westbound with stowe and relocated them. at least our downed trees and wires along gross town road southbound are cleared out. and a mercer county crash another one cleared from route 1 northbound but slow in that neck of the woods. set your alarm for bright and early tomorrow. >> we'll watch for wait for the movie. >> more ahead on "action news" tonight. members of the philadelphia flyers hit the streets to help people stay safe if the event of a fire and why this cause is

near and dear to some players hearts. and rock 'n roll's ultimate honor and some local names made the big list. we'll have the details. and adam joseph tracking the latest in the "action news" weather center. bundle up out there. >> and get ready for the snow in the next several hours in the western suburbs and pennsylvania counties that is where the winter weather advisory goes into effect and that is where the highest totals will be. >> sounds good. and the eagles prepare for their first big test without carson wentz as they take on the giants on sunday.

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two philadelphia pliers are supporting a cause close to their cause, they spent the afternoon helping firefighters install smoke alarms in south philadelphia. both have dads that are firefighters. and the fire department severed a grant from homeland security allowing them to install 30,000 smoke alarms. if you live in the city and don't have one pick up the phone and dial 311 to get one. ducis rogers is here with sports and now we get a medical update for carson wentz.

the mending has begun he had surgery to repair the torn acl in the last knee. good news on the injury front. zach ertz cleared concussion protocol. and no gloom and doom and the coach and players rather loose and have confidence in nick foles for the game against the giants. >> carson is a special player and nick foles won a lot of games in the league and our offense is dynamic this year. >> i don't think of him as a backup but a starter in this league. he has done really good things in this league. he has been in the system so we are excited about nick. bummed for carson. >> we are lucky we have a guy that played at the high level on our team as a backup. he can start on a lot of teams in this league. and we are lucky he is here and

will do a great job for us. it was not easy but the sixers got a victory. the sixers found themselves in overtime against the minnesota timberwolves and joel embiid had a career-high assist and 28 points for the first game back since the back tightness and the sixers one 118-112 and host the thunder on friday. the flyers caught fire on the road and their winning streak continues at home and the orange and blacktopped tore on oh 4-2 and last week we talked about a four game skid and now four games in a row. >> we are playing good hockey and our identity changed a bit with our road trip. and our guys we are excited right now in the room. we play a lot of good hockey games when we lost but didn't get the result and now playing good hockey and getting the

results. we have to keep building. to college basketball we have a marquee big match-up villanova faces temple. and villanova 10-0, they won 20 straight big five games and are rolling but have a ton of respect for the owls. >> they can get hot. they have three or four guys that can give you 20 points in a night. >> we are missing three of our seniors that played in this game last year. they are good and i know they will be ready. >> the last team to beat villanova in big five play is temple. should be a good one tonight. >> thank you. meantime tomorrow night the wait is over for star wars fans the last jedi hits theaters. sharrie williams travelled to l.a. to talk to the actors including daisy ridley. and the last episode she ended

up on a cliff and met luke sky walker. >> and the characters rey included are taken back by the force that rey has and the funny thing is being underestimated because everyone knows how that feels in real life. >> here you go again. >> here i go again. >> and he was in total shock when he read the script but will not reveal the details of the new movie and the last jedi produced by disney our parent company at 6 abc. and the class of the rock and roll hall of fame is announced and includes icons from our area. ♪ ♪ new jersey rockers bon jovi leads the list of inductees including leah simone and sister

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meteorologist, adam joseph is here now with a closer look at the frosty forecast but there is a light the end of the tunnel. >> we get toward 50 but snow coming in tonight we have to get through that. weather center live on sky 6 hd and stormtracker 6 live double scan low pressure is south of chicago. and this is an alberta clipper system and the snow is spreading to the south and east and blossoming as expected just to the south of the panhandle of west virginia. all of that comes together and transfers its energy to a coastal storm that develops way out to sea. we have to deal with the energy of this clipper passing through. it's an alberta clipper because it comes from alberta canada and moisture starved and you don't get a lot of snow but a round of light snow tonight and the highest totals are in our pennsylvania counties and the

far northwestern suburbs and the lehigh valley. and tomorrow windchills not into the teens like today but in the 20s, still cold but a little bit better. in fact the high today was only 31 degrees in philadelphia. and the coldest of the season and felt as cold as 7 degrees as we woke up and this afternoon 19 degrees for the windchill and the peek wind gusts early in the day was 42 miles per hour. right now 14 in reading and 17 in philadelphia and millville, 21 in dover and the same for cape may. bone chilling out there and as the snow progresses in from the north and west. everything flake is going to stick when it hits the ground. a lot of surfaces are brined and that may take on a little bit of melting but this is fast moving as it passes through starting at 9:00 tonight in the western suburbs and the state of delaware you start to see the first flurries fall then and berks county and western chester

county and into philadelphia by 10:00 and it's snowing across most of the area light to moderately and as it starts to pick up, it then moves out. it doesn't last all that long. by 3:30 in the morning it's shutting off in much of the area with the exception of the lehigh valley and the poconos and everything is drying up and even the cuds at 7:30 in the morning and starting to move on out and sunshine in full force tomorrow afternoon. we are not looking at a lot and most of this now falls in the overnight hours, a coatling to an inch across this dark gray area, and north the the pennsylvania turnpike and doylestown and all points 1 to 2 inches of the fluffy snow you can easily brush off with your hand and a broom on the sidewalk, you can expect some delays tomorrow morning. and not because the snow is falling because the snow is covering the side streets, also the driveways and the sidewalks

and definitely give yourself extra time tomorrow morning. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast 39 and some of that snow melting tomorrow and the sun returning and mostly cloudy on friday and the flurry late in the day and temperatures of 34 and colder day on friday. windy again on saturday. peeks of sun and 40 degrees and clouds back on sunday 42 and there are your 50s monday and tuesday. partly sunny skies by tuesday and the temperatures fall again near normal on wednesday of 4-degrees. at least the snow is falling while most of us are home for the night. >> thank you. still ahead on "action news" wednesday night, it's no leg lamp but a unique contracts giving one family a christmas story of its own. >> lego design, you can some day own one of your own

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.

well, there is no danger of shooting your eye out with this christmas gift. the new york state man created the house in a christmas story made entirely from legos and has the fragile boxes and the leg lamp in the window rx the creator is hoping to sell lego on mass producing it's design. he needs 10,000 signatures to make it happen. i don't see little ralphie in there. now jim gardner is standing by with these stories next at 6:00. fire tragedy in montgomery county two little boys are killed and their parents and sisters escaped the blaze. and a bitterly cold day gives way to snow soon and a clipper making for a slick commute tomorrow. and a family taking sanctuary in a church to avoid deportation to

mexico. now for adam joseph, cecily tynan, ducis rogers and monica malpass and the entire "action news" team i'm rick williams have a nice evening. what do you think? hey, think ben will like it? yeah, was i the only one hearing the angelic music? i'm serious, i never know what to get him. just tell me you got him fios too. sigh.

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two brothers were killed after a fire in shanksville. while the father, mother and a daughter escaped the flames, the two boys did not. "action news" reporter john rawlins is live at the fire scene tonight. >> reporter: jim, the father who is the most seriously injured of the three was released from lehigh valley hospital and his daughter and wife released earlier this the day and the three now mourning the death of the two little boys that did not make it out of the fire. >> it hit me hard. i ain't kidding. >> dave bowman of learning of the fire death of the two young sons. the lights woke them at 5:00 a.m. >> it was not an ambulance the place was on fire and i heard a couple