chad pradelli is live now outside of the courthouse tonight. you have the arraignment details. >> reporter: jim, it appears that both defendants did plea not guilty during the arraignment but it appears that a plea deal it still in the work for cosmo dinardo, he appeared calm in the courtroom this afternoon and at one point looked at his family in the front row and nodded and winked. as the family of cosmo dinardo were in the courtroom the anger of the families of at ledged victims was palpable. and mark sturges was among those burns and buried. >> i would like to see him spend a long time in prison with no hope of getting out.

>> da weintraub made a deal saying if dinardo cooperated and helped to locate the bodies, and admitted to other crimes he would avoid the death penalty. >> if we uncover additional evidence or wishes to go to trial that is his prerogative and we are prepared and at this time will seek the death penalty. >> sean kratz was never offered such a deal and weintraub says that the death penalty is an option. dinardo's attorney spoke briefly with "action news.." >> it's a tragedy for everyone involved and feel horribly for the families of the young boys. >> reporter: and no trial date has been set. i am live in doylestown, chad pradelli, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you.

our coverage of the bucks county murders continues at 6abc.com. with videos and social posts from the investigation and emotional tributes honoring the victims. >> one person was hurt in this crash in chester county this afternoon. a thriftry truck and dump truck collided on 401, and the accident happened between route 100 and font road. and one person was taken to the hospital. the road reopened at 5:30. the pennsylvania state police fire marshall says that the blaze that killed two children in swankedville yesterday was an accident. and investigators say that an extension cord plugged into a space heater on the porch sparked the blaze and the flames tore through the home of montgomery county sheriffs deputy brian liukins and his sons 11 and 6 died in the father and he and his wife and daughter survived. >> and the discovery of

blatantly racist flyers that came from an unlikely source. john rawlins is live now. >> temple out out an information blast urging those that want to get involved to attend a gathering at the student center late this afternoon. so far three of those flyers or small posters were found on the temple campus and for the temple administration that is three too many. this snap chat video. shows temple students taking down one of those flyers that is affixed to the campus utility pole tuesday evening two freshman nixon and holdman found an identical flyers taped to the freshman dorm they could not believe their eyes. >> at this point i want temple to deal with it as a hate crime. hey you stupid and the pleural of the "n" word was used.

and went on bernie would have won if it wasn't for you f you all and it's all your fault. that the african-americans overwhelmingly voted for his opponent hillary clinton in the primaries. and naacp say that there are prior racial incidents here. >> it's not to this scale where there are direct words using the "n" word. >> it's frustrating and 2017, going into 2018 and still dealing with things like this. the message from a persony supporter a progressive but how do you reconcile that with a racial slur. >> in reality it's in all walks of life. >> the idea that someone that is progressive doesn't necessarily stand with people of color. that doesn't surprise me. >> a temple spokesperson called the flyers disgusting and

hateful and it's a police matter at this point and looking at surveillance video trying to identify whoever is responsible. john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." and we have an update on the story tonight a second accused squatter is under arrest. two days after "action news" reported that police were searching for to women. police say our exclusive investigation into the squatters stealing philadelphia homes gave them the evidence they needed to seek arrest warrants for diaz and her alleged accomplish cattily. diaz surrendered this morning. >> i feel bad for what happened. i feel a lot bad and felt bad when it happened. can i take it back? no. -- >> put your head back -- >> i feel sorry for cadisha. she had nothing to do with it. >> cattily turned herself in

yesterday both are charged with extortion and burglary and criminal trespass. and reforms are approved for so-called stop and goes. small liquor stores that sell liquor by the shot. and it's a highly charged controversy. vernon odom has the latest from city hall. >> there is significant pain on all sides of this issue, and that is why this model of business also must change. >> after hours of debate city council voted overwhelmingly to put the heat on the owners of the stop and goes, the booze and beer stores of the low income high crimes of the city much aligned as a nuisance to neighborhoods suffer from addicts and social ills. now they must stop meeting the starns of a restaurant license and serve real food and have real seating for 30 and have restrooms. they say they deal in items like crack pipes and other

accessories and booze by the shot. >> they are not delis, they are places to buy products to get high. a legal store front pro addiction center and indoor open air drug market. >> the asia merchants know they have bad actors and will start complying with the new law today but said please don't force them to take down their bullet proof glass at the cash register. >> allow us to keep the protection for ourselves and employees and for the community. the council did vote to have lni study the bullet proof glass dispute and come up with recommendations as to whether they should stay or be banned. >> the bullet proof glass survives at least for now. the issue kicks over to lni for study over the next three years. and city council calls that a

compromise. vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." nearly a month after suffering a heart attack in texas. tom ridge returned to his home in maryland. the former u.s. homeland security secretary and pennsylvania governor was released from a rehabilitation center yesterday. the 72-year-old was attending a conference in austin texas when he fell ill. the spokesman says that ridge thanks his well-wishers and the medical professionals that helped him recover. and a new museum opened in chester county today and the valley forge center in phoenixville houses the museum of girl scout history. visitors can see the organizations oldest artifacts and displays dedicated to the scouts courage and confidence and character building activi activities. the opening celebration of this museum is part of the scouts 100th anniversary year

celebration. the lights and sirens were blaring outside of wal-mart in quakertown as they escorted santa claus to town and tonight dozens of local students are shopping with officers from the quakertown and rich land police departments. >> each child has a chance to browse the aisles to choose gifts for themselves and members of their family. and the students are taking pictures with mr. and mrs. claus doing holiday class and doing special give-aways and having a great time with her local police. coming up on "action news" tonight. it is a moving story from old city ahead of the tale of stormy the cow and her multiple attempts to escape overnight. plus, the eagles prepare to tackle the giants this week with quarterback nick foles at the helm. >> after last night's snow we dried out and another cool day with windchills stuck in the 20s and tracking another round of snow on the way.

i'll have the latest on when, where and how much in the seven-day forecast. those stories and more when "action news" continues tonight.

over night in philadelphia an escapee from a live nativity scene from the old first reformed church of christ. that is where sara bloomquist is live tonight with an utterly entertaining story. >> reporter: well jim, tonight stormy is back at her old farm in roxborough, she was too much

of a troublemaker for this native scene replaced by the smaller cow named ginger but stormy is the talk of the town after her do escapes overnight. they wanted to milk her new found freedom. plenty of people stopped by the nativity scene this afternoon after they heard about the run away cow. >> they was on a true mission of her own. >> it began at 2:30 this morning when she escaped the courtyard enclosure of the old first reform church. >> at 2:30 we got a 911 call for a cow. on second street and race. >> and still the 1500 cow was on i-95 near callow hill and police officers and state troopers responded and stormy was not having any of it, it was her chance to check out the big city.

finally with the help of animal control she was corralled and returned and only to escape a few hours later. >> we think someone tampered with it and let her out. it was not closed the way it should be after that. >> reverend michael caine tried to stop stormy with all of her might. and when to a parking garage at fourth and arch. and her farmer came to her rescue and returned her to the nativity scene she calls home this season. >> she is doing great. doing fine. just hanging out being a cow. >> just being a cow this nativity scene is a holiday tradition in old city since 1973 and these animals live out in a pasture year round and 4-h animals and used to activity and being around kids and he figures

stormy figured out she could open the gate and thought of this as a game. >> seems like there should be a disney movie in there somewhere. she is cuddly after all. santa hopped on to a fire truck to visit young patients at moore's dupont pediatrics in depford. first responders acted as the elves themselves. carrying bikes and boxes into the hospital and the choir sang christmas carols and area fire and police department spend the last month collecting the donations from members of the community. ♪ ♪ sorry. i can't make it.

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against the giants on sunday. but what happens if god forbid foleses goes down. >> it's the next man up mentality. >> nick will step in and do a good job. >> but if carson wentz's injury taught us anything is how fragile a team can be. >> and one away from leading the team, nate clubfelt. i have only been here 14 weeks and i will be ready if they call on me. >> what is something the fans would be interested to know about you as a person. i am not related to nick as much as people think i am. >> they do look related. >> they must be. >> we are honestly like brothers

to me. and that is why it's so tough seeing carson get bangs up but we talked to him. >> so how close are the eagles quarterbacks right out of knee surgery. carson wentz face times them. >> he was feeling loopy after the an tisha and he was ordering a burger and talking about who knows what. talking about the plays we put in and face timing straight out of surgery. >> yes, face timing pretty quick out of surgery. do you expect anything less from carson? >> no not at all. jaime apody, channel 6 "action news." there streaky and right now that is a good thing. the flyers look for their fifth victory in a row and skate with the buffalo sabers and this team is on a role and buffalo is not. they have the worst record in the eastern conference but the flyers cannot afford to overlook anyone. >> lost three games in a row not

too long ago. not like we can look past it and last the east and we have to out play them and go home. it's going to be a hard game and make sure we do things right like the last four games. >> we can't look past anyone and we are aware of that and bring everything we got. and it's harder to play against teams that are down there. >> phillies manager gabe kapler completed his coaching staff and he was a coach in the cubs minor league system. this was a no brainer, barkley was elected to the naacp all american team and the running back ranks second in all purpose yards and fifth in total touch downs. >> he is something else. >> he is. cecily tynan has the accuweather forecast when we continue in just a moment.

chilly day as you said it with would be. >> tracking snow on the way tomorrow. so get used to it. >> i didn't know that. >> listen i'll talk about it. the ac cam today in franklin square where the video tell the story chipping away at the ice in the fountain. cold enough for that. and sky 6 hd taking a look. sky 6 hd taking a look toward the ben franklin parkway and you can see the flags are still blowing and still on the breezy side. but the winds will be diminishing substantially after 8:00 tonight and then the accuweather highlights show you i am tracking light snow friday afternoon and the focus of it is

south and east of philadelphia and philadelphia will get a little bit and one more day with temperatures stuck in the 30s and temperatures moderate early next week and right now it's chilly out there. philadelphia 31 degrees and our high today 37 and that is 8 degrees below normal and yesterday we did not hit freezing yesterday was 31 and allentown 25 and cape may currently 33 degrees. we did see the return of sunshine today and even with the sunshine the windchill, we are stuck in the 20s. yesterday stuck in the teens and not as harsh as yesterday and philadelphia feels like 23 and allentown and reading feels like 18 degrees. and satellite 6 along with action radar showing last night the coating to 2 inches of snow and moved out early and the sunshine was back and clouds will be streaming in later tonight and if you want to see the meteor shower it peaks at 2:00 this morning and tonight you should be able to see it

before midnight and then clouds rolling in look to the southern sky. 22 is the low and wilmington 20 and cape may 20 degrees. tomorrow two systems i'm tracking a clipper up to the north, very limited moisture and also a coastal low. if these two got together we would be talking about a pretty big snow storm. but they stay apart and cloudy tomorrow and 32 degrees and the coastal low throws snow our way. future tracker 6 showing the morning is dry and by 2:00 the snow showers are developing and 3:00 snow primarily across south jersey and delaware, reaching the i-95 corridor including philadelphia. but this is a quit hitting system. by 6:00 it's off the coast and a brush of light snow the key time between 2:00 in the afternoon and 6:00 in the evening. and the main focus southeast of i-95. and with temperatures around freezing like last night. the roads will get slick quickly

and any snowflake will stick. right now the expected snow calling for flurries around philadelphia. and a coating to inch across south jersey and delaware. the latest trends are pushing this farther to the northwest. and if that trend continues, i'll have to bump the numbers up and a new map on "action news" at 11:00. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast mostly cloudy tomorrow and cold and 32 degrees and light snow is developing southeast and the weekend is quiet. 40 on saturday. and sunday 42 degrees and clouds thicken and monday a passing shower and generally clouds and sunshine and 49 and tuesday feeling like a heat wave 55 degrees and front rolls through on tuesday night and seasonably chilly on wednesday and 44 and drop down to 42 on thursday. i'll have new information regarding tomorrow's snow and an updated map on "action news" at 11:00. preschoolers in delaware county are helping to spread a

little holiday cheer. ♪ ♪ >> "action news" was at the ridley park presbyterian church nursery school this morning. proud parents and families watched as their 3 and 4-year-olds took the stage and thoroughly enjoyed their own christmas show. >> so cute. >> abc news with david muir is next on channel 6. "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl 17 with brian taff and ducis rogers and please join us for "action news" at 11:00 here on channel 6. for cecily tynan, ducis rogers and the entire "action news" team i'm jim gardner we hope you'll join us for "action news" at 11:00. michael: i'm thankful that

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tonight, breaking news. your money, your taxes. and president trump's tax plan. is it now on shaky ground? the senator who says he is now a no. the president can only afford to lose two votes. and tonight, who benefits the most? the wealthy, the middle class? tonight, the numbers right here. also tonight, two police officers shot in the chest. their bullet proof vests saving them. the standoff all day. treacherous ice and snow in the next 24 hours from michigan to new york. another system in the mid-atlantic right before the weekend. we're tracking it all. the blockbuster deal. our parent company, disney, reaching a major deal to acquire a huge part of 21st century fox. could it change the way many families watch movies, tv, sports? allowing you to decide when and where you'll watch. omarosa, one-on-one tonight. what really happened at the