apartment complex. and the accuweather frigid forecast and more -- next. ♪ >> "action news," delaware valley's leading news program, with jim gardner. ♪ ♪ >> >> wednesday night. jim's off. i'm monica malpass. the big story is breaking news from the germantown section where an officer shot a suspect in the head relating to a murder

from last thursday on the 1800 block of east atlantic avenue. plain clothed officers spotted the vehicle from that homicide and pulled it over. the suspect ran down one of the officers as they approached. that led to a chase, when the suspect's hyundai crashed into parked cars. >> we have an officer in the hospital in stable condition. the suspect in critical condition at an area hospital and investigators are trying to piece everything together. we have the suspect vehicle on location having crashed into two parked cars. we have not searched the vehicle yet. >> when the suspect got out of the crashed car, he had his hands in his pocket and refused to follow the officer's command leading the officers to open fire. >> a rare shooting in phoenixville at a duncan don't parking lot on gay street at

9:30. the victim identified as a ninth grader is in serious condition. no further details are given about what happened here. more breaks news from princeton, new jersey where the apartment complex has been burning tonight. the fire broke out at 9:00 p.m. in the three story building in the unit block of eunice elliot lane. they had the fire knocked down in an hour and have begun combing the area for victims. >> of temperatures tumble to the 20s. arctic winds are kicking up, bringing a dangerous deep freeze making it feel close to zero degree. it's an accuweather report coming with bone chilling conditions. serious stuff, adam. >> you are feeling it tonight. it's not only us, but most of

the country. we look at the current windchill, philadelphia, eight. cincinnati, three below, chicago nine below, omaha 12 below. memphis ten, dallas 29. northern florida and the panhandle in the 30s for windchill. no one really escaping this across the country. windchill advisories in place now until noon for the poconos where a lot of people are vacationing, dangerous windchills, 10 to 15 below zero until noon tomorrow. lehigh valley, delaware valley, a brisk breeze in the suburbs. ten is the air temperature in the city, 15. windchills between five below in the suburbs to five above. as we look at the windchill throughout the day, 10 to 20 miles per hour. the peek in th"the peak" in the0

to 20-degrees. it's colder for the new year and snow for the weekend. we have more on that in the full forecast. monica? >> thank you, adam. in delaware, they are trying to get a head start on the snow there. deldot trucks out grinding the snow today. the agency says the effort to prevent slick streets continues over the coming days. >> the weekend snow is nothing like what erie, pennsylvania has been getting. they are under a snow emergency after 65-inches of snow fell. the national guard deployed soldiers to help out. they have been coordinating with state police and officials. coming up later in the broadcast, we have more from erie and other american cities blanketed by snow fall or having record cold. no sign of a hit and run driver

who killed a pedestrian on city avenue. police did recover the vehicle involved adding a piece to the puzzle. the inside of the car had been burned. dann cuellar joins us live from the scene as police work to solve this deadly mystery. dan? >> monica, it happened at 54th and city avenue. police are hoping someone passing through by foot or vehicle may have seen something to help them identify the hit and run driver. >> police have now identified the victim of the hit-and-run accident as 51-year-old anthony rodgers. his family was left shaken by his death days before the new year holiday. >> we are shocked about what happened. we want them to find the person that hit my cousin. >> surveillance video obtained by "action news" shows the minutes leading up to the

horrific accident. just after 10:00, the victim is seen getting off the septa bus, pausing before crossing the street. secondslater, a car strikes him. he is hit with such force, he's thrown several yards out of the camera view. the striking driver never stopped. an emblem led police to the car, a red lexus, missing emblem and shattered windshield. there was blood on the outside and it appeared the inside was torched in an apparent attempt to hamper the investigation. >> the family is mourning a man they dearly loved. we want them to find out what happened. >> adding to thee family's pain, the driver didn't stop to render aid, leaving him to die on the roadway in a very cold night.

>> we want them to come forward and be responsible for what they did. >> now police know who the owner of the car is, but they have not established who was driving it. last we checked, it was not reported stolen. if anyone got a look at the driver or knows who he is, you are asked to call police. i'm dann cuellar, channel6 "action news." >> monica? >> thank you, dan. >> a candle light vigil was held in germantown for a 17-year-old man gunned down yesterday. the teen was shot twice in the neck and stomach on the 4600 block of green street. family and friends may have gotten into a dispute visiting friends. so far no one is in custody. >> police warned about it. then it happened, a thousand teens crowded into the cherry hills mall last night, the resulting mayhem reading to

arrests. annie has the fallout. >> monica, so far five minors were arrested according to cherry hills police. this comes days after they had sent out information to parents warning them not to leave their children at the mall unsupervise vised. >> it was the day after christmas when 700 to a thousand young people swarmed the mall. shoppers described the chaos. >> i was scared because there were so many of them. it looked like a hostile situation. they were unsupervisized. >> the kids out numbered the adults, 10-2. >> cherry hill police say it began near the j.c. penny wing. shoppers say it spread to the food court. hundreds inside flooded the "6abc" page. >> seeing the stores close and

putting the jewelry away had me nervous. tyler johnson said he bought expensive gifts. >> i didn't want our stuff to get broken or stolen. >> cherry his police say five juveniles were arrested. charges ranging from disorderly conduct to resisting arrest. police used a loud speaker ushering the kids out. some causing the ruckus were as young as 12. >> are you going back? >> maybe in a few weeks. not immediately. >> the cherry hills police department say they were prepared for this. they credit their large presence with the fact that there were no reports of injuries or property damages. some of the people we talked to wished that the police presence was large until all of the troublemakers were out of the mall. reporting live from cherry hill, annie mccormick, "action news."

annie, back to you. >> last night's massive condominium fire. people continue to drop off water and other supplies for those that lost everything. all part of an emergency plan the borough has for crisis like this. there were one of a kind photos of jeanette's late father. >> i was asking for my mom's sake. my dad passed away years ago. they were able to get it. >> fire officials say they likely won't know the cause of the blaze for days. >> heartbreak and unanswered questions in northeast philadelphia after an 11-year-old girl died during a sleepover. nobody knows for sure why. she was found unresponsive at a home in the 9200 block of angus place. the girl was playing with an

ipad about 1:30 before falling asleep. an autopsy will be performed to see if a preexisting condition or food alergy may be to plame. >> many in the garden state are rushing to pay their property taxes by end of the year. state and local deductions will be capped at $10,000. today, chris christie required towns to accept the prepayments. the change in tax law will affect many new jersey tax laws since the state has the highest property taxes in the country. governor tom wolf has approved handing the schools in the state back to the city. they voted to dissolve itself last month. the needed signoff came from the state. philadelphia took over school in 2001 among mounting trouble.

the district has overcome many challenges in the past 16 years and says they are capable of managing themselves now. they'll stay in charge until the end of the current school year in june. still to come on "action news" tonight, a flight that won't soon be forgotten by frustrated passengers. they are getting the ball ready to ring in the new year at time square. >> temperatures are dropping for the new year. today, well below the normal of 42. topped off at 27. the coldest of the air is coming new year's day. >> plus the eagles getting ready for the dallas cowboys, or are they? "action news" continues with sports when "action news" continues in just a minute. >> tomorrow morning, how the vatican is restoring some of its buildings. >> bone chilling cold.

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>> passengers on a los angeles to tokyo flight are finally in japan tonight after the crew discovered a passenger boarded the wrong plane. flight 175 was four hours out of l.a. when the problem was discovered. the pilot had to turn around to

take t the errant passenger off. >> president trump during a spontaneous visit made a stop at the palm beach fire station to talk to firefighters thanking them for their work and waved at the media without answering further questions. >> winter less than a week old and the country is in a deep freeze, temperatures plunking to well below zero as record snow fall totals six feet in upstate new york and pennsylvania. more with abc richard. >> it's freezing. from the northern plains to the

midwest and into new england. highs barely make it out of the teens or single digits. lows expected well below zero. i have lived here my whole life. i have not seen it in a couple of years. we got hit this year. >> new york under a state of emergency getting 62-inches of snow. in nearby jefferson county, firefighters tunneled their way into this home to rescue a woman trapped inside. in snow-hardened erie, pennsylvania, residents dealing with 65 plus inches of powder. >> in wisconsin, the coast guard was outbreaking ice in green bay. this plane skidded off of a runway in michigan, indiana. while conditions on the road turned dangerous, the weather

system was responsible for accidents in kansas and missouri. with teeth chattering cold, some now dreaming of warmer places. >> i looked for warmer places and it's hopeless. >> philly forgetful, exercise may help. the guidelines are updated recommending physical activity to fight mild cognizant impairment, a condition striking 25% of people over 80. sometimes it's a warning for dementia, doctors say. six months of exercise appears to improve cognition. the new york police department is on alert for terrorist threats as we approach new year's eve. new garage closures, streets blocked off, concrete barricades and more check points before you

enter the celebration area. the increased security measures are in part due to on growing threats from isis. more than a million people expected to ring in the new year at time square. backpacks and umbrellas are banned from the ball drop. >> today workers spent the day attaching 100 waterford triangles. the ball is 12 feet across and weighs nearly 6-tons. the theme is gift of serenity. the founder of the me too movement will be the honorary guest to push the button stop the countdown for the ball drop. >> we invite you to join us on "6abc," new years rocken eve.

our coverage begins 8:00 p.m. sunday night. >> adam is here for cecily. we are talking teeth chattering cold. >> when the ball drops, it will feel like zero in new york city, two or three here in philadelphia. dangerous cold for the new year. looking at the weather center here, one place loving the cold is spring mountain as they have the snow guns cranking out right now. we have a worker under the snow gun in the foreground checking things out, saw the snowmobile a few seconds ago. adding to the base, we get fresh powder from mother nature to begin the weekend as well. right now, five in allentown, one in lancaster, philadelphia eight agrees. teens for millville as well as cape may. moving forward throughout the day tomorrow, starting in philadelphia, around 3:00 or

four degrees. in the afternoon, ten degrees. suburbs, single digits for feel like temperatures even tomorrow afternoon. satellite and radar, we have a core of high pressure with cold arctic air coming in over the great lakes, voiding the area of storms. a lot of times when you have bone dry arctic air, it's so dry and moisture starved that you don't have a lot of storms to fire up. it's usually on the southern end of where the cold air is. that's where the jet stream is with the showers. tomorrow morning, brisk breeze, temperatures 10 to 15-degrees. pay attention to the windchill, five below in the suburbs, five below in center city. tomorrow, low to mid 20s, well below the normal of 42. windchills keep in the single digits and suburbs to te ten ine

city of philadelphia. friday afternoon, clouds increasing at times with filtered sunshine. friday, a quiet day. a clipper system from the north and west, linking with pressure developing off of the coast. it's too late to give us a monster nor'easter or moderatee. we are clipped by the clipper energy. we see a coating to two inches saturday. because of how cold it's been, expect slick roadways. you have seen roads being brined because of saturday. as we look at the seven-day forecast, bitter cold, northwest winds, accuweather alert, 24 feeling like the single digits and teens. clouds and 28 friday. light snow saturday, midmorning. behind it, winds, 22 feeling

like the single digits all day. air temperatures crashing into single digits, sunday into monday for the mummers, a high of just 20, core of the cold, and be we slowly climb to the mid and upper 20s, tuesday and wednesday next week. incredible. the pennsylvania convention center is being transform today host the fancy brigade of the mummer's parade. crews are working right now building elaborate sets. new year's day, twice at 11:30 and five. this could be the coldest mummer's parade in 40 years.

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with a 2-year price guarantee with a 2-year agreement. >> ducis rogers is here with sports. looking ahead in two ways. sunday's game against the cowboys and the post season. when the nfl released the schedule, they thought eagles cowboys, week 17, that will mean something. it won't. if the eagles choose to play their starter on sunday, they could be the first team in franchise h history to win 14 games. the birds have been good all season long. monday night the offense struggled they know they need to clean things up. >> we have to step up. we are not in panic mode by any

means. >> if we play like that, we won't win playoff games, which i understand. we have to get better going into the playoffs. >> we'll do all we can to cross our t's and dot our i's. >> wean johnson caused a stir. the right tackle is upset about something. he had not told us why and he may never. >> i'm not talking to you all. i think i'm done. >> your guess is good as mine. >> villanova cruised to nonconference play, perfect 12-0. >> brunson, five assists. nova up 15 p 15 at the break.

all five starters scored double figures. nova improves to 13-0 with a 103-85 victory. >> it was high. we have to keep getting better as long as our minds are right and wif the right mentality. we'll keep working hard and working together. >> delaware state, caleb wood, quakers up 26. jarred simmons here, penn wins 105-52. we talk penn state football after the break. 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.

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ultimate jersey. they are calling it their city edition. the uniforms make their debut on the february 2nd home game against the miami heat. penn state preparing for saturday's fiesta bowl. penn state has fond memories of the fiesta bowl, a 6-0 record there. that's not on the player's minds. >> we know the history, but you can't let that motivate you because you take yourself out of the game plan and out of the moment. >> penn state washington and fiesta bowl saturday. >> thank you, ducis. there will be some of philadelphia in the rose bowl parade in california. the marching band left for pasadena today. they have performed on five

continents and disneyland. next week they'll march with bands around the country, australia, japan, canada and panama. "jimmy kimmel live" is next followed by "nightline." "action news" continues at 4:30 tomorrow morning. now for ducis, adam, cecily, jim, the entire "action news" team, i'm monica malpass. you have a good night tonight. ♪ ♪

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