hour. this did all end without police firing a single shot in the 12 hours in the aftermath a suspected gunman is firing multiple time at the offices was discovered dead at the house. and police say the injuries were self-inflicted. 12 hours into the standoff in sicklerville new jersey, the s.w.a.t. team entered the home. and they found the gunman suffering from self inflicted gunshot wounds. >> i can tell you it did not come from the officers. >> and we discovered a female in the resident that was all right. >> reporter: the officers were immediately fired upon by the suspect inside of the house and the s.w.a.t. team and negotiators were called to the scene along with an armored vehicle that is credited with

saving officers lives. >> i don't know how we would have handle it without this equipment. >> during the standoff the residents were told to shelter in place. >> came out to see what is going on. go inside the guy has a semi and he could reach to where we were. >> and homeowners that were not home wait bid a nearby high school communicating with loved ones by phone. schools were closed because of the violence nearby. >> she heard the gunshots at 5:00 and then another series a few minutes after that and didn't stop hearing that until after 12:00. >> about ten townhomes and 18 residents were evacuated to a nearby fire station and they of course, have been allowed to return to their home since the stand your ended. police found a handgun and rifle inside of the residence and the woman inside who was again uninjured was taken to the

police department to be interviewed. it's unclear what set this off. live in sicklerville, sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. you can read more about the 12 hour standoff at 6abc.com. and watch chopper 6 hd video of the scene as well as the news conference with gloucester township officials. >> now the murder for hire case involving a south jersey doctor accused of having his wife april kauffman shot to death. dr. james kauffman and his alleged accomplices went before a judge this afternoon. john rawlins joins us live in mays landing. what are the details here? >> reporter: that was the first step in what would be a long complex prosecution including audio recording and testimony of criminal informants concerning the murder of a local radio host as well as the operation of an alleged criminal enterprise by her husband. >> the video linked first

appearances were routine and took only minutes. >> you have have a right to a probable cause hearing. >> dr. james kauffman and ferdinand augello, one a doctor and the other an alleged biker. are accused of being part of an alleged murder for hire plot. kauffman's attorney says his guy, not involved. >> he is not guilty. >> the focus on a supposed falling out amongst the partners, augello talked about having kauffman murdered. >> there was a plot to kill dr. kauffman. >> and the authorities are taking the accusations seriously. kauffman moved to the prison in north jersey who remained in

jail in atlantic county. >> it's noted that ferdinand augello has been charged with the conspiracy to commit the murder of james kauffman. we don't think it would be prudent for those to be lodged together. >> one person that will not be in court is the man that authorities think to have received $20,000 to actually fired the gun that killed miss kauffman, he is dead and he died of a drug overdose 18 months after the death of april kauffman. john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. it is a day of remembrance for philadelphia firefighter killed in the line of duty. a live look now in center city where a public viewing is held in honor of lieutenant matthew letourneau. people are lined up outside of the cathedral of saints peter and paul.

they are waiting to pay respects to the fallen firefighter. and preparations were made to receive the lieutenant's body at the church. fellow firefighters lined the cathedral with pall bearers taking their position and his casket was draped with an american flag. the 11 year veteran died battling a house fire in philadelphia and the public viewing is today until 9:00 p.m. and again tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. with the funeral mass to follow at 10:45. it's time for a check of the accuweather forecast. >> lets head outside to meteorologist, cecily tynan, in for adam. you have your coat on and no umbrella yet? >> i didn't know if i needed the coat, no scarfing and no hat and no gloves and it's strange, a taste of spring. philadelphia it is 57 degrees, does not feel like january.

pittsburgh 59 and charleston, 69 degrees. and we get warmer tomorrow but don't get used to it. there is cold air wait ngt wings, going from 58 in chicago to 11 in des moines, and 7 in minneapolis. the cold air will be arriving over the weekend and between the warm air and cold air we have a storm developing and snow across the great lakes and basically to low pressures one across it's great lakes and one to the north and another one to the south that will move over us tomorrow. what this will do is bring us a good soaking rain. future tracker 6 showing by 8:00 tomorrow morning. light rain but allow extra time for the morning commute and we'll have a good amount of fog and now it doesn't look like we'll get much of a lull in the action of the rain tomorrow. heavy rain is moving in during the afternoon by 3:00. the rain lasting in saturday morning and then the cold air rushes in. this is what to expect. fog developing overnight tonight and tomorrow record warmth and

the lehigh valley and the poconos you could set new records but a soaking rain 1 to 2 inches of rain could cause minor street flooding and behind it winter returns for the weekend. >> thank you. turning now to the eagles, we are just about 48 hour as way from saturday's game as the birds work to solidify their game plan. and with the falcons looming the coaches made a decision to change things up at practice. jeff skversky is here now. >> doug peterson wants to get this team outside on the field at some point. they had the by week and they have not been outside. he wanted to get them outside and it was today a few days away from the big one. the eagles have dominated at the linc and they have the best record in the nfl at home over the last two seasons and the eagles need another big win against the falcons to advance to the nfc title game. the quiet before the storm at the linc. the eagles have never lost a

home playoff game at the linc in the divisional round. nick foles hopes to keep it that way. and doug peterson expected the lifrn to be rocking. we want teamed to come into our stadium and feel our fans.nc to. we want teamed to come into our stadium and feel our fans. >> feel the excitement and feel everything about philadelphia. i have been a visiting player come into this stadium in a playoff type as atmosphere. our fans are loud from the kickoff to the last whistle of the game. >> jay ajayi says that the fans will be the x factor and help to get through this game and the title game next week. but especially this one against the atlanta falcons. >> wear green and be loud. >> thank you jeff.

check this out. >> eagles! woo! >> well that cheer of joy came from a young man that was just handed two tickets to saturday's game. swoop and the eagles cheerleaders making stops around town to surprise fans like this one. here is the scene at suburban station in center city. >> i saw swoop walk and i was like i went crazy, i have never been happier in my entire life. >> never been happier. they posed for pictures and signs autographs. you have one more chance to be a big winner, swoop is at the eagles pro shop in cherry hill right now, if you are nearby and can safely get there, he will be there until 4:30 this afternoon, you have 21 minutes. >> be on the block. >> be close. >> great fan there. time for the "action news" traffic report. matt pellman is standing by with

a first check this afternoon. >> lets keep the surprises coming. these are not as fun though. we don't want to you be surprised. we'll fill you in as you try to head home. and luckily along 95 things are not as bad as they were this morning when we had a whole bunch of issues, this afternoon volume here in the northbound lane from penn's landing through this point at the vine street expressway to allegheny avenue and normal stuff as people head out of center city. over on 295 in south jersey a crash in the southbound lanes approaching 42 off to the side and still speeds in the 20s there. a wreck on the main line along montgomery avenue at wood side road and speeds if the teens on the southbound blue route, just 15 miles per hour because of a crash that just cleared southbound around the route 1 media bypass. elsewhere in delco a water main break, not surprisingly this afternoon. woodhaven road is blocked off.

up land is an alternate. and there is one in mercer county on the southbound turnpike near 7 a and speeds in the 30s there. lets check the ipad and the waze app on this thursday almost friday. and berks county a crash alongp 78 near greenwich at stump road 11 miles per hour on the westbound side and 10 on the eastbound side. we'll check it again if the next half hour. >> sounds good thanks. still ahead on "action news" at 4:00. wal-mart makes changes to benefit employees from minimum wage to bonuses and family leave. we'll explain the new policy. >> plus -- >> my heart was pitter pattering the whole time. and it felt like this big rush to look out and see the audience. >> from sitting in the audience to being the star of the show a local actress born and raised

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. crews in california spend the day trying to find eight them that disappeared during the deadly mudslides. 500 first responders and a dozen dogs are scouring the thick mud and debris desperately searching for survivors at least 17 people are killed. and more than 400 homes were damaged but the area where 65 homes were destroyed was not in a mandatory evacuation zone. >> i turned and apologized to my folks because i did not force them to evacuate. there was an emotional moment. >> some people stands were air-lifted to safety and rain is not the forecast in that area for the next weeks that means

crews can continue their search for survivors. medicaid recipients may be required to keep a job to keep their coverage. medicaid will allow certain states to mandate employment for certain enrollees. and they will provide training before they can deny coverage. more than 75 million americans receive health care through the medicare program. >> wal-mart is increasing the starting salary for workers giving out cash bonuses while at the same time closing dozens of sams club. it will start at 11:00 an hour rather than $10. and wal-mart is expanding benefits for maternity. all the changes is because of the republican tax law that gives them an opportunity to be more competitive and wal-mart announced they are shutting 63 sams clubs no word on how many

jobs are affected by that. big day for the dow rising 206 points to close at 25,575 and the nasdaq up 75 points and the s&p up 19 and change on the day. time for a check of the accuweather forecast. >> meteorologist cecily tynan here as the clouds move in and promise rain coming soon. >> we have a weather whiplash on the way and big change in temperatures. rain, wind and a big cool down, we are live on sky 6 hd looking at old city, if you look on the ground not a lot of snow anymore and it's melting away and temperatures in the 50s. doesn't feel like january. 57 degrees in philadelphia right now and the normal high for this time of year is 40 degrees, allentown and reading 52 and cape may 48 and trenton 53 and the poconos a lot of melting going on there. 47 degrees. satellite 6 along with action radar showing this warm air is thanks to a developing storm

system moving across the great lakes. there is one low pressure bringing the snow. and another one that is actually going to be tapping into the tropical moisture then will bring us a soaking rain tomorrow. tonight the problem will be fog. i think we'll have a lot of fog developing late tonight and light rain after midnight and temperatures not dropping much at all. a mild night. 48 in philadelphia and allentown 45 and cape may 45 and wilmington 47. future tracker 6 showing 7:00 tomorrow morning, we'll have rain generally light showers, and allow extra time for your morning commute with that fog and could be locally dense. as we head into the afternoon, the rain intensifies at 1:00, and heavy rain in the far northwest suburbs, continuing 4:00 pouring along the i-95 corridor and we have a break in the action overnight before another wave develops early saturday morning and notice the poconos if you head out there for skiing could be freezing rain early in the morning and

elsewhere just liquid with and we are talking about the potential for a lot of rain especially areas north and west. rainfall philadelphia. more than an inch, you get across allentown and reading could get close to 3 inches in the poconos and that could cause localized flooding and ponding on roads. and another issue the wind gusts tomorrow morning 10:00 winds gusting 30 to 35 miles per hour. so we have a wind advisory in effect for philadelphia and areas to the south and with that wind to the sound, temperatures are going up near record warmth, the four day at 4:00 showing tomorrow we have a lot of everything, foggy and rainy and windy and warm and the high is 64 in philadelphia. and lehigh valley and the appointment you can set new records. saturday though the rain moves out and the wind picks up out of the northwest and temperatures plummet. temperatures in the afternoon in the 30s and drop down to 27 degrees on sunday and monday for

the martin luther king holiday 30s and light snow on tuesday and we'll talk about that the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. don't get used to the spring like warmth. >> all right cecily. next on "action news" at 4:00 an up and coming star takes the lead for the first time. >> hear from the actress whose career is coming full circle here in philadelphia. if you got an echo or google home for the holidays, we'll show you how to put your digital assistances to work for you. coming up in what's the deal.

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after governor wolf declared the opioid epidemic a statewide emergency. the salons helped to create two dozen high end wigs for the fight like a girl foundation and they were donated at the sydney kimmel cancer center today. there are cuts and colors and all lengths. >> we want our patients to feel good and look good and provide and participate in any activities that they want. >> and the generous work isn't over yet. the salons set their sights on creating and donating hundred of the hand made wigs. some high school students are helping their counterparts. teams from mastery charter assembled a play out that they

themselves designed and built. the high schoolers from the thomas campus created the structures in the engineering classes and delivered one yesterday to a school if camden. les mis is a broadway smash hit for 38 years and counting and the show is back in philadelphia right now at the academy of music. and there is a local actress making the home town debut at the first theater where they got her start in showbiz as an usher. ♪ ♪ on my own, it's one of broadway's most iconic songs. can you imagine stepping into the role is a living dream for mount eerie's hone phoenix best. >> i saw it for the first time of january of 2013. it's weird to be back. five years later doing it. >> she says it's emotional and exciting to be performing for her home crowd.

>> my heart was pitter pattering the whole time but felt like this big rush to look out and see the people in the audience and come back and be on stage this time. >> and this marks her professional debut here in her native philadelphia. it's exciting and they are racking a bit. phoenix is coming back. >> many people watched phoenix rise from a little girl with a big dream. >> i have been playing piano and singing since i was 4 years old. she graduated from la salle university she went to new york and pounded the pavement and was cast in the role. >> want to make her real so people can feel like they connect with her. >> she is someone going through regular life things. >> 24 years old and her star clearly on the road phoenix has this advice. >> there is a lot of rejection

and positivity in this business and you constantly have to be the one to say yes to yourself. no matter what, never stop being who you are. >> pretty wise girl and extremely talented. you can imagine phoenix is packing the house with friends and family and church group and high school and college. and les mis is at the academy of music until january 31st. her mother and sister are not in the home town crowd until sunday. they said please guys don't come opening night. >> the nerves. >> what a beautiful story and spirit she has. and beautiful that play, the music will be with you forever. >> phoenix best. remember that next. >> thank you alicia. more "action news" coming up after this.

"action news" continues with paid gift, adam joseph, alicia vitarelli, sharrie williams. and brian taff. >> it is 4:30 with the costco return you have to see to believe. and if you got a google home or echo and you are not sure what to do with it. stick around and see the ways the digital assistant works around the house. >> if you have been stuck with an uber that wants to chat and you want to sit in silent. you'll like the one button one

rid are is proposing. >> right now state county and local officials are combing through what remains of the country town diner trying to figure out what caused a destructive fire overnight. jeff is there on the scene all day today. he joins us now live from berlin with what investigators are saying. >> reporter: first and foremost. no one was hurt. that is the good news, this fire closed an hour or so the fire broke out. and investigators are on the scene here trying to determine how it started. >> i feel bad we lost another business. >> chopper 6 hd shows the extensive damage caused to the country town diner, you see investigators combing through charred remains of the restaurant a sad sight for customers. >> totally shocked we were just

here last wednesday or thursday for breakfast. >> around 11:30 wednesday night fire crews found flames shooting through the second floor of the building, this afternoon state and county and local fire marshalls are scene to determine a cause. >> business is closed up for quite sometime and the investigation is continuing. >> customers say that the diner changed hands last year. the new owner that was on and held a grand opening in october. >> it looks like when we used to go they fixed it up inside. >> we have been coming here for many years. the new people were very nice. i'm sad to see this happen. >> for much of the afternoon investigators waited for heavy machinery to gain access to the spot where the fire started. >> could this be a case of

arson? >> i can't comment on that. >> he said there was more to investigate. >> and it's moving forward and other things are holding us up. >> reporter: and the thing that is holding them up is that delivery of the heavy machinery they need it to move timbers that have fallen and blocking their way to the origin of this fire. >> according to the owner he declined to speak to "action news." >> thank you. philadelphia police are asking for the public's help to identify a man that robbed a may fair dunkin' donuts with a note. this is video from inside of the business on frankford avenue tuesday morning. you see the robber walk into the store and hand the worker a demand note and the employee handed over cash and motioned that he had a gun.

and if you have information are you asked to can't northeast detectives. a new report says that most of pennsylvania's charter schools are not making the grade. the nonprofit public citizens for public and youth presented their findings center city. they met grade level expectations on 2016 state tests and advocates believe that improves can he be made to improvements to pennsylvania charter law. we are about to get two seasons of weather jammed into 48 hours. >> a whirl wind right meteorologist, cecily tynan is here now with details of the whiplash. >> huge changes on the way and this time last week we were digging out of snow. hard to believe it's mild out there. and going to get even warmer tomorrow and that comes with rain, and right now philadelphia 57 degrees and atlantic city airport 57 now and they set a record high of 62.

we are certainly in the 50s lots of clouds out there. and still seeing filtered sun, let go live at sky 6 hd and looking at the center city skyline we have a taste of spring with temperatures in the 50s. with the rain tomorrow and wines out of the south it gets warmer, 1:00 tomorrow afternoon 64 degrees and then 24 hours later, 1:00 on saturday we are back down into the 30s and we are talking about windchills on saturday. between the two a good soaking rain. all the details on that next tuesday could have a bit of snow. could have that in the accuweather forecast. ape lot going on in the weather next week. >> cecily thanks. >> students at the philadelphia high school for the performing arts put on quite a show today. ♪ ♪ d depicting with the -- is

covered with his quotes and they were covered by the area schools and community organizations. >> authorities in paris say it was as brazen as the heist that cost kim kardashian $10 million in 2016. monica malpass is live in the newsroom with what we are learn on this. >> we told but armed robbery inside of the paris ritz hotel at 5:00 yesterday. they were not saying much and didn't get many details of what was taken and who was targeted. we now know more. jewelry was taken a lot of it. it was a group effort according to police and we'll explain how they pull tropical disturbance off and who ended up in handcuffs and an update on the e. coli scare sweeping across the country. what consumer reports are saying about a type of lettuce to stay

away from to avoid getting sick. we'll see you then. >> thanks. >> after 14 weeks of developing skills in and out of the kitchen students at the culinary school at the food bank of delaware have graduated. the nine graduates had to learn proper knife techniques and complete an internship. after the ceremony the graduates got to work serving guests a buffet lunch. >> there is 48 hours and counting after the eagles begin the battle for the nfc championship. they have thoughts on how the eagles can win including sister virginia a delaware county nun that is not afraid of the falcons experience. >> oh julio jones, he ran around a lot but not too many times with a football in his hand. we know the birds have to play

good defense, running game right from the get go up the middle and special teams we need you. >> you got that eagles? the sister says run the ball up the middle. sister virginia principal of blessed virgin mary school in sea cane is predicted a victory come saturday. you can watch her full analysis right now on 6abc.com. this woman knows football. the patron saint of the eagles right there. still ahead here ride in silence without offending your chatty driver, hear his controversial proposal in big talkers. >> from alexa to google home if you were given that gift an assistant but haven't really use tropical disturbance stay with us, and we'll show you the things that your new gadget can do coming newspaper what's the deal. and the california woman did not

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the association is planning to rally to protest the arrest of a teacher in louisiana. it shows her complying to orders to leave after she questioned a pay raise for the superintendant and then she is shown on the floor in the hallway in handcuffs. she returned to the classroom today and both the school board president and superintendant say they are receiving death threats over this incident. a fourth grade assignment is generating controversy and fury. the task from the teacher, list

three good reasons for slavery. the assignment was handed out in an english class and asked the student to list three bad reasons for slavery. the the backlash was fierce. >> not only just my son was in an awful position. and the students that weren't black. it's that sort of mentality of not being able to see from another's perspective and seeing through your lens, that is what dangerous that is what keeps racism going. >> the principal admit its was out of line and pulled from the curriculum. here is the scenario, a passenger in the ride share situation and the driver won't stop chatting if you ever yearned for a shh button -- they want to add a new button asking

if you feel talkative. letting the driver that you want a chat free drive without seeming rude. most people love the idea and critics say if you want silence just ask for it. some of my drivers want the button for me. and costco has a generous return policy but one post holiday return that has eyes popping. you were trying to discard her christmas tree. one reason she returned her to costco, she died. the irate shopper says that at the costco this unnamed woman drags her now dead once live and dried out tree in the store and asked for a refund and gets it. he writes in his post heart breaking to think she needed the

money so much. she lost all dignity for it. and other mind boggling costco returns according to the store, an empty wine bottle because the wine gave the woman a headache. and fish from someone's freezer and pictures because the person didn't like how they looked in them. >> they are very generous company. good customer service. they keep giving in. >> drag that tree back to the story -- i don't know. >> time for a check of the roads tonight. matt, here now with an update for us. >> things are not so dead on this branch of 130 brian and sharrie. we wish things were quieter at least we could trim the delay. just 6 miles per hour coming northbound along 130 and because of emergency construction. just north of 38 taking out the right and center lanes. major backlog north of

collingswood and stay on cuthbert boulevard. and you probably don't want to go this way. ben franklin bridge a crash on the upside beyond the toll plaza taking out the left lane. doesn't look to be here too long. the vehicle is on the flat bed tow truck and slow coming out of camden. once are you across the bridge and on the vine street expressway a crash here for the ben franklin parkway and that cleared but heavy on the westbound vine to the schuylkill. and on top on the parkway itself. expect extra traffic by the basilica throughout the evening for the viewing for fire lieutenant letourneau this evening. and the crash on wood side road by the exon station and earlier crash on the southbound blue route is gone and heavy from villanova to the line at springfie springfield. and brookhaven the water main break blocking off brookhaven road at the walgreens, use

milton or 22nd street as the alternate. >> thank you matt. stepping outside now a live look from sky 6 hd at the center city skyline on what appears to be a warm day for january. >> bonus the sun is setting later, clouds are building and rain is coming. cecily tynan has the accuweather forecast next.

a south florida man is on the mend following a bear attack in naples. he spotted the 4 foot tall bear standing near him when he let the dog out. he tried to yell for his pet and run back inside but it was too late. >> i tried to go back in but it

was too late it did one of these and flew that way and got myself together and somehow got the door. once he escaped he called 911. when he got to the hospital he realized how serious this was. it's not unusual to see bears digging through trash in the area, the first documented attack in south florida dating back to 1970. >> that is how rare it is. >> we are liking the warmer temperatures most of us. but the tradeoff. >> the weekend will be unbearable, so to speak. lets go live to sky 6 hd taking a look at spring mountain ski resort heading to the holiday weekend a big weekend for skiing, if you plan to go tomorrow call the resort. some are suspending operations thanks to the fog and the wind and the rain on the way.

and of course everyone looking forward to the big game on saturday. and temperatures are keep going down. every time i check it looks like the colder air is rushing in even faster. if you head to the linc 4:35 kickoff. the temperature 32 degrees by 7:00 down to 27 and you factor in the winds, windchills will be in the 20s and teens during the game. you really do want to bundle up if you go on saturday. and it's bitter cold and a shock to the system compared to today and tomorrow. right now philadelphia 57 degrees and atlantic city airport 57 and atlantic city airport setting a record high of 62. and allentown and reading 56 and trenton 53. and warm air is pulled in ahead of a developing storm system and satellite 6 along with action radar showing a strong storm north of chicago and tropical rain moving up east of dallas and that is moving in tomorrow.

so tonight mild and temperatures barely dropping at all. only in the mid to upper 40s. and light rain developing after midnight and fog developing and the fog could cause a lot of problems for the morning commute. and then even with all the rain temperatures are up to record levels in parts of our region. philadelphia 64 and i don't think we'll set a new record. the record high is 72. but allentown and poconos we'll have new record highs, wilmington it's close. and with that warmth, comes the rain. future tracker 6 showing early tomorrow morning around 6:00. scattered showers and steadier, north and west of philadelphia. the morning commute though the rain is not the bigger deal. i think the fog is the bigger deal. 3:00 in the afternoon. it really fills in north and west of i-95. and good pouring rain. break in the action friday night. and another wave developing early on saturday morning. 5:00 in the morning heavy

downpours and notice in the poconos also the threat of freezing rain as the colder air is moving in. we dry it out by 11:00 and this is when temperatures begin to drop. temperatures dropping down into the 30s. total rainfall with we are looking at 1 to 2 inches in general and could cause localized street flooding in the poconos. ponding of water on roads and the temperatures crashing through the day on saturday. find the winter coats again, the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast tomorrow an accuweather alert day with the fog and rain. the high up to 64 degrees and saturday it's windy and temperatures falling through the 30s. sunday winter is officially back and the high is 27 and stays cold on monday with increasing clouds for the holiday high of 30s and tuesday light snow developing and 34 degrees and looking morrow bust than it was yesterday so we actually could get modest accumulations on wednesday mostly cloudy and

flurries and still cold 28 degrees and thursday brisk and cold with a high of 30. i call this forecast a weather chip lash you can see why we are going from 64 degrees tomorrow to 27 degrees on sunday and again if you head to the linc you will want to bundle up. >> a cold one thanks cecily. >> now to take full advantage of your alexa or goinging home. ok, so with the award-winning geico mobile app, our customers have 24/7 access, digital id cards, they can even pay their bill- (beep) bill has joined the call. hey bill, we're just- phone: hi guys, bill here. do we have julia on the line too? 'k, well we'll just- phone: hey sorry. i had you muted. well yea let's just- phone: so what i was thinking- ok well we'll- phone: yeah-

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"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. philadelphia fire lieutenant matthew letourneau loved fighting fires and giving back to his community. today his colleagues stood at attention outside of the cathedral basilica to honor his commitment and say good-bye. the big story on "action news" is friends and family and colleagues gathering to remember

fire lieutenant matthew letourneau. the viewing is underway in philadelphia tonight. he was killed when part of a burning row home collapsed on him. and the civilian was found dead in the house on the 2200 block of north colorado street. federal authorities are try to determine what sparked the fire. christie aleto is live outside of the cathedral basilica this evening. >> firefighters came from across the region to say good-bye tonight haven't they? >> reporter: that is right. a somber scene here outside of the basilica, the first of two public viewings here and the doors opened a half hour ago and look at this line of mourners including friends and colleagues and strangers paying their respects at one point the line was wrapping around the block and the snapshot of the type of manufacture