they say good-bye tonight with the funeral tomorrow. >> reporter: that is right. there is a steady stream of people since the doors opened at 4:30, this is the first of two public viewings. every now and then there is a line that forms around the block and it's a snapshot of how respected letourneau was in the community. the line of mourners wrapped around the block friends and colleagues and strangers waited to pay their respects. >> and there was community people in line and that didn't start yet. it sends a message that people out there do care. >> a caravan of flashing lights and police cars escorted the body of lieutenant matthew letourneau. he was pinned under rubble battling a two alarm fire in philadelphia. >> there could be a result of you not coming home one day and

unfortunately this happened. >> they are taking the row home apart piece by piece to determine the cause of the fire and the reason for the collapsed floor. >> it was really sad and tragic. he was an all around guy. >> the 11 year veteran was assigned to 45 and served at 11 and ladder 77. >> we took pride in knowing our trade and he fit that mold. the type of firefighter we all look up to being. >> even strangers stopped by to honor the fallen hero. >> he put his life on the line to protect all of us. >> something that you never want to hear. with anyone but especially with, you know a fallen firefighter. it's just hard on everybody. >> now, a second viewing will be held tomorrow morning from 9:00

until 11:00 a.m. and it's funeral follows immediately at the basilica. a somber scene as people come to the viewing until 9:00 it evening. >> thank you. we have got some roller coaster weather going on. temperatures have soared into the 50s today and we are looking at the distinct possibility of fog for the morning and rain and rain and more rain tomorrow. that is just the beginning. lets get the latest from all of this from ac warren and meteorologist, cecily tynan. >> jim, double scan live radar showing an intense storm system sliding to the east. two lows associated with this and the first low moving to the north and the cold air and the first initial batch the second low taps into tropical moisture moving over us and that will bring us heavy rain and also a big change in temperatures. right now we are in the mid-50s and 50s and 60s across the east

coast and what a change west of the arctic boundary. ahead of it chicago 51 and 300 miles with west and des moines the air temperature 11 degrees and that cold air will be filtering in during the day on saturday. ahead of it on friday we have got a warm and wet day. future tracker 6 showing the wettest period likely will be in the afternoon with heavy rain and even in the morning we'll deal with rain and fog. this is what to expect. issuing an anna canzano -- accuweather alert. 1 to 2 inches of rain and minor street flooding and temperatures crash over the weekend. >> thank you. we urge you to get updates on the forecast and check stormtracker 6 live double scan any time on your phone or tablet. the 6 abc app is a free download for your mobile device. a portion of sicklerville, new jersey, is trying to get

back to normal but it won't be easy. a barricade situation with a man and police turned the neighborhood upside down. sara bloomquist is live at hampshire road. and the scene of this police drama. you have the full story. >> reporter: hours after this hours long standoff ended the neighborhood is still cordoned off as police wrap up the investigation and finalize the collection of evidence. throughout the entire ordeal officers did not fire a single shot. when they did get inside they found the 29-year-old gunman dead and his fatal injuries were self inflicted. this video shows the s.w.a.t. team moving in on the home at 10 and hampshire road in sickler swill with an intense standoff that lasted 12 hours. >> his injuries were not caused by law enforcement action and we

recovered a female from the residence that was not injured. >> the standoff started at 8:00 last night. the 24-year-old armed man started to fire at the first officers that arrived. they backed off and s.w.a.t. and trained negotiators were called in. >> trying to get him to come out over the loud speaker. >> neighbor were told to shelter in place and relayed what was happening to "action news." >> he said go inside the guy has a semi and could reach to where we were so -- >> residents arrived after the standoff started waited in the nearby parking lot communicating with nearby loved ones. >> just be safe and lock down. i'm be by the phone. >> bullets punctured this armored vehicle and no officers were injured. >> we never had the vehicle

fired upon before but this time. i truly believe it saved officers lives. >> investigators did find a handgun and rifle inside of the house. the woman that was inside of the home was taken to the police department to be requested. out of an abundance of caution two local school districts were closed for the day because of the proximity of this violence. we don't know what set this off or the identity of the gunman. sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. fire gutted a landmark diner overnight in camden county and investigators are trying to determine if the blaze was an accident or set on purpose. firefighters were called to the country town diner in berlin at 11:30 last night and flames were shooting through the second floor when crews arrived. the diner changed hands last year and the owner held a grand

opening in october. >> dr. james kauffman and his co-defendant fred augello when before a judge for the first time this week after being charged with killing april kauffman. >> is there a motion? >> the first appearances took own minutes, the first appearance for dr. james offer man and ferdinand augello. both charged with the murder for hire blot that took the life of april half man in 2012. >> we said he is not guilty from the beginning. a falling out from among the two and augello discussed having kauffman murdered. >> according to the states paper there's was information to kill dr. kauffman, the conspiracy is about the killing of my client.

authorities are taking this seriously and kauffman was moved to the county jail miles from augello. >> augello is charged with conspiracy to commit the murder of james kauffman. and the illegal drug venture started in 2011 and in 2012 april kauffman embroiled into a bitter divorce threatened to expose the venture. for years there was little to report. >> there was no magic tip. there was no magic include clue it was just simply good police work. >> as this drug/murder for hire case moves forward one pesh will not be the courtroom. the man that authorities say was paid $20,000 to do the actual killing, he is dead, he died of a drug overdose 18 months after april kauffman was murdered.

john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." and new details have eamericaned about the investigation into a penn student. the body of blaze bernstein was found in a park in california on tuesday. the student was home for winter break. according to a search warrant an investigator says that bernstein's friend appeared to be nervous talking to investigators and that the friend had scratched up his hands and dirt under his fingernails and avoided touching doors in the sheriff's office. and no arrested were made. >> the university of pennsylvania offered a counseling session for those friends upset with his death. and the city council is holding a hearing on the trump administration's plan to cut the budget at the environmental protection agency and they

suggested that low income communities will be changed by environmental policy and it would effect funding to the obama era clean power plan. coming up on "action news" tonight. swoop, swoops in on the lunch time crowd handing out eagles gear and hot tickets for saturday's game and the eagles take practice back to the linc trying to take advantage of the home field advantage.

two days and counting.

look at the scene at the reading material nal market. reading terminal market interped into a cheering squad. and swoop handed out tickets and fans that received tickets were thrilled and emotional. >> my knees are shaking i can't believe it. >> how are you feeling right now? >> i am emotional. >> you can talk. >> one ticket or two tickets? >> my mom. >> mom you are going to the game. >> i want to win playoff tickets for my boyfriend. he couldn't be here so i came for him. >> jaime is bringing home tickets after a little rock

paper sis or competition she walked away with two tickets. with just days left fans are anxious and all are worried about the loss of carson wentz but have faith in the team and back up qb nick foles. >> i cried when carson wentz got hurt but i believe in foles. i was managing my expectations at the beginning and wentz blew up and it was amazing and super bums and you have to believe in foefls. >> tickets were starting at $1,000 and going up to 5,000 there's. this saturday things kick off at 4:35. gray hall, channel 6 "action news."

use #6abcaction to share your picturesp video. we'll share some on television. it's graduation day for five of the newest nine members of the food service industry. they held a graduation for students that completed the 14 week culinary school program and the graduates learned basic cooking techniques and serve safe certification and are qualified for entry level food service jobs.

eagles working on the game plan against the falcon. >> they need to run the ball and take the pressure off. eagles coach doug peterson says that the shock of losing carson wentz as worn off and moving full steam ahead with nick foles and jaime apody has more on the

home playoff game. >> the eagles took their practice across the street and the empty stands will be full in about 48 hours was not lost on them. >> i was playing the game in my head. what i thought the crowd would be like and what i feel like in that moment. and what it's like and i'm excited. man we have an opportunity of a lifetime now. we have to go seize the day. >> for as much as folks want to make of the fact that the eagles are underdogs it makes them feel far from it. they embrace that. >> three games for us. this is in the way of what we want to accomplish. and what the outside world thinks about us now and we are okay with that. >> a true home field advantages, the eagles have the best home record in the nfl.

13-3 at the linc and beat the falcons here. >> he want them to come here and feel our fans and feel the excitement and feel the noise and everything about philadelphia. >> it's going to be loud and get that thing rocking. you know what i mean. at the end of the day we know that will come. we have rowdy fans and follow us even on the road games, some of them feel like home games as times. i think it will be special saturday night. jaime apody, channel 6 "action news." >> can't wait for saturday. the eagles will head to london next season for the first time they play against the jaguars and they are one of a few teams yet to play of there. and sixers across the pond in england and playing the celtics. jj reddick red hot. they are not nba royalty yet fighting off the celtics and ben

simmons slams it down and back comes boston and daniel ties sixers are lit out scored by 20 in the second half. kyree erving and sixers go down 106-103. the winning streak is over. they were pushed around by morris morris in lon. >> we got 22 points and playing against the best defensive team in the nba and the physicality got the better of us and it's part of our growth. >> they will be a playoff team they have to start winning these games and not blowing the leads. they are 0-3 against the celtics. we saw 10 or 12 turnovers in five minutes. >> that is a major issue.

cecily tynan with the accuweather forecast when we ten in just a moment.

very warm that is the good news and very wet that is the bad news. >> big changes are on the way. the action cam looking at the schuylkill river, this was iced over on monday and now that ice is beginning to melt and the temperatures in the 50s today. and we have even warmer air that will be moving in tomorrow. the accuweather highlights show

you -- actually instead let go to the weather wall and talk about the temperatures heading our way because today again temperatures were in the 50s, 58 degrees the high in philadelphia. that is average for the beginning of april. tomorrow even warmer, all thanks to this, satellite 6 along with action radar showing an intense storm system moving in from the west. two low pressures one near chicago and that moves up to the northern and that has the initial shot of cold air. we are talking rain and not snow but another low pressure is he developing over an arctic boundary and that moves in saturday morning and temperatures crash on saturday. the morning rush tomorrow. it's very warm. the suburbs 55 and philadelphia 58 and areas of fog and steady rain developing and the morning commute will be a problem. and temperatures off to the races near record highs, philadelphia the record high of 72 set back in 1890 i think that

is safe calling for the high of 64 and allentown and reading and the poconos new report highs and wilmington 4 degrees of the record high set in 2017 last year. future tracker 6 timing out the rain 6:00 in the morning the showers are here steadiest north and west of philadelphia. and fills in during the lunch time hours and by 4:00 in the afternoon it's pouring and then a break in the action friday night before that sec low pressure moved over us on saturday. at 4:30 could have a rumble of thunder generally 1 to 2 inches of rain and by 11:00 it's out of here and the winds of change winds are out of the south and on saturday winds out of the north none west that pulls down cold air if you head to the linc bundle up it's cold.

the first quarter 32 and by the end of the game 27. and windchill starting at 25 degrees and ending at 15 degrees. it's going to feel like winter again by saturday. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast tomorrow feeling like may. 64 degrees periods of rain through the day and fog and saturday temperatures fall through the afternoon into the 30s and the rain is out of here by 9:00, 10:00 and sunday the sunshine is back and the temperature and high own 27 degrees and monday for martin luther king day of service bundle up the high of 30. and increasing clouds tuesday it looks like snow moving in at this point light to moderate accumulation does not look to be a major snow storm a cold shot of air and thursday the afternoon high 30. so warm and rainy tomorrow and

then winter makes a come back. they held a collection of busts depicting dr. martin luther king jr. the sculptures were made by a group of young philadelphia artists each was inspired by one of his coats and unveiled for the upcoming holiday celebrated this coming monday. abc world news tonight with david muir next on channel 6. and "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl 17 with brian taff, sharrie williams, and ducis rogers. and please join us for "action news" at 11:00 on channel 6. for cecily tynan, jeff skversky, ducis rogers, and the entire "action news" team. i'm jim gardner we hope you'll join us for "action news" at 11:00.

tonight, the president's profane attack. president trump in the oval office, talking about immigration, suddenly asking why are we having all of these people from blank countries? using an expletive we cannot repeat. tonight, the outrage already. also breaking at this hour, the massive winter storm. 120 million americans, heavy snow from the midwest to the east. and a very dangerous day tomorrow. freezing rain and black ice on the roads. the stunning video tonight, the sheer force of the deadly rain and mud smashing into those homes. were there no alerts until after the mudslides began? the republican governor on the rise, now under fire tonight. the former navy s.e.a.l. admitting to being unfaithful, but denying something else. the deadly flu. tonight, a mother of two now dyi dying. from the