deputy u.s. marshal is dead tonight and what is not clear is what led the s&p to fire the shots. >> none of us has sufficient words to suppress our grief and sorrow, the hills have lost a father, son husband and brother far too soon. >> they are mourning the loss of one of their own after a violence morning in harrisburg. david hill died in the line of duty at 6:30 this morning. investigators say that deputy hill along with other officers were issuing fugitive warrants when a male suspect opened fire and the death of deputy hill is described as a huge loss for the community and law enforcement. >> you would probably not find a better tactical operator in the state of pennsylvania. >> police say that the shooting started on the insized the home and moved to the outside they were not there for the man but for a woman. and it's not clear what prompted the man who is not identified to

fire at officers. >> and the male exited the resident and gun fire was returned and that male was killed. >> authorities say that one owner officer was injured and expected to survive. and the woman they wanted for the warrant was handcuffed and is now in custody. they are promising answers for deputy hill's family. >> he serve the city and community with courage and he will be missed and words cannot say how much. >> all right back out live, we can tell you tonight that police tell us that two children were inside of the home during the shooting and between the ages of 9 and 13 and they were not injured and we learn more about deputy hill, we are told not only was he a marshall is he also a u.s. veteran serving in

the afghanistan war and leaves behind two children ain wife. gray hall, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. two people are in police custody tonight after a pursuit from delaware county into south philadelphia. it happened within the past two hours, the suspects ditched their hummer on train tracks on columbus boulevard near oregon avenue. they were captured a short time later and unclear why the police were pursuing the suspects and the trooper crashed in tinicum township. and we have a tragedy in delaware county. nine people suffered smoke inhalation as fire destroyed a home in upper chichester. they were staying at the house after attending the funeral for the homeowner yesterday. the fire broke out at 1:00 a.m. on rodney avenue and it took firefighters more than an hour to get the flames under control and we don't know yet what sparked the blaze and two

children were singed at the lamberton school in the overbrock park section of philadelphia after they ate marijuana laced cookies. one of the kids brought the cookies from home. that prompted a police investigation. and sara bloomquist is live now. >> reporter: a relative of the girl that brought the cookies to school admitted to them she had the cookies at the girl's house and meantime that girl and her friend, her 13-year-old friend were transferred to childrens hospital, they were expected to be treated and released but still at chop as of a short time ago. >> the care takers picking up children at the 1700 block of woodbine avenue today. police say that two 13-year-old girls became quite ill after eating cookies laced with marijuana. >> this is the place where your child is suppose to be safe at.

i'm like oh, i can't believe that. >> a 13-year-old girl handed out the cookies she brought from home to two classmates, both 13 a boy and girl and the boy threw the cookie away after smelling it and the girl ate here's and immediately became sick. >> she said she ate a cookie given to her by another student and felt high. >> soon after the girl that brought the cookies to school went to the nurses office with the same symptoms. >> they were severely vomiting and glazed eyes and symptoms of being high from this marijuana. >> police tell "action news" the relative of the girl that brought the cookies to school admitted to having them in the home where the student lives and said they were medicinal purposes and then said she bought them at a party. >> it looks like the parent or guardian that lives in the home plaer possesses the items that

are clearly illegal. >> put that away where children cannot get ahold of it and be safe. >> the school did send home a letter to all parents this afternoon. alerting them of what happened here this afternoon. this is now an on twoing police investigation. in a statement the school district said that the students aretice couraged from sharing food and beverages and working with local officials on the investigation. live in overbrook park, sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. good news here philadelphia has made the cut. amazon narrowed its list of sites for the second headquarters hq 2, and philadelphia is one of the finalists. poise is on the list as well and amazon is promising 50,000 new jobs and a $5 billion investment into its new home.

amazon received 238 applications when are in the last 20 and eagles are in the last two. they are doing everything they can to get ready for sunday and so are philadelphia police. whether the eagles win or lose police want to keep everything under control until the game is over. and vernon odom is live at police headquarters, what is the police game plan? >> they have an extensive one jim. the philadelphia police department is now experienced and adept at handling celebrations even if they are quite spontaneous. that could be sunday night and on saturday they handle the womens march on the pash way and then the eagles challenge and they say they know what they are doing and ready and know the key pressure points across town. >> should the eagles take the next step and punch their super bowl ticket sunday night. police are gearing up for fan celebrations that at times could

get out of hand. the '08 phillies world series celebration was the last time the masses poured into the the streets and there was hoodlumism and unacceptable behavior and multiple arrests. enjoy yourself but don't go over the top. >> people will be reminded we are enforcing the law. open container and crime against a person or public urine nation. >> police lines are beefed up in certain sections of the northeast and certain parts of town that have historically gotten out of hand after a post season win by the phils or eagles. and sunday it's all available hands on deck. >> we have the northeast cotman and frankford. they have a tenancy to become congested and the north side of broad street near the fast food establishments, like broad and diamond. and the stadium area itself.

>> eagles mania comes the day of the womens march in philadelphia. tens of thousands are expected on the ben franklin parkway like last year's march. following the inauguration of president trump. >> last year it was 50,000 and we are expecting significantly more. the exact numbers on terms of who is responding and things like that. >> jim, all of the police hands will be on deck and on full dutiy this coming busy weekend in philadelphia. the department will reveal the entire comprehensive plan at a news conference here tomorrow morning. live at police headquarters, in center city, i'm vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> needless to say "action news" is the source for eagles coverage this weekend. and it all kicks off tomorrow night with the preview party on channel 6. and we'll have live team coverage all weekend sunday morning start your eagles game day with live reports from the

linc at "action news" weekend at 6:00 a.m. and pregame coverage starts with "action news" at 5:p.m. we'll have live post game reports as soon as the final whistle blows followed by "action news" at 11:00 and wrap it up with extended live eagles coverage on "action news" sports sunday. coming up on "action news" tonight. the search is on for three suspects wanted for multiple car thefts in south jersey. and a 5-year-old from delaware county get a heart warming birthday surprise. and jaime apody is live as the eagles gear up for sunday. >> reporter: here we go jim we are all getting ready and all the talk is about the vikings defense top ranked but what about the eagles d. hear from them and find out who is wearing one of those home dogs got to eat t-shirts. it wasn't me cecily. >> you want to wear the layers tonight we have windchills and most areas in the 20s and a big

warm-up is on wait right in time for your weekend. i'll vet details if the accuweather forecast.

police in paulsboro knowledge have a stolen car ring on their hands and the numbers are dramatic. eight car thefts in the past couple of months. jeff has the latest on this -- >> get your car stolen? not me. >> customers at the wawa in paulsboro are on alert after a trio of alleged thieves took off with an idling truck thursday morning.

they are looking for these men they say they led police on a chase earlier but made their way on foot to the store on berkeley road and waited for 30 minutes until an unlucky customer pulled up in a red pickup and they noticed the vehicle was run and they got in the vehicle and left. >> chief says it's the only theft since november. this video from the paulsboro garden apartments shows a guy jump into a running car and drive away and in three cases they brandished a weapon and took a car from a driver if it. >> it's hard with leads when we don't have pictures or someone to identify or point us in the right direction. >> marino doesn't believe the men are from paulsboro but dumping cars here and hoping someone recognizes the picture and calls police. >> if the suspicious call it in.

nothing is too minor i would rather be safe than sorry. >> in the cold it's not necessary to warm up your car and let it idle in it or outside of it. but if you have to please lock your doors and be aware of your surroundings. channel 6 "action news."

60 minutes away from the big one. eagles have to take on the vikings and the vikings have the great defense. >> number one defense in football nick foles and company better figure it out. how good is the home field advantage for the nfc championship. the eagles are looking for one more win. let go live to jaime apody at team headquarters in south philadelphia's they get ready for the vikings on sunday. >> reporter: jeff, i love talking about all the strange coincidences going on like foles and keenham facing offp the last

time they went to the super bowl they had to beat the falcons and the vikings. and they beat the falcons by 10 points. >> 10 years ago i broke the news that jim sha -- the nfc championship is a match-up of the best defense in the league. first if point as lowed and yardage allowed but the birds say don't forget about us. >> have you the number one defense coming in statistically obviously it fires us up. we know going into the game that whoever defense plays better will win the game. >> we have a lot of confidence in the defense as well. and the defense that we have. and we are not focused on them. a big performance ourselves and

our home and crowd and the crowd gets up for the defense. and in order to make it a home field advantage we have to play well. >> after all home dogs have to eat. corey clem ent wearing a t-shirt that lane johnson is selling. they are keeping it loose for this game and for some of them waiting for this for their entire careers. jay ajayi is taking it all in. >> getting trod play the biggest game of my career so far and exciting and i know we are all just ready because we are so close. and it's definitely a shame not to get it done. >> and everyone is asking me how to get a dog mask for sunday because they are sold out on amazon. lane johnson is selling them proceeds to go to fund

philadelphia school districts schools i have the information on the facebook page, you can get them before sunday. jaime apody, channel 6 "action news." >> all right jaime. more on the eagles nfc championship game here on 6 abc friday night at 7:30 with the playoff preview party live from chickie's and petes at 7:30, and pete west and ron jawarksi joins us. and sixers star joel embiid heads to his first all-star game. in los angeles. and named moments ago and embiid and sixers are in boston. and hall-of-famer number 88 is retired tonight for the flyers at the maple leaf game. >> and he is very emotional going into this, he'll have that up in the rafters in just a few minutes. we have breaking news tonight in willow grove. the regionsy towers has been

evacuated as fire crews are fighting a blaze for a short period of time. this is the 10 hundred block of easton road and no reported injuries but fire crews are on the scene and residents are evacuated and "action news" continues with the accuweather forecast in just a moment.

for days you are talking about a january thaw when does it start? >> tomorrow it starts and 50s over the weekend. warmer days are on the way. the action cam taking a look blue skies and sunshine in camden, new jersey looking over

the delaware and certainly still a lot of ice out there. temperatures are stuck in the 30s today with windchills in the 20s and all eyes are on the linc for the nfc championship on sunday. and look at this. the dog, the underdog is in the house. go eagles. and the weather is not looking too rough at all. and jim likes that, he wanted the dog in the forecast. for the eagles forecast partly cloudy and dry and winds are generally on the light side west northwest 3 miles per hour. and mild for the start of the game 46 degrees and by the enof the game when the eagles win it will be 42 degrees. a big change in the forecast as we head toward the weekend and today there is plenty of cold air, we are at 33 and notice atlanta not much warmer at all. 37 degrees and frost warnings across central florida, and plenty of cold air in place and switch this and look at last year globely. there was a lot of warm air.

warm oceans as well. one of the warmest on record. noah says the third warmest and nasa says the second. and if you look at this trend the baseline is the 20 and century average and you see across the globe temperatures trend up. specially since the 1980s. politics aside there is to tee niing the science. this is carving out the nice area of clear skies and it's going to be cold. 23 if philadelphia and allentown 15 and cape may 24 and wilmington 20. with the melting going on there are patches of black ice so be careful tomorrow morning. and then we warm things up lots of sunshine and the normal high is 40, we are 3 degrees above that. 43 a beautiful day for january and heading to the weekend the

high pressure moves to the east and you get the clockwise circulation around it and shifts the winds around the southwest. and that means afternoon highs above average, a good amount of sunshine and dry conditions for the weekend. all in all looking really nice. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast the thaw begins tomorrow mostly sunny, slightly above average 43 degrees. compared to the high of 36, and windchill in the 20s. saturday we bump it up 10 degrees and 53 mostly sunny and more in the form of clouds and fice and partly sunny and great weather for tailgating and afternoon high of 51 degrees and we stay mild on monday and as it cuts up across the great lakes and brings more clouds our way and a rapid cold front and a steady rain developing monday night. and that rain lasts into tuesday

morning and could complicate the morning commute but not snow or ice, just rain. and behind that we cool off on wednesday to 42 degrees and lots of sunshine and thursday mostly sunny ain few clouds and temperatures where they should be for this time of year at 40. and this weekend temperatures in the 50s. >> all right cecily. abc world news with david muir is next on channel 6. and "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl 17 and for jeff skversky and ducis rogers and cecily tynan i'm jim gardner we hope you'll join us for "action news" at 11:00.

tonight, several developing headlines as we come on the air. late today, the parents before the judge. the father in chains. invest girs before the cameras revealing what we did not know. chilling allegations of abuse now emerging tonight. authorities say the children forced to sleep all day and stay up all night. not allowed to shower more than once a year. and how they pulled off the escape. also tonight, will the government shut down tomorrow? how the president undermined efforts by his own party to come up with a deal? and his chief of staff saying some of what the president promised on the campaign trail the president has now evolved on. what the president has to say about that. also tonight, will hope hicks, one of the president's closest advisers, testify before the house intelligence committee tomorrow? or has there been an 11th hour holdup? the alleged serial