becomes available. it's tuesday afternoon i'm sharrie williams. >> and i'm rick williams in for brian following a story after a d a chi land montgomery county. >> reporter: the district attorneys office would only say that the case is under investigation but sources tell me that a 4-year-old boy is dead and his mother and another man is being questioned by detectives. maybes say the quiet block of 1800 liukins is disrupted by sirens after sources tell "action news" that a 4-year-old child died at the home last night. abuse is susp am heart broken ae live here and couldn't do anything to protect a child makes me sick. >> they say that the home is quiet during the day but

activist at night going in and out. >> you see people spore atcly come in and >> theysup to themselves and don't reall talk too much to anybody. >> deet tails are very few but a source tells me that charges are expected later on thisafterchadn right, thank you. s pat meehan is denying an alligation of sexual harassment established in "new york times." it says the 7tht representative. became hostile to a former employee when she rejected the romantic declarations than meehan ud taxpayer money to settle a sexual hassment complaint. and today he sat down with "action news" to tell his side

of the story. and admitted to feelings for the staffer but denied the payoff. >> we used dollars for the office account that is used to pay for the work of all the employees and money that i consider a severance for a valued employee who has been along term employee as well that had done tremendous work. >> meehan provided "action news" with this letter and text messages to "action news" to explain his relationship with the former aide in question. christie aleto will have more coming up on this. time now for a check of the accuweather forecast. for tuesday afternoon. aside tracking st. itk o there aly. >> we have rain and thunderstorms and gusty winds

and my tie is flapping around and the winds are kicking up as well. looking at stormtracker 6 live double scan most of the heavy action is in south and eastern parts of new england and an area off the new jersey coast slide ago way with thunderstorms there as well. all the heavy hitters are gone out of the region and a few light showers, dover to jersey and eveugh it's threatening here in philadelphia. half from wilmington philadelphia and atlantic city over a half inch and reading and the poconos picked up over an inch of rain throughout the mor. temperature-wise we hit low 60s todaynd philadelphia and 60 in washington but notice pittsburgh down to there say chance coming in for more seasonable weather returning tonight into tomorrow and windchills for the next couple of days. and rain likely as we look

towards the upcoming weekend. so a lot of changes to go through this week. and we'll detail it out for you. i'll detail it out when i come inside. >> thank you adam. >> now the the march to minneapolis, the players have off today and the coaches are busy working on the game plan. to tackle the patriots. ducis rogers joins us now and nick foles is on fire sunday and now the goal is to keep it twoing in minneapolis as well. nick foles is coming off a tremendous performances one of the best of his career. he lit up the vikings in the conference championship on sunday. he through for 352 yards and three touch downs, that is the foles we saw in the new york giants game and offensive coordinator frank wright has the utmost con

he gets in groove and gets in ridge open and what is the team. and he understands that and that is the great thing about nick he is not trying to be the hero just trying to do his job. >> and jammy catches up with jeremiah trotter and he shares his keys for an eagles victory. this game cannot get here soon enough. >> we agree with that one thanks. "sports illustrated" released their super bowl preview it features nick foles and dombrady and they each grace different versions of the magazine. calling foles the ultimate underdog and the super savior despite the kind words, "sports

illustrated" reveal that they are predicting the patriots to beat the eagles, 27-16. they have something to say about that on the field in february. >> meantime, die hard eagles fans are rushing to get their hands on super bowl tickets and a few lucky season ticket holders realized they won the lottery. they get to purchase tickets for the game at face value. >> walter, you talked to a lot of fans that waited a long time > repowe are talking to grown m women coming out from the linc absolutely giddy as school children because they walked out with super bowl tickets in their hands and someone that decided to spare no expense to get himself and his family to minneapolis for the big game. >> we mome happy, lucky people that won the season ticket holder lottery for

tickets. >> i can't believe we got them. >> susie says it may be the biggest thrill of her life. >> i am so excited. i cannot believe we got the lottery, i was blown off my computer last night. >> andeceiving tickets for super bowl lii was only part of ththe eagles organization set up photo tuns with the nfc tredyffriny that the birds won last saturday night. not average ticket holder is getting tickets for the big game. including john, but this die hard decy he will pass up the opportunity to watch his team complete. so he splurged, big time he bought package deals to take his wife and two kids to the super bowl and the price tag came in under $40,000. he says it hurts but opportunities like this don't come along often. >> i am a season ticket holder

for years and a fan my entire life. and a chance to see the eagles in the super bowl is a dream come true. >> how about that? at last check there aregitimate tickets, airfare and hotel. $4500 on the low side and $66 hundred on the low side. this remainor, 6abc.com has continuing coverage of the eagles from on and off the field. there is the latest on the popularity of the underdog masks and watch bob brooks reporting from minneapolis, the site of super bowl lii. >> and a suspected robber led police on a chase in northeast philadelphia. the person crashed their car and ran from the scene near

woodhaven road on glen field street. officers were able to catch up with them. he was arrested shortly after 3:30 this morning. a doge rescued from a flaming home in northeast philadelphia. a fire broke out on hazel street at 2:45 this morning, it spread to another home next door and red paw relief came to help the animals. authorities are trying to determine what sparked a deadly fire yesterday here in bridgeton, cumberland county. they don't know the precise cause they determined it was not suspicious. a father and two children lost their lives when the flames broke out and three other people are hospitalized and firefighters say this was no working smoke detectors in the home. >> a look at the opioid crisis that devastated the lives in our area. affecting cities and suburbs and rural areas as well. from newborn babies to first

responders, the addiction responder is taking its toll in dozens of way. it's tonight at 7:30 right here on "action news." time for a check of the "action news" traffic report this afternoon. >> let go live to matt pellman in the traffic center today. >> believe it or not the weather is cooperating at least in this spot as we kick off our tuesday ride home. as we look at the schuylkill expressway no rain at the moment the roadway is dry and cloudy out there. that means no sun glare to contend with now. we are seeing slow speeds on the westbound side. about a 12 minute delay coming away from the vine and blue route and eastbound closing overnight for construction and early warning on that. 11:00 they block off the eastbound lanes of the schuylresw at the e roosevelt boulevard rthbound

extension that noon a typical afternoon. brake lights from ridge avenue to wissahickon and a broken down truck on the ramps. a crash on the main line montgomery avenue. and one in villanova route 30 at spring mill and in the process of cleaning one in east landsdale at pembroke to lexington avenue. and a broken down truck in cherry hill. eastbound on 70, the right lane is out near haddonfield road. let grab the ipad and check the ways app. this is a rough st and lincoln drive seein slowing neanrye ove miles per hour there coming away from ridge avenue. >> thank you matt. more ahead on "action news" tuesday afternoon. we have the latest on the earthquake near alaska. that triggered tsunami warnings up and down the west coast.

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closing upsetting record highs again. >> oscar nominations are inch and including fresh faces and new diversity. greta gerwick was the second woman ever to be considered for best director and up against jordan peel and both are up for best picture, we post aid list of the nominees at our website at 6abc.com. and see the winners announced here on channel 6. the show airs live sunday march 4th at 8:00 p.m. >> today was a good day to go to the movies, if you didn't have to work of course. adam joseph is here with the forecast. >> a soaker this morning and ou this afternoon a sun. and they moveac bk out tonight. =live look now sky 6 hd over the commodore barry bridge and

the home of our philadelphia union and you see sun splashing there. the talon energy stadium despite the sky, there are breaks developing here and there and expect that trend to continue. as we look at stormtracker 6 live double scan around the region, the main front is well off the coast wit those heavier showers downpours and gusty thunderstorms, there is a batch of light rain now from dover route 1 and southern parts of delaware. skirting over the bay millville and 47 as well down to sea isle city, and getting hit quick with a shower. and it moves on and drying it out for everybody including the clouds overnight tonight. temperature-wise, pretty mild. especially philadelphia to the south and east millville 57 and philadelphia 59 d right now to the west, cooler numbers and temperatures drop

quick here this evening. as we look at the month of f you remember that aroundht thereafter, i was brutally cold and in fact, the first eight days close to 16 degre normal for the month. we are now $1.5s turn around f after the brutal stretch where it's so warm as of late. counter acting the cold at the beginning of the month. a fast moving system. racing its way into new england and through the rain for the week ahead and temperatures tumble back to freezing north and west and 36 philadelphia and 35 in dover as the winter chill does pull back in. and how is it going to feel early tomorrow morning. windchill 21 and philadelphia, dover and millville 9 degrees up in the poconos and tomorrow afternoon only feeling near freezing for most of us. 20s to the north and west and that continues thursday

afternoon thursday afternoon feeling like the middle 20s. that is the coldest feeling day of the upcoming week. your four day at 4:00 forecast, 44 for tomorrow and forget the air temperature going to feel like the 20s and 30s. and bright and chilly thursday and feeling like the mid-20s and stays bright with clouds on friday and $442 degrees and loo at this. then things go downhill for sunday. we'll chat about it in the seven-day forecast. we'll see you then adam. >> one school district in delaware preparing for a major expansion, held a ground breaking for the high school and middle school. city and school officials got help from young students there. part of a $168 million plan. media center and learning labs to go to the schools.

cat well high are both set to open in 2020. the first day of spring still a few months away and in just a few weeks spring is in full bloom at the convenience center, the horticultural society got a sneak peek at the flower show this year's theme wonders of water and takes visitors to the rain forest. and 10 acres of landscaped gardens and displayed and a 20 foot water fall. is runs from march 3rd until the 11th.

back to the eagles now the fans sharing their pride across the tri-state area, we see fans of all ages look at this elaborate display. these are not christmas lights someone in hammond atlantic county decorated the house to support the birds.

the lights blink along with the eagles fight song ♪ fly eagles fly >> and that was sent to us by the folks from the white horse retirement facility. and the rendition was accompanied by the piano and a lot of enthusiasm and in the end they turn into a big group of underdogs. >> great idea by that group. >> now to a precious toddler whose aunt is trying to teach her the eagles way. >> little michaela's preschool teacher is a patriots fan and you can't have that in their house, of course. >> what are you telling her? >> i'll see you at the super bowl and what else.

>> go eagles! >> a 2-year-old michaela came home talking about the eagles losing and we can't have any of that either. >> she had a cute jersey. share your eagles pride with us, using #6abcaction on instagram and twitter and post pictures and videos on the 6 abc facebook page, be sure and do that. more ahead in our next half our of "action news." including a look at superstitions among eagles fans. from what they wear to what they eat. we'll rundown unique ways the birds soar to a win.

"action news" continue with meteorologist, adam joseph, alicia vitarelli, sharrie williams and brian taff. >> it's 4:30 and brian is off and rick williams joins us. a reason why people are cross the country are asking if amazon's alexa is an eagles fan. and calling gluten free food gross. and now the company behind the commercial is responding what those say to those that their disease is nobody punch line. >> and memory foam to beds in boxes, the right mattress could make a difference when it comes to a good night sleep. and consumer reports is putting dozens to the test and the one

that came out on top may surprise you. we begin to the march to minneapolis less than 12 days away as the eagles prepare to take on the patriots on february 4th, they are preparing and not watch parties. fans have superstition that they hope guarantee that the birds fly to victory. annie mccormick is live now in center city with ways that people hope to stack the decks. >> hi rick, it's 50/50 with the superstitious fans and our city leaders are superstitious, will billy penn wear a yourselfy on top of city hall. can we expect to see an eagles jersey on it ahead of the super bowl. today we asked mayor jim kenney.

>> the mayor citing losses in the past is keeping billy free of fan gear. >> 93 they put the baseball cap on and they lost. and 97 the flyers jersey on and lost to the red wings in four days straight. >> people are sporting green as temperatures of super bowl fever continues to rise and the glee from sunday is there and people are calling on soupticions on game day. >> people eat a lot of guacamole because it's green. but for the most part you cross your fingers. >> some say it's no hocus pocus it's how the eagles play. >> coming up at 5:30 we'll tell you what personal superstition that the mayor has that he does every game. >> and i keep finding a random

patriots fans and what he does. we'll have more of that coming up at 5:30. channel 6 "action news." back to you. >> thank you. a southwest philadelphia donut shop is not taking chances when it comes to the big game. donny's donuts will not be serving boston cream donuts or any other donuts with ties to new england for now and will not be back until after the eagles win the super bowl and a cookies and cream donut replaces boston cream for now. >> i like that idea. when it comes to the super bowl most odd makers have the patriots as a six point favorite. and the digital assistant alexa is not interested in the odds. take a look. >> who alexa who do you want to win the super bowl? >> fly eagles fly. >> isn't this awesome. some how i don't know how our producer jeff got on to this. you heard it right, alexa

answers fly eagles fly when canned who would win the super bowl. if you think it's a regional thing with gps. we asked one of adam joseph's friends who lived in deep in new hampshire to ask the same question. >> alexa who do you want to win the super bowl? >> fly eagles fly. >> right. after hearing that answer holly joked she and alexa are no longer friends. we reached out to amazon to see if a programer was a secret birds fan and we have yet to hear back but we are curious to know how alex ais predicting the birds. >> we like it. and she may sing the song as well. >> lets check in with meteorologist, adam joseph, who happens to be from the new england area. you can't help where are you from but where are you now. >> exactly i have a lot of

friends up there and we talk back and forth but what we like is green and that is on the radar as well. we have rain early this morning and temperatures are mild as well. near 60 in philadelphia and same for trenton and 55 in wilmington and 49 degrees in allentown and as we take a look now at the pagoda in reading you can see live there is some breaks in the clouds developing in the western areas as we say good-bye to the system that dig bring in that rain. there is the green south of philadelphia. not the good green, for those commuters down in south jersey and millville and atlantic city dover and wet roadways there, that is the last of it to push to the east. and in fact rainfall totalled an inch in the lehigh valley. and over that in reading and the poconos and wilmington and philadelphia all points to the south and atlantic city picking up a good almost inch of rainfall throughout the day today.

and still falling right now. we'll chat about a big drop in temperature. as with we head into the middle of the week and a bump up into the weekend all the details in the seven day coming up. >> adam, thanks. a reminder check storm tracker 6 live on your cell phone or tablet. a free download for your mobile device. philadelphia police are searching for the person that shot a 19-year-old man in front of a septa station in olney. the victim was shot four times at 12:30 this morning. investigators believe that the gun fire came from across the street and the victim died after being rushed into surgery and reviewing video from nearby surveillance cameras in hopes of identifying a suspect. and residents suffering from drug addiction may have a safe place to inject the drugs. they would distribute clean new

syringes and provide access to rehab resources and funded by medical organizations and nonprofits and pennsylvania attorney general is not necessarily on board and josh shapiro expressed his opposition in a statement. reading in part, sanctioning a safe injection site brings significant public safety concerns and state and federal law needs to occur for this to operate legally. this is a topic we explore in our special tonight opioid crisis on the home front. we look at those affects and how to stop the crisis. tonight at 7:30 here on 6 abc. a down right dangerous habit in a millions have. and for those that want to kick it. it's a rough battle do the cigarette substitutes help if you want to stop smoking. monica malpass is here with more.

>> the market is flooded with patches and gums all to try to help you quit smoking and observe people go to e-cigarettes to ease out of that habit. do they really work? are they the right trick for you? how effective are they for helping adults and do they do more harm than good. and a busful of school children with a neighborhood street and the driver had no idea how this scary scenario ended. that coming your way at 5:00. >> thank you monica. if you have good handwriting skills, like me, then you celebrate today. january 23rd is national handwriting day a holiday that coincides with john hancocks birthday and that was why there was quit the celebration and michael soul the most prominent livingter penm and

discussing how handwriting. in today's digital world. >>'ll get it. >> still ahead on "action news" at 4:00, watch out jaws a tiny eagles fan is giving you a run for your money. don't miss the 5-year-old girl's pint sized pep talk for the birds. >> and an ad that slammed as fensive. it seems to call gluten free people gross.

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courtroom. he admitted to abusing girls under the guise of treating their gymnastics injuries and will get minimum of 25 to 40 years and that is -- a homeless man is being called a good samaritan for helping a woman at a convenience store. jessie green is often seen at this gas station earn books earning money by washing car windows and was there when he saw the man pin down the station clerk and begin to strangle her. >> i was inside and he was laying over her and he is covering her. i pulled after an arm and he pulled off the other and he just left just like that. >> police were later able to arrest this man.

brian -- and as for the good samaritan it was the natural reaction to help someone in danger. >> time now for big talkers beginning with a big pol guy from retail chain holiday city. it ran a presuper bowl ad that offended people with food allergies. >> those are gluten free options. >> do we know people like that? >> oh gross no. >> that commercial was advertising an inflatable snack stadium that called a gluten free guests gross. people that were celiac were offended and said their disease is not a punch line and party city pulled the commercial and issued an apology. >> we recognize we made an error in judgment and apologize for offense this may have caused and

we'll review our progresses -- >> for normers warming up your voice is critical but can be loud and annoying and now a gadget called a belt box where you can belt. and it cuts your sound to a whisper. >> here is a sound from 10 feet in a small apartment. ♪ ♪ >> they say it muffles your voice but allows you to hear from you in the right key. some wonder if you don't have to be on broadway or a singer or anchor, man, rick, to get that. just so you foe that is perfect your pal, alicia. >> thank you sharrie. >> great ad lib. >> i sing great in the shower

though. let get a check of the highways tonight. matt pellman -- >> we'll see him in the dressing room with that thing. i see it coming now. good afternoon rick and sharrie. delays along 95 a sour tune in the northbound lane by broad street in south philadelphia. it's a crash just north of broad street taking out the left lane and windy out there. and the camera shaking this afternoon and bad enough on the scene assisting and seeing slow speeds coming northbound on 95. approaching the girard point double decker bridge to north of broad street. a crash in villanova, by the malvern savings bank at spring mill road. and we are watching a crash on the waze app at lincoln drive northbound side north of gypsy lane by the 92nd precinct. the house that looks like it belongs in new orleans. it was a three vehicle wreck and tow truck on the scene but you

may want to use walnut lane or school house. and lincoln drive northbound jammed away from ridge avenue and a bad crash in delco trapped in the wreckage and use providence road and look for accident along market and 4th. >> okay, thanks matt. sky 6 hd giving us a beautiful view of center city in philadelphia. the sun there really coming through strong. meteorologist, adam joseph has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast when we come back.

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this little fan. >> and he is bob the builder. they have the nerve to call you underdogs and you came out playing d -- >> my gosh she is adorable. annie from grand rapids, michigan talking about the birds before the vikings game and this pep talk worked and annie's dad tom is from south jersey and check out what he sent us today following last saturday's big win. >> hungry -- grr. she is just a natural. this is my first time watching the video and i love it. tom tells us annie is working on her next pep talk for the eagles players for eagles players and fans hoping to hype them up. >> ha, ha, ha. she is cute and serious at the same time. >> she has quite a future. >> i was going to say.

i like the nostril flaring all the expressions g. she is good. very good. not so good the weather te chan out here for the rest of the week. and we head to the weather center, sky 6 hd philadelphia international airport a lot of problems because of the rain and breaks on the horizon in the western distance and a bit a glow here as well as the sun is returning from the west to the east. temperatures fromhe east. do differ and the sun is coming back and the winds come in from the west and cooler winds allentown 49 and jump philadelphia 59 and 57 in millville and 58 at the atlantic city airport. rain tlg but soon it drys as well. as we look at the temperatures, they slide from the 50s where we are fow from 10:00 into the 40s and we stay in the low 40s going after the midnight hour and 1:00 in the morning 43 and we drop

into the 30s for the rest of your overnight hours. stormtracker 6 live double scan there you see the showers in and around atlantic city picking up almost an inch of rain today. this is the last batch. 55 and the atlantic city expressway a little bit wet now with light showers not heavy rain and this slides off the coast within the next 30 minutes. this is a very fast moving system and you probably heard the roar of winds west of philadelphia at 4:00, 5:00 this morning and at lunch time with the actual front way off the coast. and low pressure is in eastern and southern parts of canada and that continues to push away and turns clear overnight and winter. at least the winter feeling returns, and 36 for center city and winds between 10 and 20 miles per hour. and a second front on its heels here tomorrow. 12 to 25.s, winds west northwest and the windchills only feel

like the mid-30s tomorrow and the second front wash as way and reinforces a new high to come in here. on thursday and that drops highs to 38 degrees. winds stay up 10 to 20 miles per hour. and windchills 30 degrees and 20s in the suburbs despite the next two days sunshine will rule, the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast in fact you see all the sun tomorrow. thursday into friday and feeling winter like out there. despite highs in the 40s and 30s, feeling cooler than that when you factor in the winds and less wind come friday. breezy and milder and high clouds back up jumping to 55 degrees and near 60 on sunday. and on sunday the tradeoff is clouds and rain moving in and could turn heavy at times going into sunday afternoon and sunday night. the system looks like it will race its way out here it's drying out on monday and turning cooler 46 degrees and sunny and

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"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. a 15-year-old student reportedly walked into the high school this morning armed with a handgun and for some reason opened fire on his classmates. more than a dozen are injured and two did not make it. big st is another deadly school shooting in the united states. this time in southwest kentucky. authorities say they took the 15-year-old suspected gunman in custody following the melee. 17 people were hurt including those shot. >> reporter: monica, and rick in terms of perspective there were more than 300 mass shootings

around the country in 2017. that doesn't diminish the horror and trauma that exists every time something like this happens. it was before 8:00 the start of a new school day when the gunman opened fire at a marshall county high school in southwest kentucky. >> a tragic day for all of us. >> seven minutes after 911 was called first responders arrived not before 14 people were shot and four more had none gun related injuries. >> of the 14 two have passed away and one was the deceased at the scene that student was a 15-year-old female and a second student also 15 years old, i male, passed away at t hospital. > e shooter is a 15-year-old male apprehended without incident and is in custody and charged with murder and attempted murder. it's believe that all injured

were students the most seriously