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a motive. >> shock and disbelief at the avenue apartments along the 5400 block of wissahickon avenue. a 49-year-old woman was found dead inside of her apartment. many residents had to clue what happened in the building. >> i asked the cons person -- . >> reporter: they say that an arrest has been made the weapon recovered. the victim was just discoverd this morning. >> it's messed up. a messed up situation. >> sources say that the person responsible for the crime lived with the body for days before police were eventually notified. the apartment manager says it was a mother and son. our management team and
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concierge and door staff didn't observe anything wrong with the family for the tragedy. >> most people you know your neighbors and are welcome and happy. i would not expect anything like that to come out of here. >> all right so back out live again. one woman is dead and police tell us that her son is in custody as a result of this crime. we expect an update from police at 4:15, when we get the information we'll bring it to you. gray hall, channel 6 "action news." >> we'll be standing by for the update. police are hoping that surveillance video will help lead them to an arrest for a drive-by shooting that happened in north philadelphia. someone fired at least 16 shots injuring two adults and two teenagers. one neighbor says he walked past the area minutes before the gun
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fire. >> i just came in the house from leaving the store getting juice and snacks and my cousin called me and said look out the window four people got shot down the street from us. >> police have not made arrests yesterday and they are not sure who was the intended target but believe that the teens were in the wrong place at the wrong time. it was a tense afternoon in a german town school as police search for a gun on campus. officers were responded to a 911 call about the weapon. and found a bb gun in a locker there at northwest high. and police took two students into custody. it's not clear what kind of charges they are facing. and the school has metal deterrors and they are trying to figure out how the gun got inside. for the first time since the big win over the vikings we hear from the the eagles player. they are getting back to work with just 11 days to go for the
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big match-up. and jeff skversky is live at the hot spot this week. >> reporter: hey guys, eagles captain safetymal conjenkins says he can feel how bad everybody in this city wants the super bowl trophy and sees the signs around his neighborhood and early in the morning he was taking out the trash and one neighbor came flying out of his house in his t-shirt when it was freezing cold to say thank you and good luck against the patriots. malcolm jenkins is one that won a super bowl ring. many have not. like zach ertz looking for the first ever super bowl trophy for the organization. and ertz says that now that they are in the super bowl this needs to be the new gold standard. as a kid growing up in a small town in northern california. he always dreamed about playing
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on the big stage. >> it's an unbelievable experience being in the moment and something i never thought was possible when i was 16 or 17 years old. and never really played football until high school and then at stanford but even then i didn't think it was a reality until now and something i will not take for granted and feel fortunate and blessed to be in this opportunity. and hope it will be a lot of fun. >> reporter: it is fun all right right now. imagine the fun if the eagles can actually win the super bowl over the patriots. ertz says he knows the fans are starving and the city deserves a super bowl championship and hopes he can bring that to them in 11 days in minnesota. we are live at the nova care complex, jeff skversky channel 6 "action news,". >> thank you. in the meantime another eagles player is using his success to support an important cause. thanks to kicker jake elliot all proceeds from the sale of this
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t-shirt the proceeds will be given to it's designed by his alma mater. elliot asked the school to give the money for the student scholarship fund. right now they are selling them in the school cafeteria and working to sell them online but unclear if they will be ready before the super bowl. >> fan fever continue at 6abc.com. from amazon's alexa picking the birds to win to phillies schools big winners already thanks to eagles underdog fever. >> i as you knew i liked alexa. now to a first check of accuweather. we kept the clouds but lost the the milder air. a first check of the forecast adam joseph is outside with the details. >> after four days in the 50s and 60s this is a shock to the system back to reality and even though we are in winter gear once again remember the beginning of the month today 45 degrees and we wouldn't need a
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jacket and it's all relative. a look at the drop in the last 4 hours, 52 to 65 degrees and only 5 degrees above formal it feels colder than that. given how warm we have been as . 17 degree drop as of this time yesterday in the city of philadelphia and more than 20 degree difference from binghamton and new york city and pittsburgh and down to roanoke between 11 and 19 degrees colder than yesterday. we can blame the cold front with the heavy thunderstorms and downpours yesterday and opening up the door with the west northwesterly wind despite that we are in the 40s. if feels like 45 in philadelphia and 8 in binghamton and 21 in pittsburgh. and we have got to get used to the the windchills because as we go through the evening hours, we slip below freeze agent 7:00 and into the 20s by 11:00. and maybe even teens by early tomorrow morning between 5:00 and 7:00 a.m. with the northwest wind 7 to 14. windchills are another story
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here again during the day tomorrow. tomorrow is colder than today. we'll chat about that and a big recovery by the weekend. and part of it is rainy and we'll chat about that in a little bit. adam, see you shortly. >> a vandal armed with a bb gun caused distress in neighborhoods. where mischief makers shot out the windows of several cars and the police learn that a dozen other cars were damaged in kings ridge and radnor woods and hash burn hills and westwood manor and wind hoist. and ashley says her car was victimized twice in a week. >> the windows be both of my son's cars drivers side windows have to be replaced. >> in some incidents insurance is not covering the damage.
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good afternoon we are seeing a sight we don't like to see on the schuylkill expressway a broken down vehicle in the westbound lanes by city avenue, you see it there itdoesn't wanto run. and approaching the boulevard and really out toward gladwyne it's a very slow go as it is so many afternoons, but a little gentleman slow this afternoon with the disabled vehicle. and a broken down vehicle along 95 northbound side past broad street and that one is cleared out of the way, and we get word of a water main break in kensington affecting homes centered around f and ontario. and local streets are brocked off there. and disabled vehicle in pennsauken at union avenue where the right lane is blocked and glen side by vinny's paid a, a
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crash in the intersection. construction warning for those of you in delaware that drive northbound on 95. we have construction coming overnight tonight. it's going start around 9:00 and they block two lanes and a third lane blocked overnight and two lanes are scheduled to remain blocked most of the day tomorrow northbound in newark. steer clear of that for the next 24 hours. lets grab the ipad ain crash as well. 95 southbound in delco as you head toward 320 and people are trying to get through the zone 10 miles per hour coming down from 420. we'll check it again in the next half hour. >> thank you. next on "action news" at 4:00, the russia investigation is inching closer to the president we have the latest in a live report from washington. plus a texas navy veteran carjacked. but the victim was not going down easy. hear how he fought back. >> and apple releases new
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up to 175 years behind bars, that is the stepsing handed down to larry nasser, the doctor accused of gymnasts for years. over the past week and a half 156 women and girls gathered the strength to appear in court to give impact statements. nasser himself addressed the court and the judge had the last word. >> i recognition that what i am feeling pales in comparison to the pain and trauma and emotional destruction that all of you are feeling. >> i just find -- i find that
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you don't get it. that you are a danger. >> the courtroom erupted in applause as nasser was led out the door there and serving on top of the other sentence a 60 year prison sentence for child pornography. >> a 15-year-old boy remains in jail for the deadly shooting at marshall high school in kentucky. the identified teen was charged with two counts of murder for killing two of his classmates. 12 others were shot and wounded when the gunman opened fire. they have not share aid possible motive. in washington, d.c., the russia investigation is inching ever closer to the president. the special counsel interviewed members of his cabinet and now indications that they will in fact question president trump himself. megan hughes is live in
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washington with the latest in all of this. >> reporter: that is right. abc news learned that the president's legal team has actually discussed its options including potentially submitting written responses and if the special counsel insists on interviewing president trump in person it could result in a legal showdown. sources with knowledge of the matter telling abc news, that special counsel robert mueller indicated to trump's lawyers he will look for answers directly to the president. >> it is leading up the chain. >> all lines lead to donald trump. >> mueller's team made is clear they want to question him on two topics. the fires of james comey, and national security adviser michael flynn as the white house reacted to reports that he asked acting director mccabe how he
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voted. during an oval office meeting. >> lawmakers calling that inappropriate. >> there is a credible case of obstruction of justice against donald trump. and they combed the emails to see if it's an attempt to obstruct the investigation. they also interviewed comey and attorney general, jeff sessions and other key members of the trump administration. as of last june the president seemed willing. >> so if robert mueller wanted to speak with you -- >> would be glad to tell you what i just told you. >> but as of january he was none committal. but when they have no collusion and nobody found collusion at any level. it seems unlikely you would even have an interview. >> also, still to come former white house chief strategist steve bannon is expected to be interviewed by the special
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counsel's team. >> all right thank you. in texas now a navy veteran fought back against a carjacker that attacked him. the 69-year-old who has disabilities says the fan took his wallet. and jumped into the truck and tried to drive away. the surveillance video from the gas station shows what happened next. >> when i tried to drive up i have the keys. i reached in my truck and put him in a head lock. and dragged him out myself. he has done this before. no doubt in my mind and he will do it again. >> while the thief eventually overpowered huddleson and took off in the truck and dragged the victim for some 20 feet. the police found the vehicle later and the navy veterans cash and i.d.'s and social security card were all gone. the next iphone software update doesn't come out until the spring with you we have details what it will include.
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and users will be able to turn off functions that previously slowed down the older phones. apple has apologizes for the slow-downs, which were suppose to prevent unexpected shut downs, ios 11.3 shows the battery health and recommends if it needs to be serviced. toys r us announced they will close 180 stores across america in the next few months. five locations in our area. dover, burlington chef your hill and horsham and exton closing by april. and toys "r" us filed for bankruptcy protection and is $5 billion in debt. adam joseph is back to talk about the accuweather forecast. >> head to the weather center and take a live look at sky 6 hd over the ent center city skyline
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and the clouds really stubborn during the day today. breaks there on the horizon and a period of hour or two with a little bit of sunshine and overall quite a chill in the area with wind out of the west northwest. 40 in trenton and 46 in allentown and 42 in trenton and 43 at the shore, atlantic city. so these temperatures technically are a little bit above normal but then you factor in the wind and it feels a lot colder than that. this is one of those patterns tonight and tomorrow night you look at the windchill feels like 35 that is how you dress in philadelphia and 20s for reading and freezing for trenton and just above freezing in millville. as we take a close look here at our flood watch we have one flood watch in effect toward the poconos and the northern extent of the lehigh valley near easton and northampton county because of an ice jam and ice is covering part of the delaware
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river, this far north from bank to bank. and that is creating restriction on the water flow. there is no flooding right now ain watch up until thursday afternoon between the poconos and easton along the delaware river below bush kill due to one gauge to the north of there indicating some rise in water because of that restriction of the ice. again, if you live along this area you will want to watch the water over the next 24 hours to see if it continues to rise. satellite 6 along with action radar you see the clouds again, there was that little break for an hour or two. and the clouds filled back in and flurries to the north and west with a ripple in the atmosphere and brisk and cold tonight and 26 philadelphia and 21 in millville and dover coming in at 25 degrees and again it's the whethers we will look at here. future tracker 6, 7:30 tomorrow morning, teens in the poconos 2.
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and a good 5 to 8 degrees lower than today. tomorrow the coldest of the next 7. as we look at the four day at 4:00. 38 is the high tomorrow with early clouds giving way to afternoon sun. and feeling good at 43 on friday. and a big bump up over the weekend. saturday the pick of the weekend sun and clouds, 57 degrees and equally as warm here on sunday. but a tradeoff in the form of some rain at times. but we'll talk about the drop in temperature in the seven-day forecast coming up in your next half hour. adam thank you. back to the birds now and an adorable fan to share with you today. 2-year-old bridgity from aerial. is a big eagles fan. she is determined to learn how to cheer on her team ♪ fly eagles fly on the road to -- ♪ victory
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♪ fly eagles -- >> she is working on it. share your eagles pride and let us know of special eagles memories you have. share your stories on instagram and twitter using #6abcaction or post them on the 6 abc face bike page. and coming up on saturday night can you get inside of the auto show for a once of a kind preview. see all the new cars and latest technology by the "action news" colleagues and work with a match maker that set them up with the perfect vehicle and get behind the wheel of exotic rides with the sixer's robert covington. right here on 6 abc saturday night at 7:00.
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the city up in prayer. >> we see something and the philadelphia eagles are go behind the game and beyond the team and football. we see them representing everything we can be if we just believe. >> that is radio host solomon jones of praise 107.9 leading residents in prayer outside of city hall in philadelphia. he put out a call for philadelphians to rally around the eagles but to use this moment of togetherness to stand against violence, poverty and opioids. and the group prayed for local and national leaders. >> you can get more off our in-depth coverage of the opioid epidemic. at 6abc.com. there you find the stories of those that battled their addictions and hear the inspiring words of those in recovery and how helping others. find it now at 6abc.com/opioid crisis. >> the camden animal shelt ser celebrating a record setting 2017.
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the shelt isser in blackwood saved 91 per of the cats and dogs that were brought to the facility. it's an open admission shelter they don't turn around an animal based on age or health and now they want to save even more animals in the coming years. >> there is more ahead in the next hour of "action news" at 4:00, interests views with the lucky few that won the super bowl ticket lottery, they are happy. >> i'm nydia han today in what's the deal, we are getting your tv ready for super bowl. how to optimize the picture for the big game.
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hello again 4:30 and "action news" continues with the latest on super bowl lii. which is now just 11 days be two hours or so away. whether they were lucky enough to go to minneapolis to watch the eagles try to defeat the patriots or watching in birds country around here fans are getting ready for february 4th. walter perez talked to people viewing the game both ways. he is outside of the linc with that part of the story. >> reporter: brian and sharrie, right now the linc is the happiest place in the delaware
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valley. all day long fans are coming to claim their prize, tickets to the super bowl. and they can't wait. >> david feldman of center city is among the lucky few a season ticket holder that won the lottery. >> i am a lifelong resident of philadelphia and it doesn't happen often. >> david is another winner he is so excited his plan it to get home after the game as quickly as possible. >> if they win this game, i can't wait to get back here. very to get back here as fast as i can to be on the streets and celebrating with everyone. >> not everyone can go for the big game including ryan and rachel of center city. they bought a new house and their plan includes buying new tvs and throwing a super bowl party. >> we may not have furniture but we'll have tvs. >> chris the general manager of the king of prussia best buy
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says nothing like the birds in the super bowl to boost the tv sales. >> going to the big game it's bigger than we know. we are pumping inventory into our stores here in the philadelphia area. >> and they are more motivated than ever. eagles! >> one final note, lottery ticket winners have until tonight at 8:00 and tomorrow 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. to come here to the linc and pick up their tickets. after that the tickets are returned to the nfl to give away as they see if it. walter perez, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. and if you aren't interested in buying a big bright new television. don't worry there are things to do to optimize the picture on the one you have got. >> in other news, six people including two children are
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checked out at the hospital following a carbon monoxide leak. that is ran up through the home's appliance sickening the air and two other homes were evacuated on east stafford street. and the fire department ventilated the homes and the victims are expected to be okay. he is called the shiny example of the american dream. patel a nate of of india is one of the first daca recipients to be admitted to the new jersey bar. he took the oath of office by the governor and attorney general. but it was not an easy road to get here despite being granted daca protection. and passing the bar it was stalled because of the immigration status and the aclu fought and won. >> i stand here with one more message.
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dreamers are americans,tive and graders alongside of your children in the school play and friends and colleagues and doctors and accountants and now in new jersey your lawyers. [ applause ] >> the state of new jersey and 16 other states are now fighting any federal changes that could negatively impact dreamers like patel and thousands of others around the country. local businesses and civic leaders gathered in center city to honor pennsylvania governor, tom wolf, a look at the natural center for the sciences. our own matt o'donnell is leading a candid chat with pennsylvania's head of state. watch the entire event on our website at 6abc.com. turning back to the forecast now. it's been warm today. a bit cooler and at least it's dry. >> look at you with the silver lining, good stuff. adam joseph is joining us now. at least it's dry adam.
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>> you need optimism. yes, there is a chill in the air. and after four days of 50s and 60s. trenton 40 and 40 in wilmington typical for this time of year. you remember the beginning of the the month temperatures were in the teens and 20s. in fact. we drop aid good 17 degrees from this time yesterday in philadelphia and 19 in wilmington and 19 in trenton and 14 degrees in reading. as we look at sky 6 hd over the commodore barry bridge you see the deck of gray, the clouds are stubborn today to break. and there was a window of opportunity for sun this afternoon but no moisture in the cloud cover and locally snow showers out in pittsburgh and the ohio valley. that is energy rolling through. but it's not bothering us one
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bit. we remain dry. but we'll turn the temperatures around and talk about the 50s and 60. and we'll have the timing coming up in the seven-day forecast. a philadelphia woman is marking her birthday by putting a spin on her celebration, instead of receiving gifts, she is giving them away. the generous woman gave away 53 free lunches at rooster soup in center city. she does not want to be identified but yes she turned 53 and this is the second year she has surprised total strangers and we spoke to the restaurants general manager who says that food as the ability of connecting people. >> someone using their birthday to increase the sum total of good in the world. instead of for bad. >> this is the note card that patrons receive at the end of the lunch telling them their meal is paid for. and the birthday girl asks that those that enjoy the lunch pay it forward and do something nice
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for another strange sneer despite what you hear about this year's flu shot and people getting sick. there is a good reason to roll up your sleeve. >> that is right. if you have flu, you know what it feels like complete body aches and lack of energy and rare cases flu can do damage internally. but the flu shot may help protect you. coming up ali gorman has more on what type of damage to your body we are talking about, and how you can spot the signs. >> also coming up tonight at 5:00. the original rocket man, elton john, one of the most iconic performers of all time made a major announcement about his musical future today. coming up at 5:00. until we see you in just a bit. back to the studio. brian, welcome back. >> thank you. now, to an international
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story of kindness made possible by a woman in the delaware valley. this is carol meyer and her husband steve. they own pet and play. and got a message from a man in israel, he found an iphone on the streets of jerusalem. there was a note on the screen but it was lock. and contacted stay and play. carol posted the message on her business page and 24 hours later, connie meyer who is not related is in israel visitling her sister and she now has her phone back. he reached out to indicate his kindness. >> i'm sure they are happy to have the phone back as much as we use it and nice of him to go above and beyond. >> still to come on "action news" at 4:00. he stole her money and then
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tried to steal her heart. you won't believe what a thief asked his victim after tying her up. and a new york woman could inherit $500,000 from a late fiance and that has his family outraged. why? because she was convicted in his death. we'll explain that in big talkers. and by now you know what amazon's alexa says when you ask her who you want to win the super bowl. today we learn why. details are coming up.
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a man is on the run after he carried out a bizarre crime. police say he asked for his victim's number after he tied her up. mikea was working at an oklahoma loan office when a suspect walked in and demanded cash. the clerk says he forced her into a back room and restrained her arms and legs and then the conversation took a strange turn. >> he laughed at me and asked me
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for my phone number. and i said excuse me? and he was like, well i may want to call you i like a woman that could listen. well, you can have my office phone number if you want to call me back and give me the money. >> that is today's criminal. the man left without hurting anyone and she believes her previous straining as a first responder allowed her to remain calm. all right, now the big talkers here. a story that got a lot of attention across the country and making headlines again. the woman convicted in connection with her fiance's death is free and stands to profit. anna griswold got out of jail following the death of vincent, they were taking a kayak trip on the river in 2015 and was originally charged with murder and instead pleaded guilty to a
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lesser charge of criminally negligent homicide. she stands to collect $500,000 from his life insurance. >> she got enough money from hi son and gave her money and took her on vacations, she doesn't deserve the rest of the money it belongs to the family. now the judge has a hearing to see if griswold has a right to collect the money but get this new york state law is actually on her side in this case. by now you likely heard about the tide pod challenge and the mist fiing trend where people film themselves eating the toxic laundry pods hoping for viral fame and more and more people end up in the hospital because youtube and facebook are policing the internet taking down anything promoting the stunt. ask molly's irish grill and sports pub.
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the bethlehem bar found out the hard way as facebook banned photos of their tide pod shot. the $4 drink was reported several times after being seen by 6 million people on the social network. the tide pod shot is still on the menu, keeping people away from detergent since january 19th. finally, if you were watching "action news" at 4:00 and we hope you were. we revealed something that we found about amazon's alexa, turn out she is a big eagles fan. take a look. >> hey alexa who do you want to win the super bowl? >> fly eagles fly. >> we first told you that was no regional based response and tested it in patriots country and got the same response. and reached out to amazon and
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today we heard back, her response was no fluke. amazon tells us that alexa often roots for the underdog and the robotic assistant had a friendly rivalry with the patriots last year and continues this year and the mystery is solved. >> artificial intelligence is weighing in. >> i'll go home and do it again. good stuff. lets get a check of the roads this afternoon. matt pellman standing by with the update. >> we like that alexa. we like the conditions on the schuylkill more than this morning when it was an absolute mess on the eastbound side because of a five car pileup. but this afternoon we have some delays and not liking it a whole lot. a disabled vehicle on the westbound side at city avenue and it's off to the side now and plenty heavy in the westbound lanes from the boulevard to this points out to gladwyne. the eastbound travel time slower once again this afternoon.
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a broken down vehicle on 95 southbound side near ridley park cleared out of the way and speeds in the 30s from 420 and the water main break in kensington at f and ontario. a lot of local streets are blocked off and slowing toward the walt whitman bridge 17 miles per hour right now off 76, the schuylkill expressway. and the tacony palmyra bridge going up as we watch live because of this a northbound ship this the delaware river and all traffic is stopped. head for the betsy ross instead. a crash in fairless hills along lincoln highway and the wreck at glen side by vinny's pizza has cleared and christiana a bad overturned vehicle crash at route 4, use capital trail instead. >> thank you matt. meteorologist, adam joseph,
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well only a newborn can tell you they will go any lengths to get them asleep and keep them that way. and keeping them quiet during a thrilling moment of the eagles season. >> -- it's the the best. victor had to muffle his excitement to make sure daughter, alyssa stayed sleeping and the 29-day-old baby did not notice dad jumping around and screaming during bottle duty.
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the things you do for babies and eagles. >> that is my favorite. >> showing mommy everything is under control. >> carl and i talked about this we have a super bowl party every year. he is like hanna goes to bed we have to put extra fans in her room. >> white noise is a parents best friend. no the kids take precedent over us screaming. any way -- i get what he is doing there. the action cam out on the day, this wednesday. -- tuesday? no wednesday. i want to go forward. not backward. it's wednesday and we had sunshine for a brief time this afternoon and the action cam capturing this despite the chill in the air. sky 6 hd over philadelphia international airport no weather woes in the weather world here for travelers and as you can see, a break or two but the clouds really holding tough here
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today. as we look towards the weekend yes we want to push forward, looking at saturday and sunday midweek here. saturday 16 degrees above normal with sunshine and high clouds, and 57 degrees for a high temperature and a nice jump for the weekend and sunday an indoor type of day and clouds and periods of rain and temperatures right around 59 degrees, yes, it does turn warm again. as we look at winds the winds are up again today out of the west-northwesterly direction, teens and 15 miles per hour in millville and 13 miles per hour philadelphia and 15 in reading than is creating a bit a windchill and in fact it feels below freezing reading and lancaster at freezing for wilmington and up in the poconos the coldest spot feeling like 11 degrees. satellite 6 along with action radar again the clouds really holding on today. there is that little envelope, that opened up here early in the afternoon.
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but filled right back in. with cold air coming in from the north and west. and unstable air ignited the clouds again. and tonight we see the clouds part and partly cloudy and brisk and cold and 20 in the suburbs and double barrel pressure in control one to the north and one to the south giving us the coldest day of the next 7 of 38 degrees and clouds in the morning giving way to sun in the afternoon. and still a factor below freezing everywhere. and on friday the highs merge here. just to the south, and with the high closer by on friday, we lose the wind so it feels milder at 43 degrees. and as the high continues to drift east and opens up the door to the southwesterly winds for the weekend. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast 38 degrees for tomorrow. and early clouds to sun. sunny and not as cold. and 43 degrees on your friday. and mild here saturday 57
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degrees with a decent amount of sun and rain at times with the cold front on sunday with temperatures nearing 60 degrees and then we start to step it back down monday a lot of clouds and sun 46 and equally as cold here on tuesday compared to tomorrow at 35 degrees and wednesday sunny and seasonable at 42 degrees and that is the last day of january. so it looks like the rest of the month, a few rain showers here on sunday pretty quiet lets hope it stays that way as we go into the month of february that is pretty nasty around here. speaking of quiet the video we showed eagles dad, victor, people are asking to see that again. we'll put it on our website. coming up tech tips to make your screen look clearer. coming up in what's the deal.
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whether you are buying a new tv for the super bowl or planning to watch it with your current tv set you want the best picture possible. nydia han has advice to make sure your tv looks exceptional. >> consumer reports has quick tips and tricks to optimize your picture on your old tv. with the eagles playing in the super bowl you'll want to get your tv in picture perfect shape and believe it or not consumer reports says that means avoiding the sports mode setting and boosts contrast and brightness and colors and the pick can look unnatural. use the movie or cinema mode. giving you the most natural looking picture. >> and something to avoid. dynamic or vivid. >> the vivid works like a sports mode and overly brightens the
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image. >> and turn or noise reduction. that can reduce detail. >> most smoothing can cause film to look like video. called the soap opera effect. and if you look to adjust your set beyond the preset modes and keep it easy with the sharpness keeping it near zero and turning it up can make it look less natural and as far as color and tint here is what you should look for. >> the low or warm setting so whites don't look blue, and you want the most natural looking flesh tones and make sure it's on store and not home mode. >> now you have advice. >> that does it for "action news" at 4:00. for sharrie williams, alicia vitarelli and adam joseph i'm brian taff. join me and sharrie and adam for
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a full hour of news on phl 17 at 10:00 and. >> several eagles took to the podium to talk about the super bowl berth and the love of the fans and the big challenge in tom brady. >> we are live with the details. and a bunch of vandals out for a time do a lot of damage to cars in delaware and now they ask for the public's help before they strike again.
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"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. we are in this together that is the message eagles players are sending to the throngs of faithful birds fans out there tonight. they are just as hungry for a super bowl championship as well and they say they know what it takes to win. >> absolutely wednesday night and the big story on "action news" 11 days until the super bowl and eagles want their fans to know they are focused on the prize. and big play makers talked since the big championship game. and jeff skversky is live at the nova care complex.
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talking about the strategy and the patriots and the eagles fans of course -- >> reporter: yes eagles tight end zach ertz says he can feel how badly this city wants to win the first super bowl and they will do anything they can to beat the patriots in super bowl lii when they start to practice tomorrow. the eagles can feel it, listen to this story by eagles safety malcolm jenkins. >> i took out the trash and it was early in the morning and my neighbor came out of his house to shake my hand and he had a t-shirt on like he was getting dressed or something. everywhere in the neighborhood there are signs in the windows with good luck. i was in the new orleans when we won the super bowl and i saw the response from the community and what it meant. seeing the fan base as passio
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