tv Action News 11pm ABC February 24, 2018 11:00pm-11:30pm EST
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>> "action news," delaware valley's leading news program, with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky and walter perez. >> a rainy day turns into a foggy night. at center city, drizzle now heavy rain expected in the early morning hours. saturday night. i'm walter perez. the big story on "action news" is another day of wet weather. we can expect another soaking in a few hours. melissa magee is here with a check of the forecast. >> walter, we are checking the rain moving in early tomorrow morning. a break in activity right now in philadelphia. moisture is filling back in across south jersey.
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we go tighter for street level 6. millville, mays landing and fort skew heavier rain headed to washington d.c. that heads in our direction tomorrow morning and with that, another round of precipitation on the way. despite the moisture and winds, 46 in philadelphia. that's a typical daytime high this time of year. 44 allentown, 46 poconos, 48 dover and 48 in atlantic city at the airport. during the overnight hours, 4:0r rain moves in for allentown and lancaster and reading, pressing into philadelphia and south jersey. tomorrow morning, 9:30 in the morning, docking the rain drops. drying doesn't take place until later in the afternoon. more rain on the way for the night. the heaviest, overnight and tomorrow morning.
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additional half inch of rain is likely, and we are also tracking areas of fog. we have more details in the forecast, walter. >> it's not over yet. >> get the latest on the forecast, plus storm tracker live on the tablet. 6abc is a free download for your mobile device. a truly tragic story out of delaware. a man and woman are facing first degree murder charges for the death of a baby they were watching. annie has details. >> the arrests were made yesterday nearly a week after the child's death. police are not releasing detail about what they think happened but the medical examiner's office ruled the 15 month old died of blunt force trauma.
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>> two people were charged with the death, 37-year-old la var harris and 22-year-old tamika wright. he didn't deserve it. >> they remember just seeing him days ago. >> i seen him two days before. i was looking at his eyes because he reminds me of his son. two days later, he ain't here. that's crazy. the baby's mother left him to be baby sat. some time later he died. the medical examer called this e died of blunt force trauma.
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the go fund me page has a picture and a notice that says on 2-17, our lives were changed forever with the death of my grandson. >> each are being held in jail on $100,000 cash bail. annie mccormick, channel6 "action news." back to you, walter. >> thank you for the report. a police officer suffered a leg injury when hit by a stolen car in philadelphia. reports of a vehicle crashing into parked cars. the officer got out to check and was struck by a female driver. the woman was apprehended in tioga nice town. charges against her are pending at this hour. >> police are looking for a
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suspect in the shooting of two men and a woman. all three victims were transported to temple hospital in stable condition. >> police were called just before 3:00 to scatter good and charles streets where a 19-year-old man was found shot in the head. the 19-year-old is in stable condition at a local hospital. >> gunfire rang out in the racquetball club in bucks county. two men were arguing when one pulled a gun and shot the other. the victim is in the hospital in stable condition. the suspect remains on the run at this hour. >> neighbors took matters into their own hands when a man was crashing into parked cars in the
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neighborhood. bob brooks spoke to some of the neighbors. >> it's a scare ji couple of minutes. it's hard to sew, but you can clearly see what is happening. police say a man in a ford pick up smashed into 16 cars last night. we had to stop him. we didn't know if he was going to kill somebody. >> one of the vehicles belonged to zach. he says he and his girlfriend were inside watching a movie when this truck came crashing into their chevy equinox. >> it may be totaled. close to totaled. my car was hit three times.
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neighbors say he continuously rammed cars on the left side. some hit so hard they lunched on to the sidewalk. that ended up three vehicles on the curb. >> she's eight and a half months pregnant, i pushed her back into the house. >> james kaiser of wolf street has been arrested for dui. neighbors say he put up quite the struggle before police arrived. >> he said i'm from the neighborhood. i don't care. my kid was out here, my kid would have been killed. >> bob brooks, "action news." >> classes will resume monday on the parkland school district in the lehigh valley. they were canceled yesterday after fire ravaged the school bus depot. 25 busses were destroyed during the massive fire in whitehall. neighbors were woken at 3:00 a.m. the cause of the fire has not
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yet been determined. >> students came to school in florida where 17 people were killed during the shooting last week are invited to attend an open house tomorrow 678 th. the broward county deputies are investigating that three deputies remained outside. the armed deputy also remained outside during the massacre. >> in the wake of the school shooting in florida, a number of companies are cutting ties with the national rifle association. among them, delta and united airlines. some companies are ending discounts for nra members. the nra issued a statement saying their members had nothing to do with the shooting in
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florida and blamed law enforcement. >> democrats released a dedue to the facted memo from the fbi. the president called the democratic memo a political and legal bust. the top democrat says it shows the fbi acted legally and approached two advisers. >> there are new standards at the white house to who gets top secret information. chief of staff john kelly ordered that people without a background check will no longer get get access. the president's son-in-law has not received clearance. there are substantial issues related to cushner that need to be investigated.
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the security council demanded a 30 day cease-fire across syria aimed at getting humanitarian aid in and wounded people out of eastern damascus where 500 people have been killed during a week of shelling. many of those treated were bombed. russia refused to support the cease-fire until today. much more to come, 16 hopeful women spent the night competing for the title of miss philadelphia. well tell you who won. and a wild scene as a mother and daughter fought off an armed thief. >> jeff skversky has details in sports when "action news" comes right back.
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the daughter fired again before she and her mother got away. >> a hearse carrying the body of the reverend billy graham was driven to his library in charlotte. he will lie in repose before moving to the u.s. capitol. he passed away wednesday at the age of 99. the methodist community came together for what a north philadelphia church called the black history explosion. >> the young people told the story of the african diaspera in song and dance. they were encouraged to embrace their responsibility for social
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justice. the school hosted a gala for the morris scholarship fund. they raised money for financial aid. he announced his 1,000 victory coaching penn charter, lasalle and now st. joe's prepare. >> time to celebrate another university, the reading market prepare. there was lots of food along with craft beers and spirits. a check of the rainy forecast next on "action news." meteorologist melissa magee has a check of the seven-day forecast when "action news" comes right back. ♪ ♪
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if there was a mr. if i would, i think your talent would be song? >> i punish the audience when i do that. still raining. >> you could sing in the rain if you want to. >> i could, but it won't sound good. >> we are looking at penn's landing. light rain across the region. things fill back in early tomorrow morning. sky 6 live hd from the temple university camera looking at the skyline, showers don't through the rest of the night. despite the moisture, 46 in philadelphia. anytime the dewpoint temperature and air temperature are close in number, there is a lot of low-level air over head. it's 45 in trenton, 44
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allentown, 46 lancaster, dover and millville numbers in the upper 40s. beach haven, 48-degrees. five straight weekends with rain or snow across the delaware and lehigh valley. late tonight and tomorrow morning, tracking an inch to inch and a half of rain. satelli, this is the moisture we are tracking moving through washington d.c. d.c. as we teak. a bit of moisture coming out of the ohio valley and western pennsylvania heading our way as well. the rest of tonight, light rain and drizzle, down to 39 in the suburbs and 44 philadelphia for
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the overnight low. future tracker 6, by 4:00 in the morning, poblght pockets of hean in the i-95 metro area. the heaviest by 8:00, skirting north of the city. reading, allentown and the poconos finding wet weather there. 3:30 tomorrow afternoon, clouds are breaking. clouds start to thin out, brighter skies by the tail end of the day tomorrow. what you expect on and off rain heavier overnight. poor drainage is a big concern and reduced visibility with the rain over head. up to 62. clouds to sunshine monday. 56. wednesday, the last day of february, warm with plenty of
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sun and 60 for the high. thursday, mostly cloudy with rain poblg. rain continues friday at 48. first weekend of march, up to 42. sports is nix. it's a chilly day for a swim but it's all for a great cause. these folks spent the morning jumping into the ocean. more when "action news" comes right back. ♪ ♪
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>> time for a check on sports with jeff skversky. something is going on. something good. >> the winning is contagious, and we love it. it's magical. there is something in the air in philadelphia since the eagles won the superbowl. the sixers and flyers have not lost in regulation. carson wentz in the house. he brings down the house, pregame ringing the bell. huge ovation for the eagle quarterback. jojo stealing the show.
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emdiid says the game is becoming easy for him. turns around, drains it. seconds later, .2. sixers win, 116-105. ten straight at home, longest streak in 16 years. >> we are getting better. we are on the right track. >> flyers on fire too. flyers in last place the beginning of december. tonight, three months later, one point at a first. today in ottawa, 28 secs into the game, ivan the goal, 1-0 flyers. fast forward to the third, brutal turnover. brandon manning, wide open, claude giroux, get in there.
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3-1 flyers, everything going their way, late in the first, how does this go in? manning wraps it around the boards, flyers win 5-3. they have won 9 of 10. spring training, baseball, a moment of silence for roy halliday. the grand slam one of two hits, phillies win 9-6. we are right back with "college hoops." ♪ ♪
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