>> because the need is still in camden.f every decent person leaves camden, then we never have a chance. in order to be a part of the program, they have to maintain a "c" average or better. it's all about the academics. it's all about nurturing these kids. what's right, what's wrong. the drill team does that. they have different saying that they go by every day. it's a start without a finish. it is possible. and they believe this. they say it so much until it is embedded. >> tawanda has helped css support it with financial assistance. with some parents and temporary donations. surprisingly for a group of national profile, no lasting support from official organizations, public or private. yet she perseveres. >> a lot of your practice is done outdoors. all weather, all types of situations. >> we've been under bridges, everything. over 28 years, we've been outside. their safety is the most important to me, but it's been a blessing and a curse. you'll have the corner boys come up and ask you are you having practice outside toda

keep in mind camden line ticket et cetera available on penn line but not camden line today. we'll get you details what we find out more. >> all right. >> 7:15 on wednesday. >> you ready to get gorgeous. >> yes. >> i've been waiting for this. >> january makeover. >> gorgeous man. >> and 37 boston. >> spinning. >> most of cold last couple weeks can you believe it's been two weeks since hitting freezing mark at reagan national. >> fine with me. >> that's out west. you can see the teens there denver, 13, 1 boys question and we get in on end of week and not the case today. mammoth moun than california, 20 feet of snow. >> most snow ever received in month. >> good nobody is working out there. >> nobody is skiing you have to do snow removal with 20 feet. >> clear skies, quiet companies and beautiful wednesday. upper 50s to 60 and sun will be back gets up in let's see three minute and 45 seconds. cool weather this weekend. that's money. >> three minute and 40 seconds. >> yes. >> we're official. >> hi, caityln. >> steve, going aalong with the tweet you showed a couple minutes ago yes

this blocking all lanes in water for the township camden county.dent coming in camden, county new jersey. i talked to police in lehigh county. they told me about an accident on tillman street near whirly road. there was a two-vehicle accident and someone came upon them and hit them, as well. look for that in upper macungie township. police are responding to the scene right now. as we look at the travel times, starting to slow on i-95 23 minute ride from woodhaven to the vine. schuylkill expressway eastbound 24 minutes. schuylkill expressway westbound, 18 minute ride. 42 moring fine northbound -- northbound, moving fine. mien accident on i-95 -- minor accident on i-95 southbound near the tacony-palmyra bridge seeing slowing in that area. here's a look at the area, in millville, you can see it covering the chair and the deck and grassy surfaces. main highways okay. storm tracker 6 live double scan showing you have to go pretty far south to get the snow showers, we're dry on i-95, but here in dover you're getting route 49 near millville, as well as ro

camden county prosecutors say eight-year-old girl died on new year's eve.ox 29's shawnette wilson has the latest on the investigation. shawnette. >> reporter: lucy, the girl's mother found her around 1:50 that afternoon by 2:15 we're told she had been pronounced dead at the hospital. ton night the camden county prosecutor's office says the investigation is on-going. this is a picture of eight-year-old sailor rider posted on the facebook page of the cheerleading group she belonged to. sterling lady knights shared it along with a post about a memorial fund for sailor. the camden county prosecutor's office says stratford police were call to the girl's home on union avenue. just before 2:00 o'clock in the afternoon on new year's eve after family said she was unresponsive. she was taken to kennedy hospital where she pronounced dead shortly after. in a 911 call, fox 29 requested obtained from camden county sailor's brother tells the operator he needs help for his quote baby sister. he says she's unresponsive and that his mother went upstairs and found her and tol

. >> bob, developing right now, camden county, heart breaker. an investigation into the death of a eight year old little girl, who police say, died on new years eve. investigators are describing her death as sudden, our jenny joyce in stratford, new jersey, with what we know at this hour. jenny, good morning. >> good morning, karen, and there is a memorial fund set up for this child donations can be dropped off at stratford td bank, donations can be set here to the stratford police department as this family, entire community, grapples with the sudden death of smiley, spoke i eight year old sailor right he err. the child found unresponsive in her home afternoon of new years eve. she was returned to kennedy hospital where she was pronounced. camden county prosecutor offers simply calling this an ongoing sudden death investigation. in a 911 call, fox 29 obtained from camden county, sailor's brother tells the operator he needs help for his baby sister. i said she is unresponsive. hills mother went upstairs, found her, told him to call 911. neighbors

well, developing right now, out of camden county, we have a mystery here. an investigation into the death of a eight year old girl, who police say died suddenly on new years eve. >> and people who knew the little girl, they are heart broken. so, jenny joyce is in stratford, new jersey with what we know right now. jenny? >> reporter: yes, at this point, alex, unfortunately, weaver few answers about this case. there has been an outpouring of support on social media for members of this tight-knit stratford new jersey community, everyone heart broken over the loss of this smiley, spunky, eight year old. police say that l year old sailor righter found un response enough her stratford home in the afternoon of new years eve. she was returned to kennedy hospital where she was pronounced. the camden county prosecutor's offers simply calling this an ongoing sudden death investigation in a 911 call. fox 29 requested and obtained from camden county sailor's brother tells the operator he needs help for his quote baby sister. he said she is unnerve responsive. than his m

hear how super market is helping local community. >>> in camden county. code blue remains in effect until 6:00 this morning because of dangerously cold temperatures. in the city of camden, two warming centers open for anyone and needing a place to escape the elements. >>> in kent county, governor proclaim january as human trafficking awareness month. signs of human trafficking. especially exploitation of young adults and children. >>> in delaware and south jersey, don't be alarmed in you hear sirens. emergency management officials will test 37 sirens for people living near both power plants. >>> 4:46. 16 degrees outside. delaware county, follow up from chester. used to be considered a food dessert. lack of grocery stores. people didn't have easy access to fresh foot and vegetables and other food. changed three years ago when fair and square opened and became the first supermarket in the city since 2001. live in chester with the update. how things changed over the past three years. >>> almost 3.5 years ago stood in this spot talking about the grand opening

from camden to the midwest, ahead we'll explain why the head will of the camden county police departmentnding pats part of his work in wisconsin for a special meeting with house speaker paul ryan. n my energy b. we can do that. great. i live in a post-war, pre-war, mid-century home and the heating system is a turbine, hvac, reverse hydrogen, boiler pipe unit. well sir, i can see that you live in a twin and based on the size, your usage has been spiking. ♪ that's exactly what i thought. if you're not an expert, peco can help. we have lots of ways to help you save energy and money. peco. the future is on. >>> forecast over the next few days is a pretty friendly one. today we're looking sunny and dry. definitely can get outdoors. it won't be warm necessarily, but it will be try dry. and monday, the warming continues the next couple days to come. we do have some rain in the forecast. let's look at conditions now though. radar an satellite, the croloud have moved out. today dry conditions throughout the entire afternoon and evening. as we go through your sunday, temperatures will peak right a

it happened in east camden at the corner of 27th and federal.istie aleto is live with more on the investigation. >> reporter: rick and monica, camden police are still on scene almost six hours after what is being called an officer-involved shooting that started as a domestic dispute. police are focusing on an upstairs apartment unit and looking at cameras from businesses below for how this all happened. officer as rived at 11:30 this morning and encountered an armed man identified as 38-year-old antonio venture a, it

authorities have discovered the body of lance james in camden county at a camden county lake. now they are trying to figure out what happened to him. dan deny has the details on the discovery of his body. >> reporter: it was back on the night of december 2 when lance jail went missing. area search-and-rescue teams including k-9 certain and rescue were -- search and rescue were searching to no avail, but they never gave up. family members say lance served two tours of duty in the middle east, when he returned he suffered symptoms of ptsd. on the the night of december 2, authorities say he got into a fight in the hideaway tavern in clementon. surveillance cameras show him approaching the apartment two blocks away, he disappeared. search teams scoured bodies of water, including bottom lake. >> at that time there was ice on the lake and the other bodies of water that were around which kind of limited our availability to the water. >> reporter: they want back on saturday, under snowy conditions with the help of 15 u.s. marines, but still nothing. but then came the warmer weather we

. >>> a gas leak makes it difficult for firefighters to get a fire raging at a camden county apartment building under control. >> a man is charged with killing a montgomery county teenager. the girl's mother was involved in the crime. >>> a pleasant good morning to you, 6:00 a.m. is the time, nydia han is off, alicia vitarelli joins us. >> the big news on "action news," the single digit temperatures gripping the area keeping the snie -- the snow and ice outside. >> if you head out keep in mind there are slick spots out there. with the dangerous cold it's a good idea to check on elderly family members and neighbors. >> slow down on the roads. the brutal cold is not helping people to try to clear snow we got yesterday. "action news" caught up with city workers in wilmington as they cleared the streets and sidewalks. >> the plows were out in pennsauken, as accuweather predicted the storm hit sections of south jersey the hardest. >> the philadelphia suburbs got enough snow for kids to go sledding. that's all they want on a slow down on a snow day at upper moreland high school. >> reporter:

. >>> camden county police shot an armed suspect late this morning and police responded to a domestic dispute on the 2700 block of federal street this was 11:30 and officers say a woman was shot as she was approached by the armed suspect. and police shot the suspect identified at jose ventura. both he and his alleged victim were taken to cooper university hospital. the office that fired is on administrative leave pending the results of the investigation. >>> a house fire led reading police to a major marijuana growing operation today. firefighters initially responded to an electrical fire at a house on north 9 and street and inside they found 120 plants each about 6 feet tall and police say that the drugs have a street value of $350,000. and investigators are working to track down the grower. >>> in trenton, a group of very concerned merchants and small business owners are speaking out against governor chris christie's plan to demolish three state buildings and the plan could demolish their livelihood. >> and nora muchanic has the story. >> without the buildings you have another ghost

they actually referred me to the camden county prosecutor's office.thing the office is saying this morning is that no charges have been filed in the death of 8-year-old sailer rider. our sources confirming she is the daughter of a stratford police officer. investigators say sailer died suddenly at her home on new year's eve. what we do know right now is that a 911 call was placed on saturday just before 2:00 in the afternoon. we requested that call from investigators and received it this morning. what you're about to hear is the brother of that 8-year-old talking to a 911 operator about his sister who was found unresponsive upstairs in the family's home. >> how old is your niece? >> it is my baby sister. she's 8 years old. >> she's 8? okay. and listen to me. listen to my question. she's unconscious? >> i don't -- i don't know exactly. my mom just went upstairs and found her and she told me to call 911. >> reporter: and investigators have not said how the 8-year-old died or if his death was in any way suspicious. my colleague andrea klein thomas is fol

. >> some middle school students from camden spending their friday doing some good things for the community. the children went to the ronald mcdonald house in southern new jersey to lift family's spirits. they gave me them art picture frames and served them lunch. they're from camelot education program.

. >>> families from this camden county apartment complex had to spend a cold night out of their homes after a fire forced them from their buildings. the fire started just after 10:00 at the lake view apartment complex on lower landing road in gloucester township. crews say it was difficult to put out the fire because gas was fueling the flames. people who lived there told us when smoke filled the hallways, they rushed out of the buildings. you can see flames shooting from the roofs of the buildings. residents went to the complex's leasing office to stay warm. fortunately everybody made it out safely. >>> now to the snow that is frozen solid wherever it hasn't been plowed. this is a live look over philadelphia's city hall. crews clearing the major roads in and around the region. certainly broad street in philadelphia. keep an eye out for snow-covered side streets. here is a live look at the blue cross river rink at penn's landing. now that the frigid air has moved in, fewer skaters on the isolator today. if you venture out this morning, you will need extra layers. >>> the bitter temper

this is pennsauken camden county, route 70 and route 38. as far as treating the roads, we have department of transportation trucks go through, we saw a lane salt down here on route 70. camden county said they have 100 pieces of equipment ready if the weather does progress beyond the light coating we're seeing they will spread salt and plow over the 1400 miles in the entire county. i can see and hear the roads, we caught up with a couple of people talking about their morning commute and what they are waking up to. >> coming from upper darby township going through pennsauken, working the shuttle at the airport. >> reporter: you have a lot of driving to do. >> i do. >> reporter: so far what have you seen on the roads. >> just a little slippery, not too bad in jersey, but in pennsylvania. >> reporter: when you were coming out of the house in your neighborhood, what did you see? >> wow, we have snow. >> reporter: wow, we have snow, take a look you can see it glistening right here. the if you are driving there will be puddles, if you drive by a r

. >>> happening today, camden county top cop will meet with a speaker of the house during a forum on improved policing. join other law enforcement leaders from around the country at a meeting with house speaker paul ryan in wisconsin. leaders will discuss new police standards to help curve the use of force. chief tompson is expected to brief the forum on new police initiatives he has developed in camden. >>> inauguration of donald trump is just days way now. >> take you to the inauguration dress rehearsal and give you a glimpse of what to expect. plus, weathering the storm. what kept football plans from leaving the football stadium after a brutal playoff loss to the packers. >>> 4:35. 28 degrees. it's a cold morning, but we've got some sunshine on the way. at least to start with. neighborhood forecast just ahead. >>> good morning, everyone. jessica boyington with one quick check on the roads. weaver starting off this morning through center city. this is vine street expressway. camera right around 24th street. we're open this morning not dealing with typical morning construction proje

camden catholic high school says this letter is faith the school is not seeking donations for specialducation students to attend a feel trip. cherry hill police are asking anybody who receivers this letter to please contact them. the montgomery county court of commonables has appointed ken lawrence to fill the vacancy on the county board of commissioners. the temple university executive will fill the seat left vacant by josh shapiro who is now pennsylvania's attorney general. lawrence will be sworn in on wednesday making him the first african-american commissioner montgomery county history. >>> jury selection began today for pennsylvania state senator larry farnese accused of bribing a democratic party official. prosecutors say that in 2011 farnese paid $6,000 so that ellen chapman's daughter could take part in a study abroad program. in exchange, chapman threw her support behind farnese and he maintained his position as ward leader. farnese is charged with conspiracy mail and wire fraud. ly. >> penn charter is one of the oldest private secondary schools in the country and they have a

camden police chief will meet with speaker of the house paul ryan with discuss discussing policing in country. police chiefs across the country will take part in the country. camden county officials say chief scott thompson will talk about the importance of dees lacing. >>> more south jersey police officers are getting body cameras thanks to new funding. thirty-seven law enforcement agencies have been awarded 566 you this dollars in grants to buy these cameras. fourteen of those agencies are in south jersey, and new jersey's attorney yen says that the program promotes transparency while protecting the officers. >>> four more days until donald trump will be sworn in as forty-fifth president of the united states. nearly 20 democratic lawmakers are refusing to attend friday 's ceremonies, among them civil rights icon john lewis there. this morning vice-president elect mike pence is weighing in on the controversial comments made by the long time representative. lewis has questioned the legitimacy of a trump presidency. pence told "fox news" sunday that he is deeply disappoint by lewis com

more now from camden new jersey. >> cheers crowds in camden, new jersey, dolores peterson became one of the first people in the state to pick up a free box for her baby. >> she likes it. >> she admits it felt a little strange putting five week old arabella in a crib inside cardboard box, but it has fitted sheets and the kind of clean, uncluttered environment that doctors rec. >> nothing professional, but somewhere for her to sleep, where she won't get hurt. because you can have her in your bed and just roll over, and that's it. >> sids is sudden infant death syndrome, major reason why the united states is way behind other countries in infant mortality. ranking 26 in the most recent study. at the top of the list is finland, country that's been giving out baby boxes for nearly 08 years. >> i read the same article that millions of people did around the worlds, called why do babies slope in boxes. >> co-founder of the baby box company, launched in los angeles in 2013. she sells the basic box on line for about $70. >> not one parent receive one of my baby boxes without safety education. >

good morning, old glory blowing in the wind from the camden toll plaza. no problems this morning up and over the bridges with the nasty weather coming our way tonight now sue just mentioned probably going to see today all of the dot crews out there with their salt brine solution trucks. so just be aware of that. you want to give them plenty of room behind. you don't want to try passing those guys. because that gook that they're putting down on the road will be all over your car. just cut them break. let them do what they have to do during the midday today. that will help the roads from freezing, when we get those first flakes later tonight. the vine street expressway shutdown between the schuylkill and broad street part. normal construction, usually out of thereby 5:00 or so. working on the pennsylvania turnpike, stretch from street road overthrew the delaware valley turnpike interchange here, the delaware, turnpike toll bridge, no new jersey. so, it is a roving crew, between street road and over to that connector bridge. also, working on the northeast ex

camden county police chief thompson will meet with the speaker.hompson has work on developing a new set of standards for community policing as well as training initiatives that are already in place in camden. >>> we are now just four days away from the inauguration of president-elect donald trump, and the president-elect showing no signs of slowing down on twitter. correspondent jamie, shows who the president-elect is now targeting in his latest war of words. >> reporter: president-elect donald trump told his millions of twitters followers to celebrate martin luther king day by honoring the great man. the tweet comes as mr. trump spars with another civil rights icon. >> i don't see president-elect as legitimate president. >> reporter: after georgia congressman john lewis doubted mr. trauma pops legitimacy because of russian hacking the president-elect shot back. mr. trump sweeted, lewis should spend more time on fixing and helping his district adding he's all talk talk talk no act. lewis is an icon at the civil rights area rah. he was beaten durin

our shawnette wilson is following this investigation live in camden tonight.hawnette. >> reporter: well neighbors tell us this little girl is the daughter of a stratford police officer. we stopped by the home tonight. several people were there but no one answered the door, ton night the camden county prosecutor's office is calling this an on-going sudden death investigation. this is a picture of eight-year-old sailor rider posted on the facebook page of the cheerleading group she belonged to. the sterling lady knights shared it along way post about a memorial fund for sailor. the camden county prosecutor's office says stratford police were called to the bill's home on union of a just before 2:00 o'clock in the afternoon on new year's eve after family said she was unresponsive. she was taken to kennedy hospital where she was pronounced dead shortly after. in a 911 call, fox 29 requested obtained from camden county sailor's brother tells the operator he needs help for his quote baby sister. he said she's unresponsive and that his mother went upstairs and found h

in camden, police officer in camden took a quick break to sled down a hill in this front yard. camden county police tweeted this video out earlier this afternoon. >> and snow in south jersey did not stop andrew, the head pro at hidden creek golf club in egg harbor township. he's going to need more than a t-shirt if he wants to work on his short game again tomorrow. >>> stadium employees brought out the heavy duty shovels to clear off the wells fargo in time for the flyers game. some fans were fired up for the afternoon game tailgating as that snow fell in south philadelphia. and taking a live look in south philadelphia now where the snow has stopped but the sports fans are filing in for a second spring event of the day. the villanova men's basketball team tips off at 7:00 p.m. all day long the streets department dedicated a salt truck to make sure the streets and parking lots around the complex are clear. in delaware, cars were offer the road, some spinning around as drivers had a difficult time navigating slick and snowy route 1 in new castle county. right now that snow tapere

this is bellmawr camden county and the squalls are making their way through camden county right now.we look live here at the 42 freeway at creek road the snow is really coming down to the point where you're get something slushy conditions even on the highways because the snow is coming down so quickly. and you can seem it accumulate -- see it accumulating on the grassy surface by the on-ramp. speeds are coming down as well as it snows in camden county this afternoon and trying to get to 42 is not the easiest feat along 295. now with the snow coming down and the quality of the camera it's tough to see but there's an accident here in the southbound lanes of 295 right by the black horse pike leading to a 91 minute ride travel time. hour and a half that should be right around 10 minutes. absolute mess on 295 and southbound parked from 70 down to the black horse pike. i would use the turnpike or even 130 instead. now the snow came right up through delco along i-95. you can see the grassy coating on the surfaces but the road is just wet and here in south philadelphia along 95 at broad stre

our steve keelly joining us from camden. what are we he seeing this morning, steve. >> we'll be coming to you and i'll toss to bob all morning because the lead traffic story is this story and traffic usually cars and buses and trains and frequently mentio mentioning patco problems especially this week again after last week. last week it was weather related. they said the snow caused equipment problems lemd. for some reason snow affects trains. whale we only have rain today. what was affect yesterday. come back to the live picture and get out of the video for a second. i want to show conditions out here if we can. you see the patco sign there and beyond that a couple of police cars standing on duty here at the fairy avenue station where the rain is falling and so far, this early at least no complaints. mrepttive complaints yesterday for the second straight week delaware port authorities patco high speed line made riders tlit work and home for dinner. and many tweeted pictures of trains and many riders hoping to get to center

a gas leak made it difficult for firefights to get a fire raging at a camden county apartment building under control. >> breaking news this morning, a man is charged with killing a montgomery county teenager. police say the girl's mother was involved in the crime. >>> a pleasant good morning to you, 6:00 is the time, nydia han is off, alicia vitarelli joins us. >> thanks for waking up with us this chilly sunday morning. the feelful -- feel of single digit temperatures gripping the area. >> cold live shot outside, atlantic city where they got several inches of snow yesterday. the coldest air of the winter is making it feel miserable. if you're heading out, there are slick spots out there. if you can avoid going outside, stay inside in the warmth. a good idea to check on he eldey family members and neighborhoods. >> speaking of going outside, chris sowers giving us a real feel. >> reporter: it was not a wise decision to come out here, it is blustery and bitterly cold, my ears are frozen. you'll need to bundle up in layers, you'll snead a hat and scarf and gloves to stay warm. one of the

the piece of equipment belongs to camden county.orts if there were any injuries. >>> let's go over to "action news"ter, all smiles there in northeast philadelphia. the road is not too difficult. >> reporter: we got the beautiful snow, you can move around in it. what we're seeing along the boulevard. people are moving along just fine. the surface of the road is wet. you might see slick spots, you want to use caution as you can see that it looks like just about any other morning on roosevelt boulevard, except that there is snow this morning. you might find a little bit slick getting out of your neighborhoods, some of the side streets, that's where we're hearing people saying they have run into some of the issues. the streets department dispatched their crews for salting overnight. love it or hate it, the snow is here, just be safe. >> didn't want it, but it's here, got to live with it. it should be already. >> reporter: and back here live, you can see the shoveling is underway in northeast philadelphia here along boulevard, by tyson t

we brought her to our lady of lord school of nursing in camden, new jersey. we got a private tour by the dean. >> i decided i wanted to go to nurtsing school. i like helping people. when i started to do volunteer work and stuff, i kind of like this. a nurse would be terrific. >> reporter: this teen is a dream come true. her passion is helping the elderly. she loves music, cooking, and cleaning. and she's serious about her studies. >> i just somebody who is honestly going to be there for me and, you know, support me rather than make me feel like they're just going to leave. very active, fun, they encourage me to do things. >> reporter: does anisa have an ideal forever family? >> no. maybe a sibling. i love exotic pets. >> reporter: pets or no pets. this young lady is ready to be loved. >> what i think she would bring to a family is commitment. the vulnerability to be able to be nurtured fop allow love in. that's an important asset when you're building a family. >> reporter: anisa is this week's wednesday's child. >> and if you would like to make anisa's dream

. >>> families from a camden county apartment complex will be out of their homes for a while following a fire that gutted many of the apartment buildings. a resident sent us this video of the fire at the lake view apartment complex on lower landing road in gloucester township. it started just after 10:00 last night. you can see the flames shooting from the roofs of the buildings. sources say the fire was difficult to extinguish because gas was fueling the flames. this is what it looked like almost an hour after the blaze broke out. many residents were taken to the complex's leasing office to try to stay warm while they were out of their homes. fortunately ever boddi made it out safely. >>> this weekend snow, and in one case a snow removal operation led to many crashes across our area. penndot says one of the contractors will be responsible for the repairs to an intersection after an accident delaware county, this accident here. the driver was trying to bump salt to the back of his truck when the trailer hit trail the power pole. >>> in south jersey a car skidded off 295 near exit 11. m

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haddonfield has some of the highest taxes in camden county.0 businesses and nearly 800 home owners are taking part. >> also this evening the eagles as we know didn't make it to the big game but local fans still have something to cheer for during the super bowl this weekend. >> falcons quarterback matt ryan got his start in st. fill flips grade school. jack london takes us back to where it all began. >> reporter: today the school for matt ryan first played football gave him a super salute. >> this is it. it is the biggest game. it's really amazing. >> reporter: the kids at the school showing their support for one of their own. when he went to school here ryan had believed moments like this were possible but his dad wasn't always so sure. >> this is never part -- it's very much a story book situation and now we did not ever expect it. >> reporter: in addition to the super bowl, ryan is a favorite to win football's most valuable player award. that success is having a positive influence at his old school. >> this matt ryan when he was your age he

and this group rallied outside the camden office of new jersey senator cory booker. they want their voices to be heard. >> need to be active. we need to be vigilant. some of the nominees that trump has put forward are not the right people for the job. groups gathered at the offices of their members of congress as part of today's efforts. >>> a writer for "saturday night live" is facing tough criticism for what she said was a joke about the president's youngest son barron, but many people did not find it funny. still ahead at 4:00, how snl is taking action for the so-called mean tweet. >>> our 20 minutes of nonstop news continues now with the road to recovery for a philadelphia sheriff's lieutenant. >> for the first time paul owens is speaking out about the elevator accident that nearly cost him his life in august. it comes on the same day his attorney filed a lawsuit against the company that operates the criminal justice center. nbc 10's erin coleman is here now. >> it's 22 pages long and claims the company u.s. facilities that operates the cjc failed to maintain, re

look, we have always loved coming to adventure aquarium a great sponsor of the show over here in camden. every time i like to play a trick on the sharks. lie particular to scare sharks i run the to the tank and i go up like this to the glass and they go flying away. anyway. we have a new face to show you and new baby blue penguin when we come out here. >> it is not blue. >> it looks great. >> steve's a chick magnet. >> that is good. >> a chick. >> yes, is a penguin a chick. >> i didn't know that. >> do you know about chickens and bird and stuff like that? do you call a baby penguin a chick. >> it is a chick. don't go a foul of me. >> alexa. >> here we go. >> i'm sorry. >> stop, alexa. >> no, you have to say her name first. >> shh. >> alexa, what do you call a baby penguin. >> sorry, i don't have the answer to that question. >> i'm looking at it. >> she's the dumbest alexa. >> here we go, penguins world to the come, they are called chicks or nestling but chickies a common and widely used term. >> yes. >> this is funny. they also call them young penguins. >> doh. >> a nestling. >> i like

. >>> camden county judge delayed the murder trial of a father accused of killing his young son. david's trial was delayed balls an expert has not finished a report. brendan creato was found near a creek near his father apartment. >>> a septa bus was overturned and blocked traffic for part of the morning rush hour. the bus flipped on woodhaven road in northeast philadelphia. he had to crawl through the broken windshield to get out. a tow truck was called in to pull the bus upright and remove it from the scene. >>> tom wolf continues job pay tour in philadelphia. "action news" was there when the governor stopped by to tour the facility. he took part in the round table discussion with employees. the plant produces indian food for spernlt markets in philadelphia. it is a business that employees hundred of local residents. >>> president-elect donald trump fires back at actress meryl streep for her speech at the golden globes. >>> authorities have arrested a dozen suspects of the armed robbery of kim kardashian west. >>> melissa magee has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast,

if you recognize the man, contact camden county police. >>> years of practice paid to have for a high school wrestler with down syndrome. the brick memorial spent years practicing with the team to prepare for this varsity debut. he pinned his opponent in a minute flat. first time first win. >> was it hard? >> very hard. >> when a guy ask tired, you look over, you see dave, you push harder. >> david's opponent was freshman from middle town north high. richie volunteered to the faceoff and called david an inspiration. >> indeed he is. >>> a local jewish community center is on high alert after a second wave of bomb threats. >>> madam to to an exact replica of president-elect in time for the inauguration. looks like we're still a man short. not anymore. gus! the second most famous groundhog in pennsylvania. let's hit the ice. whoaaa! take the shot! (buzzer) that shot was one in a million. so's this. all the money millionaire edition, new from the pennsylvania lottery. with five top prizes of a million bucks. it's a real game changer. (giggles) keep on scratchin' >> good morning it is 5:00

. >>> trial does begin for camden county man accused of killing his three-year old son , brendon. that child's poddy was found in the creek along cooper river in october of 2015. lets get out to steve keeley right now in camden with the very latest on all of this, steve. >> reporter: well, remember this trial was already supposed to start, more than one months ago in october but got pushed back to today because defense lawyer, hired his own forensic medical examiner and still waiting for his report. after allowing for to this long delay, judge back in october called today a firm trial tait but who knows, david creato's parents believe their son did not kill their grandson but have not been able to come up with the high bail to get him out of jail, $750,000. the just to recap three-year old brandon creato's grandmother dropped him off at david creato's apartment near cooper river in october 2015, the next morning his dad reported him missing and three hours after that phone call to 911 a k-9 followed the little boy's scent from the apartment to where they found his body. karen and

. >> back in our area, about 50 people in camden county forced out of their apartments and into the cold last night because of a fire. this morning many of them will have to find somewhere else to say. a resident sent us this video of the fire at the lake view apartment complex in gloucester township. it started after 10:00 last night. you can see the flames shooting from the of radios of the buildings. officials say the fire was difficult to extinguish because gas was fueling the flames. this is what it looked like almost an hour after the blaze broke out. folks that live there say when the folks began to fill the hallways, that's when they began to rush out. >> absolutely. it turned up pretty quick, the fire. >> reporter: were you scared once it happened? >> oh, yeah. i didn't grab anything. everything is there. >> reporter: sorry about that. >> it's gong to be a tough week for those residents. fortunately this man here was able to save his pets before he ran outside. crews also helped many of the residents to the complex's leasing office to try to stay warm. fortunately everyone made

camden county fire crews are dealing with the three alarm fire right now.lock of lower landing road filled with fire trucks and first responders. you see the building with the flags is where residents are brought out of the cold and placed in there. these are residents impacted by the fire. you can see with the image that the fire is pretty big and as i mentioned, crews are battling it as we speak. no word on how far they have gotten. it moved from a second to third alarm fire, flames shooting up from the roof. initially we were told residents were trapped inside. we have no word on injuries, with yobutwe saw residents, a lm elderly being walked out and placed in the leasing office center while crews deal with the blaze. we talked to residents that live near the building adjacent to it. they were telling me they were evacuated as a safety precaution. the firewalls did their job, prevented the fire from spreading further. quite the job crews have ahead of them. we have no confirmation on gas leak but the gas crews out here. we want to make it clear that at t

these pictures show the blue line oaklyn in camden county.ransportation says road crews should only use blue paint for designating handicapped parking spaces. >>> investigators are trying to figure out why septa bus overturned this morning. septa officials tell fox 29 that 28-year-old me cap nick was driving the shuttle bus when it flipped on its side on woodhaven and knights road in northeast philadelphia. the bus was out of service remarkablely the driver was able to crawl through the broken windshield to get out and he's going to be just fine. >>> tonight police say they have made arrest in one of philadelphia's first homicides of 2016. 36-year-old garland behind bars he shot and killed 41-year-old mark fields on the 1900 block of west well lard street on january 1st. homicide detectives have not released a motive. >>> a starbucks customer jumped to action when someone stole the tip jar right off the counter. >> the customer tackle the accused crook and wrestle the money away from him. police in roseville that's just outside of detroit say

camden county crews battled the blaze in gloucester township that broke out at 10:00 p.m.ght at lake view apartment. the fire went from one to three-alarms as flames shot from the roof and engulfed the entire buildings. a gas leak further complicated efforts feeding intense flames. >> i walked out and the roof of the opposite side of my apartment across the parking lot was on fire. there was a giant hole in it. >> reporter: what were you thinking when you saw that? >> scared, wondering how much was going to spread if i need to get out of the buildings or not. >> reporter: there were initial reports of residents trapped inside, but firefighters were able to rescue them. residence in nearby buildings were evacuate as a precautionary measure. elderly were brought out in the frigid cold and taken to the leasing office which was used as a temporary shelter until alternativive -- other rangesments were made. >>> action cam was on the somerdale avenue in somerdale. firefighters were called to the reports of a bedroom on the second floor that was burning. the couple was taken to c

the camden line service from suspended. if you have a train ticket, they will honor it on the 10 line. all of these train passengers are being offloaded in greenbelt. reporting in riverdale, i am sam sweeney. melanie: that accident led to problems for train riders this morning, so let's head over to jamie sullivan and get a look. jamie: the biggest issue we have right now is going to be on the capital beltway. that is with an accident involving a truck that overturned. outer loop in montgomery county near the 270 spur, you can see two trucks here. our lane is blocked to the right side. everyone is staying to the west. take a look at the solid red line. we are backed up well into silver spring. right now getting from 95 in maryland to the 270 spur will one hour and 20 minutes of that time is getting into silver spring, closer to bradley boulevard. top side of the beltway on the outer loop, it is bumper-to-bumper right now. here is a live look at connecticut avenue. barely moving, is our traffic. we have other areas of red. i

this was the colorful midnight show soon from the camden side. people were ready for 2017 to arrive. >> happy new year!whew. >> reporter: you guys went out with the hats and glasses. >> why not, it's 2017, baby. >> reporter: are you ready for the new year. >> my husband and family we're all in the mummers, we love it. >> jennette reyes visited a south philadelphia new year's bash, she'll bring you that in the next half-hour. >>> the mummers make their annual strut from city hall into south philadelphia today. the mummers parade steps off from center city at 9:00 a.m. many have been up all night putting on makeup and making adjustments to their lavish costumes. it was on this day in 1901 that first murmt walked off -- mummers parade walked off in philadelphia. bob brooks talked to some in the parade. >> reporter: the show this year. >> the phantom's father and son couldn't be more excited. >> scott said having dad here with him, makes ringing in the new year that much more special. >> my dad, my nephews my son, there's nothing like it in the world

. >>> 38-year-old camden man shot by police has died from injuries. shot after they say he opened fire on a woman holding an eight month old child. charged with attempted murder. >>> in wilmington, new mayor is launching crackdown on gun violence. yesterday mike announced new calls for police patrols in high crime areas. there were three murders during the mayor's first four days in office. >> you just see a child, a 14-year-old child involved in one of these killings. i see two young girls involved in one of those killings. >>> he said the city will also be looking to build better relationships with county and state police. >>> in montgomery county, seniors can learn how to stay safe. township police will talk about the latest scams aimed at seniors and how to avoid them. >> the former president of penn state university will have to trim down his case against a former fib director before he can sue. yesterday a pennsylvania judge threw out the defamation suit basically telling him to cut out information not relevant to the case. the lawyer vowed to r

camden covering over 1,000 miles they have to take care of in their county alone. they are making sure their trucks are loaded with salt. they have the plows on the front of the truck, as well. we have video, this doesn't have snow, this is from last night, galloway township atlantic county where they are getting prepared. they are just concerned about the morning commute, they want to make sure that's going to move smoothly, hoping to put down salt to have that traction in case there's that prezip sayings that does come down. of course there will be speed restrictions in a number of areas across south jersey in the morning if they are starting to see even just a little bit of precipitation of course even just a little bit of flurries in some ports this morning. we've seen a plow trucks, people who landscape in the summer hope to make extra money in winter where they can plow parking lots. it's been to mild they have not been able to get the extra cash, we talked to some people this morning hoping they get snow heading their way here in south jersey. reporting live

we have a problem with the water main break, kendall boulevard at washington avenue in oakland, camden county. it's affecting the school. of course with temperatures like we're seeing, you'll have ice on the roads. that's why it's affecting the school kendall boulevard, the water main break avoid that area and stick to manner avenue in oakland, camden county. platt bridge westbound shut down due to an accident, we have police on the scene right now. they are blocking the entrance to the platt bridge westbound. eastbound is moving okay. westbound completely blocked off with the accident on the platt bridge. let's look at the temperatures right now. we told me you it was cold. 5 degrees in martins creek. 7 in pottstown, 9 in saint davids. 12 in center city. 7 in browns mill. 1 in glassboro, vineland. 8 degrees in dover. a cold morning, matt. >> indeed. >>> happening today the suspect in the for fort lauderdale rampe is due in court. video obtained by tmz shows the gunman police identify as esteban santiago pulling the weapon from his waistband and firing several times. five people were k

to know the man who paved the way for this country to truly be the land of the free lived here in camden, new jersey while he was a student in seminary school in chester, pennsylvania just 20 minutes away. >> who lived in the back bedroom which the sky here is a bathroom. they they stayed directly up there and he lived there for between september 1948 until june 1951. >> when i first tresa story the home was on the brink of demolition because of its poor condition. activist and the local naacp made it their mission to save the home. i'm i'm excited to say the home will be saved as a historical landmark, big plans are in store, activists are reaching out to local nonprofits and universities hoping they will take ownership of the home. patrick has been on the forefront of this project. this this time when i was out there he pointed out that in early december someone was murdered right in front of the home. he is hoping by turning it into a beacon of light for the community that it will show camden there is potential. >> it's really so we can tell the story of doctor king's time. people kno

. >> let's go over to annie mccormick live along the black horse pike in blackwood, camden county. good morning, anne annie. >> reporter: take a look at this video this is video from a short time ago. this is in lindenwald, new jersey, you can see the flurries coming down. in camden county crews loaded up with salt. 100 pieces of equipment are on standby, officials say they are preparing for a messy morning commute. that's why they are getting the trucks ready in the early morning and overnight. they say the equipment is prepped and trucks are loaded so they can be prepared. we have video of trucks that were lined up at the new jersey department of transportation salt yard on route 30 in galloway township. that was last night. everywhere you're going around the south jersey area, in the parking lots and sidewalks, salt is laid down, people are pretreating the areas because they are anticipating freezing, so there's salt. we have a lot of people with plow trucks driving around here, this is the time of year you can make extra money, if you have a plow you can throw on the front of y

not too bad pennsauken, camden county. that's where we are live, back to you. >> drivers in delaware county will spend extra time dusting off their cars this morning. action cam was in ridley park last night. bridges can ice up quickly, but as you can see no traffic troubles out there right now. >> let's turn to "action news" reporter, katherine scott live on the boulevard up in northeast philadelphia, how's it looking out there now, katherine? >> reporter: we've been speaking to drivers this morning the ones we have talked to have not encountered any major issues. the main roads look okay. there's coverage on the side streets. there's light snow falling in northeast philadelphia, as you take a live look at roosevelt boulevard, you can see it's not really sticking to the surface of the boulevard at this point. it looks pretty clear, and the traffic we're seeing near tyson is moving along okay. of course it's still early. so there's not a whole lot of cars on the roads this morning. the road surface is wet here, but it's re