live in northeast philadelphia, david henry, channel 6 "action news." eva? >> thanks, david. >>> philadelphia firefighters rushed to a car accident in the hunting park section early this morning and found they would a murder on their hands. the action cam was on the scene of north deli street. the 49-year-old driver was speeding when his car smashed into a parked carat 3:45. when firefighters reached him they found he was shot in the chest and pronounced at the scene. police found a bullet she will in the car. homicide detectives are trying to determine where the shooting actually tombs and who did it. >>> a limo driver is shot and killed in west philadelphia and police thunk a marriage he picked up -- a passenger he picked up pulled the trigger. just after 7:00 p.m., the 25-year-old driver was shot in the head on the 5400 block of delancy street in west philadelphia. the driver's girlfriend was with him. she was not hurt. cash and cell phone was taken from the limousine. the philadelphia police say with all homicide there's a 20,000-dollar reward for informa

. >> lets switch live to philadelphia city hall, and david henry. david how did pedestrians and many workers cope with the cold weather. they paid attention to the weather and paid dearly for it. it's just about as cold as the trip in this morning. >> yes very cold out here this morning. the icy grip of winter made the morning wait for the bus seem like an eternity. >> could it get worse? >> there is not a lot of snow so that is good. >> commuters scrambled on to the warm buses as quickly as they could. the kids were slow getting out of the house this morning, they needed extra time to layer up. >> a hat, a hoody and jacket and his scarf. and of the course his gloves and thermals underneath. >> many schools overnight. that gave parents and grandparents extra time with the kids. >> i gave them a warm breakfast and i decided to bring them to school instead of walking i decided to bring them today. >> put on the warmest things we could find in the house warm up the car and drop them off. they have to go into the cafeteria and wait that is good there is

david henry is live in center city philadelphia tonight you talked to a woman for whom the attack strikes close to home. >> reporter: that is right. pulitzer prize winner has worked here at the philadelphia daily news for 28 years she has reflected society's foibles in a fun house mirror, that mirror may have cracked but it's not broken. >> these are my people all they did was draw cartoons they didn't shoot anyone or behead anyone. >> the shooting of charlie hebdo was prompted by unflattering cartoons of muhammad poking fun at islamic extremists. >> this harmed them worse than any cartoon could. >> wilson will be not intimidated the attack, she published cartoons like this one of muhammad and got no negative feedback and this attack will not timintimidate her. >> i will do one for tomorrow's paper until this craziness stops. >> she says she doesn't look over her shoulder when she leaves the building personally it doesn't matter much but for society you can't have people going around saying i disagreed therefore this person has to be shot. >> wilson makes a living making shots at the powe

live at 56th and cardinal is david henry. what is the latest on this. >> reporter: well, jim if it seems like deja vu it is we have been here before this water main back here ruptured on winfield avenue one year ago and here we are another rupture another year later it's that time of year. >> the winter season is our typical break season we see a high valium volume december through march. >> reporter: there are eight over the past 24 hours alone including this one the tran mission line running down winfield avenue ruptured on monday night and people downstream had low water pressure until the flow was shut off. this is what is looked like last january when the same transmission line sent a deluge down the hill. people have to be prepared to lose their water this time of year. >> everyone recommends have you water stored in the house a case of water or two cases of water, have you water to drink and cook with and we'll have your water restored as quickly as possible. fortunately this rupture was not as disruptive as it could h

david henry is getting a closer look at the aftermath he joinses live from the scene. >> reporter: that water flow got shut off at 8:00 this morning, leaving behind an icy landscape, coating the trees and this building back here. crews had to pull out of here last night when it became too dangerous. >> the geyser shot far up into the air into the trees, after a valve burst last night. water crew his to cut through a fence and go through heavy underbrush to get to the source and they battled freezing temperatures and a geyser of water. one worker got into trouble and had to be rescued. he was taken to the hospital where he was treated and released this morning. and at that point things got too dangerous. >> in the immediate area, it was dark and icy a difficult location to get access to we are trying to get close to the location and it was challenging for us. >> the crews returned at 6:00 this morning and it took to hours to finally get the water shut off. they had to shut involves on what is called a fire loop some miles away. and that leads to another problem, fire hydrants are dry inc

reporter chad pradelli and david henry are standing by but first lets go to meteorologist, cecily tynan. >> stormtracker 6 live double scan showing that the accumulating snow is out of here and we have a few snow showers along the border of bucks and montgomery county but most of the snow has moved out as far as it's amounts they are right on target wilmington 1.6 inches and new london 1.5 and horsham 1.2 and philadelphia reporting an even inch of snow. now tonight what to expect partly cloudy and cold night overnight low dropping down to 15 to 20 degrees, any standsing water will refreeze so be careful there are icy patches for your morning commute and the winds will really kick up tomorrow. we have got an arctic front that is moving through and first of all it could bring us brief snow squalls tomorrow afternoon and pull in the winds out of the northwest and result in the coldest air mass since last january since we were dealing with the polar vortex the weather service has issued an advisory for it's poconos, windchills dropping as low as 20 degrees below zero. we'll talk about this

live in mount holly david henry, channel6 "action news." jim. >> thank you david. >>> former sportscaster don tollefson was back on the stand in his own defense today. tollefson is on trial for theft and fraud. he testified for nearly an hour about his work with young people. tollefson says that in 2012 he began to run out of money and calls himself a bad businessman. but prosecutors say he bilked roughly 200 people out of $340,000 worth of bogus sports and travel packages. >>> the president's task force charged with improving 21st century policing held its first public meeting in washington today. philadelphia police commissioner charles ramsey is the cochairman of the group. mayor michael nutter was among those testifying about how to improve relationships between police and their communities. >>> others spoke about crime and about crime reduction and violence directed at law enforcement. ramsey says the task force will offer solutions to current policing problems. >> we have every intent of meeting the time lines laid out by the -- by the

live in mount laurel, david henry, channel6 "action news." jim. >> thank you david. there will be no charges against the police officer who struck and killed a 10-year-old boy with his squad car in franklin township last month. the gloucester county prosecutor's office said the officer's actions were not criminal. he was one of three patrolmen heading to a a nonemergency call when he hit 10 year old matthew mccloskey. the boy died in the crash on december 28th. the funeral for shane montgomery was held in manayunk today. mourners gathered at saint john the baptist church to say their final goodbyes to the 21-year-old college student. >>> he went missing thanksgiving morning. his body was found in the schuylkill river last weekend. his death an accident according to police. montgomery was buried at calvary cemetery in west conshohocken today. >>> there is more tonight about the 40-year-old woman from voorhees, new jersey, who died from the flu earlier this week. "action news" reporter vernon odom that is a story. >> reporter: this was nicole born of voorhees a poster

david henry channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. lets switch live now to "action news" reporter john rawlins who is in center city where the snow emergency was liftd this morning. >> reporter: that is correct. there is not much to say as far as accumulation this snow was a no show and that was pleasant news for folks that had to go to work. >> it's not as bad as i thought it would be i'm still an hour early, the buses weren't so bad, a little late. but not bad at all. >> snow did indeed fall overnight but in the end it didn't amount to much in center city. crews made short work of it sweeping it and shoveling it and blasting it with a torch. >> i knew it wouldn't be too bad, i knew i had to go to work. >> with many city workers told to stay home traffic was light. nurse sara had an easy walk to hahnemann hospital i feel bad for people that spent the night because they thought there would be a ton of snow. the transit system is not without hiccups, on the rail side. >> running on the saturday schedule now, i was suppose to catch the

we'll check it with david henry live in center city but first an update from our team of meteorologists, david murphy and karen rogers. >> the wind has died down but snow is coming down but not all that much. lets start you with stormtracker 6 live double scan you can see there are some snow showers still around the region and in some cases they are highlighted in a brighter shade of white. i can tell you what i'm standing in now is light and gentle and probably not producing accumulation most of what you got on the ground is what you see on the way, maybe a couple of .10's inch in spots. in the northern and western suburbs breakup in kutztown and allentown and near pottstown have you a decent amount of that shade of gray popping through, so perhaps additional showing up on road surfaces in delaware things get better up in wilmington steady stuff and millville it appears that you are beginning to clear out. things are improving not a lot of additional snow to the west and there is more coming in between now and 3:00 and 4:00 generally things are improving the national weather service, t

"action news" reporter david henry was live at the scene. they grabbed a person of interest thanks to witnesses. >> police believe they have their hand thanks to a witness that chased him down, it happened on the second level of this parking garage at 17th and callow hill. it surprises people that use this garage every day. >> i am surprised i use this every day. >> the victim was followed into the garage and started as a robbery and then the suspect trapped her between these two cars and forced her to undress and sexually assaulted her and the man in his car saw what was happening and got out of his car and chased the suspect and the police joined the chase on the college campus and they found what they believe was the suspect's coat and the victim's hat sources say he was seen discardeding inging them as he ran. the parking lot was owned by the one town apartments and residents were horrified to hear what happened here. >> i am surprised it seemed safe. >> women that use their garage always felt safe here. >> i always felt safe but now i'm

live in doylestown, david henry, channel 6 "action news." >> nice to see everyone in good spirits, we just gained a young viewer, thank you david. no matter what the weather brings be ready with 6abc.com and our latest accuweather forecast is there for you and check out our list of school closings and delays. >>> we want to give you back to the scene of the breaking news that led the newscast this afternoon the roof collapse in center city philadelphia we are circling the spot now where the bricks on the building next door to lulu lemons crashed through the building apparently strikes two people inside rendering them minor injuries police are very much on the scene now with the first responders for fear perhaps that bricks could give way to the structure next door, they have cleared the way and the building is empty and the store is empty. we are gathering more details and we have more video coming in as well. we'll show you that and get to the latest. thank you, cable for the slower internet upload speeds. for fewer video on demand titles. thank you cable, because if we never had you

live in wilmington, david henry, channel6 "action news." jim. >> thank you david. >>> the ride sharing company lyft is now operating in philadelphia without permission. like its rival uber, customers can order a car through a smartphone app. lyft cars feature pink mustache. the company as approval to operate in pennsylvania but not philadelphia. the ppa threatened to fine drivers and impound their cars. service began at 6 o'clock tonight. >>> the acme market in cape may courthouse shared its good fortune today. the store recently sold annin million dollars pick six lottery ticket and to celebrate acme donated $3,000 to local organizations. the community food bank of new jersey the cape may county special services school and the middle township volunteer fire department each received a $1,000 check today. >>> coming up on "action news" eagles running back lesean mccoy speaks out about his contract and the salary cap. >> this is 562 in exeter township. this guy trying to bike through the snow squalls. this monday morning this area will see a

live in trenton, david henry channel6 "action news." rick. >> all right, david, thank you.se be sure to stick around for a special one hour edition of "action news" tonight at 11:00 as the storm starts to intensify. we'll have an updated information about the storm's track and expected snowfall totals as well as conditions where you live. so, join us for an hour of "action news" tonight at 11 o'clock. >>> in the meantime, the massive nor'easter is impacting air travel up and down the eastern seaboard. this is a live look at conditions at philadelphia international airport at this hour. delays and cancellations started early this morning and are continuing to grow. "action news" reporter katherine scott spoke to passengers who are having to change their plans. >> cancellations have been piling up here today at the airport. we did speak to some passengers who were lucky enough to take off but that number seems to be getting smaller and smaller. the closer we creep toward the brunt of this storm. >> i know we're going to get out. >> reporter: but her confidence was unfortunate

there we find david henry live at society hill. >> security is extremely tight here at this hotel right now the president is due here in two hours to rally the troops and the house democrats are meeting here in philadelphia to map out a strategy for 2016 for the shall acting they took in 2014. >> we need a better message. probably just didn't articulate it enough. all for the democrats meeting behind closed doors at the hyatt for the past two days it's more marketing than politics they are trying to come up with a message that resonates with middle class voters that means closing tax loopholes for the rich and helping the middle class. >> we are not dictating how you distribute your wealth we are saying that you shouldn't get a tax cut for a $20 million bonus and shift that tax burden to your employees. >> middle class voters we talked with blamed both parties for their economic woes and are mixed on which party is more in their corner. >> i don't follow it much, but i would think the republican party. >> i think the democrats. the republican congress has not been doing much of anything

david henry with that candid conversation at 10:30. >>> breaking news from center city, philadelphia police are investigating a stabbing and robbery in a two attackers stabbed a suspect in and took the cell phone and took off running. the victim was taken to jefferson hospital and in stable condition. >>> and police questioning two men about a shooting in lawn dale and a bullet year old man's head. and the victim was rushed to the hospital, also in stable condition. >>> dozens of people turned up on this bitterly cold night to protest the police shooting death of a man in bridgeton, new jersey last week. demonstrators marched to the county courthouse to contest the gentlemen from millville who was shot last tuesday. the group placed candled and stopped and prayed for the family. the organize eyesize eyesize -- police officer to resign. >> we want people not to be complacent because we feel things like this happen when people are silent. >> witnesses capture the shooting on the cell phone video. the family hired an attorney calling for an independent investigation. it is not clear jus

david henry, channel 6 "action news." >> we'll show you the upgraded channel 6 weather app, you can post a postcard of the conditions outside of your house and use the #~ abc 6 cold your picture could appear on our news tonight. >>> developing right now philadelphia police have caught the man they say ran over a police officer with his car. chad pradelli is live now with an update. >> reporter: hey shirleen police tell me his name is dominique fallins, he is wanted for driving over a philadelphia police officer and dragging him a half block. this is the man that drove down the police officer at 32nd and susquehanna. they pulled over the suspect in this chevy impala for a traffic violation. >> the male was the only person inside and was invasive with his answers they ran the tag and it went back to another vehicle. >> the officer ordered him out of the car and he gunned it and the wheels spun out on ice and the officer pulled his weapon and the suspect tried to grab the gun and pull him into the vehicle. he went westbound on susquehanna dragging the officer for a good ways. the officer go

the middle of the morning commute sidewalks and side streets were also slick at times today and david henry continues our team coverage live in center city with a look at the conditions today. hey david. >> reporter: hi alicia the streets and sidewalks here in center city are mostly clear of the snow and ice and there will plenty of slick spots to watch out for and it's still a big improvement over this morning's rush hour. the transportation department had salt trucks on the routes but this was south broad street at 9:30, one of the busiest routes was covered in snow and ice and another major artery spring garden street was in the same shape the city says its trucks were delayed by rush hour traffic and most streets will be treatmented now but the side streets will not see salt at all. even though people managed to get around without much trouble at all. >> i came from the manayunk area and it was slippery but here is not bad. >> walking was dicey and sidewalks in the city were treacherous until property owners began salting, not much shoveling required with this snowfall. greg jones drove

and now david henry is on the scene of that massive main break. >> reporter: the leak is capped and they evidence of what happened out here for almost 12 hours is a thick coating of ice on just about everything in sight, the situation is resolved but not before creating a very dangerous state of affairs here. the rupture was reported around 7:30 last night the geyser of water shot into the air and it's on private property but it became the city's job to stop it because that was city water going down the train. they had to battle freezing water and falling limbs from ice covered trees. one worker had to be rescued and after a while it became too dangerous to continue. >> throughout the night and in the immediate area over there it was dark and icy and difficult location to get access to, we are trying to get close to the location it was extremely challenging for us. >> the leak was caused by a blowout of a valve they had to shut off a network of valves some as far as a mile away. but that left fire hydrants running dry. some shopping complexes were unprotected for hours firefighters woul

and we have the latest from david henry live in mount holly on the missing erica crippen crosby, david. >> reporter: yeah, monica, erica crippen crosby's family came here looking for answers but they did not learn much. during the first very brief court appearance by her husband, kyle crosby who is accused of killing her. >> are you going to apply for a public defender? >> no. >> are you going retain private counsel? >> yes. >> reporter: 28-year-old kyle crosby showed little emotion as the charges against him were laid outer in court for the first time. one counter of furthery murder and two counts of child endangerment. he's accused of killing erica and abandoning his daughter and stepdaughter. erica's relatives sobbed quietly in court never getting the answer to a burning question: where is erica? her body hasn't been ground. >> without erica we're still lost. you know, we're grateful that kyle is here and he has been caught but we're still missing erica. >> reporter: erica was last seen alive with kyle the night of december 30th at a restaurant in cherry hill. her family became conc

live at school district headquarters, david henry channel6 "action news." you david. >>> a frightening wakeup call for a residents of a home in south philadelphia just after midnight a bullet came flying through the front window of his house in the 2700 block of cantrell terrace. fortunately nobody was hit. police are still trying to track down the person who shot it. >> delaware lawmakers have crafted a new bill to close a loophole and hopefully curb the high rate of gun violence among young people in the first state. attorney general matt den announced the legislation along with cosponsor senators margaret rose henry and representative larry mitchell. if passed it would guarantee prison time for offenders caught with guns that are prohibited from having because of a conviction from when they were 16 or 17 years old. the current law prevents a juvenile's record from being taken into account once they are an adult. >> individuals targeted by this bill are not young adults who are new to the criminal justice system or have just made a single mistake. these a

." >> let's switch live to "action news" reporter, david henry in morrisville, bucks county. hi david. >> reporter: hi, sarah, they declared a state of emergency in morrisville at noon. we have had flurries all morning long, we've had enough to shovel. there are still plenty of shoves available at the local hardware store. the one thing you won't find is rock salt they sold out every bag they had early this morning 50 to # 5 bags, no rock salt available, but you can get a shovel. across the river in trenton snow preparations are well underway. this will be the first big test for trenton's new mayor eric jackson. he said the city will be ready. he said the main focus is keeping the streets cleared and that means it won't be parking as usual. >> we'll ask the city on a snow emergency routes that when the snow gets around 3 to 4 inches to move their cars to the school parking lots which will be open to them, so we can plow curb to curb. >> a lucky lady found salt at the hardware store, it was on hold foreher. lucky you. >> reporter: they are reading in morrisville and trenton and

david henry channel 6 "action news." >>> two brothers accused of stealing $100,000 worth of sewer grates when before a judge in king of prussia they waived their preliminary hearing then are accused of stealing 269 grates from towns across the delaware valley they both remain in jail on $3000 jail. word is that the philadelphia inspector general finished a probe into thedepartment. "action news" reporter chad pradelli. >> reporter: jim sources tell "action news" that two battalion chiefs are involved in this sex scandal and so far the city has been hushed but we uncovered some of the alligations. >> sex in firehouses and ambulances while on the job that is what sources say is at the heart of a sex scandal that has careers in jeopardy the alleged sexual misconduct after a young female paramedic filed an equal opportunity commission complaint alleging sexual harassment this summer. it was learn that the paramedic had sexual relations with a dozen firefighters on and off duty and two battalion chiefs are among those that had sex with the accusers. derek sawer referred questions to the mayor

live in center city, david henry channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> new video this afternoon of a dollar store robbery in north philadelphia it happened last wednesday at 10:00 p.m., at the family dollar store on german town avenue they forced two people back into the stores as they were closing up shop and if you have any information about the robbery you are asked to call philadelphia police hazmat crews were called to a manufacturing company for an ammonia leak, and chopper 6 hd was over the 4600 block of daria section it was coming from a 500 gallon drum from the outside of the corporation no employees were on site at the time and nobody was injured. >>> three people were injured in an apartment fire in white marsh township overnight. the blaze broke out at the washington towers apartments at 1:00 a.m. it took crews more than an hour to get in under control and more than a dozen people were left without a place to live. they are being helped by the red cross. >>> a school bus in atlantic county was involved in a fender bender and luckily nobody was seriously hurt. is happ

david henry is live at the scene at the 1800 block of ross rosalind street with the latest. >> at this point it does not appear to be foul play and the house was equipped with fully working smoke detectors lee fletcher was the only person home when the flames broke out at 1:20 this morning, fletcher was found on the couch on the first floor firefighters were here in four minutes after at large sounded, they rushed fletcher to the hospital and he died a short time later they found intense flames shooting out of the back of the house and were confronted by arcing electrical wires and initial reports indicate that the fire may have started in the kitchen area family members arrived to achieve personal belongings, fletcher's grandson granddaughter and great grandson live with him. >> by the time i got here they said my house was on fire. i knew they had the wrong house my neighbor called and said it's your house and i got here and saw my grandfather burning on the ground devastating. >> it appears to have started in the freezer, in the kitchen. fletcher was a military veteran a vietnam vet

live in mount laurel, david henry, channel6 "action news." shirleen. >> all right, thank you, david. >>> brand new at 4:00 police are investigating the report of a sexual assault in west chester. they released a surveillance picture of the suspect. they say it happened at a home on south walnut street on december 28. the man who lived there told police the suspect broke in and sexually assaulted him. police say the two men did not know each other. they are asking anyone with information to call them. >> one person is dead after a fiery crash involving a tractor-trailer this morning in northampton county. happened around 5:15 in the westbound lanes of i-78. police say a cargo van caught fire and hit the tractor-trailer which was already stopped because of a previous accident. that 18-wheeler also caught fire and between the wreckage and the flames, the driver of the cargo van could not get out and was killed at the scene. police have not told us the names of anyone involved. the road was closed for about five hours after the wreck. >> family an

. >>> let's continue our live team cover ridgeway david henry live on the schuylkill expressway with more on how road crews are getting ready. hi david. >> reporter: timing of that storm has potential of turning rush hour into a real mess tomorrow morning so penndot is doing everything it can to stay ahead of the storm pretreating roadways all day today. this penndot truck was putting down a brine mixture on montgomery county today. trucks were doing the same in bucks chester and delaware counties as well. highways through philadelphia until after 6:00 tonight and then at midnight it's all hands-on deck. >> allstate equipment will be out on the roadway. we'll start salting as soon as the snow bins to fall whether it's during rush hour or after the rush hour on tuesday morning. >> reporter: penndot doesn't expect to do any plowing but with intermittent snow squalls moving through the area the trucks will probably end up salting and then resalting problems areas and penndot has plenty of salt on hand. last year they broke all records laying down almost 173,000 tons. stock piles have bee

"action news" reporter david henry has the story. >> reporter: some neshaminy skins have been showingeir cell phones and they now face criminal charges. middletown township police have issued citations to eight students for allegedly sharing sexual images on their cell phones. >> this is not just something to fool around with. >> reporter: michelle walsh heads the bucks county d.a.'s juvenile division. she can't comment on the neshaminy case but what happened there now applies to kids everywhere under state law. walsh says sexting is not kid's play and there are now serious consequences. >> they could range from anything that you could get in juvenile court from probation to placement outside the home depending on the nature of the case. >> reporter: the neshaminy sexting came to light two and a half months ago when some students saw the images on phones in the school and reported them. they will enter a program for nonviolent offenders. the d.a. is reminding others to be careful. >> you take that expect the world to see it and know you could be in violation of the law if you document

live in trenton, david henry channel6 "action news." see shelley is an honest woman david. thank you. >>> sky 6 hd taking a live look right now at philadelphia international airport where cancellations and delays very much the story of this day. in fact, american airlines and u.s. airways have already canceled all flights for tomorrow. for how travelers are dealing with all the disruptions we turn to "action news" reporter katherine scott live at the airport. katherine, you've got the latest. >> reporter: brian crews have been working to keep run ways clear for the flights that can take off but we've been hearing more and more about cancellations tonight and tomorrow as the day has gotten later. we're near security right now and you can see it is very light. thousands of flights across the country have been canceled today and tomorrow and we've been speaking to travelers here who are hoping their flight isn't one of them. >> it does not look promising whatsoever. >> reporter: optimism was a bit thin on the ground for travelers at philade

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live now is david henry there is always more energy in the room when the president comes to speak. >> reporter: well he is the rock star among the democrats at this point any way. heavy activity outside of the hotel here, he will give the democrats a pep talk so to speak. this is about strategy for winning back congress in 2016, more about marketing than politics getting out a message that appeals to middle class. >> the house democrats are meeting behind closed doors at the hyatt and sheridan hotels trying to find a way to convince middle class vernon odomers that they have their backs. >> if are you rich the government will help you out but if you are somewhere in between, they have no solutions for you. >> the democrats want to close tax loopholes for the rich and extend tax breaks for the middle class. he will give a peek at the budget proposal that will be revealed to the public on monday. he wants to end the sequester cuts. >> how can president obama say he is working to improve the quality of life, but at the same time taking more and more of american's american money he talks

. >> david henry says he's taking it slow. >> i don't think i'll be leaving any time soon. >>ast not today. even though the sun is shining, the air is bitter cold. the combination of hazardous roads and potentially dangerous cold forced loudoun county school officials to close the classrooms again today. in a statement, wayne bayard said we pulled our principals and many said streets to schools were icy. we found sidewalks still covered right next to buses parked for the day. so what do parents think about the students having another day at home? >> i work from home and so having them there is difficult. they've got to be entertained and, you know you want to keep them busy so they don't bother you. but look it is what it is. but it's time for them to get back. >> mixed feelings, you know but being safe is the best thing. i think as long as the kids who walk and we're seeing some more problems on the sidewalks and things like that. >> i think it's a good decision. >> however, with this bitter cold some parents are concerned that this situation with these streets feeling mor

"action news" reporter david henry has the latest. >> 26 year old erica crippen crosby lived here with cousin, kyle and not seen since just before new year's eve and he apparently is missing, too. erica's family believes she is a victim of foul play saying she wouldn't get up and leave her two young daughter's behind. they say kyle crosby was supposed to pick up the 7-year-old from school and never showed up. now they say they can't get ahold of him. >> it is definitely not like her. she has a 7-month-old -- no a 2-month-old daughter and 7-year-old daughter also. and she is a mother first and would never leave her kids. >> erica last seen with her husband at this restaurant in cherry hill december 30. that night she updapted her facebook page around 10:30. but there have been no postings sings -- since then. and she posted nearly every day. the husband's last post was january 2 sending out this message, i need a babysitter for the girls. does anyone know a reliable one? >> we are worried. if anybody knows something, let us know. we are worried sick here. >> erica's family will be organ

david henry joins us with more. >> reporter: 100 police officers left fop headquarters this morning two full buses and a dozen police cars all to pay their final respects to wenjian liu. >> it's extremely important that we show our solidarity not only to the citizens, but more importantly to the family. >> reporter: the officers boarded the buses for the trip up the new jersey turnpike to new york. dozens of new jersey officers did the same departing from belmawr around 7:30. there will be thousands of other police officers from around the country to pay their last respects to a fallen comrade. wenjian liu and rafael ramos were assassinated in their patrol car december 20th. the funeral is being held in brooklyn this morning. thousands attended a memorial service yesterday. officers from this area has given up a sunday at home with their families to stand in the cold rape for hours. they also it's a small sacrifice compared to what the two new york officers and their families have lost. >> it's effects every one of us. we wanted to make sure we had a great showing of support not only fo

"action news" reporter david henry was live at the scene.abbed a person of interest thanks to witnesses. >> police believe they have their hand thanks to a witness that chased him down, it happened on the second level of this parking garage at 17th and callow hill. it surprises people that use this garage every day. >> i am surprised i use this every day. >> the victim was followed into the garage and started as a robbery and then the suspect trapped her between these two cars and forced her to undress and sexually assaulted her and the man in

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david henry is live now on the 15th block of walnut street. >> reporter: given the weight of what fell on to the roof of that clothing store it's surprise that everyone inside at the time was able to escape with minor injuries the bricks left up there on the wall have been stabilized, you can see that with the roofing material but it's just a matter now of an investigation and what caused this to happen and if it could have been prevented. >> masonry workers spend the day repairing loose brick and "action news" learned the section of wall was 30 feet long and 15 bricks high with a stone cap. for standard size bricks that say ton and a half material. the roof crashed through the roof of the lululemon store. three people were injured and treated at the hospital. an engineer spent the day inspecting the structure of the build that had the collapse and lni was on the scene monitoring the work and the director of emergency services says it looks like snow and ice and heavy wind played a factor. it's not known when the building was last inspected and what maintenance has been made. it's owne

"action news" reporter chad pradelli and david henry are standing by but first lets go to meteorologistan. >> stormtracker 6 live double scan showing that the accumulating snow is out of here and we have a few snow showers along the border of bucks and montgomery county but most of the snow has moved out as far as it's amounts they are right on target wilmington 1.6 inches and new london 1.5 and horsham 1.2 and philadelphia reporting an even inch of snow. now tonight what to expect partly cloudy and cold night overnight low dropping down to 15 to 20 degrees, any standsing water will refreeze so be careful there are icy patches for your morning commute and the winds will really kick up tomorrow. we have got an arctic front that is moving through and first of

security is tight around the society hill before the president's arrival and traffic is -- on 95 and david henry will have more on that tonight at 5:00. >>> be a councilman resigned his post and entered the race for mayor. jim kenny gave his resinition today, councilman has to resign their seat in order to seek office. kenny joins a now crowded democratic field heading into the may 19th primary, one lawmaker left office and another one entered in the suburbs valerie r. kush took the oath of office and she replaced leslie richards who resigned to take a job as governor tom wolf's transportation secretary. and has the support of josh shapiro the term ends this year. >>> still ahead the deadline passes for the possible prisoner swap. where the countries involved go from here. we look inside of the security plan for the super bowl. as a small business owner you wouldn't deliver just half of what you have to offer to your customers. so why are you settling for half-fast internet? only verizon fios comes with speedmatch. upload speeds as fast as your download speeds. so large files go out in a snap an

david henry is in the courtroom. he'll have much more in a live report tonight at 5:00. >> reporter: brand new after 4 o'clock a chester county teacher is accused of having sex with one of her students. sara o'neill teaches at the church farm school in exton. police say she started the relationship with one of her students a year ago when he was just 16. police say they know at least four separate incidents with the same student. o'neill is due in court now next month. >> new jersey governor chris christie gave his annual state of the state address today and this time the audience for his address was a lot bigger than just the garden state. new jersey correspondent nora muchanic is live at the statehouse in trenton and nora, there's a lot of speculation about a white house run but today christie touted his work here at home. >> reporter: absolutely, shirleen, he did that in a speech that had no surprises and didn't really cover any new ground. but he also broadened his speech out about new jersey to some national the

did you know that david henry selena gomez's older brother on "the wizards of waverly place."esident. president obama seems to be not sitting down with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. the two will not meet when netanyahu comes to washington in march to meet with congress. >> that's a shame because the president doesn't have time for bb netanyahu, but he does have time to sit down with a woman who eats fruit loops out of a tub she's sitting in. leeland vittert is live in the white house with the very latest. all right. how did this happen. >> reporter: well, good morning. we know a little bit about the president's schedule yesterday. he flew home from kansas to washington d.c. was at a political meeting. he came back to be interviewed by youtube stars and they asked him a wide range of questions including, but not limited to some things about the police in america. >> my husband is mad at me right now. i cut all the hoods off his hoodies to protect him 'cause i'm afraid when he goes that somebody might shoot to kill him and it's not like regular folks, it's the popo.

now david henry is taking on a new challenge, playing get this, ronald reagan in the first biographyorning. >> thank you for having me. absolutely ready. very excited. >> so you're 25. what do you know about reagan? you didn't get a chance to see him running the country. >> no. i had grown up, my family definitely admires him. he's an iconic president. my nana was the first one to call me when she up to out i got the role. she goes, my baby, ronald reagan is so beautiful. she's italian. going to be amazing. one time his wife came to italy and she brought her furniture to italy. very italian mentality. >> but they love reagan in your house. you made sure it's something you felt good about? >> script is awesome. i'm teen reagan in his lifeguard years to early actor years. so i have to wear like a -- almost like a wrestlerf+ zmh@tm má 3 look at you. i can't even tell the difference. there is david and that's the real reagan to the left. i could see you doing this. >> yeah. it hugs a little awkward, but it's going to be fantastic. i'm going to be excited to do it. >> here is the other th

there is a very good book by david lewis, on "the public life of henry ford," where you can see how significant this is to ford. and that may help to explain why ford eventually decides that he is going to have his own newspaper. and he purchases "the dearborn independent." where is dearborn? it is still there. >> it is like, about 35 minutes outside detroit? >> yes. dearborn, in michigan, nearby detroit, so it was local. there is a significant ford installation in dearborn. ford buys the "the dearborn independent." what is the great advantage of owning your own newspaper? it is not a hard question. >> you control what the paper says about you? >> yes, exactly. if you want to control your own message, it's helpful to own your own newspaper. and he has another great advantage. yes, it is called "the dearborn independent," but it is not just for people in dearborn. what is his great advantage? how can he distribute this paper? what does he have? yes? >> he has cars. >> he has cars and if you want to sell cars, you need, then and now -- >> [indiscernible] >> dealerships? >> dealerships. you've got

. >> david stevenson tells us how both sides hope to use the raid at san francisco's henry hotel.ny in the case .z:koagainst two san francisco police officers. seen on surveillance video arresting the room's occupy for heroin position. >> if we can't trust officers to be truthful, what hope is there for the justice system? >> reporter: six officers were indicted by the u.s. attorney after a public defender publicized tapes of several raids. officers are on trial for civil rights violations and falsifying records. prosecutors say the video contradicts the police report that officers knocked and obtained permission to enter. >> what the videotape shows is what the police said happened and what really happened were two different things. >> reporter: attorneys for the officers say this and other tapes don't tell the whole story. the u.s. attorney dropped 2-6 charges against had officers tied to -- the officers tied to a separate raid. he was indicted in this case, return said to work today after a year c8$j-- returned to work today after a year on leave. >> this tells us we have to be

henri matisse cutouts. the editor of "mad" magazine speaks out. david edelstein weighs in on the controversy surrounding the new film "selma" here are the headlines the 11th of january 2015. hundreds of thousands of people have gathered for a mass rally this morning in paris to show unity following the deadly terror attacks by extremist a cry for freedom will be attended by many european and world leaders. french authorities are searching for the common law wife of one of the gunman but there are concerns that she has fled to syria, police believe the 26-year-old woman has vital information about the radical cell that her partner belonged to. elizabeth palmer will have more on the terror attacks in paris later. interstate 94 in southwestern michigan is open again after 193 vehicle pile up. friday in the white out conditions. which included explosion of a semi truck filled with fireworks. one person was killed. six teams have recovered the tail section of the airasia jet that crashed last month in the java sea killing all 162 people on board. plane's bac

henry county, georgia. they get into more trouble the more they run. because he's a teen and she's a minor, he could face kidnapping charges. david? >> steve, thank you. >>> we return to the weather, a brutal week of cold. the time lapse of chicago river, the blocks of ice building by the hour until you can see there, it's completely frozen over. and look at this, the northeast, the midwest, covered in white. and now the big thaw on the way. abc's senior meteorologist rob marciano with us. a lot of people watching at home saying, it's about time. >> and so much needed for some folks. take a look. chicago, certainly, and minneapolis, january thaw. although brief, they have been near the 0 degree mark. for much of the month. above freezing tomorrow. and another storm for the pacific northwest and sunday afternoon, six inches of rainfall potentially. showers lingering for the big game in seattle. and on the east coast, a coastal storm that is going to develop. and rain and snow as well. but mostly rain. and rain and wind increasing in foxborough. predicting for the super bowl in arizona much nicer weather. >> you are not going to go

david duke. >> he's a decent honest person who made a mistake, we have all made mistakes. >> i rejekts any form of bigotry. >> meanwhile white house press secretary josh ernest told ed henryly veto threats don't guarantee grid look on everything. >> to try to find common ground with the president on some shared values. what that is opening on overskaes markets to american businesses and make it more fair and simpler. that there may be an opportunity for us to try to cooperate on some issues and actually make prodress for the american people. >> reporter: still the senate is making progress on the floor bill. is so far some democrats seem to be going with delay tactics. >> we have a court out there that still hasn't decided on the rite of the route of the pipeline, so why with repushing this automatic deeming approval of these things with all these concerns out there? i really think it makes no sense. >> the president has failed his first big test when it comes to working with the congress. >> some key congressional republicans say there are opportunities of to get deals on trade and the tax code this year. their concerns are the potential damage of starting 2015 with a ve

henry hyde, also a midwesterner, the late henry hyde fought to correct for many years when he was in congress. so, jim. [applause] >> thank you very much, david for that very kind and generous introduction. yes, you have known me since i was in high school. at that time my hair was black. there was, years that have gone by since there have been less here and more there. i guess that the way it is going to be with all of us, but you're younger than i am and you never diddies close to this group where you were when we first met. i will leave it at that. don't want tmi here. i'm the former chairman of the house judiciary committee. during my chairmanship the first second chance act was passed. we'll have to reauthorize it. we tried in the last congress and didn't make it across the goal line but that's one of the things we'll try again. in the last congress judiciary chairman good late of begin -- goodlatte of virginia create ad task force on overcriminal sakes and made me chair of it. overcriminalization is a affront to personal liberty and expensive and inefficient way to deal with a lot of problems much. there are an estimated 4500 federal cr