worked with dick clark many times.would go, this title is too long. we need to cut dick clark out of the title. do you think that will ever happen? will it go on forever and god forbid what happens when you pass away, will your name then be added onto some other guy? >> i think that's why we keep extending the show. it used to be just at 11:30, it starts now at 8:00 p.m. >> jimmy: it will last until june. when we come back, i have a number of things i want to discuss with you. ryan seacrest is here, from "american idol" and "dick clark's new year's rockin' eve with ryan seacrest." we'll be right back. and starting each day with a delicious bowl of heart healthy kellogg's raisin bran. how's your cereal? sweet! tastes like winning. how would you know what winning tastes like? invest in your heart health, with kellogg's raisin bran. no crying today... it's about getting to the finish line. in life, it's how you get there that matters most. like when i found out i had a blood clot in my leg. my doctor said that it could tr

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dick clark's rocken new year's every, starts at 8:00/7:00 central tonight.er headlines out in the southwest. we have pictures coming in overnight. so many people trapped on the highway have been rescued in california. the winter weather advisories and warnings stretch into texas. there are a couple of pockets in utah colorado new mexico and arizona. that cold if you're not seeing snow, you're feeling cold even in southern california this morning. a look at the midnight temperatures. dallas close to the freezing mark. and that's a minus zeros. we don't have a flex cold here as well, the windchill is only 24, cold through the day, low breezes sunshine and >> all that weather brought to you by mazda. and we are just hours away from the big party. and the big ball drop. that's why tom brennan is here. master artisan for waterford. you have one of the chris cals in your hand. >> i have. >> you change them up. >> every year 288 panels get changed. they are designed in waterford, ireland. the crystal is at the center of the entertainment, that good feel. this year

dick clark's rocken new year's every, starts at 8:00/7:00 central tonight.lines in the southwest. of course we have those big pictures coming in overnight. so many people that were trapped on the highway have been rescued in california. the winter weather advisories and warnings still stretch into texas. there are a couple pockets up into parts of the utah, colorado new mexico and arizona that cold if you're not seeing snow you're feeling cold even in southern california this morning. we'll leave you a look at the midnight temperatures, dallas close to the freezing mark. that's minus zero's. that's how cold it is back in parts of the northern rockies. let's check closer to home. >> hello ginger. happy new year's eve everyone. dave murphy on the terrace with lots of sun but lots of cold. temperature in the 20's right now, wind chills in the teens. 35 is your high today with a temperature of 28 at midnight tonight. cold again tomorrow. rs away from the big party. and the big ball drop. that's why tom brennan is here. master artisan for waterford. you have one

dick clark's new year's rockin' eve with ryan seacrest. 2015.ce it gets dark and the crowds are in and the music begins, it just sort of takes you away. >> you do. you feed off of them. plus it's really cold. keeps you awake. it's like the entire world is represented. sflr sflr. >> reporter: this is your fifth year together. how to mix it up? >> i would say from the five years i have been here, it's the most performances. >> this is the busiest show. 38 performances. >> 38. >> that's a lot. >> 38 in one night. >> that's the biggest. >> we haven't pulled it off yet. >> no. >> reporter: but among the acts. some names people might be familiar with. elton john, taylor swift. what else? >> lady a and nashville. >> one direction, on the show for the west coast party. iggy azalea is going to be out there. meghan trainor. anyone who had a hit song or a big year is on the show. >> reporter: last year you had a kiss at midnight from your then-fiance, donnie wahlberg. if my math's correct, new year's eve is your exact four month anniversary? >> you're righ

tune tovs7 the dick clark's rocking eve with ryan seacrest.phl17 isl]÷ the official home of the mummers. the only place to watch it live this new year's day. 8:00 p.m. on phl17. [♪ instrumental music ♪] >>> this year's!/ mummers parade is a homecoming for one local veteran back from the middlef"@Ñ east. ed farrow returned from his(añ deployment. the father of 3, will march withcn@ the woodland string band on new year's day. the othereáÑ guys were in costume welcome home ed. >>> they think that they found the original source/m% of the ebola outbreak. >>> the groom is from(!÷ our area. we'll hear more about their wild wedding story. >>> talking about a plan blowing up in your face literally. why this crime did not pay. >>> and cecily tynan has the forecast for the last day of the), year. and eagles taking some time off when "action news" continues tonight.úz >>> an ocean of grief as families find?m! out their loved ones are dead inbghg7d the malaysia air crash. six bodies have been recovered. a debris field was found insm; the java sea about 10

>>> if are you staying in tonight did you watch the time square party here on 6 abc tune in to dick clark's new years rockin eve with ryan seacrest it started at 8:00 p.m. and tomorrow don't forget a philly favorite, the mummers day parade. it's the official home of the mummers on phl 17 if are you not headed out to see it in person get full coverage at 8:00 on phl 17. >>> a tractor trailer hauling a load of chickens caught fire and forced a closure in smyrna, delaware, on the southbound lanes of route 1, the rear wheels caught fire and the chickens could be seen next to the trick and no injuries to humans on site, but the fate of the chickens still unknown. >>> a man was killed in bridgeton bridgeton, cumberland county, the suspect was pulled over and may have had a gun. david henry is live now with more. >> reporter: well, it happened right here at 9:30 last night and the police have not yet released any kind of explanation of what happened here and we are getting conflicting reports and some witnesses captured it on their cell phones. it was a chaotic scene right after the shooting bysta

if are you staying cozy inside tonight watch the party here on 6 abc, tune in to dick clark's rocking eve with ryan seacrest getting started here at 8:00 p.m. >>> don't forget the phillies favorite. the mummers parade. phl 17 is the only place to watch the praise live, if you are not head out to catch it in person you can catch it on phl 17. >> more than a dozen people are facing the aftermath of a destructive apartment fire this morning. flames were shooting through the roof when chopper 6 was over the blaze on banger street in northampton county it houses some apartments and buildings, nobody was hurt but the red cross was called in to help 14 displaced residents. >>> we are hearing about the man killed in drexel hill, he posted threats against law enforcement on youtube and tried to run officers down with his car. chad pradelli got new information for us at a news conference joins us with more. chad? >> two investigations remain one by upper darby police and one by the district attorney's office. >> if you listen to the videos you'll know that he was a troubled man on a collision c

. >>> if you want to see the ball drop in new york's times square that is live here on 6 abc, dick clark's new years rockin eve starts at 8:00 tonight and join us for "action news" at 11:00 and back at 11:30 for the final countdown for 2013, visit 6abc.com to see new years celebrations both near and far and a slideshow for people ringing in the new year and check the "action news" forecast for other displays and festivities it's all there at 6abc.com. >>> delaware county authorities continue their investigation into a deadly shooting by upper darby police last night. joseph was hit by three bullets after trying to mow down several officers trying to arrest him. he was wanted for making terroristic throats and he put on rants like this one on youtube allegedly threatening officers. >>> police in bridgeton cumberland county they have released some details and said the man did have a handgun, david henry spoke with witnesses. >> this ends in a volley of gun fire that left a man dead and a lot of unanswered questions. >> i saw a disarmed man go down to the ground and get shot. >> witnesses rec

you can watch it live here on 6 abc tune in to the annual tradition dick clark's rockin eve with ryant. >> that is exciting but if you are in my neighborhood i'll be getting up early and snoozing. that is why i have all the dark things and sound machine. the rest of the afternoon looks dry and we'll see a mix of sun and clouds and a bit breezy and cold your high temperatures in the northern and western suburbs range from 35 in bangor on the i-95 corridor the only 40 on the map is middletown and most of are you stuck in the upper 30s and a light breeze at the coast and 40s down by the water and 39 in millville. so sara, a nice looking day but a day for coats. >> if are you looking for a little distraction this afternoon. check out these stories at 6abc.com. didn't see any movies check out the films of 2024, pet owners beware this may make you team up, after leaving his pet home alone. and the craving for a particular burger 450 miles away from home led to a baby shoot idea, the idea has become viral. that will do it for "action news" at noon, don't forget to join us for "action news" a

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it is an annual tradition dick clark's new year's rocking eve with ryan seacrest.ties start at 8:00 p.m. tomorrow right here on channel 6. >> it is 4:46 and we've got more news you didn't see last night including the announcement that a new york representative is calling it quits. the legal trouble that is prompting michael grim to resign. >> the doors close for good at a philadelphia charter school and parents are frantically searching for a new school for their children. >> don't forget, you're always able to take 6abc.com with you even if you're on the go. the layout will change to fit whatever you're using whether it's a tablet or a smartphone or anything no matter how small or large the screen you're ready. check it out by visiting 6abc.com any time anywhere. >> ♪♪ >> ♪♪ >> good morning. we're getting down to the wire if you have something to accomplish in 2014, only two days left. so what better time than 4:50 to guilty out and accomplish it but if you're headed out this morning couple things to watch out for. one is a crash here in falls township bucks count

tune into the annual tradition, dick clark's new year's rocking eve with ryan seacrest.tivities start at 8:00 tomorrow night right here on 6abc. >> 5:57 and pennsylvania state police are on the hunt for a rabbit thief in berks county. it's all new this morning. >> also new year's eve is a night of parties revelry and drinks and if you decide to take uber it could cost you a really pretty penny. details on this new warning. "action news" will be right back. >> ♪♪ >> ♪♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪♪ >> good morning. it's 6:00 a.m. on this tuesday december 30th and developing this morning. >> armed and dangerous. police are on alert as a hotel holdup artist strikes again. >> one person is dead and three others are hurt in a nasty crash that turned a car into a mangled piece of metal. >> shooting on the streets of philadelphia sends an eight-year-old to the hospital but police don't even find out about it until hours later. >> but first up let's get a look at

dick clark's new year's rocken eve, hosted by ryan seacrest.the acts include taylor swift. >>> and no driving across times square but elsewhere roads are slippery in the southwest and wet along the mexican border. there will be icy patches in texas and snow around the great lakes. >>> if you're flying airport delays likeliest in las vegas and phoenix. >>> in idaho, a heartbreaking and deadly accident at a walmart. >> young mother shot and killed by her 2-year-old son while shopping with her children. the boy in a shopping cart pulled the loaded handgun from his mother's purse, pulled the trigger. detectives say the family was visiting from out of town. >> especially here it is around the holidays just after christmas, right before the new year tragic. tragic accident. >> tragic indeed. the sheriff's office says surveillance video confirms the details. walmart closed the store and brought in grief kouns counsellors. >>> and an emotional reunion in washington state. a father and son home after spending a night stranded in the wilderness. he and h

tune in for the annual tradition dick clark's new year's rocking eve with ryan seacrest.list of performers will include taylor swift, egg see see -- iggy azalea. >> storm tracker 6 live double scan shows you there's no precipitation across for the last couple of mornings we've had some sprinkles and snow showers depending on which day you're talk about down by cape may. not today. as we take a look outside we have sky 6 and we're looking at center city and you'll see stars out overhead us a head outside this morning and plenty of sunshine up over the horizon a little bit later from now. boy, the temperatures aren't being very nice to us, though, on this final morning of 2014. 24 degrees in allentown right now, same thing in reading. just 23 in lancaster and there are the teens 19 degrees in millville, 28 in philadelphia, 28 degrees in sea isle city. checking out satellite and we have some cloud cover off to the west of us but it looks like it's going to fall apart as it tries to head east. overall expecting plenty of sunshine today but it's going to be plenty cold. if you

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hosting dick clark's new year's rockin' eve. it's right here on abc. this is the biggest show that i've ever done in my life. tomorrow night. we're going to do five and a half hours of live broadcasting and goes well into the middle of the night with the west coast party. but 38 performances. literally, when you see the open of the show the open take's about five minutes. >> really? >> all the names taylor swift. >> exactly. taylor will be there. taylor has ha everybody knows, an incredible year. she's a huge country/pop artist and decided to make a totally pop album and it became the biggest album of the year. she'll be performing live outside too. >> some of my fellow anchors are making fun of me for working out to that frequently. >> you do? >> blank space, i have to put my windows up at an interaction, i'm singing out loud. when it's green, i put them back down. >> you have the artists. and that's year you had somebody huge playing from the barclay's center in brooklyn. elton john. this year it's billy joel. >> this year it's elton john. we will go

you can watch it all it's live here at 6 abc, tune in to the annual tradition for dick clark's new years rockin eve with ryan seacrest. it should be fun. >> the "action news" team is standing by with more at 6:00, the investigation into a police involved shooting is still underway. and a suspected rapist is back in philadelphia to face charges. plus president obama a wedding crasher tonight a story of a new jersey man whose wedding was interrupted in hawaii because of president's golf game. >> that doesn't happen every day. i'm monica malpass join me for "action news" at 6:00 next. >>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. >>> breaking news police forced to open fire killing the at the present time. >> lets go to chad pradelli live with the breaking details. >> reporter: hey monica we have one suspect dead and an active investigation in the officer-involved shooting officers from around delaware county were on scene and the body of that suspect was behind that emergency vehicle you see in front of us just moments ago upper darby police superintendant talked to reporters a

are expected for the celebration watch the ball drop live tonight tune in for the celebration dick clark's rockin eve with ryan seacrest. the festivities start here at 8:00 on channel 6. >>> one quick note, burger lovers, fast food chain white castle is offering a lighter fare they are putting out a veggie version for a short time. honey mustard and ranch and sweet thai it will set you back 99 cents customers are asking for a meat alternative. there you go for 99 cents. it looks eerily similar. >>> here is a look at the "action news" traffic report time for matt pellman to tell us but how the people will get to the new years eve celebrations tonight. >> we have delays for them to sit in as they head out. one on 95 the northbound side backing up to the work zone at cotman and it's heavier here at the bridge and people heading down for their new years eve. it's double what it should be as you travel down wood haven to the vine and crashes around this afternoon one in whitpain between blue bell springs drive and reed's country store and a pair of accidents in chester, delaware county and one

tune in to dick clark's new years rockin eve with ryan seacrest right here on 6 abc. >>> time for the accuweather forecast as we head into new years eve tomorrow. cecily is standing by with that picture. >> this is looking at spring mountain and montgomery county and the ski resort is opening and there is still a lot of brian out there with temperatures dropping well down into the 20s, they will be making snow at the ski resorts tonight and it's cold, looking at temperatures across the region 36 degrees your high so far 37 yesterday we made it to 48 degrees and temperatures in the 50s over the weekend, allentown currently 35 degrees and trenton 34 and millville 37 and wildwood 36 and wilmington checking in with the current temperature of 36 degrees, factor in the winds the windchill the way it feels on your exposed skin, 29 in philadelphia and feels like 29 in dover and 28 in allentown and 26 in reading, the temperatures are dropping and the winds are picking up as we head to the new year satellite 6 along with action radar showing we started the day with clouds and a few sprinkles so

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> if you are old enough to really stay up for the real countdown be sure to tune into 6abc for dick clark'srocking eve with ryan seacrest. it starts at 8 o'clock right here on 6abc. >> time now for the accuweather forecast. meteorologist cecily tynan at the "action news" big board and going to get cooler as the week goes on, right. >> it certainly is right as we head towards the new year. today, though, it was mild but it was a pretty nice day. clarence tweeted this to me on my twitter account skies over wilmington delaware seeing some blue skies. sun now sets at 4:44, our days are getting a little bit longer now that we've passed the winter solstice. we did cool off today. the week temperatures were in the 50's. today we cooled down to 48 degrees but still that's 7 degrees above normal so not quite as warm as the weekend but still relatively mild and felt pretty good with light winds and the sunshine, especially north of philadelphia, more clouds were stuck to the south. currently in philadelphia it's 43 degrees millville 37. wilmington 42. allentown 37. and reading currently 39 degrees. s

tune into the annual tradition dick clark's new year's rocking eve with ryan seacrest.list of performers include taylor swift iggy azalea and elton john. festivities kick off at 8 o'clock tonight right here on 6abc. >> workers in new jersey are among the americans who will be getting a raise beginning tomorrow. maribel aber is live at the nasdaq in times square with our final market watch report of 20 fourteen how about that, maribel. >> reporter: that's a big one, matt. we like to talk about money. more than 3 million workers are getting a new year's raise. on january 1st, 21 states and washington, d.c. will increase their minimum wage and 11 of those boosts are thanks to new legislation. in 2015, 29 states will have a minimum wage above the federal rate of $7.25. and there soon may be one more place to use your apple pay at the gas pump. apple working with chevron to make it available at the company's fillup stations next year. the gas station is apple's next stop on that road to make apple pay a complete replacement for traditional payment. >>> let's talk stocks. sto

right after we have taylor swift in dick clark's rockin' new year's. >> is anything different about thedoing it for over a month. and so at midnight these pieces will fall down with people's wishes on them so they can come true just like it comes true eight times a week here on broadway with "aladdin." >> you can do more than three. okay so should we do this. grab some confetti. we'll do a little practice run and get an idea what it looks like. they do the practices all week. you hand some handfuls. do you mind? let's all get into it. >> in five four three, two, one. happy new year. >> well happy 2015, ladies and gentlemen. it's a little practice for you. >> great job. >> this is about as close as i'm going to get on new year's eve. back to amy. >> thank you, guys. >> all right, ginger and cast of "aladdin," thanks so much for that. looking forward to even more confetti in a couple of days. >>> first coming up behind the scenes of something we're looking forward to, the new season of "downton abbey." >>> we're saying good morning, america. >> "downton abbey" stars hugh bonneville and al

dick clark.cannot be live, but maybe, maybe a can. >> the countdown to the opening bell continues. how the company -- the rise of a young chinese consumer. ♪ >> we continue down to the opening bell. the deep dive. number five, the chinese smartphone maker that has been around for only four years. in china, it is beating out apple, samsung. it is valued at 45 billion dollars. expanding overseas, it has bought start ups him i come those the hunger of a chinese consumer. when you go over there, is this a phenomenon you could actually see in the streets? >> yes, be up to date ms. of the generation, everything is different for these people versus their parents and grandparents. they are plugged into everything going on. california used to lead the u.s. in stuff like this. just the opposite, i think the high price up, they're going for quality and best price. it ain't that good, except if you are really good at what you do. >> i think a lot of the chinese consumers, they do not have access and they see

clark, if you ask questions like that -- [laughter] you can't work here. [laughter] jimmy christmas. i mean, okay, okay. [laughter] i worked for a guy named jack marsh, i worked around don rumsfeld and dick cheney occasional hi in the white house, so i saw that part of it. and i was a strong believer in national security. i voted twice for ronald reagan. i believe you can't have a strong country if you don't have a strong national security program. but having said that, i also learned the greatest lesson of my life when i was a captain, and i was, you know, i was in a calculus class in high school. i turned down, i had a national merit scholarship and an honor society scholarship and all that stuff, and here i was a company commander in vietnam, had 116 guys and about, i'd say, two-thirds of them weren't even high school graduates. i mean, they were from all over the country, they had fta on the helmets. i mean, it wasn't my calculus class, okay? [laughter] and so we're out patrolling, and i accomplished the mission, i found the enemy, i was the first guy shot, and i'm laying on the ground bleeding and the bullets are coming in and it sounds like the shootout at the o.k. corral, and i'm