gianna was crossing the street, holding her brother's hand, when she was hit and killed. the driver fled. gianna was burried yesterday, her parent fighting back tears to explain how they and the rest of the family is doing since this happened. accident investigators are pursuing leads that the driver was behind the wheel of silver nissan altima, from any year between 2009 to 2012. police say that car would have had a smashed grill and missing trim at least one -- from 63rd street headed in the direction of market street. at one point, in this morning's news conference, police and gianna's mother spoke directly to the driver. >> it may have been -- i don't know. i just ask for to you turn yourself in. i had to lay my baby to rest yesterday. the hardest thing in my life. >> the driver, your chance is now to come forward. we promise awe fair investigation of this crash. >> just come forward. now is your chance. give this family some closure. one of the worst things that anyone would have to live by is to bury your child. >> joe, thank you very much. police are also investiga

this is where gianna powell was mowed down by a car only for the car to continue on.ards totalling $25,000. "action news" reporter sara bloomquist is live at the scene of the crime. what are the details here. >> jim a very large reward $25,000 investigators said today this is the case that keeps them up at night. they are running down leads and now they need the public's house in tracking down the heartless hit and run driver and putting him behind bars. >> 8-year-old gianna powell's mother talked directly to the driver of car that hit and killed her daughter when the child walked home from school with her siblings. >> i had to lay my baby today. the hardest thing in my life. i don't get a prom, i don't get a graduation no marriage, no grandkids no nothing. so just turn yourself in. make it better for everybody. >> they have announced a new

first i want to start with tell us about gianna. sounds like she was a special little girl. >> she was, she was loving. i'm sore. >> i that's okay. >> she was loving. she was adorable. anybody that new gianna, they loved her. she had a wonderful personality. she was an honor roll student from kindergarten to up second grade. she wanted to be a lawyer. she was just bright. >> she loved to sing? >> she loved to sing. she loved to dance. she was very goofy. she could make you smile through anything. >> i've seen a lot of pictures, putting up a heart. very loving? >> very loving. that was her favorite pose. she wanted to do that. >> and that video was record in the. >> the night before. >> the night before. >> how are your other children doing this morning? >> they're taking it, as much as they can. my older son is hitting him extremely hard. but because he was there, right? >> yes. >> all four of them was together. they were coming interest school. so they all was together. they gall to the same school. my old else, he's taking it a li

. >>> just yesterday 8-year-old gianna powell was laid to rest. her family and friends saying a final good-bye. a brand new push to find the hit and run driver who hit and killed her. gianna was crossing overbrook with her three siblings on the way home from school when she was hit and the driver sped off. the hunt is on for the driver and today the city announced a $10,000 reward for any information leading to an arrest and conviction and add to that another $15,000 reward from the fraternal order of police just for an arrest. her parents say nothing will ever bring whack their little girl but are desperate for answers and closure. >> i can't describe the pain that i feel. the pain i would not want on my worst enemy. i guess nothing. that was my last good-bye, she is 8, no prom no graduate. no marriage, no grandkids. i guess nothing. >> you don't know how we are going to cope with christmas this year. >> police have released a picture of the car that hit her. you are looking at it right, there it is a silver nissan ultima, should have damage to o

the silver nissan maxima wanted in connection with a deadly hit and run friday night. 8-year-old gianna powell was struck and killed. her parents hope someone comes forward with information about the person behind the wheel. jeanette reyes is live now in overbrook tonight where the powells ended a march for justice. >> reporter: that march ended just a few minutes ago at 53rd and landed down, the mother of little gianna powell broke down just yards from where she was killed there was sorrow and a sense of hope as well. >> no justice no peace. dozens filled the streets calling for justice for little gianna powell killed in a hit and run on friday. >> all we want is justice for my baby. >> her father james powell is heart broken but hopeful. >> we are going to catch that guy. have you to turn yourself in. police are feeling confident that the suspect will be caught soon. >> i would recommend that the individual involved for this just to come forward, because we are not stopping, we'll be relentless until we get justice for this little girl and her family. >> they released this grainy pict

family members held a funeral for gianna powell monday. her mother telling us it was the hardest day of her entire life, as we can imagine, and her mother and father will make appearance on good day this morning, in a 7:00 hour. karen? thomas? alex? >> thank you, lauren. yep, we already talking with the family because -- >> another plea. can you imagine? i don't know how a person can hit a little child, keep ongoing, a lot of questions remain. time now 6:10. making up over dinner mitt romney nothing but good things to say about president-elect trump after they share a meal together in manhattan watch it could mean for his possible future in the trump white house. >> plus, this local house could be a safe place for families with loved ones battling cancer. but not everyone wants them there. why some are worried about what it could bring to the neighborhood. >> home in swarthmore will get temporary housing, as many as seven families at a time. but causing controversy, head strong foundation has shown interest in buying the home it, hems out

let's give this family, little gianna, little closure, you know, and start the healing process. >> the car involved, the 2009 to 2012 year model nissan altima, police say they recovered pieces of that car's front grill at the scene here. the car should have damage to a head light. if it has not yet been repaired. reward money has grown to $45,000 this morning. that coming from the mayor, the fraternal order of police, who say, businesses have donated and from private family members. so they are asking anyone with any information to come forward. her parent making a appearance on good day this morning, in the 7:00 hour. karen? >> lauren, that is the case, we can't wait to hear from them again. hopefully get the consideration of that person who ever did this to make them come forward. thank you so much. >> we have developing story, that's fears flames raging across the great smokey mountain area. there are many resorts there, this is a destination for so many tourists, we know that three people have lost their lives, more than 14,000 have had to leave their homes. investigators fear thes

and let's give this family, little gianna, closure. you know? and start the healing process. >> the car involved is a 2009-2012 nissan altima. police say they did recover pieces of the car's front grill, right here, at the scene. they believe that car might still have damage to a head light, front fender, if it has not yet been repaired. reward money, as karen mentioned, grown to $45,000 from the mayor, the fraternal order of police, and a family member. and as this memorial continues to grow, family members are asking more questions, who did this? and exactly why they haven't come forward yet. karen, we will hear from the parents in the 7:00 hour of good day. >> all right, lauren, thank you. turning to more breaking news right now in the south, feared flames are continuing to rage across the great smokey mountain area this morning, we know that at least three people have been killed, and so many thousands, 14,000, forced to really run for their lives, and leave their homes. investigators think the wild fires could have been intentionally set, l

. >> 8-year-old gianna powell's mother talked directly to the driver of car that hit and killed her daughter when the child walked home from school with her siblings. >> i had to lay my baby today. the hardest thing in my life. i don't get a prom, i don't get a graduation no marriage, no grandkids no nothing. so just turn yourself in. make it better for everybody. >> they have announced a new reward, the mayor's office is offering $10,000 for information leading to arrest and conviction and the fop $15,000 just for an arrest. >> you bring him in today and are you paid today and lets give this family closure. >> and they believe he was behind the wheel of this car captured on surveillance video, the driver going southbound on 63rd when he hit the child at landsdowne, the vehicle appears to be a silver nissan ultima, likely with damage to the front grill and headlight, finding the car and driver is a top priority for police. this is priority number one. i don't know how this person, how they are living with themselves. i wake up at 3:00 in the morning and wondering what we missed in this case.

our joe holden talked with gianna's mother and we will have that story on "eyewitness news" at 6:00. >>> we now know name of the woman hit and killed by route nine septa bus last night pushing a baby stroller. police say 64 year-old linda procaccino of cherry hill was in the cross august when bus attempted to make a left turn to on to chestnut from 23rd. a nine month-old baby was in the stroller who was not hurt and neither was three passengers on the bus. police continued to investigate the circumstances surrounding that accident. >>> police have arrested a suspect in a weekend home invasion and sexual assault in bucks county. twenty-one year-old derek anderson faces burglary, indecent assault and other charges. police say and aer son was homeless and found inside an abandon car inside philadelphia he is accused of assaulting a female resident of bensalem's lafayette gardens early sat the day. according to police tips after the release of surveillance video led them to the suspect. >>> we're learning more about a deadly plane crash in columbia, that claimed 77 lives. six people surv

family joined by supporters marched from west philadelphia to the scene of the accident. 8-year-old gianna powell was killed friday afternoon in overbrook as she was crossing 63rd street and the driver sped off and is still on the loose out there somewhere. police have now released a picture of the car that hit her it's a silver nissan maxima, do we have that picture? a silver nissan maxima or altima that should have damage to one of the front headlines and the front grill. >> coming up on "action news" tonight. practice makes perfect. so the stage is set for tomorrow's thanksgiving day parade. >> we'll have a preview of the festivities that own dann cuellar can give and the eagles have a long holiday weekend to work on getting back on the winning track come monday night. >> cecily tynan returns with the full holiday forecast from ac weather. >>> one! there it is! the lighting of the tree. >> adam joseph helped to kick off the holiday season at the philadelphia museum of art the tree lighting took place a short time ago on the plaza outside of the museum. this tree is 53 feet tall and weig

police received a tip that the car matching the desa lo of in fraziest gianna powell was struck an november 18th walking home with her s rilings and camden county police released the sketch a suspect in the sexual assault i and the city of camden and police responded to the 900 block at 628 where they transported the victim to cooper university hospital. live is walter perez, what is the latest on this? ch> reporter: jim think the fac of the matter is, authorities are optimistic with the public's help they can find and solve a a loime that is nothing less th horrific. >> police chief says that this is a composite ske soh of a man responsible for a crime nothing short of horrsiblic. the aeatacker driving this whit vanna approached the victim on south 3rd street in camden. ch> the suspect became violence and drug her into a weeded area and at that point he vapplently seembally assau 18ed her. >> we are told that the attacker seriously injured the victim with a weapon but no further details are released at it time. neighbors called 911 and the victim was taken to cooper hospital and surveillan

this morning gianna family pleaded with the driver to turn himself or herself in. >> don't get a prom, or graduateation, to grandkids no nothing. tell yourself that, make it better on everybody. >> the fraternal order of police is offering a $15,000 reward for information on an arrest. >>> and this morn weg learn the name of a tenger shot and killed in the may fair section of the city last night. 15-year-old mason willsy was gunned down. annie mccormick is live at the crime scene with an update. >> reporter: we learned that the teen killed was a ninth grader at northeast high school, he was in this may fair neighborhood when he was gunned down. 15 district police officers raced him to the hospital where he was pronounced dead a short time later. they identitied ian willsy as the victim of this shooting. chopper 6 hd was of the scene at ross and devereux where the teen shot in the chest collapsed while trying to run from his killers. he and a friend were walking to a store and two men approached. willsy's friend says that is when they saw a gun. >> one of them opened fire at him and di

fox 29's brad sattin attended today's memorial for eight-year-old gianna powell.was was loving. >> loving, giving. >> she was sweet child. >> sweetheart. all she wanted was love. >> reporter: agony of a mother and father having to refer to air eight year old daughter in the past tense. jay anna powell second grader on the honor roll was walking home from school friday with her two brothers and sisters when she was hit by a car. brother hassan was holding her hand as she crossed at 63rd and lawns down. >> i was trying to pull her down and tried to move her out of the way and the car hit my knee. i let her go. >> when she went in the air she landed on top of the hood and he kept on going. she fell off the car he kept on going. >> reporter: the driver never stopped. >> he need to turn hisself in. if you got a heart, please turn yourself in. i don't care what happens, go to the cops. >> let my baby rest. she was only eight. you hit her and she flew from the corner to the middle of the block. you kept going. >> reporter: dozens of family, friends even strangers met us

let's give this familiar al little gianna closure. >> her family and friends have marched and mourned. they've protested and prayed over her death. now just a day after her funer funeral, they plead with the driver of the altima to show some compassion. come forward. do the right thing. >> i had to leave my baby to rest yesterday the hardest thing in my life. i can describe the pain that i feel. it's a pain that i wouldn't want on my worst enemy. like i get nothing. that was my last did goodbye. she's eight. >> her father james powell says the little girl's three siblings are taking her death hard especially her 12-year-old brother who was holding her hand when she was struck. he suffered minor injuries. again, any information that you may have on that silver altima front end grill damage and health damage, please call police. iain? >> bruce, thank you. >>> a group of pennsylvania prosecutors issued guidelines for investigating police involved shootings among the recommendations law enforcement agencies should not investigate their own. instead the pennsylvania district attorney's ass

. >>> a girl who was killed in the overbrook section -- 8-year-old gianna poole was walking home with her brother earlier this month when a diver hit her and then took off. authorities are offering $20,000 for information that leads to that driver. her mother pleaded with the driver to come forward. >> i had to leave my baby in the grournd today. i don't get a prom, i don't get a garage graduation, no marriage, no grandkids, nothing, so just turn yourself in and make it easier on everyone. >> police released a picture of the vehicle that was involved. call police if you know anything about the crash. >>> turning to transition to donald trump, there's new controversy about a twice president-elect trump sent. the tweet reads quote, nobody should be allowed to burn the american flag, if they do, there must be consequences, perhaps loss of citizenship or a year in jail, end quote. it's not clear what prompted the tweet or whether he'll call on congress to outlaw flag burning. is supreme court ruled in 1979 that flag burning is protected by the third amendment. mr. donald trump's hunt for

. >>> gianna, let me start with you. this information just coming in a short while ago. what is your reaction. >> mike pence is an established leader. it makes sense for him to handle all personnel decisions. >> this information is just coming in, that is a significant change, what do you think of this idea that donald trump will bring in his children. >> it seems par for the election. we'll see how bad it it will go. i think we has to move chris christie. he will keep him around and see thousand plays out. i heard rumors he wanted ag and there was a firm no on that. we'll see who gets that role, but i think that is par for the course. mike pence has more experience in this arena and i think it is a good pick for him. i was talking to my friends about the role of the vp in this. maybe we would have gotten ohio, a michigan, and i think mike pence is a good choice for donald trump into this makes a lot of sense and i think it is smart. >> he is very different in terms of his style and demeanor. just an interesting dynamic. it is working, certainly. let me ask about the cha

action news" philadelphia police located a car of interest in the deadly hit and run of 8-year-old gianna powell. she was walking home with her siblings when she was struck and killed in overbrook. the police got a tip call after someone saw a car like the ones that officials were looking for in frazier chester county and they are bringing the car back to philadelphia. updates throughout the newscast and at 6abc.com. >>> new here at 5:00 tonight, philadelphia police say they have identified one of the suspects in this surveillance video, in which a chestnut hill market was vandalized turns out that man is a city employee and tonight his boss is speaking out. sara bloomquist is live at northwest detectives with more on this investigation. >> reporter: brian, sources tell us that duncan lloyd is expected to show up here at northwest detectives at some point. at this point tomorrow with his attorney to talk about the anti-trump graffiti sprayed on a chestnut hill grocery store. city hall confirms that lloyd is an assistant attorney with the city and so far he is not charged with any crime. h

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david: here thousand to react, marianne marsh, dewey, square group principle and gianna caldwell, red alert politics, republican strategist. thank you both for coming. marianne, no sign of huma. hillary calling her, just one of her staffers as opposed to her absolute closest aides. are they getting ready to throw huma under the bus? >> no, not not all. you heard that from everybody on the campaign since this happened on friday. no issue there. the fact i think, as every hour passes it is pretty clear this is an error of omission and not commission, and not going to amount to much in the end. david: gee auno, let's be absolutely clear here, if by any chance, any of hillary clinton's state department emails end up on anthony weiner's laptop, as awful as that is both for anthony weiner and huma if it happens, we have to remember who put it on the private server to begin with. it was hillary clinton. >> yeah, absolutely no question about that i have to think with mr. comey making such announcement as he did last friday which he knew would shake up the race and change the dynamic of things

. >> police join neighbors and friend of eight year old gianna powell as they march through the street last night, someone hit powell with their car on lansdowne avenue last friday and kept ongoing. she passed away. last night her heart broken mother remembered her young daughter, at the very spot she was hit not even week ago. >> she is loving, she is caring, anyone who met her fell in love with her. she was smart, intelligent, she wanted to be a lawyer, honor roll student, she was wonderful. >> let's take a moment to look at this. this picture of the car they say struck the little girl, silver nissan maxima, or possibly, a a.m. team a. >> what's thanksgiving without kitchen heroics, of corpse, those amazing dishes? they take a lot of extra time though don't they? did you ever try to cook something over the holidays with no idea of how it would come out or if you could pull it out? a good friend tried with legendary traduckin? let's just say the feathers flew. >> working title of the story so far is going to be a thanksgiving tragedy. >> so when from chasing news to share a turduckin,

. >> police with neighbors and friends of gianna powell as they marched through the street, powell died after being struck by a car on lansdowne avenue. last night her heart broken mother remembered her young daughter at the very spot where she was hit. >> she is loving. she is caring. anybody that met her fell in love with her. she was smart, intelligent. she wanted to be a lawyer, honor roll student, she was wonderful. >> investigators released this picture of the car they say struck the little girl. they say it is a silver nissan maxima or possibly an altima. another family feeling the same pain after loved one killed by a driver who didn't stop. thirty-four year old john acaruis struck and killed around 11:00 tuesday night, route 70 in toms river. police believe a vehicle like this one here, infinity q50, was the first car to hit him. investigators say several other cars then struck him. those drivers did stop. >> he died from his injuries. >> we've been talking about this homelessness. a pan handling sometimes associated with it have been part every center city philadelphia for as

police say they found gianna powell unconscious, about 3:00 in the afternoon pronounced dead 20 minute later. police are looking for silver nissan maxima oral tim a. >> bucks county former church youth leader charged with sexual assault turned himself into middletown police, wallace walt served where 13 and 15 year old girl have claimed the man inapropriately touched them inside the church. >> we are truly very deeply sad ends over these recent events fully cooperating with the police, ongoing investigation, can't really say anything more than that. >> we ask for the prayers of fellow believers. >> doctor says the former youth lead is her banned from the church's property, and that the church is cooperating with police, throughout the investigation. "eyewitness news" reached out to his attorneys for comment so far have not heard back. >> breaking news overnight, the driver in school bus crash that killed six children in chattanooga, tennessee is under arrest. john walker is charged with five counts of vehicular homicide and one count every wreckless endanger. ment police say 35 student

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