karen? ((karen castro)) >> it was an emotional first encounter. finding each other wasn't easy. it took years and years of research... and one persistent granddaughter. ((sisters hugging each other.)) ((karen castro)) for decades, katherine fisher has been yearning for a hug from her biological sisters. reunied with blood sisters: im so happy, it's so surreal. what a great christmas present.)) ((karen castro)) for the first time, the 71-year-old is face to face with her blood relatives. her mother gave her up for adoption when she was born to a couple who placed an ad on the newspaper. fisher's sister, sonta henderson, still has the original clipping... the only piece of information connecting her to the sibling she never knew. ((sonta henderson - reunited with sister: we didn't know if she was alive, if she was not or where. betty: i never thought this could p years. it's just a dream come true.)) ((karen castro)) ever since she was a child, fisher searched for her biological family to no avail. it certainly didn't help that she was never legally adopted and her birth certifica

, karen still hadn't returned. eric walked 7 miles until he found cell phone service and called 911. but the search continued for karen. >> i know that she's somewhere and she's doing fine. i don't know how but i know it. so i'm going walk and we're going to call and my son will handle being in the car by himself and we're going to find her and it's going to be okay and that's -- hit repeat and say it over and over and over. >> reporter: karen had food and water when she started but eventually ate twigs and drank urine to survive. gone for 36 hours, rescue crews found her in a park ranger cabin near the entrance to grand canyon national park. >> i kept thinking this isn't -- this isn't how my life is supposed to end. >> reporter: eric and their 10-year-old son were treated and released from the hospital for exposure. the entire family can't wait to get back to the lehigh valley. we are live in the satellite center katherin katherine scott channel6 "action news. >> holiday shopping found in chaos and panic inside a

it wasn't like karen. >> reporter: when karen didn't return eric walked 7 miles until he had cell phonevice and called 911. >> i just kept moving forward thinking if i don't get there, then, i can't -- i'm not going to survive another night out here and that really terrified me. >> reporter: karen had food and water when she starter but eventually ate twigs and drank urine to survive. gone for 36 hours rescue crews found her in a park ranger cabin near the entrance to grand canyon national park. >> i kept thinking this isn't how my life is supposed to end. >> reporter: eric and their 10-year-old son isaac were treated and released from the hospital for exposure and the whole family can't wait to get back to the lehigh valley. live from the satellite center katherine scott, channel6 "action news. nydia. >> what an incredible story katherine. thank you. >>> two homes were damaged in a fire in chester county last night. it happened just before 7:30 in the unit block of oak mill drive. crews say the fire was reported on the first floor of one house and then spread to another. the fire was u

but then karen says that is nothing, i can to better than that.o, karen is going to reinact this moment, right here on the set with her shoes, you know, the shoes might be the best part. >> i can do that. >> you can do it. >> yes. >> all right. we will have a demo in the tv business coming up. wow. >> so lets get back here, real quickly here. it is the number one gift for this holiday. >> do you hear it. >> so, it is made of plastic, right. >> it is so cute. >> so cute. >> my little baby, he is three, every single day we get out and he pretend to hatch over it, and he would love it. >> i went to buy it but i could not find it in any of the stores. on line it is 300 bucks. i'm not spend ago this kind of money. >> it is what 60 bucks. people are buying it and trying to make money off of it. mike because he is such a caring heart wanted to have this and see how it would work. >> we wanted it and here we go. we have 60 minutes to do this. >> i know, i'm only one rubbing. do you want to do some rubbing. >> i love the way he pecks his way out, little bi

karen still hadn't returned. miles until he found cell phone service and called 911 but the search continued for karen. >> i know that she is somewhere and she's doing fine. i don't know how but i know it. so i'm going walk and we're going call and my son will handle being in the car by himself and we're going to find her and it's going to be okay and that's -- hit repeat and say it over and over and over. >> reporter: karen will food and water when she started but eventually ate twigs and drank urine to survive. gone for 36 hours, rescue crews found her in a park ranger cabin near the entrance to grand canyon national park. >> i kept thinking this isn't how my life is supposed to end. >> reporter: eric and their 10-year-old son, isaac, were treated and released from the hospital for exposure and the entire family is looking forward to returning to the lehigh valley. we're live in the satellite center katherine scott channel6 "action news. nydia. >> an amazing story. katherine thank you. >>> holiday shopping turn

karen? ((karen castro)) >> police say an ex-couple was fighting over their child when a third person got involved. that's when the confrontation ended in gunfire, leaving neighbors shaken up. ((yanel mercado saw ex-couple fighting: i just heard the loud screaming from the front of our house.)) ((karen castro)) yanel mercado lives across from the woman who police say was fighting over custody with the night. mercado says the argument spilled over to the parking lot. ((yanel mercado saw couple fighting: she was really mad, really upset, really loud and she was asking for her keys back.)) ((karen castro)) mercado recalls hearing the woman go back into her apartment while talking on the phone about the fight she was having with her ex boyfriend. she says she saw the woman go outside once again where they continued to argue... when suddenly another man drove up and got involved. ((yanel mercado saw couple fighting: then i heard the gunshot and i was like, i ((karen castro)) other neighbors also h

((karen castro)) karen castro, 8 news now. ((dave courvoisier)) >> the visiting sisters are staying in town through early next week. the trio says they have a lot of catch up on. /// ((denise valdez)) >>> drivers just aren't sure about their mechanics: (( feel them out and make sure there's not, y'know, something shady going on.)) ((denise valdez)) >> up next on the valley's news leader... where the distrust stems from keep our cars running. and don't forget... we're hoping to fill as many fiats as we can with brand new toys. we're partnering with towbin fiat at sahara and jones to collect toys for the casa foundation. you have until sunday to donate./// news music voice over: "you're ((paul joncich)) >>> the mechanic isn't a place many people normally like to go... mainly because you usually walk away with an expensive bill! but a new survey from triple- a shows there might be more to it. chris martinez found out why most drivers simply don't trust their mechanics. >>> nick lam-wagoner spends a lot of time and money doesn't t

>> oh, road trip with karen.once went on a date, it was blaring, "kyw news radio", he's like what are you doing? >> i'm so newsy, i'm so boring. anyway. >> and i do the same thing, after all of the friends, oh! >> you make your friendlies tone "kyw news radio"? >> a.m. radio kind of guy, absolutely. >> great music guys. >> let's go for it. >> dj tommy d right here, guys. one's and two's, playing the latest. okay, and i'm ready for this. what's your song? >> i think over exposed, i think all of the top five songs of the summer drake, i go drake, i'm sick of hearing, talented, wonderful, but i can't hear it any more. >> look at alex's mouth. >> ♪ judge i love this song. i love it when the girl comes in. baby. i can't sing. but i love it, and the beat it, just makes you want to move. karen? >> i'm going -- i think over exposed. >> so is justin timberlake. that song is everywhere. >> that's the thing, oh, i'm tired of hearing it. listen to the hit too much. >> is it just him? >> ya, what do you know about drake anywa

. >> david and karen join us. david is it still raining out there? >> little bit but not as bad as last night. take a look at storm tracker6 live double scan, we have app couple lingering sprinkles and showers style trying to push through the region. it's possible there's a little drizzle on the windshield from the low lying clouds and we can't rule out a little bit of fog here and there this morning. things will get better. i know it looks like there's no cloud cover locally. that's because the clouds are so low to the ground infrared satellite has a hard time filling them in but it is cloudy out there. we're expecting some breaks in the clouds later today though and once we get rid of that morning sprinkle maybe a little after the rush hour and then get through kind of a cloudy morning we should wind up with some sunny breaks later. up in the poconos up until 6:00 a.m. we're still expect something freezing drizzle so be careful of that if you are driving up north this morning and i'd even give eight little past 6:00 just in case but we're still 32

let's turn to meteorologist, david murphy and karen rogers.d morning. >> got some cloud cover beginning to thicken up down to the south of philadelphia and getting up close to the city the farther north you go the better chance you have of seeing some sunshine early and then eventually we all get the clouds andfternoon. a winter weather advisory meanwhile has been posted for the poconos at 4 o'clock this afternoon. it may take that long for precipitation to get all the way up to the poconos but when it does it's going to be snow up in the mountains. word to the wise if you're traveling up in that direction later today and tonight. 39 degrees is your currents temperature in philadelphia. so we're dry but on the cold side. 27 degrees in allentown. 30 in reading. 37 in wilmington. 33 in trenton and still holding 41 in cape may. winds this morning are light. so it's cold but at least we don't have a real big wind chill to worry about. by 7 o'clock 36 degrees. there may be some sunshine still around the region in here and then by 10 o'clock 40. beg

we've got dave murphy and karen rogers.ood morning. >> as promised there are a couple of lingering sprinkles around in yesterday's rain. the steady stuff frankford yesterday is gone. you might get a little mist on the windshield and maybe some drizzle where you don't seat green. awful this is lifting away from us over on the next several hours. there's also some breaks in the clouds out to the west. satellite data actually missing a little bit on the low clouds but we expect cloudy start a little bit of a sprinkle and later in the day perhaps the return some of sunshine and there is still a lingering issue up in the poconos. winter weather advisory extended until 6 o'clock. the snow is over but freezing drizzle possible but that could even be worse that freeze up on the roads with the icy stuff and the snow. 41 degrees currently in philadelphia, 38 in allentown, of course up in the poconos it's still 32 the freezing mark. forty three millville and 46 in cape may. not much wind out there. 41 degrees under the clouds by 7 o'c

karen rogers dances just like that. that is karen rogers that is a christmas party. >> show her.w karen. there you go. see. all she needs is an ugly sweater. there you go. in our next half hour of "action news" at noon, what may have sparked a fire in ped letters village. and they throw a party to celebrate the split. those stories and the port of philadelphia gets a $300 million gift. and much more -- from karen -- that is a gift. . >>> "action news" continues with rick williams. >> here are the stories we are following for you on "action news" at 12:30. >> the sport for killing was this case. a man is arrested for a woman's murder in delaware county. we are live with the breaking details. >>> and a chain reaction crash involving at least seven vehicles litters a road in south jersey. and the port of philadelphia gets a 300 million shot in the arm and we'll hear about the big project and announcement just made. >>> now, to the breaking news story from delaware county. a philadelphia man with a violent past is charged with a woman in delaware county. the suspect is b

. >> karen pine is now recovering in utah, her husband eric by her side. the associate professor hiked for 26 miles for more than 30 hours in the snowy wilderness in the grand canyon to save her stranded family. >> my son needs his mother and his husband needs his wife. i'm not letting my mother bury me. >> karen, eric and their 10-year-old son were at bryce canyon on vacation and decided to head to the north rim of the grand canyon, when the main road was closed their gps led them to back roads. we thought this doesn't seem right but this is the way it's telling us to go and we are not from the area. >> when snow and ice made driving impossible they tried to turn around their car went into a ditch. karen with wilderness guide experience went to find help hoping a tow truck would be there in a few hours. >> by 6:00 we knew that something was wrong. >> by friday afternoon karen had not returned. eric walked 13 miles north until you found cell phone service and called 911. but the search continued for karen. >> i knew she was alive i had no doubt. >> she ate

we have nydia han karen rogers and matt pelman. >> good morning.t's spring we'll see a few spring showers but right now we're starting with very mild temperatures. it's still dry in philadelphia and it's 56 degrees already. also 56 in dover.

meteorologist, david murphy and karen rogers. >> it's a cold start across the region and somewhat cloudy especially to the south. the farther north you go the better chance you have of some early sunshine. let's start you with satellite and you can see how those clouds are kind of filling in but areas north not so much. and in philadelphia probably a little bit of early sunshine. then the clouds get thicker and you can see that rain on the way. that will be an issue later this afternoon. also a winter weather advisory has been posted for the poconos. this kicks in at 4 o'clock this afternoon. it will probably take that long for the rain to get all the way up into the poconos and by the time it does it will be cold enough to change over to snow and then that continues overnight until 6:00 a.m. wednesday morning. snowfall probably around one to 3 inches in the poconos tonight. 38 degrees is the current temperature in philadelphia. we've actually slipped a little bit in the last half hour and we're down to the freezing mark in trent

and with the karen population, they fit in really well within our community.tion. they're family-based, we're family-based, so they fit in well. >> reporter: even though there were some minor culture clashes at first-- mark heuston tells a story about a karen family raising a few eyebrows after they started laying some fish out to dry in their neighbors backyard-- sydow says the town is more than willing to do what is needed to make immigrants feel welcome. >> if that means putting up another restaurant or if that means changing the e.s.l. program, trying to help with community integration, that's what we're going to do. >> reporter: you guys are open for business? >> we're open for business, and that's what sets us apart from other communities. >> this is pbs newshour weekend, saturday. >> sreenivasan: over the last few decades, an invasive crab native to europe has been making it's way up the west coast of the united states. as katie campbell of seattle pbs station kcts 9 and the environmental journalism collaboration earthfix reports, there is an effort to

karen rogers just mentioned this. the action cam is live in the 4500 block of frankford avenue in frankford. crews arrived to find heavy flames and apartments located above a storefronts at 4:00 a.m. the fire is now under control. the building had to be evacuated. a 20-year-old man suffered burns to his hands and face. he's in stable condition. the fire caused a stoppage of service on the market frankford line but service is restored. overexpect some residual delays. >>> another brand new story here. deadly gunfire erupts in a laundromat parking lot. police say someone fired 17 shots at broad and wingohocking streets in philadelphia's logan section just after midnight. a 22-year-old man was killed. officers believe an innocent bystander was wounded. >> 39-year-old male who was walking home who lives in the immediate area who was walking across the parking lot returning home we believe he was struck in the left ankle by stray gunfire. >> it is unclear who wanted the 22-year-old man dead or why. >> also new this morning

let's go karen rogers. >> thwart.et and this is suspended the river line train so it's suspended between 36th street and the walter rand transportation because of this accident involving a car an river line train so causing problems this morning. also in new jersey, 42 looking a little better. earlier you might remember this was a 50 minute ride from the a.c. expressway 295. and right now we're jammed from the a.c. expressway to past 295. that accident was blocking two left lanes. it's now been pushed offer to the shoulder so that's why traffic is moving but dave we just have a mess everywhere. accidents popping up here and there. >> yeah, wow. storm tracker6 live double scan shows that you there's still a little bit of lingering precipitation out there that is making the roads wet. and karen that's probably part of the reason why we're having so many accidents this morning. even though it doesn't look like much we've got light rain showers right now push out of new castle county delaware across the river into salem c

all right karen we're off to a cold start this morning.n the low 20's in philadelphia, teens in some suburbs and plenty of sun on the way but cold. 22 by 7 o'clock. by noon we'll still be below freezing at 30. expecting a slightly better high today of 37 degrees around 3 o'clock but we're back close to the freezing mark as soon as 5:00. checking the airport all green aircraft to the big board so far so good new york. that means no major delays. no sign of precipitation currently in any of our big travel destinations, tam. >> okay, thank you david. >>> in health check a new study suggests your doctor's gender could have a slight impact on your survival chances. a new study out of harvard's th chan school of public health found hospital patients treated by female doctors were less likely to die or end up back in the hospital. why? well, they don't really know but previous studies found female doctors are more likely to do prevention counseling and order preventive tests but don't get rid of your male doc because the differences here are pret

. >> i'm karen hepp, good morning, everybody. good morning, everybody. >> we do have an important warning for folks just waking up right now it, has to do with the weather, sue, so we will get to you in a second. but we do have code blue, out in bucks county for today. one of the first declarations of the season from them. it starts today. it is going to run all the way through saturday. >> we should know that on call churches plan to activate their emergency shelters. though churches listed on your screen coordinate transportation, temporary shelter, food, and other necessities for those in need. it is very important to remember the temperatures, they're only going to get worse over the next several days. so let's get right to sue. >> it is tonight that we take the big plunge, so during the day today, we will gave you a seven out of ten, things today will be a lot like they were yesterday, weather wise, we don't have any precipitation left to show you, we little move through overnight, few sprinkles, few flurries, 37 degrees, ri

i have no problem. >> karen, i think the market agrees.own 2% this morning, and then the market came to its senses. actually ended up a little higher. >> right. i agree with tim. it's a communication issue which actually was from last time. >> right. not third quarter disappointment. >> so, yeah. i don't know why they did that last time. but i agree. >> you own honeywell? >> it goes higher. if you look at honeywell compared to names -- throw it in the lockheed martin camp, still a better company than general electric. 16 and a half times forward earnings. are there some obstacles in the way? absolutely. is that the preeminent company in that space? in my opinion, without question. just overly a chart of ge and honeywell over the last ten years, you get an idea. >> and based in your backyard. >> and based in my backyard. excellent point. >> employees are happy, everybody doing well? >> everybody is doing well. it's a beautiful place, right there off of route 24. you're familiar with it. >> love it. >>> still ahead, as a group, retail stocks

karen has severe injuries including frostbite. she's hoping to celebrate her birthday back here in the philadelphia area with her twin center. deanna durante, nbc 10 news. >> we just spoke with karen klein via facetime. we'll have it all new at 5:00. >>> turning to your first alert weather, it's been a cloudy day for much of our area. check this out, you can see the dreary skies over trenton there. even though folks were out. and taking a live look at 8th and market in center city, not the prettiest day here either. cloudy skies. mostly dry if you're looking to get out of the house this afternoon. we could see a chance for rain overti overnight into the morning hours. >> nbc 10 first alert meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz is keeping an eye on the temperatures. >> we're not seeing any real significant prescription, but look how cold it is in allentown, 34 degrees. that's about as high as it's gotten all day. only 41 in trenton. but it's 49 in vineland, 47 degrees in dover. quite a variation, the temperatures across the area

we're dry today, partly sunny and a high of 42, matt. >> you got it karen. >>> newly released body cam video captures the moment two georgia police officers were shot during a traffic stop. >> 2000 pun nissan -- >> gun. >> and investigators say the officers had pulled over 22-year-old carry gordon for driving a stolen car in lev sonia monday night. that is when gordon opened fire. one officer was shot under the arm the other in the hand. gordon has been arrested more than 20 times in the past two years and was out on bond on attempted murder charges from 2015. >> unacceptable that he was on the streets. i can assure him that he will have a different outcome in the state of georgia. >> the two police officers are expected to be okay. >> a mail carrier rushed to save christmas gifts from going up in flames. video shows fire tearing through a mail truck in wake forest north carolina yesterday. it started in the engine and quickly spread. the driver got out and with the help of a passerby managed to save most of the packages on board. the fire chief praised the

good morning, matt, tam, karen. we've got sunshine on the way though. can see how clouds have been pushing toward the east down the shore and southern delaware still a little bit of morning cloud cover but that should clear out. cold though. 22 degrees in philadelphia and how about allentown just 14 degrees. these ooh not wind chills. these are your temperatures. 16 reading, 17 trenton, 19 wilmington, 23 millville and 25 degrees in cape may. winds are a little less than yesterday overall but a wind chill of 14 degrees in philadelphia and more of the same from north to south so another winter coat morning. as we roll through the today might get a couple degrees milder than yesterday. 22 degrees by 7 o'clock, 30 by noon and by 3 o'clock going for a high of about 37 degrees. again winds lighter than yesterday so not a whole big factor with the wind chill. but still pretty cold and by 5 o'clock we'll be zipping back to 33,. we are looking at temperatures topping out in the 40's starting tomorrow though and karen we might be able to give you some highs in th

karen: in 1998, the 77-year-old glenn returned to space after 36 years. he'll be remembered as a pioneer, a leader, and a man who seemed happiest when he was serving his country. for john glenn, it was an amazing ride. karen traverse, abc news, washington. >> house speaker paul ryan released this statement on twitter today after news of glenn's passing -- "on behalf of the house, i extend my deepest sympathies to annie and the entire glenn family, may his memory live on every time we look up at the stars." look for more on how john glenn is being remembered tonight on world news tonight with david muir. that's at 5:30. it's been two years since her violent death shocked milwaukee. 5-year-old laylah peterson shot grandfather's death. today a milwaukee county judge sentenced arlis to 13 years behind bars. police say he and another man shot at a house, hitting laylah with a stray bullet. >> i'd like to give me condolences to the family and friend is of laylah peterson. >> prosecutors say two other men were also involved in death. the other shooter, karl barr

karen, thomas?the parent might want to sit down with their kids and have a little conversation, dave, thank you. we mentioned common theme across the country. take a look at this right here. >> yes, it is crazy there is video taken at the mills in jersey gardens monday night, all started as a fight, someone said hey someone has a gun, so everyone started running toward the doors. no one had a weapon. no one fired any shots. of course thousands of people, you see them right there, took off running. ten people were hurt, including two pregnant women, and two children. >> this other one pretty massive brawl, this happened, eight teens are now facing charges after this fight on monday evening which temporarily shutdown that center h to bring in 50 police offers tears shut that all up. >> over to texas, police officers returned in to break up a brawl inside a mall. this is fort worth. all took place on monday. 150 teenagers took part in this melee here, several actually taken into custody. officials reca

karen, things do get milder in the seven day, though. i'll have that story coming up.t about roads early? >> let's check them out for you right now. we had some construction on the vine street expressway westbound is reopened, eastbound we still have the ramps from the schuylkill eastbound to the vine eastbound shutdown but i think we'll see that open up any minute now. no major problems but we have the collingdale fire we have been talking about. watch for fire department activity. they're out there on broad street at montgomery avenue so instead of broad just stick to woodlawn street as your alternate to that one. we had construction i-95 northbound and southbound and that has since cleared. looking at speeds in the 50's now. outside live on the blue route approaching conshohocken the roads are dry, yes, it's cold out there but no big weather related problems affecting you here so northbound traffic headed towards the schuylkill moving very nicely right now. matt and tam. >> okay, thank you, karen. >>> and breaking overnight a driver passing a vacant lot in northerly

>> don't make karen feel bad. >> just kidding.en, just messing with you. >> now you actually have to invite us. >> i know. >> christmas party, doing it. >> okay. >> good day christmas party. >> someone's coming. >> day care, can you imagine being banned at day car for what your child is wearing? a toddler apparently is not allowed to wear his monster print legging because they're too scary. but here they are. are these scary to you? another mother complains because they frightened her little girl. so other parent say the legging are cute and the boys mother should keep sending him to day care in them. >> i think they are just fine. i can see why another child might be little frightened. i have neice, she is, how old is she? i love her, five or six, and everything scares her. >> yes? >> i mean literally. the slightest movement scares her. so i can see maybe if you're in there, she is like mommy, just this frightens me, you may want to make the little one change. but who is the fashion police now? >> my boys wear monster stuff all t

good morning karen.eds going down, down, down along 95 as you come down in the southbound lanes, at least, though, our police activity here southbound just past academy has cleared. now it's just the work zone and the normal morning volume that we're contending with in the southbound lanes between academy and cottman but i have been hearing rumblings that we should get a fourth lane opened in each direction here along 95 at cottman later on this week so we'll see if it happens. if it does that would be great news for us. overnight construction that was happening on the vine street expressway has cleared out. everything is opened here. no big delays yet. crews do return tonight around 11 o'clock to close it down once again. and columbus boulevard southbound is not closed this morning. there is one lane opened, the ramps off 95 are opened but it's just one lane so you may see some delays but at least it's not closed like yesterday afternoon. in springfield township, if you're headed to lasalle college high

this is southbound traffic at cottman, dave. >> all right, karen.s morning so bundling up. not a lot of wind. this afternoon we'll see a high of 42 with partly sunny skies. winds remaining on the light side but tonight look at that low, 23 degrees, well below the average of 30. and tomorrow morning will probably get up to 24 and then slide back to 21 for most of the afternoon. strong winds, wind chills in the single digits again tomorrow. a much different day than today. get stuff done today if you can. >> for ramp for your nuts and berries. >> that's right. >> get ready for the long winter it's going to be cold. "gma" is next. we'll see you later. >> ♪ i have asthma... ...one of many pieces in my life. so when my asthma symptoms kept coming back on my long-term control medicine. i talked to my doctor and found a missing piece in my asthma treatment with breo. once-daily breo prevents asthma symptoms. breo is for adults with asthma not well controlled on a long-term asthma control medicine, like an inhaled corticosteroid. breo won't replace a rescue

let's head over to meteorologist, david murphy to find out about your accuweather and karen rogers has look at your commute. good morning. >> good morning, everybody. and we are off to another cold start across the region. you can see how clouds are continuing to head to the south so we'll see plenty of sunshine early but it is another morning for winter coats for sure. 21 degrees currently in philadelphia t20 in wilmington, 14 in allentown and also in the teens in trenton, reading and lancaster. 22 in millville. 24 in cape may. not much wind out there but still enough to give you wind chills a little worse than the temperature. it feels like it's 13 degrees right now in philadelphia. so, a reinforcement there that you do need that extra gear this morning. then you probably want to keep it hand later today. going to be a few degrees milder this afternoon but still pretty cold. 22 degrees by 7 o'clock, 30 by noon. 3 o'clock 37 degrees, that will be your high. still a fair amount of sunshine in play. and then partly cloudy later tonight. by 5 o'clock 33 and by 7 o'clock heading down 31 d

karen rogers is here now with a check of the accuweather forecast. breezy and mild out there. >> sure doesn't feel like the week after christmas right? >> temperatures 20 degrees above average today. we are kicking that rain out too. lets take a look at stormtracker 6 live double scan. we are dry in philadelphia and still showers in south jersey and delaware. here is a closer look with double scan and seeing them fading in middleton and chads worth and burlington county. lets go outside and see what it looks like with the action cam early on kelly drive. you see the clouds up above and certainly a damp feel to the the day, it will start to brighten a bit in the afternoon. certainly a bright spot and mild temperatures, 63 in atlantic city and dove? >> 61 in millville and allentown, 56 degrees. still gusty breezes out there. 30 miles per hour in the poconos and dover 26 miles per hour gusts and atlantic city and 25 in reading. you feel the wind but it's a westerly throw. so not a chilly wind. satellite 6 along with action radar showing the clouds tryin

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how about that, karen?lies, and to be their advocate, and working in the military community, even earned invitation to the white house. >> hello. >> and as if he didn't do enough, a family guy, him and his wife nicole daughter to two daughters. >> there he is with jen. >> all right, so, tim, you just walk into court. good morning. >> how are you? >> you said what when you walked? >> i thought i was going to jail. >> okay. here's what we want to tell you. you've been an amazing guy. you served our country. you had a little bit after hiccup. now you are a mentor to so many people. these guys, this judge, your amazing wife, they're so proud of you. they say you go there day after day, night after night. so this is certificate. this is a crazy balloon thing, we know that, you know, you guys said thanksgiving, what did he do for everyone? >> running around delivering 50 turkeys throughout the city to homeless shelters for the veterans. the man gives 100% everything back to the veterans. >> judge, you met him. yo

karen, back to you. >>> and it was such a busy night all around the delaware valley, we have another fire to tell you about, this one was deadly, victim killed by a fire on north 64th street. it happened around 8:30 almost the same time as that other one that evening. this building was engulfed in flames when fire fighters got there ones they got the them out they made tragic discovery body of the 44 year-old man, officials are still trying to figure out the cause of have that one. >>> 4:05. developing right the now we have had a major lead in the case that left really everybody just so shaken. police have surveillance video of a man that they say is a person of interest, in the pine street package bombing. the lets get to steve keeley. he is nearby the scene right the now with what we know, steve. >> reporter: yeah, i was here that morning of the bombing and i saw the agents going door to door on pine street knocking and hoping to get the some surveillance pictures because there is lots of cameras on lots of the homes here. we will show you the video, that they showed to the public

you can take race street to get around that, karen? >>> so about a million people, of course, expect to be packing new york city's times square one of the big celebration areas and they want to keep everybody safe there as well so nypd ramping up security, we have liz, from our sister station up there in , this, good morning to you. so what are they to go. >> reporter: good morning to you, karen from new york city, this will be a security land of epic proportions. similar to what we saw during thanksgiving day parade and when pope came to visit new york city not too long ago. we are expecting 2 million people to pack into this area of times square and everybody wants to know if the the nypd will be ready for this. stage is set for some performers and police are telling us that they are absolutely prepared. if you are going to be heading out to the crossroads of the world you will notice security change is here on sat take. for the first time ever garbage trucks ledded with sand will be positioned around this area as a perimeter. they w

. >> let's go over to david murphy with the snow, karen rogers has the morning commute. >> reporter: we can see rain on our at city hall. the rain is coming down lightly with the lighter shades o green across southeastern pennsylvania. ht snow in allentown, northern bucks county it's creating rain at the lower elevations. some slushiness is possible ingr allentown. we have heavier rain trying to exit the coast in south jersey, heavy stuff highlighted in across from surf city and clearing areas north of atlantic and brigantine and some down in cape may. it will beinutes, at least the steadier stuff. we have cloud cover behind the precipitation, but there are breaks in the clouds but we think we'll break back into no worse than partly sun skies. 43 degrees in philadelphia. freezing mark in reading and allentown. good news there. 44 by there's the return of sunshine during the day, high of 53 degrees, karen, will feature a couple of more spots of rain and colder air by the end of the week. details coming up. >> reporter: all right, dave we have an accident in an area snow. this is north

karen, back over to you. >>> lets get to this breaking news right now. we know a woman is fighting for her life after she was so badly beaten, her injuries, so severe, that they are not sure if she will pull through. lets get out to steve keeley with what we know, steve. >> reporter: we were on a sad story and you acutely said here we are on christmas week and boy does that make family members of anybody who is lost to any tragedy feel any worse. but who does this, on christmas week. beats a woman so severely that the the police here at headquarters who investigate every kind of homicide there is have to clue even after surgeons see this poor woman whether she's stab, shot or beaten, over the head with something. here's the video. the she's found by another woman just lying on the sidewalk just off of lehigh avenue but in a spot, where no one would see anything. that why is police think she was dumped here. you can see her coach boot found nearby but beaten so bad police have no idea what happened to her until they get her to temple where doctors initial

deanna durante, nbc 10 news. >> nbc 10 spoke with karen's sister in montgomery county. see more of our interview with her right now on nbc10.com. she describes getting the news about her sister's rescue and her emotional first phone call to the hospital. >>> right now a search is under way for a south jersey grandmother and her great granddaughter. police say the 71-year-old woman and her 5-year-old granddaughter

thank you, karen. >>> new on "action news" here watch this dramatic rescue in minnesota. woman crashed her car into that frozen pond and became trapped as the vehicle started to sync. several people pulled over and rushed down there to help her. one man says the driver anne lunn crawled to the back of her suv grabbed a fire extinguisher and smashed out the back window. that allowed them to pull her out. lunn is expected to be okay. she told state troopers that her window fogged up so she veered off a ramp and plunged right into that pond. >>> a motorcyclist was riding down a florida highway and rushed to the aid of a driver in the midst of a medical emergency. >> (horns paren again. >> what the -- >> the biker's helmet cam captured the motorist. the out of control car kept going like this for several miles eventually landing in a ditch. two nurses at the scene determined the driver was having a stroke. the motorcyclist aren't the nurses cared for the driver until more help arrived. >> there are questions this morning about why police in bakers field california shot and ki

other than that you're looking okay matt and tam. >> thank you, karen.aking overnight new jersey state police say a trooper involved in a head-on crash in millville has died. trooper frankie williams was on route 55 responding to a call when a car crossed the median and slammed into his cruiser. the driver of the car was also killed. "action news" reporter annie mccormick is live at cooper university hospital in camden where doctors could not save that trooper, annie. >> reporter: matt, that's right, trooper frankie williams was just 31 years old. i want to give you a look at this video. this is video from last night after he was pronounced dead at cooper university hospital. here you can see camden county officers saluting the trooper as his body was escorted away from the hospital. well, 7 o'clock monday night that trooper williams was heading to a call on route 55 in millville. according to police, a man driving a toyota corolla crossed the center median hitting williams in his car head on. the man was pronounced dead at the scene. and williams was ru

let's turn to meteorologist, david murphy and karen rogers. good morning. >> one more day before that real cold air snaps into the region. that will happen later tonight. right now we've got cloud cover breaking up a little bit over parts of the region. some of us will see some sun, others still dealing way bit of clouds. looks like areas south of philadelphia have most of the cloud cover out there right now. 37 degrees in philadelphia and below freezing in allentown, close to that in trenton, reading, lancaster. 37 in millville. 36 in wilmington and 40 in cape may. unlike yesterday the winds aren't all that bad this morning and they probably stay on the lower side during most of the day. as we roll through the day it stays chilly. 36 by 7 o'clock, 40 by noon. your shy going to be that 42-degree reading at 3 o'clock and then down top 37 by 5 o'clock. as soon as 7 o'clock we're down to 33 but we're going way down from there. tomorrow we expect to be in the low 20's for most of the afternoon with more severe wind chills. i'll have more on that c

karen?absolutely, jenny, goodness, thank you. >> police say a man drunk driving is to blame for a crash in kensington, pretty bad. the driver sped into another car, the scene is second and berks, just about four hours ago. he and two people in the other car that he struck were all taken to the hospital. that is the scene. all of the injuries are minor. >>> time now 4:05, happening today, visitation service also begin for elderly south philadelphia store owner fatally shot on christmas eve. marie buck was shot several times on christmas eve as she stood behind the counter, at marie's grocery. police say no money was taken from the store. so far, no arrest haves been made. visitation will be held tonight and tomorrow morning, at funeral home south broad street. her funeral will be held friday at one is 1:00 a.m. >> 4:01 is the time. police asking for your help to find the people behind pricy smash and grab robbery. it happened in bucks county. let's get to up steve keeley by the kohl's in lowe

karen, thomas? >> lauren, thank you. we are following breaking news this morning, the death toll is rising after an earthquake strikes indonesia. at least 97 people have been killed in that quake. the 6.5 magnitude shake damaged more than 200 buildings including 14 mosks in a hospital. you see the chaotic scene there. there are fears this morning that more people may be trapped in that rubble. >>> you're next secretary of defense, general mad dog mad us. >> it was mentioned several days ago, but it is officially official. president-elect donald trump formally declares secretary of defense, the men appearing on stage in for the carolina tuesday night as part of trump thank you tour. mattis earned from military tactics in his blunt talk. >> tweet sent by donald trump yesterday about boeing, want to go cancel the contract for one of the airport's one plane, after the criticism boeing now saying it looks forward to working with the air force on fulfilling this $170 million contract. there is the tweet that the president-elec

let's go over to david murphy with accuweather and karen rogers has traffic. >> reporter: we made that switch a month ago. this winter weather advisory kicks in at 10:00 p.m. tonight. snow is coming tonight after midnight. the national weather service place it cautiously and posts this ahead of the game. we have warm air coming up from the south that will change the snow to rain a little bit of sleet and freezing rain in the transitional period. this could happen early in the morning even through dawn in south jersey and delaware, i think until 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. you'll see improvement in the i-95 corridor. allentown you'll have to wait until midday or the afternoon. things will improve. as we look at satellite you can see a lack of cloud cover. we'll start out sunny and add the clouds. we're at 16 degrees in philadelphia. the coldest morning in 8 years in philadelphia. 14 in allentown. 14 in reading. 15 in wilmington, 15 in trenton. 21 degrees in cape may. even though overall winds are going to be lighter today there's they are still a factor this morning they are in the process

looks like it's no better than the 20s, karen rogers. future tracker 6 handling the snow and rain. >> reporter: we have big problems on i-95 an accident involving an overturned vehicle has been blocking all lanes. right lane is blocked, so traffic is squeezing by. this is the backup live on i-95, this is past 320. the accident is near the commodor barry bridge. you're jammed from the blue route to the commodor barry bridge, southbound a 32 minute ride, just had a live update from the blue route to delaware, normally that's an easy five minutes. i-95 southbound at times we're seeing a complete standstill. they are letting -- the right lane is blocked, they are letting the left lane get by. chopper 6 hd is heading to the scene. you see speeds at 2 miles per hour. it was the blue route, now it's approaching the blue route down to the commodor barry bridge where you're traveling so slowlily because of the big accident involving an overturned vehicle in chester county. on the big picture, the blue route is moving okay. i have not seen the bac

him karen rogers we have milder air coming in at the end of the workweek. and you have flashing lights there. >> reporter: construction here, looking live at cottman, two right lanes are blocked southbound, watch for the crews on i-95. no major issues on the bicker, we have a disabled vehicle i-95 northbound at bridge street. it's on the shoulder that's not causing too much of a problem. let's check the bridges, traffic moving westbound no problems on the ben or any area bridges looking good there. we have construction on 130 in new jersey, between 3222 and 44. this is live look in new jersey, 42, light volume as you head toward the walt whitman bridge matt and tam. >> a crash involving a school bus in northeast philadelphia left two people dead. now, the bus had just dropped off a load of children. annie mccormick is along the crash scene with details along the boulevard on the investigation. annie. >> reporter: it happened behind me in the northbound lanes here on the roosevelt boulevard, those kids were just dropped off a short time before this all happe

>> thank you karen. >>> a car fire caused quite a backup on i-95 in south philadelphia. the fire stemmed from a two car accident on the southbound lanes near packer avenue, nobody was hurt in the accident or the fire and fire crews did have to block the southbound lanes for a time while they put out the flames and cleared away the wreckage. >> the search is on for a shoplifting suspect in mar ton, new jersey, and this man seen in this surveillance pictures swiped four prepaid phones from the target store on route 73, the alleged krimg happened on monday and the phones are work $500, if you know the identity of the suspect you are asked to contact evesham township police. >>> the search continues this noon for james that is missing for a month. police are investigating the latest whereabouts of him. he disappeared after getting in a fight at the hide away tank in clement clementon. and his family says he returned from the middle east suffering from post traumatic stress disorder. >>> some of the youngest victims of the mexico fireworks market were rushed to shriners hospi

. >>> i'm karen hepp, good morning. sue serio doing double duty since bob kelly is on vacation >> bob kelly is on vacation, i'm on vacation last week. they let us trade off. >> can't have both missing. >> right, right, appreciate it we have a lot of fog out there this morning but not the in a lot of places but beware that could happen. we have only a mile and a half visibility in mount pocono, and that is it for fog but we are watching that situation. the look at how mild it is this morning, 55 degrees in philadelphia. forty-two in mount pocono. and 50 in lancaster. all that mild air is moving in a lot of moisture in the the air. here are scattered showers to show you on ultimate doppler radar. the mostly in lancaster county , berks county parts of the the lehigh valley and pocono mountains, a stray shower or two this morning, some fog expected to develop and we will get in the upper 50's to around 60 by lunchtime and then temperatures will drop off after that because this is a cold front coming through and we could fin

>> reporter: hi, good morning karen and thomas. this is breaking news happening right now in frankford. we can tell you it is a very active scene here. fire fighters continuing to fight a fire that started burning in the back of the three story apartment building right here at intersection of the frankford and oxford street. medics are on the scene. we have not seen anyone transported just yet but we do understand that fire fighters are inside the building what i can tell you what we can hear out here on the streets nearby is screaming, yelling back and forth. at this point they are trying to make sure everybody has evacuate that had building because when we were on the way to the scene here we heard there were evacuations taking place. fire fighters are fighting a fire from both side, we understand fire started through rear of the building but we can see flashing lights and fire fighters sending water in from this angle and water coming out of the windows meaning they are fighting it from the back as well. very active seen here. i