there is a soliciting ordinance in lower merion for snow shoveling or soliciting anything else. if you are an adult over 18, these two men were the superintendent says you need a permit, and any further explains the reason they were told to sit in the snow is momentarily there was a book ground which may have indicated they had warmths issued. they did not. they were not charged with anything. he said in one case, this being one of two they actually shook hand with the officers before leaving. we will have much more on this developing story including hearing from the police superintendent when we join you a at 6:00. live from lower merion i'm walt hunter, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> a bitter blast descend on our region, it is windy very cold out there. we're also keeping an eye on to light snow that could make its way in the region. "eyewitness news" in center city philadelphia where it was a tough day to be walking outside. heavy coats and winter gear definitely needed out there meteorologist kathy orr on the cbs-3 sky deck where kathy a at least it is stunning. >> it is beaut

but in lower merion you don't need a permit to shovel snow. and they also say that the two -- police say the two were actually adults and they were stopped because they were soliciting for business. >> it just seems wrong to have them sitting there. they don't have weapons. they have shovels off to the side. >> we do want to make it very clear that kids can go out and make after-school money or school money any time they want. >> without needing a permit. lower merion police say they would like to talk to debra as part of their investigation. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> a little bit of a breeze but not by much. yesterday was such a windy start to the day. and so very cold. today the wind has died down. the temperatures are colder as a result with clear skies and less wind. that's when you get your coldest temperatures. that's what we've got this morning. 22 degrees in philadelphia. meantime, in the pocono mountains, it's dropped to one degree in mount pocono. and you'll see sunshine in camelback t

that will get you around the issue in lower merion. southampton street road between gravel hill and stump roads, an accident that has street road closed. you're going have to take county line to get around it. finally, because of the mummers parade, brought street between jfk boulevard and washington avenue, will be closed, you can take your alternates 12th, 13th street. chris? >> caitlin let's shift our attention overseas. search teams in indonesia are racing against time to recover victims from that airasia crash. small window of good weather conditions expected today as more heavy rain and wind moves into the area later. meanwhile, more bodies arrived via helicopter indonesia this morning. so far only seven of the 162 bodies on board have been recovered. very sad time there in indonesia. meantime vigil was held in indonesia to mourn those lost. people gathering around the site lighting around 5,000 candles, many praying at the location at the hotel indonesia rounds about traditionally where resident gathered to welcome the new year.

our fox 29's chris o'connell is live at the scene right now in lower merion township.hat are police saying, chris? >> reporter: lower merion township police are denying they were profiling young african-american shoveling snow from people's driveways here in the township yesterday. but they do tell us they have started an investigation into those claims. >> we saw the police pull up and sit them down and start asking them questions. >> reporter: debra snapped this picture when police arrived outside of heroine wood home on tuesday. she wondered why the two guys she just hired to shovel her driveway and sidewalk were stopped by lower merion township police. the two african-american were told to sit in the snow while being questioned by officer. she believes the stop was solely based on race, and touched off a social media fire storm on the township community facebook page page. >> i have friends who have children of color who also have, um, you know, issues with their kids being stopped in lower merion. whereas maybe other caucasian kids are not stopped. >> reporter: th

in lower merion, deny racial profiling after homeowner says officers questioned two african-american men she hired, to shovel her driveway. >> police are now saying they are investigating the claims. investigation in connection to incident that happened on tuesday. debra snapped a picture of the police stop. she said two young men she hired to shovel snow in her driveway were told to sit in the snow while they were being questioned. both workers were black and questioning whether the men were being racially profiled. >> we saw the police pull up. then sit them down and start asking questions. i had seen the exact same thing couple of streets up when i had originally gone to the jewish community center, so i saw it twice in one day. i was wondering what was going on. >> i have friends who have children of color who also have, you know issues with their kids being stopped in lower merion, whereas the other caucasion kids are not stopped. >> lower merion police say they stopped two groups of men shoveling driveways on tuesday, all were black and between the ages of 18 to 40, but the tow

deborah saldonna wants to know why two men she hired to shovel her walk were stopped by lower merion police and ordered to sit in the snow. she claims it was nearly 20 minutes. >> i think it is wrong. i just think it is wrong. they weren't dangerous. they had shovels in their hands. >> reporter: she said men told her they had asked police if they could get up at one point off the the freezing ground. >> they had to remain seated. they could not get up. >> reporter: saldonna was concerned that the stopping of the two men, both african-american, was racial profiling an allegation that lower merion police superintendent mike mcgraph strongly denied. >> i have watched profiling. >> absolutely not. the the officers were stopping them because they were soliciting for business. >> reporter: the superintendent says that the stop had nothing to do with racial profiling, the two men and two others nearby were questioned, because they did not have a permit required to solicit door to door. >> the officer made the stop based on the fact seeing these people going house to house soliciting. >> rep

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. >>> "action news" reporter katherine scott is live along route 202 in upper merion which is one of areas that should be seeing snow before the rest of us this morning. hello, katherine. >> reporter: hey matt, yeah but no snow here just yet but it's bitter cold out here so when that snow does come, expect it to stick. light snow expected today and you can see as you take a look out on 202 right now that the conditions are looking pretty good so far. it's early. if you have to get to work early, now is a good time because nothing is slippery. it is normal -- a normal go here at this point but of course that could change. expecting 1 to 2 inches today and especially compared to last winter that's not a lot but people are out restocking salt supplies getting new shovels and scrapers. they didn't want to be caught unprepared. penndot was also getting ready today. trucks were out on the highways brining. today 182 state trucks will be part of more than 200 trucks of the penndot fleet that they're going have on the move today. crews started reporting at midnight. i spoke to a limo driver

and next in lower merion, lancaster avenue at lankenau drive. there is an overturned vehicle, avoid the area, take east wynnewood road as alternate. also, because of the mummers parade brought street between jfk and washington avenue, will be closed. take the alternative 12th or 13th street. finally, be sure to check your septa bus schedules, many of the routes will be running on detour. chris? >> caitlin, thank you. let's get to this. this breaking news that we're continuing to follow out of mt. holly, new jersey, live look at the scene now if you have been with us for the last what, couple of hours you saw that this was very much an active scene by way of flames just in the last few minute, looks like firefighters now have knocked this down significantly. you can still see the glow coming out of this building, this is a billing, an industrial building of about 60,000 square feet. it was vacant at the time we understand. but the flames have died down significantly, and initially this was three alarm fire it, may have gone to four alarms, why we

both directions of the schuylkill expressway shut down around gulph mills in upper merion.careful if you're heading out whether you're walking or driving. the ben franklin bridge and the walt whitman bridge are closed, as well. philadelphia police urging drivers to stay off all major highways. in west conshohocken there's a multi-vehicle crash with injuries on the blue route. in south philadelphia, on i-95 near columbus avenue we're getting reports of a number of fender benders but a live picture you're looking at is the schuylkill expressway. now you're looking at the ben franklin bridge. this bridge is closed and the walt whitman bridge closed. >> we're hearing that the burlington bristol bridge is closed. >> reporter: it's not just the philadelphia area, western portions of south jersey, interior sections gloucester, camden county are reporting a lot of heavy freezing rain. the problem was yesterday we never got above freezing. it's been cold over the last several days, even though temperatures are above the freezing mark, the ground is frozen. the rain is freezing on co

. >>> police in upper merion township have charged two brotters with stealing storm grates from parking6 year-old brian, and 38 year-old john, junior, are accused of stealing 13 iron storm sewer grates from upper merion township. police say they confessed to similar thefts in urn ising counties and police say the receipts show that over 1,000 grates were sold for about $9,000. it will cost $500,000 to get all of those grates replaced. >>> skies are mostly cloud a cross the delaware valley and our eyewitness weather watchers are saying temperatures are fairly comfortable tonight, different than was the case last night at this time. lots of 40's in south jersey. shawn is saying in evesham township temperature is 41 degrees, pressure rising. wind west at eight. right to the north and ago a ton, 37 degrees. barometric pressure is righting there as well. in the northern and western suburbs 35 degrees, a cool spot in downingtown, and, of course, john saying we have had some cloud relative humidity sitting at 76 per event is. i want to show you a beautiful sunset sent to us by jason just a few

when we checked with lower merion police they told us no one needs a permit to shovel snow.police tell us the two were stopped because they were soliciting business. >> just seems wrong to have them sitting there. they don't have weapons. they have shovels off to the side. >> want to make it very clear that kids can go out and make you know after school money or day off from school money anytime they want to. >> lower merion police tell us they would like to talk to deborah as part of their investigation. >>> governor tom wolf is putting a stop to new oil and gas development in pennsylvania's state parks and forests. governor wolf signed an executive order this morning reinstating the moratorium on development at benjamin rush state park in northeast philadelphia. pennsylvania has more than 2 million acres of state forest and has issued oil and gas leases for about 700,000 acres. but the head of the state department of environmental protection says pennsylvania can't lease anymore without jeopardizing the certification of its forests as sustainably managed. >>> leave your dr

in lower merion an accident on rose glen road and youngsford road. so, we are seeing more problems out there. i'll have another check of mass transit coming up in a few minutes. >>> jillian, thanks. soon, philadelphia's bike share program will offer another wham way for people to get to work or school. we brought yousneak peek last month. riders won't have to use a credit card and members will be able to take short trips free. there will be 700 bikes docked at various locations around philadelphia. the bike share program gets rolling this spring. >>> well one way you can more than make up for any extra toll money you have to pay is at the gas pump. gas prices are still falling. here's what you're paying on average right now. the highest is in philadelphia $2.53 a gallon. in delaware about $2.34. and the cheapest in south jersey is at $2.20 on average. but look at this. in gloucester county, drivers are seeing some prices lower than $2.20. gas for $1.97 at this gulf station at cooper street and delsea drive in deptford. you may see a traffic jam at th

lower merion police say no permit is needed. they also say they were adults and they were stopped because they were soliciting for business. >> it seems wrong to have them sitting there. they don't have weapons. they have shovels off to the side. >> we want to make it very clear that kids go out and make after-school money or school money any time they want. >> lower merion police say they would like to talk to debra as part of their investigation. >>> we continue to follow two breaking stories in philadelphia. you're watching nbc 10 news today at 5:00 a.m. starting right now. >>> nbc 10 breaking news. >> two people dead and a police officer hurt. in this house fire in south philadelphia. we are live on the scene as investigators begin their work. >>> police are investigating a car crash, and they discover the victims had been shot. now one person is dead another in critical condition. >>> and we are once again in the grips of some cold air this morning. it says 26 on your screen. it certainly feels colder especially north and w

. >> katherine scott is along route 202 in upper merion. hasn't had much snow this winter but they're ready right. >> reporter: they are ready and no snow out here yet this morning. however, they're prepared. >>> crews started around midnight. they wanted to be in place for when those first flakes started to fall and you can see we're along west dekalb pike here in can king of prussia and it all looks good this early hour, very quiet road surfaces dry no snow yet but of course it is early. now, yesterday people were out across our area stocking up on salt shovels, even snowblowers. a light snow expected today around one to 2-inches but after last winter they're not taking any chances. penndot was getting prepared, too and you may have seen trucks out on the highways brining yesterday. they started yesterday in the morning. they were out yesterday evening and today 182 state trucks and even more contractor trucks will be trod go when the snow starts. that's more than 200 trucks penndot will have on the move today and again those crews starte

who have children of color who also have you know, usual with us their kids being stopped in lower merion, where as the other caucasion kids are not stopped. >> lower merion police say they've stopped two groups of men shoveling driveways tuesday, all black between the ages of 18 to 40, but the township had an ordinance that prohibit adults from soliciting door-to-door without a permit. police say they were trying to enforce that rule. coming up: major health warning this morning about e-cigarettes. while one state wants to ban them. >> plus, mystery solved. investigators figure out what caused a fire that killed six people at that mansion in >>> to new england, bracing for more winter weather. rounds two will be rough. they are still digging out. i talk to my aunt up there. she said the -- she said the. the media is over playing there is but yes even more, tomorrow's storm could add another two-4 inches on top of what they've seen, and in some places, they had in north of 2 feet. so another storm heads over the area over the weekend evidently. is that timing of this sue over the weekend

lower merion police say no permit is needed to shovel snow and they were actually adults and stopped because they were soliciting for business. >> it just seems wrong to have them sitting there. they don't have weapons. they have shovels off to the side. >> we want to make it very clear that kids go out and make after-school money or school money any time they want. >> lower merion police say they would like to talk to debra as part of their investigation. >>> the california health department says the measles outbreak that started at disneyland continues to grow. health officials say there are now 95 cases and more than 50 can be linked to diz nay, pasney parks. the rest are spread out through seven states and mexico. another development, a california high school has sent 72 students home for seven days because they have not been immunized against the measles. >>> septa's busiest station will be getting a makeover in the next few years. philly.com reports the project will begin early next year. it will focus on the 15th street station on the market frankfurt line and the city hall st

in lower merion i'm walt hunter cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> 6:37 right now. preliminary hearing is scheduled next month for a montgomery county mother charged with stealing thousands of dollars from local cub and girl scout troops. twenty-seven year-old heather lynn bellford is accused of taking more than $7,000 from her daughter's girl scout troop. investigators say bellford also used the debit card for her son, cub scout pack to buy make up and other expensive items for herself. >> we worked really, really hard for the money. >> we had in money for any of the programs for the kids and really that was what bothered us the most is it wasn't money that parents had donated but it was money that the kid had gone out and earned. >> bellford is charged with multiple counts of theft, receiving stolen property and other related charges. >>> a jury will hear opening statement in the murder trial of patriots tightened, aaron hernandez today. the now 25 years oldies accused of killing football player odin lloyd in 2013. hernandez and two accomplices have pleaded in the

. >> the prodigal son will be at the merion theater february 5th through the 8th. go to 6abc loves the arts for more on this and other area events. for 6abc loves the arts, i'm karen rogers. # papa:sometimes, in football, you go for 2. sometimes, in pizza, you get 2 without even trying. get a large one topping pizza free when you purchase a large pizza. order now at papajohns.com. papa:better ingredients joe:better pizza. peyton:better football papa:papa john's. >> welcome back on this sunday, sky6 live hd taking a live look at spring mountain, a nuisance storm will affect the monday morning commute. watch out for ice slick spots tomorrow morning. the big question is what to expect monday night into tuesday, we'll check in with chris for the latest on that in just a little bit. >>> in "healthcheck" how's this for motivation to get out of your chair. sedentary behavior sitting 8 to 12 hours more a day, increase one's chances of getting a disease or condition that kills prematurely even if you exercise. physical enactivity has been identified as the 4th leading risk

. >>> police from upper merion and philadelphia have uncovered what they say was a stash house for stolen goods and they were hauling away items from the scene by the truckload. "action news" reporter john rawlins has that story from north philadelphia. >> reporter: only "action news" was there this morning as police entered out 2014 opal street in north philadelphia. in bucket brigade fashion out came a steady stream of allegedly stolen goods, small electronics, plumbing items including a new hot water heater still in the box and two rather ornate crystal lamps. >> they run the gamut. >> reporter: out of an 1100 square foot row home worth about $35,000 came 3 truckloads of stuff valued. >> in excess of $125,000 of suspected stolen goods. >> reporter: while philadelphia police provided manpower the investigation isedded by upper merion police many of the items allegedly taken from stores in and around king of prussia and well beyond. >> various stores around the region extending up into north jersey and as far south as virginia. >> reporter: were they hadn'td here or were they just operat

mess, there were multiple deadly crashes including this one on the schuylkill expressway in upper merion, that one was a chain reaction with three separate accidents involving 56 cars one man died after he left his disabled vehicle and was by a car. busses were brought in to bring in 30 people to area hospitals. salt roads have been out ahead of the morning commute. you can see trucks out across the five county area. some people were worried about getting in their car after watching all the accidents yesterday. >> i'm nervous driving to downingtown, i commute from the pottstown area. i'm hoping there's no school. >> reporter: back along ridge avenue, they are taking a look at the sidewalks the salt is out there people have been salting, there are efforts being made in areas to make it less slippery, whether on the roads or the sidewalks, the ice can get sneaky. be careful watch your step and take it slow in the car this morning, katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> let's go over to our mobile 6 out there on city line avenue near st. joe's checking out the roads this morning. a lot

stolen goods stash house along the 2400 block of openal street this was an operation carried out with merion police with the help of local authorities, they recovered three truck loads of electronics, clothing and home appliances and more. we'll have more on a live report in our next half our of "action news" at noon. >>> delaware county authorities announced charges against this man. john corcoran he is behind bars with a connection of a string of arsons, now they have accused corcoran of sexually assaulting at least 14 children and now he faces 100 counts from victims ranging from 8 to 14 years old. and the district attorneys office is holding a news conference shortly to detail the case. and we'll have more on "action news" and online at 6abc.com. >>> firefighters are still on the scene of a massive fire that ripped through at least five buildings near pittsburgh this morning. the blaze started at 4:30 a.m. in homestead allegheny county. at one people firefighters had to call for tanker trucks because they didn't have enough water at the scene. the building eventually chanced and the caus

was a mess, there were multiple deadly crashes including this on the schuylkill expressway in upper merion. that was a chain reaction with three separate accidents involving 60 cars. one man died after he left a disabled vehicle and hit by a car. busses were brought in to bring the 30 injured people to area hospitals. last night penndot crews were dispatched ahead of the morning commute. you can see the trucks out across the five-county area. >> it's hairy but they are putting a lot salt down. it's helping the roads but the parking lots were slippery. >> >> reporter: how about yesterday were you out yesterday? >> not out yesterday on purpose. >> reporter: a lot of people not out yesterday on purpose. some people heading to work. crews are on the roads. fewer cars on the roads due to the holiday. but you still do wants to leave extra time just in case because you could see slick spots. katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> police called for salt trucks where two cars collided in center city. it happened at 13th and vine. police say a car ran a stop sign slammed into a another car and

. >> vehicles are out from upper merions public works making the rounds and this belongs to a neighbor that left his lights on all night. the roads held up well. >> today they were not bad, they put brine down yesterday on all the roads it was pretty good. >> back here live on 202, crews made a number of passes here treating the roads and other than being wet this stretch looks clear and it's cold out here there is definitely the potential for icy conditions, the best thing to do is take it slow out there today. katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >> speaking of roadways lets take a live look from center city now as mobile 6 is making its way to south broad street and city hall, as you can see the roads look just fine but as we mentioned all morning, be careful of slick spots out there especially on secondary roads mobile 6 is making its way along south broad street towards city hall, can you keep track of the accuweather forecast any time by downloading our free storm tracker app. it has new features one to report the weather in your neighborhood and serve a digital

. >>> lower merion township has two new police officers tonight chbl the newest members were sworn in during a ceremony. the police department superintendant and other local officials were on hand to commend them for their new jobs and thank them for their public service. >>> they decided to stay inhouse for this one the player personnel was the assistant director of personnel, they will help chip kelly find the players he needs be he played for la salle and worked on nick saban's staff in alabama. he said he is very bright and his vision is in line with what we want to accomplish. i spoke to a lot of people and in the end ed was the most impressive. >>> new england continues to be a 1 point favorite. i like seattle outright and that advice is worth 25 cents. >>> the flyers and winnipeg meet tonight and last time they got into a verbal confrontation and that capped a physical contest. >> it was a fun game i mean i don't know if they will fight tonight but i would like to see that. >> who would you take? >> i have to go with my coach i think. i think he is due for a good fight. ha, ha,

. >>> the board of lower him or lower merion voted down a ban that allowed visitors to carry gurns --tate parks. >>> a bucks county teenagers is speaking out against the repeal of a decision to play on a boys team. she fought the right to play with boys two years ago and one. afternoonarchbishop charles chaput changed his minds and banned the girls playing with boys. >> i feel like i did but now it feels like it went back to the way it was before before it happened. >> the archdiocese pointed to safety in its latest decision and said gender differences are important and play a large role in the development of christian male and female identity. >> the game of patty cake between prison erslanded a bucks county -- prisonerses landed a bucks county guard behind jails. >> good morning everyone, it is 6:00 a.m. on this thursday, january 8. breaking right now a building collapses in bucks county, a silo and the search is underway to see if anyone is trapped. chopper 6hd is live over the scene right now. >> and we're waking up to a brutally cold and windy morning and we have a number of scho

we have ice on the roads 202 near upper merion. watch for that, you can see this person is a member of our 6abc team. it's good to join that when you go on waze. we're dry through the region right now. look at these temperatures. the snow is not starting until later on tonight. temperatures are below freezing, you may see the areas of black ice that could be the cause of the accidents that we're seeing out there right now. >> this is new this morning new on "action news," a paralyzed man said san francisco police tried to push him out of his wheelchair. the video clip shows him moving toward the group in hopes of intervening between the friend and police. one point looks like the officer rights tip him out of the chair and push him off the curb. police say he tried to run over the foot of a police officer. away as cited for obstructing an officer. >>> an indiana teen has a lot of to be thankful for because of a hail of gunfire that was aimed at her car. she had just gone through a mcdonald's drive through and a car honked while she

market the the experts weigh in on what is in store for 2015 >>> breaking news right now in lower merionry van from lankenau medical center and this is the result. we just have this picture and check it out you can see the the aramark van flipped upside down after the patient rolled it down an embankment. this happened only about 200-yard from the hospital. police say that patient still had had an iv in his arm and was wearing his hospital gown, he is now in custody. no word on any injuries just yet or why that patient was in the hospital why he took that van, ukee. >>> also breaking news we are looking live at a massive fire burning in a burlington county factory, now this within has been burning for almost three hours now and there is no sign of it stopping anytime soon. fire fighters got the call, they got the call around 3:00 this morning and we're told it is an abandoned factory. jan carabao is at the scene via mobile three in mount holly with the very latest, j a an? >> reporter: ukee and erika good morning. we are live here in mount who will think morning as this fire rages on her

. >>> and the upper merion police happy to report an arrest in a series of thefts that had been gratingtownship. investigators say two brothers of gilbertsville pilfered a total of 13 100-pound storm greats since last december. claimed stealing as much as a half million worth of greats throughout the area. nearly 1,000 from philadelphia limerick, collegeville bensalem, haverford, broomall upper province and montgomery montgomeriville. >>> and tom wolf will become governor, taking part in the m.l.k. service projects. and getting everything ready for inauguration day tomorrow. and sworn in as noon a journey as impressive as unlikely. from anonymity a year ago to being the only candidate to beat a sitting governor this year. now comes the hard part -- governing. and it begins tomorrow. before tom wolf takes off, mike stack will be sworn in. he served for 14 years. and the ceremony is prior to the inauguration and not open to the public. >>> and walter perez in harrisburg for the swearing in from the capital and the inauguration party tomorrow night. and streaming tom wolf's speech live at

a flash freeze caused multiple crashes including this one in upper merion, montgomery county, described as a chain reaction with three separate accidents involving 56 vehicles killing one and injuring 30. listening closely to this cell phone video capturing the chaos moments later. >> unaudible. >> reporter: thirty-one year-old eric blah of philadelphia died after he left his disable vehicle and was struck by a car. you can see drivers running to help someone pinned and hear their calls to 911. one person shouts a warning to watch for incoming traffic that had yet to be shut down. >> both side watch the car coming the other way. >> reporter: "action news" viewer who survived the pile up sent in these photos telling us he simply closed his eyes and prayed for the best as he began to slide. there is so many injuries, buses, came into transport those hurt to area hospital. state the police had another grizzly scene in radnor township delaware county on 476, and a double fatality where a tractor trailer jackknifed, three vehicles who could not avoid the big rig slammed underneath. two drive

his cell phone pink dollars less than an hour later off a tower in lower merion township. as thanksgiving day went on searches began to look all over manayunk, blue was no sign every shane. by dawn the next day hundreds of volunteers and police covered more than 400 acres. >> i have complete moments of despair, i miss my son i want to holds him he's my baby. >> for more than ten days passed before police found the major clue investigators say surveillance video from a nail salon captured shane walking toward a parking lot that leads to the schuylkill river. now, over the following weeks shane's family and volunteers fanned out across philadelphia, from center city to lincoln financial field. searches spread the word and they handed out thousands of flyers. but still no sign of shane. >> around here, nobody threats die. you got the green ribbons. you see houses all the way up in norristown today you see missing posters of him up there. >> a major break in the case on december 21st, dollars garden state underwater recovery unit found shane's keys alongside the bank of the ri

. >>> and now to a developing story, where police from upper merion in philadelphia have uncovered what they say is a stash house for stolen goods they where are hauling items away from the scene by the truck load, john rawlins is live from the scene at north opal. >> police left about 45 minutes ago and they had three truck loads of what they allege to be ill gotten goods, they arrived this morning with a search warrant and hit pay dirt. >> with assist from the crime unit and highway patrol a steady stream of stolen items came outs in bucket brigade like fashion, bags of clothing electronic toys and plumbing supplies including a hot water heater new in its box. at the center of all of this many items take from king of prussia stores and elsewhere as well. >> stores from the region extending into new jersey and as far south as virginia. >> were they headquarterers here? >> we are still investigating that at this time. >> has anybody been arrested? >> not as of yet. >> are there arrests pending? >> yes. pending arrests and suspects. >> this is going to be an inventory day we understand a

him describe the moments he pulled a mother and her ♪ >> mystery solved arrests are made in upper merionownship much police say these two guys john and brian 53 trillly stole iron storm greats from parking lots, 13 of them actually went manufacturing over the past month and similar thefts were reported throughout five surrounding counties much police say the brothers confessed to the crimes and investigators found receipts showing the greats were sold for scrap metal the cost to replace them $500,000. >>> archbishop charles chaput launched his 2015 catholic charities appeal. he's looking to raise $10 million. the initiative will help people of all faiths in the philadelphia area. about 200,000 people in all. the archbishop says this just one of the many positive things he plans on showing the pope when he visits the city of brotherly love. >> i want him to see everything. our catholic schools are wonderful. our care for the sick and aged is really important. interest in grant parents and elderly. i was just at a prison last week and saw the ministry that our men and women do in our priso

upper merion police are leading the investigation because many of the items were allegedly taken fromes in and around king of prussia. police say they have suspects and arrests are expected soon. >>> police have no motive yet for two suspicious car fires in the tacony section of philadelphia. both happened within a block of each other. police were first called to robin street and torresdale avenue at 2 o'clock this morning. a car parked in the neighborhood was set on fire. a short time later a call came in about an suv set on fire in a drive way in the 6300 block of ditman street. that fire caused some minor damage to the house. >>> the city of wilmington is enlisting the public's help to combat the heroin epidemic. officials will train people to use narcan, a nasal spray medication to counter the effects of a heroin overdose. more than 150 delawareans died in 2014 from a drug overdose. half of those victims were from wilmington. the next training session will be held wednesday at 6:00 p.m. at wilmington's municipal services complex. >>> another candidate is tossing his name into the

. >>> an unusual story out of lower merion this exclusive "eyewitness news" video shows a van police say was stole bine a patient at lankenau medical center and then crashed. this happened around 4:00 a.m. investigators say that the unidentified patient was still wearing a hospital gown and had a iv in his arm when that he arrived on the scene. they say that the patient suffered serious injuries after that van fell down an embankment. he is now being treated at the hospital of the university of pennsylvania. >>> in pennsylvania, the state's gas tax jumped at midnight raising wholesale prices by 10 cents per gallon. according to triple a a gallon of regular gas cost an average of 2.54, in pennsylvania. in new jersey it is $2.27 a gallon. drivers in delaware pay an average of 2.4 two. that extra tax money is intended for pennsylvania's state transportation projects tonight "eyewitness news" reporter syma chowdhry talked to pennsylvania drivers about having one of the highest gas taxes in the country. >> gas prices may be at an all time low but at gas tax a pennsylvania setback drivers

risa vetri furhman received an award in upper merion today. her colleagues lieutenant chris of the montgomery county detective bureau and assistant d.a. jay kim, were all recognized for their services. >>> well, we're in for a very cold night tonight, real frigid start to the weekend. meteorologist kate bilo is in tracking the rain as well, kate? >> that is right chris. we are seeing very cold temperatures already tonight. that will continue into tomorrow with high pressure overhead but this is what you want to watch heading in the start of the weekend. storm moving up eastern seaboard with rain and wind and will let you know if there is any snow possible with this system. >>> all right kate thanks. >>> it is selma for students, grass roots campaign underway to educate children about an perfect part of the american history. >>> well, heading back to the pro bowl for a third time but will not, we will tell you why, sixers hoping to snap their losing streak with the pelicans in town tonight and we are back to the sent's machining them drew holid

in lower merion we have a water main break on spring mill road.winds will pick up and the temperatures drop. snow showers falling apart but a flurry is possible. temperatures 36 degrees right now in philadelphia. we're going for a high today of 38. that will happen over the next couple of hours. this afternoon strong winds drop in temperature and cold tomorrow. possibility of snow sunday evening. tam. >> thank you david. >>> coming up on "action news" at noon we'll break down the competition at wing bowl 2015. the big game is days away we'll take you live to arizona and the final prep for super bowl 49. i'm tamala edwards, have a great weekend. "live" with kelly and michael is next on 6abc. announcer: it's "live with kelly and michael." today, one of our favorite actors, the talented antonio banderas. television and broadway star ruth wilson. from the biggest winner from the biggest loser. all next on "live." [captioning made possible by disney-abc domestic television] announcer: now here are kelly ripa and michael strahan. [cheers and applause] ♪

upper merion police arrested two brothers who confessed to stealing more than 1,000 sewer greats.re both arrested saturday saturday. a police officer saw him drive to the back of an acme and followed them there and found a crowbar in the back of the truck. and they confessed to greats. and they sold them to scrap medal tealers. to replace them costing $500,000. >>> and a fire costing a cheltianham woman her life. and called out to the apartments on south john recovering a body of harrison and neighborhoods did not know until the crews responded. and neighborhood made the first 911 call. >> at this point officials are not pinpointing a cause and saying where the fire might have started it. >>> security now boosted outside of the county hall of after gunfire was recorded there. and at the heard shots and saw a vehicle speeding away saturday night. the bidens often spend the weekend there but were not there at that time. and they are investigating the incident as a potential threat. >>> a bucks county woman accused of a chasing a 10-year-old with a knife and now facing charges. this

. >>> tonight police are denying they racially profiled two snow shovelers in lower merion township. these young men were hired to shovel the sidewalk at a home in penn wynne on tuesday. they were stopped by officers and even ordered to sit in the snow while they were investigate investigated. tonight, the superintendent of police says that the officers stopped the men only to see if they had permit to go house to house looking for work. >> just a little extreme. they're shoveling snow in broad daylight. >> i thought i was watching profiling g absolutely not. the officers were stopping them because they were soliciting for business. the end counters were very friendly. in fact when one case when the gentleman left he shook the officer's hand. >> snow shovelers were eventually a loud to go on their way. they were not chargeed. >>> just in to "eyewitness news" news", the man accused of of stabbing three people at dumping their bodies into the schuylkill river in fairmount park last august is back in philadelphia. the 43-year-old was captured in virginia earlier this month and he was fo

. >>> police in lower merion township are denying that they racially profiled two snow shovelers. the young men were hired to shovel sidewalk at pen win home on tuesday. they were stopped by officers, and ordered to sit in the snow while they were investigated. the superintendent of police say the the officers stopped the men only to see if they had a permit to go house to house looking for work. >> it was just a little bit extreme they are shoveling snow in broad daylight. i'm thinking profiling. >> absolutely not, the the the officers were stopping them because they were soliciting for business. encounters were very friendly n1 case they shook the officer's hand. >> the snow shovelers were released and not charged. >>> coming up this morning on "eyewitness news" we have new developments in the widening measles out break. >>> find out how many people are being monitored for ininfection, and how many cases have already been confirmed, back in two minutes. >>> a minivan crashes in the house in north philadelphia. >> yeah, one person is dead but in the because of that crash. "eyewit

reporter dann cuellar along the schuylkill expressway along the border of philadelphia and lower merion. the it appears penndot is not taking any chances. the. >> reporter: no, they are a's not, jim. none of us forget last winter. i don't think many of us will for a while yet w that said the forecast of a dusting of one to 2 inches a aside the prevailing attitude seems to be better to be prepared. >> we're ready set go we have been ready. >> reporter: the word from septa regional headquarters as old man winter prepares to hand us the first snow of 2015. penndot crew where is out will salt brining the interstates 95, 76 676, woodhaven expressway and roosevelt extension. >> although it is a clipper storm that is not expect to accumulate much snow they are predicting an inch to 2 inches. we're concern about the timing of the storm because it may occur during the morning rush hour. >> reporter: truth is old man winter's punch so far has been weak compared to the brutality of last season. all we need is to look at penndot's salt usage record to illustrate the the disparity. last season up to

live in upper merion township channel rin scott channel6 "action news." >> you'll see it soon. thank you katherine. let's take a live look at i-95 and the ben franklin bridge. again the snow is pushing in from the west right now. going to mess things up for that commute. not necessarily because of the accumulation but look at the temperature. 24 degrees. any snow that lands on the roadway is going to get slick very quickly so do take it slow and be careful when you go out later on today. >>> this is a live picture of philadelphia international airport. no big delays here but we're seeing some cancellations at chicago o'hare, also newark liberty and also la guardia related to possible snowy conditions and also because it's really cold in those locales as well so check ahead if you have a flight this morning we have updated our 6abc storm tracker app so you can report your weather. tap the icon matching your current conditions and add your own photographs. download the app for free at the apple itunes and google play stores. >> and breaking right now we've just received video of

that is in lower merion be aware of that. >> winter wishes are coming through. >> reporter: the snow lovers are going to be happy if the models pan out. it's going to be interesting around the delaware valley. we have not one but two systems they are watching closely. in the meantime there's the view in penns landing, philadelphia picking up an inch yesterday our northwestern suburbs saw as much as 4 to 7 inches of snow. the good news is we're not seeing widespread black ice developing across the northwestern suburbs because most temperatures are above freezing. there's good news there. 35 in the city. dewpoint 27. winds starting to pick up out of the southwest at 15 miles per hour. allen 4 degrees above freezing. the reason why we're above freezing, the wind has picked up, called mixing to develop. the energy from the sun is not allowed to escape into the atmosphere. we're not seeing that happen. and we're seeing clouds covering the delaware valley. that's acting as an atmospheric blanket. they are combining and keeping higher than we would normally see. there's a clipper system tha

an accident lower merion, montgomery avenue, schoolhouse lane. >> reporter: temperatures will be fallinge low 40s, 37 by 9:00. in the mid 30s through the afternoon before falling into the low 30s by 6:00. windchills in the 20s. there's a little bit of snow out near the great lakes that will be here tomorrow. small accumulations. >> "good morning america" is next. for david murphy, tamala edwards, karen rogers, i'm matt o'donnell. have a great monday and great week! feel a cold sore coming on? only abreva can heal it in as few as two and a half days when used at the first sign. it penetrates deep and starts to work immediately to block the virus and protect healthy cells.. don't tough it out knock it out, fast. abreva. >>> good morning america. and arctic blast. the coldest weather of the season barreling across the country. frigid temperatures dropping as much as 35 degrees below normal. snow and icy roads leading to this huge pileup. high winds toppling the steep of this church. >>> the 7-year-old has just come out of the woods alone, scratched. and think she was involved in a plane cra

really nothing out of the ordinary but the cold temperatures hitting those pipes hard here lower merionillion roadblocked at old gulf road. traffic used an ethan or montgomery through morning rush hour and second half of the rush hour look out, for a closure of i-95, we will expect the vice-president in town at society hill this sheraton, same spot where the president set up last night which is just off of i-95 here in center city. we expect him to speak at 10:30. so that means around 10:00 o'clock a motorcade coming up i-95 will shut down traffic temporarily as the vice-president makes his way in toward washington avenue and in toward society hill working your way toward center city. bridges look fine, mass transit, no delays. thanks, bob. >>> it is getting to this just in, suge knight has been arrested on murder charges in that los angeles hit and run that we told you happened yesterday. he is being held on two million-dollar bail at the west hollywood sheriff's station. >> all went down in compton, yesterday afternoon. >>> and back here at home two separate carbon monoxide leaks on t

was a mess, there were multiple deadly crashes including one on the schuylkill expressway in upper merionas a chain reaction with three separate accidents involving 60 cars, one man was killed after leaving his disabled vehicle and hit by a car. a buses were brought in to pick upment injured. drivers we spoke to have seen a big improvement from yesterday. >> yesterday was pretty bad left from my house a few blocks down and made it up to henry avenue where it was blocked off cars were all over, it took hours. >> that was yesterday. >> today seems much better. a lot less traffic because of the holiday. >> reporter: and back here live along ridge avenue you can see the sidewalks have been salted. crews are out on the roads. fewer cars on the roads due to the holiday. still you meant to leave a little extra time in case you run into the slick spots it's better to keep the speeds down this morning. live in roxborough, katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> new this morning police called for salt trucks where two cars collided in center city it happened at 13th even vine around 12:30. poli

a crash at buck county and one in lower merion near bangor road and the one at susquehanna has cleared and plenty of slow speeds in the teens in fact along i-5-. lets grab the ipad and do the commuter report on this thursday afternoon we are getting close it's almost friday 35 miles per hour north of turnpike a pothole in the road in feasterville if you are traveling on myrtle avenue be careful we don't want you to lose a rim or anything. >> thank you matt. >>> cold weather is not only tough for your body it take a toll on your electronic devices monica malpass is in the newsroom now to explain. >> hi there shirleen everybody knows the affects of cold weather on your car but did you know the frigid temperatures could wreak havoc with your smart phone whether it's an iphone or android device the cold could drain your battery and nydia han will explain how to keep the cold from draining your devices. >>> and now they are participating in a state competition with floral flair. we are working on those stories and more tonight at 5:00. we'll see you and everybody tonight at 5:00. >> nice to

. >>> we're following breaking news right now in lower merion, a patient feels a delivery van from lankenau medical center, and thinks the result right here. we just got this picture in and you can see that aramark van flipped upside down after a patit rolled it down an embankment. this happened 200-yard from the hospital. police say the patient still had an iv in his arm ape wearing his hospital gown. that man is new in custody. in word on any injuries or why that patient was in the hospital. >>> good morning happy new year, also breaking right now a three alarm fire engulfed a old factory. >> fire fighters have been battling flames for several hours. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao joins us from mobile three in mount holy to bring us up to date jan? >> reporter: erika and ukee, it does look like fire crews are making significant progress now, at last check you can remember we have seen orange flames inside of this vacant building and new we are seeing smoke. buildings from the top being blown ever so slight thely by breeze we have out here but still a lot of work for these crews ta