((vanessa murphy)) to help catch the killer. ((ruby: we seen his body go over and come back and fall. and the scariest thing, he was left there by hisself.)) ((vanessa murphy)) the grandmother was determined to but through the holidays - no arrest. ((detective dolphis boucher: i think we talked almost everyday except the weekends.)) ((vanessa murphy)) dolphis boucher is a metro homicide detective. ((boucher: it just struck me that she didn't give up faith in the process.)) ((vanessa murphy)) in january - police released a second video....referrin g to a person of interest.... detective boucher says ruby played a major role in tracking down information and developing credible tips.... ((boucher: everytime we spoke she said god bless you and i know that you're gonna figure this out and you know we'll keep praying for you.)) ((vanessa murphy)) they became a team... ((boucher: she trusted me.)) ((vanessa murphy)) and this week - as ruby explains it - her prayers were answered. ((ruby: the detective called me and told me that they ha

vanessa murphy is live at the hard rock hotel where the vanessa? ((vanessa murphy)) dave and denise, you never know where you'll end up with this job..... we saw things we can't show you or even tell you about on t-v tonight.... sex is selling at the adult entertainment expo... but there are a couple of groups who are trying to change that...in their own way. < ((david vahey: i got caught looking at porn by my wife.)) ((vanessa murphy)) david vahey says he was addicted to pornography but cleaned up his act. ((david: i know it was hard for me when i struggled with porn.)) ((vanessa murphy)) he's now at the adult entertainment expo at the hard rock in las vegas surrounded by porn stars. ((david: i try to look at everybody in their eyes to be honest and i think if i can keep to that plan, i think i'll be okay.)) ((vanessa murphy)) he's reaching out with fellow members of the triple x church. he estimates 250-thousand people visit the website each month. the goal - to stop watching porn. ((david: we're not here to shut it down, but we're here for anybo

((vanessa murphy)) taking a closer look at reports are similar. he's accused of saying "everyone is going to die tonight...." this week. five years ago - he's accused of saying "it would not end well," if the victim's family came to help her. and in both situations, it appears the women tried to get away.... the language in the reports: he "held her down"..."one arm around her neck..." "placed his hand over mouth..." ((brook: hopefully because this gentleman is in the public eye, then he'll be scrutinized and he'll be held accountable in a more serious manner. vanessa: would you like to see the felonies stick here to send a message? brook: i'd like to see the felonies stick there and in other cases as well and not so many plea deals that that the perpetrators, the batterers, they go to jail if they need to and they receive treatment if they need to.)) ((vanessa murphy)) as for that incident in 2011, police say burt had the victim in his and threw her cell phone out of the window... and officers had to pull him over to stop what was going on. serio

reporting live, vanessa murphy... 8 news now. ((dave courvoisier)) vanessa, you mentioned it was a three car crash... what else can you tell us about the vehicles involved? ((vanessa murphy)) dave, n-h-p says the suspcted drunk driver was in a lexus. abernathy was in his jeep... and the third vehicle was a toyota s-u-v with people inside. they suffered what fortunately were only minor injuries. back to you./// clark county commissioners are set to vote on adding a new emergency medical services company to serve the valley... the first time a vote like this has happened in more than 15 years. patranya bhoolsuwan is live in the newsroom with the details. patranya? ((patranya bhoolsuwan)) due to a 10 year franchise agreement that just expired...that's giving henderson based "community ambulance' a chance to jump into the e-m-s market now. the vote is set to happen at 10 am tomorrow. but talking to the company's founder earlier tonight, it sounds like this is already a done deal: ((brian rogers/community ambulance founder: "it's some

((vanessa murphy)) this was december 31st... ((drop the gun! )) ((vanessa murphy)) metro police were called to help us marshals....who told officers arizona for attempted murder. (( if you advance us, you will be shot )) ((vanessa murphy)) but when he walks toward officers - police shoot and kill him. turns out what bohanon refers to as a gun - was a cell phone childress was holding. we've also learned - childress was not an attempted murder suspect...... and one of the officers at the scene failed to turn on his body camera... all problems which undersheriff kevin mcmahill says are being investigated. ((undersheriff kevin mcmahill: any time an unarmed individual is shot in today's environment, it's a big deal, but it's not a bigger deal to anybody than this police department.)) ((vanessa murphy)) on monday - metro police released this audio to demonstrate officers received false information from u-s marshals that childress was an attempted murder suspect. ((audio )) ((vanessa murphy)) mcmahill also pointed to the suspect being a fugitive, his

vanessa murphy is live in the newsroom with more. vanessa? ((vanessa murphy)) dave and paula, metro police admit a few things went wrong here. as you mentioned - officers received false information about the suspect, they then mistook a cell phone for a gun...and one officer at the scene failed to turn on his body camera. ((officer robert bohanon/metro police: get on the ground! )) ((vanessa murphy)) sergeant video shows his repeated warnings to 23 year old keith childress for more than two minutes. ((hands up, hands up!)) ((vanessa murphy)) this was december 31st... ((drop the gun! )) ((vanessa murphy)) metro police were called to help us marshals....who told officers childress was on the run out of arizona for attempted murder. (( if you advance us, you will be shot )) ((vanessa murphy)) but when he walks toward officers - police shoot and kill him. turns out what bohanon refers to as a gun - was a cell phone childress was holding. we've also learned - childress was not an attempted muder suspect...... and one of the officers at the scene f

((vanessa murphy)) abernathy is married with a stepchild. while he's in and out of surgery at u-m-c, loved ones are waiting to learn more about the ((ron: it's stupifying. umm, i can understand making mistakes. i can understand having a freak up. somebody making a mistake that bad, that egregious, it boggles my mind.)) ((vanessa murphy)) strength has an uphill battle, in this friend's eyes, maybe it's for a reason. ((gordon: this driver could have hit a vehicle with a mother and a newborn baby or something like that so he's strong and he can you know we know he's gonna fight through it.)) ((kirsten joyce)) friends say abernathy has significant injuries to his arms and legs, a brain bleed, and other injuries. as for the the suspected drunk driver... he is expected to face charges after he was taken to sunrise hospital with minor injuries. /// let's get to sherry with a look at today's weather. sherry swensk we'll start out with clear skies then we'll get more clouds again by the afternoon. .............. with clearing. nice sunshine yesterday

((vanessa murphy)) back at the vigil... ((nat of rain )) ((vanessa murphy)) cooper says deaths like his father's are too common in the las vegas valley. ((sheldon cooper, jr./victim's son: all i ask is for people to look both ways and to stop at stop signs because it literally could save somebody's life.)) ((vanessa murphy)) cooper told us he thought it was amazing showed up here tonight and that many of the candles remained lit. dave? ((dave courvoisier)) vanessa, were the drivers who hit sheldon cooper cited? ((vanessa murphy)) as of the last update from police they were not. since police told us the first driver drove in front of him from a stop sign....she may be cited. the second driver who hit him though may not have been able to avoid him. back to you. ((dave courvoisier)) > brand new at 11 -- in a surprise announcement, north korea says it has conducted a successful hydrogen bomb test. the supposed blast was discovered when the united states geological survey reported a 5.1 magnitude earthquake in south korea... 30

((vanessa murphy)) he says he talks to at least one of them each day. they are with armed supporters... i asked bundy if there could be violence if police try to arrest them... would happen....he believes his sons have a lot of support even though we've heard about efforts by locals there to get them to leave. ((dave courvoisier)) > we now know when the big project neon will break ground. the date has been set for april seventh. project neon will make improvements near the spaghetti bowl to add carpool lanes and reconstruct some interchanges. the project, which will take years to complete, will eventually improve mobility and safety... but for the duration of the project it will likely cause who have to pass the construction./// ((dave courvoisier)) > road restrictions are in place on the boulevard between flamingo and tropicana for another night of filming on the new "jason bourne" film starring matt damon. m... and will last until 7 a-m. north and southbound lanes are direction... and there will be complete lane closures for brief periods of time in b

((vanessa murphy)) vanessa murphy, 8 news now.// ((patrick walker)) it's standard for the officers involved to be on paid investigation. /// ((michelle mortensen)) > an update now on a deadly shooting outside of a gym earlier this week. metro has now released surveillance video... from the scene. police want to talk to the person or people who were inside this car. you can see they pulled up right next to the car.. where the victim, 42-year- old neil gandler was found dead from a gunshot wound. the suspects in this case are still on the run. the car is described as a mid 2000's two dour coupe.. with a spoiler and non tinted windows. if you know anything this incident.. call crimestoppers. /// . ((michelle mortensen)) > president obama is expected to announce a new executive order on gun control. white house sources say the goal is to close the so-called "gun show loophole." it allows certain gun sellers to skip buyer background checks. the measure is also expected to provide funding for local law enforcement to enforce existing gun laws. gun control advocates expect the president will revea

senator shelby: senator murphy? murphy: thank you very much, mr. chairman, thank you all for your candid testimony. this is a eel as if hearing on a document that i haven't seen. explore some of the inconsistencies between the interpretation of three of our and the words on the page. for your thank you advocacy in the face of unimaginable grief. i want to thank you for the holistic way. the ways in about the we can change enforcement of gun laws in order to prevent homicide. but your organization recognizes that the way in which we attack of gun violence is not simply through changing gun laws or better enforcement of gun also through increased efforts to buttress mental resources or to increase prevent y or to violence in the first place, you have a much broader agenda, don't you? absolutely. hear words like attacked and this adversarial approach, we page all be on the same looking together to agree so we can move forward. done.hing has to be and this situation is huge and broad and complex and no one law will fix it all. laws will fix it all. wil

((vanessa murphy)) back at the vigil... ((nat of rain )) ((vanessa murphy)) cooper says deaths like his father's are too common in the las vegas valley. ((sheldon cooper, jr./victim's son: all i ask is for people to look both ways and to stop at stop signs because it literally could save somebody's life.)) ((brian loftus)) cooper told us he thought it was amazing that even with the rain.. people showed up at the vigil and that many of the candles remained lit. /// ((brian loftus)) > henderson police are also making sure this year is not a repeat of last year on our roads. for the next 2 weeks, officers will now target severeal different streets for saturation patrols... thanks to a 200-thousand dollar grant from the nevada department of public safety. the areas they'll be patrolling are known for high speeds and complaints. enforcement and education.. to reduce deaths and injuries on our roads. /// ((brian loftus)) > a man is in the hospital after being stabbed multiple times last night. the stabbing happened on cambridge..

((vanessa murphy)) we also talked with nevada state assemblywoman michelle fiore. ((michelle fiore/assemblywom an: the blm is nothing more than a bureaucratic bureucracy of terrorism against rural america.)) ((vanessa murphy)) fiore and bundy disagree with the f-b-i's explanation of events.... they say they believe finicum was reaching to cover a wound after he was already shot.... but the special agent in charge says this video tells a different story..... ((fbi: actions have consequences and the fbi and oregon state police tried to affect these arrests peacefully.)) ((brian loftus)) after his ammon... asked supporters to back down and let this play out in court. cliven says he believes his son /// ((patranya bhoolsuwan)) > metro police need help identifying a suspect...after a man was found police say it happened on civic center drive, near cheyenne. they say a group of people were hanging outside an apartment complex when a fight broke out. shots were fired shortly after... and that's when the victim was hit. he was taken to u-m-c where he later died. police are

vanessa murphy joins us live where it all unfolded with the details. vanessa? ((vanessa murphy)) a witness tells us he saw a car speeding down the street here before it crashed at the corner.... turns out police say - the car was stolen and the guy driving it had a gun. ((stephanie tamez/lives in neighborhood: i could see everything from the window of my room.)) ((vanessa murphy)) stephanie tamez says she and her mother knew something was wrong when they heard police arrive in their northeast valley neighborhood. ((stephanie: she told me you know stephanie, close all the doors, lock it, and lock everything, shut the blinds.)) ((vanessa murphy)) what unfolded: metro police say one of their officers shot a suspect. ((captain matt mccarthy/metro police: i'm here to talk to you about an officer involved shooting we had )) ((vanessa murphy)) captain matt mccarthy tells us the trouble started tuesday afternoon with a call about a stolen car.... he says an officer spotted it speeding at washington and marion....tried to stop it....the driver then crashed at bonanza an

((vanessa murphy)) the car had texas plates.... a witness tells me the woman said she and her boyfriend had been fighting... and police tell us it looks like the couple may have even been living in their car because there was so much stuff inside. back to you.// ((dave courvoisier)) > the animal control scandal surrounding boulder city bill conger tendered his resignation earlier this evening. conger dropped a criminal case against former animal control supervisor mary jo frazier when she retired from her job. an investigation revealed frazier illegally killed 91 healthy animals instead of trying to find them homes. the revelation of the killings caused public outrage and now the clark county district attorney is reviewing frazier's case. a spokesman for boulder city told us they would issue a statement on the chief's resignation tonight... but that has not happened yet./// ((patranya bhoolsuwan)) we are getting a better picture of how sex education in clark county will be changing come this fall. this follows more than a year of i

vanessa murphy broke the story about an officer arrested last night. she's live in the newsroom with details. vanessa? ((vanessa murphy)) dave and patranya, today - we learned about a metro police officer facing felony charges for a domestic incident. and according to records, he remains in jail tonight. a spokesman for metro police says james burt is accused of domestic battery by strangulation and first degree kidnapping. the 41-year-old police officer has been with metro since 2005 - ten years....and while this is being investigated internally, he is not getting a paycheck. ((vanessa murphy)) dave, we don't know who the alleged victim may have been.... i've requested the arrest report i've requested the arrest report which would shed more light on the situation -- it was not available today -- we're working to get more answers hopefully for tomorrow. at this point it is not clear if burt has a lawyer. ((dave courvoisier)) and vanessa, what's this new development surrounding a former officer tonight? ((vanessa murphy)) dave, richard scavone is a form

reporting live, vanessa murphy, 8 news now.// ((vanessa murphy)) ((paula francis)) how long do they think the intersection will be closed? ((vanessa murphy)) ((paula francis)) > it was another wet and breezy evening but not as wet as yesterday. a winter weather advisory remains in effect for some areas through tomorrow afternoon. tedd florendo is here with a first check of your weather tonight./// ((tedd florendo)) not too impressive with the rain tonight paula. we had rain out there.. yes... but most of it dodged the las vegas valley. take a look at the radar. ............................... ................... plenty of rain came in this early evening as anticipated. however we had one good shot of rain around 7 o'clock this evening. after that it mainly stayed away from the las vegas valley. look at boulder city and the lake getting the bulk of that rain as indicated with the yellow and red cores. rain. ............................... .................. rain tally's show some neighborhoods over to the west and north sections of the valley picked up around .04 of an inche and same for h

((paula francis)) vanessa murphy is live near centennial and lamb. ((vanessa murphy)) i talked with a loved one earlier who said the victim leaves behind a wife and children. police told us a couple of children were at the home in this gated community where the deadly shooting took place. (( )) ((deborah dillard: it's really a shame on new year's day.)) ((vanessa murphy)) deborah dillard came home from work and found this crime scene in this north las vegas gated community where she lives. police say a 44 year old man was shot dead in his home after an argument with another man... that suspect then took off. ((deborah: i know that we always say that things like this can never happen but it happens all the time and it happens everywhere. i'm just like really sorry for the family.)) ((vanessa murphy)) according to police, family members, including a couple of children were at the home when the deadly shooting took place on this new year's day. ((officer aaron patty/north las unfortunate especially being the first day of new years. we were happy it was

((dave courvoisier)) vanessa murphy has reviewed the complete, unedited tape... and joins us live in the studio with reaction. vanessa? ((vanessa murphy)) dave and denise, in a press conference this evening the f-b-i said various versions of the shooting as it reported were inaccurate... and some inflammatory. that's why they released the video now despite the ongoing investigation. home, while the video is not graphic it may still be difficult for some people to watch. ((greg bretzing/fbi special agent in charge: it was a reckless action that resulted in the consequences that you'll see here today.)) ((vanessa murphy)) this video shows oregon state police troopers gunning down lavoy finicum tuesday. he was a leading voice in the fight against the u-s government over states' rights. law enforcement tried stopping this vehicle finicium was driving with several passengers.... notice how an agent jumps out of the way as the truck avoids driving through a road block.... finicum gets out....hands up....and according to the fbi - he reaches toward a pocket at least twi

((vanessa murphy)) both officers involved are on paid administrative leave. last week, we heard from the family of childress. they told us they felt metro's actions were not justified. mcmahill says metro has reached out to the family. and he's been monitoring news reports and social media. metro knows how sensitive this is... especially when again you have a man shot by police who was not armed. mcmahill tells us this is the first time in two years - a suspect who was not armed was shot and killed by metro police. reporting live, vanessa murphy, ((dave courvoisier)) > the f-b-i says they've taken the lead in trying to resolve a standoff in with armed occupiers at a federal wildlife refuge. ((paula francis)) the group says they took over the facility to show support for two ranchers who were convicted and served prison time for setting fires on federal property. ranchers... dwight and steven hammond... have reported to a southern california prison to serve additional time related to the 2001 fire they describe as a "controlled burn." patrick walker is here wi

before it crashed- as vanessa murphy reports... police say the car was stolen... a gun. ((stephanie tamez/lives in neighborhood: i could see everything from the window of my room.)) ((vanessa murphy)) stephanie tamez says she and her mother knew something was wrong when they heard police arrive in their northeast valley neighborhood. ((stephanie: she told me you know stephanie, close all the doors, lock it, and lock everything, shut the blinds.)) ((vanessa murphy)) what unfolded: metro police say one of their officers shot a suspect. ((captain matt mccarthy/metro police: i'm here to talk to you about an officer involved shooting we had )) ((vanessa murphy)) captain matt mccarthy tells us the trouble started tuesday afternoon with a call about a stolen car.... he says an officer spotted it speeding at washington and marion....tried to stop it....the driver then crashed at bonanza and pecos...and ran away -- a gun in hand -- toward this residential area where stephanie lives.. police: our air unit saw that that occupant had a firearm in his hand.)) ((vanessa murphy)) he sa

((vanessa murphy)) two supporters refuse to leave a federal refuge. ((bundy: somebody has to stand up and it happened to be my sons that stood and they will stand. they're not going to give up. )) ((fawn douglas/las vegas paiute tribe: what is happening up north is disgusting.)) ((vanessa murphy)) on tuesday in las vegas, state lawmakers, native american tribe members and others called for action from the department of justice.... at the event - apology notes for people living in oregon. ((assemblyman elliot anderson: it's embarrassing to all nevadans that we are exporting our homegrown terrorists into another state.)) ((bundy: if they wanna call me a terrorist, they can call me a terrorist, but i'll tell you one thing, i'm american and i believe in the constitution of the united states.)) ((vanessa murphy)) the groups demanded the arrests of cliven bundy, his sons, and their extremist supporters. bundy says he's not worried. ((bundy: i don't believe anyone's going to pay attention to em. but i still welcome em to try to do their thing. that's their r

let's check in with david murphy with the details from accuweather. all bundled up. i'm trying to demonstrate how people should treat the cold today and this afternoon and this evening. if you have plans to get outside, satellite shows you there's sunshine out there, some clouds perhaps trying to filter in later on. it's been a bright morning, but it hadn't helped very much. 20 degrees in philadelphia. the windchill was down to 4 in the city and below zero in reading and lancaster. a very cold start. we have not bounced back all that much. we're at 24 in philadelphia. 26 in new york city, pretty much the same mass of cold air into washington and richmond, virginia and out to the west in the upper elevations of western pennsylvania, 9 in pittsburgh. a cold air mass in the mid atlantic states socking us. the windchill makes it feel like it's 9. you can't get relief elsewhere around the region as the cold air sweeping in from the west is part of the story today. we'll get a high of 28 probably around 3:00 p.m. and then you can see how we are falling from there. 27 by 4:

vanessa murphy is live on the ground with the latest. vanessa? ((vanessa murphy)) ((dave courvoisier)) > the 8 news now living green super recycling event is tomorrow at the thomas and mack from 8 to 3 you can recycle all sorts of elecetronics. we hope to see you there./// ((dave courvoisier)) > that's all for us live at eleven. join sharie johnson here tomorrow night. ((denise valdez)) the late show with stephen colbert is next. you know the basic bargain of america is if you work hard, and you do your part, you should be able to get ead and stay ahead. that's not the way america is supposed to operate. i want to go to bat for them every single day. get incomes rising... get equal pay for women... cut the cost of health care and child care so people can actually get ahead. hillary clinton, she has what it takes to get things done. >> stephen colbert! captioning sponsored by cbs ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen! stephen! stephen! stephen! stephen! >> stephen: thank you very much. thank you so much. please! thank you so much!

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon sara bloomquist is off and in the news another deadly attack by isis, where the terror group struck today and the former commissioner charles ramsey has a new job. but the big story is the winners of the largest lottery jackpot ever, now the eye popping $1.6 billion will be split at least three ways, winning tickets sold in florida, tennessee and the suburbs of los angeles. now they are waiting for the newly minted millionaires to claim their prize. >> the owners of three lucky power ball tickets becoming millionaires overnight winning the record $1.6 billion jackpot. one of those tickets bought at this southern california, 7-eleven. even without a winner coming forward it was a party at this chino hills 7-eleven where it was sold. crowds flooding in after the news came in last night after this store in the los angeles area sold a winning power ball ticket in the nearly $1.6 billion jackpot. the owners of this store were thrilled. >> i am happy and excited and proud. >> two other jackpot tickets sold

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he is 44-year-old james murphy. authorities say, in 2008, murphy kidnapped the woman at knife point in rural marion county and sexually assaulted her in a vacant house. >> the offender was not known to her at that time and that's why so long -- so much time has elapsed. laura: fast-forward to 2014. murphy is charged with sexual assault, this time in decatur county. his dna profile is submitted to the codis, the fbi's national dna database, and recently matched the unsolved case from 2008. >> we hope that this stands to show other people that you can't get away with a crime and it will come back on you. laura: murphy escaped from the county courthouse in leon in 2014, right before his last case went to trial. bars in the marion county jail. >> we hope the victim finds some type of resolution or solace in this result, and also that the system does work. laura: murphy was sentenced to 40 years for the 2014 case. and by the way, the statute of limitations in iowa for sexual assault cases is three years after a known mat

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon, in the news this noon a deadly fire in delaware, the investigation now underway to find out what sparked the flames. >>> and a professor in ohio is being investigating to alleged ties to isis. >>> but the big story is the snow storm, we are still a few days out but the entire region is bracing for what could be the first significant snowfall of the season. >> preparations are underway for what mother nature may bring us. meteorologist, david murphy, joins us at the big board with the latest on the storm's projections. lets talk about today and then the end of the week. >> lets go ahead and get to what everybody wants to hear about, and that is the storm system the center of activity is now off the coast of oregon and pushing through idaho and making the plunge down to a trough in the central states and after that it starts to push to the east and developing a eastern low pressure center and develops into a nor'easter and we have the likelihood of quite a bit of snow in parts of the region. where

school has been brutal today, the brutal temperatures are really hard to take, meteorologist, david murphy, tells us when the harsh conditions will improve. and a massachusetts teenager is accused of encouraging her boyfriend to commit suicide and now that he is gone they want to charge her in connection with his death. and some big name actors say they are boycotting the oscars. >> and the bitter cold is even worse today outside and the bitterly freezing temperatures prompted the camden county officials to issue a code blue emergency and in philadelphia two schools closed early today because of problems with their heaters. lets go outside and look at sky 6 hd, even with the sun shining the skyline looks frozen at this hour. david murphy is braving it on the terrace, you can the latest. >> it was cold yesterday but feeling worse today. we have a fair amount of sunshine across the region, and clouds are trying to come down from allentown and reading but they are high and thin enough where you get sunshine and they look like they are falling a part a bit. it's made worse because of the wind

accuweather is next. >>> meteorologist, david murphy, is back inside now.you were not outside yet. david murphy is here with a closer look at the forecast. >> stormtracker 6 live double scan shows us we are dry. isn't that nice and here is why. take a look barely any clouds on sky 6 hd and plenty of sunshine in the region and we go to montgomery county and spring mountain, they have things cold enough to make some snow over the last several days. and it looks like they have graded it and it's ready for the taking if you have skiers out there taking that on this afternoon, temperatures are cooler and above freezing and 35 degrees right now in philadelphia, and northern areas cooler, winds from the south-southwest at 3, not a bad day to be outside and on the chilly side, you need coats and extra gear and without much wind you feel relatively comfortable, 33 degrees and close to the freezing mark, allentown and reading and 35 in trenton and wilmington and a little bit milder down to cape may and the airport in atlantic city, mid to upper 30s there. satellite s

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon in the news an suv is charred after colliding with another vehicle in delaware, sending several people to the hospital. >> and a magical look at the disney on ice performances before the curtain call. >>> but the big story is the area bracing for a big snow storm. we are 24 hours a way from the storm and there say blizzard watch in the region. >> "action news" caught up with the penndot crews already brining the roads and they are trying to get a head start before any snow begins to fall. we have live coverage this noon, katherine scott is in the may fair section. but lets begin with meteorologist, david murphy, he is tracking the storm and the potential impact on our area. >> we'll start you with the big news, the posting of a blizzard watch in the center portion of the region, covering the i-95 corridor and the southern regions. and a watch in the poconos and cape may county new jersey, the blizzard watch and winter storm watches start friday evening and don't end until sunday morning. it's not

murphy. >> we are not taking any chances. nope. >> reporter: in vermont, jack thurston. >>> nine stores are recalling children's liquid cold medicine due to potential overdose risk. it's made by perego company. the recall was issued because dosage cups are inaccurate which could lead to overdoses. the recall includes batches of grape liquid and three types sold in four-ounce bottles. >>> a couple of sunny breaks. once we hit the midday hour and dry for this evening commute. that part of the forecast played out pretty well. those clouds sticking around as long as they did with that north wind keeping our numbers down. we never made it out of the 60s. let's talk rain. most of it off the eastern seaboard. it's all way off to our east. keys. from here looking dry for the rest of the night and most of the day tomorrow. temperatures the big story. high temperatures today. 65 in miami. 67 in ft. lauderdale. you've got to go back to febary to find anything resembling ghs like this. it was cool. average highs this time of year running

he is 44-year-old james murphy. authorities say in 2008 murphy kidnapped the woman at knife point in rural marion county and sexually assaulted her in a vacant house. >> the offender was not known to so much time has elapsed. laura: fast forward to 2014 murphy is charged with sexual assault, this time in decatur county. his dna profile is submitted to the codis, the fbi's national dna database, and recently matched the unsolved case from 2008. >> we hope that this stands to show other people that you can't get away with a crime and it will come back on you. laura: murphy escaped from the county courthouse in leon in right before his last case went 2014, to trial. this time he is secure behind bars in the marion county jail. >> i hope the victim finds some type of resolution or solace in this result and also that the system does work. elizabeth: murphy was sentenced to 40 years for the 2014 case. and by the way the statute of limitations in iowa for sexual assault cases is three years after a known match is found in

as vanessa murphy reports... he was also arrested for a similar crime back in 2011. ((hannah brook/safe nest: it's very upsetting that he obviously showed that he had a history of it.)) ((vanessa murphy)) hannah brook works at safe nest - a not for profit focused on domestic violence issues. we showed brook not one but two arrest reports for domestic violence charges for metro police officer james burt.....a ten year veteran at the department. the latest arrest from january 11th....which reveals burt was also in trouble in 2011. ((brook: when an officer is involved, because they're a police officer, they're obviously held to a higher standard.)) ((vanessa murphy)) battery domestic violence and strangulation, and kidnapping for an incident on monday with a woman he's dati. in 2011 - he faced similar charges after accusations he hurt another woman he was in a relationship with.... according to records, the charges were later dropped because he fulfilled court requirements including counseling and community service. brook says it appears burt may need counseling again.

first, chris murphy? >> and i'm chris murphy, in bridesburg, why are we in bridesburg? because this 7-eleven shows the number there, it went up the powerball to $450 million for tonight's drawing. lauren dawn johnson, let's hope someone from the fox 29 family wins this thing. sends it back to you. >> don't forget about your tv wife when you buy your ticket, all right? good day, it is wednesday, january 6, 2016. sue, yesterday i got home, and a pipe had bus in the my building. >> oh? >> flooded six floors. >> oh,. >> it was a mess. thanks to mother nature. >> sadly, i'm sure you weren't alone. i think that happened to a lot of people. we just weren't ready for the bitter bitter cold. let's get ready for normal normal cold today. starting off with 22 degrees in philadelphia, ten in mount pocono, 1012 in trenton, eight millville, 12 in wildwood. these temperatures are a little warmer than yesterday. not that much of a winds. so whatever it is, it generally kind of feels like it, but it is still dangerous. up in the mountains, especially, mount pocono, with a 0 degrees wind

meteorologist, david murphy, has the update from accuweather. a forecast that skiers will probably love. stay with us. hey gus! good to see you again! the usual? veggie burger with the works. see ya. sounds good matt! thanks! gus, the second most famous groundhog in pennsylvania! that's me. and this is for you! gus bucks ! the new instant game from the pennsylvania lottery- with top prizes of a hundred grand. it's the best game yet. 'cause you're on it? well... keep on scratchin'! >>> david back with another check. accuweather forecast, and he is talking about snow. >> this is good gives me something to do. it's been a while. they are fun to track. stormtracker 6 live double scan says no problems now as we look outside we have sky 6 hd temple university looking at broad street in center city philadelphia. some sunshine poking through the clouds and they are getting thicker and clouds and sun mix the rest of the way. 33 degrees and cold out there, coat up from you headed outside, it won't be as bitter as yesterday and winds only 7 miles per hour,

david murphy is tracking lounge the arctic air hangs around. donald trump airs his first tv ad. >>> jim kenny was sworn in as the 99th mayor of philadelphia. today he lace out his first -- lays out his first plans for the city. vernon odem is live at the academy of music where kenny took office this morning. >> reporter: good afternoon, sarah lots of hopeful vision for the city's future. the mayor said let's get to work, that's how he close his inaugural address after a swearing in and speech from him and the city council president. >>> i will discharge the duties of my office, i will discharge the duties of my office. >>> with fidelity. >>> with fidelity. >>> with that oath, jim kenny a veteran of city council became the 99th mayor. the south philadelphia native and son of a fireman campaigned promising to launch a war on the high profiter rate and create universal pre-school for children of philadelphia. >>> we will have to put aside our differences and acknowledge two things that black lives do matter at it is the overwhelming majority of ou

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> the blizzard of 2016 is taking aim at the east coast. right now it's slamming the carolinas and tennessee on its way to the tri-state area and the prospect of our first big winter snow has the delaware and lehigh valleys preparing to ride out the storm. sara bloomquist is off and the big story is the blizzard warning set to take effect later tonight. as we look live outside from sky 6 hd showing you the center city skyline, as you can say it's the calm before the storm. we have live team coverage beginning with david murphy and melissa magee, lets start with you david at the big board. >> i'll start with the live view of stormtracker 6 live double scan which is a large system at this point. you can see the clockwise pinwheeling and extending to the east and the moisture from the gulf rides over the front we create a robust snow shield extending over virginia and some of this is pushing up toward washington, d.c. at this hour and it all gets worse when we develop the coastal low and nor'easter and that passes us lat

senator murphy: thank you for your testimony. i feel this is a hearing on a document that i have not need. i went to explore some of the inconsistencies between the interpretation of three of our witnesses and the words on the page. but first i wanted to start with you, mr. barton. i want to thank you for your advocacy in the face of unimaginable grief and i want to specifically thank you with a holistic way in which sandy hook promise attacks the ways in which we can change the enforcement of gun laws in order to prevent homicides but your organization recognizes that the way in which we attacked the issue of gun violence isn't lawsy through changing gun or better enforcement of gun laws, but also through increased efforts to mental health resources or to increase gun safety board to prevent violence in the first place. you have a much broader agenda, don't you? >> absolutely. i think we should all be on the same page here. we should be looking for solutions where we can agree that we need to move forward. something has to be do

senator murphy: thank you for your testimony. i feel this is a hearing on a document that i have not need. i went to explore some of the inconsistencies between the interpretation of three of our witnesses and the words on the page. but first i wanted to start with you, mr. barton. i want to thank you for your advocacy in the face of unimaginable grief and i want to specifically thank you with a holistic way in which sandy hook promise attacks the ways in which we can change the enforcement of gun laws in order to prevent homicides but your organization recognizes that the way in which we attacked the issue of gun violence isn't simply through changing gun laws or better enforcement of gun laws, but also through increased efforts to mental health resources or to increase gun safety board to prevent violence in the first place. you have a much broader agenda, don't you? >> absolutely. i think we should all be on the same page here. we should be looking for solutions where we can agree that we need to move forward. something has to

((vanessa murphy)) police are asking anyone with information to call crimestoppers. they believe there could have been more people in this neighborhood who heard the fight or shot fired... dave and paula? ((dave courvoisier)) > vanessa, any warning for residents in the area? ((vanessa murphy)) at this point, no because police say they do not believe this was a random act of violence... it appears the suspect and victim knew each other. ((paula francis)) > answers. that's what an arizona family is demanding after an officer- involved shooting yesterday in las vegas. ((dave courvosier)) metro police mistook a cell phone for a gun... killing a man they say was wanted for several violent felonies out of arizona ...including attempted murder. metro also says the man ignored several commands to drop the object in his and... ((paula francis)) sharie johnson is live from where this happened... with reaction from family members. sharie: ((sharie johnson)) we talked to the mother and siblings of the man killed here yesterday. the family says they want the truth. and they're no

vanessa murphy has been combing through the documents and has more. vanessa? ((vanessa murphy)) dave and paula, according to this report, erin ware was determined to have the witness killed so he wouldn't have to go to prison. (( )) ((kathryn martini/shocked about shooting:i mean it's crazy. it's a sandwich shop. how desperate are people these days if they want to go in and rob a sandwich shop. )) ((vanessa murphy)) that was in june when this subway on maryland near pebble was robbed and the owner was shot. she survived. after a manhunt. the suspect, erin ware, was arrested in august and charged with attempted murder and more. but in november another investigation began when a police ware wanted a witness murdered. according to records, an undercover officer met with ware in jail twice...to discuss taking the woman out. police also point to a note and letter....which said in part: "i heard that you're a cleanup man and i need the garbage to be taken out. handle it and i got five stacks for you. the garbage about 5'5'', blondish brown hair with glasses, thin bu

((vanessa murphy)) we don't know the answer to that yet... we're hoping to follow up with the school district tomorrow./// ((denise valdez)) > this is just the latest incident in what is a shocking list of allegations against school district employees in the past year. in april, jeremiah mazo was accused of inappropriately touching numerous children at hayden elementary in north las he was sentenced to 15 to 60 years in prison in december. that same month, mikhail lerma, a teacher at cashman middle school was arrested on charges of touching a student. there was a third incident that april... substitute teacher kelly hoffman was arrested for sexual assault bus driver michael banco was arrested in may... and accused of sex crimes against children. police say cameras on the bus caught him assaulting a three year-old. in june, former rancho high school teacher jason lofthouse was arrested after police say he took a teen to hotel rooms for sex on multiple occasions. on the first week of school in august, a special needs teacher -- james doran -- w

next accuweather and david murphy. winter is hard on your nose.rom first sniffles to endless runny noses. puffs plus lotion is soft. they help soothe irritation by locking in moisture better so you can face winter happily. a nose in need deserves puffs indeed. and try puffs softpack today. >>> if you think we are below freezing we are. >> probably staying there the rest of the day too rick, things get better tomorrow afternoon, stormtracker 6 live double scan shows us a lack of precipitation after the light snow showers that came through last evening, we look outside and sky 6 hd looking at center city and plenty of sunshine out there, and that is a picture that might fool you, if you put your toes out there. 25 in philadelphia, winds north-northwest at 17 miles per hour, and we are getting gusts as high as 30 to 35 miles per hour and put that together and it feels like the teens and that is where we'll stay, look at these temperatures, cold enough without any wind and feeling like we are no better than the upper teens in the region as we go throu

((vanessa murphy)) vanessa murphy, 8 news now.// ((michelle mortensen)) it is standard for the officers involved to be on paid administrative leave during the investigation./// ((michelle mortensen)) > now let's get a check on the roads. here's a look at the whole valley. ((ad lib about it)) < demetria obilor ((michelle mortensen)) > changing the way.. you buy a gun. ((patrick walker)) the executive action president obama is expected to sign.. to change gun control in the s. ((michelle mortensen)) plus.. hanging with mister las vegas himself! sherry catches up with wayne newton.. at the welcome to las vegas sign. you won't want to miss it.. ((sherry swensk)) > last night.. i took viewers all over the las vegas strip.. during our countdown to 2016 special.. and one of the most iconic stops.. was the welcome to las vegas sign.. and... from mister las vegas himself. ((12:09:58 byron johnson/toledo, ohio: this is a once in a lifetime opportunity - you can't beat it! vegas. the strip. the life, the people. it's just exciting!)) ((sherry swensk)) there's no better landmark to snap a souvenir

in for paula lets get straigt out to vanessa murphy who's live on scene... near rancho and cheyenne. vanessa? ((vanessa murphy)) dave and patranya, traffic is back open here at this busy intersection of cheyenne and rancho... this is where the accidents happened after police say burglary suspects tried getting away....and hurt others in their path. here's video of the scene from earlier... and here's what metro police tell us: this started after a report of a home burglary on the way... after 1 p- m..... that's about a five minute drive from here.... officers stopped the vehicle.... and as they were ready to approach the vehicle... possibly to arrest the suspects, the vehicle took off and crashed.... least one other vehicle. six people - including the suspects were taken to the hospital. one of those taken to the hospital is a teenager... we do not know the extent of their injuries at this time. ((vanessa murphy)) this intersection was shut down for a couple of hours - but again - it's back open now. back to you. ((patranya bhoolsuwan)) vanessa, any officers

meteorologist david murphy at the "action news" big board with the details. >> reporter: we are at the beginning of an improving pattern in temperature and weather conditions. as we take a look a few high clouds swinging through right now, but not enough to wipe out the sunshine. right now it's bright out there. as we look at the temperature profile, storm tracker 6 live double can we can see blues in our neck of the woods. this is the area where we've got temperatures in the 20s and 30s here. down here we're in the 40s and 50s. the general flow will be from the southwest the next couple of days with the frontal boundary pushing toward the east that is going to warm us up back in the 40s tomorrow and wednesday. as we look right now at temperatures we're not there quite yet. 36 degrees at noon, 34 in wilmington, 35 in allentown. we'll add another degree or two to that before we're done. wind speeds very light. this is part of the improvement. it doesn't feel all that bad out there, it's cold, certainly, but not that bad. we're going for a high of 36. since we're already there we'll hit

a live report from keith murphy and andy fales from sunny pasadena. and fans who were not able to make it to california are cheering on the hawks at many local bars... we'll take you live to the longest yard the latest on the game... des moines police have arrested a teen in connection with a shooting at this home yesterday. the charges he happened at the home. happy new year... and thanks for joining us i'm sonya heitshusen. it's the day hawkeye fans have been waiting for... iowa is playing in the rose bowl for the first time in 25 years.... let's go right to channel 13's murphy. keith... the hawkeyes are not

in october 2014 press conference, this was as far as the former superintendent scott murphy would go. the report identified three key areas. information sharing and credible and a failure of systems thinking. >> at think we learned a couple of things that really pesters among the school psychologist, coming close to the assistant principal and scott murphy this district superintendent. >> there were many different opportunities were intervention could have taken place in this case. that or not taken advantage of them were not pursued. karl pearson and during his time at the school district. incidents were not noted this even though the report says some administrators knew of them. the employee deposition showed little threat assessment training. assistant principal, i only received two hours school psychologist esters along saying i assumed that all administrators have been drained as the man asked whose job was it to input information. i don't want to sound like i'm making excuses if i could have gone back i would have taken all the time of the world to make sure that any statement f

. >>> let's go over to david murphy and matt pellman has traffic. >> reporter: we are expecting the potential of heavy snow starting friday evening after the rush hour and continuing saturday night and perhaps into early sunday morning. there's a coastal flood watch because we have onshore strong winds as the nor'easter goes by on saturday. that will create major beach erosion and lunar high tide and flooding down the shore. we have clouds breaking up a little bit and we'll get early sunshine. 27 degrees is the current temperature, 24 in allentown. the winds are light, we'll not bother you with windchills it's only 4 or 5 degrees cooler than the temperature. 27 degrees by 9:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m., 31. high of 38 mostly sunny skies, a good day to get shopping done and get supplies before the snow arrives. i'll have details on how much snow is coming. we have an expected snowfall map, matt that's coming up in 20 minutes. some people are excited about this, some of us not as much. we saw the penndot crews come through i-95 at the penns landing tunnel and take down the ice as i as i from overhead. ev