i am live in trenton nora muchanic. >>> thank you.g a quick look at the congressional races tom mcarthur won a brutal fight. and beat amy belgard for the seat held by jon runyan. in the first district vacancy, he wins by 17 points in pennsylvania's 6th district for the seat held by jim gurlaw. they will keep control. and in the the 13th district seat, formally held by allison swartz. she ran for governor. brendan boyle won. and control of congress may be in the hands of the republican party. the gop maintained the majority in the house of representatives. and brian taff is live at the big board tracking the capital changes, brian. >> we knew it's a source of intrigue. when we woke up this morning this was the balance of power. 55 democrats to 45 republicans. 36 of the seats were up for grabs. of those races 13 were considered highly competitive. republicans need to get 6 of that's 13 seats to regain the majority. jim indicated they are close to doing that. as of this moment the republicans have a net gain of five seats. they need one

in hamilton township, i'm nora muchanic, channel 6 "action news." >>> all right time for the

nora muchanic channel 6 "action news." >> a change, anyway. thank you very much, nora. >> the white house is working to confirm today's claims of isis militants of the beheading of another american captive. 26-year-old peter kassig a former army ranger was captured by the militants last year. he would be the third american killed by isis and the 5th westerner. >>> in the most gruesome video released yet by isis the terrorist group claims to have beheaded american aid worker peter kassig. isis warned several weeks ago that peter kassig like two american journalists before him would be executed for military action in iraq and syria. since his capture, peter kassig converted to islam and changed his name. his parents pleaded with isis leaders not to harm their son. the 26-year-old served as an army ranger in iraq. he moorveldz to the middle east in -- moved to the middle east in 2012 and formed a medical aid mission. he wrote to his father, if i do go, i won't go thinking anything but whain to be -- what i know to be true that you and mom love me

nora muchanic is live in trenton with more on the sunny lovely weather that we enjoyed today. hey, nora. >> hey, sharrie. what is up with this wacky weather? it's windy out here i feel i am in oz. i brought a coat today. i never put it on. it's too nice out. >> i thought of moving south because of this weather. when it comes like this it's a golden nugget. >> that is a perfect way from peter from some golfers in west windsor. >> it's crazy. it's nice to play. >>reporter:nice to play indeed. a couple of days ago it was 17 outside. today we are in the 70s. >> 68 and then 70 it's unusual. looking forward to having a good day. >> i play golf all season. and if, so it's 2 degrees i play golf too. but this is a surprise for me. >> when you have young kids at home, you take advantage of any day that is nice. >>reporter:this certainly qualifies. alison miller was taking her young ones out at mercer park and stayed inside during the cold. >> i am glad that i didn't put away all of his short-sleeved clothes. >> i will not complain. this is great. we were inside all last week. we moved ba

. >>> it's all about breaking bread and the spirit of friendship and gratitude, nora muchanic reportsunteers at st. paul's methodist church in williamsboro were serving up meals from chapter 26 of the purple heart. they served up a meal to anyone that needed it. >> i came out to enjoy it. >> in the tough economic times, the idea is that no family and no one should go without a hot turkey dinner on the holiday. >> come and break bread today for the fellowship on the day all of us giving thanks. >> some of it was given to the homeless and without cooking facilities so they could have a hot meal too. >> they might not be able to afford one or get one. when my husband was sick people came in to help us and gave us the service and love and we want to give back to the community. >> people may arrive late tonight because they have to work, gas station and supermarket workers come to mind. >> work is better than being home? >> this year. >> this year they were open at the grocery in levittown, melissa was picking up yams. >> we are going to pick it up and then watch the games. >> you better h

nora muchanic has the story. >>reporter:they stand in silent witness. 10,000 flags on the mall of rider university to honour the men and women that served our nation in the armed forces. >> it's a remembrance of all those that never made it back home for our brothers that may have come back home damaged in some way or another. >> you see all the signs and all the lives lost. it's a big deal every year. >> i love that we do. >> why? >> it shows that we care. >> it has special many forgot rob, a navy officer that was killed on 9/11. they know the sacrifices that the families make. >> it's extremely personal. it's important to share the message sacrificing with their family. missing the birth of loved ones. >>reporter:a wreath was laid and series of speakers talked about veteran's day. >> it makes me proud that they care about the services that we have provided to our country. >>reporter:this display is meant to honour the graduates going all the way back to the civil war. >> remembering the veterans that have falle

nora muchanic is in the newsroom with the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: rick, a member of the sheridan family. joyce sheridan's brother is sharing details he has learned over the last few weeks and is asking for more information from authorities. the mystery of what happened in this house in skillman on september 28th has still not been solved and the prosecutors office remains the lead agency in the investigation of the death of john and joyce sheridan, they are now giving manpower and expertise in this case. the sheridans were stabbed multipeople times with three different weapons prior to the fryer being set in their bathroom. and this means only a third party could have committed the crime. the sheridans were remembered in a memorial service in trenton and prior to his career in cooper, sheridan was a well known and politically connected republican that once served as at transportation secretary. his brother is critical so far saying the prosecutor is totally incompetent and that his sister was stabbed at least eight times and john sheridan had a stab wound on his side

and new jersey correspondent nora muchanic with the story. >> a big day for them picking up cool $21 million jackpot as the first prize minor in monopoly millionaires club. and even through in a top hat owned by the monopoly mascot. >> and i have some fixing up around the house to do, which needs repair. >> the monopoly game introduce had in 1934 has locations from all over atlantic. the boardwalk, of course, the game's most expensive real estate and street players have come to know like new york avenue and st. james planes place. and he is doing better than the property it is based on. four casinos closed and the taj ma tall -- taj mahal owner says they may close for good. and the city is in debt. if you were playing real-money monopoly would you buy in atlantic right now? >> absolutely. probe more now than ever. well the value. everything is -- they are giving property away practically. it is going to turn around. >> all the casinos are closing down and the shops on the boardwalk ain't making money. i can't see investing in it. >> i would be shoving it like a gangster for sure. >>

and chris christie, called a state of emergency, nora muchanic is live with more in trenton. >> reporter: the icy rain continues at this hour, we have rain and sleet all day making conditions for holiday travellers ab miserable. we saw some cars slide off the road. >> we are on the way to jacksonville, and it will be a long ride. >> i am concerned because i am going west and that is where the snow is north and west so -- >> the trucks are out but the icy rain continued to fall all day but some opted to mass transit. >> i thought we would take the train to annapolis, maryland, and boy am i glad. >> it's worth it we only see the family once in a while. >> i'll probably lose two or three hour there's, but i should get into virginia and down to my mom's at 6:00, 7:00 tonight. >> route one sloppy mess tonight. >>> lets take a live look at the tarmac at philadelphia international airport, this is from our sky 6 hd cameras, travellers flying or taking amtrak for their thanksgiving holidays were met with long lines and cancellations. as far as the airport, we reported the last half hour, there a

nora muchanic is live at the scene tonight. >> reporter: it was a horribly scary afternoon as the school bus and car collided on 206, lets go to the video, it's really something, this is what the rick school bus looked like when it flipped over on its side after colliding with a bmw, the bus was heavily damaged as was the sedan. so far it looks like no life-threatening injuries and police are investigating how this crash occurred, one vehicle when over the double yellow line on this curved road. >> the bus was traveling south on 206 and the bmw was traveling north on state highway 206, we don't have an exact location of impact that is still being determined. one vehicle crossed over the center line to determine the impact. >> we don't know which vehicle let crossed the center line, there was no forcible extraction, the medical personnel were able to maneuver them out of the bus. >> now three people were on that bus, one a 16-year-old juvenile that was being driven by the rockrook school to a home in ewing, the bus driver and a 71-year-old aide. contrary to initial reports there was no en

new jersey correspondent, nora muchanic is live in trenton with more. >> hi there monica, the clock is ticking and so much to do and so little time to do t everybody is getting ready and all of them are racing against the clock. >> they were talking turkey this morning in trenton where volunteers from a number of businesses and organizations delivered 200 turkeys for distribution along with the makings of a holiday meal. the amount of money incoming they can't cover the costs for dinner. >> i employ a lot of people that come from the area and it was important for us to be a part of something local. >> it makes life a lot easier, especially when your income is a little -- you know not as much. >> everything you give we are wonderful and thankful for it. >> at the turkey farm in hamilton, the rush is on to pick up the fresh turkeys this he are famous for. and there is even a police car directing traffic. >> today is our busiest day and once today is over, we'll be happy. >> one thing we wanted was a fresh turkey, they are the moistest turkeys we ever had. >> when i say turkeys are flying

i'm nora muchanic live in the new jersey newsroom. >> and from the delaware newsroom, democratic u.s. senator chris couns voted at highland elementary school in wilmington, he has held a seat since 2010, that was held by beau biden. he voted at united methodist church. >>> the action cam was in chester as election volunteers opened up a polling place more than three hours late and voters in other locations in the county were turned away at first as well. others lined up outside of the door refusing to give up their right to vote. >> to be ready before 7:00, people in line at 7:00. >> somebody needs to file a grievance whoever has the authority to do so. >> folks that could not weight for the polling places to open, were given the option to fill out provisional ballots. >>> we want to remind you that polls are still open in new jersey, pennsylvania and delaware and they will stay open until 8:00 p.m., if you happen to be in line waiting to vote right at 8:00 p.m., you'll still be allowed to cast a ballot. we want to remind you that the league of women volunteer voters are in our studio

. >>> lets go back to the breaking story in princeton township, the school bus accident, nora muchanic is live on the scene via cell 6, nora? >> reporter: hi there, this is a two-vehicle accident, only two vehicles were involved at this point. lets go to the scene and take a look. this is the school bus, one of the small mini buss that was hit this afternoon and collided with another vehicle, you can see the front of it is heavily damaged and it's up on its side. here is what police tell us happened. you can see a white bmw on the right, the bmw was headed north and the bus was headed south and the van overcompensated for the curve here. and that is when he collided with the bus, he clipped the corner of the bus tried to avoid it but was unable to, when the collision happened the bus went over on its side. it's heavily damaged in the undercarriage. police tell us that there were no serious injuries. four people have been taken to the hospital and three people on the bus, including one juvenile, a 16-year-old boy and an aide, a 70-year-old aide, female. as well the driver of the car wen

nora muchanic channel 6 "action news." >>> college students helping in the effort to keep high schooling out. food at city hall officials heard four of the top ideas from the public policy case participation. undergraduates and graduate students tasked with finding a way to keep kids in school. the finalists had a chance to present the proposals to philadelphia mayor michael nutter. >>> some local veteran his honorered today in cherry hill. bancroft present medals. and they serve children and adults with developmental disabilities. >> mark sanchez getting first-team reps really the first time in two years with any first team. >> with anybody. but they stay he looked good throughout the preseason, in training camp and they are can have department that he can get the job done. if you get through the entire season using one quarterback consider yourselves lucky. the eagles are not in that regard but are fortunate though have mark sanchez. the back up quarterback continues to be the story leading to the game with carolina. jamie apody reports. >> mark sanchez hopes it is like riding a bik

in center city, i'm nora muchanic, "channel 6 action news." >> there was a tribute to america's herosn horng morning in west philadelphia. st. ignatius hosted a mass for military members. reserve its and military personnel and their farmlies participated. >> in quakertown lawyers watched riders welcomed home mike saf and presented him with recognition of service. his two sons are in public service members of west end fire company. >>> the good people of northeast philadelphia were given a living history lesson today. 83-year-old holocaust survivor charles middleberg shared his story. middleberg was 9-year-old in paris what nazis invaded. his parents were sent to a concentration camp where the mother died. the brother and father left and pretexted to be catholic. after the war he was reunited with his father and later moved to the u.s. >> still to come on "action news," fearly 200 cruise passengers come down with highly con table us virus and what's bn being done to stop the spread of the stomach bug. >> an ebola infected dr. treated in the u.s. >> plus jeff skversky has eagles update

live in center city, i'm nora muchanic channel 6 "action news." nydia? >>> in other news, a 10-year-old boy is in critical condition after he accidentally shot himself in the face with his father's gun. the boy was waiting in the car as his father finished a shift from a an auto repair business. the boy got the gun from under the drivers seat and accidentally shot himself. the delaware district attorney's office will determine if the father will face any charges in the shooting. >> crime scene tape spread across the philadelphia street overnight as police began the investigation into a deadly shooting. it happened on north 21st street. the a man was shot several times at 2:30, he was rushed to temple university hospital where he later died from his wounds. >> two drivers are in the hospital after they got into a fight in the middle of a busy bucks county intersection. it happened at street and york roads in warminster. police say a 45-year-old man from hatboro and 47-year-old man from warminster pulled over and started to argue and chase each other aroun

on mystic island, nora muchanic channel 6 "action news." >> some local realtors are using an app to stay safe. we'll show you how it works. >>> "action news" troubleshooters help to get the wheelchair back from a repair company. >>> looking live at the ben franklin bridge, chris sowers has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast when "action news" continues. >> the lava that has been inching towards homes organ big island in hawaii has stalled several feet from the main road. the lava is still moving, but appears to be veering to the side of the town. the lava has been streaming from the volcano since june. >>> one of the most interesting runs in our area shut down the ben franklin bridge for a couple of hours, participants made their way across the ben franklin bridge to philadelphia and back over the bridge to south jersey, proceeds benefit the lark school and the mission to help young people with disabilities. >>> a chilly wind day, i don't know if i want to be on the bridge with this kind of wind. >> reporter: i would love to see their splits with their time going over the bridg

i'm nora muchanic, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> hundreds of millions of miles from earth, a spacecraft has made history, this is incredible. coming up next at 4:00, how the european space agency pulled off a near perfect landing on a comet hurtling through space. >>> and we head out to our meteorologist, melissa magee, she is on an outdoor adventure in berks county. >> reporter: hey there shirleen and brian, we are here at lieber's orchard, appropriately named fruit lane and the fruit of the day is apples. i have my apple picker here, jackson. we'll show you all things apples on the 143 acres of land and the accuweather forecast is coming up. get ready to do some apple pickles. he is digging in right now. >> he is 18 months old. >> that and much more. >>> a dramatic rescue unfolded at one world trade center, firefighters cut a large hole in the glass window to save window washers that were dangling 16 stories above the street. a cable broke. and both men spent more than one hour hanging there and they were pulled into the building through the broken window at 2:15. >>> th

for more let's go to nora muchanic who is with her party tonight in trenton. hi, there, nora.ing night for bonnie watson coleman. heading to booker. he took his victory lap in newark. it was no surprise he was leading in the polls. senator cory booker goes back to washington. it is a full six-year term. he told the crowd in newark he is about making washington work. >> so new jersey you have given me six years. i am rolling up my sleeves. i am getting to work. i am going to fight for everyone in our state and every background and geography. we are going to not focus on left or right but to focus on moving america forward. >>reporter:claiming victory is bonnie watson coleman. she beat out a physician, and replacing russ holt. she is the first african-american woman in congress. >> you blessed me tonight and you blessed me since february. i prayed that my service to you is a blessing to you and your family. thank you, and god bless. >>reporter:now, i speak to the congresswoman elect. he is sure that his parents are up in heaven and smiling down. they have not had a woman in cong

nora muchanic is live at the red lion state police barracks. what did they have to stay today? >>reporter:jim, the state police say that the evidence makes it clear who pulled the trigger. it was the mother of the three kids. she has not officially been charged. if she recovers she will be facing homicide charges. >> jeaninne lepage has shot her three children and then turned the gun on herself. >> they confirmed that 44-year-old jeaninne lepage shot her three children found in an upstairs bedroom. she may have shot the children while they slept b

i am nora muchanic, "channel~6 action news." >>> thank you, nora. a time to check on the traffic on monday night. matt pellman. >>> there is a dark cloud hanging over i-95. this son ththis is on the work g out of the two right lanes. the left lane is getting by. it's a standstill. one hour and 20 minutes travel time that should be 14 minutes up to wood haven wood. the accident was northbound by the airport. chopper 6 hd is live at the scene. platt bridge. the vehicle is upright now that was involved. the outer drive on ramp getting by. and southbound, there was a crash by 320 taking out of the two left lanes. the southbound lane of 95 are at the crawl from the philadelphia international airport. we'll check the conditions in next half-hour. >>> thank you, sir. three years after a cruise ship disaster authorities make a grim discovery. deemdetails are next. >>> i am tracking heavy rain and a big cooldown in the accuweather forecast rick. >>> the new world trade center opens in new york city. telling but the first employees to arrive for work coming u

nora muchanic is live now with more on this one. >> reporter: brian, back in may, princeton university was name as one of 55 institutions nationwide being investigated by the federal government because of sexual violence complaints. this allegedly happened at the tiger eatin club and police are asking for more information. >> we currently have no victim and no witnesses. right now his department, the mercer county prosecutors office and princeton university officials are looking into reports of an incident at the tiger inn one of the school's private eating club, there were tips that an intoxicated freshman girl was to perform a sexual act on a male on the dance floor and there were pictures snapped of it. >> if there was a girl forced to do a sexual ac and there was a picture against this person's will or intent, that constitutes a crime. >> they say that the eat-in club is cooperating with the investigation. sexual content is prohibited everywhere at the tiger club, but we cannot comment in detail until the conclusion of the investigation. >> many students did not know or want to tal

as report, nora muchanic found out, more than a dozen heroes are laid to rest every year in delaware the men and women that served america in wars past and present and do and have done the gritty and unglamorous work of protecting our freedom. veterans day was a day to honor them and those that passed but once proudly wore a uniform. >> we lost people and are still losing people. >> you see some of those young kids come back, your heart breaks for them. you ever see some of their injuri injuries? >> we do away with the military, it would do away with a generation. >> we save our bravest men and women to every corner of the globe -- >> governor christie attended a ceremony at the memorial cemetery, also there was 89-year-old robert yancey, a famed buffalo soldier and survived world war ii, korea and vietnam. >> i count my blessings every day. and i think it's high time that the public and people learn the price for freedom. freedom is not free. >> veterans was started in 1919 for people that served their country. you hear of a store sale or a day off from work but that is not what you

i'm nora muchanic, channel 6 "action news.." >> all right thank you nora. lets go live to dann cuellar -- we'll go to dan in a moment, lets go to sara bloomquist now. after a three month investigation, they caught the person that vandalized graves at two separate cemeteries. sara bloomquist is live with that story tonight. >> reporter: well rick on this veterans day, a young feasterville man is accused of vandalizing graves some of them belonging to veterans, some call the timing of this arrest particularly gratifying, they credit dna evidence to help them nab the suspect. >> this afternoon anthony carter denied he damaged gravesites. >> did you damage the cemeteries? >> no. >> do you feel bad about it? >> i didn't do it. >> the 29-year-old responded he did not feel bad. >> they said they have solid proof that the feasterville man set fire to graves and flags, two times in late august and early september. the damage was done here at the roosevelt memorial park on old lincoln highway and rosedale memorial park. these are photos of burned flags and a gravesto

nora muchanic will have a live update coming up on "action news" at 12:30. >>> in delaware county, police are investigating a stabbing that sent one person to the hospital, the victim was attacked on chestnut street at 5:30 this morning. so far no word on the person's condition or what sparked the violence. >>> a group of students from the university of delaware could face charges following a large fight in wilmington. police were interviewing witnesses on south dupont road last night. the building was rented out for a fraternity party and was disrupted with a brawl. several people were taken to the hospital with minor injuries and no arrests have been made. >>> one person was hurt when this truck overturned in willow grove, the truck flipped from the p.a. turnpike and one person was taken to abington hospital and we are not told about his or her condition yet. the ramp was finally opened at 10:30. doctors say they are monitoring a patient who is recently returned from ebola stricken west africa. doctors released the statement a short time ago and it read that a patient returning from wes

nora muchanic is live at the red lion state police barracks. what did they have to stay today? >>reporter:jim, the state police say that the evidence makes it clear who pulled the trigger. it was the mother of the three kids. she has not officially been charged. if she recovers she will be facing homicide charges. >> jeaninne lepage has shot her three children and then turned the gun on herself. >> they confirmed that 44-year-old jeaninne lepage shot her three children found in an upstairs bedroom. she may have shot the children while they slept between 5:00 and 9:00 thursday morning. >> a pillow was used to muffle the gunshot sounds which we believe for accounts for the reason why the other residents of the house did not hear the gunshots. >>reporter:her son alexander harriman survived. nicolas and nadia died at the scene. >> i knew some of the kids pretty well. i am having a hard time dealing with this. >> it's very sad and a tragic thing that happened. you know, my prayers go out to family. >>reporter:today the crisis councillors were available at the tabernacle elementary w

nora muchanic was there today. >> it's stimentd there's over 7,000 ship wrecks off the coast of new jersey. it was discovered recently normandy beach by crews installing 3 1/2 mile steel wall to product the store from a devastating storm when they dug down 20 feet so see what was breaking their machinery this is what was found wooden remains of sunken ship perhaps the ireshire. >> if it happens to be the ship that wrecked in 1850 it could be historically significant wreck. >> the ireshire was the first time irish life cars were used to rescue passengers they were september back and forth on a line established between ship and shore over 4 days 201 people were rescued from wrecked ship. >> we have one of the highest concentrations of ship wrecks in the world here. >> this newly discovered wreck is roped off and became something of a tourist attraction you. >> think what could be down underneath this it's been here centuries. >> what's on this beach is object spindle shaped object 8 feet long that looks virtually identical to what is here in this illustration. >> many ships that sank off the

>>reporter:i am nora muchanic "channel~6 action news." >>> time for the update on the commute home. >>> matt pelman has more. >>> rick and monica we are trying to get home on this monday afternoon. its taking forever. like 42. since then we had a vehicle broke down in the northbound lanes at creek road taking out the right center lane. it heavier than it was before. up to 295. on 295 the crash by 42 is on the shoulder. you are looking at miserable speeds. 11 miles-an-hour to redbank. if are you heading to the eagles game you are going to have company. up to the bridge, a solid line at wood haven to the vine. this is the blue route, 476 stop-and-go for 18 miles right now. on down to i-95. the better bet is to take the broad street line every 10 minutes starting at 6:45. >>> one south jersey community says it's ready to combat ebola should it show up in our area. >>> plus, an unimagine able sum. what the leader of led zeppelin had to say be a renewed deal. >>> and nice and mild. as we get into later this week we are tracking a drastic drop in temperatures. some locations 20 degrees cool

live in the new jersey newsroom, i'm nora muchanic, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> a woman is dead after her suv plunged into the schuylkill river, police pulled the vehicle from the river on kelly drive. it took divers more than an hour to locate the car and tow it to shore. the female driver was the only person inside. >>> tonight we know the location of the next casino in philadelphia. they have granted the second license to live hotel and casino, the multimillion-dollar project goes up, and they beat out three other proposals. now chad pradelli is live with reaction to that decision. >> reporter: hey rick, the recently awarded casino group is evidentatic. they have released documents given the reasoning behind the selection, one is the existing hotel, the holiday inn it will be renovated and the 8 million visitor that already come down here to the stadium district. the winners of the new license plan to break ground with eight months and within two years have the casino up and running. these are renderings of the casino. it's a collaboration between the parks casino. >>

nora muchanic is live at the scene tonight. >> reporter: it was a horribly scary afternoon as the schoolnd car collided on 206, lets go to the video, it's really something, this is what the rick school bus looked like when it flipped over on its side after colliding with a bmw, the bus was

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in hamilton township, i'm nora muchanic, channel 6 "action news." >>> all right time for the "action news" traffic report, as we look live at 95 it's wet and very congested, especially on the southbound side from past wide haven to the betsy ross bridge, we have the accident involving the fire truck partially blocking the on ramp, the northbound is blocked up as well with the normal vool you moving slower than normal because of the wet conditions, a vehicle ran off the ditch and slowing past that and it's not terrible at this point. still some high water closing ogle town road. and gloucester township, the crash took down a pole and closes college drive and 42 looking wet and very slow leer on the northbound side as you head towards 295, we'll check it again in the next half hour. >> thanks matt. >>> more to come on "action news" this evening, a 4-year-old battling cancer is gearing up for a special night, ali gorman will explain why little lila still is so excited. >> and i have advice for anyone preparing to ship (s or travel for the thanksgiving holiday. >> we'll have those storie

nora muchanic is live from our new jersey newsroom tonight. >> reporter: good evening rick, one the rabbis killed in israel is the father of a lakewood man who is also a rabbi, he got the news early this morning and the local jewish community made arrangements for him to fly to israel in hopes he will be there in time for his funeral. >> he was one of the four rabbis killed inside of a jerusalem synagogue by attackers wielding knives and cleavers. he lives in this lakewood apartment and got the news in the middle of the night. >> i walked into the apartment and he was just crying, sobbing, he was standing there with his wife, the children were all sleeping. >> they are working on getting tickets and passports in place in order to get the son on the plane immediately to israel. >> at temple emanuel in cherry hill, there were prayers today, they were horrified that palestinian was attack jews inside of a synagogue. >> this is not about god, this is about pure hatred. >> to go into a place of worship and do what they did is just inexcusable. >> we love our god and our country and they look at

nora muchanic "channel~6 action news." >> thank you for that. the snow has ended in the buffalo area. the three day snow total stands at 7 feet or more. warmer temperatures and rain are going to make the situation worse. carolyn costello is in buffalo with the latest. >>reporter:7 feet of snow, the race is on in western new york to rescue people that are stranded and safe homes from collapsing. they are freeing the victims that are trapped. others are shoveling off their rooftops and trying to save their home from the snow. several buildings have collapsed. 100 homes beginning to buckle. overnight one nursing home had to be evacuated. >> he noticed a little twisting in the beams and the and cracking. >>reporter:another victim stranded in his car at the height of the storm calling his wife for help. >> he said that the snow was past the mirrors on the truck. he was sitting there with the vehicle off. >>reporter:the authorities have begun to lift the driving ban and opening the roads of the major throughway that has been shutdown for days. the war

one of the victims, is a rabbi, he has a son who is a rabbi in lakewood, ocean county, and nora muchanic has community reaction coming up tonight on "action news" at 5:00. a very gruesome day there in israel. >> thank you alicia. world news with david muir will have more on the attack that is at 6:30 after "action news" at 6:00. >>> today three feet of lake-effect snow blanketed the buffalo area, and covered the stretch of the thruway, and most of the region remains under a lake-effect snow warning, no snow here but it is sure frigid out there. melissa magee is at the big board with the latest from accuweather. >> that bitter blast of air moved in in a hurry in the delaware and lehigh valleys. most spots are below the freezing mark, coming in at 30 degrees, 27 in allentown and on the coast 31 degrees in sea isle city. we went straight to winter in much of the region today. the afternoon high climbed up to 32 degrees but when the peak wind gusts are 35 miles per hour, the highest windchill factor was 19 degrees. if are you looking for relief, are you not going to find it. we have windchil

here's new jersey correspondent nora muchanic. >> volunteers at the method church in willingsboro wereerving up dinner. the meal was open to veterans. those without family and anyone else who need aid holiday meal. >> i heard about the dinner you know? and i just wanted to come out and enjoy the meal. >> in these tough economic times the idea behind this dinner no one no family should go out a dinner on the holiday. >> have people come and break bread together and continue fellowship on a special day. all of us giving thanks. >> some of the dinners were sent to the homeless and those living in area hotels without cooking facilities so they could have a hot he'll, too. >> they might not be able to find one a. ford one or know where to go to get one. >> when i was sick my husband was sick people came in and helped us and gave us time and service and love we want to give back to the community. >> some may miss dinner or arrive late because they have to work. gas station attendants and super markets come to mind. >> crazy at my house good to be. >> work is better than home. >> this year. >

new jersey correspondent nora muchanic has the story. >> did you head out earlier because of the weather, i didn't have breakfast and came straight home. >> it was filled with holiday travellers eagle toward get home for thanksgiving. >> i tried to get out as early as i could. >> when his mom sees the sack of dirty laundry she may put him back on the train. the holland family is traveling to virginia. >> it's slippery you have to be careful. >> yes. >> the slippery conditions mane some drivers slit off the road and truck drivers said this weather will add hours to their trip. >> it's freezing and it's a challenge. >> the challenge is to get everyone out safely. >> when i left this morning there was hardly anything but now it's a lot worse. >> it may not be pretty to be out in all of this today but the scenic snow escapes are pretty to look at. are you sending photos with the #~ 6 abc snow, we have creative talented photographers sending us pictures. are you capturing the cute shots of children and pups enjoying this season's first sizable snow. check out little david's first snow, sent i

i'm nora muchanic for "action news" at 10 on phl17. >> coming up on "action news" at 10. dramatic new video shows moments after the plane was shot down from the sky in ukraine. >> and another cruise ship returns to port with dozens of ill passengers hours later the ship is prescribed to depart again. >> and the birds suffer a beat down on the frozen tundra. highlights, packer highlights. and today's disappointing highlights, packer highlights. and today's disappointing performance in >> new footage shows aftermath of nh 17 in eastern ukraine that was shot down back in july. and you can hear the villageers asking about the whereabouts of the pilot. several ukranian military planes were shot down by this time. the pilots and crew were ago regularly taken prison by rebel forces. recovery crews finally started to collect debris from rebel controlled crash sglit at g-20 sum knit australia president obama blasted russia's snroxt ukraine but target was already gone. russian president vladimir putin left early because he needed to get back to work in moscow. after his departure o

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