live mayfair, nora muchanic channel 6 "action news." >> nora, thank you so much. happening right now a heart broken france is united in grief after a terror attack left 17 people dead. that's 89 main square in the center of town in paris. the sun is setting it's starting to get dark, nearly 1 million people have been gathering throughout the day in paris to take part in a tremendous unity rally, hundreds of thousands of people. the march stepped off a few hours ago, as you can see night is starting to fall. 40 leaders and dignitaries from across the world locked arms in perhaps one of the most powerful images of the day marching in and around paris in solidarity. more than 2,000 police officers are on hand at the valley to provide protection for those who gathered. the gunman who killed the french police woman and four hostages at the kosher grocery is the man seen on a new video just autoed pledging allegiance to isis. people all over the world are holding vigil to show support of the victims of the terror attacks and condemn terrorists efforts to stifle freedom

i'm nora muchanic channel 6 "action news." >> thank you nora. >>> here is better news on the employment front the unemployment rate dropped to 6.2% last month and the unemployment rate fell from 9.7% in december of 2009, it's still higher than the national average 2014 marked the second straight year of job growth in the private sector. this is the way it looked in october of 2013, october 22nd when flames attacked the home of claire and thomas french in new hope, buck county. this fire and two other blazes at the house are now at the center of an alleged arson fraud indictment. dann cuellar is live. what are the details here? >> reporter: well jim, the attorney general's office dropped a bombshell charging a prominent buck county family with a massive fraud scream to finance a life of luxury. >> the state grand jury investigation stems from a huge fire back on october 22nd of 2013, the fire chief told me it was the third fire in a four year period. >> what is going on? >> i don't know. >> were the other fires accidental? >> they were undetermined. >> the insurance firm paid out $20 mil

i'm nora muchanic channel 6 "action news." >> thank you nora. >>> people are gathering to pay their respects to shane montgomery, a viewing for the 21-year-old college student is underway at st. john the baptist church in manayunk his body was found in the schuylkill river over the weekend after disappearing on a night out with friends. >>> a philadelphia police officer was dragged by a motorist this morning in strawberry mansion before the car ran over his right leg, the law man fired his gun but the suspect escaped and the suspect has since been arrested. chad pradelli is live at police headquarters with the latest on this. chad? >> reporter: jim fortunately the officer will be okay, the suspect dominique fallins eluded capture for four hours and now he is under arrest and facing serious charges. "action news" was there as philadelphia police captured dominique fallins, he is aus kood of running over the officer at 32nd and susquehanna just before noon. the chevy impala that he was driving had an ohio license that didn't match the vehicle. >> we asked him to exit the vehicle instead of doi

i'm nora muchanic channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> the verdict was guilty today in the racketeeringf union boss, joe dougherty he was charged with using violence and intimidation to make sure union workers were hired for local jobs, he is head of iron workers local 401 a union official who pleaded guilty testified that dougherty ordered the fire at the meeting house at chestnut hill because the structure was being built with none union crews. >>> bensalem police arrested and charged a man for sexually assaulting two young gishls during a sleep over party at his home. david huebsch surrendered to police today and one victim was in the girl scouts with his daughter and police are investigating if there are other victims. the 26-year-old was charged with indecent assault and unlawful contact. >>> the university of delaware students are helping an ohio family restore memories nearly destroyed in a devastating fire and lisa thomas-laury has the story. >> and a south jersey man is defying doctor's predictions he would never walk again and now he is racing 5-k's we are tracking a mixture o

in bensalem i'm nora muchanic, "channel 6 action news." >>> well a hollywood legend joined the philadelphia orchestra tonight,al pacino dpeingt of honor at 15 8 academy of concert and ball. and shared monolog with joint performance of acting and music. the theme this year was honoring our grand traditions. >> much more to come on "action news" tonight two former eagles speak out about the de plate gate controversy and what they say he should have done. ahead in sports. >> a real scare for people on board two flights for atlanta including unusual way bomb threats. >> "action news" will be right it doesn't get much easier than picking 2 things. you pick 2, and... you're basically done. look for pick 2. coming soon from the pennsylvania lottery. easy to play. simple to say. >> bomb threats were made against planes while in the air forcing officials to escortfieder jets. one was directed at delta flight saying bomb was on board and similar flight directed at southwest flight. norad dispatched two f 16s and we're happy to report the plane landed and passengers got off safely. >> they took us off

live in bristol, i'm nora muchanic, channel 6 "action news." >> nora thank you. >>> french police are on the hunt for two brothers suspected in yesterday's massacre at a paris newspaper, they are believed to be responsible for executed 12 people inside of the charlie hebdo satirical magazine yesterday. a third man involved in the killings turned himself into police last night. police say that to american resembling the brothers robbed a gas station? france. and a police woman was killed on the southern edge of france today but it's not clear if that is linked to yesterday's shooting. paris officials say the violence will not discourage them. >> this is a free city. >> we'll have the latest on the investigation coming up in the next half hour of "action news." >>> coming up near 0 visibility leads to this massive pileup and to people dead on a western pennsylvania road. plus how the snow helped police track down a burglary suspect and a big honor for a local nba program. >>> two men were killed in an 18 vehicle pileup in whiteout conditions in western pennsylvania yesterday. state poli

. >> nora muchanic "channel 6 action news." >> investigators in cam der are determining the cause for a two alarm blaze. firefighters got the plays under control in less than 15 minutes not before they struck second alarm. no injuries reported. >>> in delaware county firefighters battled frames that erupted at a carwash. this is bridge auto spo spa 500 blockive clifton heights and the business was open at the time. nobody injured. the cause of the fire has yet to be determined. >> five local wise super markets she brailleed grand reopenings with gifts for the community. they cut the ribbon on the newly refurbished gifts there. they hosted preliminary on township community groups and philabundance the area food back. >> national guard troops that spent nearly a year over seas are back home tonight. >> it was around of applause as you heard there for a dozen members from detachment 19 national support air lift command of new jersey army national guard pilots and personnel flew thousands of missions along the arareian gulf transporting 90,000 pounds of cargo and 2,000 personnel. >> third

live in hammonton i'm nora muchanic, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you nora, sky 6 hd looking live at philadelphia international airport the weather has delayed incoming flights and several departing flights, travellers check with your airlines before heading to the airport. >>> as we mentioned the snow is impacting the commute home. lets get the latest from autumn marisa. >> well, we want to watch the bridges ramps and it's overpasses and secondary roads we are seeing the major roads becoming slick as well. this is the schuylkill expressway eastbound at montgomery we had this vehicle spin out here and luckily a plow was nearby and police as well. it's disabled now taking out the right hand lane in the eastbound lanes use caution on all the roadways. and the ben franklin bridge visibility is down to a mile and speeds are reduced. all the highways have reduced speed and low visibility at this time. and here are southbound cars on 55 and northbound towards the area bridges and again there is not a lot of volume out there but speeds are slow and more snow in the new jersey area than s

nora muchanic, channel 6 "action news." >> nora, thank you. lets head outside, mobile 6 giving us a live look on 95 south on the approach to 476 people are tapping the brakes and it's starting to backup as the snow intensifies. if you are watching this at your office or mobile device heed the warnings to leave the office early and get home before the snowfall intensifies even more. we'll get traffic in less thank five minutes. >> we have more coverage ahead kenneth moton has reports on conditions in the city and tomorrow the "action news" morning team is on the air earlier than usual to help you get out the door. they'll have the latest on the roads starting at 4:00 a.m. >>> in the meantime the conk continues online, we have the maps showing the path of the snow and you can get the hourly reports. still ahead at 4:00, the verdict is in for don tollefson what a jury said about the fraud charges against the former sportscaster. >> and a deadly shooting involving police and one group says the officers did not need to kill the suspect. when you've

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we are live in atlantic city, i'm nora muchanic, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you nora. >>> a hardking family man is struggling to survive following a violent robbery in philadelphia's german town section the 53-year-old husband and father was shot eight times as he closed up the grocery at 8:30 last night. "action news" talked to an employee whose grandmother owns the store, though she asked we not show her face her grandmother was holding they are 2-year-old cousin when the gunman stormed in. >> the guy with the gun came in the front and saw my grandmother had the little child and i guess he didn't want to do anything in front of child. >> instead of hurting the woman or child the suspect went for the clerk working the deli counter and opened fire when the employee put up a fight. that clerk remains in critical condition at einstein hospital. >>> it was one week ago that 18-year-old rebecca lynn tumbled on to gwynn from an eight story balcony. kim was taking photos on the ledge when she fell. >>> a music teacher in the poconos turned himself in on charges that he had sex with a f

i'm nora muchanic channel 6 "action news." >> all right nora thank you. >>> a bensalem man is accused of assaulting two young girls at a sleep over at his home. david huebsch is charged after parents came forward saying their daughter was inappropriately touched by huebsch. one of the alleged victims was in girl scouts with his daughter. >>> york businessman tom wolf, is officially the governor of pennsylvania. he took the oath of office using a family bible. he is the only democratic governor to unseat a sitting republican governor in the last election. >> maybe the only pennsylvania governor to work a forklift and manage a hardware store and i volunteered in the peace corps and i'm not a product of the political system and i pledge to be a different kind of governor and i will keep that promise. >> mike stack of philadelphia was sworn in as lieutenant governor celebrations continue at the hershey lodge and walter perez will be live at the hershey life at 6:00. >>> tonight president obama will face the nation for his sixth state of the union address and for the first time in his pres

live in mount holly i'm nora muchanic, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. the philadelphia water department spent the morning working on a water main, crews worked to repair that ruptured main near montgomery drive and martin luther king drive and traffic was blocked off until 4:00 this afternoon while they worked to fix the problem. >> it's a chilly day to work outside and chilly for the new your but what can we expect for the next few days of 2015. cecily tynan is outside now. brr. >> it was seasonably cool today but we saw wall-to-wall sunshine and satellite 6 showing full sunshine today and a few clouds beginning to crop up south of philadelphia now, the big problem today the wind. we had wind gusts peaking up to 35 miles per hour in philadelphia and the mummers parade. atlantic city 26 reading 30 and trenton reporting a peak wind gust of 29 miles per hour, it creates a windchill 32 in philadelphia and 32 in wilmington and feels like 27 in reading and the windchill in allentown 29 degrees. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing the wider picture, we ar

live in trenton, nora muchanic channel 6 "action news." >> nora your tears will turn to icicles get inside. we want to you check out the new features we added to the storm tracker 6 app, report your weather yourself. tap the icon showing your current conditions and add a photo, or send a digital postcard using your may bele device, share it with your family and friends download the 6 abc storm tracker app for free right now. >>> people are taking to the streets tonight all over france grieving the horrific attack that happened in paris today. this peaceful demonstration is happening with hundreds gathered there some holding signs saying we are charlie. new tonight we know officials have identified the men they are looking for two of them are french men and the nationality of the third person is unknown right now, but france is on high alert after a dozen people were left dead. the killers of course still on the loose. around noon time in paris three masked gunman stormed the offices of the french satirical magazine, charlie hebdo it's known to poke fun at politicians and religion they woul

a they will continue to work through the night physical they find tony gabriel's body i'm nora muchanic, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you nora. >>> turning now to the latest on yesterday's massacre in paris france the city of light and love turned into a city of darkness and pain this evening as the iconic eiffel tower dimmed in solidarity, and police are in hot pursuit of two brothers accused of killing 12 people at a satirical newspaper. >> reporter: nine people are in custody nearly 90 people have been questioned as the manhunt continues in france. the city of lights dimmed the bulbs on the iconic eiffel tower, people are in mourning. 12 people were killed at the satirical paper. charley hebdo. they were targeted in the past for establishing pictures of the prophet muhammad. people gathered with this massachusettsmesage we are not afraid. >> where are you are in the world, this is a tragic event. and i'm going to march on saturday to show my defiance to murderers and evil fundmentists. >> one suspect turned himself in but the brothers are still on the loose after allegedly opening fire i

turnout to be so bad, don't relax yet, is there still more coming our way n bensalem i'm nora muchanic for channel six "action news". >>> developing news out of atlanta where two bomb threats forced norad to get fighter jets in the air this afternoon. threats which were sent through twitter targeted a delta flight and southwest flight landing at heartsfield jackson international airport. officials also say this they deem those threats as credible. the flights both landed safely and the planes are being swept for explosives. the the threat originated from a twitter account that had only 11 total tweets, ten of which are related to threat begins airlines. >>> there is new information tonight, linked to a hit and run in port richmond that ended with a grandmother in a comb a6 five-year old carmen ramos is recovering from severe injuries she suffered when she was hit while her family and philadelphia police are pleading with information to find the the person responsible. "action news" reporter kenneth moton joins us live at the scene, of the 3100 block of cedar street with an up dade kenneth. >> repo

live in the mayfair section nora muchanic channel 6 "action news." >> there was more violence in the out during a birthday in the nicetown section. three people were shot outside the reflection bar at north 17th around 1:30. police say an argument started on the sidewalk and a person grabbed a gun and opened fire. two men and woman were struck. the woman shot in the mouth. she is in critical condition. the two men are in stable condition. >>> happening right now a heart broken fans is rufus nighting in grief -- a heart broken france is uniting. the march stepped off an hour ago, leaders and dignitaries from all over the world including u.s. attorney general eric holder are taking part in this events. more than two thousand police officers are on hand at the rally to help provide protection. the gunman who killed a french police woman and four hostages at a kosher grocery apparently is a man on video pledging allegiance to isis. >> people across globe are holding vigils to show support to the victims and freedom of the press. >> the sign says pittsburgh and paris together for freedoms

in border town, i'm nora muchanic for "channel 6 action news." >> five local wise super markets celebrated grabbed reopenings today with gifts for the community. workers cut a ribbon on newly refurbished store. employees presented checks to a number of community groups and phil abund answer and charity provides food to those in need. >> jeff skversky has sports. >> and remember this scene from last week? thankfully it was not repeated in green bay today. this time eagles fans are doing a happy dance in the final minutes of packers cowboys game. highlights when "action news" comes right back. thank you cable. for the slower internet upload speeds. for making me wait longer to share my photo albums. thank you cable, because if we never had you... we wouldn't know the incredible difference verizon fios makes. the numbers don't lie. in customer satisfaction studies, fios is rated #1 in internet speed and reliability, and hd picture quality. get a fios triple play online at an amazing price guaranteed for two years and get a $400 bonus with a two year agreement. hurry! it's your last chance! th