we've got polish power here, in port richmond.th or without, it is with or withoutsky, polish kielbasa, do you say kielbasa. >> polish kielbasa. >> matt and jim, tell us the story. you were real estate guys this bar came up for sale. you said hey, we can turn this into a business. >> lets he get in the bar business. >> what is famous sandwich. >> famous sandwich is port richmond is polish capitol of philadelphia. >> yes. >> wow. >> yes. >> i grew up in brideberg, living five doors away, which is a popular, kielbasa location, and so you have taken the popular polish meat item and turn it into a sandwich. >> yes, the philly sandwich, a cheese stake. >> it is port richmond is the capitol of the polish capitol of philadelphia and cheese stake is philadelphia. so we have combined the one and we have polish cheese stake with or withoutsky. >> with or withoutsky for the polish. >> that is right. >> so it is shaved kielbasa, grilled up, and for you we have turn tonight to a breakfast sandwich so we have it with scrambled eggs, fried mozer

in port richmond, i'm vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >>> a pennsylvania state trooper who was killed in the line of duty last week was laid to rest today. hundreds of fellow law enforcement personnel lined up outside of the blair convenience center in allatoona to pay their muches to trooper landon weaver. weaver was just 23 and was shot and killed last saturday night responding to a domestic call and troopers shot and killed the gunman after an all night manhunt and lawmakers in trenton are considering raising the legal able to buy cigarettes right now it's 19, but smokers would need to be 21 to buy tobacco products including e-cigarettes and chewing tobacco and snuff. they face fines if they were to sell to anyone under 21. >>> coming up only chopper 6 hd was overhead today as crews in delaware county continued their search for a missing mother. using special equipment. >>> plus, the big concert announcement the pina man is coming back to philadelphia. >>> the snow is moving in quickly and i'm tracking the potential for another round over the weekend for parts of our viewing

. >>> engineer at the controls of an amtrak train when it derailed in port richmond and killed eight people is now suing i'm trying brandon bostian said amtrak never addressed reports of people throwing things at passion trains. he claims he was left disoriented or unconscious when something hit the train moments before the train left the tracks in port richmond. and may of 2015. federal investigators found no evidence the train was hit with anything. they say the train was traveling more than twice the speed limit when it derailed. bostian is seeking more than $50,000 for physical and psychological injuries. >>> next time you're at the shore, hold onto the balloon, atlantic city joined several other jersey shore towns in banning people from releasing helium balloons, atlantic city counsel are enforcing a $500 fine for anyone who breaks the rules, about reducing the enormous amount of trash and helping to save marine lives who mistake it for food. >>> babies in new jersey will sleep a lot safer, the state has become the first in the country with a universal baby box program. official

port richmond is 50. 53 in graduate. pretty nice for january, it will warm up this afternoon. but still cool at the bus stop. just got the brutal cold we had earlier in the week. scattered light showers a possibility. quakertown 53 degrees. mostly cloudy. the showers are not all that likely. you can see the few rain drops we have right now moving through chester county into south jersey and salem county. bucks county and mercer county and new jersey. that's to start with. showers are clearing in lehigh valley. i'm expecting to see say few more showers later this morning rain showers because it's too warm for anything else. the cold is way back here. moving into michigan and the midwest. that warm air will ensure that we will stay a little rainy this morning, but only rain. then we get clearing for this afternoon. beautiful sunny day for tomorrow. but this is 5:00 tomorrow afternoon. look at that wet weather. that's going to be moving into the area for the weekend. and before it gets here, the temperatures will turn colder. so, on saturday morning at 11:00, we could see scatter

we, too, are watching that school bus accident in port richmond.aster near richmond that you want to avoid even though you can squeeze by i would just avoid it as emergency crews remain on the scene. there are also on the scene of a crash involving a pedestrian in center city at broad and chestnut by the capitol grille. jammed solid on southbound city avenue this evening between 30 and three. couple accidents in that stretch. i really would avoid it if i were you. starting at 11:00 tonight you need to avoid the vine street expressway. it will close for overnight construction each night this week. right now it's just busy with volume and route one the superhighway in bucks county also closes each night this week starting at 9 o'clock. at that .95 would be a better bet. rick and monica, back over to you. >> thank you, sir. >>> still to come on "action news" for you tonight folks out west dealing with a mixed bag of heavy rains and wintry precipitation from mother nature. we'll show you. >> also, you two is bringing a stadium tour to philadelphia this

port richmond 52. tipping it in the low 60s. and currently at 62 degrees. if you look at the bottom of your screen you'll see your local neighborhood forecast. out the door forecast right now we're going to see temperatures starting to dip into the 50s after 5:00 p.m. so 6:00 p.m. we're seeing 59 degrees. partly cloudy skies. partly cloudy skies for tonight but we're still trending rather warm. that's going to be the story across the entire region. 2:00 p.m. 59 degrees for the pa suburbs and keeping it in the 50s at 6:00 p.m. and we even have a warm evening and a warm night in the forecast. overnight loes i'm expecting mainly in the 40s. cloudy skies right now with passing showers. 59 degrees and 55 at 6:00 p.m. and for the jersey shore we're seeing temperatures in the mid 50s at 6:00 p.m. and mid to upper 50s by 10:00 p.m. so certainly a warm stretch right now. that's pretty much the story but we do have a major cool down coming up by saturday as temperatures dip from 60s to 30s. i'll talk about that in the 10 day on 10. back to you. >> thanks erica. our l

port richmond at 40 degrees. not a bad morning. just a little bit dreary. still a little bit breezy. wind have died down and the rain has pretty much ended. there's just a few light rain showers that are moving through camden county, burlington into ocean county and new jersey. this is that light snow i mentioned. the atmosphere is getting colder. ground is still warm. seeing snowflakes in trenton into burlington county. the steadier snoef snow is to the north in the poconos mountains. they're getting it right now camelback and other ski resorts as well. us the temperatures will hold pretty steady this morning. 39 degrees at 8:00. few scattered light showers at philadelphia. 4:00 looking at cloudy skies and 41 degrees. not much of a warmup. snowflakes will disappear. just a few light rain showers at noontime. again, nothing is going to stick with this one. 39 degrees, clouds will linger in the lehigh valley. breezy to start with. wind will die down and threat of showers will be moving out during the day. delaware, a few light showers possible this morning.

meanwhile the deadly derailment in port richmond is suing amtrak brandon boston said hey nailed to address reports of people throwing things at pass trains. he claims he was disoriented or unconscious when something hit his train moments before the train left the tracks in may of 2015. eight people died. federal investigators found no evidence the train was hit with anything. bostian is seeking more than $50000 for physical and psychological injuries. >>> have you started stalking up on your snacks? are you planning on doing drinking, this particular bag could save your life. >> it took three continents, 70 years and a whole lot of luck but a local family received something very special tonight, i'm brad sattin in audubon and that story is coming up. >> if you're a fan of the mary tyler moore you'll recognize the famous house this one here in >>> alarming members from education officials in new jersey received 21 notifications from school districts with elevated levels of led. this class ring from more than seven decades ago just got back from an extended stay overseas. its original opener

port richmond, known for the polish kilbasi, kielbasa, depending which side of the creek you're from,oing to goal and company, where they have breakfast kielbasa sandwich, later today, we are live starting at 9:00 from port richmond in the old neighborhood. karen, thomas, back over to you. >> thank you so much, there, bob. incredibly emotional day foreman in south jersey, who watched his cousin eights zero's accused killer go before a j brian dunn says anger filled his heart when he saw jeremiah moanl appear by video in cumberland county court. prosecute verse charged him with stabbing 35 year old tara o'shea watson last month, in her commercial township home. dunn says his cousin, mother of two, endured years of domestic abuse. >> she had definitely went to the judge plenty of times to get the kids and herself out of state. the judge granted her to leave the state, but not the kid. she wasn't leaving the kid behind. he's hurt her for way too long. now it is time for him to feel some of that pain, take away his freedoms. >> now, that suspect is in jail. it does not have any bail. he h

. >>> these men robbed a port richmond on the 2200 block. the pair threatened a teller at gunpoint and got away with cash. authorities believe they're connected to a rash of bank robberies month >> 2017 comes with new taxes. what's going to cost you more and how bad it will hit your wallet. in bucks county, police were on the hunt whoever was behind the wheel of this truck. what happened that has investigators wanting to talk to the driver. >> may not have been just an iceberg that brought down the titanic. a group studying photographs of the ship said marks along the hull are likely caused to an on board cole flyer likely brought on board the boiler room, they think that may have weakened the ship. >>> authorities have been looking for him a couple of weeks since his estranged wife tara owe shay watson was killed december 18th. a witness tipped off state police. he was found in a wooded area off route 322. now facing murder and other charges. >>> police in bensalem identified a truck they say is connected to a hit-and-run on new year's day.

they believe he was distracted by the radio reporting a train hit in port richmond. 200 were injured.y officer's use of deadly force has been ruled legal and the officer will not face charges. >> the incident relates back to an incident in 2016. a state and county investigation determined that freddy baez responded first at officers responding to a domestic violence call. he returned fire killing bay easy. >> aqua crews were praised for fixing a sinkhole so quickly. it caved in on the part of the road leaving a pickup truck dangling. today is crater has been filled in with cement and crushed stone. more than 60 people are back online. >> i'm amazed they filled it as fast as they did. it was a gu gigantic hole. >> they got the hole filled in. they saved the truck. >> aqua admitted there was a water main break. engineers have not determined if it was a cause or symptom of the collapse. >> these are the first of 2,000 trucks bringing sand to ortley beach in tom's river to try to repair what was eaten away by the nor'easter. the dune protects homes along the shore line many of those suffe

. >> now the future is port richmond just north of fishtown and to the west kensington. >> i think portt fishtown. >> o'brien adds to the list brewerytown which is just adjacent to fairmount and the art museum. >> it's going to appreciate pretty rapidly over the next few years. >> he says parts of south philadelphia respect particularly popular right now like the point breeze section. >> easy quick assess to rittenhouse square it's more affordable than east of broad and you have access to university city. >> if you're willing to travel just a few extra minutes to get into the heart of center city. >> my favorite destination for buyers right now is east falls, it's a little further out from the city its about five minute additional drive but it's a beautiful drive up kelly drive. >> and again putting them on a map these are the five neighborhoods that o'brien says are on the risen says they're also becoming popular with grads empty nesters and new yorkers heading south to live in our city which we love. >> yeah. >> and we prefer frankly, don't we. >> right. >> thank you alicia. >>> that

and it's 45 in port richmond. a mild start, but a cloudy one. see the clouds clear out. and temperatures will actually go up. clouds overhead the entire area seeing that cloud cover right now. no sign of any rain. just a little bit of mist in a couple spots with fog. the wind. that's going to be blowing today. look how it increases. this is 11:30 this morning. 15-mile-an-hour wind. stronger in the suburbs. that's at 11:30. wind will stay with us this afternoon. shifting wind too. so winds are going to start coming out of west or northwest. later today and that's going to drop temperatures starting this evening at 5:00. already have seen our high temperatures around midday. and numbers start to come down with winds bringing in colder air for tonight. pretty decent january day. usually a mild one. 45 degrees with some breaks of sunshine. 51 degrees at noon. then look at temperatures starting to come down with clear skies at 4:00 today. suburbs clouds and a little bit of fog to start with. both thinning out. mostly cloudy skies by noon. see the temperatures peek right aroun

center city and port richmond all in the teens at this hour. bundle up and expect cold to stay with us during the day. see the temperature. this is that top line here. the temperature increasing into the 20s by lunchtime today. as the temperature climbs, the wind will be picking up. feels like temperature, the windchill, will still be in the teens at lunchtime and in the teens at 4:00 this afternoon. and we won't see the bright sunshine we had yesterday. there are some clouds ahead. high clouds. just starting to move into wilmington and philadelphia. see in redding and allentown as well. these clouds are coming in advance of snow that won't reach us. not today, but tl is some wet weather and that's coming from a system that's even further to the west. producing snow in the dakotas and reaching towards iowa right now. won't be snow for us though. coming with warmer air. look at the warmup that's going to take place. 20s today. yes, another very cold start tomorrow morning. we're up to 40 tuesday afternoon. during the late afternoon and evening h

port richmond, kinzington in the teens to start with. wind up a little bit warmer than it was yesterday. big difference is the wind. that is really calmed down. still dangerously cold even without the wind. why we have issued a first alert for the entire area for this morning. see improving conditions this afternoon. bitter cold especially first thing this morning will be slowly increasing during the day. other thing that will be increasing are clouds. in the clear right now. see the clouds just to the west coming ahead of some snow moving through michigan. that snow is going to miss us. there is wet weather in our future. just not today. 15 degrees at 8:00 this morning. forecast for noontime. mostly cloudy in philadelphia. 22 degrees and 25 degrees with breaks of sunshine at 4:00 this afternoon. suburbs will see the temperatures climbing from 12 degrees at 8:00. 22 at noon. still a lot of clouds around. no wet weather. no snow coming from the clouds. late in the afternoon t clouds start thinning out. 24 degrees at 4:00. lehigh valley, 1

while port richmond is 31 because it's close to river. upper 20s now for bustleton. go through the forecast hour by hour to show you who gets snow and who gets sunshine when i come back in ten minutes. first let's see how the roads are looking. >>> we're watching the schuylkill right now. actually the ramp moving towards the vine street expressway. that has cleared. typically the last ramp to lift when they vine street expressway closure is in place. see here no problems headed to the vine right now from the schuylkill. once you get out door to vine street, construction is clear. checking drive times here. speeds also into the 30s there as well. remember bridge closure. happened about a week and a half ago. new jersey turnpike, pa turnpike connector bridge still closed there. alternate route to get you around pa and new jersey right there. also, still in new jersey, barrington, missing manhole cover on the white horse pike heading westbound. currently moving by on the pike. no big delays. right lane is closed. watch this throughout the beginning hours of rush hour. d

. >>> we have a warning of a group of i am -- imposters who showed up on emerald street in port richmondthe man flashed a badge the victim went to call that's when they barged in and ransacked the house. >>> the year of the roost at her. the year of the rooster begins january 28 and ends february 15 of 2018. >> war of words, vice president joe biden doesn't miss any of those, talking about the next president. he said it's time for donald trump to grow up. >> cold temperatures could make the morning commute extra challenging. full coverage when "action news" comes right back. looks like we're still a man short. not anymore. gus! the second most famous groundhog in pennsylvania. let's hit the ice. whoaaa! take the shot! (buzzer) that shot was one in a million. so's this. all the money millionaire edition, new from the pennsylvania lottery. with five top prizes of a million bucks. it's a real game changer. (giggles) keep on scratchin' 5:00 a.m., friday, january 6. we've team coverage of the wintry weather. >> indeed. the first snowfall of the season could mean slick roads, we have li l

society hill, port richmond, 31 degrees. colder in northeast philadelphia. west mount, all in the 20s along with philadelphia international. so it's cold start. and it's frozen. the good news is it's dry this morning. tomorrow morning, it's a different story. got wet weather moving in. completely dry right now. redding, allentown, in the clear too, but look to the west and you can see the clouds that are moving in to the ohio valley. that's the beginning of the wet weather that's going to come our way. the showers, the rain showers of the south will not impact us. we won't see any impact during the day today. clouds that are just to our southwest this morning, those will be increasing this afternoon. we will see enough sunshine to start the warming process. 29 degrees at 8:00 to 39 degrees in philadelphia. for the suburbs. 20s right now. near 40 degrees at noon. into the 40s this afternoon. look at the clouds increasing later this afternoon. you see that in the lehigh valley too. after sunshine this morning, clouds take over later today. delaware in the clea

they say an intoxicated man was refused entrance to the crazy leprechaun to the 3500 block of port richmond street. the man left and returned with a vehicle locking device and beat a security guard with it. the security guard suffered a punctured lung, but was able to shoot the man who died. no charges have been filed in this case. >>> a delaware county home is a total loss after a fire broke out overnight. 6 people were forced out on the 500 block of old forge road in middletown township. the flames quickly raced through the home. everybody got out safely, one firefighter was treated at the scene for a minor burn. an investigation is underway to determine a cause. >>> fire interrupted new year's celebration at a popular steakhouse firefighters were on the scene on the 700 block of west dekalb pike in king of prussia. the restaurant was closed for the rest of the night. >>> happening right now, golden slippers are beginning their stretch down broad street, the 118 mummers parade is getting underway. "action news" was there as the members of the golden sunrise fancy division got into there c

it's 42 in rittenhouse and center city and society hill and port richmond. it's 33 at chestnut hill and andorra. that's the kind of difference our neighborhood weather can show you. now, we have mostly clear skies now, there's the rain back to the west. it's growing. it's moving in the general direction of the east coast. but it's going to take a little while before it gets here. it's the second area that we're most concerned about. that's why we've issued a first alert for rain and strong storms for the entire area, for sunday afternoon through monday night. we're talking about rain heavy at times, strong gusty winds, perhaps gusts over 50, and coastal flooding. the minor rain, that's going to be affecting the inauguration tomorrow. there's 10:00 a.m., a little bit of light rain around. there's noontime, the latest computer model just out. and it's still showing rain right at noontime. and it's also showing it tapering off as we go toward 2 or 3:00 in the afternoon. and so the forecast continues to have the rain at noontime and drying out as we get toward 2

. >>> a security guard at a port richmond bar shot and killed a man who became angry when he was refused entry to the establishment. it happened at the crazy leprechaun on richmond street. a man who was intoxicated pounded on the door to use the bathroom. employees said the bar was closed. he left and came back with several friends. he beat the guard and stabbed him. the guard pulled out a gun and shot him in the back, the suspect died at the hospital. the security guard is in critical condition. >>> the eagles managed to match their record for last season. the eagles closed out the season 27-13 victory over the could cos at lincoln financial field. they ended the campaign with a two game winning streak, but finished in the last place in the nfc east and missed the playoff for the first time in 6 years. >> our last month of the season has been heading in the right direction. it's great to finish strong, two division opponents and get two wins this way. >> rookie quarterback carson wentz started every single game said winning last two games gives the eagles confidence for next year. >> it

graduate hospital, pens port, center city, manayunk, fox chase, port richmond, all over the place. but the wind finally dying down tonight. it was a windy day today, as we told you yesterday. and now that's going to be much less tomorrow it. will be milder tomorrow and thursday. significantly into the 50s both days. and overall a dry pattern once we get this stinking storm out of the way that's still spinning off shore and it's spinning moisture right around and some of it spinning right down into our area. and so some folks are still getting rain and have been getting rain for hours like in long beach island, look at this, coming right over the same spot hour after hour after hour. trenton getting pretty much the same thing and parts of bucks county, lower bucks and burlington county getting a good bit of rain this afternoon. now, in the pocono mountains, we're changing over to a little bit of light snow at times. you continue to see pretty strong wind gusts. 35 miles per hour in wilmington. but not nearly as strong as it was yesterday and even not quite as strong as it was just a

. >> also tonight officials in philadelphia are investigating the cause of a fire in city port richmondection. eyewitness news in the 2200 block of east butler where a fire broke out shortly before 4:00 this afternoon and we're told there were people inside the building at the time of the fire and everyone did manage to get out safely. also, the red cross is assisting dozens of residents displaced by an apartment fire in gloucester township, new jersey, flames broke out 10:00 at the lake view apartments at the lower landing road it took firefighters three hours to get the plays under control. we're told 50 residents were displaced and lucky there were no injuries. >> a woman and boyfriend are both behind boys this evening. two are facing charges related to the brutal murder of the woman's 14-year-old adopted daughter. terri greg from our sister station kyw news radio has more on the horrific details. >> the hours and days leading up to her murder were probably the most horrible and traumatic that any person should ever have had to experience. >> the gruesome details of what ended the li

standard city and port richmond. new issue in philadelphia. let me show you some neighbors a little bit colder. we have seen number ofs climb. now up to 34 in at co-. numbers are starting to climb in princeton. right at 32 degrees. lee high and north hampton counties. this is where we're seeing freezing rain right now. so icing on untreated surfaces. sidewalks. find some ice on your car in some of these neighbors first thing this morning. during the day, we will get plain old rain. for today and tomorrow, won't be the end of the rain. precipitation chances of the next couple days will stay high for monday and tuesday, but by wednesday, we are drying out and then some colder air takes hold. so today, sunshine, not happening. rain to the day today. temperature climbing in the 40s. any icing first thing this morning will quickly disappear. tomorrow 52 degrees. no chance of icing tomorrow morning. then we're drying out on wednesday. high of 50 degrees. colder air arrives on friday. clouds moving through on friday. there's a chance we'll see some s

port richmond, society hill. all starting in the low 40s.get close to 50 degrees this afternoon. i'll show you when you'll get to see sunshine with the hour by hour forecast. first jessica boyington has your first alert traffic. >>> watching the vine street expressway. closed this morning. showing part of that closure right here. see between in point and schuylkill we have lane restrictions here. everybody being diverted off on the broad street off-ramp right now. >>> 4:30. new this morning: investigating a shooting that started as an assault. here's what happened. officers say a man was punched after leaving a restaurant. after leaving a restaurant. the man ran away then pulled out a gun and shot one of the men who was

look at summerton and bus pton. 21 in port richmond. closer to the river makes a big difference. and pensport. get away from the water. 12 right now in chestnut hill and andorra. any way you sack it, it is another cold morning. limit your time outside. layer up if you have to go to bus stop. temperatures start to climb a little bit. doesn't get close to what is normal for this time of year. allentown, quakertown, in the teens. atlantic city warmer at 8:00. something the rest of us can look forward to during the day today. that ar warmup. it comes with clouds coming in. there's the snow i'm watching. that snow is going to get closer to us. it is not going to reach our area. by 11:00 this morning approaching williamsport. mix of rain and snow to the west. that shower move into our area during the even thing hours. still dry 4:00 this afternoon. look at the clouds taken over right in trenton philadelphia. wilmington. getting the wintery mix at 4:00 in the afternoon. 8:30 this evening, still dry. after that, first showers move into the lehigh valley. may see a brief period of snow. l

. >> officials investigating the cause after fire in the city port richmond section, "eyewitness "eyewitness news" in the 2200 block of east butler street where a fire broke out shortly before 4:00 this afternoon. we're told there were people inside the building at the time. but everyone did make it out safely. >> and the red cross is now assisting dozens of residents, displaced by an apartment fire last night in gloucester township, new jersey. flames errupted around 10:00, at the lakeview apartments, on the 500 block of lower lands being road, took firefighters about three hours to get the blaze under control. told 50 residents were displaced and luckily no one was injured. >>> a woman and her boyfriend are both behind bars tonight. the two are facing charges related to the brutal murder of the woman's 14 year old adopted daughter. cherri gregg from sister station "kyw news radio" has more on the horrific details of this case. >> the hours and the days leading to up her murder were probably the most horrible and traumatic that any person should ever have had to experience. >> the gruesome

for local non- profit that works to help feed home less in philadelphia >> "eyewitness news" in port richmond at pea pod donate $5.000 worth of groceries and $5,000 in cash to the sunday love project. founder and treasurer say, it started a few years ago. >> it the is now three christmas ago, i went out in my neighborhood and gave out a dozen meals that i purchased and decided that a lot of people, still needed to be fed , and so i decided to to it every sunday after that, just to help people. >> sunday love project, opens up a community kitchen to provide job training for the homeless. >>> thanks for watching "eyewitness news" at 6:00 we are back at ten on our sister station cw philly. we are back here on cbs-3 at 11:00. >>> up next, "cbs evening news" with the scott pelley. take care family we will see you tonight. >> pelley: chrysler's big dodge. the u.s. accuses fiat-chrysler of planting secret software in thousands of vehicles to cheat on clean air laws. also tonight, investigating the investigator. a government watchdog will look into the f.b.i. director's handling of the clinton emails

. >>> philadelphia police are on the hunt for two men who barge flood a port richmond home wearing masks and got away with $15,000 investigators say it happened on the 3,000 block of memphis street. the men knocked on woman's door forced their way in. they made their way to the second floor. they found the cash. they took off. clearly it seems like they knew what they were looking for. nobody is hurt though. >>> philadelphia's war on opioid addictions and overdoses surged forward today as the mayor's newly formed task force held its first public meeting. >> joyce evans is here now with what came out of that. joyce? >> reporter: iain and lucy as you might imagine there were lots of numbers and grafts presented and there were some personal stories from people who have been there. from the addicted to their rescuers. there was also some blame being passed around pointing at doctors for over prescribing and at society for stigmatizing and ignoring the problem early on. >> families beer destroyed. we simply cannot let this continue to happen. >> reporter: numbers on how much progress philadel

. >>> also developing tonight in philadelphia's port richmond neighborhood a school bus driver and aid are rushed to the hospital after this crash on castor and delaware avenue. the it happened around 4:45. police say the bus had just dropped off a group of students when a pickup truck, tried to enter the on ramp to i-95 north, struck the bus, and, we are told two injuries are in the life threatening. >>> clean up continues today in philadelphia's fishtown section after a water main break left a massive sing hell there. around 9:00 sunday morning a 6-k happened on the 2300 block of east boston street causing the section of the street to collapse. look at that. that sinkhole swallowed two cars, and repairs are expected to take a few days and some rest tents are braving the cold without the any water, or power. >>> those water main repair crews had to fight bitter cold temperatures today as our arctic blast continues. we're in for another night have of bone chilling temperatures. we have live team three weather coverage for you, justin drabick is braving arctic blast and kate bilo is in

. >>> security guard in a port richmond bar shot and killed a man when refuse entry to the establishmentfter hours. it all started just after 2:00 n on the 3500 block of richmond street. investigators say a man who was intoxicated started pounding on the door after he asked to use the bathroom. employees told him that the bar was closed. he became angry. he left but then returned to the bar with several friend. the they beat the bar security guard with the club, steering wheel lock and then stabbed him. guard managed to pull out his handgun and shoot the suspect in the back. suspect was pronounced dead at temple university hospital a short time later. the security guard is now in critical condition. >>> six people were left homeless by an early morning house fire in delaware county. the fire broke out around 1:00 0 block of old forge road in midtown township. the blaze went to three alarms before fire fighters were able to get it under control. one fire fighter was treated at the scene for a minor burn or smoke inhalation. no word so far on a cause. >>> new years eve fire caused heavy da

port richmond at 44 and fox chase also at 44 degrees.out this morning, little chilly but really it's not an issue as you get out the door. all of us, even up into the poconos, are currently above freezing, may see temperatures drop a degree or two in the next couple of hours. overall we're going to start seeing the numbers slowly rise through your afternoon, keeping us warmer than average for this time of year. here's a look at your radar and satellite. still some clouds lingering. most of them thinning out and moving off. we're going to see today mostly clear conditions. in fact they pulled this out and what you know is that there's nothing heading our direction, no rain, no snow. there was a weak line passing through pennsylvania. that's been diminished, so nothing heading our direction. going to be a dry start to the year, which is very good news if you're trying to hit some of the new year's day sales. maybe you're trying to get out to the mummers parade, the eagles game. all these are going to be very nice to head out and do through

a vacant warehouse in port richmond caught fire building on east butler street and abington used to be clothing manufacturer and the thick black smoke could be seen for miles and no one injured and no word on a cause. >>> crews say it will likely be a week to repair a water main break that created a huge sinkhole and the hole is as big to devour a couple vehicles and leave two dozen people without water on 2300 east boston street in kensington section of the city and christie is live from the scene with much more, christie. >> reporter: walter crews had finished work for the evening but this is a massive sinkhole that started off as a 6" water main and residents tell action news they reported little to no water pressure earlier in the morning but never imagined part of their neighborhood block would cave in. >> i heard a very loud bang and looked out front and my car was completely in a hole. >> reporter: the 2300 block of east boston became a 40-50 foot sinkhole swallowing alisa bank's new car and another vehicle. >> the street ate my car. >> never saw anything like that and the water

. >> a deadly crash in port richmond, brandon boshian was in control of the train when it derailed killing 8 people and injuring more than 200 others. he says amtrak failed to address reports people were throwing projectiles at trains. he claims something hit his train causing him to become disoriented or unconscious. federal investigators say he was distracted by reports something hit another train but his train was not hit and investigators say the engineer of amtrak train involved in a deadly crash near chester last april tested positive for marijuana after that crash. and two maintenance workers were killed when the amtrak train slammed into the back of their back hoe and they found the maintenance crew failed to follow safety procedures and they let work go without a detailed safety plan. >>> and accused ft. lauderdale airport shooter has been formally indicted by a grand jury. estaban sand yaing owe is facing numerous charges and could face the death penalty if convicted of the shooting at the airport. he left five dead and six wounded and it contains into terrorism represented charg

. >>> in other news the engineer involved in a deadly train cash in port richmond is suing amtrak for more than $50,000. brandon boston driving the speeding train when it derailed in may 2015 killing eight people and injuring more than 200 others. he says amtrak did not address reports that people were throwing projectiles at trains. he claimed something hit his train making him disoriented or unconscious. the federal investigators say boston was distracted by reports that something hit another train, but his train was not hit. >> meantime investigators now say another amtrak engineer involved in a deadly crash near chester tested positive for marijuana after the crash. two maintenance workers died when the amtrak train being driven by 47 year old alexander hunter slammed into a back april. investigators also say maintenance crew failed to follow safety procedures and that amtrak let work go on without a detailed safety plan. hunter is no longer with amtrak. >> well, new this morning: flames destroy portions of a fairground in the midwest. >> we will have more on the historic structur

. >>> still a lot of questions in port richmond after a new year's celebration goes horribly wrong. philadelphia police say a man tried to get inside the crazy leprechaun bar on the 3500 block of richmond street. they say he wanted to use bathroom but the bar had closed for the night. it was 2:00 a.m. the security guard there would not let him inside and that's when police say the man hit had the guard with a club and stabbed him. that guard then shot the man. he died at temple university hospital. so far no word on possible charges. >>> tragedy in turkey. we have learned that a local man was wounded in that new years eve deadly night club shooting. jake block was shot in the knee last night in us stand ball. his brother tells us the bullet hit his iphone. it was in his pocket and ricochetted to his knee he will be flying them to greenville delaware. originally from chadds ford. >>> 35 people are dead and the gunman who dressed as santa claus is still at large. >>> many more wounded after a gunman opened fire on a cloud at a new years eve night club. it it happened after 1 a.m. at i

the amtrak engineer involved in a deadly train crash in port richmond is suing the rail line. brandon boston says amtrak failed to address reports that people were throwing projectiles at trains. >> now i have to tell you on a friday i feel like a kid in a candy store. we are talking about the 2017 philly auto show. i'll be here all morning long. >> say hello to the year of the rooster. lunar new year in china overnight. >> and if you look for something to do tonight, lunar celebration kicks off if philadelphia in chinatown tonight. >> always good time. wonder if they'll have good time out there to celebrate. justin is out there on the cbs-3 skydeck for us. >> really we will be dealing with still gusty winds through at least the next 24 hours, that's about it, but moving back in that typical mid winter pattern, for the next couple of days, overall all quiet. no big storms to talk b if you like cooler, feel like, you'll like this forecast. actual air temperatures low 40's, lehigh valley around, and then into philadelphia, then you go to the poconos, where a degree below freezin

. >> a deadly crash in port richmond, brandon boshian was in control of the train when it derailed killing 8 people and injuring more than 200 others. he says amtrak failed to address reports people were throwing projectiles at trains. he claims something hit his train causing him to become disoriented or unconscious. federal investigators say he was distracted by reports something hit another train but his train was not hit and investigators say the engineer of amtrak train involved in a deadly crash near chester last april tested positive for marijuana after that crash. and two maintenance workers were killed when the amtrak train slammed into the back of their back hoe and they found the maintenance crew failed to follow safety procedures and they let work go without a detailed safety plan. >>> and accused ft. lauderdale airport shooter has been formally indicted by a grand jury. estaban sand yaing owe is facing numerous charges and could face the death penalty if convicted of the shooting at the airport. he left five dead and six wounded and it contains into terrorism represented charg

police are hunting for a pair of armed robbers who held up the td bank on east butler street in port richmond this afternoon and the duo may be responsible for three other holdups since the middle of december including two on the same day. the other robberies were in chestnut hill, wissahickon and upper darby. >>> in pasadena, california penn state is playing the grand daddy of them all, the rose bowl game against usc. currently usc winning 13 to nothing. "action news" reporter dann cuellar is lie at the field house in center city philadelphia where penn staters are watching the game and i note dann penn state is driving. >> reporter: that's right, they got a good drive going on right now in the second quarter, jim and these fans are getting a little excited. they bleed blue. don't get me wrong, they bleed blue no matter what. they gathered here early to watch the big game and they're hoping to start the new year right with a big win against southern cal. [cheers and applause] >> reporter: standing room only at the field house tonight for the big game against the usc trojans. >> we're expecti

caught inside td bank east put letter street in port richmond yesterday afternoon. the men are also believed to be responsible forearmed robberies at two other philadelphia banks and even one in upper darby. of course if you recognize these suspect, call police right away. >> take a look at this video, bensalem police say the maroon pick up you see hit cyclist, then drove off. the crash happened around 9:30, sunday morning on tennis avenue near state road. the victim suffered serious injuries. the chevy pick up, police are looking for, is miss ago passenger side mirror. and has damage to the passenger side door. >>> police are also investigating a fatal accident in montgomery county involving a car and a pedestrian. officers say a person was hit on ridge pike near northwestern avenue about 7:30 last night, nearby roads closed while the accident was investigated. the victim was pronounced dead at the scene. the driver involved in the accident is cooperating with police. police have not yet identified the victim. >>> well the man accused of killing his he estranged wi

they struck again at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon at a td bank on east butler street in the port richmondtion. and detectives believe the pair also robbed banks in chestnut hill wissahickon and drexel hill since mid-december. two of them on the same day. a reward is being offered for their capture. >> this is new on "action news," an alert berks county security guard helped police catch a suspected kidnapper. daniel deturk says he was waiting for the bus in reading on saturday when an suv pulled up. it matched the description of a vehicle in an amber alert he had just read on his phone. state police were looking for 36-year-old antonio velasquez rupert suspected of abducting an eight month old baby girl from sharpsville. the child's mother was that found dead. deturk dialed 911 and took off after the suv. police took velasquez rupert into custody minutes later. the baby was not hurt. >> i'm just glad i was an adult that responded to to help them get home safe wherever home is. >> velasquez rupert faces a number of charges including kidnapping and criminal homicide. >> it is 5:06 and sweet

>>> police need your help identifying two suspects who robbed a sprint store in philadelphia's port richmond section last month. police say that the suspect enter the store on aramingo avenue and stole ten phones and three tablets valued at more than $5,000. anyone who recognizes those hen is asked to contact police >>> police in upper darby are getting an extra layer of protection from gunfire. "eyewitness news" reporter natasha brown shows you the new tactical arm or vest and tells you why they are different from traditional bullet-proof vests. >> the year 2016, 64 police officers, have been shot and killed in the the line of duty , in america. >> reporter: sobering statistic as number of police officers killed in the line of tooth i continues to rise. increased violence on the the streets has led upper darby police department to go a step further in protecting themselves. >> basically that will stop a bullet round. >> reporter: upper darby police officers will now receive this protective gear to wear over mandated vest that is always worn under their uniform. >> they purchased 137 vests,

along with port richmond, 47. ritten house and 47 degrees currently for penn's port. as we take a look at the lehigh valley, neighborhood temperatures up there libercool. 42, bath at 41 and bethlehem currently at 43. you can see temperatures are still pretty mild. however, we do have a taste of winter making a come back by tomorrow into the weekend. temperatures for tomorrow will mainly be in the 40s. we saw lots of upper 40s and 50s for today. not the case for tomorrow. lehigh valley seeing a mix of sun and clouds. your expected high temperature, 42. bethlehem 40 for you and easton, low 40s. phoenixville overnight friday into saturday, 29. newtown. 43 with an overnight low in the 30s. it looks like fairmount will be warmer at 47. mount airy 41 for you. you'll want to bundle up tomorrow morning. your expected high temperature, 44. overnight lows will be much cooler. keep that in mind. delaware, 48 for wilmington and dover, 45. ten day on 10 keeps is cooler. keep those coats handy. a return to winter if you will. a windy friday in the forecast and tracking some flurrie

the engineer at the controls on amtrak train that derailed in port richmond and killed eight people is now suing amtrak. brandon bostian said amtrak never addressed reports of people throwing thing at passing train. he claims he was left disoriented or unconscious when something hit his train moments before the train left the tracks in may of 2015. federal investigators found in evidence the train was hit with anyone. he's seeking more than $50000 for physical and psychological injuries. >>> a dumbbell flew out of nowhere and ended up killing a south jersey man on the new jersey turnpike at that time detectives say they have yet to find any evidence that anyone intentionally dropped that dumbbell on the suv that jack decarlo was driving. the 75-year-old died yesterday from those injuries that he sustained in that incident earlier this month. he and his wife they were heading to myrtle beach for a get away. >>> a woman battered and bruised after an armed robbery turned violent. what the gunman wound up grabbing >> these two parents beyond the wheel of back seat two baby, what those peop

. >>> police are trying to figure out a violent confrontation that happened outside a bar in port richmond. an intoxicated man was refused entry inside the crazy leprechaun on richmond street. the man returned with a locking device and beat a security guard with it. the security guard suffered a punctured lung, he shot the man and he later died. >>> investigators are trying to determine why state trooper landon weaver responded to a domestic incident on his own. 32-year-old jason robison gunned down the trooper in central pennsylvania. police killed him during a confrontation at a mobile home in juniata township. >>> it will cost more to drive on the pennsylvania turnpike. another fare hike goes in effect next sunday january 8. the turnpike commission has raised tolls for nine straight years, the money goes to road improvements, pension costs and 450 million-dollar payment to the state department of transportation. >>> travel restrictions on some of the busiest roads in montgomery county. penndot will have lane closurese schuylkill expressway between city avenue and the pennsylvania turnpi

and philadelphia police need your help find he is these two men they say robbed a td bank, in port richmond this afternoon. they show the men on the 2200 block of east butler street. authorities believe they're connected to a rash of bank robbers last month. >>> president-elect trump incoming press secretary on damage control tonight. after trump makes cryptic comments about russian hacking. he says he knows quote things that other people don't know end of quote and soon to be press secretary shawn speiser had to make the rounds on the news networks to clarify trump comments. it comes after the president-elect promised a major revelation about the russian hacks when someone asked what he knows that other people don't know. mr. trump responded quote you'll find out tuesday or wednesday. meantime speiser says trump is getting security briefings every day and they're not conclusive evidence that russians were behind the hacking of those democrat e-mails during election. >> i think what the president-elect is referring to is he gets briefed on a daily basis on different threats on issues facing