for the races the rothman 8k and the kids race is on saturday. the half and full marathon is sunday. good luck to all of the runners. reporting live from the convention center ali gorman. >>> thank you, ali. squeezing an extra person in an already over-crowded taxi is a popular way folks skimp on cab fares. there is a warning how to pull it off. wendy has the preview. >> no way. >> that is illegal in so many ways. >>reporter:tonight at 11 i will show you the undercover video you will not be believe. i am wendy saltzman. i'll have that story coming up at 11:00. >>> pennsylvania's unemployment rate hit a six year low. that is according to the industry. the rate fell to 5.4%. the state labor force grew by 15,000. the movement was 5500 jobs in trade, transportation and utilities. >>> multiple agencies joined forces in delaware county to avoid spending time in the hospital. they promoted operation safe holiday. they say that the night before thanksgiving is one of the worst nights of the year for drunk driving. it's the the start of the entire worst t

this is mike west, the ceo from the rothman institute. getting ready to cut the ribbon, what is so important about having this outside of city hall? >> we are so excited. right in the heart of the city and city hall, it's accessible and affordable for all. >> we hear the choir behind us, really setting the mood, winter is in the air for sure, people are ready to enjoy the winter sports. >> the weather is cooperating with us, thank you everybody for coming out today. we are excited to be here. >> before you do this, i have to show everybody, it's not an ordinary ribbon, it's ice chi l chiselled for this occasion, we'll get ready to mark the opening here of the ice rink, lets go ahead and chisel away. >> you want to come on over here honey. all right. three, two, one! ha, ha, ha! all right, they are chiselling and getting ready to do this, we ask all come out here, the skaters are hammering away to go. you'll see the skaters here any minute as this breaks and rick it's a fun day out here. and i think they will break that ice. we'll go out a

first thing in the morning, the fun has already started today with the rothman institute 8k. >> our dave kinchen talked with a very special competitor. >> for more, i think we have dave here. do we? >> 30,000 runners set for the 2014 marathon weekend. when one run is her chasing more than a great time, or pride to the finish line. >> as my oncologist told me, cancer hates exercise, so i'm still trying to run and train. >> clinical for doctor michael ross, sports medicine specialist for the rothman institute. he is two months into a battle with colon cancer. >> i think the difference for me is i keep doing what i want to do. >> running the race, step-by-step, doing saturday's rothman 8k with the people he loves. >> so great to be out with everybody, and my co-workers, and my friends, so fantastic. >> like he helps other people at work reach their potential, and he's here showing us his. >> wife wendy said doctor rot has three critical keys to the game. >> a, have really good friends, and all his friends are here today. b, to exercise is really important, changes your whole brain chemistry

and the action cam looking at the newly-opened rothman rink. dress in some layers, hats and gloves people get a little sweat going as you are ice skating this evening. it is going to be an fridig friday night. and the first night with temperatures in the 20s in philadelphia since march 27. so it's going to be a bit of a shock to the system. it gets really cold on tuesday. on tuesday we get a major dip in the jet stream. temperatures running about 20 degrees below normal. afternoon highs only in the mid 30s. but the winds will be a huge factor. wind gusts 35 to 40 miles per hour. so the wind chills on tuesday afternoon will be around 20 degrees. its agoing to get even colder than the weekend. philadelphia 39 down from a high of 43, which is 14 degrees below normal. allentown 37. millville dropped down to 33. trenton 36. wilmington 34 degrees. the winds really not very strong, generally less than 10 miles per hour. but with temperatures this cold, you already have a wind chill factor. wilmington teams like 27. in trenton it feels like 31. 33 in p

>> well, rosemary, some of the rothman 8k runners are still crossing the finish line.im. finished in just under 24 minutes. tell me, what was the course like today. it was a little chilly out there. >> yeah. yeah, it was a little cold. racewise, and the course is great. i mean, it was -- it's a nice course. not too many hills. racewise, went out a little slow. slower paced race. seemed like nobody really wanted to lead which is kind of not what i was expecting but, that said, slower pace race, came down to a sprint and finish in the last mile. the cold, it wasn't too bad once you got going. >> reporter: i mean, all of these people who are out here, tell me about the atmosphere, the environment of being with thousands of people out here for marathon weekend. >> yeah, it's a good environment. this is the first time i've been to this city of philly and the race, you know, the people who put on the race do a great job. it was -- some people out along the course and, yeah, it's a cool event. >> what's next, marathon next year? maybe? >> i don't know about that. i kind of go

. >>> the new rothman rink, the rothman institute ice rink in dillworth park is about to open. there is a preview reception and the rink will open tomorrow. you can watch it live tomorrow at noon, 6 abc is the official media sponsor of the ice rink at dillworth park. >>> lets see if traffic is fun, matt pellman is in the traffic center tonight. >> we prefer the ice rink sorry. >> luckily we are not dealing with an ice rink on the roadways, some wet roadways a little slippery but not messy. here we had a crash, it's dry underneath as you can see under the schuylkill expressway, had a crash in the left lane eastbound and just cleared out and extra heavy conditions from the city to city avenue to this point at 30th street. we see a number of accidents, sounds bad at 113 at college avenue and the fire and police helping you around that. and eastbound at morgan town taking out the left lane and slowing there as well. a bad one in evesham township closing route 70 stay on evesboro road instead. njt river line running on the saturday level and septa's cynwyd line not running the rest

for this wintry chill to come in just in time for opening of this brand new ice skating rink the rothman rink at brand new dilworth park and people are outside enjoying it tonight. take a look over on the ice skaters are outside they are enjoying this evening, everybody is bundled up because who wants to ice skate when it is 70 degrees. we need weather like this to get out on the skates and it is a perfect night for it. lets look at our evening planner if you are out in the city tonight you will want to bundle up, you want gloves, hat and coat. temperatures will rapidly drop in the middle 30's with wind chills in the 20's, by 9:00 and 11:00 o'clock tonight. in the city for dinner or maybe have dinner and come down to the brandywine ice behindk you will want the hat gloves and the coat as well. everybody is kind of doing that out here tonight. it is chilly, temperatures only in the low 40's feeling like the 30's right now ape as kathy mentioned by middle of next week today is almost going to feel like one of the warmest day of the week. we will have have that in the seven day forecast but

." >>> the action cam at the rothman institute ice rink in center city. the first day ice skaters can show off their moves. some of them look like me. >> not really, they can skate. >>> and 6abc a proud media sponsor and details on the opening and when you can skate coming up at 6:00. >> that is rick holding the rail. >> currently no activha c1 >> currently no active ebola patients in the u.s. but it can change this weekend. a permanent resident of the u.s. would be flown to nebraska for treatment. >> house reporter and registered nurse ali gorman with the latest >> the hospital not confireding alling -- all the details but the biocontainment unit is activated. if the doctor is well enough to travel you could be transferred to omaha this weekend. the team at the hospital successfully treated two other ebola patients and he would be the third patient and the tenth person to be treated for ebola in the united states. we will continue to follow that story. >>> but on a lighter note, something all parents should be aware of, as the weather gets cold and kids

lori rothman, paul hickey, lee munson. david? david: all right.rs laying out pretty clear agenda for the new congress everything from education to tax reform and budget. bob hormats, goldman sachs former vice chairman, and former mem better obama administration is here to tell us whether he thinks the president and the new congress can make any deals on any of this. >>> what is with all the rumors about a aol-yahoo! merger? will it happen? we asked tim armstrong, the chairman and ceo of aol. you have to hear what he had to say coming up. ♪ [ breathing deeply ] [ inhales deeply ] [ sighs ] [ inhales ] [ male announcer ] at cvs health, we took a deep breath... [ inhales, exhales ] [ male announcer ] and made the decision to quit selling cigarettes in our cvs pharmacies. now we invite smokers to quit, too, with our comprehensive program. we just want to help everyone, everywhere, breathe a little easier. introducing cvs health. because health is everything. liz: the u.s. postal service gearing up for the expected surge in online orders. we were talki

the rothman institute 8k and philadelphia marathon are causing plenty of road closures by the art museum. we put links to them on our website 6abc.com. >>> it was a heartwarming reunion for a woman and her missing dog. jj pierce has her best friend back. sharrie williams has the details of the reunion 6 weeks after he was stolen. >> reporter: it's the reunion this dog owner hoped for but didn't see coming. >> complete shock, i'm in shock. >> reporter: jj pierce is with her back lab louie for the first time in 6 weeks. she picked him up at the philadelphia animal hospital in a surprised arranged meeting her supporters known as team louie received a call from the couple who thought they found him. >> we checked the dog, it was the right dog. they handled him over. >> reporter: louie is back where he belongs, home. >> it is easily the happiest moment of my life to have him home. >> reporter: it is clear where he has been for the last weeks. >> i had doubts, there are very, very low moments. doctors say he lost 15 pounds and weak, but otherwise okay. >> tried to give me a hug, but when he ju

she used to be a roth child and now she is a rothman, anchor lori rothman. and joanne nosuchunsky. and now it is not no, not the number one cause of big rig accidents that is truck texting, it is buck sexton on the blaze radio network. and they gave him the day off at the carnival so next to me is the bearded lady, joe devito. >> a block. the lede. that's the stories story. that's the first story. >> dartmouth? more like dirty mouth. that's how you start off a show. texas governor rick perry had sexually explicit questions while speaking at the ivy league school. he wondered if he would have anal6 for campaign contributions and another accused him of comparing homosexuals to alcoholics. a sophomore wrote the questions and passed them out in fliers. among them, in 2002 you supported the anti-sodomy law. do you dislike booty 6 because the peni goes in where the poopy goes out? and i know have you been strong on all foreign policy issues including somali pirates, but what is your stance on butt pirates? speaking of thinks -- of things rude and unexpected. probably shouldn't ask rick p

it's the rothman institute sponsoring it so i guess i'll be in good hands.kating goes on here until 11:00 o'clock. for dollars for adults. $3 for kids under the age of 10. and to ren skates just eight buck. come on out. if i can do it, believe me, anybody can. back to you guys. >> dave, i love that. hot toddy and a date go out there. dave, you look great. >> dave kinchen hadn't 68 brrr'd he does it on tv and look great at it. he's athletic. >> he's highly happening let tick. way to go, dave. >> let's get over to sew scott williams who skates very well with your forecast. >> let's talk about drastic the temperatures have been changing across our area. the high today only, only 43 degrees. we could be topping out around 57 degrees for this time of year. look at the record high. 1955, it was 76 degrees. temperatures in the upper 30s already. but this is the bottom line. what it actually feels like. feels like 33 degrees when you factor in the win with the wind chill. 34 degrees right now. current temperatures in wilmington it's 34 already in atlantic city. we h

died down just a little bit but we came down here to dilworth park for the opening of the brand new rothman ice rink and coming up we will take you for a look at what people are doing out identify on the ice this evening and also forecast of course coming up, beasley. >>> it is a playoff version of the friday football frenzy, garnett valley at pennsbury they love to run the ball, the loser goes home. big game. we will set match coming up in >> this is our first time here. >> we have not come to the move thinks consistently since we were dating, many years ago. >> i'm's ukee washington. see what you can get ultimate dine in movie experience here in our area, coming up tonight on "eyewitness news" at 11:00. >> well, update you now on breaking news, delaware state police opened fire on a suspect in claymont, delaware tonight. this video is just into "eyewitness news" that shows the scene at harvey road at gar field after avenue there was a chase that ended up in a crash here. suspect then got out of the car, following that accident and the trooper opened fire. there is no word yet on exactly w

we're back with lori rothman, steven lieb and anthony randazzo. remember the first quarter, we had drop in gdp. could it happen again? >> it could happen again. not because of colder than normal. the economy is trending in certain direction right now. not like winter is new. every fourth quarter going into the first quarter. if we have troubles in the economy going up it is not just because of this big polar vortex. david: lori, if we have a couple of weeks of freezing weather, will you be less likely to shop? >> are you kidding? stay home and bust open the laptop, crank up the heat. order take-out food and on demand movies. unless the bad weather knocks out the power, then we're in trouble. ually lori brings up the point you don't have to go out to shop much. to anthony's point, perhaps it has less to do with falling gdp in the first quarter? >> i think that is very good point. amazon has come back from after getting absolutely hammered with its third quarter earnings. i think one reason, people do expect a lot more online shopping. the other thi

runners about to take off for this years rothman 8k event. they are part of the weekend of activity culminating with tomorrow a's philadelphia marathon. our steve paterson is live along the parkway with more on that, steve, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, nicole. it is philadelphia mar then race weekend, there is a lot going on including as you mentionedded an 8k this morning. you can see volunteers setting up. there is a whole lot to do. you know what though it is cold this morning, nicole. we are looking at the setup. we have found a tent over here. we said might as well go into that. we have a little caught up on our cable there there we go, we got it. we will go inside, it is supposed to be an okay day for running. we are in the running. we might as well come in and check this out. this is a guest tents, one of the many places you can go and relax if you are a runner or special guest. come in here. you can see heat. guys working this. some nice chairs. might as well figure we will sit down and talk to you this morning about the b

on saturday, not quite as harsh and chilly. 42 degrees and rothman 8 k temperatures at the start 28 degrees and sunday for the philadelphia marathon, temperatures in the 40s during the race and it's great running weather, 56 is the afternoon high if you are heading to the linc for the eagles game it's looking nice, 54 degrees at kickoff and 54 by the fourth quarter, and partly sunny skies and rain moving in sunday night and lingering showers on monday, but the high is 70 degrees, tuesday we drop to 59 and wednesday 48 degrees and thanksgiving, a little bit on the cool side but not bad, 47 degrees looks to be a dry thanksgiving. 47 degrees on thanksgiving. i'll take it. >> we'll take it. cecily thank you. >> time to save with 6 abc, if are you going to venture out at black friday, you'll want to get the best deals, well today wallet hub has answers for you on where to fine them. they studiyed close to 6,000 black friday ads and they are rating the best deals and the big of the discounts being offered according to circulars. here are the top ones. the top three in fact. jcpenney is offering 6

. >>> break out the skates, because yes, at dilworth park, looking live, the rothman institute ice rink is opening up today, for that winter weather to hit us. they could not have timed this more perfectly. >> i'm's so looking forward to heading down there this winter. >> are you going to miss pens landing, skating out there at penns landing. >> doesn't this look nice. >> skate rink at piazza last year too. >> take that rocker feller center, this is even better. >> boom. >> a jury a awards a multi million-dollar settlement to one of the victims notorious house of horrors case. three three-year old tamara breeden was awarded 45 million-dollar against lindh west on and two other defendants. she was one of the momently challenge victims held captive in the philadelphia basement. prosecutors say she and several others were subjected to more than ten years of horrible abuse by the defendants. she was moved numerous times and was ultimately found in the basement in a tacony home in october 2011. >> unaudible. >> it is subway slap heard a across the country a man caught on camera slapping a wo

the rothman k is on saturday. cecily tynan will be running the 8k was on hand to help out. >>> with the philadelphia marathon two days away there is one competitor that is facing the event with a new drive and a more positive spirit. lisa thomas-laury has his story. >>reporter:his name is russell selkirk a two-time competitor and participated in the marathon last year. not with the intensity that he has this time around. russ trains in lansdale. it builds his upper body strength. he suffered a spinal fracture in an auto crash that left him paralyze from his hips. >> i was stopped behind a truck. the pickup truck slammed between and sandwiched me between the two of us. >>reporter:it's hard to talk about even today. he focuses on his training and this week's marathon. >> the longer you go it's difficult to keep that same level because of endurance. >>reporter:his endurance has brought him great strides from the days following his accident. >> he has a motivating factor that pushes him to achieve great things. it's a

back in the 30s, 36 degrees and brisk and on saturday chilly and 42 degrees, if you are running the rothman 8 k, temperatures for that race will be in the 30s and mild on sunday for the philadelphia marathon and half marathon, 58 degrees and rain arriving by evening and monis wet and warm with a high of 68 degrees. one thing i love to do is go to the westchester railroad, the santa train that, is where melissa magee is, getting into the christmas spirit. >> reporter: that is right, this is westchester's gateway to the world and it has been that way for 60 years, you can see here, this used to be part of the pennsylvania railroad company and wow has it come a long way, we are getting ready for the holiday season and thanksgiving is next week and then comes christmas and we are getting in the festive mood and getting inside of the santa express and having more coming up on "action news." hey! it's mister monopoly. and the new monopoly millionaires' club lottery game. where you have 3 ways to become a millionaire. first, win the top prize of up to 25 million dollars when you match all the draw

reenforcing shot of cool air and 38 on saturday and sunny and chilly and 42 degrees, dry conditions for the rothman for the philadelphia marathon, 58 on sunday and could have rain arriving for the eagles game though and melissa magee will talk about that in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> there is much more to come in our next half hour at 5:00. the hunt is on for the man allegedly passing counterfeit money in montgomery county. >>> and we know who purchased the home that was the center of a bitter battle between donald trump -- >> we'll have those stories and more when "action news" comes right back. we put all the apps you love... inside a car designed to connect you to a world of possibilities. the connected car by volvo. innovating for you. give the gift of volvo this season and we'll give you your first month's payment on us. >>> "action news" continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, rick williams and monica malpass. >>> hello again, here is what is happening on "action news" tonight. the man standing on this delaware county porch is committing a crime and he took a child al

this is the rothman institute ice rink at dilworth plaza that opens up at noon time today, and weather is perfect for going ice kateing. this is such a great venue. our version of rock center. >> but last week it was 70, not even, not even a week it was 07 degrees. >> i was golfing earlier this week. >> first snowfall caught people off guard last night. >> sue warn you, it started as rain before it switched over to a mix and heavy snow flurries began to fall. most people say it was president so bad just as long as it doesn't get much worse anytime soon. people shopping in collegeville said it put them in the mood for the holidays which are, of course, just around the corner. >> it can be a really cold winter instead of snow like last year. >> it is beautiful. i'm already listening to christmas music. >> so happy. >> she is indeed. >> we put snow for 40th time this season. >> oh, lord. >> just a couple hours the light snowfall was nothing but a memory, and then turn back over to rain. >>> so two weeks ago a virgin galactic spaceship crashed and killed the pilot. we covered that here. no

if you are running the rothman 8k i'll see you there. the temperatures will be in the 30s.n sunday for the philadelphia marathon to gets mild. it clouds up. the afternoon high 58 degrees. if you are heading to the eagles game i think we will have showers. by the end of the game, 58 the high. monday rain tapering off to showers. 66. tuesday the high 61. in the course of less than a week 32 to today to 66 on monday big changes. everything is temporary. >>> everybody is temporary. >> an audience explored the events of a rare screening. they invited the neighbors to take part in a panel discussion. the event was called unedited in north philadelphia from girard to lehigh. >> hello, america. it's tuesday november 18th. the jackpot is estimated a at $35 million. let's see if i can make you a millionaire. 53. followed by 68. up next we have 39. the next number is 37. the final white ball for tuesday evening 75. the mega number is 6. 32, 68, 39, 37, 75, and the gold mega ball is all the hassle that comes with thouselling or trading in. of we make selling your car, truck or suv, fas

the rothman institute will be held on the parkway. a health and fitness expo will open as part of the event. there will be several detours, we'll post them at 6abc.com for the weekend. >> we're dipping before we climb next week? >> reporter: with a lot until you see monday. storm tracker 6 live double scan showing we are precipitation free for your friday morning. as we look outside, we have mainly clear skies, we'll have sunshine down the shore and it's colder today, you can see the camera bouncing, because we have significant winds whipping through the region. 30 degrees in philadelphia. 27 degrees in trenton. 29 in wilmington, 25 in allentown, 29 in millville, the freezing mark in sea isle city and along the boardwalk in ac. winds are in the teens and that's giving you witches making it feel like the teens across the region. 18 in millville. 19 in wilmington, 17 in allentown and feels like 20 in philadelphia and down along the shorepoints. definitely a morning for the extra gear, okay? satellite, radar, shows you very little satell

through the afternoon, this is marathon weekend and the runners forecast looking pretty nice, the rothman 8 k on saturday, bright sunshine but cold. the temperature at 7:30, 28 degrees, for the marathon a lot milder, partly sunny 7:00, 38 degrees and by noon up to 53, don't overdress if are you running the marathon, dress in the throw away layers. mostly clear tonight and brisk and cold, 20 until the suburbs and 26 for center city and windchills will be in the teens and the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast 36 tomorrow and windchills in the 20s and saturday still chilly but not quite as harsh, sunday milder and 56 degrees, great weather for the eagles game and after the game rain moves in sunday night and monday lingering showers but look at the high, 70 degrees, the record high 71. set back in 1979. so we could be getting close to tying a record and then things begin to drop, partly sunny on tuesday and 59 degrees, wednesday turning chillier but dry for the travellers, 48 degrees and thursday thanksgiving looking pretty nice, mostly sunny and on the cool side 47 degrees, and not l

but first, the rothman 8k is happening riter this morning. 90 minutes from now. a little less than that. you can see all the preparations under way here on the ben franklin parkway and the runners will be arriving relatively shortly but you can see that the roads are closed in this area. right here in center city by the art museum, the inner lane, also mlk drive is shut down for the time being. now we're live in center city, i'm matt delucia, nbc10 news. >>> don't forget to take nbc10.com along with you for race weekend. our news and weather apps will give you the latest forecast, plus we've got all traffic detours that are going to be listed. we'll have that on our website. again, you can download the nbc10.com app on our website. >>> red flags, the new claims against the parents of the sandy hook gunman. how they may have contributed to his mental health problems. >>> plus, despite the sex assault allegations, bill cosby took center stage last night. we'll show you how the crowd welcomed the comedian and philadelphia native. as a toddler, i enjoy three activiti

still chilly 42 degrees and good amount of sunshine and this is marathon weekend, for saturday the rothmanon is mild, partly sunny and by noon 53 degrees if are you running the marathon don't overdress, my suggestion put the layers on and peel them off as you run through the race and good luck and the rain moves in sunday night and warm air on monday 68 degrees but it will we wet with some showers and we stay warm on tuesday, clearing out with a high of 60 and temperatures back below normal by wednesday with a high of 48 degrees, i have advanced word for thanksgiving looking dry with temperatures in the upper 40s. not bad. >> thank you cecily, finally montgomery county commissioners are pitching in for the need for donations, organizers say that donations are down especially for certain able groups, and toys for children under 2 and children over the age of 8, is the most need. last year toys for tots delivered 11,000 toys for children. >> please join us for a special report at 11:00 right here on channel 6. >> i'm alicia vitarelli sleeping problems with infants are commonplace but those i

rothman 8 k chilly temperatures upper 20s.athon start 38 degrees and temperatures climbing through 40s during the race and by noon, 5 2. great weather for running a marathon. good luck to the runners. cigarette warm for watching a football game at the linc. partly sun next kickoff temperature sunday 54 and 4th quarter 55. >> the exclusive accuweather 7 day forecast but 44 and on sunday pump it up to rain sunday nights electrically monday morning look at that temperature. record warmth, 7. it only sticks arounds for one day. by, tuesday, down to 58 degrees and wednesday watching low pressure offshore that will likely bring rain to the coast. and temperatures 46 degrees. we clear out in timing for thanksgiving. 45 degrees and friday lots of clouds and high of 46. so certainly killly start to the weekend. but it's going to be a warm and wet end. >> thank you, cecily. >> we want to tell you about well everybody doesed honor for colleagues at "action news." david henrey was inducted into the broadcast pioneers hall of fame tonight.

. >> reporter: the rothman ice rink hosted a soft opening. the space in front of city hall has been under construction for two years. the 55 million-dollar park is replacing the 1970's vintage dilworth plaza. it's something historic. >> reporter: while some were lacing up their skates, the first snowflakes were falling. in morgantown, berks county, the snow didn't stick, but it did make for slippery conditions in time for rush hour. the football game pressed on even when the flakes turned to sleet. whether throwing a football for performing a half-time dance, these students were not down thed by the weather. >> >> it was amazing. >> we were going to be on the field today! >> and back here live at the new dilworth park, the rink will be open everyday until february 22. skating is free, after that they charge admission. the temperatures are good, the ice is nice and cold. be sure to bundle up it's cold out here. katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> and we're not suffering through this brutal winters weather alone, temperatures are below

saturday for the rothman a.k., it's cold for the race at 7:30, 28 degrees, and for the marathon and half marathon on sunday, it's pretty good weather for running, patly sunny and it's a good idea to peel off the lairs, 56 degrees. and it's looking good for the marathon. so good luck. >>> pattern change for monday jet stream to the north this brings us near record warmth with temperatures up near the 70s and some showers. and then tonight mostly clear and brisk and cold 20 to 26 and windchills in the teens and the exclusive accuweather forecast, 36 tomorrow and windchills in the afternoon in the 20s and sunday much milder, 56 and heading to the linc looking good partly sunny and temperature at kick 52 degrees and by the fourth quarter 55 and monday is showery but look at the high, 70 degrees, the record high set back in 1979 is 71. we'll be close to record warmth and then temperatures drop, and 47 on tuesday and a little bit of weather whiplash going from record low yesterday to record high monday. >>> dozens of families received a full thanksgiving dinner courtesy of the police district.

. >> the new rothman institute at dill worth park opens on friday. the rink which has received corporate support from 6abc will remain open 7 days a week through february 22. >> the eagles are ready to take on the panthers under the monday night spotlight. they are hoping to remain in first place with mark sanchez as an eagle. coach chip kelly said he is not worried in the last two years he started for the jets, sanchez had the most turnovers in the nfl. we'll hear from the eagles quarterback in the next half-hour. >>> we're teeming up with phl17 to bring you this game. the coverage starts with countdown to kickoff and the game is at 8:30 on phl17. >> a little taste of late summer again. >> reporter: well in a way we'll get milder and it will stay milder for the next several days. the cooler air that everyone is talking about from the west it will migrate east. we're starting out monday morning dry, as we look outside we have center city, the promise of sunshine coming up nice and bright over the horizon in a little while. for now, chilly, but winds

the rothman institute ice rink at dilworth park that's the official name is open.ur dave kinchen is out there. the last time you were there it was a little icy dicey. so will you be skating this evening? >> reporter: yeah, you know what, it's not bad right now. actually a lot of skaters are out here. they brought the zamboni out and then cleared the ice. so i'll step out of the way. you can see some of the folks making their way through the rothman ice ring here testing it out, and you've got a lot of young people here. a lot of older folks here an lot of people simply just showing off in my opinion i guess i'm just a frustrated skater. don't listen to me. any way, quite a few people here lacing up their skates and taking to the ice this ring part of a $55 million facelift for dilworth plaza here at city ha hall. of course they've been working on this for over three years. it's great to see it's in place right now and many people are here on the ice for the first time and many brave souls at that. listen. >> not so nice. >> not so nice? >> no. ' because i don't kno

the new rothman ice rink at dilworth park hosted a soft opening before today's grand opening. the space in front of city hall has been under construction for more than two years. the 55 million-dollar park is replacing the 1970s vintage dilworth plaza. >> it's fun to have a rink downtown and be able to come out on a night like tonight and enjoy the rink. >> reporter: it's it's quiet, but later for the grand opening we'll see performances on the ice and boys choir and knowledge ro -- karen rogers. if you're walking out to the rink bundle up, the winds make it feel colder, so bundle up. katherine scott. >> if ever wondering what's going on with the weather go to dark/weather where you can get hourly and seven-day forecast. >> happening today philadelphia's most notorious kidnapping suspect will be back in court this morning. delvin barns is accused of abducting carlesha freeland-gaither off a germantown sidewalk earlier this month. >>> banks in berks and lancaster county will merge in two years. it's expected to save $4.7 million over the next five years. officials say fares wil

. >>> and a live look at the folks enjoying the ice at the they rothman institute ice rink.a and sponsor. fun tonight, but bundle up. and cecily tynan tells you why in the seven-day next. merry christmas! thanks but this gift, it's kind of half-fast. what's wrong? we still have cable internet, so our uploads are half the speed of our downloads. so i'll be half-fast when i share my photos. and i'll do a half-fast job updating my blog. wait, is everything under this tree half-fast? who wants eggnog? don't settle for half-fast cable internet. only verizon fios comes with speedmatch. uploads as fast as downloads. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800.974.6006 tty/v >> meteorologist cecily tynan here now with a closer look at that weekend, and any outdoor activities should be indoor activities perhaps. >> my daughter has a soccer game tomorrow. >> i hope going to bundle in like three layers. >> there is indoor soccer she can play, too. >> she will be doing that in a few weeks. going live on stormtracker 6 double scan, you see a little bit of the gray ther

thousands took part in the rothman 8 k this morning started at 23-8d museum of art and followed the course along the schuylkill. tomorrow runners will take off in the same location for the philadelphia marathon and half marathon. >> and time for a check on sports. jeff skversky is here. eagles need a bounce back win from last week. >> they've been good on that. they have not had back-to-back games in 13 months. they are taking it personal the runner game is not running as smoothly as last season. perhaps tomorrow will be that breakout game. tennessee is the worst running in the afc. lesean mccoy trying to get his froov back 37 yards per carry this season worst of his career. mccoy maintains he's the same player and believe it or not his numbers are not that far off compared to this time last year through ten games last season when he won the rushing title he had only 203 more yards and only one more touchdown than he had through ten ghaimz season. and just like last year, mccoy feels he's ready to get on a rollover the final 6 games. >> some there almost. almost. feel like it's coming toge

thousands took part in the rothman 8k this morning.elphia museum of art and followed the course along the schuylkill river. tomorrow, once again, runners will take off from the same location for the philadelphia marathon, and the half marathon. >>> final preparations are underway on the been frank parkway for tomorrow's marathon. last of the the water stations went up on the route tonight. 30,000 runners are taking part in the half marathon and full marathon tomorrow. runners will make their way along the schuylkill river, through fairmount park, university city, and manayunk before ending back on the parkway. as a result, there will be a whole bunch of road closures and septa detours in the effect. keep that in mind if you are planning to come to philadelphia tomorrow, you can find detours on our web site at six abc to the come. >>> up next on "action news" the flyers and sixers are having a rough go of it, but we're expecting big things from the eagles tomorrow. up next jeff skversky has sports. now tonight's power ball numbers. we p

marathon weekend actually started today, with the rothman institute 8k run, about 2,000 people took part in this race. and a woman from new york broke a national record for the 60 to 64 year age group. your fox 29 fox 29 weather authority now, of course the temperature and other conditions are important to those runners. let's get on over to meteorologist, caitlin roth. what's it like. >> i think pretty great forerunners, all things considered, temperatures won't be nearly as cold as they were this morning. we shouldn't have any wet weather to deal with. in fact quiet outside, we saw sprinkles earlier, some of the clouds thickened late in the afternoon. but most of the light rain stayed off toward our north and west, there are some showers in north central pennsylvania arcing back to western pennsylvania, and they've kind of stayed just north of the philadelphia area or west. here is how we started this morning, just 23 degrees in philadelphia, widespread teens, including record low in allentown, that broke a record low from back in 1951. sixteen in ac, 19 in wildwood, just so cold. desp

santa even went for a quick skate on the new rothman rink. >>> a mayfair resident celebrated 100 yearsife today ann shafer was surrounded by loved ones at the cottage green banquet facility in northeast philadelphia. the party included gifts and a cake, of course. anne lives by herself in the same home that she bought 70 years ago and we wish ann shafer a very happy birthday. >> philadelphia sports fans stopped at the wells fargo center today to shop and meet some legendary players. flyers alumni bernie parent and bob kelly signed autographed items that were bought at the fan zone store. the black friday sale offered discounts of up to 30 percent off both flyers and sixers items. >>> and to be clear, tanking is not part of the flyers' plan but the season is quickly spiraling out of control. >> yeah, it is really bad right now. hopefully they can get this going here. since losing to the rangers a week and a half ago flyers general manager ron hextall has chewed out the team and coach craig berube chewed them out and the flyers even had a players-only meeting. when will they respond? fly

. >> rothman rink. >> you guys see it, i have been moving all morning long. >> you look cons pated. >that is what you have to do. >> you guys started this, opening night was big for you guys. >> it was huge. we had a fabulous turnout, weather cooperated, and we knew this was be a hit. >> this is great. you guys are opened every day. i can come down with my family tomorrow, thanksgiving as well. >> we are opened all of the holidays, we're opened seven days a week, weather permitting and if you want to see the hours, you can go on the center city district web site, center city ph i l a.org and we have hours right there. >> we have doctor alex. >> yes. >> well, president of the rothman institute. the rothman's involvement in this skating rink why did you get involved. >> we wanted to thank the city and center city district forgiving us the opportunity. we are so happy to be here. our goal, it is to make this a great's tracks than rocker feller center. thinks where community come together. we cannot be happier. i never wear ice skates. i'm only cover by shoes so i don't fall down. >> can

crews worked through the rain and sleet like conditions a cross the street skateers at the rothman institute ice rink at dilworth park thought today's temperatures were perfect. >> it's really good. this temperature for a day for excite skating is really good. >> in franklin square the holiday festival license plate but carroller rz in a mood and fire pits kept them warm. adults got a little help from spiked hot sideer. >> a hot drink doing the trick and fire bit i've been skooch around to sit where it's blowing. >> back on the ice the snow and ice may be manmade for now. watch out. winter has its own plan for us in the days and weeks ahead and this woman will be ready. >> i'm really good at it. >> keep practicing. she's going to be good when the time comes. towards the end of the season. now, again i can tell you at this point it's a light drizzle. if you saw any of those event or activities you thought you might enjoy head to our web site 6abc.com and we'll list all of the places we've been to and hours and times that you can go try these events out. reporting live in center city, annie mc

coming to you live from rothman ice ring at dilworth park of course, the new ice ring here in center city. and really we will get everyone started off on the right foot. free ice skating tart at noon, so there will be three hours of ice skate to go enjoy this afternoon, before you have to start paying. so get out and enjoy it, meantime, others across the delaware valley find themselves preparing for snow. yesterday's flurries reminding everyone that heavier snowfall is just around the corn earn. "eyewitness news" spotted snow in chester county and beyond last night, snowflakes covered the last blooming flowers of the season. penndot says it is prepared having more than 100,000 tons of salt on hands to treat the roads. we also spotted folks beefing up their own supplies, buying shovel, scrapers, many people say, they are trying to be prepared as much as possible earlier in the season, especially with last year's harsh winter still fresh in mind. >> this year we ordered more salt, shovels, calcium. we try to gauge what we think the winter will be. >> awesome, i'm excited for the season

what better place to start than the brand new one in city -- center city, the rothman ice ring in dilworth park. isn't it a butty? check out the light, nice ring, right in the shadow of city hall, skating here start at noon with three hours of free skating. meantime, others across the delaware valley finds themselves preparing for snow. yesterday's flurries are reminding everyone that heavier snowfall just around the corner. now, "eyewitness news" spotted snow in montgomery, chester counties, and beyond last night. those snowflakes covered the last blooming flowers of the season. penndot meantime says it is prepared, having more than 110,000 tons of salt on hand to treat the roads, and we also spotted folks beefing up their own supplies, buying shovels, scrapers, many people say they're trying to be more prepared, much earlier this season, specially with last year's harsh winter still fresh in mind. >> this year we ordered a lot more salt, shovels, calcium, you know, and we try to gauge what we think the winter will be. >> awesome, i'm excited for the season, good to see it a little earlie

rothman ak. it is a chilly 28 degrees.marathon, start of the race 38 degrees by noon. up to 53 degrees. should be dry for eagles game. some showers roll in. monday, windy, and warm, 68 degrees with some showers. we will clear out on tuesday with a a high of 60. wednesday temperatures drop back to 48 degrees. an advanced look at thanksgiving, i almost said halloween should be a dry conditions with temperatures in the upper 40's. not bad looking good right now. >> if you say so. >> jimmy kimmel live coming up at 11:35 right after "action news". here's jim which a preview of tonight's show. >> thanks, jim. hello philadelphia a here's a sampling of the nonsense we have in store for you tonight. >> i lost half of me like in four days. >> for four days. >> y'all trying to cut down before thanksgiving, let me kiss you. incoming. whoa. yeah. it's like thankyoupalooza in here. yeah. this one deposit checking is a big hit. it's like you help people waive a monthly maintenance fee and boom! they love it. i'll say. whoa. you guys both

. >> reporter: rothman institute ice rink is in its first weekend of operation and people say it's pretty slick. >> i like it. it's really pretty and everything. they did a nice job. >> reporter: ice rink is part of the $55 million facelift given to the plaza and most say it was money well spent. >> the plaza, it's great. it's unbelievable. i can't believe, you know, how good it came out. >> there's going to be skating ring near hour our house. >> reporter: that's what members of the may family said. three years later, they like what they see. >> what's it like seeing this coming into development? >>> it's great. because during the construction we had to really just stay clear of the area. now it's very convenient. >> reporter: it's four bucks for adults $3 for kids under 10. drop eight bucks if you need to rent skates and you can have at it until closing time. the center city district oversees the ice ring. they say it's a an integral part of the new plaza. >> the idea of the ice skating rink is to keep the park active. 365 days a year. >> reporter: if you're a beginner like me, don't wo

saw the for the rothman 8k. it will be cold at 7:30. i am running that race. run in tights. for the half marathon on sunday it's partly sunny. by noon 52 degrees. most of the race temperatures in the 40s. you can wear the throwaway layers and peel them off and throw them away. they are collected and given to the homeless shelters. it's a win-win situation. >>> what a relief for the runners. they were fearing that the keith russell temperatures will that d temperatures would continue. >>> and turning to a special report. involving a culinary craze. a small personal o percentage oe population can not digest gluten. many don't want to eat it anyway. why that may pose a risk. >>reporter:in this deli the sandwich is glut te en-free. >> they hope that it will lose weight or better digestion. they are not healthier. they may be less so. >>reporter:some foods contain more fat and sugar and sodium. the glutenfree bagle o bagel hat contains rice flour or other rice-based ingredients. >> in our tests of rice and rice products in 2012. we found that most taken arsenic at

. >>> philadelphia is breaking the ice with the public and inviting everybody down to the rothman institute rink at dilworth park. our karen rogers was there for the official opening. we posted the hours of operation and rates and rental fees at 6abc.com stay with us, "action news" continues in just a moment. revealed through the work of its scholars and graduates. it has inspired strength and purpose. an enduring symbol of passion and excellence that is not static, but moves among us. a feeling...a shared experience, a reminder that we are connected for life. we are penn state, making our mark on the world. >> americans across the board are saving more, but there's one generation that are not saving enough. millennials under 35 have a negative saving rate. the careers of many of these young people are stuck in a holding pattern, because workers ahead of them are delaying retirement. they are forced to spend more on daily expenses. >>> time to saving with 6abc we're spending more than ever at outlet malls. sales are expected to top $42 billion. which stores offer the best bargains. consumer

the rothman 8k is taking place today, bundle up this morning.have a system to our west that stays to our west. we're looking at sunny conditions with milder temperatures. the numbers rebound in the 40s. this tongue of cold air will move to the north an developing along with an area of low pressure south of dallas, south of the great lake. that will consult off old man winter for a brief time forcing it back up into canada. temperatures warm into the 60s and 70s as we get into monday, only to see the cold air return in the lower 48 by the time we get into wednesday and beyond for the holidays. 44 degrees, winds out of the southwest. tomorrow, milder, temperatures in the 50s. here's monday, monday we have a system that pushes through the great lakes. it will push snow through the western great lakes. as this punches through we'll have temperatures in the mid 70s. rain in the early morning hours and combination of sun and clouds in the afternoon, temperatures close to 72, 37 degrees, here's a look at the records that are in the jeopardy come monday