live at penndot yard in norristownon news" reporter sharrie williams. sharrie, what is the situation there. >> reporter: situation here, jimmies load up and get out again. it is happening again right now as we speak. this truck just pulled in a moment ago to load up with more salt and then get out to its destination. pen did the telling us that it has brought in crews from the north and western part of the state to be here in our area because what we are expecting. more than 430 trucks are in the region all mobilized for this storm and we have got more than 86,000-pound of salt ready to go. >> we will be out as long as we need to. >> reporter: the pennsylvania department of transportation, going on the offense getting in position for the threat of heavy snow. crews have been loading salt trucks all day at are in is town pen the 2-yard and treating road for potential slick spots. if conditions worsened penndot is asking motorist to stay off the road or at least out of their way as they have a job to do with safety in mind. >> if you must travel during th

in brewytown, sharrie williams channel 6 "action news." >> the u.s.s. fort worth and russian drivers have arrived in the java sea in the indonesia. 30 bodies have been pulled from the water so far. 162 people were on the flight. the main part of the plane has not been located. investigators are trying to confirm if 0 two large objects spotted on the shallow sea floor are from the plane. they are also looking for the black boxings that -- boxings that hold clues to what domed the flight. bad weather slowed the search. >>> president obama slapped new sanctions that will target kim jong-un regime freezing assets in the u.s. and bars them from doing business here. the move was symbolic, since north korea is heavily sanctioned because of its nuclear program. they deny having anything told with the cyber attack against sony. >>> pat meehan stopped by "action news" to talk about cyber terrorism. he called the sony hack a game changer. >> it was a state sponsored activity that the fbi said. this is perceived differently than the kind of things we've seen before

"action news" reporter sharrie williams is live at the mcdonald's at city avenue and haverford, one of the targets sharrie, who is this guy and what do police know about him. >> reporter: jim, his name is cartell wright, he has had run ins with the the police in the past so they are aware of who he is. he does not wear a mask or cover his face when he goes into terrorize these different businesses but tonight police warning the people in the a area that he is still out there and he is escalating in his violence. sunday in the middle of the afternoon a business, held up by this man philadelphia police say he is 49 year-old cartell wright and he is no stranger to police. video captures him walking in the rite aide on the 5400 block of land down and demand cigarettes and cash. >> he has his hand in the pocket. indicates he has a weapon and threatening to shoot the employees. >> reporter: police say after leaving the rite aide wright carjacked the the six five-year old man and took off and then less than two hours later police say he robbed a mcdonald's on the 7500 block of sit have have a

n browns mills, new jersey sharrie williams for channel six "action news". >>> the case of two bridgetonsey police officers opening fire on a suspect is making national news tonight as dash cam video showing the entire incident has been released. it starts with a traffic stop on december 30th, for running a stop sign. things turned tense moments later when officer brahim days warns his partner officer roger worely that he sees a gun in the glove compartment. >> show me your hand. she me your hand. don't move. don't you move. don't you move. get him out of the car. he had has a gun in the glove compartment. >> day is a peers to remove a hand gun through the window as officer roger worely attend to the driver's side. he continues screaming at the man in the passenger seat in the the to move and to show his hand. that man was 36 year-old jerome reid, he warns him repeatedly that he will shoot if reid does not comply. without inn truck to reid raised his hand in front of him. both officers fire immediately shooting at least six rounds. >> don't move. >> reid's family announced it hired an at

for cecily tynan jaime apody sharrie williams and rick williams, i'm monica malpass. >>> three people were loaded into ambulances after a hole from above came crashing down after bricks hit the store. it was a scary moment where in the end it could have been much worse. the big story is a freak accident in the heart of center city philadelphia at 15th and walnut. kenneth moton is live at the scene, what happened and what do we know about the three injured women. >> we learned that the three women hurt inside of this store were all customers. when the bricks came down into lululemon. we can tell you tonight that lni and several other investigators with the fire marshals office are on the scene. it was pure chaos insides and around the popular athletic clothing store of the center city shopping district. it was huge, it shook. it shook. it was intense. very intense. lululemon was filled with employees and customers on walnut street when bricks from this store came tumbling down, christine and her husband were inside of the store at the time. >> it was a big boom and i looked at the girl

sharrie williams joins us with a preview. >> reporter: it should be good. grab your popcorn and park it on the couch and get the tweets ready, mcdreamy and olivia and analise are back. will all the questions be answered. starting at 8:00 with an all new "grey's anatomy." >> love each other even when we hate each other. no running. >> when we last saw meredith and derek derek decides he was leaving seattle grace and his family behind to pursue a job in washington, d.c., and by the look of things derek has moved out. but will the couple have second thoughts. >> someone took her. because i was here when it happened. she was here one minute and the next -- she is not on an island with another man, quinn. >> the big question is where is she now one minute she and jake are dancing up a storm next there is a red wine stain on the couch and olivia is nowhere to be found. >> it was directed by havertown's own actor he plays sam. >> this is how badly you need to win even if it means throwing your own husband under the bus. >> is this your version of a woman scorned.

in brewytown, sharrie williams channel 6 "action news." >> the u.s.s.ort worth and russian drivers have arrived in the java sea in indonesia to help in the recovery of airasia flight 8501. 30 boaltdz were pulled from the -- bodies were pulled from the water. 162 people were on the flight. investigators are trying to confirm if two large objects spotted on the shallow sea floor are the plane. they are looking for the black boxes that hold clues to what domed the flight. >>> the white house is fighting back against north korea in the cyber attack against sony. the sanctions will freeze assets in the u.s. and bars them from doing business here. the move is mostly symbolic, since north north korea is heavily sanctioned because of its nuclear program north korea denied it's role in the cyber attack. >>> dollar bottom will be checking out of the 66 stores in philadelphia and pittsburgh market. it informed the 2200 workers they will be getting severance pay and some will get could be counseling. >>> there's much more to come on "action news" saturday morning,

in brewy town, sharrie williams channel 6 "action news." >> u.s. for fort worth and russian drivers have arrived at the java sea to help with the recovery mission of airasia flight 8501. investigators are trying to confirm if two large objects spotted on the shallow sea floor are part of the plane. bad weather and rough seas have slowed the search. >>> the white house was fired back to north korea for the alleged cyber attack against sony. the sanctions will freeze their assets in the u.s. and bars them from doing business here. the move is symbolic since north korea is heavily sanctioned because because of its nuclear program. >>> congressman pat meehan stopped by "action news" to talk about cyber terrorism. he call also the sony hack a game changer in the world of terrorism. >> it was a state sponsored activity according to fbi which i believe is accurate in which we broken new ground. i think this is going to be perceived differently than the kinds of things we've seen before than the target identity theft. it's an escalation. >> congressman mee

sharrie williams has more. >> today is a victory for people of pennsylvania. today is a victory for penn state nation. >> reporter: pennsylvania senate majority leader jay korman rejoycing among those from the beginning the ncaa did not have the authority to wipe out penn state's wins garnered between 1998 and 2011. the announcement was a milestone. the senator thought the ncaa went too far in punishing the university and joe paterno for what he called the evil doing of one man jerry sandusky. >> the reputations of many people including one of the most revered sports figures of the 20 century were not based in fact. >> reporter: the degree korea the university -- decree signed off on by the university. a lawsuit was filed against the ncaa and now weeks before the scheduled trial the ncaa has changed course saying it does not want to draw out the case and delay funds that could help victims of sexual abuse. on espn's outside the lines, joe paterno's son responded to the ncaa's decision not to go to trial. >> i think the ncaa was anxious to get this over with ra

sharrie williams was there. >> reporter: residents in pemberton township, gathered with heavy heartsbering a new born baby, police say was killed at the hand of her own mother. >> it is a horrible thing. i'm a great grandmother, a grandmother and a mother. anybody would have took that baby. she didn't to have throw ate way like trash. >> reporter: 22-year old hyphernkemberly dorvilier gave birth to a baby girl and then allegedly set the baby on fire. dorvilier is in jail facing charges. tonight a special prayer for the baby and the troubled mother. >> as a mother you just wouldn't do this. that is in the normal. so i will pray for her also, because i know she's in jail right now, saying what did i do? what did i do. >> reporter: special prayer was held just a few miles from pemberton at browns mills united methodist church. >> ♪ i once was lost ♪ >> reporter: after the prayer more than a hundred people gathered on the church ground for a candle light vigil. >> to celebrate the baby. give it life. >> it is a good thing in the community to be brought together. >> reporter: family membe

sharrie williams joins us from a mcdonald's, that the suspect robbed in overbrook park sharrie? >> reporter: and shirleen, this is two of three businesses that he has hit in the last two days. this one at 7500 block of city avenue, city line avenue but detectives telling us that he is beginning to escalate in the violence if he does not the get what he wants the whole point is to alert businesses and the public that he is out there. sunday in the middle of the afternoon a business, held up by this man philadelphia police say he is 49 year-old cartell wright and he is no stranger to the police. surveillance video captures him as he walks in the rite aide on the 5400 block of lansdowne and demand cigarettes and cash. >> he has his hand in his pocket indicates he has a weapon and threatening to shoot the employee. >> reporter: after leaving the rite aide wright carjack the six five-year old man and took off, and in less than two hours later police say he robbed the mcdonald's on the 7500 block of city avenue in overbrook park. detectives say that wright had committed ten robberies

sharrie williams joins us. here's what's happening on "action news" for you tonight.untries remain on high al whether tonight as the investigation into the terrorist activities there recently continues to deepen. >>> on this martin luther king, jr. day you'll hear from a woman who shared a special friendship with the civil rights leader and his wife. new jersey correspondent nora muchanic with her story. >>> plus a new jersey driver stopped behind a crash could only sit and watch as an out of control tractor-trailer headed right for him. we'll show you how it ended. >> now the details. international authorities conducted several anti-terror raids over the weekend but that's done very little to ease the fears of millions of people. authorities believe that as many as 20 sleeper terror cells are ready to strike in belgium, germany, france and the netherlands and the widening investigation now involves greece. abc's karen travers has the story. >> reporter: europe is on high alert. 40 people across its continent arrested on suspicion of terror related activities. law enf

"action news" reporter sharrie williams was there for the swearing in tonight. >> reporter: a new year, new leadership in moorestown new jersey. >> according to the more town. >> reporter: victoria napolitano was sworn in at town's new mayor and at the age of 26, she's the youngest mayor in moorestown's recent history a lot of people are here focused on other things but i don't know, it seems like a natural fit for me. it is a really an honor. i love this town. >> reporter: drexel will grad is in stranger to the town serving on counsel for the last two years. >> my number one priority, and first couple months of my term will be bringing the budget to the rest of the council and passing a budget that does not increase tax these year. >> reporter: new era beginning in this room tonight is definitely getting the attention of those on the the political landscape but it may trans send politics. the next generation is already taking note of this new young mayor. >> i think it is really great because people for us, it gives us something to look forward to and that we can do anything. >> it ma

sharrie williams joins us and here's what's happening on "action news" tonight.nds today at the white house. president obama and british prime minister cameron talk cyber security sanctions and terrorism. we are live. >>> several montgomery county high school students in trouble with the law following a sexting scandal. >>> and delaware's first medical marijuana clinic is getting ready to open this weekend. we'll have more on what the center will offer. >> and now the details in a show of unity president obama and british prime minister david cameron are joining efforts to fight domestic terrorism in light of the attacks in france. the leaders made the announcement following a meeting at the white house today. president obama and mr. cameron also vowed to beef up cyber security in the wake of several high profile hack attacks. abc's karen traverse is live in washington, d.c. with more on today's meeting. karen. >> reporter: good evening, sharrie. president obama says working with the uk on cyber security is a new approach to fighting terrorism and governments now

"action news" reporter sharrie williams is at the "action news" big board tonight. sharrie, the storm only sideswiped us but t boned new england. >> reporter: jim, it a has been rough to our friend in the the northeast who are still not in the clear. lets take a look near providence rhode island. this was the story there as cars began to get stuck in the snow unable to get out. drivers had to actually get some help. and in dartmouth, a massachusetts, this isn't what we expected to see with snow and ice but it is something on fire and it turned out to be a snowplow. it actually apparently got trapped in the snow, over heated, and then caught fire n new york city though, laughter at least in central parkas these kid took their sled and had some fun proving further that this snowstorm has been a truly mixed bag. in massachusetts, evidence of the blizzard's brutal impact, residents digging out from the snow, and also being force todd deal with flooding after a partial collapse of the sea wall. other parts of the state, coping with power outages some places getting nearly

and what we are learned about the investigation coming up for sharrie williams rick williams and adamhave a good night. >>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers, meteorologist, cecily tynan, and jim gardner. >>> wednesday night the democratic national committee begins its conference in philadelphia and residents jump from balconies to escape an apartment fire in montgomery county. but the big story on "action news" tonight is the word from two police officers in philadelphia who caught an armed bandit in the act, this is surveillance video from monday when 20-year-old russell mason watts allegedly walked into a dunkin' donuts in olney and tried to hold the place up with a gun but two officers interrupted his plans and took him down. sara bloomquist is live in the 6200 block of north front street. what are the officers saying tonight. >> reporter: jim, these veteran philadelphia police officers couldn't believe what they were seeing, they had just been inside of the dunkin' donuts doing a routine security check and watched as a masked man walked into

"action news" reporter sharrie williams is here with a story of a fresh face in the republican party politics. >> reporter: that is right, she's 26, jim, and says she has opinions and she's not afraid to share them. vick toll use napolitano is charting a a new course. she's one of the youngest people to ever serve as mayor and that is already by her. a new year, new leadership in moorestown, new jersey. >> victoria napolitano was sworn in as the town's new mayor and at the age of 26, she's the youngest mayor in moorestown's recent history. >> a a lot of people in their 20's are focused on other things but i don't know it seems like a natural fit the for me. it is really an honor. i love this town. >> reporter: the drexel grad is no stranger to the town, serving on council for the the last two years. >> my number one priority and first couple months of my term will be bringing a budget to the rest of the council and passing a budget that does not increase tax these year. >> reporter: new you era that is beginning in this room tonight is definitely getting the attention of those on the

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for adam joseph, cecily tynan sharrie williams and monica malpass i'm rick williams have a nice evening. >>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers, meteorologist, cecily tynan, and jim gardner. thursday night and philadelphia teachers claim victory over a court ruling over their contracts and pennsylvania supreme court temporarily blocks any criminal action against attorney general, kathleen kane and the big story is the start of a new era for atlantic city. governor chris christie assigned an emergency manager to dig them out of an enormous hole. he announced a game changer he is appointing a team to do whatever is necessary within the law to stabilize the city's fiscal free fall, nora muchanic is live outside of city hall, nora is this being seen as a state takeover of atlantic city. >> it is indeed jim the new mayor and manager shied away from that term, but the new managers will have extraordinary powers and they are expected to use them to try to turn things around in this financially troubled city. >> kevin -- >> that is kevin lavine on the left t

. >> reporter: sharrie williams channel 6 "action news." >> a teenager who was found stabbed has died. a suspect has been arrested in the stabbing. two teenagers got in a fight the fighting continues at 46th and market where the stabbing occurred. >>> upper dublin police officer opened fire on a suspect for allegedly trying to run her down with his car. the shooting happened during a drug deal. police found a semi automatic handgun, crack cocaine and large amount of cash in the suspect's vehicle. >>> a 3-year-old boy is dead after a train collided with a car in delran yesterday afternoon. the happened on the new jersey transit river line on chester avenue. two other people were taken to hospital for treatment. river line light rail service is suspended in both directions between cinnaminson and riverside. >>> a lehigh county woman is dead after being hit by a freight train. she drove her suv on the tracks at west main street and mill street. the victim was pronounced at the scene. >>> we have learned more about the temple university students who plunged to her death. rebecca cam was a

now for meteorologist, adam joseph, cecily tynan sharrie williams and monica malpass and the entire "action news" team. i'm rick williams. >>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers meteorologist, cecily tynan, and jim gardner. >>> wednesday night and the u.s. marshals arrest one of their most wanted from philadelphia and atlantic city casino revenues take a big hit in 2014, but the big story on "action news" tonight is more security for the delaware air national guard, the decision has been made to beef up security at the national guard base in newcastle because guardsmen at the front gate noticed something unusual. chad pradelli is live at the base tonight. other than the climate of concern what is the issue here? >> reporter: several vehicles approached the gate here and some asked for directions and some turned around as they approached the security gate and that raised concerns and then raised the security level. >> dover national guardsmen patrolled the base with guns drawn this morning, it was just one of several new security measures implemente

sharrie williams channel 6 "action news." >> the atlantic city race course is in its final stretch. it will permanently close down after 70 years in business. grace kelly's father was one of the founders. there's a continuing decline in the horse racing industry, the lagging economy around atlantic city and new alternative ways to make money. >>> more to come on "action news," the historic biopick about the march in selma alabama hits the big screen. >>> and these boys in delaware county made good use out of the frigid temperatures. as a small business owner you wouldn't deliver just half of what you have to offer to your customers. so why are you settling for half-fast internet? only verizon fios comes with speedmatch. upload speeds as fast as your download speeds. so large files are sent in a snap and video conferences with customers are seamless. don't miss your last chance to get $300 when you switch to fios internet and phone for just $99.99 a month with a 2-year agreement. that's $300 when you switch to internet and phone with 99.9% network reliability. and verizon is ranked h

. >> reporter: sharrie williams channel 6 "action news." >> next, meteorologist chris sowers will take a final look at the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, stay with us we'll be right back. >> a police officer in delaware got down to taylor swift. ♪ oh yeah, the police officer was lip syncing and showing us his move to shake it off. the delaware police officers posted this dash cam of him. the video no question has gone viral. you may have seen it on "good morning america" this weekend. we love this video. i love the little neck thing he's got it going. >> reporter: he does it well, he is right on cue. >> and the hair. >> reporter: he has that down to a t. 34 degrees today cold. tomorrow, 44, periods of rain it will be heavy at times especially during the morning hours. turning windy for monday, 42, tuesday, 43, we'll moderate here wednesday 43, rain or snow showers colder by week's end, 37 thursday, 36 for friday. >> jack hanna's "wild countdown" is next. >>> we have one of the largest community service projects in america honoring martin luther king. we'll have details on ho

for cecily tynan sharrie williams and rick williams can and it's entire "action news" team i'm monica malpass. >>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers, cecily tynan and jim gardner. this is the sound of terrorism today on the streets of paris. the worst terrorist attack in france in a half a senry. three men wearing hoods killed 12 people and wounded 11 more as they attacked the offices of a french magazine. at this hour the gun money are still at large. the big story on "action newws" is the frantic search for suspects in this morning's horrific attack. the target was a satirical magazine magazine. charlie hebdo that targets islamic extremists and the prophet muhammad. police believe they have identified the gunmen two of them brothers who must have known what they were doing attacking the editorcal meeting of the full staff demeanor straighters showed their and shows signs saying sweet charlie i am charlie referring to the name of the magazine. david henry i

if know anything call police, sharrie williams channel 6 "action news". >> happening today mourners will pay their respects to wenjian liu. wenjian liu and is partner were killed last month by a man who targeted police. rafael ramos was buried last week. we know we we -- wenjian liu's funeral was delayed so his family could come in from china. jet blue airway says it will play for the flights of 1100 cops attending the funeral. >>> new information at 9:00 on the recovery of airasia flight 8501 in java sea in indonesia. sonar has detected four large objects on the floor. they are confident that the biggest part is the plane's body. debris from the plane is scattered across beaches. bad weather and rough surf is slowing efforts to recover the parts. 132 people still missing. >>> the white house has fired back at north korea for its alleged cyber attack against sony. president obama slapped new sanctions that will target the kim jong-un regime. the sanctions will freeze their assets in the u.s. and bars them from doing business here. the move is mostly symbolic since north korea is already

sharrie williams joins us. here's what's happening on "action news" tonight.r day in one south jersey community as they say goodbye to a little boy who died in a tragic accident. >>> convenience store clerk is ambushed by two masked gunmen looking for money. it was all caught on tape. >>> plus recovery teams make progress in the search for the victims and debris of airasia flight 8501. >> now the details. family and friends of 10-year-old matthew mccloskey paid tribute today to the little boy whose life was cut tragically short. the boy was struck and killed by a police cruise interfranklin township while walking to a sleep overlast weekend. today matthew's loved ones said goodbye and laid him to rest. "action news" reporter vernon odom is live outside our lady of peace parish church in williamstown with more. vernon. >> reporter: here on day two of the new year, the funeral for the young man whose accidental death led to tragedy as you say has got his home noun a tail spin. the agony pain and sorrow were on display as mourners file out of the church. it was s

. >>> friday night rick is off sharrie williams joins us tonight.t of that violent sexual assault suspect. >> the spring garden community where it happened is still on edge tonight. many say they're in disbelief that the attack happened at all. "action news" reporter chad pradelli is live near the scene with the story tonight. chad. >> reporter: sharrie talking to people out here most understand that crime can happen anywhere but when it happens in your neighborhood, obviously there's a sense of shock and it happened right there yesterday morning around 10:30, a young woman was being dropped off at her car on the second level when she was sexually assaulted. today extra security officers man the parking garage where 33-year-old woman was raped yesterday morning. investigators say steven woodson is the man behind the brutal attack. >> she was savagely beaten she was at one point she lost consciousness and when she came to, this male was on top going through her pocketbook. >> reporter: police say woodson then demanded the victim take off her clothes

. >>> friday night rick is off sharrie williams joins us. in a murder that has shocked people who knew 56-year-old kim jones. >> and today surveillance video was released as jones' loved ones gathered to mourn her death. >> "action news" reporter vernon odom live at police headquarters with the very latest developments tonight. vernon. >> reporter: the police manhunt for the killer remains very intense tonight and that will continue through the weekend. late today police released surveillance video they hope will help their investigation. this is surveillance video of kim jones walking northbound from her home tuesday morning to the bus stop at 12th and jefferson. the next sequence shows her killer approaching having followed her there after hiding in front of her home for an hour. you can see the killer approaching the bus stop and jones a social worker who was headed to work in center city to her job around 9:15. >> when she does come out then he follows her in a very calm manner, walks up behind her and shoots and kills her. >> reporter:

monday night rick is off sharrie williams joins us and the big story on "action news" is the latest ons being treater as a potential threat butter despite the gunfire biden still spoke today at a martin luther king day breakfast in wilmington. investigative reporter wendy saltzman joins us live from there delaware news room with the latest on the shooting investigation. wendy. >> reporter: no suspects have been identified in that potential shooting near the biden home. in fact, the vice president himself during that mlk speech today made no mention of the incident. now, federal authorities are telling us this may have been a drive by shooting but it could have been something as minor as a couple of kids playing with a gun shooting behind biden's house. >> all minorities, no matter what the neighborhood have a right to be treated with respect and with dignity. (applause). >> reporter: vice president joe biden today honoring civil rights icon martin luther king made no mention of and showed little concern about his own safety. on saturday night around 8:25 authorities tell "action news"