st. john walks us through those motel. >> i get to him. you can hear me calling out to him. we get to him. >> reporter: that's russell you see with the christmas lights on his head. he's put them on his helmet the past few years. st. john said it helped in spotting him. >> from above, we assume that he was completely involved. >> reporter: at this point, and it's tough to see, st. john tries to get russell out himself. >> i reached over for one guy, and i was trying to get brett with my other hand, and we couldn't see him. >> reporter: so now all those inside could do was put water down the hole to fight the flames and wait for a ladder. at one point you could hear him say -- within four minutes a ladder is dropped down and russell climbs out. while seemingly a short time for st. john -- >> every second seemed like an eternity. >> reporter: despite everything that happened, russell wasn't seriously hurt and is already back at work from. the wheaton rescue squad, cameron thompson, wusa nine. >>

warren st. john saw, a skyscraper, climbing high above the park in the heart of manhattan. >> didn't think much about it until the following spring when i was at a playground on 72nd street and fifth avenue, nearly a mile north, and the same thing happened. and i looked up, and it was a shadow from the same building. and it had stretched three-quarters of a mile north across the park. and i thought to myself, how'd that happen? >> new yorkers aren't easy to startle, but, like st. john, many of us have been stunned to learn that the tower casting those shadows across the children's playground is the vanguard of more to come. a line of gated castles is forming along the southern rim of central park, staking a privileged claim to the space, sky and sun long shared by all. this building is the first, marketed as one57, ninety stories tall on west 57th street. the noted architectural critic paul goldberger could hardly believe his eyes. >> the very top floor is the most unbelievable view you've ever seen,

yesterday volunteers continue to work at st. john baptist church which has become search headquarters. as each day passes the mystery deepens. shane is a 21-year-old student at west chester university where a vigil was held earlier this week. he was drinking with friends the night before thanksgiving, he left the bar alone to walk a mile to his parents house. he was last seen heading east on main street. his cell phone pinged an hour after he left the bar and that was it. if shane met with foul play or someone knows where he is, the family is hoping that someone will come forward to claim the reward money now up to $40,000 after the company that shane's father works for added $9,000. they will be trying a new tactic tonight expanding the effort. 2:00 p.m. volunteers will meet at st. john's church in manayunk pick up leaflets and fan out across the city handing out the leaflets in bars during happy hour hope to jog someone's memory. live in manayunk, david henry channel 6 "action news." >> thank you for that david. 6abc.com can keep y

today volunteers continued to work at st. john xwaptist church becoming ground zero for shane's search even with community support each passing day with no leads or sign of son is wearing on shane's mother karen who has remained part of the hunt for her son ever day. >> this is nightmare to my family my son has been gone for 7 days and my son is my youngest child i miss him terribly and my mother is distraught her grandson is missing and there's nothing we can do about it. >> tonight main street in manayunk is stark contrast to the crowds they saw night before thanks giving it's happy hour crowds they hope to tarring whet they span out across the city hoping to find someone saw something that night hopefully something turns out. it's a good idea. something to dry try. anything is possible. >> and that group of volunteers heads out to happy hours across the city tomorrow night. will meet p.m. manayunk st. john the baptist church. reporting live from manayunk. annie mccormick, "channel 6 action news." >> jim. >> philadelphia police

dominique pointer, gails would fall to st. johns 53-37.>>> well we're going to see how the 49ers do tomorrow with nothing really tangible to play for. add to it reports tonight that family and friend of coach jim harbaugh are urging him to take the coaching job at his alma mater at the university of michigan. he's reportedly torn. meanwhile a coach's dream. gore scoring a touchdown there against seattle is questionable against the chargers after the concussion he suffered. and here's what collin kaepernick has to say about the team's mind set for the final couple of games. >> you don't play this game for any other reason than to try to win a super bowl. it's at the point that we are not going to be able to accomplish that this year, but we have to keep moving forward. at this point we want to win as many games as we can. >> it's a 5:00 game tomorrow night. >> thanks for joining us. see you tomorrow morning. there's a legacy at raley's about having the best meat and the best produce. it's my job to start a new legacy, the best wine beer and

st. john's stormed back.rm up 4 they outscore saint mary's 34- 14 in the second half. they win 53-47. the gaels now 6-3. >>> a birth defect should make st. francis high's riley quinn struggle at any sport. instead, he excels at three. >> pretty crazy to think that people actually care about my story. >> reporter: from fox news to "people" magazine, st. francis senior riley quinn has been on top, two intersections in the school's title game will have that effect especially with just one arm. >> my brother an sister they played sports all throughout their youth and it was never a question if i could compete with them. i threw myself out there with the help my parents. >> reporter: a three sport athlete he is getting a unique look at basketball practice from the sidelines. he hopes the football injury will allow him to return to the court in january. so instead, he is trying to get stronger. he prefers not to use a prosthetic arm unless he is lifting weights. >> i really think of it as a blessing. i would rather

st. john's grew up against randy ben knelt of st. mary's, and it was 33-18 another the half. doe getting it on for the ç26-11 finish him. the red storm, they start the second half on the 27-8 run, and the gails only score in the 2nd half. >>> the warriors are back in action on monday night. great matchup. another triple overtime game for tim duncan and company. the nice move in overtime. 32 points, 10 rebounds for duncan, but dave yen. we off, 16 points in the 3 overtime periods. he basically won it for the blaze ores. the spurs lose their second triple overtime game in a row. it's the first time an nba tame played in back-to-back games since the bullets in 1951. we will leave you with this. cray thompson was down in palo alto w these young 6th graders for east side prep. he paid for the whole thing. sam, clay thompson, giving back. >> have a great weekend, everybody. good night. female announcer: get three years interest-free financing on brand name mattress sets. plus, get free delivery, and sleep train's 100-day low price guarantee. sleep train's interest free for 3 event

today volunteers continue to work at st. john the baptist church become the ground zero for shane's search. even with community support each passing day with no leads or sign of their son is wareing on shane's mother karen who remained part of the hunt for her son every day. >> this is nightmare to my family. my son has been gone for 7 days. my son is my youngest child. and i miss him terribly and my mother is destroyed that her grandson is missing and there's nothing that we can do about it. >> tonight, main street in manayunk is stark contrast to the crowds they sought night before thanksgiving and it's happy hour crowds the family hopes to target tomorrow night when they span out across the city armed with flyers and hoping to find someone who saw something that night. >> it's good. hopefully something turns up. you know, it's a good idea. something to try you know anything is possible again that group is going to happy hour across the state from manayunk and they're meeting p.m. tomorrow st. john the baptist church in manyunk

former eagle john run to check out his son for st. joe's prep today. prep all over pencebry. prep wins 37-7. they go to hershey to play for a state title. palboro beats to win the title. i'm john clark at comcast sportsnet. denise, let's send it back to you. >> john, thanks so much and a last check on our weather and we're not trying to get the weather to let us down but pretty much a washout for today. >> pretty much a washout. showers don't taper until 10:00 or 11:00 at night. tomorrow, we see actually colder conditions so the mild air is going with the rainfall. windy conditions settle in for our. we see plenty of sunshine and as we take a look at what's going to happen into next week, we track the potential for a nor'easter and how close it's going to be to our shore or stay offshore. that determines what kind of precip we get. it's a messy start to your workweek. rain moves in overnight and temperatures stay down below average. 48 degrees this time of year and we stay below that for most of next week. >> in terms of the rest of the weekend, moves out by settles in. >> by

more volunteers will be hitting the streets, they will be meeting at 2:00 at st. john baptist church collecting leaflets and fan out to all the bars in the manayunk area hoping to jog someone's memory anything at all that might be useful. live in manayunk, channel 6 "action news, matt. >> 6abc.com has continuous updates on shane montgomery county. you can find contact information for authorities to help find montgomery. >> bill cosby is counter suing a woman that is suing him. the woman claims she was abused back in 1974 when she was 19. he said she tried to sell the story to a tabloid 30 years later. he called the claims salute false, more than a dozen women have alleged that cosby drugged them and sexually assaulted them. the la police department says it is willing to investigate reports of abuse even dating back decades. >> you come to us with a sexual allegation we will work with you, as you say the remedies may be limited. we address these things seriously, not just because it is mr. cosby. the navy revoked cosby's title of chief petty officer saying they conflict

st. john's. the gaels were led by 26 points. st. mary's blew a 15-point halftime lead.basket by rasheed jordan from behind the back. he gets it to fall. wow, that had to be the shot of the day. st. john's wins 53-47. the gaels dropped to 6-3. and that is sports for a saturday morning. go out and have a great day. >>> today on abc 7 you can catch colorado state and 22-ranked utah in the royal purple las vegas bowl this afternoon at 12:30 here on abc 7. >>> still to come the spirit of giving. the annual toy >>> glide memorial church in san francisco will have its annual toy giveaway handing out nearly 10,000 new toys to kids in need. thousands of toys have already been collected by the public. today's giveaway gets under way at 9:00 at glide memorial on ellis street. >>> it's certainly foggy out there and we can't rule out a stray shower. the most activity we've seen is in sea ranch up to bodega bay, guerneville. the fog lifts after 10:00 but right now it's just down to a half-mile visibility, concord, and it's even worse in the north bay. so upper 50s to low 60s, and we'

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. >> volunteers gathered in the rectory of st. john the baptist in manayunk again this morning, they are not giving up in their efforts to find 21-year-old shane montgomery, missing since early thursday morning, shane's mother is alongside the volunteers working to find her son. >> think that i'm going to find shane and i hope i'm going to find shane and i can't give up hope. >> people put up new missing person posters with new information. the reward fund stands now at $31,000. the weather made it harder to get to certain places and made it more inconvenient to walk around and it's not stopping anybody. >> montgomery disappeared after leaving kildare's irish pub shortly before 2:00 a.m., closing time on thursday, philadelphia police brought in k-9 units to search the banks of the schuylkill river near green lane and this small park, but no sign of the manayunk students. he is not spotted on any surveillance video either. >> the hard part is not knowing anything, we are on day seven, people are calling with tips and we appreciate that,

. >> reporter: st. john church in manayunk is headquarters for the search. volunteers continue to crank out pictures with shane's pictures, his facebook page continues to grow. >> we holding up, things that get us up out of bed every day, we're on mission to find shane and well we will. >> police and fbi task force are pressing on with their search efforts that is requesting surveillance videos from businesses and private owners. the reward is up to $40,000. >> breaking news, american hostage, luke somers is dead. his sister said he was killed in a failed rescue attempt in yemen. she said the fbi delivered the heartbreaking news overnight. somers was born in england, but carried american citizenship. he was captured while working as a photo journalist. drone strikes killed 9 al qaeda militants in yemen. >>> a man is behind bars for stabbing four people on a packed amtrak train in michigan. police say the attacker was agitated and traveling alone. the conductor called security in chicago where the train left from. before the train stopped and local police arr

. >> still they are keeping unthe search and volunteers plan to gather at the church, st. john the baptist, and they want to scan out and go to bars at happy hour time and be on the lookout for shane montgomery. i'm sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> a limerick township police detective had to cut his vacation short when a fire destroyed his house. detective ernie morris returns from disney world when he heard about the two alarm blaze. fire investigators haven't pinpointed the official cause but they are focusing on christmas lights that were operating with a timer on the front porch. >> coming up on "action news" tonight, hundreds of new jersey restaurant customers get vaccinated in the midst of a hepatitis scare and a 12-year-old falls victim to crime in his after school program. how he is being made whole tonight. >>> the clouds are rolling back and i am tracking rain on the way. what this means for your weekend in the accuweather forecast. >> and ducis rogers with an eagles-seattle preview when "action news" continues tonight. >>> hundreds of peopl

st. john's. check out this hoop from behind the back. he gets it to go. he looks like michael jordan. the red storm stormed back to win 53-47. the gails fall to 6-3. this abc7 news sports report has been brought to you by kimmle, chris pine. >> have a great night and a wonderful [ music playing ] >> i'm cheryl jennings. our show today focuses on col consumption and the deadly dangers of drinking too much. according to a report from the world health organization, 2012 saw 3 million alcohol of related deaths around the globe. thousands of americans die every year from a variety of diseases and accidents and crimes linked to alcohol. too much alcohol negatively affects more than our body, behavior and relationships, it also damages the lives of the people around us. a young marine was killed by a drunk driver. andrew silva just returned from afghanistan only to lose his life in fremont. we saw this report in the days following the tragedy. >> reporter: the emotion is overflowing in this fremont bank parking lot as people remember andrew silva. he was thrown from his motorcycle and died i

special rosary in shane montgomery's honor people placed green ribbons on the christmas tree outside st. john the baptist church in roxboro after drivers made a discovery in the river. >> they brought the keys to the surface and brought them to us. i identified you them as shane's. positively identified as shane's. >> shane's keys attached to a plan yard were found in the schuylkill along the banks by the parking lot. volunteer group garden state underwater recovery unit found themd. >> it's just a piece of the puzzle the puzzle is not done. >> doesn't necessarily bring us kloer to finding him but hopefully we'll find him in order to bring some closure to the family. >> it's now been three and a half weeks since a 1-year-old west chester university student disappeared and sources say surveillance footage montgomery crossing the bridge over the canal and never returning early thanksgiving morning. parishioners say each ribbon placed on the tree sunday is sign of unwaiveerring community support. >> it givers you hope that they'll find him and get him home. >> weaver all part of this. it capture

st. john's. check out this hoop from behind the back. he gets it to go. he looks like michael jordan.rm stormed back to win 53-47. the gails fall to 6-3. this abc7 news sports report has been brought to you by kimmle, chris pine. >> have a great night and a wonderful weekend. >> dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live"! tonight -- chris pine. evangeline lilly. and music from pitbull and ne-yo. with cleto and the cletones. and now, one last thing. here's j.k. -- jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: that's very nice. thank you. thank you, i'm jimmy, i'm the host of the show. appreciate you coming. thank you for watching at home.

. >> the rectory at st. john the baptist is the center for the action. his mother is there trying to stay optimistic while the search for her son going on. >> it's hard, i think i go to bed and try to get fitful rest and then it's a nightmare i can't wake up from. >> montgomery disappeared after leaving kildare's irish pub at closing time at 2:30 a.m. today philadelphia police brought nay k-9 unit to search the banks by the schuylkill river and the small manayunk park but again today. nothing. >> they assure me, and i believe them, they are doing everything possible, and they assured me i will be the first to know if they find anything of value. >> the volunteers have left manayunk and made the trip to westchester to pray. >> it's hard to go to classes and be normal. we have a ton of hope and we are trying to spread it tonight. >> as we look back live at westchester university and the steps of the student union where the group is gathering here and any moment now they will begin a candle light vigil in shane montgomery's honor and they will pray tomorrow

st. john's newfoundland. a 400 pound polar bear hitches a ride into town on an arctic ice flow and decided to camp out on a rocky cliff just small steps away from a fishing village. >> we allow a polar bear to walk through an area, especially a populated area like st. johns because it will encounter people. we would have shot or a local that was in fear of their life would have shot it. >> when the people of newfoundland need help with wild animals, they turn to 30-year wildlife enforcement veteran bill collins. >> i received a call at my office that there was a polar bear. grabbed my drugs and my darting equipment and head down here to see if i can capture the bear or find some way to deter it from coming into the residential area. >> when bill arrives he sees a 3-year-old female polar bear perched 75 feet up a slippery slope. he immediately realizes his options are limited. >> when i got here, it was just obvious that the bear wasn't in a place where we were just going to be able to dart it and load it aboa

st. john's. boty and john bassett who have both graciously agreed to stay for questions and sign books after the talk. note cards have been placed in every seat, at lease the first 200 before we filled in the rest of the room. ushers will collect the questions in baskets at the break just before the q & a starts. at this point, i'd like to welcome john bassett iii to st. john's. [applause] >> looking forward to hearing from you tonight, sir. i'd also particularly like to welcome any folks who are here from henry county, bassett, and galax, i think you all share the spotlight in this as well. >>> i could tell you about all of the amazing awards that beth macy has won for her writing, hello, anymoran fellow. but the real mark of her gift as a journalist shines in a simple question: how many of you remember a specific beth macy story? by a show of hands, how many of you remember young selena, who made it to harvard with the whole community of the library patrons cheering her on. [applause] >> or bet

st. john's hospice and station house. philly food connection collected and districted leftover meals with help from edible dliingts catering and relish restaurant. today ace new charity drive marked the very first annual holiday connection. >> the iconic fountain restaurant at the four seasons served the final dinner tonight. the fountain which has been awarded repeatedly over the years has been staple of fine type dining in philadelphia for more than three decades. four seasons is moving to top of the new comcast center in 20 17. many of the employees here who worked here wore decades say they are proud to have been part of philadelphia history. >> the city is moving on and things are iching chaing and 4 seasons is moving on and that's the way life goes. it's nothing is forever the building is not forever and people represent forever. it's very transitory just like life. >> to be clear the fountain will continue to serve brunch and lunch until june. a steak house called urban farmer will eventually take the fountain's pl

. >> st. john church in manayunk is head quart he's for the search. volunteers continue to crank out leaflets with shane ace picture and this help find shane montgomery facebook page cop continues to grow all while family is helpful for saiv sglurn the only thing that gets us outch bed every day we're on a mission to find shane and we will. >> in the meantime police 'andig surveillance perfect businesss in this area and private owners. >> we're live in manayunk. sharee williams. "channel 6 action news." >> 40,000 dollars thank you sharee. one man is dead. two others are in critical condition tonight following shooting in wilmington, delaware this was the scene in the area of jefferson and west sixth street and authorities say a gunman opened fire on three people and two victims were rushed to christianne hospital and several gun shot wounds and the third died on the way to the hospital. so far no suspect. >> a drunk driver that struck and killed two teenage cousins in south jersey will spen the next 18 years in prison. 3 3-year-old joshua admitted he

day of ncaa basketball action at 2:00 eastern and highlighted by butler taking on steve lavin's st. johns red storm. that's at 4:00 on the cbs sports network. as we welcome you back in our studio one more time guys. it's been great sitting here watching the season unfold for the first time the whole season long. any final thoughts as we say good-bye to college football on cbs? >> a great job by you. you did an excellent call. a series of close calls. a wake-up call for the big 12 and others. they got it right. >> they did. where they arrived at the four times, fine. how they arrived, not so fine. another tremendous football season. a lot of parody in college football. what we saw today is a testament to that. you have to bring it every weekend. another wonderful season. >> enjoy watching the game with you guys off the air. that will about do it. >> you're going to mess me screaming at you. >> thanks for watching the dodge pstgame show. here's a look what's coming up tonight on cbs. a reminder, the road to the final four continues on cbs. next saturday we'll ring in the new year with ncaa

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st. peter's basilica. johnaul ii who famous john paul ii who famously for gave his attacker wasthon he was extradited to turkey he served another ten years for murdering a journalist there. >>> another embarrassment for at secret service after a tough year. new report reveals agency has been using untrained volunteers to drive vehicles in president obama motorcade according to "new york times" a 24-year-old without secret service training drove the press car in san francisco this past fall a job she reportedly secured through a friend at the white house. secret service responded to the report by saying, in the event the motorcade would come under attack the press car would be left behind. a man jumped the fence and was able to get inside the whitehouse before getting captured. >> a grieving father gathers courage to reach out you to for help. here is rick williams with tonight's crime fighter report. >> fill immoney is honest about his son amir money. >> my sop was not perfect period.. he was typical young man

last night, st. john the baptist church in manayunk held its tree lighting in honor of shane. people decorated the tree with green ribbons as a symbol of hope for answers in shane's disappearance. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> and a good monday morning. i'm meteorologist michelle grossman. we are starting a trend, a threat for showers over the next couple days, and a bigger threat on christmas eve, causing travel issues. but today, we'll see more clouds than sunshine and yeah, we have a threat for showers, especially in the afternoon. so, maybe grab the umbrellas, keep them handy in your bag. by tuesday, we're going to be milder, into the low 50s, there is keeping the threat for showers. otherwise, a cloudy day on tuesday. on christmas eve is when the rain comes in, heavy at times. it's going to be windy, but it will be wet and not white. we're not looking at snow. looking outside, we're waking up to clouds this morning and that will be the trend throughout the day, more clouds than sunshine. 29 right now in philadelphia. it's a cold one with winds out of the nor

last night, st. john the baptist church in manayunk held its tree lighting in honor of shane. parishioners and friends and family decorated the tree with green ribbons as a symbol of hope for answers in shane's disappearance. >> we are all part of shane's family now, not a blood line, but we're all part of this. it's captured us all. and there's a momentum and a solidarity, i think, that speaks to the human condition. >> fbi officials said earlier this month that shane had been walking between the manayunk canal and the schuylkill river soon after he left the bar. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> all right, a good monday morning. we are starting off pretty chilly across the area. we're looking at temperatures well below freezing in many spots. we are dry for now, and that may change as we head throughout the rest of the day, especially in the afternoon. so, weather headlines on your monday morning. some showers today. grab the umbrella as you head out. just keep it in the car, keep it in your bag. you may need it, especially this afternoon. then by tuesday, we're go

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moving up into pottstown, north charlotte street at st. john street. there is a new accident that occurred there. and also, for new jersey drivers, new jersey turnpike southbound. there's an accident involving a jack-knifed tractor-trailer right as you pass exit number 2, the exit for route 322, and the right lane is blocked there. and as i've been following speeds, it is slowing speeds down to around 35-37 miles as you approach that. and we're talking about the fog this morning up in berks county. a live look right at i-78 at route 345 in berks county. so, drivers are dealing with that. >>> all right, katy, thanks. we're following breaking news at 5:31 out of montgomery county. here is a live picture from the scene. this is in narberth, montgomery county, along montgomery avenue, which is a major thoroughfare at christ. a commercial building is on fire there. you see crews on the scene. katy zachry's been mentioning this, because montgomery avenue is shut down because of this fire. we'll continue to monitor it. we do know that there are no injuries. w

and in st john's college chapel, the ancient sound has been revealed once again. ♪ monks near dusseldorfhoughto have penned the chant to german patron sainboniface, starting a choral tradition that still survives 1,100 yers later. ♪ >> sreenivasan: some more news before we leave you tonight. the obama administration reportedly has asked china for help preventing north korea from launching cyber attacks. cuban leader raul castro today thanked president obama for opening a new chapter in relations, but he said communism there would endure. the c.d.c. is reporting widespread outbreaks of the flu in 29 states. this year's vaccine does not protect against one prominent strain of influenza making the round but health experts say get vaccinated anyway. i'm hari sreenivasan. e you backere tomorrow night. captioning sponsod by wnet captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we are your retirement company. additiona

last night, st. john the baptist church in manayunk held its tree lighting in honor of shane. people decorated the tree with green ribbons, a symbol of hope for answers in shane's disappearance. >>> forced out of their homes ahead of the holidays. new video into nbc 10 shows the blaze that sent a firefighter to the hospital late last night. we're checking on that firefighter's condition and what the red cross is doing to help the families in need of a place to stay. >>> it was a sad sunday for eagles fans. a closer look at the game that ended the birds' playoff hopes. >>> all right, bundle up as you head out this morning. we are looking at temperatures well below freezing and a lot of spots in the low 20s in reading, also in lancaster. and we are also looking at some clouds this morning. here's a live look outside. expect cloudy skies today and also a few chances for some rain. we'll have your full forecast straight ahead. >>> all right, good monday morning. i'm meteorologist michelle grossman. we are told to cart out the day. we're going to be cold later on this afternoon on

last night, st. john the baptist church in manayunk held its tree lighting in honor of shane. people decorated the tree with green ribbons as a symbol of hope for answers in shane's disappearance. the time right now is 4:36. hey, if you were at home on the weekend and you were watching this, it was a tough one for eagles fans. >> we'll tell you what saturday's loss means for the team's chance of heading to the playoffs. >>> and it was a shock for several football fans in florida when a lightning bolt hit a car. witnesses say it's amazing no one was killed. >>> the fallout continues over the sony cyber attack. the new threats north korea is making against the u.s. for what north korea says is recklessly spreading rumors. >>> it is 4:38. eagles fans, you might as well make january weekend plans now because you're not going to be watching any playoff games. the eagles' playoff hopes are officially dead thanks to the cowboys' huge win last night over the indianapolis colts. fans watched the game closely in south philadelphia last night, feeling the sting of saturday's loss to the

st. john's hospice and station house. 2350d was delivered.he charity drive marks the first annual holiday connection. >> an air asia plane carrying 162 people is missing after taking off from indonesia. breaking details coming up on "action news." >>> a car goes out of control and flips over plowing into a home in northeast philadelphia. >>> storm tracker 6 live double scan shows showers moving into the area. 6:29 meteorologist chris sowers has more again in the 50s today. >> reporter: you just showed storm tracker 6 live double scan, at least there's no white. it is all green. it's too mild for anything other than rain. temperatures are in the 40s. yesterday we topped out at 56. today we'll reach the low 50s again, feeling anything but december out there. in the meantime there's the view of the camden waterfront. nice and quiet showers approaching from the west. storm tracker 6 live double scan showing the wet weather moving across our far suburbs lancaster and lehigh county getting wet. the poconos no frozen precipitation up there. it's all

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. >> st. john church in manyunk is headquarters for the search. volunteers continue to crank out leaflets with shane's picture and this help find shane montgomery facebook page continues to grow all while his family is hopeful for his safe return. >> we're holding up the only thing that gets us out of bed ev day is we're on a mission to find shane and we will. >>> meantime, police and fbi are continuing their efforts as well in this case. they're asking businesses in this immediate area if they have any surveillance video. also speaking with private owners for any of their surveillance video. the reward at this point is 40,000. we're live in manayunk. sharee bill yumz "action news" at 10 on phl17. >> sharee, thank you. protests criticizing decisions that to indiet policemen that killed two unarmed black men wage ago cross the country tonight and this is video out of miami, florida, protesters there blocked major thorough fares and chanted their rally and cry, black lives matter. and hands up don't shoot, ran through grand central station before an

leads to shane's whereabouts, they keep up their effort and ongoing vigil here at the rectory at st. john the baptist in manayunk. you can feel the strain, they have updated the missing persons posters to show the reward fund reached $40,000. >> they have been very helpful and very supportive and i don't know what we with do without that kind of supfrom a lot of people. >> montgomery was last seen leaving kildare's irish pub on thursday morning. "action news" learned from sources that a bouncer told detectives that he escorted the westchester student out after he bumped the equipment and he added he saw montgomery a half hour later down main street where montgomery apologized to the bouncer, he told him he seemed in good health and his mother is holding out hope he will be found just fine. >> this is a nightmare to my family, my son has been gone for seven days, my son is my youngest child, and i miss him terribly and my mother is distraught that her grandson is missing and there is nothing we can do about it. >> investigators are trying to pin down the timeline and shane's exact path aft

volunteers work at st. john baptist church. as each day passes the mystery deepens. chain is 21-year-old student at west chester university. he had been out drinking with friends the night before thanksgiving. he left the bar alone to walk about a mile to his parent's house. he was last seen heading east on main street. his cell phone pinged about an hour after he left the bar, that was it. his family is hoping someone will come forward to claim the reward money that has grown to $40,000 after the company shane's father works for added another $9,000. there will be a lot more leafletting going on this evening. this is a leaflet that's posted in kildare's wood. you'll see more of them around the city because 2:00 p.m. volunteers will be gathering in manayunk collecting leaflets they will fan out across the city distributing them at happy hours across the city hoping that someone will know something and it will jog someone's memory. live in manayunk, david henry, channel 6 "action news." >> president obama is set to announce his choice for the next secretary of defense

. >> reporter: st. john church in manayunk is headquarters for the search.teers continue to crank out leaflets with shane's picture and this help find shane montgomery facebook page continues to grow while his family is hopeful for his safe return. >> the only thing that gets us out of bed everyday we're on a mission torched shane and we will. >> reporter: in the meantime, the fbi task force and the police are pressing on for their search that means surveillance video from rpd surrounding businesses and private owners. the reward is set at $40,000. >> we have continue updates for the search for shane montgomery at 6abc.com 6abc.com. you can find contact information for authorities to help find him. >> a man is in jail after stabbing people on a packed amtrak train in michigan. before the train stopped and local police arrived the suspect was stabbing an older gentleman in the chest. an amtrak employee and two other passengers were stabbed. all four victims are in the hospital. police tasered the suspect and taken in for questioning. >>> the family of a 12-ye

is a student at westchester university where his classmates held a vigil and family gathered at st. johns church as they continued their effortses to raise public awareness. >> this is a nightmare to my family, my son has been gone for seven days, my son is my youngest child, i miss him terribly and my mother is distraught that her grandson is missing and there is nothing we can do about it. >> volunteers are gathering at the church at 2:00 to expand their outreach, they are fanning out to bars across the city handing out flyers to the happy hour club, the hope is that hopefully someone leaving the bars in manayunk on thanksgiving may have seen him. meanwhile they are press on with their effortses. >> we we are pursuing everything and not ruling anything out and the task force is working hard to consider all possibilities and look at all possibilities. the fbi and state police continue to interview people that were here in looking for answers for what has become a frustrating mystery. >> david, had you. >>> a driver was killed overnight after they crashed their car into a tree in cheltenh

. >> fol a special rosary they placed green ribbons symbol of hope on the christmas tree outside st. john the baptist church in roxboro after the dives made a discovery in the river. >> they brought keys to the surface and i identified them as shane's positively identified as shane's. >> shane's keys attached to eagles plan yard were found in the schuylkill along the banks by the parking lot. volunteer group the garden state underwater recovery unit found them. >> it's a piece of the puzzle. the puzsome not done. >> it doesn't bring us closer to finding him but hopefully we will find him to bring closure to the family. >> it's been 3 1/2 weeks sint west chester university student disappeared. sources say surveillance shows montgomery crossing the bridge over the manayunk canal but never returning shortly after leaving kill dare's pub early thanksgiving morning. parishioners say each ribbon placed on the tree is a sign of unwaiveerring community support. >> it gives you hope they'll find him and get him home. >> we'll all part of this. it's captured us all. there's a momentum and solidarit