live in juniata where it is freezing vernon odom, channel6 "action news." >> all right vernon. american airlines, u.s. airways and united have all canceled flights in and out of philadelphia international airport tomorrow. airport officials say they have 500 personnel dedicated to snow removal and so they hope to get operations back to normal as soon as possible. many airlines are waiving their cancellation fees. >>> penndot is providing an update on its efforts to keep roads clear right now. at a news conference in norristown, 538 state trucks are being deployed across the five county region. officials wants to remind drivers to be cautious of wind gusts and possible whiteout conditions and to stay off the roads if possible as conditions get worse. >>> so, what about the roads? let's talk to matt pelman right now. matt, we know it's just wet out there now but what are the weak spots in our road network? should the weather really get bad, which we expect that it will? >> yeah, you know jim normally we say any untreated unsalted roads are going to be the really rough spots but i

vernon odom, channel 6 "action news.." >> thank you vernon. >>> police and fire officials in wilmington say they need your help identifying three suspects wanted for intensely setting fire for a walgreens. >> these are pictures of the suspects captured on surveillance video police say they set fire to a clothing rack at walgreens last friday store managers tried to douse the flames with extinguishers but with no avail. firefighters were called to put out the fire. >>> hazmat crews spent the day cleaning a fuel spill in delaware delaware. delaware state police responded to the scene at newport gap pike, the driver of the truck was not hurt. >>> social media savvy residents in wilmington have a new website to enhance their job search the city launched tweet my jobs. users can put is specifications for their dream jobs and get personalized openings via facebook twitter, it includes starbucks and at&t, you can find the link at 6abc.com. nth: you'd pay more. 11 billion dollars a year in new taxes and fees. internet freedoms can be protected with the white house and congress working together,

"action news" reporter vernon odom is live at st. cir per's hospital 234 hunting park be where the baby died today. vernon. >> reporter: walter they did their fwoingt save the child it was a monster us. this is hyphernkemberly dorvilier the 22-year-old woman in prison tonight charged with killing her newborn baby by setting her on fire. it all unfolded outside the home of da joseph around 11 last night. >> it was mind boggling. >> joseph says he and his family looked out their window and saw something on fire. they saw a woman standing there. she allegedly told them she was burning dog waste she found in her vehicle and he then told her to put it out. >> she put it out and got a bottle of water and she poured it on there. my wife was down there. and said it was a baby. >> horrified joseph family held her and called police. hyphernkemberly dorvilier was arrested and the child was flown by helicopter to st. by helicopter to st. christopher's where it eventually lost its battle for life. >> it was a bad scene. for a mother to do that and

lets go to vernon odom at school district headquarterers how big of a blow to the school district be how big of a victory for the teachers. >> it's a huge victory for the teachers union and a major blow and loss to the school district and reform commission, they lost big time and the district leaders are trying to decide whether to appeal this decision to the supreme court or simply bite the bullet. >> very angry and rightfully so. teacher president jerry jordan is pleased as punch with the victory for the philadelphia school district. in a 42 page ruling, they said that the school district acted illegally, when they imposed their own terms. after contract talks were going nowhere they proposed health care benefit changes that would have poured $50 million into the courtroom. >> the school reform commission was improper in canceling the current collective bargaining agreement. >> the school district says that there is no impact on the second semester programs but the loss of savings they planned on for the fall could be trouble including another round of layoffs for teachers nurses a

"action news" reporter vernon odom, is live along poplar street in darby. with more on this story. >> reporter: rick, it goes without saying that this is a real horror story a house pet nearly killing a 1-month-old child who was down stairs alone in a child seat. p the couple has five children and the 1-month-old was attacked by the ferrets that were kept in a cage. it bit off 25% of the child's face and the parents were upstairs when the attack occurred. the four other children are in custody of child youth services. the child is in chop after life saving surgery and neighbors along this block are shocked. >> it's shocking to hear stuff like that, because they are very nice and loving family. >> that is terrible. how is she doing? is she in bad shape? >> extensionve surgery. >> expected to survive. >> that is a real shame. they are like what you see here from the weasel family legal to own in the state of pennsylvania. the child is expected to survive earlier but will need years and years of corrective surgery on her face, she is getting assistance to brea

"action news" reporter vernon odom is now live. vernon you're at the fire administration building in spring garden. emotions still raw in the wake of her death and a lot of questions still to be answered. >> reporter: many questions still unanswered tonight jim and we don't know when they will be answered by the fire department. more on that shortly. but first philadelphia officially wrapped up its 30 day mourning period over the death of firefighter joyce craig. during a moving tribute to fallen philadelphia firefighter joyce craig, mayor michael nutter presented her family with the official flag of philadelphia. she was killed in the line of duty on december 9th while helping battle a blaze in a west oak lane row house. her brother spoke for the family today. >> everybody who knows what joyce did or knew joyce know she smiled a lot. she loved to laugh. you know, she loved to enjoy life. >> as one of a small group of female firefighters she helped show us all that women are fully capable of doing this job every bit as well as a man

live in society hill, vernon odom channel 6 "action news." >> all right thank you. after months of speculation, mitt romney announced a short time ago he will not run for the republican nomination in 2016, he told his family and inner circle that he wanted to run again and it would be his third attempt. but he did not want to make it more difficult for someone else to emerge that may have a better chance of capturing the white house in 2016. >> and now a new warning in the measles outbreak that spread to several states doctors are looking at children that are not vaccinated against the contagious disease. marcy gonzales is following the situation from new york. >> concern growing across the country with more than 80 cases of measles across a dozen states. this is a critical point in this outbreak. >> the thing with measles is that it's extremely contagious. >> after an unvaccinated family was infected in disneyland, because measles is spread through the air, she may have exposed nearly 200 children to the virus when she visited a clinic in phoenix. >> what they are

"action news" reporter vernon odom is live in the 300 block of popular street in darby borough. vernon, this is one grim story. >> reporter: very grim, jim and here's the latest on this. the delaware county district attorney has decided to press criminal charges against the parent of that child. in fact they have five children. there will be five counts of endangering the welfare of the couple's five children in all. bernie frame showed us around the living room where this tragedy occurred. this is a child's play pen where they kept three ferrets. after least two of which escaped yesterday to mall this one month old daughter who is in a car seat on the floor. >> we rigged and tied it but more likely they broke that off and they can get out. >> reporter: frame and his fiancÉ jessica have five children in all living here on poplar street. he says they were both upstairs when the house pets escaped and mauled the newborn named sky isabelle frame. the mother he says was away from the child for only a short time before hearing the baby cry out in pain. >> she left the baby for like ju

vernon odom is live now with more. >> >> reporter: hello matt, franklin, new jersey and franklinville are virtually the same town, hundreds have come to williamstown on the second day of the flu year to try to cope with this tragedy. a grim scene as mourners attend the final viewing of 10-year-old matthew mccluskey. the child was walking to a sleep over with friends on delsy drive when he was hit by a franklin township police cruiser. police say he was responding to a call involving an unruly juvenile. they have not said if the lights or siren were on the towns folk are in deep despair. >> we are all family in franklinville and a lot of us have come to pay our support for the family and this precious little boy, it's a tragedy. >> an enormous tragedy? >> yes it is for everyone in franklinville. >> a candle light vigil was held on the little field field where matthew played last summer. the funeral mass just started for 10-year-old matthew in gloucester county. vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> a robin side of a mall in tampa, florida, created a widespread panic e

vernon odom has details ♪. >> they sang sad songs and unlifting songs and 70 family and friends of rayathered today to remember him and demand the person that killed him. >> he was working as a tammy driver open the side when shot and killed 3:00 in the morning it happened as he was dropping off a fare in 3700 block of deli street and hunting park taken was apparent robbery attempt and his father spoke powerfully. >> my son was a peaceful and giving person. he loved his friend and loved his family. he loved his community. >> bernard ray was active in his community and it was well known in circles of hower and nrups and da office and city hall sent representatives to reassure the mourners. >> in this city possibly this neighborhood there's people who know what happened on that terrible night and we're asking someone to come forward to have some heart and soul and do the right thing. >> whoever you are i suggest you turn yourself in because you will have full measure of the district attorney's office and the mayor's office out and the police department trying to find out who you are. >>

vernon odom has that story. >> the trust that exists in certain communitys real and we have to concede that. >> attorney general eric holder was in philadelphia today the fifth stop in his city tour to build trust between local police and minorities. it's drawn by all the upheaval and bitterness triggered by the killing of an unarmed teen in ferguson missouri. >> people want a sense that they are treated fairly. >> a lot of law enforcement brass and community activists that have their hand on the pulse of this community. rodney muhammad says that the entire justice system needs to be overhauled. >> if there is a question of police misconduct, there should be a special prosecutor, someone that is more objective we don't believe that the police can police themselves. marcus allen the head of big brother and big sister says that one of his first mentors was a cop. >> they talk about the only time police get out of the car is when there is a problem. we need to understand that police are here to do a job it's a tough job they have to do a better job of establishing a relationship with the

vernon odom is following the investigation and joins us live at the scene near 12th and jefferson. on? >> so far it is a total who-dun-it and the question why? robbery or domestic situation? detectives are very much on the case at this hour. the murder occurred just after 9:30 this morning at 12th and jefferson. a 56-year-old woman who lives in this normally-quiet neighborhood was shot once in the head as she waited for the bus to go to work. a long-time neighbor says it is part of her routine and is stunned by what happened. >> this is a quiet neighborhood and i can't figure that out. and then when i found up on the corner on the bus, i didn't know who it was. >> i am withholding the victim's name for the time being. neighbors tell me she is the long-time employee of an insurance company and mother of an adult son. no word yet on a possible motive here. police are looking through video through a septa bus trying to possibly focus on a suspect described as a black male dressed in all-black clothing carrying a duffel bag. >> i still can't believe it. somebody you know all your life j

"action news" reporter vernon odom has that story. >> reporter: state representative elect lesley acostats constituents on the eve her swearing in. from hunting park to fairhill to parts of north philadelphia. she has no illusions about harrisburg. her presses sore has been busted for corruption. >> i have no disposition to any -- to anyone other than the people that elected me to office. >> reporter: she's not in awe or fear of the powers in harrisburg from the republican majorities in the house and senate to the lobbyists who roam that town. >> political structure, it had as no credibility to be quite honest with you and i think we need to start electing individuals that are off that. >> reporter: the have much majority of her district is impoverished. more state funding for education is a serious concern here. >> our children need more sources definitely in order for them to learn and the teachers need more sources. >> we need so much of everything. there's so much going on you got your work cut out to your. >> reporter: she says she'll fighter for stronger gun control laws and battle

in voorhees, new jersey, vernon odom, channel6 "action news. >> one of maryland's top episcopal bishops will be charged in the hit and run crash that killed new jersey native tom palermo. the 41-year-old father was originally from riverton, burlington county. he died two weeks ago when a car slammed into his bicycle in baltimore. police say bishop heather cook was behind the wheel and prosecutors alleged today that she was drunk and texting when she hit palermo. cook is the second highest leader of the episcopal diocese of maryland. she faces charges of vehicular manslaughter and drunk driving. >>> west chester police think this man broke into another man's home and sexually assaulted him in the middle of the night. investigators today released a surveillance picture of the intruder. he forced his way into the vices apartment on the 700 block of walnut street on december 28th. police say the two men did not know each other. they are still trying to identify the suspect. >>> coming up on "action news" tonight, pennsylvania attorney general kathleen kane responds after a grand jury recomm

vernon odom is live now in bridgeton cumberland county at least one person says the video looks bad for the officers involved. >> this further inflates what is a controversial case all along. watch this video closely. the release of this police dash board video from the night of december 30th has triggered much controversy in the south jersey town it shows the officers repeatedly ordering the passenger jerome reed as he pushes himself out the door, it shows his hands in front of him and he is killed by the officers local activists say that this is clearly excessive force. >> jerome reed complied to the officer's demand and got out of the car and he received a hail of bullets. the altercation began with a traffic stop and reed had a criminal record and was arrested for drugs and resisting arevelants last year. they want the cumberland prosecutor removed from the case and demanding that the state attorney general handle the probe, they are promising a fair and thorough grand jury investigation, they say that this video shows a pattern of police brutality in bridgeton. >> it gives a face t

"action news" reporter vernon odom joins us live in hunting park with the tea tails vernon? >> reporter: well, walter, two weeks since that murder and police sources tell me tonight the the good leads have been hard to come by. these are some mean streets out here, bernard ray's family and rays are asking the public for help. >> ♪♪ >> reporter: they sang songs that were sad and some that were uplifting. about 70 family members and friend of bernard ray gathered for a vigil late today to remember him and demand at rest of the person or persons who killed him. ray, was a restaurant worker driving a hack taxi on the side when he was shot and killed january 4th around 3:00 in the morning. it happened as he was apparently driving off a fare in the 3700 block of tally street in hunting park. it was an apparent robbery attempt police say. bernard ray leaves behind four children. his father spoke today. >> my son was a very peaceful and giving person. he loved his friends. he loved his family. he loved his community. >> reporter: bernard ray was a active in his community and was wel

live in darby, vernon odom channel6 "action news. >> we are all pulling for that baby. philadelphia police have released brand new surveillance video in hopes of finding a man accused of attacking a teen girl. officers say this is the suspect who seriously injured a 17-year-old on wednesday morning. authorities say he punched the teenager on the route 15 septa trolley after her backpack kept hitting him. the confrontation left the girl with a broken nose and bruises. if you recognize the suspect call philadelphia police. >>> an amish community is grieve breathing a bit easier today following the arrest of this man. lancaster county police say justin schwank had been entering homes and fondling young girls while they slept. police were able to lift fingerprints positively identifying the 27-year-old as the suspect. he's being held on $50,000 bail. >> volunteers will search this weekend for a young mom who disappeared from her delaware home two weeks ago. keisha hamilton went missing along with her children ages four years and four months on january 11th. the next day the

phl17, i'm vernon odom. >> all right. thank you vernon. >> to a developing story out of center city a water main break has a hotel scrambling to find other combinations for its guests. the buildinging is without water tonight because of a ruptured maipch the 12" main burst 5 p.m. tonight. south 12th between market and chestnut remains blocked as crews work to restore the water. >> we have to wait for everybody to mark off utilities before we can dig the streets and do repairs. it will take 8 to 10 hours to restore water. >> and the electricity was knocked out for a period of time and was restored. hotel was at 90% capacity at the time. spokesperson says some guests chose to be relocated in other hotels across the city where others are taking it all in stride. >> in camden a water main break there left the old camden county -- the action cam on the scene as crews assess the situation at broadway and federal. the water department had work cut out for them as crews battled cold temperatures and slick conditions to fix the pro

vernon odom is live with the story. >> reporter: rick, the folks who live here along the 5700 block of winfield avenue tell me they are tired of these constant water main breaks and they want action quickly, they are tired of it because it's a close knit nice block of duplexes and septa is ruining the neighborhood. water department contractors are back for the fifth time in 18 months replacing broken water mains, they keep erupting on this block that neighbors contend that it started within septa started the turn around for the 52. >> when two and three buses came down here at the time, can you feel the vibrations. >> two and three septa bus trips roll down here each year. >> this is the fifth time, water main breaks, we know it's from the turnidge of the buss. >> the same happened two years ago when the 52 started running through here. the university runs student bus shuttles through the same route and delivery drivers use it for the nearby campus in other words don't blame septa. >> they said that those pipes are 100 years old and the septa buses are not the cause of those pipes bust

vernon odom as more. >> reporter: all day long the top brass is behind closed doors trying to decide on the next move in the wake of lose that major legal battle today with the teacher's union. >> it's a victory for philadelphia's children as well as for the members of philadelphia federation of teachers. jerry jordan hailing the verdict for the school district. in a more than 40 page ruling, they said that the district had no legal right to scuttle the old contract and make their own terms, they made the move in october after two years of contract talks remained stalled. they said it would have saved more than $50 million that could be poured into the clasz room. >> it was absolutely improper for the school reform commission to cancel the pft contract and instd of coming back to the negotiating table. the school district says there will be no immediate impact on the second semester programs but the loss of savings they planned on for the fall, is a problem including another round of layoffs for teachers and nurses et cetera. >> it's a disappointment for us not having the flexibility

vernon odom is live at police headquarters with more on the continuing investigation. >> rick, police report little progress today in the kena jones investigation they were at her workplace today searching for includes. >> the assassination style murder of kim jones continues to baffle police as well as her devastated friends and associated at the social service agency where she was a long time project director. >> i'm just stunned. stunned. >> kim jones was shot once in the back of the head after 9:00 yesterday morning as she waited for the route 9 bus to take her to work in center city. police have ruled out robbery as a motive and says she was targeted. it left her coworkers stunned, she was a church going woman with no real enemies. >> it's devastating to us here, i don't have words it's unbelievable i'm still trying to process this. >> she just got married, tuesday she celebrated 30 days of being married. i was fortunate enough to be invited to the wedding and this is just disturbing. >> surveillance video from around this neighborhood adjacent to temple university. has failed to

. >>> lets switch live to vernon odom who is in king of prussia tonight with more on preparations for tomorrow's snowfall. >> reporter: rick, out here tonight the track is damp but fast as people make their way home tonight. but tomorrow looks to be quite different and penndot knows it on mass we saw penndot trucks crisscrossing the area for whatever the weather may bring snow, rain, ice, however much there will be tomorrow afternoon and continuing into the rush hour the treatment known as brine, that ensures greater traction for when the storm actually hits. >> afternoon and evening rush hour midweek, we want to make sure we have enough salt down to keep the roads wet and we ask motorists to drive accordingly and leave distance between yourself and the vehicle in front of you. >> penndot trucks will gear up mid-day after sunday morning's crisis that saw a sudden ice builtup that triggered icy conditions that left three motorists dead between the schuylkill and the blue route. >> we did have trucks out to cover but obviously we would have needed at least double the amount of trucks to

vernon odom will have that story coming up at 4:30. >>> lets get a first look at your forecast from a familiar face that we missed a little bit around here. >> sorely missed. adam joseph is back welcome back. >> those of you waiting for the snow it's back as well. right now we are dealing with light rain and snow showers mainly north and west of philadelphia on double scan live radar and they are light with temperatures above the freezing point we are not looking for any concern of icing on the roadways or snow accumulation this evening. 38 in allentown and 35 with snow showers and rain showers mixed in reading. philadelphia 45 degrees and southern areas also low 40s, as we look at double scan live radar this system pushing through right now is not associated with a clipper system and that one near grand forks and a piece of energy the two of these will collide to our east and as they scrape by parts of our viewing area starting at 10:00 tomorrow morning, delaware and newcastle and points north and west forever the light snow but this should expand across the entire viewing area by to

live in williamstown, new jersey vernon odom, channel6 "action news." >> okay vernon, thank you. >>> county family lost their home in a fast moving fire this morning. it happened along the 1000 block of gravel pike in her ford township. authorities say one of three sewing machines plug need one outlet in the kitchen area sparked and caught fire. one of the owners was inside when the fire broke out. he was taken to the hospital for an evaluation. his wife though, was not home at the time. the home is a total loss. >>> it's been nearly a week since airasia flight 8501 went down in the waters off indonesia and for searchers today was their most successful day yet. officials say the search area in the java sea is as big as the state of delaware. despite that, 21 more victims were pulled from the water today and a short letup in the bad weather also helped divers and search vessels look for debris on the ocean floor. abc's lana in new york with the latest. >> reporter: despite that bad weather that you mentioned, search teams were able to recover what they believed to be debris from insid

. >> "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: here you see the killer calmly walking away from the murder scene heading towards broad street. the entire body and head bundled up. it was freezing out there but this was also done to avoid being identified. here you see him heading into the subway at broad and

"action news" reporter vernon odom has that story. >> joe biden. >> reporter: the vice president wrappedonference with the democratic party congressional leadership with a lecture and pep talk. last november they lost control of the u.s. senate and even more members of the house using a strategy of running away from the obama white house and its policies. even though the national economy has been dramatically improving. >> mark my words republican party is going to try to claim this resurgence and they're going to misrepresent that it was because of "policies" that they supported. >> reporter: philadelphia it's political leaders have been focused on trying to bring the party's 16 nominating convention to philadelphia. these congressional leaders were relentlessly lobbied by mayor michael nutter during their meetings here in society hill. >> a number of members told me they had not been to philadelphia before or they haven't been here in awhile and we're real -- really wowed by the city and a number of them said we hope we're coming back here in the summer of 2016 so we'll see. >> in talk

vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >>> there is one less candidate in the running for mayor of philadelphia, the former federal prosecutor and city solicitor issued a statement saying that there are family matters that require my full attention. it includes nelson diaz and lynn abraham and williams. >>> they were rushing a shooting victim to the hospital when they crashed with a lexus at 25th and lehigh, the cruiser hit a third vehicle and both officers and the shooting victim had expected to be okay. >>> sixers-knicks used to be a marquee attraction but not tonight? >> may not be the top quality basketball. the worst teams with the worst records and sixers fans who are also st. joes fans will see a familiar face. >> galloway pulls off the dribble yes, sir! >> former star langston galloway the second leading scorer in school history is trying to score a full-time job with the new york knicks the undrafted rookie is expected to make his second start against the sixers galloway is playing on his second ten day contract. >> i never lacked confidence of getting to the league i take it day by da

live in north philadelphia, vernon odom channel6 "action news. >> thank you vernon. >>> four people including two children were trapped in their car after an accident in delaware this morning. police say a jeep and a sedan collided near maryland avenue and em hurts place in canby park at 10 o'clock. two adults and two kids if the sedan were taken to the hospital to be treated for minor injuries. fortunately the driver of the jeep wasn't hurt. last night on "action news" at 11:00 we reported that police had apprehended the husband of erica crippen crosby. the mount laurel woman missing since december 30th. well tonight police have charged kyle crosby with his wife's murder. "action news" reporter david henry is live at the burlington county courthouse in mount holly. david what are the details here. >> reporter: jim late this afternoon kyle crosby appeared here in burlington county court. he had very little to say and he's not cooperating with the police and that has left a grieving family still wondering where is erica. >> without erica we're still lost. you know, we're grateful that kyle is

behind closed doors at the hyatt and sheridan hotels trying to find a way to convince middle class vernon odomers that they have their backs. >> if are you rich the government will help you out but if you are somewhere in between, they have no solutions for you. >> the democrats want to close tax loopholes for the rich and extend tax breaks for the middle class. he will give a peek at the budget proposal that will be revealed to the public on monday. he wants to end the sequester cuts. >> how can president obama say he is working to improve the quality of life, but at the same time taking more and more of american's american money he talks about the middle class but does he know what the middle class needs. >> the president and vice president's visit tomorrow puts philadelphia in the spotlight at a critical time. party chair toured the city yesterday as the party narrows in on a choice. >> we took her around and showed her the venues and she was extremely impressed and i give her a hug every day i politic every single day thursday before we left, she came behind me and gave me a hug and said you

. >>> and now let's go live to vernon odom live in juniata with more on the city's plan to handle the storm. vern. >> reporter: as you can see behind me at this juniata location for city salt trucks and gearing up for the storm it has been a very busy afternoon here as they put plows on normally nonplow vehicles, private contractor right there getting trod go out and hit the street tonight. at midday mayor michael nutter emerged from a cabinet meeting to declare that his city government is prepared to battle once again mother nature's fury. >> trash collection and recycling collection for tuesday, tomorrow, is canceled. >> reporter: mayor michael nutter running down the long list of adjustments the city must make because of the coming storm. after last winter, this is a familiar kind of crisis for mayor michael nutter and his aides. at midday the mayor declared a snow emergency taking effect at 6:00 p.m. tonight. that means no parking for civilian vehicles on the designated streets at 6:00 the parking authority will ticket and tow all vehicles parked illegally on snow emergency routes

vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >>> philadelphia detectives are looking for the person that shot two people in a minivan that then crashed into a home in olney, the initial call to 911 was about the crash and when officers arrived they found two victims inside. the person in the passenger seat was killed and the driver was rushed to the hospital in critical condition. >>> a small airplane landed on a highway in new jersey it happened on route 23 in west milford. the pilot of the 1973 cessna maneuvered the plan so it didn't hit any cars on the highway and he was not injured. >>> a man accused of killing a rite-aid manager, they are charged in the deadly shooting back in 2013, authorities say they tried to rob the chester store and fatally shot employee jason clay and mahmoud allegedly orchestrated the attempted robbery. >>> in philadelphia authorities are looking for two women that robbed the exxon gas station on north broad street on monday. the video shows two women placing items in the white plastic bag, the 62-year-old clerk exited the booth and asked them to stop and he grabb

he's currently c 17 pilot and earned jump wings and vernon odom enjoys parachuting and marksmanship he couldn't believe they did that you for him. >> they're really blowing me away with all the people here. so they're fantastic. >> he said this weekend's deployment was particularly difficult and he's looking forward to rest and getting back to his day-to-day routine. >> working out can be dangerous. we'll tell you what happened to senator harry reid while he was exercising. and the man used to set off metal detectors and he knows why. how this piece of metal was lodged in his arm more than 50 years it's a crazy story and these two have a lot of explaining to do they explain they were locked in a closet for two days but that closet was unlocked. what were they doing inside police tell us after >> lots of folks are talking about this dynamic duo they spent township days in a closet at daytona beach state clem and police say they were not furthering their education there. they called 911 saying they were chased into the closet and it was locked. police arrived and said no, it's not. they

live in spring garden, vernon odom, channel6 "action news." >> all right, vernon thank you. >>> turning now to the terror investigation in france tonight. authorities now believe as many as six terror cell members could still be at large in the wake of last week's attacks in paris. there is increased security across france after 17 people were killed over three days last week. three suspects were killed but authorities are searching the paris area for other possible terror suspects. also today the white house says it should have cents a higher level official to an anti-terror march in paris yesterday. the u.s. ambassador to france was on hands for the march to represent the united states that featured 40 world leaders at the demonstration. >>> there will be much more on the terror investigation in paris tonight on world news with david muir at 6:30 tonight directly after "action news" at 6:00. >> a former sportscaster spent today defending himself in a bucks county courtroom. don tollefson is accused of scamming people who thought they were donating to charity. "action news" reporter ch

vernon odom has more, he'll have a live report at 5:00. >>> delaware governor jack markell delivered his annual state of the state address and established an ambitious new goal, from a few years ago when the economy was in a free fall, but a lot has to be done to prepare for the opportunities of the future and he devised what he called delaware promise. >> this is a new goal, by 2025, 65% of our workforce will earn a college degree or professional certificate and everyone at least a high school diploma. >> the governor had a special guest in attendance, this dover police officer that stars in the viral video that stars singing taylor swift's shake it off. >>> and president obama and vice president, joe biden will be here this weekend, the president will be here on saturday and the vice president on friday they will talk about their strategy for the next few years while republicans are in control and a big opportunity for the city of philadelphia one the finalists to host the 2016 democratic national convention. >>> and a scandal in guantanamo bay, why the chief was suspended from his

live in voorhees, vernon odom, channel6 "action news." >> all right vernon thank you. >>> new jersey officials are issuing a warning tonight about an illegal drug being sold in the state. highly potent and dangerous heroine is being sold in pennsylvania, new york and new jersey with these three labels. investigators say the drugs are linked to six recent overdose deaths in the area. police also warn that some of the drugs being sold as heroin actually contain no heroine at all just toxic and deadly chemicals. >> philadelphia police want you to be on the lookout for a young 12-year-old who disappeared overnight. this is maurice cunningham. he was last seen at his family home in the 1500 block of west norris street in north philadelphia. now, police say he had gotten into a fight with his father and he does have behavioral issues. he's 4 feet five, about 93 pounds. if you have seen him please call police with any tips. >>> bucks county has a brand new justice center for cases to be tried. crews are putting finishing touches on the 285,000 square foot building here at 100 north main str

vernon odom will have a live report at 5:00. >>> the man accused of murderering two brothers from paoli is in police cust day today. they caught tam lee in ashland, virginia police say he stabbed three men and tied them up and dumped them in the schuylkill river in august one of them miraculously survived. lee has a criminal record and was on the u.s. marshals most wanted fugitive list. we have more on this arrest at 6abc.com and though lee is behind bars, the marshalls are hunting many more fugitives nationwide. we have more on the dangerous suspects at 6abc.com. >>> here with more on the video of the aftermath of a police chase that ended in delaware county, an suv slammed into this collingdale home, it started at 7:15 this morning, officers followed the chevy suburban from the motel in tinicum township because of erratic driving, the chase ends with the suv crashing into the house on the 100 block of chest ever pike but not before the suspect hit another driver on the roadway and then a parked car along the way. this chase left a trail of wreckage, the bad guy ultimately struck a hou

vernon odom is here with more on this one. >> reporter: police here are calling them the bonnie and clyde of delaware county a boyfriend and his gal busted for a dozen break-ins in recent weeks in delaware county and upper darby. these are police photos of shoe prints in the snow, valuable evidence that led them to the main culprits that were rampaging along fox avenue and the surrounding drexel neighborhood. where it was open season on homes and cars last week, an operation was set up and during the predawn hours a suspect was spotted and he fled to be captured later, they found the apparent get away car. >> they found the footprints to where they originated and there is a girl in the automobile. and they grab her and says she dropped her boyfriend off. >> eventually these two suspects were arrested and his girlfriend kelly wilkinson. >> these individuals that do these types of burglaries are dangerous because they are like rats if they get caught they will fight to get away. and someone will get hurt. >> police found all kinds of loot like purses and electronic devices, it was being sol

live in north philadelphia, vernon odom, channel6 "action news." >> vernon thank you very much. >>> mount laurel man is now charged in the death of his wife who disappeared two weeks ago. 28-year-old kyle crosby is being held today on $1.2 million bail. police say evidence links him to erica crippen crosby's murder even though her body is still missing. she was last seen with her husband at a cherry hill restaurant around new year's. "action news" is in court for crosby's first appearance this afternoon. prosecutors just revealed he was captured on surveillance in maryland and delaware over the last five days. david henry is in the courtroom. he'll have much more in a live report tonight at 5:00. >> reporter: brand new after 4 o'clock a chester county teacher is accused of having sex with one of her students. sara o'neill teaches at the church farm school in exton. police say she started the relationship with one of her students a year ago when he was just 16. police say they know at least four separate incidents with the same student. o'neill is due in court now next month. >> new jersey

"action news" reporter vernon odom is live at the scene of the shooting tonight. find out? >> reporter: not a lot jim. they're probing very hard but they're concluding this was not a robbery not a random attack. they're all over this part of north philadelphia tonight looking for answers and asking for the public's help to find the killer who struck here at 12th and jefferson in broad daylight. this is murder victim kim jones of north philadelphia. the city's 14th homicide victim of the new year. jones a social worker was gunned down just after 9:00 this morning as she waited for the septa bus number 23 at 12th and jefferson to go to her program director job at a known profit center city agency working with troubled families. this was her daily routine. police say a gunman appeared out of nowhere and shot her once in the back of the head. >> someone knew her routine somebody knew that every morning she got on the bus at that time to go into work and ambushed her. >> reporter: jones was the mother of two adult children. she lived about a half block from this bus st

. >> "action news" reporter vernon odom live at police headquarters with the very latest developmentse 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: here you see the killer calmly walking away from the murder scene heading towards broad street. the entire body and head bundled up. it was freezing out there but this was also done to avoid being identified. here you see

sarah bloomquist is live in cherry hill, vernon odom is in philadelphia dann cuellar standing by in atlantic seaside heights. first let's take a live look at double scan radar for the realtime status of the storm. meteorologist cecily tynan and adam joseph have the latest information from accuweather. cecily, let's start with you. >> jim the next few hours is when meteorologists are really just holding their breath as

vernon odom will have a live report coming up at 5:00. >> isis is calling for more attacks on western nations in the wake of that deadly terror siege in france and while the white house is responding to those threats it's also answering criticism today over the decision not to attend yesterday's unity march in paris. abc's carven travers live in washington, d.c. you've got the latest on this. >> reporter: good afternoon brian. the white house was on the defensive today. admitting that the u.s. ambassador to france doesn't quite rise to the same heavy as on the world leaders in paris yesterday for that massive unity rally and u.s. officials say right now they have no indication of any specific imminent threat here in the u.s. but the department of homeland security did just announce they'll be taking a few extra precautions. a rare admission today from the white house. >> and i think it's fair to say that we should have sent someone with a higher profile. >> reporter: the obama administration is taking heat for not sending a senior official to yesterday's massive unity rally in paris.