. >>> we start "action news" at noon with breaking news out of west philadelphia. where can you see philadelphia firefighters responding to a house fire. there on the 4900 block of chestnut street. they arrived on the scene just before 11:30 just about a half ago trying to douse the flames and heavy fire and smoke coming from the house the shoot out of the roof. again, a two alarm fire that continues to burn on chest thought street in west philadelphia. >>> now to an accuweather alert. we are stuck below freezing for another day. if you think this is bad you will not like what is in store for the holiday weekend. del/dot crews started to brine the roads just a precaution to stop ice buildup for the bitter cold and salt trucks are on stand by as well. penndot began to hit the roads and they had truck as long route 14 in bristol township. just a safety measure to avoid slippery conditions this holiday weekend. >> reporte karen rogers is here to tell us what 20 expect. and we have not seen the worst of it. >> it's cold and getting colder. you were looking at the shots

precipitation because our low is well off to the north and west, we get the counter clockwise flow, so zoom in little closer, see philadelphiay much the split. rain-snow line along i-95, again, north and west of the city where we get more of the frozen precipitation. see through the lehigh valley and poconos, low 30's, even 27 this morning in mount pocono, waking up 37, 38 in millville. kind of mid to upper 30 lane, even 42 atlantic sit, see this hold relatively steady through the morning, maybe dip degree or two, then rise back up mid to high 30's later this afternoon. winds for the most part right now not overly breezy, five to 10 miles per hour, but later this afternoon, check out the future wind gusts, 20 miles per hour by noontime or so, gusting up to 30 maybe even close to 40 to 45 miles an hour later this afternoon. and then, later tonight it, will start quiet down. still going to be breezy, do have wind advisory until 6:00 today, because wind gusts at times could be as high as 50 miles an hour. then low, flies off, for the most part, looks like the rest of the week is going to just be cold, and it will be windy, so a

it took merely 100 of them to tackle a late morning fire in west philadelphia. sean?>> lucy, eagles game this sunday doesn't really mean anything when it comes to the playoffs, but it does mean something when it comes to history. i'll tell was t ,000 in america last year. we need to stand up and say enough. the only way this problem is going to be solved is if we raise our voices. choose help over helplessness, hope over hopelessness. make sure that the lives we've lost will not have been lost in vain. addiction is a disease. when you ask for help, help is there for you. >>> happening right now, firefighters battling brutal conditions around the region. skyfox showing smoke and flames pouring out of this row home in west philadelphia as dozens of firefighters race to get under control. this was an extremely difficult fir to fight in these miserable conditions. >> as if their equipment is not heavy enough the freezing cold mater it that much harder. our brad sattin joins us live in studio with more. brad. >> reporter: lucy i was out there. it was cold one. we normally

question, you guys, i can say much better chance that far is going to happen well north and west of philadelphia, maybe up into the poconos where we could get up to around slushy inch of snow, that's possibility, not as great after chance for us right here in philadelphia, but let me take to you graphics, show you what's going on right now, temperatures are turning mild. we're now making it into the 40's, 43 degrees in philadelphia, it is 45 at wilmington, 46 degrees in millville. now to 52 down the shore in wildwood. heading throughout the remainder of the day today we should be able to make it into the lower 50's, clouds will dominate, plenty of clouds around by 6:00 then yes chance for shower around 9:00, better chance though as we head into the overnight hours tonight. keeping tabs on your travel forecast, here's what you need to know. mainly dry today. so no travel problems today. if you are traveling locally, mildly rainy headed into saturday. could deal with the wet roads as we head into tomorrow generally dry on christmas eve , then storm system number two heads our way, the night of chr

van arsdal have a great day. >>> check this one out, some very talented students at a unique west philadelphiagh school are getting ready for the holiday season. as "eyewitness news" reporter greg argos shows us they have created a popular product, that this time of the year, they seem, can never make enough of, lets take a look. >> reporter: this west philadelphia public high school is unlike any other when you walk inside you don't see classrooms, you see workshops and it is through this door over here, where a very special philadelphia only project is underway. >> we're at the workshop school. we put him in direct contact with the real world. >> reporter: from painting a used car, repairing a broken axle. >> that is 31. >> reporter: or crafting a radiator cover. >> what was the measurement. >> reporter: students at philadelphia school district workshop school are definitely a little bit more hands on. >> put tonight an actual application and in a real world setting. >> reporter: sure, there are typical course is. >> math, eveningish, science, spanish. >> reporter: but each morning is devote

. >> breaking news we're on of now out of west philadelphia. skyfox live over a possible car into the water. philadelphia police say they got some calls about a car into the water on the 2300 block of mlk drive just after 5:00. so far no injuries have been reported. we'll stay on top of this for you. >>> police are asking for your help to find this woman. she is 75-year-old bessie williamson. please take good look here. she has dementia the last time someone who knows her saw her was last night around 7:00 in the 2700 block of north bonsall street. if you know anything that can help find her call the northwest detective division or dial 911 if you know where she is. >> police in philadelphia asking for help in tracking down a couple of armed robbers. check out this surveillance video shows how it all went do down. monday at a grocery store in the 2,000 block of ma dairy avenue in the ogontz neighborhood. one of the guys was armed with a semi automatic handgun they went behind the counter, stole money from the register, they also took cell phones

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it happened on 63rd street in west philadelphia. the woman's fiance was on the phone with her because she was worried that a man followed her out of a store. he heard a scream, and then the phone cut off. >> i don't even go to visit her because i can't stand -- i was on the phone with her. i just couldn't get there. >> philadelphia police captured the suspect when they arrested him for another crime. doctors will have to wire the victim's mouth shout and reconstruct parts of her face for her to properly heal. >>> police in north jersey say a rowdy pub crawl with a santa claus theme ended with more than a dozen arrests. officers made the arrests at the santa con event. one arrest involved a woman police say punched an officer in the face. the police chief said they also had incidents of public drinking, lewd behavior, and disorderly conduct. >>> new, the final numbers are in for new jersey's extended bear hunt which ended on saturday. state officials say hunters killed 407 bears during the year's hunt. that's a lot fewer than the 636

this target in west philadelphia is still open until 11:00 for your last-minute gifting needs. live in west philadelphia, i'm lauren mayk, nbc10 news. >> lauren, thank you. >>> a delaware county mom who was worried she wouldn't be able to give her kids the christmas they deserved got her christmas wish. reached out to the chester mayor about her struggles and passed her story along and that's when she got the call that turned this christmas around. >> he said, you know what, a firefighter and his wife that don't know me from a can of paint said they were going to sponsor my kids. even if they don't have christmas, they're going to make sure my five kids have christmas. it just brought tears to my eyes. >> we really wanted to help. and as you can see, the children are just -- they're so happy. and that's -- that's a blessing. that's where we get our joy. >> the firefighter and other helpers pulled up in a truck filled with toys in the back. they carried them inside and stacked them under the tree before the children could rip open the paper and open their gifts. from shopping at

. >>> police are investigating after an elderly man is fund stabbed inside his west philadelphia home, authorities responded to the 5300 block of add sun street around 2:30 yesterday afternoon. police say eight five-year old willie cooper was found unresponsive inside. he had been stabbed multiple times. we are told a relative made a gruesome discovery. now family and friends of the victim are looking for answers >> from my understanding they stabbed him in his back h would do that to this man. >> for someone to go in and literally just kill him like this i really don't, i really am in shock i don't believe it >> so far in word on motive, investigators say there was damage the two back door but unknown if there was forced entry. >>> later philadelphia judge will decide if criminal charges should be reinstated against engineer in the 2015 amtrak derailment here in philadelphia pennsylvania's attorney general ace peeling the decision to dismiss case begins brand than bostian, a eight people died when washington to new york city train rounded curve at twice the 50-mile an hour speed limi

. >>> a teenager is fighting for his life after a barrage of gunfire outside a restaurant in west philadelphia search is on to that shooter. "eyewitness news" reporter trang do is live at police headquarters with the very latest, trang do, good morning >> reporter: good morning remarks hell and jim. that 17 year-old is in critical condition at temple hospital after he was shot twice. investigators later learned that another teenager was caught in the cross fire and then grazed by a bullet but take a look at this chopper three video over the scene last night in west philadelphia just after 7:00 p.m. police received reports of the gunshots on the 1400 block of north 52nd street. office's arrived to find a 17 year-old with gunshot wound toss his leg and stomach. after he was shot the teen ran inside a chinese take out for help, officers then rushed him to penn presbyterian hospital where he underwent surgery overnight. police say 10 shots were fired from two different guns and later a bystander actually shed up to lankanol hospital with the grazed wound to his calf and treated and released. lieut

he lived in west philadelphia his whole life. they're forced to watch investigators comb through his house for evidence. >> catch them. when they do i hope they rot. because he never hurt anybody. >> cooper was found stabbed to death by a rel thif afternoon. neighbor and friend has lived on the block since the 1960s. and described him as the shirt of his back kind of man. >> it's the same sentiment echoed by his grandson. more than ever now he holds dear a photograph of his daughter and grandfather. >> the person that did this i need to understand why. what was the reason. he was too good of a person to even kill him. >> reporter: investigators say there are signs of force. it's not clear if that's a forced entry or exit. the 85 year-old family wants him remembered as a selfless man. dedicated to making others smile. >> turn yourself in. cooler was a good man. cooper was a good man. >> you can see the emotion written all over her face. we're told by family that willy cooper did live alone. and right now police are still looking f

david spunt is live at the scene of the shooting in west philadelphia with the details now. david, good afternoon. >> reporter: good afternoon, rahel. no officers injured here but we do know that a suspect in crit critical condition shot in the chest behind me is 49th and walnut. now this happened a little bit after 10:00 o'clock this morni morning. we were told a few blocks away from here at 52nd and irving somebody robbed a deli or tried to rob a deli. authorities say that that suspect got away in a black suv. authorities eventually found that suv hanging a round in the area. tried to approach the suspect. they say the suspect then took off in that suv. ended up crashing into another car behind me. that is the scene behind me. they say at that point the suspect tried to pull out what appeared to be weapon out of his waistband. that's when the officers took out a gun and fired a single shot into the suspect's chest. take a listen to what police say about this shooting. >> this investigation is very early on. in terms of the conclusion of it in terms of whether the shoot log

a top democratic primary to challenge pat meehan. >>> this morning, an elementary school in west philadelphia will be back open after a water main break forced students and teachers out of the building yesterday. students moved to parkway west high school to finish classes for the day. >>> meteorologist krystal klei here. let's talk about the ups and downs of the forecast as we go into the christmas weekend. there are actually quite a few ups and downs. looking ahead today into tomorrow, cool, not bitterly cold, but we're not as nice as we were yesterday. we get very mild again on friday into saturday. and saturday, the mild air comes with rain that looks likely for the entire area because conditions are so mild. it will just be rain. we're a little cooler on sunday. it looks like that cooldown will continue into monday, christmas day. there's where the question lies, could we see rain or maybe a rain/snow mix. model is spread, but it's looking likely that we could see rain over parts of the area. breaking it down hour by hour, neighborhood by neighborhood, we'll start with the 40s and contin

robeson was slated to close in 2013 and now the school in west philadelphia has a 90% graduation rate and partnerships with several universities and the high school is one of eight in the country to offer train in aphiladelphia high school will get a neede upgrade thanks to uncle bens and acme. students aturnace high donation f part of uncle bens program that teaches kids howk healthy >>> coming up on "action news" tonight. eagles fans bleed green this super fan's love for the reacheace. give you a g >> quarterback nick foles talks about his plans to keepirds if the super bowl hundred. e upindcd what do you think? hey, think ben will like it? yeah, was i the only one hearing the t to get him. just tell me you got him fios too. sigh. mrs. layne, fios is a 100% fiber-optic network. that, plus this sick console he'll be like whaaaaaattt. your new tech is best on the 100% fiber optic network. so get fios. now just $79.99 per month t. count commissioners kicff then w lighting and the ceremony took in norristown and t the christmas tree and amen menorah. >> swag? but y meet a guy that lives

. >>> students in the west philadelphia high school a very unique size. >> don't forget the juan ornament. >> and, where are you from. >> my name is jack from morris county my wife renee. >> we live in paris. >> you guys are about to win the biggest pry of the night. >>> today's morning minute sponsored by penn abram some cancer center in the region. >>> yes, imagine thaw win a trip the two place where you live. >> wawa. >> if you live in philadelphia one thing for sure better be prepared for the cold. you have been warning us. >> yes, starting to feel chilly with every passing hour we have already long since our daytime high come and get. it happened at stroke of midnight, interestingly, 57 degrees where we were on the thermometer at that point. that is not going to continue for us with cold air just basically catching up to us as day goes on. wet weather associated with the front that crossed through last night basically moving out to sea. you will notice very light, left overs, and just crossing through southern new jersey and delaware. i would say by 6:00 a.m. this is gone and include

"eyewitness news" at mission's west philadelphia headquarters on lancaster avenue, in addition to the meal local children also received a christmas gift during annual lunch, the program's executive director says that they wanted to make the season blighter for those in need. >> we have people homeless, other people that are coming out of homes that are dealing with evenings stream poverty and just seeing a hand up and joy. the chosen 300 is made of of more than 1700 volunteers who helped feed home less in center city west philadelphia and pottstown. >>> well, some people are shaken up by an early morning shooting. >> this is something that usually happens in the dark ness of night, not in the day break on christmas morning >> the crime police think the shooting is connected to and message they have for the gun man. >>> also where is mary lee, mystery surrounding the shore 's most famous shark and why researchers have not heard from her in months. >>> winter wonderland in the poconos tonight. lauren will let you know next chance we ha do i use ...one that'sthat wgood for my teeth? .. n

. >>> right now in west philadelphia police are investigating the stabbing death of the eight five-year old man, who was found unresponsive inside a home on addison street. our greg argos is live at the scene there and greg what do you know so far. >> reporter: nicole this all happened 2:30 this afternoon we are told a family member of the victim arrived to the home here in the 5300 block of addison street when that person found a eight five-year old male stabbed multiple times, he was pronounced dead at the scene. i want to show you picture of the victim family members, friend whose gathered, identified him as eight five-year old willie cooper a former sanitation worker here for sit of philadelphia they say he was sort of the bedrock in this community of this block, specifically, he helped out so many people here. now right now investigators have been spending hours combing through the home trying to figure out exactly what happened to the victim here around 2:30 this afternoon, once again not much information as to what exactly happened but police investigator tells me it appears ther

. >> reporter: this west philadelphia public high school is unlike any other when you walk inside you don't see classrooms but you see workshops and it is through this store over here where a very special philadelphia only project is underway. >> we're at the workshop school. we put kid in direct contact with the real world. >> reporter: from painting a used car, repairing a broken axle, or crafting a new radiator cover what do we say is measurement. >> reporter: students at philadelphia school district workshop school are definitely a little bit more hands on. >> put tonight an actual application, and in a real world setting. >> reporter: sure there are typical course is. >> math, english, science, spanish. >> reporter: but each morning is devoted to technical training, and this time of the year the ninth through 12th graders inside this room sure are busy. >> when engineering room where we have our cutters. >> reporter: with even more famous what that laser is actually cutting. >> this ornament was brainchild of the student at the school four years ago. >> it is kind of like for a l

. >>> more breaking news in west philadelphia. an 85-year-old man was stabbed to death. >> aaron is live on the scene. this investigation is just get. ing started. >> reporter: still an active situation here on addison in west philadelphia. we arrived on scene 20 minutes ago. if you can look down the block on your right, that's where the action is. that's where detectives are going inside the house still looking for clues. here's what we know so far. this happened around 2:30. an 85-year-old man was found stabbed to death inside his house. police are telling us tonight it looks like a relative, a female relative, found him and called 911. they are also telling me they believe there's signs of force, but that doesn't mean forced entry by the suspect or forced exit by the suspect. mean iing he ran out of the hou after this happened. had a chance to talk to a few neighbors since we arrived on scene. everybody is devastated out here. that's the word that keeps being used. the 85-year-old man has lived on the block for 40 or 50 years.

. >>> well, police are searching for gunman who shot two teens in west philadelphia leaving one of them in critical condition. we counted at least 10 bullet casings outside a chinese restaurant on the 1400 block of north 52nd street where police say someone opened fire on the 19 and 17 year-old victims. younger victim ran in the restaurant for help. >>> well, frightening road rage incident has left a local mother shaken up, it happened monday afternoon at arcola and south collegeville road in upper providence montgomery county. lisa o'neill said she was driving with her two young sons when she cut in front of another driver. o'neill said driver followed her into a busy parking lot at providence town center. >> the guy kind of, box me in so i could not move and jumped out of his car in a rage. i put down the window to tell him i'm very, very sorry, whether it was my fault, or not i was sorry that i cut him off. then i realized he was in a complete rage. >> the man hit her in the head and then took off. police are concerned it could happen again. they describe him as a older white male he

. >>> now to the mystery over who stabbed an 85-year-old man to death in his west philadelphia home. elderly man's daughter made the terrifying and grisly discovery yesterday afternoon. "action news" reporter katherine scott is live at police headquarters where she is following the investigation. katherine. >> reporter: matt, at this point police don't know the motive for this stab -- this homicide. they also don't have any suspects. they're looking for tips as this investigation continues. let's go to a picture of the victim. willie coop cooper 85 years older and a great grandfather. officers were called to his home on addison street around 3:00 p.m. yesterday and police sources say he was found in the basement stabbed around 20 times. sources say there are signs of forced entry from the alley into the basement. the victim's daughter discovered him. she said she spoke to her dad every day and grew and concerned after not hearing from him. >> i had to find my father the way he was today and i'm just so heartbroken that i had to find the way he really was. >> willie never hurt anyone.

philadelphia now. 16 in president obamathe area. 25 in atlantic city. i have snow depth plotted. these are the areas that have snow on the ground. north and westf philadelphia all the way up into areas of minnesota and through canada. so when the cold air comes down it doesn't have any chance to warm up because it's traveling over snow pack. that's why this round of cold is impressive. there's no modification or warmup with it as it moves south. it's 7 in trenton. 7 below -- in toronto. 7 below the u.p. of michigan. 25 below in international falls. this is kind of a piece of the north pole here. that will be coming down into our forecast. i'll be breaking it down in the ten day coming up in a bit. over to you. >> thanks. >>> the tracker on a famous great white shark that visits the jersey shore every time of year is silent. researchers following mary lee, the shark, say they have not gotten a signal from her transmitter since mid-june. they believe the batteries in the tracker may have died. the 16-foot great white got her name in 2012 after scientists caught her, tagged her, and gave her her own twitter account. >>> terror on the tarmac. it w

. >> an elderly man is stabbed to death inside his west philadelphia home.are tracking the search for his killer. >> and breaking traffic news. both directions of i-95 are shut down in bristol township and you've got to hear why. >> david is off. karen rogers is here along with matt pelman. good morning. >> good morning. and we're glad it's not a bad accident. >> yeah. >> but still 95 is closed in both ways. let's check what's going on. it's a crane that's stuck here. they were installing a sign overnight and the crane malfunctioned. now they're trying get the crane out of the way and the sign that has not been installed out of the way as well. so, both directions of 95 remain closed here just south of route 413 in that ongoing work zone. northbound traffic is being forced to flip around in the median just south of here, southbound traffic's forced off at 413 so it's a mess. no traffic getting through, only the construction crews are out here along 95 trying to fix the situation. so, without 95, of course, a very busy stretch of 95 in the mornings, where sho

hey, matt. >> a little early holiday gift for us there in west philadelphia. speaking of which three weeks from today is the big day when the only traffic we'll be tracking tracking is santa's sleigh but this evening we have more substantial problems like a crash involving a trash truck on the vine street expressway westbound right by broad street. as we watch live they're getting the truck involved in the accident pushed off to the side. and as they do that, they have all westbound traffic stopped here on the vine street expressway, 676, westbound side by broad street. should be letting this go soon but for now you are parked coming off of i-95 west through this point at broad street. i think i would stick with the local vine even though it's busy although they should let the traffic move here in the westbound lanes again soon. this is backing things up onto 95 itself. southbound 95 busy from second street into the vine. headed northbound towards the sixers game on 95 some slowing now at the girard point bridge with speeds in the teens. earlier broken down ve

an 85-year-old man was found stabbed to death in his west philadelphia home.yesterday afternoon. so far there have been no arrests. >>> police say a bicyclist was struck and killed by a silver mercedes benz amg in bucks county last night. it happened near route 13 and corson street in bristol borough. >> chopper6 has made it to rittenhouse square. a lot of muddy water blocked off between spruce and rittenhouse market and this point at locust by park restaurant. use 16th or 20th not 18th for your northbound travels travels. >>> 95 bucks county big problem with the crane cleared but still construction in the southbound lanes. next camera shot there you go just south of the scudder falls bridge. karen. >> temperatures well above freezing. by 8:00 a.m. we'll be in the low 40's. lots of clouds though today. we hold in the mid 40's by 10:00 a.m., 44, lunchtime 44. 3 o'clock, 45. with some sunshine mixing with a lot of clouds but a gusty chilly breeze is going to make it feel like it's just in the 30's. >> got to go to "gma." for matt pelman dave murphy karen rogers

west of the city. you could see a slushy coating or so. philadelphia and south, just a few flakes. eagles game it will be cold witches in the 20s, but dry. tuesday, brisk and cold, 37. the pattern is active wednesday and thursday with a chance of snow showers wednesday and thursday, 34 on wednesday, bitter cold on thursday, only 32 and some models a storm friday into saturday, that could bring snow, so a lot to talk about next week. >> defying president trump the united nations general assembly condemns the united states' stance on jerusalem him we'll show you the ambassador's response to that. >> nasa is giving us a new view of the charred remains from the california party. >>> miss america is facing problems over insulting e-mails. >> reporter: if you're heading to the platt bridge no problems to report. right now it looks good. we'll check the stuck truck in center city. a couple of holiday gts for you on the roadway when "action news" continues on this friday morning. >> kind of the calm before the storm this morning, 5:45 a.m., look at the ben franklin bridge, a lot of people

. >>> he took the oath afterallegian afterallegiance in west philadelphia yesterday. he's one of many people who became citizens during the s ceremony. it's been a quite a week for hem. >> your tomb, 5:38 on oothursday morning. if you've got to work today, this is a look at the current temperatures. not windchiller in your neighborhood. # 11 in the suburbs. and tones all the way down to the beaches in soet u south jersey. we take a closer enspection of burks county. 11 in wawarnersville. not really. we have 9 in walnut port right plow and right out to the river, you're around so rdegrees at th moment. 2 above at a northeast airport. so with ahead tomorrow, a little warmer. saturday is not major storm. it's just a light snowing efferent but it will be slippery in spots. the ub sushs for your friday. for the heeg on sunday. 24 on sword and then into the teens for ne your's eve. mid to upper 20s on you your friday. afternoon snow showers not happening on sunday we don't have one but to rounds of brutal weter coming in. sfo let's check in with jessica boyington. >> a look

. >>> saved from the flames, crews rescued two people from a row home fire in west philadelphia. >>> in the spotlight as he gets ready to become the birds starting quarterback against the giants. >> and a live look from our comcast camera looking at the philadelphia skyline still dark but definitely clear this morning. today a break from the bitter cold. you'll notice a difference from the past few days or so and looking at a warm-up for your workweek. >>> good morning and welcome back to "nbc 10 news today." i'm dray clark. >> and i'm rosemary connors. i was so happy to see the roads were clear, most of the snow had melted. it's going to continue to melt. right to first alert meteorologist krystal klei who has the details on that warming trend. >> today it's a slow start to the warming trend. similar to what we saw yesterday. by the workweek really will see the numbers. a big difference between today and yesterday morning, the lows. these are not nearly as rough as yesterday. 33 right now in philly. 28 in wilmington. 25 in mt. holly. 31 allentown. so many of us are still right aroun

this is westbound just west of the philadelphia bensalem interchange right where route one comes into play, neshaminy mall, so traffic heading west right now it looks like it involves this tractor trailer. there is at lee one car, another car here few other vehicles and when they say shut down for an hour right out of the gate that is not good news. but all westbound lanes closed now we have another truck, two more trucks three trucks all involved here with a number of vehicles. this is a tough interchange because everybody gets on at philadelphia, and you quickly, folks quickly try to go over to that left lane as they try to head west and then they have the big rigs coming from new jersey, go ahead, you you can pull back out, live look, closure scene westbound, there is on ramp, okay, and this is, sometimes we see overturned tractor trailer here. so this whiffle a come minute necessity effect on commuters, in been sale he will trying to get out of northeast philadelphia with all westbound lanes closed, we're at lee seeing an hour. lets go to my maps. i will show you quick alternates

we are following breaking news from west philadelphia where an 83-year-old man was found stabbed in ad the house approved a new tax bill and now they have to take that road yet again tomorrow. the search is on for a drive their plowed into a man that was raking leaves in front of his own yard. now for meteorologist, adam joseph, melissa magee and jaime apody and monica malpass, sharrie williams. and the entire okay team i'm rick williams have a good evening. do i use a toothpaste that whitens my teeth or... ...one that's good for my teeth? now i don't have to choose! from crest 3d white comes new whitening therapy. it's our best whitening technology. plus, it has a fortifying formula to protect your enamel. crest. healthy, beautiful smiles for life. my shoulders carry some i deserve others i don't but in the end only one name really matters because shoulders were made for greatness, not dandruff >>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers. meteorologist, cecily tynan, and jim gardner. >>> it is tuesday night and the big story on "action news" is breakin

so we are introducing the johnment, talented student from the workshop school in west philadelphia, they're we start off by saying, from the workshop school, tell me your name, what grade you're in. step over here little bit so we can see you. >> hi, i'm in tenth grade. >> okay. now we move over, go little this way so we can be sure to see you. >> my name is tiara from the tenth grade. >> tenth grade. >> and i'm in the 11th. >> i'm a senior. >> okay. so, am i staying right, jawn, rid? >> yes. >> okay. so, how long have you guys been creating these >> since ninth grade actually. >> the creator is michael best. and it started off as a joke. but then it went national. >> it went national. you guys were like hey let's make an ornament that says jawn. >> yes. >> and everybody loved it? >> yes. >> show me the different ones you guys have now that it has expanded. >> new snowflakes right here. we also have reindeer, and we have the new it saws jawn, the jmenorrah. >> changing the names of everything. i love it. okay, very nice, so we have the love symbol, you have philly, and you guys made these?

half inch of snow on the ground in philadelphia and wilmington. north and westounty, 1.6 inches possible in allentown and over 3 inches possible in the poconos and here in bucks county we may pick up an inch, could be a white christmas officially. your game day forecast will clear out in time for eagles game and cold, wind chills in the teens by the end of the eagles game and then you're witness weather seven day forecast, well, here's a look at what we can expect it will be chilly next week, so it is mild tomorrow with rain, christmas eve looks fine for traveling, and then by the way shady brooke farm you can come drive through the light show, still opened christmas eve, christmas day 37 degrees on chris pass day and we will get colder by end of the next week back here live we are keeping warm, there is funnel cake, is there most delicious kettle corn i have ever had, marshmallows at fire pits and there is a lot of holiday spirit, guys, can we see you happy holidays on the count of three. >> one, two, three. >> happy holidays. >> okay, can someone say back to y

knew the victim say he put his first, he was found unresponsive in a home on addison street in west philadelphia, greg argos is live at police headquarters with the latest on the investigation. greg? >> reporter: nicole, good evening, investigators say it appears the back door of that west philly was kicked in. an 85-year-old man dead, his family members said he was stabbed multiple times inside his back. >> everybody in the family. >> reporter: 85-year-old >> it's so hard to believe they would do that he is to him. >> reporter: found dead inside his home, stabbed multiple time. >> reporter: family members at a loss why he was killed but the memories they share of willie flowing freely. >> this was a great person to be around, i learned a lot. >> reporter: the 85-year-old was a normaler philly sanitation worker and spent his time caring for others and his beloved neighborhood. >> he was sweet. he would help us. >> reporter: around 2:30, one of us relatives found him stabbed inside his home. investigators say there was damage to the back door but would not say whether it was linked to a possible

>>> police are searching for clues after an elderly man is found stabbed to death inside his west philadelphia home. authorities responded to a home on 5300 block of addison street around 2:30 yesterday afternoon. pope lease say eight five-year old willie cooper was found unresponsive inside and stabbed multiple times. we are told a relative made gruesome discovery, family, friend of the victim are grab bling for answers. >> for my understanding, they say it was in his bag, who would do that to this man. >> just killed him. i really don't, i'm in shock, i don't believe it. >> so far there is in word on motive, investigators say there was damage to the back door of the home but unknown if there was forced entry. >>> police are on the hunt for hit/run driver who struck an eight three-year old man in philadelphia's west oak lane section that happened on ogontz and andrew avenue yesterday morning. investigators say victim was raking leaves when the driver of the suv hit him and then took off. authorities rush the victim to the hospital with serious injuries, police believe that this may have start

. >>> police are looking for a woman who stabbed a man in the back in west philadelphia. this happened overnight. officers were called to a home on north hodges street around 2:30 this morning. they found the victim inside and took him to the hospital. he's listed in stable condition. >>> out of south jersey, police released video showing three men who formed a small grocery store in camden and stole cash and other items. this is the surveillance video from inside elizabeth's grocery on norris street last thursday. at least one of the men had a weapon. investigators hope this video will generate some leads to help crack the case. >>> golf wolf is calling -- governor wolf is calling for senator deland leach to resign following an investigation. the report included 11 people who allege inappropriate sexual behavior toward co-workers by the montgomery county legislator. the report says leach inappropriately touched female staffers and promoted an office culture that objectified women. governor wolf said the disturbing behavior is unacceptable. here's part of leach's response

. >> i actually got a sixth grade class, over here in west philadelphia to design the cleats.said what does justin and equality look like to you? as you can see they have got respect, love, racial equality , change and also says justice has its route in equality. this is from the sixth grade class at jubilee school in west philadelphia i can't wait to wear these. >> how about that, nicely done , sixth graders from that school jubilee and torey smith , they are also doing this one. after all this after they wear them to raise money for their cause they will, auction them off, so if you went smelly used shoes for a good cause they would be cool to hang up on your wall certainly. they will be auctioned off and go to those exact causes that the players want to raise awareness about and we will watch them when bird take on the seahawks on sunday. >> thanks, karen, that was nice. >>> looking for a cheap drink you might want to check out applebees. you might want to check out applebees. i $1.99 hot chocolate at dunkin'? you might want to check out applebees. i that's like a big yummy

west. right around 22 degrees in philadelphia. so more arctic air bundle up, dress in layers and coming up, yes, we'll talk about that chance of snow friday into saturday. back over to you. >> lots to talk about. thank you much scott.& with these bitter temperature several code blues are in effect for the rest of the week. montgomery, burlington and camden just some of the counties that activated code blues. many areas opening up warming shelters. teams are also out urging the most vulnerable to get out of the cold. if you see someone who needs immediate assistance, call nip 11. also, bring in your pets. it's the law. >>> now if you think it's cold here, in the delaware valley look at what they're dealing with in erie, pennsylvania. look at that. even the snowplows are getting stuck. so the city getting hit with 53-inches of snow. convert that they basically got hill with an alex holley worth of snow there that's probably true. yeah. >> 4 feet over 4 feet in just 30 hours. even though the snow has stopped falling, pennsylvania sta

we begin with the latest on thetingti philadelphia's west oak lane section.up the wrong victim and ended up in the hospi vernon odom is live at the scene with the very latest. >> reporter: good evening rick that attempted robbery suspect has been released from einstein medical center a few moments ago after being treated for the wrist wound and faces now time in the city jail as he awaits to be bound over facing charges including robbery and other violations. >> i look over my shoulder and the pointed on >> he was headed home afterng a soda at 12:30 this morning. while talking to an old friend a holdup man with a hood put a gun to his and kela license to carry took matters into his own hand. ucked behind the car and ll there and fired two shots and then he tried to take off running and he dropped the gun. he ran off and i went and secured the weapct was h arrested moments later at this nearby fast food restaurant and identifies thesuspect as ocyrus lester facing multiple charges. he has a long sheet sfwli was shooting just to defend myself. i canre he is goin

the car was later found in west philadelphia. to cued of multiple burg burglaries throughout delaware are in custody right now. delaware state police have charged 19-year-old eric steward son and 18-year-old john cal a way on friday. golf cart some and other stuff was stolen from the pine ridge barnes in millsboro. police say employees found the golf cart on nearby train tracks with steward son on it much police say steward son and cal a away responsible for burglarizing multiple local businesses and churches. both now facing several burglary, conspiracy charges and other related offenses. >> make threat against a school and you're going to pay for it. take two kids who prosecutors say did just that against park lapped high school. south whitehall police lehigh county detectives and fbi agents investigated the claims last week then arrested the two on wednesday. the parkland school superintendent released the following statement saying "parkland high school has been the subject of mull pell rumors most recently today. threats via

west. philadelphia it's scattered and light and you see one little band over the new jersey turnpike. th moderate precipitation and rain and the steady rain is out to the west. honey brook right now. reading and coreyville with the steady rain pushing to the east. as we head through the evening hours and behind it, much cooler air will be arriving. temperatures today 15 degrees above normal. and not feeling like december at all. but it was cloudy and damp and not sunny but 63. look at this drop. compared to today wednesday and thursday will be 16 degrees cooler and seasonably cool and friday 20 degrees cooler than today. and getting even cooler for the weekend. right now it's damp with showers breaking out and temperatures with the southerly wind ahead of the front, mild and philadelphia 58 and the same in cape may, allentown 55 and dover 63 degree and what this front will do is bring us a wind shift. the satellite 6 along with action radar showing the showers continue through point that is ahead of the front and moving through overnight. around 8:30 we get the steadiest rain and that

knew the victim say he put his first, he was found unresponsive in a home on addison street in west philadelphia, greg argos is live at police headquarters with the latest on the investigation. greg? >> reporter: nicole, good evening, investigators say it appears the back door of that west philly was kicked in. an 85-year-old man dead, his family members said he was stabbed multiple times inside his back. >> everybody in the family. >> reporter: 85-year-old >> it's so hard to believe they would do that he is to him. >> reporter: found dead inside his home, stabbed multiple time. >> reporter: family members at a loss why he was killed but the memories they share of willie flowing freely. >> this was a great person to be around, i learned a lot. >> reporter: the 85-year-old was a normaler philly sanitation worker and spent his time caring for others and his beloved neighborhood. >> he was sweet. he would help us. >> reporter: around 2:30, one of us relatives found him stabbed inside his home. investigators say there was damage to the back door but would not say whether it was linked to a possible

sunday night. >>> two firefighters were hurt battling a blaze in west philadelphia late today. crews were called to the 4900 block of chestnut street at 11:30 this morning. they arrived to find heavy comim the top floors of the row house. a hundred firefighters responded to the scene. the frigid temperatures made the fire fight an especially difficult one. >> we have ladders up to the roof. the roofs are just basically a skating rink up there. our members are trained in this but obviously it's very difficult for us to move around. we do have holes in the roof right now from where the fire ventilated and from our ventilation activities so we're taking extreme caution. >> two firefighters suffered minor injuries. officials have not yet determined what sparked it. >>> coming up on "action news" tonight, rescuers brave frigid temperatures to rescue this dog that fell through a delaware lake. ahead, the dramatic rescue and how uno is fairing tonight. >>> and the eagles take practice outside to prepare for this sunday's game against the cowboys at the linc. adam. >> it will be brutal

pabone a four year veteran of the 18th district opened fire on a suspect tuesday morning in west philadelphia. investigators say he shot 21-year-old basil harrison in the chest. when he didn't follow orders. harrison survived and is charged with robbery, assault and carjacking after police say he stole a car then robbed a customer at a deli on south 52nd street. philadelphia is in the middle of a surge in homicides the steve brotherly love set to finish the year with more homicides than its had in five years. as of thursday, records show that 314 people have died at the the hands of another person in the city this year. that's a 13% increase from the same period last year and the highest number since 331 deaths in 2012. the homicides have increased. police say the number of shootings, rapes and gun involved robberies are for some reason down. >> it's very difficult to anticipate if someone is having a bad day or has a conflict with somebody and they decide to leave their house with gun in their hand and shoot them given this is still america and constitutional protections it's very difficult

mission known for work distributing more than 150,000 meals year to the homeless of center city, west philadelphiand pottstown. >>> for some christmas tradiions include presents around the tree and staying in their pajamas for others it involves things like movies and going out to eat. a kind of alternate wave spending december 25th. fox 29's shawnette wilson joins you live at philadelphia city hall tonight. shawnette. >> reporter: iain, dinner an movie sound great if you're afraid to be out in the cold. they are finding things to do after being inside most of the day for people who aren't. here at dilworth plaza it is bustling still on christmas day. the main attraction for people who don't mind bracing the cold. while many are home enjoying a holiday dinner others are gettingetting the most out of ty ice skating and sightseeing with hot beverage one of the busiest places in the city since most places are obviously closed. some say it's also great to be here with the kids after they've ripped through gifts and toys and parents are getting cabin fever. >> we decided after dinner to come down and s

for us the best chance to the north and west of philadelphia., possibly a coasting of snow when we look at all of our computer models it's looking like the best chance is about .30 of an inch would be obviously less than half an inch of snow but it sure would be pretty with obviously a higher accumulation in the lehigh valley and the poconos where we want the snow for our skiers. saturday there's the rain. sunday a morning shower possible. much cooler. and then even cooler still for christmas day with chance of a white christmas for some. tuesday much colder as that arctic air moves in. same for wednesday. a chance of snow thursday and that could be a better chance for next thursday, friday into saturday. stay tuned to fox 29 over the course of the holiday. because iain we could be talking about more of a widespread snow by then. >> all right, kathy, thank you. >> you bet. >>> tom, spread some cheer with a dozen dunkin' donuts for $6.99. 12 tasty treats with with holiday flavors sprinkled in. grab a dozen holiday donuts or any classic donuts for

. >>> septa's 40th street station in west philadelphia is more accessible to all riders. it's includes two new he will -- elevators and septa officials say rider ship is up 22% over the past ten years and 1.7 million trips through this station this year. >>> amheiser-bush has a beer project that is out of this world. >>> the gay marriage debate in australia takes an unexpected turn. david murphy is tracking rain in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. "action news" will be right back. u.s. and south korea began a massive joint military drill one that north korea says pushes the peninsula to the brink of nuclear war. hundreds of aircraft including stealth fighters could be seen flying over the peninsula. it's meant to improve the ally's wartime preparedness. >>> australia's parliament will look at a bill to legalize gay marriage. there was a turn he was discussing the bill when he proposed to his partner. >> will you marry me? that was a yes, resounding yes? congratulations. >> reporter: he is in his final session of the year and hopes to pass the measure this wee

the parties and the gifts were for the west park apartments in west philadelphia.ayed games and made crafts and ate sweet treats at the philly church congregation. tada! i'm an imaginary friend of a kid just like you. you probably have lots of questions. but look, we'll get through this together. >> get out the umbrella. it's going to be a wet day to shop or travel this holiday weekend. by the time christmas arrives, parts of the area could get a little bit of snow, too. >>> i'm alicia vitarelli in for gray hall. let's get a look at what accuweather has in store for the weekend. with meteorologist chris sowers, at least it's a little warmer today, that's good news. >> it's warmer today and sharply colder tomorrow. especially christmas day, we're going from 60s today and windchills in the 20s in the span of 48 hours. outlook feel the change. visibility wise we have a warm front pushing through, sitting hear. north of the front we have low-level clouds and the fog is settling on in. we're seeing wet weather, as well. ten miles in dover and millville. ten for toms riv

representative brown handed out 100 free trees in our district in west philadelphia. brown encouraged all who stopped by to voice their concerns and give her feedback about what's happening in the community. >> still ahead on "action news," eagles rookies, try out a new look, what do you think about this one on the field. they show off a new suit as they take over the raiders christmas night. >>> time is running out to get your loved one something special for the holidays. >> chris is almost done. >> reporter: on the weather front get ready for a wild ride. some of us could be in the 60s today, by wednesday, high temperatures across the board are in the 20s, that kind of weather could last through new year's day, i'll have the details coming up in the accuweather seven-day forecast. >> the tonight some of every's favorite disney princesses and their friends will be in south philadelphia for an extravaganza on ice. the cast is in south philadelphia for disney on ice dare to dream. ryan kunes portrays bell this is about inspiring strength and who you are and what you ca

feels like it was august just yesterday. >> well, a high school honor student from west philadelphiaas killed while visiting his sister in harrisburg over the thanksgiving holiday. desawn patton was shot and killed by daric butler. the staff at boy's latin charter where patton was a senior they are in shock this happened. patton was getting ready to go to college next fall. >>> a state trooper hit by gunfire by a man in a shootout. seth kelly was shots multiple times in plainfield township november 7. the suspect daniel claire is charged with the attempted homicide of a state trooper. >>> hillary clinton was welcomed by a sold out crowd clintons came to talk about her book what happened giving her prospective on the 2016 election. clinton opened by remembering when she was officially nominated for democratic president at the dnc in philadelphia. >>> prince harry and meghan markle are marking world aids day at a charity affair in ending -- england. they will visit a school outside of noting ham a school that is dear to prince harry where he has mentored. >>> an apple watch does more t