how they got stranded here >>> in certain sections of wilmington, delaware gun violence is sadly all too common. and when it struck one man's family he told our bill anderson that he wanted to provide some light to families that were overwhelmed by pain and darkne darkness. >> and he's doing just that for goodness sake. >> reporter: on august 31, 2014, jamal's brother and shot and killed in wilmington delaware. the murder itself was painful. how he found out was unbearable. >> like yesterday because i found out through facebook. >> my heart goes out to you all. don't know if they contac conta. my brother brian was killed. get in contact with me. >> message haupeed jamal not just because it was a text announcing murder but also because it meant the falling out they earlier had was not permanent. >> we weren't speaking at that time for almost two years over something dumb. you see what i'm mean? do you have to go see him like this, in a casket, that forever is in my mine. >> reporter: his own experiences moved jamal to launch unsolved wilmington, delaware, murders facebook page to make

. >>> in certain sections of wilmington, delaware gun violence is sadly all too common. and when it struck one man's family he told our bill anderson that he wanted to provide some light to families that were overwhelmed by pain and darkne darkness. >> and he's doing just that for goodness sake. >> reporter: on august 31, 2014, jamal's brother and shot and killed in wilmington delaware. the murder itself was painful. how he found out was unbearable. >> like yesterday because i found out through facebook. >> my heart goes out to you all. don't know if they contac conta. my brother brian was killed. get in contact with me. >> message haupeed jamal not just because it was a text announcing murder but also because it meant the falling out they earlier had was not permanent. >> we weren't speaking at that time for almost two years over something dumb. you see what i'm mean? do you have to go see him like this, in a casket, that forever is in my mine. >> reporter: his own experiences moved jamal to launch unsolved wilmington, delaware, murders facebook page to make sure that p

hope is the first woman in delaware's -- wilmington' delaware fire department to die in the line of duty. the single mother of three will be remembered as someone who defied the odds. >> she is a wonderful mother and woman. you have to be to be a female firefighter and in a male dominated world. you have to be that to be an african-american female firefighter and a predominantly caution fire service. >> prosecutors have already charged beatrice ruiz with the arson deaths of fickes and leach. today the fire captain says he will be in communication with prosecutors about hope's pas passing. >>> so sad. >>> president-elect donald trump takes a break from the trauma tour and proves he's still full of surprises. he shocked thousands of supporters during a campaign stop style victory rally in ohio thursday night where he dropped the nation name of his latest cabinet choice and he's back at it today. fox's lauren blanchard has the details from washington. >> reporter: president-elect donald trump making a surprise announcement during his thank you tour yesterday. telling thousands of his suppor

delaware. chopper three over the scene around 7:00 last night at north washington and west 27th streets. police tell us that the boy was bitten by the dog and taken to ai du pont children's hospital. officers shot and killed the dog. >>> president-elect donald trump continues his thank you tour in iowa and caught in the middle of the feud with a union leader. mr. trump tweeting that steel workers union president, had done a terrible job, he suggested chuck jones was the reason chuck jones was the reason carrier was leaving the country. jones accused trump of inflating the number of jobs saved by the carrier deal. >> president-elect will be in hershey, pennsylvania, next thursday night as part of the thank you tour. >>> well, as final days of the obama administration approach, the senate honors outing vice-president joe biden during a two hour tribute. senators from both side of the aisle, participated in this glowing tribute, before he was vice-president, biden spent 36 years as a united states

. ♪ >> reporter: this is wilmington, delaware rapper bobby dimes. the song is his 2013 hit out delaware. bobby was regardrd as arising star in rap until monday night when he was shot to death near jefferson street in wilmington. his mother trudy says jealousy is to blame. >> he want the to go to the street, there's haters and that's what it was haters on my son. because he did exactly what he said he was going to do. he told them when i come out of here, i'm going to put delaware on the map. and he wrote out of delaware which was hit, put delaware on the map. and he did it in less than a year after serving three years. >> reporter: trudy admits her son was no saint. the rapper whose real name was robert had done time many rappers have and out on bail facing weapons charges when he died. i met sean near jefferson street memorial. >> how are you all? >> sean dell zen us these pictures the mother of one of bobby's seven children he loved them all and was doing right by them. she said for them she's outrag outraged. >> they think the world of him. like

. >>> ♪ >>> in certain sections of wilmington, delaware, gun violence is sadly common. when it struck one man's family, he told our bill anderson that he wanted to provide some light to families that were overwhelmed by pain and darkne darkness. >> he's doing it for goodness sake. >> reporter: ago august 31, 2014 jamal walston's brother was shot and killed in wilmington, delaware. the murder itself was painful. how he found out was unbearable. >> crystal clear. >> like yesterday because i found out through facebook. my heart goes out to you all. don't know if they contacted ya'll but little brian was kill. please get in contact. >> reporter: message haunted jamal not just because it was a text announcing murder but also because it meant the falling out they earlier had was now permanent. >> we weren't speaking at a time for about over two years over something done. to have to go see him like this in the casket that's forever is in my mine. >> reporter: report his own experiences moved jamal to launch unsolved wilmington delaware murders facebook page to make sure that p

rochester: i was born in philadelphia, but i grew up in wilmington, delaware since 1969. 54 years old. in a couple weeks, i will be 55. i have two kids. my son is 30 years old and lives in maryland with his new wife, and my daughter melissa lives with me in delaware and has her masters in social work. both of them are good people, conscientious. they still have student loans. so student debt is important to me, as well. you know, you just grew up in delaware, majored in international relations undergrad and urban affairs and public policy for my masters, and this is just a great opportunity to tie all of those together. and i had an opportunity to live overseas in places like shanghai, where i lived about 4.5, five years, and i a book about women who reinvented themselves, and that is a theme for this campaign, too. about reinvention. who are we now, and where do we want to go as a country? >> will your children and mother be there when you are sworn in? ms. rochester: it is funny. i hope all of them will be there, but my father actually was city council president in delaware in our m

rochester: i was born in philadelphia, but i grew up in wilmington, delaware since 1969. 54 years old. in a couple weeks, i will be 55. i have two kids. my son is 30 years old and lives in maryland with his new wife, and my daughter melissa lives with me in delaware and has her masters in social work. both of them are good people, conscientious. they still have student loans. so student debt is important to me, as well. in know, you just grew up delaware, majored in international relations undergrad and urban affairs and public policy for my masters, and this is just a great opportunity to tie all of those together. and i had an opportunity to live overseas in places like shanghai, where i lived about 4.5, five years, and i a book about women who reinvented themselves, and that is a theme for this campaign, too. about reinvention. who are we now, and where do we want to go as a country? >> will your children and mother be there when you are sworn in? ms. rochester: it is funny. i hope all of them will be there, but my father actually was city council president in delaware in our major

, delaware. a nice afternoon and it will get milder, karen rogers is in for david murphy with a look at the accuweather forecast. hey rick i'm wearing a coat and it feels good out here, more sunshine, seeing blue skies, and a light breeze, lets look at the numbers now on the mild side and 49 in martins creek and 50 in coatesville. 51 in kennett square, 47 degrees in center city and 48 in levittown, in the suburbs we are sitting at 48 in toms river and 47 in glassboro, new jersey. the temperatures are really climbing today. normally just say high of 43 so feeling pretty good. 51 is the high for today. we feel the difference. and even a little milder than yesterday. a nice trend that we have got if you like the mild temperatures. the wind speeds picked up in spots, the poconos 20 miles per hour and for the most part 9 and 10 miles per hour winds not bad at all. it will be more breezy this afternoon behind the passage of a front in the area. we'll have winds up to 25 miles per hour at times. satelli

right now light showers in wilmington and delaware county. all very spotty in bucks county, as well. not a lot of rain at this point. light showers moving through. here's today's forecast. it's not just about the rain. it's about those temperatures. take a look at this. highs for today, late morning to around lunch hour. 57 degrees in philadelphia. chilly, up to about 60 degrees. then we move later into the day. mid 40s at 4:00. 39 by 8:00 p.m. drying out, as well, by around 3:00 to 4:00 in philadelphia. the suburbs will start to see dry air as we move into mid afternoon. 40 only by 4:00, and look at that. 33 by 8:00 p.m. really cooling down. lehigh valley the same, just 32 degrees as we move into the night. delaware, rain, just a little longer, about four to five even the shore still lingering showers at 4:00 p.m. temperaturewise, all of us drop into the 40s by 4:00 and the 30s as we move into the evening. we also see some breaks in clouds as well as we move overnight and today, expect windy conditions. tomorrow it's all about the cold. we'l

oh, this picture is i-95 south in wilmington delaware just past martin luther king boulevard maryland avenue exit there. going southbound through wilmington left lane block near farly stadium. in bucks county tulleytown township accident still out there at levittown parkway near route 13. check your forecast in 15 seconds. >> thinks mildest night with 60 degrees around quarter of five is your sunset time these days. 43 degrees tomorrow and chance of some rain on thursday with 45 at sunset. friday, it will be around 40 degrees. and then saturday last night of hanukkah, 43 degrees at sunset with just some clouds. that his the deal. we have, of course, our cold front coming through today. this won't be as strong as one that will come through with that rain on thursday and really chill us out after that but we are watching showers in the wilmington, delaware area as well as lancaster county. a few areas of slight liz heavier rain, delco, and across the river in gloucester county there is showers as well but it is a mild morning, it is a windy morning, 56 degrees in philadelphia wind out o

he is from wilmington, delaware originally, said it brought him joy that thousands were saved because of his technique. he was 9 96 years old. >>> a procession led by marines accompanied john glenn's cas kit as it made its way to the auditorium at the university. vice president joe biden spoke to the crowd saying blen was one >>glen: wasaying glen was oneor met. >> he had an insidious smile. he would walk in with that smile and i would wonder where in the hell has he been? >> he was the first to orbit earth and became the oldest person in space in 1998. he was 95 years old. >>> pope francis celebrated his 80th birthday by sharing breakfast with eight homeless in the vat kin. the pope woke up to 50,000 e-mails wishing him a very happy birthday. >> moving on to the latest now on the white house transition as electors are set to cast votes monday to cast ballots to give donald trump the 270 votes he needs to take office. protests are planned throughout the nation. the president elect ended his thank you tour in mobile, alabama praising the elec electl college. >> meanwhile president obam

, delaware. families in need were given winter by volunteers. >>> once again peco is lighting up the holiday season. action news brings you the best displays across the kounlt. the 2400 block of dale road is all decked out in lights. one of the home's entry was planked by giant candy canes as you can see. >>> and the holiday spirit is in full swing in had onfield new jersey as well. plenty of wreaths, garlands and lights sent a tone up and down the town's main district shopping area. much more to come, a special christmas eve for a woman because today is also her 100th birthday. we'll take you to the fun celebration. >>> and meteorologist melissa magee has the exclusive accuweather forecast including tracking it when action news comes right back. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. that means incredibly fast 150 meg internet for the holidays. so in the 3.7 seconds it takes gary watson to beat the local sled jump record, fly, gary, fly. ...his friend can download 13 versions of the perfect

the skies are bright and drive as we look live from sky 6 hd from wilmington delaware. melissa magee is tracking the latest traveling conditions. >> we are tracking some wet weather into the overnight hours and into the day. 44 in the city and 45 for wilmington and millville 44 as well down in dover and the poconos 34. and 41 in cape may. the day planner is looking like this. 2:00, 48 degrees and plenty of sunshine. and sun giving way to clouds, 6:00 in the evening 41 degrees under a partly cloudy to mostly cloudy sky. and the temperature of 38 degrees at 10:00 p.m. if you are planning on traveling on this friday, no weather delays from philadelphia over north into boston and as far south as atlanta and dallas and up to the north and east in new york city. here is stormtracker 6 live double scan 3-d, the next weather system we are tracking out of the midwest. in the midnight hour and into the day on saturday. by 7:30, 8:00 in the morning a wall of water moving through most of the i-95 corridor and areas to the south and east and we could pick up a quarter inch to inch o

. >> and certain parts every wilmington, delaware, we know that gun violence is sadly too common. >> struck one man's family limiter he told our bill anderson he wanted to provide some light to families that were really overwelmed by pain and darkness. >> ♪ >> on august 31, 2014, jamal's brother shot and killed in wilmington, delaware. the murder self was painful. how he found out, was unbearable. >> they made it crystal clear. just like yesterday. because i found out through facebook. >> my heart goes out to you all. don't know if they contacted you all. was killed ... >> the message haunted jamal. not just because it was a text, announcing murder, but also because it meant the falling out they earlier had was now permanent. >> we wasn't speaking at that time for almost two years over something dumb. you feel me? and have to go see him like this, dead in a casket, that's horrible. isn't a lie. >> his own experience has moved jamal to unsolved mudder tears make sure people losing their lives often for stupid reasons are never forgotten. >> just showing you that just how many murder

. >>> a church in wilmington delaware isting new near al year after it burned down. today reverend cleveland brock and members of the newjerusalemt church broke ground. that church was destroyed last year after two separate fires two weeks apart. the pastor and his congregation vowed to rebuild in the same place. >> we want to come home back to the community where we are needed a needed to the community. and we want to be able to be a blessing to this community and our children. >> firefighters in wilmington said the cause of the fire was undetermined. >> police in london now say an initial autopsy of george michael has come backnclusive. officials say they have ruled out foul play but more tests are needed to determine exactly what caused his death. police say the final answer could take several weeks. the 53-year-old died at his countryside home in england on christmas day. >>> todd fisher tells abc news his family is planning a joint funeral for his mother debbie reynolds and his sister carrie fisher. fisher of course best known to moviegoers as princess leia died

they just won the national blue ribbon oh, wilmington, delaware proud. (cheers). >> when we come right back, stay there. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> good morning, from kelly's classroom, from wilmington, delaware, good morning. look at the gang. oh, boy. are they fired up. and i would be, too. because they were just awarded the national blue ribbon of 2016 and these kids are fired up. >> first grade, second grade, third grade in the house, we got the band, we got the choir. usual ' the best listers, you have a five star listener up here. george will roam the crowd so we can get everybody on camera. rivered around, what's this mean for the school? >> it is recognizing all of the hard work that the children, faculty and staff have done here at saint john the beloved. wonderful support of our parents, couldn't deal without them and without the leadership of our administration. >> now, mary lou, the assistant principal. >> this isn't just an award they just hand out? >> certainly not. but they only, out of 370,000, private schools, in the whole united states of america

the wilmington, delaware native was arrested yesterday afternoon. tsa employees say he refused to submit to a screening at a checkpoint when his bag raised an alarm. he was charged with disorderly conduct which is punishable with a fine up to $500. >>> a drug bust suspects are getting attention because of their names, the three nora muchanic natives were caught with marijuana during a traffic stop. >> named after two dead celebrities. >> 5:47 a.m., christmas came early for an elementary school in western pennsylvania. >> a knife wielding man in a clown mask attacked and robbed a woman in an under ground parking lot. we have video of the terrifying encounter. >> reporter: windy and cold on the bus stop this morning. temperatures around 30 degrees, the windchills are in the upper teens and low 20s across the region. definitely extra gear for the kids. i'll be back with the 12-hour forecast. >> a secret santa in western pennsylvania is doing his part to help parents in need. stranger paid off overdue balances on lunch accounts at hw good elementary sch

i remember vividly in wilmington, delaware, where of course bruce springstein is a god. and he came out with "born to run." and thinking this guy, he knows what i'm feeling. this is the ballad for my generation. ♪ it's tramps like us ♪ baby we were born to run >> for anyone who's not seen a bruce springsteen concert, it's another reason why she's on my communication list. >> in 1975, springsteen was on his third album. "born to run" was the game changer, the starting gun on his run to becoming the boss. >> springsteen really tapped into what it felt like to -- what it feels like to come of age and what it feels like to be in love and to be on the cusp of what seems to be something new. >> our most sad emotions, our most elevated emotions, every song feels like it was written for you. >> it made me feel like someone understood and could sing exactly what i was going through. and that's what a great communicator can do. >> the next choice on dr. oz's list is arguably the greatest orator of the 20th century. >> i have a dream. that one day this nation will rise up, live

twenty-three in mount pocono, 30 in lancaster and reading, 37 wilmington delaware, atlantic city has 35 degrees. much colder then yesterday but like i said, it is dry. by the time we will get the rain it will be well above treeing but we will get a rainy ride home, bob kelly, yuck. >> yuck. >> well, lets enjoy drive while we can, shall we? good morning, getting up and out live look at i-95 near the airport no problems at philly international this morning, later on, different story. coming there new jersey, tree way looking good, here comes first crowd pockets of volume starting to build heading in toward philadelphia. here's the ways detour wise around fire location in the frank for section of the city. frankford and sellers, scene of the fire, lauren's there and we will go there in a moment. bus routes three and five still on the detour but however market frankford line trains are running, we will be good to go there for mass transit. north on i-95 accident in wilmington at i86, havertown crash at lawrence road at west chester pike and brand new project that begins today at 9:00 the

it's turning milder outside as we look live at sky 6 hd at wilmington delaware. camden new jersey. the cool air is icing in time for christmas and meteorologist, karen rogers, is at the big board with a preview with the seven-day forecast from accuweather. mild forecast. >> not too bad. i know what you were doing at 5:44, you were awaiting the arrival of the winter solstice, the day with the least amount of daylight. it is the longest night tonight and it turns longer, the days turn longer going forward. if you are sick of the darkness of the past few months you see more brightness coming up in the next few months. morning lows we start in the teens and lehigh valley and 16 degrees is the morning low in allentown and 19 in reading and we track how it is milder and the morning was cold and 27 in philadelphia and only 18 with the temperature this morning in millville. and 22 in atlantic city. and we recovered nicely, and the afternoon is not bad at all with 49 degrees as a high and 43 above average you can't beat that, not touching the record high of 67 degrees, satellite 6 along wit

. >>> also paramedics and police rush to the scene after a person is struck by a car in wilmington, delaware. >>> and temple football is in annapolis tonight eyeing that conference championship title but they'll have to go through navy to do it. ducis rodgers is live with the preview. >> and now the details. donald trump is expected to announce more major cabinet posts next week during a stop on his thank you tour last night the president-elect made the surprise announcement that retired marine corps general james mad dog mattis is his choice to run the pentagon. abc's kenneth moton has the latest for us tonight from washington. hi, kenneth. >> reporter: hi, monica. president-elect donald trump finished up another day of cabinet or i should say transmission meetings to fill his cabinet but yesterday he was on the road free and unleashed. it was back to transition business at trump tower friday a parade of officials in the lobby 18th street performers and naked cowboy was spotted. also on the list former defense secretary robert gates. >> wide ranging conversation. >> reporter: gates also end

. >>> teenage boy is stable after viciously attacked by a pit bull in wilmington delaware. chopper over the scene around 7:00 at north washington and west 27th street, teen was taken to ai du pont children's hospital. officers shot and killed the dog. >>> we are learning more about the other driver who died in the crash that killed a new jersey state trooper, doctor lloyd rud liz was pronounced dead at monday night's crash on route 55 in millville. police say rudly's car crossed grass median and then crash head on with trooper frankie williams patrol car as williams was responding to an eradic driver complaint. a life long friend says that the 61 year-old elmer psychiatry suffered from diabetic shock episode and had been hospitalized in recent years. >> we knew about it because my brother and i, checked on him at his house and he was passed out on the kitchen floor. >> i grew up with him my whole life. he never touched liquor in his life or any kind of drugs except his insulin. >> autopsy results from doctor rudly are pending, funeral arrangements for trooper williams have

live in wilmington delaware, i'm vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> all right vernon thank you. >>> on the weather front the cold and chilly temperatures have returned but at least the sun is shining as we look live from the temple university cam sky 6 hd showing you center city. lets look at the commodore barry bridge instead. blue skies out and it's a nice way to start the weekend first weekend of the december that is. meteorologist, melissa magee, live at the big board with the latest on the temperatures. >> reporter: hey rick. happy friday to you. it looks like temperatures are seasonable on this friday but we were off to a chilly start this morning. numbers are recovering because of the sun overhead. 48 in lancaster and the poconos just 39 degrees and 50 in philadelphia and holding at 50 in cape may up to beach haven at this hour and 51 in wilmington. the winds are blustery out of the west northwest. sustained wind speeds 10 to 20 miles per hour with higher gusts to the west and 31 miles per hour gusts in reading and clocking in at 25 miles per hour here in philadelphia and

. >>> the playhouse in wilmington delaware is ringing in the new year with broadway's top shows. david murphy has a preview in 6abc loves the arts. the playhouse on rodney square is a small intimate theater known for bringing in some of broadway's biggest hits. from now until early april there are 4 more productions in the 2017 season. ♪ after kicking off the season with at award winning shows rent and kinky boots, the playhouse has set the stage for cinderella february 7th through the 12th. the international irish dance phenomenon "riverdance" opened february 21. that showcasing that took irish dancing to a whole other excitement. publicken is expected -- pippin is expected run mar 2 to march 12. we recreate an irish pub on stage the entire cast are the musicians for the show, they sing and dance, but they play the instruments, as well. the playhouse was built 100 years ago, so dupont workers could have world class entertainment without having to travel to philadelphia or new york. >> the vibe of this theater is very much like the old fashioned broadway theaters in new york ci

. >>> sad development tonight in a story that broke the hearts of the wilmington delaware community and the entire area. wilmington senior firefighter has died. she was crit clear burned in september row home fire in wilmington. two firefighters died in the fire. captain christopher leach and lieutenant jerry fickes. prosecutors have charged a woman who was staying at the home with arson in the murder of those two firefighters. it's not clear yet if those charges will change with hope's death. >>> penndot and trip pep a employees first responders and local hospital workers are standing side by side in paoli way clear message do not get behind the wheel drunk this holiday season. this year's big crack down called operation safe holiday. it will include sobriety checkpoints, set up across the state. now officials say impaired drivers were behind more than 500 crashes last year. >> please don't be dead for christmas. when we think about that, what would happen if you're dead for christmas? they'll be a pile of presents underneath the tree that will never be opened. your family and friends

. >> ♪ >> reporter: this is wilmington delaware rapper bobby time, the song is his 2013 hit, out delaware, bobby was regarded as a rising star in rap until monday night when he was shot to death near jefferson street in wilmington. his mother trudy says gelosis to blame. >> they are haters on the street, that is what they was haters on my son because he did exactly what he said he was going to do. he told them when i come out of here i will put delaware on the map, and he wrote out of delaware and put delaware on the map and he did it in less than a year after serving three years in gander hill. >> reporter: trudy admits her son was no saint, the rapper, whose real name was robert pete, had done time and out on what i will facing weapons charges when he died. now, near bobby at jefferson street memorial. how are you all. >> i work so hard. >> reporter: sean bell sent us this pictures, she's mother of one of bob i's seven children he them all and was doing right. for them she's outraged. >> they meant the world to him. this was so hard on this family. it is hard for you to take him there h

, delaware. state police say the train was traveling southbound around 8:00 last night when it hit the victim at ten lewis circle. that's a mile south of the wilmington station. victim died at the scene. police at this point have not release that person's identity. >>> police russia person to the hospital after a shooting in burlington county. police were called out to plum tree lane in willingboro, just after 8:00 last night. so far we're hearing one person was injured and taken to lords medical center. police are currently looking for a shooter and also trying to figure out a motive. >> a rash of burglaries has chester county community on edge. five churches and in coatesville have been burglarized in little over a week. police do believe the break-in's are all connected. they say this time of year desperation may be what's motivating these burglars. $5,400 stolen from the holy ghost ukrainian orthodox church. and community members say they're uneasy. >> there is no need to steel specially from

. >> reporter: city of wilmington delaware and fire tenth mourning for the third time friday morning. announcing the passing of senior fire fighter ardyth hope. >> yesterday, december 1st, ardyth hope finally succumbed to her yours as she was received fighting a aron fire. ardyth was the first female line of duty death in the history, and only second, african hearn line of duty father lieutenant james good junior. >> reporter: hope died thursday shore nine weeks after a fatal fire on lake view in wilmington which killed lieutenant christopher leach, and senior fire fighter jerry fickes junior. chief saying ardyth plan to retire from the department. >> she was leaving the department to become a nurse. she was in the final stages of finishing her nursing degree. >> reporter: september 24th, ardyth, leach, fickes were some of the first fire fighters on the scene of this massive home fire. battling the blaze was one floor of the home collapsed, trapping them this is burning building. >> ardyth was in the hospital roughly 68 days, she suffered significant injuries. and, one thing, everyone

>> teen is in the the hospital this morning after he is attacked by a pit bull in wilmington delaware. >>> a $25,000 reward is being offered to find the man who robbed a post office in chester. >> police say that man held a gun in one hand and a umbrella in the other. >> this is a very dangerous individual. >> law enforcement officialness georgia are asking a suspect shooter to turn himself in after one officer is killed and another is wounded. >>> ♪ >> i feel like james corden should never put his leg in that position. >> pretty precarious position. madonna car pooling with james corden on the late, late show last night. >> material girl makes a shocking confession during her ride, we will have that at 6:30. for right now lets the get over to lauren casey. >> nothing so shocking about this weather. we knew it was coming. still no preparing for it. >> shock to your system when you open up the door it will be frigid but then like i'm so cold. that is how we will be responding as we head in the next several days with arctic air around the delaware valley. temperatures are starting to

, delaware, area. so, if you're going northbound between 295 and 495 that drive is just going to take you about ten minutes. average speeds in the mid-60s. if you're headed southbound on that stretch, it's about a nine-minute drive. area bridges i just checked, are free and clear of any issues. and at this early hour, mass transit is running on or close to schedule. >> all right, thank you, katy. about 19 minutes past 5:00 a.m. it's 35 degrees. i've got a feeling tomorrow we'll be looking back longingly at today's 35 degrees. >> i know, it's a little chilly, but yeah, this is a warm day, right, bill? >> oh, much, much warmer than what we're in for tomorrow and friday morning. that's going to be brutal. outside right now, not bad, in the 30s, clear, no signs of wet weather. there were a few flurries, a light snow shower or two overnight. that's now well clear of the area. now just scattered clouds in the lehigh valley. the suburbs at 31 degrees, just above freezing in south jersey. some neighborhoods in

fellow firefighter its gather in wilmington delaware today to say goodbye to ardythe hope. she died after battling severe burns for more than two months. "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan has the story now from the chase center. >> ♪ >> reporter: it's the beat of drums and melody of pipes that let us know someone great has passed away. >> ♪ >> reporter: after 68 days battling to survive severe burns senior wilmington firefighter ardythe hope was laid to rest during a funeral at the chase center. she's the third to die from the fire that claimed two other firemen and the severely injuring brad speakman. >> two firefighters down and several firefighters rushed to area hospitals. a significant turning point for not only me but the entire wilmington fire department and the city as a whole. >> reporter: chief anthony goode promoted hope to the rank of lieutenant making her the department's first african-american female officer. the deaths are the result of a floor collapse. beatrice ruiz has been charged with murder. among those offering condolences to all the victims'

and others have covered elementary school students meal accounts, one person did so in wilmington delaware. another out of hermine, pennsylvania. if you know about a secret sanity, we want to hear bit. comment on our cbs philly facebook page. >>> speaking of holiday spirit , check this out, u.s. air force geared up for an operation christmas crop to help those in need. flight santa 62 took off early monday morning, on a mission to spread goodwill, that is a good mission. this years operation has been most successful christmas drop to date delivering critical supplies to 50 island in the pacific ocean. >>> well, mail carrier goes above and beyond the call of duty to help save christmas for a neighborhood in north carolina. >> take a look at this video flames erupting inside a mail truck in wake forest. instead of running to safety the mail carrier and good samaritan did the opposite, they rush to save as many packages as possible, and now locals are calling them heroes >>> if it wasn't for her quick thinking to pull right over, and remove the parcels it could have been tough. somebody did s

wilmington, delaware 65 degrees, tied a record today but record was broken in allentown. brand new record. 61 degrees there. breaking previous record of 59 , setback in 1949. so coming up with your weather headlines we will talk about temperatures tumbling tonight, big change in the air for tomorrow and we have that system heading our way i'll tell you who could see snow, and excuse the frog in my throat there and new years outlook in just a minute. for now, back inside to you. >>> all right kate, thanks very much. >>> just ahead helping refugees making a living in their new world see how they are living a new life right here in philadelphia. >>> plus a hitchhiking kitten this little guy survived a 600-k us through pennsylvania, and the driver had in idea, there was an extra passenger on board, don. >>> for the first time in 86 years, temple takes on wake forest, first half was a shocker and second half is full of excitement, highlights from the bowl coming your way later in sports. >>> it is in north jersey a cub scout group in see caucus is accused of kicking out a boy

. >>> a teen is in the hospital after he is viciously attack by a pit bull in wilmington delaware. chopper three over the keen last night around 7:00, at washington and west 27th street. teenage boy was taken to ai du pont children's hospital where he is in stable condition. officers say they shot and killed the dog. >>> a $25,000 reward is being offered to find the man robbed a post office in chester. take a good look at this surveillance video. police say that man, held a gun in one hand and umbrella in the other when he robbed the post office on edgemont avenue on wednesday. if you recognize that man call the u.s. postal inspection service. >>> and this montgomery county man who earned a spot on the fbi's most wanted list is finally found an england. girard, was just sentenced to two years in prison for raping a 13 year-old girl. the montgomery county officials have been looking for him since 2006 when he disappeared just before he was just supposed to be sentenced for trying to meet another young girl for sex. montgomery county prosecutors say he plans to bring the man back, af

, delaware right now. things will get even colder. >> fox 29 meteorologist kathy orr is here now to tell us all about it. you got to lot to talk about. go to it. >> once you get home, stay home, right? that's the best place to be and the warmest place to be. it's raw out there. even though temperatures are in the 40s around philadelphia, it's just damp and uncomfortable hard to get warm even when you come inside we're looking heaviest rain moving through philadelphia right now where you see the reds and oranges this is pretty much the last of it downstream to the south and west some smaller pockets of heavy rain now in berks county and also into allentown area and lehigh county, we're talking about sleet mixing in with rain take it slow if you're in this area along 78, 80 the northeast extension and in the poconos where we have snow and that snow will accumulate during the late night and overnight hours about two to 4-inches in the poconos and that's exactly where we want it. rain so far about half an inch

, delaware. the endangered runaway may be in the company of any adult male, and they may have travelled to either philadelphia or wilmington, delaware. janteyl was 15 years old at the time of her disappearance. this age-progressed photo shows what she might look like today. janteyl has brown hair and brown eyes. girl: i love texting, and i'm always texting, but sometimes i worry that whoever i'm texting isn't who they say they are, or that i might be saying the wrong thing. second girl: i'm always on my phone. i'm addicted to it. but i know what you mean. sometimes i really don't know who's on the other end. third girl: even on sites like facebook and formspring and things like that, they ask for your phone number so they can text you. and i gave it to them once, and i didn't know who they were, and it was really scary, because you never know who's on the other side. so you should watch out. alex: kids, tell a parent or another trusted adult if you encounter disturbing images or anything that mak

this is wilmington, delaware. as you'll see in a minute we have radar returns there. it is still looking dry despite the clouds. it is also dry in the poconos. this is a good pattern. showing the clouds and a few sprinkles over the philadelphia area and towards wilmington. most places reporting the cloudy skies. could be sprinkles under that though. the temperature is well above the freezing mark. it is 42 degrees. it is 44 in parkwood. you'll long for those temperatures in the next couple of days. here is the feels like temperatures. this afternoon upper 20s to low 30s. not exactly warm. again, you'll warm for this. by tonight you're heading out late tonight you bundle up. we have windchills in the teens. by tomorrow morning it's feeling like it's 9, 10, 11 degrees depending where you are. during the afternoon tomorrow the best we can get is 22, 23 degrees. then tomorrow night and into saturday morning once again, feeling like 12, 13, 14 degrees. that is cold. it will stay with us through the weekend. so it's not just the temperature. look at the wind. that is philad

this is a live shot of wilmington, delaware where it's been raining for several hours already and it's going to be raining for a good bit of the night. here's the latest live picture from camel back. just showed you a picture a few minutes ago and there was barely a flake and now it's starting to pick up. and they are reporting snow at mt. pocono right now. that's what you see on the radar. the blue area indicates the lighter snow, the pink out to the west indicates a little bit of a mix, maybe some sleet mixed in and heavier rain down by allentown, that is all moving up to the northeast. so as the heavier precipitation moved into that colder air, i expect that snow to pick up and start to accumulate. you can see all of this moderate to heavy rain coming up from redding right into allentown, right up the northeast extension. and then another area of rain that's going to move in right behind it. so there's going to be many hours of rain during the night tonight. we have got the snow in the higher elevations of the poconos and perhaps some of the higher elevations in the lehigh valley as

this is a live look towards wilmington, delaware. you can see 95 is moving just fine. cars out there are keeping their distance from the crews and trucks out there that are salting and brining roadways through the morning. >>> let's take a live look at cape may. we can see wet roads. they really had rain this morning. that's what they're going to continue to see through the day. nobody on the roads this morning, here on beach avenue, that's a good thing. anyone that doesn't need to be outside should stay indoors. the concern today for areas north of the city and west is that we've got a bit of this ice that's coming down on the ground over the snow. anybody that's out on the roads should take it easy, give themselves a few extra minutes. >>> a messy situation, rosemary. we will see changes as the morning progresses. we've already seen change. so far just snow in the lehigh valley but it will not snow all morning. we will see snow changeover to sleet and then freezing rain. that's what we're seeing in wilmington. might look like it is just rain. what you can't see is th

state police tell me that the driver of that car from wilmington, delaware is facing charges of aggravated assault and receiving stolen problem. the man they're looking for, they know his identity and they are still looking for him tonight. >>> turning to our weather now, and the first day of winter is actually bringing the start of a warming trend to our area. this is collingswood where people are out walking their dogs. >> krystal has more on the warmup. >> we're ready for it to start happening. there it is, comparing today to yesterday this exact same time. it's 9 degrees warmer in dover, allentown, nearly at that 10 mark and trenton at 11 degrees warmer. here's the actual temps, a lot of these are at the 40s. we officially hit 45 in philadelphia this afternoon. now at 42 degrees. even allen getting in on the action at freezing. we're going to see these clouds hanging on. we have seen these clouds throughout the day. what we're looking at on radar, the snow isn't making it to the ground in the lehigh valley, but there's snow in the upper layers of the atmosphere. 38 by 6:00 here, we get

we go live on sky6 live hd, we are in wilmington, delaware. we have rain falling across the viewing area. let's flip it over to the radars. it's a shield of rain from the western suburbs to the jersey shore. everybody up to the poconos, jersey shore, some of it is coming down rather steadily at times. atlantic county, route 40 to mays landing to malaga is wet. oceanville reporting moderate rain. farther off to the northwest into the city of philadelphia, you can see the shield of green, the rain from 322 woodbury all the way up to jenkintown and willow grove. last stop lehigh valley, testers cooler, but we're seeing plain rain as all the numbers have jumped well above freezing at this point. some parts of the viewing area in the mid 40s. 34 in quakertown. the freezing mark is 32, as long as we're higher than that, there shufnt be any issues on -- should not be any issues on the roads. pottstown, 34. 36 in saint davids. center city, 39. warrington, 37. look what's happening in south jersey, look at the 40s already starting to show up. 40 in gan

, delaware, meteorologist chris sowers will have the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. "action news" saturday morning continues in just a moment. >> fire engulfed more than a dozen boats docked at this marina outside richmond, virginia. crews fought the intense flames. 15 boats were damaged. some stayed roped to the docks while others floated downstream. too soon to determine if it was an accident or case of arson. >>> if you thought autumn was warm, you would be wrong? is that right chris? >> reporter: it would be warm. >> u.s. had its warmest autumn and second warmest november on record. the average temperature warning 57.6 degrees four degrees above average. the united states saw an average november temperature of 48 degrees which is nearly 6 1/2 degrees above average. >> that's why it was a great year, wouldn't you say, chris? >> reporter: it was okay. i love snow and cold. that was expected we had that strong powerful el nina that floods the atmosphere with warm air. 4 degrees doesn't sownt all he -- sound all that -- >> i will take it. >> reporter: across the dela

. >>> another accident to tell but in wilmington delaware. this was on route nine, new castle avenue at memorial drive. stay away there there if you can. this is in pennsylvania, not too far from downingtown, route 30 westbound just past route 82, one lane blocked there, it is an accident between a car and tractor trailer, and one more to tell but in royersford an accident with an injury, second avenue at arch street. so that is what is going on with traffic, a little bus think morning in spots. we have rain. we wanted to give you preview of coming attractions. our who will take forecast as we count down to the end of the 2016. it looks like we will have a temperature of 35 at midnight new years eve. then daytime high is 50 there is a chaps of showers in the morning on new years day. we are trying to get rid of that here's our current cold front. we will zoom in. we will see showers becoming more widespread. hopefully you took our advice and grabbed that umbrella this morning. mess of them in chester county , lancaster berks county , northern

the action cam was outside earlier today in wilmington, delaware and you see the deer. they are just regular deer but our deer and reindeer the same? that is the question. maybe just a cousin. here is stormtracker 6 live double scan you can see it's dry and quiet and no issues with precipitation, high pressure is dominating our region right now, the chill is sticking around and 34 in philadelphia and 32 in reading and 32 in lancaster and 32 in the poconos and below freezing there and 35 in cape may and 30 degrees in atlantic city. here is satellite 6 along with action radar you see it's dry across our region and the clouds stay away for now. it's quiet and calm for the rest of tonight and through the next 24 hours the december chill overhead with patchy clouds aroundnd 19 in reading and 18 in allentown and 26 in philadelphia and bottoming out at 29 in cape may and 26 in dover. winter arrives officially tomorrow at 5:44 in the morning. and this is the day when we have the least amount of daylight and the longest night of the year the days turn longer as we move forward,

, delaware, south on 295, right at 95 interchange. then 495 northbound right at 12th street and water main break something, we can certainly use this on a different day, route the 130 northbound we are all iced up there at route 47. how cold will it get? sueby has the answer in 15 seconds. >>> cranking up the heat inner that automobile this morning because arctic air is moving in now and it is moving in and feeling a lot different out there. if you want to feel better, here's where it is colder, wrapped city south day coat, one below and miknotter dakota one below. colder in canada. now lets look at our numbers. it is 30 in philadelphia most of the actual temperatures 20's and 30's, below freezing for the actual temperature and even colder for the wind chills. the wind chillies 21 in the city, 20 in redsing and it is in the teens just about every where else, so just on the safe side dress for wind chills in the teens, be prepared for that cold, westerly wind that will be moving through making it feel and we are not expecting anything

the frosty and snowflakes sent thus picture from their home all decorated in wilmington delaware. they have led's all lit up. we want to see pictures of your home. keep them coming for a very kelly christmas. post them on facebook, twitter , instagram, use that # fox 29 lights contest so i can show lights on tv. we have them all on the web site and we will pick another home to broadcast live next week during our five and 6:00 o'clock news, thomas and alex back to you. >>> well, president-elect trump has been going on his thank you tour through the swing states that he won. >> he wasted no time rebehind ing pennsylvania voters show someone other than a, you know, republican president or chose someone other than a democrat. president-elect promised to bring back jobs for the country and to the state and just like he mentioned throughout his campaign he promised to secure the board. >> we will build a great, great wall and we will put an end to illegal i am gracious. we are going to stop the drugs there pouring into our country and poisoning the youth of pennsylvania and every other

, delaware most windchills, feels like 32 mount pocono after we get rid of the rain today which is going to be out of here soon, going to be partly cloudy tomorrow. sunny, blustery, friday, saturday colds he is day of the season so far moderate four # two sunday, by the time that happens could get few showers late in the day. >> might see couple of flakes in chester county. >> couple of flakes on the roadway, too, believe it or not. live look here, the westbound schuylkill expressway. accident right near south street, it is westbound south street onramp involving couple of vehicles, medical squad moving away, one car spun around, you got philly firefighters, with the hook and ladder on the scene, so leaving south philadelphia coming over the walt whitman bridge, and using the schuylkill in toward the city, or 30th street, watch for a slow-down with only that one lane, again, dealing with some rain, some drizzle, spray coming up off the cars mentioned, all depends upon your location where you are rolling out of the driveway. amtrak track work delay, could bring us delays, accident in the