he gave his own life for that of a stranger and now his nation is honoring him ten a colonel are now bartram is hailed a hero by friends. travis one of the first officers to respond to the deadly hostage siege in treb as events unfolded at this supermarket he traded places with a female hostage who is being used as a human shield by the attacker. and it wasn't just his act of self-sacrifice to help and the poor seeds cleverly managed to leave his mobile phone on so that police could hear what was happening inside that after hearing gunshots reinforcements went in shooting the twenty six year old islamist attacker and ending the ordeal three people were killed in the rampage police officer died of his injuries a day later initiating an outpouring of further praise for the forty four year old sacrifice the terms background prepared him well for the events of march twenty third he joined france's elite police special forces in two thousand and three and serve in iraq in two thousand and five just three months prior he organized a training session for just such an attack. he's a con but. mother

bartram avenue is blocked not far away from the airport. and downed wires blocking media house road. and a downed pole from an earlier crash blocking the lanes this afternoon and tidal flooding in brooklawn 130 southbound is a mess. and for tomorrow keep in mind the regional rails are on a severe storm schedule that is basically a saturday schedule and patco announced they too will run a snow emergency schedule starting at midnight tonight. we'll be here to get you through it. >> thank you matt. >>> more ahead on "action news" tuesday night. after months of heated exchanges between the u.s. and north korea. a shocking report of a possible nuclear freeze. >>> and she is one of president trump's top advisers and now accused of breaking federal law. we'll explain. >> and meteorologist, adam joseph, tracking the latest. how nice it was todsunshine and temperatures well into the 40s. and the numbers are crashing into the 30s tomorrow. and we'll chat about the rain and snow and wind with the nor'easter coming up in the seven-day forecast. >>> and

bartram avenue blocked off as a result of that. and a whole bunch of storm damage, kelly drive and traffic lights remain out. and downed poll at bryn mawr avenue and lower marion and wynnewood road is blocked f the seminary. and not working in spots including where you come off the schuylkill on the southbound side there on flash this afternoon. and a bunch of rocks on the roadway there. i think a truck spilled a load of rocks. in delco, closures continue. gulf creek road and king of prussia road a lot of people use that but you can't these day. bells mill and crescent valley drive. because of downed trees. whitpain township morris road that is giving us problems. skippack pike gets you around it. and word of a broken down vehicle on the northeast extension we'll talk more about that in the next half hour. >> thanks. i want to be clear about what we learned here. philadelphia archdiocese schools are shut down and the public schools have not yet made a decision. in the meantime up next on "action news" at tonight. target is raising

. >>> a southwest philadelphia neighborhood will get major renovations due to a major grant for bartram village and surrounding neighborhoods to renovate homes and improve health and educational opportunities. it appears people are falling in love with philly, tracking philadelphia after tracking recent articles where people called the city of brotherly love to one of the coolest best cities to visit to one of the best cities in the world. just what we already know. and citing neighborhoods, african-american museum and food. one called the cheese steaks life affirming. >> indeed. >> up next, protecting your wallet. >> to stop surprise medical bills from popping up in your mailbox. >>> and amazon moving into the banking business? how they are looking to expand. >>> amazon is already a one-stop shop for everything from electronics to groceries. how about a checking account, too. amazon is talking with certain banks to begin offering checking accounts to its customers. the final product could including amazon branded accounts but the giant retail does not plan to become a bank. >> hillary

he gave his own life for that of a stranger and now his nation is honoring him ten a colonel on our bartram is hailed a hero by friends. as one of the first officers to respond to the deadly hostage siege in treb as events unfolded at this supermarket he traded places with a female hostage who is being used as a human shield by the attacker. and it wasn't just his act of self-sacrifice that helped end the four hour seeds cleverly managed to leave his mobile phone on so that police could hear what was happening inside that after hearing gunshots reinforcements went in shooting the twenty six year old islamist attacker and ending the ordeal three people were killed in the rampage police officer died of his injuries a day later initiating an outpouring of further praise for the forty four year old sacrifice the trams background prepared him well for the events of march twenty third he joined france's elite police special forces in two thousand and three and serve in iraq in two thousand and five just three months prior he organized a training session for just such an attack. his account but. m