Transcripts For WPVI Action News 20150208

Who may have used social media to pick their victims. 24 hours a day you can watch a bear cub in northern new jersey. Chris sowers has the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast. Reporter we have temperatures closing in on 60 degrees in some locations. Aerials to the north are barely above freezing. Seeing a lot of clouds and light, gentle breeze out of the southwest. Lets switch it over to the numbers, 55 is the number for millville and atlantic city, dover, wildwood, 352. Ten degrees cooler, make that 11 by the time we get into philadelphia and cooler still as we get the Lehigh Valley. Allentown, 36. Poconos the freezing mark. The areas that are seeing a good snow pack those areas remain much colder than portions of the delaware valley, south and east today. Thats going to help to set up the wintry mix by the time we get into tomorrow. The satellite and radar showing cloud cover out there thats pretty much what were expecting start to finish. Mostly cloudy skies but mild temperatures. Were shooting for a high of 50, were close to that right now. Some areas will get higher than that. The some areas north and west will be colder than that. By the time we get into overnight tonight after midnight. Winter weather advisory goes into effect for monday, areas north and west, we could see accumulating snow and ice developing in the Lehigh Valley and the poconos. Some of that could drift south into the city by the time we get into tomorrow night. Ill talk about that in the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast, ill have the time line and the snowfall amounts and all that information in just a bit. Okay, chris thanks, remember anytime the Winter Weather moves into the area keep track of the conditions with the 6abc app it keeps track of the sevenday forecast and video from the team of our meteorologists. Its available for downloads at 6abc. Com. A teenage boy in montgomery does not have measles after all. The department of health said lab results show the 15yearold does not have the virus and is immune to measles. The doctors are continuing to urge anyone who has not had their children vaccinated to do so. Police are searching for the Armed Bandits who broke into a town home in philadelphias somerton section overnight. Investigators say a social media post may have tipped off the theives to a recent inheritance. Annie mccormick is live with all the details. Good afternoon annie. Reporter good Afternoon Police at this point are not releasing any descriptions, but say they are looking for three suspects in the case. It happened at the town home over my right shoulder early this morning. Police say they do believe that one of the victims who recently came into an inheritance was posting about it on social media, because of that they think that made him a target. Three men armed with guns and wearing marked for identification forced their way into townhomes on this stretch of the somerton section of the city. Three men were inside at the time of the crime and forced to the ground by the science suspects who stole jewelry and cell phones. The victims neighbor told action news he heard glass breaking and grabbed his own handgun and gave chase. They jumped out of the second floor window after they held up bairnlg kids in the a bunch of kids in the house. Reporter a short time later police found this vehicle with colorado plates and towed it. A vehicle matching its description was at the scene of the home invasion. Family members from one of the victims came to the scene hoping to hear good news. Are you concerned . He is our right hand man i hope he is okay. Reporter and that victims friend telling us a lot of people knew about the inheritance he came into, but besides pictures of jewelery, he wasnt talking about it that much. Police say they have not reported any injuries in the case, but they are looking for three suspects. Reporting live in somerton, Annie Mccormick channel 6 action news. The tacony Section Police are searching for a gunman who robbed a man after he got home last night. It happened on the 6600 block of edmund street. The gunman ran off with cash. In delaware county, police are looking for two Armed Robbers who held up a restaurant. Action news was on the scene here at the china king restaurant on the 500 block of east baltimore avenue in east landsdown. Police said two men armed with gungs guns, entered the restaurant and robbed the place and took the tip jar. Nobody was hurt. Police in trenton are searching for suspects in a deadly shooting in the island section of trenton on the 1900 block of Riverside Drive at the brookville commons. A man was shot several times and rushed to the hospital where he died from his injuries. A teenager is in custody following a shooting at a large shopping mall. Else accused of shooting inside a store at the monroeville mall. People were shot, Police Believe only one of the victims was the intended target. We believe one of the three people that was shot was a targeted individual. It was not random. We have evidence that leads to that. The intended target and another man are in critical condition. A woman is in stable condition. The teenage system is being held at Allegheny County jail. Bruce jenner was involved in a deadly crash on the famed Pacific Coast highway. Police say he was driving a black suv that rear ended a white lexus that struck the back of a toyota. The driver was killed when her car veered into on coming traffic. 7 others were hurt in the collision, jenner walked away unharmed. A dozen cadets joined the wilmington fire department. 38 recruits graduated at the chase center on the river front. They earned their badges as proud family members and friends snapped photos. A beloved pet is home after falling through the ice the 1yearold Golden Doodle fell through the ice. Only action news was there as firefighters tried to help. Lexie was trying to climb out of the icy water. To make matters worse the rescue boat was scaring here. After 20 minutes firefighters jumped in and pulled her out and into the safety of her owner. We had warm blankets to warm her up and the two dawrls daughters with their and they were happy to see her. You can watch a young new jersey bear cub 24 hours a day as it grows up. This webcam shows mic in his incubator. This was mike and ike a hunter shot the mother reportedly in selfdefense in south jersey. The refuge will care for the 4 week old cub until they can find a nursing bear in the wild to foster the newborn. The jumbo jackpot could be yours. There were no winners last night in the drawing. People were buying up tickets at the last minute yesterday. The last time anyone hit the powerball was november 30 when a Washington State woman hit 9 million. The jumbo jackpot record is 590 million. If you missed the drawing, the win numbers 5 10, 21, 34, 58, the powerball 33. Well have the next drawing on action news at 11 00 p. M. On wednesday. Theres much more to come on action news this noon. Former players are remembering legendary bnl coach dean basketball coach dean smith. A valentines treat with a cup of shakespeare is coming to the stage in philadelphia. A health study finds unusual bacteria in new york subways but not everybody agrees with the research. Meteorologist chris sowers returns with the full accuweather forecast and more when action news continues. Xnao5n i may be a pizza maker, but i know a few things about dessert. Like chocolate, and more chocolate. Introducing papa johns new Double Chocolate chip brownie. Delicious. Decadent. Served warm, for just 6. Better ingredients. Better brownie. Papa johns. Northern california is getting pounded with several inches of rain and the storms strong winds have also knocked down dozens of trees including this redwood north of san francisco. The blown over tree damaged two vacation homes in the area. Nobody was in the houses when the tree fell. Act of god. Its wood, its glass it can be repaired. The tree caused thousands of dollars in damage. Mild weather today. Reporter really, really nice especially across south jersey. Lets get you outside and show you whats going on. We have clouds in place not much in the way of sun. Theres the view of the center city skyline. A lot of cloud cover out there. Storm tracker 6 live double scan were keeping the radars nice and quiet. Theres moisture showing up, most of it is west of harrisburg and state college. Its overnight tonight and into tomorrow when some of that starts to approach the region. 36 in allentown. 44 in philadelphia. 55 in millville wow. Dover, 55 and atlantic city, 55. Theres the arctic front actually its more like a cold front sitting right here north of buffalo. I know its nice and warm out there right now. This will start to sink to the south and bring in the cold weather back along with it. By the time we get into, let let us say, monday. In the Lehigh Valley well get below freezing. This storm right here which doesnt look too terribly impressive. As it marches east it run into the cold air. Mostly cloudy skies peeks of sunshine. Overnight tonight cloudy and patchy drizzle after midnight. Tomorrow morning the city points to the south nice and quiet. North and west youre picking up freezing drizzle. Allentown, poconos 5 00 p. M. Its snowing across the far western suburbs the Lehigh Valley and poconos sleet and freezing rain for the city and areas to the west. The snow line drops to the south, as well. Moving into the city by 7 00 p. M. Couple of things to take with all this, one this is not a huge system but its large enough to create problems and most of the wintry precipitation will fall north and west of philadelphia. Heres the Lehigh Valley, it will be this area in particular that sees the brunt of this. I dont want to call it a storm say event. Mixed rain and sleet. Temperatures closer to freezing. Icy patches possible. It could switch over to snow by nightfall. For the northwestern suburbs it will start out as light rain and most of the rain roads will be wet, but untreated surfaces could become slick allow yourself extra time and make sure youre traveling slow. Snowfall totals a coating to an inch the pennsylvania turnpike. Areas to the north and west, reading, pottstown doylestown, a coating to an inch. Easton, 1 to. For 2. The poconos 2 to 4. 55 in millville this afternoon. Youre sitting at that now. Dover, 56. Wilmington, 52. Clouds and sun even allentown and the Lehigh Valley looks like youre climbing into the low 40s. The exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast, 35 degrees falling tomorrow, rain for the city and areas south and east. Wintery mix light snow north and west. 42 for tuesday thursday, snow showers arrive and thats with an arctic front. Temperatures drop pretty significantly during the afternoon. For now well post 35. Look what happens friday, the high is 20. Saturday morning its a whopping high of 5 degrees. Cover up. Very cold. The ymca is hopping today. Gymnastic teams from several local ys are taking part in events that are highly skilled from 6 to 9. It features some of the finest gymnasts in our area looking good. Saturday is valentines day and philadelphia has a special concert to serenade your sweety. Karen rogers as 6abc loves the arts. Reporter love is in the air. An evening like this we take an opportunity to light the hall in a special way and place actors throughout the venue create a different kind of experience in the hall. Reporter theres romance on full tilt with an evening filled with classic all music and shakespeare. 400 years later shake spears text and play provides inspiration. The concentration certificates includes favorites like much to do about nothing a mid Summer Nights dream. And romeo and juliette. There will be vignettes between each piece and movement that will place you in the scene of the play. Reporter the orchestras Jeremy Rothman believes it will be a evening full of music and passion. Bring someone special and have a great time. Reporter the valentines day concert at is 8 00 p. M. In the verizon high. Go to 6abc. Com 6abc loves the arts for more on this and other area events. For 6abc loves the arts, im karen rogers. And three, pick up a check at your nearest buying center. Find out how much your car is worth at webuyanycar. Com welcome back it is sunday, 12 21, 44 degrees, sky6 live hd looking live at a beautiful shot of cape may, new jersey. What else rides new york city subway trains besides millions of people . Todges of germs. Tons of germs. There were germs that were associated with anthrax. Superstorm sandy turned up bacteria linked to marine life. The levels of bacteria found pose no health problems. Herb magee has achieved his rare milestone. He won his 1,000th game this weekend. All the wins are at a small school in east falls. A big hug for the coach who is in his 48 season at philly university. He was his low key self after the game. Ill be honest with you the way i feel its a relief with all this going on. It finally happened. It didnt look too good early but it happened. Coach magee graduated and played ball at philly u. He could have gone on to play pro ball with the boston celtics, but he decided to stay with his alma mater. In other news, dean smith has died. The former coach was 83 years old. He died at his chapel hill home. He was the winningest coach in the history of the sport. Smith coached one of the greatest ever, michael jordon, today jordon called smith a mentor and teacher and second father to him. Jordon added that smith taught him not only about the game of basketball, burr the game of life. Chicken imported to the u. S. Has been in the news a lot lately. And many food labels dont even mention where they came from. One way to get chicken that hasnt crossed an ocean is to look for the label with my name on it. Perdue is the First Company to have the usda go beyond whats required to verify that our chickens are raised on farms, right here in the usa. Because we believe thats what it takes to bring your family a freshtasting chicken. Perdue. We believe in a better chicken. The flyers hope to start a new winning streak this afternoon when they go to washington to face the capitols. They are 11 points out of the wild card spot. Sixers have an even dozen win for the season. They notched number 12 against the charlotte hornets. Nerlens noel came up big on defense and offense to help the Home Team Win 8981. They got the win thats what counts. Reporter i feel good about that team, they keep losing, but they are looking good doing it. They look like they are on their way. We are winning in the weather department. Reporter today we are winning, tomorrow not so much. The commuters over the next couple of days will be impacted by the slush. Not so much tomorrow morning but minor issues in the Lehigh Valley. Tomorrow evening we could see icy patches developing and snowcovered back roads in the Lehigh Valley. 35 and falling tomorrow, 20 by friday. Enjoy today. Basketball is next on channel 6. The Los Angeles Clippers take on the thunder in oklahoma city. Action news continues tonight at 6 00 p. M. For chris sowers, eva pilgrim Sharrie Williams im nydia han. 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