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WPVI Action News 11pm January 11, 2016

The larger group living right here in the city. Sunday night, im sarah bloomquist, walter has the night off. The big story on action news is new concern for safety of the officers on the streets of philadelphia. A tipster tells investigators that Edward Archer, the the man accused of shooting officer Jesse Hartnett is part of the bigger group made up of men with even more radical beliefs. Action News Reporter jeff chirico live at Police Headquarters and he picks up the story from there, jeff. Reporter sarah, as you can imagine, tensioning are running high. The department has shared the information with all personnel as it investigates that informations credibility. The it came from an anonymous woman who told an officer last night what she knew about that group of radicalized men. Throughout the city, police are on alert after learning from an anonymous source that a group of radicalized muslim men may be targeting them. Very alarming, tensions are high and we have to be vigilant. Reporter according to this Police Incident report an unnamed woman told an officer saturday night that the threat is not over and that the offender that shot Police Officer hartnett is part of the group that consists of three others and that the defendant, Edward Archer, is not the the most radical of the four. Archer of yeadon was charged with attempted murder for the attack on officer Jesse Hartnett allegedly in the name of islam. The report continues, the three other male is still frequent 6100 block of pine and for police to be careful. John mcnesby is president of the fop. I dont know whether this is a big conspiracy. Whether it is islam. Whether it is isis or just kooks on the street but they are urban terrorist. Reporter meanwhile Police Released this video of era salt on a officer saturday night. It shows the man trying to grab the cops gun inside penn presbyterian medical center. The the Hospital Security subdued them. Police say it had nothing to do with the shooting of officer hartnell who is recovering in that same hospital. The the assault and new threat, leads to uneasy feelings. To have that close to where i live at where my Children Play and where my son sleeps, where i sleep, it is scary. Really scary state to even think about. Reporter and the incident report also identifies two mosques where Edward Archer allegedly worshiped. Police are taking precautions. They are now you patrolling, two to a car, until further notice. We are live at Police Headquarters, jeff chirico for channel six action news, sarah. Turning to the weather now we are in for a dramatic drop in the temperature overnight, after a mild sunday, monday morning will come as a bit of the shock. Meteorologist Melissa Magee is at the big board with the first check of the accu weather forecast, melissa. Sarah a, temperatures are already tumbling after record high in philadelphia of 65. Weres down in the the 40s. Fortytwo in the city. Upper 30s for wilmington. The just 39. Thirty in the poconos. Thirtyeight in will allentown. Fortythree along the coast in sea isle city. Heres the big story for tonight. We have gusty wind coming from the westerly direction gusting as high as 37 miles an hour in philadelphia a. The a as high as 35 in the poconos. 29 miles an hour in wildwood, new jersey. So it makes it feel lake right now weve got wind chills in the 30s. The the call from accu weather for rest of tonight, clear, windy. Much colder. We will bottom out at 26 in the suburbs, 29 in philadelphia a. It will be all about the numbers, as you wake up tomorrow morning. The future tracker have showing at 6 00 in the morning numbers along i95 corridor will feel like the upper teens, to 20 degrees. Five in the poconos, just 15 in reading. So some big changes heading our way. We will talk about what we can expect for rest of tonight, were staying with the wind out of the westerly direction. Grab extra layers because temperatures will be a good 30 e had earlier today as far as the the highs and snow showers or a few of them are likely on tuesday. We will talk about the details with the full and exclusive a accu weather forecast, sarah. Melissa, thank you. High tides caused flooding here in new castle delaware earlier this evening. The action cam was on the scene as rescue crews helped a woman to safety. Her car was surrounded by rising water near the new castle airport. The creek overflowed it banks, spilling out on to airport road. And Fire Fighters continued to monitor the hot spots, after a fire broke out in a vacant building in camden. Flames started to pour out of the building a at federal and 17th streets just before 5 00 oclock tonight. The fire was brought under control just before 7 00, no injuries were reported. Officials have not yet said how the fire started. Some frightening moment for a woman pumping gas at a wawa in bucks county tonight. She nearly became victim of the carjacker, but thanks to the bravery of other customers the the one thief was scared away. Action News Reporter Christie Lleto is live in trevose with this story, christie. Reporter well, sarah, police say they are still looking for the the suspect. Apparently the victim was able to get a away from that suspect by getting the attention at nearby pumps. Apparently she was screaming and repeatedly honking the the cars horn. Crime scene tape wrapped pump number 12, erie sight at what Bensalem Police tell a action news could have ended far worse. Unaudible. Reporter calls for help came sunday night when detective say a man tried to carjack a woman just finished pumping gas at this wawa in trevose. The Police Say Suspect tried to push victim from the drivers seat into the passenger seat and that is when the victim started screaming and beeping the cars horn. The gas station regulars struggled to make sense of the brazen attack. It the is frightening. Im happy that shes able to getaway. This is a well lit area. This generally is not the type of area where you tend to see crime, and carjackings. Im here by myself most of the time just pumping gas like this on a daily basis. It is scary like to think Something Like that would happen around here. It can happen anywhere and i think it can happen to anyone at any point and that is what is so scary about this, scary part. Reporter now police say they have no clear leads on the suspect only that he was wearing dark colored clothing. The they are reviewing Surveillance Footage to get an id. Reporting live, Christie Lleto for channel six a action news, sarah a. Christie, thank you. A seven monthold baby has died one week after police say her mother, high on drugs, rolled over on top of her. It happened in a home on monmouth avenue in ventnor, new jersey. The little girl was found found unconscious and unresponsive. Babys mother, lisa scalea was arrested with child endangerment and drug possession. She could face even more serious charges now. Investigators found heroin, oxycodone, a and other drugs in the home. Pennsylvania attorney general Kathleen Kane faces a final Senate Committee hearing this week. With her job the at stake, kane says that she plans to skip the meeting. Lawmakers are decide if you go she should be removed from office on the ground that she cannot perform her duties while her law license is suspended. Tuesdays hearing is to get kanes side of things. Her spokesperson said she will submit a written statement of some sort by noon time tomorrow. The power ball jackpot is now more than a billion dollars. After nobody matched last nights winning numbers. The jackpot is so big, and so unexpect, that roadside billboard like this one in buffalo, new york dont have enough spaces to show the total. Even though the next drawing is still days away many people hit the stores first thing this sunday morning to try their luck again. Action News Reporter chad pradelli has more. Reporter lottery machines bused inside this south philadelphia a sunoco a as, patron snatched power ball tickets no one took home the top prize of roughly 950 million saturday night. Now the the potties expected to swell to more than 1. 3 billion. I have 19 grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren are. So you can imagine what i would do with it. Reporter how about that kind of money . Wow, a lot of things. Reporter what would you do . I have to think bit. Travel a lot. Reporter Robert Kavanaugh decided to get his tickets today to beat the mad rush are expected as we get closer to wednesdays drawing. Morgan coburn bought a ticket but just one. It will only take one. Reporter debbie here didnt want to give her last name but she bought a bundle of ticket for herself and coworkers. It goes over 300 million, then we will start doing the pool. Reporter how many people contributed. Fiftyfour. Reporter how many ticket. Today 170. Reporter some people have a method to pick the numbers that will make the millions. Some pick birthdays, people ages. Reporter others just let the the computer spit out the numbers. The odds of winning the grand prize are roughly one in 300 million. 1. 3 billion. Probably one and a half by the time it is said and done. Reporter as for the richest lottery in the world it is called el gordo in spain the christmas lottery, and it once reached 2. 4 billion dollars. We will see where this power ball heads. In south philadelphia, chad pradelli for channel six action news. A young boy from bear, delaware gets to be one of the first ladys Michelle Obamas guests of honor during tuesdays state of the union. I was really excited and really happy that we would be going to the state of the june beyond. She called and she said the the the first laid would i like to invite brayden to be her guest at the state of the union address, do you think you will be able to fit that in the schedule. I said anything else in the schedule we will move. Absolutely we will go. Twelve yearold brayden and his mom christie are getting ready to head to washington d. C. Brayden started a nonprofit called brays brown bags which gives healthy food to those who cannot afford it. His mom still cannot believe what is happening. Brayden first met mrs. Obama during a white house kid state dinner as part of the lets move campaign. Is there much more to come tonight on action news, it is warm up to hollywoods biggest night, the the oscars, Golden Globes were handed out tonight and we will tell you who took home the big a award. Unexpect act of kindness on the new york city subway train, heart warming video that shows a humble man helping a stranger in need. 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Donald trump is back ago way from his proposal to impose a big tax on foods imported from china. Now says he doubts the charge would even be necessary. Trump is confident china would change behavior to avoid their tax and start trading more fairly. Last week trump told New York Times he wanted to impose a 45. The white house chief of staff says he is appalled by comments Joachim El Chapo Guzman made during his interview with a actor sean penn. On abc this week Dennis Mcdonough a says he is horrified that the drug lord would brag about moving more heroin then anyone in the world. Guzman was recaptured on friday a after six months on the run. Meanwhile penn and actress Kate Castille are under investigation for that interview. Police in italy are investigating the murder of an american found dead in her florence apartment. Investigators say ashley olson was found inside her bed, her neck was bruised and scratched. The 35 yearold from florida was well known in her florence neighborhood and that is lived there since 2012. I cant imagine the person who would hurt her. Shes gentle. Kind. Boot pull. Friendly, lovely girl. It is an awful shock. Weve got a Great Community here of people and everybody loved her. Police are questioning her friend and boyfriend, but they say they dont have a suspect just yet. Italian news outlets say the the boyfriend, who was a local artist, became worried when he had not heard from olson in a few days. In new york, three suspects were in custody in connection with the brutal gang rape in a brooklyn playground. This is Surveillance Footage of the young men considered suspects in the deli before the the attack. The New York Times reports that a 14 yearold and two, 15 years olds are in custody. On thursday night, 18 yearold victim was walking with her father through the park. Five young men with the gun separated the man from his daughter, and then they took turns raping the girl. The father returned with police, but the the the suspects initially got away. Also from new york city a very different scene, a touching moment of kindness was captured on camera inside a moving train on friday night. Take a look at the man on the right shirtless and shivering. Another man, complete stranger, literally gives him the shirt off his back. Temperatures in manhattan that night were near freezing, clearly the man needed help so this Good Samaritan gave him a hand guiding the the mans arms in the sleeves, after the shirt was on the Good Samaritan disappears from the video and then came back with the hat. He put the hat on the mans head and then walked away, expecting nothing in return. Still to come on action news tonight, one of the most gripping drama as on television, American Crime, tackles some tough topics. Alycia vitarelli talks to the stars of the show coming up. Taking a look at center city from sky 6hd from temple university, back at the sky line, a chilly, windy night out there. Meteorologist Melissa Magee has your exclusive accu weather seven day forecast when action news comes right back. The new caramel macchiato from dunkin donuts. Uplift your mood with handcrafted layers of espresso, milk, and a caramelflavored swirl. From 2 00 to 6 00 p. M. , indulge in a medium hot or iced latte or macchiato for 1. 99. America runs on dunkin. This massive snow sea creature hanging out in the front yard. Three brothers built the 18foot octopus to raise money for charity. It took them about 500 hours, to get it just right. They make a new sculpture every winter a attracting people from all over town. Their goal, to raise 10,000 to help bring clean water, to haiti. Pretty good. Umhmm. We are on the dissent tonight, back into that territory where it could snow here. Right. I like what you said earlier today the honeymoon is over. True. All of that mild air is coming to an end tonight, sarah a. We will show you Storm Tracker six live double scan radar. We are dry on the radar screen after earlier this morning we had a good soaking across the region. The moisture departing and cold air setting up shop across the the a area. We will show you outside sky six live hd from our wilmington delaware camera. Looking closely at the camera it is kind of of shaking in the wind. The wind will be a factor for the the rest of tonight and then we will have cold eras you wake up tomorrow morning. Parts of the hard to believe we are tracking wind chills early tomorrow morning after record today. Philadelphia we had a record high of 65, breaking the old record of 63 setback in 1960. Sixtyfive in wilmington. Trenton had a record today. Sixtythree for both allentown and Atlantic City. The right now temperatures are tumbling fast. Fortytwo in the city. Thirty in the poconos. Thirtyseven in reading a long the coast in sea isle city, 43. Lower 40 as in dover. But factor in those wind that for the the most part are sustained anywhere from 15 to 25 miles an hour but we have gusts ranging from 30 to 40 miles per hour. So it feels like 17 degrees in the poconos. Thirtythree in philadelphia. We have a current wind chil

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