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WPVI Action News 5PM February 5, 2015

Asked a second kid and that kid does not and he goes to the counselors and notified them. They discovered the 13yearold in possession of crack and the 8yearold they believe put two packets down the drain in the restroom. Parents were alarmed that the crack came into the school and the way the children passed it around. And even sniffed it. They knew to snort it so they actually know what to do the narcotics that is the thing that bothers me the most. The parents of the 13yearold are expected to be questioned by police, its unclear what consequences if any the children will face calls to a spokesperson has not yet been returned. Im sara bloomquist channel 6 action news. Thank you. Turning now to the forecast its a blufrtery day today across our region and as we move into the evening hours its going to get frigid. Meteorologist, cecily tynan is bundled up in our studio with the latest from accuweather. Not at all. I will make this as fast as possible. Temperatures are dropping through the day and midnight is not so bad that is the high for the day and we drop down to 30 degrees as an arctic front blue through that brought us snow showers and now its 26 degrees but it feels colder when you factor in the wind gusts. Philadelphia the wind gusts 33 Miles Per Hour and we had a wind gust of 41 power and allentown 21 Miles Per Hour winds and millville 35 Miles Per Hour and trenton 31 factor in the winds the windchill 11 degrees in philadelphia, 14 in millville 10 in reading and it feels like 4 degrees in allentown right now with a deeper snow pack across the Lehigh Valley. Tonight is one of the cold of the nights of the season and the windchill is dropping down to the Single Digits in south jersey and central delaware and philadelphia the immediate windchills are 0 to 5 below. Northern bucks and montgomery and the Lehigh Valley and berks county and the windchills are dropping down 5 to 10 degrees below 0, and the windchill is dropping down to 15 degrees below 0, and windchill advisories are posted. The good news im tracking warmer air over the weekend, but another messy monday details on that within i come inside for the accuweather forecast. In the nice warm studio monica. Thank you. Before you bundle up check the 6 abc Storm Tracker app both the hourly and sevenday forecasts are there to get you updated for the frigid temperatures. In other news, two Philadelphia Police officers are charged with assaulting a man back in 2013 an attack that was caught on surveillance officers Kevin Robertson and Sean Mcknight are accused of beating this man, rivera after a traffic stop. A grand jury found the officers lied about what happened. Only action news has Surveillance Video of the incident. It showed rivera never resisted or struck the officers coming up tonight at 6 00 the charges they face. Steven woodson will go to trial with charges he sexually assaulted a woman in a parking garage in Spring Garden at 17th and callow hill streets, he followed her into the garage and robbed her and beat her unconscious and sexually assaulted her and she was able to break free and run for help. The personal information of tens of millions of insurance customers may have been pro placed. Customers of Blue Cross Blue Shield are at risk. Hackers attacked the system of anthem the Parent Company of Blue Cross Blue Shield. They were the target of a very sophisticated external cyber attack. That gave them access to the i. T. System and personal information. This is the kind of person information that were obtained. Names and birthdays and medical i. D. s and numbers, and Employment Information and income data our viewers tell us that this email came after he reported suspicious activity to his Insurance Company and he got a strange phone call asking for numbers tied to his account. Its one of the nations Biggest Health insurers and anthem is struggling to contain the National Security breach, the information from tens of millions of employees even anthems ceo is compromised. They got a hold of personal information used for Identity Theft but there is no evidence that test results or insurance claims were compromised and anthem says that affected customers will be contacted about free credit monitoring and protective services. They have hired an Internet Security company to improve their defenses. They had have insurance breaches in the past and the ceo has apologized to customers on a website that anthem has to explain this problem for a link to this go to 6abc. Com and you can get a free Credit Report there right now. Nydia han channel 6 action news. Pope francis will address a joint meeting of Congress House speaker, john boehner, made the announcement today. The first time a pope has addressed congress and it happened right before the pontiff comes to philadelphia for the world meeting of families. Cherry hill police want your help to identify a man and woman that stole from nordstrom. The surveillance camera caught the suspects on january 26th at a store on haddonfield road. The man used keys to open a display case and took three watches and then the woman hid the stolen jewelry on her. If you know who these people are you are asked to call police on the number on your scene. Investigators say that a candle is likely what cause aid fire that badly damage aid hom in chester township. Fire crews were called to the home on engel street at 2 30 this morning, heavy fire was coming from the second floor front bedroom and a family of four made it out of the home safely. All right thursday night lets get a check of the action news traffic report now lets swing it live to matt pellman. Inching our way toward friday and the blue route 476 from the schuylkill to this point past route 30 theville no saint david interchange several vehicles were involved and blocking the right lane for a child and now its confined to the shoulder the 36 minute ride was double from the schuylkill to 95 whipping winds are bringing down wires one set in morristown are along arch street and morris street. Along morris and rose wood, a crash at wissahickon at fair mown park, we have the crash on the schuylkill expressway westbound side and its off to the side now not blocking the left lane like it was before. Still you are at a stand still as you come westbound on the schuylkill approaching the vine street expressway approaching belmont, everything is open here but the 35 minute ride should be 14 minutes. Downed wire as long shake shore drive and downed wires on the newark line. Thank you. Still ahead on action news at 5 00, investigators look into why a new york commuter train slammed into an suv, wanted to know why the suv driver was on the tracks. River this German Shepherd reece cue dog escaped his house and was found frozen to the ground and the story of his rescue and recovery and the warning for pet owners on the dangers of the cold. The metro north rail line is operating in the new york area now the ntsb is trying to determine the conditions that led to the death of six people when a commuter train crashed into a suv tuesday night. Lana zach is in new york with the latest. Reporter thank you, we are awaiting a meeting from the National Transportation safety board and everybody is waiting for answers. As the names and faces are revealed today the ntsb is hard at work trying to answer the questions the most important on their minds why did this accident cause so many passenger deaths. Very unusual for the third rail or any type of a rail to peel up and end up embedded in a rail car. Investigators are trying to figure out why the third rail buckled and punctures the rail itself and stopping electricity and why was the driver on the tracks to begin with . Were the warning signs advocate . We have someone looking at the rail Traffic Signals the highway Traffic Signals as well as the crossing gates. And why did the driver, ellen brody, pull forward in those critical last seconds we want to put together a timeline and the event recorders will help us and video equipment we may have, there was a gentlemen directly behind the suv when the accident occurred. For the very first time we see ib side the remains of that charred train can you see the rail piercing the floor there. Back to you sharrie. Thank you lana. Meantime the director of the food and Drug Administration plans to step down next month dr. Margaret hamburg says she will leave her post at the end of the march her decision is made in part because of high demands of the job she became the commissioner in 2009 and steven ostrough will serve as acting commissioner once hamburg stped down. In health check a new concern in the measles outback and a cluster of cases in the chicago daycare center. Ali gorman is at the big board the cases are in a Kinder Care Center in illinois northwest of chicago, five babies under the able of 1, either have confirmed or suspected measles, so far no connection to another case in chicago or the disneyland outbreak. Meanwhile a High School Child Care Center Remains shut down in Southern California and 14 babies quarantined because the infant there has measles these outbreaks are in children too young to be evacuated. A new study shows that in 17 states fewer than 90 of preschoolers get vaccinated. You can find schools where 30 to 40 of children are not fully vaccinated againstmese measles, that is risky. A lawmaker in oregon introduced bills to make it harder for parents to opt out is of immunization. The university of virginia has one confirmed case and four suspected cases and earlier this winter players with the nhl got the mumps. One dose is 80 effective and two doses is 88 effective. Coming up on health check at 11 00, a special report on helping kids get enough sleep. More than half of the School Age Kids are not getting enough shut eye, it can a lead to moodiness and local workers are working with families tracking kids sleeping habits and helping them get more sleep. One family is noticing the difference. It turned his body into his own personal alarm clock. The strategies that work and how your child can join the local study. That say special report on action news at 11 00. As we go to break a reminder to go to facebook and like the 6 abc action News Facebook page it gives you access to the top stories and weather and breaking news. And can you communicate with the members of the Action News Team. Now, more and more americans are discovering that. Shred after shred. Dish after dish. Day after delicious day. Shredding galbani mozzarella yourself inspires meals, and moments, that are simply better. Mmm, galbani sfx kiss . Italys favorite cheese brand. Now, americas number one block mozzarella. In just one day the price at the pump increased 1 cent, and drivers are paying 2. 33 and south jersey its creeping closer to the 2 mark at 1. 96 and the increases will continue into the spring and summer driving seasons. Delta Airlines Serving starbucks on its flights worldwide, they began serving the brew on Cross Country flights back in 2013 another way that delta is boosting its inflight offerings. Philadelphias Ronald Mcdonald house got a donation thanks to the original cheerleaders they were there to help present a 20,000 collect for the charity and it celebrates the debut of the eagletttes. Dont they look great. There was a breakfast reception to say thanks. Delaware lottery officials are waiting for a new millionaire to claim their prize someone bought a winning ticket. It matched all five numbers but not the power ball. That means the jackpot rolls over to saturday night with an estimated 360 million up for grabs, 6 abc is the only place to watch the drawing well watch it during action news at 11 00. Pizza is perfect. Pizza with Bacon Cheeseburger on it . Way, way more perfect. The new Bacon Cheeseburger pizza with Hickory Smoked bacon, beef, dill pickle and signature burger sauce. A large for just 12. Better ingredients. Better pizza. Papa johns. Meteorologist, cecily tynan came in from outside. I thought she was flash. I have a bad knee too but i want to get inside and get warm. We are live on sky 6, looking at the arctic tundra of north pennsylvania the winds from the west are pulling down cold air and you see a little bit of snow pack one the coldest nights of season, 33 Miles Per Hour wind gusts, a wind gust up to 43 Miles Per Hour and allentown 46 and trenton 37 Miles Per Hour winds, with the winds out of the northwest, its pulling down very cold air. Right now its 26 degrees in philadelphia, and yesterday at this time, we were 46 degrees, wilmington 46 and millville 26. And when you factor in the winds it feels like 11 in philadelphia 14 in wildwood and 8 in trenton and 4 in allentown and in lancaster. In edition to that its dry air, the next 24 hours bone dry, arctic air with dew points below 10 degrees, a lot of static cling and dry skin, when have you dew points that low it allows temperatures to tumble. Satellite 6 along with action radar showing the cold front that brought us showers is offshore, the High Pressure over st. Louis is building in tomorrow and a good amount of sunshine and clear skies tonight temperatures are taking a tumble. Overnight low is dropping down to 11 degrees in philadelphia. The coldest morning since january 8th we dropped to 9 degrees and reading 10 and trenton 8 degrees, you factor in the breeze it wont be that windy tomorrow morning and you get a breeze and the windchill dropping below 0 in philadelphia and as low as 10 degrees below zero in allentown and 15 below in the poconos. You want to limit your Time Outdoors if you can. Lots of sunshine tomorrow but temperatures running 10 degrees below normal. And saturday wind shifts from the south and a milder flow of air. Increasing clouds and monday low pressure moving up to the north. What this means is rain for philadelphia and areas south and a mix north of philadelphia looks look a messy monday, 37 degrees and tuesday we try to clear with a high cool 37 degrees, and will we warm up next week . Adam will have that answer. I would like to see 50. Much more to come in our next half our at 5 00, two thieves were looking for more than pizza. And they are making a major milestone while making goals for the future those story and much more when action news continues. Action news continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, jaime apody, Rick Williams and Monica Malpass. Hello again here is what is happening on action news tonight. We have the latest on a dog that wandered away from his home and nearly froze to death. Youll hear from his owner who refused to give up zbll a Chester County man is killed and his brother is taken away in handcuffs tonight authorities release new details in the case. And its man accused of gunning down american sniper chris kyle, goes on trial. And we are tracking bitterly cold weather that is settling in our region tonight. The wind picks up and that make its feel colder. Lets head to the big board with the latest from accuweather. So far for this winter season the last time it was equally as cold was a month ago on january 8th Mother Nature has been stubborn this year with giving us fresh powder for the ski resorts but at least she is giving us cold temperatures, right now the skiers and boarders are loving it in Spring Mountain in Montgomery County and mountain loving it because they can crank up the snow machines day and night with temperatures like this. 26 in philadelphia and 8 in binghamton and 12 in buffalo and 14 in pittsburgh, its arctic air as a front passes through earlier this morning to drop the temperatures from 40 degrees at midnight now back to the 20s, a big change from yesterday at this time, close to 20 degrees colder across the i95 corridor from new york city to richmond and as much as 29 to 30 degrees colder from the western part of the pennsylvania towards pittsburgh. It feels like 11 degrees and you can see the winds funneling out of the north northwesterly direction and it feels like buffalo, and they continue to tumble through the overnight hour on stormtracker 6 live double scan we dont see anything. Well talk about the temperatures rebounding coming up in the seven day. Thank you adam. During this bitter cold if you see a homeless person outside you are urged to call the Homeless Outreach hot line. And check on your elderly neighbors to make sure they are prepared as well. This heart warming reunion between a woman and her beloved dog almost didnt happen. The pup survived after spending nearly a week in the freezing cold. Nora muchanic has their story from mercer county. This is a german shepard rescue, he escaped from his home in allentown new jersey and was lost for nearly a week and river was found thursday dehydrated and frozen to the ground. Was weak and couldnt stand and was not responsive to us he was clearly emaceated. 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