Stopped got out of the car and hollered someone dial 911 and jumped in the car. Reporter well, hampering the situation here the family says is the Surveillance Video has not materialized. So far no Surveillance Video has materialized to turn up to give us a better idea what kind of car were dealing with. The family is hoping, though, that someone will look around their neighborhood and might see a car stashed in an unusual place in someones backyard a vacant lot under a tarp. Take a look at it. Its a dark colored car with a lot of damage to the front end. Theyre hoping they will that contact the chester police. Live in chester, john rawlins channel6 action news. Thank you john. Less than 20s minutes ago president obama wrapped up his First Press Conference since last weeks president ial election. Thats right. The president was both reflective and optimistic when he discussed the Incoming Trump administration assuring a smooth transition of power. My team stands ready to accelerate in the next steps that are required to ensure a smooth transition. And we are going to be staying in such as we travel. I remember what it was like when i came in eight years ago. It is a big challenge. This office is bigger than any one person and thats why ensuring a smooth transition is so important. Today the president said he urged president elect trump donald trump to focus on staffing the white house as his first priority. The president also reassured American Allies that trump will back nato when he steps into office. President obama is slated to meet with several top european leaders on his final trip overseas this week. Meantime president elect trump continues to evaluate who will fill key spots in his administration. Trump has already announced two of his top staffing picks and more are expected in the weeks to come. And well have much more on trumps transition to the white house coming up tonight at 5 30. Schools in the Delaware Valley are trying to help students cope with reports of vandalism hate speech and threats in the wake of Donald Trumps election. Officials at Council Rock North high school say students have reported incidents targeting latinos and the gay community. Some students and parents tell action news the threats predate the election. Regardless of the timing students say theyre saddened but not surprised. First time people bring inappropriate things on the bathroom walls. Theres always going to be someone who is not with the norm and its not the norm that theyre acting like this so i think we need to just get past that. A meeting at Council Rock North is set for tonight to address the harassment. Meantime racist messages targeting africanamerican students at the university of pennsylvania have now been linked to three people from oklahoma. One is a student who has now been suspended from the school. Philadelphia police say theyre still looking for more video and more suspects after that flash mob attack over the weekend on a busy center city street. Action News ReporterSarah Bloomquist is live near the scene at 16th and walnut with the very latest. Sarah. Reporter rick, police are hoping additional video turns up giving them a better idea of just who was involved in this attack. They also want to know what motivated this violent flash mob. Was it spontaneous . Was the group altogether ahead of time . Or did they connect and coordinate on social media in advance . Detectives looked down the alleys and in the stores that line walnut between 16th and 17th in center city hoping to find any Surveillance Video of the violent flash mob in action saturday evening. They were just fighting everyone. Reporter witnesses walking along the stretch of high end stores were still talking about the attack today. They were just hitting anybody that came near them and, you know, once they got the person on the ground they would stomp them and go to the next person. Reporter it all started around 6 00 p. M. Saturday. The group of juveniles started randomly assaulting people. I heard a lady screaming. They was down there all down there fighting. Me and a couple other people hid ourselves in Urban Outfitters then locked the door. Reporter a detective tried to intervene to assist the victims. He was assaulted. His wife tried to help and she, too, was punched in the face. An off duty officer guarding the apple store also tried to help. You saw how quickly an off duty detective responded. He got seriously hurt doing sole but he did his job. Were very proud of him. As well as the officer who was working an offer duty assignment in the apple store. Reporter police took two 16yearold boys into custody immediately. Theyre still looking for the others involved. About someone seriously hurt not to mention just infringing upon somebody elses liberty to walk down the street and so they should be absolutely held accountable for what they did and theres no excuse for it. Reporter in all, six people were injured, most of those minor injuries and those people were treated and released. However, the detective did suffer a fracture to his eye socket. We believe hes going to need to undergo some additional treatment. Of Course Police do want to hear from anyone who may have witnessed this saturday evening. Live in center city, im Sarah Bloomquist channel6 action news. Thank you sarah. Heres a wintry scene that could be just a few weeks away for us, below freezing temperatures and snow and while it can be tempting to leave your car idling to let it warm up in the winter Delaware State Police are warning drivers before winter that it is against the law. A first offense will mean a fine of 25 to 75. Further offenses could mean steeper penalties. Police say it also puts your car at risk of being stolen because thieves of course look for cars with the exhaust coming out of the exhaust pipe. Im not ready. Im not ready for that. Were less than six weeks and counting until christmas. Electronics are expected to be a hot item for gift giving this season. Now the Childrens Hospital of philadelphia is working with local schools to reinforce the importance of safe listening practices when it comes to audio devices. Action News ReporterKatherine Scott has the story. Reporter jazz see action its leaping lizard had students at the Andrew Jackson school in south philadelphia on their feet but it was their ears they were paying special attention to. You ever been in a room when the speaker was so loud you could feel it in your body . Reporter the answer is yes, then the music is too loud. You could get hurt with your ears. It sounds a little bit loud into my ears. You should listen to it soft. Reporter all part of the listen to your buds campaign which includes a Concert Series known teach children the safe way to listen. Philadelphia schools partnered with the American Speech Language Hearing Association to try to prevents noise induced hearing loss which appears to be getting more prevalent. Theyre overusing the technology at loud volume and if you do that long enough, often enough the chances are that you could develop noise induced hearing loss. The older kids sometimes have some bad habits that have formed already so its important try to change them. We figure well create age advocacy if we start young. Reporter the campaign aims to reach kids while theyre still young but parents play an Important Role here too. Organizers say that means parents should not only set an example but monitor usage and volume but parameters in place and make sure their children take breaks. These lessons can be particularly relevant with the approaching holidays. Its a time when youre giving your children these devices to speak to them about protecting their hearing. Reporter and these students seem to be getting the message loud and clear. Well, not too loud. You look at the volume and you see how loud it is and you know to make it quieter. Reporter in south philadelphia, Katherine Scott, channel6 action news. Time right now for a check of the action news traffic report. Matt pelman in the action News Traffic Center monday night. How was the weekend . Weekend was great but im wishing things were a little quieter on the roads. That would be nice rick and monica. A crash on 95 once again in the work zone southbound by cottman avenue. The good news is just as katherine was wrapping up they cleared the accident from the southbound left lane so just cleared within the last minute. The bad news is its still a parking lot coming south from just past woodhaven through this point at cottman. Should start to improve in just a little bit. And were improving here. We had a broken down vehicle near paoli on 202 southbound gave us a delay which were not used to anymore since we got that third lane each way on 202. But the dv has cleared out of the way. In lower pottsgrove a crash to avoid along bleim road. I would use swamp pike or book erode instead. Big delays on 295 southbound from mount laurel down to haddon heights. There was southbound crash by the black horse pike but luckily that, too, is gone. So were on the upswing. Well check it again rick and monica in the next half hour. Thank you, matt. Much more still ahead on action news at 5 00 health check tonight new that much shows new retail clinics inside drugstore chains have not lessened the crunch on emergency rooms. Mourning the loss of an icon. Sudden announcement from pbs today about the death of a journalism veteran. Cecily. Monica after sunshine this morning the clouds are here and now rain is moving up to the south but how much rain you get really depends on your location. Ill explain in the accuweather forecast when action news returns. We live in a pick and choose world. Love or like . Naughty or nice . Calm or bright . But at bedtime. Why settle for this . Enter sleep number. Dont miss the semiannual sale, going on now. Sleepiq technology tells you how you slept and what adjustments you can make. She likes the bed soft. Hes more hardcore. So your sleep goes from good to great to wow give the gift of amazing sleep. Only at a sleep number store, right now save 500 on the queen cse mattress with sleepiq techonology. Plus 36 month special financing. Know better sleep with sleep number. Cameras were rolling insides a supermarket in new zealand the moment a powerful earthquake hit. The 7. 8 quake shook the shelves and sent boot tells crashing to the floor. It hit the south part of the island just after midnight. Roadways split open there were rock slides, too. Two people were killed. The quake triggered a small tsunami. Media world mourning the loss of an icon. Gwen ifill has died of cancer. Ifill got her start as a newspaper reporter before making the switch to television. She moderated two Vice President ial debates in 2004 and 2008. Ifill took a leave from her nightly show for Health Reasons early this year and again last week. The head of ifills show on pbs called her a standard bearer for courage fairness and integrity in an industry going through seismic change. Gwen ifill was 61 years old. Health check tonight thousands of Retail Medical clinics have opened in recent years. The hope was that they would lessen the load for emergency rooms. But a new study slows thats not exactly happening. Ali gorman joins to us explain at the big board tonight. Ali. Hi, guys. The hope was for more minor problems like bronchitis or ear infection people would visit the retail clinics instead of an emergency room but the study shows the clinics many located inside drugstores didnt prevents er visits and havent helped to lower healthcare costs. One exception was people with private insurance but the effect was small. Unlike ers many of the retail clinics dont accept medicaid and theyre not required to treat someone with no insurance. Also today, 20 more College Campuses are going smoke free thanks to a multiMillion Dollars grant from the American Cancer Society and the cvs health foundation. The university of pennsylvania has already begun working towards becoming the First Ivy League school to go 100 percent tobacco free. 99 percent of smokers start by age 26 and statistics show 1 million College Students will die from tobacco related causes. If we could stop College Students from smoking before they ever start, or make it more difficult for them to smoke at school, we can help save lives and end the pain and suffering from cancer. The initiative plans to award 125 grants to more universities over the next three years. Opponents of a smoking ban say it infringes on students rights. Many of us caught the supermoon last night and of course with the supermoon comes some superstitions. Psychologist scott bay says some people believe the full moon affects Human Behavior but study after study shows no real connection. He says superstitions are born out of our desire to control things we cant control or to understand things so that we can lessen the anxiety of the unknown. Rick and monica, im still going to wish on stars. Why not . We grew up doing that as kids. Thank you ali. Coming up tonight at 11 oclock, heroin use continues to grow in our area along with a number of overdoses. And more and more police are carrying a weapon to fight this epidemic. Heres Investigative ReporterWendy Saltzman with a preview of her special report. Reporter its one of the most gripping epidemics on the street right now. I been shooting heroin so long that the veins in my arms dont even work no more. Reporter our cameras are riding along with the cops on the front lines of the heroin crisis. Straight out of a horror movie. Reporter see the powerful video of police armed with the drug saving lives with just seconds to spare. Come on, breathe. Joe, breathe. Reporter dont miss my exclusive investigation the narcan rush only on action news tonight at 11 00. He gets a lot of compliments. He wears his army hat, walks around with his army shirt looking all nice. And then people just say, thank you for serving our country and im like, thats my dad. Male vo no one deserves a warmer welcome home. Thats why were hiring 10,000 members of the military community by the end of 2017. Im very proud of him. Male vo comcast. The dow jones continued to edge higher today despite a mixed finish for the market. The dow now finished in the green six days in a row hiting a new record high today. The dow jones gained 21 points by the closing bell, nasdaq lost 19 and change. The s p 500 finished nearly flat. Good news for drivers tonight. Aaa says the average price for a gallon of gas has dropped for 10 consecutive days. Locally the price of gas has fallen about a cent and a half in the past week in pennsylvania. Gas is down three cents per gallon in new jersey and its down about two cents per gallon in delaware. One local company celebrating 130 years in business. The action cam was at the Rittenhouse Hotel this morning where Berkshire HathawayHome Services fox and roach marked that milestone. The company says its the regions largest realtor and even ben franklin was there to hand deliver a celebratory citation for mayor kenneys office. They talked at Wynnefield Heights about how to empower Older Americans to make their decisions. Powell laughton Conference Much this year the focus was the impact of the Affordable Care act on older adults. Dr. Robin stone is a leading International Authority on aging and Long Term Care policy. She delivered the keynote address and was armed with the quality of life award. Students in south philadelphia went crazy today for some special guests. Jaylen millions Rodney Mcloud and Jordan Matthews from the Philadelphia Eagles came to the school for a play 60 pep rally. Eagles and the American Dairy association northeast announced a 10,000 grant for the school today. It will pay for programs to educate kids on how to live healthier lives and exercise for a full hour a day. Good for them. Much more still ahead on action news at 5 30. A check of the forecast for you. Going live outside right now the ben franklin bridge looking beautiful. Meteorologist cecily tynan with that exclusive accuweather five day coming up. We have some breaking news to pass along from the citys wissinoming section tonight. Chopper6 is over the scene where police are investigating a collision, a man on his dirt bike apparently collided with a police cruiser. Happened just around 5 oclock about 25 minutes ago at torresdale avenue and howell street again in wissinoming. Details are sketchy. Were told the 20syearold man was transferred to the hospital in critical condition. No word yet on what led up to the crash. No other injuries are reported but again police are trying to determine exactly what happened here in the citys wissinoming section after a 20syearold man crashed his dirt bike into a police cruiser. We will keep you posted as more information becomes available to us. Time right now to get a check of accuweather. Meteorologist cecily tynan here with the update. Monica and rick were getting a brush of rain. Stor