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WPVI Action News At 4pm December 3, 2014

Where the fire was quickly knocked down and then the laws Mennonite Church. The fires there were multiple areas of fire origin, that is separate areas that were started on fire, there were no accidental causes for the fires, the damage at the manship chapel is estimated at 1,000 and it will cost 10,000 to fix the Mennonite Church and the Healing Hands church is gone. The pastor says that while they destroyed a building, the church is still intact. I will forgive them. If he see them today, if they were hungry i would feed them and if they needed somewhere to stay i would give them somewhere to stay. We are knocked down but well get up again gl so once again this was a tiny Church Building so damage estimates stand at 75,000. And they are already fielding officers from churches and individuals to help them rebuild, meanwhile anyone with information about these fires are asked to call delaware state police. Walter perez, channel 6 action news. Walter, thank you. Breaking news now, a grand jury decided not to indict a new York City Police officer while a man died while under arrest. Eric garner was unarmed when he was arrested for selling loose cigarettes last july, an officer puts garner in a chokehold and later he died at the hospital. It was determined to be a homicide. Police in philadelphia are trying to figure out who is behind a shootding that brought three men to the hospital. It happened at 11 30 on the 5400 block of pascal street, one victim was hit in the left shoulder, and he is in Critical Condition and the other two men are also being treated and they are expected to survive. Witnesses told police they saw people running from the scene and investigators havent told us who fired the shots or why. A morning fire appears to be an accident in south jersey, that left two people hospitalized. It started at 2 00 p. M. On the 500 block of mount ephraim, the home is owned by former fire chief of camden, joe marini, his stepson matt was take and to the Temple Burn Center with serious injuries. The fire appears to have started in the basement when the individuals were using a chemical to strip paint. Marinis stepson remains in Critical Condition in the hospital. There say push to find shane montgomery, the westchester student has not been seen in almost a week. The police searched manayunk with k9 today and people posted flyers in the area. He was last seen at 2 00 a. M. On friday morning, after leaving kildares irish pub. They stopped by train stations to go over scheduled in case montgomery may have gotten on a friend. Organizers say that the reward for information in the case is now 31,000 and tonight westchester will host a vigil for montgomery, sara bloomquist will have more on that coming up at 5 00. Meanwhile, from our delaware newsroom. The coast guard suspended the search for a man that went missing after a barge capsized in the christina river. He and another man when missing last night when working on a barge for the norfolk dredging company. The other men were rescued but no sign of gatling. Its a big river and its dark and its an unfortunate accident. Crews are also trying to figure out how to upright that barge. Police are looking for a man they say robbed two banks in wilmington. They caught up with william rand and arrested him with no trouble. They say he robbed a wells fargo on november 21. And then the artisan bank on silver side road. He remains in jail today. In just a few hours its city of philadelphia will light their holiday tree, they are live in the courtyard where they will throw the switch on the 35 foot tall norway peruse. Mayor Michael Nutter will light the street and grammy Award Winning artist, estelle will perform. Can you catch the action here on 6 abc. Rick williams and cecily tynan will host and alicia will be there also. It starts tonight at 7 30 right here on 6 abc. Looking forward to it. It seems like fun, nothing worse than a Tree Lighting ceremony, lets check out the accuweather forecast. Melissa magee is in for adam joseph, she is outside now, what is the latest rick. The good news is that i dont have the umbrella overhead and it looks like dry conditions are overhead, stormtracker 6 live double scan radar showing you that the steadiest of that precipitation is moving across areas across areas in connecticut and massachusetts and the steady rain is moving on out and we have a little bit of mist and drizzle to contend with over the next couple of hours and clearing skies on the way, 36 in the poconos and 43 in reading and along the coast in beach haven, the upper 50s for areas in trenton and the lower 50s for Sea Isle City and dover. Here are the wind speeds and this is the only factor have you to deal with, if perhaps you are heading to the Tree Lighting ceremony, the winds are sustained at 22 Miles Per Hour in the poconos, a sustained speed in the west at 22 Miles Per Hour. From you headed to city hall to watch the Tree Lighting service werks have the evening planner covered for you, 44 tonight and 43 at 9 00 and 10 00, with a mostly clear sky. Conditions clear out tonight and brighter skies for thursday and the details are coming up with the full and exclusive accuweather forecast. Melissa thank you. A High School Student is in Critical Condition now after she got hit by a car in northeast philadelphia, the impact of the crash left shoes lying in the middle of the road, the 15yearold Little Flower student was rushed to Frankford Torresdale hospital where she is treated for head trauma and a broken leg. The driver who hit her did stop at the scene. Officials from the manufacturing of the detective airbags are blamed for five deaths remained defiant today, testifying before congress, the head of takata, insisted that their airbags even the recalled units are safe. Lawmakers spent the morning grilling them as the government called for a nationwide recall for vehicles that have takata airbags, powerful crashes have sent shrapnel flying. Takata says that the problem is limited and the key is to focus on where there have been issues. Takata continues to believe that the Public Safety is best served in the areas of high absolute humidity remains a priority. Takata is now rejecting calls for that nationwide recall, the government called their response disappointing, and we should mention that the same hearing honda would initiate its own National Recall of any vehicles affected by those airbags. Back to you guys. Thank you. The sixers have a chance to make history tonight for all the wrong reasons though. If you havent been following, the team has lost every single game its played this year. That is 17 losses in a row, the worst start for an nba season is 18 defelts, that is in 2009 by the knowledge nets. The sixers could tie that record with a loss in minnesota tonight and if that happens, they have a chance to set the new record on friday at home against oklahoma city. New at 4 00, someone is sitting on a Lottery Ticket worth almost a half Million Dollars today. The somer ton Beverage Center told the ticket in the cash five drawing, that is good for a 450,000 jackpot and the store gets a 4,000 bonus, so far nobody has come forward. Still ahead on action news at 4 00, an unusual collection goes missing, the group trying to track down about 100 brains. And she wanted to avoid heavy lifting while she was pregnant and instead she lost her salary, how her story could affect thousands of women across america. And a special web chat we are hosting now, doctors from main line clinic will talk about how cancer affects your heart. Well take your questions now by going to 6abc. Com. A huge crowd packed a Memorial Service in cleveland for a service for a man that died by a Police Officer. The officer that shot him thought that rice was carrying a real gun but it was actually a pellet gun but the orange safety plug was being removed. The grand jury will decide whether to charge the officer. The university of texas at austin says it has solved the mystery of missing brains. The school thought they misplaced 100 brains that were to be used by psychology students, but they were actually destroyed 12 years ago because they were in poor condition. Peggy young sued her employer, ups, and claimed the company discriminated against pregnant women. She asked her to be reassigned when she was pregnant for light lifting but instead she lost her health benefits. To business now another record day on wall street, the dow was up 33 points to close at an alltime high and is creeping up on 81,000 and the s p rose almost 8 and closed at a record high. We wont get the official jobs report until tomorrow, but a jobs report shows that u. S. Employers hired at a solid pace last month. They added 208 thousand jobs in november. That is the Third Straight month that hiring has hit 2,000. Tomorrows report from the department of labor will also include government jobs. All right, time now for a check of the action news traffic report for a wednesday afternoon. You know what that means. Hump day . Matt pellman take it away. Happy hump day to you rick and shirleen. The special days just continue, and we have a nasty situation we are watching on this hump day in new britain, buck county, a bad crash with a couple of vehicles and wires hanging by a thread and its blocking off busy limokiln pike. All the lanes are shut down here by the parkway, stay on bristol road and ticker town road and county line road, to get around the blockage, we have a bunch of accidents and the roads remain wet. And a crash at the work zone at cotman avenue, the northbound travel times are still extra heavy as it is most afternoons coming out of the city. 22 minutes oitd of the city, and an accident blocking the kelly drive ramp, you see a backup on the city avenue bridge coming away from city avenue and heading toward lincoln drive, lets grab the ipad and do the commuter report on this hump day afternoon. One person doing the report is talking about a major crash heading northbound giving us the delays off the city avenue bridge, as we zoom in, just 2 Miles Per Hour in the northbound lanes of lincoln drive, roosevelt boulevard with speeds in the 20s, that is better than 2 Miles Per Hour. Well check it again coming up in the next half hour. There is a piece of history attracting attention in center city. Monica malpass is in the newsroom to explain. Before Abraham Lincoln was president he was a congressman, trying to influence people. Now there say letter to prove that, and it will be sold here in philadelphia for tens of thousands of dollars. We have more on the history of this rare artifact. Plus, another blow to atlantic city, how one airline is changing its relationship with that citys airport. Well have those stories and more coming up at 5 00. See you then. Melissa is back with a complete look at the accuweather forecast. And new details on the man accused of being a soldier, today we hear from the purple heart recipient, who recorded the entire incident. Well, the wildwoods have become the most popular vacation spot apparently. Trip adviser has rates the jersey shore town as one of the top ten destinations on the rise. It was based on accommodations, restaurants and attractions. Tourist Officials Say they have worked tirelessly to make it the best beach town Family Destination and it has finally paid off. Are you not thinking beach right now. Oh you are, well its took for the accuweather forecast. Have you to think warm thoughts. Warm, sunny thoughts. Meteorologist, Melissa Magee. Think happy thoughts and warm thoughts because we didnt have that today, this was more than a passing shower, more than they thought it would be, sky 6 hd looking at the center city skyline, hard to make out the tops of the buildings there because we have a fair amount of moisture overhead and look at the visibility if are you doing traveling around the roads, 2. 5 miles in the city and down to 4 miles in allentown and down to 2. 5 miles in reading, conditions improve however as we get into the evening hours and into tonight. The temperatures come in in the upper 40s and allentown 42 and Sea Isle City the lower 50s now even with the temperature currently in the city coming in at 47 degrees, that is not far away. For the month of december coming in at 49 degrees, hate to be the bearer of bad news, after we close out the month here, typically as far as precipitation goes, the white stuff we see is close to 3. 35 inches of snowfall. Well track rain once we get into the end of the work week into the weekend, here is satellite 6 along with action radar, moving across areas of southern new england, and back through areas in southern new england, well tap into a piece of that this evening. 8 00 tonight its mostly clear and quiet, and the chill however is sticking around as you wake up on thursday, 7 30 in the morning, its a bright start spot day and watch what happens as we go through the day in the afternoon hours, the thin high clouds work their way northward in the delaware and lehigh valleys. So the call from accuweather for the rest of tonight, seasonably chilly and dropping down to 34 for the overnight low in philadelphia and 36 is the low in cape may, and 30 in toms river, your four day at 4 00, showing you on thursday, sunshine to clouds and High Temperatures of 44 degrees, friday mostly cloudy and High Temperature of 46, rain develops into friday night. Around 8 00, 9 00, well watch precipitation move on through. On saturday its an indoor kind of day and a damp and dreary day, periods of rain continue even with the eagles at the linc on sunday tomorrow is brighter but a cooler day. Got to take the tradeoff at least. Ooler day. Thank you. Today you can purchase unique christmas presents in east falls, hand crafted pieces were up for grabs in the popup shop fundraiser, get winterized with the fashionable winter scott, it benefits a south jersey based charity helping families of cancer parents. They raised 3,000 today. That is amazing. The buzz is around the corner. Is the bieber curse a real thing . Well tell you what some patriots players are taking heat today for hanging out with the beebe. Its time now for the buzz, as sexual allegations continue the comedian is breaking his silence, well sort of. He has refused to address accusations that he drugged and raped two dozen women over the past decades, he has taken to twitter to thank supporters, a simple thank you to Whoopi Goldberg and jill scott from the cosby family. First time we are hearing from bill cosby about that. And is he bad luck bieber, the biebs was hanging out with some of the new england patriots, you can see this picture they tweeted of him there. Guess what the hashtag bieber curse started trending and if they dont win the super bowl, the steelers fans are loving it, they were like go ahead and hang out with the bieber. This is not his first offense, there were instances with the steelers losing after hanging out with them. Maybe the whole Jessica Simpson cowboy thing. Still ahead, finding deals to sticking to your budget. Alicia shows the best free apps to make Holiday Shopping a breeze. And the real life fountain of youth showing proof that the mediterranean diet may help you live longer. Music you sing to one smile that cheers you one face that lights when it nears you [ male announcer ] play the Monopoly Millionaires Club lottery game. Making more and more millionaires. It is 4 30 and action news continues with table gate. You wont to miss the way a new Jersey University is defending its 219,000 furniture purchase. And the stolen valor goes viral. Well hear from the veteran that called him out. And its an old private school model that is gaining favor in Public School district, why some say single several education is the key to better grades. Hamilton township, in mercer county, is offing anyone that ate here at roses restaurant and catering one of these, a test for hepatitis a. After one of their employees tested positive for the disease. Lets go live to Nora Muchanic in hamilton tonight. Reporter hi good evening rick, that clinic will happen tomorrow night at the firehouse in hamilton, they are swamped with concerned customers and there is still just this one case of hope tights so far but it takes six weeks to show symptoms. Hamilton Health Officials are stocking up and offering doses of the hepatitis vaccine. They recommend that anybody that ate at roses restaurant get the vaccine after a worker tested positive for the disease. If it strikes in our commune, it can build rapidly to a big outbreak. It will be offered at the colonial Fire Department for a cost of 35, hepatitis a is the least significant of the strains, causing fever, loss of appetite and nausea and a host of other symptoms. Stopping the spread is basic, good han washing after using the bathroom, and keeping gloves on when are you are dealing with food products. Roses was temporarily hut down after they learned that a prep cook was diagnosed with the disease. We washed down everything and threw away all food. Which we did, we threw away everything and started from scratch. Roses has a large catering business but the business has plummeted and the business has lost thousands of dollars, roses was disordered except for a couple of takeout cu

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