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WPVI Action News At Noon November 13, 2016

At penn were the target of racist cyber attack. The eagles take the field against the Atlanta Falcons in less than an hour were live at the linc with a preview. First the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast, meteorologist david murphy filling in for chris sowers. Hi, david. Reporter hey, nydia, hey gray a nice day with nothing but blue, a couple of high, thin cirrus clouds. The main cloud cover is breaking up north an east, were seeing the numbers improve, too. It was chilly at dawn, 55 now, 55 in trenton, and millville and down the shore in cape may. The winds not all that strong a little bit breezy, 14 Miles Per Hour in philadelphia. And just 9 Miles Per Hour in wilmington. As we go through the afternoon, down the shore look for a high of 61 if youre down there strolling the boards. We have plenty of sunshine in philadelphia with a high of 59 degrees in the poconos, 53 degrees, a little cool, but not as cool as yesterday, in fact all these numbers represent an uptick. We have mild air in place again tomorrow. But there is a build up in cloud cover during the day and eventually rain. Ill have that for you and the rest of the sevenday forecast coming up gang. Thank you. Two local universities are dealing with the fallout of racial motivate motivated racial attacks. Students were connected to a chat of an oklahoma student who has been spended. Naacp called on leaders to encourage unity, not division. As long as as the language is divisive, and not inclusive, so long language that leads to intolerance of one or the other, prevails, we can expect for acts like this to takes place. Right now the fbi is investigating to see if ninls played a role anyone else played a role in the hateful messages. A black student was assaulted in a septa tunnel connecting villanova university. A white suspect shouted trump and knocked her to the ground and she hit her heads. The men are described as members of the villanova community. The statement said the university finds this conduct deplorable and considers this racist behavior that runs counter to the values. Those responsible for the behavior will face serious consequences for their actions and disciplined appropriately. For the 5 the straight day, protests are expected from coast to coast in the wake of donald trump victory. From Portland Oregon people have taken to the street to speak out against donald trump and the acts of racism around the country since he won the election. The demonstration is planned in the city for later this afternoon. As the protests continue president elect donald trump is hard at work shaping his administration for when he takes over the white house come january. Sources say the announcement of his chief of staff is immanent. The fieldful possibilities include two difference choices, former head of Breitbart News steve ban none and reince prebis. Police wants to know if alcohol played a role in a crash that hit two women in center city. A dodge pickup hit the victims in a crosswalk at 11 00 p. M. Last night. Both women required surgery due to the injuries. Five people were hurt after a police chase came to an end in southwest philadelphia. It started at a 7eleven in sharon hill. The police came and the suspect took off. He crashed into five vehicles and is facing several charges. Police are looking for the personal who fired shots outside a banquet hall in pennsauken new jersey, an argument spilled out into the parking lot at 2 15 a. M. When someone started shooting, one man was hit in the chest and the other in the arm. A third person was found unconscious at the scene. Were working to get more information about the victims conditions. People say they feared for their lives after a flash mob targeted center city. Medics rurbledz 6 people to the hospital rushed 6 people to the hospital following that incident. A group of people started attacking people on walnut street. An off duty detective was injured his eye socket was broken while he was tending to his wife. I dont know whether it was a protest or flash mob. We know that police took two people into custody and everybody will be okay. Turning to the eagles and the matchup against the falcons. The birds host the falcons at the linc and they hope to slip below 500 for a win this afternoon. Jamie apody is live at the linc with a preview of the game and today, the birds against birds today. It is, well see which feathered friend will come out on top. For the the eagles its an interesting situation. They are not playing well they lost four of their last five, all four games they played on the road. They are playing a falcons team 63. But the eagles have yet to lose at home. Lets take a look at carson wentz warming up on the field behind me a short time ago. The key for wentz is to get oaf to a farther start. For the eagles all four of their losses have come by 7 points or less, its unbelievable they should have won half or all of games. They know the team is tired of losing games, especially close one, they know the time to turn things around is now. We all around here are kind of sick to our stomach where we are at right now with all these close games, talk to you after the games with you guys its frustrating. Weve had chances in every one of these as an offense to win the ballgame or tie it up. Its frustrating. We have to do a better job that starts with me in the key situations. We have our a lot of timegame to go, me personally, i dont get discouraged until the door is closed. We have the opportunity to right whatever we want this season to look like if five out of the next 8 are at home. If we warrant to do anything this is time we have to turn it around. Absolutely thats the optimistic way of thinking about it. Of course well break down what is hopefully an eagles win tonight on action news sports sunday. Ill have a full breakdown of the game from lincoln financial field. The key matchup to watch today is Penn Charter Matt Ryan which is having an m. V. P. Type season and julio jones somebody has to cover that guy today. Jamie apody channel 6 action news. Were rooting for eagles victory. Theres much more to come on action news for this sunday afternoon. Developing right now, there are major tsunami concerns in new zealand after a powerful earthquake rocked the country. Were following damages and injuries. The ipad app that could make eye patches a think of the past for children suffering from a common eye problem. David murphy has the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast when action news continues. Fios is not cable. Were wired differently. That means incredibly fast 150 meg internet for the holidays. 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If youre flying out today, there are no weatherrelated problems up and down the east coast. 45 degrees, the dewpoint, 25. Winds out of the southwest at 14 Miles Per Hour. Slightly breezy out there. 56 is your current temperature in allentown. 56 in reading. Same thing in wilmington, very similar numbers in trenton, philadelphia, all the way down the shore. Everybody enjoying the mid 50s and most of us going in the upper 50s before we are done. Keep the sunglasses handy as we roll through the day. Theres a lack of of significant cloud cover. All we have out on the terrace is basic blue and high cirrus clouds here and there. Lots of sunshine in the lehigh valley, at times breezy, 59 degrees. Pretty much the same story down the shore, lots of sun, pleasant, getting up to 61 degrees in atlantic city. In philadelphia, lots of sun this afternoon, a bit milder than yesterday when we only topped out around 50 in most neighborhoods. Today most of us get up to 59 thats what well call for in philadelphia. Winds out of the west southwest at 8 to 16 Miles Per Hour. Slightly breezy at times, but not too bad. Jamie apody is getting us prepped for the eagles and falcons down in lincoln financial field. The winds may go higher than the 5 to 10 initial forecast, just a little bit breezy and temperatures will be holding in the upper 50s for the kickoff and all the way to 59 degrees in the third quarter, beginning of the 4th. Overnight tonight, clear, cold, the winds will die down a little, with the low sun angle and long night ahead thats a typical set up for this time of year. Well get down to 38 degrees. The outlying suburbs to the freezing mark. A couple of spots might dip into the upper 20s. Wide view on satellite shows you down to the south theres cloud correspond and radar is cloud cover and radar is picking up rain. Tomorrow, well start out with sunshine on monday in philadelphia. By noon the clouds are beginning to push up from the south. By 6 00 p. M. Dry, but as we get into tomorrow night and into Tuesday Morning, theres a chance of rain arriving, looks like the rain could be with us on and off through a good portion of tuesday, the way the models are suggesting right now. The exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast, a pleasant autumn afternoon, breezy and 59 is the high. 06 tomorrow, clouds increasing. Rain tomorrow night into tuesday, definitely Tuesday Morning and maybe in the afternoon, high of 57 on tuesday. Wednesday, clouds and 60. Sunny and pleasant on thursday, 62. A nice day on friday, 63. Saturday were watching for the potential of more showers especially late saturday and sunday, increasing clouds on saturday. Thank you. In healthcheck at noon, the eye pamp could patch coua think of past a common for kids called lazy eye. Muscles control one eye is weaker. Doctors put an put a patch over the eye to increase the muscles. The ipad game could work better. Both groups improved two lines on the letter chart. 40 of the children recovered normal vision. The work is being done in dallas by the Retina Foundation of the southwest. Still to come on action news, a local veteran recounts his memories of wartime more than 6 decades later. Jeff skeverski has more on the matchup it went between the eagles and the falcons. Those stories and more coming up. Welcome back, 12 19 p. M. , tailgaters in full force if he link. 55 degrees, sky6 live hd looking at the center city skyline. Its been more than 60 years twins world war ii one manageman said he remembers it like it was yesterday. He not only took part in the war, he made sure it got into the history books. Reporter from his home in king of prussia, 92yearold mill teen remembers the day back in november 1945. He was a 21yearold Army Air Corps photographer. He was sent to nagasaki after the a tommic bomb was detonated over the city. It was important to have it documented and people know about it. Reporter he was stationed in guam part as a photo reconand intelligence unit. After the war, the army wanted to document the damage on the ground. With his camera and wearing no protective gear for several days he walked through the city taking snapshots, very few people, many buildings did he decimated. He still takes photos, he went to Central High School where he was the photo editor of the paper. He talked with students and at different clubs in september he was invited to ohio to speak with members of the 14th intelligence squad drant. Little was recorded of the tech squad drant and their work. The commander of the 14th wanted to know more. They could only track down two men. He was one of them. This is the only physical records. The air force made copies of the photos that would be sent to the library of congress and national archives. The veterans spent several days speaking to the squadrant. We went in and the geese stood up and applauded. This is a story that should continue to be told. Reporter Katherine Scott channel 6 action news. So glad you stayed with us were about 30 minutes and counting from kickoff from the eagles versus falcons game. The birds are hoping a player with local roots go back to atlanta with a loss tonight. Heres jeff skeverski with sports. Reporter eagles quarterback carson wentz knows he sounds like a broken record. If the eagles are going to break the losing streak today against atlanta they have to break the bad habits late in games. Wentz and the eagles need to be on their agame at 1 00 p. M. Against matt ryan the exton native and first place falcons. All the games, they had a shot to win or tie in the final minutes of regulation. We all around here are sick to to your stomachs with all the close games. We learned a lot and were tired of learning some of the things we have to go out and execute do the job and show that we have learned from it. At this point theres no more excuses our season can go up and down. We understand that. We have no choice, but to learn from it. Reporter eagles 44. Flyers goalie steve mason said he is tired of being embarrassed. He finds himself unexpectedly in net last night. 21 sekdz into the game seconds into the game, they allowed the most goals in hockey, flyers down 1. He leaves with a knee injury and will be further vaulted evaluated today. Steve mason starts the come back, tied at 2. Flyers the most power plays goals in the nhl. Brayden shenn gives them the lead. 7 seconds to go in the game, steve mason saves it. Flyers win 32. Three game losing streak is over. We were playing good. For him to come in and make seller saves, he pretty much won stellar saves, he won the game for us. A comeback win, it shows character in the group. Sixers try to win two straight for the first time in two years. Dont hold your breath. Embiid resting after going his minute restriction overnight. Okafor yet to start in atlanta. Okafor, where are you, where are you . Hello. 2 of his 18 team high. Sixers fight back, robert covington, 3, yeah. Sixers within 2. This is as close as the go as t. Former Sixer Kyle Korver burns with it burns 2. They have lost 8 of 9. Big win for penn state. Thats sports, im jeff skeverski have a great day. All right, well be right back with another halfhour of action news. Fios is not cable. Were wired differently. That means incredibly fast 150 meg internet for the holidays. So in the 3. 7 seconds it takes gary watson to beat the local sled jump record, fly, gary, fly. His friend can download 13 versions of the perfect song. His sister can live stream it. While his mom downloads how to set a dislocated shoulder. Get 150 meg internet with equal upload and download speeds, tv and phone for this amazing price. Cable cant offer speeds this fast at a price this good. Only fios can. Developing right now on action news, tsunami concerns in new zealand after a powerful earthquake strikes the countrys south island. We have video coming in from overseas. Plus, the action news trouble shooters track down a Business Owner accused of ripping people off after a woman paid hundreds of dollars for work that was not started. We honor men and women in the arm services. Those stories, but first we go outside to david murphy, how is it looking sir . Reporter nice blue skies, cloud cover here and there. The most cloudy cover has been up in allentown and over by new york. Its kind of here and gone, High Pressure and dry air keeping skies nice and bright today. The mid Atlantic Region enjoying nice weather. 55 in philadelphia. The same temperature in washington and new york city. A nice afternoon building autumnal in the northeast. 14mile an hour wind in philadelphia. Thats one of the higher numbers we have outside of buffalo, new york, where we have 26mile an hour more continued gusts. Breezy and bright. 61 degrees is possible in center city. Well go for a high of 59 at the airport. 4 00 p. M. , youre fairly comfortable after that you dip quickly. The sun goes down and so do the numbers. 52 by 6 00. 48 by 8 00 p. M. 45 by 10 00 p. M. We could go to 42 degrees in philadelphia. That means by the time you wake up well be in the upper 30s. Well have rain arriving monday into tuesday thats coming up in the seven day. Were following a developing story from new zealand people there are being told to move to Higher Ground after a powerful quake hit the country this morning. We want to show you images of the shaking and aftermath just into action news, the magnitude 7. 8 earthquake hit that countrys south island early monday morning near the city of christchurch. So strong it knocked out the Emergency Call Services for ten minutes. No reports of injuries or major damage, Officials Say a tsunami has hit the coast anne tsunami activity could continue for hours. Back at home, 8 people are looking for a place to stay after a fire ripped through two homes in wilmington. The fire started around 5 00 a. M. On the 600 block of North Frank Lin street. We are told nobody was hurt. The cause is under investigation. A bucks county man is being evaluated after police took him into custody during a barricade incident. Neighbors along hulmeville road in langhorne spent several uneasy hours watching Police Respond to the situation down the street. I got scared and i ran over to my neighbor i thought there was a bomb scare, because i saw the vehicles, the big trucks pulling in. Police arrived at the house in question yesterday afternoon after getting a call from the suspects exwife. She said the man sent her Text Messages that made her believe he was going to hurt himself. When officers tried to coax the 42yearold man out of the house, he fired shots out the window. They fired tear gas and went inside. They found the suspect rolled up in a carpet on the second floor. Preparation for the inauguration of the 45th president has started even as americans were casting their ballots. The new president takes office at noon on friday, january 20th. Philadelphia congressman dwight evans will be sworn in tomorrow night in washington, d. C. Evans was elected to a full term in congress who was elected to finish the last couple of

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