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WPVI Action News At 4PM December 5, 2017

More fires burning out of control in the los angeles area. Causing evacuations as fire crews face an uphill battle. Really, Mother Nature will decide whether to put it out. Its pushing hard with the wind. And fire Officials Say that they expect for the fire fight and the threat throughout the week with red flag warnings here until thursday. Channel 6 action news. Back to you. Thank you. Back here at home today two men are charged with stealing a disabled girls walker in delaware. This is Surveillance Video of the crime that aired last night here on action news. After that report Newcastle County police followed an anonymous tip that led them to these men 51yearold watson and 49yearold donald kale. Police say that the pair stole the walker out of Kirsten Edwards front yard. The child that has Cerebral Palsy depends on the walker. I cant walk now and i cant even go to school. Police say that watson was found in possession of heroin when they tracked him down and kirstens mother says the the support from the community is overwhelming. And a man stole a wallet from a woman at a Medical Center in center city. They hope this Surveillance Video will lead them to an arrest. And that he grabbed the wallet out of the victims purse. The victim tried to stop the suspect back on november 27th and brushed passed her and got away. Time for a check of the accuweather forecast for you. We are on the warm side. Adam joseph is joining us now with a check of the accuweather forecast. The warmth is losing the battle in the eastern half of the country as a cold front pushes in from the west and the high today. The east coast still in the 60s. Philadelphia 63 today. Near 70 in raleigh and 70 in atlanta and cincinnati 59. And 44 in chicago where it was 65 yesterday. 27 in bismark as again the colder winter winds start to whip back in. As we look at the highs and say goodbye to the 60s of today. We drop 16 degrees from the 60s today and same for thursday and friday we lose 22 degrees from where we were today. So yes old man winter is moving on in. We look at stormtracker 6 live double scan there say cold front and along that, that is where we have rain breaking out and still far to the west at this point. Pushing in during the late evening hours. A round of rain a half inch in hours. Colder weather takes over and a huge pattern change. For the next couple of weeks. Some of us could see the first few flakes of snow before the weekend. Well talk about that and what the best chance of it coming up in the full an. Thank you adam. As he faces Sexual Misconduct cases, john conyers leaving congress. The democrat from mischanounced his retirement affective today. Several women have come forward accusing the 88yearold of sexual harassment. He made the announcement on a radio show this morning and is maintaining his innocence. My legacy cannot be compromised or diminished in any way by what we are going through now. This too shall pass. Democrat leaders in Congress Called for conyers to step down and he called into the radio show from a hospital where he is being treated for complaints of shortness of breath. He is endorsing his son john conyers iii to replace him. And President Trump has endorsed roy moore other Republican Leaders are following suit. At this point moores election is less than a week away. They are coming to terms of the likelihood he will win the seat. They had pulled their support last month and reversed course last night. Multiple women have accused moore of sexual miss conduct from when they were teenagers years ago. And President Trump says he does not want a liberal democrat in alabama. And a bill in congress is making situation here at home. And the legislation requires all states to allow concealcarry permits from other states. Vernon odom is live now. Reporter good evening, tonight a pair of pennsylvania top Law Enforcement officials are screaming out in desperation to stop a piece of legislation now traveling through the congress. They say it will introduce more gurns on the streets of pennsylvania and 49 other states as well. We have enough guns on our streets. Today Philadelphia Police commissioner and the Pennsylvania Attorney general stood shoulder to shoulder blasting antigun control lobbyists. They are appalled by danger presents by proposed legislation to make conceal reciprocity a law. If you have a gun permit in alabama you can drive into pennsylvania and no Law Enforcement over who is carrying a concealed weapon in the keystone state. We dont know what the permit holders have gone through in order to be licensed or if they had a background in some cases. Some states including 12 states dont require a license at all. The bill pending in congress if you can carry somewhere you can carry anywhere. They believe it will be a crisis. Even if the home state has weaker standers or no standards at all they would still be able to carry here in pennsylvania. Tonight the nri, the National Rifle association issued a statement saying hr bill 38. Further protects the second amendment. They say that congress could vote on house bill hr 38 tonight as soon as this evening. Vernon odom, channel 6 action news at police headquarters. Thank you. Well keep our eyes on that tonight. A crash involving a tanker truck caused hours of delays today on the pennsylvania turnpike near the ben salem interchange. It was carrying steel coils that spilled on the roadway at 12 30 this afternoon and several other cars were involved here and no word on injuries or exactly what cause that crash. Time now for a check of the action news traffic report. Matt pellman is standing by in the Traffic Center with an update on that. I was about to rewind my reports from last wednesday when we had an overturned truck in the exact same spot. Close the westbound turnpike in bensalem through the rush. But it sounds like it is not quite as bad. And traffic is just trying to move on the turnpike. Through bucks county. However, they have this ramp from the northbound side of route 1 to get on the turnpike blocked momentarily, they just opened the southbound ramp. In the process of lifting the closure, and backlogs for the ramp closures and on the turnpike. Still speeds in the 40s. A sluggish pace because of that earlier now overturned truck westbound by bensalem. It looks better than last wednesday but still ramifications of that earlier accident and route 1 near cotman had a crash and that is cleared out of the way and a broken down truck 38 by the airport circle. We are watching a pothole near broad street and cars are hitting the pothole and the tires are going flat and in delaware if you are traveling southbound by route 1 near the christiana mall. Watch for a crash the truck lost its load of lumber and a log jam off 95. Let grab the ipad. Wissahickon avenue a crash near midville avenue. Something to watch out for. Well have more coming up in the next half hour. Thank you. Still ahead on action news taxes the topic of discussion at the white house today. New details with the president s meeting with lawmakers. And youtube is looking for viewers, 10,000. Well explain why they explain their workforce to monitor videos. And ballroom dancing at school. As they waltz their way out of the classroom. She never let anything slow her down. Even now. And aetna is moving Medicare Advantage plans forward right along with her. We offer 0 monthly plan premiums. And a limit on outof pocket medical costs you pay each year. 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Russian athletes want to compete at the olympics just not with their flag or anthem. The Olympic Committee will be invited to come as neutrals and the Team Uniforms unveiled in moscow are out. The Antidoping Agency is accusing russian aof state sponsors cheating, they could completely boycott the games. People made their way to the white house to talk taxes with President Trump and the senators had a working lunch. To reconcile the differences between the senate and house, note that is jeff flake a trump critic seated next to the president there. The president believes the process will be quick. Its the best christmas give we can give our constituents, the best holiday greetings we can give our constituents, with a simpler and fair tax system. President trump is pushing lawmakers to get that bill to his desk by christmas. Tragedy struck this morning in georgia when a school bus slammed into a tree killing a little 5yearold. Students were rushed to hospitals in Liberty County an hour from savannah. It was foggy out when the bus crashed at 7 00 a. M. The impact caused the roof of the bus to cave in on the young teres. Its too soon to know if the driver was hurt and security footage shows her switching gears before the crash. The bus was not equipped with seatbelts, youtube is looking for them to clean up content on the site. Gaggle adds just 10,000 employees from the staff. Youtube hit a bit a rough patch withtisers pulling out. After youtube kid videos with profanity and violence. They say that trust season safety teams scanned 2 million videos looking to weed out extremist content. Lets take a look at todays closing numbers on wall street. All three indexes are down and dow jones dropping 9 and change and the nasdaq down 13 and the s p 500 coming in 10 points down at the close. Mayor jim kenney paid a visit for economic activity. A revitalization in neighborhoods. Part of the philadelphia delivers tour highlighting local businesses and helping folks since 1958 and the great ever Philadelphia Chamber of commerce. Men and women that served their time in jail took a big step to rejoin society. They graduated from Workforce Solutions a six week Program Helping these people learn job and life skills and they get support for finding ged classes and registering to vote. And if they graduate they get a guaranteed job at Browns Super Stores market. Computer coding is not just for the experts these days, students at Feltonville School for sciences is living proof of that. They showed dr. William hite their skills and they code a robot and websites and they recognize the School District Sciences Education week. Students are getting a chance to learn ballroom dancing. Action news reporter, Katherine Scott are there showing off their moves today. You have heard of dancing with the stars. Today it was dancing with the students. At the marie school in philadelphia. I thought it would be boring but actually its not. Dancing with the students is a Nonprofit Organization that offers ballroom dancing to children in underserved communities, a way to enhance their arts education. They taught us about tango and waltz and once we learned those we practice them and then start to do our grand entrance. Sin the fourth graders first took their places on the floor ten weeks ago teachers saw their selfesteem grow and respect for each other. To show the students hey there is something more there is an opportunity for you to use academics and education as a vehicle to get out of problems. This program certainly provides educational opportunities, and for these students its just plain fun. I think its the best its really fun. Through one to ten. A ten. In north philadelphia, Katherine Scott, channel 6 action news. Very sweet. You used to do Something Like that. One friday a month, the the friday assembly and the girls would wear the white gloves, very fancy. You and rhythm . Those poor girls. Cold is coming in even a chance for snow for some by the end of the week. A big change as we look now in the Weather Center live on sky 6 hd heavy crowd color lieu much of the day today. Even though it was warm it felt damp and a shower or two and mist in the air in spots this afternoon and early this morning. As expected the solid area of rain coming in from the west late in the day. As we take a closer look reading and allentown the first few drops are falling here and working in from the west through the evening hours and shouldnt arrive to philadelphia until probably at least that 6 00, 7 00 hour and then south and east thereafter. We are in the upper 50s for reading and allentown and 63 in trenton and philadelphia. And 63 in millville and 57 cooler at the shore in cape may and same for beach haven. Same inland for the southeast wind out of the atlantic and after the rain departs the colder winds are moving in and 9 above in International Falls that does not include the windchill. As we look at satellite 6 along with action radar, its not going to last long when the rain comes in the only a few hours we have the steady rain and some could be briefly moderate to heavy with gusty winds as the front progresses through and as we take a look at future tracker 6 at 9 00, we see the definitive line its narrow and the quick hit of heavy rain and gusty winds and that pushes to the shore and at that time its stopping in philadelphia. But a lot of clouds lagging behind the rain and as we get up tomorrow morning for the rush hour, no rain falling and damp roads to the south and east and a glimmer of sun poking out to the north and west. A quarter to half inch of rain on average for tonight and for tomorrow even though you see the sun return in the morning the clouds start to fight the sun through the entire day tomorrow. Look at the temperatures, they stay even from morning and afternoon and evening and upper 40s and windchills only near 40 degrees, those winds could gust 20 to 30 miles per hour. Your four day at 4 00, brisk and chilly and breezy at time. S. Lighter winds on thursday, much brighter tomorrow and friday its cloudy and chilly and 41. Snow showers, and breaking out southeast of philadelphia. And then on saturday. Morning snow showers are gone and sun and clouds at 42 degrees the next half hour a seven day and a snapshot with future tracker 6 showing the snow will fall. Thank you sir. Absolutely. 6 abc is proud to be part of a Great Community project today. The adopt a family radiothon is product casting all day from dillworth park and raising money for holiday meals and gifts for families and seniors in need. Today tamala and i were guest djs. And karen rogers joined us and 1,000 hess trucks and clothes and blankets. Great stuff. The Philadelphia Eagles are out west preparing for the l. A. Rams, some players took a break from football to help the less fortunate in the los angeles area. They traded in their cleats for work boots to volunteer for habitat for humanity. Quarterback jaylin mills and his teammates are happy to give back to their community. Something that the birds do on most mondays. The Philadelphia Eagles are a Great Organization not just on the field but off the field as well. Showing it here today by helping these families out. Helping build their houses. The team is coming off a tough loss against the seahawks on sunday making their record 102 but moving on and keeping their eyes on clinching the nfc east. The game time is 4 25 and your eagles pride pours in action news, these are the fan photos you are sending us on social media. Using the 6abcaction. We encourage you to keep the pictures coming. Famous players helped to relaunch a center city basketball program. They came to Village Academy gym today and kicking off the citys middle School Basketball program thatment thatmenter s the athletes. They honored wagner a standout from Camden High School and still the highest scoring player in new Jersey Basketball history. How about that . Not bad. Coming up the latest on a hit and run that seriously injured a 66yearold man in the park side section. And a lot of us promise to donate what we spend to charity but before you choose a retailer, we have whats the deal. Good afternoon, action news continues with an update on the rain moving in for your evening commute. Plus, a sign of the season pictures of kids screaming and crying, struggling to get away from santa. They found the melt downs hilarious. One mom says the right of passage photos are damaging. And a poignant representation of something hard to articulate. Youll hear the story of this photo going viral. We start with another hit and run the city of philadelphia a 65yearold is seriously hurt after a car ran him of while standing in the area that is suppose to be safe for

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