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WPVI Action News At 4PM December 11, 2017

Coach to rally the troops, you know, now might be the time. Theres still a lot to play for and thats whats exciting about the rest of this season. Were still playing for that opportunity to hopefully be in that game and nick has played a ton of football and you never want it to be under these circumstances but at the same time, you know, my confidence is extremely high in nick. Reporter yeah, its that time of year so bring on saint nick. Lets not forget hes done this before. The last time the eagles played the playoffs in 2015 it was nick foles who led them there. He had 27 touchdowns to just two interceptions that season. As for carson wentz a rehab for a torn acl is six to nine months. The preseason begins about eight months from now for 2018. Lets hope hes healed by then. It will be tight. Live from the novacare complex jaime apody. Chad pradelli has been talking to local fans. Hes live at the linc. Chad, this is a really tough development in what has been a story book season. Reporter brian, this injury was a dagger for many fans. You know, with carson wentz at quarterback there was a strong belief that this team could win it all. Now, with nick foles at the helm that belief is certainly not extinguished but it is diminished. If the acl tear that to are through the hearts of eagles fans. Number 11 is done for the season. The injury to carson wentz has fans screaming why. I am not a religious person but i think its time to pray. It hurts a lot. Especially my neighbor across the street hes a cowboys fan and he had come over to them about. Reporter kevin put it best. I felt like throwing up. This is the year im excited and i see that and my heart is broken. While some fans have written off the birds and the lombardi trophy others are confident nick foles can get it done. Hes won before, made the pro bowl and now needs to guide the ship where its been going. Super bowl in minnesota. I think he can kind of lead us to championship. I believe that what needs to happen is we need an offensive line and we got to go back to the playbook and make sure that pocket holds up for foles. Hes done but you know its not all about him, its about the team and so i am a huge carson wentz fan but im an eagles fan and i still believe in the whole squad. Reporter so, still some belief. There are fans calling for the running game to get going and this defense to play strong down the stretch. Im live in south philadelphia, chad pradelli channel6 action news. Thank you, chad. Well, of course a lot needs to be done to repair wentzs injury. Well hear from local experts and explain the long road ahead. Find continuing coverage of Carson Wentzs injury. You can read more about the future of the team and see how fans are celebrating that big nfc east championship. Well, after a snowy weekend the work week is off to a chilly start now as we get our first check of the accuweather forecast. Lets head to action news and the meteorologist adam joseph at the big board. It starts chilly, just wait until midweek because an arctic blast will be coming in with low pressure just south of the great lakes. On storm tracker6 live double scan the low is south of chicago and this low is going to pass to our west in the eastern great lakes as we go through the day tomorrow and thats going to move at first a southerly north wind in. 42 degrees, yes, chilly out there in philadelphia, 20s in binghamton but if you see to the south you do see some 40s and even low 50s. That mild air will puncture to the north and then the cold will be spilling in. In fact you can see on the northwestern side of that system timmons at five right now, sudden bury 3 degrees, thunder bay at 16. These are not wind chills, these are air temperatures. And in fact as we look at that accuweather forecast the winds will howl. We could see gusts near 50 miles an hour late tuesday night into the day on wednesday. That ushers in that arctic air and then highs only settle in the low 30s as we get into wednesday and later on in the week and even a chance for some snow showers as well thursday and again on friday. Well talk about this winter feel in the sevenday forecast, brian, coming up in just a little bit. All right its here. Adam thank you. Turning to developing news out of new york city today when an explosion rocked the morning commute. Authorities say a 27yearold man set off a pipe bomb at a crowded subway station but failed to inflict the mass destruction he was trying to cause. Abcs Elizabeth Hur live near the scene this afternoon of what police are calling a terror attack and elizabeth youve got the latest today. Reporter thats right, brian, were now learning four officers on routine patrol were inside the Port Authority bus terminal behind me when Officials Say they first saw people running for cover and what they saw next was the suspect on the ground injured with what looked like wires coming out of his clothing. Disaster averted. If yall dont believe in no god believe in god today. Reporter just before 8 00 a. M. Port authority surveillance cameras capturing the explosion inside the longest terminal in the world sending commuters scrambling. I heard a boom. I saw smoke and i got out of there. I dont know what happened after that. Reporter police rushing to the scene arresting the suspect after a briefer struggle. That suspect now identified as 27yearold. We made an investigation at the scene. This male was wearing an improvised low tech explosive device attached to his body. He intentionally at the time 98ed that device. Reporter authorities refeeling the pipe bomb had wires attached to it and held a battery pack. We are told the device did not detonate fully seriously wounding only the suspect. This was an attempted terrorist attack. Thank god the perpetrator did not achieve his ultimate goals. Reporter abc also learning the 27yearold suspect originally from bangladesh now living in brooklyn has been in the u. S. For seven years. The fbi is searching the suspects brooklyn apartment where sources say the 27yearold assembled the device following online instructions. Back in manhattan, the scene now cleared with many commuters taking it all in stride. I was a little upset earlier but right now im not upset at all. Things happen all over, you know, im not going to change my plans. Reporter now, we also learn that three people did get checked out for headaches and ringing in the ears but again, no serious injuries reported here other than the suspect who right now is at a new york City Hospital talking to detectives allegedly admitting he did this because he was inspired by isis. Reporting live in new york, im Elizabeth Hur for channel6 action news. Monica. Thank you elizabeth. In light of todays attack new jersey governors Chris Christie ordered additional security at todays mass transit the hub. Philadelphia police also deployed extra security in center city. Vernon odom will have more on the local security impact. Thats coming up for you at 4 30. Police believe man jumped off a Center City Parking garage today and landed on a moving car on the street below. Chopper6 over broad and race at 10 00 this morning after the man apparently left from a high floor of this adjacent garage. You can see a white vehicle with the windshield cracked when the man landed on top of it. Police believe the man was trying commit suicide. We are working to find out his condition and that of anyone inside the vehicle. Protesters are speaking out against a controversial measure that would further restrict abortion in pennsylvania. Governor tom wolf and representative mary jo daily were among those demonstrating against state senate bill three today in conshohocken. That bill would ban abortions after 19 weeks of pregnancy. Now the governor calls the bill an attack on womens personal freedoms. He vows to veto that legislation if it does eventually reach his desk. One person was critically injured during a collision today in cherry hill. It happened at 6 30 thorn haddon berlin road and morris drive. Police say a car slammed into a jackknifed tractortrailer. The driver of the car was rushed to the hospital in critical condition. Its unclear if the truck driver was hurt. Time for a first check on the drive home on this monday afternoon. Lets take it live to matt pelman in the action news traffic center. How was your weekend. Weekend was great. The first afternoon commute of the week could be going a little better, monica and brian as were looking in south jersey a couple of issues this afternoon already along route 55. One is a crash southbound by 553. Thats on the shoulder in sewell. Not a big deal there. The bigger goal is farther south. Its an overturned truck and chopper6 hd is overhead of the accident scene. There you see the truck right on its side. Theyve got the left lane blocked coming southbound on 55 here in Harrison Township just south of glassboro south of 322. Looks like another suv involved there, also, on the left shoulder. And emergency crews and a heavy duty tow truck remain on the scene here and with just that one southbound right lane getting by, here near the busy interchange of 322, we are jam packed coming back out to the maps speeds like 7 Miles Per Hour on the southbound side of 55. So, traveling through south jersey, think not southbound 55, maybe southbound 47, delsea drive or southbound 45, mantua pike, even the southbound turnpike. 55 is a mess this afternoon. Were getting ready for an opening at the taconypalmyra bridge in about a half hour. Start heading for the betsy ross instead. Live look at the schuylkill expressway by spring garden. Doesnt look too bad. Just busy in both directions. A crash on the mlk drive near Strawberry Mansion. Lets grab the ipad check your ways home with the waze app. Boothwyn chichester avenue a roadblock catch with low speeds there. Well check back in a half hour. Reversing course on transgender people serving in the military. Details on the new decision from the pentagon. Plus three women who accuse President Trump of Sexual Misconduct are speaking out again. A new investigation that theyre calling for today. They came out of nowhere, sir how many of em . We dont know. Dozens. All right lets teach these freaks some manners good luck out there, captain thanks but i dont need luck, i have skills. I dont have my keys. on intercom all hands. We are looking for the captains keys again. They are on a silver carabiner. Oh, this is bad. As long as people misplace their keys, you can count on geico saving folks money. Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. A growing wildfire is forcing residents across Southern California to stay indoors. Authorities issued new alerts about the unhealthy air caused by this thick ash around montecito. Thousands of people remain under evacuation orders today. The blaze which is now the fifth largest in california history has already destroyed more than 750 buildings. Now to put that destruction into perspective all the fires in california right now have burned through roughly 392 square miles. Thats the equivalent of the local region stretching from phoenixville to trevose down to voorhees and back west to concordeville. The pentagon says it will allow transgender people to join the military despite opposition from President Trump. Back in july the president said transgender people will be banned from the armed forces. However, under the new policy enlistment of transgender recruits can begin anyway on january 1st. But they will be required to pass a lengthy set of physical medical and mental evaluations first. Three women who say President Trump sexually harassed or assaulted them are once again going public with their accusations. The women appeared at a joint News Conference today calling for a congressional investigation into the president s alleged behavior. Jessica leeds, system man that a holvey and Rachel Crooks all accuse donald trump of sexual impropriety spanning decades. Investigated other congress members, so i think it only stands fair that he be investigated as well. If they were willing to investigate senator franken i think its only fair that they do the same for trump. Now the white house has responded calling the womens accusations false and absurd and in a statement a spokesperson also dismissed them as politically motivated. A celebrity chef is the latest public figure to face allegations of Sexual Misconduct. The on line site eater new york says mario batali has been accused by at least four women. Batali says he takes full responsibility and is deeply sorry for any pain he has caused. In light of these allegations batali will step away from daily operations at his restaurant empire. Hes also taking a leave from his abc cooking show the chew. An abc spokesperson said we have asked mario batali to step away from the chew while we receive the allegations that have just recently can um to our attention. Abc takes matters like this very zero just as we were committed to a safe work environment. While we are unaware of any type of inappropriate behavior involving him and anyone affiliated with the show we will swiftly address any appendix alleged violations of our standard of conducts. Moore has been grappling with allegations of Sexual Misconduct from several women including one who said he molested her decades ago when she was just 14. The republican got a big boost over the weekend from President Trump who flailed support of moore and put out a robo call in his favor. Now mr. Jones who is a federal prosecutor is getting outside help of his own in the form of a recorded message from president obama. Now the winner of tomorrows election will take a seat that was once held by attorney general jeff sessions. A trial over Congressional District boundaries is under way now in pennsylvania. A state court is hearing a lawsuit from voters who say the republican drawn map is too partisan and violates the states constitution. A separate challenge is awaiting a decision in federal court. Now the outcome of this federal trial could impact the 2018 elections. Time to see how things went on wall street today. All three indices are up. Dow jones gaining 57 minutes nearly, nasdaq up 35 and the s p 500 up eight and change this afternoon so closing at 4 oclock green on all three indices. Time for a check of the accuweather forecast. Meteorologist adam joseph here after a snowy weekend. Right. A bitter blast is coming. It is but its going to warm up at least temporarily between then and a big drop tuesday night and wednesday so we go to the Weather Center live on sky6 one place that loves to hear cold or or a chance of snow are our ski resorts. Getting a little better i would say here on Spring Mountain, at least dusted with a little bit of snow that we saw over the weekend and again that sunshine melting it in spots. You can kind of see exactly where it is shaded a little more in the upper part of the trail there at Spring Mountain but give it time and it will be completely white here as we do have cold enough temperatures in that seven day to make snow as well. 36 allentown, right now 39 in trenton, 38 reading. 42 philadelphia. The same for millville and the Atlantic City airport, dover 44 degrees. As we look at the temperatures as we go into the evening and overnight hours, we do drop to that low of around the mid 30s here. That would be around 11, 12 oclock and then ahead of this system that comes in tomorrow temperatures start rising late night by the morning were in the 40s. The temperatures drop briefly overnight and then they rise after midnight. Satellite and radar, we can see clouds coming back in after a temporary break with some sunshine here. The system is still way out to the west. Not a lot of precipitation. Theres a couple of rain or snow showers along interstate 80 and they could clip Northern Areas early tomorrow morning for that rush at 8 00 a. M. Where that could be a spitting shower or snow shower north of the lehigh tunnel up into the poconos but most of us it is a dry start. Filtered sun throughout the day tomorrow mixing with some cloud cover and this is when the cold front comes through and again, not a lot of precipitation with it. There could be a scattered shower around in the afternoon and then we clear out tomorrow evening as the front blows through and in fact the winds are going to howl after that. In fact, as we look at the profile hour by hour temperaturewise a lot of clouds tomorrow, a shower around. We sit basically in the mid 40s most of the day but as we get into the evening, notice that 37 degrees at 7 oclock. Remember this. 37 is your temp at 7 oclock. When you factor in the winds, that 37 is going to feel like 17 degrees so a 20degree difference from where the air temperature will be tomorrow evening to how it feels. All right eight in lancaster and by the time we wake up on wednesday morning, this is how its going the feel. A bitter five in allentown, five in reading, eight wilmington and 10 in philadelphia and those winds could be between 40 and 50 miles an hour here late tuesday night into wednesday. In fact, your four day at 4 00 forecast take advantage of that 47 tomorrow with a shower, wind chills in the teens all day in the afternoon on wednesday. A high of 32 degrees. There could be a round of morning snow showers thursday morning for that rush hour which could create some tricky travel especially given the ground will be cold at 36 and then more snow showers possible with another system on friday with a high of just 34 degrees. That is a winter looking four day at 4 00. Let you know if we can turn things around with the seven day coming up in the next half hour. Guys. Thank you sir. The Philadelphia Eagles hosted a pajama party for students at New Eagle Elementary School in delaware county. Eagles cheerleaders were on hand at the school in wayne to help students there their pajamas create coping boxes. Theyll be distributed to families with Young Children who have lifethreatening illnesses. Very nice. And coming up next here at 4 oclock heartwarming messages dropped in the mail. The special ways these south jersey children are reaching out to local

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