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WPVI Action News 5PM January 23, 2018

In nashville. Its heart break and a wound that will take a long time to heal. Mitch mcconnell, a congressman from kentucky opened his remarks by paying respects to the victims. I sent comfort and healing to everyone affected by this violence. Now, Authorities Say that children were taken to safe rooms when this was going down and there is an active investigation by the Kentucky State Police and channel 6 action news. Thank you. Well, the government shut down is over but the debate rages tonight. Igned a shortterm fix to fund the government for less than three weeks it stopped the 69 hour shut down and reauthorized childrens held care for another six years. And they did not do anything for daca. Former fbi director, james comey, is questioned by Robert Muellers office. And the New York Times is reporting that comey was asking about memos he wrote about his interactions with President Trump and the news comes hours after it was learn that attorney general, jeff sessions, was interests viewed by the mueller team. And a powerful earthquake shook parts of and forced widespread tsunami watches up and down the west coast to be p after the 7. 9 magnitude quake struck on the coast of alaska and a tsunami watch extended to washington state, california and even hawaii. Following several hours the warnings were canceled and despite the strength of the earthquake no damage is reported even engineer the ep center. David murphy has more on the quake and the james comey interests views with the mueller team and the temporary deal to keep the government running, watch that following action news at 6 00. All right time to talk super bowl. The eagles are of course heading to minneapolis in the dead of winter to play the patriots, lucky the birds will not feel the chill because they will be in a dome. But what about the fans that want fun before the game. We sent bob brooks there before hand live outside with more. Reporter hey rick, first thing i want to do before we get into things can you do, i want to show you u. S. Bank stadium. Impressive especially when you get up here and see it in person all encased in glass a state of the hart beautiful building and the grounds outside they are setting up for the super bowl. Reminiscence of the inch draft we had in philadelphia. We went to nicollet mall. Ground zero for the super bowl activities. A place they will want to check out when they come here for the game. The stage isnt set quite yet but ground zero for super bowl lii is taking shape fast. This is nicollet mall changed to super bowl live. Its the main artery through town loaded with all kinds of shopping and restaurants and today we met up with Cathy Mccarthy the director of Public Relations for the tourism department. This is where you will want to be. You should think about this as being the public party of the super bowl kicks off this friday night. The main thing on eagles fans minds is the cold weather but cathy says that the city is well prepared. Down at super bowl live there is warming benches and there is an activation site to go in and get warmed up and have food and drink. The beginning starts at nicollet and 6th look for the Ice Sculpture and there is a couple of restaurants on nicollet you have to try. The cheese is night and brits pub is here. A lot of nice restaurant. But that is just one of many thing goes on and this super bowl is about celebrate minneapolis and minnesota and great things about the wutful winter. The u. S. Pond championship if you are hear early enough. There is Cross Country skiing and Cross Country skiing with dogs and the one thing we want to do is help them understand what the bold north is to us and embrace it. Good absolutely i know a lot of people will embrace it. U. S. Pond hockey championships and skiing with dogs only things you get up here in the north. A graphic on your screen now, that is nicollet mall. This may be helpful for people coming up to see where it is. Its sandwiched in the middle of town, you condition miss it. Check it out if you come here. And back live to me coming up at 6 00, i when into u. S. Bank stadium and got the first glimpse of what is going on inside. And all the changes and well look at that again coming up at 6 00. Reporting live bob brooks, channel 6 action news. All right thank you. Well, for those of you that can afford it or the lucky few chosen to get a chance at the super bowl. Its like winning the lottery. This is the day when season Ticket Holders could pick up their tickets like the lucky two. We caught up with some lucky folks. And action news has continuing coverage on and off the field and read the popularity of the underdog masks and watch bob brooks reports from the site of the super bowl. And weather after morning rain and clouds turned out to b and snowboarders are enjoying less crowded conditions, you see it through the sky 6 hd camera now and plenty of snow to go around and a few folks out there. Its fairly warm. Cecily tynan is live now wi how long this weather will stick around. Well be cooling off it was like spring skiing in Spring Mountain with temperatures in the 60s. Double scan live radar showing the bulk of the rai moved off the coast and a few rumbles of thunder and as far as the rainfall totals. A half inch and Atlantic City. 84. And reading 1. 2, and poconos ski resorts not liking this an ink and a half of rain. And with the rain warm temperatures, philadelphia 55 degrees and a second day in a row we hit 62 even warmer right now washington, d. C. 58 and if you look to the the west there is much colder air. Temperatures in the 30s and that is moving in as we head through the overnight hours. As we look ahead seasonable Cool Temperatures return and they will be here through the next three days and talking windchills the next few days and find the sweaters and jackets youll need them and we warm up for the weekend and we are tracking rain for the weekend. Ill talk more about that in the full accuweather forecast. All right cecily well check back in later a person shot in Burlington County new jersey back home recovering and the gunman still at large tonight. This is the scene early this morning. On the 200 block of Warren Street inbeverly. And a cold colored sedan fleed the scene. A robbery suspect is behind bars tonight after allegedly leading police on a chase, through northeast philadelphia and woodhaven road before 3 00 a. M. That is where Authorities Say that the suspect crashed the car and ran off on foot. He was quickly apprehended. Time for a check of the action news traffic report tuesday night. Matt pellman is live now with the latest on the commute home. Weather is cooperating more than it did this morning. And dry roads and i95 northbound in south philadelphia has cleared out and all northbound lanes are reopen at the linc and the well. And a basketball game at the Wells Fargo Center tonight if you head there because of the earlier accident speeds of 13 Miles Per Hour along 95 north of the airport. You may wants to bail for the platt bridge. The vine street expressway there goes an officer on its eastbound side and westbound is where the dv was. And slow broad street to 76. And coming off 76 i dont think i would get on lincoln drive a crash where henry avenue the big bridge goes overtop and stick with walnut lane or school house instead of lyndon drive. And providence a bad crash at plush mill road. Use providence and Baltimore Pike to get around that. Minquadale by the new york Fried Chicken a crash near Memorial Drive and an accident investigation into in pemberton blocked off at the First Baptist church and 206 could be alternated. Well check it again in the next half hour. Thank you. A School Bus Driver trying to take Children Home faces a challenge he did not expect. The ride down a neighborhood street he had no idea he couldnt control the White Knuckle experience ahead. Black ice everywhere. And an alternative to the traditional cigarette. What doctors say about Electronic Cigarettes that may surprise you. This winter in the state with more ski mountains than any other, family fun reaches a new peak. 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Officials are warning that the flu virus continues to spread and right now it could be at its worse. Ali gorman joins us at the action news big board with the latest. Reporter we wont know for sure until time goes on and look at the reported numbers in pennsylvania. So far 47 people have died in the state due to complications from the flu. The majority of them 29 are in the past two weeks, we see the virus pick up steam right now. The virus is hitting seniors the worst and kids and healthy ad t adults aadul adults are not imaum a child in california is the latest to die from the flu. She had a positive flu test and given tamiflu, and even though her fever was down she had trouble with her breathing. Its likely that another infection such as step may be at play. And people with chronic problems like asthma are also at an increased risk are if there is doubt call your doctor or go to the emergency room. Electronic cigarettes can be addictive but a report from the National Academy of science appears to help adults quit smoking its the first report to review research on ecigarettes, the exposure is about the same but it emits less of other toxic chemicals and ecigarettes have a clear danger and that is catching fire and exploding. Catching up tonight at 7 30 we take a closer look at the Opioid Epidemic in our area. The numbers are staggering and the deaths are heart breaking and the crisis has gotten out of control. Well take you inside of philadelphias ground zero and show you what the government and some of the medical community are doing now. And hear how some people finally got help and gotten clean. Its a special that you see only here on 6 abc it starts tones at 7 30. Thank you ali. 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T adorable. Well up load them and put them on the twitter and instagram using 6abcaction. Meteorologist cecily tynan is here now with a check of the forecast. We started out soggy but saw sun. Temperatures in the 60s it felt like spring. But winter is making a come back. Oh man. Its january it has to. I love this photo, john lloyd jr. Postd this on my Facebook Page from dover, delaware and shows a lot, the dark clouds and rain and sunshine and the blue skies and the rainbow also if you look at the ground, no snow, but a lot of puddles they got a half inch of rain in dover and since the ground is pretty much frozen its hard to absorb the rain and the rain causes problems for the morning commute. Double scan live radar showing we dont have much left over though. We have one area of some lig showers right over the garden state parkway and you see its all pushing up to the north and east. Should be rolling off the coast within the next few minutes and that is the last of it behind that we have cooler air that will filter in tonight. And the next few days. Ill talk about windchills and a bit a shock to the system with temperatures in the low 60s today. Right now mild in philadelphia, 55 and Atlantic City 57 and allentown 49 and wilmington 53. The poconos 42 degrees. If you look at this it shows afternoon highs and blues above normal and blues relocation normal. January started cold we were running 16 degrees below average and then a big warmup so the month so far close to normal. About 1. 5 degrees below formal. What a difference from the first week of january. Satellite sheriff showing moisture is moving out and not a lot of cloud cover behind it and clouds were clearing out and winter returned philadelphia 36 and allentown 32 and cape may 36 and wilmington 35 and trenton 35 degrees. A shock to the system tomorrow and temperatures in the 40s and 50s like they were this morning. Windchills will be in the 20s. Definitely bundle up through the day tomorrow and windchills stuck in the 20s and 30s. And on thursday, colder we are look agent windchills in the morning in the teens and 20s. So we have a brief cool down after we warm up for the weekend. The fiveday at 5 00. 44 degrees and mixture of clouds and sunshine and windchills in the 30s. And high of 38 and windchills in the 20s. 42 degrees on friday. Mostly sunny and turning the corner heading foot weekend. Feeling like spring 55 on saturday. And its breezy and mild and sunday 59 degrees and comes at a price periods of rain and let you know if that rain lasts into monday coming up in the full accuweather forecast. Kind of a roller coaster ride of temperatures. Okay thank you. More ahead in our next half our of action news at 5 30. Do not even think about ordering a boston cream donut at a local store. The policy on new england themed sweets. And a man was arrested outside of the white house. What the secret service says that the suspect had. And first of its kind nomination how a cinemaing to fer is making history. Hello again, he has done it before but why not now. Why the statue of william pen will not wear eagles gear leading up to the super bowl. And we are learning more about the victims identity and not a factor in the crash. And a new executive action by President Trump make its more expensive to buy solar panels from overseas. It seems harsh but not because the eagles do not deserve the recognition, its to make them win. Annie mccormick explains in center city. Hi rick, a lot of superstitions running through the city and that includes here at city hall. The mayor says it may jinx the eagles to put a jersey on william penn. A birds eye view, a note on city hall note is he not wearing an eagles jersey and dont expect him to be wearing one. Jim kenney is citing a history wearing fan gear and team falling short after getting so close to winning it all. 83 we put the baseball cam on and lost in a walkoff home run and 97 and put the flyers jerseys on and lost in four games straight to the red wing. They are a good enough team they dont need it. Any soupt

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