Bernardino. Too many. Less than an hour ago president obama painted that dismal picture as he laid out his executive action on gun control in the united states. Hello again its 12 30 and action news continues with the president s controversial plan to bypass congress and expand background checks, it has lawmakers outraged, calling his actions unconstitutional. Kenneth moton has more from washington. Reporter president obama is taking on one of the biggest and most divisive issues in his final year in office, as a teary eyed president laid out his gun control plan at the white house moments ago i can report that the victims and families impacted by gun violence were there. Its a major president ial push toward gun control reform, the constant excuses for inaction no longer do. No longer suffice what is why we are here today. Not to debate the last mass shooting but to do something to try to prevent the next one. By executive action gun sellers online or gun shows must register as licensed gun dealers and background checks are required for the buyers, showing the gun show loophole, and president obamas plan including overhauling the background system and hiring is 200 new atf agents for investigations and including up to date information on criminal records, paul ryan lashed out and said president obama should enforce the laws already on the books. The president has not even attempted to point to a single mass shooting these actions he proposes would have prevented. I will not only keep it going, i will do everything i can to try to convince the congress to pass sensible gun safety measures. President obama is proposing a 500 Million Investment in Mental Health treatment. It requires approve but the plan for expanded background checks is done with the stroke of his pen. Ren Kenneth Moton channel 6 action news. Developing news now, one american soldier was killed and two others hurt in a fight in southern afghanistan, it happened where in recent weeks the taliban has focused efforts on retaking land and u. S. Afghan forces have pushed back against recent gains, a spokesperson says that the operation they are part of it still on going. Back here a new mayor introduced yesterday now a new Police Commissioner, one day after jim kenney took charge of philadelphia. Vernon odom was at the ceremony and is live with more. Reporter hi there rick, richard ross took a very Sentimental Journey as he formerly achieved and fulfilled a dream he has had for many, many years, he received several Standing Ovations today at central high school, i will discharge the duties of my offices with fidelity. With that only he became the 30th Police Commissioner of philadelphia, not far from the West Oak Lane home from where we grew up and from day one he is mayor jim kenneys number one pick to exceed charles ramsey. He installs us in a decency and dignity that is required to lead a Police Department in the year 2016. Ross who has steadily risen in the ranks gave a speech to High School Seniors and a lesion of cops that came here for the swearing in. I am not ashamed to represent this department or ashamed to say some things need to change. We will leverage one of our greatest assets and that is the community, they are seated here today because without them we wont be able to do this. Sara commissioner ross says he will be making his first major appointment soon at the Deputy Commissioner level. Im vernon odom, channel 6 action news. Lets talk about the brutal temperatures as we look live outside, sky 6 hd showing you penns landing, bitter cold grips the Delaware Valley for a second day in a row, windchills dipped below zero but the harsh cold wont hang out for a whole lot longer. Karen rogers is in for david murphy at the big board. The pictures you are showing look beautiful, nice with the sunshine and you need to bundle up, its been a while since we felt the cold, the morning low 12 degrees, the last time march 7th, it has been 10 months, you needed to bundle up and still a windchill of only 16 degrees at lunch time. 21 in allentown un16 in trenton and 18 in millville and 14 degrees in dover even though the temperature is 25 it feels colder and satellite 6 along with action radar showing nothing going on as far as precipitation. Here is how it looks driving home, its sunny and 4 00 p. M. 29 and 5 30, 28 degrees and 7 00 p. M. 26 degrees and well bump the temperatures up more than 20 degrees in the sevenday forecast. Thank you. As temperatures dip and wintry weather arrives, keep 6abc. Com weather open on all of your devices, there you can find the sevenday forecast and look at stormtracker 6 live double scan any time of the day. In other news, a little boy is home safe following an Early Morning scare, police say that a man carjacked a vehicle while a child was sleeping inside. It happened at a 7eleven in the northwood section of philadelphia. This 6yearold boy is safe and sound but this was a terrifying ordeal for his family, not only was this little boy missing in the back of a stolen car but he has asthma and did not have his inhaler with him and with the bitter cold temperatures, police were worried about what would happen if too much time passed. A 6yearold boy in his pajamas safe in an officers arm. He was carried inside of this 7eleven, to his family. Anything can happen in a half hour, a lot of distance can be traveled in a half hour. The 30yearold stepfather kept the energy of his honda running when he went into the store, and police say the suspect got in the car and took off toward roosevelt boulevard, we were able to broadcast the description city wide over and over and over. They notified state police, a childs asthma and the bitter cold temperatures. This person would have taken a 6yearold and threw him out of the vehicle, now the child is expose to the brutal cold and if he dumped the car and shut the engine off, and the car runs out of gas, he is subject to the bitter cold. The car was found a few blocks away and the energy was left running so the heat was on in the car and police say the little boy slept through the whole thing. He is in good spirits and we got him his inhaler. The search continues for the suspect, police say he will be charged with auto theft and charged with kidnapping, in north wood, katherine scott, channel 6 action news. All right from our delaware newsroom now, state police are investigating a deadly hit and run that happened in newark. The vehicle drove away after striking a pedestrian on the on ramp to i95, still unclear why he was on the highway in the first place, investigators are working on a description of the suspects vehicle. A penndot contract worker was hit by a pickup truck in middletown township delaware county. Doing trash removal this morning. Officials say another worker was injured but refused treatment at is the scene, there is more ahead on action news at 12 30, ethan couch, the socalled affluenza teen continues his fight against deportation in mexico. The details we are learning about his life on the run. And starbuck has a new edition to its menu when action news comes right back. An arsonist killed two people after sneaking gas on to the bus, he used a lighter to spark the inferno and the killer escaped through a window, 32 people were hurt and some critically, the arsonist surrenders after a standoff. The newspaper in paris, Charlie Hebdo is establishing an edition, it shows god with a gun, it reeds one year on and the assassin is still on the run. Isis murdered Charlie Hebdo employees, all being remembered in france today. It features cartoons and an editorial denouncing bigots from every religion. And the latest on ethan couch, the socalled affluent teenager that fled with his mother to mexico, we are learning about life on the run after his mom faces a decade in prison, matt good man has the story. Reporter ethan couch may have changed his look but may not have changed his ways. Staff at a Puerto Vallarta strip club called harem, said the teen was reportedly boozing it up there, wracking up a 1,000 bill. When he allegedly couldnt play all of his bill, bouncers escorted the teen who was convicted four in a drunk driving crash back to his resort, there we are told his mother paid the tab, he is in a much more sober place, a Detention Center in mexico city, that we visited in 2001. Couch is fighting his deportation back to the u. S. , they say that ethan couch and his mother tanya fled after this video went viral on twitter alleged allegedly violating his probation. We looked at it, and said really . What a stupid plan. For an escape plan it was not well thought out, his mother, tanya is facing extradition from los angeles to texas, she faces 10 years if convicted of helping her son get away. Starbucks has a new edition to its menu, the machiatto latte, this is the first espresso drink that the coffee giant added to its lineup in more than a year. Looks good. Tomorrows power ball jackpot skyrocketed to 450 million, lottery Officials Say that the spike is due to strong ticket sales and the jackpot could get bigger before the drawing and if one person win its all, that is a 275 million theres payout. Ticket sales close at 9 59 tomorrow evening, well have the winning numbers right after accuweather. Still what head on action news, another check of your forecast. As we look live outside, showing you Spring Mountain where they are happily making snow no many doubt. Karen rogers has and autopsy date. We stop arthritis pain, so you dont have to stop. Because you believe in go. Onward. Todays the day. Carpe diem. Tylenol® 8hr arthritis pain has two layers of pain relief. The first is fast. The second lasts all day. We give you your day back. What you do with it is up to you. Tylenol®. Meteorologist, karen rogers, is here now with a closer look. A little false bravado. Isnt that the truth shell beat me up. Lets look at stormtracker 6 live double scan we are dry through the area, we are talking about how dry it feels, the dew point minus 5, lets see what is looks like out there. Crystal clear skies we have over the ben franklin bridge, how about the lowest windchills this morning, it was minus 25 in mt. Pocono, very cold, doylestown minus 7 and Atlantic City minus 5, that was the windchill and philadelphia felt like minus 4 this morning with the windchill. Currently the temperature is 25 in the city and 26 in allentown and 23 in trenton and 26 in millville and 27 in wilmington, we are rebounding a bit after this mornings low of 12 degrees, satellite 6 along with action radar showing the clear skies continuing, walltowall sunshine pretty to look at. If we had a nice, warm blanket it would be nice. By 7 00 p. M. 26 and 9 00 p. M. 25, the overnight low is 16, its going to be cold once again but i dont think the windchills will be as bad and then things improve. At 3 00 when the kids come home from school, 27 in philadelphia but it will feel like the teens in some spots, 18 is the windchill in millville and 19 in wildwood, we advance this to driving home for the most part it will feel again like the teens and 20s, tomorrow we get more of the beautiful sunshine but the High Pressure over head of us shifts to the east and the flow is. Its cold after windchills, 33 is your high at best, there are places that stop in the upper 20s and its very cold, still feeling like the teens and 20s in spots, 16 for the overnight low, and tomorrow is cold and the afternoon is not as harsh, jumping up to 40 degrees and the winds relax, thursday is nice and we see clouds and a good amounts of sunshine and milder with a high of 44 degrees, look at the overnight temperatures Getting Better in the 30s and 40s a shower friday night into saturday morning, the rest of saturday should be good but cloudy and 50 for your high, sunday periods of rain depending on a track of the low pressure, 52 degrees, for your high on sunday and monday mostly cloudy skies and 44, when the precipitation moves into the forecast the temperatures move up and that means just rain. Cold today though. For sure. Topping our people scene now, the new Netflix Series called making a murderer, there is so much buzz they are calling for the convicted killers of the show to be pardoned. He spent 17 years in prison, shortly after he is arrested for the murder of a young photographer, it follows a murder trial showing whether evidence was planted. The prosecutor told Good Morning America that the producers left out parts of the story. Some of the evidence selected, i would call it hand picked or cherry pick over a 18 month period did not fix with the narrative that mr. Avery was at product of a conspiracy or planting evidence, its my belief that the film makers just wouldnt include that information. He also reiterated that Steven Averys case is under state jurisdiction and the president cannot pardon him. Miss philippines now speaking out about the controversy, you remember steve harvey named miss columbia the winner of the pathent corrected it on live tv. 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Keep on scratchin coming up tonight a new episode of shark tank, a man shows his quick fix for a man to look sharp and stay looking sharp in a suit. It premiers after fresh off the boat and the muppets and then stay tuned for action news at 11 00. Time for one last check of the forecast, the frosty forecast. Meteorologist, karen rogers. Stay inside and watch tv. Do i have your permission to do that . You do actually. Look outside the windchill it feels like 16 degrees at lunch time. It jumped up to 21 degrees now, feeling a little bit better, i told you in the afternoon it would feel like the teens and 20s, and 31 at best today despite the sunshine. Thank you karen. Coming up today at 4 00, can you spot what is wrong with the star wars themed monopoly game. What is really the best diet to achieve your weight lost goals from the fastest to the healthiest. We are breaking down the expert rankings at 4 00. Dont forget to join us later today for action news at 4 00, 5 00 and 6 00. 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