And sara are off and im matt odonnell. Now more news in the crash of air asia flight 8501 and Police Arrest the teenage driver they say ran over a High School Student boarding a school bus in buck county. But the big story is a renew renewed hepatitis square in south jersey. One is a Fitness Instructor and one is a Health Care Worker its possible they may have been infected by the original source an employee at roses restaurant in hamilton township. We are expecting an update this afternoon. Here is katherine scott. Reporter matt, the Township Division of health has received hundreds of phone calls on this this morning, as for the new hepatitis a patients one is a 50yearold hair tilist and one is a Fitness Instructor, and both women thought they had the flu before they were diagnosed with hepatitis a. There is a press conference scheduled for today and we expect to learn more then, but its shared through contaminated through food or person to person contact. Im concerned about it if someone has it here. People arrived to work out at the ymca branch in hamilton township. Im not going to dwell on it and ill follow through with my doctor i kind of hoped that the township would offer vaccines we told people to check with their physicians. The first case of hepatitis a was confirmed last month at the popular restaurant, roses. And they held a clinic at a local firehouse both patients ate at roses. But they cant definitively link the two cases to the first now they want the people to be on alert now that the new cases are announced. The new Jersey Athletic Club in lawrenceville anyone not previously evacuated may be at risk. The other person works at the hair port salon in hamilton township. From december 4th to the 31st. It can appear two to six weeks after exposure we are back here live where a press will be held in the next two hours. It appears that the disease was already in her system. That said, the officials told me that that reduced her symptoms if you need more information on this we have more information on our website at 6abc. Com what to do if youre concerned. Both of those patients are now resting at home. Katherine Scott Channel 6 action news. Thank you. 30yearold stevenson wood andson was charged with raping and trying to kill a woman in the Spring Garden section yesterday morning. The man is accused of attacking the woman at 8 00 a. M. On callow hill streets. She was beaten unconscious between two parked cars and when she woke up she managed to break free and yell for help and another witness chased the victim. Woodson is also charged with attempted murder. Police arrested the driver that struck and killed a teenager trying to board her school bus next month. Michael shelly will be charged with homicide he kept going even though the arm was down and he kept going. Minet died a short time later at the hospital. A funeral will get underway for the boy that was killed in a police crash over the weekend, the funeral starts at 12 30 at our lady of peace church in williamstown the boy was walking to the sleepover when he was struck and killed by a Police Cruiser in washington township. Well continue with a live report at 12 30. Firefighters battled an overnight blaze in the Port Richmond section of philadelphia at 4 00 a. M. On east madison Street Police found flames on the second and third floors it took 15 minutes to get this one under control. No one was hurt. Temperatures have returned to somewhat normal after a cold start to the new year sky 6 hd is looking at penns landing and the ben franklin bridge and the sun is shining brightly there and there might be a breeze out there too. Lets head to the big board and meteorologist, david murphy. We have an improvement when you look at satellite it looks like we are socked in by the clouds but a break in the corridor from pittsburgh to philadelphia. We are expecting partly sunny skies the rest of the way and temperatures are bouncing up faster than yesterday we are up to 43 degrees, a bit above average, wilmington 43 and upper 30s in allentown and 40s in reading and trenton and while there still is a wind, its not as strong as yesterday where we averaged 10 Miles Per Hour winds. 16 in reading and several other spots like wildwood and allentown are a little bit below that. When you combine that temperature profile and those winds, those winds are not so bad. Today it feels like 36 in philadelphia as you head outside the freezing mark in allentown and 36 in Sea Isle City coat weather but better than yesterday. A high of 45 degrees, tonights 29 is cold for a low but that is also above average, and mild air is coming in over the weekend. If you plan to head to the poconos the rest of the afternoon by 3 00 we are going to be at 31 degrees and 6 00 tonight 28 degrees, windchills make it feel pretty cool out there. But in the poconos like everywhere else, you are dealing with the break in the clouds. When i come back well talk about the changes for the weekend including rain arriving and for some of us it could be a period of wintry mix precipitation. You can track the rain when it comes in this weekend with a free 6 abc Storm Tracker app and see the extended accuweather forecast. Health Officials Say that the flu is spreading fast this season its affecting people in 36 states much earlier than usual. 632 Lab Confirmed cases of the flu so far this season nine times as many cases than in delaware this time last year. Scientists covered the most common strain mutated after the vaccine was produced and only affected a third of the time this season. Recovery teams are working at the site of the air asia crash they made their greatest progress since the plane went down six days ago they are gathering more information about what may have went wrong lana zach reports from new york. Reporter a discovery came from the java sea searchers found 21 bodies some still belted in their seat. Where were the passengers they recovered sitting if they were all sitting in the back and most of these bodies are intact that would suggest to us that the tail section may have come off. Crews are battling against monsoon rains to find pieces like these window panels while the search continues for the black boxes. Assisted by the american ship, the uss sampson, most of the passengers have been recovered so far, even in their grief there is gratitude from the families. You see the bad weather and the search and rescue teams have done a good job and there is assistance from other countries with advanced technology. Wanting only two things now answers and to give their loved ones a proper burial. 19 ships including the uss sampson are part of the Recovery Process and they are taking a break in the weather to recover more bodies and wreckage. Still to come on action news at noon, how a man ended up dead just steps away from a mans home in texas it has something to do with sleep walking and a driver gets trapped in his mangled car. And david murphy is tracking rain for the weekend. Every friday mr. Lewis connects with his friends at the Senior Center to enjoy a nutritious, hot meal. Which gives him the energy he needs to connect with his grandson, so he can teach him how to land the big one. When older pennsylvanians make the most of programs supported by the Pennsylvania Lottery like hot meal programs we all benefit. Learn more at palottery. Com. The Pennsylvania Lottery benefits older pennsylvanians every day. There is new video of a mage ever pileup in New Hampshire between 50 and 100 cars were involved in this Chain Reaction crash in north ashland, a sudden snow squall hit the area reducing visibility on interstate 93 and police say traffic was heavy at the time most people heading for a ski weekend and some injuries were reported. An intruder that was shot to death the day after christmas may have been sleep walk the man woke up to investigate someone knocking on his door and he found Spencer Crandall he tries to get in and he fired one shot killing crandall they believe he was sleep walking unaware of his actions, he was wearing pajamas and had bare feet and they say that the homeowner acted to protect his family and charges are unlikely. A damaged tree may have saved a mans life in washington state, officer jd miller drove past the tree and saw a mark and stopped to see what may have caused it and found a car in a nearby ditch the driver was still inside of the vehicle, fellow officers say that millers institution may have saved the drivers life. Paying attention to the Little Things makes a big difference j. D. Saw something and stopped to investigate and did not just write it off and probably saved this young mans life at least initially. Doctors say he has a chance of surviving the crash thanks to officer miller. Two new parents welcome their baby boy into the world miles away from their home, because labor started too soon, the baby was due in march and once the plane took off she felt her water break and the plane landed in utah and she delivered a healthy baby boy doctors are not sure what caused her to go into labor so early and she says she definitely will not fly during her next pregnancy. Coming up the man that can take you back to the glory days of Atlantic City. His mission is to share the citys rich history. Log on to 6abc. Com our smart design for desktops tablets and smart phone. General motors has issue yet another recall for 1900 trucks and suvs they were repaired with defective ignition lock activators. The tahoe and suburban are involved. No crashes or injuries are reported. Atlantic city is pretty much in crisis mode with five casinos closing in 2014. In the art of aging lisa thomaslaury meets a man that takes us to the glory days. Ralph hunter was a successful businessman that collected Atlantic City memorabilia on the side and now that hobby has become his life. To walk through the Atlantic City art center is to walk through the 1930s the days of nuky johnson. They were able to maintain their own businesses, doctors, lawyers and preachers. Many could afford the finer things in life like these family portraits commissioned by a bell man. Back in the days the bell man of the hotel would hire his friends to work as bell man but he would get a percentage of their tips. His exhibit tells the story of sara spencer, she made millions on her apex hair care company. One of her warehouse hired 100 p. M. They had a thing called a Breakfast Show at the club harlem that started at 6 00 in the morning when all the either people from sammy davis junior to dean martin Atlantic City was a 24 hour town that never slept. To share the history hunter brings his exhibits to schools and opens to students and scholars and tourists if you go to 6abc. Com art of aging youll find more inspiring stories. The action News News Team is out working on news stories beginning at 4 00 beginning with the first freebie friday of the year and if losing weight is one of your resolutions you may be tempted to turn to a diet supplement. Do any of them work . Consumer reports has more on that at 4 00. And a man is hit with mind blowing news part of a car was inside of his body all of this time. What they found later on action news. Accuweather coming up. You like magic david because the radar has clouds everywhere and you are standing out in this pocket of sun. How about that right . Satellite is misleading, the clouds are thin enough to allow sun in stormtracker 6 live double scan shows we dont have precipitation of course that will change tomorrow. And as we take a look outside, the action cam with pretty pictures, looking across the Schuylkill River to boathouse row to the Martin Luther king drive area and nice looking day its still cool out and the winds are out of the west northwest at 13. As i mentioned at the top of the half hour, making it feel like the mid30s, it was better than yesterday. And 39 in allentown and 43 in wilmington down the shore the same story but over the next couple of hours, well probably add more to the shore temperatures. Satellite shows you we have thinning of the cloud cover through the region and thicker stuff over delaware and south jersey everybody can expect a partly sunny sky cover. I dont know why allentown has this is an old graphic. Your high in allentown today is going to get up into the low 40s and 47 sounds good for Atlantic City but no rain at the shore until tomorrow. Now we go into the philadelphia call 45 degrees and partly sunny skies and chilly. Winds northwest at 16 and less than what we had yesterday. 29 degrees and cloudy and cold with winds dying down overnight and the 29 degree overnight low is below average. And if you are headed out on the town tonight well be at 42 by 4 00 and numbers slide into the 30s and a little bit breezy after dark, coat weather and nothing to prevent you from going out tonight, tonight is the night to do it its raining across the region, this morning we have clouds and im expecting the rain to move in this morning with the bulk coming in this afternoon with a high of 43 on top of this warm front we do have colder air and you can see how the model will turn that to a wintry mix north of the front we go in closer on future tracker 6, we go into 10 00 11 00 and straight up to 1 00, we looking at the potential from change over from rain, or a start out type of snow mixing with cleat sleet. And then everybody changes over to rain. The bottom line is precipitation enerring the situation and starts as a wintry mix and changing to rain and then rain sunday morning. If you are thinking about taking your Christmas Lights down forget about it on saturday periods of rain and dry breaks and its mild too youll see in a moment and your decks are wet. Partly sunny today and 43 and rain arriving in the morning, a mix a while north and west and all night into periods of sunday 64 degrees and not bad windy and cold and 39 and a snow shower around in the afternoon no big time accumulation there the coldest air of the season with highs in the 20s. More stories ahead on action news. Ski accidents happen on slope but the ride to the top of the mountain could also be serious. And the lead singer of u2 shares unfortunate details of his bicycle crash in december and how his recovery could keep him from one of his passions. Action news at 12 30 continues. Hello rick and sara are off and im matt odonnell. Here are stories we are following on action news at 12 30, in a philadelphia neighborhood, a man raped and robbed a woman in a parking garage plus Holiday Travel means more people spreading that flu virus youll hear why this flu season is an epidemic and a parents permission no longer matters when it comes to teens that want to tan indoors in delaware. And the forecast is somewhat cold but not as bad as what we experienced in the new your david murphy is getting us ready for rain and warmth for now we have blue skies and patches across the region and a milky white sky cover to let sunshine through ill give you the close up view and the darker shade of gray and full sunshine and clouds fulling in a little bit and the darker gray is allowing the sunshine through and this closer image you see its happening down in parts of Cumberland County and Atlantic County and slightly thicker in cape may county. And temperatures
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