Office to face charges. We are in washington now with the latest developments. Reporter good afternoon, a former high ranking Trump Administration has plead guilty to lying to the fbi. And said in a state his decision to cooperate was in the best interest of his family and country. Former National Security, michael flynn, arrived in court this morning. Pleading guilty after charged with lying to the fbi. The council charged the former adviser to lying to the fbi about the infamous phone calls and Text Messages between himself and the russian ambassador. One happened the same day that president obama posed sanctions on the russians for the meddling in the 2016 election. The calls raised red flags to the Obama Administration and they advised against choosing flynn. And citing that he was vulnerable to being blackmailed by the russians. But even after his firing the president supported flynn. I dont think he did anything wrong i think he did everything right. And he asked flynn in private to let the investigation go. There appears to be a lot of evidence that people around the president have had interactions with the russians and some of them may have violated the law. Pleading guilty to lying mirrors George Papadopoulos the former Campaign Adviser now cooperating with the special counsel. The white house says that the false statements mirrored the statements he told them and implicates no one else in the minvation. But flynn says he called the someone in the administration. This continues on 6abc. Com with more details about the charges against him and charges related to the ongoing federal investigation. Back here police say that a barricade investigation ended peacefully in phoenixville, at north penn pen street. A person barricaded themselves inside of a home before 7 00 this morning. We are told the standoff is over and no one was injured into three people were hospitalized after a school bus collided with a car in the juniata section. A 15yearold student is among the injured. Chopper 6 hd was over the scene as he wa loaded on to a stretcher here. Katherine scott is live at Saint Christophers Hospital. Reporter that is right a 15yearold was taken here to Saint Christophers Hospital and two adulted to temple hospital and none of the injuries are considered lifethreatening and the cause of the crash remains under investigation. A school bus and car collided this morning at east wyoming near tacony park. Three people were on board the First Student bus headed to hancock middle school. The bus driver and two students and all three were taken to the hospital. You see the three loaded on stretchers. And the driver of the honda was not injured and remained on scene. That vehicle showed heavy front end damage. And wyoming was shut down for hours for the investigation and officers took measurements and took photos and it reopened before 9 30 a. M. And we did reach out to First Student bus company but so far we have not heard back from them. Katherine scott, channel 6 action news. Thank you. Turning now to accuweather and its a relatively mild start to december. As we look live outside. Sky 6 hd showing you the view of the center city skyline at lunch time and nice conditions for your friday. Meteorologist, Melissa Magee, in for david murphy has a check of the accuweather forecast. First friday of the month. Happy friday to you. We have a picture outside sky 6 hd looking at the center city skyline, a nice bright blue sky for the first dave december. And if you look closely the flag is flowing in the wind with and wind sustained in philadelphia at 14 Miles Per Hour. A mild start today on december 1st. We have a quiet weekend temperatures for most of the weekend are in the 50s and then tracking a warmup into early next week. As you look at the numbers outside. We are above average, 52 in the city and 51 for allentown and 50 in reading and the coast in cape may 51 and dover 52 and millville in the lower 50s. Satellite 6 along with action radar showing you we are high and dry. We have some showers around early this morning. The cold front well out along the atlantic and out to the east of our region. And High Pressure right now coming through the ohio valley. This continues to work its way eastward through the rest of the afternoon and into the start of our weekend. And you notice we are dealing with northerly winds or northwesterly, that is why there is a bit of a chill and still pretty comfortable for this time of year, if you are out on the town we have you covered. Mostly clear sky at 7 00 p. M. And temperature 44 and 41 at 8 00 and 9 00 p. M. Dipping down to 40 and a clear sky and upper 30s on the way as we get into 10 00 and 11 00. Looking at the weekend call, and plenty of sun on the way today. Saturday, 51 degrees season high clouds are around and bright sunshine returns into sunday and lots of sun and milder with a High Temperature coming in at 55. This warmup keeps going as we get into next week and we track a bit of a pattern change and a closer look as to when that will occur in the exclusive accuweather forecast. Thank you. In washington, the gop has enough votes to pass a sweeping tax overhaul later today according to texas senator john corin. The number two republican says he is confident that they have the 50 votes. With 50 votes and Vice President mike pence breaking the tie they can muscle it through the senate. And the 1. 4 trillion bill is the biggest in decades. And child predators are off the streets in new jersey. They announced the massive roundups of predators and child pornography offends among them a Camp Counselor and youth minister and adults that tried to have children transport add cross state lines for the purpose of sex. And the attorney general has a message. If you are lurking in a chat room or on social media looking to exploit a child sexually, our investigators and detectives are lurking alongside of you. The roundup was part of operation safety net. The fbi says that a serial bank robber has struck again. Kenneth reyes allegedly robbed the federal credit union on the 2100 block of east dolphin street and the man is wanted for three previous holdups, three in philadelphia and one at a Republican Bank in wynnewood montgomery county. The fbi is asking for the publics help in locating the suspect. There say reward leading to his capture. Still to come on action news at noon. Nearly 20 buildings are damaged by fast moving flames. Why Police Say One man started the fire in the backyard. And how the royals are using their star power for a good cause. And meteorologist, Melissa Magee, with your sevenday forecast from accuweather. When action news continues in a moment. We have breaking news from wilmington, delaware, chopper 6 hd is over the scene of a vehicle collision on i495 northbound just north of 12th street, you can see police and firefighters on the scene here, two tractor trailers that somehow collided with an another vehicle. We hear that three people may have been injured as police are arriving to close i495 northbound at the southern split here in wilmington delaware, a serious accident and traffic is getting by on the other side of 495, but things at a stand still at 495 once again northbound just north of 12th street. Well keep an you on the situation. A man who is under arrest accused of starting a massive inferno that damaged nearly two dozen buildings in buffalo, new york. That john gomes started a fire intensely in his backyard that spread. He was trying to bend metal after seeing something on tv. Well, the powerful missile fired by north korea this week is potentially capable of reaching the nations capital. They believe that the weapon should strike targets as far as 81 hundred miles away. And its unclear if the warhead could survive reentry and strike a target. The independent review of a white nation lift valley found that Law Enforcement failed in their response effort. That they did not adequately communicate in advance of that rally in charlottesville. And an that an officer was suppose to be stationed at the intersection where the car plowed into protesters. He was not replaced. One woman was killed and 19 others were injured. American Airlines Says that only a few hundred of its flights around the holidays are still without pilots. After a computer glitch left thousands of flights unassigned and offered a higher pay rate to get the pilots to take the flights. And the Union Disputes the airline saying there are thousands of flights unassigned. There are new images of prince harry, and megan markle making the First Official appearance together, the royal couple marked worlds aids day with Charity Events in nottingham. Its meghan mania in the uk. There is a new royal come couple in town and they are rock stars. Just to see meghan. That is it. I try to catch a glimpse. Today in nottingham prince harry and his fiance Meghan Markle arrived to hundreds of fans to get a glimpse of the new cool royals. This is cool. The couple reassuring one another and paying attention to some of the little estefans. Soon after arriving meghan is flying solo in her almost. They breaks off to chat and shake more hands. There is harry looking back to make sure she is okay. The star power reminiscent, like diana the peoples princess and the visit today to the hiv charity a cause near and dear to dianas heart. As meghan gives up her acting career the two are dedicating to finding meaningful and impactful humanitarian work. That was the first thing we talked about when we met the dinner things we wanted to do in the world and how passionate we were about seeing change. Its a new era and energy in the crowd. The union jack wave as long side the stars and stripes. Today was an extraordinary moment. Especially for meghan, she was at ease and in control and thrilled to be there. And the people of nottingham clearly were loving it. Checking sports the Philadelphia Eagles will have to wait a bit longer to clinch their division and get a playoff spot. Washington was trounced by dallas. 3814, the red skins made a number of dumb turnovers and mistakes early practically handing the game to dallas. If the cowboys had lost they could have clinched the nfc east. Still to come on action news at noon, a fight over christmas lights. The massive display that has neighbors upset. And the epic battle of dogs versus cats there may finally be a clear winner and the study that says one animal is smarter than the other one. [ male announcer ] if youre eligible for medicare, you may know it only covers about 80 of your part b medical expenses. The rest is up to you. Call now and find out about an aarp Medicare Supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. Like all standardized Medicare Supplement insurance plans, it could save you in outofpocket medical costs. Call now to request your free decision guide. Ive been with my doctor for 12 years. Now i know ill be able to stick with him. [ male announcer ] youll be able to visit any doctor or hospital that accepts medicare patients. Plus, there are no networks, and virtually no referrals needed. 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According to science dogs are really smarter than cats that they have nearly double the number of neurons in a vital part of the brain and dog probably have more cognitive capabilities. The Action News Team is out working on news for 4 00 today. Including the parade in westchester. Adam joseph will be there at 4 00 this afternoon and the first freebie friday of the month where you can get effect from cookies to hot chocolate for free. And the maker of a Popular Video game is suing a delaware teenager for cheating his way to victory. But the mother is not having it. And accuweather is coming up next Melissa Magee with your sevenday forecast. As we take a look at a lonely Philadelphia International airport. Well be right back. Meteorologist Melissa Magee is back now mild temperatures, and enjoy it now right . We have a nice stretch, as we get into next weekend a bit of a pattern change on the way. Here is the picture outside. Stormtracker 6 live double scan you can see it is dry and no issues with precipitation and we have showers around early this morning. All of that moisture moving out along the atlantic. We are high and dry for the rest of the afternoon. Here sat picture outside sky 6 hd from our city hall camera looking at the Christmas Tree. All decorated and just in time for the holiday season. If you have yet to get shopping you have 24 days from now until christmas. As you look at the numbers, comfortable, 52 in the city and up in the poconos, 40 degrees, cape may 51 and 53 in dover. And 51 degrees in trenton. We have a bit of a northwesterly wind right now, sustained in philadelphia at 14 Miles Per Hour but we are picking up some higher gusts. Gusting as high as 22 Miles Per Hour in millville and same in trenton an long the coach in beach haven. Something to keep in mind for the rest of the day. Here is satellite 6 along with action radar its dry and quiet across the region and we have the front that moved through earlier today and during the overnight hours with a couple of showers and all the moisture is out in the atlantic and High Pressure over the ohio valley and great lakes continues to work its way eastward into the rest of today and into our weekend. We have got a nice stretch on the way the next several days, the call from accuweather, mostly sunny and mild up to 54 degrees for a high typically this time of year we should be around 50 and above average today. And underneath mostly clear skies and colder in the northwest suburbs and dropping down to 28 degrees and 48 in philadelphia for the overnight low. And future tracker 6 is tracking a bit a change today on the first day of december, you see the core of that cold air still locked up into Northern Canada now across our region in the midatlantic, its nice and mild and High Pressure stays in control and temperatures are above average. But as we get into next weekend we are tracking a bit of a pattern change that, colder air from canada dips down into our area and temperatures fall below average as we get into the end of the next week. The exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast showing you its nice and bright today a high up to 54 and high clouds tomorrow at 51 and mostly sunny and nice on sunday and 55. And more sunshine out on monday in at 55. And tuesday more clouds and evening rain and a high of 61 and lingering showers on wednesday with a High Temperature of 58. And thursday this is the beginning of the pattern change, brisk and chilly and High Temperature of 45. And temperatures into next friday, even next saturday could only by in the 40s. Thank you. A little girl from texas had a request from santa. And it was not what he was expecting to hear. What do you want for christmas . That 2yearold asking santa for a nap for christmas. Linda and her family had a long day of shopping. By the time she got to santa she was wiped out and santa asked her again and she said a reindeer. Next on action news at 12 30, a war over holiday lights in connecticut and after years of neighbor complaints the homeowner that has gone over the top has chosen to compromise and the candy bar went on sale today. When action news comes right back. Action news at 12 30 continues with rick williams, sara bloomquist and meteorologist, david murphy. Sara bloomquist is off and we begin with the breaking story out of washington. President trumps former National Security adviser plead guilty to making false statements to the fbi about his contacts with a russian diplomat. Flynn has been under vest gage for a wide range of allegations, including his lobbying work on behalf of turkey. The fact that he was charged with only a single count of making false statements suggests he is cooperating with Mueller Investigation in exchange for leniency. And the response from the white house at this hour. President trumps lawyer, wrote in part, the false statements involved mirror the false statements to white house officials that resulted in flynns resignation in february of this year. Nothing about the guilty plea or charge implicates anyone other than mr. Flynn. And our coverage continues on 6abc. Com with more details about the charges against him and related stories on the continuing federal investigation. We also have breaking news out of the lehigh valley. A man currently in prison in