The future is for the unafraid. Im rick williams. And im melisa magee. Tonight its a special visions 2018. Celebrating black History Month meet temples first Rhodes Scholar. See how the sixers are spending their summer. And from mastering money to meditation, see how several black Business Owners are making their mark welcome to tonights show. Were here at uncle bobbies coffee and books in germantown. Its owned by professor, author and activist dr. Marc lamont hill. You might recognize him from some of the cable news shows they have a little light fare food, coffee from local brand la colombe. Plus a vast array of titles by and about people of color. And speaking of books, our own Tamala Edwards sat down with the two authors of tasting freedom. A book about the life of Octavious Catto a little known philadelphia civil rights activist from the 1800s. Take a look. Authors murray dubin and Daniel Bittle published tasting freedom in 2010, a biography about forgotten philadelphia hero octav
Pennsylvania turnpike has brought traffic to a grindinghalchopper 6 hd is over the northeast extension in milford bucks county where at leaf four trucks were involved in the crash forcing police to shut down all northbound lanes. We are zooming in to see the wreckage and the highway is expected to remain closed for hours between landsdowne and quakertown. Crews say it will take a long time to remove the damaged vehicles. There are injuries but isnt clear how many or how severe. Stay with action news and 6abc. Com for updates as we get them on this collision on the pa turnpike in bucks county. And learning new information about the violent Home Invasion in the feltonville section of philadelphia. Two people were beaten by the intruder and one ran for his life with bullets flying at his back. Jeanette reyes spoke to the survivor and joins us at the scene with video you will only see on action news. Reporter sara and rick these two victims are lucky to be aloof this afternoon. We learned
Meteorologist Kate Fehlinger and Chelsea Ingram are outdoors soaking up the sun. You know, it is warm in february when you can walk out the door without the need of a jacket. It is so comfortable outside. Breezily ill give that you but its not adding any kind of a wind chill. Its a wind chill out of the southwest which you will notice but you know, when youre talking temperatures like these, take a look where we currently stand it does not matter. It is 72 right now at Philadelphia International airport and on case to easily break a record. Actually 72 is in fact the record for today. And were eventually going to rebound even further than this as the afternoon progresses. 64 at mount pocono. A lot of ski slopes snow beginning to break a way. That sun will shine brightly and the angle of the sun is getting higher at this point of the year so it just feels nice. As soon as these clouds break through, you know, you feel that sun on your back and it really does make it feel warm. But there
Triple lutz. And stunning upset. The u. S. Wins gold in dramatic fashion. A photo finish in the womens Cross Country team sprint, the first gold ever for the u. S. In that sport, showing all that glitters really is gold today. Today, wednesday, february 21st, 2018. From nbc news, this is a special edition of today, at the olympic games, with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb, live from pyeongchang, south korea. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Its 7 00 a. M. On a wednesday morning back home. Its 9 00 at night here in pyeongchang, south korea. This is the photo finish that everyone will be talking about. It hasnt been seen in the u. S. Yet. A lot of people dont know whats happening right here. This is an American Woman crossing the finish line, and as she did that, making history. This is an incredible duo. Youre going to learn more about them. One of them is a mom. Its a great story. A photo finish, comefrombehind finish. You think theyre fired up about it . Well have more about
Workers are now combing through the rubble looking for a cause, the cause of which is under investigation at this hour. Just after 6 00 this morning a horrific fast moving fire erupted in this pitman avenue home in collingdale and a neighbor immediately called 911. The female that called heard two bangs and we are not going with explosions we are not sure. She looked out the window and and called 911. They believe the man was trapped in the inferno unable t get out of the house. And it took firefighters one hour and 20 mines to get under control. And one neighbor new the fire victim for 20 years. He was a mail man. Never bothered anybody and live as loan andguy. That is can does he have fami . He has a daughter but i dont know where she is. The daughter is notified we are holding the name of the deceased at this point at the request of the Police Department that daughter is on her way here from north jersey. Service on the septa trolley line that runs out of 69th street was for a time