Manchester police have identified 22yearold salman abedi as the suspected suicide bomber responsible for killing 22 people and injuring more than 50 others. The bombing happening as people were leaving an Ariana Grande concert late last night. Isis is claiming responsibility for the bloodshed and investigators are still trying to determine whether abedi acted alone or as part of a wider terror network. We understand that feelings are very raw right now and that people are bound to be looking for answers. However, more than ever it is vital our Diverse Communities such a strong place actually stand together and support each other. President trump of course still on his overseas trip. This morning he called the terrorists losers. The queen of england honoring of the vick testimonies of the dead terror tack in manchester. The queen and other members of the royal family observed a moment of silence at the beginning of one of the queens annual garden parties at Buckingham Palace earlier tod
From the 1950s ruptured. More than 60 of phillys 2800 miles of water mains are cast iron. Water Department Spokesman John Diguilio says its a good material but rigid broken to cracking in the winter months. The water were pulling into the system treating at our plant and putting into the Distribution System is at about the same temperatures as the river. So reporter nearly freezing. Nearly freezing. Reporter thats putting the pressure on these pipes . Correct. Reporter replace many pipes on boston street and elsewhere in the city made of duct al iron. Far more flexible able to withstand ice cold winter water. As for repairs on this block and more important restoration of water and gas service homeowners are asked to be patient. You miss those things when you dont have them. Reporter you dont realize how much you depend. Absolutely. Absolutely. Reporter yeah, back out here live, the good news is that while some folks do have their service back, those who lost Water Service yesterday, th
Doctors are scene seeing all kinds of cold related illnesses and cold is killing car batteries left and right. Triple a says its received more dead car battery calls in the philly five county area today than in the past three days combined. More than 1,000 in case you were wondering. Good evening, im lucy noland. Im iain page. Its so cold a lot of could see freezing rain enlit little snow in the morning. Lets get over to kathy orr with those details. Kathy . Were talking about the deep freeze. Its still here the coldest air of the season is upon us. Its going to be get better. It will take a couple of days. Outside in old city philadelphia temperatures are still quite chilly in the 20s. Overnight tonight, were falling into the teens. Philadelphia 17. The poconos 12. Allentown 15. Dover will wake up to 16 degre 16 degrees. Cold enough for wintry mix especially north and west. Ultimate doppler you can see the clouds will rope in this is a warm front snow out through ohio and that will co
Breaking news right now out of the gate. Flames are shooting into the air in chester. Another Engine Company is now had to respond to this fire on the 700 block of west third street. So far no one is hurt that we know of. Now, we do know this broke out just before 9 00 but firefighters as you can see have yet to tame the flames. Several homes are nearby. We have not yet confirmed what this building houses wet it is a business or a home. Now, this is video from just a little bit ago. You can see how that fire was raging just minutes ago. But firefighters have done a great job at tamping this thing down. Fox 29s dave stratt wise sr. Just got to the scene. Well have much more as this news continues to break. Now, that fire is one of two major fires tonight in Delaware County. This one on ridge avenue in lower chichester. Also, broke out just before 9 00. It is also still not under control. Crews seemed to have good handle on this one. Were told that so far nobody is hurt. The guy who post
The state and county Health Departments are consulting along with the dep. The store was shut down just as its about to move to a new location not far from here. It was a criminal act, were doing the best we can. Were working with the police. Were working with the dep. I dont have any information at this time. Reporter now, the store owner has been ordered to get a mitigation crew in here to clean up the mercury. That hasnt happened yet but hes also got another problem, no one has been inside there for a week and presumably all of the fish that were inside there have died. Live in clementon, im nora muchanic, channel6 action news. Rick. Nora, thank you. Philadelphia congressman chaka fattah was back in federal court today to fight nearly 30 counts of corruption. Fattah is accused of racketeering mail fraud bank fraud and bribery all to pay debts from his failed run for mayor and to pay off his sons college tuition. Today fattah said hes done nothing wrong. Action News Reporter vernon o