How those families finally came down. And lost in the snow for more than a day. How the slip of paper one man carried in his pocket for three decades finally saved him. Good evening and thank you for joining us as we bid farewell to 2016. Im cecilia vega. As new years celebrations are under way around the world, we begin right here at home with a staggering show of force. A live look right here at new yorks times square, the sidewalks are packed. More than a Million People expected there for the countrys biggest party. Security at an alltime high. Sanitation trucks are on guard, blocking against possible truck attacks like that deadly one on a Christmas Market in germany. Law enforcement not just here but from coast to coast on high alert tonight against any and all threats. Abcs eva pilgrim is right there square starting us off tonight. Reporter tonight, more than a million now pouring into times square. Security check points going up, trucks in place. 7,000 police, some heavily armed
Down. And lost in the snow for more than a day. How the slip of paper one man carried in his pocket for three decades finally saved him. Good evening and thank you for joining us as we bid farewell to 2016. Im cecilia vega. As new years celebrations are under way around the world, we begin right here at home with a staggering show of force. A live look right here at new yorks times square, the sidewalks are packed. More than a Million People expected there for the countrys biggest party. Security at an alltime high. Sanitation trucks are on guard, blocking against possible truck attacks like that deadly one on a Christmas Market in germany. Law enforcement not just here but from coast to coast on high alert tonight against any and all threats. Abcs eva pilgrim is right there in the thick of it all in times square starting us off tonight. Reporter tonight, more than a million now pouring into times square. Security check points going up, trucks in place. 7,000 police, some heavily armed
Breaking news first at 4 00 an suv slams into a building on beacon hill bringing bricks and debris. Two people have been rushed to the hospital. Lets get right out to the scene at myrtle and grove streets on beacon hill. Kimberly bookman is there for us right now. Kimberly. Jadiann, the crash happened here on grope street. You can see firefighters put up everyone back. Theyre concentrating at the end of the street here. Thats where we see a white toyota rav4 that ran right into what looks like a wall right next to a garage. All of the bricks have fallen to the ground. That suv is still in the wall there, we understand there were two people inside the suv, a driver and female passenger. Both taken to the hospital. We did talk to a worker on one of the side street out here doing construction. They say they heard a car slam street at the bottom of the hill, then drive speeding up the hill about 70 Miles Per Hour before it hit that call it didnt necessary look like they were trying to get
Im Sarah Bloomquist along with walter perez. Coming up a woman injured in a shooting that claimed the life of a teenager is speaking out. Under ground explosion knocks out power in society hill. Action news is next. Action news. Delaware valleys leading news program. With meteorologist Melissa Magee, jeff skversky, Sarah Bloomquist and walter perez. Sunday flight a College Student from bucks county dies after grabbing hold of a high voltage wire. A couple from south philadelphia marry well after redefining the concepts of love and devotion. Well take you to their special ceremony. The big story on action news is the search for the gun plan who killed a 14yearold in chester last night and left two other people injured. Tonight a woman who was wounded during that shooting is speaking out to action news. This as the citys mayor is calling on anyone with any information to step forward. Jeff chirico is live at Chester Police headquarters with the latest. Reporter tremendous sadness and sho
South jersey and delaware. If you look across central pennsylvania, you can see a little bit of a mix. Thats associated way cold front that will be sweeping through in the overnight hours. Here is that cold front and youll notice to the north and west of the front its dry. The problem though is that the winds will be shifting out of the northwest overnight and that will be pulling down the very cold air. Right now its certainly pretty uncomfortable out there. We had a cold rain all day. Its 38 degrees in philadelphia. However, north and west of that front temperatures generally in the teens and 20s and temperatures will be falling down into the 20s through the overnight hours. So, this is what to expect tonight. That rain will be moving completely offshore by midnight temperatures dropping well below 32 degrees so any wet surfaces that are untreated, that dont blow dry will be freezing up, so the morning commute again were looking at the potential for black ice and through the day tomo