A special vendor tracking dog was brought in. Many of the searchers dont even know the boy. Any time you see a child thats lost in the area its really something you want to try and help out with. I have grand kids. So if it was one of mine i would want somebody to help. Reporter and police are urging people who live around here to check their yards porches sheds any potential hiding spots on your property. Jayliel has brown hair and eyes been want to three and a half and 4 feet tall. If you have any information on his whereabouts youre asked to call police. Were live in allentown, Trish Hartman channel6 action news. Monica. Thank you trish. 2016 got off to a dreary chilly start. Temperatures hung in the 40s today with wind chills in the 30s. Lets go to meteorologist adam joseph now with more on whats in store for the weekend. Are these cooler temperatures going to stick around adam. Yeah theyre going to stick around. At least we gain the sunshine back. The clouds weve seen are finally
Man, stop the car hes hitting me. Local police pull this car over and then chaos. Stop resisting. Im not resisting, sir. History between this woman and one of the cops that could change how you see this story. But first, carjacked forced inside a store served by the clerk who knew something wasnt right. Well get to the carjacking story in a moment. First the news is breaking in philadelphias frankford neighborhood. That is where police say a driver dragged an officer who had just pulled him over. Another officer followed that driver who crashed on the 1900 block of pratt street. The officer who was dragged has minor injuries. Hes getting treated at a hospital. Police arrested the driver, however, and is taking that person to the hospital before jail. Torments night a gas station clerk called a hero. Surveillance cameras rolling as an alleged kidnapper tries to force a woman to get cash. Police say she was followed and force flood her own car inside a Center City Parking garage. Good ev
Year . Reporter well, so far it seems everyone is still asleep or just starting their day. Still enjoying themselves from the celebration of last night. But here along jfk boulevard you can see some of the floats that are here, parked and ready to go. Weve got quite a few of them that are lined up here along the boulevard from 16th up to 22nd street. And this really is where everything will sort of begin and then will make their way over to the judging stage over at 15th and jfk by city hall. Thats really where the parade begins. Take a look at some scenes from last year. Happy new year reporter it is a new years day tradition here in philadelphia. The 116th year for the mummers parade. More than 40 clubs and people come out every year to show off and strut down broad street. And as we mentioned last year you might remember the organizers changed the route to start at city hall. Then make their way down broad street and end at washington. It was the opposite direction, a shorter route,
To help tonight. Reporter they are asking for help from neighbors here in the east side of allentown. This is the neighborhood where the boy disappeared from. As you can see behind me, police have set up a command post here. Im told this search will go nonstop throughout the night. And that police also found surveillance video, showing the young boy out in the street, but where he went next is the question that needs to be solved as soon as possible. From high above allentown, helicopters scour the lehigh river. Its a focus of this search, because kids with autism are often attracted to water. On the ground, bloodhounds and k9s pick up the boys scent but the trail runs dry. You dont want to yell his name. Volunteers gather with flashlights for how to best approach the missing boy, who may be hiding and afraid. Theyre asked not to shout his name. Seeing a lot of people will scare him. So were trying to keep it in small groups. 5yearold Jayliel Batista vanished during a new years eve par
Lies ahead we already know one of the stories dominating that includes the president ial race. Well break down where things are standing and well tell you what you can expect moving forward this year. Also we will revisit the top stories for the year that was with a look at how we covered them here. An interesting look back. Lets get the story of the moment. Chanel jones is in this morning. Good morning and happy new year. Officials are still trying to figure out what caused a massive fire that engulfed a Highrise Hotel on new years eve. Its blocks away from the worlds tallest building where they held a new years eve fire celebration despite smoke from the fire. The 36 story hotel and Apartment Building caught fire a couple of hours before the midnight fireworks show. According to officials 14 people were injured in the fire. The new Years Eve Party went on in germany after a threat. They received information about a concrete threat of an isis susz side attack. Still thousands of peopl