Good afternoon in the news this noon, the fate of two isis hostages, the one condition holding up a possible prisoner swap. And what a businessman was selling in his office in center city. And the big story ark fire that killed a couple and more on the Police Officer that tried to save them. The fire broke out on daly street overnight and despite a brave rescue a man and woman were found dead inside. Eva pilgram joins us live on the scene. Reporter sara, fire devoured this home here in philadelphia, killing the couple that lived here and hurting a Police Officer who tried to save them. Flames poured out of this home on the 400 block of daly street before 1 30 this morning. Our neighbor was thankful enough to come bang on the door and let us know there was a fire next door and i rushed to get her out. I saw flames shooting out the window. The man and woman were not able to get out. I talked to him earlier that day. The couples bodies were found inside and both were in their 60s. One Pol
Between now and midnight brief snow showers moving to the west and east, extreme south jersey and southern delaware we wont see any of this perhaps a few flurries and across the poconos and Lehigh Valley a few roads could be slick. There is consensus with the computer models we are not looking at snow, a coating to an inch north of the Lehigh Valley and the poconos could get an inch. Well talk about sunday night into monday in the full accuweather forecast. Thank you cecily. Meantime parts of Delaware River in trenton are starting to freeze this is the scene today. Snow and ice is piled up on the banks but the water is still flowing john rawlins live now at the penndot yard as they gear up for more snow. Reporter this is a sense of here we go again. They spent the day loading trucks and attaching plows and mechanical systems and as for the rest of us how are we feeling take a listen. On this nice winter day light wind and nothing falling from the sky, how are we greeting the forecaster
Wheel and ends up crashing into a house in philadelphia. Thieves take an opportunity to grab lieutenant from lululemon store that suffered a devastating roof collapse. Accuweather is tracking brief snow showers that will pass through later today. Details from david and karen. Good morning. Reporter were starting out cold well get sunshine early but obviously there are clouds to the west and precipitation mixed in with the clouds. That will be here later on this evening. Temperature under clear skies 22 degrees in philadelphia. Weve dipped to 19 in wilmington. 9 in reading, 12 in millville. In some places were getting down to the single digits, or have arrived there. Sun gives way to clouds during the day. 31 by noon, 3 00 p. M. , 35 thats the high. 6 00 p. M. , 32 degrees not much wind out there today but clouds gathering and later on in the evening hours weve got this area of precipitation that is pushing toward the east. You can see its snow to the north, a mixed in middle and rain t
Good morning to you. Welcome to al Jazeera America. Live from new york city, im morgan radford. New questions about the Obama Administration strategy fighting isil in iraq. Rimadi, a key city is under isil said control and despite a series of u. S. Rare strikes this i also a big setback for the u. S. Owe litigation fighting isil. Forces are preparing to retake the city. It is less than 70 miles from baghdad and significant to a lot of american families, since one in three u. S. Casualties occurred in that region during the iraq war. Today, its completely a ghost town abandoned by the iraqi army after two days of fighting. Retaking ramadi will be no small feat. Shia led militias are preparing on the offensive isil on the offensive. Check have up to eight policemen were killed. Hadi is a contested town, not far from the base where troops are getting ready for this counterattack. We also know that people have started to flee the town. People are scared, worried that isil may overrun this
American society. Outlaw motorcycle gangs so the unites nations says close to 25,000 people have fled the iraqi city of ramadi after isil fighters took control of it on monday. Authorities say some 500 people have been killed in the city of Anbar Province since friday. Isil release third degree video of what appears to be ramadi after it was captured. Thousands of slow a militia are at a nearby base preparing a counter a offensive. Lets get the latest zeina khodr is in baghdad. What is the situation on the ground right now zeina . Reporter isil still very much defiant isil still on the defensive want to go take yet more ground. What we understand is that some of their fighters moved east from ramadi towards the town of this is a contested town they launched a number of attacks targeting Police Checkpoints according to police sources, up to eight local policemen were killed. So very defiant just 10kilometers from the town is the base. That is where thousands of shia militia men belongin