Eagles continue their victory tour. Also there is more fallout after two white house Staff Members are accused of domestic abuse. The big story on action news is the discovery of a man trapped inside a burning car. We learned the victim was abducted an robbed before he was left in the vehicle with his hands bound. Jeanette reyes is following the investigation, she joins us live from the scene in the olney section of philadelphia. Jennette. Well, sarah, minutes before the newscast we got additional disturbing details from the police. At the intersection of benefiter and harbison, the victim was held at gunpoint and abducted four miles away. He was brought to west bird road where he was doused with gasoline and put in the car bound and set on fire. Looked out the window, a heard a woman scream and then i saw a car on fire. Around 5 30 a. M. , neighbors along 5400 block of we say west ford road in olney heard the screams of a woman. I heard a woman was assaulted, i went to get my phone an
The fans have flocked to the super bowl. They love it. It is actually a very partisan crowd so far. We have been hearing eagles chant after eagles chant. So maybe it is like an eagles home game. Nick foles is set. One of them, this is a guy, almost retired from football. Here he is, in the super bowl, and he has been here before. He was with the eagles in 2013 i asked him earlier in the week what this would all mean because he can be, the hero of this town for a long time. Have you thought about what it would mean to the city to finally win a super bowl and for you to be the one to help bring it. I really havent thought about it, im just staying in the moment. We have to earn that right. We have to prepare. We have to play this game. The game has not been played yet. We have a lot of work. I know what it means to the city. I know what it means. We came here for one thing, bring that trophy back to philly. I think bit all time. I dream about holding it going up broad street, it will be
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Philadelphia, a couple of light drops right now, it will come up until noon and then well see clearing to the west. Light to moderate rain in parts of south jersey, atlantic county, ocean county, Cape May County and southern half of delaware getting this right now. Light little string of raindrop producing showers cutting through delaware and coming out of baltimore. Before the last of the rsme off the coast. Temperatures are beginning to fall a little bit. 43 degrees in allentown or reading, colder air comes in owe on a northwe winds. Millville, 53. You can see the cooler air coming in. Overall it will be breezy and cooler than it was yesterday. 1 in reading, thats less an issue. Flood warning along the rancocas creek. This is a waterway that has risen above its bank, look out for flooding on in pemberton and lumberton. Looks like well be down to 40 around 12 00. 43 by 2 00 p. M. Im expecting a high of 46 at 2 00 p. M. As the rain ends, the clouds break up, well get sun returning. Kar
One out of ten deaths in america since the start of february has been caused by the flu. It is monday night. The big story on action news tonight is a medical crisis throughout the tristate area and the rest of the country and the peak of the flu season could be wakes away. Dann cuellar is at hanneman hospital. Its historically bad and getting historically worse. Thats right, jim. The number of flu cases across the area is exploding. Many more cases reported by this time last year and last week was a bad week for people getting the flu. Doctors across the region are reporting a huge strike in the flu known as type a. Its packing a punch. Chills, coughing, nausea and diarrhea. There have been 26 influenza deaths alone. These are the numbers being reported since october 1st with Montgomery County reporting highest, 2100 cases. New jersey doubled the number of flu cases last week with 2,000. That compares with the 4,709 cases it saw the previous week. You can get the flu with the previous