Transcripts For WPHL Action News At Ten On PHL17 20141221 :

Transcripts For WPHL Action News At Ten On PHL17 20141221

Well. Hundreds of officers swarmed streets in the bedford section of brooklyn this afternoon. Investigators say a man named bringsly walked up to the passenger window of marked patrol car and opened fire. Two officers were struck in the head daen not survive. Theyve been identified as officers rafael ramos and john lieu. Brenzly issued a forewarning about the attack on social media citing reconvenientth for black men. He wrote they take one of ours well take two of theirs. Two of new yorks finest were shot and killed with no warning. No provocation they were quite sim play sas nated. Targeted for their uniform and responsibility they embraced to keep the people of the city safe. He took ooh running a nearby subway station where he shot himselfch the 28yearold man is accused of shooting his exgirlfriend in baltimore hours before the ambush in brooklyn. Police in philadelphia and across the country are mourning loss of brothers in uniform tonight. These murders also put them on high alert. Action News Reporter skep live in the Satellite Center with more. Kenneth. Walter, we checked in with Philadelphia Police tonightch the Department Says they continuously reit grate officer safety any time an officer in killed in the line of duty in this country. Philadelphia police are more on alert after ambush killings of two new York City Police officers. The tension and rhetoric have been increasing for months like protests at king of prussia saturday. Dem strairtz upset over kaej of eric garner and staten eye land and furgeson brown at the hand of police. Shooting of two Police Officers in new york city now have investigators scouring over anti police statements on social media. One displayed weapon with hash tags shoot the place and references to garner and brown. Lets face it, theres been not just in new york but throughout the country strong anti police and anticas Justice System and one of the up fortunate aspects sometimes is some people get caught up and go in and directions they should not. Philadelphia Police Released a statement saturday this say horrible act of terror and intentionally murdering a Police Officer is not the way to solve anything. In fact, it destroyed lives of two families and those of these officers that had absolutely nothing to do with the events taking place across this country. It is ecoed by ak vision in new york who deannounce a tragic act of stupidity. They dont represent the feelings of those picketing. This is unacceptable of anybody to shoot independent Police Officers. Reporter theres a notion Police Always monitoring social media throughout and new york mayor and Philadelphia Police say thats not always the case. So if you see something, Say Something and report it. Reporting live in Satellite Center tonight, kenneth moton, action news at 10 on phl17, walter. Thank you, kenneth. Menging protests of king of prussia mall earlier today children blocked traffic in Wynnefield Heights. To fight social injustice in their community. 50 stage aid diein there. And the demonstration was led by 8yearold ania heirs who wants kids to know they have a voice. I hope kids know that they are the future. And that their lives matter too and we need more love in the world. The youthen powerment Foundation Powered with her mission for it todays rally. New tonight state police are investigating a pedestrian crash that claimed a womans life. Troopers responded to cox neck road and south do you point highway 6 p. M. Investigators say a woman crossing the street there was hit by a car. The driver did remain open the scene. The victim is believed to be in 70s. Her name has not been released. Over in new castle county, delaware, investigators are trying to figure out what sparked a massive blaze tonightch the fire engulfed this home on the 4500 block of biclick drive in millcreek from 6. You see the flames spread to one of the vehicles parked outside of the drive way. All the people inside escaped unharmed and one responding firefighter was treated on the scene for a minor injury. Were enjoying another calm and cold weekend here in the delaware and Lehigh Valleys taking a live look here at sky6 in High Definition beautiful picture her penns landing a few skateers bunch of skateers taking advantage of the chilly air. It comes with a price the warmup. It always comes with a price, you know . Meteorologist Melissa Magee is here with a check of the accuweather forecast. Walter, were tracking milder air later next week. Expecting a cold pattern the rest of the weekend. Well check out numbers across the midatlantic region, 32 no new york city and 34 in philadelphia and wind chill in the city now of 29. Owe off to the north and west, 25, buffalo 28, pittsburgh 28. Heres satellite 6 along with action radar. You see we have partly to mostly cloudy sky across much of the region. Skies will part later tonight and as we get to the second half of the weekend with few more pockets of sunshine popping up. Well talk about what is ahead a big day the way tomorrow eveningment winterwise its about the winter solstice as we get into the evening. Its milder next week and tracking rain. It will be a big concern if you travel the day before christmas. Were outlining that and well go over the details in the full and exclusive accuweather 7day. Santa claus will leave an umbrella in our area. Thank you. And eagles season started with so much promise and certainly ended tonight after falling to redskins. The redskins washington kicked a field goal and beat the birds 272 4 eagles now 96 they have to win nfc east to make postseason and that would entail dallas losing final two games which is highly up lukely. Jeff skversky has the full story coming up in sports. Well, fire disrupted Holiday Shopping rush at the cherry hill mallch the blaze broke out 8 p. M. Inside the michael kors store. It forced to he vac yailt the mall. Shoppers were allowed to return a short time later an power restoredch the cause of the fire remains under investigation. Well, people gathered in Montgomery County tonight to remember six family members killed this past week during a murderous rampage. Mourners gathered tonight at the lives changed by Christ Branch creek church in harleysville and gathered to honor memory of nicole hill and family killed by brad stone hills exhusband monday morning. Hills mother, grandmother and three members of sisters family were all murdered. Hills nephew, 17yearold anthony flick was only survivor and seriously wounded. Stone was found dead apparent suicide tuesday near his home in pensburg. Stone and hill were embroiled if a bitter child custody dispute. New castle county, delaware, now an assault turned deadly this afternoon. Two injured man were inside an apartment on lowery drive Prices Corner after 12 30 a 31yearold was type christianne hospital in Critical Condition with head injuries and second man pronounced dead at the scene. No further information released at this time. A man from philadelphia killed a person breaking into his home and tacony overnight. It happened about 2bg this morning at a home on the 6100 block of vandike street. Investigators say the homeowner witnessed a 23yearold man trying to steal tools from his garage. They fought. And then police say the homeowner shop the man in the head. He was pronounced dead at the scene. No word ft. The homeowner will face any possible charges. Police in philadelphia need your help identifying this john doe here admitted to the hospital in Critical Condition. Doctors think the man choked on food before brought to Temple University hospital last friday december 12. He remains unconscious. Anyone who recognize this man should contact Philadelphia Police. It has been fearly a month since Shane Montgomery disappeared and today a renewed effort to find him was launched. A 5 k fundraiser began 00 main street manayunk they wore green and collected donations to support shanes parents in their search for their sonch the 21yearold disappeared more than three weeks ago after leaving killdares pub early. A 65,000 reward is offered for reliable information. Well, children whose lives have been affected by deadly violence were given something to smile about today. The action cam was on the scene at the hayes retirement home wynnefield hite as the Charles Foundation hosted a Christmas Party for kids that lost a parent or sibling to homicide. The foundation was started by the family of Charles Andre johnson. The 18yearold was shot to death in a case of mistaken identity three years ago. Coming up on action news at 10. One day after the u. S. Blamed north korea for sony studio hack the communist country gave the whitehouse a offer that sounded like a threat and terrifying scene inside a septa subway station when a man chanced scene inside a septa subway station when a man chanced collapsed a receive r septa Police Officer is hailed a hero after insinkts kick in to save a mans life in the 69th street station. Wendy saltzman has his story. It was 12 45 earlier this morning and matthew ryan was working typical shift that started like any typical night. Friday night, you know, normal friday. I go out and do what they tell me to do. A man, officer ryan estimate was 50 to 60 years old tumbled down the stairs going to the platform to catch a train. There were people there standing there. Nobody wanted to help. What happened next he says seemed to take place in the blink of an eye. He immediately spotted there were signs of a heart attack. He had not had a pulse and lips were blue and he was not breathing he was choking. With the man lying on the ground he administered cpr. To be certified in cpr you go to training once every two years. Officers are trained every single year for septa and that helped his instinct to immediately kick in. Its mostly instinct i guess you dont think about much just remember what you are trained to do and do it. Its lucky for this man officer ryan was there too. Right now hes believed to be in critical it at the hospital. Im here to help people. And officer ryan is credited with saving someones life and he says he would not call himself a hero. Were not here to be heroes but her to help people. Officer ryan would say he was just doing his job he did a very good job. Wendy saltzman reporting. Turning now to north korea leaders are respending to allegations they are responsible for sign area tack against Sony Pictures. Officials there say they did not do it and demanding a joint investigation with the u. S. To find out who did. North korean Officials Say they want to help find the person responsible saying theyll be serious consequences ft. U. S. Doesnt cooperate. Meanwhile, president obama said Sony Pictures made a mistake when it cancelled release of movie the interview no response from the whitehouse regarding the demaps. Speaking of president the obama s landed in han louisiana this morning to begin a twobroke break from washington this is an an youll tradition predating ten tour at the white house. His schedule is not released but tradition skikz he expect to put in a few rounds of golf while there. Meteorologist Melissa Magee has the week ahead including Christmas Eve and Christmas Days. Hi. Eventually new years will come but we have to get through one more holiday Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. High temperatures across much of the region only in the 30s. Dover coming in today with high of 36. Chilly high today in philadelphia in at 35. Thats a good below average. Atlantic city also in mid 30s at the freezing mark in doylestown and poconos hit a High Temperature of 26. Outside tonight, most spots in the 30s. 34 in philadelphia, down to 8 millville. 32 allentown. And 30 in dover. Winds are light and variable. Theres still a wind chill to factor in. Feels like 27 allentown and 30 in center city and feeling like 27 outside in beach haven. Feel like 30 in dover. Heres satellite 6 and action radar across much of the midatlantic region locked in with a fair amount of cloud cover. Clouds thin out into the rest of the overnight hours and second half of the weekend. You notice precipitation we were tracking yesterday out across the southeast that has moved well away from our region staying to the south and eats of us for the rest of tonight. Were looking good for the second half of the weekend and the chill, however, is sticking around. So heres the setup for us. Future tracker 6 showing you as you get into tomorrow morning, 9 30 in the morning most spots across much of the region will number the 30s. As we get into the evening hours weve gotta rifle of winter with the winter solstice beginning 6 03 in the evening taken will be shortest day and longest night and at this point the sun will belowest angle in the sdi sky. Something to keep in mind as we get ovlly in the winter season. Heres the call from accuweather for sunday afternoon. Clouds and pockets of sunshine. Seasonably cool. 40 in philadelphia, 42 for the high in philadelphia, 40 allentown for the high. Reading 41. 42 cape may and 45 along the coast in Atlantic City. Coming up a closer look at the forecast. It will be dry today and dry tomorrow. As we get into next week for the holiday were tracking wet weather on the way. And wind whipped weather. Those details in the accuweather 7day. Hanukah march of light celebration moved through Center City Philadelphia tonight. The parade began at eakins oval making its way around city hall. Fest activities ended with activities with reuben amaro. Earlier proud parents learned of the meet meaning of kwanzaa in germantown. They were invited to a celebration by stuchbts amarn charter school. They created stations with hand crafted gifts with the symbols of kwanzaa. What wept wrong with the birds today . And still ahead, mom said dont play with your food. Breaking the rules in hershey ah, push it. Push it. P. Push it real good ow oooh baby baby. Baby baby. If youre saltnpepa, you tell people to push it. Push it real good. Its what you do. Ah. Push it. 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And it is all about helping to keep people warm this Holiday Season at the National Temple Baptist Church in norm philadelphiach the church held a kloming drive today. They were given the opportunity to choose from a variety of gently used items piled high in a variety of colors and sizes. Time now for a check on sports. Jeff skversky is live at the Sports Center with what happened to the eagles today, jeff. Yeah, walter,. Eagles are heading home following a devastating loss and now theyre on the veryth of going home without a trip to the playoffs. If dallas wins tomorrow eagles are out. Chip kelly and eagles down 10 20 washington. They come back. Mark sanchez to riley cooper. Second of the game. Birds in business. They were tied 24. Then 96 seconds left eagles they can win it. But sanchez picked off. Wow, eagles have most turnovers in football. Sanchezs 13 turnovers most over the last two months. Redskins have the ball and run down the clock and kick the field goal. They take the lead. Eagles down 3. So one last shot. No time left. Sanchez throws it up to hail mary incomplete. Wow. Eagles lose 2724. They need major luck now to make the playoffs. Youre not going to win a Football Game that way let them on the field too many times 3rd down. 13 penalties and two turnovers will not win a Football Game this this league. Its tough you want to get a win especially like i said with soundsing performances we had. Its frustrating you know. Three weeks ago we were sitting in philly and now we need a lot of stuff to happen. We have nobody to blame but ourselves. We have to hope and pray and hope god will help us out. So only way eagle cause make playoffs is if they win next week against new york and dallas looses both of remaining two games. Odds are not in eagles favor. Walter lets go back you in the studio. Helping others became a holiday traditional a home in north philadelphia. Anne food drive started in 010 when diagnosed with cancer anne since pass away and her family continues the effort as tribute to her at their home on the 1900 block of west susquehannaenue

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