Been hallucinating. They have not tracked down why ellington was there. That is a big question, whether i ever find out or not remains to be seen. I hope i can get answers of any sort. Court records show that white has a long history of crime, he served time for drugs, weapons and attempted murder, and other crimes dating back to 1998 and police call him a career criminal and investigated if he is involved in other shootings. I hope this brings some kind of closure of my sons murder. I just miss him so much. Reporter and as one detective told me, a major question in this case is why white was on the streets, he has a lengthy rap sheet for very, very violence offenses and should have been behind bars. I am live at police headquarters, chad pradelli, channel 6 action news. Temple university joined the movement for justice. Both unarmed men that died at the hands of police. They held a diein, and we silent for 4. 5 minutes to represent the 4. 5 hours that Michael Brown laid on the street. And this comes one day after the new york grand jury decided not to indict the officer that put him in a chokehold. And this protest was in pittsburgh and they called a lack of indictment in the garner case was an injustice. Changes will now be made to the citys Police Department. The train that will happen in this building will change the future of this city, it will have not just an impact of thousands of people but on millions of people. Last night in center city philadelphia, demonstrators gathered at the holiday Tree Lighting at city hall to voice their opinions on the garner and brown cases. Vernon odom is live now outside of city hall on how the city thinks they responded to the situation. Reporter good evening monica, the postmortem on had you they handled this, the grand juries philadelphia knows how to handle these situations with calm and class. Some people express their views at a christmas Tree Lighting celebration is not the best thing but its the First Amendment and that is the way it goes sometime. At city hall, praise for Police Handling rush hour demonstrations last evening in reaction to grand jury inaction for two Police Officers that killed to black males. They came out to demonstrate and marred the christmas Tree Lighting festivities in the courtyard. Police say there was only one arrest. Our Police Department is under the leadership of commissioner ramsey and has take and a different role in people that decent. Our police force is a tell generally led Progressive Police force and they Pay Attention to the details and let people express their views. I mean i thought it was very much a success because everything went off. They had the demonstration and the Tree Lighting took place. One arrest . One arrest and we werent the story the next day. Commissioner ramsey is the finest in the country and he should be looked up to by other cities in terms of how they handle things you have to balance peoples frustrations and ability to demonstration and the other sides of people at an event. Police sources tell me tonight that they expect more protests demonstrations in the days and weeks ahead. This police use of Excessive Force a hot issue nationwide. Live at city hall, vernon odom, channel 6 action news. Thank you vernon. There will be much more on the grand jury decision on the eric garner case tonight on world news with david muir, directly after action news at 6 00. In other news tonight, fast food workers walked off the job in cities nationwide, including here in philadelphia. These workers in north philadelphia are calling for a 15 minimum wage, the fast food workers were joined by workers from Philadelphia International airport, mcdonalds released a statement saying that any minimum wage increase should be implemented over time. They said that wages are set by franchise owners themselves, the reward for information leading to missing College Student shane montgomery, has grown to 40,000, this after the search enters the seventh day after a bouncer says he escorted montgomery out of the kildares irish pub after he bumped into the djs equipment. Montgomery has not been seen since. A Montgomery County family had their vacation cut short when they got word that their home when up in flames and the owner is a Police Officer. Investigators are looking into the possibility of arson because this house is owned by a Police Officer but could have been caused by faulty christmas lights. Its devastating for anybody but when its a close friend of yours and a colleague, and our heart goes out to him and his family and daughters. Detective ernie morris got the call at 3 00 this morning, he and his family were on a dream two week vacation to disney world and they cut it short and came home to this nightmare. They found their own castle in ruins, the fire marshall says it appears to have started in the area of the front pour the porch was decorated with lights on a timer that switched them on and off at night. Because the house is owned by a Police Officer, they cant rule out the possibility of arson. Ernie is a very good detective, he has locked up some pretty bad characters, we dont know where the investigation is going, if it turns out someone was after him, i wouldnt be surprised but im not say that is the case. Just to be sure, they called in state police and fire investigators help in the thorough investigation, the fire marshall says they did not detebt an accelerant like gasoline. Though sifted through the area especially the porch area and collected tin cans and bags. The fire marshall says this could be a lesson for everyone decorating their homes. If you leave your home on vacation dont leave your lights on with a timer or no timer. Good news for drivers, gas prices continue to fall. In the five county philadelphia area, a gallon of gas was 2. 93, and delaware, 2. 78 a gallon and south jersey is even less, at 2. 63 a gallon. Good news, now any good news in the traffic report . Matt pellman is in the traffic center. Travel times are down compared to the last two half noons, a little bit better but as we head near broomall upper darby, adding 7 minutes to the travel time. One accident on 295 southbound near 73, we are dealing with slow speeds from 38 the whole wait to 32, a crash in voorhees right by wine world outlet, its after 5 00 now, at evesham road is the intersection to avoid. A crash and vehicle fire, at red lion road, a fedex truck that tripped over in warwick township. Not a lot to wine about. Much more to come on thursday night. Another organization cuts ties with bill cosby. We have dry weather today and we are tracking a rainy start to the weekend and the weekend will not be a washout, well explain in the accuweather forecast. Plus arks warning about this years flu season, it could be worse than Health Officials expected. Ali gorman will explain that next. More fallout for bill cosby, for Sexual Assault allegations. Now the navy has withdrawn their honorary designation. They say its in conflict with the navys core values. 18 women have come forward accusing him of drugging them and assaulting them. We are warned by the cdc that this could be a bad flu season. It could be a bad year for several reasons, one being one of the strains going around is known to cause a lot of illness and the vaccine is not a good match for that strain. We are still early in the flu season but most cases are a strain of h 3 n 2, that is covered in the vaccine but that strain has mutate the or changed and so far half the cases of flu match this years vaccine. People are asking if you havent already should you get the flu shot. As a nurse i say yes, it will protect you from other strains of the virus and protect you from other versions of the mutated strain so if you get the illness it may not be as severe or long lasting. They are putting out using antivirals like tamiflu, they are not perfect but could help if given within 48 hours of getting the flu. They are good for Senior Citizens and Young Children and anyone with a chronic medical problem. As for flu activity. Cdc map, there are only two states, louisiana and alaska with widespread flu. In our area there are cases ands starting to build, typically it peeks in january or february and well continue to watch this, in the men time make sure you and your family are practicing good han washing and the vaccine is still recommended this year. Thanks ali. Starbucks reveals how they plan to generate a billion dollars in new sales. How it will impact customers coming up. And take the new 6abc. Com with you wherever you go, it changes to fit any of your devices, including your tablet or smart phone. Visit 6abc. Com any time anywhere. Starbucks is turning to beer, wine and snacks to generate new revenue, the chain announced that the new offerings will be offered at thousands of cafes, they rolled out a mobile ordering feature in portland, oregon, and that will be available in other cities in 2014, they believe that the evening menu that has alcohol could generate a billion dollars in new sales. The cost of child care exceeds college tuition, a group called child aware, says that child care could top 15,000 a year for an infant or more than 12,000 a year for an older child. The average is ,549 . Some colleges in our area are joining in a white house initiative. President obama announced the action, and they pledge to build networks and partnerships and help invest in High School Counselors and increase the number of high school grads, participants are Bryn Mawr College and franklin and marshall and temple university. Much more ahead on action news tonight. Lets go live outside to sky 6 hd in atlantic city, looking gorgeous out there. Cecily tynan has clouds in the accuweather forecast coming up. Dad,thank you mom for said this oftprotecting my future. You. Thank you for being my hero and my dad. Military families are uniquely thankful for many things, the legacy of usaa Auto Insurance could be one of them. 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Lancaster now 37 degrees in wilmington and philadelphia 41 and temperatures in the low 40s right over to the coast. Stormtracker 6 live double scan, showing we are dry right now, you can see there is moisture down to the south, this is really trending down to the south and this will bring us cloud cover, however there is low pressure currently over albuquerque, and this brings us a good amount of rain on saturday afternoon and saturday night and we are dealing with late rain on friday night. Future tracker showing friday morning, its not like this morning where we have the bright sunshine at 9 00, a thick deck of clouds across the region and they thicken during the afternoon hours and by 6 00 the bulk of the generally light rain is west of philadelphia, but by 6 00 well have some drizzle and then we get a little bit of a break in the action on saturday morning, at 9 00 plenty of clouds and drizzle and this steady rain is moving in in the afternoon, the best chance of seeing rain is at 3 00 in the afternoon and 9 00 at night. This shows pockets of heavy rain, the good news is, its out of here by sunday morning 9 00. Loads of sunshine and the second half of the weekend is looking better than the first half. Future tracker showing the rainfall into saturday night, we are looking at a half inch of rain along the coast to more than an inch of rain in the northwest suburbs, philadelphia prk the heaviest rain is to the area, north and west, if you are headed to the linc for the eagles game, the kickoff temperature is 44 degrees with a mixture of sun and clouds and by the Fourth Quarter dropping down to 41, a little bit on the breezy side at 16 miles per hour. The call from accuweather, plenty of clouds and light winds and seasonably chilly. 37 in philadelphia and 26 in allentown and 27 in reading and 34 in wilmington. The fiveday at 5 00, plenty of cloud as rising in the evening, 46 is the high, saturday morning clouds and drizzle and the heavy rain arriving in the afternoon be saturday night if are you heading to a Holiday Party saturday night, hoping its friday, but its not. Its thursday. Take an umbrella, on sunday the sunshine is back and 46 and monday mostly cloudy and 44 degrees and watching the possibility of a coastal storm on tuesday, what we get depends on the track. Well talk about that in the exclusive accuweather forecast. The weekend, sunday is better than many saturday. Breaking news now from new york city, this is happening a large crowd has gathered for the second day in a row in foleys square in manhattan, an aerial view, they are protesting the eric garner grand jury decision, that decision came yesterday not to charge a white policeman in the death of an unarmed africanamerican suspect. More protests in new york city, a huge crowd gathered here in manhattan. In the meantime well take a quick break. Action news continues with meteorologist, cecily tynan and rick williams. Patrons lined up for a vaccine in the wake of a worker testing positive for hepatitis a and it has already spread. A pair of burglars hatches a plan to rob a business but forgot a crucial step. And now the details, just days after a Mercer County worker tested positive for hepatitis a, a frequent patient for the restaurant tested positive for the disease, they are hosting a vaccination clinic tonight for anyone that ate at roses restaurant and catering between november 10th and november 21st. Nora muchanic is live with more. Reporter Health Officials learned about the additional case this morning, and ill have more on that in aminute. The clinic started this morning, and its fairly quiet now but we expect it to get busy as people head here for the vaccine. Im just cautious, my primary care physician recommended it. People lined up for the hepatitis a clinic
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