Was found in Little Egg Harbor at hithering island between the Barrier Islands and the mainland. This long time friend of chris hug is trying to get a boat ride to hither island tonight to search for him. If hes okay he could be hidden in a duck line. Theyre camouflaged. Theres hunting shacks up there too. He knows that place like the back of his hand. Reporter again jim that rescue effort set to resume at 7 00 a. M. Tomorrow. Live at tuckerton bake im vernon odom channel6 action news. Thank you vernon. We hope the temperatures in the 60s this week havent tricked you into thinking that winter was over. Some snow is actually on tap for tomorrow a little bit. Philadelphia Streets Department is preparing the salt trucks tonight here at the depot in feltonville. 70 city trucks will deploy tomorrow morning. Lets get the latest on this wintry mix weekend system. Lets go to storm tracker6 live double scan and meteorologist cecily tynan. And jim, double scan live showing that there is some moisture riding along a front to our south. Its not a big storm and even now temperatures right now are way too warm for snow but we will be cooling out as we head through the overnight hours. 44 degrees in philadelphia right now but if you look at those arrows, those stream lines from the northwest thats the wind direction. Buffalo and binghamton, temperatures in the 20s. We will be dropping into the 20s overnight and then temperatures will be really holding in the 30s. So, the next 12 hours at 1 oclock in the morning below freezing and then early tomorrow morning 29 degrees so a cold start to your saturday and then some of that moisture will be moving in right around lunchtime. That light snow beginning to break out from the west to the east between about 10 oclock in the morning and 1 oclock in the afternoon. So, right around lunchtime. Could get a little bit of sleet mixing in south of philadelphia even areas far south, dover, cape may could have a touch of rain. Its a quick hitting system. It will be all done between 6 oclock and 9 oclock and were looking at a nuisance event a coating to perhaps an inch in some areas so not a big system. Ill have details on what to expect for the rest of the Holiday Weekend coming up in the full accuweather 7day forecast. Jim. Thanks cecily. Monsignor william lynn was back in Philadelphia Common Pleas Court today. His attorney argued that city prosecutors withheld evidence at lynns first trial. Lynn was convicted of child endangerment for failing to investigate allegations of child sexual abuse against a priest. Lynn spent 33 months in jail but was released when an Appeals Court granted him a new trial. Now his lawyer says that the withheld evidence should bar a new trial. The judge will rule in march. The man who escaped a police car while handcuffed is back in custody. Chopper6 was overhead as the man was taken into Police Station in northeast philadelphia. It all started with an attempted traffic stop for reckless driving on the boulevard at 5 oclock this morning. Authorities say the driver struck a police car and two other vehicles. He was apprehended by an off duty state trooper but managed to break out of the vehicle. Police caught up with him again at 9 15 on the 900 block of godfrey avenue. There has been another Violent Crime on the Schuylkill River trail in center city philadelphia. A 20yearold man and a 21yearold woman were robbed at gunpoint at 12 30 this morning. Action News ReporterJeanette Reyes is live on the trail near walnut street. Jeanette, whats the full story there . Reporter well, jim, the trail here was bustling with people just a few minutes ago. Its when the sun sets that those numbers start to dwindle. We talked to a lot of runners here and others who were in the area and they tell us its the scenery that really draws them out here but when the sun sets, some say they are more aware others avoid it altogether. I think of this like an unsafe area when youre running along here. Thats shocking. Reporter for sisters rage shell and alyssa kirk news of a robbery came as somewhat of a shock though less so once they learned what time it all happened. I definitely wouldnt come here at like 1 oclock in the morning or anything. But it does kind of concern me because we do kind of run along here a lot. Reporter Philadelphia Police say around 12 30 this morning a 20yearold man and a 21yearold woman were walking along the trail near walnut street when they were approached by a masked man. He pulled out a gun and demanded their things. The victims werent harmed but the suspect did get away with their phones and wallets. Our main thing is seeing if we can investigate get Additional Information and get this guy in custody before he can do it again. Im in the surprised im disappointed. Reporter runners say the trails are great to enjoy while the sun is up. At night it can be a little risky. It makes me nappie have someone to run with so im not by myself. Reporter still, with or without a partner, some say its simply not worth hitting the trails beautiful as they may be so late at night. If i dont see anybody at all from the bridge i might not come down here. Im only here during the Daylight Hours when there are other people running and walking. Reporter now police did increase patrols in the area here well before all of this happened. Some of the officers are uniformed others in plainclothes. Still theyre asking people if you must come out here at least be more aware of your surroundings. As far as the suspect here, they werent able to get a detailed description but of course anyone with information on this case are you asked to contact police. Reporting live in center city, Jeanette Reyes, channel6 action news. Jim. Jeanette, thank you. A bomb scare in Atlantic City caused quite a commotion this morning and its still having an impact. Police blocked off the 1300 block of atlantic avenue and evacuated several buildings all to inspect a suspicious package left outside the county office building. It was an unattended suitcase. Bomb squad officers say it didnt prove to be a danger. But the lockdown delayed the citys 30th annual Martin Luther king jr. Celebration which has now been postponed until next week. A camden man shot by police on wednesday is facing attempted murder charges tonight. The county Prosecutor Says 38yearold Jose Fernandez ventura was involved in a Domestic Violence incident inside an apartment on the 2700 block of federal street. Officers say they saw Fernandez Ventura point a gun at a woman who was holding an eight month old child on her lap. And they say the man pulled the trigger. Police then opened fire. The woman and Fernandez Ventura are in the hospital. The infant is okay. The u. S. Department of justice today released an update on the Philadelphia Police department. The review was ordered back in 2013. That in response to an increase in officerinvolved shooting. Well the review finds the department is implementing a majority of the 91 federal recommendations including the creation of an officerinvolved shooting investigation unit. Mayor jim kenney is also reviving the Police Advisory commission. The push to repeal obamacare in washington is having ripple affects across the country. Thats why democratic senator tom carper organized a News Conference tonight in wilmington to focus on the importance of the Affordable Care act. It took place less than an hour ago at Saint Francis hospital. Lawmakers and Healthcare Professionals argue that repealing the aca without an adequate replacement would be detrimental to the health of patients and the healthcare system. Thats carpers point of view. Coming up on action news tonight life is a highway. Well introduce you to a young lady from Cape May County who just wants to keep driving at 100 years old. And well explain what got these Philadelphia School students so excited today. Cecily. Well, after yesterdays taste of spring this weekend weve got a little bit of snow along with much colder air moving in. Well let you know how long it sticks around in the accuweather 7day forecast. Jeff skversky with the sixers on something of a hot streak and the villanova wildcats the number three villanova wildcats working out today getting ready for weekend action. That and more when action news continues tonight. A Philadelphia High School is celebrating quite an impressive accomplishment. 100 percent of the senior class at cristo rey has been accepted to a four year college. [cheers and applause] the students erupted in cheers this morning when they heard all 80 seniors have received letters of acceptance from colleges and universities. It was part of the schools honors Convocation Ceremony at our lady of hope parish in north philadelphia. I didnt think it was going to happen. Im really proud of all my classmates and the work weve put in and its really paying off. [cheers and applause] this has been four years in the making for our terrific senior class. They have hearts on fire for college. And we have a great staff that ignites that fire. And last years graduating class also had a 100 Percent College acceptance rate. These are americas newest citizens. They swore an oath of allegiance today at the u. S. Citizenship and immigration field officers in west philadelphia. Todays naturalization ceremony was chosen specifically to honor dr. Martin luther king jr. In advance of the holiday on monday. These immigrants came to the United States from more than 30 countries. It is an accomplishment in and of itself to live to 100 years old. Quite another thing to still be driving a car and keeping a busy social calendar. But that is the life of Cape May County resident elsie sheerer who marks her milestone birthday tomorrow. New jersey correspondent Nora Muchanic introduces us to this inspiring centenarian. Reporter music has always been a part of elsie sheerers life. She learned to play piano at four and now as she turns 100 her fingers still glide across the keys. For 50 years you ask me a question ive been taking vitamin supplements. Do you think that might have something to do with it aside from the almighty up there . Theyre not ready for me yet up there. When elsie was born january 14th 1917 Woodrow Wilson was president and a loaf of bread cost seven cents. A century later this philadelphia native has changed her look but keeps plugging away. She plays piano at the Upper Township Senior Center each day and until recently led an exercise class there. Shes an inspiration for all of us to not give up actually and to just keep going. Theres not many people on this planet that make to it triple digits so its a spectacular event. Reporter retiree from Campbell Soup she married and worked with chorus leader Louis Shearer until he died in 1991. These days she likes to keep busy and keep a sense of humor. We meet every sunday. Show goes to a methodist church, i go to a baptist church. Well forgive her for being baptistism Elsie Shearer still driving. She motors to the Senior Center and every sunday to Trinity Methodist Church in marmora where shes the organist. The best thing we ever did was adopt her. Reporter doris and rick jones keep an eye on elsie. We try not to do holidays without her and shes just a big part of our life. Reporter elsies stamina would put the energizer buddy to say. You have to wonder what keeps her going, what keeps her so young. I think being energetic using your muscles is good for you. Using your brain is even better. Reporter it seems that even at 100 elsie sheerers song is far from over. In ocean view, im Nora Muchanic channel6 action news. [applause] sixers host charlotte tonight going for their fourth win in a row. How much fun is this. Its a lot of fun. Love this team right now. A lot of fun to watch perhaps a playoff team well see. Be greedy thats brett browns message to his players as they go for their fifth win. Its been a long time since theyve had a streak like this. Its been nearly five years. Joel embiid says hes good to go tonight against the hornets despite being bothered by an ankle injury. Jahlil okafor expected to sit for the fourth straight game. Without okafor theyre playing their best ball in years. This coming stretch is against all potential playoff teams. I think its fantastic. I and the players we welcome this. We feel like were playing good basketball. You know, youre going to see things that more clearly see things that you need to get better at when you Start Playing against the elite teams in the east. With zero wins in his last eight starts flyers goalie steve mason is expected to be on the bench when the flyers face boston tomorrow night. Michal neuvirth expected to get the start after saving the day last night. The flyers benched mason against vancouver. The move worked. Neuvi comes in and the flyers come back. Claude giroux on his birthday scores the game winner. In the shootout and neuvirths cool calm and collective as the flyers collect a rare win these days. Flyers will now try to go for back to back wins for the first time in a month tomorrow against the bruins. We know we can play better. Obviously we get the two points and the results that we want but at the end of the day we look at the game again and its got to be better. Over the last year villanova has won a National Championship theyve been the number one ranked team in the country and they have lost only one game this season. Guess what . Nova is still not satisfied. Jaime apody has more. Villanova wildcats boarded their bus they stressed the importance of not looking past the opponent. In the big east you can get beat by anyone if you dont come to play. Were going to approach this game like we approach all of our other games. Its our most important game because its our next one. Reporter night in and night out its a dog fight in this conference. This week four of the top 15 teams in the nation hail from the big east with the National Champs leading the way at number three. This kind of will humble you. This conference will humble you. These teams are very well talented well coached and disciplined teams. The conference is awesome. When the league formed four years ago i could never have dreamed that it was this competitive have this many teams in the top 25. Reporter so the champs find themselves in second place in the conference theyve won three seasons in a row. Wright says the good news is theyre far from peek. We have enough players that can turn it on a little bit when they need to. But we still havent as a team i dont think weve come out and really played 40 minutes yet. Reporter if you havent played 40 minutes yet and you guys are 16 and one ranked third what does that say about are team. Yeah, we have a chance of Getting Better we really do and if you say at this point were 16 and one so we can cruise other teams are going to pass you. Reporter at Villanova University jaime apody channel6 action news. As good as they have been you got to love that mentality. They are still hungry taking nothing for granted. Thank you jeff. Okay. Cecily tynan with there weekend accuweather forecast when we continue in just a moment. Weve got some messy weather for saturday. Little bit of a nuisance event not a big storm but some snow, some sleet. Most of it will be melting on the roads. Storm tracker6 live double scan showing right now we are dry. Notice we are getting some echoes near baltimore. Thats verga, a lot of dry air at the surface so its not yet reaching the ground. It will take awhile for the atmosphere to moisten up. What a great sunset. This is posted to my Facebook Page from North Cape May tom says it was really getting cold on the beach today. Clouds were rolling in. Those clouds will be thickening as we head through the overnight hours. Temperatures, though, for january still not bad. 44 degrees our high for the day, 61. Thats deceiving. That came shortly before 1 oclock in the morning before that cold front moved through. 44 in cape may, 42 in wilmington. Allentown 36. In the poconos the cold air is arriving there currently 26 degrees. Satellite6 along with action radar showing did see a good amount of sunshine today. The clouds are beginning to roll in. Ahead of this ripple of energy that will bring us some snow perhaps a little bit of sleet mixed in during the day tomorrow. Again for us this is not going to be a big event. It will be a bigger event for the central plains. This is where Ice Accumulation will build up to about an inch in oklahoma city. Thats a major ice storm. Kansas city about a half inch. The playoff game on sunday had to be moved from early in the afternoon into the evening to allow the temperatures to warm there. Here though temperatures will be dropping into the 30s tomorrow. So, future tracker six showing around 10 oclock in th