Wednesday at the prison in smyrna. It was given to his son during a ceremony for cadets who completed initial training. There were many here to show their support for the floyd family and that they did with a huge round of applause after the commissioner promoted floyd to lieutenant. Action news was there today as floyd was salute from the medical exams office in wilmington to the funeral home in dover. Its been a horrific three days for the department. Floyd was one of four hostages taken by inmates. There were cuts. We have less correctional officer positions now across the state than we had in 2008 when governor markel took office. Reporter he says the focus now is to figure out which inmates were responsible for the attack. Ive expressed that to their family and i know this is hard time for them but when this is all said and done and you guys all go away we will still be there 100 percent for the family. Reporter nice to hear that. Here another live look at the flags that are at halfstaff here at the center. The investigation into which inmates were involved in this attack is ongoing right now as is the cause of lieutenant floyds death. Now in less than two hours at 6 oclock theres a candlelight vigil to honor lieutenant floyd. Its being held at the smyrna municipal park. For now reporting live in dover, bob brooks channel6 action news. Okay, bob, thank you. Emergency responders in Clifton Heights Delaware County are trying to figure out what caused the driver to lose control and end up on a front porch. The suv even damaged the front of the home on west broadway avenue. Neighbors tell action news they saw the driver swerve jump the curb and then the crash happened. No word on any injuries. Philadelphia police have now released video showing the moment a man realized that the car he had stolen had a baby inside. The suspect carried the little girl still in her car seat and then left her on the sidewalk and took off again. He has not been seen since the crime. This was last night. Action News Reporter gray hall now live near where the crime took place in south philadelphia. And gray, youve got the details today. Reporter brian what a frightening situation for this baby and mother. This thankfully has a good ending and that child is okay. Philadelphia police say this piece of Surveillance Video captures a car thief way baby in tow. The big problem it is no the his child. The 19 month old was in the back seat of an suv that investigators say this man stole. I never saw nothing like this. Reporter it appears when he realizes he has some extra cargo the man makes a pit stop. Thankful he picks the baby out and places her on sidewalk along ninth and emily streets. He then runs back to the stolen vehicle and takes off. The child was not hurt. Action news caught up with the witness who saw a mothers nightmare play out. The lady was crying. She was cold. She was pointing and saying mommy, mommy but like i dont know who your mom are and my reaction is like call the cops. Reporter it started around 5 30 p. M. Thursday near eighth and mckean streets in south philadelphia. Police say the childs mother seen here who did not want to talk on camera was leaving the laundromat where she works. Officers say she ran back inside for a moment to grab the crying child a toy. She left the 19 month old in the back seat of her suv. The keys were still inside and the car was running. It proved to be a big mistake. It was just maybe 10 seconds that the baby was crying about a certain toy. She runs back into the business to get that toy and in matter of seconds the car is gone. Reporter thankful that 19 month old baby is okay. You can take a closer look at that Surveillance Video on our web site 6abc. Com. Meantime if you recognize that suspect or youve seen that suv, call police. Reporting live in south philadelphia, gray hall, channel6 action news. Sharrie. All right, gray, thank you. Opening statements got under way in the damages phase of that 2013 deadly Building Collapse in center city. A jury is tasked with deciding how much the Salvation Army and five other defendants will have to pay for the collapse that killed seven people and injured 12 others. It was earlier this week that the same jury found the six defendants liable. Attorneys are expected to call expert witnesses to testify. Action News Reporter vernon odom is at the courthouse and will have a full report coming up at 5 00. Our Accuweather Team said it would be a whole lot colder out there today and they were exactly correct. It feels quite a bit different out there. Meteorologist adam joseph outside with the first check of the accuweather forecast. Hey, adam. Yeah, quite a tumble over the last couple days. That wind is rather biting out here this evening and the clouds not helping whatsoever as we take a look at the temperatures in this profile which has kind of went downhill since wednesday. 50 degrees then. 48 yesterday. Normal is 41 and were well below that at 35 degrees so we are back to winter in the delaware and Lehigh Valleys. As we look at satellite and radar, a lot of high clouds today. There are a few breaks of sun here and there but overall the clouds really winning the show here once again in fact its been quite a cloudy year so far. As we look at the evening planner temperatures below freezing at 7 oclock but youre going to notice the clouds breaking apart as we go into the evening so a clear sky at 11 oclock. Temperatures will fall to 26 degrees and it stays clear overnight but very cold with a low temperature of 22. So, we arer in the midst of a brief cold shot. Then amid week warmup comes in next week before another cooldown. We have a lot of ups and downs and theres some wet weather in between. Well track it all for you coming up alicia in full weather forecast. President trump met with his Business Advisory council and about a dozen Corporate Leaders the the white house. The president reacted to the first Labor Department jobs report of his presidency which says 227,000 jobs were added in january more than expected. He says theres a great spirit in the country right now. Bringing back jobs, were bringing down your taxes. Were getting rid of your regulations. I think its going to be some really very exciting times ahead. Reporter President Trump also signed two executive orders today both related to wall street and banking regulations. The first directs the treasury secretary to review the 2010 dodd frank financial overhaul. President trump has called it a. M. Disaster quote and says the goal is to scale back on regulations on financial services. The other delays the implementation of the fiduciary rule which would require Financial Advisers to act in the best interests of their clients when handling retirement accounts. The president calls that rule which was drafted during the Obama Administration a liability to the financial sector. Also today President Trump stepped up his tough talk against iran. He imposed new sanctions targeting 13 people and 12 companies after iran tested a ballistic missile. When asked today if military action is off the table in iran, he said nothing is off the table. Brian. All right, alicia, thank you. Meanwhile protesters in west chester are directing some of their anger over the president s policies at their congressmen. This group gathered outside the office of republican congressman Ryan Costello today demanding that he take a stand against President Trumps immigration orders. They held signs saying no ban, no wall among other things. Costello has signaled his support for the president s temporary ban. It is time now for the action news traffic report on this friday. All right. Friday. We made it. Matt pelman standing by live in the action news traffic center. Two thumbs up, matt. Absolutely. We love it when its friar. We dont love this. Weve been dealing with the temporary closure for were two weeks of the pennsylvania turnpikenew jersey turnpike connector bridge. Word is coming into action news that that closure is not going to be so temporary. Were looking at two more months without the connector bridge. Word of this is just coming into the news room. They have to keep the bridge closed for a little longer as they continue those structural repairs because of the deficiencies they found two weeks ago on friday january 20th. So well keep you posted. More details at 4 30 this afternoon but this afternoon and for the next two months that bridge is not an option much thats putting extra traffic on route one the superhighway once again through langhorne, just 19 Miles Per Hour there on the southbound side. Again, more on that situation at 4 30 this afternoon. Situation on the schuylkill eastbound is not great right now. Eastbound pretty much a parking lot from the boulevard all the way on into passyunk avenue. Thats where our crash just cleared app couple of minutes ago. Still have that crash involving the pedestrians in West Philadelphia at 59th and locust that we told you about at the top of the hour. There was a wreck on the blue route northbound by macdade. Thats cleared out but still sluggish as you come off 95. Upper Providence Delco a crash involving a vehicle into a pole along providence road at palmer mill road. Chester county watch out for an accident along Phoenixville Pike at 322. Lets do the commuter report on this finally friday afternoon. Slow going already along 295 southbound as you head toward the 42 freeway. Theres a minor accident there. Librarian o2 telling us about that. Well check it again for all the commuters brian and sharrie in the next half hour. Matt well see you then. Next on action news at 4 00 a terror attack stopped just in time. We have the very latest from paris where popular tourist attraction became a crime scene. Plus, a life long farmer is ready to give up her beloved plot of land. Its a sprawling 13 acres for the house big red barn and a pretty big lake. Coming up find out how this can all be yours if your words win her over. And we dont have a local team to cheer for come sunday but there are two local players set to take the field for the super bowl. Were there as their hometown schools put on a festive celebration. In the future, like my childrens College Tuition and retirement. I can help you piece together your Financial Journey for today and tomorrow. If you have a question about investing, ask me. Sincerely, amanda etheridge, fellow planner and fellow citizen. voand exceptional customerity preownservice,les. Head t to your neiborhood enterprise car sales and let the people who buy more vehicles than anyone. Flip your thinking about buying your next one. Tiki barber running hambone a barber shop . T hut yes surprising. Yes whats not surprising . How much money david saved by switching to geico. Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. Whos next . Another act of terror sparked panic in paris when a man tried to attack a french soldiers with a machete at the world famous louvre museum. He was told he could not bring his bags into aunt ground shopping mal. Thats when he allegedly shouted alou akbar. One of the soldiers shot the man five times and he was hospitalized with lifethreatening injuries. Around 1200 tourists inside that museum were held in secure areas until they could be safely evacuated. The exact motive in all of this remains unclear today. An Infamous Mexican drug lord faced a federal judge in new york city. This sketch shows Joaquin El Chapo guzman in court today. His attorneys complained his jail conditions in the u. S. Are too strict. They say hes on lockdown 23 hours a day and not allowed to see his family. Guzman repeatedly escaped jail in mexico before he was brought here to face charges. The judge did not respond to the complaints about his jail treatment. Well, a popular social media app is heading to wall street. Snapchats Parent Company filed paperwork to raise 3 billion in its initial Public Offering or i p. O. The company says 158 Million People a day share snaps on that site. Now despite the popularity there are lots of uncertainties about its financial future. Snapchat lost more than 500 million last year and admitted that it may never maintain a profit. Its not clear when this stock will hit the Trading Floor. Speaking of the Trading Floor pretty good news there today. The dow soaring 186 points and change to close back up over that 20,000 mark. The nasdaq also on the rise, 31 points today. The s p 500 up 16 and half points on the day. This morning crews worked for hours to hang a massive painting at the new museum of the american revolution. The painting of George Washington and french general was hung at the top of a grand staircase. The painting measures 16 by 19 feet when its framed. Crews worked meticulously to make sure the painting was hung correctly and secure. The museum is set to open april 19th and tickets go on sale february 22nd. Well, we may not have a team in the super bowl but two hometown heroes will be taking the field for the big game. Atlanta falcons quarterback matt ryan graduated from penn charter in east falls back in 2003 and today as you can see, the school celebrated the alum and exton native with a pep rally. Ryans high School Memorabilia was also on display. Hes looking to win his first super bowl and his High School Coach is already making a call. I like atlanta, of course. Falcons going to win by three. By three. Yeah, you heard it first here. [laughter] write that down and ryans family will be at the big game with a big exton contingency cheering him on in the crowd. Some shouts out to him. [cheers and applause] another pep rally was under way in delaware for falcons linebacker Paul Worrilow number five. His High School Coach from Concorde High School was also on hand with fond words for the star on the rise. Biggest thing that we remember was his work ethic just a Great Team Player but the thing that strikes me the most was how hard he worked on and off the field in the classroom. Just a great guy. How is this for fate . In his middle School Yearbook he wrote this as his future occupation. Ready for it. Pro football player. He saw his future. Both worrilow and ryan and their falcons take on the patriots on sunday. Two local guys to root for. I wrote that too. Sorry, youre here with us. This is just fine. Some day. Wishing them the best this sunday. Never too old to dream. Alicia thank you. Time for a check of the accuweather forecast. We learn so much about you in this showily. Adam is standing by with the forecast. You were the water boy on the sidelines. Oh, thats such a low blow. Just saying. That body . Not a linebacker. How about that accuweather forecast. Okay, lets do it. Take a look at sky6 live right now in atlantic city, once again, clouds overhead. Kind of been the name of the game this winter season. A lot of clouds and a little shaking of the camera and very cold temperatures because of those winds out of the northwest 14 miles an hour in philadelphia right now tthe same for allentown, 15 in reading. 13 in millville reason teens right along the shore and with those winds wind chills are only in the teens for berks county, pretty close to that in the Lehigh Valley, 21 lancaster feels like 25 in philadelphia and own orange line mid to upper 20s from dover to millville between about 25 and 28 degrees. Not tracking any precipitation. Just mainly cloudy along the east coast where we have had the big storms this winter season. Most of our storms havent been all that impressive. It has been the west coast one after another with this la nina and pattern has been slamming california all the way through the Pacific Northwest and there you can see not only rains in the valley but also mountain snows in the sierras. If youre wondering where all the snow is this winter season in the country, it is the sierras. You can see near lake tahoe measuring in this area 173 percent of normal. Almost double the amount they typically get so far this winter season and in fact its the most snow that area of california has seen in 22 years. Last year california when you look at the whole state, 64 percent of the state was in an extreme drought. Presently only 2 percent. So, a huge drought buster this year in the west coast for them. So, some good news for them and for us, not so good news if you like the cold. Were going back to the teens in the north and west. 22 philadelphia, 19 in millville and brisk those wind chills will be in the teens tomorrow morning, staying in the teens mid morning and only cracking into the middle 20s for wind chills as we go into the afternoon hours tomorrow and if youre heading up to the mountains, very cold, bitter wind chills in the Single Digits for the most part tomorrow and maybe some snow showers on sunday night. A big storm but maybe a few flakes at 30 degrees. As we take a look at the four day at 4 00 forecast, 36 cold but bright for your saturday. A lot of clouds, maybe some late sun developing on sunday at 45 degrees so you can see those temperatures quickly jump back above normal really nice on monday and then rainy at times on tuesday despite its warm at 48 degrees and even warmer air to come on wednesday. Well let you know if the sun can tag along with it in the seven day in the next half hour. Adam sounds good. Thank you. All right. Got to love this one. A farmer in North Carolina is looking to give up the only living she knows hang up her boots and retire but shes not doing it without paying it forward first. Norma burns has launched a contest to give away her slice of country paradise. Shes hoping to find the perfect pair of committed aspiring farmers to take over her 13 acres of lands near raleigh. The goal is to find a couple who otherwise couldnt afford gun land. The lucky new owner will also get her license for organic farming and even be introduced to her buyers. It requires a 200 word essay a resume and a 300 entry fee and normas phone has been ringing offer the hook. As soon as it went out it just kind of exploded and people ive heard from people i havent heard from in 20 years calling and saying, oh, i wish i could have that farm. Most of them are too old. So, its just been a real surprise. A pleasant surprise. Norma plans to pick the 20 best essay as and then let a panel of judges pick the winner. If you think you might want to take her up on this land offer head to 6abc. Com. We posted a link to her web site so start writing those 200 word essays. Pretty unique there. Yeah. Next on action news at 4 00 a second shot at an education. See how dozens of dropouts found in proud high school graduates. Big talk terse. Wawa versus dawa. Well tell you how our beloved Convenience Store is fighting to protect its name. Downloads. Dont pay for uploads that arent up to speed. Get 150 meg internet with equal uploads and downloads, tv and phone for only 79. 99 per month online for one year. Only from fios. A popular but controversial treatment aimed at preventing heart attacks is getting a big test in a new federal study. Ali gorman takes a closer look at this long time practice. Its an alternative therapy many doctors have said wouldnt work. But now with new evidence the government is backing a multimillion dollars study to see if it can help save lives. It could change the scope of how we treat heart disease. I have 17 grandchildren and i want to be around here for them. Ill have the details and the controversy plus how you can get involved with the trial. Its tonight on action news at 11 00. Thousands of books are head to Childrens Hospital of philadelphia. This morning students at Abington Junior High School load boxes of books onto a uhaul. Freshman jawan adams spearheaded the project. The teen who is undergoing treatment for hodgkins lymphoma noticed there werent a lot of books at the hospital for children to read so he rallied his classmates and collected more than 9500 books. Dozens of people who dropped out of high school are now finishing what they started. Today in camden, 40 students accepted their diplomas from two local high schools after quitting school when they were teens. They got a Second Chance to complete their studies through the camelot excel academy. Congrats to them. Fios in the house dave this fios party is da bomb fo shizzle its tv totally ahead of its time. Yo, let me check that. Oh snap. That x1 voice remote is crunk and it lets me search with the sound of my voice. What should i watch . Things have come a long way since you got fios. [nervously laughs] whats fios . Fios has fallen behind. Dont fall with it. Xfinity x1 will change the way you experience tv. Action news continues with meteorologist adam joseph, Alicia Vitarelli, Sharrie Williams and brian taff. Hello again. 4 30 and action news continues with the first freebie friday of the month of february. How you can get everything from workouts to Museum Admission free of charge. And our new whole foods may have a butcher on site ready to craft the perfect steak but thats nothing compared to whats now being offered by a new york store. What a produce butcher does. Plus, crash landing. A car flies off a pennsylvania interstate landing in a parking lot below. But this video isnt even the most incredible part of this story. But we begin at 4 30 with breaking news now about a major bridge linking the pennsylvania and new jersey turnpikes. Officials now say the Delaware River turnpike bridge is expected to remain closed for repairs for at least two more months. The 1. 2mile bridge was shut down back on january 20th after workers found a crack in a steel truss under a travel lane. Engineers now have to jack up that bridge and make a permanent slice in it to check if any other parts of that structure are damaged. They still are not sure what caused the fracture. In other news, when people die from drug overdoses, their obituaries do not often reveal the cause. But a Mercer County couple dealing with the death of their son say they dont want to hide the fact that he overdosed. They put it right there in the first line of his obituary. New jersey correspondent Nora Muchanic is live in our new jersey news room to explain the reason from this family. Nora. Reporter sharrie, andrew and Stephanie Oswald are heartbroken but they are not ashamed and they are hoping that by being upfront about their sons overdose it will help others. I want more parents to be honest when a child passes from a drug overdose. Theres no shame. Reporter andrew and Stephanie Oswald of Hamilton Township are grieving the death of their only child andrew the third. His obituary is unusual because his parents arent mincing words about what happened. The first line reads on january 27th, 2017 our beautiful son andrew died from an overdose of heroin. He was 23 years old. My message is that people have to stop hiding this. People have to stop hiding this disease that they need to stop pretending that it doesnt exit. Andrew was living and working in Luzerne County pennsylvania where he stayed after going through a Drug Treatment Program there. His parents say they did everything they could to help him but his addiction won out. And this is heroin its a devil. Its the devil itself and it gets into your child and you cant get it out. It has to sync into these kids when they do this, once they start, theyre playing russian roulette. Reporter the obituary reveals the oswalds heartbreak and their promise to bring the shame of drug addiction out of the shadows. The day andrew died, we died along with him. We will miss him every day for the rest of our lives. The pain of his death is heartbreaking and intolerable which is why stories like andrews should not be ignored. The only way we will conquer the heroin epidemic is to share our stories and raise awareness. Im not going let his death be in vain. I am going shout from the highest mountains and i am going to fight as long as it takes. Reporter theres a celebration of andrews life planned for tomorrow afternoon. After that, the oswalds will be looking for ways to get the message out that the families of drug addicts dont need to be ashamed. Live in our new jersey news room, im Nora Muchanic channel6 action news. Courageous act of honesty by that family nora. Thank you so much. Philadelphia police say they have solved the murder of a young mother shot to death in front of her toddler nearly two years ago. This is 28yearold james jones. Investigators say hes the ma and seen running down aramingo avenue away from stephanie port richmonds home. The 22yearold was and found dead in her bedroom though her twoyearold daughter was in the room she was not hurt. Detectives say combination of tips and Surveillance Video helped lead them to jones. He was already in prison on an unrelated offense. Now jones is now facing a number of charges including homicide, burglary and robber robbery. Prosecutors say tips are pouring in about a disturbing sexual crime that may have more victims. State attorney general josh shapiro is asking the public for information about a ring of men who allegedly prey on young boys during parties at which they dress up as animals. So far five men have been charged in connection with the alleged assault of a 13yearold boy. This is three of them. But Officials Say they have reason to believe that more men may have assaulted more boys. Now, the men in custody who police say identify as furries are from different parts of pennsylvania and virginia and at least one of the alleged crimes happened in quakertown. Men and women in blue invited residents to get to know them over a hot beverage today. The Ocean City Police department held its coffee way cop event. The officers were the main event at the local starbucks this morning as they interacted with community members. The Department Hopes this informal setting will help build positive relationships with the people they serve. Meteorologist adam joseph joining us now as we head into the weekend and wonder what kind of weekend it will be. Chilling off. A very winterlike weekend at least to begin and we begin to warm it up the second half of the weekend. It is cloudy out there, cold, temperature just 34 degrees, winds out of the west at 14 creating a wind chill of just 25 degrees but its that dewpoint which is the measure of how much moisture in the air, theres not very much, its in the single numbers right now at 9 degrees, so bone dry arctic air is in play right now with those dewpoints that low. In the summer those dewpoints can go into the 70s when it feels oppressive and tropical out there and when its this low you kind of get the dry skin, the chapter lips but also when its this cold, you think skiing and snowboarding because they love it. 20 degrees up in camelback with a lot of clouds, winds out of the westnorthwest at 10 but your wind chill just nine lonely dreams. Well talk about that chill to begin the weekend and then the warm outpatient follow along with some healthy amounts of rain here into next week. Well chat about it in that sevenday forecast. Okay, adam, thank you. Dozens of children were able to have their teeth cleaned for free today. Dental students from Camden County college gave free checkups at the gloucester township campus. The annual give kids a smile day helps families who might not otherwise have access to dental care. Last years event provided more than 21,000 worth of cleanings and other procedures to young children. Theres something of a bridge battle shaping up in scranton and its all over an attempt to honor one of the citys most famous hometown faces, former Vice President joe biden. Action news anchor Rick Williams live in the news room with the details were learning about this today. Hi, rick. Hi, brian, thank you. Thats right, one state representative wants to name that bridge after biden in honor of his work for the country but theres just one problem. The bridge was already named for war veteran two years ago. Well, coming up tonight on action news at 5 00 the namesake the bridge was originally set to carry and the compromise that lawmakers are trying to honor biden is now pushing to pass. Elsewhere in health check coming up tonight what a local woman thought was Food Poisoning turned out to be a heart attack. Her scare over the holidays that experts say should be a warning for women everywhere. Some of the stories were following for you when we see you in just a little bit on action news at 5 oclock. Until then, back to the studio. Sharrie, well see you later. Well see you then rick. Thank you. A group of budding artists in bucks county just saw their wish come trial. The ladies at grundy hall in doylestown gather twice a month to paint. They were in desperate need of a place to store their supplies. The Twilight Wish Foundation gave them a cabinet along with some new paint colors. The seniors live at grundy hall on fixed incomes and they really appreciated this generous donation. Okay, the super bowl isnt the only to big game this weekend. The kitten bowl is also being played. The pennsylvania spca is joining the north Shore Animal League of america to help find homes for kittens and cats in shelters. This weekend you can save 25 on adoption fees. If youre interested in adding a feline to your family, visit the spa spca on erie avenue in philadelphia along with their other locations in fishtown and danville. Some hugs from those cats there. Good stuff. Yeah. A lawsuit over four letters. Inside the court battle pitting a wawa against dawa. Plus, a driver went from the parkway to the parking lot in seconds but the aerial accident isnt the most unbelievable part of this story. Well give you the details. And our new whole foods may have an in store butcher but new yorks new location has a produce professional. So, what is a plant butcher actually do . Well explain coming up. Per roll bounty is more absorbent, so the roll can last 50 longer than the leading ordinary brand. So you get more life per roll. Bounty, the quicker picker upper a nevada homeowner is at her wits end with squatters. Im offering you 1,000 to leave my house. Well its an offer debbie marks hopes that they wont refuse. She moved out the home of the home last june and the squatters moved in last month. Marks has filed a complaint even an eviction notice but the squatters filed their own legal action to stay. Marks needs to sell the home to raise money for her husbands kidney surgery. But marks worries no one will buy it with squatters inside. Shes waiting for a judge to review her case. Stunning video shows a car flying off a pennsylvania interstate and crash landing into a parking lot below. Check this out. Watch as a red car slams down in a cloud of debris in pittsburgh. It went airborne off an exit ramp and went directly through a billboard like a field goal before it landed outside a auto business. Here it is again. Shockingly the driver was not hurt. He got out and walked around in disbelief without so much as even a scratch or a bruise. According to the business that captured this video this crash is the eighth one like it in nine years. We had cars flip over, catch on fire, hit the building, just time and time again. Might be time to move that building. The owner says he has spoken to penndot about his concerns but highway warning signs installed in the past have been repeatedly knocked down in all of those crashes. Big talkers now and wawa. Listen its a big deal around here, a household name which is why the pam chain of Convenience Stores is suing one shop up in north jersey called dawa. All right a thats the name, logo looks a little similar. Heres a side by side for you of our beloved brand and the sign outside the dawa in patterson. Wawa says dawa is trying to take advantage of its hard earned reputation. Dawa owners say the name is a casual way to say come in in korean and means welcome. Wawa in case youre wondering is derived from al native american word for canada goose. Wawa is taking this fight to court to protect the brand and its name. If you have been to the new massive whole foods by the art museum in center city you may have marveled at the on site theater style butcher who takes Custom Orders and sells them on site. Well, theres a new kind of butcher doing live demos at the new whole foods in new york city a produce bump. Said to be a vegetarian and meal preppers dream you can watch as they slice dice your veggies. Julien veggies at the ready. Can they bring him here to our whole foods . And finally speaking of food, maybe two words. Kobe buffalo meat. The name actually a real one and its the one that has everyone talking after National Signing day. Yup, here it is, as tweeter out by the Illinois State as they welcome the newest lion as the newest red bird kobe buffalo meat. Hes 6foot seven, 285 pounds and he is used to having his name get a little bit of attention. When i introduce myself they always said is that really your last name . Yes, it is. You go to airports, grocery stores, you pay with a card they kind of look at it, double take and then they ask my mom or me is that really your last name and we say yes, it is. It really is. Its a native american name cherokee choctaw and cheyenne arapahoe o his parents paula and ray r if you wonder about the name kobe its kind of beefish. He was named after kobe bryant. Buffalo meat. Got a nice name to it. Now hes become famous enough that he can explain it once. And its out there. Thanks alicia. Time for another check on the roads tonight. Matt is standing by with the update. Higi have some meaty delays. A crash on the eastbound side of the schuylkill expressway, a few vehicles involved fire crews on the scene. This is eastbound approaching the conshohocken curve and as a result eastbound traffic on 76 is not moving so well. 39 Minute Travel time that keeps growing. It is a stop and go ride. More stop than go at this point. Eastbound from 202 in king of prussia through this point approaching the conshohocken curve as that right lane remains blocked the delay keeps growing and of course well keep you posted. Now farther east there was another accident approaching passyunk avenue. That cleared out of the way. We still have that crash involving two pedestrians in West Philadelphia. I would avoid the intersection of 59th and locust but our accident that we told you about with the waze app on 295 southbound approaching 42 has cleared. Still, though, just 15 Miles Per Hour there as you pass the white horse pike. And some not so great news in north philadelphia today. They announced the closure of the margie street bridge over the railroad tracks, closed indefinitely because of structural issues. Lehigh avenue or 22nd street would be some alternates. And of course because of the ongoing structural issues on the turnpike connector bridge, thats closed and as weve been saying weve learned now for at least two more months that this afternoon is putting extra traffic on route one through bucks county. Well check it again brian and sharrie, coming up in the 5 oclock hour. Very good matt. See you then. Meteorologist adam Joseph Standing by with the exclusive accuweather forecast and a very big little fan. Well explain next. vo want to be happy with your next vehicle purchase . At enterprise, we guarantee it. Head to your neighborhood enterprise car sales and let the people who buy more vehicles than anyone. Change your thinking about buying your next one. All right, meteorologist adam joseph joining us now with the accuweather forecast. Feels a little bit more wintry these days. It does. My hands are still cold from being outside a half hour ago. Weve become true wimps around here. Weve had it good. Weve had it very good this winter season. Down the shore you can see some of the seagulls. This weather is for the birds. Theyve got the feathers and they can kind of duck their head as you can see into their body keeping warm a blustery breeze and the water is a bit choppy on this friday. As we look at storm tracker6 live double scan a lot of clouds. There was a little bit of sun that popped out here and there. You see a few flurries west and south of wilmington barely reaching the ground and nothing to worry about for us tonight or going into the upcoming weekend. Wind chills right now 20 in allentown, just 19 in reading, 25 philadelphia, millville, 29 cape may and nine up in the poconos. Theres that area of clouds that sea of gray above that continues to kind of plague the area here and has been this entire year so far. Weve only had two full sunny days since the beginning of 2017. Brisk cold for tonight. Turning clear, though, overnight, 16 to 22 degrees so that is below normal with those northwesterly winds eight to 16 miles an hour. Kind of a double rare day tomorrow. Number one, we got a lot of sun. Number two, temperatures below normal for once, 36 philadelphia, 33 in allentown, 35 in millville with wind chills only in the teens and 20s the entire day. Then as we go into the day on sunday, clouds come back in, 10 oclock in the morning. There could be a couple of flurries or a snow shower or two Lehigh Valley up into the poconos very early on in the day but by the afternoon on sunday, we actually may gain the sunshine once again as some of the clouds fall apart here the second half of the weekend and then it turns wet milder and wild here on tuesday and wednesday. Strong low pressure goes over the great lakes. Highs go into the upper 40s to near 60 degrees by wednesday about a half inch to an inch of rain and we could see winds near 50 Miles Per Hour with this front as it blasts through on wednesday and even the rumble of thunder as well. The exclusive accuweather 7day forecast 36 its cold but bright tomorrow. Mid 40s sunday into monday, both days above average and a decent amount of sun trying to develop sunday afternoon, continuing into monday and then periods of rain tuesday, 48, near 60 wednesday. Again, maybe a thunderstorm and some powerful winds to come through with the front. Behind it turns blustery cold but dry with temperatures back to where they are right new in the middle 30s, guys. All right. Stay right there for this. Youre going to like it. Ive seen it. Its cute. Well, our adam joseph is a lot of things to a lot of people a father partner a meteorologist and a friend. Very good friend at that but to a little girl named charlotte hes something extra special. Take a look. Charlotte who is your boyfriend. Um, adam joseph. Why is he your boyfriend. Because he has handsome hair. Oh, he does. Uhhuh. And do you want to invite him to your party. Uhhuh. Can you ask him . Um, adam joseph, can you come to my party . [laughter] is that the best or what . Mom lauren says the bucks county toddler watches the news with her parents every night and started asking who adam was a few weeks ago. Once she found out the almost threeyearold immediately announced that adam had handsome hair and claimed him as her beau. I have not been i have not blurbed like this in so long. She has beautiful hair. Number two happy early birthday, im going to get that in the mail and Something Else and number three, if she was to ever see my son, she would ditch me in heartbeat. How about that. And hes just a little bit younger than me. Perfect. [laughter] what a sweetheart. Very happy early birthday to charlotte. Thank you to the family for sending that in. Awesome. Im red as all of you. Freebie friday coming up. Friday how we love you. It is freebie friday. Lets get you started with a free workout courtesy of a brand new barr studio opening in rittenhouse. Barr three opens at 15th and sansom on monday. To celebrate next week theyre offering free classes and complimentary childcare. We have the link to reserve a spot if you want to work out and you have to bring the baby in tow. Tomorrow its a free chinese new years celebration at Reading Terminal market featuring demonstrations and performances but bring along a little bit of money for the yummy special chinese cuisine and all the fun stuff theyll have for sale as well. Also tomorrow its disney reads day at barnes and nobles store. Fun activity free stickers book marks and posters. That gets started at 11 oclock. Some have that same event sunday too. Fun indoor activity we have a few free museum options. Barnes foundation is offering free admission this sunday. It is the first sunday of the month. They always do that. You can get admission to the National Museum of American Jewish history in philadelphias historic district. All through the month of february. And not to be outdone bank of america and Merrill Lynch are offering customers admission to all kinds of free museums all weekend saturday and sunday. And then finally we thought this was a really great freebie you should know about. A Service Called infancy offers free comprehensive eye and vision test for all infants for the first year of life no insurance needed. All these freebies on 6abc. Com. Have a great weekend. You too. That will do it for action news at 4 00 for Sharrie Williams Alicia Vitarelli adam joseph and little charlotte, im brian taff. Hope youll join me along with sharrie adam and Ducis Rodgers tonight and every night for a full hour of action news at 10 00 on phl 17. Now here are Rick Williams and Monica Malpass with a look at whats ahead at 5 00 hi, guys. Hi there. Thank. You coming up an emotional day in delaware after that deadly prison takeover in smyrna. The big honor for the prison worker who was killed now being hailed by his colleagues as a hero. Plus the act of terror foiled by Police Outside one of paris busiest tourist hot spots. Also new developments in that hitandrun in a new jersey walmart parking lot that was all caught on camera. The suspect police now have in custody. Those stories and much more coming your way next on action news. At 5 00. Passion pas action news. Delaware valleys leading news program. With jaime apody, meteorologist cecily tynan, Rick Williams and Monica Malpass. Friday night and the big story on action news is breaking news. A hitandrun in West Philadelphia. At least two people were struck by car this afternoon. Right now the driver still at large. Action News Reporter dann cuellar is standing by live on the scene at 59th and locust with the details. Dann. Reporter rick, Police Holding the crime scene here in the 5900 block of locust where the hitandrun took place. Heres what we know right now. Police say a man in a silver car mowed down a woman and a man who were standing out on the street and it appears he allegedly did it on purpose. Initial Police Information is that just after 3 00 this afternoon an argument broke out between a man and his girlfriend. The argument then escalated into a full blown fight. Shortly thereafter, police say the boyfriend got in a rage, got into his car and then mowed down the girlfriend and a man who was standing with her. He then fled the scene. Action news was here as the male victim was put onto a stretcher loaded into an ambulance and taken to the hospital with injuries to his head and legs. The girlfriend also suffered injuries to her legs and was put on a wheelchair and also taken to the hospital. Pieces of the silver car were scattered about here on the street. Now, the boyfriend and his car have not been located. Meanwhile a woman was placed in handcuffs and taken to southwest detectives for questioning. At the moment, thats all we know as we wait for investigators to sort this all out but again, Police Say Man fighting with his girlfriend gets into his car and mows her down and a man that was standing with her here in the 5900 block of locust, both were hospitalized at this hour. The boyfriend who fled the scene is
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