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WPVI Action News Weekend 9AM January 1, 2017

36 in philadelphia. Feels like 39 in allentown. 35 in wilmington. Close to 40 degrees in millville. Satellite and radar we have a little bit of cloud cover this morning all this beginning to thin out now, with High Pressure sliding in, from west to east across the keystone state this afternoon, that she that shoulde us with a lot of the this, a lot of bright blue later on. Dismissening sun for the mummers sun for the mummers parade. High of 47, very comfortable high for january. Were not talking about blue skies, when i come back, but rain in the sevenday forecast. Philadelphia police are trying to determine if the driver who struck and killed a 71yearold man early this morning was driving under the influence. The action cam was at the scene in olney section of the city. A Mercury Sable dlirch driven by a 25yearold man hit the veteran dragging him for a block killing him. The scene out here is rather grizzly. In addition to the front grill and headlights from the striking vehicle, we have the victim, a 71yearold retired male who had major trauma injuries at the time that he died out here in the middle of chew street. The car stopped about two blocks down the street when it ran into a playground fence. Police found the driver there, he is being treated for a broken leg and tested for dui. Philadelphia police are trying to sort out a violent and deadly confrontation outside a bar overnight. They say an intoxicated man was refused entrance to the Crazy Leprechaun to the 3500 block of Port Richmond street. The man left and returned with a vehicle locking device and beat a Security Guard with it. The Security Guard suffered a punctured lung, but was able to shoot the man who died. No charges have been filed in this case. A Delaware County home is a total loss after a fire broke out overnight. 6 people were forced out on the 500 block of old forge road in middletown township. The flames quickly raced through the home. Everybody got out safely, one firefighter was treated at the scene for a minor burn. An investigation is underway to determine a cause. Fire interrupted new years celebration at a popular steakhouse firefighters were on the scene on the 700 block of west dekalb pike in king of prussia. The restaurant was closed for the rest of the night. Happening right now, golden slippers are beginning their stretch down broad street, the 118 mummers parade is getting underway. Action news was there as the members of the Golden Sunrise Fancy Division got into there costumes. The parade kicked off moments ago and heads south on broad street to washington avenue. The captain talked to us saying he considers it an honor to lead the club. Its a great way to welcome the new year its a long philadelphia tradition and i am proud to be a part of it. Ten thousand mummers will compete in five divisions fancy, comics winch brigade and fancy brigade. The mummers mass was held at our lady of mount carmel. The priest got into the act with his murmings strult. Looking good there. 2017 kicked off with the fireworks display over the delaware at midnight. The action cam was in camden, new jersey where many watched the colorful display. The fireworks were shot into the night sky from a barge in the delaware river. Earlier in the night, families gathered at the river rink for penns landing for a Fireworks Show that the little ones could enjoy. Happy new year reporter you guys went out with the hats and glasses. Absolutely, why not its 2017 baby, whew hoo. Reporter are you ready for the new year. Were in the mummers, we love it. Reporter this is one spot where celebrations took place across the city of philadelphia. To the jersey shore where a crowd inside the civic center danced away to the new year. Susan stewart said they were waving their handles in the air like they dont care. High winds changed the chances of fireworks, so they moved the festivities inside. Revelers watched in new york city they dropped the bail last night. At least a Million People packed the crossroads of the world. There were more than 7,000 Police Officers on the job to make sure the celebrations went off without a hitch. As is tradition, people hugged and kissed at the stroke of midnight and sang as 2016 we bet into the history books. All that confetti needed to be cleaned up once the revelers cleared out of time square. The massive undertaking last yearended up with 44 last year ended up with 44 tons of debris. This year 52 tons. Not everything goes right on tv, thats why a lot of people are talking about Mariah Careys performance last night. There were technical difficulties. The singer said heres to making more headlines in 2017. With the start of the new year comes new taxes that includes philadelphia new beverage tax, it adds a penny and a half charge or diet sodas and other sodas. It is to pay for the universal prek goal and put cash into the passion and libraries. A court denied a claim by the American Beverage Association that itts s the current tax. Gas tax jumped this year. Before the hike, pennsylvania had the highest gas tax in the country. Like the recent increase in new jersey, the extra revenue will pay for transportation projects. Now that its a new year, are you ready for a new you. Tips on getting into the shape you want and keeping the new years resolution. Plus a goat farm in minnesota is helping the environment by getting rid of the used Christmas Trees. Looking live through sky6 live hd, Philadelphia International airport right there. Nice day today. Enjoy it, balls rain because rain is coming monday and tuesday, chris sowers has the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast when we come right back. An investigation is underway after a bottle nosed dolphin was found dead off the new jersey coast. It was found around noon Sandy Hook Bay about a mile from the entrance of sandy hook. Officials believe it was a pregnant female. An necropsy is scheduled for tuesday. 20,000 fish star fish and crabs and other Sea Creatures have turned up dead in the nova scotia. They are warning consumers to only buy seafood from authorized vendor as a precaution. In minnesota, Christmas Trees are going to the goats literally. Gets on the farm are being given an extra treat as Christmas Trees are thrown out. The owner said they love to eat the pine needles. The animals digestive systems will dispose of the holiday fixture naturally. Reporter goats will eat everything. Apparently so, so will our dogs. Reporter if you have a problem and have poison ivy, get a goat, because they eat everything. Easy solution. Lets get you outside and show you whats going on. Live on sky6 live hd down in cape may. A beautiful morning. Nice and comfortable. 9 00 a. M. , temperatures are in the mid 40s down the jersey shore. A few high, thin clouds exiting off the coast. Lots of sunshine, well he keep the radar dry. Eagles game and mummers taking place in center city you dont want any rain and theres none forecasted today. 42 degrees right now, dewpoint, 26. The air is nice and dry, pressure is rising. Winds out of the west southwest at 10 Miles Per Hour. The ocean temperature 42. So, again, lots of 40s. Cape may, 44. Atlantic city, 46. Allentown, 44. Philadelphia and trenton, 42 and 44. There are changes heading this way, it arrives after midnight tonight him as we take a look at satellite and radar lots of rain developing across the gulf coast states, the gulf and atlantic wide open. This system right here, you saw the counter clockwise swirl thats an area of low pressure coming off the rockies heading toward the great lakes catching all this moisture lifting north in the mid atlantic and the northeast. That means a lot of wet weather is heading this way. Future tracker 6, nice and quiet, lots of sunshine, bright blue skies, perfect finish to the weekend. In the overnight, tomorrow morning, clouds lower and thicken. By 6 00 a. M. , the rain will be to the south. That will increase from south to north, so, by 9 00 a. M. It is raining just about everywhere. Some of it could be on the steadier side. This continues through the afternoon. Periods of rain monday, it looks lousy, lots of gray skies, if youre not picking up the rain youll be getting drizzle heres what to expect, rain arriving by sunrise. Heaviest occurs late in the day. If the rain moves in quick you enough with temperatures close to freezing it could start out as freezing rain, but it will go over to plain rain as the numbers jump in the 40s. More rain on tuesday, another round. Future tracker, this time were at tuesday morning, look at the yellows starting to move through, thats the heavy, driving tuesday looks miserable, as well. In the afternoon hours, the steadier rain pulls through, twish it will be dreary, damp and drizzle. Rainfall totals between monday and tuesday, this model may be a little bit overdone, but you get the idea, a lot of rain is heading this way. Generally speaking well see anywhere from threequarters of an inch to an inch and a quarter. Some forecast models have us an inch and a half. Mostly sunny, today, 50 in philadelphia. Millville, 50. Cape may, same number. 45 in allentown. Trenton, 47. Slight breeze makes it feel a little colder than the actual temperatures. Overnight tonight, 30 in reading, 32 degrees in millville. The exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast, the real cold arrives later this week. 50 degrees for today. 46 tomorrow, occasional rain and drizzle. Tuesday, same thing, periods of rain, some of it heavy at times, but its a milder day with a high of 57. Wednesday maybe a leftover morning shower and clouds breaking for sunshine. Highs mild around 50. Here comes an arctic front, thursday, friday, saturday, all cold, 30s for highs. Kitchens in the 20s at least on thursday, right now theres the outside shot of a coastal storm on friday. The models are leaning that it goes out to sea. Other models bring it up. I like the timing for today, good for parade goers and eagles tailgaters. Heres something to look forward in the new year, well see a total Solar Eclipse on august 17 well have a total Solar Eclipse. We have not had a total Solar Eclipse across the continental u. S. Since 1979. I had an injury to my neck. It wasnt as serious injury it was a herniated disc. Anything that could go wrong went wrong. Ive been in the hospital twenty three times since. The bills started to pile up. I had nothing to give. We had nothing in the refrigerator. I would be dead and not sitting here right now if it wasnt for pond lehocky. Day of 2017, 919 9 19 a. M. , 42 degrees. A Beautiful Day today, our family set new year goal yesterday, for our twoyearold goal number one, mastering potty training. Healthcheck, melanoma cases are on the rise. Research are estimate one in 54 americans will develop melanoma in their lifetime. Wevers found new cases increased in 38 states. 11 states have fewer cases. This highlights the need for better sun safety education. Heres another reason to kick the habit while pregnant. Women who smoke while expecting may be likely to have children with kidney damage. Researchers examined data from you urine tests. Those who smoked were more likely to show kidney damage by age 3. Kids exposed to second handle smoke were at a higher risk of kidney damage. If youre new years resolution is to get into shape. Track your weight and keep a journal of what you eat and how much you eat everyday. That will help you keep track of calories and carbs and faculties. In order to move you have to burn 3500 calories. Its great for health and risk of diabetes. Watch out for the empty calories in sodas and fruit punch also and ice tea. They have calories but very little nutritional value. Another check of accuweather coming up next. Fios is not cable. Were wired differently. That means incredibly fast 150 meg internet for the holidays. So in the 3. 7 seconds it takes gary watson to beat the local sled jump record, fly, gary, fly. His friend can download 13 versions of the perfect song. His sister can live stream it. While his mom downloads how to set a dislocated shoulder. Get 150 meg internet, tv and phone for just 79. 99 per month online for the first year. Cable cant offer that. Only fios can. Mother nature saying happy new year to us. Lots of talk about a weekend storm, or the potential of a weekend storm. This is the signal of a true snow event for the first time this winter season. Theres the arctic high, theres the polar jet right there, diving across the mid atlantic and the northeast. Theres a piece of energy jumping off the rockies, it will ride along the southern edges and work its way across the carolinas. The question is is this high too strong and bully this out to sea. Or will it give it ground and allow this to come up. If the high bullies its way in and the low is out to sea, were looking at clouds and sun. Thats what i am leaning toward, 70 0 its a miss. Its something we have to watch closely the first time the models are hinting at least a little bit of snow this upcoming weekend. Who wouldnt want more money in 2017. According to if fidelty new yeas resolution, the three goals save money pay down or pay less. Set up on automatic savings account. To eliminate daylight, pay more than the minimum required and start with a balance with a higher interest rates. Track spending and savings and keep an eye out for bogus charges. President elect trumps Inauguration Day is not far away, but president obama is not slowing down, mary bruce has a look at who was up an who was down in politics. Reporter with three weeks in the white house, president obama is reminding the world theres only one u. S. President , him. This weeks winner, president obama, or at least he is trying to be hoping to get in as many as wins as we come. The president refusing to be a lame duck even though he turns over the keys on january 20th. With his administration allowing a rebuke of the israeli settlements to pass through the u. N. , president obama is trying to drive u. S. Foreign policy to the end. President obama and netanyahu have had a contentious relationship. They hit an all time high condemning israeli territories. Netanyahu said friends dont take friends to the city securiy council. John kerry fired back. The vote in the United Nation was about preserving the two state solution. If the choice is one state israel can be either jewish or democratic it cannot be both and it wont ever be at peace. Reporter netanyahu doubled down calling kerrys speech unbalanced. Israelis do not need to be lectured by about the importance of peace by foreign leaders. Reporter president elect trump says things are going to be different once he takes office, relations with israel maybe heading in a different direction. Mary bruce, abc washington. Get more on this week with George Stephanopoulos coming up at 10 30 on 6abc. Coming up on action news, have a little one at home and h up hulu account, information coming up. Those stories and more, plus meteorologist chris sowers will have the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast when action news continues. my hero zero by lemonheads zero really can be a hero. Get zero down, zero deposit, zero due at signing, and zero first months payment on select volkswagen models. Right now at the volkswagen sign then drive event. Storms a turkish nightclub where amoeba foreigners were celebrating. The start of the new year means higher tolls and gas prices in pennsylvania. Plus, a sunny warmer day on tap, enjoy it for now, were tracking rain for the workweek ahead. Meteorologist chris sowers is here with all the details. Happy new year, chris. Reporter happy new year to you, as well. Happy new year, everyone. Mother nature is giving us a Beautiful Day outside. Down the jersey shore, we have high, thin clouds and iting the coast, as High Pressure moves in and clears everything out it will be a delightful day, the rain moves in monday and tuesday. Well take it, well take the sun. Millville, 42. Atlantic city, 46 and cape may, 44 degrees, most locations are generally 10 to 15 degrees warmer than at the same time yesterday. A lot of that has to do with the cloud cover that was over us overnight that acted as an atmospheric blanket. High pressure moves in from the west and kick all this cloud over out to sea. It should be a Beautiful Day. Get out and enjoy it. The call from Accuweather Sun mixing with clouds, well call it mild and nice with the high of 50. Again, rain is on the the way tomorrow, tuesday, ill have the details in future tracker 6 coming up in just a bit. Nydia. Now to the deadly attack inside a nightclub in turkey, a major manhunt is underway after a general publicman opened fire in a a gunman opened fire in a packed nightclub. Dozens were killed and many wounded. Reporter the turkish authorities had intelligence that a terror attack was likely and put 25,000 police on the streets of istanbul for new years eve. Overnight new years massacre, 39 dead after a terrorist attack at a nightclub in istanbul. 65 more injured. One armed attacker allegedly dressed in a santa suit opened fire just after 1 00 a. M. The gunman seen here in the Surveillance Video storming the nightclubs entrance armed with a long barreled weapon shooting a Police Officer and one civilian before making his way through the front doors. Once inside, the assailant changes clothes ts cloths according to the turkish interior minister. 3500 partyers ringing in the new year hours before the assault. Some club goers jumping into nearby water to get to safety. Ambulances rushed to help the injured. Turkish authorities issued a temporary media ban as forces scour the area searching for the gunman who remains at large. The names of the foreign victims have yet to be released, several wmba players were nextdoor to the shootout, their coach confirms they are safe. President elect trump continues to question whether russia was involved in Cyber Attacks against

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