News delaware valleys leading news program with jim gardner. A car plunged into the Schuylkill River shortly before 5 30 and if not for some rowers who knows what might have happened. But they came to her rescue and now she is under a doctors care and its tuesday night and the big story on action news is a scary ride for a 61yearold woman a ride that ended under water. Action News Reporter dann cuellar is live on mlk driveby the Strawberry Mansion bridge and dann you have the full story. Reporter thats right jim the quality of mercy was on display here tonight for as the womans car plunged into the chilly waters of the Schuylkill River a rowing team that happened to be nearby saw what happened and raced into action. The roof of the car could still be seen submerged in the Schuylkill River as a dive team looked to make sure no one else was in the vehicle minutes earlier the 61yearold driver seen here being treated by paramedics had been pulled by the chilly waters from two rowers from the club and in their racing shell about to start practice when suddenly they saw the heaing through the. One of the rowers who did not want to be identified spoke to us by phone. Definitely shocking and i didnt know how to react at first one of us jumped in and tried to open one of the door and it wouldnt open and we went to the first door and found the person that was in the vehicle and pulled them out. The person was unresponsive but breathing. Reporter soon paramedics would provide and provide medical care for the 61yearold Driver Police are still trying to determine how the car actually ended up in the river but grateful to the row team. Thankful to the rowers who went in the water and rescued the individual and got them out of the water and get them to safety and provided what they would do. Reporter they were none of us wanted to allow something terrible to happen when we were there and be able to help. Reporter tonight the 61yearold woman a resident of North Central philadelphia is up grated to stable condition she may have been strtrying to taker life along the Schuylkill River dann. A 13yearold girl in stable condition tonight after being struck by a car in theeek secti police are searching for the hitandrun driver on 5 30 at 63 and market and a wet night in the try state area and this time of night we are really thinking about tomorrow so lets get the latest fromeather and metrologist cecily tynan. Tomorrow is dry and windy and cool and the rain long but the cool snap that moves in behind it will actually have staying power and sky aheae cold front and steady rain is moving into south jersey currently the yellows and even sold reddownpours that will con push to the east and then we have a few scattered light showers moving across the western suburbs and what this will do is bring a big change in temperatures ahead of the front we had a strong wind out of the south and 58 in philadelphia down from our high of 63, 15 degrees below normal but behind that front temperatures in the 30s right now and we will be stuck with unseasonably cool weather for probably the next several weeks so looking ahead the rain wraps up quickly and out of here by dawn and much cooler pattern takes over and sticks around for several weeks and i am tracking the possibility of not one, not two but actually three opportunities for some snow ill talk more about that in the sevenday forecast, jim. Thank you, cecily. Of course the Action News Morning Team will be on at 4 30 with the latest forecast and how that may affect your commute and join Matt Odonnell and Tamala Edwards and metrologist murphy and david murphy. Rows of homes and a Psychiatric Hospital have been destroyed and look to action newsoith the lat on this latest fire disaster in california. Reporter that is right jim in total there are four fires burning tonight three of which started today the most massive and fast moving is one in Ventura County that firefighters spent nearly 24 hours trying to tame. Home after home burned to its foundation. What started as a small fire monday flight exploded into a wind fueled and fast moving inferno in 19 hours the thomas fire engulfed 78 square miles of ventura valley california. Immediate mandatory evacuations went in effect forcing tens of thousands of people from their homes. Anybody home. We need to get out of here as soon as possible that fire is right there. Im not going to wait around for somebody to rescue me. Every second the thomas fire swallows an acre in flames and black smoke and nearly the size of seattle has been scorched destroying 150 structures in its path. Its a huge hit ive been an owner for 40 years here and it is crazy what is going on. Reporter crews battle the thomas fire three other fires ignited in Southern California here a fire burned 11,000 acres north of los angeles. Satellite from space illustrates the fire of both fires and smoke lingers over a portion of the california coast. We have extremely high winds, very, very low relative humidity ap the fuel conditions out there are absolutely about as bad as they could be. Reporter weve been here almost 30 years and weve gone through floods we have gone through fires but its just the wind you dont know where its going to go. Reporter there are also a lot of Power Outages in the area tonight which is making it difficult for 1100 firefighters working on the ground the exact cause of all of those fires are not immediately known jim. Christie lleto thank you. There are indications tonight that President Trumps financial history is part of the Mueller Probe into russian involvement in the president ial election. A german business newspaper is reporting that mueller has issued subpoenas for records from deutcha bank and they lent trump billions of dollars through the years and loans originally worth 300 million remain outstanding. The definitive word came about two hours ago President Trump will announce tomorrow that the United States recognizes jerusalem as the capitol of israel. Trump will order that the u. S. Embassy which is in tel aviv will eventually are locate to jerusalem although it could take a considerable amount of time trump made his decision in spite of warnings from arab leaders that such a move could cause serious disruptions in the middle east and democratic congressman john conyers of michigan has resigned and becomes the first capitol hill person to leave in misconduct allegations but 88yearold said he is retiring and did not sexually harass any women who worked for him and endorsed his son to succeed him. Russia ban from the Winter Olympics coming up, in february in south korea the International Olympic committee concluded that the Russian Committee orchestrated a doping scheme in sochi that could cause damage to olivia and sport and certain russian athlete also be allowed to compete but if they win they wont hear the Russian National anthem it wont be played and the russian flag will not be raised, a big making its way through congress is generating concern from local officials the full house of representatives will vote tomorrow on the National Concealed Carry pes porosity measure and would require states to recognize gun carry permits issued by other states and can travel freely without worrying about conflicting state laws. An update to a story we told you about last night on action news at 11 00 to men arrested for stealing a girls walker in wilmington delaware Surveillance Video shows 51yearold Leland Watson and 49yearold donald cale who is behind the wheel taking the custom walker from north rodney drive last week. It belonged to tenyearold Kirsten Edwards alexander who has Cerebral Palsy and after it aired alexanders mother said the thieves actually showed up at their door. She said they didnt know that the walker was so important but indeed they sold it for scrap and so it is now gone. Brittany murray says the thieves tried to give her an older beat up walker to makeup for what they did watson and cale were charged with theft and conspiracy. A new exhibit at the Philadelphia History Museum celebrates the life and legacy of octaveus and a crowd gathering for opening reception taking a stand for equality and highlights his activism he was assassinated in 1871 at the age of 32, his death was meant to intimidate black voters but it had the opposite effect the exhibit runs through march 31st. Still to come on action news tonight the Homeless Samaritan who used his final 20 dollars to help a stranded motorist has reaped his reward and includes a home of his own,ys a home in the area the second in two days cecily. Despite the clouds and showers the high is 15 degrees above average and could be our last day in the 60s for the rest of the year. Ill talk about the cold air on the way and the chance of snow in the accuweather forecast. Fda gives new reason eating raw cookie dough may be harmful to your health. Some dont. When the odds are stacked against you, you either hide, or stand up. 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Home land secretary tom ridge is out of the hospital and suffered a heart attack two weeks ago 72yearold is continuing his recovery at a rehabilitation in texas and had a heart attack in houston and served from 1995 for 2001. The homeless veteran who helped a stranded motorist in philadelphia by using his last 20 dollars to pay for her gas wont be homeless much longer. Johnny bobbitt junior put down a down payment on a house today, the funds come from nearly 400,000 raised on the go fund me site the account was set up by kate mcclure of florence township and wanted to thank him for the help and donating to help another homeless veteran. Subscription Entertainment Services like netflix have taken from movie theatres and one of the biggest chains is taking a page out of that subscription play book and cinemark unveiled to buy a ticket a month at a discounted price at 8. 99 and can rollover unused tickets and get bargains at the concession stand at health check at 11 you heard about the dangers of eating raw salmonella and why cookie dough may be a cookie dont and unbaked flour e coally and wash hands and work surfaces and baking recipes as directed. The founder and ceo of girls who code spoke tonight the bald school invited rush johnny in honor of Computer ScienceEducation Week so johnny started the Nonprofit Organization to close the gender gap in technology her ted talk has been viewed more than 3 million times and has sparked conversations the feastervirea leaders ks cous attended thehalroject blue light holiday Tree Lighting tonight did not stop a crowd f gatheringside th library and listened as the names of fall end officers were readout loud. Temple university performing art center was tonight 19 schools took part in the all City Middle School choral festival and the audience listens to 200dents in band, orchestra and chorus and they made beautiful mus all night long, lets go to cecily tynan and that accuweather forecast. Still on the rainy side out there action cam looking at uss new jersey tonight on this cloudy, damp night and the rain is also with the cold front that will bring us a dramatic change in ou temperatures and that change is going to last and double scan live showing th rain is approaching the coast of new jersey and elsewhere we just have some showers but really the bigger deal with the system its not the rain tonight its what is behind it so the accuweather highlights will show you we dry out before dawn and this really sets up for a cooler pattern, we are looking at highs only in the 40s and 30s after todays high of 63 a bit of a shock to the system and this cold looks to last a while, a good chance of it lasting through the end of december so we do have that front bringing some of that rain, you can see the yellow actually the steadier rain is hitting the coast right now and its moving pretty quickly and then we do have a few showers in the western suburbs ahead of the front that will bring us a wind change right now the front hasnt actually arrive still have really mild temperatures philadelphia 59 degrees with that wind out of the south, dover still 60, reading 55 aay currently 57. So s radar showing again the system doesnt have lot of moisture, generally less than a half inch of rain and then west of pittsburgh we do have some clearing but tomorrow its going to be one of those days the clouds will be tough to break completely and its going to be on the windy side so dress for winter at 7 00, 44 we actually drop a bit by mid morning, 43 degrees by 10 00 and then temperatures managing to make it up in the mid to upper 40s and the average high for this time of year is 48 and seasonable but with wind gusts up to 30 Miles Per Hour its going to feel cooler this new y last a few to several weeks with a big dip in theje stream below average temperatures and several opportunities for at least some snow flakes in the air. Rst one comes with a coastal l t forms along the coast and moves through tonight and kind of stalls to our south. Snow showers could brush i95 and south friday night into saturday morning best chance of steady snow will be right along the coast. The latest model showing this will be a pretty weak system stay tuned on that sunday an upper level low brings us a few scattered snow showers and potential for another system next tuesday so not only is it a cool weather pattern its also pretty unsettled so the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast its brisk and chilly tomorrow more clouds and sun with that wind 2530 Miles Per Hour. Gusting 47 degrees the high, thursday the same temperature but less wind, more sunshine, it will feel better 47. Friday clouds increase with a potential for some evening snow showers mainly south and east of philadelphia, the high only 41 degrees. Future tracker showing maybe light flurries along i95 and steadier closer to the coast and heading to the weekend 42 on saturday, clouds and sunshine, some scattered snow showers on sunday the high only 39, partly sunny on tuesday, 41 degrees and tuesday hanukkah begins and could begin with rain and snow showers and a high of 44 degree so snow lovers can be optimistic with the cold air and unsettled weather we do have a few opportunities for snow. Thank you cecily and six is proud to chip in for a donation drive for deserving families today. 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