we begin this noon with an accuweather alert. are you looking live at the soggy scene at philadelphia international airport. we have been dealing with rain all morning and it is not stopping any time soon. it's friday afternoon and rick and sara are off. i'm alicia vitarelli. >> and i'm gray hall. the other big story we are following this noon is the farewell to a fallen hero. family and friends and colleagues are paying respects to lieutenant matt letourneau. the 42-year-old was killed last saturday as they battled arow home fire in south philadelphia. amy mccormick joins us. >> reporter: that is right. the mourners are braving this heavy rain to come out here and pay their respects. more than 1,000 people are estimated to be in attendance today. and they are in the basilica both sitting and standing and they have opened the chapel next door to accommodate everyone. >> inside of the funeral mass for philadelphia firefighter 42-year-old lieutenant, matt letourneau, mourners came to sew their support and honor the 11 year veteran of the department and his family. >> matt is not gone, he has simply gone ahead. he has gone ahead and joined a company of other heroes. >> it was before the mass that the impressive procession came through the city. the casket rode on top of engine 35 where he worked. they carried his casket and side of the basilica for his final viewing and funeral. not far behind the hat letourneau war, running into burning buildings was also brought inside. it was last saturday he ran into a two alarm fire in south philadelphia and was pinned by falling rubble and later pronounced dead. at least 1,000 people are expected to attend the mass, some came from fire departments across the country. it's not lost on the fire department. >> it makes my heart feel good to see that. so many people out here brothers and sisters that support us and think of us and keep us in their prayers. >> and there are a number of firefighters out here from springfield, delaware county because it was with that fire company in springfield where letourneau began his career back in high school. today he will be taken to delaware county and that is where he will arrive to his final resting place. reporting live in center city, channel 6 "action news." back to you. >> an incredible show of support. so gripping. thank you. we are streaming the funeral live on the 6 abc app, you can find much more there videos and a slideshow, and more on his life and legacy. the 6 abc app is a free dune load for your mobile device. now back to the wet and gloomy conditions outside. we are stuck with the rain all day. we turn to melissa magee over at the big board. melissa, rain all day but at least not snow. >> temperatures are mild enough to support rain but it's steady and heavy in spots as we go through the rest of the afternoon. here is stormtracker 6 live double scan radar you see the rain scattered around the delaware and lehigh valleys and we go in tighter on street level to stormtracker 6 live double scan and if you travel along the i-95 corridor from trenton, philadelphia and wilmington we deal with the heavier pockets. some moderate pockets of rainfall moving into the region right now. also to the west there in norristown and malvern and into interior sections of south jersey. as we go through the rest of the afternoon. temperatures are mild. it's 63 right now in philadelphia. same for allentown and reading and in the poconos, 58 and 65 in trenton, cape may a touch cooler but above the freezing mark at 47 degrees. speaking of the milder air, some spots this morning tying or breaking the records. in allentown this morning. had a record high of 63. same thing in reading and up in the poconos this morning a record high temperature of 58. we'll talk about what to expect through the rest of today, and right through saturday some key take away points. tot total rainfall a half inch to inch. and localized street flooding is a concern, we are not tracking major river flooding but temperatures into the saturday are crashing as we get into the afternoon and 30s tomorrow. we'll have details in the full accuweather forecast. >> all right thank you. president trump is now denying that he used a vulgar word to describe immigrants from certain countries, during a meeting with lawmakers from both parties yesterday he reportedly used an expletive to describe ha haiti and the african nations he admitted the language was rough but not the specific curse word and we hear from someone in the room. >> to no surprise the president tweeted denying he used those words. it is not true, he said these hateful things and said them repeatedly. >> durbin says that he made hate filled comments while they were presenting a bipartisan immigration deal. one man is recovering after being shot and injured after he tried to stop a robbery at a barbershop. that played out last night at harrison's hair staling on 22nd street. two men walked in with the gun and a 27-year-old customer tried to fight them off and he was shot in the chest and leg and the police arrested a suspect a block away and the other suspect remains on the run. shred has the latest on this investigation coming your way at 12:30. right now authorities are investigating a close call on the tracks in landsdale. a train hit a car at the railroad crossing at walnut street. the vehicle is heavily damaged but no serious injured. 12:07 the countdown to kickoff is on. game is less than 24 hours away at at linc. they prepare to face the falcon on home field. bob brooks is following the excitement and joins us live in south philadelphia. >> reporter: hey gray and alicia, we are having fun at the acme in south philadelphia. i want to step out of the way and show you we have fans here doing a meet and greet with the eagles past, and some of the organization here. if you come down to the acme now with your eagles gear you get a special discount and they are not the only business doing a discount because of the playoff game tomorrow. lets take a look. >> eagles! lets go eagles. >> hopes for an eagles win tomorrow is high. >> it's the playoffs we have to win. >> are they going to win? >> yes! >> we need a win, this town needs a win. we have to get to the super bowl. >> and before the big game excitement is growing at the acme on snyder avenue in south philadelphia. the whole store is decked out in the eagles and if you wear your eagles gear in the store you get 5% off your purchase. >> shrimp, chips and dips for the game tomorrow night. >> eagles! go eagles! on the road to victory! >> even swoop and the cheerleaders are here to get people fired up. >> from there we stopped off at the philly pretzel fracktory in may fair and they had the the 6 abc logo made. they will do any logo as long as you call and place your order. >> the eagles logo can be ordered we can do anything. >> wear your eagles gear and get a free pretzel. >> you get a free pretzel today. >> that is great. >> the city is getting ready for the big game they will have plenty of food and they need a win. >> we'll blow them out. we are going all the way. >> okay and another live look out here. that young lady we are zoomed into now she just got eagles tickets to the the game tomorrow and the cheerleaders are down here and they are doing more raffles at 1:00 and more tickets and eagles gear, and everybody is having fun and of course go birds. bob brooks, channel 6 "action news." >> bob, i love it. she has the tickets and gray and i want the sneakers. >> students in the logan section of philadelphia got a huge surprise at school this morning. they received $150,000 from wells fargo and the oversized check was presented to the students during the honors ceremony and it will be put toward student scholarship. still to come a hospital leaves the patient out in the cold wearing only her hospital gown and some socks. hear from the reaction from the concerned citizen that found her. >> and doctors are sounding at large over a bizarre social media involving laundry pods and teenager. and melissa magee will have your seven-day forecast when "action news" continues. so glad you stayed with us, parents we warned you about the dangers of small laundry pods for small children and now they are extending the warning to the teenagers, a bizarre trend called tide pod challenge. and teens are dared to put the laundry pod in the mouth often times consuming the concentrated detergent if someone swallows even a small amount and could burn their lungs and cause a stomach ailment. five people had still missing after a mudslide smashed through a california community this week. eight people were missing and some were found. the number of confirmed deaths remains at 17. and meanwhile the number of first responders and search crews doubled to 1200. happening now the university of maryland medical system is investigating after a patient was discharged and left in the cold in baltimore overnight. a man began recording when he saw the patient wearing a hospital gown and socks. he called police and an ambulance took the patient back to the hospital. he is shocked that the patient was originally left unattended at a bus stop. >> they discarded this human being like she was trash. >> with no record to what was going to happen next. >> well, the patient was discharged again but this time put in a cab and sent to a home it's shelter, according to her mother she is mentally hill and getting the care that she needs. a bizarre case of pollution is making people sick in pennsylvania. piles of white foam is floating down the roads and stuck in trees and filling up a local creek. they took a sample and believe it's soap. and they suspect the suds came from a nearby facility formerly known as the dial plant. they are working to investigate the potential leak. coming up a major airline has a new way of dealing with disgruntled passengers. >> and if you are getting ready for a home renovation we have the perfect place to find inspiration inside of the philadelphia home show. health check this noon, the government has expanded their warning about certain cold medicines, the fda says that children under the age of 18 should not take medicine with codeine, they contain opioids that poses a searlous safety risk. and a new report finds that pregnant women are prescribed antibiotics that cause birth defects. they are told not to use them in the first trimester. but the first cdc report found that a third of women with private insurance are prescribed those drugs and researchers suggest asking your doctor for safer alternative. the next time you run into travel troubles you could be compensated right way. it depends on the specific issue and the length of the flight. guess what? there is a new self driving car without a steering wheel. and the car missing two other important features, no gas or brake pedal. how do you get around that one? drivers can get the car moving by communicating with several computer screens in the vehicle. not sure when they will hit the roads and they need to pass the safety tests and get approval from the federal government. if you think about home improvements now is the time to get inspired. the philadelphia home show just opened their door at the philadelphia convention center, can you find design inspirations. and tips to accomplish the project of your dreams. they expect 50,000 people to visit the show over the next two weekends. it's clear that philadelphia has a great dining scene but according to a new report the local foodies know how to tip. the survey from zagat say that the people from the brotherly love city are the highest tippers in the nation. we leave an average of 20% and the rest of america leaves an average of 18%. i told i was not cheap sfli love that about our city. the "action news" team is out working on news stories for later today including an addition of freebie friday featuring star wars pet photos to karaoke. if you have a blanket hog in your life tune in at 4:00 we'll have details on a device to end your battle forever they say. and giving an attractive weather a big tip and keeping a piece of clothing of an x have in common. they are examples of micro cheating and we'll break down the controversial new label in big talkers. accuweather is coming up next at noon, a rainy, rainy friday. meteorologist, melissa magee, has your seven-day forecast when "action news" comes right back. done some of their own research. what do you think about these chairs and that table? working with a bassett designer was really easy. us being young professionals, we're so busy... there's no way we could've designed it ourselves. no. we love it! attention homeowners age sixty-two and older. there's no way we could've designed it ourselves. no. one reverse mortgage has a great way for you to live a better retirement... it's called a reverse mortgage. call rfree information kityour with no obligation. 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slatington dealing with moderate pockets of rain and same to the south and west for kutztown and quakertown and green lane and doylestown moderate pockets of moisture. and now closer to the i-95 corridor you see the moisture pressing from the northwest to southeast direction into philadelphia and rain for jenkin town and media and chester, and interior sections of south jersey and we are on and off the moisture throughout the day. and sky 6 hd. looking at the ben franklin bridge on this friday afternoon. lots of fog overhead and in fact we are down to a half mile in philadelphia. so a good idea to check out with your carrier. if you do traveling, some delays are because of the weather and moisture and areas of low fog. 62 in the city and 63 in allentown and 58 in the poconos. and down in dover 66 and cooler in cape may, 48 and 61 at the airport in atlantic city. here is satellite 6 along with action radar. we have dry conditions across portions of south jersey. the rain continues across much of the region, we are tracking a code front working its way from a west east direct and waiting in the wings mixed precipitation and some snow. not tracking a lot of that and the indication of the colder air that waits as we get into the saturday and really saturday afternoon. future tracker 6 showing you 2:00 in the afternoon have the umbrellas on stand by, we have rain drenching portions of the region. heavier pockets are likely throughout the day. 7:30 in the evening we are tracking the moisture and watch what happens overnight tonight into saturday morning. 4:00 in the morning, this model is showing some mixed precipitation for northern lehigh valley county and northern berks up through the poconos that is a concern and in fact the national weather service issued a winter weather advisory 1:00 a.m. non-10:00 a.m. on saturday from the poconos to lancaster county because that cold air rushes on in early in the morning some spots north and west could be close to the freezing mark. and here is the change as we get into saturday. 2:00 in the morning up to 60 degrees and 59 at 4:00 in the morning and watch what happens they start to crash throughout the day and we level out into the 30s into our saturday afternoon and something to keep in mind for the eagles game at the linc tomorrow as well. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast showing you periods of rain and and off today and windy tomorrow and we start out warm. and temperatures falling into the 30s throughout the day and brisk and cold on sunday a high temperature of 27. monday increasing clouds and it's going to be cold for martin luther king jr. day and the day of service. high temperature of 32. and 38 on tuesday with snow possible and same on wednesday, 28. back in the freezer guys on thursday with a high of 30. big changes up ahead next week. >> what is up with this tease, 64 today and back in the cold. >> i have to give you something. >> we'll take it. >> winter. there is more to come in the next half hour of "action news" at noon. fly eagles fly. these students are cheering on the philadelphia eagles as they get ready for their first playoff game tomorrow. and they are the best new comers to philadelphia magazine, list of best restaurants, we'll show you what is on the menu. "action news" at 12:30 continues. >> hello again here are the stories we are following for on "action news" at 12:30. rain is drenching the region on this friday, and we have a big change this weekend. meteorologist, melissa magee, has the latest from accuweather. plus s. saying good-bye to a fallen firefighter that lost his life battling flames in north philadelphia. a man is shot trying to stop a robbery at a philadelphia hair salon. now the details we are under an accuweather alert for the heavy rain falling in parts of the region and the cold air is sticking around at least for today. tomorrow things are going to change. sky 6 hd showing you the ben franklin bridge after we get through the rain today. temperatures are going to plummet tomorrow as we go throughout the day. melissa magee is at the "action news" big board with the details. >> we have to have something so to celebrate on friday temperatures are mild and back to reality as we get into the start of the weekend. here is stormtracker 6 live double scan you see the rain across much of the delaware and lehigh valleys and heavier pockets now along the i-95 metro area and to the northern and west. street level stormtracker 6 live double scan showing you heavier rain now between jenkin town and philadelphia just to the east of i-76 and palmyra dealing with moisture and same in media. we are with the moisture on and off for the day. as far as visibility it's impacted because of the moisture. down to a half mile in philadelphia. if you are doing some

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