The big story on action news this noon is breaking news. A u. S. Marshal is shot and killed and two other officers were wounded as they served an arrest warrant in harrisburg, pennsylvania this morning. One is with the Harrisburg Police force strikingim and that suspect was injured. The mayor of harrisburg says no words could advocate the sadness we feel at this moment e ans we contemplate yet another loss of life in the line of duty. More on this shooting coming up beginning at 4 00 and on 6abc. Com. All right close toward home now more than a dozen people were hurt when a fast moving fire engulfed their Delaware County home at night. The flames poured from the second floor of the home when firefighters battled the blaze on the 3100 block of rodney avenue in upper chichester. Nine people were hurt in the fire. Jeanette reyes joins us from the scene now. Reporter the owner of the home died earlier this week and family members as well as extended family members were staying in the home
Looking over center city skyline, chris sowers outside tracking the forecast for the weekend and the big game. Reporter its going to feel nice, gray, ill give you one more week, i want the warm weather out here and the cold to come back. For the divisional round temperatures were in the 20s enthe windchills in the teens. For the nfc championship game, temperatures in the mid 40s. Huge, huge change as the pattern turns. Were seeing a january thaw. Look at the temperatures, 41 in pottstown. Low 40s showing up to the south getting into long wood, kirkwood and media. Claymont is 40. Glassboro, 35. Smyrna, 33. Hammonton, 32. Vineland 33, well have sunshine out here, as well, satellite and radar a little bit of cloud cover to the north getting across the catskills and upstate new york and scranton. Everybody is waking up to Clear Conditions. Thats how it will stay today. Mostly sunny skies. Clouds mixed in from time to time, a very mild high of 56. The only downfall of that 56 is this right
Better wage growth looks. Better Interest Rates look as well, they back up reflecting all of that of course that is something that markets are seizing on as Deirdre Bolton and i chatted in the past. Wall street is perfectly fine with the same doubledigit wage increases but has Serious Problems with you making that money. Thats right. Do not pay the average worker. We talked about that with those fears of inflation. That is to say if there are inflationary pressures then you do see yields, well show you the bond yields go up. The reason it makes investors nervous, because it means all kinds of borrowing get more expensive. I want to take you through intraday chart. You were talking about this, neil. This is the nasdaq. They have the same pattern. You saw the dow flash quickly here. Could it get worse monday morning . The answer was yes. We pared some of those losses. Fighting bag here in a little bit. If you look at nasdaq and dow and s p 500 they have this pattern where they started lo
Also, we have new information about the man charged with murdering a Temple University student. But the big story on action news is Hurricane Maria making landfall in puerto rico. The island is getting pummeled with lifethreatening winds and widespread flooding. As maria slowly crosses the u. S. Territory its toppling cell phone towers and snapping trees and tearing off rooftops. Thousands of residents fled their homes for the safety of shelters. And hotel guests were forced into hallways to stay safe from the storm. Reporter sara, Hurricane Maria is blamed for death and destruction in the caribbean and now making landfall in puerto rico and the danger is not over yet. Hurricane maria striking puerto rico headon with winds topping 160 Miles Per Hour. 7 15 in the morning and when you think we have experienced the peak of the fury, stronger winds, greater gusts abc reporter joe torres in the storm and this group from a Wedding Group is huskered down in their hotel room. Millions in the s
500 shelters open but the governor warning that the daner is not over. We have not experienced an event of this magnitude in our modern history. Officials are bracing for storm surge of up to feet in puerto rico and the u. S. Virgin islands and in some areas two feet of rain. This as authorities in the caribbean begin to assess the damage done there. The deafstration in dominica dangerous and no electricity or running water. And the death toll so far stands at nine but puerto rico officials tell us there are no reports of fatalities however they are concerned about what happens next and that is flooding than is what kills people. They are asking people not to leave their homes until they are told it is safe to do so. Channel 6 action news. Thank you. Maria of course remains a monster hurricane even as it move as way from puerto rico, the big question now is where does it go next . Meteorologist, adam joseph is joining us now. The eye is back over open waters and will be open waters for