perez. >>> saturday night, i'm walter perez. thousands of runners get ready to run the philadelphia marathon. and the cast of hamilton directed some unscripted lines for vice president elect mike pence who was in the audience. >> but the big story is a big change in the accu weather forecast. a wind advisory is in effect and that wind will usher in dramatically colder weather. we could be looking at windchills in the 20's. meteorologist melissa magee is right here with our first check of the accu weather forecast >> hard to believe this change is headed our way after a beautiful afternoon across much of the delaware and lehigh valleys, but temperatures starting to take a bit of a tumble. in philadelphia, it's 50, but 43 if reading, 37 in lancaster, 52 in trenton, holding on to the mile air at the coastal. temperatures in the middle and upper 50's. but here's the changes that headed our way, storm tracker 6 by double scan radar show we got an area of low pressure over the lacks and an area of low pressure to the north of philadel

happy thanksgiving i'm walter perez. >> rick and monica are off and the big story is the holiday celebrations underway in the delaware and lehigh valleys. melissa magee is tracking spotty showers for thanksgiving night and bob brooks has an inside look at a family's holiday meal.

>>> i'm sarah bloomquist with anka long with walter perez. coming up tonight developing news a police officer in texas is shot and killed hyle writing a ticket. >>> high wind bring down a tree that london a woman's car as she's driving in roxborough. a live report is coming up. "action news" is coming up next. >>> action "action news", delaware valley's leading news program with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky, sarah bloomquist and walter perez. >>> sunday night, police investigate a possible break in at philadelphia city hall. >>> also developing news out of texas where search is on for gunman who shot and killed a police officer right outside of police headquarters. >>> but the big story on "action news" is a cold, windy day and if you spent anytime outside today you likely wanted to get indoors as soon as possible it was raw. wind chills in the lower 30's and wind advisory remains in effect. meteorologist melissa magee with our first check of the accu weather forecast, melissa. >> yeah, walter and sarah a dose of reality for sec

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let's go live to walter perez. walter how are things checking out? >> reporter: well, jim, despite the wind, things are going quite well today. some of the finishing touches being put into place as we have only three days to go before we have a whole lot of fun here on the parkway. it is a philadelphia event like none other, the 6abc dunkin' donuts thanksgiving day parade is now a 97 year tradition. earlier today we caught up with some of the professional dancers you'll see on thursday morning. they were perfecting their routines inside the sheraton in center city. staging manager robby mackey says the final days of preparation are fun but nerve wracking. >> it's a crazy time when you're kind of working up to that very last minute and things get really wild and out of control but something happens when you go on camera and everyone kind of falls into place and yeah gives you a very rewarding feeling at the end. outside the art museum volunteers were setting up the bleachers and taping down holiday colored streamers up and down the steps. >> we have a

walter perez is live in doylestown and walter you have all the details. >> that customer is being hail aid hero tonight and a short time ago the buck county da is pressing charges against the customer he will not. >> the owners of pizza in levittown says twot gunman walked into the shop at closing time last night. >> everything happened so fast. everything got crazy. >> the only other person in the pizzeria at the time was an unidentified customer. one suspect aimed his weapon at the clerk and then the other hit the customer over the head with his weapon. >> when he looked the other way the customer pulled out a .45 caliber handgun from underneath his jacket and shot the man that pistol whipped him once in the torso killing him. >> the customer fired on the second gunman hitting him in the neck and shoulder. the gunman that died is identified as sean rose and the other is his 22-year-old brother justin rose. and the owners had high praise for their heroic customer. >> he became part of the family now. >> pretty much he is a hero. >> this photo shows all three of the weapons used last n

perez and the entire action team, i'm sarah bloomquist. have a great night. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> tonight on sports sunday, it's the night before eagles/packers. we go one-on-one with coach doug pederson. >> i love everything carson is doing for us. >> the ball is run perfectly. >> what should coach do with nelson aguilar? the young wide out waits to find out his fate for tomorrow night's game. >> lebron takes them to the weight room. >> the flyers try to extinguish the flames. >> they score! >> play action -- >> another deep ball out in front! touchdown! >> plus, we are talking college football with

walter perez is live at the 69 and street transportation center and john rawlins is downtown at the sheridan hotel. >> reporter: encouraging news, up beat sense all day here at the talks and that continues to this hour, that came from both camps, as well as the man that often acts as the go between, those two sides. >> on the way back. >> come back and keep on negotiating. >> it's close, close always something. it's close. >> bob brady confirming that the two sides made progress with assistant rep duane. they want pension reforms and septa says that the union members need to pay more for their health plan and the union wants new schedules because the existing system leads to driver fatigue. there does not appear there will be a bundle of extra money coming from anywhere. >> i talked to the governor there is no money there, i talked to the mayor there is no money there. and i talked to our transportation chairman. >> apparently no readily available money from the feds either at this point at least, brady is one of those that are optimistic that the two sides are close and he says the pension

"action news" reporter walter perez is live at bensalem meals. walter, what's the latest here? >> reporter: well, jim, it happened early saturday morning inside a condo complex here in bensalem and we not only spoke with the victim but as you mentioned we also have surveillance video that police say may have captured images of the person responsible. police in bensalem are on the lookout for this man. investigators believe he may be the person behind the home invasion and sexual assault of a woman whose identity we're withholding. >> i just was panicked. i knew my daughter was sleeping right there. >> reporter: the victim says she and her 10-year-old daughter fell asleep on the couch while watching a movie this past friday night. 5 o'clock the following morning, the victim awoke to a man on top of her. >> the next thing i remember is being awake. >>> there was a man in my living room. and he had his arms around me holding me so that i could not move. >> reporter: a struggle ensued and that's when the victim's daughter woke up and screamed. >> that startled him enough that i was

walter perez has that story. >> hundreds of donald trump supporters packed into the double tree hotel to hear the gop nominee hammer away at the affordable care act referred to as obama care. >> the president says if you like your plan you can keep your plan, if you like your doctor you can keep your doctor, it may go down as one of the great political lies of the century. >> several polls have hillary clinton holding a sizable lead others have them much closer. the latest abc "new york post" poll has trump 46% to clinton 45%. we spoke with a few of these trump supporters that say the gop hopeful is the right person for the job. >> my first election being old enough to vote, i love his spark and like how he want tods make america great again. >> and we spoke to an undecided voter it was important to hear a trump speech in its entirety. and for me it was refreshing to hear him talk about health care and foreign policy and trade policy as opposed to make america great again and the catch phrases. >> and the importance of pennsylvania and florida. trump is going to the sunshine state for

i'm walter perez. the big story of the day is the death of fidel castro. as in life he remains devicive even in death. >> cheers for the people of cuba he was everything says this man. in miami, cheers. in death as in life, fidel castro is provoking many emotions. to many, a liberator. to others, a bloody tyrant. he shot his way to power in 1959 over throwing a pro american dictator and declaring cuba a communist state. he was a thorn in washington's side. there was evidence that he allowed the russians to install nuclear missiles in cuba. the world trembled on the nuclear brink. >> we are close to the nuclear war, extremely close. >> the russians removed the missiles as he told barbara walters in 1977 fidel castro made no excuse for his heavy hand. >> as much of the world hailed the fallen comrade, castro was the last of the great revolutionaries of the 20th century. >> there was dancing in the streets of miami's little havana. >> he was a sadistic murderer that brought great suffering to the 11,000,000 people in cuba. >> this is the first sunrise over po

reporting live from newtown, walter perez channel6 "action news." jim. >> walter thank you. philadelphia police continue their search tonight for more suspects in that flash mob attack in center city. two 16-year-olds are under arrest for the attacks that began at 16th and walnut saturday evening. witnesses say a group of people randomly assaulted pedestrians. in all, six people were hurt including an off duty police detective who was seriously injured trying to break up a fight. >>> no students were hurt when a school bus collided with a car in the kensington section of philadelphia this afternoon. the crash happened just before 4 o'clock near the intersection of lehigh avenue and jasper street. police say the driver of the car that hit the bus was hurt but the injuries aren't serious. >>> police in chester are still trying to locate the hit-and-run driver who seriously injured a 65-year-old woman earlier this month. it happened virtually in front of the victim's home in the 2000 block or make that the 200 block of west ninth street as "action news" reporter john rawlins, j

perez. ♪ it was a tense and dangerous day in a normally peaceful community in bucks county dozens of police officers a swat team and medics surrounded a home for hours in the home an armed man who refused to come out and fired shots at police and sparked evacuation and dramatic measures to get him out of the home, i'm walter perez and a peaceful ending in bucks county and the standoff lasted all afternoon and well in the evening before a swat team took action and jeannette reyes has the store refrom the scene. >> about noon time we saw cops down the street and all the sudden this. >> reporter: neighbors along hullville and west gillam spend hours on the road watching police and swat as they responded to a barricade situation down the street. >> i got really scared and ran over to cindy and i thought there was a bomb scare because i saw the big trucks pulling in. >> reporter: middletown township police say around noon they received a call from the ex-wife or possibly ex girlfriend and concerned after receiving text messages from him saying he was going to hurt himself. >> because of t

perez and the entire news team, have a great night! ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> there is a fine line between being crazy, borderline crazy, and doing the right thing. >> he loses and they won't make it. will the eagles go for it again? it's short. he doesn't have it. >> it's fourth down football. it was a yard. we didn't get it. >> intercepted by the giants at the 45. less right opens. beckham's gone. that was fast. >> it's blocked. it's blocked. it's picked up by the giants. >> we give up big plays on defense. >> it's down field and a long gain inside. >> we have to come out of character to make it up. >> it's against the e

but that's what the real estate marketplace zillow says and action news reporter walter perez has that story. >> trick-or-treat. >> reporter: zillow bases how close homes are to each other and population less than ten years of age is in it too but if you ask people who live here it's really because philadelphia is a city of neighborhoods. many of which take halloween very seriously for example people who live near 21 and lancey go out for trick-or-treaters and are quite appreciative. >> dressing up and getting the candy. >> eating all of it. >> lancy street is fabulous and so many people come and bought 1500 pieces of candy because we thought that is how many people would be coming by. >> according to the list the number one neighborhood within the number one city for trick-or-treating is right here in cobbs creek and a great example why is the second trunk and treat events on 62 and cedar avenue and neighbors line the block with decorated vehicles and open the trunks that are loaded with goodies and sponsored by the church of christian compassion by long any herndon. >> last year 1500

perez. >>> sunday night, serious crash shuts down route 73, in burlington county. >>> also another twitter storm from donald trump now he says millions voted illegally. >>> but the big story on "action news" is busy travel day as millions of people are hitting the road, the skies, and rails after the long thanksgiving weekend. >> that is right tense of millions of americans traveled for the holiday and now we're all coming home. "action news" reporter bob brooks has more from the airport. hi there, bob. >> reporter: hugs and good bye inside philadelphia inn national airport. you you are seeing final moments, sent between family and friend as the thanksgiving holiday, comes to an end. there is some of the estimated 49 hill travelers today, according to triple a43000000 go by road, and 4 million, in the the air and rest on cruises, buses and trains. really it is a bitter sweet journey for so many. their thanksgiving was a blast. >> like everyone, and, we all had a huge thanksgiving day feast a

perez. >>> sunday night, hand is chris thecally injured in an explosion in a pun kin chucking contest in delaware. >>> also eagles drop another one this time on the road begins giants. >> but the big story on "action news" is developing news right now in the presidential race, late this afternoon, fbi director announced the latest review of hillary clinton's e-mails is over. the agency does not plan anything that would warrant any charges. >> in a letter to congress james comey wrote that none of the new e-mails which were discovered on the computer of the disgraced former congressman anthony weiner is fbi officials any reason to change conclusion they reached back in july. clinton's communication director had this to say after the announcement. >> we have seen director comey's latest letter to the hill, and we are glad to see as we were, that we found as we were confident that he would, that he has confirmed the conclusion that he really reached in july, and we're glad that this matter is r

walter perez was there as the radnor red raiders faced the lower merion bulldogs. >> reporter: first football game pitting lower merion high school against radnor high was held on october 26th 1897. it's a tradition that means a lot to anyone who has played for either team. just ask paul monaghan who's a member past lower merion class of 1965. >> senior high school tenth, 11th and 12th grade so i was on the team for three years we won all three years. >> reporter: but you're not bragging. >> no. [laughter] >> reporter: after 120 years a pair of firsts for this longstanding rivalry. we're told this was the first night game between the raiders and the aces also the first monday matchup. the game will to be rescheduled because radnor made the district one playoffs in the first round this past friday. still despite losing on friday and playing again only three days later, the guys from radnor say they wouldn't miss this game for the world. >> it's awesome. one hundred twentieth year. all these guys right now we come from elementary school middle school just waiting for an opportunity to

now for melissa magee, sarah bloomquist and the entire team, i'm walter perez. have a good night. ♪ ♪ >> right now on sports sunday, we break down the eagles trip to seattle. not a good showing by the birds. >> got away. to the endzone for the touchdown. the guys are disappointed. the guys are mad. a lot of pride in that locker room. coaches and players. >> it's frustrating. we have a longit's not a fun on. it's frustrating, but at the same time, i don't think anyone here thinks we can't compete. we are in every single game. >> also tonight, how would the rest of the nsc fair today? that and more when mike missanelli joins us next on "sports sunday." ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> this is "action news" sports sunday sponsored by audi. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> yikes. >> you knew it would be tough. it was. welcome to sports sunday along mike missanelli, i'm ducis rodgers. eagles fall to seattle 26-16. this was a much better football team the eagles faced. >> they were out classes, ducis. there are two teams ahead of the curve and then the rest of them. eagles are the rest o

reporting live from wilmington walter perez, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. time now for a check of the "action news" traffic report wednesday night. lets take you live to matt pellman in the traffic center. >> hi matt. >> wet afternoons in the fall are always tough. leading to slippery conditions and accidents and falling speeds. here we have at 422 jammed approaching oaks, you can't see it in the grass there is a van that overturned and the right lane is blocked. 422 eastbound is a parking lot as a result. in north coventry a crash at hecker road. and a vehicle crash on the roosevelt boulevard and the indrive is partially blocked at red lion. and a crash on 95 southbound near cornwell heights one lane is blocked there and speeds in the teens, jammed southbound in mercer county and kind of slow on route 1, and the crash in buck county southbound at 32 cleared out luckily. this hasn't cleared in marlton, blocking 73 at greentree road spring dale or church roads are some alternates. we'll check it again in the next half hour. >> thank you matt. meantime invest

walter perez, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> meantime president-elect trump announced two more cabinet picks, scott price and elaine chow the wife of michigan mcconnell as transportation secretary. he begins the thank you tour with a stop in ohio. >> officials say that the somali born student that used the car and knife to attack people at an ohio state university yesterday was angry about the treatment of musl muslims. abdul artan posted about muslims in the middle east on facebook. 11 people were hurt in the chaos and artan was shot and killed by a campus police officer. >>> organizers began their day of disruption marches before the sun came up today. >> this is the scene early this morning outside of an mcdonald's in north philadelphia. fast food workers, uber drivers and home care and child care workers all went on strike for the day today to demand higher pay. they are fighting for $15 an hour and vehicles are happening all across the nation. >> the city of philadelphia could offer more help for people that are homeless. they have 430 beds for 13 to 24-year-olds. and

walter perez is live in chestnut hill and turns out to be a costly cleanup. >> we are told that because of a composite material used to construct the facade it's tricky and cost between $3,000 and $10,000 to clean it up and now the fresh market hope that someone recognizes the men captured on surveillance video. >> hopefully people will understand that doesn't do anything. >> lieutenant police officer stanford is talking to the young men on this video. these two men walk up to the fresh market store and one man is wearing a hooded jacket and the other wearing a blazer and scarf wearing what appears to be a glass of wine and one is seen spray painting something on the facade and the man in the blazer tooking a photo of the message. the negative message directed at the president-elect that we can't show on tv in its entirety. they hope someone will recognize the men and call police or the vandals will call and confess. >> not a way to express yourself. there are more meaningful ways to express yourself. other than derogatory messages on a building. >> reporting live from chestnut hill, wa

matt pellman is tracking the evening rush but first lets go to the picket line, walter perez starts us off at 69th street station in upper darby. >> reporter: there are buses coming and going from the station here and mostly just suburban lines not affected by the strike but when it comes to the many customers affected by the strike they are frustrated. >> most of the mass transit customers we spoke with here at the 69th street station say they empathize with the striking septa worker buzz there has to be a better way. >> i don't want to take away their ability to strike, but the commuters suffer. how do they work it in new york city? among the customer suffering is william turner who has kidney disease, he was already an hour late for dialysis after walking an hour away from his bus line stopped by a picket line a line that was running a half hour behind schedule. >> they close at 4:30, i have to get my four hour treatment and i can't go back until friday because i work tomorrow all day. >> you think that the transit strike would be a boon for taxi drivers but the drivers say that the

trump and his running mate were on the ground in king of prussia gaining support and walter perez joins us there later. >> it was a more subdued donald trump speaking before a packed crowd of hundreds at the double tree hotel and wasted no time going against delicious and president obama. donald trump showing just how important pennsylvania is to his campaign with a stop today in king of prussia. and he did not come alone. running mate mike pence also spoke with several high-profile supporters including dr. ben carson. trump touched on subjects but his desire to repeal the affordable care act commonly referred to as obama care. >> here in pennsylvania premiums increase up to 40% and that is nothing compare to the future. in the future if i'm president this won't be obama care. polls have clinton holding a sizable lead. some have it tighter, including the abc news "washington post" poll showing trump with a slight edge over clinton leading 46% to 45% that in the wake of the new information regarding the fbi email investigation involving the democratic nominee. we spoke with reporters her

perez. ♪ ♪ >> i realize that this is a whole different life for me now. >> donald trump sits down for his first t.v. interview since the election with a more enter perspective tone. among topics, women's rights, immigration, weather he will take a salary and whether he will quit twitter. >> we have the first post election view by trump. >> it was a less combative trump that came as thousands protest his election. >> we learn who he chose as chief of staff. >> in his first big decision as president elect, donald trump named reince priebus. he stabbed steve bannon as senior council. he's thee head of breitbart news and fierce critic of the gop establishment. he said they worked well on the campaign and led us to a historic victory and i'll have them both with me in the white house as we work to make america great again. in an interview trump saying he will focus on criminal illegal immigrants. >> after the border is stabilized, we'll make a determination on the people you are talking about who are terrific people. >> on the supreme court -- >> i'm pro life. the judges will be pro life.

walter perez, channel 6 action news. "yeah, there has to be some form." "i would support legislation in pennsylvania that would ban abortion and i would, suggest that we have penalties for doctors who perform them." pat toomey and donald trump: they're not for you. women vote is responsible for the content of this advertising. donald trump: i could stand in the middle of 5th avenue i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. and shoot somebody and i wouldn't lose any voters, okay? and you can tell them to go f--- themselves! you know, you could see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever... you gotta see this guy. ahh, i don't know what i said, ahh. "i don't remember." he's going like "i don't remember!" she ate like a pig. trump has said and done... you can do anything. i moved on her like a [bleep] ...trump's just so disgusting and degrading. it just seems like he's invaded our lives. and he's the republican nominee for president. and republican brian fitzpatrick supported trump. look, we just can't vote for fitzpatr

perez. it involves movers and shakers in the latino community and benefits to scout reach programs making scouting available to boys from underserved neighborhoods. jimmy kimmel live is next. music from kings of leon. news continues at 4:00 a.m., a half hour early. for cecily tynan, ducis rodgers and the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner. >>> announcer: "action news" is sponsored by bob's discount furniture. katie: my mom was a restaurant hostess at a neighborhood favorite - a place for a good, family meal. she juggled customers, cooks, waitresses - and never complained. my dad was a police officer walking his beat. i learned from both what it means to be honest, to work hard, and love family. big banks, wall street, special interests - that's who pat toomey's with. in the senate, i'll work for you and your family. i'm katie mcginty, and i approve this message.

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"action news" reporter, walter perez has that story. >> the wind was whipping this past sunday as helen quigley was driving down henry avenue and noticed a huge tree swaying with the wind. >> all of a sudden i thought i better hit the break. and the tree was on top of me. >> the huge tree crushed a parked vehicle before landing on hers. she found herself pinned inside with the roof of her car pinning her head and was terrified but remembered a prayer. >> wherever i get in my car i fray to my guard again angel. >> that was in the form of an off-duty police officer. he reached his hand inside of the crumbled window. >> he stayed with me and called 911. >> firefighters. tracted her from the car in less than 30 minutes and helen was rushed to the hospital and released a few hours later with bumps and bruises and a huge relief for her family including her son state representative, tom quigley. >> i couldn't believe the luck, nothing happened seriously and walking out of there by 3:00 in the afternoon. just unbelievable. >> mrs. quigley said she is eturnly grateful for those first responders

. >>> saturday night i'm walter perez. man barricades himself inside a home in roxborough and fires shots at police during an hour's long standoff. >>> city of philadelphia unveiled the city christmas tree in front of the city hall. >>> but the big story on "action news" is death of the former long time cuban dictator, fidel castro. castro rose to power after leading a revolution in 1959 alluded tossens of as nation plots during his brutal reign. he ruled a small island nation with the iron fist and ruthless commitment to socialist principals. abc's jim ryan has more on castro's life, and legacy. >> reporter: celebration the in the celebration in the little havana spilling over there night in today. florida's cuban american community is marking the death of fidel castro with open joy. many want to make sure that castro's legacy isn't... >> the anger of the man who separated so many families throughout the year, a man who killed many, who imprisoned

perez. >> just yesterday some were wearing shorts and flip po flip. >> today it's heavy coats. high winds and cold have arrived in the region making it colder outdoors. there are whipping winds. >> that's how we cap off a rollercoaster ride this week starting with sunshine and warm temperatures and now feeling a lot like christmas with days before thanksgiving. melissa has a look at the forecast. >> walter, we had a reality check closing out the weekend sunday. yesterday we had a high of 72. today in philadelphia we maxed out at 44. it's 28-degrees colder today than yesterday here in the city. part of the problem, we had blustery winds today. the wind advisory until 6:00 a.m. monday, gusting 40 to 45 miles per hour across delaware and lehigh valley. still blustery at this 11:00 hour. we have gists as high as 43 in the poconos, 39 in last cannest and 23 miles per hour in beach haven. here's the culprit, showing you an area of low pressure to the north, tapping into the westerly winds, blowing in the lake effect snow showers into the lake and snow showers west of the i-94 corrido

reporting live from the parkway, walter perez channel6 "action news." sharrie. >> all right, it's going to be good. walter, thank you. >>> we have everything you need to know about this year's thanksgiving day parade on 6abc.com. you can find out how you can win great prizes while watching, also get a look at the special guests who will join the biggest show on the parkway and be sure to check out the parade map and parking information. it's all there for you right now on 6abc.com. >>> and our coverage of the 6abc dunkin' donuts thanksgiving day parade begins 8:30 mrs. this morning. watch rick cecily and other members of our "action news" family live right here on 6abc. >> president-elect donald trump held more than 20's meetings at his golf club in bedminster, new jersey, this weekend. one of those meetings was with new jersey governor chris christie. today christie met with his own cabinet lieutenant governor kim guadagno joined christie at that meeting with department heads in trenton. it was closed to the press and it's still not clear what exactly

reporting from wilmington walter perez, channel 6 "action news." >>> this friday is veterans day and rutgers university camden honor the men and women that honor our country. they paid trip out to alumni and faculty and staff. rutgers was the first purple heart university. >>> eagles got a bit of a boost getting off the training table. benny logan is back today to practice when the eagles host the falcon, the team needs all the bodies they can get with their offense and the way the eagles are playing. >> while president elect vows to make america great again, the leader of the eagles vows to make this team great again. after losing four of five after a 3-0 start. >> i believe we are a good football team and eight games to go we'll see perhapses. >> i don't get discouraged until the door closed. we can right whatever we want this season to look like. >> peterson is not the only one campaigning for chain. malcolm had a team meeting after practice. >> we are ticked off after we lose ball games but we don't let it affect how we prepare and approach every day, we approach every day with a

live is walter perez, what is the latest on this? ch> reporter: jim think the fac of the matter is, authorities are optimistic with the public's help they can find and solve a a loime that is nothing less th horrific. >> police chief says that this is a composite ske soh of a man responsible for a crime nothing short of horrsiblic. the aeatacker driving this whit vanna approached the victim on south 3rd street in camden. ch> the suspect became violence and drug her into a weeded area and at that point he vapplently seembally assau 18ed her. >> we are told that the attacker seriously injured the victim with a weapon but no further details are released at it time. neighbors called 911 and the victim was taken to cooper hospital and surveillance cameras captured this video of the s suspicious death of a toddler in kensington. detectives responded to a home on the 600 block of east clementine street before midnight. they arrived to fine an unresponsive 2-year-old boy. the toddler died at saint christophers hospital and the cause of death

walter perez will have a live report from king of prussia in our next half hour. >> meanwhile on the democratic side hillary clinton is focusing on voters getting to the polls for early voting particularly in critical battleground states like florida. heading back to the sunshine state for three different rallies this afternoon. yesterday clinton continued to defend herself from a new fbi examination of emails, claiming there is no case out there. >> a poll shows hillary clinton with a lead in pennsylvania, the numbers show hillary clinton leading donald trump 49% to 38% among likely numbers, but most of the interviewing was done before the word broke about hillary clinton's emails. in the hotly contested senate race, katie mcgintsy is leading toomey 47% over 35%. one in six remain undecided. the margin of error is plus or minus 5%. >>> still to come on "action news" at noon, new developments in the bridge gate trial, a jury resumed deliberating the case with two of christie's former allies. >>> and a pipeline shut down for the second time in two months because of an explosion in ala

live in king of prussia, walter perez, channel 6 "action news." >>> democratic rival, hillary clinton will rally voters in florida today. clinton blasted fbi chief, james comey, again yesterday over the inquiry of of her email use. saying he jumped into the election with no evident of wrongdoing, the fbi is using special software looking at the emails. >>> a top delaware official is facing hit and run charges, ed truet allegedly rear ended a driver and left the scene of the accident. he was issued traffic citations at the time and that he officially resigned from the position yesterday. >>> it's a cold morning but the sun is working hard to warm things up outside. sky 6 hd showing you ben franklin bridge and parts of penn's landing there. another warm-up headed our way on this tuesday afternoon. david murphy is outside on the terrace with the latest from accuweather. >> a cool afternoon across the region and standing in the shade good to have a jacket on. high clouds are coming in from the west and satellite shows that to you, a fairly sunny start and clouds are building a bit and som

"action news" reporter walter perez spoke with the victim this afternoon and you'll hear how she managed to force that suspect out of her homecoming up tonight at 5:00. >>> also at 5:00 tonight a former competitive runner hampered by lung disease goes the distance for a good cause. his story of grit and determination coming up in health check this evening: just some of the stories we're covering for you when we see you on "action news" at 5 o'clock in just a little bit. until then, sharrie, back to you. >> rick, thank you. >> okay a. >> a group of students in new jersey spreading cheer this holiday season going the extra mile to give other children something to smile about. dozens of students at holy cross academy packaged 43 cases in delran today. they are duffle bags filled with toys hygiene products and blankets all for new jersey's foster and adoptive family services. children living in foster care often use plastic bags to move home to home but these suitcases will now replace those. the duffle bags will be given to the children tomorrow on what's known as giving tuesday. >> and sti

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saturday night, i'm walter perez. the big story on action news is the final weekend of the presidential campaign. it was a year and a half ago when both hillary clinton and donald trump announced their bids for the white house and now it all comes down to the next three days. clinton hosted a rally and concert tonight right there at the music center and action news there. >> reporter: this was a star-studded event here. you had stars like deborah messing and katy perry urging thousands of people who attended the event tonight to vote for hillary clinton. >> this election is going to determine the outcome of people's lives. how privileged are you to think it does not matter? >> i thought it was spectacular. i thought tonight was great and it moved us. >> reporter: tonight, hillary clinton electrified supporters. we caught some of them streaming out of the center after a two-hour event packed with star power from shanda rhymes, deborah messing and clinton supporter katy perry. >> it was a lot of energy in this concert.

saturday night, i'm walter perez. the big story on action news is today's roller coaster ride in the weather department. today felt like we went through some time warp some of kind from the middle of spring on the dead of winner and the cold weather just might be here to stay. meteorologist melissa magaee is here with a first check of our weather forecast. melissa? >> melissa: on sunday, a cold front is moving on through it's actually pushed off shore and the winds are picking up on the back side. so that wind advisory is up for the delaware, lehigh valleys and stays up until 12:00 a.m. on monday as we can find gusts ranging from 40-50 miles per hour across the region. current wind gusts in philadelphia coming in at 24 miles per hour but earlier today we had a gust clocking in at 45. 25 miles per hour melville. at the coast in atlantic city coming in at 29 miles per hour. here is what is going on as you look at stormtracker 6 live double scan radar. that front is moving on through. there's light precipitation associat

walter perez has more on that. >> reporter: hey monica, that dirt bike rider was badly injured. family friends tell me he underwent his second surgery today. that is why police officials say they need the public's help in getting this problem under control. >> this is helmet cam video showing the moments leading up to a crash with one of these dirt bikes and a cruiser in the wissinoming section yesterday. this is the difficult balance they have to strike during these types of situations. >> you have to make sure you address the issue, you can't allow them to run recklessly throughout the city but do it in a safe way. the scene came to a head when responding officers tried to stop the dirt bikers from riding on the wrong side of the road and the sidewalk. >> there was a bunch of people on bikes but mainly chasing one person. the cops cut the whole avenue off. >> it's unclear how it happened but it was when the one dirt bike collided with a squad car. >> the bike was laying on the ground when i pulled up and i seen the cops with the mirrors how they do their thing. and the body wa

walter perez is live in buck county with more on the match-up with brian fitzpatrick. >> reporter: hey guy, the only district is one of only three congressional seats in pennsylvania. this was one tough fought race, they are state representative steve sensario and fitzpatrick and the buy they are trying to succeed. the candidates vying for the only district seat fitzpatrick whose brother mike fitzpatrick is the retiring incumbent. it's one of the most closely watched in the country. along with the campaign and outside groups they spent more than so million. they are looking to separate brian from his popular four term brother. they say the brother say carpet bagger here to cash in on his brother's good name. he says he is a levittown native, and only moved to california in the first place to serve his country with the fbi. and they plan on fighting until the final moment. >> now congressman, mike fitzpatrick is a long time proponent of the term limits and said a long time ago it would be his last. channel 6 "action news" back to you. >> thank you. >>> meantime officials say that someon

. >> now for melissa magee, jeff skversky and cecily tynan and sharrie williams, i'm walter perez. "action news" at 6:00 is next. >>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers, meteorologist, cecily tynan, and jim gardner. ♪ ♪ >>> a tradition now in its 97th year. the 6 abc dunkin donuts thanksgiving day parade. the music, the dancing and the fun just a small part of the day that is also about sharing food with family and friends and giving back to those who need it most. it's thursday night and jim is off and i'm sharrie williams, and the big story on "action news" is the thanksgiving holiday, a time for families and friends to have a feast and say thank you for the blessings of the year. over on chestnut parishioners took time to give thanks in church. this is the white rock baptist church they were joined by members of monumental baptist church on locust. they have joint services avenue year alternating locations. >>> and in north philadelphia, hot meals were served with love at one day at a time. that is the program for drug and alcohol recover

"action news" report walter perez is following the story, speaking to neighbors there in wilmington and have it on "action news" at 5:00. >> it's time now for the "action news" traffic report. live to matt pellman in the traffic sent. >> a lot of people are sleepy today after a long night last night get the coffee and caffeine and watch out for the problems brian and sharrie. mar ton, route 73 busy 73 is shut down because of a crash that brought down a pole and wires, the nj crews here at the bank, closed from lincoln drive to that point at greentree road. alternates are spring dale or church road. but 73, busy 73 out of commission for your wednesday ride home. cinnaminson a crash at 130 close to 73 and a vehicle flipped over on the boulevard in northeast philadelphia. red lion road partially blocking the inner drives. and outside live along 95 it's wet and a crash involving a tanker truck on the northbound side by the vine street expressway. the right lane out of commission extra jammed from the walt whitman and christiana watch for a crash on highway 1 southbound on 95. as you head do

walter perez is live at the scene and talked to the woman exclusively today. >> she is eturnly grateful she is okay. look at the divot behind that tree that toppled. a story complete with a guardian anal. helen quigley was driving home from church and driving along henry avenue and noticed a huge tree swaying with the wind. >> all of a sudden i thought i better hit the brake and the tree was on top of me. >> in fact that huge tree crushed a parked vehicle before buckling the roof of her car she was pin with the roof pinning her head. she was terrified but found comfortable in a prayer. >> i prayed to my guardian angel,dy that since i was a kid. >> her guardian angel arrived in the form of an off-duty police officer. who witnessed the whole thing, he ran over and offered help and comfort. >> he held my hand and called 911. >> helen had to be extracted by firefighters and after being released from the hospital she has only bumps and bruises. and it was a relief for the family including her son state representative tom quigley. >> we were walking out at 3:00 in the afternoon. >> mrs. quigl

happy thanksgiving i'm walter perez. >> rick and monica are off and the big story is the holiday celebrations underway in the delaware and lehigh valleys. melissa magee is tracking spotty showers for thanksgiving night and bob brooks has an inside look at a family's holiday meal. first annie mccormick at the kmart in winfield heights. >> they have been taking advantage all day, this line behind me at the target has grown significantly since i last checked in with you at 4:00, give me a wave guys, we are on tv now. getting enthusiastic now. most of the people in this line ate their thanksgiving dinner and came out to shop. throughout the day we caught up with people that skipped thanksgiving all together and some that got in line at early as 7:00 in the morning. >> the line outside of this winfield heights target started before their 6:00 p.m. opening, look at the line at this northeast best buy, it began at 7:00 this morning. determined shoppers know what i want. >> toshiba has the 50 inch flat screen for

walter perez has the latest on the investigation. >> authorities did not reveal too many details about it case and simply said this crime was horrific and the person responsible needs to be behind bars. >> this was a brutal attack. we need to get the guy in custody and get the public's help. this the composite seven that police are looking for. it was 5:00 sunday night when the suspect driving this white vanna approached the victim along the 900 block of south 3rd street. the suspect becomes extremely violence with her and drug here into a we'd had area and at that point he violented sexually assaulted her. >> camden county police chief said that the attacker beat the victim with a weapon but offered no further details. police are rived after neighbors called 911. meanwhile, surveillance cameras captured this video of the same white van traveling down broadway a short time after the attack and spoke with people from the community that says that these kinds of cases make you scared to leave your home. >> all you see here are addicted walking around and buying things and doing crazy stup

matt pellman is tracking the evening rush but first lets go to the picket line, walter perez starts us off at 69th street station in upper darby. >> reporter: there are buses coming and going from the station here and mostly just suburban lines not affected by the strike but when it comes to the many customers affected by the strike they are frustrated. >> most of the mass transit customers we spoke with here at the 69th street station say they empathize with the striking septa worker buzz there has to be a better way. >> i don't want to take away their ability to strike, but the commuters suffer. how do they work it in new york

"action news" reporter, walter perez is live in doylestown tonight with the full story. >> hey guys, that customer is being hailed a hero tonight here in buck county. moments ago the bucks county da announced he could charge the customer with a crime but decided he would not. it was around 10:00 last night around closing time when two masked gunman walked in pizza in levittown. >> everything got crazy. >> the only people inside of the shop were co-oper alex and employee and customer whose identity is withheld. the da says that as one gunman pointed the gunman in the owner's face the other gunman knocked the customer in the head with his gun knocking him to his knees. >> when the suspect turned his head for a moment. the customer pulled out a weapon and shot the suspect that had hit him killing him.