this is the 3200 block of north 25th street in north philadelphia and folks are waiting for the return of electricity and waiting now, it's been lights out here for the last 27 to 2 hours. >> among the questions for the peco workers what went wrong here yesterday and why. yesterday's blaze burn the cables providing power to the nearby streets so those closest to the substation were the last to get power back. they waited in the warm sunshine hoping for restoration before night fall. >> it was dark. no streetlights, you would be surprised. >> it's a temporary fix until other steps can be taken. >> yesterday firefighters had to wait almost three hours to put water on the intense fire and there is a reason, 13,000 volts of electricity was flowing through the burning cables and water can act as an electricity condu conductor. >> there are minerals that can interact with the electricity and cause electrocution and harm to those fighting the fire. >> deenergizing a substation of this size is not a simple manner. it had to be interrupted. and once that was confirmed there were more steps to t

nobody wants to answer any questions. >> looking back live in north philadelphia. that is the end of the fox street as this fire continues to burn, they are working to deenergize the area, the peco crews are, so firefighters can start to extinguish the flames but keeping people at quite a distance back and asking people to please stop calling 911 about the power out ables, they are aware of the power outages and they need the 911 lines open now. if you have a power problem people are out in the area and asking that you call peco instead and you can see by the traffic situation we showed you will want to avoid the area as well. we are on the scene monitoring the situation as the substation fire continues to burn at this hour. reporting live in north philadelphia, sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> a real mess out there. we'll follow it throughout the newscast. >>> and now the arrest and conviction of a serial sex offender has officials looking for more victims. he lured them to his apartment by throwing parties and then assaulting them. he is already servi

philadelphia. power is still out for some. slowly being restored for thousands of people, who are left in the dark after the blaze. >>> right now about 2300 outages remain. >> i'm jim donovan. >> i'm rahel solomon. generators are on their way. >> jan carabeo spoke with residents still dealing with the inconvenience. >> reporter: major repairs now needed at this peco substation in north philadelphia. after a massive fire here melted the equipment into a pile of metal. the first order of business for workers, though, restoring power to the estimated 36,000 customers who were initially left in the dark. >> peco made steady progress overnight, with thousands of customers remaining powerless into the morning, and that may made getting ready for work a challenge. >> like getting dressed, flames like in the bedroom. >> getting to work, a bit frustrating, too. philly police directed traffic at intersections without stop lights. philadelphia high school for girls, and ew roads middle school remained closed

reporting live now in north philadelphia, i'm pamela osborne. nbc10 news. >>> philadelphia police are investigating a deadly shooting in albany this morning. a 23-year-old man was shot at point blank range on north 4th street. there's no suspect description. police say the man lived in the area. >>> an argument turned physical on a septa bus overnight. police arrested a man accused of pur punching a bus driver. the argument started around 2:00 this morning. witnesses tell us the suspect was arguing about the fare with the driver for about five minutes before it got physical. the driver did not need treatment. >>> a million dollar jewelry heist is caught on camera. here it is. this is exclusive video after thieves cut a hole in the roof and broke inside a lawn crest jewelry store. they crashed the place and took off with the valuables. the store is closed for now. police want to know if the same suspects could be involved in similar crimes across the area. >>> opening statements are set to get underway in the trial of graham spannier. they will d

. >>> more breaking news, a fire truck rear ended a car on the way to a fire in north philadelphia. this happened at east lehigh avenue and emerald street. the back of the car was smashed in. no one was hurt. >>> cold and windy night in montgomery county. take a look as grocery shoppers in pottstown were rushing to get in and out of the store. a perfect night for the float. look at camel back mountain resort where the weather was cooperating for the skiers and snow birds each at this late of the night. how long is the cold sticking around? let's check with the neighborhood forecast. >> very cold conditions, in fact, colder by the hour. this is a look at the feels-like temperatures. right now, single digit territo territory. 8 in allentown. reading and pottstown, 5, 6 degrees what it feels like currently. even northeast philly stretching through to mt. holly. 6 for the feels-like conditions and at the philadelphia international airport, 9 degrees currently. just a little better further south. millville, 16 degrees. but nonetheless, anywhere you step outside is very cold. partially du

christie ileto is live in north philadelphia with a look at storm preparations. but we begin with meteorologist melissa mcgee with the latest from accuweather. >> sarah and walter, significant snowfall overnight monday throughout the day on tuesday. we need moisture to works it way into our area. but we have a fresh injection of cold air. moves in over the weekend. the high today, just 33. right now, 23. when you look at the wind chills in the city, zero up in the poconos. teens to the north and west. 16 degrees up to 95 corridor in trenton. throughout the day tomorrow, the majority of the day is dry. alt it's going to be cold, sun should start giving way to increasing clouds. 20 degrees at 7 a.m. mostly sunny at 10 a.m. increasing clouds throughout the late afternoon hours. high tomorrow tomorrow, maxing out at 38 degrees. then the changes, late monday into tuesday. at 8 p.m. on monday right through 4 p.m. on tuesday, a winter storm warning has been issued. this is for northern burlington, camden and salem, points to the north and west. you're you should a warni

"action news" reporter katherine scott is live in north philadelphia. katherine, still thousands in the dark this morning. >> reporter: that's right, nydia. at this point there are about 5400 peco customers in this area without power. i spoke to someone from peco this morning. they're hoping that all of these customers will have their power back on by noon. but of course this is a work in progress. they are still working on it and they have been since this fire yesterday. you can see there's still road closures around the substation due to the outages, the philadelphia school district announced two schools will be closed today, philadelphia high school for girls and e.w. rhodes middle school. >> it's very frustrating. >> reporter: the lights were out in pat green's north philadelphia home after the fire at peco substation on westemoreland street. at its peak, 36,000 customers were without power. some businesses closed early. others raced the setting sun to serve clients. >> you see how everybody else had to stop working. we didn't stop. we still here. >

cool with showers, 49 in philadelphia, mid 40s, north and west. overnight tonight, mid 40s for everybody, cloudy and damp with the occasional shower. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, unsettled tomorrow, unsettled tuesday, as well. lots of cloud cover throughout the stretch. 49 today, 69 for tomorrow, 72 for tuesday, could be a thunderstorm, a stronger thunderstorm during the afternoon, wednesday clouds final return sunshine with the high of 65. thursday looks like the nicest day, even though it's one of cooler days, you should see a decent amount of sunshine high of 59. guess what it rains next really? >> thanks, chris, remember you can get the seven-day forecast and checktoat any time at 6abc.. >> 6:48 a.m., just in time for easter what's believed to be tomb of jesus has been rest -- resurrected to it's for glory. the holy jerusalem. millions of faithful visit that shrine every >> so glad you're waking up with us 6:51. a restaurant in the poconos is encouraging families to put their phones down at the dinner table. sarah's corner caf

>>> tonight a gunman on the loose in north philadelphia after a shooting and barricade situation that led to a school lockdown. we're live on the scene. >>> your internet search history and browsing habits up for sale without permission. we're breaking down the new measure the house just passed. >>> more than 1200 applicants at the charter school but only a handful of seats to fill. >>> good evening. right now police are on the hunt for a gunman after a shooting and barricade situation in north philadelphia. take a look it. it all started at 17th and kwa hana streets. drew smitsz is lih is live with. >> reporter: this was a huge police response. and the police remain here guarding this apartment complex. when this was going on there was a shooting of a 17-year-old further down the block. you can see the bullets traveled all the way up here smashing this car window. police are keeping a visible presence tonight hours after the first gunshots. >> pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop. >> i heard five gunshots. >> reporter: summer heard the same thing only to hear more chaos. >> five more shots c

. >>> a north philadelphia store owner chased and shot a robbery suspect as he ran away. a bystander was shot in the hand. other people grabbed handfuls of cash that went flying in the street. >> reporter: we have an accident eastbound on the boulevard blocking the left lane. emergency workers on the scene, you're slow in both directions. storm tracker 6 live double scan we have showers pushing northeast through the northern half of the region. it's fog elsewhere with a dense fog advisory until 10:00 a.m. today's high 68 with sun coming back later on. >> karen and david will be here throughout the morning, when you're done punching matt, talk about the fog and the morning commute. have a good one. >>> good morning, america. severe storm warning. >> oh, it's roping out now. >> this twister tearing through the plains overnight and hail pounding the south. as dangerous wins send children in the bounce house to the hospital. now t. millions in the path of dangerous weather this week. >>> also this morning, battling back.ump trying to move forward after that stunning health ca

in north philadelphia to select who will represent the 197th in harrisburg. live in north philadelphia, john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> if bucks county, a woman is facing charges after she crashed into a fire marshals vehicle and then pulled away. she was pulling out of an apartment complex and left the scene of the accident. it happened on a ramp at route 413 in bristol. >>> a young man's promising life is over ended by a keller overnight in the olney section. 23-year-old rich lewis was shot at fourth and rose land and he died in the street. police don't know who pulled the trigger and why. and that their boy completed the keystone job corps and was studying to be a mechanic. they are praying for the person that took their son's life. >>> police hope that voice video from in sized the lawn crest jewelry store that was robbed will help them catch the suspects. for man $1 million worth of merchandise was stolen from the store. they showed what was apparently a back room and at one point the suspect looks directly at the camera and they broke in throu

. >> sunday night, sarah is off we have breaking news a store owner in north philadelphia opens fire on a would be thief. >>> but the big story on "action news" is a two-alarm fire that's torching a commercial building in wilmington. crews have been fighting the fire for three hours at this point. christie ileto is live at the scene with the details. >> reporter: walter, that fire is now contained, but you can see this is the building in question. the apartment yiewfnts at the -- units at the bottom. four story. the fire has spilled out into the middle of market street. nobody was inside the store at the time of the fire. looking at the exterior of the buildings you can see it is a total loss. >> what the heck happened. that's what's going through my mind. >> reporter: 4th and market was filled with thick smoke billowing from the sneaker store. >> i came out and saw nothing but black smoke. you scoonlt see -- couldn't see up the block. >> kay on chaotic -- nobody we the store, but getting in to fight the flames proved challenging. >> the building had a extreme fire load, companies pu

. >> police say it appears a corner store owner in north philadelphia was justified in shooting a would be robber and an innocent bystander. police say the man pulled his own gun when a armed suspect tried to rob his laundromat on the 2800 block of north fifth street. the suspect who was armed with a knife ran off with $2,000 in cash but dropped the money as the owner chased after him. investigators say the suspect then turned around to face the owner while apparently still holding the knife. the owner shot the man twice in the chest. police say it was self-defense so he will not be charged. a 52-year-old woman was also shot in the hand. investigators are calling that an accident. >> a tacony sin nothing has been vandalized again. this marks the third time in four months that someone has damaged that building on the 4300 block of tyson avenue. "action news"'s walter perez just got the very latest from an update -- from investigators and walter joins us now with more. >> reporter: hey, brian, as you mentioned this is the third time tell me mel menorah kenesethchi hand vandalized. officia

." >>> a fast-moving fire overcame two residents in north philadelphia. now, both are fighting for their lives. >>> thieves wearing animal disguises hit one of the poshes hotel on the vegas strip. >> we have details on what birth control is having on your health. >> first we go outside to meteorologist chris sowers you have your winter coat on today, chris. >> reporter: it was better yesterday, i got to tell you. baseball season starts in a week, but the deeper wento march it feels like football season. look at the windchills coming off yesterday's high, 77 degrees 81 in atlantic city, 80 in millville. look at windchills now, 37 in philadelphia. 42 in millville. 20 in the mountains. if you're heading to the poconos you need to bundle up in players. feels like 36 in allentown. satellite and radar just like yesterday a lot of clouds this afternoon, it will stay that way the rest of the way. if you look toward the left-hand side of the screen that's the next system we're watching, it's an area of low pressure pushing through the great lake states and eventua

area, and you still are totally -- if you go to north philadelphia, you still see the fact that you've got a vietnam there with the housing and the infrastructure and everything else is in incredibly poor shape. and if i had the opportunity for the budget, i would go to the neediest community -- and the neediest community happens to be in north central philadelphia. and so, i'm in the minority in terms of thinking that the budget really has some benefits economically but doesn't have any real benefits for the needy community. >> you don't see it trickling down, with creating jobs and rising the lifestyle of everyone up? >> well, the only way you're gonna create jobs is with the unions. >> no. >> and minorities have had a very difficult time getting into most of the unions in the city. and all of those jobs, as you know, in terms of construction and construction activities in that area is all union jobs. >> i hear "no" over here. >> no, look, it's not that nelson's in the minority. i think we all agree that there are many needy projects that need money. i think the nuance point that we'

we're live in north philadelphia, katherine scott, channel6 "action news. i didn't do in a. >> katherine thank you. >>> delaware county authorities are worried an admitted child sex predator had other victims they're not aware of. media police say 20-year-old hugh taussig-lux pleaded guilty to 12 crimes against children. they include sexually assaulting four girls and alcohol. investigators say he preyed on children at the unpartiesst baker street apartment over the past two years. >> wikileaks presented information that it says exposes the cia's hacking tools which would be one of the biggest breaches in the spy agency's history. the documents describe secret methods for bypassing or defeating encryption and antivirus programs on computers cell phones and even smart tv's. the white house and the officer of the director of national intelligence have declined to comment on the authenticity wikileaks files. the reportises privacy concerns obviously and the potential for international spice to tap into our same vulnerabilities in technology security. >> 5:38.

cooking is art of the mind. >> carmelized the onion. >> reporter: this kitchen in north philadelphia men and women are learning to adjust their perspectives what they can accomplish and they are cooking for a better life. like, georgia jones. >> you don't find out what is good and you will be who so i only have one path to move forward and no longer going backward. >> reporter: philabundance community kitchen is 14 week culinary program for low income adults. it has an 81 percent job placement rate in the food services industry. it provides 500 hours of culinary arts training. >> what we will do is seasoned it. >> reporter: in this course as georgia learns, you do more than just seer. >> circle with your hand and you will use that to work your way through the straight. >> reporter: and saute. >> you learn taking a good look at yourself, the technique that can forever change your life. >> who knew that you needed life skills to move forward. >> you spend a lot of time to understand who they are, how they look at the world and how the world looks at them. we deal with truth here. the t

reporting live from north philadelphia jeanette reyes for channel six "action news". >> sergeant wilson a true local hero, thank you. >>> new jersey state police are investigating a stabbing inside harrah's casino inside atlantic city think morning. officers were called to the casino at 33:30 on reports of the fight. investigated say it started as a scuffle inside a bar area. one person was stabbed in the arm, and security guard who tried to break things up was stabbed in the back. so far no arrests have been made. >>> the action cam on the scene here in new castle delaware, as a woman was arrested after a high speed chase, that started, at bwi airport in maryland. investigators say that the woman stole a transport van, at the airport this morning, and then led police on a two state chase. the chase ended when the woman turned on to a deadened road just off of route 202 in new castle. the suspect wasted. in word the >>> much more to com search is on for this driver who struck and killed a pedestrian in pottstown. the latest on the manhunt. >>> also, blue rocks fans, flocked to fraud liz

are you ready for this, north philadelphia? power should be back on when this is all hooked up, run wires to up these polls, see a guy over here in this white truck. he's getting all of the equipment ready. they have spool of cable on this truck. they've got cable pulled that we can see inbetween these trucks underneath that white mack truck. they're going to get these generators hook up and running and buzzing here on allegheny avenue this will replace the substation over at fox and west moore lands that burnt to a crisp tuesday afternoon. these guys working non-stop. so power, he said he looked at his watch, 6:30, we're hoping to have all of it back on in two hours, but say 9:30 for sure. and i hate saying that, and then disappointing people. but these guys are confident that they're going get this all rigged up and hook up and get this as a replacement power source until they can get main substation that fried fixed. they had not figured out what caused that, which is of great concern to them, because they can't have this ha

nbc 10's matt is live in north philadelphia with more. matt? >> reporter: vai, here is one of those intersections, we're at one of them now, clear field avenue and hunting park avenue, you can see the lights are out. they put up temporary stop signs to help with the traffic flow here. of course at this hour we haven't seen too much in the way of cars. you can see some vehicles here trying to make their way through this intersection. there is some improvement to report within the last half hour. i just checked the numbers with pico. more than 5400 customers do not have power. that is an improvement of more than a thousand just in the last half hour. so, there are still customers waiting for power to come back on. it's ream i all because of this. you're taking a look at video from yesterday sky force 10, pico substation fire at 2:00 at the west more land substation. at its peak roughly 36,000 customers were left without power and pico says crews have been working around the clock firing a back up generators and making repairs. first the fire itse

police from philadelphia's north east detectives division are investigating. >>> police are also asking for public's help identifying a gunman who chased down and shot a man multiple times in north philadelphia. the violence unfolded last friday night on the 5,000 block of north fifth street, police say that 30 year-old victim is recovering at a local hospital, and if you recognize that gunman in the surveillance video, please give police a call. >>> police have now identified the 17 year-old boy who was shot to death in philadelphia 's cobbs creek section. cheyney was found on the front stoop on the 5900 block of larchwood avenue last night. police quickly rushed him to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. no arrests have been made and homicide detectives say they are now looking for suspects and investigating possible motive. >>> police continue to investigate the shooting of the robbery suspect at a north philadelphia laundromat. man walked into laundry central in the 2800 block of north fifth street with the knife demanding cash. owner handed over the money but as suspect left

. >> this morning an abandoned dog in north philadelphia has a second chance at life. it was left abandoned trapped inside a crate in an abandoned home for two weeks. the dog did not have any food or water, one man made it his mission to save the animal. jeff chirico has the heart-warming story. >> it's not fair, that's all. i don't wish it on no one, let alone the dog. ramon gets emotional talking about what he found inside a home abandoned by addicts in his north philadelphia neighborhood. >> here boy. [whistling]. >> reporter: he recorded as he saw a pitbull locked in a cage no food or water, living in his own waste, he said for two weeks. >> i'm here to help, oh, boy. i opened the cage, he didn't do nothing, he just liquid me. >> reporter: rodriguez said -- he just licked me. rodriguez was tipped off by the dog friday night. >> i rescued that right there, that's called bingo. >> reporter: he is a pig? >> he is a pig. >> reporter: as for the dog he named diesel he seems to be healthy and friendly. rodriguez is hoping to find him a home. >> friendly with kids. i kind

"eyewitness news" reporter joe holden is in north philadelphia where yesterday's fire has led to big, inconvenience for many, joe, good evening. >> reporter: ukee, good evening to you and people are beginning to get a sense of frustration out here. they are, wondering where that power is. they tell me that the target has been moving, on time lines , for the restoration of power. now our assignment desk checked in with peco within the hour, and it was, 3,000 customers without power, and that number has actually listen, to 4,000. >>> i need power. >> reporter: people living here wondered how close the flames would get. >> i came out here, and then no electricity. >> reporter: scorching fire burned through critical parts of the peco substation at 2600 west westmoreland. >> i was in the dark. >> reporter: 36,000 people had no electricity. >> what we have been able to identify damaged at this point is a lot of the wiring, a lot of the devices, and with providing that electricity out on to our system. >> reporter: peco is not clear how fire started. >> it was like they were putting water on

she's live in north philadelphia tonight. what is he saying this evening? >> reporter: well, he says he's concerned that somebody may come here and retaliate. it was yesterday afternoon that he chased the robber from the stores of his business here, down 5th street around the corner and that's where police say he fired several shots, two of them hitting the suspects in the chest. five or six shots, so loud workers take cover at a local pizza shop. the store's not far from where philadelphia police say a local business owner shot an armed robber. two bullets hitting him in the chest. in the hours after the shooting, early in the investigation police cuffed him and took him into custody and determined later they were not going to press charges. >> the guy pull out a gun so he shot. >> police say today the decision was made by the district attorney's office. >> this individual had something in his hand either knife or gun and that's what made the store owner fire his weapon. >> reporter: the case is not over. detectives were out looking for more video in the a

. >>> good afternoon we begin with breaking news from north philadelphia. that is where police say that a mother may have aat the present timed suicide by jumping out a second story window. her child was also injured. "action news" reporter, vernon odom, is live on the 2100 block of diamond street with the latest. >> reporter: sara, rick, good afternoon. the 2-year-old child is just upgraded to stable condition at saint christopher's hospital and the mother remains in critical condition. this is video at 2009 diamond street where the incident took place this morning. the mother and child plunged out of a second story window. it's unclear if the baby was thrown out first or they came out together. >> we don't foe if she was holding the baby or threw the baby out the window. it's under investigation at this time. >> reporter: police believe it's a classic 302 case, a mentally unstable person. police are told by the grandmother that the mother made threats like this as recent as . the mother remains in critical condition at temple haspital >>> now the ln the m

now that the warm front is advancing north of philadelphia. 66 degrees here dover it's 68 and you'll notice though areas to the north still a little bit cool the warm front taking its time and progressing to the north, 51 degrees, not a big difference in allentown and philadelphia 16 degrees warmer than this time yesterday. wildwood a whopping 24 degrees warmer and we'll keep temperatures in the 60s for the next two days. satellite 6 along with action radar showing that warm front again moved through and awaiting the cold front. the actual cold front is out along the ohio valley and there is a round of showers advancing ahead of this system. that is the same system that spawned the two dozen tornadoes yesterday and it's really weakened and as it moved in we'll see showers around and a gusty thunderstorm in the wee hours of the morning and temperatures though breezy and mild. 52 in center city. and that is higher than our normal high for this time of year. 48 degrees in the suburbs and winds shifting behind the front. future tracker 6 showing you if you head out to the 10:00, we'll se

. >>> skyfox over north philadelphia street where someone shot a man in the back of the head four times. and left him for dead. police found him along the 300 block of west more land just before 7:00 tonight. did he die a short time later. they don't yet know who he was or why it happened or who pulled the trigger. >>> skyfox also over a mobile home park in morrisville, bucks county. young boy died after police say pick up hit and killed him. witnesses pan wl so upset about what happened, police say they started to attacking the driver. he ended up driving off. called 911 to say what happened and he is cooperating with police. >>> on your radar tonight your fox 29 weather authority tracking snow. we've been talking about it for awhile so this should not come as surprise. it is however tonight very comfortable. as we take live look at reading but march snow is about to make an appearance. meteorologist kathy orr is here with what is going on. but it's winter. it's still winter. >> there's another surprise. next week that we'll talk about as well. >> i can heartly well, kathy. i think we

. >>> the coming storm has peco scrambling today too fix that substation in north philadelphia, that caught fire last week. as a result thousands of customers are without power, once again, while crews worked to make repairs. "action news" reporter jeanett e has more from that substation from north philadelphia. >> i got a voice mail from peco saying that their power will be off from 6:00 to 9:00. >> this is peco calling with an important message about electric service in your area. you'll experience a planned outage which will begin no later then 6:00 p.m. tonight. >> reporter: early this afternoon nearly 10,000 people in north and northwest philadelphia got the same call , a note business a planned power outage for much needed permanent repairs for west moreland substation, the site of the blaze last tuesday that knocked 20,000 residents off line. brendan skully was one of those customers. >> it was fine, they have to do what they have to do to repair the system but obviously minor inconvenience it could be worse. >> reporter: officials say refer pairs will be made on the generator

in and around philadelphia north and west. and also it will not stick on the pavement surfaces given how warm it has been recently. as we take a look at the four day at 4:00 forecast, snowfall on grass cars and trees and mild and breezy tomorrow at 63. the morning light snow giving way to clouds in the afternoon and 42 that ushers in cold air highs just above freezing here both saturday and on sunday. so big changes coming in as we approach the weekend. >> brian can't contain himself. >> i can't. >> next on "action news" a local zoo needs your help naming two adorable new fur balls, we'll explain the contest next. >>> and a piping hot debate coming up in big talkers, pineapple on pizza? what do you think? we'll break down the latest in our "action news" poll. >>> philadelphia is about to get cleaner as volunteers come to clean the city at the kickoff at the hunting park rec center for the 10th annual spring cleanup taking place april 8th. can you register at philly spring cleanup.com. >>> usually you have ago a top athlete to

. >> nbc10's katy temple's campus in north philadelphia. tell aanges. >> reporter: the first change is dhe name. event was called walk a mile in her shoes. eve at temple in the past. men wearing a mile through campus and parts vc violence. april is sexual additio-- in adn the march as well as members tr community. >> one impacted by sexual violence in their lifetime. one in men. there's bound to be individuals that have directly been impacted. >> reporter: and the walk b registration is 11:30. the walk kicks offming up in th our news i some of the personal effects ng out, people who are involved in the walk, and why 's reporting live in north philadelphia, c1ook forward to . >>> our county. >> jury selection is complete in the trialth accused of sh.deri ining a state trooper dg eric frein is charged with the shoot-out that killed corporal byron dixon ii and wounded trooper alex douglas. he led authorities on a 48-day manhunt in the poconos before he was captured. the jurors were chosenent chester counties because of the heavy media coverage

. >>> a north philadelphia store owner could be facing charges for shooting the man who robbed him. it happened yesterday outside his laundromat, the robber held up the business threatening the owner with a knife. the other than chased the robber down and shot him. a woman who was nearby was shot in the hand. we'll tell you why the owner is not getting any of his money back that you see lying on the sidewalk coming up in a report in the next half-hour. >>> police are investigating a deadly shooting that killed a 17-year-old. shots were fired before midnight on the 5900 block of last larchd avenue in west philadelphia. the victim was shot twice and stumbled on the front steps of a house where police found him. he died at the hospital. police have not released details of a suspect or motive. >>> a heartbroken mother and father are trying to make sense of the gun violence that took their son's life in the somerdale section saturday afternoon. 27-year-old boswell adams was heading to a corner store when he was shot in the back. adam's father said his son knew his shooter. >> mind boggli

live in north philadelphia, john rawlins channel 6 "action news." >> all right, john, thank you. >>> a protest was held in front of the office of district segment williams in center city this morning as members of the black lives matter organization called for his resignation. >> seth must go. >> reporter: williams pleaded guilty to federal bribery and extortion charges. protesters say he corrupted the office and called for a judicial review of all cases he has been a part of. williams announced he would not run for a third term. jeanette reyes will have more reaction from the protest coming up a bit later on "action news." >>> going on to other news at noon, the search continues for a killer of a 17-year-old boy in west philadelphia. he was shot twice just before midnight on the 5900 block of lantern wood avenue. the teenager stumbled on to the front steps of a house where police found him. he was pronounced dead at the hospital. >>> police are trying to identify two persons of interest in the murder of a 65-year-old woman, windy harris was shot in her home back on february 3. she w

neighbors on this north philadelphia block tell "action news" they heard about a dozen gunshots at 2:45 and a 31-year-old man was lying in the road hit multiple times he had wounds to his head chest and back and was pronounced dead shortly after 3:00 a.m. around 2:20 a.m. police were called for a person shot in feltonville. a 24-year-old man hit in the chest on rising sun after few, he was pronounced dead at the hospital at 2:35 a.m. police were questioning witnesses from a nearby after hours club but they were unsure if the victim was inside before the shooting and the two shootings were unrelated and the homicide rate is higher now than the same time last year. the police commissioner says that long-term trends can be more telling. >> it's early in the year for us to be talking about percentages, we are just concerned about any uptick at any time. >> commissioner richard ross explains the motives for homicides run the gamut from neighborhood disputes to domestic ones. >> you have ebbs and flows, peaks and valleys and we are always concerned about the people behind the number. these

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funeral services today in north philadelphia for joanie sledge of the singing group sister our area. >>> good morning. this is nbc10 news today. thanks for beingus. i'm rosemary connors. let's start with the weather. >> look at the temperatures across the board. 50 in mount pocono. 42 pottstown and near 50 for philly at 49. at 46 in wilmington. look at the southern zones. millville, mid 50s. atlantic city, 56. a lot of us didn't see much cooling overnight. yesterday we officially hit a high of 58 in philly. only a 7-degree drop there. that makes it very easy to talk 60s and 70s later this afternoon. radar and satellite. one problem is, with the 70s. you don't get a lot of sunshine. it will be a mostly cloudy day for us. we may even see sprinkles from time to time across the region, especially north. we have this big storm setup with a front attached to it sitting to the north of us. mostly what's going to happen today is a little moisture trickling in, meaning we'll have the potential for light spots of rain. nothing too heavy today. overall the clouds and temperature climb. 50s by 8

. >> "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao is live in north philadelphia where outages are affecting some schools this morning, good morning, jan. >> reporter: good morning. peco is making some progress, especially when you consider that at the height of the outages some 36,000 customers were left in the dark. as i mentioned more people getting back on line, that number is closer to 6,000 customers this morning but some local schools will be affected to day. peco substation on the 2600 block of west westmoreland street in west philadelphia is now a melted pile of metal as crews worked to get the system back on line philadelphia high school for girls and ew middle school is closed. the fire easily devoured the equipment, fire fighters were forced to wait three hours before all of the power was shut off before they could douse the flames. >> because wires was still energized the fire continued to flash. we will end up putting out fire old fashion way was water but we have to make sure that the power is shut down first. >> reporter: thick, black smoke caught evacuation of the nearby apa

reporting live in north philadelphia christie ileto channel six action news jim. >> christie thank you. a man was struck and killed by a car tonight in monroe township and chopper six was at the crash on cross keys at 7:00 and police have not determined why the pedestrian was hit. the search for the armed man who tried to assault a woman at her new castle county apartment complex in newark and tried to force her into her apartment but he ran off when an adult male opened the door, that was the woman's boyfriend. the woman thinks the man who ran off is the same person who sexually assaulted two women and forced them to take money out of atms and police need help to catch the attacker. >> this will not be solved by new castle county police alone. this will take the work of a resident who sees something suspicio suspicious who immediately picks up the phone and calls us. >> reporter: police say the suspect has been dressing in black and has been so well covered that surveillance video has been useless to this point. delaware county authorities are worried that admitted child sex predator

. >>> also at 5:00, seeing a new tune in north philadelphia. the new changes heading to broad street. >>> tossed from your bed. the strong storms that blew a house down. >>> a new shade of green for the birds. next a possible jersey change for the tld eagles. >>> a family's refusal to give up hope. he vanished in june 2014. trader was 33 when she was last seen outside her home in delaware. a neighbor told plus he saw her being carried tr her home and forced into her car. . a silver acura, her family is asking people to keep an eye out for the mother of three. they think she's a victim of human trafficking. there is a $30,000 reward from the fbi for information that leads to trader. she's 5'6" with brown hair and brown eyes. >>> the tsa is trying to figure out what's in a mysterious material that hurt three agents today. >> a hazardous material was found on a carry-on bag. the bag was taken away and terminal check points are open. the agents are being e vl waited. >>> a dangerous high speed stunt caught on camera. the passenger of a truck drivin

. >>> well, republicans are calling on harrisburg to look into the special election in north philadelphia. >> we'll explain the controversy and what has already been an unusual race. >>> classic champs. we s how team usa became tops in the world in a dominance performance. that's coming up. >>> blues, on your marks, we'll tell you why he's a racing a septa bus. >>> 4:35, and 25 degrees. the wind is not as strong as yesterday. much of what you knee on the building level, moving the flag on the aramark building not exactly reaching the ground yet. sick, huh? i'm good. i just took new mucinex clear and cool. what's this sudden cooooling thing happening? it's got a menthol burst. you can feel it right away. new mucinex clear & cool. feel the menthol burst. while powerful medicine clears your worst cold symptoms. let's end this. >>> good morning, everyone, jessica boyington really quickly checking on the roads. we're watching the roosevelt boulevard and the cameras on the schuylkill expressway. on the southbound side. we had an early vehicle fire. now, this is what it's confined to. over on th

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reporting live, north philadelphia, alexandria hoff for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> thank you. >>> a serial child rapist has been sentenced in delaware county, the investigation found that he targeted 12 victims over an 18 month period. "eyewitness news" reporter alycia nieves is live in media with more on how he targeted these young victims, alycia. >> reporter: well, nicole that serial child rapist is set to serve at lee 13 and a half years in state prison but authorities say that he was essentially luring kid, straight off of this playground to his home, nearby , and raping them. thinks 20 year-old hugh lux who had been convicted of the corruption of minors and child rape and sentenced to serve at lee 13 and a half years in prison, after an investigation by media boro police uncovered at lee a dozen victims, both boys and girls, the oldest, 15 the youngest, just 12. police say this child predator hosted parties at his home one baker street, with alcohol, and drugs. >> it is in the just marijuana , he entices them, he gives them acid, he gives them cocaine, and also with marijuana

. >>> peco is still working to restore power following this fire at a north philadelphia substation. >> more than a thousand homes and businesses remain in the dark and generators have been brought into supply power. residents in that area who still have no electricity after yesterday's fire say that the whole thing has been a big inconvenience. >> fire. looking around to see if i can get some food and somewhere to get warm. it is cold. we have no blankets. it is cold up in that joint. >> reporter: peco is working to determine the cause of the fire. >>> people in our area and globe are celebrating international women's day but in the you had this day of action took on a additional meaning. hundreds of women marched in washington d.c. for is what being called a day without a woman protest. participant wore red and took day off from work if they could to highlight the economic impact of women. "eyewitness news" reporter greg argos joins us from logan square where a local gathering is underway, greg, good evening. >> reporter: ukee, good evening to you as well. about 200 people gathered

. >>> chopper three over the scene of the deadly shooting in north philadelphia. police say a man was shot four times in the head around 7:00 last night on the 300 west westmore land street. he was pronounced dead at the scene. investigators have not figured out motive for the shooting and police have made no arrests either. >>> 1,000 homes and businesses remain in the dark this morning, two days after that large fire at that peco substation in north philadelphia officials ran into trouble last night trying to restore power to remaining customers. to make matters worse some customers who did have their power restored, who it again. peco hopes to have all power restored sometime this morning flames tore through that substation on the 2600 block of west westmoreland street tuesday afternoon. no official word on what sparked the blaze. >>> philadelphia police released video of an unusual home invasion burglary caught on tape in south philadelphia. video shows two men and woman forcing their way in the home in the 900 block of washington avenue february 25th. they com

we start this after hour with breaking news from north philadelphia where police are on the scene of a shooting and suspected barricade situation. >> police tell "action news" at 4:00 this afternoon a person was shot at 17th and susquehanna. the unidentified victim was taken to temple hospital in critical condition. police say that a person they believe was the shooter has barricaded themselves inside of the home. we'll monitor the situation and bring you more when it's available. >>> in other news tonight. house intelligence chairman devon nunez is under pressure to recuse himself and even resign after new revelations of a meeting with an unknown person on the white house grounds. and questions after questioned -- lana zach has it all. >> reporter: good evening rick. you'll remember just about two weeks ago chairman nunez stood together with the democratic counter part and no evidence of claims and then the story changed and the tone changed somewhat after meeting at the white house. and he will not reveal who that person was or what documents he reviewed. >> the white house is deny

philadelphia. this is news." >> we've got our eye on the storm, storm scan3 shows about r storm of the season, coming in two parts, one from the south and one from the west, colliding to become a nor'easter. >>> and here's a preview of the snow moving in from the west. it is a midwest south, a police reporting hundreds of highway crashes from white out conditions on the roads there. even though spring is just one week away from today the s for n our region. >> good afternoon. >> katie fehlinger live on cold cbs-3 skydeck, with the timing of the snow, hi, kate. >> i hey, very classic reminder no less, that mothercae hecks she wants, right? even though we are just a week away, we've had weeks, i know i brought our deck furniture out, i'm sure. of you it, as suggestion is you want to secure that gear before the storm arrives, because not only is it a snow producer, it is also a wind producer, as classic nor'easter's tends to be. let's take a look at storm scan, one more time, that wide zoom, two piecs

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is it just to the north and west of philadelphia? early tomorrow morning? or does it stay just to the south and east? and very heavy rain to the south, very heavy rain to the north and west. then clock in th10 o'clock in te sleet line flirting with the city, heavy snow to the north and west and then it starts top wind up, rap up and move off to the north late tomorrow afternoon. so expected snow totals, it is a very large amount of difference from the north to the south. 16 to 24-inches lehigh valley up into the poconos. a good 12 to 16-inches for northern western areas of philadelphia and then you collapse all the way down to nothing to the south. in fact, millville bridgeton, these areas may wash away to rain so these numbers really don't mean anything 'cause it's going to happen on the onset and then they wash away but four to 8-inches in this pink zone, eight to 12 anywhere between wilmington woodbury cherry hill, williamstown lansdale exton and doylestown. that is your 12 to 16-inches including trenton but again depending on that sleet line this could

we're live in north philadelphia, katherine scott, channel6 "action news. >> katherine thank you. >>> breaking this morning, an eight day old infant was hurt in a home invasion robbery. it happened on the 4500 block of north 18th street in the city's logan section at 1:30 a.m. police say three masked men broke into the house and forced three women into the basement. dropped on the floor during the struggle. we will have a live report in the next half hour. >>> police are investigating a violent chain of events in germantown that left a man on life support. investigators say it started just after 6:30 last night on the 1100 beast haines. two gunshots were fired into a rented jeep grand cherokee. one of the bullets hit a man sitting in the front passenger z the driver of the jeep lost controon't know where the shots came from and they are still looking f shooter. >> the sea the person hoop police believe carried out a third attempted n new castle county delaware. police say the man tried to force a woman into her apartment at the preserve at deacon's walk in newark on sunday night but r