annie mccormick, channel6 "action news." >> hopefully people are taking it slow. thank you, annie. >> montgomery county received its fair amount of snow. drivers were getting around pretty well despite the slush in broad street. in delaware county, drivers took it slower than usual. the snow came down in a steady clip. here in drexel hill the snow is minimal. >> this is the scene in wilmington. not enough to keep people from getting out and about. we saw several people. >> in other news tonight, a woman is dead after a fire consumed her home in the fox chase section of philadelphia. two firefighters were injured as well. you can see flames shooting from the home. it took crews more than an hour to get this under control. a woman's body was found on the second floor. two firefighters were also injured taken to hospital in stable condition. >> more than 20 rescue units are trying to free a boy scout trapped in a cave in lancaster county. the teen has been stuck since about 5:30 this afternoon. we are told he is conscious and alert and the rescue effort continues 200

let's switch live to the philadelphia museum of art and annie mccormick, annie, you've got some details about parade plans. >> reporter: we have some early details jim that we do want to share with you. more details will come tomorrow but you see how many people showed up at the airport in chad's story. imagine how many people are going to show up for this parade. early estimates they may be between one and 2 million people. parade preps are now in full swing. here on the art museum steps crews began assembling a stage this morning. by city hall private contractors put up generators and equipment to strengthen wifi and cell phone signals for parade goers. fans anticipated this celebration. >> we didn't want to jinx it and make anything official but now that it's going to happen, you know, i'll be here. >> reporter: all of the route details are not released yet but the city announced today the parade will begin in south philadelphia at broad and pattison and will head north presumably along broad street and then to the ben franklin parkway. the city confirms it will end at the art museum

. >> annie mccormick live in center city with more. hey, annie. >> i'm trying to think of a joke to go with thee mary tyler moore song. a lot of people would rather watch in philly rather than going to minneapolis to the big game. there is a feeling of excitement and anticipation. a lot of people just want the game to happen already. we are ready for it. we are all excited and anxious. >> it keeps you busy. >> go birds! >> the philadelphia auto show was one distraction. then it turned into a pep rally. eagles! hire in philadelphia, no one is getting tired of playing cheerleader. six-year-old rebecca has been a cheerleader all book. >> do yoweek. >> do you have enough energy to be a cheerleader tomorrow? >> yes. >> the parking ricks and well wishes are up. many of the devoted are choosing philadelphia to watch superbowl lii. these people are from florida and just flew into town. why make the trek here? >> why not? i want to be in the atmosphere. >>> cody says part of it was a financial decision. it was more expensive to go to philadelph

annie mccormick channel6 "action news." >> vandalism and assaults will tolerated at the parade. they have started arresting suspects for out of control behavior captured on camera like flipping a vehicle after the superbowl. one person is under arrest and six others are being sought. you may have seen the video of vandals throwing a metal pole at broad and chestnut. police saw two. now they are searching for the men accused of orchestrating the behavior. tomorrow, philad arade. they are on the air beginning at 4:00 a.m. the live coverage of championship parade kicks off at 9:00 a.m. in the morning two hours before the parade kicks off from 11:00 on. we'll have members of the "action news" team staked out up and down the parade ro bring you the best views and advantage points, comprehensive coverage start to finish south philadelphia to the museum of art and special special anchor ron gentlemanjawarski will join us. check out the play book at 6abc.com/parade. right now there is a list of road closures and parking restrictions in philadelphia and mass transit plans including septa

live there is annie mccormick. long odds even for kindergarten, in fact, especially for kindergarten. >> yeah, and at least at harvard you submit an 57 occasion. an application. this lottery is random. even the wait list has quadrupled since 2011. >> my heart is beating out of my chest. >> disappointment for some parent and relief for others. >> i can't even tell you. i'm so excited. this is the lottery at the k-12 mass one school. 11,500 applicants for roughly 150 spots. chanelle jones' youngest will go to kindergarten here. her sister is a student here. >> this school is really good. i wanted my daughter to get in. >> for those students that didn't have their name called, the next best option, the coveted wait list. >> she's number one. that's pretty good. >> i'm third on the waiting list for 11th grade. both of my siblings go here, so that's a privilege. >> many that left defeated say they'll try again. >> i'm disappointed. i wanted this school. >> i applied for fourth grade for my son. there are no applications

annie mccormick, "action news." back to you. >> police are trying to track down a gunman that pumped a volley of bullet into three victims, now at einstein hospital. >> two are in stable condition, one critical after being shot in the head. there is no clear motivate but police say the one woman hit by the bullet was at the wrong place at the wrong time. it was dark and bullets pierced three people on the sidewalk of the north philadelphia. >> she was a block away. >> two men, a 24-year-old was shot twice in the arm and a 34-year-old in the head. both were intentional. >> the two male victims were standing just feet away from the shooter when the shooter walked up, pulled a firearm and fired numerous shot frs point-blank range. detectives spent the evening watching the corner video in hopes of identifying the masked gunmen. the suspect was last seen running east. no weapon was recovered. anyone with information is asked to contact detectives. christie ileto, channel6 "action news." jim? >> a freshman in is summerdal

reporting live outside of police headquarters, annie mccormick, "action news" at 6:00. back to you, jim. >> captain robert eckhart is back at home two weeks after receiving a severe head injury while fighting a fire. eckhart was about to leave the hospital to a surprised party in bell mar. he plans to do out patient rehab until he can rejoin the department. >> get ready for a rollercoaster ride of temperatures this week. there is lingering fallout from this weekend's rain. cecily tynan has it all in the first look at the accuweather forecast. >> quick changes this week. 12 hours ago we were dealing with rain, rain that started saturday afternoon. 11:00 in the morning, we had lingering showers. high pressure drying us out, brought back sunshine this afternoon. parts of south jersey, two to four inches of rain. we have minor flooding trk cream crested near memberton. it's not expected to drop below flood stage until wednesday morning. the norris river is cresting and will like lick drop below flood stage some time tomorrow morning. there could be local roads flooded due t

and "action news" reporter annie mccormick is live. >> reporter: jim, that is right this is not a ticketed event and open to the public and expected to be bigger than the phillies world series parade in 2008. with the vince lombardi proffy in city hall the mayor and parade organizers revealed the details. >> i want to thank them for all the joy they brought to us. >> it's really an opportunity for us, our organization and players and staff to really sort of take in the enthusiasm and say thank you. >> 11:00 a.m. at broad and paterson the parade takes off going north on broad street around city hall and down the ben franklin parkway and stopping at the art museum steps. >> nice and slow to give people the opportunity to see everyone and it will be open air so people will see, they are not enclosed vehicles. >> there will be 14 jumbotrons from eakins oval to city hall and on this stage the celebration takes place. >> there are celebration as long the parade route that will happen. and it will be very visual. and extra equipment to strengthen signals are installed and signs for parking restri

action news reporter annie mccormick is with the crab fries crowd in south philadelphia annie what is it like there? >> jim all the people that were here are out on the streets with christie and dann and everybody that is the crowd that was here and right now it's pretty much clearing out but i have to tell you those moments that we spent with fans as they watched, the final seconds as they watched the review of the final touchdown to see the anxiety and the jubilation in their faces is just absolutely phenomenal. at the point when they are reviewing that touchdown literally there were people that were praying out here and i don't know if we have that video that we can go to right now and i don't know if they have that ready for us or not but i have to tell you it was absolutely amazing and people here the day after they found out that the eagles were going to the super bowl they started setting out tables here so people within the one day actually all sold out, you can see behind me the group that is still left here they still are there and they are the ones right now that are respon

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action news reporter annie mccormick has the story from wilmington. >> reporter: family members of 15 month old chosen are grieving after his death a week ago. police announced two people are charged with his death. >> they get what they deserve. because he's a baby. >> he didn't do serve it. >> he didn't. he was so handsome. >> they remembered just seeing him days ago. >> i seen him like two days before and i was looking in his eyes because he remind me of my son. it's just crazy to find out two days later he ain't here. it's just crazy. >> reporter: the mother left him with the suspects to babysit. someone from the couple's apartment took the child to the hospital last saturday where he later died. wilmington police began an investigation working with the attorney general's office and child services. the medical examiner deemed this a homicide after discovering chosen died of blunt force trauma. a go fund me page to raise money for the funeral shows a photo with a brief message from his grandmother. both adults are charged with murder by abuse or neglect. they remain in jail. report

action news reporter annie mccormick is there and joins us live with more, annie. >> reporter: that is right tonight this still remains an active scene and behind me this black is considered a collapse zone firefighters will be out here through the night investigators cannot get inside yet to determine the cause and where exactly the fire began. just after 3:00 a.m. the four alarm blaze broke out at third and chestnut 150 firefighters tackled the fire. >> we were in the right places and to keep it from spreading. >> reporter: the flames and thick smoke forced people out of apartment buildings and guests out of the best western hotel. >> it was in smoke in seconds. >> at the high point we had reports of 160 people evacuated we were able to make sure everyone had somewhere to stay tonight. >> reporter: restaurants open like buffalo billiards until they set up shelter at the museum of the resolution and residents believe the fire began in an apartment at 239 chestnut and they placed the fire under control just before 7:30 this morning but hours later they still remain on scene. >> we are

meanwhile action news reporter annie mccormick is live at city hall for the way the government controls guns, annie what happened there? >> reporter: and jim at this rally and vigil tonight that was organized by the philadelphia da office it's all part of the national debate on gun control and people attending this tonight say that they hope to see morallys and vigils like this across the country until changes are made. >> may we hold ourselves and our leaders accountable and may we have the grace to demand the ban. >> reporter: a clear message outside city hall today during an antigun violence vigil in honor of the shooting victims in parkland florida. >> for way too long the nra has had too much influence over gun policy we got to vote some people out. >> reporter: with so many rallies in wake of mass shootings in our country do they have an impact? family members of victims say yes. and robbins and rose lynn lost family members to shootings in philadelphia. >> that is why i'm out here today so we can talk and shout and do whatever we have to do for florida and all the other cities. >

reporting live on the art museum steps annie mccormick channel6 "action news." back to you. >> now let's go live to nydia han along the ben franklin parkway with more on how hotels something along the parade route are getting ready for this huge event. hi, nydia. >> reporter: hey, guys. this is so exciting. hotels along broad street and the parkway are getting ready for the parade party of a lifetime. "action news" called just about every single hotel along the parade route and i have some good news and some bad news. the bad news first. >> good afternoon thank you for calling double tree. >> reporter: phones at hotels along the parade route are ringing off the hook ever since the eagles super bowl win. >> we thought the parade was going to be tomorrow initially. usually every other year they do it on tuesday after the super bowl but obviously this isn't every other year. >> reporter: the smith family tried to change their reservation to wednesday and thursday nights but no luck. >> we're being absolutely flexible. moving with the flow of things so that they're

annie mccormick, channel6 "action news." back to you, walter. >> thank you for the report. a police officer suffered a leg injury when hit by a stolen car in philadelphia. reports of a vehicle crashing into parked cars. the officer got out to check and was struck by a female driver. the woman was apprehended in tioga nice town. charges against her are pending at this hour. >> police are looking for a suspect in the shooting of two men and a woman. all three victims were transported to temple hospital in stable condition. >> police were called just before 3:00 to scatter good and charles streets where a 19-year-old man was found shot in the head. the 19-year-old is in stable condition at a local hospital. >> gunfire rang out in the racquetball club in bucks county. two men were arguing when one pulled a gun and shot the other. the victim is in the hospital in stable condition. the suspect remains on the run at this hour. >> neighbors took matters into their own hands when a man was crashing into parked cars in the neighborhood. bob brooks spoke to some of the neighbors. >> i

annie mccormick is live at the scheen. scene. annie, what's the situation? >> jim, family members tell us the 23-year-old driver, the homicide victim in the case was traveling in the van to a nearby gas station when shots wran sho. homicide detective detectives ae scene and the van is still here. shots were fired as the van traveled north on broad street. the 23-year-old family driver suffered at least one gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene. five passengers in the car, three children and two adults in their 20s. all suffered wounds from the crash but are stable. >> family members who lived nearby rushed to the scene. police are looking for a dark colored vehicle. they believe someone in the car opened fire on the van as it traveled west on broad street. then the driver lost control and crossed other several lanes of traffic crashing into this building on the 5800 block of old york road. >> it appears the van was struck at least five times by gunfire. we found five bullet holes on the driver side as well as the driver door. that appears to be

action news reporter annie mccormick has reaction. >> reporter: family members of 15 month old chosen are grieving after his death a week ago. saturday wilmington police announced two people are charged with his death, a 37-year-old and 22-year-old. >> they get what they deserve because he's a baby. he was so handsome. >> reporter: they remembered just seeing him days ago. >> i seen him like two days before he remind me of my son. he was smiling just crazy and to find out two days later he ain't here it's just crazy. >> according to police the mother left with the suspects to babysit. someone from the couple's apartment took the child to the hospital last saturday where he later died. wilmington police began an investigation working with the attorney general's office and child services. the medical examiner deemed this a homicide after disclosing chosen died of blunt force trauma. a go fund me page shows a photo of chosen's smiling face with a bref message saying on 2/17 our life was forever changed. both adults are charged with murder by abuse or neglect in the first degree. they rem

annie mccormick, channel 6 action news. >> 7:34 on this sunday morning. president trump has blasted pennsylvania's revised congressional district map. in a tweet he said the new redrawn map is unfair to republicans and to the country as a whole and he said it must be appealed to the u.s. supreme covert asap. the state gop appealed the case on wednesday. last month the state supreme court threw out the old map. >>> later this morning inside story digs deeper into the issu. you can see that discussion right here on 6abc at 11:00. >>> this morning we are hearing from people in south philadelphia who have had their cars damaged by an out of control pickup. action news bob brooks has more. >> reporter: it was a pretty scary couple of minutes. it's hard to see, but you can clearly hear what's happening. police say a man in a pickup truck smashed into 16 cars. finally neighbors would put a stop to the chaos and yank him out of his truck. >> i was able to open the door up. he was fighting back. >> reporter: his quick thinking likely prevented further damage. >> w

for now reporting live in port richmond, annie mccormick channel6 "action news." back to you. >> all right, annie, thank you. >>> now to a developing story. and a personal tragedy for bill cosby one of his three daughters ensa has died. the 44-year-old woman died from renal disease on friday. no other details were given n a statement cosby's attorney asked for prayers for the family ton give them peace at this time. bill cosby lost his son ennis to gun violence in 1997. ensa just seen in the photo with her other sisters erica and even was a staunch supporter of her father during his recent legal battles. there she is. a pretrial hearing is scheduled for next monday in norristown for cosby's upcoming retrial. cosby is not required to be there, though. >> a ninth grader at fels high school is facing gun charges tonight after officials allegedly found a loaded .40 caliber gun in his backpack this morning. it was discovered while the 15-year-old was walking through the metal detectors. the school was immediately locked down while police have responded. the boy told au

that's where we find "action news" reporter annie mccormick. annie construction there already under way but there's still a lot more work to be done at the art museum area as well, hm? >> reporter: yes, still a lot of work to be done. you can imagine the amount of people that are going to be coming. now you're talking about kids coming off from school. we're told quietly they were putting some things in place ahead of the super bowl win and tod everybody is working hard to get this together. on the art museum steps this afternoon crews began assembling a stage that the eagles will area drive at the end of a parade in their honor. tentatively the city announced the celebration will begin at 11:00 a.m. on thursday. the route details are not released yet but the city announced today the parade will begin in south philadelphia at broad and pattison and will head north presumably along broad street and then j.f.k. parkway. the city couldn't first responder it will end at the art museum. today by city hall private contractors from south jersey based

annie mccormick liveear city hall with more on the possible plans for the hometown celebration. >> >> reporter: hi, a r we're heare parade will be on thursday, the official word will come this afternoon when the mayor's office makes the announcement. this morning eagles fans are basking in the glow of a super bowl win. hundreds ran into the streets last night in celebration. now it's time for fans to line the streets for a parade. we can expect something similar from what we saw in 2008 during the city's celebration for the phillies world series. that parade began in center city past city hall and traveled down broad street to citizens bank park. estimates vary how many people came into the city to attend, but some say 1 million. the most recent parade for a sports team hosted by the city was for the villanova minutes basketball team that route began at 20th and market and headed east ending at dilworth park. without knowing specifics, fans can't plan. >> we're making plans now. who is bringing the cooler, where we are ordering the food and beverages. >> unfortunately i will be moving

and annie mccormick is live at city hall where they announced the details. >> reporter: rick, they are expecting even more people that came out for the world series parade in 2008 for the phillies they estimate the crowds could be a little over 1 million possibly up to 2 million. >> waiting a long time for that! >> the vince lombardi trovein side of city hall as the mayor and officials announce the details today. the eagles will leave lincoln financial field at 9:00 a.m. and the parade begins at broad and paterson at 11:00 them and past city hall and the ben franklin parkway and organizers expected to be on the stage at 1:00 p.m. >> it's not merely a parade. the parade is part one and the ceremony is part two. expect surprises along the route and music but as of now no musical artist. this is not a ticketed event and open to the public. the people will arrive early to get the best vantage point. they don't necessarily have to worry. with we have 14 jumbotrons that will stretch from eakins oval down to city hall. >> we are not checking people's bags much like any other parade. we don't

for now reporting live in port richmond, annie mccormick channel6 "action news." back to you jim. >> annie thank you so much. >>> it happened this morning at fels high school in the summerdale section of philadelphia. police say a ninth grade student was carrying a loaded gun in his backpack and the weapon was discovered as the student tried to go through metal detectors. live at the school tonight "action news" reporter bob brooks. bob, the student taken into custody. what are police saying about this? >> reporter: well, jim, still very much still a mystery. police don't know yet why he brought this gun to school but i can tell you up until this point this teen did not have a criminal record but moving forward he will be charged for bringing the gun to school and according to police he has admitted to stealing this gun. the police rush in in. the samuel fels high school placed on lockdown. a 15-year-old student puts his bag through the scanner an loaded gun is found inside. >> it was a .40 caliber smith and wesson loaded with 12 rounds. it was loaded to capacity.

"action news" reporter annie mccormick is on the scene right now and she'll have the very latest in a live report at 5 o'clock. >> we are also learning more about a deadly wrong-way crash in chester county. police now say that 62-year-old melvin baskerville was driving the wrong way first along route 100 before getting on route 202. investigators say he drove the wrong way for roughly 5 miles before slamming into another car on route 202 yesterday morning. both baskerville and the other driver, 32-year-old monique pierre were killed. >>> friends say pierre was a nurse and was coming home from an overnight shift at the time that of crash. police aren't sure why baskerville traveled down both roads the wrong way. the accident shut down the road in east whiteland township for more than seven hours. >>> well, a gloucester county special needs teacher facing a number of serious charges in connection to a deadly hit-and-run crash over the weekend. this is 34-year-old nicholas jahn. police say he struck 44 weird jawana wilcox in washington township this early saturday morning. he was arreste

annie mccormick channel 6 "action news." >> all right annie thank you. >> well they are trying to get out of dodge right now. "action news" reporter john rawlins is standing by outside of suburban station not far from where we are positioned. what is the scene? >> reporter: well first of all i'm not at suburban station, that is closed i'm at 15th and jfk. and the party is definitely over over here. cleanup began a half hour ago and they made a lot of progress across the street but have a lot of work to do as far as cleanup. big crowds packed this area 15th and jfk asn a parade went by today. folks headed for the exists and were out in the cold for a long time. they may have been celebrating but they were cold. >> fly eagles fly! >> revellers poured in and there was a carnival atmosphere zm hats, hand warmers, beanies. >> what is the big sellers? >> the hand warmers and eagles hats. >> it wasn't that bad. uner and this woman walked from new jersey we parked underneath the bridge and walked across the ben franklin. >> how was that? >> not bad. >> no matte they got here that is what they

and "action news" reporter annie mccormick is live. >> reporter: jim, that is right this is not a ticketed event and open to the public and expected to be bigger than the phillies world series parade in 2008. with the vince lombardi proffy in city hall the mayor and parade organizers revealed the details. >> i want to thank them for all the joy they brought to us. >> it's really an opportunity for us, our organization and players and staff to really sort of take in the enthusiasm and say thank you. >> 11:00 a.m. at broad and

first annie mccormick is at the art museum where the big celebration will be held. >> reporter: hi sharrie. we are told there are surprising during the parade and celebration and visual and those details are kept close to the vest. but for the details for people that want to come out and see this for themselves. they are estimating 1 to 3 million people could come out for this. extensive setup around the city continues. notices of parking restrictions are going up. this as city and parade organizers revealed details. they leave lincoln financial field at 10:45 a.m. and the parade begins at 11:00 a.m. and they go down city tall to the ben franklin parkway and ending on the museum steps. organizers expect to be on the stage at 1:00 p.m. for the celebration portions. >> we'll go nice and slow for the chance to see everyone and open air. they are not enclosed vehicles. a glimpse of the up bowl champs is what everyone wants to see. >> with this parade it's an opportunity for us and our organization and players and staff really sort of take in that enthusiasm and say thank you to the millions of