"action news" reporter, annie mccormick showed us the damage left behind. >> this massive tree split in half after crash on to this home in cherry hill. the impact was so strong it sliced the roof and knocked off brick facade. on the other side of the township, jerry never heard her tree crack, fall or crash. but missed her neighbor's house that say miracle. >> it was about 70 feet tall, it was huge. if i stood at the bottom of it i could not look up and see the top. >> what goes through your mind now? >> divine intervention. >> heavy rainfall and bolts of lightning made trees fall. knocking out power and blocking intersections like this one at morrison larks spur. >> it's our tree and power went out everywhere but not ours. scott and jordan says this tree got in the way of their front yard baseball games any way but this damage can prove deadly and costly, pat enright could not help but get side tracked by damage even on jobs that are not his. he is getting to every call as fast as he can. >> if it's serious we'll address it right away, but if it can wait we'll get the sidewalks cle

annie mccormick is live at jefferson university hospital in center city where the driver went for help. >> reporter: the driver drove himself to jefferson hospital. i want to give you a look at the cab behind me, the police cruiser is holding the scene they are looking for evidence in the cab parked in front of the police vehicle. >>> he put the knife on my neck and hold of the knife and struggling with each other. >>> this center city cab driver picked up a fare at 4th and catherine at 1:00 a.m. when the fare got in, the threats began. >>> he told me i have a gun, i'm going to shoot you. >> reporter: the driver could not get to the phone to call 911. he gave up the cash and the suspect ran. >>> he had a knife put to his throat and that's when our perpetrator announced the robbery. for some reason, the cab driver and the perpetrator got into a physical struggle over the knife that's when the cab driver was cut in his hand. >> reporter: next the cabby drove himself to jefferson hospital. the suspect cut the cab driver with the knife initially telling him he had a gun, too. the cabby was

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annie mccormick, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> police are investigating a deadly accident in bucks county this noon, one person was killed when a truck overturned early this morning and the driver died at the hospital. >>> montgomery county health officials are trying to trace the source of a stomach bug that now sickened 100 students at ursinus college, it's unclear if the illness is food born or transferred person to person. they have closed their dining hall as a precaution and serving food in the athletic center. >>> a lehigh university student is diagnosed with the zika virus after a trip abroad over winter break, the university said there is no additional health risks to anyone on campus. they will continue to see more cases as people continue to travel to areas where zika is present. lawmakers are also considered president obama's request for $1.8 billion in funding to fast track a vaccine. "action news" is hosting a live chat with an infectious disease expert this afternoon, begins at 4:30 on the 6 abc facebook page. you can go there now to submit your questions. >

annie mccormick is live at the scene on cheltenham avenue with the latest. >> reporter: no word on a cause yet on this fire. look behind me and see what is left behind, investigators from the atf and fire marshals office are out here early in this investigation. overnight the house of gin went up in flames and firefighters attacked it from all angles, the call came out at 1:00 a.m. and it took more than an hour to get the fire under control. by dawn chopper 6 hd got a look from the air what was left. the restaurant appears destroyed. the restaurant owner seen here did not want to speak on camera. he told "action news" that luckily nobody was inside. his restaurant that served chinese and japanese cuisine has been a fixture here for years. >> it's a great loss. everybody comes here. they make good food. everyone comes here i come here for lunch, i work across the street. everyone is going to be really upset. >> residents and employees from local businesses from cheltenham avenue got a look at the damage and many were surprised it didn't spread. >> it can be rebuilt probably. >> you ca

reporting live in germantown, annie mccormick channel 6 "action news." >>> new this morning, a gunman killed three people in a series of shootings that ended at a lawn care company in kansas. 14 other people were injured. cedric ford was killed in a shootout with police. they say they have an idea on the motive and insist it is not connected to terrorism. police remained in a standoff with the gunman's roommate after the gunman was killed. >>> spca believes i want has uncovered a dog fighting operation in the germantown section of the city. officials found ten dead pitbulls and seven dead pitbulls across the in a vacant home across the street. authorities have yet to identify any suspects. >>> donald trump recently noted that marco rubio hadn't said anything bad about him and he wondered if that would change. he need not wonder any more. they debated in houston and gloves came over. marco rubio took swings at trump. >>> you're the only one who has been find to work on your projects illegally. >>> i'm the only one who hired people. >>> while fireworks flew over topics over immigration

erin o'hearn is in pennsylvania, annie mccormick is in delaware and katherine scott is in new jersey. let's get going with dave murphy and karen rogers. good morning. >> good morning, everybody. we'll starter off with storm tracker6 live double scan. we had one round of overnight snow showers that are gone and they only deposited about a coating to maybe a half inch in some spots overnight. certainly not enough to cause you major problems on roads especially where roads were pretreated. now we have a second round beginning to pop in. it's a little wet snow mixing with rain down in cumberland county new jersey, parts of cape may and atlantic county and also in parts of kent county delaware. everywhere elsewhere it's a little bit cooler we are looking at snow but again it's light and pretreated road surfaces should be for the most part okay. i'd be a little careful on sidewalks and some of those secondary roads there might not have gotten the brine. there you see what happened overnight. just a sweep of snow coming through, not a lot. there is more gathering to the south and we are stil

annie mccormick is live outside jefferson hospital where the cabby drove himself for help. good morning, annie. >> reporter: good morning, tam, that's right, the suspect flagged down the cab driver a couple of blocks from here in queens village attacked him and got away. the cab driver drove himself to jefferson university hospital. >>> he pulled a knife organ my neck, he hold the knife struggling with each other. >> reporter: this center city cab driver picked up a fare near 4th and katherine at 1:00 a.m., when the fare got in, the threats began. >>> when i get to 4th and catherine, he at a -- attacked me, so give me money. >> reporter: the driver could not get to the phone to call 911. he gave up the cash and the suspect ran. >>> he had a knife put to his throat and that's when our perpetrator announced the robbery. some reason, the cab driver and our perpetrator got into a physical struggle over the knife and that's when the cab driver was cut two times in his hands. >> reporter: next the cabby drove himself to jefferson hospital. south detectives centered the investigat

annie mccormick channel 6 "action news." matt and tam. >>> now to a developing story, firefighters battled severe weather while putting out a marina fire at the jersey shore. seven boats were ablazed along old sea isle boulevard in sea isle city. some of the boats had fuel on board and said it accelerated the flames. the fire marshal is investigating a cause. >>> now we're going over to katherine scott she's got more on road conditions after the storm. she's live along the schuylkill expressway with a little bit of good news. good morning, katherine. >> reporter: good morning, tam, that's right, we have an huge improvement on the roads. we are along the city avenue, westbound lanes there's a little bit of a traffic backup because it's rush hour not storm related. overnight down by the road over by girard and montgomery in the eastbound lanes there are major problems on the schuylkill expressway. flooding shut down the eastbound lanes for hours. crews were out unclogging the storm drains, once that was done they had to clear

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traffic time, kim mccormick. >> we have a couple problems. northbound kenilworth avenue, route 50. the ramp to northbound 50 is blocked for a cleanup. if you're traveling northbound 210 out of oxon hill and indian head, the crash in the right lane getting by. all the crash scene and emergency equipment on the scene. just watch out for those delays as you're making your way towards the beltway. looking live at the jefferson bridge and memorial, things moving along nicely. no reports of any icing conditions around any of the viewing area so that is going to help you get to work today. and if you take metro, orange line, you're single-tracking box of an earlier problem on one of the rails. >>> developing story this morning, small amounts of dna have been found after 12 marines were killed in a helicopter crash last month. the hawaii-based marines died when two helicopters crashed during nighttime training. marine corps officials say the families. identified marines have been told about this. no word how many have been identified. >>> baltimore police are working to learn more about a

. >>> we have katherine scott and annie mccormick. we start with david. >> reporter: i see snow over katherine. we have wet snow over the central portion of the region. if you've been following this forecast over the last day and a half it's getting farther and farther inland and more snowy. it is wet snow accumulating 1 to 3 inches as we go between now and 10:00 a.m. by then it should be off the coast. the closer you are to the shore, more rain you have. but we expect a change over to snow from the northwest to the coast later on. mainly wet roads. as we look at current temperatures there are spots getting close to the freezing mark. trenton, millville, 34. in some areas we may develop slush on the roads the longer this goes on. a word of caution, hopefully this is a minor impact event. on the bus stop, cloudy skies, rain and snow. 35 degrees in philadelphia, by 6:00. 34r by 8:00 a.m. be careful on sidewalks and driveways. the winter weather advisory goes until 10:00 a.m., by then the snow will be pushing close to the coast and the t

annie mccormick is in atlantic city with more organ the coastal concerns. >> reporter: matt, overnight they reported there were high wind gusts here, right now it's breezy and temperatures are dropping. there's a coastal flood advisory in effect from 5:00 a.m. this morning to tomorrow morning. let's look at the video from the time you were talking about two weeks ago we got battered here with the storm with the blizzard. it's not expected to be anything like that, like those conditions. the coastal flood watch is in effect late monday night into tuesday afternoon. light snow showers will happen around 6:30, that could be a mission of rain and maybe sleet or snow. high tide is expected around 6:30. you could expect to see 7-foot waves in comparison to last week, officials saw 7.8-foot waves when we had major storms. this could impact roadway flooding especially during high tide it could make the conditions of minor tidal flooding could get bumped up to moderate flooding. atlantic city will do a lot of things they did in place last time, although they are not expecting this to be as big

annie mccormick is live at the scene of the crash at 6th and fisher avenue. annie? >> reporter: and matt, this is the block where several parked cars were hit badly damaged. this is a vehicle that looks like it got the brunt of it. you can see the side is almost all taken out. there's debris all over the roadway for people who have no idea what happened that are driving through at this time. this is one of three cars that did get hit. police believed it began at 13th and rock handle where they believe the -- rockland, the suspect was trying to rob a pizza delivery man. he stole his car that light colored sable that's badly damaged. during a short chase, the stolen vehicle collided with the red vehicle you can see injuring a woman inside. that happened at the intersection of 6th abbey -- and fisher. and then the stolen car kept going and it hit several parked cars. then the car did stop after the police pursuit police did get the suspect out of the vehicle and they able to arrest him. back out here live, the woman in the red vehicle was transported to the hospital. s

annie mccormick is live in atlantic city, she has details. good morning, annie. >> reporter: good morning, it's windy it's cold down here in atlantic city. later on this morning twhekd -- they could expect to see some flurries. we got the blizzard, they got a big amount of snow, but the big issue is coastal flooding. they are not expecting to see like that this time around. coastal flood is expected today through tomorrow, coast flood watch monday night through tuesday afternoon. high tide is around 6:30. this could impact roadway flooding especially during high tide and makes conditions for the possibility of minor tidal flooding. wind gusts, back here live on the boardwalk, wind gusts are expected to be high around 40 miles per hour. right now picking up a little bit of speed, the temperatures are dropping, as well. for now we're live in atlantic city, annie mccormick channel 6 "action news." >>> with flooding and snow in the forecast keep 6abc.com open all your devices, rely on double scan radar to learn where the heaviest rain is heading.

. >> annie mccormick is live along the trail where the first attack was reported on sunday night. >> sara and rick, a 16 and 17-year-old was arrested and charged. but police say that more arrests could still come. these three recent cases they believe all are related. about seven young men are traveling together and using a b.b. gun that looked real. >> three robberies on the schuylkill trail has police on the alert. >> we have three or four males on bikes and approaches a person walking or running along the trail and they approach the individual and display a handgun and demand items. >> a brazen group approached two males separately and displayed a gun and demanded cash and cell phones and then monday night they approached another man and showed what looked like a weapon and this time the victim refused to unlock the phone and things got violent. >> this male handed over his bag and a laptop or something and then refused to unlock the phone, and they began to punch and kick the individuals. >> officers jumped into action arresting two in the group of the crime. >> it's not just bee

annie mccormick is watching the roads in university city. . let's go over to david murphy with the latest from accuweather and roger roj has traffic. >> reporter: -- karen rogers has traffic. >> reporter: it's been snowing for two or three hours, we have snow pushing toward the coast, you'll get a changeover there if yoot not seeing that. -- you're not seeing that. we have bands bringing in cooler air and putting slushy

annie mccormick channel 6 "action news." >>> former eagles player lesean mccoy is under investigation for an alleged assault on three philadelphia police officers at a nightclub. two officers were hospitalized as a result of the incident. the fight happened at 2:45 a.m. at the recess lounge in old city. according to sources mccoy and three other nfl players were involved in a physical altercation with the off-duty officers over a bottle of champagne. mccoy was not arrested, a police report was filed. team officials are gathering information and will not comment. >>> we are waiting to learn more from police about a shooting that left a man dead. family members say a man was killed and another hurt after they were shot by police. it happened in the 1200 block of keystone road around 2:00 a.m. video from the action cam at the scene showed an suv that appeared to have crashed and ended up on the sidewalk. chester police confirmed they are investigating a shooting. we'll continue to follow this story. >>> a fraternity president at cornell university is accused of attacking a female student

annie mccormick is live at police headquarters with the update. >> reporter: rick, that is right they identified the victim as maurice addsign. they have the suspect in custody and he is expected to be charged later today. >> there was seven shots fired and he was shot four times. >> eight police officers responded to 18th and pine after reports of a shooting wednesday night. they found 41-year-old maurice addsite lying on the ground, he was rushed to presbyterian hospital and was pronounced dead later. officers captured the suspect immediately after the crime. >> seconds. right after the shooting we got flash information there was a male with a red hoody fleeing on foot and uniformed officers saw him and took him into custody to the homicide unit. >> reporter: they are piecing together why he became the target. there are real time cameras in the area and local surveillance cameras from businesses in the area too. >> we are talking to family and friends and trying to find out what he was into and what this was about but right now we don't know. >> and that includes finding out the rel

it happened on the 100 block of mccormick avenue in ridley township. nobody was hurt, the fire started in the back of the home. >>> flames pour out of a norristown montgomery county home, a 12-year-old boy when he tried to save his father running back into the home. chad perdelli said this humidities the importance of having an escape plan. >> reporter: philadelphia fire commissioner said that the chaos during a fire is why families need an escape plan and meeting point. the plan can be as simple as this one, two routes to escape, number one uses a door, the second a window. the meeting place a tree. >>> it should be in the front of the house, or the rear of the house, but everyone meets in the same place. >> reporter: it allows initial responders to know if someone is trapped. the key is that the families need to practice the plan. >>> you talk about the chaos, if you haven't practiced it, you won't do what you planned to do. >> reporter: two dozen people were displaced by the fire, four for the long term, the red cross is helping out. chad perdelli c

devices and the breach affects three in philadelphia and including morton's steakhouse, chart house and mccormick and six in south jersey including golden nugget atlantic city. mainly between may of 2014 and december of 2015. for a list of all affected restaurants, head to nbc10.com or log in to the mobile app. >>> california man's in trouble tonight. he's accused of posing as a priest to steal thousands of dollars from churchgoers and some who wanted to come here to see the pope. police arrested irwin maynet. investigators say he officiated at ceremonies and taking donations and police say he kept that money for himself. tonight the "l.a. times" said he sold more than two dozen trips to see pope francis here in philadelphia. last year between $500 and $1,000 each. >>> a tram ride down the atlantic city boardwalk got more expensive. the once $2 ride is now $2.18. the additional money being charged to riders comes courtesy of a state of imposed luxury tax. the company that runs the tram slapped with fine for not collecting the tax for months. >>> so can we look forward to an early spring or anothe

annie mccormick is watching the roads in university city. . let's get you started with david murphy outside in the elements and karen rogers has traffic. >> reporter: we are starting out with wet snow as expected across the immediate region. if you were watching the forecast for the last day and a half you could see we were pushing the precipitation farther to the west, it did make it into the lehigh valley now it's pushing toward the coast. in philadelphia, the heaviest stuff appears to be pushing to the east. you see the lavender matt and tam were pointing out over burlington county and parts of philadelphia and south jersey and northern camden county. that's the heavier stuff. mostly wet roads beneath this, but we have slushy developing on secondary and side roads and sidewalks, as well. the snow is pushing to the coast in a lot of spots. temperatures are above freezing, so, again, mostly wet roads. some spots are picking up the slush, especially as the snow gets heavier. we're closer to the freezing mark in millville and atlantic city. you

rain on the way, i'll let you know how much annie mccormick when we're going to get it. that's coming up. >>> it's special matt, it's really special. it's unique > new information n, officials in the south pacific island of fiji overnight that the death toll from a ferocious cyclone has risen. 18 people are dead after the cyclone made landfall saturday night. schools are closed today, but government workers are expected to report to work. if this storm had developed in the atlantic it would have been labeled a category five hurricane. that's how strong it was. >>> we're starting off our workweek somewhat mild. >> reporter: we had a nice weekend. i hope you got outside and enjoyed it. storm tracker 6 live double scan shows you a little bit of the leftover shower activity that came through at times sunday afternoon and evening. it is now off the coast. looking outside, we have sky 6 at the airport. no winds. the temperatures is 42 degrees, we're on the mild side. we're in the 30s in the northern suburbs, wind light at 8 miles per hour. a comfortable morning overall. temper

let's go over to annie mccormick in olney with the latest. good morning, tam, you're right, that may have been a short police pursuit, but it left a lot of damage behind, in fact the driver of the stolen vehicle barreled through this intersection at 6th and fisher, you can see debris still left in the rooted way. earlier this morning we were showing you the damaged cars, several parked cars were hit. take a look at the video. police say this started around 13th and rock handle when -- rok land when the suspect took the pizza delivery man's car. police were near the area. the victim called for help and a short pursuit happened. during the short chase, the stolen vehicle collided with this red vehicle injuring a woman inside. then the stolen car didn't stop. it continued to the intersection of 6th and fisher on this block several parked cars became damaged as a result of the chase. the police caught him and arrested him. it is unclear how many charges the suspect will face at this time. the woman in the red car is okay, she was taken to the hos

the flames started just before 7:00 along mccormick avenue in ridley park. no one was hurt. investigators are trying to figure 0-what sparked this fire. >>> special equipment helped rescue a man in newark new castle county. where he fell down an embankment last night. sky force 10 was over the high angle scene along red mill road and old mill road. crews spent about 20 minutes retrieving the victim from the embankment. his injuries are nonlife threatening. >>> we have some new information about a robbery and a high-speed chase we brought you exclusively on thursday night at 11:00. police identified the suspect as henry david iii. he's accused of stealing cell phones out of verizon story in philadelphia, tying up employees and leading police on a chase for more than 25 miles. only sky force 10 was in the air to catch the crash at the end of the chase. the driver's car went into a cul-de-sac and then into a ditch. davis is now in the hospital recovering from his injuries. he's charged with several crimes. police tell us they were able to locate the suspect because store employ

. >>> be annie mccormick is live where a gas leak put crews on the street. >> reporter: a scary morning for residents in west oak lane. they were woken up in the middle of the night for a gas leak, there's good news they are going back in, we'll have the details next. you his the the >>> authorities believe a missouri couple that is suspected? several robberies and kidnappings down south are on the their way to florida to get married. they say the two robbed and abducted a convenience store clerk. authorities are offering ten thousand dollar reward for information leading to their arrest. >>> a bomb threat was called into a wisconsin sheriff's office prominently featured in the making the murder netflix series getting quote justice for stephen. his eviction in the killing of teresa harbaugh gathered national interest because of the netflix series. after inspection nothing was found. >>> we have fog and david murphy and karen rogers are helping you through it. >> reporter: a family experiences an unspeak ablg hit-and-run, speak exclusively with "action news." of match 6, 500,000 wins cas

annie mccormick is live in atlantic city with more on the coastal concern. >> reporter: allalready in the t hour we have seen a difference, wind gusts are picking up at it is starting to rain. there's a coastal flood advisory in effect beginning early this morning. overnight therein heavy winds of this is video from the last big storm that we had. the reason why a coastal flood advisory is a concern a lot of people had flooding issues during the last storm. a costal flood watch is in effect monday night into tuesday afternoon. light snow showers are expected this morning. now high tide is around 6:30 a.m. that could have an impact on flooding. this could impact roadway flooding especially during high tide times. it makes conditions for the possibility of minor tidal flooding. back out here live, officials the last time put a major amount of things in place to try to prevent the flooding on the roads that usually get it even during minor flooding times. since there's damage in these areas they will make efforts to make it better on the roads that saw damage two weeks ago. annie mccormi

annie mccormick has more. >> reporter: a history lesson came in the form avenue documentary played before the students of crystal ray high school. cecil's people follows the cecil b. moore freedom fighters and their vigorous campaign to open girard college to blacks in 1965. it includes the stop martin luther king jr. made. >> now is the time to straighten up girard college. >> girard college was a complicated legal problem in which to overturn a will that denied access to school to people of color. >> reporter: the film truly came to life in the school's auditorium. >> ♪ >> reporter: you can see freedom fighter kenneth featured if the piece as a teen and today he came in person along with a panel of freedom fighters still alive. >> i'm really surprised and thankful that i lived this long so witness this. >> ♪ >> reporter: several on the panel including civil rights leader cecil b. moore's daughter spoke to the students. >> if you want to participate in saving our community, there's a role for you. that you don't have to have a famous name but you can serve. >> we love those children

annie mccormick has more to tell us what is happening now. >> reporter: the fire destroyed the popular restaurant. i want to take you to the video because you can see how intense the flames were. that's what the firefighters arrived to, this is the house of jin restaurant that serves japanese and chinese cuisine. there were multiple fire agencies that responded. it took more than an hour to get this fire under control. it's in a shopping complex. it is unclear if other businesses were affected. fire crews say this broke out around 1:00 a.m., like we said it looks like the fire was completely so destroyed this business. there are ladder trucks there and they are still dousing the business from above with water. right now they are telling us it took more than an hour to get it under control. we are waiting to hear from fire officials to see how many alarms it it it was and see if there was any other damage. annie mccormick channel 6 "action news." >>> a man is in custody charged with shooting his own brother in the chest in northeast philadelphia. their mother called 911 it happened on w

annie mccormick is live on the scene the 2100 block of walnut street where crews are still working. good morning, annie. >> reporter: tam, that's right, you can see the crews working behind me. at last check 90 customers were without power. the goal is to get the power back this morning. you can see the thick black smoke pouring out of drains and manholes. before 5:30, calls came into 911 reporting an underground fire in the 2100 block of walnut. crews began evacuation. >>> there was a firefighter banging on the door telling me to get out. nationally 400 customers were without power including the miriam theater which was blocks away. for last night's performance of rain only those with orchestra seats were able to see it. some got back inside, others were waiting for the okay from firefighters. >>> some people could go back in, not all of us, so we're waiting. >>> and the first step is to get the power back on, the neck step is for fire crews to begin their investigation and figure out a calls for the fire. annie mccormick channel 6 "action news." >>> this is new on "action news," a

. >>> an underground fire broke out at walnut street annie mccormick is there live. >> reporter: according to peco's website there are 90 customers without power. they are hoping to get it back on by noon. you could see the thick black smoke pouring out of drains and manholes before 5:30 p.m., calls came into 911 reporting an underground fire in the 2100 block of walnut. crews immediately began evacuations. >>> all of a sudden there was just a firefighter banging on it is door telling plea to get out. initially had hundred customers were without power including the miriam theater which is blocks away on broad street. for last night's performance of rain only those with orchestra level tickets were allowed to see it because the emergency lights were knocked out. some got back inside, others stood by waiting for the okay, from firefighters. >>> they said some people could go back in, but not all of us, so we're waiting. >> reporter: and back out here live, you heard karen talking about it, it is going to affect your morning traffic. this block is taken up with crews. once they are back onlin

it took a half-hour to get the fire under control on mccormick avenue in ridley township. nobody was hurt, the fire started in the back of a home. >>> flames poured out of a montgomery home and sent everyone. ♪♪ scrambling for safety. 12-year-old died when he ran. >>> the home to save his dad. >>> a 77-year-old woman was killed when a tree fell into her home in delaware county. margie cooper was asleep when the tree fell yesterday in broomall. it is believed that the couple was trapped for hours. when police got the call it was too late to save her life. her husband is recovering in the hospital. >>> prosecutors want an appeals court to reverse it's decision dismissing charges against three penn state administrators accused of covering up sex abuse complaints against jerry sandusky. a three judge panel threw out serious charges against the three after ruling that the grand jury testimony violated their rights. the three face charges including failure to report sexual child ray abuse. >>> kathleen kane's law license will remain suspended the state court declined to rein

annie mccormick is live at police headquarters with the details. annie. >> reporter: hi, matt, police say the victim never had a chance as he was ambushed as he got out of the vehicle this morning. police say a 31-year-old victim was killed execution style after he was shot multiple times at point blank range. when officers arrived they found the victim on the ground, seriously wounded. he was rushed to pen pretty bad hospital where he was -- pen presbyterian hospital where he was found dead. police he just parked his car. >>> the victim exited the driver door when he walked on the curb, the shooter walked up within feet and fired at least 6 shots. it appears this individual was the intended target. >> reporter: and police have not said at this hour if they have identified a suspect. we do know that the shooter ran north on 52nd street and west on delancy street. if you have any information you are urged to call homicide. annie mccormick channel 6 "action news." >>> thank you for that. >>> and philadelphia police are busy with this they are looking

morton's steakhouse, the chart house and mccormick and schmick's were affected. it happened between may of 2014 and december 2015. open the nbc 10 app for the complete list. >>> the presidential hopefuls have shifted their focus to the next contest in new hampshire. here's a look at where the race for delegates stands on the republican side. the winner needs 1,237 delegates to lock up the nomination. ted cruz has the most with eight, followed by donald trump, marco rubio, both have seven delegates on the democratic side, hillary clinton pulled off a win. she now has 30 delegates. bernie sanders has 21. new hampshire holes the first primary in the nation next tuesday. the candidates have less than a week to gather support there. cruz rolled into the granite state yesterday riding on the momentum of monday's victory in iowa. he said his win means grass roots conservatives, not the establishment will determine the gop nominee. the texas senator also took aim at donald trump. >> six weeks ago donald trump was saying every day that i was his friend, that he loved me,

annie mccormick is live on the scene of the crash at 6th and fisher avenue in olney. annie? >> reporter: matt, just a couple of minutes ago police towed away the vehicle they believe the suspect stole and went on a chase damaging several vehicles in the way including this one and several vehicles on the block that were damaged. there's debris in the roadway, police are expected to come back to clean up and talk to residents about the damage that they have. take a look at the video. they believe it started at 13th and rockland when the suspect tried to rob a pizza delivery man out on the job. he stole the car the light color sable that you see in the video there. police were called for help. during a short chase, the stolen vehicle collided with the red vehicle injuring a woman inside. the stolen car continued on this block and several parked cars became casualties of the chase before coming to a stop. police arrested him taking him into custody. the woman in the red car was taken to the hospital. she is in stable condition at this time. police do not know if the suspect was

for now reporting live in south philadelphia, annie mccormick, channel6 "action news." >> thank you, annie. >>> comedian bill cosby he is expected to return to a montgomery county courtroom today. cosby's lawyers are trying to convince a judge to dismiss the philadelphia native's sex assault case. the temple employee accuses him of molesting her at his cheltenham home more than a decade ago. the defense says cosby made a deal with former district attorney bruce castor that he wouldn't be charged provided he testify in his accuser's civil lawsuit in 2005. castor testified yesterday that he didn't file criminal charges because of a lack of physical evidence. >>> a trial date lab set for embattled pennsylvania attorney general kathleen kane. it will begin on august 8th at the montgomery county courthouse. kane is fighting criminal charges of perjury along with suspension of her law license. the state senate is also considering removing her from office. kane has denied any wrongdoing and indicates she might run for another term this year. >> erin o'hearn is here with two warnings that co

reporting live in olney, annie mccormick channel 6 "action news." >>> new this morning, carbon monoxide fumes sickened five people in philadelphia's crescentville section. crews were call atlanta and found the fumes in the house. five people were taken to the hospital for treatment. >>> police in allentown are investigating a suspicious death. police found an asian woman's body in a large recycleling container. they think she was between 18 and 25 years old and 5 feet tall. anyone with information give the police a call. >>> pope francis will preside over a mass in three different languages celebrating indian life in that country. pope francis will be there until wednesday. >>> let's go over to david murphy, there's snow out there. >> reporter: yes, and a light snow band coming through now. we have snow to the south, but we have a light band popping up in the central portion of the region. it's highlighted in various shades of gray, but it's light snow to start out. if it hits any untreated surfaces, it could create a freeze up. be careful in south philadelphia, wood withbury andr picki

annie mccormick is watching the roads in university city. . let's go over to david murphy with the latest from accuweather and roger roj has traffic. >> reporter: -- karen rogers has traffic. >> reporter: it's been snowing for two or three hours, we have snow pushing toward the coast, you'll get a changeover there if yoot not seeing that. -- you're not seeing that. we have bands bringing in cooler air and putting slushy accumulation on the road surfaces. temperatures were in the 50s, so the asphalt takes longer to give you mean the warmth in the roads. we'll have that pushing toward the coast around 9:00, 9:30. it will clear around lunchtime down the shore. we're at the freezing mark in wilmington and close to it in millville and trenton. 32 in dover. 33 at the airport in atlantic city. these numbers are close enough to freezing despite the warm air yesterday, the slushiness may be developing in spots, so you want to take it slow if you see that, i think cruel get around fairly well today. clouds early on obviously, rain and wet snow, mostly w

live in south philadelphia, annie mccormick channel 6 "action news." matt and tam. >>> this new video in from old city, the action cam was along market street early this morning just as the changeover from rain to snow started. as the snow falls check 6abc.com for the latest from accuweather you can final storm tracker 6 live and follow our team on facebook they are posting changes throughout the day. >>> where are you seeing the snow? >> reporter: it's close to the shore. storm tracker 6 live double scan shows we have wet snow across the region. in some areas it's highlighted in shades of lavender, that's heavier bands of snow. in all cases as we take the two dimensional view we're looking at mainly wet roads. we were in the 50s a short time ago and last evening. the road surfaces have maintained that warmth. we're getting closer to the freezing mark along the i-95 corridor and south jersey, in most cases you're looking at wet road surfaces. i would be careful beneath these bands of slush developing. sidewalks and be careful if slush under foot. it's

annie mccormick is live at the house of jin restaurant with more on the fire fight. >> reporter: matt, fire crews are out here behind me using the laureled trucks they are dousing the hot spots in the building of the restaurant. take a look at the video. this is how intense the flames were. the popular chinese and japanese restaurant at cheltenham and pulaski was consumed in the flames and the flames spread to the roof. it broke out at 1:00 a.m. and took an hour to get the blaze under control. it appears other businesses near the restaurant are not heavily damaged. the other than said he was too shaken to speak on camera, but has been in the business for 18 years. after seeing the flames in the video, it's surprising there were no injuries reported. the fire marshal is on the scene. he said it's too early to discuss a cause they are still investigating. reporting live in germantown. annie mccormick channel 6 "action news." >>> thanks, annie. >>> new this morning, a mother called police on one of her own sons with when a family dispute led to gunfire. it happened on woodhaven road in n

annie mccormick will have more on the issue in a live report. >>> this is just in, a snake caused a scare at the septa train station. a passer by spotted a snake inside a trash can at the convention avenue station university city at 4:30. it was a live, animal control units were called in to capture the snake. it is not clear where it came from. >>> city officials are working to crackdown on crime on the popular schuylkill expressway river trail. the newly formed watch group met in the wake of violent attacks long the popular jogging track. city officials are considering surveillance cameras and increased police patrols. >>> he had a handgun in my face, give me your money and wall-- wallet. >>> police have arrested a teenager in response to the robberies. >>> camille cosby will be limited to answering questions in a defamation lawsuit. this confirms the nature of confidential discussions between spouses. >>> uber will be paying out a lot of money to riders over a certain fee. let's go over to maribel aber at the nasdaq. >> reporter: uber will pay customers by collecting a dollar for a saf

annie mccormick is at the scene. you spoke to the cab driver as well as the passengers on the train? >> reporter: sara we did. and as you can see in a moment. trains are again running smoothly and everything is back to normal but we spoke to the cab driverer and she said she drove up here when it was dark and the car behind her was honking and she made a right on the train tracks and called 911, when she looked up there was an on coming train heading right for her. >> the cab is a piece of crumbled metal after being forced by the train for an entire city block. it's hard to believe nobody was seriously hurt. >> we heard this bump and thought they ran over a tree or something. >> passengers had no idea what they hit and when they realize tropical disturbanced -- realized it was a vehicle they were scared. the cab driver told us when she got stuck on the tracks, she call 911 and saw an on coming train and left the car and ran. three crew members were on board the train, and they will all undergo medical screenings and

"action news" reporter annie mccormick is live in front of the macy's with these new developments. annie. >> reporter: and, matt, police made that arrest late last night. they say that the woman who was being questioned by security here was in the custody of security when she left her young child behind here in the store. well, take a look at the video -- at this mug shot rather. this is 27-year-old mahogany terry. according to police, macy's security apprehended terry just after 6:00 p.m. yesterday when they suspect they had she was shoplifting here at the macy's in center city. now, they estimate she stole about $1,400 in merchandise with her four-year-old daughter at her side. now, when they handcuffed her in the loss prevention room, she managed to get out of her handcuffs and that is when she fled leaving that little girl behind in the store all by herself. well, back out here live philadelphia police department was notified, so was the department of human services. that little girl, though, we can tell you now is with other relatives. now, she was taken -- the suspect was tak

"action news" reporter annie mccormick is live at the sharon hill police station. she fills us in on what exactly happened here. good morning, annie. >> reporter: good morning, tam. and we're outside of sharon hill police but we're not getting much information from the police department at this time. now, it was their officers that did respond to the domestic disturbance and one of their officers that was injured, it was an officer from the county that sources say was the one that fired the shot that seriously hurt the suspect. well, take a look at this video. this is video from last night. it unfolded on barker avenue near chester pike in sharon hill. it was just before 8:00 p.m. last night. now, officers had already been called to this home earlier in the week dealing with a mental health patient on the block. this time, though, while responding to a domestic disturbance in the home, two sharon hill police officers arrived none one would answer. police barged down the door. it was then that the suspect allegedly lunged at the officers with a butcher knife. now, i

annie mccormick is live with the latest details. good morning, annie. >> reporter: good morning, tam, to appear legitimate the two alleged scam artists used commercial spaces to conduct their businesses. they stole $130,000 from two dozen clients and they are wondering if there are more victims out there. camden county prosecutor's office believe two dozen victims were duped by the two who were selling vacant foreclosed properties that would advertise on craig's list or by word of mouth. >>> either the closing date came and went and never got their property, or they were advised that the water couldn't be turned on in the property. >> reporter: smith known as lisa edmunds had her license revoked for life. the two operated under several companies. sterling reality investment, angel home savers and breeze capitol consulting. they are accused of stealing $130,000 from clients. >>> we have a gentleman who saved his life savings for the past five years to put down on a house that he and his three children are being kicked out of. >>> inv

the flames started just before 7:00 along mccormick avenue in ridley park. no one was hurt in this case. investigators are still trying to determine what sparked the fire. >>> it was special equipment that to rescue a man in newark new castle county last night where he fell an embankment. sky force 10 was over this rescue scene along red mill road and old mill road. crews spent 20 minutes retrieving the victim. his injuries are nonlife threatening. >>> we have some new information on this police chase and crash that was captured exclusively by sky force 10. the suspect robbed the cell phone store in south philly thursday night and police used those stolen phones to track him down and corner him in a cul-de-sac in delaware. pennsylvania state police say henry davis iii remains under guard in the hospital after breaking his arm during the crash. davis is charged with fleeing from police, recklessly endangering another person and several vehicle code violations. sky force 10 captured the high-speed chase. it went on for 25 miles. the crash ended in a quiet neig

annie mccormick, channel 6 "action news." >>> in other news an investigation is underway after a fire broke out in blue bell, the phrase started at lee angelo blue. the fire was contained to one room and the restaurant is now undergoing renovations. >>> new hampshire's primary is underway and people were out before sunrise to cast their votes. bernie sanders is in the lead with one precinct reporting and most polls are open until 7:00 tonight and so far they say that voter turnout is steady across the state but they are not sure if turnout will meet expectations or break records. monica malpass is also in new hampshire covering the primary election there, her live reports continue today at 4:00 and is posting updates on her twitter and facebook pages. >>> now to the growing concern on the zika virus. there are at least 50 confirmed cases in the u.s. and the white house asks congress for $2 billion to combat the spread. and now they are reissuing the exclusive list of the most effective mosquito repellants. >> reporter: concerns around the zika virus at an all-time high. they are raisi

let's go over to annie mccormick live on 31st street. >> reporter: the good news crews say they have located the gas leak and break it is something they are working on right now. it should be fixed in a matter of time. in the meantime residence out here this area of north 21st street are staying warm at a restaurant nearby. you can see the crews out here and the tape that is up. the crews have been out here since 1:00 a.m. the four inch broken main was found 7119 north 21st street. pgw and peco responded at 1:00 a.m. when the crews came out here you can the meters detected high levels of natural gas. they had to locate the source which took a lot of time. an alert neighbor coming home smelled the gas and called for help and authorities say they are glad she did. >>> take a look at the high levels of natural gas in the atmosphere, it appeared to have a main break in front of one of the problems 7200 block of 21st avenue. we evacuated four homes and staged the people away from the incident, stretched line make sure if something went wrong if we had an explosion we were prepared to go i

restaurants owned by landry's, the breach affect three places in philly including chart house, morton's and mccormick and schmidts. six others in jersey including the golden nugget in atlantic city. say the breach occurred between may 2014 and december of 2015. >> like she said, check those credit cards. >>> and how about this? a stamp will honor philadelphia's richard allen, a founding father of america, what he is called. >> this is fantastic. richard allen born into slavery in delaware in 1760. he work very hard and purchased his freedom and came to philadelphia. >> hundreds of people turned out yesterday for the unveiling of the richard allen forever stamp. this is mother bethel. also founder of the mother bethel ame church in society hill. the first ame church in the united state. it is a beautiful, beautiful church. i actually go there sundays. and church leaders from around the world and local dignitaries turned out for the unveiling. it commemorates work as preacher, activist, civil leader, the 39th stamp in the black heritage series. amazing because even my mother who lives in texas she was

annie mccormick has the latest on the hit-and-run. >> reporter: police say when emergency crews arrived they pronounced the pedestrian dead at the scene. it happened at ace memorial drive when a driver spotted the victim motionless on the roadway. he was identified as jeremiah mccarthy. >>> we don't know what time the crash occurred, we know a passer by discovered the body and called 911. mccarthy was not far from the delaware/pennsylvania border. there's not enough physical evidence to get the make or model of the vehicle. >>> we don't know which direction he was traveling on route 41. we know he was on the northbound shoulder of the highway. the strikes vehicle was traveling northbound. i was upstairs and i saw flashing lights and my brother said there was an accident. >> reporter: 13-year-old kiley heard the commotion and think the victim may have been at the vfw post beforehand. an autopsy will be performed today to determine how he died and possibly hit by more than one vehicle. delaware state police are asking anybody with information to contact them at 1-800-tips-3333. >> reporte