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a deadly school shooting. >> shots are fired in the locker room. >>reporter:jared padgett carrying a duffel bag, a rifle and hundreds of rounds of ammo from her family's home shooting a 14-year-old in the locker room. >> he spent a period of time in the locker room. during that time he murdered a fellow student. we have not established any link between the shooter and the victim. >> a phys. ed. teacher was reportedly targeted in the rampage. >> he was carrying a gun running after rispler. >> todd rispler was shot but they were able to get a lockdown. over the intercom this is a real lockdown. turn the lights off and stay quiet.
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>> they learned that the gunman was found dead in a bathroom stall after the police say he turned the gun on himself. this is the 74 school shooting in the u.s. since sandy hook in december 2012. as friends and family held a vigil for the victim freshman emilio hoffman, president obama echoed his heartbreak and anger and asking for soul-searching. >>president barack obama:we are the only country on earth that this happens. and it happens once a week. >> they do not have a motive for the shooting. again, monica, they are giving a school gym teacher a lot of credit. without his brave actions more lives could have been lost. thank you, sharrie. a wisconsin court administrator,
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morgan geyser and melissa lured their friend into the woods an stabbed her 19 times. that was to appease a character named slender man. the victim survived. she is out the hospital. the suspects will be back in court next month. chuck hagel was grilled on capitol hill over the swap to release bergdahl. and hagel accidented that his agency engaged in direct negotiations with the terrorists. he was taken to germany follow hig release. that was to rehabilitate before sent home. it led to a heated exchange before today's hearing. >> you are telling me he is held in germany because of his medical condition? gosh, i hope you are not
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implying anything other than. the fact that -- [talking over each other] >> i am going to give you the answer. i don't like the implication. >> answer it. >> the swo swap was the last che to get bergdahl home. and the investigation into yesterday's school shooting in oregon. you can watch it coming up at 6:30 following "action news" at 6:00. a bucks county neighborhood is on edge after thieves broke into dozen of cars in a span of a aofan hour. they knew where to go and what to take. walter perez is live in the neighborhood with more. good evening walter. >>reporter:the people at the heritage hills complex at washington crossing knew what they were doing. they stole two vehicles and took
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thousands of dollars of valuables and 30 others all in less than an hour. morgan mcde mcdermott and her family woke up and found that they are grandfather's car was stolen. >> this is not happening right now. >>reporter:one other vehicle was stolen more than 30 others were broken into the heritage hills community at washington crossing. >> the vehicles were unlocked. a lot of personal possessions were left out in plane view. cash and cds as laptop and purse. >>reporter:that includes janice's son. >> in the car he had cash that he made from the job the night before. they broke into the car and stole that. >>reporter:it took place between 1:30 and 2:30 yesterday morning. it's the second time this year
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that this neighborhood has been hit. >> january the same development. heritage hills two more vehicles and also again, a number of items taken from unsecured vehicles. >> they are urging the neighbors to lock their car doors at night and avoid leaving valuables inside the vehicles. tyler is going change his ways. >> i leave a lot of things in my car. it's a huge concern. you don't think that that will happen. >> if you have any information about this robbery or the one in january call upper makefield police. live from washington crossing cg walter perez. >> thank you, walter. a story that we have been following all day. six people were in custody an they busted a marijuana growing operation today. it started a month ago. they were able to track down where the marijuana was coming from. a raid on that location today
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netted 7 pounds of marijuana worth $21,000. they seized mushrooms and thousands in cash. an overhang collapsed during last night's storms. this was the seen at the bp station at chatman road. as you see the crews removed the overhang and began to clean up the damage. >> i called the insurance company. they will be out in a few days to do the adjustment or see what happened. they did not give me a definite time when it will be opened. >>reporter:the customers were at the gas station whens collapse happened. none were pumping gas at the time. today is the last day of operation at the new castle nnv facility alt airport road. it will do business until until
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8:00 p.m. the officials say that the new location will be able to handle more volume and offer more services to drivers. those that used county line roads will have to endure some headaches. penndot will kickoff a major repair and resurfacing project on monday. it's between church and toll gait road. they will work on the westbound county line road and route 63 is in horsham township. they have slowdowns between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. time to check on traffic. marisa is in. how autumn. >> how is it looking. >> the schuylkill is giving us problems. here is montgomery in the westbound lanes. we see the cars slowing down
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there. from the vine to the blue route taking you 24 minutes and 26 in the eastbound lanes. blue route 55 miles-an-hour. let's take a look at the ben franklin bridge you see the westbound lanes are slow going. eastbound we have the patco construction. back to you rick. thank you, autumn again. the doctors gathered in north philadelphia to talk about the growing problem of prescription drug abuse among college students. the group talked about how to address the issue should it become a problem. they say since 200 2003 more ovr dose drugs caused deaths.
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and there is no match for mother nature. why this house is teetering on the edge. and melissa is in for adam. hi melissa. hi, rick. the moisture returns as early as tomorrow. we'll take a closer look with the accuweather forecast. all right those stories and more when "action news" comes right back.
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the victory felt good. the phillies need to create momentum. that is where we find jeff skevrsky standing by with more. jeff. >>reporter:is this team due or what. sandberg believes so. they are due to get red hot. tied for the second worst record in all of baseball. seven games out the wildcard spot. he believes they will turn it around. hopefully it continues after a rare win last night. phillies-pad rests back at citizens bank park. they are getting ready with cole hamels on the mound. the second in the last ten games. they are hoping to feed off that win. the phillies are starting to heat up. marlin byrd had a hit. they want to keep it going. >> we want to make a push and
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make a move in the division. we go back to the first conversation about, about having some consistency and putting together some wins. and see if we can't do that. >> we have an opportunity to climb out of a hole is what i am saying. a lot of guys in the clubhouse can recognize that. hopefully we can take advantage of that in our ballpark. regardless of happened so far we have an opportunity to do back into this thing. >> a lot of positive studios in that phillies clubhouse. cole hamels in the house. he lost once with this team. and more on cliff lee and his health. live in the citizens bank park, jeff skversky. "action news." we'll see you then. chemistry and timing keys to finding love. it's essential for the football
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offense. nick foles has new rookie receivers to break in. he has been gelling with jordan matthews. of the second round draft pick out the vanderbilt. he was getting rave reviews from his q.b. >> i think he's doing a great job and buying in to what chip wants us to do here. the player and vets and you the coaches want to do. he's doing a great job. >> i am blessed to be at the position i get to play like a guy like that. he's a leader. leaders are one word that i use to describe him. his character it's second of to none. he's a great guy. i am glad that he is leading the team. a lot of love is going around. the finals are tonight. it may be the clinchers. the kings are ahead of rangers 3
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to 0. 60% in the first half for the game. game four of the nba refines is tomorrow night. the coverage begins at 8:30. watch it on television or if you are fancy you can watch it on your mobile device. thank you, sir. thank you, ducis rodgers. a soccer celebration was held today. there was the two are world cup. the people at the comcast center kicked around soccer balls. the world cup competition is held in brazil. it starts tomorrow and goes held in brazil. it starts tomorrow and goes [ male announcer ]from colv e a long way. from color. to the remote. to flat screens. now it's taking a quantum leap.
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redefining what tv can be. that's powerful. "action news" on "good morning america" again continued on this dreary wednesday. cecily tynan wrapped up her three-day stint for ginger zee. you ran into a childhood friend at times square giving the forecast. how about that. tomorrow and friday adam joseph takes on the morning duties on g.m.a. hashtag him on gma. all right. glad to have you. >> thank you, guys.
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i don't know if we are glad about the weather. we are stuck in the clouds and gray. we will not see a full day of sun until you get into the weekend. as long as father's day is nice. >> i'll cover you always right. and the double scan radar showing you it's quiet for a change this evening. this early evening on wednesday. the picture will more than likely change as we get into thursday. for that matter an active day for friday. outside we go. the "action news" was outside this afternoon. a lot of kiddies in franklin square enjoying time outdoors. it was cloudy. iit's slightly cooler. the high today in philadelphia the afternoon high 68 in the city. trenton in a 64. same in allentown and the lehigh valley. reading 66. and dover at 60 along the coast. and here is "action news" radar.
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we have a lot of active weather south of of our region. what we have in place a cloudy sky thanks to an easterly wind. keeping us cloudy and cool today. the south of that you had the warm front. the south of the warm sector you had the showers and storms that are starting to fire up. tornado warnings in western pennsylvania. and tornado watches south and west. a severe thunderstorm warning that stays up. this will inch close issue to region. not the severe weather threat. the showers will come close. we have you covered. 8:00 it's a cloudy start to you are day. we track the progression of the warm front farther to the north by the afternoon. it's to areas to the south and west. by 3:00 you notice the showers and storms possible from allentown all the way to lancaster county. as we get into the overnight hours. the showers and storms tomorrow
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are spotty in nature. you wake up at 6:30 in the morning it's making progress to the east. as we get into the afternoon hours the warm front followed by cold front. and showers are more active. friday the activity is numerous and widespread across the region. we break down the day for you over the next two days. we are tracking the downpours and thunderstorms that return. we could easily find a quick 1 to 2 inches of rain. it's going to lead to isolating flash flooding issues. a lot of moisture and humidity over the next several days. in the combination of the cold front it causes unsettled weather. friday is the most active day. a call from accuweather for the rest of tonight clouds and late drizzle. patchy fog. you are going have that with an easterly wind. the east wind is constant at 3 to 6 miles-an-hour.
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if you are travelling over to the allentown tomorrow, it's cloudy with the afternoon storms on the way. high temperatures 76. if you are east of that frontal boundary starting to get closer to us it stays dry down the shore a high of 70. the cool, east wind sticks around. have the umbrellas close to you tomorrow. a high of 80. and afternoon storms. as we get into friday,down pours and thunderstorms 83. on saturday the humidity drops. the sun returns father's day. april dry for rick with a high temperature of 84. thank you. >> some improvement. think about all the other dads as well not just me. thank you, melissa. you can keep track of the weather with the stormtracker 66
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app.can keep track of the they got a boost in fighting a devastating insect. they gave ash trees free treatments to protect against the emerald ash boar. it's a native of asia it has spread to 22 states killing up to 200 million trees. they have the foremost collection of trees and shrubs in the area.
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well a tiger coming to with a remote car and a camera. you get adorable video. look at this. they thought it would be fun to teas the cubs with the toy car. every time that they got ready to pounce the car moved. the guys are among 500 malaysian tigers left in the world. hi, cutie. the "action news" team is standing by with more. new at 6:00. the training was put if use when a burlington county middle school student collapsed at
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school. it saved a young life today. and a crash involving tracy morgan, he goes before court today. a bucks high school has many turning heads not just because of the talent in the classroom. we'll tell you what they are up to. for the entire "action news" team i am monica malpass. have a great night.
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wednesday night jim is off. i am rick williams. in the news wildwood polic wilme are hiring. the big story is a very scary moment for a burlington county student that collapsed during gym class this morning. tonight she is doing okay thanks to the school's quick response and a special medical device that the school obtained for such an emergency. and sarah bloomquist has the full story. sarah. >>reporter:rick, tonight the student is alert and talking with her family. as you said she collapsed during gym class. here at the school this morning thanks to c.p.r. training and the fact that there was a defibrillator. they were able to save her life. it was the best possible outcome at burlington township middle school this morning. >> we thankful. that one of our precious children is fine
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