that mother and child. >> it happened this week in sales salem, new jersey. >> john rawlins was able to speak to the victim. >> reporter: we'll start with a disclaimer, what we show you is real violence and it could be unsettling and disturbing to some of our viewers. the victim is a 27-year-old biology student. the 2-year-old was right there at the beating and a number of people, a half dozen, believed to be teens, they were not only watching the fight but video taping it with their cell phones. >> they were all video taping the fight, i could have been dead right know. if she hit me in the right spot, it would be over, over nothing.

mcdonald's isn't worth it, a guy isn't worth. >> ugly purple bruises surround her nose, the diminutive figure in this video, she is identified as latia harris, believed that she spread rumors about harris and a work supervisor that harris thought could jeopardize her job, she says she spoke about the pair but that did not jeopardize the attack. >> there was a brief conversation between me and two other girls, but not as serious to break someone's nasal caffercavity or bone. >> it's son is the only one who has the natural instinct, following his natural instinct to protect his mother.

>> he was not afraid, just wanted to protect his mom, that is my world right there, i love that boy so much. >> we'll have more from the victim and her family at 6:00, in the meantime, the suspect in this case, latia harris is still at large and she will be charged with two counts of aggravated assault and two counts of -- >> philadelphia police are on the scene of a shooting, it happened at 4:45, on indiana street, two victims showed up at temple university hospital showed up and was immediately taken to the operating room and is in critical condition, and turned up at episcopal hospital and is transferred to university hospital. two shooting victims in west

kensington, you see from chopper 6 live here hd, police are on the scene, on the street walking the block looking for evidence. trying to figure out what happened here. >> one of the survivors of a deadly house fire in wilmington is back home today. she admits she doesn't remember must from march 16th she was at the home of a friend, and she heard an explosion and then the house was on fire suddenly. this is viewer video of the flames, they were able to get out but unfortunately wallace's boyfriend, 48-year-old lamont scales, died. >> wounds can heal. it's the mental that is going to take some time. >> marrow is on the mend but wallace suffered burns on 80% of her body. fire officials are voest gating

claims of arson. former mayor, tony mack has reported to a federal prison in west virginia, he will serve a 58-month sentence, mack was sentenced last month for agreeing to take money in exchange for using his influence to get a parking garage developed on city land. >> crews make progress on an 8-inch water main in philadelphia. the water main caused a sinkhole on the 88 block of bradford street. many were able to move their cars out of harm's way. crews have now replaced the 8-inch main and are working to repair the roads. >> the delaware and lehigh valleys are enjoying the break today. there is a music festival underway right now, what a nice night for it. you are probably enjoying a bit

of a breeze right now. adam joseph is live now outside of the studio with what we can expect. >> the breeze out of the northwest has brought the humidity down a little bit from yesterday and the human will continue to tumble as we get into friday and especially saturday. the numbers right now, 86 degrees in philadelphia, and 83 in new york city, the heat of the 90s, and close to it at 88 degrees, to the north and west, pittsburgh 79, and binghamton 77, the dew points yesterday were well into the 70s, that was the oppressive humidity and the humidity was rung out in the form of humidity and thunderstorms last night. and notice dew points in the 50s in buffalo than is moving in our direction. if you don't like the humidity you'll like the forecast the next couple of days. slightly humid and saturday the

dew points are in the 40s across the entire area. all the downpours are down near halifax, nova scotia, to the north and east and high pressure comes in from canada and that fresh high is also supplying the beautiful weather for friday and especially saturday. if you head out this evening, the evening planner as you go hour by hour, and 82 and 80 degrees at 8:00 and then 70s at 9:00 and 10:00, with plenty of stars in the sky. we'll talk about the weekend forecast and it's going to be a beautiful one. we'll have the numbers in the full accuweather forecast. >> all right adam. world cup mania is still alive for fans for the american soccer team. the u.s. is moving on despite a loss to germany, it was a battle into the 54th minute and germany scored the first and only goal of the game, it looked like

disappointment by the u.s. but a win by portugal over ghana means the u.s. is still in. and they are headed to the knockout round. the fans celebrated including here in delaware county. the company is german owned but the usa had a lot of pride and ducis rogers will have more on team usa coming up later in sports. a local university is having a tremendous impact on the autism community. st. joseph's university has been successful with the program that integrates autistic young men and women. some will have jobs at st. joe's autistic camp. >> bobby strauss is a sophomore and was accepted on his own merit and participates in the autism and support. >> my parents prepared me ahead

of time. one of many programs is the aspire program where the students are assigned peer mentors, like stephan graham. they participate in the class using role playing so bobby will be able to handle his job as a counselor at the autism camp. >> we are going to camp. >> as a group, this side was having a melt down or behavior. >> you turned your back on them and let them know -- >> the way they are acting is not okay. >> bobby was playing the role of -- >> defiance. >> what did bobby learn? >> count to three, count to three again. if they act out we turn our backs and when they calm down we face them again. >> what sets them apart is the inclues of approach. >> the autistic students are not

away from the other students. >> they are in the classes and dorm rooms. >> there are 7,000 students with autism and aspergers this year that have graduated and don't have jobs. >> bobby is majoring in owed case. he starts his camp job next monday. >> great story. time for a check of the "action news" traffic report thursday nitd, lets head to matt pellman in the traffic center. good afternoon matt. >> yes, almost the weekend and a lot of people are having a great idea, that is, lets head down the shore. traffic on 42 on the southbound side, heavier than normal and northbound is locked up heading towards 295, and the crash on 295 northbound is now gone but this is not good news, elsewhere

we have word today that the white horse road bridge over the patco tracks at the lyndonwald station is closed indefinitely. there are problems with that bridge and you need to use summerdale bridge. it was a week ago they closed the perkiomen bridge. and a fire along ridge pike, a crash on the eastbound pennsylvania turnpike approaching norristown, off to the side it's slow speeds and white marsh along ridge road. >> thank you sir. >> much more to come on "action news" tonight. the american heart association want to you stop bing watching your tv shows, why the habit could be bad for your health. >> plus, we are live in margate, new jersey, melissa magee is always having fun at the shore. >> reporter: hi sharrie, hi

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health check tonight. local doctors are proving that telemedicine is there when it comes to saving a boy's sight. >> telemedicine means sending information from one center to another. many times doctors in one area to another will use it to cult doctors from miles away. the doctors at childrens hospital of philadelphia shows preemys at risk for eye infection. and they trained them to identify scans and they are as accurate as ophthalmologisophth.

and there are fewer worldwide this can be used to treat more babies. it's good to monitor your blood pressure but fda researcher say the results may not be accurate at a kiosk, because it's a one size fits all cuff, it has to fit your upper arm and be in the right position, and here are other tips to remember when you get your blood pressure checked. >> you should be seated and your back supported and your legs on the ground and uncrossed and your arm extended at heart level. >> and as a nurse i'm a stickleer for this last one, try not to talk loud when they are taking your blood pressure. it's better to sit quietly and relax. you are more likely to get an accurate reading. >> ali thank you. the american heart

association wants you to stop bing watching your favorite tv shows. i'm guilty of this. a new study in the american heart journal says that adults that do double their risk of premature death. they studiyed healthy graduates for a decade and deaths among bi binge watchers were doubles. they say limit your television watching to one to two hours a day.

anxiety. the number of americans seeking unemployment benefits declined last week. saying that unemployment benefit applications fell to 212,000, but there were layoffs in construction and education. the education department is apologizing for a tweet.

the twitter account for the free application for federal aid, or fasfa, it shows a caption from bridesmaids help me i'm poor. the department of education spokeswoman says it was an ill-conceived attempt to reach people through social media and has since been removed. a big job fair, in sewell, for the first ever jobs and resource event. 60 employers were there, including farmers

. time to check accuweather at the "action news" big board. >> yesterday the heat and humidity and the storms last night but it's all quiet now. at the shore temperatures in the middle 80s, and uniform across the area and it's all because of

the drier northwesterly wind, pushing into allentown at 8 miles per hour, 9 and 13 in atlantic city, the sea breeze could not develop this afternoon like yesterday, when it was in the 70s down the shore. satellite and radar, with high pressure coming down from the great lakes, that is supplying the abundant amount of sunshine with clouds mixing in, that high is our friend as we push in the next couple of days. we can hold off on the rain around here. a surplus here, in philadelphia 8 inches above normal for the year. allentown and wilmington 7 inches above normal and trenton and atlantic city, it's less there 1 to 2 inches above normal and the eastern half of the country is seeing plenty of rain this year so far, so we don't have any drought restrictions in the eastern half of the country, but there is a severe drought in the southwest that obviously goes into texas and all the way

into california, so 11 states right now with a deficit while we have the surplus in the east, that is something we'll continue to follow with the wild fires that tend to erupt out in the west because a lot of their thunderstorms are dry thunderstorms, they don't have rain and the lightning strikes and the forest fires spread like wild fire out there. as we look at future tracker, a few clouds around in the afternoon, a decent amount of sunshine to the north and west, there could be spotty showers in the lehigh valley tomorrow, generally it's a dry, beautiful day, tonight lots of stars and less humid, 62 in allentown and 69 in philadelphia, 68 in dover, as we look at your get away forecast, at the shore 78 and breezy and nice, and 78 in the poconos with a spotty shower possible in the mountains, your five-day at 5:00, low humidity saturday and a beautiful day at 84, we continue that on sunday

at 84 degrees, and muggy on monday 88 and dry, and hot with late afternoon thunderstorms on tuesday, coming in at 90 degrees, at the shore meteorologist, melissa magee, she has got some boogie boards behind you and the lifeguards are drifting around you. what is going on down there? >> adam, there is so much fun taking place down here, we have the margate beach patrol in the water behind me and stacey from the paddle surfing company as well. we are talking about beach stock 2014, literally a party in the sand and you do not want to miss that, we'll have the all important shore forecast in just a little bit. >> i knew you were. melissa we'll get you later. too much fun. a group of philadelphia kids is giving new meaning to the phrase a picture is worth 1,000 words. they have brand new digital

cameras today. part of the hope program, allowing children living in shelters to express their dreams that are printed on greeting cards. the proceeds will benefit the druidenhouse. >> how fun. >> more to come on the next half hour of "action news" at 5:00, her name is amelia earhart and she is about to finish the flight that her namesake didn't finish.

hello again, here is what is happening on "action news" tonight. a missing boy is found but the mystery of how he got there is still unsolved. >> supreme court puts the -- and the would be thief breaks a gas line in an apartment building we'll tell you what he is after. >> the 11-day search for a missing detroit boy is over. but the questions remain,

12-year-old charlie bofle was found behind a barricade in his father's house, a house that was searched repeatedly. now lindsay janis has the detail. >> reporter: details about a boy in detroit missing for 11 days and he was found alive while he was on nancy grace. we have reports that your son has been found alive in your basement. >> what? young charlie bafle hiding in the basement of his father's home. even cadaver dogs search the house. police say the boy was hungry, but appeared