case, this is the surveillance video that led the d.a. to press charges of aggravated assault against the two officers "action news" reporter david henry is live at police headquarters ton. david what is the full story? >> reporter: this disturbing case comes in the midst of the national debate of policing activities in minority communities and it could have led to a miscarriage of justice if not for the video found by the victim's girlfriend. >> he never resisted or struck them or fought back, they just started hitting him. it is all on this video obtained exclusively by "action news." that is the police control car running down a motor scooter in north philadelphia what happened next left rivera looking like this. after he was knocked off the scooter, the two alleged

officers can be seen beating him up as rivera screams in agony pleading for help. >> another officer arrived at the scene thought that mr. rivera had been shot because there was so much blood. the two officers are arrested. mcknight and robinson. they charged rivera first with resisting arrest and assault and when the girlfriend found this video the d.a. dropped all charges against him and started to investigate the two cops, another black eye for a department that saw two cops slapped with charges in federal court yesterday. >> it brings issues across the country but sometimes in order to get healed you have endure

pain. >> rivera's pain got him a $250,000 civil lawsuit. and is glad to hear the officers were arrested. >> very satisfied because that was something that was always pressing on him. how can this happen? and how can i get beat up but there was no question consequences for the people that did this to me. >> they are now suspended with the intent to dismiss. live at police headquarterers david henrys channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. morning flurries followed by gusty winds. surpassing 40 miles per hour and windchills in the low teens and they will get colder before they start to rise.

it wasn't that cold last night but we dropped to 74 degrees with the arctic front moving through and bringing snow flurries and snow showers and now it's 24 degrees in philadelphia and in edition to the falling temperatures we are win whipped today. 43 miles per hour wind gust in philadelphia dover 40 allentown 36 and trenton 37 miles per hour. you factor in the temperatures and the winds, the current windchill 9 degrees in philadelphia 11 in millville 8 in wilmington and reading 7 and allentown 3 and the poconos 2 degrees below 0, and tonight the temperatures are tumbling and tomorrow you wake up these are the windchills across south jersey is genally in the single digits. philadelphia to lakehurst windchills 0 to 5 below and the

northern suburbs, 5 to 10 degrees below 0, and it's winter weather advisory is posted for the poconos where the windchill can drop temperatures to 15 below 0. i'll talk about the warm-up for the weekend and another messy monday on the way coming up in the full accuweather forecast. meanwhile, officials are trying to determine that high winds toppled this tree in philadelphia two suvs were crushed by the trees this on south colorado street and nobody was hurt. as the temperatures drop you can rely on 6abc.com/weather, we have both the hourly and seven-day forecast and you can be prepared no matter how cold it gets, again check in online with 6abc.com/weather. four boys were taken to the hop for observation today after being exposed to crack cocaine

in school. and we are talking about a 13-year-old and three 8-year-olds. "action news" reporter, sara bloomquist is live at mitchell elementary school in southwest philadelphia. how does something like this happen? >> reporter: jim, police are trying to figure that out tonight the four boys a 13-year-old and three 8-year-olds remain at childrens hospital under observation. and we just learned that the 13-year-old boy accused of bringing that crack cocaine to school will likely be held at the hospital for observation overnight because he has marijuana in his system police want to know how the boy got the drugs and who should be held responsible. >> police were called to mitchell elementary school just before noon after school officials discovered students with packets of crack cocaine, police say that a 13-year-old boy brought the crack into the building this moning and in a boys restroom he passed off some

of the narcotics to an 8-year-old boy. >> he asked the 8-year-old to hold on to the items until after school and the 8-year-old refused initially and then the 13-year-old placed them in the book bag and said he would pay him 7 degrees to return them after school. and he brought them bang to the classroom and thoughed them to two 8-year-old boys, one took a sniff of the drugs and the other went to the school counselor to tell them what happened. they later discovered two more packets in a sink drain where they believe the 8-year-olds tried to get rid of them and parents were surprised by the details. >> nothing like this. nothing like this. i never heard of something like this, someone bringing drugs i heard it on the news before but to see it that close to home,

it's sad. >> now all of the parents of the children involved are questioned by police at the hospital investigators tell us they don't expect arrests tonight and it's unclear what consequences the children might face and a call to a district spokesperson have not been returned. i'm sara bloomquist channel 6 "action news." >> thank you sara. the father of an ocean county 4-year-old that fatally shot a 6-year-old neighbor is headed to prison the judge has sentenced him to 3 years behind bars, he was charged with keeping a loaded .20 caliber rifle unlocked in his bedroom his son took the gun and took it outside and shot his neighbor once in the head and the boy died the next day. >> the investigation into a stolen goods ring led to a quiet neighborhood in delaware county today and investigators removed

boxes from a home in landsdowne and placed them into police vehicles it's a nearly identical seen to one that took place on north openal street in philadelphia items confiscated from both locations were taken from stores across the region as well as virginia they believe this is an organized theft operation involving several individuals but so far no arrests have been made. word has come that pope francis will address a joint meeting of congress when he comes to the united states next september, the pope's first stop will be washington and the speech to congress will take place on september 24th the first time that the pope addresses it's congress and then the pope goes to new york and finally to philadelphia for the world meeting of families as many as 2 million people are expected to attend the papal mass on the parkway on september 27th. pennsylvania governor tom wolf today signed an executive

order establishing a new office to make states agencies more efficient, the state is facing a $2.3 billion shortfall. wolf says that working smarter could save a lot of money a lesson he said he learned in his years in the business world. >> you can't cut your way through the private sector you have to learn how to do things more efficiently and be more transformative. >> the governor inspects to see results in just a few weeks but admits that could be a little optimistic. coming up tonight a generous grant ensures that hundreds of philadelphia seniors will keep receiving nutritious meals today and after each win the flyers honor a fallen soldier from doylestown and cecily tynan is back with the weekend preview from accuweather.

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receiving a new grant for neighborhoods that need it most. >> the $7500 bank from the bank of america charitable foundation will provide meals here at the senior center it will provide free meals for seniors in need. >> love it because the food is not fried it's steamed and delicious. >> the center officers breakfast daily and a hot lunge. >> this may be the only meal they get in a day. >> the majority of our seniors are debettic and a lot of emphasis is put on diabetes and guidelines for that. >> it's run by lutheran family services, an organization that serves the most vulnerable citizens. most of them live in southwest and west philadelphia in

addition to nutritious food it offers recreational and educational activities. one of the most popular activities is the enhanced fit and program. emma taylor's favorite. >> and it offer a supprogram for more than 600 home bound seniors every year, the center in located in a two square mile of philly that is designated as a promise zone, they are tackling the challenges of poverty. ben jones is coming for three years and he is a pi knuckle champion. lisa thomas-laury, channel 6 "action news."

the flyers want to keep up the positive momentum and the ilgd islanders come to town.

>> they are playing their best hockey and they are going for five straight wins and have not lost since losing to the new york islanders two weeks ago and they want to keep it going when they face the islanders again. claude giroux and company get back to work they are chipping away at this deficit. 10 points away from the playoff spot. they need another performance from that guy steve mason he has not lost in his last six games. >> we needs these points a lot more than the islanders do a lot more than any teams we are facing we want to get back in the hunt here. >> we want the momentum we had the last four or five games and they are playing well so far and we have to make sure we skate and we hit and we come up on the winning end. >> if the flyers win tonight you may notice a player in his post

game interview rocking a camouflage hat. they are showing their appreciation for a war hero from buck county. >> after every win a flyers player puts on this army hat and it's not a fashion state. they do it to honor a fallen soldier. the first lieutenant died in iraq nearly 8 years ago and he was only 26. >> what he did to sacrifice his life for a greater cause living on in the hat something as simple as a hat has a much larger meaning. >> the flyers award his hat to a player that demonstrates the most courage and lay its on the line like he did in the line of duty. >> get goose bumps just talking about it now the stories they told it brought you as a team closer together. >> this is coach berube's idea and came up with him during the

parade in doylestown and was introduced by the family through an acquaintance. >> and the players were moved and i take great pride in this. >> his parents, mark and nanny stopped by practice and spoke to the team and thanked them for keeping their son's memory alive. >> it makes us proud that you guys are taking it seriously. >> we appreciate it we look forward to it after a big win. >> anybody that lose a child goes through the rest of their lives learning to deal with it. one thing about this is that colby is constantly being honored. >> when you look at the hat, what do you think about? >> i think that colby wore it. >> and now the flyers wear it. the eagles season far from hall of flame worthy but one player will have a piece of his uniform on display in the

hall-of-fame. he broke a record during his rookie season and sent his tweets from the final season game to the hall-of-fame. not bad for an undrafted rookie. >> thank you. a couple of clouds paid a visit to an elementary school to encourage students to get active and stay healthy. watson and jamar demonstrated a program called circus fit, it started this afternoon and the interactive presentation aimed to teach children the benefit of fitness through circus performance, students learned about stretching to building strength.

dangerous cold in the tri-state area, here is cecily tynan. >> our coldest morning was january 8th we dropped to 9 degree and we'll be within that. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing we have dry conditions out there tonight and cloud free conditions and the action cam is taking a video that really tells the story. we are wind whipped. we had wind gusts of 40 miles per hour today and the wins are pulling down some cold air, the accuweather highlights show you that tonight is the coldest night in about a month overnight low 11 degrees in philadelphia and 10 in millville and trenton 8 and allentown, dropping down to 0 degrees, that does not tell the full story you have to factor in the winds and the windchills tomorrow morning showing tomorrow

morning, 1 degree below zero in philadelphia and reading 10 below and in allentown dropping down to 11 degrees below zero, you want to limit your time outdoors tomorrow and don't forget about the pets, philadelphia 24 degrees, allentown 18 and millville 25 and reading 20 and wilmington 20 degrees and factor in the wind 9 in philadelphia and the same in trenton and 11 in millville and the windchill inal allentown 3 degrees. satellite 6 along with action radar this area the carving out of the clouds is due to high pressure out of st. louis and this drops to the south and that brings us a good amounts of sunshine and it stays cold it's afternoon high is 33 degrees and the afternoon the windchill is around 20 degrees heading into the weekend, we

have a front that will begin to sag from the north on saturday and what this will do is usher in clouds from the south, 43 degrees with a mixture of clouds and sunshine looking nice on saturday and on sunday the front i was talking about that was right over us the models are trending this farther to the north, that means that sunday the focus of the moisture is across new england and upstate new york and we'll get through the day with generally clouds and then on monday low pressure ride as long the front and sinks to the south but the computer trends showing the low pressure farther to the north that brings us winds from the southeast and this is mainly a rain event for philadelphia and areas to the south but a mix of sleet and freezing rain north of philadelphia. looks like monday will be another messy monday. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, loads of

sunshine tomorrow and cold and 33 degrees 10 degrees below normal and the windchill around 20 saturday we bump it up to 46 degrees, and mostly cloudy and a high of 42 and monday we get into that big mess. rain in philadelphia and areas to the south and wintry mix, and we begin to clear out on tuesday and 37 on wednesday, and increasing clouds with a high of 33 degrees, lots of clouds again with a high of 38 degrees so snow lovers you'll be disappointed on the monday storm. >> we are halfway through the month without snow. >> we had only 5.5 inches of snow total. students from the spring garden section are taking a stand against bullying callahan girls high school designated their school as no place for hate, it is aimed to foster

unity, they had a parade through the hallways today. world news is next on channel 6 and "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl 17. and then please join us for a special health check report at 11:00 here on channel 6. here is health reporter ali gorman, with a preview. >> researchers are going in depth with local families tracking kids sleeping habits and what works when it comes to them getting enough sleep. i'll have the answers tonight on "action news" at 11:00. >> for cecily tynan and jeff skversky and ducis rogers and the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner we hope you'll join us for "action news" at 11:00.

on this thursday night, breaking news. what federal investigators have just revealed about that deadly train collision. new pictures coming in at this hour. inside the train. and what we've now learned about the mother behind the wheel of that suv. new details tonight on the plane crash. the story from inside that car, hit by the plane. also at this hour the fbi crackdown on americans trying to get to syria. the newest case four from the heartland, stopped at jfk airport. the next snowstorm, lasting for days. and the giant system slamming the west tonight. and made in america. and the promise, the jeans, the t-shirts you can trace back to the american farm the cotton. who did we find? >> hi david. >> creating american jobs.