ot a few details on how the fbi found michael trotta and his 3-year-old daughter elinor in the state of massachusetts, it was 3:30 this afternoon when s.w.a.t. teams moved into and took him into custody and recovered the little girl safely in spencer, massachusetts and elinor's mother talk about getting the good news. >> i broke down and i got to talk to her on the phone. she is shaken but she is ready to be back with me. >> and this is 3-year-old elinor missing since last evening it was shortly before 7:00 p.m. when police say that trotta assaulted his ex-girlfriend, elinor's mother and took the little girl from the home in newcastle delaware, trotta was spotted at a rest

stop in mown laurel last night. lets go to the map, the fbi had him under surveillance at an apartment complex in massachusetts. at 3:30 he walked out and little elinor was with him, s.w.a.t. teams did not hesitate and they moved in and did not negotiate and trotta was taken into custody. >> we had a fish you'll or they had a visual on them, that is why you want to have a relationship with your federal partners. >> today is my birthday and i prayed all day to god that i would get her back and he gave me the best birthday present ever and i'm going to go my elinor back. >> elinor's mother is flying now to the state of massachusetts courtesy of law enforcement to be reunited with her daughter. she believes she is likely traumatized by what happened and trotta is charged with

carjacking and endangering the welfare of a child and is awaiting extradition back here to the state of delaware. >> thank you sara. we have extraordinary video one minute it was a house and the next it was rubble. a house exploding this morning in stafford township ocean county, new jersey 15 people were hurt and two are in critical condition and "action news" reporter, john rawlins live on oak avenue john what is the latest there. >> that is amazing video captured by the dash-cam video. we reported an hour before the blast, safety personnel and workers were in the area trying to find the sorgs source of a gas leak when something went

terribly wrong. safety investigators must answer the question what went wrong and triggered the blast this morning that could be felt and heard area wide. >> i knew it was an explosion and they heard it in barnegat lake, it made a hell of a noise. >> it was really bad. >> gone was a newly renovated guest house and left a smoking crater in the earth. >> it's a huge hole, it had a basement but there was debris everywhere. both fire crews and utility workers were in the area. john estimates he was 50 yard as way from the area and the most seriously injured maybe 20 feet. >> i saw one of my guys get knocked to the ground. >> it's believe the gas leak damaged the underground gas main then he shut off service to 300 homes and homeowners were

worried about freezing pipes. >> whenever they get here we'll be waiting for them. >> they certainly will, so when will gas service return here. first of all they have to dig down into the gas main and once they repair that he hope to get gas back to most of the customers within six to eight hours of that time. an overnight shelter is set up for those folks that do not want to brave the cold tonight. john rawlins channel 6 "action news." >> thank you john, we'll update this explosion all evening on 6abc.com. right now we have video from the action cam and the extraordinary dash-cam video and chopper 6 hd with photographs of the blast find it now at 6abc.com. pierce boyconis under arrest in connection with stabbing of two members of nicki minaj's

touring team. devon picket was killed and perkins suffered injuries. in the kensington section of philadelphia last week it was 52 end and locust and this morning it was the 2800 block of west front street that is where david henry is now live. >> it was fire and ice out here today. the fire is gone but you can see behind me the ice lingers on in these cold temperatures out here. this all after the firefighting effort to put out a fire at front street under the l, and it was quite a challenge. >> it's challenging because it's cold but we are getting it done. >> the water froze almost instantly after it hit everything but the flames out here and froze three hydrants in the area and the fourth is no

use until the water department came out to put it back in service. treacherous footing for the firefighters, and the temperature was in the single digits and the firefighters had to take warm-up breaks. >> they provided -- we are rotating our members to stay warm. and we have the second alarmers here to help us out with coffee and soup to stay warm. >> and the l track suspended service through the morning rush hour and they had to detour three bus routes and the dangerous conditions were a challenge for the firefighters and right next door they had a grim reminder of how dangerous their job can be. this factory burned two years ago and two firefighters were killed when this wall collapsed on them. frank and gloria pasqual own

arnold's clothing next door. >> i want to see what happened in my store. >> they are worried about that 21 your years of hard work could be going up some smoke. at least they have insurance. >> not everything insurance always wants to pay less. >> at this point you don't know how bad the damage is. >> exactly we don't know that. >> at this point investigators do not expect foul play but it will be some time before they can get in there and figure out how this fire started. live in kensington, david henry channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. the deal to sell the former revel casino to a florida developer is back on but on a lower price glen straub signed the deal to buy revel for $82

million. the judge never issued the final order leaving room for negotiations that resulted in the sale today. straub's lawyer expects the current deal to close by march 31st. governor chris christie differed his budget plan today calling for a sweeping overhaul of the state's pension system it totalled $28 billion with no tax increase including paying $1.3 billion into the state's troubled pension system. a judge ordered the state to add $1.5 billion to the fiscal budget this year. but christie says there say shortfall in state revenue and the state's teachers union has agreed to work on a roadmap for reform. >> if we do not reform next year we are asked to spend nearly $8 billion on pension and health

benefits alone. >> christie will kick off a town hall tour in morristown to sell his plan. coming up a driver ends up on several parked vehicles at a car dealership. and ryan sandberg's message to his team and freddy galvis has a message for those that think he can fill jimmy rollin's shoeses. >> our high in philadelphia only 25 degrees that is 20 degrees below normal and tomorrow we rise above freezing but don't get used to it. >> those stories and more when "action news" continues tonight.

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quite a scene this morning, a driver lost control and landed on top of parks vehicles at the ardmore accura dealership, please say that the 74-year-old driver accidentally hitle accelerator instead of brakes after leaving a nearby car wash, the driver was taken to presbyterian medical center. and in pennsauken they may have a problem on their hands the problem is the local landfill. and it's making the practice of breathing unpleasant, lehigh valley correspondent, walter perez has the story. >> big time nasty. >> lanie of northampton county talks about the stench that

comes from the nearby pennsauken landfill. they have no memory of their community smelling like a rose garden but now it's becoming unbearable but the problem is it's not getting any smaller. >> garbage is being disposed of further west and to residents that live on skyline drive and steel city. >> local officials have confirmed that dep officials will soon inspect the landfill to see if the strong odor could be linked to a problem with the methane gas collection or if the dump has become too big. people nearby say it's gross. >> it's a nasty smell in the summer. >> when the wind kicks up you get a bigger smell of it that is bad for all of us and you

have kids around when the smell comes completely in your car you have to cover your face. >> officials with the landfill are working on a property value agreement, where owners will be paid -- but owners say they don't want to move they simply don't want their neighborhood to stink. walter perez channel 6 "action news." >> generous gift will bring arts education to 15 philadelphia schools. andrew jackson schools, rock band home performed at moore college to celebrate the (ation the picasso project handed out $70,000 in grants today and that will be used to bring art to classrooms that lack necessary funding.

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we need to have optimism. we talk about how the team has not played well. so the entire 2015 phillies on the field today. from the sounds and looks of things, it looks like manager ryan sandberg is trying to set the tone earlier. jeff skversky. >> reporter: ryan sandberg was not happy by things that happened on and off the field. that was the focus before their three and a half hour workout he wants those expectations to be heard loud and clear. it's the first full squad workout for your 2015 phillies but for the first time in 15 years, jimmy rollins not out here listening to phillies manager addressing his team and it's not the same without j

roll. >> i came up and jimmy had a few years in the big leagues and he helped me out and i thought we made each other player. the longest double combination players is no more. galvis only hit .176 last year does not feel the pressure to live up to the mvp. jimmy was a speedy guy he was a good player but very to do my game. >> we see him do defense, he makes everything look very easy so obviously i will try to help him out as much as possible and who knows maybe he can help me out a little bit too. >> utley and galvis did not do too much work together the sprained ankle kempt him out of drills. and we are live in clearwater, jeff skversky channel 6 "action

news." >> thank you so much. with their top two goalies injured the flyers go to the backup for the backup. rob zef will be in net. zef spent most of his career in europe is bounded back and form and rolls with the punches. >> i come from a pretty established situation after seven years with the same team and this year over the last two months has been a bit of an ohio, bouncing up and down and you know it's a good lesson for me taking it day by day and seize whatever pportunities i can. the sixers drop their game in miami last night. isiah cannon had a shot of the night an off balance bucket he

is instant and guy since coming from houston. a big win for kansas state basketball team when the fans stormed the court players and coaching staff got crushed and had a hard time escaping the mosh pit and the athleteic -- has apologized. a special guest visited a main line school today to drive home the important of sports safety former wwe super stars spoke to students at the shipley school in bryn mawr, they discussed signs of concussion and new steps being taken to stop them. he banned heading in youth soccer last year.

30 degrees tomorrow? >> it's balmy. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing we have dry conditions out there tonight. and another night for a beautiful sunset. sky 6 hd is taking a look at the center city skyline at 5:47, it's enough cloud cover to really reflect the long waves of the light and provide beautiful pictures, i have nice sunset pictures sent in from the viewers as well. we have new record lows,

philadelphia 7 degrees above the record low and mount pocono the air temperature dropped down to 15 degrees below. and allentown smashing the record of 4 below, and 8 degrees below zero and reading 3 degrees below zero and wilmington tying the low of 6 degrees cold air returns on thursday along with the possibility of snow showers future tracker showing low pressure to the south will clip parts of our viewing area and extreme southern new jersey and kent county delaware with snow showers if everything comes together in the morning and could get a coating to an inch here and elsewhere we are looking at clouds and flurries we have plenty of cold air around allentown and reading 21 and millville 32 and popular number and wildwood 23 degrees, february is brutally cold so far. the days in orange are the only days with afternoon highs above

normal. temperatures running 10 degrees below normal. this will likely be the top five coldest februarys in history for philadelphia it will be nice when february ends this weekend, satellite 6 along with action radar showing that there is snow to the south and this will move to the south and will be missing us, however the next one i'm tracking is beginning to move to new mexico and that could clip the southern parts of our viewing area and enjoy the slight warm up and it feels a lot nicer than today. arctic front moves through tonight behind the system on thursday and the cold air returns with a high of 26 degrees, that low pressure moving off the southeast coast brings snow showers south and oosthuizen of philadelphia on thursday morning the call for tonight stars and clouds and not as brutal at last night. 7 in allentown and philadelphia down to 17. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, tomorrow

night as cold as today 38 degrees on thursday the high like today 26 degrees and cloudy with flurries and snow to the south and east and friday it stays cold and 26 degrees and saturday we officially say good-bye to february on a cold note with a high of 30 degrees and sunday the mirs day of march we start with sun and 40 degrees and it's getting a little messy on monday and morning showers and 46 degrees and tuesday the possibility of an icy mix, along with rain with a high of 38 degrees, so a little bit of a break tomorrow and then the cold air returns on thursday. abc's world news tonight with david muir is it next on channel 6. and join us for a special troubleshooters report here tonight at 11:00.

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