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but the big story on "action news" is an attack on two police officers in ferguson missouri the gun fire erupted after allegations of police racism in the department. two officers were shot one in the shoulder and one in the face. both of them survived and they r ralready out of the hospital this noon. >> reporter: good afternoon, the hunt is on now to find the people responsible for shooting those two police officers neither of them from ferguson. this afternoon new details are
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emerging about the two officers shot in ferguson overnight. >> one was shot on the high point of the cheek at the right eye and the bullet lodges behind his ear, the county officer was struck here on the shoulder and the bullet came out the middle of his right back. >> their injuries were serious but not life-threatening, according to a spokesperson the officers were treated and released. and now they warn that the situation could have become ex policive. can you see the tense faces of police the moments after the shooting. >> many officers pulled their weapons but none fired. >> following the recognition of the police chief after gun fire rang out. >> we saw the muzzle fire from the gun and we all looked down
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and ducked down and the cop was shot next to us. >> according to the st. louis police chief these officers were all lined up and the shots taken were not fired in the air but directed at the officers. back to you. back here the philadelphia police officer killed in the line of duty is being honor today at city hall, there was a moment of silence at the city council meeting for officer robert wilson iii, he was shot and killed while trying to stop a robbery at the game stop. they will say good-bye at a funeral at the university of pennsylvania on saturday. meanwhile eric holder mentioned his death today calling it a senseless act that threatens progress in america. two people have reportedly been hurt in a bus crash in southern indiana, you can see
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the tour bus landed on its side i-65 in clark county no word on the extent of the injuries but the highway is shut down. once again 22 people are hurt after a bus overturned in clark indiana. the military is still searching for 7 marines and 4 soldiers that crashed in southern florida. during a routine training exercise in the florida panhandle. today the rescue efforts are hampered because of the same dengs fog. the names of the soldiers have not yet been released. the suspect of a cold case murder is released more than 40 years after the crime in arkansas. 67-year-old james clay was captured in georgetown, sussex county local police have been working with the fbi to find him. he is charged in the murder of james ricks in jackson county
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arkansas he is held without bail in an extradition hearing. fema agreed to take another look at claims after allegations of fraud in the way that some insurance companies assessed the damage it will affect 144,000 claims in new jersey and new york. fema is in the process of notifying people about the review. >> and we are looking at more eagles news this noon, demarco murray is reportedly due to a visit to philadelphia today. this comes after long time friend sam bradford was announced as the new quarterback. jeff skversky is here now. >> hey guys, a source confirms that former cowboy demarco murray is on his way to philadelphia to meet with chip
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kelly and the eagles if all goes well with the meeting, murray would become an eagle by the end of the day. but do not count out the dallas cowboys for making a late offer. the last four seasons with everyone's favorite team, the 27-year-old is a to time pro bowler and rushed for over 1800 yards last year and had 13 rushing touch downs and no one had more. and sam bradford was murray's college roommate in oklahoma. and was recruiting him to come to philadelphia as well. here is what he said yesterday. >> absolutely, i am trying my hardest, i called him and texted him and we are in communication, if we could land demarco, it would be a great pickup, he is a great player and a close fend of mine too. he could really help this ball
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club. >> if signing demarco murray if that becomes a reality that could ease the pain of trading lesean mccoy to the buffalo bills and there is also the potential deal with matthews. we are live outside of team headquarters today. channel 6 "action news." time for a check of accuweather forecast, its a bit cooler with the light wind out there, but we are enjoying sunny, nice conditions as we look live from sky 6 at the jersey shore it's a pretty picture in atlantic city, and for the latest conditions and what to expect for the rest of the week, david murphy is at the big board. >> you can see the camera bouncing a bit and bright sunshine is across the region and high pressure to the west and a bit of a breeze wrapping around it but ensuring we stay nice and sunny the rest of the afternoon, we are not expecting
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anything more than a slight cloud cover. 48 is the high in pennsylvania, we are only add 4 or 5 degrees 49 in wilmington currently and 41 in allentown and we'll stay cooler up north and the wind is rolling down out of the north gusting at times to 25 miles per hour that is making it feel cooler, the northern suburbs have windchills in the 30s and philadelphia it feels like 40 there is a lot of sunshine but there is that chilly breeze the high this afternoon is going to be 52 degrees, that is right around average and the low tonight is 33 that is right on average, so seasonable conditions out there even if it's a little bit cool. dry today and tomorrow night a system to the south and west of us, an area of low pressure and warm front that is snaking its way to the region, that will increase the clouds during the day and some rain arrives late
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at night and it will be with us for a good chunk of the weekend, i'll have the latest on future tracker 6 coming up in the exclusive accuweather forecast. before heading out the door, check the 6 abc storm tracker app along with live radar and forecasts, you can report what you are seeing in your area. still to come on "action news" at noon, embarrassing claims for the secret service, the investigation into a car accident involving two agents. and trouble at a house made famous, in the show breaking bad, what the opener says people are doing to her house.
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two senior secret service agents are under investigation accused of crashing a car into a white house security barrier, it happened on march 4th two agents have been reassigned and the "washington post" is report that the accident happened after a night of drivening and involved the second in command for president obama's detail. we'll have more coming up from a live report from washington. police in washington state made an arrest in the attempted
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kidnapping of a toddler and the suspect is just 15 years old. police believe he is the one seen in this video running down the sidewalk with the little boy in his arms running down the sidewalk. others joined in the chase and the suspect put the boy down and kept running. a fan was stabbed during a boston celtics game at the td garden arena, and police are still looking for the attacker it happened in the balcony area when the team played memphis, the victim is expected to survive. turns out it's no fun to live in a house made famous by a television show, it's wear the lead character from breaking bad lived with his family. and the woman says people linger
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outside and take photo owes and some even throw pizzas on the roof to reenact a picture from the show. >> take a good picture from the road, we don't want you here if you are going to do that. >> i didn't think that is a big deal. >> it is a big deal. >> she was forced to put up signs and install surveillance exam raz to catch fans that misbehave. >> breaking bad is urging people to respect the house and its owners. and now where you can get fresh produce now and throughout the season. lisa thomas-laury has the story.
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retail sales are down again if february for the third month in a row people said they spent less on home sales. analysts think a freezing snowy winter kept some consumers at home and they predict that americans will start spending the money they saved thanks to lower gas prices. facebook is the filer of a new class action lawsuit.
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and that children have bought things with their parent's credit cards. some kids racked up hundreds and thousands of dollars woutd their parents knowing about it. facebook refused to give out refunds, this week the court gave the okay for people to sue. there may be a new weapon for the fight against alzheimer's disease, and it's not in the form of a drug. beams from an ultrasound were claimed to have improve the plaque. and improved the animal's memory. this is the first test that shows ultra sound would work as a stand alone treatment. "action news" has a valuable resource available resource available today. the live video chat today at
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6abc.com, will show you if this is the right procedure for you, the chat runs until 1:00 this afternoon. eating fresh food lets us focus on increasing health as we get older. lisa thomas-laury shows us a place that provides fresh local produce even in the word. >> it's farm to family, it provides fresh local food all year round. >> john says his eyes were opened to the benefits of local eating when was in italy years ago. >> i visited a lot of cities and got excited about that and that should happen in the united states. >> it has a farm to winter club you buy online and pay as you go and choose from one of 20 pickup
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tonight beginning at 4:00. alicia vitarelli is here with a look ahead. >> reporter: it is official powdered alcohol is now legal inside the buzz and backlash coming up at 4:00, today in the big talkers, double dare at dunkin' donuts, you won't believe what a florida woman did to get into a local sore orty she is now charged with indecent exposure and too good do be true. an injection that can dissolve a double chin away. but it's true and it was just approved by an advisory panel. we'll tell you how to get it. take us with you on the go watch our newscast streaming live on our smart phone or tablet. see you at 4:00. >> thank you. your accuweather forecast is coming up when "action news" comes right back. my doctor said that it could travel to my
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meteorologist, david murphy, is here with the forecast. we'll take it won't we. >> yes and we are still around average, stormtracker 6 live double scan also shows you we are without precipitation today. the action cam is out earlier in front of the art museum and can you see the sunshine and at the same time the bushes are wiggling around and we have fairly significant winds blowing through the region 48 degrees and definitely cooler than this time yesterday yesterday's high is 61 and we'll fall short of that and winds northwest at 33 miles per hour too and that is definitely a noticeable wind and a reason to put on the coat as you head out. 43 in reading and 45 in trenton and 48 degrees in wildwood new jersey, there are the winds rolling out.
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north, and the wind is philadelphia is among one of the higher and we have gusts going up to about 30 in some cases, definitely blustery and chilly lots of sun and we don't see much additional cloud cover in the region the closest is south and west of pittsburgh, it's a possible that something pops through later in the day but a mostly sunny afternoon a cool breeze in the lehigh valley, and 46 but it's still a pleasant day, the shore 52 and on the breezy side. and cooler in the city than yesterday with the high of 52 and breezy making it feel like the 40s, winds gust from the north none west at 30 miles per hour this afternoon. the temperatures fall tonight under mainly clear skies 33 is your overnight low in philadelphia and some suburbs dipping down into the 20s, we
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have the afternoon commute to concern ourselves with, clear and breezy and 47 by 5:30 and a falloff after the sun goes down and we could be in the low 40s by 7:00 tonight. and tomorrow sun early in the morning and a high of 52 and we are keeping an eye on this system to the south and west that is creeping towards us increasing the clouds during the day and some rain on the model is pushing in and it looks like steady rain overnight into saturday anywhere from a half inch to inch of rain. cloud cover and rain wise future tracker 6 shows you that the sunshine is possible at 8:00 and the clouds will get thicker tonight and 6:00 on the cool side and then 11:00 and it's possible that most of us still haven't seen the first rain drops, at some point around 11:00 and midnight this rain will overtake the region and in
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the overnight hours everyone gets wet saturday morning when you wake up you are looking at a fairly steady rain that continues into the afternoon and later in the afternoon we filter down to spottier showers. even in the afternoon it looks unsettled and 58 on sunday with a spotty shower there, and dry on monday and st. patrick's day tuesday looks unsettled with at least a spotty shower or two. >> thanks david. more to come on our next half our of "action news" at noon, a $300,000 grant for the university of delaware the nationwide study researcher there's are joining. and a warning to people in south jersey it's scam that officials say is being used to squeeze money out of parents. next.
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"action news" continues with rick williams sara bloomquist and meteorologist, david murphy. >> hello again here is some stories we are following for you on "action news" at 12:30 developing news two officers are released from the hospital after being shot overnight in ferguson missouri but tensions remain high as police search for the shooter. and the new investigation june way after two agents were involved in a crash
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now the details in a developing sitdation in ferguson missouri police are searching a house after two police officers were shot overnight. the two police officers were released from the hospital, it happened during a protest outside of the police station. demonstrators were celebrating the resignation of the police chief in ferguson. both officers are expected to be okay but officials in missouri say things could have been worse. >> these two officers took a hard hit, we are lucky by god's grace we didn't lose two officers last night. neither was from ferguson and they were called in from other departments to help with the protest. the two
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