ory on "action news" is the investigation into the fumes that forced paulsboro high school to be evacuated. ali gorman is live at the hospital where students and staff were taken to be treated but eva pilgram is live with more on how this happened. >> reporter: parents rushed to paulsboro high school or to the hospital, more than a dozen students and teachers got sick today and it's from an odor from a leak at the neighbor refinery one that they have been dealing with for days. emergency workers rushed to paulsboro high school after more than 12 students got sick. the problem started monday after complaints of a strong odor, emergency management was called in to test the air, but today the air quality results had a different reading and emergency management recommended they close down for the day a seal

on the tank broke sunday night and an odor quickly filled the air and air tests in the school showed a positive results for napta, a substance they call dangerous. they have fixed the faulty tank which should resolve the issue. >> we'll make the decision tomorrow as we would a snow closing and every family is concerned about the safety of the students and staff and we are always making decisions on what is best for the students. >> parents can't help but be worried. >> i'm not taking her back until it's cleared for good. >> the superintendant tells us that most of the students and teachers that were taken to the hospital have been released and he plans to call each of them tonight individually to make sure they are okay. eva pilgram, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. lets switch to "action news"

reporter and registered nurse live at the hospital checking on the conditions of those that got sick. ali. >> 13 students and two teachers were taken to the hop and most were treatmented and released and there are students walking in on their own and currently being evaluated and all were reporting similar symptoms. parents of at least 13 students at paulsboro high school came to woodbury hospital after learning their children felt sick after fumes from the nearly refinery company floated into the school. >> she told me her nose is burning and she has headaches. and she told me she is like dizzy and doesn't feel well at all and her eyes were burning. >> nausea and headache and pale and faint and weak. i broad her to for furnish testing to make sure she was

already. >> high levels of fumes were detected on the third level of the school. some parents say it's too late. >> this is going on since monday. >> there are short-term health affects, things like nausea and vomiting and headache and those can be are reversible. however there are questions about if someone is exposed over the long-term. we are live in woodbury new jersey ali gorman channel 6 "action news." >> and our coverage of the fumes in paulsboro new jersey, continues at 6abc.com. we continue with new information throughout the day and we'll add the latest details as they become available. a gps device led police to the body of a new jersey woman, erica chipins body was found in

a rural area of psychsville maryland. and her feet and hands were bound with an electrical cord, her husband, kyle crosby has been behind bars since january. a suspect was taken into custody after a deadly shooting spree in suburban phoenix, news helicopters were overhead after the suspect was arrested after an hours long manhunt and the shooting spree began at a motel and the same suspect was later involved in a carjacking and home invasion and another shooting six people were shot and one died and one was badly hurt. the motive for the shootings are unclean but the motives do not appear to be linked. a new jersey man and air force veteran pled nilts to federal charges about trying to

join isis, tairod pugh had 130 videos related to islamic terrorists including excuse videos he was arrested earlier this year in egypt while planning to travel to syria and faces 35 years in prison. pugh will be back in court on monday. there will be more on the isis arrest and shootings in arizona, on world news with david muir. philadelphia police are searching for a murder suspect they say is armed and dangerous video shows this gunman walking into a laundry mat in southwest philadelphia and opening fire immediately, the male victim died at the scene chad pradelli is live with the latest. >> reporter: monica it was thursday february 19th around 11:00 a.m.

the victim was walking up here walked to the door and went inside the 53rd street laundry mat. but his killer was following and the killer could be a city worker, this is the killer he immediately approached eric norman and opens fire and pauses and then fires the fatal shot into norman's head, take a close look at the suspect, especially his clothing is he wearing a philadelphia water department and hat. >> we are working with the department hoping to try and identify this employee or exemployee. >> norman was likely followed into the laundry mat-at 11:00 a.m. on february 19th he lives around the corner, motive is

unclear but police believe norman was targeted because of execution-style killing, he is married and a family man and one young child right now he is at a stay at home dad, right now we have no leads why anyone would want to do this to him. >> if you know that man or have other information about this crime, call philadelphia police. i'm live in southwest philadelphia chad pradelli, channel 6 "action news." thanks chad. turning to the weather now, we have sun filled skies today but we are two days away from spring even though there is snow in the forecast forecast. >> cecily tynan is live at the big board with the forecast. >> it feels like winter today and by friday it will feel like winter and temperatures tell the story 70 degrees at lunch time and now 45 in philadelphia

and new york city 37 temperatures in new england in the 20s and teens. and wind gusts now at 30 miles per hour, the windchill the way it feels windchills below zero, in parts of northern maine today and we are not alone in the cold, we have cold air in place that is one ingredient you need to get the snow, you need moisture stormtracker 6 live double scan showing there is plenty across the deep south. near dallas texas to the ohio valley that system will deepen or strengthen and that brings us snow arriving by friday morning, the snow should be here by 11:00 and it will be cold enough that for most of our viewing area it will start as snow, it continues through the day and evening by 5:00 the evening commute will be an issue snow around philadelphia and areas to the north changes over to rain in

parts of southern new jersey and delaware and moves out by friday night. something to consider though this is march not january so when you get snow in march a lot of what you get depends on elevations, the higher elevations see more snow and it's falling during the day and it fights a high march sun angle, the best accumulation is on grassy surfaces, i'll let you know what to expect in the accuweather forecast. >> thank you cecily with snow coming check 6abc.com. can you find live stormtracker 6 live double scan weather and the forecast and get the latest from our team of meteorologists. traffic is on the slow side tonight. we don't need the snow any time sooner, hi monica and rick, we have an accidents on the blue route at brew mall in the northbound lanes, our camera is not on it right now, but focusing on the delay but the

tractor trailer collided with the guardrail and became entangled with it they are trying to clear it and tow truck on the scene and penndot on the scene and police on the scene, very slow going right now. speeds in the region are very low and mid-20s and 30s and teens on 95 taking a look at 95 southbound lanes are very slow from wood haven to the vine and both directions taking you 30 minutes to do that commute. back to you rick and monica. >> thank you autumn. more ahead on "action news" at 5:00 tonight. fraternities across the nation are coming under fire as racist chants and scandals and more. a favorite food for many is being recalled about safety concerns. on packages of mac and cheese. cecily tynan is back with the

full accuweather forecast.

penn state is taking action against a fraternity, for taking inappropriate photos of women

online, and this follows racist chants from students from oklahoma. and now a look at how the negative spot line on fraternities nationwide is taking its toll here. our first stop is the university of pennsylvania we found nothing but disgust for the scandal in happy valley. >> i think it's pretty dispick ability and i am happy that the school is proactive in taking action. >> it's the idiotic acts of individual chapters. >> they have been thrown off campus for at least a year after members kraetd created a private invitation page for posting nude pictures of women. and this follows the video of racist chants at the university of oklahoma.

it has large greek organizations doing all out damage control. women against rape are holding workshops and seminars at campuses including temple university. >> it's a sense of entitlement they feel they are entitled to certain things. >> we object women. >> we are unable to make contact with the membership here and there are no reports of any such heinous activities for members here. vernon odom, channel 6. in health check sierra leone plans to do another country wide shutd down in a bid to stop ebola there are only 30

people currently in treatment centers but residents are asked to stay in their home for three days and they are reminded how to protect themselves and stop ebola. a shut down last month helped to reduce the number of new cases. a rally today to mark their progress in raising $200,000 for the delaware center for holeless veterans, through a month long series of fundraising events they are near their goal and they can provide 25 additional beds. kids at a gloucester county school wore their favorite pajama today the kids were dressed down to help others they collected over 150 pairs of pj's and 50 books for children in foster care and the hospital. it will be given to the local chapter of the pajama program.

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>> a group of community leaders want to make sure the next leader of philadelphia will taking concerns of black reads to heart. they announced that the 2015 black political summit, they will develop a specific agenda for bettering the city's black community, each candidate will sign the agenda and they plan to issue a report card after they are elected. >> a bucks county family flipped the switch on a new solar system that provides clean energy to protect their farm animals. the panels are portable and they can move anywhere that the chick and dozen on the farm and it stores energy for up to three days and they were donated by the green mountain sun energy club. coming up we'll check the forecast for you stormtracker 6 live double scan live plenty of

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time now for accuweather at the "action news" big board meteorologist, cecily tynan is standing by with a closer look at a changing forecast as we head to the weekend.

>> mentioned snow and you don't want to toss it to me i get nervous, it throws you for a loop i'd rather go to commercial. >> you would rather be prepared. looking at the center city skyline, a beautiful day with loads of sunshine and then you step outside and the winds take you by surprise peak wind gusts from 35 to 38 miles per hour and those winds are pulling down brutal windchills, the windchill in philadelphia 37 degrees, feels like 34 in allentown and 35 in millville and 34 in trenton, tonight the winds will be diminishing and the temperatures are dropping. satellite 6 along with action radar shows that we have clear skies now and high pressure is out to the west is building over us as we head to the overnight hours. it will also really diminish the winds, a windchill factor over the winds and 28 degrees in philadelphia 24 in millville,

and 22 in allentown and 27 degrees in wilmington for the overnight low, and all eyes are on low pressure over texas satellite 6 along with action radar is showing that this is tapping into the gulf of mexico and this will transfer its anne guy tie coastal low off the carolinas and it will strengthen and deepen and bring us the snow on friday. tomorrow we don't have to worry about anything 2:00 in the afternoon plenty of sunshine and clouds are building late in the afternoon tomorrow and thursday night and friday and it looks like the precipitation is holding off until the morning commute. the clouds are in place by 8:00 and most of the moisture is out to the west. as we head through midmorning into the early afternoon this is when the moisture moves in and you can see across the bulk of our viewing area that is the snow and this will primarily be a snow event and we'll see mixing south of philadelphia as we head through the afternoon hours, by about 5:30, i think

that mixed line will get close to philadelphia. we'll see a changeover to rain in philadelphia north though of the city, this will be a wet snow event and then it all moves out by friday evening so what are we expecting? extreme southern new jersey and central and southern delaware it's mainly a rain event and the i-95 corridor we are looking at 1 to 3 inches of slushy snow primary on the grass and the northwest suburbs, 3 to 6 inches primarily on the grass and the lehigh valley we could have messy roads with the slush. the five-day at 5:00, 46 degrees, and friday the wet snow and rain to welcome in spring and 38 degrees, saturday 55 and sunday and monday the temperatures drop back into the 40s, can we get a warm-up next week? adam will have the answer in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> thank you cecily.

hello again here is what is it happening on "action news" tonight. chaos at a famed museum in the north african country of tunisia when armed terrorists opened fire on tourists. today montgomery county students are burned out of their beloved school but are back to class and former congresswoman, gabrielle giffords brings her crusade for gun control laws to our area.

the dramatic video shows people running and lawmakers were rushed away and they sang it's national an them while a gun battle went on next door. karen travers is live with more on what happened in tunisia. >> the dead include tourists from italy, spain poland and germany. today they say the u.s. condemned in the strongest terms the deadly attack but a spokesperson did not weigh in on any possible connections to isis. a terrifying scene in tunisia and a manhunt underway at least 20 people were killed including 17 tourists after a shooting rampage at the museum in the capital city. they called it a cowardly operation, they were carrying

assault rifles and wearing military uniforms within they arrived at the 15th century palace when the tourists got off their bus to enter the museum. people scrambled for cover and the attackers pursued them and followed some inside. among the dead are tourists from italy, germany, spain and poland and two gunmen were also killed. the museum is located next to the parliament building as they huddled inside a stairwell, they broke out in song, the nation alan them. some 3,000 tune eeshans have joined state fighters in syria and iraq.

there is a search underway for two or three additional suspects. karen travers, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you karen. police are investigating death threats against caroline kennedy, our u.s. ambassador in japan, they were call to the u.s. embassy and the consulate general she began in 2013, and tokyo police are working with the state department on the investigation earlier this month the u.s. ambassador to south korea was slashed into the face by an anti-u.s. activist. world news tonight will have more on the investigation into the kennedy death threats as well as the tunisia museum massacre. we are learning more about the murder of a man inside of a northampton hotel room.

the body of andrew white was found in the room in easton and today the investigators explain how they caught up with the alleged shooter, they say he called his mother on the morning of the murder and told her he needed clothes and was coming to her house when he didn't show up she got in the car and left. she spotted her son a few blocks from the home, and he got in the car and showed her a video that she took on his cell phone. >> he told her he stripped the male and shot him in the head, she became scared of her son and notified police. >> he was involved in a standoff with police at his mother's house before being arrested and is charged with murder and the motive for the crime remains unclear. philadelphia police have a suspect in custody for a gas station shooting that sent a man

to the hospital. authorities arrestedin porter. he pulled a handgun and shot the victim several times. porter faces charges include ago tempted murder. students in montgomery county went back to school but not at their beloved campus investigator says someone set fire to their school building on saturday leaving the historic school building in ruins the students and staff are just happy to be back together. >> signs and hugs greeted wingcoat academy students at their new temporary location at gratz college. a fire devastated their school over the weekend and it remains a crime scene because investigators believe it was intensely set and chopper 6 hd

flew over head to show what little was left. inside of the lunch room you saw smiles as students sang happy birthday to a classmate. >> there is excitement in the hallways, if feels like a first day of school but there say lost work to be done and a lot of stuff to replace. >> parents got a tour of the school. >> my parents had lost stuff in the fire. >> the school received donations of furniture and paper from impact and w.b. mason. >> i had no games left but i did bring decks of cards for. >> you we have no computers or phones and no books, any learning that is going on is stuff that the teachers printed off the inter netd. >> the school began using the school in 1983 the students come here because they struggled elsewhere. >> transition is hard for everybody but harder for kids that have unique learning and

mental health issues. >> as soon as we get the computers up and running we'll get it the same. as close as they can. annie mccormick channel 6 "action news." philadelphia police want your help in finding a missing man and his daughter they were last seen at their home an 27th and moore, he was suppose to take his daughter to school but she was never dropped off and he never returned home. she has brown eyes and brown hair she was last seen wearing a purple sweater and leopard pants and gray sneakers anybody with information is asked to call philadelphia police. former congresswoman, gabrielle giffords was in trenton to push for resolutions for gun violence. she met with domestic violence

advocates calling for new laws to keep guns out of convicted felons. >> we stand for common sense we stand for responsibility. we can change the laws, we can win elections join in your voice with mine. >> giffords survived a mass shooting started a group with her husband season traveling the country pushing for new legislation. some of philadelphia's finest got commendations today. those officers that went above and beyond the line of duty. those that showed initiative in stopping crime. lets check the traffic situation for folks trying to head home on a wednesday night. lets drive it over to autumn

marisa. >> we'll go back out to the blue route, this is northbound at broomall. this hit the guardrail and entangled with it under the pass at broomall. we have police and penndot on the scene and it's taking out the right lane the speeds are increasing across the region 38 miles per hour on the schuylkill expressway our big of the slow down there is from 202 to the blue route, taking you 25 minutes when it should only take you 6 to 8 minutes to do it. slow going in the westbound lanes heading over to philadelphia it's almost at a stand still now with heavy volume. mass transit and all services are on time with reported delays if you go to the sixers game we have two local trains leaving it fern rock at 6:00 and 6:15. >> thank you. still to come a former

camden firefighters in hot water, partly of this video of him doing mixed martial arts right there. >> we'll explain. and can gambling be in pennsylvania's future we'll have that. and snow arrives friday and accumulating snow. we'll have the expected amountses in accuweather. we are less than 24 hours away from the start of the ncaa tournament and villanova and lafayette gearing up for their match-up.

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including the jersey shore looking at sky 6 hd over atlantic city, where a new proposal would allow offshore drilling for oil, those opposed to the plan say that an oil spill could damage the tourism here but finding significant reserves could help stabilize oil prices. and now a man is collecting disability while competing in mixed martial arts tournaments. he is seen in the red trunk there's, back in 2010, he applied for and received disability pension after claiming two injuries and then they said he participated in mma tournaments and obtained a black belt while collecting disability. he had collected more than $82,000 in benefits. excitement is building as our two local teams prepare to

go head to head in the tournament. ducis rogers is here with more. >> villanova and lafayette tip-off at 6:50 tomorrow night it's expected to be a one sided affair but you still have to play the game. jeff skversky is covering both teams in pittsburgh. >> reporter: darren hilliard the villanova star says if they take lafayette lightly they run the risk of being the first number one seed in the history of this tournament to lose to a 16 seed and with the final four at stake that is the last thing in the world at villanova wildcats want, they were taking practice minutes ago out here in pittsburgh the number one seed in the east, how far can this team go? just like you at home, the president of the united states,

barack obama has them going to the final four and the championship game against kentucky. so what does villanova think about the president picking them to go so far. >> we think it's great but we know how hard it is to get that to level of play and we have to stay as humble as possible. >> that is interesting and flattering. he is a georgetown fan so he has seen us a couple of times that is cool i'll take that as a positive. >> former villanova star fran o'hanlon know nobodies giving them a shot but they played them tough last year and they believe they can make it interesting. oh han lan was a villanova great and grew up a big villanova fan. >> you are from doylestown and

are you familiar with villanova, is this a strange match-up? >> i don't know about strange, but it should be fun, i grew up watching them and was a fan and even went to their camp as a kid. it will be more fun than anything. >> linder actually in middle school played with villanova star archie and they are both from buck county and he said what can you take away? >> i remember he was a very good player. and should be a good one tomorrow just before 7:00. jeff skversky channel 6 "action news." >> jeff we'll check back in with you at 6:00, no ncaa tournament for temple but the season continues they face bucknell in the nit they need to put the disappointment behind them and get back to business. >> we'll do the same thing and have a plan in store for us to play our best basketball and hopefully guys will rise to the

occasion. >> the sixers who have been on the road return home tonight to face it's pistons. >> and davidson leading carolina by one and tye middlebrook makes a whoa incredible catch to preserve the victory. he crashes into the wall but is able to maintain his concentration. >> i see rick williams do that with his keys. >> it's called hot potato. members of pennsylvania state house gaming oversight committee tackled the issue of online gambling today. they explained how online gaming works in new jersey and how organizing internet game i may make money for the state. one stud yes shows that pennsylvania stands to make $30 million.

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degrees, did you notice the major drop to it feels like 30 degrees at the same time today so a tremendous difference in a 24 hour time change because of the northwesterly winds that continue to drive in the windchills into the 30s, area wide 34 in allentown and 37 in philadelphia right now and feeling like 35 in millville and 20s in the poconos, satellite and radar with the cold winds coming in from the northwest, with relatively warmer waters the snow breaks out in rochester and into buffalo streaming in western new york state we have weak high pressure in control voiding any crowd color for our general area, the storm is brewing down to the south of dallas and houston to the east side of the low and pulling the moisture out of the gulf of mexico and spreading in the

western tennessee valley than continues its journey to the north and east for the end of week, the timing is another beautiful day and the clouds are here at 3:30 in the morning still generally dry we may work this out timing wise to arrive after the morning rush on friday. by lunch time that is when the heavy snow breaks out in millville and dover all north and west, mixing with rain down at the shore, and even in 5:00 in the afternoon the cold air looks to win out north of philadelphia staying at heavy wet snow, the same for trenton, and the mixing line of wet snow and rain and all rain by friday afternoon and south of the city and it exits here at 7:00 and 10:00 friday night. far southern areas of the shore and southern areas of delaware quick bursts of snow and rain and 1 to 3 inches for the area

and north of us? >> berks county 3 to 6 inches mainly on grass and trees if you are traveling on friday, march 20th the sun angle is high and it will be wet and slushy and just wet in south jersey and delaware. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, high clouds tomorrow and another chilly day at 46 and wet snow and rain depending on your location at 38 degrees, and then a quick turn around to 55 here, with sunshine here on saturday when the chill returns on sunday and monday highs in the mid-40s, and still in the 40s on tuesday and stays dry and closer to normal wednesday of 52 degrees, there will be slush on the roads but it's not like it's mid winter with it piling up on the roads.

right now jim gardner and the "action news" news team is standing by with these stories next at 6:00, these teachers from a south jersey school are overcome by fumes from a nearby refinery, plus gps technology, help them track down the body of a woman gone missing on new years eve. and the investigation into a fire that left dozens homeless in northeast philadelphia. that is coming up next at 6:00. for adam joseph cecily tynan

and the entire "action news" team i'm rick williams. nicole: we all have different needs for our children and basing all of the childrens' needs on one test is not the right road to go down. and something's got to change. okaikor: and the ones who are taking the brunt of it are our children. all the other things that make you a great human being is not important anymore. what's more important is: can you answer a-b-c-d? gina: what am i going to learn for my child from this test that my teacher can't tell me right now?

"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with jim gardner, cecily tynan and ducis rogers. wednesday night and accuweather is tracking the potential for spring snow and deputies round up dead beat parents in a sweep. but the big story is a very tough day at paulsboro high school for more than a dozen that have to go to the hospital.

students had to evacuate the school after becoming ill from fumes, the problem was the nearby paulsboro refinery. sara bloomquist is live from the nearby medical center. >> reporter: students and staff members were treated and released and they had walk-ins this afternoon and those people are being evacuated right now, they got sick from an odor described as rotten eggs coming from a refinery located next door to the high school. students and staff smelled a foul odor here all week and this morning some started to feel sick. most kids i saw were putting their heads down and having stomach aches and headaches from the smell. students were transported to the medical center in