point. >> it's horrible. it's just so scary. you walk around with a knot in your stomach. >> reporter: the victim had been working out at this gym about a mile from her home. as she walked home she was approached by two boys ages 14 and 16. she got nervous and called a friend. police say the suspects thought she was calling the police so they knocked the phone out of her hand. they then marched her at gun point to this remote area along the research tracks. >> where they robbed her of money, a cell phone and other items and then both of these males sexually assaulted her. >> reporter: the friend of the victim had been on the phone with heard the struggle and called the victim's family. they came looking for her and found her still in the hands of the suspects on the 3900 block of richmond street. the boys fled but relatives of the victim grabbed one of them two blocks away. the police picked up the other suspect about a half mile away. >> both of the perpetrators had items that were taken from

the female during the robbery. >> reporter: police didn't find the gun. detectives were back out in the neighborhood today looking for it. it's a neighborhood that's been left badly shake can ken. >> i'm nervous about it. i walk everywhere. i don't have a car. i drive i take buses. >> it's horrible and i hope she's doing better and i'm glad that they caught the two people that did that. >> reporter: now if convicted the two teenager will be well into adulthood before they see the outside of a jail cell again. especially the 16-year-old who may eventually be charged as an adult. live at special victims david henry, channel6 "action news." shirleen. >> all right, thank you, david. a teenager is under arrest right now after police say he murdered his mother and tried to kill his grandmother. it happened in the bridesburg section of philadelphia on the 2800 block of reynolds street. police say 19-year-old zachary while lee stabbed his mother

melissa to death and also attacked his grandmother joan. he told police there were attackers in the home but investigators say they don't buy it. neighbors say while lee led a troubled life. >> it was very concerning to all of us on the street that she never allowed him out of the house. screamed every night from the back room like he was -- he had a lot of issues. the mother was supposed to home school him. never did. >> police don't dispute that the home life was a troubled one as source tells "action news" the house had no running water and that there were piles of human feces all over the floor. chad pradelli will have more in a live report coming up at 5:00. the mysterious circumstances surrounding the deaths of the ceo of cooper hospital and his wife are mystery no more. today prosecutors issued their final report revealing the findings of their investigation. nora muchanic is live in our new jersey news room. nora the family is not happy with this outcome.

>> reporter: shirleen, this report will come as a shock not just to family but to people who knew john sheridan. the prosecutors say the evidence shows he killed his wife and then set fire to their home. john sheridan fatally stabbed joyce sheridan set the fire and committed suicide. that's the conclusion of the somerset county prosecutor into the deaths of the cooper health systems ceo and his wife a retired schoolteacher. the report says joyce sheridan suffered eight wounds to the head an fatal stab wound to the chest. she also had defensive wounds on her hands. police found her in an upstairs bedroom of the couple's skillman home where they were responding to reports of a fire on september 28 of last year. authorities say john sheridan's dna was found on a half empty gas can found inside the room and he was alive after the fire started. he was found with five broken ribs under a burning armoire. his autopsy shows he died smoke inhalation and mark

wounds. the two knives found at the scene did not cause the deaths. investigators say john sheridan was described by colleagues and friends as out of character upset and withdrawn. and that he was apparent that joyce sheridan was worried and upset because she too recognized john sheridan was exhibiting levels of apprehension atypical. in a statement release this afternoon they say we will not allow our father to be convicted based on the guess work resulting from an inadequate and incomplete investigation simply because he is not here to defend himself. now, the sheridan sons say they are filing a lawsuit challenging the prosecutor's conclusions. they brought in there own medical examiner and have raised several questions but the prosecutor says he stands by his investigation. live in our new jersey news room, i'm nora muchanic, channel6 "action news."

>> nora, thank you. we have some breaking news to pass along from the city's feltonville section at this hour. chopper 6 is over the scene of a shooting here that took place just minutes ago. this is the 700 block of herness industries. a 17-year-old girl had been rushed to the hospital with serious injuries. details are sketchy but we know she was a shooting victim at this location. police are looking for three male suspects in their 20's but again a 17-year-old girl was shot here in the feltonville section of philadelphia. you can see police cruisers at the scene. the investigation under way into exactly what happened. we'll continue to follow this story. "action news" reporter dann cuellar is on the scene and he'll bring us a live report coming up a little bit later on "action news" at 4:30. in other news, we're still awaiting the decision that could send amanda knox to prison in italy for decades. that decision was expected from the country's highest court today in the murder case of knox's roommate meredith

kercher. knox was reconvicted last year which is now under appeal and if the conviction is upheld knox faces more than 28 years behind bars in italy. a one hour warning will be issued before that decision is read and right now it's after 9 o'clock in italy right now with no word yet from italian justices. >> it is time now for a check of your accuweather forecast. >> all right. >> warm temperatures are out of here. >> but it is friday and meteorologist adam joseph is tracking a somewhat chilly weekend. >> yeah a-very winter-like weekend for saturday and sunday and as we look at storm tracker 6 live double scan the clouds have been lingering through much of the day especially to the north and west of philadelphia and even south and east the rain showers continue to fall as this can cold front is slowly and painfully moving to the south and east. in fact, sky 6 will show and satellite and radar that the

showers will slowly end in those southern areas in the next hour or two but the clouds you can see they're thick all the way back west of pittsburgh and buffalo where you're seeing some white on the raid yes, that is some wet snowflakes and some flurries that could pass through here late tonight and on your saturday. temperature-wise not springlike anywhere. it's 28 in buffalo, 34 in binghamton, 47 right in you in philadelphia and even far to the south roanoke, richmond between 43 and 48 degrees. so stepping out on the town this friday evening bundle up. the clouds will be around but those showers will be ending at the shore. temperatures around 45 for the next few hours and then slowly dropping to around 43 at 10 o'clock tonight. we'll talk about those winter-like wind chills for tomorrow and when a recovery will push back in. will we hit normal? alicia will let you know. >> i don't know if we know what normal is. now to the latest on the

explosion in new york. the seven alarm fire that caused three buildings to buckle and collapse. officials say two people are still unaccounted for and more than a full day later firefighters are still dousing the smoldering remains of several apartment buildings following that blaze. this exclusive surveillance video shows the explosion the moment it happened ripping off the facade of that initial building and then the aerial view today showing us just what remains, a pile of wood, brick and steel with personal belongings strewn everywhere. 25 people were injured, four critically including five uniformed personnel. crews are still searching for those two missing people. we have learned that one of them is a restaurant worker. the second a customer in that japanese restaurant where the fire started. nicholas figueroa was on a date at the sushi restaurant when it collapsed. the date made it to the hospital but there is no sign of nicholas and his family is distraught.

>> i think they should try a little more harder, at least give more information to us but we barely got any information ours. we're just left clueless. >> reporter: of course the search continues for nicholas and the other missing individual. as for the cause right now officials say initial evidence points to a gas explosion. rick. >> all right, alicia thank you. back here philadelphia developer bart blat stein says this plans to redo atlantic city's pier shops is back on. he bought the ocean front complex for $2.7 million last fall. the complex cost 200 million to build. the purchase set off a legal fight with caesar's entertainment which was only recently settled. he says his company will announce plans for the site next week but he said last fall the project will not include gambling. >> it is time for your "action news" traffic report on a friday. >> yeah, t.g.i.f. matt pelman in the "action news" traffic center. how are you tonight. >> doing well. how about you guys.

>> good. >> maybe we would pier outside and check the scene of a crash on the westbound side approaching the vine street expressway waiting for things to get wrapped up with the police officers on the scene. both inbound westbound lanes just reopened. you're looking at extra slow speeds as you head west of passyunk approaching the vine. a crash on the roosevelt boulevard southbound at f street this afternoon and a collection of issues in camden county. there's a crash along haddon avenue near liberty street involving a pedestrian and i have a couple on 30 eastbound one is at 130 on the shoulder, another approaching collings avenue takes out the left lane n robbinsville mercer county watch out for debris in the roadway northbound on 130 approaching hankins road. in bear delaware a crash closing the southbound lanes of route seven at song smith drive. walter road a possible alternate. let's grab the ipad on the friday afternoon do the commuter report. one of our friends using the waze app talking about a pothole one of many in the

road along germantown pike in worcester. that's chuck speedy who is a member of our team. go to my waze and check out the 6abc commuter team. join us and get special updates of special events like the love run this weekend the half marathon is going to cause a lot of closures. with the waze app you can keep thank of them. we'll check it again rick and shirleen coming up in the next half hour. >> got to love the waze app. one of the most powerful men in american to ticks decides to call it quits. >> setting a record that's out of this world. the man who will start a mission into space today that no american has ever attempted. >> plus they've come from one of the toughest places in the world just to make something beautiful. the children's choir getting ready for a special performance in our area tonight.

>> ♪♪ >> the united states stepped up airstrikes today in the iraqi city of tikrit. on the ground the iraqi

military continued its fierce fight to retake the city from isis. that offensive stalled so they asked the u.s. for air support. shiite militias backed by iran were helping on the ground. they say they left in protest of the u.s. involvement but the pentagon says it demanded those militias leave at the condition of helping the iraqis. >> harry reid the man who has led democrats in the senate for a decade announced he'll not seek reelection when his term is up. reed posted the announcement on list the nevada senator is in his fifth term. he led democrats when they were in the minority then the majority then back again over the past 10 years. the 75-year-old has been recovering from an eye injury he suffered while exercising at his home in january. he was a top target for republicans next year and it was considered widely considered vulnerable. he says even though he thinks he could win it's time to go. >> we have to make sure that the democrats take control of the senate again and i feel it is inappropriate for me to

soak up all those resources on me when i could be devoting those resources to the caucus and that's what i intend to do. >> new york's chuck schumer and illinois senator dick durbin are can considered favorites to take over the leadership. >> another american is off to the international space station about 30 minutes ago nasa astronaut scott kelly blasted off from kazakstan on his way into space. scott kelly is the twin brother of mark kelly the husband of former congresswoman gaby giffords. nasa will study both scott and mark to see how space affects the human body genes and decision making. today's trip also included two russian cosmonauts. we start with the dow gaining just about 35 points. green numbers across-the-board. nasdaq gaining about 27 and the s & p gaining close to five. the green arrows we like to see especially on a friday. and to other business news,

americans bought less soda in 2014. that's the tenth straight year of declines for the soft drink industry. both pepsi and coke report add drop in total volume but there was one significant move. pepsi overtook diet coke as the second most popular soda in america. in fact, diet coke sales slid 6.6 percent. coke, by the way, is still the top selling soda overall. rick. >> all right, well, widener university is now home to two law schools. widener's school of law had two campuses, one in delaware and one in pennsylvania. today university officials announced those campuses would become separate law schools. they'll both be part of the university but operated independently each with its own dean. the split will let each campus showcase its own strength. the change becomes official on july 1st. >> they are children who have survived unspeakable atrocities and now they are in america sharing their beautiful gift of music.

"action news" reporter eva pilgrim has more on our young visitors from africa. >> ♪♪ >> reporter: looking at their smiling faces you would never know these children are young survivors of war famine and disease. >> we sing. >> reporter: and they dance. these seven to 11-year-olds are all members of the african children's choir. they're on tour through north america until january. today they are at the annenberg center in university city for all of them this is their first trip out of their homeland after just six months of learning english. >> in america we have enough. back in uganda we didn't vigil this morning the choir sang and danced in front of philadelphia school children. [cheers and applause] >> reporter: tonight they will play another show at 7:

7:30. >> kids come from poor families but they got so much hope in them for a better life. i hope people can see that. >> reporter: many of these children are also orphans. the goal of the choir is to raise awareness about the need of orphan children in africa and raise money for education programs on their home continent. >> i was a kid, if it wasn't for the choir i wouldn't be here. i wouldn't have got an education. >> reporter: these kids are just like most kids. they have their favorite subjects. >> english. >> math. >> math. >> reporter: but they also have a special mission, to help raise money to give children just like them an education in some of the neediest areas of africa. >> it's fun. it's fun. they are so jolly. they tell so many stories. >> reporter: in university city, eva pilgrim channel6 "action news." >> nice story. >> that's our next generation, should be a lot of hope absolutely. >> sure. all right, time for let's hope it's a nice weekend although who knows. meteorologist adam joseph has

the word from accuweather. adam. >> well, if you like the winter-like temperatures it's going to be a perfect weekend and sunday the brighter of the two weekend days. we're taking a look right now our newest sky 6 camera, the temple university sky 6 showing a lost clouds over that center city skyline and they've been tough to break this entire day. in fact take a look at double scan live radar. we're still dealing with some showers along the shore communities from millville to fortescue, desks right to sea isle city, atlantic city and cape may so not the prettiest of days to be is the at the shore but even here eventually the showers will end and push off the coast in the next hour or so. but at the shore with the rain, it is a raw 40 degrees right now in sea isle city, 42 in atlantic city, 47 philadelphia, 46 right now in allentown and wilmington just 47 degrees and a big change from this time yesterday. we've dropped close to 20 degrees if not even more than that in the state of delaware from yesterday

afternoon when we were in the mid and upper 60's where today we are well below average only in the 40's. double scan live radar a wider look showing the showers continue from boston straight all the way down to raleigh north carolina. the cold front that was moving pretty quickly yesterday kind of slowed down across our area and it will take its time pushing off the coast and in fact, the clouds will hang tough throughout the overnight hours tonight but the rain will be gone so heading out for friday night it will be a dry night despite its chilly and cloudy. in fact, after midnight some energy may try to ripple through so we could see some late flurries flying after midnight with temperatures below freezing north and west, at freezing in wilmington and millville and just 36 degrees in cape may. wind chills by tomorrow morning, though, 23 allentown 21 in reading, 26 in philadelphia and look at saturday afternoon. still feeling below freezing at the peek of the day tomorrow north and west 37 millville and even at the shore between 34 and 39 degrees.

your four day at 4:00 it's brisk, cold, cloudy tomorrow, a few flurries around. that 40 will feel like the 30's. sunshine is back in full force on sunday but still very cold at 46 degrees. it does turn milder on monday with some clouds, maybe even a spitting shower early on monday and then clouds increase again on tuesday 56 degrees with some late day showers. so the sunnest day of the next for is sunday but it's also one of the coolest so at least the weekend overall not too bad guys. >> okay. >> could be worse as we know. >> could be better. thank you. [laughter] >> well, you heard adam talk about our newest sky 6 camera. here nitts high definition atop of temple university's morgan hall north. this is the camera perched on the roof of the new residence hall. the camera gives us a view north of the campus as well as back down broad street and into center city. it also gives you a temple you may have never seen before unless you're in an airplane of course and if you look closely down on the ledge over

the t, right there you'll see a pair of red tailed hawks enjoying the view from above. perhaps they confused the school on north broad with the one on city avenue. i don't know. >> perhaps. >> and still ahead, a shootout in the street. what police say set off a gun fight that left two people dead. >> also the investigation continues into that tragic plane crash in the alps. today we have new details about the man who was at the controls. >> and there are a lot of happy wildcat fans in kentucky but apparently no one quite as happy as this kid called pea nut. his half time victory dance that's going viral big time in big talkers.

>> ♪♪ >> two people are dead, a third is injured and a fourth is in custody after a shootout on the street in west philadelphia. police say this started last night in the 1500 block of north conestoga street. two men were getting off a trolley when they were approached by two other men who tried to rob them. one of the robbers pulled a

gun and so did one of the victims. police say a robber and victim both died. the second victim is in the hospital and is expected to survive and the second robber is under arrest. >> still ahead from lemonade to birthday cake the last freebie friday of the month will have you celebrating. >> plus, saved by septa. how several strangers came together to help a little girl who decided to go on a solo slushy run at 4 o'clock in the morning. >> yikes. >> and "fifty shades of grey" it's not. inside the hot new hair trend taking over social media.

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call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800.974.6006 tty/v >> ♪♪ >> "action news" continues with meteorologist adam joseph, alicia vitarelli shirleen allicott and brian taff. >> it is 4:30 and "action news" continues. a little boy in trouble over a tribute to his military brother. we'll show you the haircut that got him suspended. >> also from gentle tapping on the driver's side window to this. what made police officers in california so desperate to get this woman off the road. >> and later inside the mind of a mad man. the new clues found buried in the trash of a co-pilot accused of taking hundreds of innocents with him on a death dive in the french alps. >> a story of strangers who stepped in when they saw something strange. this is surveillance video of a septa bus.

the man you see isn't holding the door for another passenger he's holding the door for a four-year-old little girl who had big ideas about where she was going at 4:00 in the morning. "action news" reporter john rawlins is live in tacony with more on little annabel's big adventure. john. >> reporter: she walked about four blocks from her house, crossed torresdale avenue this could have been a nightmare, no doubt about it but thankfully because of an alert bus driver and the man who flagged down his bus, it was not. >> my mind is wandering to go places but it's hard not -- what if, what if, what if. >> yeah, you would drive yourself crazy like that. >> thank god for that bus driver. thank to do got bus driver. >> reporter: two very grateful parents coming to grips with their four-year-old daughter's adventure. hair len jennifer behind the wheel of septa's 56 bus is flagged down. a man says there's a little girl out alone.

moments later in a purple coat and snow boots in pops a 38-inch tall straub blond. >> i was like oh, you got to be kidding me, you know, not this time of night, 3 o'clock in the morning, little girl. like i said she a small little thing kind of just shocked me. >> reporter: as jennifer calls authorities passengers comfort the tiny visitor who at this point sort of shrugs and tells them what her mission is at 3:00 a.m. >> she had her mind-set. >> what did she want. >> all i want is a slushy, that's all she said. >> reporter: police arrived but not before the youngest rider checked out the bus. within an hour annabel that's her name was home safe and sound with her shocked mom and dad. today they say they reconfigured their home's locks. as for slushys mom says they're a favorite for sweet losing and obviously independent annabel. >> momma can you take me to buy a slush sha she. >> i will take you to buy a slushy. promise me next time you'll wait for me okay.

>> yeahism mom jacqueline says this will be annabel's first and last such solo travel. she repeatedly thanked all those who helped bring her home safely. >> there's no words. he saved my daughter's life, you know. i'm be forever grateful. >> reporter: well, that was mom jacqueline speaking of lar lannan any of's actions. two very grateful parents in that household today. live in tacony, john rawlins channel6 "action news." >> glad annabel is back home and safe. >> holy cow. every parent's worst nightmare. adam something to look forward to. >> is that what i get to look forward to. >> maybe not. >> sleepless nights never seem so good. >> i know. >> every step is beautiful. as we take a look outside not see beautiful the cloud cover. take a look at philadelphia international airport. a lot of clouds upstairs, 47 chilly degrees. winds out of the north at 13. wind chill 41 but down the shore it is a raw afternoon. if you're stuck in the house

with family, i'm sorry. 39 degrees right now in atlantic city with the rain falling on the boardwalk, with the wind chill of 35 and winds out of the north northwest at 6 miles an hour. double scan live radar will show a very green picture all the way from long beach island to the tip of cape may but the leading edge of the somewhat dry air is moving in from the west. it's only a matter of time that drops will shut off down the shore but as the rain moves out and the clouds try to depart this weekend the winter winds move in. we'll talk wind chills coming up in that accuweather forecast and also above normal temperatures in that seven day. something for everyone. >> finally. >> just got my attention. >> i know i did. >> you had me at above temperatures. stay ahead of changes in the weather by checking 6abc.com/weather. you can find live storm tracker 6 live radar aren't the seven-day forecast and get the latest from our team of meteorologists. >> turning to the latest on that tragedy in the alps. investigators spent the day searching the home of the

germanwings co-pilot hoping to get inside the mind of a killer. for more on the potential motive uncovered today we turn now to abc's marci gonzalez. she's live in new york. >> reporter: shirleen investigators say there was no suicide note but they have found other indicators they say could reveal he may have been keeping a secret. in his home in germany investigators uncovering evidence they say could help explain why co-pilot andreas lubitz intentionally crashed germanwings flight 9525. among the clues a doctor's note excusing the 27-year-old from work the day of the crash. his company never received it. instead, it was found torn up in a trash can. prosecutors explaining other documents and prescriptions indicate some kind of ongoing illness and treatment something they say he hid from his employer. >> he>> reporter: investigators are still piecing together what happened in the flight's

final 10 minutes when they say lubitz locked the captain out of the cockpit then set the plane into auto pilot sending it dropping more than 3,000 feet a minute until it slammed into the french alps. now as crews continue searching the treacherous mountainous scene for the second black box and for victims' remains nearby families of some of the 149 innocent people killed mourn together while the father of one of the three americans killed incredibly extends his sympathy. >> i don't feel anger. i'm -- i'm really sad for the father, the parents of that young pilot. i mean, i can't imagine what they're going through right now. >> reporter: and in response to the crash several foreign airlines including lufthansa are requiring two people be in the cockpit at all times. that is already the rule for airlines in the u.s. live in new york, marci

gonzalez channel6 "action news." shirleen, back to you. >> a necessary move. thank you marcy. live team coverage of the tragedy in the alps continues on world news tonight with david muir. that begins right after "action news" at 6:00 with jim gardner. >> back to our breaking news story from the city's feltonville section. as we reported moments ago police are on the scene here looking for suspects after a 17-year-old girl was shot and rushed to the hospital. this is the 700 block of herpness street in feltonville. police are looking for three male suspects in their 20's. the 17-year-old girl who was shot was taken to einstein university hospital. no word yet on her condition but again, she was a gun shot victim and the search continues for three male suspects in their 20's. we'll continue to monitor the story and bring you more information as it becomes available to us. a woman who became severely ill while vacationing in the caribbean is improving in the hospital this

afternoon. "action news" told you about the esmonds. they were hospitalized for suspected pesticide poisoning after they fell ill in the virgin islands. the operate raiders of the resort said an outside company treated the room with a chemical that's banned for use in living quarters by the epa. theresa divine's condition has improved. her husband and two sons remain in critical condition. >> a consumer warning about scammers calling up homeowners making threats and demanding money for unpaid utility bills. "action news" anchor sharrie williams is live in the news room with more on this. hi sharrie. >> reporter: hi, shirleen and these fake callers are telling people that their utilitys are going to be shut off if they don't pay up. now, these types of scams have been targeting customers over the past four years just like this. coming up at 5 o'clock consume are reporter nydia han talks

with one local person who was targeted. she also tells us how utility companies across the country are working together with the police and the fbi to protect customers. and a new jersey man is singing his heart out nonstop trying to set a guinness world record for the longest karaoke marathon. new jersey correspondent nora muchanic will have this story and tells us why he's doing it all for a good cause. we'll have those stories and much more when you join us at 5 o'clock. shirleen. >> we'll see you soon. thank you sharrie. with passover just days away the seders have commenced. some 275 seniors celebrated early at the kline jcc. today's women's seder was meant to highlight the female perspective of the passover story. traditional prayers led by female spiritual leaders and traditional food was served. the eight day jewish festival begins at sunset on friday april 3rd. >> more than a dozen

philadelphia high school students were honored today for their efforts to protect the environment. the students have been collaborating with a group in mongolia on a climate change project. they've used the internet and social media to take classes and share ideas. students from morning goal ya' are visiting philadelphia this month for realtime interaction. five students from the city will head to mongolia in july. >> still ahead from lemonade to birthday cake we have freebies only for 6abc viewers. >> all right plus she went from sleeping to driving. why police say this woman posted such a -- posed such a risk on the roads. >> forget march madness it's all about peanut fried in kentucky. we'll show you some moves that stole the show at a basketball game. >> like my moves. adam joseph is back with the full forecast when "action news" continues in just a moment. >> he's not lying.

>> san diego woman arrested on suspicion of drunk driving after she was discovered by a local news crew passed out in her car.

>> hey. >> (knocking). >> the woman's car was sitting in the middle of an interstate around 1 o'clock in the morning. once state police arrived the woman woke up and took her foot off the breakaging the highway patrol officer off guard. >> stop, stop your car. you're going to crash. stop the car. stop. >> the officer had to smash the window to get into the car and throw on the emergency brake. a bottle of alcohol and other drinks were found inside the vehicle. the woman was jailed on $2,500 bail. >> wow. incredible. a minor fender-bender led to a full out battle in the streets of chicago. new surveillance video shows a man kicking the back of an audi last week. this after the driver identified as martin vigil allegedly left the scene of a minor accident instead of driving off vigil is seen backing into the camry at least three times but he wasn't done yet. vigil went up the street, made

a you uh turn and came back to ram the camry head on. narrowly missing a bicyclist in the process. vigil was able to hit the sedan a few more times before police arrived. he's now facing a number of charges including assault and damage to property. >> a musical mystery has been solved in california. for the past couple of days the hills of santa monica were alive with the sounds of music. after a full size piano was discovered on a graffiti covered hill top and no one knew where it came from. right there. curious hikers stopped by to play the piano especially once word leaked out on social media. but apparently the piano was part of a soon to be shot music video. pictures showed up on instagram being pulled up a hiking trail and sat right there by a musical group out of seattle. >> in tennessee there's big controversy over a haircut. this is seven-year-old adam stinnet and his older brother

is a soldier who served in afghanistan. to look like his hero adam got the same military style high and tight haircut but that landed him in the principal office. the school caused it a distraction and forced mom to shave his head. mom insisted it was not a mohawk but the school told her it's not a military school and he can not come back to class with that hair can cut. >> it pretty much crushed a seven-year-old's degrees. he looks up to justin a lot. he wants to be like him and the haircut was a way to show his appreciation and his love. >> adam just wants his old haircut back. mom now wants an apology. it used to be that women wanted to wash that gray right out of their hair. but now they're washing it in. yes, check out this trending hashtag on instagram, granny hair and whether tied up in a top knot or long and wavy, gals are going to salons and getting their hair dyed in

this super trend dee silver hugh. even guys are doing it too. many are crediting kyleigh jennifer for the spiking trend she went "fifty shades of grey" five months ago and finally there are a lot of happy wildcats fans in kentucky but apparently no one as happy as peyton peanut henderson who broke it down during the big game. >> ♪♪ >> reporter: peanut wasn't the official half time entertainment but boy does he have moves. there's that whole under the knee thing he's got going on right there. there's some fancy foot work. kind of like a marching stem he's got the clapping. let me tell you this 11-year-old shimmies without a care. oh boy he struts like nobody's business to the delight of fans. he has become an internet star

with tens of thousands of watchers. peanut show us how it's done. >> and did you see when he dropped it low. >> reporter: oh, yeah. >> he went all the way down. >> yeah. >> some of us wouldn't be able to get back up that's for sure. >> reporter: they say dance like no one is watching everyone is watching this kid. >> he's got moves. >> and his team is doing really well. >> reason to be a fan right there. thank you alicia. let's get another check on the roads. >> matt pelman back in the "action news" traffic center with an upday. uh-oh i see some congestion behind that you. >> oh, for sure. yeah you'll feel like doing dance moves after you finally make it home on this friday evening shirleen and rick because it's going to take you some time before you can get home. 95 with plenty of congestion in both directions here by allegheny avenue. you see it, it's just typical afternoon volume. looks like we have a broken down vehicle as well on the southbound side by allegheny and don't forget the on-ramp from cottman avenue to the southbound lanes of 95 is going to be closed all weekend. that construction began this morning.

still have that crash on the boulevard southbound at f street and we're just getting word of some police activity along the kelly drive coming out of east falls just east of ferry avenue. you may be better off on the other side of the river on the mlk drive instead. we're also watching a crash noon in warminster by the eagle diner and archbishop wood high school along street road at york road and a warning for the weekend they're closing the pennsylvania turnpike entirely in both directionslily sunday morning. midnight to 6:00 a.m. between bensalem and the delaware valley interchange going to send you over to street road and 13 to get around that blockage. in robbinsville mercer county we still have that debris in the roadway taking out the right lane on 130 northbound approaching hankins road. we'll check it again rick and shirleen in the 5 o'clock hour. >> thank you matt. and stepping outside sky 6 hd is looking live at our brand new temple university sky 6 camera. great shot out there. meteorologist adam joseph has the exclusive accuweather

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. >> we've got some breaking news out of fairmount park and a disturbing discovery police have found. they discovered a body in the schuylkill river this afternoon. police were called to the kelly drive underneath the roosevelt boulevard extension and that is where they found that body. at this time there's no word yet if it was a female or a male but again a body discovered in the schuylkill river. police on the scene as we speak. we'll keep you updated on this breaking story. >> all right. adam is here with the friday night forecast. good night to just stay indoors maybe take your colleagues to a nice restaurant for dinner or something like that. >> oh really? are you trying to say something? i'll find a perfect spot if you pay. i know some really good spots.

>> you order what you want i'll be there to pick up the tab. >> he'll sneak out the back door saying he has to use the restroom. as we look at the action camwhat which was in camden new jersey at columbia lake a beautiful shot here. number one we've got no snow on the ground so that's a positive but then you look at the branches of the trees and they have yet to pop with any color. everything very delayed this spring season. double scan live radar we're dealing with the clouds that continue to hang tough across the entire area and even showers at the shore continue but they're beginning to break up sea isle city down to cape may you can see kind of a void developing on double scan live radar but a solid area of green with the light showers from atlantic city right to surf city and another little batch towards dover and milford, that will also clip cape may county but eventually these showers had end over the next hour or so. temperatures though, way below average. 43 right now in warrington, 42 martins creek, 44 saint davids.

45 chilly degrees especially after yesterday's mid to upper 60's, we've lost a good 20 degrees across the area in 24 hours. and right at the shore with the showers it's only 40, 42 degrees. bridgeton right now coming in at 44. here you can see the showers moving painfully slow as this cold front slowly is working to the south and east but the clouds do lag and linger well to the west. the clouds will be with us tonight and through much of the day tomorrow and you're also starting to see snow showers developing east and south of the great lakes and we could even see a couple of flurries or snow showers late tonight and parts during the day tomorrow. tonight though a lost clouds. again flurries could develop late, 20's in the suburbs 36 degrees for center city and if you're up very early tomorrow morning and even through the 9 o'clock hour those winds will be funneling out of the northwest and everyone will have wind chills tomorrow morning in the mid and upper 20's. and it doesn't get much better tomorrow afternoon as that low develops and a high to the

west, we've got a strong breeze out of the northwest cloudy cold with a sprinkle or a snow shower throughout the day with wind chills only in the 30's and then this high kind of noses and settles in here 46 degrees with a lot of sun the second half of the weekend but temperatures remaining 11 degrees below average. your exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast, brisk cold with a flurry at times tomorrow 40 but feeling like the 30's in the afternoon. sunny but cold, less wind on sunday 46. and then we jump back to near normal in the upper 50's monday and tuesday and both days there will be a healthy amount of cloud cover around, could even be a shower monday morning and again some showers late tuesday. a dry day wednesday at 58 and we are back to the 60's thursday into good friday and passover begins at sundown on friday with clouds and maybe a late day shower but again at least we're moving in the right direction with that seven-day in the temperature department. >> we are getting there slowly but surely. thank you adam. freebie friday is coming

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byob bring are own basket. finally for kids under the age of one tickets to the ringling brothers and barnum and bailey circus are 43. they get a special certificate with their name on it. find out how to get those freebies on 6abc.com. have a good weekend. >> rick says he's always on his pajamas. >> especially on saturdays. >> and even right now. [laughter] >> tmi. >> wow. just the bottoms. gosh. >> that's it for "action news" at 4:00 for rick williams, brian taff, alicia vitarelli and adam joseph i'm shirleen allicott. join us tonight for a full hour of "action news" at 10:00 on phl17. >> i'm going to change and do "action news" at 5:00 next. have a nice weekend. >> see you later.

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>> ♪♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody meteorologist cecily tynan rick williams and monica malpass. >> ♪♪ >> a 19-year-old is accused of fatally stabbing his mother and leaving his grandmother in critical condition. the teenager says it was a home invasion but police aren't buying it. it's friday night. monica malpass is off.

sharrie williams joining us. the big story on "action news" is the gruesome discovery inside of a home in the city's bridesburg section. >> "action news" reporter chad pradelli is live outside police headquarters with all details. chad. >> reporter: sharrie as one philadelphia detective put it to me, this was like a caged animal that got loose. the suspect is described as a troubled young man who it appears just snapped. police say the suspect zachary pritchard stabbed his mother and his grandmother inside their home on the 2800 block of reynolds. >> i saw him this morning. he was all blood deal. his socks were all bloody. >> reporter: investigators say the 19-year-old called police claiming three intruders committed the crime but he had hand wounds consistent with someone stabbing. the alleged murder weapon was found in the house. neighbors and police say a troubled home life may have led him to kill. pritchard it appears was locked in his room. human feces covered the floor. the home had no