lane, there say lone police officer blocking this long driveway that leads to the home, take a look at this video, we could see a couple of videos outside of this home where the two people were found dead at this time we do not know how they died, the gender or relationship, we don't know if we are dealing with a murder-suicide or a double murder or something else. we have a couple of names at this point but we are not releasing names until we talk to investigators. once again you can see this police officer blocking the driveway right here, we know that detectives with the county and the police chief of lower motherlan were out here earlier and there was a number of calls to them right now but again we are waiting to hear from them. we are watching the comings and going of any vehicle on this

driveway here. reporting live in lower moreland township. kenneth moton channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. now to a developer story in montgomery county, an exfirefighter is under arrest after he took his old coworkers hostage. the man was just laid off yesterday and came back today with a gun. chopper 6 hd was overhead as he surrendered to s.w.a.t. teams. lets get started with vernon odom, the good news here is that all of this ended peacefully here today. >> reporter: we are thanking the lord for that here the lamott section of elkins park is quiet and peaceful once again after there was a serious confrontation and the firehouse was ground zero for the confrontation. a volunteer fireman just fired

last night came in with a handgun and took four members hostages. the police came and started negotiations by telephone and he did fire one shot into the basement wall. >> one male was holding four males in the basement with a handgun and threatening to shoot the same. before our arrival before we received the call, he did fire one shot into the wall. >> reporter: the four hostages emerged unharmed and this teenager was entering the firehouse at the same time the gunman did. >> he walked by me and i was waiting outside and i walked? and then everybody started running outside and they told me to get out. hostage jamal denied to comment after returning to the firehouse this afternoon.

>> reporter: that 15-year-old got out right away so he led his iphone to one of the firefighters to call police. >> thank you vernon now lets get live to chad pradelli with more on the man at the center of this standoff. >> reporter: we are learning new information. cheltenham police say that the suspect walked into the lamott fire company basement and fired a shot into the wall and he said quote, the next one i won't miss several members ran out and four to five did not and were held hostage, an hour later the police made contact with the gunman and he released them. >> they say he was a great guy and while he was recently fired nobody saw the alleged standoff

coming he worked for the housing authority and worked for the salvation army and he was distraught from the fire company and was taken to norristown state hospital a psychiatric facility where he is being monterrored. >> when i heard there were hostages i said i hope nobody is being shot. we heard the s.w.a.t. team was up here. >> reporter: the suspect will remain at the psychiatric hospital likely for the next 72 hours, i am live outside of cheltenham police chad pradelli channel 6 "action news." >> thank you chad. our coverage continues on this story on our website you'll find photos and video from the scene as the hostage situation unfolded as well as the latest on this investigation, it's all right there on 6abc.com. and we have more breaking news right now pennsylvania

supreme court has just issued a ruling that means the case against attorney general, kathleen kane can move forward. she is accused of violating grand jury secrecy ruling by leaking the name of a political foe, she argued that the grand jury had to legal standing and the grand jury did not agree. and now kane could face charges. now the accuweather forecast, as we await the arrival of rain showers. adam joseph is tracking it all. >> reporter: as we take a look at temperatures in the mid-atlantic low pressure is in western parts of pennsylvania north of that low it's winter like, in the 30s in buffalo and binghamton and new york city, if you take a drive from new york city south a few hours to richmond you go from winter to summer, a 35 degree distance in a short amount of space as we

look at stormtracker 6 live double scan, we are dealing with rain showers across our area but you live just to the north and it does turn into snow, we have the colder air just to the north of the lehigh valley and the poconos and scranton it is snowing but not enough cold air to drain in from the north to give us the form of snow so it stays as rain. winter weather advisories for carbon and monroe county, 1 to 4 inches of snow, and the rest of us it's a period of light rain through the 10:00 hour. at the very end there could by wet snowflakes mixing in in far northern bucks and montgomery county. but it won't accumulate and ends by 10:00 and clearing after midnight and temperatures drop below freezing in much of the area. we'll talk about april it arrives tomorrow brian and you know what? it will feel like it.

a big temperature swing in the weather department. >> hopefully that not an april fools joke. and this is video of an attack on a septa passenger, the victim was sucker punched and knocked out cold at 15th and market in center city. a group of teens followed the man off the l train yesterday and he suffered injuries and remains hospitalized at this hour with a broken jaw, philadelphia police are identifying the teens involved. police say that a darby township police officer was killed by his girlfriend they approved murder charging for tiana finch investigator says he shot mark hudson to death inside of his glenolden home, he ended his relationship with finch and that ended in gun fire. >> she took away what we valued so much in this borough, a

decent man trying to start something in his life. >> finch was under facing charges for a lesser charge of threatening him with a knife. >> one man had to jump out of a window to escape a burning building in west girard in philadelphia. isaac collins says he was sleeping at the time and woke up to find flames in the hallway and escaped through the second story window the cause remains under investigation tuesday afternoon coming up on the afternoon commute, lets see how it is looking out there. lets go live to matt pellman in the traffic center. >> my good friend brian taff, good to see you good afternoon we are seeing so much traffic already this afternoon here at 95 and allegheny avenue delays are starting to form in both directions these are the southbound taillights to the

work zone, to girard and slower at an even half hour from the vine to woodhaven ideally half of that but during the afternoon commute it's not going to be half of that. over on the schuylkill traveling westbound by city avenue the normal afternoon delays are taking affect even though the highways remain dry an opening at the tacoma palmyra bridge a crash cleared approaching landsdale, we are watching several accidents in atlantic county one in folsom on 322 at 12th street and the pike in egg harbor city look for an accident at route 50 and one along route 9 near jimmy leads road just cleared. lets grab the iphone and do the commuter report, this is pothole

palooza, this is one in doylestown of many. they are trying to match people. more in the next half hour. >> thank you matt. still ahead a prisoner escapes from a hospital and sets off a massive manhunt. >> plus, it's a sure sign of the season we get a brand new look at the 6 abc zoo balloon. and a study with the worst traffic in america, where does philadelphia fall on the list? .

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after a nearly nine hour man manhunt this morning a convict it s back in custody. he was on the lam wearing just a hospital gown and no shoes but he was armed after he stole a guard's gun and fled a virginia

hospital. after a massive manhunt he was arrested. the suspected bank robber was being transferred from jail to the hospital when he managed to overpower one of the prior at security guards and steal a gun. a shot was fired and nobody was injured during the spree he carjacked two other vehicles breaking into the trunk of one car and hiding there when he drove to work. >> in the area of the hospital he started to kick out the backseat from inside of the truck, the vehicle then crashed and then he committed a carjacking. >> police tell abc news that the reason he was taken to the hospital in the first place was because he attempted suicide last friday but this morning he spent nine hours on the run and

they kautd up with him this afternoon. the white house says that the talks to curb iran's nuclear power will likely extend past today. negotiators said they have not been able to bridge all the gaps yet but progress is being made. today was the deadline to create the framework to curbing iran's nuclear ambitions. iraqi forces say they finally reached the center of tikrit after a month of fighting they are trying to take that city from isis. the u.s. launched air strikes and now the fighting is raging street by street after isis fighters holed up there. they think they could retake the city in the next 24 hours. stocks took a beating on this final day of the quarter, the dow losing 200 points, losing all the gains from

yesterday and the nasdaq losing close to 47 points and the s&p down 4 points apple is extending its trade-in program to include smart phones and computers made by other companies, that company is interested in getting older non-apple hardware and that helps apple add innocentcentives whiching to switch from other platforms like windows or android. and jay z is shaping up the music business with a brand new streaming service and it's called tidal wave and he has some big names helping him to get it started. madonna rihanna and his wife beyonce a star studded panel there. he wants to put control of the music business back into the hands of artists. >> everything he touches

everybody wants to tryout madonna included. some of the top companies are looking to hire 1,000 people across delaware barclays and capital one and jp morgan chase met with students from wilmington and they are developing the skills for high tech jobs and they could eventually fill the bank's open positions. in philadelphia city council hearings began today on mayor michael nutter's budget proposal he wants to raise property taxes to bring in $1.5 million for the city's struggling schools. they have to agree on the support for the district and they will spend the next to months debating the budget. something we hope you'll love as much as we do. the iconic piece of the skyline, the action cam is giving you a live look as crews inflate, yes

the 6 abc zoo balloon as we speak. this is a replacement after the original one suffered significant weather damage last year. once again it will take zoo visitors 400 feet over the animals, giving them spectacular views of fairmount park and center city. it's being inflated and that means spring is on the way. >> lets get in that thing this spring. >> lets do it together. >> it's a date. >> and it is time now for the accuweather forecast. adam joseph is standing by to give us a look. >> reporter: it's a popular feature, i stood in line for an hour and gave up. as we look at double scan live radar low pressure in the central part of pennsylvania but we are still dealing with wintry weather, snow to the north and rain to the south despite this

is the last day of march as we look at double scan live, a little closer we'll start where it's cold and in the form of snow, lake harmony picking up snow the same for mt. pocono, even though most of the resorts are done for this season on the verge of rain and wet snowflakes and as we head to the south it's all rain and warmer temperatures in chester county and delaware county and newcastle county and eastern parts of lancaster county once the showers push in they are light and steady over the next few hours and will push to the east as we get into the late evening hours, temperature-wise though, we have a 23 degree temperature difference from lehigh valley to dover 63 degrees and 48 in trenton and 58 in philadelphia and at the shore upper 40s to low 50s. as we say good-bye to march it started like a lion, and roared like a lion this last day, march very active and cold, near 4.5

degrees below normal we saw a foot of snow in the month of march, the snowiest month this winter season and the most snow philadelphia has seen in the month of march since 1993 since we had the super storm. as we look at satellite and radar, a clipper system moving from the north to the east, future tracker 6 showing rain across most of the area and pockets of rain and allentown getting snowflakes on the back end of the storm and as it heads to the south and east, cloudy still and lingering light showers, and by tomorrow morning rush hour, the winds drain in from the northwest it's a dry sunny start to your midweek and the first day of april showers end and a couple of wet snowflakes mixing in in north philadelphia and temperatures are dropping below freezing across much of the area and in

fact upper 20s in allentown reading to lancaster however we get a quick turn around here and a rebound in the temperatures notice the warmth from bismark, and wichita 27 degrees and 77 in memphis this pushes to the east and we get clipped by the warmth on thursday and friday. the four day at 4:00, hello to april, no joke, full sunshine but still 52. thursday breezy and warm, 66 degrees and 70 on friday however a lot of clouds and showers for good friday and much cooler and windy saturday starts wetd and sunday at 54 degrees, but sunday we begin the spring adventures i'll be live outside. you should talk to the boss about doing the whole newscast there. >> are they listening now?

>> there is a new ranking for the worst cities of traffic ranking in america and tom tom had the fifth annual traffic index philadelphia was the 20th worst for traffic in the country, not too bad, they found people that drive at rush hour here spend 70 hours in traffic delays last year and los angeles topped the list of worst cities and san francisco honolulu new york and seattle rounded out the top five. philadelphia's championship moments are living on in a mural in northeast philadelphia city of champions was dedicated today at spike's trophies the project is in partnership with the philadelphia sports hall-of-fame and it was designed and painted by david mcshane a philadelphia native grew up witnessing this, the triumph and failures of the city's team. >> a popular tourist spot.

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philadelphia police are looking for the person that bloke into a car at society hill, they gave us this video from march 18th a man looking in a car on north lombard street and then the man comes back and tries to break the passenger side window, so he goes to the other side and breaks the drivers side window he took $3500 from inside of the car

anybody that can identify this man please call them. more than two dozen students are facing charges at an atlantic city while. the brawl happened on march 19th and it started in the hallway after the students finished taking a standardized test, six students are charged with assault and 19 others face disorderly conduct charges. still ahead a possible break through from developers trying to sell the revel casino. six months after she took the crown miss america returns to the jersey shore and -- >> i'm nydia han we have cool new ways to save money on parking and rental cars and road trips.

"action news" continues with meteorologist, adam joseph shirleen allicot and brian taff. hello again "action news" continues with the reaction from indiana's governor after widespread fallout from the state's new freedom of religious law. and 12 hours after a deadly crash a semmy was left on its side. and a mother's apology has gone viral after her kids were scolded by a complete stranger

in the movie theater. a former firefighter was arrested after he took several of his excoworkers hostage, this morning he took four men hostage at gun point it took them four hours to negotiate to get everyone out safely. we have complete coverage of this at 5:00. westbound i-78 headed through berks county just reopened after a deadly crash this morning, the chain reaction crash began at 4:30 a.m. in greenwich township, it started with a disabled vehicle blocking part of left lane and then a tractor trailer flipped on the side and the driver of that semi -- dead. >> you have more. >> reporter: it opened 45 minutes ago and we are 15 miles

west of allentown, two very large trucks, what we learned recently is that small car became disabled to swerve to avoid something in the road. more than nine hours later crews struggled to clear the wreckage on i-78, there was a chain reaction accident involving a car and two tractor trailers, investigators said that when the driver of this small blue car swerved to avoid a mud flap in the left lane and hit the barrier disabling the car and then came a fedex tractor trailer slamming into the rear of the first truck. >> and then went out of control and flipped on its right side and came to rest blocking both westbound lanes. >> police investigators don't know why the fedex truck was

unable to safely slow down, the crash forced miles of backup on busy i-78, shortly before noon a long line of vehicles sitting for hours, were allowed to slowly drive off, among them was maurice wilson, his thoughts of the loss of a fedex drivers life. >> we are all drivers, and it's a life you know you can't take it lightly. >> last we checked they have not identified the dead driver the police are having difficulty notifying next of kin. back to you shirleen. >> thank you john. chopper 6 hd was over a deadly scene in northeast philadelphia one person was killed and three others were hurt after a car crashed into a nail salon it happened on bustleton avenue the person

killed was inside of the salon at the time. dann cuellar will have the late of coming up at 5:00. this is a brand new camera at temple university. we are set to make a run at 70 degrees later this week but not white house a little bit of rain first, and as you saw snowflakes falling. >> stop the madness. especially far north everyone is done at this point. >> really done with it. we want to move forward to the next season, winter saying we are reeling you back in. double scan right now showing the rain across much of the area but the far northern areas are getting a mix near the lehigh valley and all snow in the poconos and lake harmony as low pressure comes in from the new york and new york now in the 30s, 50s in philadelphia and 70s just to our south. camelback mountain i saw one

skier on the slope there 32 degrees with the snow falling and wind is calming and windchill is calm. rain drops falling and 58 degrees a southerly wind with the dew point at 29. however into the new month of april, that begins tomorrow and we'll have a better forecast to talk about and the holiday weekend to talk about as well guys. >> we'll give spring another chance. >> we'll do our best. today indiana's governor responded to the backlash of the new freedom of religious act. he promises to fix it as soon as possible. marcy gonzales are you live in new york with more. >> reporter: that is right, indiana's governor says it's a major misperception that the law does not allow for discrimination, but admits that

the wording of the law needs to be changed. today indiana's governor mike pence promises to quote, fix the freedom of religious act. it allows business owners to turn away gays and lesbians and others if it infringes on their religious belief. >> it would be helpful to move legislation this weeks that make its clear that it does not give businesses the right to deny services no anyone. and boycotts connecticut and washington state and now new york banning taxpayer funding travel to indiana. and ahead of the final four basketball tournament in indianapolis this weekend -- the ncaa headquarters in indiana is reconsidering its long-term investment there. >> we have to say what are we going to do if this law goes

into affect in july. some indiana democrats say that the governor's plan to reword it does not fix it now. >> the most clear decisive and understandable thing to do is to repeal the statute. >> reporter: the white house is now questioning the governor's response press secretary josh earnest says that pence was wrong saying that the religious freedom act is similar to one passed in 1993, he says that indiana legislature is broader and flies in the face of many people's values. >> thank you marcy. there are new details this afternoon about the outbreak of the entero virus that left kids sick in the fall. monica malpass has more with

this it has left kids with temporary muscle weakness and paralysis. now they say it's commute ated and it includes polio, ali gorman will tell us when the types of viruses circulate among children and the symptoms that people should be looking for. while police are calling it a hoax, lawyers presented new evidence that they say prove this california woman's claim that she was abducted. we'll have those details for you coming up tonight on "action news" at 5:00. philadelphia mayor, michael nutter joins religious and community leaders to denounce ads that will appear in dozens of septa buses, it shows a photo from the 1940s of adolf hitler talking to a leader it says islamic jew hatred it's in the

quran. now leaders are trying to fight the ads message of one of tolerance and understanding. >> they are not helpful, just increasing tenses instead of increasing understanding, everyone should oppose that regardless of final. >> a campaign is launched dare to understand to promote inter faith tolerance. there is an update on the old revel casino and they are working to finalize an $82 million sale to developer glen straub. they will consider the deal on thursday, if it is approved. straub's attorney says he will close on the agreement right away. >> a special visitor today one that know a thing or two about pageantry and wearing a crown miss america winner was at

simon and sylvia seashore gardens living center today she was showered with gifts from the property's board of directors and she brought lots of smiles as she posed for photos and toured the property. >> much more ahead on "action news" at 4:00, if you are looking for motivation to get moving, we have the answer in health check why an app could help you get in gear just in time for spring. >> still to come, they are the seniors taking the internet by storm, the fight for their right to party. yes. that is coming up. >> all right meteorologist, adam joseph back with the full accuweather forecast.

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on track you can benefit from using smart phone apps and wearable trackers from an electronic coach they are as accurate as wearable devices for physical activity. but dr. charlotte says that apps enable you to build a workout group no matter your schedule. >> you don't have to be in the same city or same country even. >> she says that people in groups exercise longer and more often reaching their goals more often. her patients are also having success with diet tracker apps to get their eating in line as well. >> here at the big board with the big talkers, a few kids from alabama acting out in the movie theater learned a big lesson from the power of social media after their own mom called them out. when keesha's mom called them

out, she was embarrassed and hoped the other mom would see it and it was shared until the other mom saw it. >> i was shocked that the mother supported me. >> wood showed up with money for their next movie and snacks out of her kids allowance. >> you don't see many coyotes in queens or anywhere really. >> not really. >> this one needed a stiff drink or the new yorkers that saw it thought they had one too many, there say coyote on top of a bar in new york city. matt quigley took the picture and thought was a big dog but that coyote escaped and jumped from a roof and into a window

and the perp is still at large. finally the only thing senior about these golden oldies is their extreme rap seniority, they may be living in an assistant living facility but they filmed their first video. you still have to fight for your right to party. >> living here is such a drag. ♪♪ ♪♪ >> from there fight for a cocktail to some naughty or nice, depending on how you see it, in is wicked guitar solos and even some wheelchair races and they are off. so yes that is what happens when apparently no one is watching them. i know you like those boxers guys? >> i love it. i can see us one day in an old

folks home. >> i was in florida, they don't need an excuse they are having the time of their lives. >> the beastie boys would be proud. >> lets get a check of the roads right now. pat pellman has an update for us. >> we are slowing down on the schuylkill expressway, as you travel eastbound by the vine street expressway because of this crash pushed off to the side and penndot is there but looking at extra slow conditions as you come east on the schuylkill flew montgomery drive through south street ironically the same spot where we had the accident that gave us big delays for a while. and a crash on spring garden on the west side of 76 a dangerous ramp there and someone didn't do well with the merge. and morristown a crash involving a pedestrian by the library at

second street and church street but in atlantic county some accidentses are clearing out. like the one at folsom like the one at henry's hot barbecue and one on the white horse pike in galloway township by the harley davidson there is out of way but in wilmington look for a wreck at centerville road by delaware brick and newcastle we are still without the southbound lanes of 141 and 13 because of the bridge work they are going for another week, 273 gets you around that. and no major issues as we travel home 95 395 or 295. we'll check it again in the 5:00 hour. coming up in saving with 6 abc. a high tech way to save cash if are you planning to hit the roads this summer. >> and a live look outside, sky 6 hd showing you the somewhat

gray, somewhat rainy center city skyline and adam joseph is back with the exclusive accuweather forecast including rising temperatures coming up next.

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now to the full and exclusive accuweather forecast. adam joseph has good news the sunshine comes back and temperatures go above normal and we kick it back for the weekend. a little teaser. >> enough teasers. >> double scan radar showing sleet mixing to heavy wet snowfall, and locally around philadelphia and the rest of the delaware valley the green is overspreading from trenton to woodbury and west to coreyville and spots town and landsdale it's wet across much of the

area and north of the lehigh tunnel you bump into the colder air and lake harmony we see snow falling for last day of march, we confirm that right now taking a live look at lake wall inpack. it's shrink wrap on and looks like winter and snow on the trees there expecting 1 to 4 inches of snow this evening. right now the lehigh valley, in allentown it could mix with wet snow at times. and you head to the south it's warmer wilmington 56 and dover coming in at 63 degrees, it is a classic clipper system we see in the winter season that would bring 1 to 3 inches of snow and warmer air taking over given that it is almost april 1st and a lot of cold air to the northern and binghamton and

scranton seeing several inches of snow from the system. earlier shower will fall apart between 9:00 and 10:00 and the temperatures will fall into the 20s in the suburbs, 34 tonight and wednesday cool for april but not bad with that sunshine 52 degrees, as the high goes to the east, a return flow from the south ahead of the next cold front a spring beauty on thursday with temperatures at 66, 7 degrees above average, the exclusive accuweather forecast 52 tomorrow and breezy and warm thursday and sun and high clouds at 66 but for good friday passover begins at sun down and 70 warm degrees and a snapshot showers already pushing in and it looks like an on and off wet day into friday night and early saturday morning a lingering

shower before we return the sun unthe temperatures drop to 54 and we begin with sun on easter sunday and clouds in the afternoon and 54 degrees, rather cloudy for the phillies home opener, and 55 in the afternoon and more showers on tuesday of 55 degrees looking into next week it looks unsettled and cooler and take advantage of the 60s come thursday good for outdoor easter egg hunts, especially in the morning. >> we won't complain then.

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on a truck. if anyone sees that rusty statue -- >> 300 pound rooster -- it's hard to hide. that does it for "action news" at 4:00, i'm brian taff, shirleen and i along with adam and ducis rogers are back for a full hour of "action news" at 10:00 on phl 17. now monica malpass and rick williams with a look ahead at 5:00. >> coming up next, we continue our coverage of the firehouse hostage situation that ends with the arrest of a former firefighter. and a former jetblue pilot is suing the airline for not doing enough after he showed signs of mental illness.

"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. a hostage situation at an elkins firehouse ended peacefully. a former firefighter threatened to shoot four firefighters he held in the basement.

it's a story you saw first here on "action news," we have team coverage tonight, lets go to vernon odom live at the firehouse with the latest there. >> reporter: they are trying hard to get back to life as normal here at the firehouse tonight, back to business as usual. after this morning's near death experience here it's not so easily done, the siege started at 10:30 this morning when a volunteer fireman terminated just last night entered the building and pulled a handgun taking four firefighters hostage, a swatd team arrived and began he did fire one shot into the basement wall he gave up to the s.w.a.t. team without a fight and there are no problems and al