you'd do that for me? really? yeah, i'd like that. who are you talking to? uh, it's jake from state farm. sounds like a really good deal. jake from state farm at three in the morning. who is this? it's jake from state farm. what are you wearing jake from state farm? [ jake ] uh... khakis. she sounds hideous. well she's a guy, so... [ male announcer ] another reason more people stay with state farm. get to a better state. ♪ ♪ >> good afternoon, on this easter sunday, april 5, eva pilgrim is off, kenneth moten joins us today. >> here's some of the stories we're following for you on "action news." the pope praises the iran nuclear deal, but worries about the antichristian violence in the easter speech. >> delaware residents get a

nasty easter morning surprise, vandalism to their car. and community chips in to help the victims of a deserve stating fire. >> let's go over to chris sowers with the accuweather forecast. >> reporter: you couldn't ask for anything better. we have bright, blue skies the big story is the warmth. temperatures have shot into the 60s. 60 degrees in chester. center city coming in at 60. levittown, 60 degrees. quakertown, 55. pottstown, 58 degrees, a very comfortable easter sunday around the region. satellite anticipate radar we have a little bit of rain and snow working west to east north of the viewing area. some of the activity may sneak into the northern portion of the lehigh valley, the poconos late this afternoon and into the

evening hours. otherwise, sun and clouds, breezy, 6 # -- 64 very comfortable degrees today. enjoy today and tomorrow, because the pattern gets sloppy from tuesday on. this frontal system stalls over the mid atlantic and it brings several chance of wet weather in the seven-day forecast. i'll detail it in ten minutes when i see you again. >> voices of joy and praise were heard all around the delaware valley this morning. the action cam was at one of the longest running sunrise services. >> from light jacket for mom and dad to a heavy blanket for baby. parishners were dressed for a cool morning on rittenhouse

square. parishners sang and prayed for the easter sunday service. annie mccormick is at enon baptist church. >> reporter: if you're celebrating outside it's fantastic, if you're inside, you should do something outside today because it's picture perfect. ♪ the choir of the united baptist church in cedarbrook swayed to easter hymns as they sang to 15,000 faithful in the church. today is one of the holiest days for christians across the world. >> this is the fundamental belief. there are a lot of beliefs held by different denominations or a lot of lings -- things we agree

or disagree about but the thing we all agree that keeps us together is that jesus christ the son of god died on the cross and he was raised again. that's the celebration today. >> reporter: this was the sunrise service at mount olive in mantua one of the bedrocks 6 philadelphia religious community. at the shore the sun literally roles with worshiper also in ocean city. -- worshipers in ocean city. the sound of this young angel sar nateed this -- certify nateed this serenaded the crowd. in cinnaminson worship he recalls gathered at lake view memorial park at 1:30. back to thenon baptist jesus

gave and so should they. >> we are rescuing the ladies off the street and starting a new church in south africa. and the service is about to wrap up right now, you can imagine the parking lot will fill up with a lot of the of people. 15,000 people worship here at one point they brought the services to the liacouras center. one point the doors were locked because they were at capacity. eva pilgrim channel 6 "action news." >> thanks so much. to the vatican to where a steady rain couldn't dampen the joy of easter. ♪ pope francis celebrated mass with tens of thousands huddled under a colorful sea of umbrellas. the square was decorated by

hundreds of flowers donated by the dutch government. the pope praised the nuclear agreement with iron to make the world -- iran to make the world safer buted over the prosecution of christians. charles chaput said the mass for the pope will be placed at the top of the art museum steps. chaput hopes the pope's visit

will reenergy the catholic community. turning to a developing story out of the new castle county delaware where police are looking for the person or persons who seriously damaged several cars. it happened before 11:00 p.m. last night. police say five cars had their tires slashed or windows broken. officers believe a dark dodge neon may be linked to the spree. if you have any information call new castle county police. a motorcyclist was hurt early morning after crashing allegedly trying to getaway from police. the bike crashed and went into a 30-foot ravine germantown pike and road. officers say he led them to the schuylkill expressway and north on the blue route before crashing. a 15-year-old boy is clinging to life after the atv he was driving crashed in the

cobbs creek section of philadelphia yesterday. witnesses say it happened when want all terrain vehicle and another were allegedly racing. racers tried to get around a moving truck when the blue atv clipped the back wheel of the other and flipped. >> i hear like a crash i look in the left rear view mirror and i see the atv flipped over. >> smart phone video shows the chaos after the crash. two trauma nurse's aided the victim. two people were killed in recent weeks riding the bikes which are illegal for city streets. a 47-year-old man is in critical condition after being shot in west philadelphia. detectives tell "action news" it happened in the home of the 2900 block of hoop street after 12:30. police are looking for a moirvel

or any suspects -- motive or any suspects. this blaze on union avenue in pennsauken is particularly heart broken. the family returned home in time to watch it clams. the house belongs to the mother of a volunteer firefighter who is battling stage four stomach carnals -- cancer two years after he lost his father to cancer. the community has set up a go fund me page you can find a link at 6abc.com. closing arguments are set for the boston marathon bombing trial. dzhokhar tsarnaev's attorney general admit he was involved in the bombing, but his brother was the master mind. he faces the death penalty if convicted. many celebrated easter over passover, but some fishing fanatics sell -- celebrated

trout season. anglers hit the creeks 8:00 a.m. yesterday. scores of fishermen lined up to take advantage. first few fishing days. head to 6abc.com to check out the rules and regulations on the website. there are new revelations on who was involved on thursday's university massacre in kenya. philadanco returns from a road tour with fresh offerings. we'll have a sneak peek on 6abc loves the arts. chris sowers has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast and much more when "action news" continues.

thousands of christian pilgrims traveled around the world to celebrate easter in the holy land. it is on the site where christians believe jesus was buried and roles from -- rose from the dead. orthodox christians are marking palm sunday. the son of a government official has been identified as one of the al-shabaab gunmen who attacked the university in kenya on thursday. the son disappeared last year and relatives feared he had gone to somalia. before that he was held as a potential future leader. he vowed harsh actions against the militants before the attack. fidel castro was seen in pictures in more than a year. it shows pictures of people

shaking his handle. he turns 89 in august. he turned the reigns over to his brother raul. chris sowers has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. . no weather complaints today other than the fact if you're not careful you'll get a sunburn. the sun is shining brightly. other than it's a fabulous day around the delaware valley. that's double scan live, crystal clear, philadelphia international airport, there's the view. you can see the camera shaking around a little bit. the breezes out of the south southwest, gusty. sustained a22 miles per hour. the present air temperature 59 degrees, comfortable in philadelphia, atlantic city, 57 degrees winds out of the west, southwest at 18 miles per hour not reporting any gusts but, again, you can see the camera shaking around a little bit. just like yesterday you can see sunshine and a bit of a breeze, but not as windy as yesterday afternoon. 59 degrees right now in philadelphia.

59 is the number for dover. 58 in millville. reading, 59. very popular this afternoon. lancaster, 58. allentown, 58. a little bit cooler in the poconos. mount pocono coming in at 47 degrees. a windy gust of 21 miles per hour. lancaster, 26. millville, 24. yesterday we had winds gusting to 45 miles per hour. so, again it's not as windy as yesterday. breezy, but not as bad. the satellite and radar showing this little system passing on by to the northwest to east run the pennsylvania/new york state line. look at the temperature contrast, good thing we don't live 125 miles per hour to the north. it would be snowing right now. binghamton, it's snowing right now. there's our 59. washington d.c. 60. richmond 59. mild stuff across the mid atlantic. you don't have to travel too far to the north to get into that

wintery precipitation again. there's all the snow flying north of scranton. the showers are starting to collapse to the south as anticipated. one or two of these could sneak into the poconos or northern portions of the lehigh valley later this afternoon. if you see a shower it's not going to amount to all that much. just a very brief shower that moves organ the way. 61 degrees in 3:00 p.m. trenton, 62. millville, 60. later this evening, maybe a few clouds on the increase, spotty shower north and west. everybody else seeing bright, blue skies. a weekend winner here. yesterday was nice, today looks good. 64 in philadelphia. trenton, 62. millville, 64. if you're heading to citizens bank park tomorrow bring along the sunscreen. you'll see sunshine to start with high clouds buildings during the course of the game, nice and warm, 68 degrees for the first pitch taking on the red sox. by the 9th inning temperatures

in the mid 60s. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast today looks good tomorrow looks good. from tuesday on the pattern turns unsettle the. tuesday we'll see sunshine to start, but it's a mainly cloudy day with showers developing in the afternoon occasional rain for wednesday, 54. thursday cloudy, a little bit of patchy drizzle from time to time. 50 degrees. thursday may stay dry but it's looking rather gray. friday, cloudy with showers, 63. saturday, occasional rain and 6 degrees, guys we were joking around earlier, we said april showers bring may flours, that's five days of showers. those flower beds better look spectacular when we get into may. philadelphia's cultural treasure celebrates a builder and it shows it's forever young. karen rogers tells us what's new from 6abc loves the arts. 2515 markings the 45th

season for the philadanco dance company. >> that's 100 years of dance in philadelphia. >> reporter: after touring the likes of germany switzerland and the netherlands, they are in their 10th season at the kimmel center. >> we wanted to something they haven't seen. what they are bringing is a new program titled having our say. the show combines modern forms of dance and infusing from led zeplin. >> people love the show. >> reporter: brown said she takes great pride in what the company has become and

constantlily striving to keep things fresh. >> all the lives i've touched of the lives i've changed all the students on broadway and vegas sometimes you have to use your imagination. >> reporter: philadanco spring performance runs april 17 through the 19th at the kimmel center. for tickets go to the arts in philly.org or 6abc loves the arts for more on this and other area events. for arts arts i'm karen rogers.

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♪♪ such a shame it's labeled a "getaway." life should always feel like this. hampton. we go together. >> welcome back taking a look live at the ben franklin bridge from our new sky 6 temple university, nice day today happy easter, happy passover. the pope today encouraged people

to go beyond their comfort zone and get rid of indifference in your lives, good news no matter what your religion. bluebell has pulled it's ice cream because of listeria contamination. the company shut down an oklahoma plant as a precaution. meet my -- milo a 2-foot robot who could teacher children with autism disorder. this is the reaction of a child to a human, and then with milo. >> with the fluent children they were engaged with milo87% of the time. they looked at how much they

were engaged with the therapist when they talked to him. >> milo is programmed to speak 20% slower and has limited facial expressions. he doesn't replace therapists, but helps them better reach children. gabby douglass is getting her own reality tv show. family goal will air on the oxygen network. it will follow the 19-year-old as she defends her title in the olympics. she also the first african-american to win an all around gold medal. there's still much more to come on "action news" including sports. kentucky falls in the ncaa final four and fans show their anger. sports is next.

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helping protect that world takes state farm. >> checks sports this noon, the stage a set for college men's basketball championship, but the kentucky wildcats won't be in it. wisconsin took down kentucky beating them 71-64. angry fans took to the street in lexington, kentucky setting fire. police lined the streets to keep order. a different scene in wisconsin where thousands of fans celebrated. wisconsin faces duke in the tidal game. >> that's were the reaction of my forecast in the last couple of weeks. [laughter].

it's beautiful out there today it's followed by another winner tomorrow. phillies home opener. 70 degrees. it turns gray and gloomy. only 69, looks nice tuesday, it will be warm, but lots of clouds around and that unsettled pattern lasts through saturday. each and everyday it doesn't look like a total wash, but there's a chance of a couple of showers through saturday. >> who says cats and dogs don't get along meet chihuahua lucy who is has taken over two baby kittens. her owner says she cares for them and cuttingses them and grooms them turns the hold notion of fighting like cats an dogs on its head. nba showcase is next on

channel 6 "action news." >> "action news" continues at 6:00 p.m. for eva pilgrim, kenneth moten, chris sowers, and the entire "action news" team, i'm nydia han, have a happy easter and happy passover, have a nice weekend.

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