coast guard and then became a police officer, a police officer now charged with murder. here on the mount laurel block where he grew up slager is described as a good kid. >> to hear what he is accused of -- >> slager claimed the victim walter scott went for the taser a moment before the shooting the north charleston police department supported slager until they saw the victim it shows him picking up something near the victim and putting it down. >> you don't shoot a person in the back trying to run away from you you have to try everything. and that person was not a threat. >> records show that slager has one prior excessive force

complaint, he was accused of tasering a man for no apparent reason and two officers backed him up and they found the complaint unfounded. >> if they had investigated that man would probably be alive. slager is married and their wife is expecting their first child. the north charleston police department will pay for her health insurance until the baby is born and say that it was the humane thing to do. meantime for the second day we are dealing with unusually chilly spring weather, sky 6 hd is looking live from the temple university camera and the temperatures are stuck in the 40s. meteorologist cecily tynan is at the big board with the latest from accuweather. >> second day in a row, it feels like winter we have this persistent wind out of the

northeast over the ocean and the ocean temperature in the low 40s, that is our air temperature, a tale of two seasons, it feels like winter and west those it feels like summer temperatures surging up into the 80s and also some severe weather, low pressure developing north of st. louis, a trailing cold front and this has caused a lot of reports of wind damage and hail and even tornadoes ten tornadoes yesterday and 200 reports of wind damage and tornado warnings are in affect from chicago to east of kansas city. there say cold front south of that low pressure, that is where we get the severe weather and then a warm front ahead of it and that warm front is moving through tomorrow morning. first we get the warm front with fog and showers and then we get the cold front and that cold front could cause severe weather, big question just how much sunshine do we get? if we get full sunshine tomorrow afternoon there is a greater

chance of severe weather, the prediction center has a moderate chance from the pennsylvania turnpike south that any of these could have damaging wind and hail and further up to the north a lower chance. we start with an area of locally dense fog and showers in the morning with the warm front and mid-day peeks of sunshine and you'll feel a difference in the air mass, it will feel a little bit like summer with temperatures surging to the 70s and late in the afternoon and evening as the cold front pulls through we see showers and downpours with the potential for gusty thunderstorms and we'll talk about that and what is behind the system for the weekend. coming up in the full accuweather forecast. >> as warmer weather comes our way, check in regularly with storm tracker 6 radar at 6abc.com/weather, the hourly forecast tells what is going to happen and when. you can also find constantly updated video reports from our team of meteorologists.

a judge has ordered a philadelphia woman to stay in jail after being accused of trying to join isis, officials say she arranged to fly to spain and then syria, with the hopes of joining the terrorist groups ranks. lawyers wanted her sent hope and fit with a gps tracker but prosecutors argued she say flight risk and threat to the community. >> the 34-year-old wisconsin native is charged by the department of justice we are joined with new details. live in new york. >> reporter: thank you monica and shory. with this latest arrest counter terrorism agents are noticing a trend of young people

radicalized in the u.s. he was arrested yesterday charged with try fog fight with isis terrorists and that he tried to recruit a 11-year-old boy in traveling with him to syria. >> typically it's alienated people looking for a cause or purpose and looking for attention and to be a part of a new society. >> it will lead to new cases of loners and disillusioned youth. two women made headlines for trying to give themselveses to the terrorist group and four men were accused of trying to create a terror pipeline for sending americans overseas and one was just 19 years old. >> sense he is impressionable and i wanted to see if that was exploited by a paid fbi informant. but with all the appeal isis

offers to the out casts there is another -- >> the u.s. is said to be winning the fight against isis. >> in many places it's flat out reversed. >> ben hoffman was in a courtroom today and if convicted he faces up to 15 years in prison. back to you sharrie. >> thank you lana. meantime a 30-year-old man was killed when police say he tried to pass another vehicle on the road in ben salem brian hughstad was driving and crossed into the northbound lane in an attempt to get around the car in front of him. he lost control and crashed into a utility pole. a jersey shore bar will pay a

fine for serving an intoxicated customer who later died in an accident. martells tiki bar is not allowed to serve alcohol for one month. she struck another vehicle and killed herself and injured another driver. martells pled no contest to serving an intoxicated person. penndot has teamed up to keep sidewalks safer complete with bubble wrap, they gathered to talk about it in philadelphia. for a campaign called it's road safety not rocket science, it's a program to stop distracting driving and walking, they will beef up patrols at busy crosswalks and give out warnings for those that violate the

crosswalks. matt pellman is in the traffic center. >> bubble wrap is a good look for sure. >> and needed many times. >> this is not looking so great very slow traffic on 95 northbound in delco from the state line up to the 320 on ramp that is where they are looking at the crash we are talking about all afternoon partially blocking the on ramp and attracting attention and it would probably be busy here because we had the flyers and phils both around 7:00 busy on 95 and busy on it's schuylkill and busy on the boulevard. roosevelt boulevard southbound by broad street, you can see the flashing lights for the scene and the turnpike westbound by route 1. the bensalem interchange the one in rock ledge has cleared and a new one in bristol along

bath road and lakeland avenue one at woodbury at west jersey avenue and the trolleys rutd 10 11, 34 and 36 we are diverted this afternoon. more coming up in the next half hour. >> more ahead in our next half hour, including the recall of a popular snack what you need to know about possible contamination in sabra hummus. and the new attraction can you expect along the delaware river waterfront. those stories and more when "action news" comes right back.

breaking news from philadelphia and university city gun fire at 24th and wolf we are told that a car and van fired at each other while they were driving and one victim was hit in the midsection and taken to the hospital of pennsylvania and listed as stable. the car, you see the bullet hole, they have not found the van yet shooting at the car and

north person is held by u pen police and they are holding that person without releasing the identity yet in case they are a suspect. breaking news in south philadelphia and university city and the shooting in one and the car located in the other and one suspect as well as another person who is hurt. and a dangerous bacteria led to a food recall, and today they say that a popular hummus may be linked to listeria the same as the blue bird ice-cream. this could be dangerous for some people including pregnant women. with more on health check ali gorman is here. >> it's the second food potentially linked to listeria. here is what you need to know. listeria is a bacteria it's not very common and in most cases

it won't affect healthy people but it can cause severe and life-threatening illness for some people. >> people that are very young or very old have some sort of compromised immune system if you are a cancer system or if are you pregnant. >> it's typically spread by eating contaminated food and uncooked food is most at risk. there is no evidence that the hummus made anyone sick but eight people in kansas are believed to have gotten sick from blue bell ice-cream contaminated with listeria and out of that eight three have died and now the ice-cream products could have been contaminated several years ago and blue bell expanded its recall and two plans have been shut down. the cdc is investigating. >> and symptoms of listeria is

similar to any food poisoning and fever and chills and nausea and vomiting and diarrhea as for the producted recalled. we have a full list of descriptions and skew numbers on 6abc.com. also, today a new study says that shale drilling in pennsylvania may be raising levels of a cancer causing radon gas in homes researchers say that radon is rising since 2004 in the areas where most drilling and fracking is taking place it does deserve a closer look. the fracking coalition disputes the finding and that researchers are biassed and there are other studies that show no lunge between drilling and the rising levels of radon. >> thank you ali. the spruce street harbor park is coming back to the

philadelphia waterfront this summer, last year they bought food and hammocks and fun to the water park this year it's coming back and bigger than ever, more space and more food. in this year the river rink is transformed into the city's first ever outdoor roller rink, the park opens may 22nd. >> sounds fun apple will take orders for the new smart watch in 24 hours what you need to do early tomorrow morn if you go want to get your hands on one.

electricity has been cut off to the old revel casino in atlantic city, the power plant supplying revel shut off the power this afternoon they tried to reach an agreement with the new owner glen straub and failed. straub says he may use portable generator trucks until he can connect to the grid at the former showboat that he also bought.

car regulator want to you waufsh the bottom of your car and road salts is to blame for rusting pipes in older chevy cadillacs and suvs. well, if you want the new apple watch you may want to set an alarm tonight. the company will take preorders online at 3:01 tomorrow morning, in the middle of the night. you can order if you know what you want or go to an apple store tomorrow. they will accept appointments starting at 3:01 tomorrow as well. once you choose your watch have you to place the order online yourself. >> hundreds of resumes changed hands at drexel university. the job fair connected students with 160 employers both large

and small firms looked for potential employees they were looking for business engineer and degrees in computer science. >> up next we check the forecast looking up at sky 6 hd it's live over atlantic city and the camera is bouncing around a bit and cecily tynan has the details from accuweather.

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time for accuweather at the "action news" big board, you have to look for storms coming our way tomorrow. we could get gusty storms, ahead of it a huge surge of warm air people will like this, i know it's april but put the winter coats on because it feels like february. philadelphia and allentown the highs 42 degrees, that is 20 degrees below normal and trenton 41, wilmington 43 and the boardwalk in atlantic city not feeling like summer at all at 41 degrees you factor in the winds off the ocean windchills in the 30s, it's chilly and damp and satellite 6 along with action radar along with action radar showing we don't have any

organized shower and misting from the ocean influence and there is a warm front working through the ohio valley this is moving through tomorrow morning and that will likely bring us shower active and fog but there is a lot of severe weather associated with the cold front and that is moving through late in the day and you can see the red boxes those are tornado watch boxes posted in the midwest and this storm i should say this cold front has so much energy, it's creating scenes like this, there is from missouri, of the hail four inches in diameter that is the size of a grapefruit, that shows the tremendous updraft with the storms fortunately they weaken when they come into our neck of the woods tomorrow with the warm front again lots of clouds and fog and scattered showers, as we head around lunch time we get a lull in the action that is the wind direction out of the south, this should allow temperatures easily to make it

up into the 70s and if we see sunshine with that cold front approaching, we'll get a broken band of thunderstorms, future tracker showing this is moving through the i-95 corridor around 6:00 tomorrow night what are we talking about with the possibility of the storm threats, we could have frequent lightning and downpours and strong winds and hail and fortunately for our neck of the woods, the threat of tornadoes are low tomorrow 75 degrees the high after fog in the morning, thunderstorms in the afternoon and the good news is we get it all out of here in time for the weekend, saturday it's breezy and cooler and partly sunny and 62 and 65 on sunday and monday 72 and warm and tuesday 72 for the high. today if you are headed to citizens bank park, follow adam joseph, drink the hot chocolate. >> i have a seat here for you cecily, if you want to come and

join me i need something to watch down the 9 pound burger i am inside of the diamond club and if you come to one of the games there are tickets still available for the diamond club season tickets but we have to go outside, this is where the action is and the phillies just came off the field people are finding their seats and the flags are blowing and the windchills are in the 30s. i'll have the full accuweather forecast coming up from citizens bank park in the next half hour. >> thank you adam. so much more to come in the next half hour, the race for philadelphia's next mayor is going strong, we'll profile another candidate, judge nelson diaz. >> and people who sprung into action to safe a person's life are honored today and we'll share their story. and jaime apody has a

preview live from south philadelphia she is shivering too.

"action news" continues with adam joseph rick williams and

monica malpass. >> rick is off tonight and sharrie williams joins us here is what is happening on "action news," more on the violent attack on sisters in trenton and why lawmakers are so disappointed in residents. >> and it turns out this is more common than you think. >> and actress sandra bullock's chilling 911 calls were released of the trial of her accused stalker, we'll have more. trenton city leaders are shocked that more reads that saw the vicious attack on two sisters have not come forward a mob pummelled 17-year-old lajaya cook and her sister destiny at greg grant park on monday. authorities are trying to identify the attackers and find witnesses new jersey correspondent nora muchanic is live in trenton with more on

this for us. >> reporter: trenton police tell us they are identified and are interview several persons of interest and that arrests are coming. >> i'm glad trenton police are doing their job, because this has to stop, i commend them for stepping up and doing what they have to do. >> rhonda cook is glad they are picking up and questioning individuals in the beating of her daughters in greg grant park. destiny had a bald spot and her sister had stitches because of a brick to her head. >> we are talking about aggravated assault and one we identify other individuals we are talking about inciting a riot. they promise to investigate reports that police officers did not get out of their cars when they responded to the scene and

they had a warrant. >> it's a strong message going into the summer of this city, this type of meaningless violence no matter how it begins, will not be tolerated. >> it was not just kids involved but adults joined in too and encouraged the fighting. >> you have to begin to say stop, lets not do that, there were adults in that film that participates that is offensive and repugnant. >> i find it a disgrace as a mother we have to teach our children better. >> again cops are going over that video they tell us they have identified several persons of interest in the attack and they expect to start making arrests soon. >> live in trenton i'm nora muchanic, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you nora, a new report says that philadelphia international airport is the second worst in the nation when it comes to security breaches an investigation by the associated press found that

philadelphia security gates and fences were breached 25 times from january 2004 to january of 2015 this year. only san francisco international had more breaches 37 incidents, l.a. international had the third most at 24 and the most notable incident happened in march of 2012 you may remember this one kenneth macic rammed through a gate just as this plane was about to atlantic and 80 planes were grounded until he was taken into custody, another case involved an elderly woman that drove through a security gate in 2006 believing she was on her way to sears. residents in evesham township will now have an easier time reporting crimes all they need to do is access a computer. officials have rolled out an online crime report system anyone wishing to report an

incident report can do so by answering an online form. it's a great way for the public interact with the police and anyone in need of immediate assistance should still call 911. eight people suffered injuries in this crash in chester, delaware this morning, at jeffrey street and route 291 after 8:00 a.m. the car was coming off the ramp from the commodore barry bridge when it hit the van, that van was being used to transport homeless people to local shelters, two people in the car and six in the van were rushed to the hospital their conditions have not yet been released. the political action committee supporting chris christie is doling out money to republican lawmakers in key early voting states. it announce that $100,000 will

go to wyoming new hampshire pennsylvania and ohio. chris christie has plans to be in new hampshire next week but has not said if he will run for president. >> the six people vying for the nomination is continuing the push for primary election day tonight we are continuing our profiles of the candidates, so you can hear their vision for the city's future, vernon odom has more on nelson diaz. >> nelson diaz is a force in philadelphia since moving here in the 60s, a civil rights activist at temple and a trailblazer in leg circles, from poverty in new york city raised by a single mother he now has a formula to help philadelphia's impoverished school children you get the child in and then they can compete. >> it's our responsibility -- >> he hopes governor wolf can

deliver on plans to give funding to public schools. >> until you fund it you have to put a moratorium on the charter schools to take care of the most desperate need of children. >> what about job creation and tax reform do they go hand and hand. >> have you to get rid of the wage tax it's regressive for the poor and working class and middle class they pay more than their share of taxes in the city. >> diaz embraces the community policing concept, more cops walking the beat and being part of the community and looking like the community. diaz a former judge says no more of the stop and frisk policy used by mayor nutter and economistner ramsey. >> when i was a judge it was reasonable cause and now suspicion they keep lowering the standard. >> i think ramsey should stay if

he is willing to do the community policing we need in the city. >> nelson diaz believes he has time to build name recognition campaigning. vernon odom channel 6 "action news." >> thank you vernon again we are profiling all six candidates for that you running for the democratic nomination for mayor remember the primary is may 19th. some quick thinking of employees of the newcastle courthouse were honored by delaware's governor they gave a tribute to the director of court operations debbie fry along with two police officers. the trio sprung into action when a state employee suffered pro fuse bleeding in her leg. >> i grabbed what i could and applied direct pressure and got

her calmed down and then officers came in and helped to minister first aid. >> the team effort paid off, the quick actions are believed to have saved the woman's life. >> terrific. time to check the traffic scene and see if we have good news there. >> lets head to matt pellman in the traffic center with the update -- >> i'll dig and find good news. lets start with the less than pleasant news on the schuylkill expressway, looks like fun jammed in both directions eastbound traffic headed to the flyers and fills game tonight and the westbound travel time is slower, sitting at three times what it should be to get from the vine to the blue route headed towards the schuylkill and our crash on broad street has cleared and an overturned vehicle to watch out for along landsdowne and plenty of slow speeds persist along 95 just 9 miles per hour, this is 95 in

delco, northbound side from the state state to 320 a crash on the on ramp and an overturned vehicle crash by german town pike, speeds in the 20s on 422 westbound that is normal, there is your good news i guess. >> sort of. >> i guess. >> still ahead on "action news" for the first time we are hearing actress sandra bullock's frantic call to 911 after discovering an intruder in her home. >> and adam joseph has our new outdoor adventure. >> it feels like object type of weather not the april type weather, the bank is open for business and they are selling blankets it's needed with windchills in the 30s, the gates are open and the fans are coming in and i'll explain, you have never seen a hat like this before, i'll explain the special

hat the phillies are wearing tonight and that is coming up with the full accuweather forecast. >> also, jaime apody is at the ballpark as well shivering.

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911 calls of a terrified sandra bullock from an intruder in her home was played in court today. they ordered it shut. the alleged break-in happened back in june, bullock tells the dispatcher that the wind was blowing and she found joshua corbett heading for her attic and that corbett was holding a note back with magazine photos when she was arrested. corbett has needed not guilty. >> the phillies will go for the series win against boston tonight in south philadelphia. jeff skversky keeping an eye on it. hey guys how are you nobody is expecting too much from the phillies this year, the phils

can win a series tonight against the boston red sox that many believe are world series contender. jaime apody is live at the ballpark not everybody feels like a philly tonight. >> that is right. that is what jonathan papelbon said that is what he told the boston globel it's a tough transition here and calls the phillies and red sox two different organizations. that is just papelbon being papelbon that won't go ever well with the fans, last night after a four out save sealed the phillies first win papelbon was asked to clarify the comments. >> what do you tell the phillies. i feel like a horse yes.

i feel like a horse. yes, when you ask me what runs -- that is where i'm from and what i became as a pitcher, stick with me no matter what. it doesn't really change anything how i go about my business. a surly one that papelbon is the phillies go with a similar batting order tonight and that works last night it worked last night jaime apody back to you jeff. >> papelbon loves getting booed at the ballpark. the flyers return to the ice against carolina they have lost seven of their last eight games to the canes. and berube is on the hot seat but is confident that he will be back. what do the players think. >> he is good to us and positive even though the season

did not go the way we wanted it to, he is a players' coach and we'll play hard for him the last two games. >> i don't know what they are going to do that is not my decision, we are focused on winning the next two games. sixers forward nerlins noel will not play after spraining his right ankle in the third quarter he left the arena in a walking boot. the eagles will open with indy and followed by baltimore and then green bay and the jets and finish out the preseason on the road. how is it going for tiger woods t shot on 9 ends up on the fair way of a different hole and the first time hit its back over to 9 and the frustration says it all. he bogied the hole and is he plus one.

and watson out of sand into the hole, that is why he is a two time masters champ. is he currently your leader. that is sports. lets go back to you guys in the studio. >> thank you. >> there was a party going on today and it was all in honor of a group of students. it was a lively situation at the high school, students part of the peer group connection host aid gala for special education students, the organization threw the party to show support for the students with special needs the formal event was held in the school's newly decorated library.

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back out to citizens bank park and to adam joseph's chilly outdoor adventure. >> it's not stopping baseball fans and not stopping adam either. >> it's not stopping anybody you still have fun at citizens bank park and tonight is a special theme night and in addition to that you can hear them. the give me four quartet ♪♪ ♪♪ pretty good and they are roaming around the entire bank this evening and actually will be performing with the philly phanatic at the seventh inning

stretch on the dugout. i wish it was warmer for these guys, where is your jacket in feels like 35 in philadelphia and atlantic city 34 and allentown your windchill just 37 degrees, phillies forecast is raw and chilly with patchy drizzle this morning the temperature will stay steady only in the lower 40s and then changes come tomorrow as the system from the west arrives, look at double scan live radar right now as we look to the west where severe weather is backing out and warm front in southern ohio and pittsburgh with rain there, you have a tornado watch with the actual cold front that come tluz this morning, from illinois to arkansas a big break out here this evening with severe weather in the midwest and deep south, future tracker as we time everything for you drizzle and fog at 6:00 a.m. and breaks of sun at 1:00 in the afternoon and temperatures

spiking to 75 will lead to thunderstorms late in the day and by 6:00. the line approaching the i-95 corridor and some storms could turn strong and if not a few severe. your friday threats with the storms, lightning and downpours and strong winds and hail. it's all on the moderate side especially philadelphia to the south exclusive accuweather forecast forecast on saturday, fog to sun to storms late in the day with a temperature of 75 degrees and saturday it's breezy and cooler and 62 but the winds are 10 20 and 25 miles per hour at times and sunday sunny and gorgeous 65 degrees and on monday nice and warm and 72 and we are in the 70s, tuesday and wednesday with sun and clouds before the clouds come back in on thursday. with the temperature coming in at 66 degrees.

as you can see, at ash burn alley the 1915 flag is flying high and i have scott here the marketing executive. we are all dressed kind of vintage, what is going on here tonight? >> we are develop gating the anniversary anniversary tonight. >> i feel kind of special why is that? >> the team is wearing that hat are you part of the team tonight and the phillies wear the 1915 hat on the field and this sweater feels pretty nice, talk about this? >> that is a dug out sweater that players wore back in the day. and the players are wearing the dug out sweater, this is pretty heave, this is one of the bases that will be on the field. >> the first three innings, one

on each side, it's commemorating and we played the red sox in the world series in 1915, lets go over here to hear the guys, they are performing at the park. >> they are at the entrance gates and maybe the phanatic will bring him to the doug out. the guy behind u.s. cheering -- you are excited about tonight? >> so excited can't wait. >> monica and sharrie can i steal this? can i bring this home. no, no this is actually one of the bases. >> very nice. fun night thank you. well, as warm weather heads our way soon, check in regularly with stormtracker 6 live double scan the hourly forecast will tell you what is happening and when and our reports from our team of meteorologists.

the city of philadelphia has a new group of city attorneys on the beat and they are only 9 and 10-year-olds he talked with fourth graders about the dangers of bullying and williams challenged the kids to fight bullying and deptise them as assistant da's to fight bullying. police dash-cam video is released of the traffic stop that ended with a police officer shooting a man in the back. new plans announced for the summer entertainment along the

delaware river front for rick williams and jeff skversky and monica malpass i'm sharrie williams, "action news" at 6:00 is up next. jim kenney. son of a firefighter. first in his family to go to college. he's been councilman at-large, representing the whole city. a progressive voice who'll be a mayor for our neighborhoods. bringing philadelphia together... expanding pre-kindergarten improving our schools... ...and partnering with businesses, community colleges and universities to create jobs jim kenny, the block by block mayor we need to move philadelphia ahead.

"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers meteorologist, cecily tynan and jim gardner. thursday night a chester county bus driver is charged with child endangerment and police investigate a roadway shootout in south philadelphia. but the big story is developing news from down south the release of dash-cam video of the

south carolina traffic stop that ened with a police officer shooting a man in the back. the police officer michael slager is originally from medford new jersey and there is reaction there to what is happening down south chad pradelli is live in medford tonight. >> reporter: jim we haven't met anyone from our area that new slager really well and we talked to some neighbors and some described him as a good kid that never seemed to be in trouble but slager is in trouble now facing murder charges. >> in this newly released dash-cam video you can see walter scott get out of his cruiser and run and michael slager chases and moments later cell phone video captures the two and then scott runs away and slager unloads into scott's back. >> a nice kid he really was. >> to hear